Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng fought Tang Yushi, countering the Tang Clan expert’s piercing hidden weapons with his staff after his palm strike failed to stop them. Tang Yushi then attacked with a poisonous palm, and the chapter ended as Li Changfeng dismissed his fear of poison.

• Tang Yushi fired a barrage of hidden weapons that pierced through Li Changfeng’s true qi.
• Li Changfeng used Coiling Dragon Whirl to deflect the remaining weapons, and Tang Yushi retrieved them with nearly transparent threads.
• Tang Yushi used Gale Form, but Li Changfeng’s Knocking Mountain Shocking Tiger smashed and damaged the hidden weapons.
• Tang Yushi abandoned his hidden weapons and attacked with Poisonous Tiger Hand, while Li Changfeng said he feared poison least.

Li Changfeng overwhelmed Tang Yushi with his Vajra Palm and Dragon-Tiger Staff, destroying Tang Yushi’s shield and crippling him. Tang Yushi’s attempt to escape with four hidden puppets failed, leaving Li Changfeng closing in on his badly wounded opponent.

• Li Changfeng struck Tang Yushi with Vajra Body Empowerment, shattered his poisonous palm attack, and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Li Changfeng attacked with Dragon Soars, Tiger Leaps, but Tang Yushi used his hidden weapon box as a silver shield to block the staff.
• Li Changfeng battered the shield with seven strikes and then smashed it, before striking Tang Yushi’s arm, ribs, and dantian.
• Tang Yushi forced himself to dodge a fatal blow and sent four puppets at Li Changfeng from different directions.
• Li Changfeng swept the puppets away with Dragon Travels the World, breaking all four into metal fragments.

Li Changfeng crippled Tang Yushi with a volley of returning knives, then headed for the Free and Unfettered Sect ruins. Elsewhere, Hua Xinglian and Zhou Zhiruo divided a medicinal garden’s herbs between their sects, but their group was surrounded by men in azure robes.

• Tang Yushi escaped on a flying puppet, but Li Changfeng struck it with his Flying Daggers of Li and severed Tang Yushi’s ear and leg.
• Tang Yushi fled while vowing revenge, and Li Changfeng left for the ruins of the Free and Unfettered Sect.
• Hua Xinglian and Zhou Zhiruo led the Flower Shifting Palace and Emei Sect disciples in harvesting and equally dividing the medicinal herbs.
• As the women began to leave, a group of men in azure robes surrounded them and threatened them.

Hua Xinglian and Zhou Zhiruo led the Emei Sect and Flower Shifting Palace disciples in a battle against Mu Zhengya and the Tang Clan. After the Tang Clan’s poisoned projectiles caused devastating losses, the surviving disciples charged, but the Tang Clan retreated beyond their reach.

• Mu Zhengya insulted Hua Xinglian and Zhou Zhiruo after they refused to answer him, so Hua Xinglian attacked with Flower Shifting Grafting’s Falling Blossom Barrage and wounded Mu Zhengya and the Tang Clan disciples.
• Zhou Zhiruo used Emei Swordplay’s Trickling Stream to kill many Tang Clan disciples, prompting Mu Zhengya to order his men to form up and attack from a distance.
• Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian called for the Emei Sect and Flower Shifting Palace disciples to form a defensive formation against the Tang Clan’s Poisoned Projectiles.
• The two sects endured the hidden-weapon attack but suffered devastating losses, and Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian urged the survivors to charge and avenge the dead.
• Mu Zhengya ordered the Tang Clan to retreat; Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian pursued and killed several more disciples before the Tang Clan escaped beyond their reach.

Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian fought the Tang Sect disciples as their allies were slaughtered, then tried to escape when the battle was lost. Mu Zhengya captured them with four puppets, leaving both women unable to use their true energy.

• Li Changfeng sensed a disturbance nearby and hurried toward it.
• Hua Xinglian urged Zhou Zhiruo to flee, but Zhou initially refused to abandon their companions.
• Hua Xinglian poisoned and weakened the Tang Sect disciples with Three Points into the Wood, and Zhou Zhiruo killed nearly fifty with Golden Summit Nine Forms.
• Mu Zhengya ordered the Tang Sect disciples to stop holding back, and they killed nearly all the Emei and Flower Shifting disciples.
• After the surviving disciples died, Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian fled, but Mu Zhengya sent four puppets to seize them and seal their meridians.

Li Changfeng arrived in time to stop Mu Zhengya from assaulting Zhou Zhiruo and rescued her and Hua Xinglian from the Tang Sect. With Zhou Zhiruo affected by an aphrodisiac, he faced the sect’s hidden weapons while carrying her, and Mu Zhengya ordered his disciples to retreat.

• Mu Zhengya restrained Zhou Zhiruo and drugged her while preparing to assault her, as Hua Xinglian could only protest.
• Li Changfeng attacked the Tang Sect, killing dozens of disciples with a single Draconic Elephant Vajra Palm strike.
• Mu Zhengya rallied the remaining disciples into a battle formation, and Li Changfeng freed Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian from their sealed acupoints.
• Zhou Zhiruo clung to Li Changfeng while Hua Xinglian explained that she had been drugged with an aphrodisiac.
• The Tang Sect disciples unleashed hidden weapons, but Li Changfeng’s Indestructible Body shattered them as he carried Zhou Zhiruo into the air.
• Mu Zhengya panicked and ordered the disciples to retreat, while Li Changfeng declared they could not escape.

Li Changfeng wiped out the Tang Sect disciples and Hua Xinglian killed Mu Zhengya to avenge the Flower Shifting Palace and Emei sisters. Unable to purge the aphrodisiac from Zhou Zhiruo, Li Changfeng took her to a mountain cave, where they dispelled the poison together.

• Li Changfeng unleashed the Vajra Palm of Immense Strength, killing nearly all the Tang Sect disciples and leaving Mu Zhengya barely alive.
• Li Changfeng revealed that he had crippled Tang Yushi, then let Hua Xinglian kill Mu Zhengya to avenge the fallen sisters.
• Li Changfeng found that his True Qi could not dispel the aphrodisiac in Zhou Zhiruo, and Hua Xinglian said she knew a way to help.
• Hua Xinglian led Li Changfeng to a mountain cave, where he and Zhou Zhiruo dispelled the poison.
• Afterward, Zhou Zhiruo shyly rested in Li Changfeng's embrace while Hua Xinglian waited outside the cave.

After spending the day together, Li Changfeng, Zhou Zhiruo, and Hua Xinglian shared a meal of roasted White-Striped Swift Tiger in the cave. Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian tried wine for the first time and began to enjoy its warming effects.

• Li Changfeng and Zhou Zhiruo continued their intimate time in the cave while Hua Xinglian waited outside.
• Zhou Zhiruo and Li Changfeng dressed, and Hua Xinglian joined them and complained that she was hungry.
• Li Changfeng revealed a White-Striped Swift Tiger and roasted it for the two women.
• Li Changfeng explained that he had learned to roast game by secretly hunting when he was younger.
• Li Changfeng shared wine with Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian, who choked on their first gulps before gradually enjoying the sensation.

Li Changfeng, Zhou Zhiruo, and Hua Xinglian drank themselves unconscious and woke up in an awkward tangle. After learning how their group had crossed the bamboo formation, they reconciled and continued exploring at an unhurried pace.

• Li Changfeng gave Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian more wine, and the three drank until they all passed out together.
• Hua Xinglian woke in Li Changfeng's arms and pretended to remain asleep until Zhou Zhiruo stirred; Li Changfeng and Zhou Zhiruo awkwardly acknowledged that they had all gotten drunk.
• Li Changfeng told the women not to drink again, and they agreed after recalling fragments of the previous night.
• Zhou Zhiruo explained that Qinghua Yue, a powerful unaffiliated formation master, had broken the bamboo formation; Hua Xinglian described Qinghua Yue's background and connection to Jingling Shitai.
• Li Changfeng invited Hua Xinglian to call him Changfeng, and she gratefully accepted as they set aside their past conflict.
• Li Changfeng, Zhou Zhiruo, and Hua Xinglian continued exploring leisurely, following paths opened by other formation breakers while searching for opportunities.

Zhou Zhiruo hid from Li Changfeng that she risked severe punishment for breaking her sect's rules, while Hua Xinglian urged her to tell him. Outside a palace, the three joined the battle between the Emei and Flower Shifting Grafting alliance and the Tang Clan, and Li Changfeng confronted the Tang Clan after their forces clashed.

• Li Changfeng noticed Zhou Zhiruo was troubled, but she insisted she was fine.
• Hua Xinglian learned Zhou Zhiruo feared punishment from the Emei Sect and urged her to tell Li Changfeng, but Zhou Zhiruo refused to protect him.
• Li Changfeng, Zhou Zhiruo, and Hua Xinglian reached a palace and found the Emei and Flower Shifting Grafting alliance fighting the Tang Clan.
• Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian attacked the Tang Clan forces, killing or disabling nearly a hundred disciples and allowing their allies to strike.
• Jingling Shitai welcomed Zhou Zhiruo back, and the leaders of both sides blamed the Tang Clan for the deaths among their disciples.
• Li Changfeng challenged the leading Tang Clan elder, recalling that he had killed many Tang Clan members and asking whether the crippled elder who escaped was present.

Li Changfeng confronted Tang Er-Yi after a Tang Sect disciple identified him as the man who had injured him. Tang Er-Yi’s concealed blade wounded Li Changfeng’s shoulder, but Li Changfeng’s toughness quickly healed it, and their fight continued with hidden weapons.

• A wounded Tang Sect disciple recognized Li Changfeng and called on Tang Shi-Qi to avenge him.
• Tang Er-Yi stepped forward as the Tang Sect’s secretly trained chief disciple and challenged Li Changfeng to a fight.
• Hua Xinglian warned Li Changfeng that Tang Er-Yi could be dangerous, but Li Changfeng said he would defeat him within ten moves.
• Tang Er-Yi attacked with a concealed blade inside his iron fan, cutting Li Changfeng’s shoulder, but Li Changfeng’s wound quickly closed.
• Tang Er-Yi split his fan into eighteen iron blades and hurled them at Li Changfeng, who answered with ten Flying Daggers of Li and knocked fifteen blades away.

Li Changfeng overwhelmed Tang Er-Yi with his throwing knives and powerful martial arts, while Tang Shi-Qi fought the two leaders of the Women's Alliance. The chapter ended as Li Changfeng unleashed another staff technique against Tang Er-Yi.

• Li Changfeng's returning throwing knives broke Tang Er-Yi's iron blades and forced him to rely on his Inner Armor.
• Tang Shi-Qi told Tang Er-Yi to fight at full strength as the two leaders of the Women's Alliance attacked Tang Shi-Qi.
• Li Changfeng's Vajra Palm clashed with Tang Er-Yi's Centipede Palm, sending Tang Er-Yi crashing to the ground.
• Tang Er-Yi retreated and attacked Li Changfeng with a storm of flying needles, but Li Changfeng's staff deflected and returned them.
• Li Changfeng charged Tang Er-Yi and unleashed Dragon Soars, Tiger Leaps with his Dark Iron Dragon-Tiger Staff.

Li Changfeng defeated Tang Er-Yi, but Tang Shi-Qi intervened with Poison Sand and forced Li Changfeng to halt his pursuit. Tang Er-Yi escaped to the Tang Clan's formation, leaving Li Changfeng facing Tang Shi-Qi.

• Tang Er-Yi unleashed the Rain of Flowers hidden weapon technique, but Li Changfeng blasted aside the weapons and severely injured him.
• Tang Er-Yi attacked Li Changfeng with a lotus-shaped Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle weapon, but Li Changfeng blocked the needles with the Second Layer of the Indestructible Divine Skill.
• Li Changfeng moved to kill Tang Er-Yi, but Tang Shi-Qi struck him with Poison Sand and broke through his Indestructible Body.
• Li Changfeng expelled the poison, while Tang Shi-Qi called Tang Er-Yi back to the Tang Clan's formation.
• Tang Er-Yi fled to safety, and Li Changfeng stopped pursuing him and stared darkly at Tang Shi-Qi.

Li Changfeng killed Tang Yushi and fought Tang Shi-Qi alongside Jingling Shitai and Gong Dongyi. Tang Shi-Qi’s poisonous attacks weakened Jingling Shitai, and Li Changfeng stood guard while she purged the poison.

• Li Changfeng charged into the Tang Clan ranks and struck Tang Yushi with his staff, shattering the elders’ defenses and severing Tang Yushi’s right arm and left leg.
• Tang Yushi killed five fleeing disciples with hidden weapons, but Li Changfeng then threw a knife through Tang Yushi’s head and killed him.
• Li Changfeng pursued Tang Er-Yi, prompting Tang Shi-Qi to break away from Gong Dongyi and Jingling Shitai and clash palm-to-palm with Li Changfeng.
• Jingling Shitai attacked Tang Shi-Qi, but his poisonous palm blackened her arm and forced her to purge the poison.
• Li Changfeng intercepted Tang Shi-Qi’s next attack and told Jingling Shitai to focus on purging the poison while he guarded her.

Gong Dongyi joined Li Changfeng and Jingling Shitai against Tang Shi-Qi, though Li Changfeng suspected her motives. Tang Shi-Qi escaped their encirclement and unleashed a deadly rain of explosive iron sand, which the three barely managed to repel.

• Gong Dongyi overcame her hesitation and attacked Tang Shi-Qi, but he countered with Centipede Palm and nearly struck her down.
• Jingling Shitai saved Gong Dongyi with Trickling Stream, then urged her, Gong Dongyi, and Li Changfeng to set aside their grudges and face Tang Shi-Qi together.
• The three surrounded Tang Shi-Qi, but he broke free and attacked them with Rain of Flowers, sending explosive iron sand across the battlefield.
• Li Changfeng, Jingling Shitai, and Gong Dongyi used their techniques to block the iron sand, triggering a devastating explosion and poisonous shockwave.

Li Changfeng and the two others survived Tang Shi-Qi’s Poison Sand attack, and Li Changfeng fought Tang Shi-Qi after blocking his tracking needle. Tang Shi-Qi narrowly escaped Li Changfeng’s devastating staff strike, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Li Changfeng and the other two dispelled the poisonous smoke and revealed that Poison Sand had only given them superficial injuries.
• Tang Shi-Qi launched the tracking Seven Step Life-Seizing Needle at Li Changfeng, who used the Indestructible Divine Skill to catch it and discovered the steel thread guiding it.
• Tang Shi-Qi recalled the needle with his true qi, but Li Changfeng interrupted his next move by attacking with Rampaging Dragon Dance.
• Tang Shi-Qi met Li Changfeng’s staff strike with Viper Palm, but the clash shattered his phantom vipers and scattered his poisonous qi.
• Tang Shi-Qi leaped clear of Li Changfeng’s attack, which blasted an enormous crater into the ground.

Tang Shi-Qi and Jingling Shitai fought until their injuries forced Tang Shi-Qi and his allies to flee. Gong Dongyi then ambushed Li Changfeng, whose damaged Indestructible Body failed, leaving him buried beneath rubble.

• Jingling Shitai exchanged poison-palmed attacks with Tang Shi-Qi and was badly injured, while Li Changfeng's earlier wounds weakened Tang Shi-Qi.
• Jingling Shitai unleashed her strongest palms against Tang Shi-Qi's Toad Palm, and Zhou Zhiruo caught her as she fell unconscious.
• Tang Shi-Qi threw a smoke bomb and fled with his allies, while Li Changfeng chose not to pursue them.
• Gong Dongyi attacked Li Changfeng from behind with Three Points into the Wood, and his hastily formed Indestructible Body cracked under the blow.
• Gong Dongyi's remaining palm force blasted Li Changfeng through a boulder, burying him beneath the rubble.

Li Changfeng confronted Gong Dongyi after her sneak attack left him gravely injured, while secretly working to neutralize her palm force. He refused to abandon Zhou Zhiruo and countered Gong Dongyi’s deadly attack, but their fight remained unresolved.

• Li Changfeng survived Gong Dongyi’s sneak attack and sprang up to strike her, though his injuries limited his strength.
• Gong Dongyi admitted she cared only about winning and threatened to kill Emei Sect disciples if Li Changfeng tried to escape.
• Li Changfeng secretly used the Muscle/Tendon Change Classic to dissolve Gong Dongyi’s corrosive true qi while they exchanged taunts.
• Gong Dongyi attacked, and Li Changfeng fought back despite worsening pain; Zhou Zhiruo urged him to flee, but he refused to leave her.
• Gong Dongyi unleashed Falling Blossom Barrage, and Li Changfeng shattered the crimson petals with Savage Elephant Tramples the Heavens and expelled the poison from his body.

Li Changfeng endured Gong Dongyi’s attacks while the Muscle/Tendon Change Classic expelled the corrosive true qi in his body and restored him. He unleashed his ultimate palm strike and defeated Gong Dongyi, leaving her grievously wounded and barely alive.

• Gong Dongyi evaded Li Changfeng’s savage-elephant attack with Flower Shifting Shadowing, while Li Changfeng’s Muscle/Tendon Change Classic began driving out the corrosive true qi.
• Gong Dongyi attacked with Three Points into the Wood, and Li Changfeng met her strike with Vajra Body Empowerment.
• The clash injured both fighters, but Li Changfeng’s Yijin True Qi expelled the stubborn true qi and began healing him.
• Li Changfeng launched Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use, and Gong Dongyi countered with Flower Shifting Jade.
• Li Changfeng’s palm overwhelmed Gong Dongyi’s counter, rupturing her arms and smashing her into the ground, where she lay barely alive.

Li Changfeng killed Gong Dongyi despite his severe injuries, then collapsed after the Flower Shifting Palace disciples withdrew. Three days later, as he began to recover, Jingling Shitai discovered Zhou Zhiruo’s Virginity Mark was gone and demanded an explanation.

• Li Changfeng refused to spare Gong Dongyi, while Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian arranged a sham clash between the Emei Sect and Flower Shifting Palace disciples.
• Li Changfeng killed Gong Dongyi, and Hua Xinglian accused him of betraying their alliance before leading her disciples away.
• Li Changfeng collapsed from his injuries, and Zhou Zhiruo ordered the Emei disciples to make camp and protect him and Jingling Shitai.
• Three days later, Jingling Shitai examined Li Changfeng and found his Yijin True Qi healing him as his Inner Force grew stronger.
• Jingling Shitai discovered Zhou Zhiruo’s Virginity Mark had disappeared, then created a soundproof barrier and demanded that Zhou Zhiruo explain what happened.