Chapter Summaries

Qian Wudang warned Tang Yifeng that Lu Ye was returning from Startled Waves Lake Pass, prompting both men to rush to his aid. Liu Yuemei attacked Lu Ye openly on the way, and the chapter ended with her confronting two seemingly identical Lu Ye figures after he used Shadow Clone.

• Qian Wudang told Tang Yifeng that Lu Ye had requisitioned Xiao Xinghe and was returning from Startled Waves Lake Pass, and Tang Yifeng immediately flew to intercept them.
• Lu Ye stopped near the edge of the pass’s territory, but Liu Yuemei appeared behind the group and pursued him while Xiao Xinghe and Lin Yinxiu split off to safety.
• Liu Yuemei’s divine-sense attacks failed to stop Lu Ye, so she closed the distance and struck him with a giant palm of Spiritual Power.
• Lu Ye countered with Arc Moon and Moon Return, then used Shadow Clone to create a duplicate that left Liu Yuemei unable to tell which figure was real.

Lu Ye used the Golden Body Token to survive Liu Yuemei’s deadly attack and held her attention until Tang Yifeng and Qian Wudang arrived. Liu Yuemei fled, while Tang Yifeng pursued her and Qian Wudang went to search for Lin Yinxiu.

• Lu Ye evaded Liu Yuemei’s attacks with his Shadow Clone Spiritual Pattern until her wood-element spell overwhelmed him.
• Lu Ye activated the Golden Body Token, surviving Liu Yuemei’s emerald torrent and her furious attempts to strike him.
• Lu Ye provoked Liu Yuemei by insulting her and mentioning Tan Shu, but she restrained him and tried to wait out the token’s protection.
• Tang Yifeng and Qian Wudang arrived, forcing Liu Yuemei to release Lu Ye and flee.
• Qian Wudang went to find Lin Yinxiu, while Tang Yifeng pursued Liu Yuemei.

Tang Yifeng pursued Liu Yuemei after she attacked Lu Ye and nearly killed her, but she escaped with the World-Shattering Thunder Spear. Qian Wudang returned to Lu Ye and the others, relieved that Liu Yuemei was alive, while Lin Yinxiu kept poking the Golden Body Token’s costly protective light.

• Tang Yifeng chased Liu Yuemei, restrained her with Spiritual Power, and struck her down while she wore a cracked Face Mask.
• As Tang Yifeng prepared to kill Liu Yuemei, the World-Shattering Thunder Spear arrived and carried her out of his reach.
• Qian Wudang returned with Xiao Xinghe and Lin Yinxiu, and Lu Ye told him that Tang Yifeng had pursued a Myriad Demon Ridge bandit.
• Qian Wudang met Tang Yifeng, learned that Liu Yuemei had escaped, and returned with him to Lu Ye and the others.
• Lin Yinxiu poked the golden protective light around Lu Ye, which represented two hundred thousand Battle Merit.

After returning from Startled Waves Lake Pass, Lu Ye was reprimanded by Qian Wudang and exchanged for another Golden Body Token before joining Squad A3 for a gathering. He learned that Geng Wuwang’s squad still had an opening and revealed that he had advanced to Tier Three of the True Lake Realm; the gathering continued when the Landlady arrived.

• The Sect Master welcomed Xiao Xinghe back, while Qian Wudang led Lu Ye and the others to Vast Sky City.
• Qian Wudang angrily scolded Lu Ye for taking Lin Yinxiu to Startled Waves Lake Pass, then asked whether he planned to recruit anyone else.
• Lu Ye exchanged battle merit for another Golden Body Token, then accepted Geng Wuwang’s invitation to meet Squad A3 at Hundred Fragrances Building.
• Xiao Ruyun invited Lu Ye to join Squad A3, but Geng Wuwang revealed that Lu Ye was already captain of a new squad and that Squad A3 still had a vacant position.
• Lu Ye told Squad A3 that he had advanced to Tier Three of the True Lake Realm, and the group toasted his promotion, cultivation progress, and their completed mission.
• The Landlady of Hundred Fragrances Building arrived, and Squad A3 greeted her as their sister-in-law.

Lu Ye used Golden Spirit Signs to rise from True Lake Tier Three to Tier Five, then emerged from seclusion and introduced Yiyi to his squadmates. He learned from Xiao Xinghe why Azure Emperor City had been unable to protect him from Liu Yuemei, while the division’s lack of missions remained unexplained.

• Shen Manzi visited Geng Wuwang and shared wine with him, Lu Ye, and the others.
• Lu Ye consumed his Golden Spirit Signs over twenty days and advanced from True Lake Tier Three to True Lake Tier Five.
• Lu Ye emerged from seclusion, introduced Yiyi to Lin Yinxiu, and brought her to meet Xiao Xinghe.
• Yiyi and Lin Yinxiu began building snowmen together while Lu Ye spoke with Xiao Xinghe.
• Xiao Xinghe explained that Azure Emperor City could not override a pass lord’s authority and that Liu Yuemei had escaped the Sect Master using the World-Shattering Thunder Spear.

Lu Ye learned how the Law Enforcement Division assigned missions and accepted a simple target apprehension mission after discovering that Qian Wudang had restricted his choices. He left to contact the local Nightingale for intelligence and begin the work.

• Lu Ye gave Xiao Xinghe the Overlord Saber Technique inheritance bead, and Xiao Xinghe agreed to borrow it.
• Lu Ye joined Yiyi and Lin Yinxiu in a snowball fight before completing a handover of Explosive Fire Spirit Stones with Cheng Xiu.
• Lu Ye asked Qian Wudang for a mission and learned that missions were handled at the nearby Hunting Pavilion.
• The Hunting Pavilion's fat old man revealed that Qian Wudang had limited Lu Ye to a few simple missions to help his squad gain experience.
• Lu Ye accepted a mission and learned that he should contact the local Nightingale for assistance.

Lu Ye led his squad on its first Law Enforcement Hall mission: finding a fugitive in Gualiang Mountain. After a local Nightingale could only point them to the target’s last known location and their search failed, Lu Ye brought out a Tracking Compass to locate him.

• Lu Ye gathered Yiyi, Lin Yinxiu, and Xiao Xinghe, explained their mission, and flew with them to Gualiang Mountain.
• Lu Ye contacted a nearby Nightingale through his Guard Token, and she led the squad to the place where she had last seen the fugitive ten days earlier.
• Lu Ye, Xiao Xinghe, and Lin Yinxiu searched separately but found no trace of the target by nightfall.
• Lu Ye took out a Tracking Compass, deciding its cost was worth saving time on the search.

Lu Ye’s team captured Chu Yue and returned him to Vast Sky City, completing a Law Enforcement Hall mission in under five days. Lu Ye arranged for future mission rewards to go entirely to his teammates, then prepared for another assignment as Lin Yinxiu eagerly awaited their next mission.

• Lu Ye used the Tracking Compass to find Chu Yue’s underground hideout and had Xiao Xinghe, Lin Yinxiu, and Yiyi cover its exits.
• Yiyi flushed Chu Yue out, and Lin Yinxiu trapped him in a net while Lu Ye subdued him.
• Lu Ye’s team returned Chu Yue to Vast Sky City and delivered him to the Penal Prison.
• Lu Ye completed the mission at the Hunting Pavilion, selected another assignment, and asked Qian Wudang to give all future mission Battle Merit to his teammates.
• Qian Wudang agreed to petition the Heavenly Mechanism, and Lu Ye bought a Spirit Boat and another Tracking Compass.
• Lin Yinxiu celebrated receiving nearly thirty thousand Battle Merit, while Lu Ye confirmed the rewards had been distributed between her and Xiao Xinghe.

Lu Ye completed another seemingly impossible Hunting Pavilion task in only a few days, prompting Qian Wudang and the plump old man to question whether his repeated success came from more than luck. Lu Ye set out to hunt more targets, while the two elders suspected he possessed Heaven's Mystery's Favor.

• Lu Ye told Lin Yinxiu to rest before the squad departed the next day, then privately warned Xiao Xinghe about her sensitive identity.
• Qian Wudang discussed Lu Ye's latest task with the plump old man and hoped the long search would discourage Lin Yinxiu from staying with Lu Ye.
• Four days later, Qian Wudang learned that Lu Ye had completed the task and delivered the target to the Penal Prison.
• Lu Ye asked the plump old man to accept multiple tasks at once, then learned he could memorize targets and capture them before completing the paperwork.
• Lu Ye claimed he had used a Tracking Compass, but the plump old man dismissed the explanation; Qian Wudang later wondered whether it might be true.
• After watching Lu Ye's squad depart on another task, Qian Wudang and the plump old man considered that his extraordinary luck might be Heaven's Mystery's Favor.

Lu Ye tracked the last mission target, Zhou Wang, to Ding Tian City and suspected the local Nightingale of concealing his whereabouts. After Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe entered the city, a powerful elder from the Zhou Family intercepted them, confirming their suspicions that the family had learned of their arrival.

• Lu Ye used six Tracking Compasses to help his squad capture five mission targets, leaving only Zhou Wang to find.
• The squad approached Ding Tian City, where Lu Ye recognized Zhou Wang as a member of a powerful Tier Three cultivation family and suspected the mission would be difficult.
• Lu Ye questioned the local Nightingale, then ordered Lin Yinxiu to watch him and kill anyone who made an unusual move while Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe went into the city.
• Lin Yinxiu warned the Nightingale to report himself to Vast Sky City, believing he had concealed Zhou Wang's whereabouts.
• Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe followed the Tracking Compass into Ding Tian City, where a True Lake Tier Eight elder from the Zhou Family blocked their path.

Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe confronted the Zhou Family after its elder tried to bribe them into abandoning their investigation of Zhou Wang. When Zhou Ze blocked their path to the family’s forbidden grounds, Lu Ye forced his way forward, and the Zhou cultivators surrounded the pair.

• Zhou Ze invited Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe to the Zhou Family manor and offered them lavish gifts to serve the family.
• Lu Ye recognized the gifts as an attempt to bribe an enforcement squad and ordered Xiao Xinghe to confiscate them as evidence.
• Lu Ye revealed his Guard Token and announced that they were carrying out official duties, then used the Tracking Compass to identify Zhou Wang’s hiding place.
• Zhou Ze refused to let the pair enter the forbidden grounds and demanded proof that Zhou Wang was there.
• Lu Ye struck down a True Lake Realm Tier Seven cultivator who attacked him, then pushed forward with Xiao Xinghe as Zhou Ze ordered the family to surround them.

Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe forced their way into the Zhou Family Manor to arrest Zhou Wang, and Lu Ye captured him after breaking through the family’s blockade. They left the manor with Zhou Wang and met up with Lin Yinxiu, while the Zhou Family agreed to send a Medical Cultivator to treat him.

• Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe fought through the Zhou Family cultivators who tried to keep them from taking Zhou Wang.
• Lu Ye spotted Zhou Wang fleeing the courtyard, unleashed Arc Moon, and broke through the encirclement with his Fire Phoenix technique.
• Lu Ye captured Zhou Wang, badly burning him, while a hidden Divine Sea Realm cultivator held back from intervening.
• Zhou Ze claimed Lu Ye had taken the wrong man, but Lu Ye said the Law Enforcement Division would identify him through interrogation.
• Lu Ye threatened to kill Zhou Wang if the Zhou Family continued obstructing them, then agreed to wait west of the city for a Medical Cultivator.
• Lin Yinxiu joined Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe as they left the manor, and Lu Ye told her the fight was over.

Lu Ye completed the Zhou Family assignment and learned that Zhou Ding Tian had recognized him as Lu Yiye. He returned to the Crimson Blood Sect with Xiao Xinghe, reunited him with Shui Yuan, and then received Yiyi’s message that someone had appeared at Green Bamboo Peak.

• Lu Ye accepted Zhou Ze’s apology and agreed not to report the Zhou Family’s gifts, then ordered Nightingale to go to Vast Sky City and face punishment.
• Zhou Ding Tian told Zhou Ze that he had recognized Lu Ye by the Four Symbols Sacred Beasts and warned that Tang Yifeng would have intervened if the Zhou Family had harmed him.
• Lu Ye let Xiao Xinghe keep the Storage Bags from Zhou Ze, and the Spirit Boat carried them to Upholding Justice Peak in Ao Mountain.
• Shui Yuan warmly greeted Xiao Xinghe, then grabbed his ear for disappearing for years while Lu Ye slipped away to visit his master.
• Lu Ye met his master’s Clone, Xiao Die, and learned that his master was in seclusion after gaining insights while repairing the Dragon Seat.
• Yiyi messaged Lu Ye that someone seemed to be at Green Bamboo Peak, prompting him to hurry over.

Lu Ye returned to the Crimson Blood Sect, discovered Nian Yuexian had taken over his Bamboo Lodge to cultivate, and replenished his Merit by selling supplies. After departing with Xiao Xinghe and Lin Yinxiu, he reported completing six Hunting Pavilion tasks in half a month, surprising Qian Wudang and the fat old man.

• Lu Ye found Nian Yuexian cultivating in his Bamboo Lodge and left after learning she had Shui Yuan's permission.
• Lu Ye collected supplies from the sect treasury and sold them to Heaven's Mystery Vault, raising his Merit to nearly a million.
• Lu Ye, Xiao Xinghe, Shui Yuan, and Lin Yinxiu shared a meal before Lu Ye and Xiao Xinghe departed the next morning.
• Qian Wudang complained to the fat old man that Lin Yinxiu rarely answered his messages, then assumed Lu Ye had not completed another task.
• Lu Ye arrived at the Hunting Pavilion to turn in a task and revealed that he had also captured the targets from five other tasks.
• Qian Wudang and the fat old man confirmed the six tasks were completed in half a month and were stunned by Lu Ye's pace.

Lu Ye returned to Vast Sky City after completing a string of missions, and Qian Wudang and the former Division Master suspected that he could refine Tracking Compasses. He joined Squad A3 for drinks at Hundred Fragrances Building, where a disturbance in the neighboring courtyard drew Geng Wuwang and Xiao Ruyun’s attention.

• Lu Ye declined further missions because he had too little Battle Merit for another Tracking Compass and wanted time to rest.
• Qian Wudang learned from Lin Yinxiu that Lu Ye had borrowed Tracking Compasses, and the former Division Master suggested Feng Wujiang’s refining method might explain Lu Ye’s supply.
• Lu Ye received an invitation from Geng Wuwang and brought Xiao Xinghe, Lin Yinxiu, and Amber to Hundred Fragrances Building.
• Lu Ye introduced Xiao Xinghe and Lin Yinxiu to Squad A3, and Lin Yinxiu and Mu Zheng soon began talking together.
• A man in the neighboring courtyard shouted at someone named Boss Shen for refusing to drink, then threatened to use force, prompting Xiao Ruyun and Geng Wuwang to react.

At Hundred Fragrances Building, Squad A5 and Squad D7 provoked Shen Manzi and Squad A3, turning a drinking gathering into a brawl. Lu Ye joined the fight and discovered that the man who had targeted him was a Tier Nine True Lake cultivator.

• Shen Manzi was pressured to drink by guests from Squad A5 and Squad D7, and Shangguan Qiu and Kang Yuanqiao recognized that they were targeting Squad A3.
• Geng Wuwang went to the neighboring courtyard and confronted the guests after they insulted him and Shen Manzi.
• The guests attacked Geng Wuwang, so Xiao Ruyun led Squad A3 into the brawl while Geng Wuwang warned them not to use Spiritual Power.
• A burly young man grabbed Lu Ye and attacked him, but Lu Ye and Amber fought back and helped turn the battle in Squad A3's favor.
• The young man unleashed his Spiritual Power, revealing himself as a Tier Nine True Lake cultivator, and Lu Ye shattered his protective barrier with a Sharpness-empowered strike.

A brawl between Law Enforcement Hall teams at Hundred Fragrances Building drew Qian Wudang’s attention, and he ordered everyone involved to receive lashes at the Penal Prison. The team captains tried to avoid going first, leaving Zhou Kui to face Old One-Eye and the Reverse Dragon Thorn.

• Shen Manzi called for the Law Enforcement Division after nearly twenty cultivators fought inside the Elegant Courtyard.
• Qian Wudang arrived, stopped the fight, and demanded that Geng Wuwang, Lu Ye, Zhou Kui, and Zhang Cheng explain themselves.
• Geng Wuwang claimed the groups had only been sparring and offered to take responsibility, but Qian Wudang sentenced the team captains to ten lashes and the other participants to five.
• The cultivators followed Qian Wudang to the Penal Prison, where Old One-Eye prepared the Reverse Dragon Thorn.
• Lu Ye, Geng Wuwang, and Zhang Cheng stepped back to avoid going first, so Qian Wudang seized Zhou Kui and sent him beneath the punishment rack.

Qian Wudang oversaw the Law Enforcement Hall squads’ punishment with the Reverse Dragon Thorn, as captains and soldiers endured brutal lashings for breaking Guard Law. Lu Ye took Lin Yinxiu’s lashes and remained conscious, revealing that his soul could withstand the artifact’s attack; afterward, Qian Wudang dismissed the injured cultivators with a warning.

• Old One-Eye lashed Zhou Kui, who fainted but then volunteered to take five additional lashes for Xiao Ling.
• Zhang Cheng was tossed beneath the punishment frame by Lu Ye and Geng Wuwang, fainted repeatedly, and was left with five lashes to receive doubled after he recovered.
• Geng Wuwang took Mu Zheng’s five lashes, then Lu Ye volunteered to take Lin Yinxiu’s lashes.
• Lu Ye endured fifteen lashes without fainting because Twin Dragons Guarding the Sea blocked the Reverse Dragon Thorn’s soul attack.
• Old One-Eye punished the remaining squad members, leaving nearly everyone injured, and Qian Wudang dismissed them with a warning against breaking Guard Law again.

After being punished for the brawl, Lu Ye and his companions went to the medical clinic, where he reunited with Yu Xiaodie, an old acquaintance from Evil Moon Valley. He recovered, replenished his Battle Merit, and bought a spare Tracking Compass, while deciding not to rely on one for missions again.

• Lu Ye explained that Zhou Kui had likely targeted him over Lu Ye's earlier actions against the Zhou Family, and Geng Wuwang took the injured group to the medical clinic.
• Yu Xiaodie recognized Lu Ye and treated his wounds while they caught up on the years since they had parted at Evil Moon Valley.
• Lu Ye, Lin Yinxiu, and Third Senior Brother returned to the courtyard, where the Sect Master checked on them and told Lu Ye to rest.
• Lu Ye recovered quickly, returned to the clinic to change his medicine, and drew attention from the Medical Cultivators there.
• Lu Ye received his stipend and additional Explosive Fire Spirit Stones, replenished his Battle Merit, and bought a spare Tracking Compass.

While recovering, Lu Ye discovered that Twin Lotus could transform his Shadow Clone into a lifelike, controllable clone by linking it to the Talent Tree. He adapted to sharing sight between his true body and the new clone, leaving its full capabilities yet to be explored.

• Lu Ye found Yiyi cultivating and left her undisturbed as he went to look for the Sect Master, who was absent.
• Lu Ye examined the Talent Tree and tried applying the Twin Lotus Spiritual Pattern to himself and Amber, but neither attempt worked.
• Lu Ye formed a Shadow Clone and applied Twin Lotus to it, causing a Talent Tree root to enter the phantom and infuse it with his Qi and Blood Power and Spiritual Power.
• Lu Ye controlled the infusion until the Shadow Clone became a flesh-and-blood clone linked closely to his true body.
• Amber woke, mistook the clone for another master, and fled; Lu Ye then learned to focus on either body’s vision.