Chapter Summaries

Yao Feng helped Nalan Yanran leave the Xiao Family after Xiao Yan rejected her and vowed to challenge the Misty Cloud Sect in three years. He then encountered Yao Chen and claimed the Yao Clan had secretly supported him, though Yao Feng privately admitted he was making the story up.

• Nalan Yanran angrily challenged Xiao Yan to meet her at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, but Xiao Yan wrote a bloodstained letter expelling her from the Xiao Family.
• Yao Feng burned Xiao Yan’s letter, trapped him in an illusion with the Netherworld Demonic Eyes, and left the hall with Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye.
• Xiao Yan vowed to go to the Misty Cloud Sect in three years and wash away the humiliation suffered by the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran thanked Yao Feng, then returned to the sect with Ge Ye while Yao Feng went toward the Xiao Family’s back mountain.
• Yao Feng caught Yao Chen’s black ring and claimed that the Yao Clan had secretly supported Yao Chen throughout his life.
• Yao Chen questioned Yao Feng’s account, while Yao Feng privately acknowledged that he had fabricated the story.

Yao Feng persuaded Yao Chen to return to the Yao Clan and promised the resources needed to rebuild his body. Yao Chen left Xiao Yan a collection of cultivation aids and techniques before departing, leaving Xiao Yan bewildered.

• Yao Feng revealed his Yao Son token and invited Yao Chen to return to the Yao Clan to have his body reconstructed.
• Yao Feng showed Yao Chen his Mysterious Yellow Flame and explained that Old Man Shen Nong had refined the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Pill using four Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Feng gave Yao Chen Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and Blood Burning, and Yao Chen agreed to leave with him after preparing compensation for Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Blood Burning, two Profound Tier Dou Techniques, the Earth Tier Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and a Black Ruler before disappearing.
• Xiao Yan stared at the gifts and wondered whether he had just missed something important.

Yao Feng delayed returning to the Yao Clan and prepared to travel with Yao Chen, then confronted Gu Xun'er over their reasons for visiting the Xiao Family. Their fight escalated until Yao Feng trapped her in an illusion, where she began breaking the space around her.

• Yao Feng asked Yao Chen to accompany him around the Northwestern Region before returning to the Central Continent, and Yao Chen entered the black ring as Yao Feng prepared to leave the Xiao Family.
• Gu Xun'er challenged Yao Feng over his role in humiliating Xiao Yan, and both used their clans’ secret techniques to raise their strength to the same realm.
• Gu Xun'er attacked with Golden Flame Palm, and Yao Feng countered with a compressed Mysterious Yellow Flame using Wildfire Prairie.
• Yao Feng acknowledged the power of Gu Xun'er's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame but used Netherworld Demonic Eyes to trap her in a purple-gray desert illusion.
• Gu Xun'er intensified the golden light in her eyes and began collapsing the space around her inside the illusion.

Yao Feng defeated Gu Xun'er in their fight, then spared her and left with Old Zhou and Xue Ying for the Monster Mountain Range after learning the Ao Ba Family had found a sealed cave estate. He carried a key that appeared to fit its stone chamber, setting out to investigate it.

• Yao Feng broke through Gu Xun'er's illusion, struck her with a Soul Blade and Brand Poison, and countered her golden palm imprint with the Void Profound Illusory Palm.
• Elder Ling appeared to support the weakened Gu Xun'er, who warned Yao Feng not to bully Xiao Yan; Yao Feng chose to leave, and she ordered Ling Ying to investigate other clans in Wutan City.
• Old Zhou told Yao Feng that the Ao Ba Family had found a cave estate in the Monster Mountain Range but could not open its sealed stone chamber.
• Yao Feng showed Old Zhou the special key from the Miter Auction House, and Old Zhou said it matched the chamber's keyhole.
• Yao Feng picked up Xue Ying from the inn and led his group toward the Monster Mountain Range.

Yao Feng brought Xue Ying to Qingshan Town, where he encouraged her to test her newly awakened strength against a drunken mercenary. After Xue Ying killed the man when he attacked with a poisoned dagger, Yao Feng caught her as she weakened from the effort.

• Yao Feng, Xue Ying, and Old Zhou entered Qingshan Town, where mercenaries stared at Xue Ying and one drunken man insulted her and Yao Feng.
• Yao Feng urged Xue Ying to fight the mercenary, while Yao Lao told him that Xue Ying might possess the rare Mother of Earth constitution.
• Xue Ying struck the mercenary’s hand with Wind Breaking Palm, and Yao Feng kicked him to the ground when he counterattacked.
• Yao Feng told Xue Ying to continue, and she approached the mercenary despite his pleas for mercy.
• The mercenary drew a poisoned dagger, but Xue Ying unleashed an earthen spike that killed him, and Yao Feng supported her as she weakened.

Yao Feng took Xue Ying to an inn, then traveled with Old Zhou to a cave dwelling in the Monster Mountain Range. There, he encountered Wang Dahu and his companions amid a battle, and one of the black-robed men recognized him.

• Yao Feng settled Xue Ying at an inn and gave her the remaining Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid before leaving Qingshan Town with Old Zhou.
• Yao Feng checked in within the Monster Mountain Range and received a Spirit Pet Contract, which could bind a magical beast no more than two major realms stronger than its master.
• Old Zhou flew Yao Feng to a ravine near the cave dwelling, where they spotted three figures descending the cliff and recognized them as the Wang Dahu brothers.
• Yao Feng and Old Zhou entered the cave dwelling and found the Green Robe Elder fighting a black-robed man while others fought nearby.
• Both sides stopped fighting when Yao Feng appeared, and a black-robed man recognized him and exclaimed, "My lord..."

Yao Feng reunited with Wang Dahu, Wang Xiaohu, and the others, then opened a hidden chamber and awakened a monster in a Stone Coffin. The monster escaped Old Zhou and began draining the blood of the unconscious Ao Ba Family members.

• Yao Feng subdued the Green Robe Elder and the Ao Ba Family members, then welcomed Wang Dahu and his companions into his service.
• Yao Feng gave Wang Xiaohu the Black Flame Art and told him to improve his cultivation.
• Yao Feng opened the stone chamber with a special key and found a Stone Coffin inside.
• A half-skeletal monster emerged from the coffin and announced that it would make Yao Feng and the others its food.
• The monster sped past Old Zhou, drained one unconscious Ao Ba Family member until he became a dried corpse, and prepared to attack another.

Yao Feng and his companions fought a creature from the supposedly extinct Yellow Spring Clan, whose Azure Nether Poison weakened Old Zhou. Yao Chen used Yao Feng’s body and two Heavenly Flames to destroy the creature, and the chapter ended with Old Zhou taking the antidote while Yao Feng searched the creature’s Storage Ring.

• Yao Chen warned Yao Feng that the Yellow Spring Clan creature could recover its strength by absorbing blood, and Old Zhou stepped forward to fight it.
• Old Zhou trapped and blasted the creature, but it survived by using a Death Substitute Puppet and poisoned him with Azure Nether Poison.
• Yao Chen revealed that Heavenly Flames could counter the creature, then took control of Yao Feng’s body and joined the battle.
• Old Zhou blocked the creature’s escape while Yao Chen struck it with Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Mysterious Yellow Flame, burning it to ashes.
• Yao Feng gave Old Zhou the creature’s yellow-green antidote bead, and Old Zhou swallowed it to recover.
• Yao Feng searched the creature’s Storage Ring and found two scrolls inside.

Yao Feng examined the scrolls from the Stone Coffin and learned that both the Yellow Spring Undying Body and Yellow Spring Azure Palm required access to the Nine Nether Yellow Spring. After Yao Chen explained the Yellow Spring Clan’s ancient history, they investigated the coffin and found a message linking its prisoner to Fen Yan Valley, while Yao Feng concluded the clan had likely vanished.

• Yao Feng rejected the Yellow Spring Undying Body because it suited the Yellow Spring Clan, then discovered the low Heavenly Rank Yellow Spring Azure Palm also required the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.
• Yao Chen told Yao Feng that the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan had once guarded the Yellow Spring Clan and described how ancient clans declined as Dou Dis became rare.
• Old Zhou recovered from the poison, gained some cultivation, and apologized to Yao Feng for failing to notice the Stone Coffin’s seals.
• Yao Chen explained that a powerful, injured Yellow Spring Clan member had been sealed inside the coffin until its weakened seal broke.
• Yao Chen found a carved threat against an old bastard of Fen Yan Valley, prompting Yao Feng, Yao Chen, and Old Zhou to wonder how the clan member reached the remote empire.
• Yao Feng agreed that the Yellow Spring Clan had probably disappeared in ancient times, with at most a few scattered descendants remaining.

Yao Feng returned to Qingshan Town with Wang Dahu and his brothers, intending to gather people for his future plans. There, Mu Li of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group confronted him over a dead comrade, and the encounter escalated into a fight that left Wang Xiaohu battling Mu Li’s men.

• Yao Feng told Wang Dahu and his brothers to call him Young Master and led them toward Qingshan Town, leaving the unconscious Ao Ba Family elder unharmed.
• A Wolf Head mercenary recognized Yao Feng and urged Mu Li to avenge the brother Xue Ying had killed.
• Mu Li challenged Yao Feng with a handshake, but Yao Feng crushed his hand and assigned Wang Xiaohu to fight him.
• Wang Xiaohu and Mu Li exchanged Dou Techniques, and Wang Xiaohu injured Mu Li’s left arm.
• Mu Li ordered his mercenaries to surround Wang Xiaohu, and Yao Feng tossed him a Qi Gathering Pill.
• Wang Xiaohu swallowed the pill and charged into the crowd as Yao Feng watched, with Wang Dahu and Wang Erhu ready to intervene.

Yao Feng’s group drove Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group away, then learned that Blood Robe Hall had infiltrated the group. After Wang Dahu was nearly caught spying on their base, Yao Feng prepared for the Blood Robe Hall member’s likely return.

• Wang Xiaohu fought off Mu Li’s mercenaries despite being wounded, and Wang Dahu joined the fight with overwhelming strength, forcing Mu Li and his men to retreat.
• Yao Feng gave Wang Xiaohu a Healing Pill and sent Wang Dahu to investigate the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s base without engaging its members.
• Yao Feng returned to the inn with Wang Xiaohu and Wang Erhu, then checked on Xue Ying and learned that she had begun cultivating the Creation Saint Art.
• Yao Feng and Xue Ying ate at a tavern, where patrons discussed Mu Li’s humiliating retreat.
• Old Zhou told Yao Feng that a Blood Robe Hall member in the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had discovered Wang Dahu and nearly killed him.
• Old Zhou said he had rescued Wang Dahu and driven off the Blood Robe Hall member, who he expected to return soon.

Yao Feng confronted the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after learning they had allied with Blood Robe Hall, and he defeated their second leader, Gan Mu, before fighting Mu She. The chapter left Mu She evading Yao Feng’s black-flame attack as their battle continued.

• Yao Feng left Xue Ying in the tavern and went outside to face Mu Li, Mu She, and the blood-robed Blood Robe Hall member.
• Mu She sent Gan Mu to test Yao Feng, but Yao Feng wounded him with Burning Fire Palm and knocked him down with Explosive Steps.
• Yao Feng struck Gan Mu with a Lightning Jiao, killing him in front of the gathered mercenaries and townspeople.
• Enraged by Gan Mu’s death, Mu She charged at Yao Feng, who disrupted him with a Soul Blade and countered with his black-flame-covered palms.
• Mu She recovered and narrowly dodged Yao Feng’s lethal strike with Wind Soaring Steps.

Yao Feng used the Netherworld Demonic Eyes to trap Mu She in an illusion and devastate his soul. After Mu She was left helpless, Yao Feng killed him with the Fire Cloud Sword, despite Mu Li’s plea to stop.

• Mu She activated his Dou Qi Gauze Robe and attacked Yao Feng with his spear, while Yao Feng defended himself with the Fire Cloud Sword.
• Yao Feng used Wind Soaring Steps to evade Mu She’s Gale Stab, then trapped him in an illusion with the Netherworld Demonic Eyes.
• Yao Feng made Netherworld Scorpions torment Mu She until the fear in the illusion severely wounded Mu She’s soul.
• Old Zhou guarded Yao Feng as the others watched Mu She attack illusions, and Yao Feng’s Soul Power grew exhausted.
• Yao Feng threw the Fire Cloud Sword through Mu She’s heart, ignoring Mu Li’s shout to stop.

Yao Feng defeated the blood-robed assassin and learned that Blood Robe Hall was led by a mysterious Dou Wang called “Thunder.” He drove the Wolf Head Mercenary Group from the estate, killed Mu Li as he fled, and prepared to loot the estate with Old Zhou and the others.

• Mu Li charged Yao Feng after Mu She’s death, but Yao Feng knocked him aside with a single palm strike.
• Yao Feng ordered Old Zhou to fight the blood-robed assassin, who revealed that Blood Robe Hall’s master was called “Thunder” and specialized in lightning techniques.
• The blood-robed man admitted he did not know Blood Robe Hall’s headquarters, and Old Zhou killed him while Yao Feng burned his corpse with Demonic Flame.
• The remaining members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group fled after Yao Feng declared they would be enemies of the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group if they stayed.
• Yao Feng shot Mu Li through the heart with the Spirit Devourer Bow as he fled.
• Yao Feng told Old Zhou to summon Wang Dahu and the others so they could loot the estate.

Yao Feng took control of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's base, freed the women the mercenaries had captured, and claimed its hidden treasure. He renamed the group the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group and began shaping it into a force for the future.

• Yao Feng entered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's base and ordered mercenaries below Five-star Dou Zhe to leave, while Wang Dahu drove them away with a show of strength.
• Yao Feng discovered a hidden treasury in the council hall, took medicinal herbs and half the gold coins, and left the remaining funds for the group.
• Yao Feng gave Xue Ying a Snake Vine and told her it could temporarily increase her cultivation speed.
• Wang Dahu reported that several mercenaries had stayed and that captured women were being held at the base.
• Yao Feng gave Wang Dahu Mu She's Storage Ring and ordered him to provide money to the women and use Mu She's Dou Techniques to develop the group.
• Yao Feng declared that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would be renamed the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group.

Yao Feng built up the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group and offered its two rival captains a choice between joining him or refusing. Yan Cheng recognized that Yao Feng’s strength left them little room to resist.

• Wang Dahu and Little Hu recruited mercenaries for the new group, while Wang Erhu drove off returning Wolf Head members and Wang Dahu accepted only two of them.
• Yao Feng promised to raise Wang Dahu to Dou Ling if the group dominated several nearby towns within half a year, while concealing the system reward he had earned.
• Yan Cheng of the Blood War Mercenary Group and Wang Shi of the Mad Lion Mercenary Group visited Yao Feng with gifts to establish good relations.
• Yao Feng offered to make both captains hall masters if their groups joined Wind and Cloud, and warned them that the group had two Da Dou Shis.
• Yan Cheng realized that refusing Yao Feng was not a viable choice.

Yao Feng secured the Blood Battle and Mad Lion Mercenary Groups under the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group, then traveled into the Monster Mountain Range to find Xiao Yi Xian’s cave. He discovered Xiao Yi Xian stranded on a cliff as a Rock Snake approached her.

• Yao Feng accepted Wang Shi’s surrender and welcomed the Blood Battle and Mad Lion Mercenary Groups into the Wind and Cloud Mercenary Group.
• Yao Feng gave Wang Dahu a Miter Auction House VIP card and a list of medicinal ingredients to buy within three days so he could refine pills.
• Yao Feng left Wang Dahu to manage the mercenary group and set out alone to search for the cave where Xiao Yi Xian had found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Yao Chen questioned whether establishing a weak mercenary group was worthwhile, and Yao Feng said its members had room to grow stronger.
• Yao Feng found the rope leading down a cliff and spotted Xiao Yi Xian climbing it, then saw a Rock Snake approach her as she hung helplessly from the rope.

Yao Feng rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a Rock Snake and a fall into the abyss, then confronted her about why she had come alone to the cliff. The two remained stranded on a narrow ledge as Yao Feng hinted that they shared the same purpose.

• Yao Feng shot the Rock Snake with his Spirit Devourer Bow and jumped off the cliff to save Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Feng caught Xiao Yi Xian, grabbed a vine, and kicked off the cliff face to land with her on a narrow rock ledge.
• Xiao Yi Xian angrily confronted Yao Feng for holding her, and he warned her to stop moving because the ledge was unstable.
• Yao Feng teased Xiao Yi Xian and said he had not come for her, while she kept a packet of powder ready to defend herself.
• Yao Feng pointed out that Xiao Yi Xian usually gathered herbs with mercenaries and asked why she had come alone.

Yao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the hidden cave and found the dead owner's chamber, where they divided its treasures. Xiao Yi Xian obtained rare medicinal herbs and the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, while Yao Feng took the remaining valuables and Dou Techniques, and they prepared to leave.

• Yao Feng pulled Xiao Yi Xian to the cave entrance with a rope, cleared the vines and rocks, and led her through the passage to a stone door.
• Xiao Yi Xian found the door's mechanism and opened it after Yao Feng tested the chamber with a stone.
• Yao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the chamber and found a skeleton, three locked stone boxes, valuables, and rare medicinal herbs.
• Yao Feng let Xiao Yi Xian take half the herbs except the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, then secretly took a scroll hidden among the skeleton's bones.
• Yao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian opened the boxes; Xiao Yi Xian received the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, while Yao Feng took two Dou Technique scrolls and the gold coins.
• Yao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian finished collecting the chamber's treasures and prepared to leave.

Yao Feng and Yao Chen fought He Kun, a Dou Wang from the He Family, while Xiao Yi Xian escaped the cave. After Yao Feng wounded He Kun and fell from the cliff, Xiao Yi Xian rescued him on Xiao Lan, and they became friends.

• Yao Chen warned Yao Feng that a Dou Wang was outside the cave, and Yao Feng told Xiao Yi Xian to flee if danger came.
• He Kun revealed that he was from the He Family and attacked Yao Feng, while Yao Chen took control of Yao Feng's body to fight him.
• Yao Feng and Yao Chen held off He Kun with Heavenly Flames, allowing Xiao Yi Xian to escape the cave.
• He Kun activated the Blood Demon Art and pursued Yao Feng, who struck him with a Soul Blade and a Mysterious Yellow Flame arrow before falling from the cliff.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned on her blue eagle, Xiao Lan, and rescued Yao Feng as Yao Chen fell silent.
• Yao Feng and Xiao Yi Xian called each other friends, and she offered to take him somewhere to treat his wounds.