Chapter Summaries

Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan searched Death Spirit Abyss, collecting gems and Starlight Grass while learning about the ancient battle there. They returned with a huge haul and relics, leaving their senior brothers astonished by the treasures and the prospect of carrying them back.

• The Black Water Mystic Snake told Little Fatty that a dangerous volcano lay beyond the sea, while Zhang Xiaofan found an oilpaper bundle and a ruined sword tied to the battle a century earlier.
• The yin spirit offered to lead Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan to preserved relics, and the Black Water Mystic Snake killed a giant Blood Hairpin that had crept up on Little Fatty.
• Zhang Xiaofan used the Mysterious Gauze to let the yin spirit carry their collected Starlight Grass and gems to shore while Little Fatty continued searching.
• Wu Dayi and the other senior brothers worried when Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan went missing, then were startled when Zhang Xiaofan returned with five yin spirits.
• Zhang Xiaofan explained the gems’ properties, and Little Fatty claimed the enormous pile as his own while the senior brothers fretted over transporting their haul.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought out magic treasures preserved from the ancient battle, astonishing the senior brothers.

Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan searched beneath Death Spirit Abyss for a place to hide the treasures they had collected. After stashing them in a secluded cave by the Heartless Sea, they set out to investigate the legendary Blooddrop Cave.

• The senior brothers sorted their spoils, then entrusted Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan with hiding the treasures beneath Death Spirit Abyss.
• Little Fatty took in five yin spirits, giving each one a drop of blood so they could endure the giant stone’s radiance.
• A yin spirit revealed a crack leading toward Blackheart Elder’s Blooddrop Cave, but Little Fatty chose to hide the loot in another cave instead.
• The yin spirit led Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan to a hidden cave near the Heartless Sea, where they stored the treasures behind an old tree.
• Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan explored the cave’s dusty passage and found a small waterfall, then prepared to investigate the Blooddrop Cave.

Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty explored the Demon Sect cave and discovered a carved volume of the Heavenly Book that linked Daoist, Buddhist, and Demon Sect cultivation. While Little Fatty studied it, Zhang Xiaofan searched for treasures and found a golden bell in a trapped iron box.

• Little Fatty poured monkey wine at the old tree by the cave entrance, and he and Zhang Xiaofan crawled through the narrow passage into the cave.
• Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan found a stone chamber containing statues and a skeleton, then reached another chamber where the first volume of the Heavenly Book was carved into the walls.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty read the Heavenly Book, and Little Fatty explained that their Daoist and Buddhist methods likely came from other volumes of the same source.
• Little Fatty entered cultivation after memorizing the text, while Zhang Xiaofan searched nearby chambers for treasures.
• Zhang Xiaofan opened an unlabeled iron box from a distance, releasing deadly black gas, then tipped it over and revealed a small golden bell.

Zhang Xiaofan guarded Luo Yunji while he comprehended the art in Blooddrop Cave, then discovered he had reached the eighth layer of the Jade Purity Realm. After Luo Yunji woke from twenty-seven days of cultivation, he examined the blank stone slabs and identified them as the Yuqing Sword Art.

• Zhang Xiaofan collected a golden bell, absorbed the spreading black vapor with White Elixirs, and stored the blackened pills in the little iron box.
• Zhang Xiaofan discovered Luo Yunji had advanced to the eighth layer and left to inform the senior brothers and prepare food.
• Zhang Xiaofan watched over Luo Yunji for twenty-seven days while his aura grew stronger, despite worrying about his long fast.
• Luo Yunji woke, ate the food Zhang Xiaofan had prepared, and then examined the stone slabs from the oil-paper packet.
• Luo Yunji called the art on the apparently blank slabs the Yuqing Sword Art and promised to teach Zhang Xiaofan after learning it.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji studied the arts on the stone slabs, but Luo Yunji grew too fat to squeeze back through the cave crack. Zhang Xiaofan brought He Dazhi into Blooddrop Cave, where He Dazhi discovered and triggered its hidden mechanism, leaving them waiting to see if it would open.

• Luo Yunji explained how to read the stone slabs and told Zhang Xiaofan that the Dragon-Slaying Art worked best with a saber.
• Luo Yunji suggested adding a blade to Zhang Xiaofan’s Fire Poker, but they lacked materials and he soon forgot the idea.
• After two more days of studying, Zhang Xiaofan tried to lead Luo Yunji out, only to find that Luo Yunji had grown too fat to fit through the crack.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought He Dazhi into Blooddrop Cave, where He Dazhi searched the cave’s red stones and pool for an entrance mechanism.
• He Dazhi noticed that the pool reflected the seven red stones in the shape of a hand, found seven matching stones beneath the pool’s sand, and pressed them down together.
• A heavy, intermittent click-clack sounded through the cave, and Zhang Xiaofan feared the mechanism might jam before Luo Yunji could escape.

Zhang Xiaofan and He Dazhi entered the hidden chambers of Blooddrop Cave and found Little Fatty, who had been studying the Heavenly Book. After they carried the treasures away and buried the skeleton, He Dazhi suspected the deceased was Blackheart Elder and connected the inscriptions to his rumored relationship with Lady Jinling.

• Zhang Xiaofan led He Dazhi through the opened passage and past the statues and chambers to Little Fatty.
• Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan packed the stone slabs bearing the Heavenly Book, while He Dazhi learned the writing could not be copied and might require taking the wall itself.
• Zhang Xiaofan, He Dazhi, and Little Fatty moved the treasures into Blooddrop Cave, then buried the skeleton and found sorrowful verses on the walls.
• He Dazhi recognized references to Lady Jinling's Acacia Bell and Blackheart Elder's Bloodthirsty Bead in the inscriptions.
• Zhang Xiaofan asked whether they should erect a memorial tablet, and He Dazhi agreed that the skeleton was likely Blackheart Elder.

He Dazhi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Little Fatty left Blooddrop Cave with Blackheart Elder’s treasures, then helped the Black Water Mystic Snake remove strange fish from its wounds. The snake recalled a hunted man who split the Heartless Sea with a sword art called “Dragon Slayer,” and Little Fatty hurried to tell He Dazhi.

• Zhang Xiaofan buried Blackheart Elder, and He Dazhi gathered several magical treasures for the group to use.
• He Dazhi led Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty out of Blooddrop Cave, where they encountered the Black Water Mystic Snake.
• The Black Water Mystic Snake asked Zhang Xiaofan and He Dazhi to remove strange fish from its wounds, and they cleaned them off at the Heartless Sea.
• The Black Water Mystic Snake recalled a hunted man who had split the Heartless Sea with one sword strike and shouted “Dragon Slayer.”
• Little Fatty became fascinated by the sword art and ran to tell He Dazhi, who was shocked by the story.

Little Fatty told He Dazhi and Zhang Xiaofan about the powerful sword art he had found, then persuaded the Black Water Mystic Snake to catch demon beasts for a meal. The Azure Cloud Sect brothers gathered beneath the Death Spirit Abyss to cook the beasts, while the Black Water Mystic Snake warily watched the newcomers.

• He Dazhi learned that Little Fatty had found a stone slab linked to the Dragon-Slaying Art and that Little Fatty intended to comprehend the sword technique.
• Little Fatty asked the Black Water Mystic Snake about demon beasts and convinced it to catch some for them to eat.
• He Dazhi returned with Zheng Dali to start a fire, and the other senior brothers came along after hearing about the snake and the food.
• The Black Water Mystic Snake brought back Red-Eyed Wild Boars and a Black-Toothed Demon Hound, while the brothers examined the catch.
• He Dazhi kept the two unidentified beads in Zhang Xiaofan's bamboo pack, and the Black Water Mystic Snake coiled defensively around the gathered cultivators.

Zhang Xiaofan and the others discovered that Mayfly Lice had taken over the demon beasts, then realized the parasites were also inside the Black Water Mystic Snake. The chapter left the snake terrified and unsure whether it was safe to return to the water or stay on shore.

• Little Fatty approached a supposedly dead Red-Eyed Wild Boar, and Zhang Xiaofan caught a Mayfly Louse as it attacked him.
• The Red-Eyed Wild Boar burst open when Zhang Xiaofan cut it, revealing a body filled with Mayfly Lice, which Zheng Dali burned.
• He Dazhi explained how the Mayfly Lice parasitized the demon beasts, and the group found a giant louse wrapped around a wild boar's brain.
• A huge Red-Eyed Wild Boar charged into the fire, and He Dazhi killed it after Mayfly Lice emerged from its body.
• He Dazhi examined the Black Water Mystic Snake and found signs of Mayfly Lice beneath the lining of its mouth, leaving the snake afraid to enter the water.

He Dazhi and the others searched for a way to cure the Black Water Mystic Snake’s Mayfly Lice while Little Fatty studied the Dragon-Slaying Art. They discovered that intact starlight from Starlight Grass repelled the lice, and He Dazhi left Du Bishu to extract it in bulk.

• He Dazhi and Zhang Xiaofan considered salt and searched the Heartless Sea for a cure for the Mayfly Lice inside the Black Water Mystic Snake.
• He Dazhi discovered that the lice avoided Starlight Grass, while Little Fatty studied the Dragon-Slaying Art and used it to raise a ten-zhang-high wave.
• He Dazhi failed to cure the snake with ground or boiled Starlight Grass, but Du Bishu extracted its glowing specks and made a caged Mayfly Louse recoil.
• He Dazhi tossed the extracted starlight into the snake’s mouth, driving the Mayfly Lice away from the treated area.
• He Dazhi found that he could not extract the starlight himself, so he persuaded Du Bishu to process the large pile of Starlight Grass.

Little Fatty discovered that the Yuqing Sword Art could amplify techniques and used it to unleash the Dragon-Slaying Art, cleaving the Heartless Sea apart. He agreed to teach the technique to the others, who practiced it while He Dazhi’s group remained in Death Spirit Abyss.

• Little Fatty recognized that the Yuqing Sword Art could amplify multiple techniques, while Zhang Xiaofan stayed alert as He Dazhi and Sixth Senior Brother studied their discoveries.
• Wu Dayi arrived and discovered that he could see the Dragon-Slaying Art inscribed on the slab, leading He Dazhi to conclude that spiritual-attribute people could read it.
• He Dazhi treated the Black Water Mystic Snake by driving Mayfly Lice from its body, while Sixth Senior Brother refined Starlight Grass and Little Fatty studied the Yuqing Sword Art.
• Little Fatty performed One Slash, No Regrets and split the Heartless Sea’s waters apart, revealing the shallow seabed.
• Little Fatty agreed to teach the Dragon-Slaying Art, and the others came down from the cliff to practice it.
• Sixth Senior Brother learned that Little Fatty’s sea-cleaving strike had not used the Yuqing Sword Art at full power, and Little Fatty took the Night-Shining Pearl to play with Zhang Xiaofan.

Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan entered a Natural Array at the eye of the Heartless Sea and claimed its two Treasure Pearls with the Fire Poker. As water rose and coral grew around them, Little Fatty discovered that the larger pearl could absorb coral and sand.

• Zhang Xiaofan found the Red-Eyed Wild Boar's fangs, eyeballs, and purple-red bead in the ashes, and he and Little Fatty later returned to the Black Water Mystic Snake.
• The Black Water Mystic Snake took Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan to the eye of the Heartless Sea and asked them to retrieve the Treasure Pearls so it could leave and have its Mayfly Lice driven out.
• Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan used the Fire Poker to pass through the Natural Array's barrier and found a dry seabed habitat with coral and strange butterfly-like creatures.
• Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan used the Fire Poker to reach the spring and took the larger and smaller Treasure Pearls, releasing a powerful column of water.
• As water rose and coral grew, Little Fatty discovered that the larger pearl absorbed coral and sand, and he began collecting them.

Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty escaped the flooded sea eye with the Yin and Yang Orbs, and Little Fatty later filled the Yin Orb with treasures. At Death Spirit Abyss, Little Fatty’s sword strike caused the seemingly indestructible boulder to slide toward the abyss, leaving the group scrambling for a solution.

• Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty escaped the sea butterflies, and Little Fatty used blood essence from a coral tree to restore Zhang Xiaofan’s withered leg, though it remained numb.
• Little Fatty recognized the coral trees as a Taiji Liangyi Array, and the Black Water Mystic Snake carried the pair back to shore.
• Little Fatty showed the senior brothers the Yin and Yang Orbs, while Zhang Xiaofan explained the sea butterflies and the events beneath the sea.
• Little Fatty arranged the coral trees, collected gems and Starlight Grass, and filled the Yin Orb with treasures while Zhang Xiaofan recovered his feeling.
• Little Fatty struck the glowing boulder at Death Spirit Abyss with Dragon-Slaying Art—One Slash, No Regrets, and the boulder began sliding toward the abyss.

Little Fatty and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples traveled to Xiaochi Town to visit its famous wishing well. Zhang Xiaofan wished for his companions’ happiness and mourned Grass Temple Village before a figure appeared behind the bushes.

• The Black Water Mystic Snake saved Little Fatty’s boulder from falling into Death Spirit Abyss, and Little Fatty stored it in the Yang Orb.
• Wu Dayi led the group south, but after learning about Xiaochi Town’s wishing well, the disciples chose to head east instead.
• The disciples reached Xiaochi Town and traveled to the ancient well, where they each made wishes.
• Zhang Xiaofan wished for everyone else’s wishes to come true, then wondered whether the well could bring the people of Grass Temple Village back to life.
• Wu Dayi comforted Zhang Xiaofan and reminded him that the disciples considered him family, and a figure appeared behind the bushes as the group played.

The Big Bamboo Peak disciples went to investigate Black Stone Cave and confronted a three-tailed fox demon who tried to dissuade them from entering. After she attacked Du Bishu and Zhang Xiaofan’s Fire Poker drove her back, she revealed a powerful jade-ring magical treasure that weakened her own cultivation, leaving the group facing an escalating battle.

• The disciples learned from a townsman that Black Stone Cave was dangerous and decided to investigate it.
• A white-clothed woman warned them away, and a Yin Spirit identified her as a three-tailed fox demon.
• The disciples attacked the fox demon, who used her charm arts to distract Du Bishu before Zhang Xiaofan’s Fire Poker stopped her claws.
• The fox demon retreated from the Fire Poker, and Du Bishu pursued her with a Taiji Seal.
• The fox demon brought out a jade-ring magical treasure that released scorching air and withered nearby plants.
• He Dazhi realized the treasure’s righteous fire aura suppressed the fox demon and might have harmed her through years of contact.

He Dazhi and the other Big Bamboo Peak disciples unleashed a powerful combined technique against the Three-Tailed Demon Fox, but Zhang Xiaofan cut apart the resulting fire tornado and Little Fatty used the Yin Orb to extinguish the forest fire. After the group recovered from the orb’s strange effect, He Dazhi remembered that Zhang Xiaofan had once used a Rain Technique on the mountain.

• He Dazhi and four fellow disciples formed a formation and combined their spiritual energy, creating a fire tornado that also trapped them in its pull.
• The Three-Tailed Demon Fox fled into Black Stone Cave while Little Fatty pointed her out, but Zhang Xiaofan cleaved the tornado apart with the Dragon-Slaying Art and Little Fatty put out the scattered flames with rain.
• Little Fatty used the Yin Orb to spread rain across the forest, unintentionally leaving Zhang Xiaofan and the five disciples unable to move or use their spiritual energy.
• After half an hour, the six recovered and found Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty returning from the woods with small animals; the senior brothers wondered how Zhang Xiaofan had mastered the Dragon-Slaying Art.
• While washing at a spring, Wu Dayi and the others puzzled over what had happened, until He Dazhi recalled Zhang Xiaofan using a Rain Technique on the mountain.

The group discussed whether Luo Yunji’s rain summoned with the Yin Orb could restrain spiritual power, while Zhang Xiaofan cooked for everyone. After discovering one of Luo Yunji’s five Yin Spirits was missing, they worried about what had happened to it as night fell near Black Stone Cave.

• He Dazhi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Lu Daxin theorized that rain summoned through the Yin Orb had immobilized them and blocked their spiritual power.
• Zhang Xiaofan served roasted food to Luo Yunji, who bickered with Du Bishu and later fought Big Yellow and Little Gray over a roasted pig.
• Big Yellow breathed fire to break Luo Yunji’s water bubble, and Luo Yunji took a pig’s leg while Big Yellow and Little Gray carried off the rest.
• The disciples decided to stay near Black Stone Cave rather than enter it or return to Xiaochi Town, and they discussed the power of the treasure that had driven off the Three-Tailed Fox Demon.
• Fourth Senior Brother noticed one of Luo Yunji’s five Yin Spirits was missing, and Luo Yunji called the missing spirit Dabai.

Zhang Xiaofan discovered that the Dragon-Slaying Art had cultivation layers and learned from Luo Yunji that it complemented the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao, leaving Wu Dayi stunned by the technique’s implications. After Luo Yunji woke from refining the Yin Orb, he revealed that the Sea Butterflies in its formation had died and considered how to bring extreme Yang water into it.

• Zhang Xiaofan found that his left leg struck far harder than his right while practicing Luo Yunji’s force-channeling method.
• Wu Dayi learned that Zhang Xiaofan had reached the second layer of the Dragon-Slaying Art and asked him to explain how Luo Yunji had taught it.
• Zhang Xiaofan explained that the Dragon-Slaying Art’s layers corresponded to stages of the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao and that the arts shared an origin, prompting Wu Dayi to return to the others in a daze.
• Luo Yunji woke after three days of refining the Yin Orb, ate the food Zhang Xiaofan had prepared, and said all the Sea Butterflies in its formation had died.
• Luo Yunji wondered whether he needed to refine the Yin Orb and Yang Orb together to introduce extreme Yang water into the formation, then noted that its golden sand, coral trees, and Sea Butterflies were connected.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji joined their senior brothers in exploring the Black Stone Cave, a vast, hot abyss filled with strange beasts that descended toward a lava-filled depth. After Zheng Dali ate a red fruit that blackened silver needles, He Dazhi examined him in confusion, finding something unexpected.

• Little Fatty told Zhang Xiaofan that Sea Butterfly eggs remained on coral trees and described Dahei's progress refining the Yin Orb and the Rain Technique's effects.
• The senior brothers descended into the Black Stone Cave after Yin Spirit Dabai reported that the Fox Demon had gone below.
• The group encountered countless strange creatures in holes along the abyss walls, and a monster attacked Sixth Senior Brother before Third Senior Brother knocked him out of danger.
• The explorers reached a lava-lit region, where Little Fatty picked a red fruit and Zhang Xiaofan's silver needle turned black after touching it.
• Zheng Dali ate the fruit despite Zhang Xiaofan's warning, and He Dazhi examined him after explaining that silver needles could blacken slowly inside a volcano.

The disciples discovered that the Ya fruit strengthened Zheng Dali but burned Little Fatty, and Zheng Dali entered meditation while covered in flames. As the others explored nearby caves, Little Fatty demonstrated a risky way to fly with Vibration Force and nearly crashed before Zhang Xiaofan caught him.

• He Dazhi explained that Ya fruit was dangerous, but Zheng Dali could eat it and gain spiritual power; Little Fatty’s tongue caught fire from a drop of juice and Zhang Xiaofan extinguished it with Yin Water.
• Zheng Dali ate another Ya fruit, then became engulfed in flames and flew to an empty cave to meditate while Wu Dayi stayed to watch over him.
• He Dazhi warned the others not to explore deeper, and the disciples split into groups to investigate nearby caves.
• Little Fatty showed Zhang Xiaofan how to use Vibration Force and Twelve Steps to rise into the air, then plunged downward at dangerous speed.
• Zhang Xiaofan caught Little Fatty just before he hit the ground and injured his arms from the effort; He Dazhi scolded Little Fatty and examined the cave’s bottom.