Chapter Summaries

The Blue Silver King restrained and whipped Tang San while trying to discipline the Blue Silver Emperor’s descendant. When Tang San’s godhood task failed, its punishment made his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul degenerate and crumble into powder, leaving him devastated and the Blue Silver King horrified.

• The Blue Silver King used the surrounding Blue Silver Grass to bind Tang San and drain his soul power.
• The Blue Silver King whipped Tang San, intending to correct his behavior rather than kill him.
• The Blue Silver King sensed Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline weakening as the system declared his task failed and began its punishment.
• Tang San summoned a withered yellow blade of grass instead of his former Martial Soul.
• An ordinary strand of Blue Silver Grass touched the withered blade, which broke into powder, leaving Tang San and the Blue Silver King stunned.

After the Blue Silver King abandoned Tang San, he discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had vanished and his appearance had become grotesque. The story then shifted to Moon Pavilion, where Lin Jiang completed his etiquette studies and impressed Tang Yuehua and Xue Ke.

• The Blue Silver King lost all hope in Tang San and fled the forest, fearing Tang Hao's anger.
• Tang San staggered out of the forest and learned from Tang Hao that he should inspect his reflection.
• Tang San saw his dark, aged, pimpled face and thinning hair in the river, then collapsed in despair.
• At Moon Pavilion, Tang Yuehua praised Lin Jiang for mastering etiquette, music theory, and instrumental performance in a few months.
• Lin Jiang credited Tang Yuehua's teaching and said he had benefited greatly from his studies while building good relationships with her and Xue Ke.

Tang Yuehua sought Lin Jiang’s help to break the level-nine soul-power limit caused by her mutated martial soul, and agreed to his unorthodox method, Frost Rest. The chapter ended as Lin Jiang kissed her to begin the soul skill.

• Xue Ke praised Lin Jiang and left after Tang Yuehua asked to speak with him privately.
• Tang Yuehua told Lin Jiang about her lifelong level-nine soul-power bottleneck and asked whether he could help her overcome it.
• Lin Jiang offered a self-created soul skill called Frost Rest that required close contact and soul-power guidance.
• Tang Yuehua struggled with the method’s intimate implications but agreed to try it.
• Lin Jiang kissed Tang Yuehua to begin Frost Rest.

Tang Yuehua broke through to Soul Master level ten with Lin Jiang’s help and agreed to become Return to Ruin Pavilion’s chief steward. Meanwhile, Tang Hao took Tang San to the hidden cave behind the waterfall to seek help for his withered martial soul, while Lin Jiang watched them through the system.

• Tang Yuehua’s dormant soul power broke through to level ten after Lin Jiang helped her, and she thanked him for fulfilling her long-held dream.
• Lin Jiang invited Tang Yuehua to become Return to Ruin Pavilion’s chief steward, and she agreed to follow him and manage its affairs.
• Tang San blamed Tang Hao for his Blue Silver Grass martial soul withering after they failed to hunt the Blue Silver King, and Tang Hao offered to take him to see his mother.
• Tang Hao and Tang San returned to the waterfall, opened a concealed entrance behind it, and entered the hidden cave.
• Lin Jiang watched Tang Hao and Tang San through the system and realized that A Yin was hidden in the cave.

Tang San visited Ah Yin, but the Blue Silver Emperor recoiled from him, and Tang Hao sent him to the Clear Sky Sect instead of Slaughter City. Lin Jiang bound a system to Ah Yin, while Tang San reached the sect and was brought before its Sect Master.

• Tang Hao brought Tang San to Ah Yin, but the Blue Silver Emperor avoided Tang San’s touch and rejected him.
• Tang Hao gave Tang San a map to the Clear Sky Sect, deciding that Slaughter City was too dangerous for him in his weakened state.
• Lin Jiang watched Tang San through a system screen and bound a new system to Ah Yin to help her recover and regain human form.
• Tang San followed the map to the Clear Sky Sect’s village, climbed the cliff, and passed its sentries with the help of Tang Long and Tang Tian.
• Tang Long and Tang Tian brought Tang San to the Sect Master’s room, where a voice invited them inside.

Tang San met Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Xiao, endured his crushing pressure, and presented the two soul bones Tang Hao had removed from himself for the sect. Moved by his younger brother’s sacrifice, Tang Xiao agreed to hold Tang San’s ceremony to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan the next day.

• Tang Xiao’s pressure forced Tang San to his knees, then vanished when he ordered him to rise.
• Tang San pledged his life to Clear Sky Sect and defended Tang Hao when Tang Xiao accused him of hiding from his mistakes.
• Tang San told Tang Xiao that Tang Hao was in fair health but intended to live out his days in isolation.
• Tang San presented Tang Hao’s black case, and Tang Xiao opened it to find two soul bones.
• Tang Xiao realized Tang Hao had torn out his own right arm and right leg soul bones, then decided Tang San would return to the clan the next day.

Lin Jiang awakened the eleventh Origin Divine Sword, Cosmosfall, and discovered its power over the stars. The next day, Tang San attended a crowded gathering at Clear Sky Sect as Tang Long explained the authority of the five First-generation Elders.

• Lin Jiang's Starlight Dew Resupply gathered enough stellar power to awaken the Void-returning Sword Casket's eleventh Origin Divine Sword.
• Lin Jiang received the dark-blue star-filled sword, named it Cosmosfall, and sensed its command over stellar power and gravity.
• The next day, Tang Xiao and the five First-generation Elders gathered with nearly all of Clear Sky Sect's direct-line disciples in the front courtyard.
• Tang Long explained to Tang San that the five First-generation Elders were highly respected, powerful, and held great authority in the sect.

Tang San faced contempt from the Clear Sky Sect while seeking to acknowledge his ancestry, then challenged the Seventh Elder after he insulted Tang San and his parents. The Second Elder ordered Tang Hu to spar with him and agreed that a victory would qualify Tang San to challenge the Seventh Elder.

• Tang San entered the courtyard with Tang Long and was met by hostile shouts from the disciples and the Seventh Elder’s rejection.
• Tang San knelt and asked permission to return to the sect, but the Seventh Elder called him a bastard and blamed Tang Hao for his son’s death.
• Tang San rose and challenged the Seventh Elder to a life-or-death fight after refusing to endure the insults.
• The Second Elder stopped the confrontation and ordered Tang Hu to spar with Tang San.
• Tang San asked whether beating Tang Hu would earn him the right to challenge the Seventh Elder, and the Second Elder agreed.

Tang San faced Tang Hu in a Clear Sky Sect arena, relying on his degenerated Withered Yellow Grass and unringed Clear Sky Hammer against a much stronger Soul Emperor. After enduring Tang Hu’s attacks, Tang San seized an opening and launched a Dragon Whisker Needle, leaving the strike’s result unknown.

• Tang Hu revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and six soul rings, while Tang San showed his Withered Yellow Grass and drew ridicule from the spectators.
• Tang San’s Withered Yellow Cage made Tang Hu’s hammer strike miss its expected resistance, throwing Tang Hu off balance.
• Tang San summoned his unringed Clear Sky Hammer and used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to survive Tang Hu’s powerful attacks.
• Tang San spotted an opening after Tang Hu’s third hammer strike and fired a Dragon Whisker Needle at the Jianjing acupoint on Tang Hu’s right arm.

Tang San defeated Tang Hu with a Dragon Whisker Needle and a hammer strike, but the Clear Sky Sect elders condemned his hidden weapon as dishonorable. The Seventh Elder expelled Tang San and Tang Hao from the sect and began tearing Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer martial soul from him.

• Tang San struck Tang Hu with a Dragon Whisker Needle, then smashed him with the Clear Sky Hammer and defeated him.
• The Second Elder, Seventh Elder, and Tang Xiao accused Tang San of using a sinister weapon and condemned his conduct.
• The Seventh Elder examined Tang Hu’s injured arm and declared that the Dragon Whisker Needle had damaged his meridians.
• Tang Xiao expressed deep disappointment, while the Seventh Elder expelled Tang San and Tang Hao from the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Seventh Elder pinned Tang San to the ground and pressed his claw toward the origin of Tang San’s martial soul, causing him intense spiritual agony.

After the Clear Sky Sect stripped Tang San of his Clear Sky Hammer and expelled him, he wandered to the waterfall cave hoping to find refuge with his parents. There, he discovered that A Yin had taken human form, but she recoiled from Tang Hao and Tang San and told them to stay away.

• Seventh Elder destroyed Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer, threw him out of the sect, and ordered the gates closed to him forever.
• Tang San wandered through the wilderness in despair, with his Blue Silver Grass withered and his hammer martial soul gone.
• Tang San reached the waterfall cave and heard Tang Hao exclaim that A Yin had succeeded in taking human form.
• Tang San entered the stone chamber and saw A Yin standing where the Blue Silver Grass had been planted.
• A Yin blocked Tang Hao from approaching with Blue Silver Emperor vines, looked at Tang Hao and Tang San with disgust, and told them to stay away from her.

A Yin rejected Tang Hao and Tang San, declaring that her former self was dead and that she followed a new master. She left them behind and reached Return to Ruin Pavilion, where Lin Jiang welcomed her.

• Tang San approached A Yin and called her his mother, but she recoiled from his smell and ordered him to stay away.
• Tang Hao tried to remind A Yin of their past, but she said she was the reborn Blue Silver Emperor and that she followed a master.
• A Yin used her Blue Silver Emperor vines to push Tang Hao and Tang San out of the cave, then left for Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• The disciples of the Elephant Armor Sect and the Unrivaled Dragon Snake Clan respectfully let A Yin pass as she ascended to Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• A Yin met Lin Jiang in the pavilion, asked if he was the master who had granted her new life, and heard him welcome her.

Lin Jiang welcomed A Yin into Return to Ruin Pavilion, where the news of Xiao Wu’s pregnancy brought celebration. Meanwhile, Tang Hao gave the despairing Tang San hope of rebuilding their strength, and they secured a reluctant alliance with the Defense Clan.

• A Yin thanked Lin Jiang for giving her a second life, and he took her to her prepared room in Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• Xiao Wu’s pregnancy brought joy to the pavilion, and Lin Jiang asked A Yin to help care for her.
• Tang Hao urged the despairing Tang San to seek support from the four single-attribute clans and rebuild their forces.
• With Titan’s introduction, Tang San and his group met Niu Gao of the Defense Clan, who reluctantly agreed to a temporary alliance after Tang San showed his strength and promised to oppose Spirit Hall.

Tang San tried to win over the Speed Clan by selling Bai He Zhuge Divine Crossbows, but his inflated price humiliated Bai He and enraged Bai Chenxiang. The gathering ended on a hostile note as the Speed Clan reacted to Tang San’s demand.

• Tang San vowed to build the Tang Sect into a power that could rival Lin Jiang’s Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• Bai He arrived at the Defense Clan’s residence with Bai Chenxiang and other Speed Clan members, and noticed Titan and Niu Gao seemed troubled.
• Niu Gao told Bai He that the Strength and Defense Clans could no longer support the Speed Clan as they had before.
• Tang San introduced his Zhuge Divine Crossbow to Bai He, who admired its power and offered one hundred Gold Soul Coins toward a purchase.
• Tang San revealed he wanted 120 Gold Soul Coins per crossbow and demanded 24,000 Gold Soul Coins for two hundred.
• Bai He erupted in anger, and Bai Chenxiang stood up and accused Tang San of trying to rob them.

Tang San proposed a speed contest with Bai Chenxiang, wagering that she would belong to him if he won and offering the Zhuge Divine Crossbow for free if he lost. Bai Chenxiang accepted, and Tang San evaded her attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as the incense burned.

• Tang San proposed that he and Bai Chenxiang compete in speed, making her his prize if he won and offering Bai He the Zhuge Divine Crossbow if he lost.
• Bai Chenxiang angrily accepted Tang San's wager, and they agreed that she had to touch him before one incense stick burned out.
• Ma Hongjun lit the incense, and Bai Chenxiang immediately lunged at Tang San but missed as he dodged aside.
• Bai Chenxiang rebounded off a pillar and attacked again, while Tang San used Purple Demon Eyes and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade her.
• Bai Chenxiang pursued Tang San through the reception hall, and he relied on spiritual perception and evasive footwork to keep her from touching him.

Bai Chenxiang used her flying skills and Lightning Arm Bone to overcome Tang San’s evasive footwork and strike him with overwhelming speed. She left Tang San bloodied against the wall and declared that she had won.

• Tang San evaded Bai Chenxiang’s attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as Bai He watched and Ma Hongjun secretly accelerated the incense.
• Bai Chenxiang released her martial soul, took flight, and used Phantom Thousand Strikes, but Tang San continued dodging her attacks.
• Bai Chenxiang activated her Lightning Arm Bone skill, Lightning Thunderclap, and gained enough speed to hit Tang San before he could evade.
• Bai Chenxiang’s lightning-wrapped kick sent Tang San crashing into a wall, where he spat blood and collapsed.
• Titan and Ma Hongjun rushed to help Tang San as Bai Chenxiang landed and declared that she had won.

Lin Jiang arrived at the Speed Clan’s gathering and offered financial support in exchange for the clan becoming affiliated with the Return to Ruin Pavilion. Bai Chenxiang challenged him to a speed wager, and Lin Jiang proposed a straight-line race, leaving its stakes unresolved.

• Tang San threatened Bai He by warning that the Strength and Defense Clans might stop supporting the Speed Clan.
• Lin Jiang entered with Huyan Zhen and A Yin, then offered the Speed Clan financial support if it became affiliated with the Return to Ruin Pavilion.
• Niu Gao objected to Lin Jiang’s condition, while Bai He struggled to decide whether to accept it.
• Bai Chenxiang proposed a speed wager: if she won, Lin Jiang would support the Speed Clan unconditionally; if she lost, the clan would submit to him.
• Lin Jiang accepted and proposed that they race in a straight line, promising annual unconditional support if he lost.

Lin Jiang challenged Bai Chenxiang to a straight-line speed contest, wagering that the Speed Clan would join his Return to Ruin Pavilion if he won. During the race, Bai Chenxiang unleashed her Lightning Thunderclap and pulled ahead, but Lin Jiang used Seamless Windwalk to accelerate beyond his previous speed.

• Lin Jiang proposed a speed contest with the Speed Clan's membership as the wager, and Bai Chenxiang and Bai He accepted his challenge.
• Bai He officiated as Bai Chenxiang and Lin Jiang raced toward a distant mountaintop and back, with Lin Jiang keeping pace using Lightchaser.
• At the turning point, Bai Chenxiang activated her Lightning Arm Bone skill, Lightning Thunderclap, and surged several lengths ahead of Lin Jiang.
• Lin Jiang called out Myriad Laws Return to the Source—Seamless Windwalk, and the wind around him condensed as his speed exploded beyond its previous limit.

Lin Jiang used his Void-returning Sword Domain to defeat Bai Chenxiang in the speed contest and secured the Speed Clan’s acknowledgment of his victory. He challenged Bai He to honor their wager, then confronted the clans over their loyalty to Tang Hao, prompting Tang San to order Titan and Niu Gao to attack him.

• Lin Jiang activated his Fourth Soul Skill, the Void-returning Sword Domain, and doubled the effect of Seamless Windwalk to overtake Bai Chenxiang and reach the finish line first.
• Bai Chenxiang collapsed from exhaustion, and Lin Jiang caught her; the Speed Clan declared Lin Jiang the winner, while Bai He praised his strength.
• Lin Jiang reminded Bai He that he had to honor the wager, but Bai He hesitated because of his old ties to Tang Hao.
• Lin Jiang condemned Tang Hao for abandoning the four clans, and Niu Gao faltered as he recalled the Strength Clan’s hardship.
• Titan asked Tang San what to do, and Tang San ordered Titan and Niu Gao to seize and kill Lin Jiang.
• Lin Jiang mocked Tang San’s command and warned that sending the two clansmen after him would only get them killed.

Lin Jiang summoned the stellar sword Cosmosfall and crushed Titan’s Mighty Gorilla True Body with a meteor empowered by his Void-returning Sword Domain. Titan was left charred and pinned in a crater, while the gathered clans stood stunned before Lin Jiang.

• Titan obeyed Tang San’s command, transformed into his Mighty Gorilla True Body, and charged Lin Jiang.
• Lin Jiang summoned Cosmosfall and called down a blazing meteor with his Starfall technique.
• Lin Jiang opened the Void-returning Sword Domain and doubled the meteor’s power as it descended.
• The meteor struck Titan, destroyed his transformed body, and left him gravely wounded and pinned in a crater.
• The gathered clan members fell silent as Lin Jiang hovered above them with his sword.