Chapter Summaries

Xie Jin delivered Green Feather Mountain’s reward to Lu Ye and revealed that the sect wanted to recruit him for the Dragon Spring Gathering. After Lu Ye and Amber received treatment and fended off an overzealous visitor, Green Feather Mountain’s injured cultivators brought them food and wine.

• Xie Jin gave Lu Ye 108 Spirit Stones for his 49 Merit points, bringing his total to 223, and left before Lu Ye could respond.
• Yiyi learned that Green Feather Mountain was trying to recruit Lu Ye as a helper for the Dragon Spring Gathering, where participants would be limited to Tiers Two through Five.
• Mu Ling treated Lu Ye and Amber, removed Amber’s arrowheads, and left them each a Healing Pill.
• An unnamed female cultivator tried to seduce Lu Ye under the guise of treating him, but Amber chased her out and wrecked the tent while Yiyi angrily watched.
• Lu Ye and Amber went to roast meat, where injured cultivators brought them food and wine and greeted them warmly.

Lu Ye agreed to join Green Feather Mountain in the Dragon Spring Gathering after confirming its rewards and treatment of Rogue Cultivators. He signed a contract allowing him to withdraw at any time, chose to join an assault team, and prepared to fight alongside Yiyi and Amber.

• Mu Ling told Lu Ye that Green Feather Mountain needed his help against Han Zheyue and the Qin Family, and Lu Ye agreed to participate in the Dragon Spring Gathering.
• Lu Ye made his participation conditional on being able to withdraw at any time, and Mu Ling relayed his agreement to Tang Wu.
• Han Zheyue refused to pay Tang Wu two hundred Merit despite Lu Ye's allegiance becoming clear, and she warned that one man could not overcome the enemy's numerical advantage.
• Lu Ye and Xie Jin signed a contract stating that Lu Ye would answer Green Feather Mountain's summons but could withdraw whenever he wished.
• Lu Ye chose to join Xie Jin's Assault Team and received Xie Jin's contact through their Battlefield Marks.
• Yiyi agreed that she and Amber would accompany Lu Ye, and Lu Ye said they would avenge Amber by fighting their enemies.

Lu Ye joined Xie Jin’s Hunter Team and fought an enemy Qin Family squad, using his spells and saber to help overwhelm them. The battle continued as the team gained the upper hand, with Song Xie’s scorpion still holding a wounded enemy aloft.

• Lu Ye met Xie Jin, Qiao Qiao'er, Song Xie, and Tao Tiangang before their Hunter Team rode out to support Green Feather Mountain’s defenders.
• The team encountered a Qin Family Hunter Team, and both sides exchanged Golden Wheel Talismans before clashing at close range.
• Lu Ye killed an enemy Tier Four cultivator with a spell-assisted saber strike, then helped Xie Jin defeat and kill the enemy Tier Five leader.
• Lu Ye shielded Qiao Qiao'er from a talisman attack, and she and her wild boar finished off her whip-wielding opponent.
• Song Xie’s giant scorpion skewered another enemy cultivator and lifted him into the air as he struggled.

Lu Ye's squad overwhelmed a Qin Clan hunter squad, then joined Green Feather Mountain's defenders in a bloody counterattack that devastated the Qin Clan's assault team. As Qin reinforcements arrived, the battlefield was left poised for another clash.

• Lu Ye and his squad killed four members of the Qin Clan hunter squad, while the last survivor fled.
• Xie Jin led the squad to the contested peak, where Green Feather Mountain's defenders were fighting the Qin Clan's Assault Team.
• After the Qin Clan began retreating, Green Feather Mountain's cultivators pursued, and Xie Jin's squad charged into their ranks twice.
• Lu Ye killed a Qin Clan Tier Five cultivator with help from Qiao Qiao'er, then blocked a spear attack and helped another Green Feather Mountain disciple kill the ambusher.
• Qin Clan reinforcements arrived to find their Assault Team nearly destroyed, and their leader ordered them to retreat.

Green Feather Mountain’s Hunter Team pursued the retreating Qin Clan forces and used repeated feints and mounted attacks to disrupt them. The chapter ended with Lu Ye, Xie Jin, and the others charging the Qin Clan’s scattered formation again.

• The Qin Clan’s remaining Assault Team members were surrounded and killed by Green Feather Mountain, while the Qin peak guard force retreated.
• Xie Jin led Lu Ye, Song Xie, Tao Tiangang, and Qiao Qiao'er in pursuit of the Qin Clan peak guard force, repeatedly feinting to stall it.
• The Qin Clan learned that Green Feather Mountain’s Assault Team was heading for the summit and realized its other peak guard force was in danger.
• Lu Ye and the others ambushed the Qin Clan group from above, dodged its Spirit Talismans, and counterattacked with their own talismans.
• Green Feather Mountain’s riders charged through the Qin Clan formation, killing and injuring several cultivators before circling around for another attack.

Lu Ye and Xie Jin’s team helped Green Feather Mountain seize Qin Clan peaks, while Tang Wu pressured Qin Wanli into withdrawing from the fighting and yielding eighteen peaks. The chapter ended as Tang Wu launched a broad attack on the Tai Luo Sect’s frontline, forcing Han Zheyue to send out reinforcements.

• Lu Ye’s team defeated the remaining Qin Clan Peak Guard cultivators, then returned to Green Feather Mountain’s territory to recover with help from Mu Ling.
• The next three days, Xie Jin’s forces captured Qin Clan peaks while the Qin Clan’s Hunter Team avoided them, leaving the Qin Clan with only nineteen peaks.
• Tang Wu agreed to Qin Wanli’s request for eighteen peaks, and the Qin Clan withdrew from the contested peak as Green Feather Mountain took it without a fight.
• Han Zheyue called Tang Wu despicable and challenged him, so Tang Wu ordered Green Feather Mountain’s forces to attack Tai Luo Sect’s frontline peaks.
• Han Zheyue sent scattered forces to reinforce the frontline while Qin Wanli stayed silent, wary that Tang Wu might turn his forces against the Qin Clan.

Lu Ye's Hunter Team clashed with a Tai Luo Sect team whose concealed cultivators made it far stronger than expected. As the fight turned against them, Han Zheyue revealed she had anticipated Tang Wu's plan and intended to use the battle to break Green Feather Mountain's defenses.

• Xie Jin led Lu Ye and the others toward the enemy Hunter Team, and both sides were thrown from their mounts when they collided.
• Lu Ye engaged a Tier Five Body Cultivator, while Song Xie and Tao Tiangang discovered their opponents were secretly Tier Five as well.
• Song Xie struggled against a Spell Cultivator, Tao Tiangang was badly wounded, and the enemy's hidden strength gave it a major advantage.
• Tang Wu realized Han Zheyue had deceived him by hiding the true cultivation levels of two Tai Luo Sect cultivators.
• Han Zheyue explained that she had tracked Lu Ye and planned to destroy his team, reinforce the nearby battle, and break through Green Feather Mountain's defensive line.

Lu Ye turned a desperate battle against Tai Luo Sect’s Hunter Team by killing two Tier Five cultivators and then helping Qiao Qiao'er kill a Tier Four cultivator. He joined Xie Jin against another Tier Five opponent while Tao Tiangang and Song Xie still fought together against the last.

• Lu Ye trapped a Tier Five Spell Cultivator with his Small Bell Spiritual Artifact, giving Song Xie time to join Tao Tiangang against their opponent.
• Lu Ye and Yiyi worked together to break through the little-mustached Body Cultivator’s defenses, and Lu Ye killed him with a slash across the neck.
• Lu Ye freed the trapped Spell Cultivator and killed him with a sudden strike as he emerged from the Small Bell.
• Lu Ye and Qiao Qiao'er coordinated to kill the fleeing Tier Four cultivator who had been fighting her.
• Lu Ye joined Xie Jin against a Tier Five cultivator while Qiao Qiao'er called after him, asking which side to help.

Lu Ye and the others defeated Tai Luo Sect’s Hunter Team and helped Green Feather Mountain win the battle for the peak. Han Zheyue ordered a large-scale retreat, while Lu Ye checked on Yiyi’s injuries as the fighting continued elsewhere.

• Qiao Qiao'er joined Song Xie and the badly injured Tao Tiangang, while Lu Ye and Xie Jin killed their opponents and regrouped with them against the final Tier Five.
• Lu Ye and the others killed the last Tier Five, leaving Tao Tiangang severely injured, and then rode toward the summit to support the Assault Team.
• Lu Ye’s group harried the Tai Luo Sect Peak Guard cultivators, helping Green Feather Mountain turn its advantage into a sweeping victory at nightfall.
• Han Zheyue ordered Tai Luo Sect’s forces to retreat after her Hunter Teams were intercepted and Qin Wanli refused to send aid.
• Lu Ye’s group learned Tao Tiangang was out of danger and heard that Green Feather Mountain was pursuing the retreating Tai Luo Sect forces.
• Lu Ye checked Yiyi’s condition after she had been injured by the Tier Five Body Cultivator.

Lu Ye recovered after the battle and learned that Green Feather Mountain’s decisive victory had left the Dragon Spring Gathering poised to end early. Tang Wu forced the issue by massing Green Feather Mountain’s forces beneath a Tai Luo Sect peak, and Han Zheyue agreed to end the gathering; Lu Ye’s team would be allowed to enter the Dragon Spring.

• Lu Ye woke to find Amber biting Qiao Qiao'er after she tried to feed it drugged beast meat, then checked his rewards and supplies.
• Lu Ye learned from Xie Jin that Green Feather Mountain held more than fifty peaks after its victory and that the fighting would likely stop.
• Xie Jin told Lu Ye that his team had earned places to enter the Dragon Spring because of their contribution to the battle.
• Tang Wu proposed ending the gathering, but Han Zheyue refused and challenged Green Feather Mountain to attack Tai Luo Sect’s defenses.
• Tang Wu ordered Green Feather Mountain to abandon a peak and gather forces beneath a Tai Luo Sect peak, while Lu Ye’s Hunter Team joined the front line.
• Han Zheyue accepted that the Dragon Spring Gathering should end, and Qin Wanli approved.

Tang Wu secured Green Feather Mountain's victory in the Dragon Spring Gathering and collected wagers from Han Zheyue and Qin Wanli. The Dragon Spring opened, and the visiting cultivators entered first as Green Feather Mountain's disciples prepared to follow.

• Han Zheyue accepted an ownerless mountain peak for Green Feather Mountain, and the three faction leaders announced the Dragon Spring Gathering had ended.
• Xie Jin told Lu Ye that his entire team had been selected to enter the Dragon Spring, and he led them to Central Peak.
• Tang Wu made Lu Ye display his Battlefield Mark, forcing Han Zheyue to pay him two hundred Merit and Qin Wanli to pay twenty Merit.
• Cultivators from Green Feather Mountain's allied sects arrived, and the group arranged for their mounts to be kept in beast pens.
• As the Dragon Spring opened, Tang Wu announced that each faction would occupy it for three days, and the visiting cultivators entered the hall first.

Lu Ye used Spirit Gathering Spirit Patterns to absorb the Dragon Spring’s red mist, enduring intense pain as his physique grew dramatically stronger. He left the chamber with an unknown object from the Spring Eye, then reappeared with the other cultivators as the bell marked the end of their three days.

• Lu Ye entered the Dragon Spring and found himself alone in a small chamber with a Spring Eye.
• Lu Ye used Spirit Gathering Spirit Patterns to draw in the mist, increasing their number until all fifty-four of his Spiritual Apertures were reinforced.
• Lu Ye endured waves of pain, saw blood-red eyes in his mind, and afterward discovered that his strength and speed had increased sharply.
• Lu Ye adapted to his changed body, ate more than ten jin of jerky, and noticed that the mist had disappeared from the chamber.
• Lu Ye retrieved an unknown object from the Spring Eye and was transported out when the bell rang three times.
• The cultivators gathered outside the Bronze Gate, where the strong foul stench prompted someone to urge everyone to leave.

After the Dragon Spring Gathering, Lu Ye left Green Feather Mountain under Tang Wu’s protection to avoid Han Zheyue. Tang Wu escorted him to Yi'an City, where Lu Ye prepared to spend the night and replenish his supplies.

• After bathing, Lu Ye learned from Xie Jin that the Dragon Spring mist had nearly run out, likely leaving the Tai Luo Sect’s later group without its benefits.
• Xie Jin told Lu Ye that Tang Wu would escort him because Han Zheyue might target him, and that Qiao Qiao'er and Song Xie would be accepted into Green Feather Mountain.
• Han Zheyue offered Tang Wu Spirit Stones and Merit in exchange for Lu Ye’s life, but Tang Wu refused and left the hall.
• As Green Feather Mountain’s group departed, Qiao Qiao'er, Song Xie, Xie Jin, and Tao Tiangang said farewell to Lu Ye.
• Tang Wu arrived on a One Leaf Skiff and took Lu Ye and Amber west, agreeing to escort them as far as Yi'an City.
• After two days of travel, Tang Wu left Lu Ye at Yi'an City, and Lu Ye headed inside to rest and buy supplies.

Lu Ye explored Yi'an City, bought supplies, and settled into the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild before examining the mysterious scale that had emerged from the Dragon Spring. Elsewhere in the city, a disgraced cultivator served as bodyguard to a notorious mortal playboy, while a senior brother let his two junior companions explore; the chapter left Lu Ye wondering whether the scale came from the dragon he had seen in his vision.

• Lu Ye explored bustling Yi'an City, learned why mortals lived on the Spirit Stream Battlefield, bought food and clothes, and headed to the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild.
• A mortal playboy groped a woman and had his servants beat her husband while his Tier Six bodyguard, Old Dong, stood by.
• Old Dong reflected on how his betrayal and ruined prospects had led him to become bodyguard to the playboy, who then left with his servants.
• A Tier Five senior brother entered Yi'an City with two Tier Two junior companions and let them explore while he went to the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild.
• Lu Ye took out the object that had erupted from the Dragon Spring, and Amber reacted with instinctive hostility.
• Lu Ye noticed the object resembled the dragon's scale armor and wondered about its connection to the dragon and the blood-red eyes in his vision.

Lu Ye discovered that the blood-red Scale Armor could strengthen the body, though its energy was too potent to absorb safely, and he adjusted to his improved physique. In the city, Wu Hua recognized him as Lu Yiye, while Old Dong realized Lu Ye had survived their past encounter.

• Lu Ye saw Amber absorb energy from the Scale Armor and collapse, then watched its Qi and Blood Power rise as its body was tempered.
• Lu Ye stored the Scale Armor and practiced his saber through the night, finding that his strengthened physique had greatly increased his speed and power.
• At dawn, Amber woke unharmed with increased Qi and Blood Power and more lustrous fur.
• Wu Hua recognized Lu Ye outside the Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild, but Lu Ye denied knowing him and left on Amber.
• Old Dong spotted Lu Ye and realized that the young man he had believed dead had survived, while Wu Hua explained Lu Yiye's nickname to his senior brother.

Wu Hua’s recollection of Lu Ye revealed his rapid rise in cultivation, while Dong Shuye recognized him and set out to kill him again. Lu Ye fled on Amber as Dong Shuye pursued with a noisy young master in tow, and the chase headed toward a nearby sect’s camp where Dong Shuye hoped to find help.

• Wu Hua told his senior brother that he had known Lu Ye from the mine, and Dong Shuye overheard them and identified Lu Ye as the man he wanted to kill.
• The young master insisted on joining Dong Shuye as he went to snatch the Big Tiger, and Dong Shuye agreed to take him along.
• Lu Ye left Yi'an City on Amber, sensed someone following him, spotted Dong Shuye, and used a Windwalk Spirit Talisman to flee.
• Dong Shuye carried the young master after Lu Ye, repeatedly knocking him unconscious when his shouting became unbearable.
• Dong Shuye realized he could not catch Amber at their current pace and sent a message to seek help from a nearby camp.
• Lu Ye suspected Dong Shuye’s cultivation had fallen to Spirit Stream Tier Six and kept fleeing toward storm clouds, fearing spell cultivators ahead.

Lu Ye and Amber were ambushed in the swamp while fleeing Dong Shuye, and Lu Ye killed the two cultivators who trapped them. Dong Shuye caught up and attacked, but Lu Ye used his sharpened reactions and Defense Spirit Pattern to push closer through the spells.

• Two cultivators dropped a Spirit Net over Amber, but Lu Ye leaped away and killed them both with his saber.
• Dong Shuye arrived carrying a mortal young master, who blamed Dong Shuye for pursuing Lu Ye and ran to safety.
• Lu Ye charged Dong Shuye while Amber retreated, and he dodged or blocked the Golden Arc Slashes as he advanced.
• Dong Shuye formed a spear of Spiritual Power and struck Lu Ye's Defense Spirit Pattern, forcing him backward.
• Lu Ye recovered and sprinted forward between Dong Shuye's spells, continuing to close the distance.

Lu Ye used Amber and the Mystic Spirit Bell to capture Dong Shuye’s mortal companion and force Dong Shuye to withdraw, but Dong Shuye broke their agreement and attacked. Lu Ye escaped with Amber, and after reaching a Chaotic Stone Forest, he considered how to face the pursuing Dong Shuye.

• Lu Ye drew Dong Shuye close enough for the Mystic Spirit Bell to trap him, then seized the young wastrel and held a blade to his throat.
• Lu Ye swore a Heaven’s Mystery Oath to spare the young wastrel and free him in three days if Dong Shuye left, and Dong Shuye walked away.
• Dong Shuye turned back and attacked Lu Ye, killing the young wastrel; Lu Ye trapped Dong Shuye again and fled on Amber’s back.
• Dong Shuye shattered the Mystic Spirit Bell and pursued Lu Ye, while the young wastrel’s family later issued a warrant for Dong Shuye’s arrest.
• Lu Ye and Amber reached a Chaotic Stone Forest after Dong Shuye stopped chasing them, and Lu Ye decided he needed to reach Tier Five to fight him.

Lu Ye sought refuge in a Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild while Dong Shuye pursued him, then paid the steep lodging fee to cultivate toward Tier Five. By his fourth night, a steward reported that Heavenly Character Room Three was consuming extra Spirit Stones, where Lu Ye was staying.

• Lu Ye realized Dong Shuye had fallen to Tier Six and planned to reach Tier Five, but fled when Dong Shuye caught up with him.
• Lu Ye entered a Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild and demanded lodging as Dong Shuye followed; an old Tier Eight cultivator intervened to stop a fight.
• Lu Ye paid a hundred Spirit Stones for ten nights and began cultivating in a spacious room with dense Spiritual Energy, while Dong Shuye waited outside.
• Lu Ye opened apertures rapidly during his stay, and on his fourth night a steward told the old man that Heavenly Character Room Three was consuming extra Spirit Stones.

Lu Ye left the Merchant Alliance after preparing for a confrontation, drawing Dong Shuye into a cave where he advanced to Spirit Stream Fifth Layer and trapped them both inside. He charged Dong Shuye, determined to kill the Spell Cultivator at close range.

• Amber used the Scale Armor’s blood thread to temper its body while Lu Ye continued cultivating at the Merchant Alliance.
• Lu Ye spent his remaining Spirit Stones on talismans and Spiritual Pills, then rode Amber away as Dong Shuye pursued him.
• Lu Ye led Dong Shuye into a karst cavern, where Dong Shuye sealed the entrance behind himself while trying to prevent an ambush.
• Lu Ye advanced from Spirit Stream Fourth Layer to Fifth Layer, and Yiyi sealed the cave entrance with a Spirit Talisman.
• Lu Ye dodged Dong Shuye’s spells and charged toward him as the distance between them closed.