Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu arrived at the Golden Rainbow Martial Arts School as Lei Zhengxing and Zhao Xian challenged it, then killed Zhao Xian with a single punch. His arrival left the school’s disciples and Lei Zhengxing facing an unexpected turn in the confrontation.

• Shen Xiu entered the school and offered to accept Lei Zhengxing’s challenge on its master’s behalf.
• Zhao Xian recognized Shen Xiu from the siege of Shanglin City and tried to call the confrontation a misunderstanding.
• Shen Xiu demanded that Zhao Xian take one punch to settle the matter.
• Zhao Xian accepted Shen Xiu’s challenge, and Shen Xiu killed him with a punch through his chest.

Shen Xiu killed Zhao Xian with one punch, allowing Lin Yuan and the Golden Rainbow Martial Arts School to defeat the Wind Thunder Martial Arts School. After the Wind Thunder Martial Arts School collapsed, Lin Yuan gave Shen Xiu a share of the seized banknotes, which Shen Xiu accepted.

• Shen Xiu killed Zhao Xian with one punch and confronted Lei Zhengxing.
• Lin Yuan fought Lei Zhengxing while Shen Xiu stood nearby, and the Golden Rainbow Martial Arts School's instructors intercepted the Wind Thunder Martial Arts School members.
• Lei Zhengxing died, and the Golden Rainbow Martial Arts School took Zhao Xian's martial arts manual and suppressed the remaining opposition.
• The Wind Thunder Martial Arts School's disciples scattered, its leaders fled, and Taixi factions divided its businesses and influence.
• Shen Xiu stayed at the Golden Rainbow Martial Arts School, caught up with Instructor Duan, and guided new disciples.
• Lin Yuan gave Shen Xiu banknotes from the Wind Thunder Martial Arts School's seized wealth, and Shen Xiu accepted them.

Shen Xiu advanced his martial arts through a month of intensive cultivation before Shopkeeper Ning brought him a lead on a Sixth Rank demonic beast. The chapter ended with Shen Xiu examining the Suspended Sword Division’s dossier about a Heart-Devouring Demon Fox in Shanhua Town.

• Shen Xiu consumed his cultivation supplements and advanced his Prison Suppressing Dragon Elephant Strength, then cultivated the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill through the night.
• Shen Xiu spent the following month cultivating until his Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill reached the Fourth Layer and gained the ability to rebound force.
• A clerk from Shopkeeper Ning's Oddities Hall delivered news of a possible Sixth Rank demonic beast, and Shen Xiu went to meet Shopkeeper Ning.
• Shopkeeper Ning told Shen Xiu that six people in Shanhua Town had been murdered, their hearts torn out, and investigators suspected a Heart-Devouring Demon Fox.
• Shen Xiu read the Suspended Sword Division's detailed dossier on the Shanhua Town murders and recognized Shopkeeper Ning's connections.

Shen Xiu investigated the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox in Shanhua Town, gathering clues from its sole known survivor. After days of waiting, a terrified young man rushed into a restaurant clutching a peach blossom branch, suggesting the demon had struck again.

• Shen Xiu traveled to Shanhua Town to investigate the sixth-rank Heart-Devouring Demon Fox.
• A frail rice-shop clerk recounted how he survived the demon by diving into a latrine pit.
• Shen Xiu compared the clerk’s testimony with the case files and identified clues about the demon’s habits and appearance.
• Shen Xiu settled at an inn and waited for the demon to appear.
• A disheveled young man ran into a restaurant, crying for help and clutching a peach blossom branch.

Shen Xiu learned that Yang Hu had been marked by the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox and volunteered to take his place as bait. After night fell, the demon arrived outside Yang Hu’s room, and Shen Xiu prepared to face it.

• Yang Hu showed the peach blossom that had appeared at his doorway, and Yang Dalong tried to comfort him despite the danger.
• Shen Xiu offered to switch places with Yang Hu and moved into the room where the fox demon was expected to strike.
• Yang Hu and Yang Dalong left the courtyard after Shen Xiu assured them he would stay.
• A figure descended from the air and landed outside the house, and Shen Xiu opened his eyes inside the room.

Shen Xiu waited in the Yang Family courtyard for the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox, who approached disguised as a woman and tried to lure him with an offer of tea. When she attacked, his Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill repelled her claws and shattered her fingers, forcing her to flee.

• Yang Dalong and several residents watched from a nearby building as the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox arrived at the courtyard.
• The demon fox entered Shen Xiu’s room in disguise and tried to tempt him, but he calmly insisted that she give him tea.
• The demon fox cursed and struck Shen Xiu’s chest with her claws.
• Shen Xiu’s Protective True Qi stopped the attack and shattered the demon fox’s claws, leaving her fingers mangled.
• The injured demon fox backed away and turned to flee through the door.

Shen Xiu overwhelmed the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox in the Yang Family courtyard, forcing her to flee despite her strongest attacks. He vanished after her, while a figure watched from a nearby rooftop.

• Shen Xiu blasted the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox through the courtyard and into the entrance wall.
• Shen Xiu attacked again, and the demon used her two tails to shield herself from his punch.
• The Heart-Devouring Demon Fox screamed and fired needle-like fur at Shen Xiu, but his force knocked the barrage aside.
• The Heart-Devouring Demon Fox fled the ruined courtyard, and Shen Xiu vanished in pursuit after glancing at a nearby rooftop.

Shen Xiu pursued and killed the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox, taking its demon core, but an immortal-path cultivator appeared and claimed the fox’s corpse. Shen Xiu handed it over to avoid an immediate fight while secretly deciding to kill the young man.

• The Heart-Devouring Demon Fox fled toward the forest, but Shen Xiu appeared in her path and knocked her down with a rebound of force.
• Shen Xiu used his temporarily enhanced Sixth Realm strength to break through the fox’s defenses and leave her gravely wounded.
• The Heart-Devouring Demon Fox tried to seduce Shen Xiu into sparing her, but he killed her with a punch to the throat and took her demon core.
• A young immortal-path cultivator took the fox’s corpse and demanded that Shen Xiu let him keep it, threatening to attack if Shen Xiu refused.
• Shen Xiu agreed to hand over the corpse while secretly resolving to kill the young cultivator.

Shen Xiu accepted compensation from Li Congyun of Qingxia Cave Heaven after their encounter, then returned to Shanglin City and fed the Heart-Devouring Demon Fox’s core to the Nine Transformations Golden Cicada. The Golden Cicada completed its third transformation and began its fourth, unleashing a surge of blood and qi through Shen Xiu.

• Li Congyun gave Shen Xiu a bottle of Blood Qi Pills as compensation for the demon beast, and Shen Xiu recognized the man’s sect from a past encounter.
• Li Congyun flew away on his sword, while Shen Xiu escaped the watchers and returned to the inn to recover his depleted cultivation.
• Shen Xiu left Shanhua Town and returned to Shanglin City without further trouble.
• Shen Xiu released the Nine Transformations Golden Cicada and ordered it to swallow the sixth-rank Heart-Devouring Demon Fox’s core.
• The Golden Cicada refined the core, reached full satiety, and changed to its Fourth Transformation as a torrent of blood and qi surged through Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu gained the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye, which improved his perception and helped him make progress in drawing talismans. After struggling to fund his cultivation, he heard Yun Chengzhi’s offer to explore a herb-rich place and recognized Qingyang Mountain on the map.

• Shen Xiu awakened the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye and tested its extraordinary vision, stopping when his eyes began to ache.
• Shen Xiu used the new talent to draw an Explosive Fire Talisman, which burst into sparks but barely produced a flame.
• Shen Xiu spent the night drawing talismans and eventually made one that ignited a fist-sized flame.
• Shen Xiu worried that his cultivation expenses were draining his money and needed a reliable way to earn silver.
• Yun Chengzhi offered Shen Xiu half a share if he accompanied him to a place rich in medicinal herbs.
• Yun Chengzhi showed Shen Xiu a worn map, and Shen Xiu recognized Qingyang Mountain written on it.

Shen Xiu compared his map fragment with Yun Chengzhi’s and learned that both were copies leading to a medicinal garden in a Cave Heaven Treasure Trove. He agreed to join the Yun Family’s expedition to seek the treasure, despite concerns about the family’s hidden Eighth Realm ancestor, and prepared talismans before they set out.

• Shen Xiu found the map fragment Xi Zhengyang had given him and discovered it matched part of Yun Chengzhi’s map.
• Yun Chengzhi explained that the maps were genuine copies leading to a medicinal garden in the Qingyang Mountains, once owned by a Ninth Realm Spirit Transformation Mystic Cultivator.
• Yun Chengzhi revealed that the Yun Family had an Eighth Realm Martial Cultivator ancestor and wanted only a stalk of Longevity Grass from the treasure trove.
• Shen Xiu weighed the risks, decided to join the expedition, and learned that Yun Chengzhi, the ancestor, and two Fifth Realm Martial Cultivators would make up the party.
• With several days before departure, Shen Xiu diligently drew talismans, including defective ones he hoped to use for deterrence.

Shen Xiu traveled west with Chen Fan and the Yun Family Old Ancestor toward Qingyang Mountain. Near the mountain range, a sixth-rank demon appeared in the rain and blocked their carriages.

• Two ordinary carriages carrying the Yun Family party left Shanglin City unnoticed, with the Yun Family Old Ancestor traveling in the front carriage.
• At a pavilion outside the city, Yun Chengzhi greeted the Old Ancestor, who rejected his help and insisted that he was merely old.
• Shen Xiu traveled for several days with Chen Fan as the party headed toward Qingyang Mountain.
• A sudden torrential downpour slowed the carriages as they approached the Qingyang Mountains.
• The carriage stopped when a human-shaped mass of black vapor appeared in the road, and Shen Xiu recognized its chilling aura as that of a likely sixth-rank demon.

Shen Xiu and the Yun Family party continued their journey toward the Qingyang Mountains, where the Yun Family Old Ancestor effortlessly killed a first-grade demon. After reaching Qingshan Town, Shen Xiu met Shopkeeper Lin and revealed that he had advanced to the Fifth Realm.

• The Yun Family Old Ancestor killed a charging first-grade demon with a single palm strike, and the two carriages continued through the rain.
• Shen Xiu cultivated at an inn with Blood Qi Pills and judged that he was close to reaching the sixth level of the Realm of Refining Apertures.
• Shen Xiu and the others arrived in Qingshan Town, where the Yun Family Old Ancestor ordered them to stay while they discussed when to enter the mountains.
• Shen Xiu visited the Hundred Peaks Merchant Guild to look for Profound-grade Blood Qi Pills and recognized Shopkeeper Lin from Taixi City.
• Shen Xiu told Shopkeeper Lin that he had reached the Fifth Realm, astonishing him and prompting him to consider pursuing his own future.

Shen Xiu cultivated at Qingshan Inn while martial cultivators gathered in town over the Qingyang Cave Heaven, then broke through from the Fifth Realm into the Sixth Realm Aperture Refining. The Yun Family Old Ancestor recognized Shen Xiu’s talent and hoped to build ties with him as he pursued the Longevity Grass.

• Shen Xiu bought a Xuan-grade Blood Qi Pill from Shopkeeper Lin and learned that the Hundred Peaks Merchant Guild had exiled him after the Blood Sea Cult’s attack on its auction house.
• Shen Xiu returned to Qingshan Inn and cultivated there for several days while more outsiders arrived and clashes spread through town.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor sensed Shen Xiu approaching a breakthrough and considered how befriending him could benefit the Yun Family.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor reflected on his failing health and resolved to obtain the Longevity Grass after giving up hope of finding immortal medicine.
• Shen Xiu opened the thought aperture, advanced to the Early Sixth Realm Aperture Refining, and checked his updated attribute panel.

Shen Xiu used his Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye to observe the cultivators gathering in Qingshan Town and learned that the renowned Little Sword God, Liu Yuexue, had arrived. When Liu Yuexue emerged at Huajian Tower, she reacted to a brocade-clad youth’s remarks by sending a streak of light toward him.

• Shen Xiu inspected people in the street with his Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye and saw few cultivators above the Fifth Realm.
• A brocade-clad youth told his companion that Liu Yuexue had become a formidable sword cultivator and earned the title Little Sword God.
• The brocade-clad youth spotted Liu Yuexue’s carriage and watched as it passed Qingshan Inn and stopped at Huajian Tower.
• Liu Yuexue emerged from the carriage with another young woman, and her sword-like gaze made the brocade-clad youth step back.
• A streak of light shot from Liu Yuexue toward the brocade-clad youth opposite Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu witnessed Liu Yuexue demonstrate her formidable sword control in Qingshan Tavern and learned about the legendary Crown Prince Jun. After consolidating his cultivation and waiting two more days in Qingshan Town, Shen Xiu was approached by a carriage driver.

• Liu Yuexue used her flying sword to split a Brocade-clad Youth's wine cup, warning the tavern patrons without looking back.
• Liu Yuexue's junior sister revealed that Hua Shenshen had warned her to watch for men near Liu Yuexue, so Liu Yuexue threatened to make him practice swordsmanship with her.
• A round-faced Brocade-clad Youth told Shen Xiu that Crown Prince Jun had risen from a fallen prince to become a Divine Sense Realm cultivator in the Tai Xu Sword Sect.
• Shen Xiu returned to his room at Qingshan Inn and consolidated his recent cultivation advance.
• After two more days in Qingshan Town, a carriage driver knocked on Shen Xiu's door one evening.

Shen Xiu and his group traveled deep into the Qingyang Mountains with the Yun Family Old Ancestor, who led them toward the Qingyang Sect's Cave Heaven Secret Treasure. They encountered a sixth-rank demon using an illusion, but the Old Ancestor destroyed it with ease.

• The Yun Family Old Ancestor led Shen Xiu, Chen Fan, and two coachmen into the mountains under cover of night.
• Shen Xiu used the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye to see through the darkness as they traveled deeper into the Qingyang Mountains.
• After several days, the group entered a valley where an illusion plunged the surroundings into unnatural darkness.
• Shen Xiu saw through the illusion, and the Yun Family Old Ancestor dispelled it for Chen Fan and the coachmen.
• A sixth-rank demon attacked with black snakes and fled into fog, but the Yun Family Old Ancestor stopped it and destroyed it.

The Yun Family Old Ancestor and Shen Xiu confronted a seventh-tier Illusion Demon in a gorge, where Shen Xiu discovered its hidden true body. The Yun Family Old Ancestor destroyed it, then explained how its illusions worked.

• The Yun Family Old Ancestor annihilated a phantom, and a black-dressed woman emerged from the lake as a seventh-tier Illusion Demon.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor's attacks passed through the Illusion Demon, which remained unharmed amid the shattered lake water.
• Shen Xiu used the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye to locate the Illusion Demon's true body among the water lilies and alerted the Yun Family Old Ancestor.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor struck the woman and the water lily, destroying the Illusion Demon and its true body.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor explained that the Illusion Demon's illusions could ensnare powerful cultivators, though its true body was frail.

Shen Xiu entered the Cave Heaven Secret Treasure through a hidden teleportation point in the lake and found himself separated from the Yun Family Old Ancestor and Chen Fan. While heading toward the strongest spiritual energy, he discovered martial cultivators confronting a Daoist over the location of the Blood Taisui.

• The Yun Family Old Ancestor, Chen Fan, and Shen Xiu crossed the lake’s center and vanished into a hidden teleportation array, arriving in different places.
• Shen Xiu discovered the lake was gone, used his Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye to see a vast light membrane overhead, and headed east toward concentrated spiritual energy.
• Shen Xiu hid in a tree after hearing voices and saw martial cultivators surround a middle-aged Daoist.
• The Daoist explained that the Blood Taisui had likely become a spirit over two hundred years and possessed strength equivalent to a Sixth Realm martial cultivator.
• Some martial cultivators were stunned by the warning, while others suspected the Daoist was exaggerating to scare them away.

Shen Xiu overheard martial cultivators arguing over a two-hundred-year-old Blood Taisui and followed them after Fang Bo forced a Daoist priest to reveal its location. The group headed toward Luoyan Mountain, with Shen Xiu trailing behind.

• Shen Xiu listened from a tree as the Daoist priest described the Blood Taisui’s unusual nature and value.
• The martial cultivators accused the Daoist priest of hiding the medicine’s location and pressed him for answers.
• Fang Bo kicked the Daoist priest down and threatened him with a broadsword until he revealed that the Blood Taisui was in a valley at the foot of Luoyan Mountain.
• Fang Bo used his Sixth Realm strength to take charge and assembled the martial cultivators into a group.
• The Daoist priest led the group toward Luoyan Mountain while one cultivator watched him, and Shen Xiu followed from a distance.