Chapter Summaries

Li Changfeng spared Li Wuyai after learning that Abbot Hongchen had saved him, but required him to honor a future condition. Meanwhile, Ouyang Duha battled Ghost Shadow and blocked his surprise attack with a shield of true qi.

• Li Wuyai told Li Changfeng that he had refused a chance to join Ghost Shadow in killing him and asked to be spared.
• Li Changfeng agreed to spare Li Wuyai in exchange for one future condition and learned that Abbot Hongchen had saved him.
• Li Wuyai said he would return to the Free and Unfettered Sect before going to Flower Shifting Palace to apologize to someone.
• Ghost Shadow trapped Ouyang Duha in poisonous ghost mist and sent Vengeful Spirits to restrain him.
• Ghost Shadow used Ghost Shadow Ten Consecutive Flashes to attack Ouyang Duha, but Ouyang Duha stopped the blows with a prepared true qi shield.

Ouyang Duha and Ghost Shadow fought to a standstill until Ghost Shadow was poisoned by Ouyang Duha’s Serpent Venom and transformed to unleash a stronger attack. Ghost Shadow broke through Ouyang Duha’s defense and injured him, leaving Ouyang Duha furious and ready to retaliate.

• Ouyang Duha attacked Ghost Shadow with swift, curving staff strikes, and Ghost Shadow countered with Vengeful Spirits Filling the Heavens before both fighters were forced back.
• Ouyang Duha revealed that Ghost Shadow had been struck by his Serpent Venom, and Ghost Shadow struggled as the poison drained his true energy.
• Ghost Shadow received no answer after asking Old Ghost for help, so he unleashed a surge of yin energy and transformed into a larger, scaled form.
• Ghost Shadow returned to attack Ouyang Duha with a greatly strengthened Ghost Shadow Tenfold Flash, shattering Ouyang Duha’s true energy barrier.
• Ouyang Duha blocked the final three slashes with his iron staff but was hurled to the ground, injured by the ghostly energy.

Ouyang Duha and Li Changfeng fought Ghost Shadow and his Ghost King, whose transformed strength let him withstand their attacks. After Li Changfeng burned away the Ghost King's yin energy, Ouyang Duha struck its back with a poisonous, stored-force palm, leaving its body rotting as the battle continued.

• Ghost Shadow summoned the Ghost King and clashed evenly with Ouyang Duha, who used the second revolution of the Nine Revolution Toad Skill.
• Ghost Shadow turned the Ghost King on Li Changfeng, who met its punch with the Hundred Leaves Sky-Burning Hand and burned away much of its yin energy.
• Ouyang Duha recognized the palm intent in Li Changfeng's attack and unleashed the Toad God Palm's Accumulating Force.
• Ouyang Duha struck the Ghost King's back, scattering its yin energy and causing its body to begin rotting.

Ghost Shadow died after Ouyang Duha and Li Changfeng struck him, and the two agreed to duel again once Ouyang Duha recovered. Elsewhere, Princess Minmin fought Leng Xue, who criticized her swordsmanship, before she switched to her whip technique.

• Ouyang Duha ambushed Ghost Shadow, and he collapsed after declaring his hatred for his attackers.
• Li Changfeng and Ouyang Duha dismissed Ghost Shadow's strength, then agreed to fight each other again after Ouyang Duha recovered.
• Princess Minmin and Leng Xue exchanged powerful attacks, but neither gained a clear advantage.
• Leng Xue told Princess Minmin to focus on mastering one martial skill, but she said she preferred cultivating many.
• Princess Minmin summoned a steel whip and attacked Leng Xue with the first form of the Silver Serpent Whip Technique.

Princess Minmin and Leng Xue traded increasingly powerful saber and martial arts techniques in a fierce, evenly matched duel. The chapter ended with their chillbane blades and thunder saber beam clashing without either gaining the upper hand.

• Leng Xue blocked Princess Minmin's silver python whip with Blade Flash, and both fighters retreated several steps after the clash.
• Leng Xue unleashed Ten Consecutive Flashes, but Princess Minmin countered with White Crane in the Clouds; her sword qi was shattered, forcing her back.
• Princess Minmin attacked with Floating Bones, and Leng Xue answered with Hundred Consecutive Flashes; her claw broke through the saber lights, leaving frost on his blade.
• Princess Minmin launched nine Nine Nether Chill Blades, and Leng Xue countered with Thunder Slash.
• Princess Minmin's chillbane blades and Leng Xue's thunder saber beam collided, blasting a crater into the ground as their powers remained evenly matched.

Princess Minmin and Leng Xue traded increasingly powerful techniques in a fierce battle, with neither able to gain the upper hand. Their final clash left both severely injured, and they began healing their wounds.

• Princess Minmin's frigid baleful blades collided with Leng Xue's Triple Lightning Slash, and the blast sent both fighters retreating with blood at their mouths.
• Princess Minmin unleashed Absolute Yin White Bone Dragon, and Leng Xue answered with Thunder Dragon Slash; their dragons collided and left both coughing blood and seriously injured.
• Princess Minmin and Leng Xue recovered enough to stand, admired each other's strength, and resumed fighting.
• Leng Xue used Tyrant Saber: Severing Strike, and Princess Minmin tried to redirect its demonic saber light with Shifting Stars.
• Neither fighter could overpower the other, and their techniques exploded after a quarter of an hour, severely injuring both as they began healing themselves.

Buddha Child fought Zhang Xuandao with increasingly powerful Great Compassion Palm techniques, but Zhang Xuandao calmly redirected and neutralized his attacks with the Cotton Palm. Zhang Xuandao warned Buddha Child that Li Changfeng was dangerous, then continued their unfinished battle as Buddha Child launched his third move.

• Buddha Child unleashed the first move of the Great Compassion Palm, but Zhang Xuandao diverted its golden palm strike into the ground with Yin Softness.
• Buddha Child used the second move, Great Sorrow Palm, and Zhang Xuandao erased its attack with Unending Softness.
• Li Changfeng recognized that Buddha Child had completed the first half of the Muscle/Tendon Change Classic, while Zhang Xuandao remained unaffected by the Buddhist aura.
• Zhang Xuandao told Buddha Child that he sensed danger from Li Changfeng, and Buddha Child insisted that their fight continue before Zhang could challenge him.
• Buddha Child attacked with the third move, My Buddha's Compassion, sending two enormous golden swastika palms toward Zhang Xuandao.

Zhang Xuandao dominated the Buddha Child in a martial contest, countering his Golden Bell Shield, strikes, and leg techniques with precise redirection and minimal movement. The Buddha Child, unable to accept the gap between them, challenged Zhang Xuandao to withstand three final moves and launched the first form of the Mahākāla Finger.

• Zhang Xuandao redirected the Buddha Child’s twin palm strikes back at him, but the Buddha Child endured them with the eleventh level of the Golden Bell Shield.
• The Buddha Child attacked with a golden palm and Great Vajra Finger, while Zhang Xuandao deflected the palm and forced him back in their finger clash.
• The Buddha Child unleashed a barrage of Vajra Legs of Immense Power, but Zhang Xuandao evaded each kick and lifted one leg to topple him.
• The Buddha Child recovered, suppressed his unwillingness, and told Zhang Xuandao to take three more moves or he would admit defeat.
• The Buddha Child launched the first form of the Mahākāla Finger, sending a massive Yellow Springs finger force toward Zhang Xuandao.

Zhang Xuandao defeated the Buddha Child’s first two attacks, then helped him recognize that his obsession with victory had clouded his Buddhist teachings. As the others prepared to settle their remaining duel, Zhang Xuandao proposed another way to determine who was strongest.

• Zhang Xuandao’s Yin Extremity Creates Yang shattered the Buddha Child’s One Finger to the Yellow Springs, and both fighters suffered injuries.
• The Buddha Child trapped Zhang Xuandao in purgatory with Two Fingers to Purgatory, but Zhang Xuandao’s Yang Extremity Creates Yin destroyed the prison and left the Buddha Child severely injured.
• When the Buddha Child prepared to use his final move, Zhang Xuandao urged him to let go of his obsession, and the Buddha Child admitted defeat gratefully.
• The Buddha Child said Zhang Xuandao had still not used his full strength, and Zhang Xuandao revealed that he had used seventy percent.
• Ouyang Duha recovered and asked Li Changfeng to duel, while Murong Minmin and Leng Xue concluded their evenly matched fight in a draw.
• As the six gathered to watch Ouyang Duha and Li Changfeng fight, Zhang Xuandao objected to waiting and said he had a way to determine who was strongest.

Zhang Xuandao proposed using a strange mirror that absorbed attacks and reflected five copies to determine the victor. Li Changfeng tested it with his palm technique, and Ouyang Duha, Leng Xue, and Princess Minmin each repelled their reflected attacks, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Zhang Xuandao brought out the mirror and arranged for the six fighters to begin after Buddha Child recovered.
• Li Changfeng attacked the mirror with Hundred Leaves Sky-Burning Hand, and it reflected five identical attacks toward the others.
• Ouyang Duha used Accumulating Force to cancel out his reflected attack.
• Leng Xue used Draw Saber: Hundred Consecutive Flashes to cancel out his reflected attack.
• Princess Minmin used Floating Bones to cancel out her reflected attack, then asked Li Changfeng about his palm technique.
• Li Changfeng said he had created the technique by combining the essence of three Shaolin palm techniques, inspiring Princess Minmin to consider creating one of her own.

Li Changfeng and the others attacked the mirror with powerful martial skills until it shattered, releasing the combined force of their strikes. The destructive backlash swept across the arena toward all six fighters.

• The Buddha Child countered Li Changfeng’s palm strike with his Great Compassion Palm, while Zhang Xuandao diverted it harmlessly into the ground with his Soft Palm.
• Li Changfeng and the others watched one another before all six attacked at once.
• Li Changfeng, Princess Minmin, Leng Xue, the Buddha Child, Ouyang Duha, and Zhang Xuandao unleashed their second martial techniques against the mirror.
• The mirror absorbed the five attacks, shook under their force, and shattered.
• The fused forces of the attacks burst from the broken mirror and swept toward the six fighters, blasting the ground apart.

After the six fighters withstood a powerful concussive force, they split into two battles. Li Changfeng, the Buddha Child, and Ouyang Duha clashed in a three-way contest of palm strikes, while Princess Minmin and Leng Xue charged Zhang Xuandao.

• Li Changfeng, the Buddha Child, Zhang Xuandao, Ouyang Duha, Princess Minmin, and Leng Xue each used their abilities to withstand the concussive force, though several were thrown back or injured.
• The Buddha Child charged Li Changfeng, and Ouyang Duha followed, insisting that Li Changfeng was his opponent.
• Li Changfeng agreed to fight both men at once, while Princess Minmin and Leng Xue rushed Zhang Xuandao, who waited for them.
• Li Changfeng and the Buddha Child met palm strikes, and Ouyang Duha attacked the Buddha Child from the side.
• The Buddha Child, Li Changfeng, and Ouyang Duha exchanged powerful palm forces, leaving the three-way fight unresolved.

Zhang Xuandao battled Princess Minmin and Leng Xue, who discovered how to counter his Cotton Palm and attacked its weakness together. With his defenses close to breaking, Zhang Xuandao unleashed the first form of the Yin-Yang Divine Fist to strike back.

• Leng Xue and Princess Minmin each realized how to overcome Zhang Xuandao's Cotton Palm and agreed to attack.
• Zhang Xuandao launched the third form of the Cotton Palm, Softness Conceals Strength, but Leng Xue's Hundred Consecutive Flashes sliced repeatedly through the same part of its rippling defense.
• Princess Minmin struck the weakened area with Absolute Yin White Bone Dragon, driving Zhang Xuandao's defenses to the brink of collapse.
• Zhang Xuandao unleashed Yin Extremity Creates Yang, sending a powerful ultimate-yin fist seal toward Princess Minmin and Leng Xue.

Zhang Xuandao’s exchange with Leng Xue and Princess Minmin ended with him admitting they had won the clash, while Li Changfeng, Ouyang Duha, and the Buddha Child broke free from their palm-force stalemate and began fighting with their leg techniques and defensive skills. The three continued trading attacks, and Ouyang Duha grew determined to reach the top three despite feeling weaker than the others.

• Zhang Xuandao shattered Leng Xue and Princess Minmin’s attacks with his Extreme Yin Fist Seal, and they told him they had broken his Soft Palm.
• Li Changfeng, Ouyang Duha, and the Buddha Child agreed to exert force together, separating themselves from the palm-force clash.
• Li Changfeng attacked both men with the Dominating Leg Technique, and Ouyang Duha’s Nine Revolution Toad Skill and the Buddha Child’s Eleventh Stage Golden Bell Shield withstood his strikes.
• The Buddha Child counterattacked with his Vajra Leg of Immense Power, and Li Changfeng blocked it with the Second Layer of the Indestructible Divine Skill.
• The Buddha Child praised Li Changfeng’s Indestructible Divine Skill, while Ouyang Duha resolved to make the top three.

Ouyang Duha, Li Changfeng, and Buddha Child traded increasingly powerful martial arts attacks, with neither side gaining the upper hand. The chapter ended as Li Changfeng unleashed Rampaging Dragon Dance and Ouyang Duha and Buddha Child answered with their strongest attacks.

• Ouyang Duha attacked Li Changfeng and Buddha Child with the Toad God Palm, but their combined palms met his strike in a stalemate.
• Li Changfeng followed with Dragon Travels the World, while Ouyang Duha countered with Serpent Emerges from Cave and Buddha Child answered with Great Sorrow Palm.
• The three continued exchanging staff and palm attacks, with Buddha Child and Ouyang Duha holding off Li Changfeng's strikes.
• Li Changfeng unleashed Rampaging Dragon Dance, concentrating the power of seven dragons and seven elephants into a fierce downward strike.
• Ouyang Duha countered with Serpent's Chaotic Bite, while Buddha Child launched two swastika palms with My Buddha's Compassion.

Ouyang Duha, Li Changfeng, and Buddha Child traded powerful attacks, with Ouyang Duha’s weaker defense leaving him more injured. Ouyang Duha unleashed his strongest palm strike, and Li Changfeng answered with a palm-intent attack as their clash continued.

• Ouyang Duha, Li Changfeng, and Buddha Child collided in another exchange of attacks and were all blasted away, though Ouyang Duha suffered the worst injuries.
• Ouyang Duha launched the Toad God Palm’s “Accumulating Force,” while Li Changfeng used “Three Thousand Great Tathagatas” and Buddha Child used “One Finger to the Yellow Springs.”
• The three supreme attacks collided, leaving all three men injured; Ouyang Duha decided to settle the fight with his strongest strike.
• Ouyang Duha used the third revolution of the Nine Revolution Toad Skill to unleash a palm strike carrying palm intent.
• Li Changfeng recognized Ouyang Duha’s palm intent and countered with “Soaring Dragon Ascends,” sending a massive sand dragon toward him.

Li Changfeng and the Buddha Child survived Ouyang Duha’s devastating Palm Intent and forced him to concede defeat. Li Changfeng then revealed his superior martial skill in a renewed duel with the Buddha Child, whose Golden Bell Shield began to crack under the assault.

• Ouyang Duha’s Palm Intent overwhelmed the Buddha Child’s and Li Changfeng’s attacks, but the two endured the blast while Ouyang fell, exhausted and defeated.
• The Buddha Child praised Ouyang’s power, and Li Changfeng explained that Ouyang’s Palm Intent was too costly to use repeatedly; he kept his own Sword Intent concealed.
• The Buddha Child challenged Li Changfeng to continue their fight, and Li accepted.
• Li Changfeng attacked with the Dominating Leg Technique, targeting weak points in the Buddha Child’s defenses.
• The Buddha Child activated the eleventh stage of the Golden Bell Shield, but Li’s kicks drove his feet into the ground and cracked the golden barrier.

Li Changfeng defeated Buddha Child, who conceded that Zhang Xuandao might be the only one able to stop him. Meanwhile, Princess Minmin and Leng Xue continued their two-on-one battle against Zhang Xuandao, launching another powerful combination attack.

• Buddha Child grabbed Li Changfeng's leg with the Mighty Vajra Finger, but Li Changfeng broke free and stomped him into the ground.
• Buddha Child exhausted himself with repeated techniques and admitted defeat to Li Changfeng.
• Princess Minmin and Leng Xue teamed up against Zhang Xuandao, who complained that their two-on-one fight was unfair.
• Leng Xue and Princess Minmin unleashed their attacks together, but Zhang Xuandao countered with Yin Extremity Creates Yang and sent their strikes crashing back.
• Princess Minmin summoned the Absolute Yin White Bone Dragon while Leng Xue used Tyrant Blade: Severing Strike to attack Zhang Xuandao again.

Zhang Xuandao fought Princess Minmin and Leng Xue, with all three unleashing powerful techniques in a series of clashes. After their final combined strike left him more badly injured, Princess Minmin and Leng Xue declared Zhang Xuandao the winner as he sat down to treat his injuries.

• Zhang Xuandao blocked Princess Minmin and Leng Xue’s attacks with his Yang Extremity Creates Yin fist, and the collision injured all three.
• Zhang Xuandao admitted defeat, but Princess Minmin and Leng Xue insisted on one final strike.
• Princess Minmin unleashed her Azure Dragon palm while Leng Xue struck with Hegemon Over All Under Heaven.
• Zhang Xuandao countered both attacks with Yin-Yang Convergence, and the clash blasted all three fighters away and left him the most severely injured.
• Zhang Xuandao sat down to treat his injuries, and Princess Minmin and Leng Xue told him that he had won.

Li Changfeng and Zhang Xuandao began their long-awaited duel, matching Li Changfeng’s fierce Draconic Elephant techniques against Zhang Xuandao’s Yin-Yang Soft Palm. After trading powerful blows, both fighters withdrew from their latest exchange, injured but still standing.

• Zhang Xuandao told Li Changfeng he had long wanted to fight him, then attacked with his Yin-Yang Soft Palm.
• Li Changfeng met Zhang Xuandao’s palm with his own, and both were forced back several steps.
• Li Changfeng unleashed the Dominating Leg Technique’s One Success Achieved Over Ten Thousand Corpses, while Zhang Xuandao redirected the kicks with Yin Softness.
• Li Changfeng used Straight Step to Heaven to unleash a barrage of kicks, and Zhang Xuandao endured them with Unending Softness.
• Li Changfeng rubbed his aching feet, while Zhang Xuandao clenched his numb hands after they both withdrew from the exchange.