Chapter Summaries

Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong lured three masked men into a formation and revealed themselves as impostors among their group. The men’s attempts to summon their elders failed, leaving them trapped as Su Zhan demanded answers.

• Su Zhan stopped the group, went ahead, and led them toward a tree while Hun Tianlong stayed behind.
• The three masked men stepped into Su Zhan’s formation and were trapped, while Hun Tianlong remained outside it.
• Hun Tianlong refused to help them, and the men realized that he and Su Zhan had been hiding among them.
• Su Zhan demanded to know who the men were and why they were targeting his group, but they refused to answer.
• The men launched fireworks and tried to use treasures to contact their elders, but Su Zhan’s formation blocked both attempts.

Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong lured the masked attackers into Su Zhan’s formation and eliminated all but the elder and his two companions. The elder followed a signal to investigate two apparently injured figures, then abruptly retreated when his instincts warned him something was wrong.

• Su Zhan questioned three captured attackers, then killed them with his formation when they refused to answer.
• Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong began luring the remaining attackers into the formation, using the claim that Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong had infiltrated their group.
• Su Zhan eliminated the attackers one by one until only the elder and two companions remained.
• The elder noticed the forest had grown unnaturally quiet and warned his companions to be careful.
• The elder followed fireworks marking an agreed signal and approached two bedraggled figures beneath a tree, but retreated when his instincts sensed danger.

Su Zhan revealed himself to the elder who had approached his formation and defeated him in battle. The elder died without revealing where his group came from, leaving Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong to seek the answers elsewhere.

• Su Zhan revealed his identity after using his formation to send away the elder’s two companions.
• The elder demanded to know what had happened to his subordinates, and Su Zhan said he had sent them on their way.
• Su Zhan fought the elder and drove him into retreat.
• When the elder tried to flee, Su Zhan blocked him and demanded that he answer or die.
• The elder attacked without revealing his origins, and Su Zhan killed him with a single sword strike.
• Hun Tianlong complained that the elder had stayed silent, while Su Zhan remained unsurprised.

Su Zhan discovered that the elder had survived by using a wooden puppet and could vanish into a space controlled by a treasure. After the elder disappeared again and killing intent rose behind him, Su Zhan prepared to face the hidden attack.

• Su Zhan searched the elder's storage treasures for the item controlling the space, but the elder vanished.
• The elder attacked Su Zhan from behind, and Su Zhan dodged after sensing danger.
• The elder revealed that a wooden puppet had taken the fatal blow in his place.
• The elder explained that his treasure let him make the space's entrance appear wherever he wished and hide inside it.
• The elder vanished again, and Hun Tianlong moved to protect Su Zhan.
• Su Zhan told Hun Tianlong to watch out for himself, then sensed killing intent behind him.

Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong defeated the Great Elder’s ambush, but the elder triggered a spatial disaster to take them with him. Su Zhan escaped the collapsing forest with the wounded Hun Tianlong, though he was badly injured himself.

• Su Zhan deliberately left his back exposed and revealed that he had been waiting for the Great Elder to attack.
• Hun Tianlong ambushed the Great Elder, striking his dantian while Su Zhan attacked.
• The Great Elder activated a device that destabilized space and tried to perish alongside Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong.
• Su Zhan struck the Great Elder into a spatial crack and grabbed the injured Hun Tianlong to escape the spatial storm.
• Su Zhan escaped the forest with Hun Tianlong just before the storm swallowed it, sustaining wounds while protecting him.

Su Zhan reached Palace Master Xiao’s gathering after masked attackers wounded him on the road, hoping to identify who had targeted him. Palace Master Xiao found the attackers’ strength and secrecy contradictory, leaving their identities unknown.

• Su Zhan ignored Hun Tianlong’s pleas to rest and traveled to find Palace Master Xiao, taking healing pills along the way.
• Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong arrived safely, where the others reacted with alarm at Su Zhan’s injuries.
• Su Zhan recounted the ambush and showed the group a mask taken from the attackers.
• The gathered guests failed to recognize the mask, and Palace Master Xiao said the attackers’ power and concealment did not fit the usual types of masked assailants.

After Su Zhan was ambushed and injured, Palace Master Xiao took charge of identifying the attackers while cultivators rallied to help. The Palace Lord of Miao Miao Palace ordered sneak attacks on those searching, hoping to keep his sect’s involvement secret.

• Palace Master Xiao named Zhi Shan Tower, Ku Gu Gate, Mo Wen Xuan, and Miao Miao Palace as possible culprits, while cautioning that the evidence was unconfirmed.
• Su Zhan asked Palace Master Xiao to investigate the ambush, and Palace Master Xiao agreed.
• After Su Zhan left to rest, the banquet guests offered to help Palace Master Xiao find the attackers.
• The Lin family and cultivators across the region joined the search, drawing attention to Su Zhan’s popularity.
• The Palace Lord of Miao Miao Palace ordered the Grand Elder to arrange sneak attacks on Su Zhan’s helpers so they would stop investigating.

After learning that the mastermind had killed several people helping him, Su Zhan asked Palace Master Xiao to send the survivors away so they would not be harmed. Palace Master Xiao then revealed that his people had found the person who forged the Forged Mask.

• The Palace Lord ordered the Grand Elder to continue dealing with those helping Su Zhan and make others afraid to assist him.
• The Grand Elder led an elite force against isolated or understaffed helpers, killing many, including several God Kings.
• After Hun Tianlong told him what had happened, Su Zhan went to Palace Master Xiao and asked him to persuade the remaining helpers to return.
• Palace Master Xiao assured Su Zhan that he could avenge the fallen, and Su Zhan vowed to do so.
• Palace Master Xiao told Su Zhan that his people had found the person who forged the Forged Mask, whose exceptional materials and craftsmanship concealed its wearer’s face.

Su Zhan went to the Boundless Mountain Range to find Gu Feng, the suspected mask forger and link to the mastermind behind the scenes. He sent Palace Master Xiao’s men away and began searching where Gu Feng had vanished, while Gu Feng remained hidden in a concealed cave.

• Palace Master Xiao told Su Zhan that the suspicious mask forger had fled to the Boundless Mountain Range and was likely Gu Feng.
• Su Zhan took Hun Tianlong and Palace Master Xiao’s map and traveled to the mountain range.
• Su Zhan dismissed Palace Master Xiao’s subordinates, insisting that he and Hun Tianlong could search alone.
• Su Zhan returned to the place where Gu Feng had disappeared and reasoned that he was probably still nearby.
• Gu Feng hid in a cave behind a concealment treasure and regretted forging the masks for money.

Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong found Gu Feng hiding in a cave and confronted him over the mask he had refined. Gu Feng admitted making it but claimed he had not intended to harm Su Zhan and did not know who hired him.

• Gu Feng regretted getting involved and hid in a cave, hoping the people searching nearby would not find him.
• Su Zhan used his skill at breaking arrays to shatter Gu Feng's concealment treasure and expose him.
• Gu Feng tried to escape by throwing treasures at Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong, but Su Zhan dodged the attack and blocked his path.
• Gu Feng guessed Su Zhan's group served Palace Master Xiao and admitted he had refined the mask, claiming he had no grudge against Su Zhan and did not know who had hired him.

Su Zhan confronted Gu Feng and asked who had commissioned the masks, but Gu Feng feared retaliation and demanded protection before revealing anything. Su Zhan offered to take him to Palace Master Xiao and secure his protection, leaving Gu Feng to decide whether to trust the arrangement.

• Gu Feng tried to leave after asking Su Zhan not to seek him out again, but froze when Su Zhan identified himself.
• Gu Feng nervously insisted that he had only refined the masks and had not deliberately tried to harm Su Zhan.
• Su Zhan asked who had commissioned the masks and promised that the person responsible would not be able to threaten Gu Feng.
• Gu Feng said he would only speak if Su Zhan could guarantee his safety.
• Su Zhan offered to take Gu Feng to Palace Master Xiao and ensure he could stay under his protection if the danger remained.
• Gu Feng asked whether Su Zhan could persuade Palace Master Xiao, and Su Zhan said he would take him there before Gu Feng revealed anything.

Su Zhan brought Gu Feng to Palace Master Xiao, who agreed to protect him in exchange for his artifact-forging services. Gu Feng revealed that Miao Miao Palace had commissioned the masks, leaving Su Zhan to consider the powerful group behind the attack.

• Gu Feng agreed to tell Su Zhan the truth in exchange for protection.
• Su Zhan asked Palace Master Xiao to shelter Gu Feng, and Palace Master Xiao offered him a place in return for forging treasures.
• Gu Feng accepted the arrangement and agreed to forge artifacts for Palace Master Xiao.
• Hun Tianlong pressed Gu Feng to name the client who had ordered the masks.
• Gu Feng said Miao Miao Palace had commissioned the masks, and Palace Master Xiao warned Su Zhan that the group was powerful and dangerous.

Su Zhan learned that someone had hired Miao Miao Palace to target him, but he could not identify the culprit. He used Gu Feng as bait to draw Miao Miao Palace’s people out, and masked men confronted him at Gu Feng’s residence.

• Su Zhan decided to question Miao Miao Palace about who had hired them to attack him.
• Palace Master Xiao gave Su Zhan a map to Miao Miao Palace and offered to arrange help, but Su Zhan chose to go alone.
• Gu Feng said Miao Miao Palace would likely try to kill him to conceal its involvement, and Su Zhan realized this could save him from searching for them.
• Su Zhan disguised himself as Gu Feng and returned to Gu Feng’s residence with Hun Tianlong disguised as an attendant.
• As Su Zhan pretended to pack up in fear, several masked men blocked his path and demanded to know where Gu Feng was going.

Su Zhan convinced Miao Miao Palace’s men that he could help them lure Su Zhan into a trap, and they took him and Hun Tianlong to meet the Palace Lord. The pair were confined aboard a flying ship as it headed for Miao Miao Palace’s territory.

• Su Zhan begged Miao Miao Palace’s men to spare him and offered to help them capture Su Zhan.
• The men decided to take Su Zhan to the Palace Lord so he could approve the plan.
• Su Zhan explained that Hun Tianlong was his artifact-refining assistant and persuaded the men to bring him along.
• The men confined Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong in a room aboard their flying ship until it reached Miao Miao Palace’s territory.

Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong met the Palace Lord of Miao Miao Palace and pretended to agree to lure Su Zhan into a trap. The Palace Lord kept them under watch, while Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong carefully maintained their cover.

• Su Zhan met the Palace Lord and claimed he wanted to forge artifacts for him in exchange for a chance to stay at Miao Miao Palace.
• The Palace Lord agreed to let Su Zhan stay if he helped lure Su Zhan into a trap.
• Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong were escorted to a small side hall and placed under guard.
• Su Zhan warned Hun Tianlong not to speak freely, and Hun Tianlong played along by complaining that they needed to get rid of Su Zhan.
• The Palace Lord watched their words and movements through a screen and decided they seemed to understand that helping him was their best option.

The First Elder showed Su Zhan the formation Miao Miao Palace had prepared to kill him, but Su Zhan exposed its flaws and offered to improve it. The First Elder’s view of Su Zhan changed, opening the way for him to interfere with the trap.

• The Palace Lord ordered the First Elder to prepare to eliminate Su Zhan as soon as possible.
• After several days, Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong followed the First Elder to a valley where Miao Miao Palace had concealed a formation.
• Su Zhan said the formation was too simple to fool Su Zhan, and the First Elder rebuked him for his arrogance.
• Su Zhan casually altered the formation, revealing its concealed parts and proving he had identified its flaws.
• Su Zhan suggested replacing the formation with a better one, and the First Elder recognized his knowledge of formations.

Su Zhan, disguised as Gu Feng, altered a formation and trapped the Grand Elder inside it before revealing his identity. He demanded to know who had ordered the attempt to harm him, but the Grand Elder refused to betray the Palace Lord.

• Su Zhan humbly agreed to improve the formation at the Grand Elder’s request.
• Su Zhan lured the Grand Elder to the Formation Eye and activated the formation, trapping him inside.
• Su Zhan revealed his true appearance and demanded to know why the Grand Elder’s people wanted to harm him and who had instructed them.
• The Grand Elder failed to break the altered formation or contact Miao Miao Palace, then refused to answer Su Zhan and demanded to be released.

Su Zhan interrogated the Great Elder about who had plotted against him, but rejected the accusation that Palace Master Xiao was responsible. When the Great Elder refused to give another answer, Su Zhan prepared to kill him.

• Hun Tianlong demanded that the Great Elder reveal who wanted to harm Su Zhan.
• The Great Elder claimed Palace Master Xiao had arranged the attack, and Hun Tianlong briefly doubted him.
• Su Zhan explained why Palace Master Xiao would not need to use someone else to attack them and concluded that the Great Elder was lying.
• Su Zhan lost patience and activated the grand formation against the Great Elder, who realized Su Zhan meant to kill him.

Su Zhan forced the Great Elder to reveal what he knew about a mysterious cloaked man who had hired Miao Miao Palace to target him. The Great Elder could not identify the man, and Su Zhan was left unable to recognize the enemy or determine his next move.

• Su Zhan kept the Great Elder trapped in his formation until the wounded elder admitted he did not know the mysterious man's identity.
• Su Zhan stopped the formation and gave the Great Elder one last chance to tell the truth.
• The Great Elder described an elderly-sounding cloaked man who had forced his way into Miao Miao Palace and then met Palace Lord alone.
• The Great Elder said Palace Lord had agreed to target Su Zhan in exchange for the thing the mysterious man wanted most and other rewards.
• Su Zhan could not identify the man, while the Great Elder urged him to leave before Palace Lord could find him.

Su Zhan trapped the Grand Elder inside the formation and disguised himself as him, while Hun Tianlong posed as Gu Feng. Su Zhan returned to Miao Miao Palace and went to the Palace Lord, pretending to worry that Gu Feng was too timid to carry out their plan.

• Su Zhan told the Grand Elder he would not kill him but sealed him invisibly inside the formation.
• Su Zhan arranged for Hun Tianlong to disguise himself as Gu Feng while he took the Grand Elder’s appearance.
• Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong returned to Miao Miao Palace, where Su Zhan claimed the Grand Elder had disposed of Gu Feng’s disrespectful attendant.
• Su Zhan went to see the Palace Lord and said Gu Feng might be too timid to carry out their plan without arousing Su Zhan’s suspicions.
• The Palace Lord agreed that their current plan was their only option.