Chapter Summaries

Yue Changlong defeated the Five Great Immortal Houses' leaders, but they activated the Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array and trapped him and Yue Xiaofei inside. He restored Yue Xiaofei's strength, handed him the Hongming Blade, and prepared to fight through the demons gathering around them.

• Yue Changlong's five cries of "Break!" destroyed the five Family Heads' attacks and left them injured and terrified.
• Hu Jiumei and the other Family Heads crushed their tokens and summoned the drugged Spirit Mediums to activate the Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array.
• Thousands of Spirit Mediums fueled a five-colored dome that sealed the Immortal Cave Valley and formed a horde of demons, ghosts, and monsters.
• Yue Changlong gave Yue Xiaofei the Hongming Blade, cleared the Muscle-Weakening Powder from his meridians, and told him to watch how the Eight Formulas for Breaking the Edge were used.
• Yue Changlong told Yue Xiaofei to stay behind him as the demons surged toward them and declared they would kill their way out.

Yue Changlong taught Yue Xiaofei the Eight Formulas for Breaking the Edge as they carved through the Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array. The five family heads strengthened the array with their vital essence blood, forcing father and son to face a much more powerful demon horde.

• Yue Changlong charged through the demons bare-handed, demonstrating the first two formulas and explaining how to break and divide an enemy formation.
• Yue Xiaofei grasped the techniques, killed demons with the Hongming Blade, and advanced behind his father as his skill improved.
• Huang Feng, Liu Qingtian, Hu Jiumei, and the other family heads poured their power and vital essence blood into the array, strengthening its demons until some approached Grandmaster level.
• Yue Changlong warned Yue Xiaofei to stay close and fought through the renewed assault as demons swarmed to replace those he killed.
• Yue Xiaofei held off demons at his father's rear, using the third and fourth formulas to kill a bull-headed demon and an ambushing spider.

Yue Changlong trained Yue Xiaofei in battle while they fought through the demons, teaching him to focus his blade intent and use the [Quickstep Groin Strike]. Outside the formation, the Five Great Immortal Houses’ Family Heads grew enraged and prepared to attack in their true forms.

• Yue Xiaofei was wounded by a bird demon, then killed it and focused his mind until he fought in harmony with the Hongming Blade.
• Yue Changlong taught Yue Xiaofei the third form of the [Eight Formulas for Breaking the Edge], the [Quickstep Groin Strike], and demonstrated it on two bear demons.
• Yue Xiaofei copied the technique and killed a charging fish-headed monster with a strike below the belt.
• Yue Changlong and Yue Xiaofei continued fighting together, leaving demons sprawled across the battlefield.
• Hu Jiumei condemned the pair for their dishonorable attacks, and Liu Qingtian ordered the Family Heads to assume their true forms and use the formation to crush them.

Yue Changlong protected Yue Xiaofei from the Five Great Immortal Houses’ empowered true forms and used one stomp to cripple Hu Jiumei and kill Liu Qingtian. He remained poised to face the other members of the array.

• Hu Jiumei, Liu Qingtian, Huang Feng, White Immortal Aunt, and Gray God of Wealth transformed into their true forms under the Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array.
• Hu Jiumei’s nine tails and Liu Qingtian’s serpent form attacked Yue Changlong and Yue Xiaofei, leaving Yue Xiaofei overwhelmed by their power.
• Yue Changlong pulled Yue Xiaofei behind him and leaped into the sky to use the sixth of the Eight Formulas for Breaking the Edge, Mount Tai Crashing Down Like a Mountain-Splitting Blow.
• Yue Changlong’s stomp shattered Hu Jiumei’s nine tails and sent her crashing into a deep crater.
• Yue Changlong’s stomp crushed Liu Qingtian’s head, and the giant python’s body fell still.

Yue Changlong crushed the Five Great Immortal Houses’ leaders and charged through their demon army with Yue Xiaofei. After discovering that the [Fountain of Youth Water] powered the [Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array], he decided to destroy its main node and demanded Yue Xiaofei’s blade.

• Yue Changlong’s stomp defeated the five Immortal Beings and blasted Huang Feng, White Immortal Aunt, and Gray God of Wealth into a mountainside.
• Yue Changlong told Yue Xiaofei to follow him, and father and son charged into the demon army, fighting with [Advancing Sprint Chest Stab].
• Yue Xiaofei’s skill and coordination with the Hongming Blade improved as he fought beside his father.
• Yue Changlong spotted the five array nodes and the [Fountain of Youth Water], identifying the spring as the [Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array]’s main power source.
• Yue Changlong rejected destroying the subsidiary nodes and held out his hand, telling Yue Xiaofei to give him the blade.

Yue Changlong wielded the Hongming Blade to sever the Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array’s connection to the Fountain of Youth Water without damaging the spring. The array collapsed, leaving the Five Great Immortal Houses’ leaders and Spirit Mediums devastated.

• Yue Xiaofei handed the Hongming Blade to Yue Changlong, who revealed the final form of the Eight Formulas for Breaking the Edge.
• Yue Changlong unleashed One Slash Severs the Void and Slays Gods and Demons, destroying the monsters in its path and striking at the array’s central spring.
• Hu Jiumei and the other four Family Heads launched desperate attacks, but Yue Changlong’s slash hurled them into the barrier.
• Yue Changlong precisely severed the spring’s connection to the array while leaving the Fountain of Youth Water intact.
• The Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array collapsed, knocking out its Spirit Mediums and forcing the five wounded Family Heads back into their true forms.

Yue Changlong seized the Fountain of Youth Water and stripped five spirits of their five hundred years of cultivation before taking Yue Xiaofei back toward Longdu with the three treasures needed to save Ning Hongye. Near the city, a supernatural storm halted their journey, and Yue Xiaofei glimpsed a giant riding a winged warhorse through the clouds.

• Yue Changlong returned Hongming Blade to Yue Xiaofei, uprooted the Fountain of Youth Water, and drained five spirits of their five hundred years of cultivation.
• Yue Changlong warned the weakened spirits against harming anyone again, then left the ruined Immortal Cave with Yue Xiaofei.
• In the Maybach, Yue Changlong combined the Fountain of Youth Water with the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Herb and Mingwang Relic, explaining how the three treasures could give Ning Hongye a chance to survive.
• Yue Xiaofei drove toward Longdu, and a day later an unnatural storm engulfed the highway just before they reached the city.
• During a flash of lightning, Yue Xiaofei saw an enormous silhouette in the clouds resembling a giant on a winged warhorse, wielding a flaming spear.

Yue Changlong faced a godlike enemy from the Kunlun Ruins while ordering Yue Xiaofei to drive to Longdu and keep going. After the enemy unleashed a colossal hand of black lightning, Yue Changlong launched himself skyward to meet it head-on.

• Yue Changlong stopped the car and ordered Yue Xiaofei to drive to Longdu without looking back or stopping.
• Yue Changlong told Yue Xiaofei that the being in the sky was an old friend from the Kunlun Ruins.
• A voice from the black vortex recognized Yue Changlong and claimed that Old Lord had once helped him escape.
• Yue Changlong called the being a false god who had sent only an avatar projection.
• The being unleashed a giant hand of black lightning as Divine Punishment.
• Yue Changlong shattered the highway beneath him and charged upward toward the lightning hand.

Yue Xiaofei watched his father, Yue Changlong, shatter the enormous hand of thunder with a punch and then charge into a storm of divine lightning. As Yue Changlong fought on, Yue Xiaofei’s understanding of his father and the world collapsed, leaving him with his father’s claim that even a mortal could stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods.

• Yue Xiaofei watched Yue Changlong collide with the giant hand of thunder and punch through it.
• The hand of thunder broke apart, and Yue Xiaofei realized his father had shattered the Divine Punishment.
• A furious voice from the black vortex threatened to destroy Yue Changlong, then unleashed a storm of divine lightning.
• Yue Changlong charged into the lightning and smashed bolts apart with his fists and kicks.
• Yue Xiaofei questioned his father’s power and connections to Kunlun Ruins, the Old Lord, and the False God as he watched the battle.

Key plot points

• Yue Xiaofei debates staying to help his father, but realizes he would only become a liability.
• When stray black lightning threatens a convoy of civilians, Yue’s father redirects it mid-battle, saving them. Yue understands that his father ordered him away not only to protect him and help Ning Hongye, but also to keep others from becoming targets.
• Yue drives toward Longdu as instructed. Watching the battle in his mirror, he sees a colossal, flaming spear launched from the black vortex at his father.
• A blinding explosion and shockwave throw Yue’s car across the highway. When he recovers, the storm and both combatants have vanished. The devastation left behind confirms the battle was real, but his father’s fate is unknown.
• Yue resumes his journey, determined to survive, grow stronger, and uncover the truth.

Character development and interactions

• Yue moves from torn guilt and helplessness to accepting that obeying his father is the most useful way to help. His fear for his father remains, but it hardens into resolve.
• The father’s actions show both his immense power and his concern for others: even while fighting a godlike enemy, he protects civilians and tries to keep Yue out of danger.
• Their central interaction is indirect but emotionally significant: the father’s protective choices help Yue understand and accept his command to leave.

Significant themes

• Protection and sacrifice: Yue’s father risks himself to shield both his son and strangers.
• Responsibility over impulse: Yue chooses to leave despite wanting to stay, recognizing that his presence could endanger others.
• Powerlessness and resolve: Faced with an overwhelming conflict and uncertainty about his father’s fate, Yue resolves to become strong enough to seek answers.
• The cost of extraordinary battles: The vanished storm leaves lasting physical damage—and a profound emotional impact on Yue.

Yue Xiaofei reached Longdu General Hospital and brought the three supreme treasures to save Ning Hongye. Just as he and Ye Jincheng prepared to treat her, Ning Pojun arrived with members of the Ning family and declared they had come to kill her.

• Yue Xiaofei called Ye Jincheng to gain entry to the militarily sealed hospital, where soldiers recognized him as Major General Yue.
• Ye Jincheng told Yue Xiaofei that Ning Hongye was in grave condition and led him to her ward.
• Yue Xiaofei presented the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Herb, Mingwang Relic, and Fountain of Youth Water, whose combined light seemed to steady Ning Hongye’s breathing.
• Ning Pojun entered the ward with a group of Ning family members, eyed the treasures with greed and murderous intent, and announced they had come to send Ning Hongye to her death.

Plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei is preparing to revive the unconscious Ning Hongye with three rare treasures when Ning Pojun arrives with Ning Hongye’s relatives and a group of Ning family experts.
• Pojun orders Yue to surrender the treasures and leave. He claims Hongye is a supernatural “ill-omened” threat whose death is necessary to protect the Ning family and the Dragon Kingdom.
• Yue refuses, insisting that Hongye saved his life and that he will revive her. He stands between her and her relatives.
• Ye Jincheng invokes the law and the hospital’s status as a restricted military facility, but Pojun argues that the hidden Ning family’s rules supersede ordinary law and threatens Ye as well.
• Recognizing that the Nings intend to kill Hongye, Yue places the treasures beside her, draws the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Saber, and challenges them. Ning Chuan accepts the confrontation.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei moves from confusion to anger and unwavering defiance. His debt to Hongye drives him to risk his life to protect her.
• Ning Pojun presents himself as acting for the greater good, but his contempt for Yue and threats against both Yue and Ye reveal how ruthlessly he will enforce the family’s decision.
• Ning Chuan, a younger and arrogant Ning, mocks Yue and volunteers to fight him.
• Ye Jincheng defends Yue and Hongye by asserting his authority and appealing to the law, then faces Pojun’s direct threat.
• The scene centers on the clash between Yue and the Ning family, with Ye supporting Yue while Hongye remains unconscious and unable to speak for herself.

Significant themes

• Loyalty versus blood ties: Yue’s commitment to Hongye contrasts with her family’s claim that killing her is an act of protection.
• Individual justice versus inherited authority: Ye’s appeal to public law is rejected by Pojun, who puts ancestral rules above it.
• Fear and scapegoating: The Nings label Hongye a monster and a calamity, raising the question of whether she truly poses a danger or is being condemned because of prophecy and fear.
• Sacrifice and obligation: Yue sees saving Hongye as repayment for the life she saved.

Key events

• Yue Xiaofei kills Ning Chuan instantly with a direct strike from the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Saber, shocking the Ning family and making their leader, Ning Pojun, take him seriously.
• Yue immediately attacks the remaining Ning fighters to keep them away from the hospital bed, where Ning Hongye lies. The Ning fighters regroup into a powerful sword formation and surround him.
• Ning Pojun’s reinforcements break through the ward’s outer guards, leaving Yue badly outnumbered and constrained by the need to protect Ning Hongye and Ye Jincheng. He prepares to risk unleashing the destructive power of his Emperor Engine.
• Ye Jincheng intervenes verbally, declaring that he is not alone: his reinforcements are “up above.” The chapter ends on that cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei displays formidable skill and composure, then shifts into a fiercely protective, self-sacrificing resolve when cornered.
• Ning Pojun moves from confidence to alarm at Yue’s strength, but quickly regains his composure and frames the Ning family’s violence as righteous duty.
• Ye Jincheng reveals unexpected confidence and authority, hinting that powerful support is on its way.

Themes and interactions

• The chapter contrasts individual martial skill with collective force, as Yue’s decisive duel is followed by the threat of the Ning family’s coordinated formation.
• Protection and sacrifice drive Yue’s choices: he fights not only for himself but to keep Ning Hongye safe.
• Power and legitimacy are contested. Ning Pojun claims to act for the nation’s good, while Ye Jincheng’s calm reply challenges his assumption that the Ning family controls the situation.
• The confrontations escalate from Yue versus Ning Chuan, to Yue against the Ning fighters, and finally to a tense verbal standoff between Ning Pojun and Ye Jincheng.

Plot points and events

• With Ning Pojun’s family threatening Ning Hongye and Yue Xiaofei in the hospital ward, Ye Jincheng points to the sky and reveals that the Dragon Kingdom has deployed a space-based kinetic weapons system called Baiyujing.
• Ye says its twelve tungsten “Rods of God” are locked onto the ward and could strike with force comparable to a low-yield tactical nuclear weapon. The threat terrifies the Ning family, who had believed modern weapons could not threaten them.
• Ning Pojun reluctantly orders his people to withdraw. Before leaving, he warns Ye that protecting Ning Hongye will bring the hostility of the Eight Great Clans and other hidden families, and repeats that a prophecy identifies her as a danger to the Dragon Kingdom.
• After the Ning family leaves, Yue asks whether the weapons are real. Ye’s expression confirms they are. Yue then asks what such weapons are meant to fight.
• Recalling the supernatural battle he witnessed on the highway, along with references to the False God, Kunlun Ruins, and the Old Lord, Yue presses Ye for answers. Ye recognizes that Yue has entered this hidden world and ends by asking whether he believes gods exist.

Character developments

• Ye Jincheng reveals his formidable authority and pride in the Dragon Kingdom’s technological power. Once the immediate danger passes, he becomes grave, suggesting a threat beyond ordinary human conflict.
• Yue Xiaofei shifts from relief and amazement at the weapons to urgent curiosity about the supernatural events he has witnessed. Ye decides he is ready to learn more.
• Ning Pojun is forced to retreat despite his confidence, but remains hostile and warns of a wider conflict to come.

Character interactions

• Ye confronts Ning Pojun’s threats with the promise of Baiyujing, reversing the balance of power and compelling the Ning family to leave.
• Ning Pojun’s final warning keeps the danger to Ning Hongye unresolved.
• Yue questions Ye about both the weapons and the strange beings and places connected to his father’s revelations. Ye responds indirectly, preparing to disclose the truth.

Significant themes

• Traditional power versus modern technology: Hidden-family masters dismiss conventional weapons, but Ye presents national military technology as a force they cannot challenge.
• Mystery and escalating stakes: The weapons’ true purpose, the prophecy, and the existence of gods point toward threats beyond human political struggles.
• Protection and responsibility: Defending Ning Hongye may expose Ye and Yue to a much broader conflict.
• Knowledge and readiness: Ye’s closing question signals Yue’s transition from witnessing the unknown to confronting its reality.

Key plot points

• Yue Xiaofei tells Ye Jincheng that he witnessed a godlike battle and saw a spear of light strike through the sky, but he doesn’t know whether his father survived.
• Ye identifies the weapon as Gungnir, Odin’s legendary spear, and uses this revelation to explain the hidden truth of the world.
• Ye says the gods of many mythologies once lived among humans, drew power from human faith, and fought wars that devastated mortal civilizations.
• About a thousand years ago, Western gods led by Odin and Zeus invaded the East. Eastern deities, led by the Old Lord, defeated them and sealed the surviving Western gods in a separate realm within the Kunlun Mountains: the Kunlun Ruins.
• The seal has weakened, especially since 1999, allowing imprisoned gods to project their power into the world and seek escape.
• The Dragon Kingdom’s authorities created a secret department to contain this threat. Yue Xiaofei’s father, Yue Changlong, was one of its strongest members; the Southern Heavenly Gate plan was designed to fight the gods.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei shifts from disbelief to accepting that supernatural beings may be real. His concern for his father becomes more urgent as he learns the scale of the danger.
• Ye Jincheng reveals his knowledge with visible weariness and worry, particularly when he hears about Gungnir and Yue Changlong’s fate.
• Their conversation moves from Yue’s personal question about his father to a sweeping explanation of the hidden conflict between humanity and the gods.

Significant themes

• Myth becoming reality: Ancient pantheons and legendary weapons are part of the world’s concealed history.
• The cost of divine conflict: Gods’ wars are driven by faith and territory, while ordinary people suffer the destruction.
• Secrecy and looming danger: The weakening seal and hidden government department suggest a crisis approaching.
• Human vulnerability and resistance: The gods regard humans as insignificant, but Yue’s father and others have taken on the task of confronting them.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Jincheng reveals that Yue Xiaofei’s father was not imprisoned for a crime. The state secretly protected him because he guards the Dragon Kingdom against the Western gods.
• The advanced weapons feared by the hidden families are intended to kill gods, should a second divine war begin.
• Ye explains that a Western god’s prophecy foretold a woman whose gaze can nullify supernatural arts. Her birth would break the Kunlun seal and help the Western gods breach the East’s defenses. Nine such women have appeared before, each followed by catastrophe.
• Ning Hongye is the tenth. The prophecy—and the disasters associated with earlier cases—drove the Eastern hidden families to agree to kill any such woman before her power awakened. Ye says the Ning family acts from fear, not simple malice.
• Ye urges Yue to focus on saving Hongye. Yue combines the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Herb, Mingwang Relic, and Fountain of Youth Water into a rainbow elixir, then gives it to her.
• The elixir restores Hongye’s life force, repairs her meridians, and suppresses the curse. Her vital signs recover, and she wakes.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue moves from shock at learning his father’s true role to renewed determination to save Hongye, despite the frightening prophecy.
• Ye is grave and compassionate about Hongye’s fate, but hopeful: he believes she may be more than a threat and could become the East’s hope. He guides and encourages Yue throughout the rescue.
• Yue speaks reassuringly to the unconscious Hongye, then treats her with the three treasures. Their relationship is marked by his protectiveness and concern.
• Hongye remains silent in this chapter, but her recovery and awakening mark a major turning point.

Significant themes

• Prophecy versus choice: The prophecy shapes everyone’s actions, yet Ye questions whether Hongye’s fate is predetermined.
• Fear and moral ambiguity: The Ning family’s attempt to kill Hongye is presented as a fearful response to past catastrophes, complicating the idea of good and evil.
• Protection and sacrifice: Yue’s father’s hidden service and Ye’s willingness to shoulder the danger frame the broader conflict as one of protecting the world.
• Hope amid catastrophe: Hongye’s survival may offer a way to avert disaster rather than fulfill the prophecy.

After Ning Hongye awoke, she kissed Yue Xiaofei and pledged her life to him for saving her. Meanwhile, Yue Changlong survived Odin’s attack and vowed to keep the Western Gods imprisoned despite his grave wound.

• Ning Hongye woke and kissed Yue Xiaofei, leaving him and Ye Jincheng stunned.
• Ning Hongye explained that she had witnessed Yue Xiaofei risk everything to save her, then pledged herself and promised to spend her life repaying him.
• Yue Xiaofei was overwhelmed by Ning Hongye’s sudden kiss and confession.
• Yue Changlong emerged from the void with a mortal wound inflicted by Odin’s Gungnir and swallowed a pill to heal himself.
• Odin warned that Gungnir’s divine power would torment Yue Changlong for seven hundred years and that the seal on Kunlun Ruins was close to breaking.
• Yue Changlong dismissed Odin’s threat and vowed that the gods would never leave their cage while he still lived.

Ye Jincheng warned Yue Xiaofei that royal clans were plotting within the Dragon Kingdom while Western gods and their allies threatened it from without. He asked Yue Xiaofei to step into the public eye at the upcoming military parade, and Yue agreed, with Ning Hongye promising to watch.

• Ye Jincheng explained that the Yi Family, the Yan Family, and other royal clans might be testing the Dragon Kingdom after the Ning family’s attempt to seize Ning Hongye.
• Ye Jincheng revealed that instability in the Kunlun Ruins and the Ancient Gods Church’s alliance with Skull and Bones posed growing external threats.
• Ye Jincheng told Yue Xiaofei that the Dragon Kingdom’s leadership wanted him to make his public debut at the military parade in three days.
• Yue Xiaofei agreed to appear at the parade, and Ye Jincheng left him alone with Ning Hongye.
• Ning Hongye said she would watch Yue Xiaofei at the parade, and he told her he would be waiting for her.

After learning he would appear at the Military Parade, Yue Xiaofei gathered Reverse Scale and ordered them to coordinate with the military on preparations and security. He then returned to the Su Family villa, where Jiang Lan tearfully welcomed him and Su Wanning hid her relief behind sharp words.

• Yue Xiaofei called Han Duoduo and summoned the Reverse Scale members in Longdu to their secret base.
• Yue Xiaofei told the team about Ye Jincheng's plan for him to appear at the Military Parade and ordered them to cooperate fully with the military.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered Wild Chicken to change his clothes and dye his hair back before accompanying him to the parade.
• Yue Xiaofei drove to the Su Family villa after seeing missed calls from Jiang Lan and Su Wanning.
• Jiang Lan welcomed Yue Xiaofei home in tears, while Su Wanning greeted him with a scolding that concealed her concern.

Plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei returns after being away and explains to his godmother, Jiang Lan, that urgent business took him out of town and he lost his phone.
• Su Guohua greets him with suspicion and insults, implying Yue is an unemployed drifter who may bring trouble. Jiang Lan rebukes him, and Su Wanning unexpectedly defends Yue.
• The family watches a report announcing a major military parade in Longdu in three days. Wanning longs to attend, but Su Guohua says ordinary people cannot get access and even his attempts to obtain tickets failed.
• Yue calmly promises to take the family. Su Guohua laughs at him and demands proof, while Jiang Lan worries he is making a promise he cannot keep.
• Wanning hesitantly agrees to trust Yue, remembering that he has helped her before. Yue insists he needs no invitation, leaving the challenge unresolved.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei remains composed under Su Guohua’s contempt and confidently promises access to the parade, hinting at influence or abilities he has not explained.
• Su Wanning shows growing trust in Yue, despite recognizing how implausible his claim sounds.
• Jiang Lan is affectionate and relieved by Yue’s return, but anxious that his promise may embarrass the family.
• Su Guohua remains hostile and dismissive, determined to expose Yue as a braggart.

Significant themes

• Trust versus skepticism: Wanning’s faith in Yue’s past actions contrasts with her father’s disbelief.
• Status and access: The parade represents an exclusive world of power and privilege that Su Guohua assumes is beyond Yue’s reach.
• Quiet confidence and hidden capability: Yue’s calm assurance suggests that appearances may not reflect his true standing.

Character interactions

• Jiang Lan welcomes Yue warmly and scolds Su Guohua for insulting him.
• Wanning defends Yue and later accepts his offer, while Su Guohua mocks both the promise and her willingness to believe it.
• Yue reassures Jiang Lan and directs his offer specifically to Wanning, keeping his explanation—and the means by which he will get them in—secret.