Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuechu killed two Eighth Rank Chess-Player Great Demons and began forming her Demon Form while Lin Feiyan stood guard. Far away, the Southern Immortal Palace’s Little Palace Mistress remained confined to her chambers and vowed to avenge the man she loved.

• Jiang Yuechu defeated the Grey Wolf Demon and Jackal Demon with her staff, leaving both mortally wounded.
• Lin Feiyan arrived to help, but Jiang Yuechu mistook her for an enemy reinforcement and struck her before realizing her mistake.
• Jiang Yuechu collected Dao Cultivation from the two demons and began forming her Demon Form as Lin Feiyan reluctantly stood guard.
• At the Southern Immortal Palace, the Little Palace Mistress learned she was forbidden to leave her chambers and raged at the maid who delivered the order.
• The Little Palace Mistress remembered the man she loved and vowed that only blood could repay his death.

Jiang Yuechu defeated the Wolf Demons and explored the ruins beneath their cavern, where she found the prisoners. True Lord Xuanyang recognized her as the junior cultivator he had once looked down on, now seemingly transformed into a being of terrifying power.

• Jiang Yuechu tried to fuse the Wolf Demons’ bodies with the Prison-Suppressing Sword Toad’s Dao Chess Piece, but it repelled them.
• Jiang Yuechu and Lin Feiyan entered a hidden passage beneath the ruined cavern to find the prisoners.
• Ancestor Xuanming and True Lord Xuanyang heard the battle outside and feared what had defeated their guards.
• Jiang Yuechu opened the last occupied cell, revealing Ancestor Xuanming and True Lord Xuanyang.
• True Lord Xuanyang recognized Jiang Yuechu and trembled at how far she had advanced since he last saw her.

Jiang Yuechu and Lin Feiyan found Ancestor Xuanming and True Lord Xuanyang imprisoned in the Southern Immortal Palace’s cell, and True Lord Xuanyang was stunned to learn how far Jiang Yuechu had risen. He swallowed his resentment and tried to appeal to her for help.

• Lin Feiyan questioned Ancestor Xuanming, who claimed that the Southern Immortal Palace had captured them to learn about a Dao-Integration Material.
• Jiang Yuechu revealed that she already knew True Lord Xuanyang and asked him to explain what had happened.
• True Lord Xuanyang recognized Jiang Yuechu and wondered why she had advanced so far while he had become a prisoner.
• True Lord Xuanyang decided that Jiang Yuechu’s success came from luck and addressed her as “Little Friend Jiang.”

Jiang Yuechu found True Lord Xuanyang and Ancestor Xuanming imprisoned in the Southern Immortal Palace dungeon and demanded their Central Palaces in exchange for sparing them. After taking the palaces, she arranged for the two to join the Azure Boundary Sect as outer sect disciples, leaving them facing a life of labor.

• Lin Feiyan realized the imprisoned True Lord Xuanyang and Ancestor Xuanming were not old friends of Jiang Yuechu, despite their calling her “Little Friend.”
• True Lord Xuanyang told Jiang Yuechu that demons had captured him and Ancestor Xuanming because a Second Young Master was searching for people like them.
• Jiang Yuechu demanded the two men’s Central Palaces and promised to spare their lives if they handed them over.
• True Lord Xuanyang and Ancestor Xuanming surrendered their Central Palaces, which Jiang Yuechu took.
• Jiang Yuechu asked Lin Feiyan whether the Azure Boundary Sect needed outer sect disciples, then made clear the two men would stay and work there.

Jiang Yuechu brought Ancestor Xuanming and True Lord Xuanyang to the Azure Boundary Sect and had them registered as outer sect laborers. Deacon Ling Han then stopped her to explain the Immortal God Grotto-Abode.

• Lin Feiyan told Jiang Yuechu to take the two men to a steward deacon, then learned that Jiang Yuechu lived in Sitting Oblivion Forest and left with Gong Shaoqi.
• Ancestor Xuanming and True Lord Xuanyang were awed by the Azure Boundary Sect and secretly resolved to rise within it.
• Jiang Yuechu brought the two men to Deacon Ling Han and asked him to assign them ordinary outer sect labor.
• Ling Han registered the men as outer sect disciples and secretly ordered that they be sent to the hardest mining vein, given the lowest meal portions, and assigned night patrols.
• As Jiang Yuechu prepared to leave, Ling Han stopped her and began telling her about the Immortal God Grotto-Abode.

True Lord Ling Han explained to Jiang Yuechu that an Immortal God Grotto-Abode had appeared and invited her to consider joining the competition for its ancient legacies. She set aside a decision about the grotto-abode and asked how she could obtain Dao-Integration Materials or a Five-Qi Treasure Land through the Azure Boundary Sect.

• True Lord Ling Han told Jiang Yuechu that the Nine Great Dao Sects sought newly revealed Immortal God Grotto-Abodes to challenge the Cloud Dream Palace's advantage in ancient legacies.
• True Lord Ling Han explained that only cultivators and demons below the Painting Realm could enter, and that human factions were welcome to compete for the grotto-abode's opportunities.
• True Lord Ling Han raised the upcoming grotto-abode as an opportunity for Jiang Yuechu to prepare for, but she said she would decide when the time came.
• Jiang Yuechu asked True Lord Ling Han how she could obtain Dao-Integration Materials or a Five-Qi Treasure Land within the Dao Sect.

Jiang Yuechu asked True Lord Ling Han about obtaining a Dao-Integration Material or entering a Five-Qi Treasure Land, then went to the Trial Hall to seek demon-hunting work. With no merit or valuables she was willing to trade, she looked for a solo trial but found the available demon hunts required groups.

• True Lord Ling Han explained that Jiang Yuechu could enter a Five-Qi Treasure Land with enough merit or an equivalent offering, and urged her to join an elder’s lineage instead.
• Jiang Yuechu ignored his advice, learned that the Deacon Hall managed the treasure lands, and left for the Trial Hall.
• Jiang Yuechu realized she had no sect merit and did not want to trade her valuable equipment for access to an ordinary Five-Qi Treasure Land.
• Jiang Yuechu asked a blue-robed disciple for demon-hunting trials and learned that the available hunts required groups or offered little merit.
• Jiang Yuechu asked whether she could take a trial by herself.

Jiang Yuechu was unable to take an excursion mission without companions, while Chen Yuan and his group struggled to qualify for a dangerous, lucrative mission. The chapter ended as Jiang Yuechu approached them and asked what they were discussing.

• A Deacon Hall disciple refused to let Jiang Yuechu take a combat excursion alone without an elder's approval, and impatient disciples urged her to move aside.
• Jiang Yuechu spotted Chen Yuan and Su Liu in the crowd and left the counter to approach them.
• Chen Yuan explained that his group needed a cultivator of at least the Fifth Rank to take a mission targeting a Fifth Rank demon.
• Chen Yuan's companions complained that Gao Changqing had backed out after entering the Sitting Oblivion Forest, while Chen Yuan said they could not blame him for pursuing an elder's favor.
• Jiang Yuechu came up behind Chen Yuan's group and asked what they were discussing.

Jiang Yuechu encountered Chen Yuan and Su Liu as they worried over losing a lucrative assignment to slay a Fifth-Rank Demon. After learning the sect's inner disciples had stayed behind amid a wave of promotions to true disciples, she considered the assignment and asked for details.

• Jiang Yuechu appeared behind Chen Yuan and the others, and the disciples recognized her as a Guest Elder.
• Su Liu revealed that their group had lost a member for an assignment to purge a Fifth-Rank Demon, leaving them unable to meet the Deacon Hall's requirements.
• Chen Yuan explained that a border Merchant Guild had offered its allegiance and yearly tribute to whichever sect slew the demon first.
• Jiang Yuechu asked why the sect had left such a valuable assignment to ordinary disciples, and Chen Yuan said many inner disciples had recently become true disciples while others stayed in the sect awaiting news.

Jiang Yuechu agreed to accompany Chen Yuan and the disciples on a mission to hunt a Fifth-Rank demon, and the Deacon Hall approved her as their escort. As they traveled by flying boat, Wang Chen and Mao Yunshang learned her name and Jiang Yuechu asked about the Wusang Sect.

• Jiang Yuechu accepted Chen Yuan and Su Liu's request to join their demon-hunting mission.
• Mao Yunshang questioned whether Jiang Yuechu's Second Rank cultivation met the Deacon Hall's rules, and Chen Yuan said she had killed a Seventh Rank Great Demon.
• Chen Yuan reported the mission, and the duty deacon approved it immediately after hearing Jiang Yuechu's name.
• Chen Yuan introduced Wang Chen and Mao Yunshang to Jiang Yuechu aboard the flying boat.
• Jiang Yuechu asked Chen Yuan about the Wusang Sect.

Chen Yuan warned Jiang Yuechu that Wusang Sect disciples were hostile and asked her to show restraint if they met, and she said she knew her limits. At Half-Piece City, a Fifth-Rank Demon wrecked the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce while three Wusang Sect disciples watched, revealing that the attack was a plot to seize control of the guild.

• Chen Yuan explained that Wusang Sect bordered Azure Boundary Sect, warned that its disciples were arrogant, and asked Jiang Yuechu to spare them if they clashed.
• Jiang Yuechu brushed off Chen Yuan's warning and said she knew her limits, while Wang Chen and Mao Yunshang worried at her response.
• A Fifth-Rank Demon devastated Half-Piece City and the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce, leaving Lu Bancheng and a few others sheltering behind a failing formation.
• Senior Brother Sima, Senior Sister Liu, and Junior Brother He arrived above the ruins in dark red robes as blood-red narcissi fell around them.
• Junior Brother He said he had lured the demon to the city, while the three Wusang Sect disciples secretly used the attack to take control of the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce.

The Wusang Dao Sect disciples delayed rescuing the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce to force it into submission, then attacked the demon despite its ties to Ganyun Cave. As their blood-red petals descended, a golden light and starry rivers arrived and struck the demon first.

• Lu Bancheng realized the Wusang Dao Sect disciples were letting the demon weaken the Merchant Guild so it would surrender its independence.
• Senior Sister Liu warned Senior Brother Sima that someone from the Azure Boundary Sect might arrive, but he dismissed the risk and said he would kill them if they did.
• Senior Brother Sima sent blood-red narcissus petals toward the demon, which revealed that it was a disciple under Ganyun Cave.
• Junior Brother He admitted he had lured the demon to the Merchant Guild, and Senior Brother Sima sentenced him to a hundred years of punishment.
• A golden light arrived from the horizon, and brilliant rivers of stars struck the demon before the petals could reach it.

Jiang Yuechu arrived in Half-Piece City, destroyed the demon attacking the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce, and confronted Wusang Sect disciples who challenged her. Chen Yuan and the other Azure Boundary Sect members joined her, but Senior Brother Sima blocked their departure.

• Jiang Yuechu shattered the demon's body with her techniques, killed it, and stored its remains in her Storage Bag.
• Jiang Yuechu ignored Senior Brother Sima and told Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He to stand aside when they blocked her path.
• Chen Yuan, Su Liu, Wang Chen, and Mao Yunshang landed beside Jiang Yuechu, and Chen Yuan identified her as the Azure Boundary Sect's newly appointed Attendant.
• Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He backed down, but Senior Brother Sima struck the ground with blood-red light and cut off the group's escape.
• Senior Brother Sima descended from the clouds and told them he had never said they could leave.

Jiang Yuechu revealed an Immortal-Grade Dao Chess Piece and fought Senior Brother Sima, an Eighth Rank of Chess-Player from the Wusang Sect. After she sent him crashing into a mountainside, Chen Yuan and the other Azure Boundary Sect disciples blocked Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He from intervening, while Jiang Yuechu pursued her attack.

• Senior Brother Sima arrived with eight Dao Chess Pieces, displaying his Eighth Rank cultivation and pressuring Chen Yuan and the Lu Family.
• Jiang Yuechu manifested a Spirit-Grade and an Immortal-Grade Dao Chess Piece, then charged Senior Brother Sima with the Ten Directions Mountain and River Staff.
• Senior Brother Sima struck Jiang Yuechu, but her aura surged despite her injuries, and her staff blow smashed him into a mountainside.
• Jiang Yuechu vanished to continue her attack as Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He rushed to help Senior Brother Sima.
• Chen Yuan and three Azure Boundary Sect disciples intercepted Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He, determined to give Guest Elder Jiang time.

Jiang Yuechu fought Sima Tang, a Wusang Sect True Disciple, and survived his life-risking Palm Blood Technique despite suffering severe injuries. She left Sima Tang battered and nearly exhausted, but an angry voice ordered her to stop just as she prepared another strike.

• Sima Tang used the Palm Blood Technique to unleash a massive blood-red palm at Jiang Yuechu.
• Jiang Yuechu dodged the attack while her damaged Flying Sword pierced Sima Tang, but his palm struck her and badly wounded her.
• Jiang Yuechu's Eternal Immortality talent repaired her injuries enough for her to resume attacking Sima Tang.
• Jiang Yuechu broke Sima Tang's arm, struck him with the Ten Directions Mountain and River Staff, and followed with fire and ice blades until he could barely fight back.
• An angry voice shouted for Jiang Yuechu to stop as she prepared to strike again.

Jiang Yuechu killed Senior Brother Sima despite Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He’s attempts to intervene. Fearing the Wusang Sect would punish them as witnesses, Chen Yuan and the others joined Jiang Yuechu in attacking the two survivors.

• Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He broke away from their fight with Chen Yuan’s group and rushed to save Senior Brother Sima.
• Jiang Yuechu blocked their approach with the Red Flame Fire Sword and the Extreme Cold Ice Blade, then killed Senior Brother Sima with the Ten Directions Mountain and River Staff.
• Jiang Yuechu dismissed Senior Sister Liu’s claim that their conflict was only a joke and swept Sima’s corpse into her storage pouch.
• Chen Yuan realized the two survivors could expose them to the Wusang Sect, so he formed a barrier and urged Jiang Yuechu to attack.
• Wang Chen, Mao Yunshang, and Su Liu summoned their Central Palaces and joined the attack on Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother He.

Chang'an flourished after martial artists gained access to the Incense Path, while the Princess Mansion's residents and the demons who served the absent Grand Princess longed for her return. Their quiet longing was interrupted when a Demon Suppression Bureau messenger reported that the True Lord statue had vanished.

• Chang'an's people praised the absent Grand Princess with wildly exaggerated tales of her feats, while the maids at her mansion wondered when she would return.
• Old Red Flood Dragon and Niu Ben arrived at the mansion and frightened a maid before Hu Cuihua recited a poem about missing the black-robed figure who had left.
• Old Red Flood Dragon reassured the demons that the Grand Princess cherished old ties and would not forget them.
• A Demon Suppression Bureau messenger rushed in and told Old Red Flood Dragon that the True Lord statue had suddenly disappeared from True Lord Temple.

Jiang Yuechu defeated three Wusang Sect disciples but was badly wounded, while the Golden Bodies across Great Tang vanished at once, leaving the court fearing either a hidden calamity or a more troubling cause. The survivors warned that Wusang Sect would investigate the deaths of its disciples.

• At True Lord Temple, the Emperor learned that the Golden Body had disappeared and ordered an investigation.
• A Lieutenant General reported that every remaining Golden Body in Great Tang had vanished, prompting Bai Yulou and the others to fear an unseen catastrophe or another explanation.
• Jiang Yuechu finished off the three Wusang disciples, collected their remains and belongings, and began recovering from her injuries.
• Jiang Yuechu thanked Chen Yuan, Su Liu, Wang Chen, and Mao Yunshang for their help, and Chen Yuan warned that Wusang Sect would investigate the missing disciples.

After the demons and monsters killed the Wusang Sect disciples, Jiang Yuechu accepted the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce’s submission and obtained its Dao-Integration Material. She left Chen Yuan to handle the trial handover while she considered her next need: more demons and monsters.

• Lu Bancheng blamed the Wusang Sect disciples’ deaths on demons and monsters, then offered the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce’s treasury seal and register to the Azure Boundary Sect.
• Chen Yuan warned Jiang Yuechu that accepting the chamber’s submission could expose them to the Wusang Sect’s retaliation, despite Lu Bancheng’s oath of secrecy.
• Jiang Yuechu accepted Lu Bancheng’s token, making the Half-Piece Chamber of Commerce a vassal of the Azure Boundary Sect.
• Lu Bancheng told Jiang Yuechu that the chamber possessed a Treasure-Grade Dao-Integration Material and led the group to the treasury.
• Jiang Yuechu took the material and instructed Chen Yuan to handle the trial handover before leaving.

Jiang Yuechu returned from Half-Piece City with a bounty that included the Palm Blood Technique, while Chen Yuan reflected on the sacrifices that had stalled his cultivation. At Cloud Dream Palace, Black Abyss reported to the Palace Master that the Immortal God Grotto-Abode had appeared and the palace’s prodigies had encountered interference.

• Lu Bancheng and the Lu Family disciples bowed amid the ruins outside Half-Piece City as Jiang Yuechu and the Azure Boundary Sect group flew away.
• Chen Yuan told Wang Chen that the Lu Family planned to abandon Half-Piece City and settle near the Azure Boundary Sect after the Wusang Sect incident.
• Wang Chen asked what Chen Yuan would redeem with their rewards, prompting Chen Yuan to reflect on his stalled cultivation and the resources he had sent to support his family.
• Jiang Yuechu secretly examined her spoils and discovered that Sima Tang’s Storage Bag contained the powerful Palm Blood Technique.
• Black Abyss knelt before the Palace Master in Cloud Dream Palace and reported that the Immortal God Grotto-Abode had appeared and the palace’s prodigies faced troublesome interference.