• Setting/Setup: Duan Yun and Zi Yu wait on the city wall of Bichi City on Fusang Island, known as the “Sunset Fiend/Charm Demon.” A strange, city-wide “pa pa pa” sound signals the arrival of four Jue Family siblings—recognizable by pink katanas and toothbrush mustaches.

Key Plot Events

• Four Jue siblings challenge Duan Yun, using a synchronized “tango” movement and the Bloodline Cohabitation Slash / Cohabitation Blade Formation, which releases pink blade energy that makes victims feel an uncontrollable “urge to cohabit.” The crowd succumbs; Duan Yun and Zi Yu embrace but remain clear-minded.
• Duan Yun counters with Heart-to-Heart Clamp, clamping the incoming blade qi with his fingers and toes, then breaks their formation by inserting himself into their dance and forcing them into his Yangge rhythm.
• Third brother uses Ghost Howl, containing the voices of siblings he absorbed, to stun Duan Yun. The others retreat; youngest Jue sister leaps high but Duan Yun catches her, spins, and slams into the ground, killing her—holding Zi Yu gently in one arm and the dead girl in the other.
• The surviving Jue brothers and their fanatical followers kneel in grief, crying that “Jue Sister was number one under heaven.”

Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Showy, ruthless, and resourceful; kills without hesitation but remains tender with Zi Yu. His Heart-to-Heart Clamp is refined to the point his whole body can clamp.
• Zi Yu: Alert and perceptive; her sword/mirror technique lets her remain self-aware even under lust-based attacks.
• Jue siblings: Skilled and emotionally bonded through cohabitation training; the youngest is especially beloved, and her death devastates her brothers.
• Sea Dogs/Crowd: Already psychologically broken, they fanatically hope for Jue victory, only to be crushed again.

Significant Themes

• Beauty and style as power: “Charm Demons” are feared and forgiven more easily.
• Desire as a weapon: the cohabitation blade formation corrupts and distracts, but clarity and self-awareness overcome it.
• Dance as combat: rhythm, synchronization, and disruption determine victory.
• Mercilessness in the martial world: enemy weakness is not spared.

Character Interactions

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu banter (“pa pa pa” vs. “da da da”) and fight as a close team.
• Duan Yun dominates the four Jue siblings through mockery and technique.
• The Jue brothers’ shared grief highlights their family bond, while the crowd’s chaotic reactions show the battle’s psychological impact.

Fight Back! You Fusang Cowards!

Seeing the Jue Family's little sister get crushed to death in Duan Yun's embrace, the three remaining Jue siblings panicked for a moment.
The third brother, their leader, could not help shouting, "Don't panic, continue to—"
Before the word "continue" could leave his mouth, a jet-black sword qi carrying incomparably fresh Death Qi shot straight through the head of the brother beside him.
The brother had already dropped to his knees, clutching his head and struggling there.
Meanwhile, Duan Yun absorbed the Death Qi from the freshly dead Jue Family woman as he looked at them as though they were already corpses.
Strands of black Death Qi continuously poured into his fingertips. Duan Yun could not help giving a Chivalric Aura smile as he said, "This woman's Death Qi tastes damn good."
Seeing this, the remaining intact Jue Family man and woman completely lost their will to fight.
Third Brother called out, "Brother, hold him off!" before frantically retreating.
His brother's head had been pierced through. Even with the Jue Family bloodline's strength, such an injury would not kill him, but making him face Duan Old Devil in that state—what difference was that from death?
"Hold off your damn mother!"
As the brother cursed, a spinning flash of blade light swept past, and his head spiraled up into the sky.
From having the upper hand at the beginning, to being evenly matched, to being unable to defeat the Old Devil and getting slaughtered one-sidedly by him—all of it had happened within barely a dozen breaths.
The shift had come so quickly that the expressions of the onlookers could not keep up.
For example, one Sea Dog was still shouting, "Awesome!" and cheering joyfully for the Jue Family. Then, in the next instant, the Jue Family lady had been hugged to death by Duan Old Devil, while the Jue Family man's head had spiraled into the heavens!
Such a change undoubtedly made the Sea Dogs feel as though the sky had fallen.
"As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood! The four Jue Family lords fought Duan Old Devil to a standstill. Once the Jue Family's thousand-plus lords arrive, Duan Old Devil is dead for sure!"
The resilient Sea Dogs did not collapse and were still trying to save face.
"Lord Jue's lightness skill is extraordinary. He has already run so far away. Duan Old Devil definitely won't be able to catch—"
Before the man could finish, a scream rang out. The last woman among the four Jue siblings had been caught by Duan Old Devil using Left-Foot-on-Right-Foot Flight and chopped in half.
As her upper body spun through the air, she could not help snarling venomously, "Why? Why kill women first? Men deserve to die even more!"
As she spoke, she began shivering with rage and cold, then shivered with rage and cold until she died.
Duan Yun said with a disgusted expression, "Damn it, since when did running slowly become something to be proud of?"
When Duan Yun wiped out an entire family, he did not care whether they were men or women. It was all done in passing. This hag ran slowly, so naturally she died first in passing.
Now, only Third Brother remained.
He ran beneath the setting sun, and he ran very fast. His woven clothes were not particularly thick to begin with, but because he ran so fast, they clung to his body and stretched nearly transparent. He truly was the fastest runner among them.
Running was a talent in itself.
Now, Jue Family Third Brother had already gone full throttle, pushing that talent to its limit.
As he ran with all his strength, he vaguely heard many voices.
"A-San, run!"
"Run!"
"Run with all your strength!"
"Become Father's most useful son!"
Only then did Jue Family A-San finally realize whose voices these were.
They belonged to the dear brothers and sisters he had absorbed!
At that moment, A-San felt as though their souls had possessed him. All their thoughts merged into one: run, run with all his strength!
He had to live. He had to become Father's most useful son.
The moment A-San turned back, he felt as though there was a huge abyssal maw behind him.
The inner wall of that enormous mouth bore the words "useless son." A-San knew he could not be caught. He absolutely could not be caught!
Once he was caught, he would be swallowed and lose everything!
He had to live. He had to become the most useful son!
A-San had run himself into hallucinations. The huge mouth in his eyes was Duan Yun, whose legs had blurred into afterimages as he raced over to kill him.
As Duan Yun chased after him, he also found it absurd.
This bastard was actually faster than he had imagined. Duan Yun had already used seventy percent of his leg strength, yet he still could not catch him for the moment.
Under the setting sun, the two moved like the wind, rushing from the city to outside its walls, then from outside the city toward the mountain.
"They've run that far already!"
"Are they still coming back for dinner?"
Even from quite a distance away, many spectators could still see their figures.
There was only this one mountain outside Bichi City, and as the two raced along, A-San caused an enormous commotion.
He ran with all his strength while kicking up dust and sand.
This was not deliberate on his part. A-San's movement technique had always been like this. He relied on the vibrating force of the muscles throughout his body to accelerate, while also fearing the "abyssal maw" behind him and hoping to use the sand and stones to shake it off.
What drove him to despair was that A-San discovered the abyssal maw behind him was getting faster and faster. The words "useless son" became increasingly clear. No matter how desperately he ran, he could not shake the other party off.
No, it was getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, A-San went blank for a moment and discovered that the five words "useless son" were already above his head.
The giant mouth had arrived.
At that moment, he abruptly came to his senses and saw that what had charged over was not that mouth, but the Nine Provinces devil.
"Yame!"
"Die!"
His voice suddenly stretched out long as he felt an icy chill around his navel.
Under the setting sun, A-San was still running, but he knew he could no longer escape.
Yes, his legs were still desperately running forward, running forward unwilling to accept fate, but his body had remained here, caught in the hands of that evil and incomparably terrifying Nine Provinces devil.
All of a sudden, A-San began to cry.
"Father, I'm not your most useless son."
"I... I'm not!"
After saying that, darkness filled his vision, and he lost all consciousness.
When Duan Yun returned carrying A-San's severed lower body, it was like he was carrying a statue.
None of the four Jue siblings had escaped the devil's claws. The Sea Dogs who had been fiercely trying to save face moments ago instantly slumped to the ground like deflated balls, dazed as wives who had suddenly received news of their husbands' deaths.
Too vicious. Too cruel!
Four perfectly fine siblings, a loving family, had been exterminated root and branch by Duan Old Devil!
Duan Yun casually sucked, flicked, and hung them up. Four more corpses immediately appeared on the city wall.
"Who's next?"
The moment he stepped forward, the crowd of spectators could not help retreating one after another.
Duan Yun could not help sighing. "All Fusang martial artists are trash. Not one of them can fight or dares to fight. Truly worthy of being a species of 'scholarly cowards among men.'"
Zi Yu translated the remark in an extremely mocking tone.
The instant those words came out, they provoked the Fusang martial artists.
As Fusang people, they already believed themselves several levels above the people of the Nine Provinces. As Fusang martial artists—the cream of Fusang people—they looked down on Nine Provinces people even more.
Yet Duan Yun, who had come from the Nine Provinces, was practically shitting on their heads. This was even more unbearable and humiliating than a pig riding on their heads!
"Baka!"
"Baka!"
"Baka!"
Quite a few Fusang martial artists felt their blood surge, their Bushido Spirit rising to their heads, and could not help cursing furiously.
Their blood surged the instant they cursed, but they immediately forced their mouths shut to avoid being singled out.
Unfortunately, someone realized it was already too late.
Because in that very instant, Duan Yun had appeared before a Fusang martial artist.
"You cursed pretty loudly just now."
Duan Yun raised his palm and brought it down with a smack!
That slap sent the martial artist's body tilting sideways before he dropped to his knees.
At a glance, one could not even tell whether he had been slapped to his knees or had knelt down himself.
In truth, it was the latter.
He had failed to restrain himself when his blood surged, but the instant the words left his mouth, this Fusang martial artist regretted it.
Because this devil really came after him!
With so many people around, he had merely said one sentence, yet the other party could appear before him like an evil ghost. Just how petty was this devil?
"Fight back!"
Slap! Slap! Slap! Three more slaps came down, swelling one side of the man's face like a bun and humiliating him to the utmost.
"Fight back!"
"Fight back!"
Yet Duan Yun slapped him again and again, telling him to fight back, while the martial artist merely knelt and bowed, continuously muttering, "Sumimasen."
The next moment, Duan Yun reached out, and the Northern Darkness Divine Skill suddenly activated!
A violent suction force instantly pulled over more than ten Fusang martial artists standing before him.
These were all people who had shouted "Baka!" in anger earlier. Duan Yun was not petty, but he had heard every one of them clearly and remembered every one of them clearly.
After these dozen-plus Fusang martial artists were sucked over, their terrified expressions immediately turned into kneeling bows. They all began shouting "Sumimasen!" together, as though cast from the same mold.
Was this a Fusang tradition?
Young Hero Duan did not care about that.
As a young hero, he would not concern himself with such manners.
If apologies were useful, what would young heroes be needed for?

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

Duan Yun swung one slap, yet more than a dozen slaps rang out in a dense burst.
He had only thrown one slap, but the force of that slap carried the traits of the Lightning Swords, ricocheting across the faces of the dozen-plus kneeling Fusang martial artists and achieving the effect of one slap hitting more than ten people.
"Fight back!"
"Fight back!"
"Fight back!"
Duan Yun's slaps fell one after another with cruel force, until these Fusang martial artists' cheeks stood high and broken teeth splattered everywhere.
This sight made the eyes of most people present split with rage. In particular, many Sea Dogs clenched their teeth so hard they cracked them.
Yet those Fusang martial artists, whose blood had surged earlier and who thought they possessed great samurai spirit, endured it all stiffly. As they endured, they continued bowing and scraping while saying "Sumimasen."
Even Duan Yun found this situation somewhat absurd!
"Fight back!"
When Duan Yun's next slap fell, the first man he had struck had already collapsed to the ground, looking as though he had more breath going in than coming out. He was unlikely to survive.
Yet Duan Yun's palm did not stop. It continued transmitting its force, exploding with slap, slap, slap sounds.
What he had actually been thinking was that as long as someone dared to fight back, that person could live.
At the very least, it would show the other party had some bloodiness in him.
But even at this point, no one fought back.
Those slaps lashed like whips across the hearts of every Fusang person and spiritual Fusang person present. They represented absolute humiliation, the ultimate insult to the Fusang Martial World, as though they were trying to slap the title "scholarly cowards among men" deep into

Chapter Summary: Duan Old Devil vs. The Jue Family

Key Plot Points

1. The Jue Family's Mass Mobilization: Heaven-Severing God summoned his biological sons and daughters. Over 300 of them gathered at Bichi City, forming a terrifying bloodline-linked army. Their motivation: whoever kills Duan Yun becomes a top contender for the top ten sons and daughters, and Heaven-Severing God will personally refine the losers into "Great Medicine" for the victors to consume.
2. Psychological Shift in Fusang: The Fusang Martial World initially dismissed Duan Yun's challenge as grandstanding, but after witnessing him slaughter the Jue Family's elite four siblings and slap dozens of martial artists to death, they now see him as an impossibly solid wall—a mad demon capable of contending with Grandmasters.
3. Duan Yun's Night Attack: After eating grilled meat atop the city wall, Duan Yun sneaks out at night intending to act as an assassin. He catches a Jue Family son off-guard with a "hooked" Sword Qi that bends mid-flight.
4. The Jue Family's Bloodline Formation: The siblings have drunk one another's blood to create a bloodline connection—allowing them to sense danger for each other and coordinate attacks. This forms what Duan Yun recognizes as a "Human Field," similar to a Sword Field or electric field.
5. The Meat Shield Tactic: Four Jue Family brothers use one as an unwilling meat shield, sacrificing him so the others can land killing blows with blades designed to tear intestines. Duan Yun is nearly overwhelmed but catches their blades with his fingers.
6. Duan Yun Surrounded: He realizes he's been enveloped in the Jue Family's formation-field, with forces exceeding expectations pressing him from all sides.
7. The God Appears: Heaven-Severing God himself silently takes Duan Yun's seat on the city wall, grilling meat and watching his children die with cold indifference—"They were nothing more than his toys."

Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Shows his signature arrogance and ruthlessness, eating openly before his enemies, but also demonstrates tactical flexibility by attempting assassination. He's caught off-guard by the Jue Family's coordinated formation—a rare moment of vulnerability.
• Qing Yu/Zi Yu: Qing Yu (the elder sister) has romantic designs on Duan Yun, viewing their time alone as a rare opportunity before returning to Jade Pearl Manor where "wicked women" surround him. She resents that Duan Yun prefers her little sister.
• Heaven-Severing God: Revealed as cold, calculating, and utterly ruthless—willing to sacrifice hundreds of his own children as stepping stones, treating his bloodline as raw material for power.

Key Themes

• Bloodline as Weapon/System: The Jue Family's power structure literally weaponizes family bonds—siblings drink each other's blood to form a hive-mind battlefield formation, and the father refines defeated children into "medicine" for the victors.
• Callous Patriarchy: Heaven-Severing God's distant, spectator-like cruelty—his children are expendable chess pieces literally called "toys."
• Honor vs. Strategy: The Jue Family abandons individual honor for coordinated sacrifice play, while Fusang onlookers watch obsessively, hoping Duan Yun's death will relieve their humiliation.
• Overwhelming Pressure: The entire chapter builds tension through the gathering storm of Jue Family power, culminating in Heaven-Severing God's chilling arrival.

Character Interactions

• Duan Yun & Qing Yu: Playful banter about "having fun." Duan Yun deflects her flirtation; Qing Yu internally schemes to seduce him, even using her little sister's situation to justify it.
• Jue Family Siblings: Brutal pragmatism—a brother is used as a living shield and killed by his own siblings' blades without hesitation, screaming in protest as he charges to his death.
• Heaven-Severing God & His Children: No direct dialogue, but the visual of him calmly grilling meat over the city wall while his sons die below encapsulates the entire dynamic—he watches, he feeds, he does nothing to intervene.

Key plot points and events

• The Jue Family springs its prearranged formation on Duan Yun. Its members wield pink swords and move in bizarre, synchronized patterns, while the formation strengthens as the fight continues.
• Duan Yun initially evades their attacks and kills with ruthless efficiency. The family uses severed bodies as shields, and even dismembered pieces keep attacking under the formation’s influence.
• Duan Yun’s lightning sword qi only makes the Jue fighters twitch more violently. His Pain Blade Qi causes intense agony, but the Jue Family links itself with golden threads to share the damage and keep fighting.
• Duan Yun intensifies the pain, also striking the Sea Dogs when they taunt him. The suffering disrupts the formation, allowing him to slaughter nearly half the Jue fighters.
• Heaven-Severing God finally intervenes. He summons a colossal face from the clouds, then attacks with invisible force released by snapping the suspenders strapped across his body.
• Duan Yun dodges most of the blows, but one grazes him and destroys his defensive sword qi. Heaven-Severing God’s attacks devastate the surrounding landscape and kill nearby spectators. The chapter ends with Duan Yun at a clear disadvantage.

Character developments and interactions

• Duan Yun proves agile, tactical, and merciless, adapting to the formation’s tricks but growing genuinely angry when the Jue Family shares his pain attacks. Even after Heaven-Severing God appears, he continues killing until the new threat forces him to retreat and defend himself.
• Heaven-Severing God is revealed as an immensely confident and unconventional fighter. He treats the slaughter of his family with apparent indifference, then enters the battle with overwhelming force.
• The Jue Family displays extreme collective loyalty—or, more precisely, an ability to turn family bonds into a combat mechanism—sharing damage and using even their dead as weapons.
• The Sea Dogs praise the Jue Family’s endurance, only to be caught in Duan Yun’s pain attack. The people of Fusang Island try to silence them, believing their praise brings bad luck.
• Fusang Island’s onlookers shift from watching the Jue Family’s defeat to fearing Heaven-Severing God’s power and worrying that Duan Yun may lose.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty as weaponry: The Jue Family’s bonds become literal links that distribute pain and keep its formation functioning.
• Power and divinity: Heaven-Severing God’s presence and the crowd’s belief in him blur the line between a powerful person and a god.
• Reputation versus reality: The Jue Family’s supposed divine status does not protect it from Duan Yun’s blades, while Heaven-Severing God’s actual power makes the crowd’s faith seem justified.
• Violence and dark comedy: Grotesque combat, absurd dancing, bizarre weapons, and the Sea Dogs’ ill-timed praise mix brutality with farce.

Chapter Summary: "The Seal Is Lifted! Complete-Form Jade Sword Immortal, Come Forth!"

Key Plot Points

• Duan Yun is completely suppressed by Heaven-Severing God’s rapid, near-invisible attacks launched through snapping straps. His Eightfold Spring Rain Blade Qi takes too long to charge, so he is forced into constant evasion and defense.
• To regain momentum, Duan Yun deliberately takes a direct hit, injuring himself in exchange for launching a counterattack—but Heaven-Severing God easily deflects it and resumes overwhelming pressure.
• The Fusang Island spectators and the "Sea Dogs" (Nine Provinces men) react dramatically, with the former initially celebrating Duan Yun’s injury and the latter terrified he might lose.
• Duan Yun uses World-Shaking Wisdom to analyze the battlefield and discovers Heaven-Severing God is using the corpses of his own dead children as "springboards" to amplify and redirect his force, while also absorbing their blood qi in a Blood Formation—which explains his near-limitless stamina.
• Duan Yun then secretly begins absorbing the exceptionally high-quality Death Qi from the corpses, matching his opponent’s resourcefulness.
• Heaven-Severing God forces Duan Yun to the center of the formation and unleashes his ultimate technique, Heavenly God Blood Barrage: Nine Heavens, suffering backlash on his own body.
• Duan Yun responds by unleashing the Netherworld Death-Qi Body-Breaking Sword Qi: Complete Form, summoning the Complete-Form Jade Sword Immortal (Little Jade) as a mecha-like Dharmic soldier, using black wings to shield against the barrage.
• The clash ends with Duan Yun and Little Jade in complete spiritual communion, his intent clear:

Heaven-Severing God, die!

Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Initially dominated, he shows resilience, tactical brilliance, and adaptability. He absorbs high-quality Death Qi, breaks through to a new level, and achieves a deeper fusion with Little Jade.
• Heaven-Severing God: Remains cold and calculating, having sacrificed his own children for power. He is confident to the point of arrogance ("victory can only be one hundred percent"), but is visibly shaken by Duan Yun’s endurance and ultimate counter.

Significant Themes

• Sacrifice vs. Adaptation: Heaven-Severing God sacrifices his bloodline for overwhelming power; Duan Yun adapts by turning enemy resources (corpses) into his own strength.
• Arrogance vs. Resourcefulness: Overconfidence in absolute suppression is challenged by Duan Yun’s ability to analyze and evolve mid-battle.
• Blood Qi vs. Death Qi: Two opposing life-force-based powers clash—one drawn from kin, the other from the dead.

Character Interactions

• Duan Yun vs. Heaven-Severing God: A one-sided beatdown that evolves into an equal clash; Duan Yun’s initial helplessness gives way to a decisive counterattack.
• Spectators: Fusang Islanders and Sea Dogs provide comic relief and tension, repeatedly covering mouths to prevent "jinxing" the situation—highlighting how unpredictable the fight has become.
• Duan Yun & Little Jade: Their spiritual communion reaches a new level, with the Jade Sword Immortal acting as an extension of Duan Yun’s will in complete form.

Chapter Summary: “Die, Old Devil! Aurora Thousand-Kun Cloud-Shattering Slash!”

1. Key Plot Points

• Duan Yun fights Heaven-Severing God on Fusang Island, activating his complete-form Jade Sword Immortal Dharma Aspect and unleashing Jade Sword Finger / black dharma swords.
• A Bloodthirsty Storyteller exposes that Duan Yun is using Death Qi from corpses to power his Dharma Aspect, hoping Heaven-Severing God can exploit this weakness.
• A Fusang storyteller retorts that Heaven-Severing God is likewise using the blood qi of his dead children — revealing a blatant double standard.
• The opposing forces of Death Qi and blood qi cause corpses to twitch, rise, and grotesquely split apart; Sea Dogs blame Duan Yun for corpse desecration.
• Heaven-Severing God unleashes his first named attack: “Love Beneath the Cherry Blossom Tree,” a pink cherry-blossom blade technique laced with sorrowful intent.
• The attack forces Duan Yun to involuntarily shout “Revive, my beloved!” — humiliating him, as he considers this much more cringe than his usual “I want to be a great hero!”
• The Dharma Aspect dissipates when Heaven-Severing God’s slash reduces surrounding corpses to dust, robbing Duan Yun of Death Qi.
• Heaven-Severing God then uses his true killing move: “Aurora Thousand-Kun Cloud-Shattering Slash!” — a blinding, hallucination-inducing technique where the ground becomes covered in dancing wild chickens (“kun”) wearing suspenders, emitting razor-sharp blade qi.
• The chapter ends with Heaven-Severing God drawing his blade further and declaring, “Die, Nine Provinces pig!”

2. Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Demonstrates adaptability and arrogance, but also vulnerability — he is mentally affected by his enemy’s blade intent and humiliated by his involuntary “Revive, my beloved!” outburst. Despite losing his Dharma Aspect, he remains defiant and ready to fight with his twin blades.
• Heaven-Severing God: Revealed as a complex villain — ruthless, hypocritical, yet sentimental about his first love. He is a master of both “stealing” martial arts and channeling his children’s blood qi. His ultimate move stems from a Nine Provinces original technique he stole after killing his master’s entire lineage.
• Sea Dogs: Continue their shameless double standards — condemning Duan Yun’s Death Qi while praising Heaven-Severing God’s blood qi as “gentle.”

3. Significant Themes

• Hypocrisy and Double Standards: Both the storytellers and Sea Dogs criticize Duan Yun for the same tactic they praise Heaven-Severing God for using.
• Cultural Appropriation / Stolen Legacy: Heaven-Severing God’s ultimate technique is originally a Nine Provinces martial art, Aurora Cloud-Shattering Slash, which he stole, altered, and rebranded as Fusang’s own.
• Death and Desecration: Both fighters weaponize the remains of the dead — Duan Yun uses corpse Death Qi, Heaven-Severing God uses his dead children’s blood qi.
• Cringe vs. Heroism: Duan Yun’s personal reaction to “Revive, my beloved!” shows how much weight he places on being a “great hero” rather than a romantic sentimentalist.

4. Character Interactions

• Duan Yun vs. Heaven-Severing God: A pitched battle of qi manipulation, sword/blade techniques, and psychological warfare.
• Bloodthirsty Storyteller vs. Fusang Storyteller: A heated quarrel over which side is more hypocritical, each calling the other a traitor.
• Sea Dogs: Provide comic-relief commentary, loudly condemning Duan Yun and praising Heaven-Severing God, even as corpses splatter around them.
• Little Jade / Dharma Aspect: Duan Yun feels an unusually intimate, alive connection with Little Jade while controlling the Dharma Aspect — a rare moment of emotional/spiritual resonance.

Key plot points and events

• Heaven-Severing God unleashes Aurora Thousand-Kun Cloud-Shattering Slash. Its bizarre kun-shaped figures and piercing cries overwhelm Duan Yun and even drive the watching crowd into synchronized dancing.
• Duan Yun counters with his Electromagnetic Sword Field and Tenfold Spring Rain, which slows the attack and inflicts terrible pain on Heaven-Severing God. Both fighters are suffering, leaving the duel at a painful stalemate.
• Using World-Shaking Wisdom, Duan Yun realizes he can reinterpret the kun as roast chickens and draw strength from that association. He then casts an illusion on himself, making both the kun and Heaven-Severing God appear as roast chickens.
• Energized by the illusion, Duan Yun’s Blade Qi tears Heaven-Severing God apart. When the wounded god tries to reassemble himself, Duan Yun repeatedly blasts away the body parts he needs.
• Qing Yu intervenes to hold back the Jue Family children. Mistaking her for A Zi, Duan Yun repeatedly calls her by the wrong name; she angrily corrects him while helping finish the fight. She kicks Heaven-Severing God’s backside out of reach, preventing his recovery, and he dies.
• Duan Yun collapses from exhaustion. The people of Bichi City kneel and proclaim their submission to him. Only the Sea Dogs and the Bloodthirsty Storyteller refuse, urging the crowd to attack because they believe Duan Yun is now crippled.

Character developments

• Duan Yun demonstrates endurance and resourcefulness, turning his opponent’s mind-distorting technique into an advantage through quick thinking and self-directed illusion. The victory leaves him profoundly drained.
• Heaven-Severing God, once regarded as invincible by his children, is revealed to be vulnerable despite his powerful bloodline and near-regenerative ability. He fights stubbornly to the end but cannot recover.
• Qing Yu proves an effective ally, stopping Heaven-Severing God’s children and helping prevent his revival. Her irritation at being mistaken for A Zi adds a comic note amid the battle.
• The Jue Family children shift from confidence in their father’s invincibility to terror and grief when he falls.

Significant themes

• Strength and submission: The islanders yield not out of persuasion but because Duan Yun has proved he can defeat and kill them.
• Ingenuity under pressure: Duan Yun survives by adapting his perceptions and using an illusion on himself, rather than relying on force alone.
• The collapse of myths: Heaven-Severing God’s death shatters both his children’s image of him as an unassailable protector and the crowd’s sense of his supremacy.
• Cruelty and comedy: The grotesque imagery, absurd kun dance, and repeated misidentification of Qing Yu contrast with the genuine brutality and tragedy of the fight.

Character interactions

• Duan Yun and Heaven-Severing God endure a contest of mutual agony, each trying to break the other’s concentration and defenses.
• Heaven-Severing God’s children rush to protect him, but Duan Yun’s attacks prevent their father from reassembling.
• Qing Yu confronts Duan Yun over his mistaken name while cooperating with him against the Jue Family children and their father.
• After the battle, the crowd submits to Duan Yun, while the Sea Dogs and the Bloodthirsty Storyteller challenge that submission and call for revenge.

Key plot points and events

• After killing Heaven-Severing God, Duan Yun appears exhausted. The Bloodthirsty Storytellers recognize his weakness and decide to attack.
• Fusang Island’s people kneel before Duan Yun, while the Sea Dogs are so appalled by this submission that several take their own lives.
• The four Storytellers sacrifice five hundred years of Taisui’s lifespan by consuming its flesh. Their bodies become monstrous, and their chanting magically drives the crowd—including Duan Yun and Qing Yu—to attack the “Old Devil.”
• Qing Yu fights to protect Duan Yun as the frenzied, fearless attackers overwhelm her. While recovering, Duan Yun’s unruly true qi reaches his skin and triggers a new transformation: ominous red hair spreads across his body.
• The red hair becomes a devastating weapon. It strikes attackers and makes them swell and explode, wiping out more than a thousand people. Duan Yun also forms the hair into a pillar and fires a cannon-like blast, killing the Storytellers.
• With the enchantment broken, the survivors regain their senses and beg for mercy. Duan Yun dismisses the reluctant red hair, and Qing Yu dubs him “the Ruthless Great Emperor, suppressor of every foe in the world.”

Character developments and interactions

• Duan Yun moves from physical and mental exhaustion to an overwhelming, terrifying power. His irritation during recovery appears to trigger the red-hair breakthrough. Though the power is destructive, he can command it to stop.
• Qing Yu stands between Duan Yun and the attackers, fighting efficiently until she is exhausted. Once Duan Yun transforms, she obeys his order to get behind him and recognizes the terror of his new form.
• The Bloodthirsty Storytellers display absolute hatred and resolve, spending Taisui’s lifespan to seize control of the crowd. Their confidence collapses when Duan Yun’s new power kills them.
• Fusang Island’s people shift from reverence and submission to magically induced fanaticism, then back to pleading surrender. The Sea Dogs, meanwhile, react with despair and disbelief at the world’s upheaval.

Significant themes

• Fear and submission: The chapter satirically portrays Fusang Island’s people as respecting strength above all; even mass slaughter ultimately leaves the survivors kneeling.
• Hatred’s cost: The Storytellers’ obsession with killing Duan Yun overrides their devotion to Taisui and leads them to sacrifice its lifespan—and themselves.
• Power and terror: Duan Yun’s breakthrough turns him into a force so frightening that enemies and allies alike feel its impact.
• Dark comedy amid violence: The chapter pairs grotesque deaths and apocalyptic destruction with absurd details, from the Sea Dogs’ despair to Qing Yu’s grandiose new title for Duan Yun.

Key plot points

• Duan Yun defeats the Heaven-Severing God and the Bloodthirsty Storyteller, shattering a major benchmark of the Fusang Martial World. The surviving locals submit to him rather than resist, while many foreign admirers of Fusang’s supposed “Lords Sea” die rather than accept their defeat.
• His new Red Hair power proves devastating and seemingly inexhaustible, but using it brings alien voices, ominous sensations, and uncontrollable excitement. Duan Yun suppresses the influence, resolves to use it cautiously, and recognizes that his strength and self-control are essential safeguards.
• After the battle, the defeated Jue Family offers Duan Yun an extravagant banquet, even presenting food on the bodies of women. Zi Yu stops him from indulging, threatening to tell his friends; Duan Yun leaves after tasting only a little seafood.
• Seeking a replacement sword and another challenge, Duan Yun asks Jue Qing for the Great Tengu’s whereabouts. She eagerly promises to find him within seven days, hoping to become Duan Yun’s “daughter.”
• News of Duan Yun’s victory spreads. Fusang locals now praise and serve him, while the remaining Sea Dogs are horrified by the collapse of the people they once revered. The Jue Family becomes a target of public blame, though Jue Qing persists in her search.
• Jue Qing’s paid investigators locate a possible lead: the Palace of Origin in the mysterious Valley of Origin, where the Great Tengu may be hiding. They find huge, recently discarded red underpants near the valley, which Jue Qing takes as evidence.
• When Duan Yun returns to Bichi City, he judges Jue Qing’s lead the most convincing. A diary he found earlier also links the Palace of Origin to the Great Tengu’s divine sword, so he sets out for the valley to claim it.

Character developments and interactions

• Duan Yun grows more powerful but also more wary: he enjoys his breakthrough while recognizing the Red Hair’s dangerous influence. His confidence remains comic and flamboyant, but he accepts practical limits.
• Zi Yu acts as Duan Yun’s check on both his behavior and his plans: she prevents the banquet from going further and presses Jue Qing for a definite deadline.
• Jue Qing shifts from a privileged member of the defeated Jue Family to an opportunistic investigator. She spends her family’s wealth to secure information and sees finding Duan Yun a chance to attach herself to him as a “daughter.”
• Fusang’s people rapidly transfer their loyalty from the Heaven-Severing God to Duan Yun. Their submission contrasts with the despair of the Sea Dogs, who cannot reconcile their former idols’ humiliation with their own beliefs.

Significant themes

• Power and the collapse of reverence: Duan Yun’s victory overturns Fusang’s hierarchy and exposes how quickly worship can turn toward whoever holds power.
• Dangerous strength and self-control: The Red Hair is both a formidable weapon and a possible threat to Duan Yun’s mind and agency.
• Satire of opportunism and allegiance: The defeated locals’ eagerness to serve Duan Yun—and Jue Qing’s efforts to become his daughter—make loyalty seem driven by advantage rather than conviction.
• Reversal and humiliation: Those who once treated themselves as superior are reduced to pleading submission, while the people who admired them are left devastated.

Summary of Chapter: "Deep Within the Palace of Origin"

1. Key Plot Points & Events

• Jue Qing infiltrates Origin Valley: The Fusang Island ninja disguises herself by coating her entire body in green plant juice, using the Jue Family's stealth martial arts to move silently toward the Palace of Origin. She follows a floating pair of red underpants upstream as her directional clue.
• The valley's dangers: She encounters poisonous miasma, mysterious disembodied voices, and falls off a cliff when the ground gives way. Using a grappling rope, she attempts to descend but is violently knocked unconscious and thrown to the ground by a colossal white creature she cannot clearly see.
• Discovery of the Palace: She finds a beautiful cherry blossom grove and a towering, palace that resembles the Nine Provinces style. It is eerily unguarded, with the main gates open.
• Encounter with the "immortals": Inside, she hides among long-necked creatures with gaunt, monkey-like faces — one leads another on a chain like a dog. Their heads can swivel back independently, and they seem to sense her presence.
• The young woman's help: A normal-looking young woman appears, deliberately points Jue Qing to a hidden escape route in the ceiling, then later lets her hide under her bed. She warns Jue Qing that Great Tengu "isn't human" and that the creatures are "half-immortals" — no longer human. She gives crucial advice: never look into their eyes.
• The twist: Hiding beneath the bed, Jue Qing realizes the woman's neck has stretched unnaturally long — she is one of the immortals all along. Her cheeks wither, and she reveals the shared trait: a red mark between her brows that splits open like a mouth, ending the chapter on a horrifying cliffhanger.

2. Character Developments

• Jue Qing: Established as a highly skilled, disciplined ninja with a poison-immune bloodline and feminine lethal arts. However, entering the valley erodes her confidence — she makes uncharacteristic mistakes (falling off the cliff), reveals her inner fear, and instinctively reacts with animal-like terror rather than combat skill. Her injury paradoxically excites her, referencing a (comedic) internal drive to prove herself as Duan Yun's "daughter."
• The Young Woman: Initially appears kind, lonely, and sympathetic ("There is only me here"), desperate for human contact. She is revealed to be one of the long-necked beings, subverting expectations and showing that even the most normal-looking inhabitants have been transformed.

3. Significant Themes

• Appearance vs. reality: The entire chapter revolves around deception — green dye hiding among plants, a normal-looking woman hiding a monstrous nature, the palace appearing beautiful while being haunted.
• Loss of humanity: The "immortals" are former humans transformed into things that are "almost human, yet not human" — a horror of metamorphosis and what identity becomes when the body changes.
• Isolation and fear: The young woman's despair, the valley's oppressive atmosphere, and Jue Qing's instinctive dread (like a mouse fearing a cat) emphasize alienation and primal fear.
• Comedy woven into horror: The recurring joke about becoming Duan Yun's daughter and the red underpants as a plot device inject absurdist humor into otherwise grim horror.

4. Character Interactions

• Jue Qing & the creatures: No direct contact; only mutual sensing through smell and gaze.
• Jue Qing & the woman: A key interaction — the woman actively protects and guides Jue Qing, warns her about Great Tengu and the immortals, then reveals her own monstrous identity, demonstrating that no character in this palace can be trusted.
• Jue Qing's internal monologue: Provides backstory on ninja training, the lethal nature of her body, and her conflicted obsession with proving herself; her mental state deteriorates from confident assassin to terrified prey.

Summary of Chapter

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu arrive at a valley on Fusang Island, following a map to the Palace of Origin. Duan Yun senses an abnormal geomagnetic field, confirming they are on the right path.
• Jue Qing has left a Seventeen-Star Ladybug to guide them by her scent, but it eventually loses the trail.
• They follow a stream upstream to a deep pool, then enter a bamboo grove leading to a huge, foul-smelling cave.
• Inside the cave, they find a paper sedan chair beside a scarecrow dressed as a maid. Duan Yun and Zi Yu sit in it, and the sedan chair is carried by living, moving earth through thick mist.
• Around them, shadowy figures appear, whispering and waving. A kindly-looking head warns them to “be careful,” then changes to a sinister expression.
• A gigantic dragon-snake creature attacks from underground, attempting to swallow them. After evading one head, a second hidden mouth swallows them whole.
• Duan Yun uses Electric Venomous Dragon Drill to blast out through the creature’s eye, then wounds it with Blade Qi. Another dragon-snake head attacks, and Duan Yun slashes it too.
• A massive black-and-white body slams into them, sending them flying. Duan Yun spreads his Thunder Wings to land safely.
• Zi Yu identifies the creature as a Sakura Dragon, whose cry sounds like “ying ying.” Duan Yun insists anything that goes “ying ying” is evil and must have its whole family killed.
• The mist clears, revealing a towering cherry blossom forest and the Palace of Origin in the distance.

2. Character Developments

• Duan Yun displays confidence, recklessness, and protective instincts. He uses creative techniques (blade-sword dual mastery, Thunder Wings) and refuses to be intimidated by the monstrous enemy.
• Zi Yu shows practical knowledge (identifying the Sakura Dragon) and physical limits—she becomes motion-sick from Duan Yun’s violent spinning maneuver, adding a moment of humor.
• Their partnership strengthens: they coordinate instinctively in battle, holding hands and supporting each other through dangerous situations.

3. Significant Themes

• Deception and illusion: The beautiful valley hides sinister dangers; friendly appearances turn hostile; the paper sedan chair feels like a funeral procession.
• Monstrous nature and evil: The dragon-snake is treated as an “improper evil thing” that must be destroyed.
• Perseverance toward a goal: Despite ambushes and near-death experiences, Duan Yun and Zi Yu continue toward the Palace of Origin.

4. Character Interactions

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu banter about the sedan chair and marriage, with Zi Yu joking about a “ghost marriage.”
• Zi Yu complains about motion sickness after the escape, calling it a “hunger burp,” while Duan Yun looks at her in confusion.
• They cooperate smoothly in combat, with Duan Yun carrying Zi Yu during the drill attack and using his body to shield her from impacts.

Chapter Summary: “Desecrating the Immortal Maiden”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu are on Fusang Island, having already fought and killed many locals.
• Through a twist of fate, Sakura Dragon, whose family is about to be slaughtered, crashes into them and leads them to the Palace of Origin.
• The palace is described as massive and majestic, half brown and half snow-white, standing before a lake lined with cherry trees. It feels sacred and unapproachable.
• Despite this, the pair enters willingly — they are used to desecrating holy places and immortal beauties.
• Inside, the palace is silent, strangely new, and shows no sign of habitation. There is no wind, no insects, and every floor feels endless and unnaturally fresh.
• They climb four floors, each with a different layout, until they hear faint dripping water.
• Behind a screen, they find several women bathing. The screen itself bears an obscene painting of a tall woman surrounded by unclothed devotees.
• Two bathers emerge — their necks extend over three feet long, their bodies are beautiful but eerie, and they do not leave footprints, floating instead.
• The women silently lead Duan Yun and Zi Yu upward through increasingly white, jade-and-crystal chambers.
• In a snow-white hall, the women begin playing flute and zither, while many long-necked “female immortals” appear in the surrounding windows.
• Zi Yu suddenly realizes her inner force is weakening. Duan Yun asks, “Have we been drained?”

2. Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Displays his usual irreverent, fearless personality. He is driven by worldly desires, uses the House-Pupil Technique to see through screens, and treats the palace as just another place to desecrate.
• Zi Yu: More composed and observant than Duan Yun. As an experienced writer, she is less affected by explicit imagery. She notices the strangeness of the palace and is the first to sense the danger of their inner force being drained.
• Their relationship shows trust and unspoken communication — Zi Yu grips Duan Yun’s hand when the threat emerges.

3. Significant Themes

• Desecration of the sacred: The palace is described as a place for immortals and gods, yet the protagonists deliberately violate it — a recurring motif in the story.
• The uncanny and the supernatural: The impossibly new palace, lack of natural phenomena, floating long-necked women, and hypnotic music build an atmosphere of eerie wrongness.
• Desire as a trap: Duan Yun’s attention is drawn by the bathing women and lewd painting, but their true purpose is to lure and drain him.
• Cultural otherness: Fusang’s martial world is portrayed as smaller and cruder, while this palace stands out as grand and alien.

4. Character Interactions

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu act as a unit, moving silently and following the strange women together.
• The long-necked women never speak; they only gesture and guide, using their bodies and music to influence the pair.
• Duan Yun’s initial lustful curiosity shifts to unease as the women’s unnatural forms and the draining effect become clear.
• Zi Yu’s warning marks the turning point from exploration to danger.

Plot points and events

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu discover that the long-necked fairy women’s music is draining their inner strength and that the women inspire a primal fear.
• Duan Yun counters by using the Northern Darkness Divine Skill to absorb the strength of two musicians. Their unusual true qi feels intensely pleasurable, and he worries—briefly—about becoming addicted before deciding to absorb more.
• The other fairies combine their cloud-like mist into a giant, sack-shaped force that sucks at Duan Yun. A struggle begins in which each side absorbs the other’s energy, creating a precarious cycle.
• Duan Yun reveals that he has trained to use the skill through his back as well as his hands. He opens a whirlpool there, intensifying the contest, then breaks the stalemate by hurling the two drained fairies into the floor. The impact and his Free-Spirited Force disrupt the group’s formation.
• With the balance broken, Duan Yun injures and absorbs nine fairies at once—four with his hands and five with his back—naming the technique “Nine-Dragon Frenzied Siphon!” He pursues the fleeing women and catches three more, while the rest escape into mist.
• Zi Yu, whose strength has been drained, declines Duan Yun’s offer to replenish her energy and meditates instead. Duan Yun’s unusual training has meanwhile improved his ability to absorb through other parts of his body as well.

Character developments and interactions

• Duan Yun responds to being drained with indignant, self-righteous humor, treating his own absorption of others as righteous while condemning theirs. His competitive appetite for the strange true qi grows, and pressure in battle rapidly improves his still-developing technique.
• Zi Yu initially shares the instinctive fear of the fairies, but watching Duan Yun overpower them changes her sense of who is truly dangerous. She remains wary of becoming the next person he absorbs and firmly refuses his help.
• The fairies shift from composed attackers to desperate victims: their shared suction briefly restrains Duan Yun, but his counterattack leaves many exhausted or defeated. Their repeated cries of wanting to be heroes provide an ironic contrast to their role as antagonists.
• Duan and Zi Yu’s exchange after the fight underscores their different reactions: he treats the battle as a chance to offer help and continue absorbing, while she prefers to recover independently.

Significant themes

• Power and predation: The chapter reverses the apparent predator-prey relationship as Duan Yun’s strength turns the feared fairies into the vulnerable party.
• Addiction and appetite: The pleasurable quality of the fairies’ true qi makes absorption feel addictive, while Duan Yun’s growing hunger drives both his power and his risk-taking.
• Adaptation under pressure: Duan Yun’s training to use the skill beyond his hands becomes decisive in a fight where his limbs are occupied.
• Comic hypocrisy and absurdity: The narration humorously frames Duan Yun’s own aggressive absorption as heroic, even as his behavior becomes increasingly grotesque and excessive.

Chapter Summary: "The Young Hero Threw a Punch, Curing the Unworthy Every Time!"

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Duan Yun, boosted by fifteen dragons' strength, drains the true qi from a group of long-necked fairy maiden creatures who shout "I want to be a hero!" as they are depleted. He finds their qi unusually addictive, wondering if it might be immortal qi.
• After the women collapse, Duan Yun and Zi Yu continue ascending through the increasingly cold, white palace.
• They cross a magnificent white jade flying bridge suspended in clouds, then enter a long, dim passageway with shallow pooled water covering the floor.
• The corridor is lined with prison-like rooms — windowed cells with thick metal bars and no doors.
• Hands shoot out from the windows: imprisoned women cry out desperately, begging Duan Yun to sleep with them. Their eyes have degenerated beneath membranes from never seeing sunlight — they are "failed products" imprisoned from childhood.
• The women's desire-qi drains inner force from martial artists, but Duan Yun can absorb in return, counteracting the effect.
• Duan Yun carries Zi Yu on his back, transferring his true qi into her to stabilize her from the draining effect.
• They arrive at a smaller bridge where six beautiful women await. The women strip naked to tempt him, considering themselves "perfect creations" unlike the failed products.
• Duan Yun breaks their confidence by telling the story of Jade Guanyin — a legendary beauty he beat to death who begged him to sleep with her before dying.

2. Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Displays his signature moral absolutism — he cannot be swayed by beauty or temptation, only by right and wrong. Shows his ability to transfer true qi to others, not just absorb it. His story about killing Jade Guanyin reveals his ruthless treatment of "unvirtuous" women.
• Zi Yu: Experiences growing physical and emotional closeness with Duan Yun, enjoying the warmth of his true qi. She feels torn between wanting to leave the dangerous place and wishing the road would never end, revealing her developing attachment.

3. Significant Themes

• Temptation vs. virtue: The palace tests visitors through increasingly potent sexual temptation, representing a "Desire Dao" that even Grandmasters fall to.
• Natural vs. artificial beauty: The "failed products" are unnatural creations with degenerated eyes; the six final women are "natural" beauties. Yet Duan Yun remains unmoved by both.
• Cruelty and dehumanization: The imprisoned women were transformed into tools, denied sunlight and humanity for life.
• Duan Yun's absolute moral code: Physical beauty carries no weight against virtue; being beautiful or seductive doesn't exempt one from punishment.

4. Character Interactions

• Duan Yun & Zi Yu: Work as a cooperative team. When Zi Yu loses inner force to the environment, Duan Yun carries her on his back and feeds her true qi, deepening their bond. Zi Yu begins seeing him as a "warm man" in every sense.
• Duan Yun & the imprisoned women: He feels sorrow and pity for them, recognizing them as victims of beasts, so he refrains from killing them.
• Duan Yun & the six women: He counters their seduction by asserting that a famed beauty like Jade Guanyin meant nothing to him — his punch falls on the unworthy regardless of beauty, sending visible goosebumps across their skin.
• The six women's backstory: They reveal that rival beauty rankings exist between the Nine Provinces and Fusang Island, with the notorious beauty Lin Yuxin having claimed the top spot on their island years ago.

Chapter Summary: When Heaven Did Not Give Birth to Sword Immortal Zi Yu, the Sword Dao Was an Eternal Night!

Key Plot Points

1. Six seductive women (Fusang Island accents, speaking Nine Provinces speech) attempt to seduce Duan Yun, but he resists their advances, leading them to decide to "profane" him instead.
2. The women remove their collarbones and use them as instruments (pipa and drums) to launch sound-wave attacks that slice through the air like sword qi.
3. Zi Yu counters with the Moon-Cloaking Light-Shaming Sword, using her mirror-based sword techniques ("Mirror Shatter") while drawing true qi from Duan Yun through their physical connection.
4. Zi Yu summons Duan Yun's famous saber and awakens her elder sister Qing Yu's consciousness to perform true Blade-Sword Dual Mastery (one soul controlling each weapon).
5. The battle climaxes with Zi Yu riding Duan Yun as a "flying sword" through the sky, unleashing a devastating combined attack that defeats all six women.
6. Three fairies shatter completely; the remaining three flee but are pursued by Zi Yu's Lightning-Spinning Sword technique.

Character Developments

• Zi Yu: Transforms from a comparatively weaker swordswoman into the undisputed strongest of the Jade Pearl Heroines. Discovers she can draw power from Duan Yun rather than only lending him strength. Gains unprecedented confidence and begins emulating Duan Yun's fighting style and catchphrases.
• Duan Yun: Takes on a support role, lending Zi Yu his overflowing true qi (absorbed from the fairies). Notably resists the temptation of the "immortal qi," which he finds dangerously addictive.
• Zi Yu/Qing Yu: Zi Yu successfully awakens her elder sister's soul mid-battle, achieving a dual-consciousness state for simultaneous saber and sword techniques.

Significant Themes

• Seduction vs. Willpower: The women's beauty and nudity fail against Duan Yun's righteous resolve; their shamelessness ironically makes Zi Yu "indescribably bitter" and fuels her fighting spirit.
• Mutual Empowerment: The flow of true qi between Duan Yun and Zi Yu represents reciprocal support rather than one-way aid—Duan Yun needs to offload qi, Zi Yu needs to receive it.
• Artificiality vs. Authenticity: The enemies are revealed as artificially enhanced ("went under the knife"), their physical fragility mirroring their moral corruption.
• Identity Multiplicity: Zi Yu and Qing Yu sharing one body parallels the women's fractured, artificial physical forms.

Character Interactions

• Duan Yun & Zi Yu: Genuine combat intimacy—Zi Yu presses against Duan Yun throughout, literally climbing onto him in battle. He supports her; she dominates the fight. Their dynamic inverts: she becomes "the sword immortal flying on her sword" and Duan Yun is the sword.
• Zi Yu & Qing Yu: Sibling banter amid combat ("Stop ordering me around!"), yet they achieve perfect synchronization when fighting together.
• Duan Yun & the Six Women: He easily sees through their seduction, jokingly denying being gay before the misunderstanding, and later complains about Zi Yu plagiarizing his moves (asking for "copyright fees").

Memorable Quote

• Zi Yu: "I, Zi Yu, need only a little assistance from Elder Sister and Duan Yun to become invincible beneath heaven."

Summary: Deep Within Origin Palace, the Origin God Creates Humans

Key Plot Points

1. Zi Yu pursues and incapacitates a Fusang Priestess who tried to flee, severing her leg and impaling her with a blade
2. Duan Yun and Zi Yu interrogate the crippled priestess about the Great Tengu's location
3. Zi Yu experiences severe withdrawal after Duan Yun stops sharing his addictive true qi with her
4. Zi Yu resolves her addiction through the Iceheart Art, using jealous/possessive mental imagery of Duan Yun to suppress her cravings
5. They use a psychological trick to determine the correct path, deceiving the priestess into revealing the right direction
6. Duan Yun and Zi Yu descend through a cherry blossom corridor into a corrupted, root-infested palace
7. They discover grotesque "unfinished" humans embedded in roots and hanging from hooks, revealing the Great Tengu is actively creating people

Character Developments

• Zi Yu: Shows addiction-like dependence on Duan Yun's true qi, crying and begging ("I can call you father") even offering to do anything for more. Recovers through self-discipline, demonstrating both vulnerability and inner strength
• Duan Yun: Plays the cunning strategist, using reverse psychology on the priestess; shows concern for Zi Yu's addiction and maintains clear boundaries by refusing to give her more qi

Significant Themes

• Addiction and withdrawal: True qi as a drug-like substance with powerful psychological hooks
• The horror of artificial creation: Creating "perfect" beings through cruel, inhuman methods; unfinished humans hanging like carcasses
• Degradation versus reverence: The priestess's fanatical devotion despite her mutilation
• Corruption of beauty: The once-exquisite palace now overrun by bloody roots and grotesque experiments

Character Interactions

• Zi Yu & Duan Yun: Complex dynamic—allied fighters where she depends on his qi; he resists enabling her addiction; mutual respect in combat
• Zi Yu & Priestess: Dominance and psychological warfare; Zi Yu threatens to beat the Great Tengu into "a crippled breeding sow"
• Priestess's perspective: Fears Zi Yu wants to become the Tengu's new "dog," later relieved they intend to fight rather than compete for favor

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu enter the inner sanctum of the palace on Fusang Island, searching for the Great Tengu.
• They pass through grotesque sights: a hall of iron hooks with mutilated people hanging, a massive "snow mountain" made of bones and fleshy white substance, then a path littered with body parts and a mountain of piled organs.
• They ascend stairs built of flesh and bones, lined with skeletons bearing annotations about their bone structure.
• At the end, they find the Great Tengu: a giant woman seated on a towering chair of bones, wearing a crimson mask, casually kneading flesh and organs as if creating people.
• The Great Tengu asks them why she, despite obtaining "Divine Soil," cannot shape a perfect immortal — then asks, "Do I look like an immortal?"

2. Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Shows courage and resolve. Though nervous, he grows more confident and eager to fight, treating the Great Tengu as another unbeatable enemy he must topple. He also reveals a playful, irreverent side ("When would male treasures finally rise up!") upon noticing the Great Tengu only creates women.
• Zi Yu: Struggles with fear and dread in the macabre environment. She relies heavily on Duan Yun for strength and confidence. Her inner sister, Qing Yu, also appears, hinting that even she is afraid.
• Great Tengu: Introduced as a bizarre, godlike yet monstrous figure. She speaks in riddles, seems obsessed with creating perfect beings, and appears oblivious or indifferent to the horror she causes.

3. Significant Themes

• Body Horror and the Grotesque: The palace is filled with mutilated bodies, organ piles, and flesh-bone structures, creating an atmosphere of unnatural, divine evil.
• Mortals vs. Gods: Duan Yun and Zi Yu seem like trespassers in a forbidden divine realm. The architecture and scale imply beings beyond mortal comprehension.
• Creation and Obsession: The Great Tengu's attempt to create an immortal mirrors myths like Nüwa, but twisted into something horrifying.
• Fear and Defiance: Both protagonists confront overwhelming terror, but Duan Yun frames it as a challenge to overcome, while Zi Yu must suppress her fear to keep going.

4. Character Interactions

• Duan Yun and Zi Yu move together, with Zi Yu clinging to Duan Yun for courage. Duan Yun remains composed and protective.
• The Great Tengu speaks directly to them, ignoring their intrusion and instead asking a philosophical question about her failure to create immortals.
• No direct combat occurs; the chapter ends on the Great Tengu's eerie question.

Key plot points and events

• The Great Tengu confronts Duan Yun and Zi Yu, declares herself an immortal, and claims she learned to create people from Divine Soil in the ruins of Heaven Court.
• She says she spent eighteen years molding imperfect human figures, believing that the process would help her retrace the gods’ path to immortality. Duan Yun’s crude remark—“dick”—unexpectedly helps her realize she was already perfect, triggering her ascension.
• The Great Tengu offers Zi Yu a chance to live if she stays to help make people, but Duan Yun refuses her offer. She attacks him, first sending him flying with a powerful punch.
• Duan Yun uses his extraordinary insight to read the movements of her body and anticipate her next strike. He meets her follow-up attack with a Mount Lu Rising Dragon Strike, stopping her blow—though it leaves him in pain and visibly angers him.

Character developments

• Duan Yun remains irreverent in the face of overwhelming danger, but proves his confidence is backed by sharp perception and formidable martial skill. His composure gives way to genuine anger when the Great Tengu’s strength hurts him.
• The Great Tengu is revealed as a former martial artist who turned to creating people in pursuit of immortality. Newly ascended and convinced of her own perfection, she is both grandiose and insecure, oscillating between offering mercy and indulging her desire for violence.
• Zi Yu is frightened by the Great Tengu’s imposing presence and pressure, but stays alongside Duan Yun.
• The ruined immortal woman resents the possibility that Zi Yu might be spared, revealing jealousy and bitterness toward her mistress’s attention and favoritism.

Significant themes

• The limits of human strength: The Great Tengu believes martial arts cannot overcome human limitations, prompting her pursuit of immortality.
• Belief and self-made divinity: Her conviction that she is perfect—and the worshipful chorus around her—helps turn her claimed ascension into a spectacle of godhood.
• Appearance versus reality: The Great Tengu’s seemingly divine aura partly relies on illusion, while her physical martial power is real and terrifying.
• Pride and power: Her new status fuels both a desire to appear merciful and the belief that she may do whatever she wants.

Character interactions

• Duan Yun’s irreverent insult unintentionally becomes the turning point in the Great Tengu’s “ascension.”
• The Great Tengu lectures Duan Yun on the limits of martial arts, then offers Zi Yu a bargain that would separate her from him.
• Duan Yun rejects the offer and challenges the Great Tengu, prompting her attack.
• During their clash, Duan Yun’s analytical instincts let him read and counter her strike, establishing the conflict as a contest between her overwhelming force and his ability to adapt.

Summary: "Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Lotuses! Man, You Truly Delight Me!"

1. Key Plot Points

• Duan Yun engages Great Tengu in an intense fistfight after being provoked by her two physical attacks
• Great Tengu's superior physical body puts Duan Yun at a disadvantage in pure fist-to-fist combat
• Duan Yun unleashes the Chivalric Fire Lotus, gaining the upper hand
• He launches a devastating combo: Fire Fist, knee strikes, elbow strikes, and a punch to her navel
• Duan Yun improvises a new technique—Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Lotuses—creating eighteen fire lotuses shaped like a dragon that blast Great Tengu away
• Great Tengu is seemingly defeated, but she rises again, now naked, partially unmasked, and smiling

2. Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Demonstrates remarkable improvisation and potential, creating a powerful new move mid-battle. Shows vulnerability (trembling hands afterward) but also resilience.
• Great Tengu: Revealed to not be arrogant without reason—her body is genuinely near-perfect. Her power goes beyond physical strength; she absorbs Duan Yun's assault and regains her footing, showing a masochistic thrill at being pushed to her limits.
• Zi Yu: Displays her feisty, petty nature by kicking the injured enemy fairy, mocking her helplessness.
• The "ruined-butt" fairy: Holds onto life through sheer loyalty and hope, suffering greatly but refusing to die while Great Tengu still fights.

3. Significant Themes

• Overcoming limitations: Duan Yun's potential is unlocked precisely because he faces a stronger opponent, showing how adversity breeds growth
• The gap between raw power and technique: Great Tengu's perfect physical body nearly trumps Duan Yun's skill before his fire-based attacks turn the tide
• Body vs. spirit: The battle is framed as a clash between Great Tengu's "flesh tank" physique and Duan Yun's combined martial arts + elemental power
• Appearances and surprises: Great Tengu, seemingly perfect and invincible, is revealed to be vulnerable after all—yet also unexpectedly resilient

4. Character Interactions

• Duan Yun & Great Tengu: A mutual-respect blooming out of violence—Great Tengu is genuinely delighted by Duan Yun's strength ("Man, you truly delight me!"), implying this is the most thrilling fight she's had in decades
• Zi Yu & the fairy: Zi Yu's casual cruelty highlights her personality and her loyalty to Duan Yun—unable to help in the main fight, she vents her frustration on the helpless enemy
• The fairy's devotion: Her desperation to see Great Tengu win keeps her alive even with wounds stacked upon wounds, underscoring the power of faith and loyalty to a leader

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points / Events

• Duan Yun unleashes Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Lotuses, bombarding Great Tengu with eighteen palm strikes, yet she survives without critical injury and is enraged.
• Great Tengu counterattacks with a frenzied barrage of punches and grappling, smashing Duan Yun into the ground repeatedly. He is overwhelmed by her sheer physical toughness and relentless assault.
• Zi Yu attempts to intervene but is blocked by a group of crippled, eerie sword-wielders who use bizarre rolling techniques and bone-sword styles.
• Duan Yun gains a temporary advantage by using Heart-to-Heart Clamp, locking Great Tengu's limbs, then unleashing Body-Breaking Sword Qi into her crotch—which proves astonishingly durable.
• He draws his twin blades (Famous Saber and Demon Blade Tenderness) and unleashes successive Spring Rain techniques (Seventh through Tenth), trapping Great Tengu between spinning slashes.
• After hundreds of cuts, cracks finally begin to appear on Great Tengu's seemingly invulnerable body.
• The chapter ends with Duan Yun preparing a joint attack with Little Jade: Infinite Love.

Character Developments

• Duan Yun: Shows adaptability and pragmatism—when hand-to-hand fails, he switches to his true specialty (dual blades). His growth is shown by using Spring Rain techniques casually, no longer exhausting himself.
• Great Tengu: Portrayed as a near-indestructible "flesh tank" with incredible grappling and fist skills, plus a bizarrely durable lower body. Her battle cries grow more intense as she fights.
• Zi Yu: Deeply worried for Duan Yun, her jealousy spikes when she sees his head between Great Tengu's legs, but she also sharpens her sword intent out of desperation.
• The rotten-ass woman / lazy-ass woman: Spectators clinging to life through sheer willpower. The rotten-ass woman repeatedly "dies" but forces herself to stay alive to see the outcome, paralleling the legend of the Undying Martial Warrior.

Significant Themes

• Endurance vs. Technique: Great Tengu embodies raw physical invulnerability; Duan Yun represents refined skill and adaptable tactics.
• Willpower over Death: The dying spectators sustain themselves through sheer determination, echoing the "Undying Martial Warrior" tale.
• Relentlessness: Both combatants refuse to yield, escalating violence and ignoring conventional limits.

Character Interactions

• Duan Yun vs. Great Tengu: A brutal, escalating duel—she dominates physically, he counters with locks and sword qi.
• Zi Yu vs. Crippled Sword Users: She struggles against their unpredictable rolling movements, unable to land a fatal blow.
• Zi Yu's reaction: Her gaze toward Duan Yun during the leg-clamp triggers jealousy and fury, fueling her sword intent.
• Spectators: The rotten-ass woman and lazy-ass woman exchange roles in their hope for Great Tengu's victory, tied to their will to live.