Chapter Summaries

Yuan Jing mistook Yi Feng for a powerful cultivator after he killed five notorious fish, then escorted him and his companions to Yuan City. Yi Feng accepted a luxurious free place to stay at the Yuan Family while hoping to find a disciple with ordinary aptitude.

• Yuan Jing introduced herself to Yi Feng and praised him for killing the five Black Witch Huang Fish, while Yi Feng dismissed them as merely big fish.
• Yuan Jing invited Yi Feng and his companions to join her convoy, and they traveled toward the Yuan Family as the group welcomed him warmly.
• Yuan Jing asked about Yi Feng’s arrival and companions, and Yi Feng said they had been chased by tigers and called his companions good-for-nothings.
• Yuan Jing asked Yi Feng to reveal his strength, but he claimed he was a mortal who hoped to become a Martial Spirit expert, leaving her amused.
• After the escort mission ended, Yuan Jing arranged luxurious free lodging for Yi Feng and his companions in Yuan City, where Yi Feng planned to look for an ordinary-aptitude disciple.

Yuan Jing took Yi Feng to Wenxi Lake, where Bai Qiqu confronted them over a supposed marriage contract between Yuan Jing and his brother. Yi Feng kicked Bai Qiqu into the lake and dismissed the Bai Family as a nest of trash, leaving Yuan Jing worried about the powerful forces behind them.

• Yuan Jing asked Yi Feng to call her Brother Yi and tried to gain his attention during their visit to Wenxi Lake.
• Bai Qiqu blocked Yuan Jing and Yi Feng, accusing them of ignoring Yuan Jing's marriage contract with Bai Yanchun.
• Yuan Jing denied acknowledging the contract and explained that the Bai Family had arranged it for the Lineage's interests.
• Yi Feng told Bai Qiqu to move aside, then kicked him into the lake when he refused.
• Yuan Jing warned Yi Feng that the Bai Family and its backers would seek revenge, but Yi Feng said they could come and called them a nest of trash.

After Yi Feng returned to his room, Yuan Jing comforted Lou Benwei and secretly kept Yi Feng’s discarded books. Meanwhile, Yuan Langtian learned that Yuan Jing’s guest had injured Bai Qiqu, and Bai Lingtian arrived to visit Yuan Jing and renew discussions about her marriage to Bai Yanchun.

• Yi Feng searched his room and spatial ring for four missing Gold Coins, then asked Yuan Jing to throw out the books he found.
• Yuan Jing saw Lou Benwei watching flying women and encouraged him, then kept Yi Feng’s books as mementos.
• Yuan Langtian learned Yuan Jing had refused to return home after her guest injured Bai Qiqu and decided to visit the Bai Family.
• Bai Lingtian arrived with Shadow and told Yuan Langtian they would go to Yuan Jing’s residence to discuss her marriage to Bai Yanchun.

Bai Lingtian came to Yuan Jing’s residence intending to discuss her Marriage Contract and Yi Feng’s actions, but a familiar Tai Chi Fist book cover startled him. He urgently asked Yuan Jing where the book had come from, leaving her stunned.

• Yuan Langtian, Bai Lingtian, and Shadow entered Yuan Jing’s residence, where Lou Benwei, a bear, a dog, and Naiji confronted them.
• Bai Lingtian left Shadow to face Lou Benwei and went with Yuan Langtian to the inner courtyard, where he planned to discuss the Marriage Contract with Yuan Jing.
• Bai Lingtian sent Yuan Langtian to bring Yi Feng to him, then noticed a Tai Chi Fist book on a shelf.
• Bai Lingtian recognized the book cover from a past encounter and recoiled after opening the book.
• Yuan Jing came out expecting Bai Lingtian to question her about the Marriage Contract or Yi Feng, but he grabbed her shoulders and demanded to know where the book came from.

Bai Lingtian discovered that the books in Yuan Jing’s home belonged to Yi Feng and hurried to confront him, but recognized him as the gentleman described by Lord Wu Tian. He left Yi Feng undisturbed while Yuan Langtian and Yuan Jing learned why Bai Lingtian treated him with such respect.

• Yuan Jing told Bai Lingtian that Yi Feng owned the books and had injured Bai Qiqu after Bai Qiqu provoked him.
• Bai Lingtian rushed to Yi Feng’s door, where Yuan Langtian tried to break it down and hand Yi Feng over.
• Bai Lingtian slapped Yuan Langtian to the ground, then bowed respectfully outside Yi Feng’s room and addressed him as Sir.
• Bai Lingtian heard Yi Feng snoring and withdrew without disturbing him.
• Bai Lingtian reminded Yuan Langtian and Yuan Jing of Lord Wu Tian’s story about a gentleman who had once taught and helped him, and explained that Lord Wu Tian had ordered them to treat anyone resembling that man with utmost respect.

Bai Lingtian showed Yuan Langtian a copy of Wu Tian’s Divine Skill, and they realized that Yi Feng was the mysterious gentleman who had raised King Wu Tian. Yuan Jing confirmed Yi Feng had given her the book and called it trash, leaving Yuan Langtian terrified by his earlier attempt to force his way into Yi Feng’s room.

• Bai Lingtian showed Yuan Langtian a Divine Skill identical to the one Wu Tian treasured.
• Yuan Langtian wondered whether Yi Feng had received blessings from the mysterious gentleman, but Bai Lingtian said Yi Feng was likely the gentleman himself.
• Bai Lingtian explained that Wu Tian had said the gentleman’s surname was Yi, and Yuan Langtian collapsed in shock.
• Yuan Jing confirmed that Yi Feng was surnamed Yi and had given her the book, telling her to throw it away as trash.
• Bai Lingtian and Yuan Langtian concluded that Yi Feng’s identity was almost certainly genuine.

Bai Lingtian and Yuan Langtian realized that King Wu Tian’s good brother might be the black-robed man in the front hall. They arrived in time to see Lou Benwei defeat Shadow with one finger, revealing the strength of the man Yi Feng had called unable to cultivate.

• Bai Lingtian told Yuan Langtian that only King Wu Tian could decide his fate and promised to support the Yuan Family if Yuan Langtian had to die.
• Bai Lingtian sent Shadow with Yuan Langtian to help settle the Yuan Family’s affairs before the King’s judgment.
• Bai Lingtian and Yuan Langtian recalled King Wu Tian’s stories about his powerful good brother, who had been Sir’s servant.
• Bai Lingtian and Yuan Langtian rushed to the front hall after remembering King Wu Tian’s account.
• Lou Benwei struck Shadow unconscious with one finger as Bai Lingtian, Yuan Langtian, and Yuan Jing watched in shock.

Lou Benwei intimidated Yuan Langtian and Bai Lingtian, but Yi Feng appeared and made Lou Benwei kneel with a thrown teacup. Yi Feng recognized the two families’ attempt to retaliate for his injury to Bai Qiqu and mocked them as they begged for mercy.

• Lou Benwei threatened Bai Lingtian and Yuan Langtian, who dropped to their knees, while he stopped Yuan Jing from kneeling.
• A teacup struck Lou Benwei, and he immediately apologized and knelt as Yi Feng emerged from the inner hall.
• Bai Lingtian and Yuan Langtian introduced themselves to Yi Feng and explained that the unconscious Shadow was Bai Lingtian’s subordinate, beaten by Lou Benwei.
• Yi Feng inferred that the two men had come to retaliate for his injury to Bai Qiqu, and they repeatedly denied daring to challenge him.
• Yi Feng mocked the Bai and Yuan families for failing to defeat Lou Benwei, whom he called a good-for-nothing.

Yi Feng learned that Bai Lingtian and his companion served Wu Tian, whom he remembered as the useless boy he had nicknamed Little Chick. He sent them to fetch Wu Tian and invited Yuan Jing to join him, leaving her overwhelmed and painfully aware of the gulf between them.

• Bai Lingtian pleaded for mercy in Wu Tian's name, but Yi Feng did not recognize the name and threatened him with a supreme immortal artifact.
• Bai Lingtian pointed out Wu Tian's portrait, and Yi Feng remembered him as Little Chick, a talentless boy who had once stayed at the Martial Arts Hall.
• Yi Feng learned that the two men were Wu Tian's subordinates and mocked Wu Tian for apparently not having made much of himself.
• Yi Feng spared the two men and told them to bring Wu Tian to him so Wu Tian could host him in his hometown.
• Yi Feng invited Yuan Jing to go out with him and Wu Tian, while Yuan Jing felt flattered but bitter about the distance between herself and them.

Bai Lingtian returned home and beat Bai Qiqu and Bai Yanchun before ordering Bai Yanchun to leave for the Imperial City with him. There, Wu Tian learned that Sir and his eldest brother were in Yuan City, and he prepared to visit them with the empire’s foremost saintesses.

• Bai Lingtian beat Bai Qiqu for provoking Yi Feng and struck Bai Yanchun when he asked about his marriage to Yuan Jing.
• Bai Lingtian ordered Bai Yanchun to forget Yuan Jing and pack for the Imperial City, and Bai Yanchun obeyed.
• Bai Lingtian reported to Wu Tian that Sir and his eldest brother were in Yuan City and that Sir had asked Wu Tian to receive him properly.
• Wu Tian became overjoyed at the news and ordered his ministers to accompany him to pay respects to Sir and summon every sect’s foremost saintess in the empire.

Wu Tian executed two ministers who resisted his demand to send their daughters, abandoned a nearly won battlefield, and hurried to Yuan Jing’s residence to reunite with Yi Feng. He brought his elite entourage to a banquet, where a line of beautiful women entered the private room.

• Wu Tian ordered two ministers beheaded after they pleaded for their daughters to be spared.
• Wu Tian told his court to obey Yi Feng and his big brother, then gave up the battlefield to go meet them.
• Wu Tian brought a dozen elite experts to Yuan City and arranged for women to await them at a red pavilion.
• Bai Yanchun recognized Yi Feng’s residence and understood why his father had warned him against pursuing Yuan Jing.
• Wu Tian knelt before Yi Feng, who welcomed him and invited Yuan Jing to sit with them.
• Wu Tian hosted Yi Feng and his companions at the pavilion, where a group of beautiful women entered and Lou Benwei whistled.

Yi Feng dismissed Wu Tian’s achievements as unrighteous and urged him to set his sights higher, then accepted him as a nominal disciple. Meanwhile, the Cloud Top Monarch and World Destruction planned to summon Wu Tian and claim his destiny, unaware of his meeting with Yi Feng.

• Wu Tian presented his subordinates to Yi Feng, who called them utter trash and said Wu Tian had disappointed him by following an unrighteous path.
• Yi Feng told Wu Tian to have greater ambition, prompting Wu Tian to resolve to pursue power beyond ruling his empire.
• Yi Feng accepted Wu Tian as a nominal disciple before Wu Tian left, determined to become worthy of meeting him again.
• World Destruction read an instruction identifying Wu Tian as a Child of Destiny and urging the Cloud Top Empire to win him over.
• The Cloud Top Monarch sent officials to summon Wu Tian, relying on the vassal mark that let the empire control his life and compel his obedience.

Wu Tian rewarded seven women with fragments that could become Supreme Bones, punished two officials who had scorned Yi Feng and Lou Benwei, and expanded his empire with Lou Benwei’s help. After finishing his affairs, Wu Tian abdicated, leaving two Cloud Top Empire envoys stunned when they arrived to deliver an imperial decree.

• Wu Tian gave seven women bone fragments that could help them attain Supreme Bones and told them to make Yi Feng happy when they saw him again.
• Wu Tian reminded two beheaded officials that their disobedience and disrespect had cost them the chance to share in the blessing.
• Wu Tian decided to seize disputed territory from the Feng Yu Empire, and Lou Benwei sent Nainai to claim it with a giant butt-sit.
• Wu Tian took the territory, completed his affairs, and abdicated, causing turmoil throughout the Wu Tian Empire.
• Two Cloud Top Empire envoys arrived to deliver an imperial decree and were dumbfounded to hear that Wu Tian had abdicated.

The Cloud Top Monarch summoned Wu Tian and offered him a royal title, but Wu Tian suspected a hidden motive and refused. After the envoys threatened the Wu Tian Empire, Wu Tian sought Yi Feng’s advice and interpreted his vague encouragement as a call to aim higher.

• Mieshi and the Cloud Top Monarch learned that Wu Tian had abdicated, then ordered their envoys to deliver the imperial decree anyway.
• The envoys summoned Wu Tian to court and offered him a title of king on the Cloud Top Monarch’s behalf.
• Wu Tian refused the offer, suspecting the Cloud Top Monarch had an ulterior motive, and the envoys threatened to punish him and devastate the Wu Tian Empire.
• Wu Tian secretly asked Yi Feng for advice, but Yi Feng told him not to fear trouble and to charge ahead before ending the call.
• Wu Tian took Yi Feng’s words about courage and vision as a sign that he should aim beyond the Cloud Top Monarch’s offer.

Wu Tian killed two Cloud Top Empire envoys and declared that the Wu Tian Empire would break free of its control and conquer it, claiming Sir and his big brother would support them. Fired up by Sir’s instruction to act without fear, the court agreed to send the envoys’ bodies back as a declaration of war.

• Wu Tian crushed the two Cloud Top Empire envoys after they demanded he return with them and threatened him.
• Wu Tian told his ministers he planned to take the Cloud Top Empire’s territory and become king of the Lingxu Realm.
• Wu Tian said Sir and his big brother would support the empire, then relayed Sir’s instruction: “When trouble comes, don't be afraid. Just fucking do it!”
• The ministers enthusiastically backed Wu Tian and urged him to fight the Cloud Top Empire.
• A minister proposed hanging the envoys’ bodies at the Cloud Top Empire’s imperial palace, and Wu Tian approved the plan as the first step toward his grand vision.

The Cloud Top Monarch and Lord Miezhi learned that the two envoys they had sent to the Wu Tian Empire were dead, despite initially dismissing reports about the bodies found on their city wall. The Destiny Immortal Pillar then fell by one-third, leaving both men collapsed in alarm.

• Lord Miezhi and the Cloud Top Monarch waited two days for news from the Wu Tian Empire and assumed their envoys were safe.
• A subordinate reported that two bloodied body bags had been found hanging from the Cloud Top Empire's Imperial City walls, and the Cloud Top Monarch ordered an investigation.
• The Cloud Top Monarch dismissed a report about the victims' identities, but the subordinate revealed that they were the two envoys sent to the Wu Tian Empire.
• The Cloud Top Monarch killed the subordinate in anger, while Lord Miezhi demanded to know what had happened.
• The Destiny Immortal Pillar dropped by one-third, and the Cloud Top Monarch and Lord Miezhi collapsed in shock.

Cloud Top Monarch sent World Destruction to kill Wu Tian after Wu Tian’s forces captured cities in the Cloud Top Empire. As the war escalated, Yi Feng fled with Lou Benwei, while Wu Tian decided to ask his master or big brother to deal with the approaching threat.

• Cloud Top Monarch learned that Wu Tian had killed his envoy and captured three border cities, so he sent World Destruction to kill him.
• Yi Feng received four Destiny Value points because his Outer Disciple had made a name for himself, then learned the country was at war and hurriedly left with Lou Benwei and the others.
• Yuan Jing watched Yi Feng leave, and Yuan Langtian consoled her as she accepted that they were not suited for each other.
• Wu Tian’s forces captured another city, and Wu Tian told his worried minister that his master and big brother were backing him.
• A scout warned Wu Tian that World Destruction was coming to kill him, so Wu Tian tore up the dossier and resolved to ask his master or big brother to step in.

Wu Tian waited for his master and Lou Benwei to arrive and protect him from World Extinction, but learned they had left the Wu Tian Empire. World Extinction killed Wu Tian and departed, leaving the empire in mourning.

• Wu Tian called for reinforcements, then waited through the night with the people atop the city wall when his master and big brother did not respond.
• World Extinction arrived beneath a blood-red sky and attacked Wu Tian, who evaded the blow and claimed his master had planned for the confrontation.
• A messenger returned from Yuan City and reported that Yi Feng and Lou Benwei had left the Wu Tian Empire overnight.
• World Extinction realized no powerful reinforcements were coming, enveloped Wu Tian in a sea of blood, and killed him with a palm strike.
• The Wu Tian Empire's people rushed to Wu Tian's corpse and cried in grief after World Extinction departed.

After Wu Tian’s apparent death, the Cloud Top Monarch and Mieshi saw the Cloud Top Empire’s lost destiny recover, then watched the Destiny Immortal Pillar fluctuate again. The pillar suddenly fell by half, while Wu Tian burst from his tomb in the Wu Tian Empire and declared his return.

• Mieshi and the Cloud Top Monarch saw the Destiny Immortal Pillar restore the destiny lost after Wu Tian’s death.
• Mieshi urged the Cloud Top Monarch to follow the messenger’s Heavenly Book instructions and complete their next task.
• When the pillar began fluctuating again, the Cloud Top Monarch sent subordinates to investigate, and they reported no danger or change within Cloud Top’s borders.
• The Cloud Top Monarch guessed that a beneficial discovery or talented birth had caused the fluctuations, and he and Mieshi waited eagerly for the change.
• The Destiny Immortal Pillar abruptly dropped by half, causing the Cloud Top Monarch to faint and leaving Mieshi stunned.
• The imperial mausoleum in the Wu Tian Empire exploded, and Wu Tian shot into the sky and announced that he had returned.

Wu Tian resurrected with the Immortal Body and credited his survival to a deliberate plan by his master, Yi Feng. He ordered statues honoring Yi Feng throughout the Wu Tian Empire and called for another attack on the Cloud Top Empire.

• Wu Tian rose from the dead, revealed that his Immortal Body let him revive stronger each time, and received the worship of his people.
• Wu Tian ordered a colossal statue of his master made from goldstone and punished a minister who questioned the master’s actions.
• Wu Tian claimed Yi Feng had arranged his near-death experience to awaken his physique, convincing the crowd that the master had planned everything.
• Wu Tian and his subjects repented for doubting Yi Feng and agreed to erect statues of him throughout the empire and teach future generations about him.
• Wu Tian ordered every citizen to become a soldier and launched another attack on the Cloud Top Empire.