Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng and his companions fled Medicine King Valley after rescuing Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian, but the Black Serpent King caught them before they could escape. Li Changfeng stayed behind to fight the powerful serpent while the others fled, and their clash ended with Li Changfeng forced backward but still standing.

• The Black Serpent King discovered the missing Qingxin Seed and used its mark to track the group through Medicine King Valley.
• Yue Hanhai warned the others that the Black Serpent King was a powerful shapeshifting demonic beast, and the group raced toward the valley exit.
• The Black Serpent King caught up with the group, recognized Li Changfeng by his scent, and attacked Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian.
• Li Changfeng blocked the Black Serpent King's strike and told Yue Hanhai and the others to flee and summon sect elders.
• The Black Serpent King unleashed a massive claw strike, and Li Changfeng countered with Mountain-Splitting Strike; the collision blasted him backward and shook the surrounding trees.

Li Changfeng fought the Black Serpent King with increasingly powerful sword techniques, but the demon overwhelmed him and left him badly wounded. As the Black Serpent King prepared to finish him, Li Changfeng activated the first layer of the Indestructible Divine Skill and met the sword strike with his golden defense.

• Li Changfeng unleashed Sweeping a Thousand Armies, but the Black Serpent King countered with claw blades and drove him back with a slight injury.
• Li Changfeng used Thunderous Might, and his lightning sword qi clashed with the Black Serpent King's black longsword, wounding Li Changfeng while leaving the King's flesh unharmed.
• The Black Serpent King recognized that Li Changfeng was building momentum and attacked before he could unleash his ultimate move, sending him flying into rocks.
• The Black Serpent King rushed in to deliver a killing blow, and Li Changfeng activated the first layer of the Indestructible Divine Skill to receive the sword strike with his golden defense.

Li Changfeng wounded the Black Serpent King with a desperate sword strike, but the serpent survived and poisoned his arm. As Li Changfeng fought to stay conscious and repel its attacks, he unleashed another powerful technique against it.

• Li Changfeng traded a chest wound for a blazing sword strike that hurled the Black Serpent King into a fiery crater.
• The Black Serpent King emerged with only superficial injuries and bit Li Changfeng’s right shoulder, spreading poison through his body.
• Li Changfeng forced black venom from his wound with the Indestructible Divine Skill and used Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens to knock the Black Serpent King back.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending, sending streams of magma sword Qi rushing from the ground toward the Black Serpent King.

Li Changfeng wounded the Black Serpent King with a molten sword strike and fled toward the exit of Medicine King Valley, but the Black Serpent King caught up before he could escape. Their final clash left Li Changfeng unconscious and poisoned, while the injured Black Serpent King remained conscious but badly hurt.

• Li Changfeng's molten sword qi overwhelmed the Black Serpent King's weakened venom attack, burning and cutting him before Li fled toward the valley's exit.
• The Black Serpent King tracked Li Changfeng by his black blood and caught him only several hundred meters from the exit.
• Li Changfeng stopped running and unleashed his strongest Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms strike against the Black Serpent King's poisonous palm.
• The two attacks collided with tremendous force, blasting both men into the ground; Li lost consciousness, while the Black Serpent King remained conscious and was shocked by Li's power.

The Black Serpent King tried to claim the unconscious Li Changfeng, but a group of sect grandmasters arrived and fought him off. Overwhelmed and badly injured, he fled, leaving Li Changfeng in their hands.

• After hearing a powerful disturbance, the sect elders agreed to investigate after their juniors urged them to save Li Changfeng.
• The Black Serpent King recovered from his injuries and approached the unconscious Li Changfeng to seize him.
• Jingling Shitai and the other elders arrived, recognized the Black Serpent King as a wounded serpent demon, and realized Li Changfeng had fought him.
• The Black Serpent King tried to abduct Li Changfeng, but the grandmasters attacked and forced him back.
• The Black Serpent King's suppressed injuries worsened under their combined assault, and he fled after vowing to remember them.

After the Black Serpent King fled, several sect elders planned to rob and kill the wounded Li Changfeng, while others refused to join or stepped in to protect him. Jingling Shitai fought the two attackers and, after holding them off, told Zhou Zhiruo to take Li Changfeng away.

• The Flower Shifting Palace elder and the Mount Song Sect elder agreed to seize Li Changfeng’s Storage Ring and kill him, while Elder Wu and the Ironclad Gate elder abstained.
• Jingling Shitai confronted the two elders to protect Li Changfeng, and Zuo Kangcheng was knocked unconscious when he tried to stop Elder Quan.
• Zhou Zhiruo gave Li Changfeng a healing pill and treated his injuries, while Hua Xinglian and the other disciples failed to persuade their elders to help.
• Jingling Shitai battled Elder Quan and the Flower Shifting Palace elder, breaking their combined attacks despite being outnumbered.
• Jingling Shitai told Zhou Zhiruo to take Li Changfeng away while she held off the two elders.

Jingling Shitai fought Elder Quan and the Flower Shifting Palace elder to protect Li Changfeng, while Zhou Zhiruo faced Hua Xinglian and gained help from Yue Hanhai and Sun Hongwen. After Jingling Shitai was wounded, she refused to abandon Li Changfeng, and Elder Wu stepped in with his companion to intervene.

• The Flower Shifting Palace elder ordered Hua Xinglian to stop Zhou Zhiruo, and Hua Xinglian reluctantly obeyed while Yue Hanhai and Sun Hongwen rushed to help Zhou Zhiruo.
• Jingling Shitai fought Elder Quan and the Flower Shifting Palace elder, trading sword and palm attacks with both Grandmasters.
• Elder Quan struck Jingling Shitai with Layered Verdant Floating Green, and the Flower Shifting Palace elder wounded her with Three Points into the Wood.
• The Flower Shifting Palace elder urged Jingling Shitai to leave, but she refused to abandon Li Changfeng and vowed to keep fighting.
• Elder Quan and the Flower Shifting Palace elder prepared to attack again, so Elder Wu and his companion moved between the fighters and called for peace.

The Flower Shifting Palace elder tried to kill the unconscious Li Changfeng, but Elder Wu arrived and rescued him. Elder Wu treated Li Changfeng’s injuries and prepared to take him to Medicine God Valley, while Jingling Shitai, Zhou Zhiruo, Zuo Kangcheng, and the Ironclad Gate elder joined them.

• The Flower Shifting Palace elder charged at Li Changfeng, intending to kill him, but Elder Wu appeared and stopped her attack.
• The Flower Shifting Palace elder and Hua Xinglian left, while the others grew wary of Elder Wu’s concealed strength.
• Elder Wu treated Li Changfeng’s injuries and said he would need at least a month to recover at Medicine God Valley.
• Zuo Kangcheng decided to accompany Li Changfeng, and Elder Quan departed after urging him to soothe Li Changfeng’s feelings.
• Jingling Shitai agreed to go to Medicine God Valley to recover, and the Ironclad Gate elder joined them.

After Li Changfeng was brought to Medicine God Valley, Zhou Zhiruo watched over him until he awoke seven days later. Elder Wu examined him and found that his powerful physique and cultivation technique had helped him recover and neutralize the poison.

• Yue Hanhai showed Sun Hongwen and Zuo Kangcheng the scenic peak in Medicine God Valley, and they discussed Li Changfeng's injuries and Zhou Zhiruo's feelings for him.
• Zhou Zhiruo stayed beside Li Changfeng's bed for seven days until he woke and realized he had been rescued from the Black Serpent King.
• Li Changfeng asked Zhou Zhiruo to stop calling him Senior Brother Li, and she shyly agreed to call him Changfeng.
• Elder Wu examined Li Changfeng and explained that his cultivation technique had neutralized the poison and his physique had sped his recovery.

After recovering from his injuries, Li Changfeng completed his quest, advanced his Indestructible Divine Skill to its second level, and drew rewards from the system. His friends then invited him to explore Medicine God Valley.

• Jingling Shitai left with Zhou Zhiruo after warning Li Changfeng not to visit her if he wanted what was best for her, but Li Changfeng decided he still needed to visit Emei Sect.
• Half a month later, Li Changfeng recovered fully and received a system notification confirming that he had completed the main quest and earned 120 Cultivation Points.
• Li Changfeng spent nearly thirty thousand Experience Points to raise his Indestructible Divine Skill to the second level, strengthening his defense and increasing his power.
• Li Changfeng spent 200 Cultivation Points on a ten-pull and received twenty-five Demonbane Pills and 10,000 Experience Points.
• Yue Hanhai, Zuo Kangcheng, and the others visited Li Changfeng and invited him to look around Medicine God Valley.

Li Changfeng joined Yue Hanhai, Zuo Kangcheng, and Sun Hongwen at Medicine Mountain for wine and roasted White-Striped Swift Tiger meat. Elder Wu and the Ironclad Gate elder followed the aroma to join them, and Li Changfeng shared the feast and earned their offers of help.

• Yue Hanhai led Li Changfeng and the others to Medicine Mountain's summit, where Sun Hongwen shared his treasured wine.
• Zuo Kangcheng gathered firewood, and Li Changfeng brought out a White-Striped Swift Tiger and roasted its legs.
• Elder Wu and the Ironclad Gate elder followed the scent of the roasting meat to the group.
• Li Changfeng shared tiger meat and wine with the elders, who offered to forge him a weapon or refine pills if he needed their help.

Li Changfeng asked Elder Wu to refine a Mighty Elephant Pill using a rare formula and the ingredients he had gathered. Elder Tie also agreed to forge armor and bracers from Li Changfeng’s Earth-Rock Dragon Crocodile materials, leaving both projects underway.

• Yue Hanhai explained that Li Changfeng had offered Medicine God Valley the Mighty Elephant Pill formula in exchange for Elder Wu refining a pill.
• Elder Wu recognized the long-lost formula, examined Li Changfeng’s two main ingredients, and promised to refine the pill within seven days.
• Sun Hongwen told Elder Tie that Li Changfeng had collected the Earth-Rock Dragon Crocodile’s materials, and Elder Tie offered to forge equipment for him.
• After Elder Tie recommended extra protection, Li Changfeng handed over the beast’s armor and inner core for a set of armor and bracers.
• Elder Tie said he would add suitable materials from his own collection, and Li Changfeng thanked him.

Li Changfeng learned that elders from Mount Song Sect and Flower Shifting Palace had tried to take his Storage Ring, but he forgave Zuo Kangcheng and reconciled with him over wine. After Elder Wu completed the pills, Li Changfeng prepared to leave Medicine God Valley, where he met its Valley Master, Yao Xuanzi.

• Elder Tie told Li Changfeng that his Inner Armor would take at least three months to forge, then left for the Ironclad Gate with Sun Hongwen.
• Zuo Kangcheng told Li Changfeng that Mount Song Sect and Flower Shifting Palace elders had tried to seize his Storage Ring while he was unconscious, and Li Changfeng agreed to let the matter go for Zuo Kangcheng's sake.
• Li Changfeng, Zuo Kangcheng, and Yue Hanhai drank together until they fell asleep, and Zuo Kangcheng left the next day to report to Mount Song Sect.
• After seven days, Elder Wu successfully refined three pills for Li Changfeng, who planned to travel before collecting his Inner Armor.
• As Li Changfeng headed to bid Yue Hanhai farewell, a middle-aged man in white addressed him and introduced himself as Yao Xuanzi, the Valley Master of Medicine God Valley.

Yao Xuanzi pressured Li Changfeng to join Medicine God Valley and revealed the sect’s history and vulnerability. Li Changfeng accepted the role of Young Valley Master but kept the alliance secret, then left the valley to train for three months before retrieving his belongings from Ironclad Gate.

• Yao Xuanzi tested Li Changfeng’s strength and explained that Medicine God Valley stayed subdued because its aging innate-realm experts could not match the Free and Unfettered Sect’s two innate-realm experts.
• Yao Xuanzi recounted how Medicine God Valley had once been exploited for centuries and now relied on powerful sects while secretly building its strength.
• Yao Xuanzi offered to help Li Changfeng grow stronger in exchange for protecting Medicine God Valley, and Li Changfeng accepted after learning Yao trusted his character.
• Li Changfeng asked Yao Xuanzi to keep his new position secret because his enemies might use it against the valley, and Yao approved of his caution.
• Li Changfeng bid farewell to Yue Hanhai and left Medicine God Valley to train for three months before going to Ironclad Gate for his belongings.

Li Changfeng bought information on three dangerous criminals from the Wind and Rain Pavilion and gave the alias Fung Yu-sau. Elder Zheng then falsely identified him as the murderer the major families were hunting, prompting them to send forces after him as he headed toward Cloud City.

• Li Changfeng paid the old man in white for information about Qiu Renyu, Chou Wansen, and Killer Bee, then declared he would kill them.
• The old man in white offered Li Changfeng a ten-thousand-tael refund in exchange for his name, and Li Changfeng gave the alias Fung Yu-sau.
• Elder Zheng ordered the Wu family, the Zhou family, and Heavenly Spring Sword Manor to be told that Fung Yu-sau was the murderer and was heading toward Cloud City.
• The Zhou family head sent his blood-clad dead warriors to capture or kill Fung Yu-sau, while the Wu family, Heavenly Spring Sword Manor, Yu Yutang, and Sha Tongtian also dispatched pursuers.
• The Wu family head revealed that Wu Shan, now a grandmaster, was leading guards after Li Changfeng, and the gathered leaders paid the Wind and Rain Pavilion for its information.

Li Changfeng was ambushed by twelve Bloodclad Assassins who had orders to apprehend anyone dressed in black. He overwhelmed their spear formations with his strength and Indestructible Divine Skill, but the assassins rose again, determined to die for the Zhou family.

• Twelve Bloodclad Assassins surrounded Li Changfeng and demanded that he remove his mask.
• The assassins tried to restrain Li Changfeng, but he threw one aside and refused to cooperate.
• Li Changfeng shattered the assassins’ first spear formation with a Draconic Elephant palm strike and battered their fighters when they charged again.
• The assassins’ spears failed to pierce Li Changfeng, and he activated the second layer of the Indestructible Divine Skill to send four more flying.
• The assassin leader rallied his wounded men to fight for the Zhou family, and Li Changfeng invited them to attack again.

Li Changfeng defeated the twelve dead soldiers, but their distress flare drew the Wu family and Heavenly Spring Sword Manor to him. After a disciple recognized him and exposed his identity, Li Changfeng fought off the gathered pursuers and overpowered the Wu family Grandmaster’s sword attack.

• The twelve dead soldiers combined their spear techniques into a flood dragon, but Li Changfeng shattered it with a palm strike and left them near death.
• The dead soldiers’ leader fired a distress flare, bringing the Wu family Grandmaster and Heavenly Spring Sword Manor members to the scene.
• Li Changfeng tried to flee, but Heavenly Spring Sword Manor disciples attacked him, and he crushed them with a palm strike.
• A disciple recognized Li Changfeng’s technique and exposed his identity, prompting the gathered pursuers to rush toward him.
• The Wu family Grandmaster blocked Li Changfeng and attacked with Sharp Sword Qi, but Li Changfeng’s Seeing Dragon Ten Swords overwhelmed it and charged toward the Grandmaster.

Li Changfeng killed the Wu family grandmaster and slaughtered the greedy pursuers, barely keeping his demonic nature in check with Demonbane Pills before leaving the blood-soaked battlefield. Yu Yutang and Sha Tongtian recognized him as Fung Yu-sau, but Yu Yutang chose to pursue him while Sha Tongtian stayed behind.

• Li Changfeng swallowed three Demonbane Pills to regain control after his killing intent disrupted his attack, and the Wu family grandmaster seized the chance to strike.
• Li Changfeng blocked the grandmaster’s sword with the Indestructible Divine Skill and killed him with a slash across the throat.
• Li Changfeng used the Mount Song Swordplay to kill the fleeing pursuers, then left while struggling to contain his demonic nature.
• Yu Yutang and Sha Tongtian emerged from hiding and realized Fung Yu-sau was Li Changfeng.
• Sha Tongtian refused to pursue Li Changfeng, but Yu Yutang called him a coward and went after Li Changfeng alone.

Li Changfeng used Yu Yutang’s attempt to poison him as an opportunity to kill him, then confronted Elder Wang of the Wind and Rain Pavilion, who demanded his inheritance items. Their palm strikes clashed, and Li Changfeng escalated the fight with a powerful sword technique that shocked Elder Wang.

• Yu Yutang secretly released Five Venom Smoke into Li Changfeng’s cave, but Li Changfeng resisted the poison and pretended not to notice.
• Yu Yutang entered the cave to demand Li Changfeng’s inheritance item, and Li Changfeng killed him with a Draconic Elephant Vajra Palm.
• Li Changfeng called out Elder Wang, who had been waiting outside, and refused to surrender his items.
• Li Changfeng and Elder Wang traded powerful palm strikes, destroying the cave entrance and blasting a crater into the ground.
• Li Changfeng attacked with Mountain-Splitting Strike, and Elder Wang cried out in shock upon sensing the sword intent.

Li Changfeng fought Elder Wang of the Wind and Rain Pavilion, trading powerful sword techniques as Elder Wang gained the advantage. Li Changfeng's sword intent kept growing stronger, alarming Elder Wang, who decided he could not let the fight drag on.

• Elder Wang and Li Changfeng clashed sword intents, and each was driven back by the other's force.
• Elder Wang attacked with Rushing Torrent, while Li Changfeng countered with Sweeping a Thousand Armies, and their sword qi tore up the battlefield.
• Li Changfeng endured the ensuing sword qi storm with his Indestructible Vajra Body, while Elder Wang retreated beyond its range.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Thunderous Force, and Elder Wang evaded the lightning sword radiances before answering with Long River as Sword.
• Elder Wang's river-like sword qi gained the upper hand, but Li Changfeng held on as his sword intent continued to grow, prompting Elder Wang to resolve to end the fight quickly.