Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng defeated and beheaded the Azure Wolf King, then rested and recovered from his wounds. After waking in the pitch-black night, he made a bonfire and roasted the wolf king’s leg for dinner.

• Li Changfeng seized the Azure Wolf King with the Shaolin Dragon Grasp and slammed it into the ground.
• Li Changfeng traded powerful sword attacks with the Azure Wolf King, then paralyzed it with a lightning strike and beheaded it.
• Li Changfeng drank the Azure Wolf King’s blood, while the surrounding azure wolves fled.
• Li Changfeng treated his wounds and fell unconscious, sleeping until night in the wolf king’s territory.
• Li Changfeng woke in darkness, built a bonfire, and roasted the Azure Wolf King’s leg with spices before eating it with wine.

After roasting wolf meat, Li Changfeng was surrounded by huge beasts and fled to a lake they feared. When the beasts attacked at dawn, he fought back and hurled the enormous black snake into the water, leaving the lake’s danger unresolved.

• Li Changfeng stored the remaining green wolves in his Storage Ring after eating roasted wolf meat.
• Two Brindled White Tigers, a giant black bear, and an enormous black snake appeared and chased Li Changfeng toward a moonlit lake.
• Li Changfeng stopped at the shore when he realized the beasts feared the lake, then meditated through the night while they waited behind him.
• At dawn, the beasts charged Li Changfeng, and he used Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens to blast the two Brindled White Tigers away.
• Li Changfeng caught the black snake with Mountain Shifting, Sea Overturning and hurled it into the lake.

Li Changfeng fought a giant black bear and two brindled white tigers, using his palm, sword, and defensive techniques to withstand their attacks. He found the black bear’s hide could repel his sword qi and realized it was likely the strongest beast.

• A giant black bear attacked Li Changfeng, who struck it with Vajra Body Empowerment, but the bear sprang back unharmed.
• Two brindled white tigers clawed at Li Changfeng, launching him into the air before he stopped himself with his greatsword.
• The black bear struck Li Changfeng, who used the Indestructible Divine Skill to endure the blow but was sent crashing through trees and a boulder.
• Li Changfeng countered the bear with Mountain-Splitting Strike, and their collision blasted both fighters into boulders.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Sweeping a Thousand Armies, but the black bear charged through the sword qi storm, its steel-like fur unharmed.

Li Changfeng killed two Brindled White Tigers, then fought a Black Bear despite suffering severe injuries. As their battle continued, he sensed and struck a hidden Black Snake, leaving it badly wounded.

• Li Changfeng cut down two Brindled White Tigers with a lightning-charged sword strike and stored their bodies in his Storage Ring.
• The Black Bear shattered Li Changfeng’s Indestructible Vajra Body, sent him flying, and inflicted deep wounds across his chest.
• After swallowing a healing pill, Li Changfeng attacked the Black Bear with his fourth Heavy Sword, No Edge stance and burned its side.
• Li Changfeng and the Black Bear fought for hundreds of exchanges as his swordsmanship and senses sharpened.
• Li Changfeng sensed a hidden Black Snake and struck its head with scorching sword qi, carving a large wound through its scales.

Li Changfeng awakened a powerful sword intent, severed the Black Snake’s tail, and fought the Black Bear, which survived his attacks by undergoing a berserk transformation. After battling it for a quarter of an hour, he threw his greatsword at the charging bear and gathered his true qi.

• Li Changfeng awakened a tyrannical sword intent and severed the Black Snake’s tail, but the wounded snake fled before he could pursue it.
• Li Changfeng countered the Black Bear’s ambush and struck it with a devastating flaming sword attack, burning it and knocking it into a deep pit.
• When Li Changfeng tried to finish it, the Black Bear hurled a boulder at him, sprang from the pit, and transformed into a larger, berserk form.
• Li Changfeng attacked with magma sword qi and repeated blazing fire swords, but the berserk Black Bear smashed through them and kept charging.
• After a quarter of an hour of fighting, Li Changfeng threw his greatsword at the Black Bear and gathered all the true qi in his body.

Li Changfeng defeated the black bear with the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms, then collapsed from his injuries in a cave. Zuo Kangcheng, Sun Hongwen, and Yue Hanhai found and treated him, and he confirmed that he had caused the battlefield outside.

• Li Changfeng struck the black bear with Soaring Dragon Ascends, badly injuring it and forcing it to flee.
• Li Changfeng spat blood, left the battlefield, and collapsed unconscious in a cave.
• Zuo Kangcheng, Sun Hongwen, and Yue Hanhai entered the cave, found Li Changfeng, and debated whether to help him.
• Yue Hanhai treated Li Changfeng and discovered that he was poisoned, badly injured, and suffering from true qi backlash.
• Li Changfeng woke, thanked the three men for saving him, and confirmed that he had created the battlefield outside.

Li Changfeng told Zuo Kangcheng, Sun Hongwen, and Yue Hanhai about fighting powerful beasts and passed himself off as Fung Yu-sau, a reclusive First-Rate Peak expert. After the hungry group gathered firewood, he began cooking meat from the Black Forest Venom Python, leaving them eager to eat it before it was ready.

• Li Changfeng explained that he had fought two White-Spotted Swift Tigers, an Iron Mountain Bear, and a Black Forest Venom Python, astonishing the others with the beasts' Grandmaster-level strength.
• Li Changfeng introduced himself as Fung Yu-sau and claimed he had trained in seclusion with his master in the mountains.
• Zuo Kangcheng, Sun Hongwen, and Yue Hanhai admitted they had gone hungry because the beasts nearby were too strong to hunt.
• Li Changfeng took a severed python tail from his Storage Ring and told the three to gather firewood so he could cook for them.
• Li Changfeng boiled and roasted Black Forest Venom Python meat, but the three tried to eat it before it was cooked or seasoned.

Li Changfeng shared a meal of demonic snake meat with Zuo Kangcheng, Yue Hanhai, and Sun Hongwen, and their cultivation improved after eating it. He then asked Yue Hanhai’s Medicine God Sect to refine the Mighty Elephant Pill, and the group identified the remaining ingredient they needed to find.

• Li Changfeng grilled snake meat and served it with wine and snake soup to Zuo Kangcheng, Yue Hanhai, and Sun Hongwen.
• After the four men ate, their true qi strengthened, and Yue Hanhai explained the dangers of hunting demonic beasts.
• Li Changfeng asked Yue Hanhai whether the Medicine God Sect could refine the Mighty Elephant Pill, and Yue Hanhai agreed to help in exchange for access to the formula.
• Li Changfeng gave Yue Hanhai the formula and swallowed the antidote Yue Hanhai had kept from when he saved him.
• Yue Hanhai confirmed the Medicine God Sect had most of the ingredients but lacked Yellow Yang Blood Ginseng and Blood Spirit Flower; Li Changfeng supplied a hundred-year-old Yellow Yang Blood Ginseng, leaving only the Blood Spirit Flower to find.

Li Changfeng learned how to identify a lake containing a Blood Spirit Flower and led Yue Hanhai, Zuo Kangcheng, and Sun Hongwen to Moonlight Lake. After water vines attacked them, Li Changfeng fought to protect the group as they fled, leaving the lake’s furious creature in pursuit.

• Yue Hanhai explained that Blood Spirit Flowers grew in lakes whose surfaces glowed like moonlight at night, and Li Changfeng recognized such a lake nearby.
• At Moonlight Lake, Zuo Kangcheng approached the water, and a thorny vine pierced his palm and coiled around his arm.
• Li Changfeng severed the vine and burned back a swarm of attacking vines with the fourth form of Heavy Sword, No Edge, but coughed up blood from the backlash.
• Yue Hanhai and Sun Hongwen helped Zuo Kangcheng retreat while Li Changfeng covered them, and more vines surged from the lake after the four.
• Li Changfeng drew his black greatsword and unleashed the fifth form of Heavy Sword, No Edge, sending magma sword qi into the pursuing vines.

After recovering from his injuries, Li Changfeng joined Yue Hanhai, Sun Hongwen, and Zuo Kangcheng to find medicinal herbs, where Yue killed a boar and provoked its enormous Savage Boar parent. Li Changfeng defeated the charging Savage Boar with his strength and Dominating Leg Technique, leaving the group beside its corpse.

• Li Changfeng collapsed from the backlash of his injuries, and Yue Hanhai gave him a life-saving pill to suppress them.
• Three days later, Li Changfeng had fully recovered, and he learned that Yue Hanhai had gone to gather herbs for Zuo Kangcheng.
• Yue Hanhai killed a boar near a cliff, and Sun Hongwen carried the carcass as the group prepared to take it back.
• A massive Savage Boar charged at the group, and Yue Hanhai said it was likely seeking revenge for its son.
• Li Changfeng seized the Savage Boar's tusks, lifted it overhead, and killed it with seven kicks from the Dominating Leg Technique.

Li Changfeng and his companions planned to lure the Blood Spirit Flower out of Moonlight Lake with a century-old Yellow Yang Blood Ginseng and bind it with Sun Hongwen’s Fire Forged Rope. At night, Li Changfeng drew the flower’s water vines into battle and began trying to pull it from the lake.

• After the group ate, Li Changfeng asked Yue Hanhai how to hunt the Blood Spirit Flower, and Yue explained that the flower could be lured out with the blood ginseng.
• Li Changfeng insisted on confronting the flower that night, and Yue Hanhai, Sun Hongwen, and Zuo Kangcheng volunteered to help.
• Sun Hongwen offered his Fire Forged Rope, which could bind the flower and burn it with flames.
• At Moonlight Lake, Li Changfeng used the ginseng as bait, dodged the flower’s water vines, and burned its first attack to ash with his fire sword technique.
• The Blood Spirit Flower sent out stronger water vines, and Li Changfeng seized them with golden dragon claws to try to yank the flower from the lake.

Li Changfeng nearly pulled the Blood Spirit Flower from Moonlight Lake, but its vines drove him back and forced the flower to retreat. He cut down the vines with his newly named Edgeless Sword Intent, then tore open the lake to reveal the flower’s true form, which glared at him in fury.

• Li Changfeng pulled three petals from the Blood Spirit Flower before crimson vines attacked and knocked him away, allowing the flower to retreat into the lake.
• Yue Hanhai, Sun Hongwen, and Zuo Kangcheng realized that Li Changfeng was the disguised fourth-ranked fighter on the Human Rankings.
• Li Changfeng burned and severed the Blood Spirit Flower’s attacking vines with his sword techniques, naming his newly comprehended sword intent Edgeless Sword Intent.
• When the vines tried to stop him from leaving, Li Changfeng chose to stay and unleashed Moving Mountains and Overturning Seas to tear open Moonlight Lake.
• Li Changfeng saw the Blood Spirit Flower’s true form beneath the lake: a scarlet mud-like creature bearing a five-petaled flower and three fruits, which glared at him in fury.

Li Changfeng and his companions fought the Blood Spirit Flower and managed to harvest two of its fruits. Yue Hanhai explained that alchemists left spiritual herbs alive so they could grow again for future generations.

• The Blood Spirit Flower broke free and attacked Li Changfeng with waves and high-pressure water jets, but he endured the assault with his martial techniques.
• Li Changfeng struck the flower with Soaring Dragon Ascends, blasting it out of the lake and exposing its roots.
• Sun Hongwen and the other two men bound the flower with Fire Forged Ropes and set it ablaze while Li Changfeng moved in to harvest it.
• Yue Hanhai warned Li Changfeng not to uproot the whole flower, so Li Changfeng took two fruits and retreated.
• The men released the flower back into the lake, and Yue Hanhai explained that alchemists spared spiritual herbs so they could regrow.

Li Changfeng revealed his identity to Zuo Kangcheng, Sun Hongwen, and Yue Hanhai, then agreed to train with them in Medicine King Valley and search for a spiritual herb. As they traveled deeper into the valley, Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian remained imprisoned by Lord Jiao, who planned to seize their primordial yin.

• Li Changfeng confirmed that he was the real Li Changfeng and recounted his fight with the Three Evil Sects, prompting the others to promise to warn their sects.
• Li Changfeng agreed to let Zuo Kangcheng, Sun Hongwen, and Yue Hanhai train alongside him and revealed his original appearance.
• Yue Hanhai told Li Changfeng about a spiritual herb that could dispel inner demons, and they agreed to set out for it the next morning.
• The four men traveled deeper into Medicine King Valley, letting the others fight ordinary demon beasts while Li Changfeng handled stronger ones.
• Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian were shown imprisoned in a cave, where Lord Jiao threatened to take their primordial yin.

Hua Xinglian and Zhou Zhiruo remained trapped in the flood dragon demon’s cave, while Yue Hanhai and his companions searched for the Qingxin Seed and tracked its roots to a secluded Small Valley. The four reached the lake, where Zuo Kangcheng rushed toward a radiant flower despite Yue Hanhai’s warning.

• The flood dragon demon left Hua Xinglian and Zhou Zhiruo in the cave and promised to return in seven days.
• Hua Xinglian urged Zhou Zhiruo to find a way to escape, but Zhou Zhiruo said they needed to stay calm and feared she would never see Senior Brother Jue Kong again.
• Yue Hanhai and his companions searched the gorge for the Qingxin Seed, then discovered its roots and realized someone had picked it before them.
• Yue Hanhai led Li Changfeng, Zuo Kangcheng, and Sun Hongwen along traces to a cliff overlooking a lush Small Valley.
• The four cautiously descended into the valley and approached its lake, where Zuo Kangcheng spotted a spiritual flower and hurried toward it as Yue Hanhai shouted a warning.

Li Changfeng saved Zuo Kangcheng from a Hidden Blossom Serpent and fought the beast while Sun Hongwen and Yue Hanhai dealt with crocodiles surrounding the group. The serpent was badly wounded, but the crocodile attack was still underway.

• The Hidden Blossom Serpent tried to devour Zuo Kangcheng, but Li Changfeng rescued him with Telekinetic Capture.
• Yue Hanhai identified the serpent’s strength and its flower-covered head as its weakness, and Li Changfeng attacked it.
• Li Changfeng broke the serpent’s scales, caught its tail, and slammed it into the ground before striking it with Mount Song Swordplay.
• Crocodiles emerged and surrounded the group, and Sun Hongwen and Yue Hanhai each killed one with their martial arts.

Li Changfeng fought the Hidden Blossom Serpent, surviving its ambush and striking it down. As he tried to collect the Hidden Serpent Blossom, a gigantic crocodile swallowed the serpent and part of the flower, leaving Li Changfeng furious and ready to fight.

• Zuo Kangcheng killed a crocodile while more crocodiles swarmed the group.
• Li Changfeng evaded the Hidden Blossom Serpent's venom and attacked it with Vajra Palm of Immense Strength, but it emerged from underground and swallowed him.
• Li Changfeng's Indestructible Vajra Body protected him inside the serpent, and he escaped before kicking and slashing it into near death.
• Yue Hanhai urged Li Changfeng to pluck the Hidden Serpent Blossom, and Li Changfeng stored most of it in his Storage Ring.
• A gigantic crocodile swallowed the Hidden Blossom Serpent and the rest of the flower, and Li Changfeng angrily confronted it.

Li Changfeng fought the Earth-Rock Dragon Crocodile, whose armor resisted his strongest attacks, while Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian tried to summon help from inside the cave. He discovered that successive forms of Heavy Sword, No Edge built up power, but his third form only charred and numbed the crocodile.

• Li Changfeng ambushed the Earth-Rock Dragon Crocodile with his Vajra Palm and drove it into a crater, then continued pounding its head.
• Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian heard the fight and shouted inside the cave in hopes that someone would rescue them.
• Yue Hanhai identified the beast and warned Li Changfeng that its belly was weak and that he needed to kill it before it digested the Hidden Blossom Serpent.
• Li Changfeng struck the crocodile with Mountain-Splitting Strike, but his sword qi damaged only its armor.
• Li Changfeng followed with Sweeping a Thousand Armies, then realized the successive sword forms were building power, but the attack still failed to pierce the crocodile's defenses.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Thunderous Might, scorching the crocodile's armor and numbing it with lightning without seriously injuring it.

Li Changfeng killed the Earth-Rock Dragon Crocodile with a charged sword technique, then learned that building momentum could greatly amplify sword intent. He remained unable to use that sword intent freely, but found two Demon Cores in the beast’s body.

• Li Changfeng wounded the Earth-Rock Dragon Crocodile with five flaming sword strikes, forcing it to charge at him.
• Li Changfeng used Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending to pierce the crocodile’s abdomen with magma sword qi and kill it.
• Zuo Kangcheng checked on Li Changfeng, while Sun Hongwen recognized that he had gathered sword intent before releasing it.
• Li Changfeng tried to reproduce the charged sword intent but could only use it through his five sword forms.
• At Yue Hanhai’s suggestion, Li Changfeng searched the crocodile and found two Demon Cores.

Li Changfeng and the group found a medicinal field and rescued Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian from an iron cage in the cave. After Li Changfeng triggered a trap while taking the Qingxin Seed, he cut through the gate blocking the exit, and the group prepared to flee the demon’s lair.

• Li Changfeng stored the Earth-Rock Dragon Crocodile’s corpse in his Storage Ring, and Yue Hanhai and Sun Hongwen offered to help him refine pills and forge equipment.
• Li Changfeng and the group entered the cave, discovered a spiritual spring and medicinal field, and realized someone had planted the herbs and guarded them with the demonic beasts.
• Li Changfeng led the group deeper into the cave and found Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian imprisoned behind iron bars.
• Li Changfeng split the cage with his Azure Rainbow Sword and freed the two women, then urged everyone to leave before the demon returned.
• Li Changfeng took the Qingxin Seed, triggering a cage trap and an iron gate that blocked the entrance, but he evaded the cage and sliced through the gate with his sword qi.