Chapter Summaries

After Leng Cang departed for Great Yue Imperial City, Qin Yang took charge of rebuilding two Sky Patrol Division departments and spent his contribution points on martial arts. He began learning Mad Thunder Steps, while leaving Nine Blades of the Desolate Sea for later.

• Leng Cang departed with Song Yechen’s coffin, and Qin Yang warned that Yongning Prefecture’s weakened forces would struggle to contain the growing evil entities.
• Qin Yang appointed Wang Jiang to lead the Evil Extermination Department and Cui Fenglin to lead the Patrol and Intelligence Department.
• Qin Yang reviewed his cultivation progress and resolved to improve his martial arts while the prefecture faced a period of chaos.
• Qin Yang spent five thousand contribution points on Nine Blades of the Desolate Sea and used his remaining points to acquire Mad Thunder Steps and two cultivation methods.
• Qin Yang began practicing Mad Thunder Steps and quickly grasped several key techniques for making his leg muscles resonate with internal force.

Qin Yang mastered the basics of Mad Thunder Steps and quickly began learning Nine Blades of the Desolate Sea, whose artistic conception suited him. Meanwhile, Lu Yang returned drunk to his dark manor and collided with a gaunt figure in the corridor.

• Qin Yang practiced Mad Thunder Steps until it appeared on his panel as Beginner.
• Qin Yang studied Nine Blades of the Desolate Sea, found it compatible with his cultivation, and reached its Beginner stage.
• Qin Yang continued cultivating the blade technique and Big Dipper True Martial Profound Scripture while the Yin Yang Life and Death Talisman Scripture advanced as well.
• Lu Yang arrived at Lu Manor drunk, found its gates and grounds dark, and staggered toward his room.
• Lu Yang collided with an aged, gaunt figure in a dark corridor, mistook him for Old Ma, and slapped him in anger.

Lu Yang encountered the seemingly dead gatekeeper Old Ma in Lu Manor, but his father dismissed it as drunkenness and confined him to his room. Meanwhile, Qin Yang was called from seclusion to investigate a strange residence where a constable and a Bronze Rank Evil Exterminator had vanished.

• Lu Yang struck and kicked Old Ma, realized the gatekeeper looked like a corpse, and fled in terror.
• Lu Yang told Lu Songbai about Old Ma, but Lu Songbai said he had been found drunk and ordered guards to keep him inside.
• After waking at night and finding the residence deserted, Lu Yang encountered Old Ma again and woke from another terrifying dream.
• Wang Jiang informed Qin Yang that a ghost artifact might be present in Yongning Prefecture City and that a Bronze Rank Evil Exterminator had gone missing.
• Wang Jiang explained that a constable had vanished after pursuing a bandit into a residence, prompting the yamen to investigate its strange happenings.

Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo investigated Lu Manor after a suspected mid-grade ghost artifact caused everyone inside to disappear. They found only long-decayed remains and no sign of the artifact, so they decided to wait until nightfall.

• Wang Jiang told Qin Yang that a suspected mid-grade ghost artifact had caused people entering Lu Manor to disappear, and Qin Yang set out with Zhao Xinmo to investigate.
• Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo arrived at Lu Manor, where Zheng Yuanchao reported that nothing had changed and Zhao Xinmo's compass exploded.
• Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo entered the ruined manor and found a skeleton that Qin Yang suspected belonged to its Family Head, Lu Songbai.
• Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo found the remains of a missing Evil Exterminator, a constable, and a wanted bandit, but uncovered no trace of the ghost artifact.
• Zhao Xinmo suggested that the timing was wrong, and Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo decided to wait until nightfall.

Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo discussed how ghost artifacts and seeds might be corroding the Heaven and Earth Isolation Forbidden Technique, then waited for night to investigate Lu Manor. They found Lu Yang and learned how he had been trapped in the manor’s repeating daytime and nighttime horrors.

• Zhao Xinmo told Qin Yang that ghost seeds might be power from the void and that the Heaven and Earth Isolation Forbidden Technique was being corroded.
• Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo waited until night, when a hysterical cry came from inside Lu Manor.
• Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo encountered Lu Yang, who fainted when he saw them, and carried him into the courtyard.
• Zhao Xinmo told Lu Yang they were from the Sky Patrol Division and asked what had happened in the manor.
• Lu Yang said he had found the manor empty after a night out, encountered the dead gatekeeper Old Ma, and had since been trapped in a cycle of daytime confinement and nighttime horrors.

Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo escorted Lu Yang through the eerie Lu Manor, where Qin Yang destroyed the bizarre dead who confronted them. In Lu Yang’s room, Qin Yang spotted a hidden bloody straw effigy, and Zhao Xinmo confronted Lu Yang about his resentment toward his father as Qin Yang produced a ledger.

• Lu Yang led Qin Yang and Zhao Xinmo toward his room, and Qin Yang confirmed that someone was following them.
• Qin Yang attacked Old Ma, the gatekeeper, and smashed apart his head and stomach.
• Qin Yang killed the cook waiting inside Lu Yang’s room, while Lu Yang was splattered with the corpse’s brains.
• Qin Yang noticed a bloody straw effigy at a shrine that Lu Yang could not see, and Zhao Xinmo pretended it was not there.
• Lu Yang picked up a book called the Grudge Curse Scripture, and Zhao Xinmo asked how much he hated his father.
• Qin Yang produced a ledger given to him by Wang Jiang as he asked Lu Yang if he had really forgotten.

Qin Yang exposed Lu Yang’s attempt to curse his father, Lu Songbai, and killed him after he transformed into a straw creature. He then destroyed the towering bloody straw man with the first killing move of the Nine Blades of the Desolate Sea, clearing the evil aura from Lu Manor.

• Qin Yang confronted Lu Yang with his gambling debt and accused him of using the Grudge Curse Scripture to kill Lu Songbai for the family fortune.
• Lu Yang admitted his resentment toward his father and transformed, but Qin Yang cut him into pieces and burned his remaining head to ash with the power of Suppress Evil.
• The bloody straw man in the shrine destroyed the house, and Qin Yang pulled Zhao Xinmo out of danger as it emerged with a bone spiked club.
• Qin Yang clashed with the mid-grade ghost artifact, then used Death Sea Submergence from the Desolate Sea Saber Technique to wound and dismember it.
• Qin Yang stomped the bloody straw man’s head apart, dispersing the sinister aura over Lu Manor.

Qin Yang suppressed a medium-grade ghost artifact at Lu Manor, while Zhao Xinmo warned that the weakening Heaven and Earth Isolation Forbidden Technique could soon allow high-grade ghost artifacts to descend. As strange disasters overwhelmed Yongning Prefecture City, Qin Yang continued fighting evil entities and was assigned to investigate disappearances in Qing'an Town before Zhao Xinmo called him over to talk.

• Qin Yang suppressed the ghost artifact at Lu Manor, ordered Zheng Yuanchao to burn the manor, and left with Zhao Xinmo.
• Zhao Xinmo concluded that the Heaven and Earth Isolation Forbidden Technique had weakened enough to allow medium-grade ghost artifacts to descend, and Qin Yang feared high-grade ones might follow.
• Qin Yang resumed training, waited for news from Leng Cang about the Big Dipper True Martial Profound Scripture, and later confronted worsening supernatural disasters across Yongning Prefecture City.
• Qin Yang killed a Corpse Fiend at a mortuary and earned five hundred contribution points.
• Wang Jiang assigned Qin Yang to investigate suspected ghost artifact activity and disappearances in Qing'an Town.
• Zhao Xinmo returned weary from the Mystic Spirit Department's missions and asked Qin Yang to talk.

Qin Yang learned from Zhao Xinmo that the Heaven and Earth Isolation Forbidden Technique was failing, then returned to Yongning Prefecture City as its disorder worsened. He confronted the nine great Lineages at a banquet and left Mo Xin speechless after telling him he could leave.

• Zhao Xinmo told Qin Yang that the Heaven and Earth Isolation Forbidden Technique was being eroded, causing strange events and a rise in spiritual energy.
• Qin Yang went to Qing'an Town, and over the following half month the disorder in Yongning Prefecture City worsened.
• At Qian Fangluo's request, Qin Yang and Shangguan Yun arranged a banquet for the Family Heads of the nine great Lineages.
• The Family Heads discussed using the unrest to pressure Qin Yang into restoring their people to the Sky Patrol Division.
• Qin Yang arrived alone and late at Drunken Cloud Tower, and when Mo Xin sarcastically suggested they should not have come, Qin Yang told him he could leave.

Qin Yang confronted the nine great Lineages over the gangs destabilizing Yongning Prefecture City, then joined forces with Qian Fangluo and Cui Fenglin to begin a crackdown. He headed to the Iron Banner Gang’s stronghold and launched an attack, alarming its members.

• Qin Yang challenged the nine Family Heads to deal with the gangs, and they refused, warning that they would make the city chaotic if he purged them.
• Zheng Yuanshi cautioned that Qin Yang might not compromise, while the Family Heads decided to wait and see whether he would act.
• Qin Yang told Qian Fangluo to proceed with their plan despite the danger to civilians, and Qian agreed.
• Cui Fenglin confirmed that his men were ready, and Qin Yang ordered the operation to begin and chose to handle the Iron Banner Gang himself.
• Qin Yang reached the Iron Banner Gang’s stronghold, knocked its guards into the compound, and entered as dozens of armed gang members rushed out.

Qin Yang crushed the gangs and forced the nine great families to back down, bringing some stability to Yongning City. As he prepared to cultivate, he learned that the new Division Chief from Great Yue Imperial City would arrive the next day.

• Qin Yang killed Yuan Tielong in one blow and disbanded the Iron Banner Gang.
• The nine Family Heads abandoned their plans to challenge Qin Yang after learning how far he was willing to go.
• Qin Yang received Leng Cang’s letter about a clue to the Big Dipper True Martial Profound Scripture in Star Luo Sea Prefecture and the appointment of a new Division Chief.
• Over the next half month, Qin Yang suppressed the evil entities and gangs, while the nine great families stayed quiet.
• Qin Yang prepared to enter seclusion, but Shangguan Yun sent word that the new Division Chief would arrive the next day.

Zeng Guanghong arrived in Yongning Prefecture City to take control of the Yongning Sky Patrol Division, but Qin Yang and the division’s staff refused to welcome him. After Qin Yang insulted him, Zeng Guanghong ordered Venerable Wang to confront him.

• Zeng Guanghong and his companions reached Yongning Prefecture City, confident he could seize control of the weakened Sky Patrol Division.
• Old Sun reported that the division had dismissed him without arranging a proper welcome, and Zeng Guanghong blamed Deputy Division Chief Qin Yang.
• Huang Qu stopped Zeng Guanghong’s party outside the division and ordered his men to seize them before Zeng Guanghong revealed his identity as the new Division Chief.
• Inside the division, staff ignored Zeng Guanghong, who shouted for Qin Yang to come out and then accused him of hiding when he did not appear.
• Qin Yang appeared on a roof, mocked Zeng Guanghong as a mad dog, and refused to back down when threatened.
• Venerable Wang volunteered to deal with Qin Yang, and Zeng Guanghong accepted.

Qin Yang killed Venerable Wang after the man attacked him, then challenged the newly appointed Division Chief Zeng Guanghong to a duel for control of the Yongning Sky Patrol Division. As the division gathered to watch and bet, Zeng Guanghong attacked Qin Yang with his Dragon Scale sword.

• Venerable Wang drew his saber and attacked Qin Yang, but Qin Yang overpowered him and killed him with a crushing stomp.
• Zeng Guanghong accused Qin Yang of murder, but Qin Yang argued that Venerable Wang was an outsider who had attacked him inside the division.
• Qin Yang challenged Zeng Guanghong, saying that if Zeng lost, he would not be fit to remain Division Chief.
• Xuan Qian organized bets as members of the Sky Patrol Division gathered to watch, and Zhao Xinmo bet fifty spirit stones on Qin Yang.
• Zeng Guanghong revealed his Dragon Scale sword, Qin Yang drew the Cold Abyss Blade, and Zeng launched the first strike.

Qin Yang fought Zeng Guanghong, whose Bright Light Swordplay and Dragon Scale Sword let him overwhelm opponents with blinding attacks. Qin Yang adapted to the swordplay and kept Zeng Guanghong locked in a fierce battle, but the chapter ended with a blazing strike piercing Qin Yang’s shoulder as he counterattacked.

• Zeng Guanghong used the Dragon Scale Sword’s blinding light to confuse Qin Yang, then stabbed him in the back.
• Qin Yang froze Zeng Guanghong with his Big Dipper True Martial Origin Energy and countered with the Cold Abyss Blade, but Zeng Guanghong repelled him with Bright Light: Pierce.
• Qin Yang powered up and learned to sense Zeng Guanghong’s true sword intent, allowing him to meet the Dragon Scale Sword head-on.
• Qin Yang and Zeng Guanghong exchanged more than a hundred rapid attacks while the Sky Patrol Division watched.
• Zeng Guanghong unleashed Bright Light: Three Suns Pierce, and its final beam pierced Qin Yang’s right shoulder.
• Qin Yang roared and swung his enlarged left arm at Zeng Guanghong.

Qin Yang fought Zeng Guanghong at the Sky Patrol Division and forced the Mysterious Attainment martial artist to flee, though the battle left Qin Yang badly burned and near death. Zeng Guanghong left Yongning Prefecture City in disgrace, while Qin Yang began recovering and gained a reputation that kept the city’s clans from provoking him.

• Qin Yang and Zeng Guanghong traded fierce close-range attacks before Zeng Guanghong unleashed his Mysterious Attainment power and Qin Yang activated the Yin Talisman.
• Qin Yang’s Desolate Sea: Dead Sea Submergence clashed with Zeng Guanghong’s Boundless Bright Light Slash, leaving both fighters wounded.
• Qin Yang fought on as his injuries strengthened the Yin Talisman, frightening Zeng Guanghong into fleeing the Sky Patrol Division plaza.
• Zhao Xinmo gave Qin Yang a pill and healing talismans, then helped him return to his room, where he endured burns from Zeng Guanghong’s Bright Light Origin Energy.
• News of Qin Yang’s victory spread through Yongning City, and Zeng Guanghong left for Great Yue Imperial City intending to lodge a complaint.

Leng Cang returned to Yongning Prefecture City as its new Sky Patrol Division Chief and told Qin Yang he could seek access to an Immortal’s Mansion, but Qin Yang planned to leave the division and travel to Star Luo Sea Prefecture. After spending his contribution points on new martial arts and pills, Qin Yang packed for his departure and put away a map showing the location of an Immortal’s Mansion.

• Leng Cang returned to Yongning Prefecture City, announced that Qin Yang would lose his Deputy Division Chief position, and took over as Division Chief.
• Leng Cang revealed that an Immortal’s Mansion had helped him break through to the Mysterious Attainment realm and offered to seek Qin Yang permission to enter one.
• Qin Yang declined for now, saying he wanted to find the complete Big Dipper True Martial Profound Scripture and had not yet reached Five Energies Returning to the Origin.
• Qin Yang exchanged his contribution points for the Dragon Subduing Divine Fist, the Limitless Spirit Body Scripture, and pills.
• Qin Yang packed his belongings for his planned journey to Star Luo Prefecture and set aside a map marking an Immortal’s Mansion he lacked time to investigate.

Qin Yang left Yongning City to travel to Star Luo Sea Prefecture, asking Zhao Xinmo to investigate the Five Flower Immortal's Mansion map before departing. After reaching Beize City, he prepared to board a merchant ship for the next leg of his journey.

• Qin Yang met Zhao Xinmo for a farewell drink and gave him the map of the Five Flower Immortal's Mansion to investigate.
• Zhao Xinmo gave Qin Yang a spirit talisman to signal when he found clues about White Dragon Stone Mountain, then hurried off with the map.
• Qin Yang left the Yongning Sky Patrol Division and traveled for over a month to Beize City in Cangshui Prefecture.
• Qin Yang asked a youth at Beize City's harbor about passage to Star Luo Sea Prefecture.
• The youth led Qin Yang to the Changlong Hao and said passage on the ship departing tomorrow would cost fifty taels of silver.

Qin Yang booked passage to Star Luo Sea Prefecture, rescued Zhang Chen from dock thugs, and sailed aboard the Changlong Hao. Four days into the voyage, a masked man and his accomplices began a plot to sink the ship, throwing its travelers into chaos.

• Qin Yang booked a private room on the Changlong Hao and gave the youth who arranged it a tip.
• Qin Yang drove off the men beating Zhang Chen, then gave him an Arhat Fist manual and urged him to rely on his own strength.
• Qin Yang boarded the Changlong Hao and spent the voyage cultivating while the ship sailed toward Star Luo Sea Prefecture.
• A masked muscular man ordered seven or eight accomplices to disguise themselves as pirates and cause chaos while he targeted Wang An.
• The conspirators spread a false alarm about pirates, and panicked travelers surged out of the ship's hold as a guard screamed.

Qin Yang stopped the chaos aboard the Changlong merchant ship and killed the attackers, including Zhao Xiong. He forced Wang An to ensure the ship reached Star Luo Sea Prefecture on time, leaving Wang An and Wang Teng fearing the consequences if it did not.

• Hidden attackers stabbed guards and stirred panic in the cabins, prompting Wang An to rush in with reinforcements.
• Wang An fought Zhao Xiong while Wang Teng tried and failed to restore order amid the attackers’ ambushes.
• Qin Yang used Mind Sense to identify and kill the people secretly causing chaos, calming the crowd.
• Zhao Xiong poisoned Wang An’s shoulder with a hidden throwing knife, but Qin Yang appeared and killed Zhao Xiong with a flicked dart.
• Qin Yang ordered Wang An to get him to Star Luo Sea Prefecture on time, and Wang An warned Wang Teng that failure would bring them a deadly calamity.

Qin Yang reached Sanshui Island and learned that a deadly epidemic had isolated Turtle-Snake Island, where he hoped to find the complete Big Dipper True Martial Profound Scripture. Unable to hire a guide, he bought a boat and route map, then saw Wang An arguing with a merchant over the Changlong Merchant Association’s cargo deal.

• Wang An ordered the Changlong Hao’s crew to resume sailing, and three days later they reached Sanshui Island.
• Qin Yang learned that Turtle-Snake Island had been sealed off after an epidemic began infecting ordinary people and martial artists alike.
• Qin Yang decided to reach Turtle-Snake Island himself and looked for someone experienced in sea navigation to guide him.
• Qin Yang bought a small boat and a route map, but no one agreed to accompany him to Turtle-Snake Island.
• Qin Yang saw Wang An arguing with a plump merchant who threatened that the Changlong Merchant Association could go bankrupt if Wang An rejected the offered price.