Chapter Summaries

Li Chenfeng unleashed two devastating fire dragons to destroy the fishfolk attacking Burning Incense Valley, astonishing the defenders. After Lu Shun recognized him as the Valley Master's long-secluded eldest disciple, Li Chenfeng asked what had happened at the mountain gate.

• Li Chenfeng summoned two enormous fire dragons that swept through and killed the attacking fishfolk.
• Lu Shun ordered the Burning Incense Valley disciples to retreat, then cautiously prepared to face the approaching Li Chenfeng.
• Li Chenfeng told Lu Shun he had emerged from seclusion and asked why fish-headed creatures were attacking the valley.
• Lu Shun explained that the valley guarded the wilderness border against beasts and introduced Li Chenfeng as their eldest senior brother.
• The disciples who had doubted Li Chenfeng's standing changed their minds after witnessing his overwhelming strength.

Li Chenfeng emerged from seclusion at the peak of the Supreme Yang Realm, astonishing Yun Yilan and the Burning Incense Valley disciples. Yun Yilan then sent Li Chenfeng, Li Xun, and Yan Hong to investigate reports of Demon Cult activity at Myriad Bat Ancient Cave on Mount Kongsang alongside disciples from Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple.

• Yun Yilan arrived after sensing a surge of Fire Spirit power and learned that Li Chenfeng had caused it.
• Yun Yilan welcomed Li Chenfeng back and praised his breakthrough to the peak of the Supreme Yang Realm.
• Three days later, Li Chenfeng met Li Xun and Yan Hong outside the main hall, where they had also been summoned.
• Yun Yilan ordered the three disciples to investigate the Demon Cult's sudden appearances around Myriad Bat Ancient Cave on Mount Kongsang.
• Yun Yilan warned them to uphold Burning Incense Valley's reputation while working alongside disciples from Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple.

Li Chenfeng, Li Xun, and Yan Hong reached Mount Kongsang and met Faxiang and Fashan of Tianyin Temple before heading toward the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave. There, they found Qingyun Sect's disciples trapped inside the Six Harmonies Mirror's protection as blood-sucking bats attacked in a relentless swarm.

• Li Chenfeng, Li Xun, and Yan Hong traveled for more than ten days before arriving at desolate Mount Kongsang.
• Li Chenfeng introduced himself and his companions to Faxiang and Fashan, who had come from Tianyin Temple.
• Li Chenfeng noticed signs that Qingyun Sect had reached the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave, and both groups flew there together.
• Qi Hao, Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, and Zeng Shushu remained surrounded by bats while the Six Harmonies Mirror shielded them.
• The bats plunged into the mirror's halo and died in heaps, while the four Qingyun Sect disciples watched in fear.

Li Chenfeng and Faxiang rescued the four Qingyun Sect disciples from a swarm of bats near Mount Kongsang, but the survivors were left covered in bat blood and filth. The chapter ended with Lu Xueqi still scrubbing at her clothes while the others gave up.

• Qi Hao spotted five streaks of light approaching, and he and the other Qingyun disciples hoped they were allies from Tianyin Temple or Burning Incense Valley.
• Li Chenfeng and Faxiang saw the Qingyun disciples surrounded by bats and divided the task of attacking the swarm and protecting those below.
• Faxiang used the Samsara Pearl to drive the bats apart while Li Chenfeng unleashed the Blazing Sun Spell, burning most of the swarm.
• Li Chenfeng said that about a third of the bats had escaped, then he and the others went down to check on the Qingyun disciples.
• The four Qingyun disciples struggled to clean themselves after emerging from the bat corpses, while Lu Xueqi continued scrubbing at her bloodstained clothes.

Li Chenfeng and the others met the battered Qingyun Sect disciples after helping them survive the bats, but Li Xun’s insults sparked a confrontation. As Li Xueqi stepped forward to challenge Li Xun, Li Chenfeng intervened and urged everyone to focus on investigating the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave.

• Faxiang introduced himself, Fashan, and the Burning Incense Valley disciples to Qi Hao and the Qingyun Sect group.
• Faxiang credited Li Chenfeng with driving back the bats, and Qi Hao thanked him for saving them.
• Li Xun mocked the Qingyun disciples for their battered appearance, while Qi Hao defended them by describing their fight against the bats.
• Faxiang proposed that the group rest for a day before entering the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave, but Li Xun and Qi Hao exchanged challenges.
• Lu Xueqi stepped forward to face Li Xun, who was momentarily stunned by her appearance.
• Li Chenfeng stepped in and reminded Lu Xueqi and the others that they had come to investigate the Demon Cult’s remnants, not to compete.

The nine cultivators reached the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave and entered it in formation to investigate its dangers. Li Chenfeng noticed the Blood-Eater Bead glowing on Zhang Xiaofan’s fire poker, while Lu Xueqi grew suspicious of his interest in Zhang Xiaofan as the group pressed into the freezing darkness.

• The nine arrived at barren Mount Kongsang and found the entrance to the Myriad Bat Ancient Cave.
• Li Chenfeng proposed leading the group into the cave with Faxiang guarding the rear, but Qi Hao arranged for himself and Li Chenfeng to take the front instead.
• Faxiang urged everyone to ready their magical treasures, and Zhang Xiaofan embarrassedly drew his blackened fire poker before Lu Xueqi led the group onward.
• Li Chenfeng noticed the Blood-Eater Bead on Zhang Xiaofan’s fire poker glowing and considered the weapon’s power.
• Lu Xueqi caught Li Chenfeng looking toward Zhang Xiaofan and wondered why he had singled out her junior brother.
• The group entered the cave, where the cold wind forced them to use Spiritual Power to protect themselves.

Li Chenfeng led the group through a bat-filled cave, then split the party at a fork marked by an ancient stele. When he and his two Burning Incense Valley companions entered the left passage, Li Chenfeng exposed and killed a hidden Demon Cult woman, sending the Blood Refining Hall followers fleeing.

• Li Chenfeng had Qi Hao freeze the filthy bat-covered ground so the group could cross without disturbing the beasts.
• The group reached a fork marked by a stele reading “Heavenly Dao Is With Me,” and Yan Hong spotted a crack in it.
• Li Chenfeng proposed that his Burning Incense Valley group take the left passage while Qi Hao and the others took the right; Faxiang mediated and went with Qi Hao’s group.
• Li Chenfeng led Li Xun and Yan Hong into the left passage and warned them when ghostly wails erupted around them.
• Li Chenfeng dragged a hidden woman from the wall and killed her with blue flames, causing Nian Laoda, Wild Dog Taoist, Jiang Laosan, and the other Demon Cult followers to flee.

Li Chenfeng gave Yan Hong the Binding Immortal Rope, then rushed to rescue Li Xun after the reckless disciple was badly wounded by Blood Refining Hall fiends. Li Chenfeng killed Jiang Laosan, while Wild Dog Taoist prepared to flee and the pale young man rebuked him for being afraid.

• Li Chenfeng found the Binding Immortal Rope among the ashes and gave it to Yan Hong, who put it away to refine later.
• Li Xun charged after the fleeing Demon Cultists alone and was driven into a stone wall by two magical treasures.
• Li Xun damaged the beast fang with the Nine Yang Ruler, but the dark red fork pierced his chest and shoulder, and Jiang Laosan clung to him and drank his blood.
• Li Chenfeng arrived and killed Jiang Laosan with a flaming sword, turning the fiend to ashes.
• Wild Dog Taoist tried to retreat, but the pale young man in white scorned his fear and invoked the Blood Refining Hall's ambition to restore Senior Old Man Black Heart's cause.

Li Chenfeng destroyed Lin Feng’s River-Mountain Fan and killed him, while Li Xun and Yan Hong fought Wild Dog Taoist and Nian Laoda. After Nian Laoda escaped into Death Spirit Abyss and Li Chenfeng spared Wild Dog Taoist, he sent the others away and leapt into the abyss to pursue the demon.

• Lin Feng attacked Li Chenfeng with Patriarch Fengyue’s River-Mountain Fan, but Li Chenfeng’s Peerless Good Sword tore the treasure apart.
• Li Chenfeng killed Lin Feng with flame Sword Qi as Wild Dog Taoist attacked and Li Xun and Yan Hong fought back.
• Nian Laoda used his Crimson Demon Eye against Li Xun and Yan Hong, but Tianya blocked the attack.
• Nian Laoda escaped by leaping into Death Spirit Abyss, and Li Chenfeng spared Wild Dog Taoist, who fled.
• Li Chenfeng sent Yan Hong and the exhausted Li Xun to join Senior Brother Faxiang, then leapt into Death Spirit Abyss to pursue Nian Laoda.

Li Chenfeng fought his way through Death Spirit Abyss and rushed to find Dripping Blood Cave, while Bi Yao and You Ji followed signs of his fiery power. At Heartless Sea, the Ghost King Sect group encountered the Black Water Mysterious Snake.

• Li Chenfeng killed demonic beasts, including a tree demon, with his sword and Heavenly Flames, then hurried deeper into Death Spirit Abyss.
• Bi Yao and You Ji arrived at the burned tree demon and suspected an expert from Burning Incense Valley had used the Eight Desolations Fire Dragon.
• Bi Yao led the group toward Heartless Sea to search for Dripping Blood Cave.
• A huge wave rose from Heartless Sea, and You Ji recognized the approaching creature as the Black Water Mysterious Snake.

Bi Yao and You Ji were caught in the Black Water Mysterious Snake’s attack beneath the Death Spirit Abyss, and Li Chenfeng intervened to fight the ancient beast. Unable to defeat it outright, he rescued Bi Yao and flew away.

• Bi Yao and You Ji recognized the Black Water Mysterious Snake and tried to retreat without provoking it.
• You Ji sent a yellow-clad death warrior to draw the beast away, but its tail raised a massive wave that scattered the Ghost King Sect group and separated Bi Yao from You Ji.
• Li Chenfeng struck the Black Water Mysterious Snake with the Peerless Good Sword, then fought it in his Glazed Golden Body form and damaged some of its scales.
• Li Chenfeng realized the beast was too strong to defeat and turned toward the sea to rescue Bi Yao.
• Li Chenfeng found the pale, green-clad Bi Yao, picked her up, and flew away.

Li Chenfeng and Bi Yao escaped the Black Water Mysterious Snake by taking refuge in a hidden cave, where they discovered the Dripping Blood Cave. Bi Yao recognized it as the place Blackheart Old Ghost had concealed for centuries.

• The Black Water Mysterious Snake struck Li Chenfeng and Bi Yao with its tail, sending them crashing into a cliff.
• Li Chenfeng found a cave entrance, carried Bi Yao inside, and sealed it with a boulder as the snake battered the mountainside.
• Li Chenfeng followed a lit corridor to a waterfall whose droplets turned red beneath seven crimson stones, identifying the Dripping Blood Cave.
• Bi Yao revealed she was awake, examined the red stones, and realized Blackheart Old Ghost had hidden the cave there, evading searches for eight hundred years.

Li Chenfeng opened the hidden entrance to the Dripping Blood Cave and found the first volume of the Heavenly Book. He began memorizing its inscriptions while Bi Yao remained in the shrine chamber.

• Bi Yao failed to activate the red stones, so Li Chenfeng pressed their reflections in the pool and opened the concealed entrance.
• Bi Yao rushed into the cave, and Li Chenfeng followed her through the water curtain into a vast stone chamber.
• Bi Yao paid respects to the Holy Mother of the Netherworld and Heavenly Fiend Ming King while Li Chenfeng continued deeper into the cave.
• Li Chenfeng passed a stele bearing the words “Heaven and earth are unfeeling; they treat all things as straw dogs” and entered a chamber inscribed with the Heavenly Book.
• Li Chenfeng began memorizing the first volume of the Heavenly Book.

Li Chenfeng absorbed the first volume of the Heavenly Book and learned that the Myriad Worlds Gate wanted him to collect all five volumes. While he searched Dripping Blood Cave for the Acacia Bell, Bi Yao explored another chamber and found an unlabeled iron box.

• Li Chenfeng found that reciting the first volume of the Heavenly Book stirred his Fire Spirit power and clarified the Incense Jade Manual, giving him hope of breaking through his cultivation bottleneck.
• The Myriad Worlds Gate sent Li Chenfeng a message urging him to gather all five volumes of the Heavenly Book, though it gave no explanation.
• Li Chenfeng imprinted the first volume into his soul, melted the stone wall, and went to search another chamber for the Acacia Bell.
• Bi Yao chose the right-hand passage rather than follow Li Chenfeng and entered a chamber filled with damaged weapons and empty shelves bearing the names of Demon Cult treasures.
• Bi Yao searched the shelves and found a small iron box in the final unlabeled compartment.

Bi Yao found an iron box in Old Man Black Heart’s secret chamber, and Li Chenfeng helped her open it safely. Inside was the Acacia Bell, which Bi Yao claimed for herself while Li Chenfeng wondered whether it was right for the treasure to return to her hands.

• Bi Yao picked up the iron box and prepared to force it open, but Li Chenfeng warned her that its mechanism could damage the treasure inside.
• Li Chenfeng opened the box with his flame and burned away the Ancient Corpse Poison that emerged.
• Bi Yao found a small golden bell inside and recognized it as a finely made object, though she did not know its significance at first.
• Li Chenfeng identified the bell as the Acacia Bell and recalled the tragic woman connected to it.
• Bi Yao realized Li Chenfeng recognized the Demon Cult treasure, hid it in her clothes, and watched him warily.

Li Chenfeng told Bi Yao he had read and destroyed the Heavenly Book scroll, enraging her and prompting her to smash Old Man Black Heart’s skeleton. After they failed to find an exit from Dripping Blood Cave, Li Chenfeng asked her to carry a message to the Ghost King about the first volume of the Heavenly Book and led her to the Heavenly Fiend Ming King statue with a giant axe.

• Li Chenfeng admitted he had read and destroyed the Heavenly Book scroll, and Bi Yao angrily confronted him.
• Bi Yao blamed Old Man Black Heart for the loss and shattered his skeleton with Heartbroken Strange Flower.
• Li Chenfeng and Bi Yao searched Dripping Blood Cave for an exit but found none.
• Li Chenfeng asked Bi Yao to tell the Ghost King that he held the first volume of the Heavenly Book, and she realized he wanted the second volume.
• Li Chenfeng retrieved the giant axe and led Bi Yao to the statue of Heavenly Fiend Ming King.

Li Chenfeng activated the Dripping Blood Cave’s secret exit and escaped its collapse with Bi Yao, then fought Azure Dragon and You Ji before Bi Yao stopped the battle. He left the Ghost King Sect behind and reunited with Li Xun, Yan Hong, and the others near Mount Kongsang.

• Li Chenfeng placed the giant axe in the Heavenly Fiend Ming King statue’s hand, opening the secret exit as the Dripping Blood Cave began to collapse.
• Li Chenfeng carried Bi Yao through the collapsing tunnel with the Wishful Ascension Steps and reached the cave’s exit.
• Azure Dragon and You Ji attacked Li Chenfeng, but Bi Yao stopped the fight and explained that he was not their enemy.
• Li Chenfeng reminded Bi Yao of their agreement and flew away while the Ghost King Sect members let him go.
• Li Chenfeng returned to the rendezvous point near Mount Kongsang and reunited with Li Xun, Yan Hong, Faxiang, Fashan, Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, and the others.

Li Chenfeng privately told Zhang Xiaofan that the fire poker he carried was made from the Blood-Eater Bead and the Soul-Absorbing Rod, both objects of evil origin. Zhang Xiaofan was left horrified and conflicted about wielding a demonic treasure as a disciple of Qingyun Sect.

• After reassuring the gathered disciples, Li Chenfeng stopped Qi Hao’s group and asked to speak privately with Zhang Xiaofan.
• Li Chenfeng asked how Zhang Xiaofan had obtained the fire poker, and Zhang admitted he had found it within Qingyun Mountain.
• Li Chenfeng identified the bead as the Blood-Eater Bead, a relic of Old Man Black Heart, and revealed that the black rod was called the Soul-Absorbing Rod.
• Zhang Xiaofan dropped the fire poker and recoiled as he remembered its blood-draining effects and feared that using it made him a practitioner of evil arts.
• Li Chenfeng watched Zhang Xiaofan struggle with the revelation and asked what was wrong.

Li Chenfeng persuaded Zhang Xiaofan to surrender the Soul-Devouring Rod, promising to destroy it, and gave him a replacement sword. They returned to the waiting Qingyun Sect members with Zhang Xiaofan bound to his new weapon.

• Zeng Shushu tried to rush to Zhang Xiaofan, but Li Xun and Yan Hong stopped him, and Qi Hao persuaded the Qingyun Sect group to wait.
• Li Chenfeng warned Zhang Xiaofan that the Blood-Eater Bead could bring disaster on him and Qingyun Sect if its existence became known.
• Remembering that he had been told to discard the bead, Zhang Xiaofan handed the Soul-Devouring Rod to Li Chenfeng and asked him to destroy it.
• Li Chenfeng accepted the Soul-Devouring Rod, suppressed it with Heavenly Flames, and placed it in his Storage Ring.
• Li Chenfeng gave Zhang Xiaofan the Peerless Good Sword as compensation and bound it to him with his blood.
• Li Chenfeng led the tearful Zhang Xiaofan back toward the others.

Li Chenfeng reached Xiaochi Town and learned that a demon from Blackstone Cave had been terrorizing the townsfolk. He headed into the forest at night to investigate the fox demons, following a sorrowful song deeper into the darkness.

• Li Chenfeng flew east and arrived at Xiaochi Town, where he heard that a demon had been raiding livestock and killing residents.
• The town chief, Warden Li, and Scholar Fan announced plans to recruit cultivators and posted a notice offering five hundred taels to defeat the Three-Tailed Fox.
• Li Chenfeng slipped away from the crowd and decided to visit Blackstone Cave without revealing himself or claiming the reward.
• After eating at an inn, Li Chenfeng walked north toward Blackstone Cave and entered the demon-filled forest after nightfall.
• Li Chenfeng followed a woman's haunting song through the mist and into the dark forest.