Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng survived Elder Wang’s strongest sword attack and killed him with a magma-filled strike, but suffered severe injuries and fled toward Cloud City. The Zhou and Wu Clan Heads and the master of Heavenly Spring Manor blamed Li Changfeng for slaughtering their disciples and swore to hunt him down.

• Elder Wang’s river of sword qi overwhelmed Li Changfeng’s attack, leaving him badly wounded despite his Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Li Changfeng unleashed the fifth stance, “Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending,” and sent magma sword qi surging toward Elder Wang.
• Elder Wang’s sword qi shattered, and the magma engulfed him, burning him and his Storage Ring to ash.
• Li Changfeng stopped his bleeding, lamented that his martial arts could reveal his true identity, and fled toward Cloud City.
• Brocade-Clad Guards and the clan leaders arrived at the battlefield, where the Zhou Clan Head, the Wu Clan Head, and the master of Heavenly Spring Manor vowed to capture Li Changfeng.

Commander Bai concluded that Elder Wang had pursued Li Changfeng out of greed and died in the fight, while Little Wang blamed Li Changfeng and vowed revenge. After recovering from his injuries, Li Changfeng headed toward Cloud City and received new system quests.

• Commander Bai investigated Elder Wang's broken sword and concluded that Elder Wang had broken the rules to pursue Li Changfeng, who killed him in self-defense.
• Little Wang rejected Commander Bai's judgment, and Chu Xiong struck him down before leaving with the other spies.
• Little Wang blamed Li Changfeng for his humiliation and swore he would never let him off.
• Li Changfeng recovered in a cave, set out for Cloud City the next morning, and gained five thousand Fame.
• Li Changfeng received a main quest involving the Ironclad Gate and Qu Qingsheng's inheritance, plus side quests to kill Blood Demon Qiu Renyu, Butcher Chou Wansen, and Killer Bee.

Li Changfeng entered Cloud City to hunt Blood Demon Qiu Renyu and learned that the Poison Serpent Gang might help him find information. After beating the gang’s young master, Zhu Gongcai, he carried him away and agreed to let Yin Hong find him a place to stay.

• Li Changfeng headed to Cloud City to complete his mission to eliminate Blood Demon Qiu Renyu.
• Blood Demon Qiu Renyu learned that Li Changfeng was coming and prepared to face him at his stronghold.
• Li Changfeng entered Cloud City in disguise and accidentally knocked down Yin Hong, who asked him for help when Zhu Gongcai pursued her.
• Li Changfeng broke Zhu Gongcai’s shoulder and struck him in the mouth after Zhu threatened him.
• Headman Wang attacked Li Changfeng with a poisoned saber, but Li Changfeng killed him with a blow from his sword sheath.
• Li Changfeng stuffed Zhu Gongcai into a burlap sack and carried him away, then agreed to Yin Hong’s offer to find him a place to stay.

After Li Changfeng rescued Zhang Yinhong, he questioned her father, Patriarch Zhang, about Cloud City’s human-trafficking forces and decided to use Zhu Gongcai to draw out the Poison Serpent Gang. As Li Changfeng waited for the gang to arrive, Patriarch Zhang secretly prepared to send his daughter and the family’s property to the imperial capital.

• Li Changfeng accompanied Zhang Yinhong to Zhang Manor, where Patriarch Zhang thanked him for rescuing her.
• Li Changfeng asked Patriarch Zhang about human-trafficking forces, and Patriarch Zhang identified the Poison Serpent Gang, Black Heart Inn, and Azure Brothel while explaining that officials left them alone.
• Li Changfeng revealed that the captive Zhu Gongcai was the Poison Serpent Gang’s young leader, and Zhu offered to help find Li Changfeng’s target in exchange for his life.
• Li Changfeng had Patriarch Zhang’s men lock Zhu Gongcai in the woodshed and waited for the gang to come for him.
• Patriarch Zhang ordered Zhang Niu to prepare the family’s property and take Zhang Yinhong to her uncle in the imperial capital.

Li Changfeng ambushed the Viper Gang Leader as he tried to flee Zhang Manor, slaughtered his men, and captured him after surviving a Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle attack. He questioned the gang leader about Blood Demon Qiu Renyu, but the man could only place him in Cloud City, leaving Li Changfeng displeased.

• Zhang Niu tried to escape Zhang Manor with a carriage and an unconscious woman, but Li Changfeng stopped him and summoned the Viper Gang Leader and his men.
• Li Changfeng crushed the gang leader's son's body and killed every man in black with the sheath of the Azure Rainbow Sword.
• The Viper Gang Leader begged for his life, then attacked Li Changfeng with Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles, which failed to pierce his skin.
• Li Changfeng spared the Viper Gang Leader and took him to a ruined stone temple to ask about Blood Demon Qiu Renyu.
• The Viper Gang Leader said Qiu Renyu was in Cloud City but could offer no more details, prompting Li Changfeng to threaten him.

Li Changfeng forced the Viper Gang Leader to help him search for Blood Demon Qiu Renyu, then learned that two rival factions trafficked people. Meanwhile, the Black Heart Inn and Azure Brothel received reports about the Viper Gang’s destruction and began reacting to the news.

• The Viper Gang Leader told Li Changfeng that Blood Demon Qiu Renyu was in Cloud City and offered to search for him through underground connections.
• Li Changfeng implanted the Life and Death Talisman in the Viper Gang Leader and ordered him to search for Qiu Renyu.
• At the Poison Serpent Gang, Li Changfeng restricted the search to human-trafficking factions, and the Viper Gang Leader named the Black Heart Inn and Azure Brothel as targets.
• The Viper Gang Leader admitted to himself that he hoped Li Changfeng would eliminate his rivals, and Li Changfeng recognized the scheme but allowed it.
• An innkeeper at the Black Heart Inn received news that the Viper Gang’s core members had died at Zhang Manor and left to inform his chief innkeeper.
• A subordinate gave the Azure Brothel’s mistress a report, and she reacted with surprise.

Li Changfeng and the Viper Gang Leader set a trap for the Black Heart Proprietor and the Azure Pavilion Lord at Ten Li Pavilion. As the two rivals arrived, the Viper Gang Leader pretended to negotiate their attack on Li Changfeng, who watched from the shadows.

• Li Changfeng considered how killing evil people affected the baleful and demonic energy within him, then chanted Buddhist scriptures to suppress them.
• The Viper Gang Leader devised a scheme to make the Black Heart Proprietor and the Azure Pavilion Lord believe he wanted their help killing Li Changfeng.
• The Black Heart Proprietor and the Azure Pavilion Lord agreed to meet the Viper Gang Leader, though the Azure Pavilion Lord remained suspicious.
• The Viper Gang Leader brought the letters confirming their agreement to Li Changfeng, who rewarded him with Greater Revitalizing Pills and arranged to meet at Ten Li Pavilion.
• At Ten Li Pavilion, the Viper Gang Leader welcomed the two rivals while Li Changfeng watched from hiding; when the Azure Pavilion Lord asked where Li Changfeng was, the Viper Gang Leader said he was right there.

Li Changfeng captured the Black Heart Proprietor and the Azure Pavilion Lord while seeking information about Blood Demon Qiu Renyu, though demonic qi led him to humiliate the Azure Pavilion Lord. After bringing the captives to the Poison Serpent Gang, he learned Qiu Renyu was in Cloud City, and the Viper Gang Leader began to offer information.

• Li Changfeng blocked the Black Heart Proprietor and the Azure Pavilion Lord as they fled, then defeated the Black Heart Proprietor and captured the Azure Pavilion Lord with his Dragon Grasp Hand.
• Li Changfeng, influenced by the demonic qi within him, touched and humiliated the Azure Pavilion Lord before realizing what he had done; she threatened to kill herself if he tried again.
• Li Changfeng ordered the Viper Gang Leader to take the captives to the Poison Serpent Gang.
• Li Changfeng asked whether the Black Heart Proprietor knew where Blood Demon Qiu Renyu was, and the Black Heart Proprietor said Qiu Renyu was in Cloud City.
• The Viper Gang Leader interrupted Li Changfeng as he threatened the Black Heart Proprietor and asked to speak.

Li Changfeng learned from the three captured leaders that Blood Demon Stronghold was taking young people as tribute and likely hiding Blood Demon Qiu Renyu. He ordered them to gather their forces for an attack, while Qiu Renyu welcomed the coming fight and planned to consume Li Changfeng.

• Li Changfeng bound the Viper Gang Leader and Black Heart Proprietor with Life and Death Talismans, then questioned the Azure Pavilion Lord about Qiu Renyu.
• The Azure Pavilion Lord and the two gang leaders revealed that Blood Demon Stronghold collected people as taxes and had recruited thousands of young people who never returned.
• Li Changfeng ordered the three leaders to gather their men for an assault on Blood Demon Stronghold, then worried that the brutality within him was worsening.
• A blood-robed subordinate reported that the three trafficking forces were gathering their men, and Blood Demon Qiu Renyu guessed Li Changfeng was coming and looked forward to consuming him.
• The Azure Pavilion Lord and Black Heart Proprietor arrived at the Poison Serpent Gang, where the Viper Gang Leader apologized for deceiving them with his staged injury.

Li Changfeng led the Poison Serpent Gang, Black Heart Inn, and Azure Brothel to attack the Blood Demon Stronghold despite the leaders’ doubts. After Qiu Renyu opened the gates to lure them inside, Li Changfeng turned an ambush against the stronghold’s forces and left the story with his allies advancing through the compound.

• Li Changfeng ordered the three leaders to gather their forces and march on the Blood Demon Stronghold, dismissing their warnings about its defenses.
• Blood Demon Qiu Renyu learned of Li Changfeng’s approach and ordered the stronghold’s gates opened to trap the attackers inside.
• Li Changfeng led the assembled forces through the open gates and ordered them to proceed cautiously after finding the stronghold deserted.
• Li Changfeng sensed an ambush and used the third form of the Shaolin Dragon Grasp to seize the incoming crossbow bolts and hurl them back at the hidden attackers.
• The three leaders rallied their men, who drove the Blood Demon Stronghold’s forces into retreat.
• Li Changfeng stopped his blood-crazed subordinates from pursuing the fleeing enemies.

Li Changfeng’s group was ambushed by hidden Blood Demon Stronghold forces, who deployed Blood Demon War Chariots that tore through their formation. Li Changfeng revealed overwhelming strength by crushing a chariot with one palm and slaughtering the attackers, leaving the three leaders awed by his power.

• Hidden attackers launched waves of black spears, but Li Changfeng caught and hurled spears back, killing several of them.
• The Blood Demon Stronghold leaders sent out Blood Demon War Chariots, which resisted the group’s attacks and devastated their formation.
• After nearly one-third of Li Changfeng’s forces were lost, the three leaders attacked the chariots and managed only to dent them.
• Li Changfeng led an assault on the hidden Blood Demon Stronghold men while a chariot charged at him.
• Li Changfeng flattened the charging chariot with one palm, then used Draconic Elephant Vajra Palm to destroy more chariots and kill many attackers.
• The three leaders were shocked by Li Changfeng’s true strength and felt proud to follow him.

Li Changfeng destroyed the Blood Demon Stronghold’s war chariots and fought the eight Blood Demon Spawn, overwhelming their fifth brother before they summoned a grandmaster-level crimson shadow. He revealed powerful sword intent against the shadow, leaving the battle unresolved as both sides recognized his strength.

• Li Changfeng destroyed the fleeing Blood Demon War Chariots, while the hidden leaders rushed onto the battlefield and were identified as the eight Blood Demon Spawn.
• The fifth Blood Demon Spawn attacked Li Changfeng, who shattered his arm and chest with a Draconic Elephant Vajra Palm.
• The other Blood Demon Spawn restored their fifth brother by pouring bloody energy into him, then evaded Li Changfeng’s next palm strike.
• The eight Blood Demon Spawn sacrificed half their blood to summon a grandmaster-level crimson shadow.
• The crimson shadow attacked Li Changfeng with scarlet claws, but Li Changfeng countered with sword intent and forced it to retreat.

Li Changfeng fought the blood-red afterimage, who sacrificed the Eight Blood Demon Disciples to strengthen himself. Li Changfeng ultimately overwhelmed and killed him, though the afterimage warned that someone would avenge him.

• Li Changfeng destroyed seven of the blood-red afterimage's eight clones, then struck the true body with Thunderous Force and burned it down to half its size.
• The blood-red afterimage crushed the Eight Blood Demon Disciples and absorbed their blood and qi to increase his strength.
• Li Changfeng and the blood-red afterimage traded powerful attacks, but Li Changfeng steadily drove him back with his flame sword qi.
• Li Changfeng shattered the afterimage's final palm seal and thrust his sword into his heart, engulfing him in flames.
• The dying blood-red afterimage cried that someone would avenge him.

Li Changfeng led the group onward and confronted the Four Protectors of the Blood Demon Stronghold. He overwhelmed them with his Draconic Elephant martial arts, leaving all four severely injured.

• Li Changfeng killed the crimson afterimage, then led the remaining group toward the next trials.
• Li Changfeng identified the four blood-robed men as the Four Protectors, and the Fourth Guardian attacked him.
• Li Changfeng struck the Fourth Guardian down with a Draconic Elephant Vajra Palm.
• The First Guardian ordered the Four Protectors to attack Li Changfeng together, but Li Changfeng shattered their combined palm strikes and sent them flying.
• Li Changfeng followed with nine Vajra Legs of Immense Power, crushing the protectors' defenses and severely injuring all four.

Li Changfeng killed three guardians before the First Guardian completed a blood sacrifice and summoned Blood Demon, who absorbed the dead guardians and the First Guardian to grow stronger. Li Changfeng and Blood Demon exchanged powerful attacks and fought to a draw, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Li Changfeng killed the Fourth Guardian and the Third Guardian, then crushed the Second Guardian's skull despite the Second Guardian briefly restraining him.
• The First Guardian completed a blood sacrifice, summoning Blood Demon, who absorbed the three dead guardians and then the First Guardian.
• Li Changfeng asked whether the phantom was Blood Demon Qiu Renyu, and Blood Demon answered that he was and was not before attacking.
• Li Changfeng met Blood Demon's five scarlet blades with his Sweeping a Thousand Armies sword technique, and they fought to a draw.
• Li Changfeng attacked with Thunderous Might while Blood Demon countered with ten scarlet blades, and their clash ended in another draw.

Li Changfeng battled the Blood Demon, who unleashed the Surging Blood Sea and tried to overwhelm him with its endless waves. Li Changfeng broke through the blood sea and closed in with his Dominating Leg Technique, leaving the Blood Demon braced behind a sphere of blood for the coming attack.

• The Blood Demon unleashed Surging Blood Sea, which swallowed nearby corpses and underlings to grow stronger.
• Li Changfeng warned the others away, then carved through the blood sea with his sword and destroyed a wave of it with Edgeless Sword Intent.
• Li Changfeng realized the blood sea could keep regenerating and charged toward the Blood Demon's true body instead.
• The Blood Demon retreated while sending waves of blood at Li Changfeng, who used the Dominating Leg Technique to break through and catch up.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Straight Step to Heaven with over a thousand leg shadows, and the Blood Demon gathered the blood sea into a dense sphere to defend himself.

Li Changfeng killed the Blood Demon’s avatar, but Qiu Renyu ambushed him with the Blood Demon Halberd and revealed that Li was ranked fourth on the Human Rankings. Li survived the strike and launched a fierce counterattack against Qiu Renyu.

• Li Changfeng shattered the Blood Demon’s blood sphere and kicked the Blood Demon to death, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The three leaders marveled at Li Changfeng’s strength and began questioning his identity.
• Qiu Renyu attacked Li Changfeng from behind with the Blood Demon Halberd, breaking through his Indestructible Vajra Body and hurling him to the ground.
• The Blood Demon’s blood drop returned to the Blood Demon Halberd, which warned Qiu Renyu that Li Changfeng was still alive and had not used all his methods.
• The Viper Gang Leader recognized Li Changfeng as the fourth-ranked expert on the Human Rankings, while the Azure Pavilion Lord urged the leaders to escape.
• Li Changfeng burst from the ground and attacked Qiu Renyu with the third move of the Dominating Leg Technique, prompting Qiu Renyu to acknowledge him as a worthy opponent.

Qiu Renyu used the Blood Demon Halberd’s techniques to trap and wound Li Changfeng, who fought his way out while building up his sword intent. The chapter left Li Changfeng facing Qiu Renyu’s blood-red thorns after they pierced his body and drained some of his blood.

• Qiu Renyu unleashed Surging Blood Sea, forcing Li Changfeng’s kicks back and preventing him from advancing.
• Li Changfeng challenged Qiu Renyu to fight without the Blood Demon Halberd, but Qiu Renyu refused and attacked with Blood Demon Thorns.
• Li Changfeng used Sweeping a Thousand Armies to escape the blood sea while continuing to accumulate sword intent.
• Qiu Renyu sent blood-red thorns bursting from beneath the ground, and Li Changfeng blocked them with his Indestructible Vajra Body.
• The thorns bored through Li Changfeng’s defense and drained his blood before he broke free and landed nearby.

Li Changfeng endured Qiu Renyu’s repeated Blood Demon attacks while building his Sword Intent, then unleashed increasingly powerful Heavy Sword, No Edge techniques. The chapter ended as Li Changfeng’s ultimate move, Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending, sent magma and sword qi surging toward Qiu Renyu’s crimson halberd.

• Qiu Renyu attacked Li Changfeng with Blood Demon Thorns and a sea of blood, but Li Changfeng countered with Great Skill is No Skill and Sweeping a Thousand Armies, then escaped the blood’s encirclement.
• Qiu Renyu repeatedly sent waves of blood and crimson thorns at Li Changfeng, who blocked five attacks and steadily strengthened his Sword Intent.
• Li Changfeng used Thunderous Force to slice through the sea of blood and crimson thorns and destroy the blood souls within it.
• The Blood Demon Halberd warned Qiu Renyu to stop holding back, and Qiu Renyu launched Blood Demon Halberd Strike at Li Changfeng.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Mountain Shattering, Earth Rending, driving his sword into the ground and sending magma and sword qi toward Qiu Renyu’s halberd.

Li Changfeng battled Qiu Renyu after destroying the Blood Demon Stronghold, but Qiu Renyu survived by merging with the Blood Demon Halberd. Their fight continued as Li Changfeng wounded him, only for the halberd to heal the injury.

• Li Changfeng's magma sword qi destroyed the Blood Demon Stronghold and burned Qiu Renyu into a charred corpse.
• Qiu Renyu survived, and the Blood Demon Halberd launched a surprise attack that Li Changfeng dodged.
• Qiu Renyu attacked with the halberd, but Li Changfeng blocked his blow with brute strength and forced him back.
• The Blood Demon Halberd urged Qiu Renyu to calm down, and he resumed fighting Li Changfeng.
• Li Changfeng cut Qiu Renyu's chest during their midair battle, but the halberd healed the wound as Qiu Renyu charged again.