Chapter Summaries

Wei Luo and Cheng Ming began the three-day refinement of the Bone Sculpting Pill as the Huang Family returned to Pingjiang Town with two Force Training Martial Masters. After the Huang Family drove out the Wu Family and learned Wei Luo might possess the Sun Family’s fish-bait formula, Huang Youming arrived at Wei Luo’s residence to confront him while the pill neared its formation stage.

• Wei Luo began refining the Bone Sculpting Pill with half the Tai Sui Flesh, and he forced the exhausted Cheng Ming to rest while they took turns tending the furnace.
• Zhao Xiu told Wei Luo that Huang Youming and Lin Lou had returned as Force Training Martial Masters and were targeting the families and people who had opposed the Huang Family.
• Wei Luo refused Wu Fan’s request for help, and Wu Fan failed to win support from the martial halls or Shen Wu before the Huang Family drove the Wu Family from the inner city.
• As the Bone Sculpting Pill approached its pill-forming stage, Zhao Xiu invited Qin Changfeng to stand guard, but Huang Youming arrived at Wei Luo’s residence with Shen Wu and Wu Fan.
• Shen Wu and Wu Fan told Huang Youming that Wei Luo likely held the Sun Family’s secret fish-bait formula, and Huang Youming kicked open Wei Luo’s gate.

Wei Luo completed the pill after five days of refinement and rushed out as the Huang Family attacked the estate. He found Shen Wu threatening his mother and struck him with a powerful blow.

• Huang Youming demanded Wei Luo come out, and Qin Changfeng stood in his way while Zhao Xiu and Liu Changle watched.
• Shen Wu sided with Huang Youming, prompting Qin Changfeng to sever their master-disciple bond.
• Huang Youming defeated Qin Changfeng, then ordered his people to find Wei Luo and raze the estate.
• Wei Luo opened the furnace and found two successful pills before sensing fighting throughout the estate.
• Shen Wu led Huang Family members to Zhao Clan, and Wei Luo burst through the wall after they attacked her guards.
• Wei Luo confronted Shen Wu, who realized Wei Luo had reached Force Training, and struck him before he could finish pleading.

After breaking through to Force Training, Wei Luo killed Shen Wu, Wu Fan, Huang Youming, and the men who had attacked Qin Changfeng and his companions. He then went to the Huang Family estate, where Lin Lou learned that Wei Luo had fought his way inside.

• Wei Luo defeated Shen Wu and Wu Fan, then brought their heads back to the hall where Qin Changfeng, Zhao Xiu, and Liu Changle were still alive.
• Wei Luo overpowered Huang Youming in close combat and killed him with his black knife.
• Wei Luo checked on his wounded companions and left to settle matters with the Huang Family.
• Lin Lou waited at the Huang Family estate for Huang Youming to return, but a family member rushed in to report that Wei Luo had killed his way inside.

Wei Luo wiped out the Huang Family in Pingjiang Town, but Lin Lou escaped, leaving Wei Luo worried that the Azure Yin Sect would retaliate. After deciding Lin Lou had to die, Wei Luo set out for the prefectural capital to hunt him down.

• Lin Lou tricked the Huang clansmen guarding him, killed several maidservants, and escaped through a rear window while Wei Luo fought his way into the room.
• Wei Luo killed the surviving Huang clansmen, used his deduction to locate the last hidden member in Beggar Alley, and confirmed that no Huang clansmen remained in Pingjiang Town.
• Wei Luo returned home and told Zhao Xiu and Liu Changle that the Huang Family was dead, while they worried Lin Lou might bring the Azure Yin Sect down on them.
• Zhao Xiu proposed that the families leave Pingjiang Town, but Wei Luo decided to pursue Lin Lou in the prefectural capital instead.
• Wei Luo prepared silver and provisions, said farewell to the others, and left for the prefectural capital.

Wei Luo reached the road near the prefectural city and joined a merchant caravan after drinking several waterskins of water. He had calculated that Lin Lou would arrive in four days, and the chapter left him curious about a fifth-grade exotic beast the caravan was carrying.

• Steward Song praised Prince Jing’s rule of Cloud Province and told a young laborer that people of low birth could not practice martial arts.
• Li Kang found Wei Luo near Tiger’s Mouth, questioned him, and gave him water after learning he had traveled from flood-stricken Shanyang County.
• Wei Luo drank six or seven waterskins, regained his strength, and joined the caravan on its way to the prefectural city.
• Wei Luo used the Great Thousand Revelation to learn that Lin Lou would arrive at the prefectural city in four days.
• Steward Song bragged about the Mountain Ogre meat in a cargo wagon, and Wei Luo opened his eyes to hear about the fifth-grade exotic beast.

Wei Luo waited outside the prefectural city to ambush Lin Lou, refusing to enter with the caravan so he would not implicate its members. As Lin Lou neared the gates, someone called Wei Luo’s name and a fierce attack struck from behind.

• Steward Song told Wei Luo about the grades and strange effects of exotic beast meat, but refused to let him inspect the Mountain Ogre.
• The caravan reached the prefectural city, and Wei Luo refused Steward Song’s offer to help him enter without a travel permit.
• Wei Luo stayed outside the gates, ate, and prepared to kill Lin Lou before he could enter the city.
• Lin Lou rode toward the gates, angered by his humiliation and unaware whether Wei Luo had followed him.
• As refugees crowded around Lin Lou near the gates, someone called Wei Luo’s name, and a fierce aura struck Lin Lou from behind.

Wei Luo killed Lin Lou outside the provincial capital, then learned from Song Huan that Hundred Herbs Hall had been gone for ten years. He followed Song Huan to Rare Treasures Pavilion to deliver Master Qin’s letter to Lady Liu and look for medicine for his injured companions.

• Wei Luo pursued Lin Lou to the city gate and killed him while the guards stood by.
• The Lin Clan searched for the masked killer but found no clues, then posted a vague wanted notice offering a thousand gold.
• Wei Luo dragged Song Huan into an alley, reassured him, and asked about Lady Liu of Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Song Huan explained that Hundred Herbs Hall had been gone for ten years, then took Wei Luo to Rare Treasures Pavilion, a Liu Clan business.
• Wei Luo examined the pavilion’s medicinal herbs, hoping to find pills to treat Master Qin, Zhao Xiu, and Liu Changle.

Wei Luo went to the Rare Treasures Pavilion to obtain pills for Master Qin and the others, and his letter from Qin Changfeng deeply moved Liu Hongmei. After revealing a Bone Sculpting Pill to secure an exchange, Wei Luo attracted a crowd of eager buyers while awaiting its appraisal.

• Song Huan delivered Qin Changfeng's letter to Liu Hongmei, who became tearful and hurried to find Wei Luo after hearing he had killed Lin Lou.
• Wei Luo found Meridian-Penetrating and Meridian-Restoring Pills on display, but the shop attendant claimed they were out of stock until he demonstrated his strength.
• The attendant explained that the pills required advance orders and could be bought with gold or traded for valuable goods.
• Wei Luo offered a Bone Sculpting Pill for appraisal and asked how much it was worth.
• Martial artists crowded around Wei Luo with offers, but he refused them because he wanted pills for Master Qin and the others.

Wei Luo discovered that Luo the Alchemist and a clerk had switched his genuine Bone Sculpting Pill for a fake, then confronted them at Rare Treasures Pavilion. Liu Hongmei intervened, confirmed her connection to Wei Luo, and punished the culprits, leaving the two of them to talk upstairs.

• Luo the Alchemist verified that Wei Luo's Bone Sculpting Pill was genuine, then secretly took it after learning Wei Luo came from a small place.
• The girl in green returned a counterfeit pill to Wei Luo and claimed his original had been fake, prompting him to confront her.
• Liu Wei attacked Wei Luo, but Liu Hongmei arrived and stopped the fight after recognizing him as Xiao Luo.
• Luo the Alchemist denied switching the pill, so Liu Wei punched him after Liu Hongmei defended Wei Luo.
• The girl confessed, and Liu Wei recovered the genuine pill before breaking her and Luo the Alchemist's arms and throwing them out.
• Liu Hongmei invited Wei Luo upstairs to speak with her.

Wei Luo received pills from Liu Hongmei and gave Liu Jiaoyan his Bone Sculpting Pill after she argued that she needed it. Liu Jiaoyan brought it to Huang Anyun, who realized the deaths of Lin Lou and Huang Youming likely meant the Huang Family had been destroyed, then headed downstairs.

• Wei Luo ate Mountain Ogre meat for breakfast and felt his blood and qi grow stronger.
• Liu Hongmei gave Wei Luo freshly refined pills and refused to accept his Bone Sculpting Pill as payment.
• Liu Jiaoyan persuaded Wei Luo to hand her the Bone Sculpting Pill, then brought it to Huang Anyun.
• Huang Anyun reacted with alarm when Liu Jiaoyan said Wei Luo had killed Lin Lou, though he pretended not to know him.
• Huang Anyun inferred that the Huang Family had likely been wiped out and went downstairs.

Wei Luo arrived at the Three Mountains Sect seeking entry and reunited with Wang Xiang, who promised he could join. Elder Zhao Changkong intervened to oversee Wei Luo’s trial, and Wang Xiang revealed that Zhao was Qin Changfeng’s rival in love.

• Song Huan gave Wei Luo supplies and money from Liu Hongmei, and Wei Luo arranged for Song Huan to pursue a Treasure Fish supply in Pingjiang Town.
• Wei Luo reached the Three Mountains Sect during its monthly disciple admissions and learned that applicants from poor families faced stricter standards than prominent scions.
• After learning Wei Luo had reached Force Training, Wang Xiang promised to secure his entry through a trial under Wang Xiang’s supervision.
• Zhao Changkong arrived, invoked sect rules, and took over Wei Luo’s entry trial, preventing Wang Xiang from intervening.
• Wei Luo asked Wang Xiang why Zhao Changkong was targeting him, and Wang Xiang explained that Zhao was Qin Changfeng’s rival in love.

Wei Luo learned why Zhao Changkong resented him, then faced a sect entry trial where Zhao Zhan attacked him far more fiercely than the other candidates. The fight turned as Zhao Zhan pressed his advantage, leaving Wei Luo struggling to respond.

• Wang Xiang told Wei Luo how Liu Hongmei had loved Qin Changfeng, how she was injured during an ambush, and how she later died rather than marry Zhao Changkong.
• Wang Xiang explained that Zhao Changkong had reached the Comprehension Realm and promised to report him if he went too far against Wei Luo.
• Wei Luo and the other candidates arrived at the Three Mountains Sect's entry trial, where Wang Xiang described Prince Jing's powerful recruitment presence outside the gate.
• Zhao Changkong replaced Wang Xiang with Zhao Zhan to test the candidates, and Zhao Zhan defeated Jiang Bai while allowing him to demonstrate his abilities before passing him.
• The candidates accompanying Wei Luo passed their trials, but Zhao Zhan attacked Wei Luo with unusually heavy blows and drove him back, threatening his combat assessment.

Wei Luo used the Great Thousand Revelation to identify an opening in Zhao Zhan’s attacks, but Zhao Changkong downgraded his assessment and sent him to the Celestial Pivot Court. There, Wei Luo learned that the court was burdened with miscellaneous duties, though its lax management suited his plans to focus on martial training.

• Wei Luo recorded Zhao Zhan’s attacks until he could counter one precisely, forcing Zhao Zhan back before Zhao Changkong ended their match.
• The assessors rated Wei Luo suitable for introductory training, but Zhao Changkong lowered his combat evaluation and assigned him to the Celestial Pivot Court.
• Wang Xiang confronted Zhao Changkong and secured Wei Luo’s entry into the sect, promising to seek his transfer later.
• Wei Luo arrived at the Celestial Pivot Court with other new disciples and received his identity plaque and clothing.
• Qian Kun explained the court’s many duties, warned the new disciples to fulfill them, and advised Wei Luo to focus on one cultivation method.
• Wei Luo accepted Qian Kun’s advice without arguing and recognized that the court’s lax oversight would let him concentrate on training.

Wei Luo settled into the impoverished Celestial Pivot Court and learned that advanced techniques at the Technique Transmission Pavilion cost exotic beast meat rather than money. He found the Azure Waves Formula in the catalogue, but could not locate it on the shelf and went to ask the Pavilion’s elderly attendant about it.

• Chang Bai assigned the new disciples their work and lodging, while two youths paid him for easier duties and better rooms.
• Chang Bai exempted Wei Luo from menial work, gave him a bamboo lodge, and showed him around the sect.
• Chang Bai warned Wei Luo that commoners could not afford advanced techniques, and Wei Luo revealed that he had Mountain Ogre meat.
• Wei Luo entered the Technique Transmission Pavilion, consulted its catalogue, and found the Azure Waves Formula listed on the second floor.
• Wei Luo searched the designated shelf and nearby shelves without finding the Azure Waves Formula, then returned downstairs to question the elderly attendant.

Wei Luo found the Raging Waves Contract after Zhao Changkong borrowed the Azure Waves Formula, then mastered its first layer in less than a month. As he agreed to join a Blood Bamboo Grove harvest for cultivation resources, someone confronted him and ordered him to take a distant sect assignment.

• Wei Luo used the Great Thousand Revelation to locate the unrecorded Raging Waves Contract hidden beneath a bookshelf and discovered it suited him better than the Azure Waves Formula.
• Wei Luo paid the Technique Transmission Pavilion's old man for the booklet and left without pointing out that it was unrecorded.
• Nearly a month later, Wei Luo completed the first layer of the Raging Waves Contract and demonstrated its increased power by severing willow branches with a palm strike.
• Chang Bai invited Wei Luo to join the Celestial Pivot Court's Blood Bamboo Grove harvest, and Wei Luo agreed because he needed more cultivation resources.
• A figure stopped Wei Luo beside the bamboo lodge and told him to take a distant sect assignment.

Wei Luo resisted Liang Chao’s efforts to keep him from the Blood Bamboo Grove and used the Great Thousand Revelation to test a possible improvement to his body-tempering technique. Liang Chao agreed to keep obstructing Wei Luo for Zhao Zhan and Zhao Changkong, while Wei Luo faced a choice between continuing body tempering and focusing on the Raging Waves Contract.

• Wei Luo refused Liang Chao’s order to inspect the sect’s outposts and challenged him to seek Qian Kun’s instruction, prompting Liang Chao to leave without forcing the matter.
• Chang Bai advised Wei Luo to reconcile with Zhao Changkong, but Wei Luo returned to his room to use the Great Thousand Revelation.
• Liang Chao told Zhao Zhan that Wei Luo had refused him again, and Zhao Zhan urged him to use harsher methods in exchange for help transferring courts.
• Zhao Zhan revealed that Elder Zhao had borrowed the Azure Waves Formula, which suited Wei Luo’s Folding Waves Fist, and assured Liang Chao that Elder Zhao would protect him.
• Wei Luo used a dagger to test the Mountain-Sinking Unmoving Technique’s defensive strength and considered whether to abandon body tempering so he could focus on the Raging Waves Contract.

Wei Luo used the Great Thousand Revelation to create the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Suppressing Body, a new technique based on the Mountain-Sinking Unmoving Technique. After Chang Bai found him absorbed in his studies, Wei Luo joined the Celestial Pivot Court disciples on their trip to the Blood Bamboo Grove.

• Wei Luo reasoned that he could pursue a new path and used the Great Thousand Revelation to deduce improvements to the Mountain-Sinking Unmoving Technique.
• Wei Luo spent three days studying techniques at the Technique Transmission Pavilion and created the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Suppressing Body, then began its six-month deduction.
• Chang Bai found Wei Luo and called him to the Blood Bamboo Grove; Wei Luo startled him by gripping his wrist before recognizing him.
• Liang Chao scolded Wei Luo for delaying the Celestial Pivot Court disciples, and the group set off for the grove.
• Chang Bai and Wang Yonghu explained the Blood Bamboo and its shoots to Wei Luo as they walked toward the crowded forest.

Wei Luo joined the Celestial Pivot Court disciples in the Blood Bamboo Grove to gather Blood Bamboo Shoots, using his sharp hearing to find them quickly. After discovering a faint, continuous sound several meters underground, he was interrupted by a disciple who challenged him.

• Wei Feng assigned the Celestial Pivot Court a smaller area of the grove and told its disciples to gather their shoots by daybreak.
• Chang Bai showed Wei Luo how to use a porcelain bowl to listen for Blood Bamboo Shoots growing underground after midnight.
• Wei Luo used his improved senses to locate and dig up several Blood Bamboo Shoots, outperforming Chang Bai and Wang Yonghu.
• Wei Luo heard a steady sound several meters underground, but an approaching disciple's loud footsteps drowned it out.
• Wei Luo told the approaching disciple to keep quiet, and the disciple sneered and challenged him.

Wei Luo confronted Liang Chao after the chief disciple deliberately disrupted the Blood Bamboo Shoots gathering, defeating him in two moves. As the other disciples reacted and Chang Bai warned Wei Luo about breaking the rules, Wei Luo discovered that several of his harvested shoots had disappeared.

• Liang Chao tried to provoke Wei Luo into striking first, while Chang Bai urged Wei Luo to avoid a fight.
• Wei Luo attacked Liang Chao with two powerful kicks, broke his wrist, and knocked him unconscious.
• The nearby disciples were shocked by Wei Luo's strength, and Chang Bai warned him that the Court Head might punish him for openly attacking Liang Chao.
• Wei Luo returned to his tools and found that several of his Blood Bamboo Shoots were missing.

Wei Luo’s group harvested Blood Bamboo Shoots, then refused to intervene when Heavenly Profound Court disciples tried to rob weaker Celestial Pivot Court disciples. At the collection site, Elder Wei Feng upheld the sect’s harvest rules while other court elders sought a larger share, just as a dispute erupted among the collectors.

• Wei Luo found that one of his dug-up Blood Bamboo Shoots had vanished, but he and Chang Bai could not determine how it had happened.
• By dawn, Wei Luo had collected eighteen shoots, and he left the Blood Bamboo Grove with Chang Bai and Wang Yonghu.
• Wei Luo refused to help Celestial Pivot Court disciples facing demands from Heavenly Profound Court disciples, and Chang Bai and Wang Yonghu followed him away.
• At the collection site, Elder Wei Feng rejected Elder Li’s request to change the harvest split, citing the sect’s rules.
• A dispute broke out among the disciples collecting and weighing the bamboo shoots.