Chapter Summaries

Fang Bo led a group of martial cultivators to a valley covered in strange Blood Mist, where their sight and senses were blocked. After forcing the middle-aged Daoist to enter first and finding no immediate danger, Fang Bo and the others followed him into the mist.

• The middle-aged Daoist guided the exhausted martial cultivators through the mountains while Fang Bo threatened him against leading them astray.
• The group reached a valley where thick reddish Blood Mist obscured everything beyond a short distance and blocked their senses.
• Fang Bo pressed his blade to the middle-aged Daoist's neck, then ordered him to enter the Blood Mist first when the Daoist said he knew nothing about it.
• The middle-aged Daoist walked deeper into the mist and vanished from sight without anything happening to him.
• Fang Bo charged into the Blood Mist, and the remaining martial cultivators rushed in after him.

Shen Xiu entered the Blood Mist and discovered it distorted perception, luring cultivators into deadly illusions. After resisting an illusion himself, he saw a blood-covered creature devouring a still-living cultivator, and suspected it was the Blood Taisui.

• Shen Xiu watched a group of martial cultivators enter the Blood Mist, then used his Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye and followed them inside.
• Shen Xiu found that the mist dimmed the light and restricted his senses, though his Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye kept his vision clear.
• Shen Xiu came upon Fang Bo and other cultivators staring at empty air, then saw an illusion of a sunny meadow and seductive young women.
• Shen Xiu broke free of the illusion and found that many of the cultivators had died or were near death.
• Shen Xiu saw a blood-red, toad-like creature devouring a smiling cultivator and wondered whether it was the Blood Taisui.

Shen Xiu recognized the Blood Taisui as a centuries-old spirit with the power to trap victims in illusions and devour them. Fang Bo broke free from its illusion and fought back, but the Blood Taisui’s corrosive black qi overwhelmed him, leaving another martial cultivator screaming as the chapter ended.

• Shen Xiu escaped the Blood Taisui’s illusion with the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye and watched it devour a martial cultivator.
• The Blood Taisui approached Fang Bo and bit his thigh while he remained trapped in an illusion.
• Fang Bo broke free, drove the Blood Taisui away with his blade, and noticed that most of the other martial cultivators were still caught in illusions.
• Fang Bo charged the Blood Taisui, but its black qi corroded his wrist and damaged his blade.
• Fang Bo pulled a nearby martial cultivator into the black qi’s path, and the qi corroded the man’s face as he screamed.

Fang Bo awakened four martial cultivators and led them in an attack on Blood Taisui, while Shen Xiu saw a different reality in which the creature remained at ease. As the fight continued, one of the awakened cultivators abruptly turned on his ally.

• Fang Bo watched Blood Taisui's black mist kill a martial cultivator, then woke the four remaining fighters from the illusion.
• Fang Bo warned the four about Blood Taisui and told them to leave Shen Xiu alone while they dealt with the creature.
• Fang Bo and the awakened martial cultivators attacked Blood Taisui, dodging its black mist and striking its healing body.
• Fang Bo held back his strength because he suspected Blood Taisui had a hidden advantage, while Shen Xiu saw pale mist surrounding the fighters and Blood Taisui looking at him calmly.
• The barehanded martial cultivator suddenly changed direction and attacked the lean saber-wielding cultivator beside him.

The Blood Taisui caused a blue-clad martial cultivator to attack his companion, and their fight ended in mutual ruin. Fang Bo recognized the danger and charged the Blood Taisui, which grew into a giant by drawing power through its tentacles.

• The blue-clad Fifth Realm Marrow Washing cultivator attacked a lean saber-wielding companion, then regained his senses as the lean man swung at him.
• The two men fought with lethal moves until both were fatally wounded, while the other martial cultivators retreated from the Blood Taisui.
• Fang Bo realized the Blood Taisui had caused the attack and ordered the others to move before charging it with his saber.
• The Blood Taisui drove black tentacles into the soil and swelled into a giant more than three meters tall.

Blood Taisui overwhelmed the martial cultivators until Fang Bo grew to match its size and fought back. Fang Bo drew their battle toward Shen Xiu, but Blood Taisui’s palm failed to move the young man, who calmly held it in place.

• Blood Taisui struck down one martial cultivator and skewered another who tried to flee.
• Fang Bo transformed, grew to more than three meters tall, and charged Blood Taisui.
• Fang Bo and Blood Taisui fought evenly, and Fang Bo deliberately steered their battle toward Shen Xiu.
• Blood Taisui swung its palm at Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu remained steady and caught it with ease.

Shen Xiu effortlessly overpowered Blood Taisui while Fang Bo realized the young man had seen through his attempt to lure the monster toward him. Fang Bo started to flee, but when he noticed the Blood Mist contracting toward the battlefield, he turned back to watch for a chance to seize the opportunity.

• Shen Xiu blocked Blood Taisui’s palm and sent it crashing into a hillside with a single punch.
• Fang Bo apologized to Shen Xiu, then watched as Blood Taisui charged back into battle.
• Shen Xiu overwhelmed Blood Taisui, whose attacks failed against his golden-lit body.
• Fang Bo edged toward the outskirts, fearing Shen Xiu would settle accounts with him after defeating Blood Taisui.
• Fang Bo noticed the Blood Mist contracting toward the fight and returned, hoping to take advantage of what happened next.

Shen Xiu interrupted Blood Taisui as it gathered Blood Mist to prepare an unknown attack, overwhelming it with powerful punches while it repeatedly healed. Using the Heavenly Eye of Double Pupils, he spotted a flashing black-red point of light behind Blood Taisui's head, possibly revealing a vital node.

• Shen Xiu noticed Blood Taisui gathering the Blood Mist around its chest and attacked before it could finish preparing its move.
• Shen Xiu focused his punches on Blood Taisui's chest, interrupting its absorption of the mist and opening a hole in its body.
• Blood Taisui retaliated with a barrage, but Shen Xiu endured most of its attacks and continued to injure it as its wounds rapidly healed.
• A burly figure who had left earlier secretly returned to the outskirts to watch the battle.
• Shen Xiu used the Heavenly Eye of Double Pupils and saw a black-red point of light flash behind Blood Taisui's head.

Shen Xiu discovered Blood Taisui’s vital point and weakened the creature until it fell. A middle-aged Daoist priest then revealed he had lured martial cultivators to help wear Blood Taisui down and approached it as his prize, leaving Shen Xiu facing a Seventh Realm opponent.

• Shen Xiu repeatedly struck Blood Taisui’s shifting vital point, weakening its aura and shrinking its body.
• Blood Taisui tried to flee, but Shen Xiu caught it and knocked it motionless with a punch to the head.
• Fang Bo restrained himself from claiming Blood Taisui and prepared to leave, then recognized the middle-aged Daoist priest who had led them there.
• The Daoist priest admitted he had deliberately lured batches of martial cultivators to weaken Blood Taisui, and said Shen Xiu was the first to bring it so close to defeat.
• The Daoist priest approached Blood Taisui as his spoils, confident that Shen Xiu would not attack a Seventh Realm martial cultivator.

Xiang Zuo, the seventh-realm Left Protector of the Blood Sea Cult, confronted Shen Xiu over the Blood Taisui and demanded his body-tempering technique. Shen Xiu held him to a stalemate, and Xiang Zuo unleashed a savage power as the fight continued.

• Xiang Zuo revealed that he had lured martial cultivators into the Cave Heaven Treasure Trove to help capture the Blood Taisui and advance his cultivation.
• Xiang Zuo struck Shen Xiu with a full-powered palm, but Shen Xiu’s Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill let him withstand it.
• Xiang Zuo demanded that Shen Xiu copy down his body-tempering technique, and Shen Xiu attacked him instead.
• Shen Xiu and Xiang Zuo fought to a standstill, while Fang Bo watched and hoped to benefit from their clash.
• Xiang Zuo realized he was running out of strength, then spread dark crimson bloodstains across his body and summoned a savage power.

Xiang Zuo used the Secret Art of Enhancement to overwhelm Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu activated Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and unleashed seventh-realm power. After killing Xiang Zuo, Shen Xiu turned his attention to Fang Bo.

• Xiang Zuo used the Secret Art of Enhancement and drove Shen Xiu back with his strengthened attacks.
• Xiang Zuo demanded Shen Xiu's body-tempering technique, but Shen Xiu refused and continued to withstand his blows.
• Shen Xiu activated Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell, vanished from Xiang Zuo's sight, and struck him with seventh-realm power.
• Shen Xiu overpowered Xiang Zuo and pierced his chest, killing him.
• Shen Xiu spotted Fang Bo in the woods and launched a surprise attack on him.

Shen Xiu killed Fang Bo, claimed Blood Taisui’s essence, and searched the Cave Heaven Secret Treasure for opportunities. Three days later, two Blood Sea Cult elders tracked Protector Xiang’s final death site to a valley on Luoyan Mountain.

• Shen Xiu killed Fang Bo with a single punch after his temporary Seventh Realm Furnace Forging strength overwhelmed him.
• Shen Xiu took Blood Qi Pills, looted the corpses, and found Blood Taisui’s essence, which he wrapped and carried away.
• Shen Xiu searched the sealed mountain area, collected several spiritual herbs, and learned that the Cave Heaven Secret Treasure had become widely known among martial cultivators.
• Three days later, Old Li tracked Protector Xiang’s final death site to a valley on Luoyan Mountain, and Old Zhang asked whether he was sure.

Two old men investigated Protector Xiang Zuo’s death and deduced that his killer had used a powerful secret art, possibly one connected to the Imperial Dao Sect. Meanwhile, Shen Xiu ate the Blood Taisui to stop its fragrance from attracting enemies, and its potency flooded his body with heat.

• The short old man reconstructed the battle from traces in Luoyan Mountain and concluded that Protector Xiang had used the Blood Burning Skill but lost to an opponent who later unleashed a secret art.
• The short old man suggested the opponent might have used the Imperial Dao Divine Skill, and the tall old man agreed they had to find him to answer to Right Protector Lin Yao.
• The two old men searched Luoyan Mountain for a day, then departed to continue their search elsewhere.
• Shen Xiu digested medicinal herbs in a mountain cave while demon beasts continued to be drawn to the Blood Taisui’s fragrance.
• Shen Xiu ate several bites of the Blood Taisui, and a vast surge of heat spread from his abdomen through his body.

Shen Xiu used the Blood Taisui, spirit medicines, and demon cores to open the nine crucial blood apertures. After a long effort in the cave, he opened the final aperture and broke through to the Seventh Realm.

• Shen Xiu used the Blood Taisui’s power to open the three heavenly and four earthly blood apertures.
• When the Blood Taisui’s power weakened against the final two apertures, Shen Xiu swallowed spirit medicines and demon cores to replenish his strength.
• Shen Xiu opened the next blood aperture and focused his remaining power on the last one.
• Shen Xiu continued battering the final aperture through the night until it loosened.
• At dawn, the last blood aperture blasted open, and Shen Xiu’s aura surged as he entered the Seventh Realm.

Shen Xiu broke through to the seventh realm, Furnace Forging, and tested his strengthened ability to fly by rising above the forest. From the sky, he spotted two blood-robed elders searching near a mountain, and the shorter one turned toward him.

• Shen Xiu broke through the sixth realm’s final barrier and reached the seventh realm, Furnace Forging.
• Shen Xiu left the cave and saw that a night of heavy rain had washed the forest and valley clean.
• Shen Xiu leapt up a towering tree and used its branches and canopy to propel himself higher.
• Shen Xiu tested his ability to fly, then rose high enough to survey the Cave Heaven Secret Treasure.
• Shen Xiu spotted two elderly men in blood-red robes searching near a mountain, and the shorter elder turned in his direction.

Shen Xiu spotted two powerful elders searching the mountain for him and recognized them as companions of the Daoist he had killed over the Blood Taisui. He escaped before they found him, leaving the elders baffled by the empty cave while his flight drained much of his true qi.

• Shen Xiu recognized the two furtive elders as companions of the middle-aged Daoist he had killed.
• Shen Xiu used the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye to assess the elders and saw that one had reached the Eight Realms Yuan Transformation.
• Shen Xiu flew away before the short elder, Old Li, could track him to his former cave.
• Old Li followed Shen Xiu's traces to a cliff and blasted open a cave, but found it empty.
• Shen Xiu landed several kilometers away after his extended flight consumed much of his true qi.

The Yun Family Old Ancestor and Chen Fan crossed the dangerous mist and found a hidden medicinal valley, where the Old Ancestor hoped to locate the Longevity Grass. Their search was interrupted when powerful newcomers began arriving in the valley.

• The Yun Family Old Ancestor and Chen Fan emerged from the mist after surviving its Fifth Order Mist Beasts.
• The pair followed the Old Ancestor’s map into a hidden valley filled with rare spiritual herbs.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor found no Longevity Grass in the garden and headed toward the thatched hut at its center.
• A muscular man crashed into the valley and challenged the idea that one person could claim the secret treasure.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor questioned the newcomer, and two more figures descended into the valley.

The Yun Family Old Ancestor and two rival groups became trapped outside a protective cover around a thatched hut, leaving their struggle at a stalemate. Elsewhere, Liu Yuexue recognized a disturbing aura around Shen Xiu’s black sword and remembered a terrifying sword art she had once witnessed.

• The Green-robed Strongman and the two Red Robe Elders charged toward the hut but were stopped by a Green Light Glazed Cover, while the Yun Family Old Ancestor watched.
• The three groups failed to break the cover and waited beside it for several days without acting.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor grew concerned after he realized the Green-robed Strongman and the two Red Robe Elders appeared to be plotting together.
• Liu Yuexue blocked Shen Xiu and asked to inspect his black sword, but Shen Xiu refused and continued on.
• Liu Yuexue told her junior that something was wrong with Shen Xiu’s sword and recalled seeing the Seven Kill Sword Art cleave a mountain and fill the sky with blood.

Shen Xiu entered the endless white mist to capture Mist Beasts and feed them to the Nine Transformations Golden Cicada. After fighting his way through the fog, he emerged into a flower-filled valley where two groups were facing off.

• Shen Xiu left Liu Yuexue behind and traveled toward the central area of the Cave Heaven Secret Treasure.
• Shen Xiu used the Twin Pupils Heavenly Eye to spot Mist Beasts in the white fog and entered to hunt them.
• The Mist Beasts attacked Shen Xiu, but his Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill protected him from their sword-like beaks.
• Shen Xiu captured Mist Beasts and fed them to the Nine Transformations Golden Cicada, increasing its satiety as more beasts swarmed him.
• Shen Xiu pressed through the mist and emerged into a valley where two groups were confronting each other.

Shen Xiu entered the valley and was recognized by the two red-robed elders as the killer of Protector Xiang Zuo, while the Yun Family Old Ancestor welcomed him as a potential ally. The opponents launched their attacks, leaving Chen Fan overlooked as the fighting began.

• Shen Xiu arrived in the valley, and the Yun Family Old Ancestor noticed that his aura suggested he had reached the Seventh Realm.
• The short red-robed elder detected on Shen Xiu the scent of the person who had killed Protector Xiang Zuo, and he alerted the tall elder.
• The Yun Family Old Ancestor called Shen Xiu to join his side, while the two red-robed elders reconsidered their plan.
• The Green-robed Strongman charged the Yun Family Old Ancestor, and the tall and short elders attacked Shen Xiu together.
• Chen Fan watched both groups ignore him and wondered why the red-robed elders had singled Shen Xiu out.