Chapter Summaries

Zhou Feng defeated Chen Feng and continued attacking despite the Enforcement Team’s orders, then fled the blessed land with Chen Feng after turning him into a Demonic Cocoon. Someone instructed the Enforcement Team to wait a day before charging Zhou Feng with Betrayal of the Sect, a crime punishable by death.

• Zhou Feng used his passives and the Demon Devouring Combat Method to overpower Chen Feng after surviving his Sun Sword.
• The Enforcement Team arrived only after Zhou Feng gained the upper hand and ordered him to stop fighting.
• Zhou Feng ignored the Enforcement Team and struck Chen Feng down, then used the Demon Devouring Method to turn him into a Demonic Cocoon.
• Zhou Feng grabbed Chen Feng and vanished to escape the blessed land before he could be barred from its teleportation array.
• A voice told the Enforcement Team to wait a day and classify Zhou Feng’s flight as Betrayal of the Sect.

Zhou Feng left the blessed land and used the Demon Devouring Method to consume Chen Feng, raising his cultivation from the fourth to the sixth level of the spiritual platform. He discovered that his Demon Devouring Gu had gained the ability to possess others, but the technique brought severe mental side effects, and the Purple Jade Bell appeared to have changed.

• Zhou Feng left the blessed land without interference and found a cave in the mountains, where he set up a warning array.
• Zhou Feng used the Demon Devouring Method to transform Chen Feng into Demonic Energy and swallow him, enduring a dangerous mental shock from Chen Feng’s memories.
• Zhou Feng’s cultivation rose from the fourth to the sixth level of the spiritual platform, and his Demon Devouring Gu awakened the ability to possess people or demonic beasts.
• Zhou Feng experienced illusions, whispers, and uncontrollable anger as side effects of the technique, then noticed that the Purple Jade Bell had gone dim and wondered if it had become a spiritual artifact.

After reaching the sixth level of the Spirit Platform Realm, Zhou Feng reviewed his twenty passive skills and drew Injury Conversion, which made him stronger as his injuries worsened. He decided to return to the Gu Cultivation Den to stack more passive skills, beginning a plan to exploit the place where he had once struggled to survive.

• Zhou Feng sensed that the Purple Jade Bell’s evolution had accelerated and that its spirituality was beginning to form.
• Zhou Feng reviewed his twenty passive skills, his limited artifacts, Gu insects, and spells, and concluded that he should focus on acquiring more passives.
• Zhou Feng opened the Skill Panel after his breakthrough and drew Injury Conversion, which increased his attack power as his injuries became more severe.
• Zhou Feng considered combining Injury Conversion with his healing passives to build a combat style centered on trading injuries.
• Zhou Feng chose the Gu Cultivation Den as the place to begin stacking passive skills and recalled that its strongest person had not reached the Spirit Platform Realm.

Zhou Feng infiltrated the Gu Cultivation Den and killed its guards and steward, discovering the brutal abuse and human remains behind its Flesh Gu operation. He entered the Meat Gu Cave and destroyed the Flesh Gu, leaving it unable to revive.

• Zhou Feng used Natural Affinity to sneak into the Gu Cultivation Den and kill the four Qi Condensation Realm disciples guarding it.
• Zhou Feng set an alert formation, then killed Mo Qianjiang when the steward came to inspect the Meat Gu Cave.
• Zhou Feng found imprisoned women and children and saw human corpses being processed into Flesh Gu feed.
• Zhou Feng entered the Meat Gu Cave and shattered the Flesh Gu with the Purple Jade Bell.
• Zhou Feng struck the Flesh Gu again, reducing it to minced meat so it could not revive.

Zhou Feng continued wiping out the Meat Gu Caves, then targeted Five Poisons Peak in the Inner Sect to gain more Soul Power. After confirming its strongest cultivator was only at the Spirit Platform Fifth Layer, he attacked the disciples guarding its entrance.

• Zhou Feng killed a Flesh Gu, triggered Hunting Master, and gained a point of perception.
• Gong Jiu spread the accusation that Zhou Feng had betrayed the sect and sought approval to have him arrested.
• After destroying another Meat Gu Cave, Zhou Feng decided to hunt in the Inner Sect for more Soul Power.
• Zhou Feng chose Five Poisons Peak because its poison-based methods posed little threat to him and found that its strongest cultivator was at the Spirit Platform Fifth Layer.
• Zhou Feng used the Demon Devouring Combat Method to pierce the chests of the two Five Poisons Peak disciples guarding the entrance.

Zhou Feng slaughtered his way through Five Poisons Peak to escape Old Demon Gu’s impending use of the Demon Devouring Method, growing stronger by collecting souls. He reached the eighth level of the Spirit Platform Realm while the sect’s disciples continued to attack him.

• Zhou Feng unleashed his Demonic Energy and killed disciples across Five Poisons Peak, drawing the sect’s attention as Soul Collection increased his Soul Power.
• Zhou Feng broke through during the fighting, but two Spirit Platform Realm cultivators ambushed him with Gu insects and poison.
• Zhou Feng expelled the poison, killed both attackers, and urged the sect to send more reinforcements so he could keep collecting souls.
• Inner Sect disciples and Spirit Platform Realm cultivators surrounded Zhou Feng and attacked in relay combat, but his endurance and Purple Jade Bell helped him survive.
• Zhou Feng broke through to the eighth level of the Spirit Platform Realm and activated several Diamond Talismans to protect himself during the breakthrough.

Zhou Feng drew Accelerated Healing and used his stacked recovery passives to overwhelm the Three Gu Sect attackers while gathering Soul Power. After filling his spirit platform and nearing another breakthrough, he fled into the deep mountains to avoid the sect’s arriving experts.

• Zhou Feng broke through during the battle, leaving his spirit platform unstable and frightening the Three Gu Sect fighters.
• Zhou Feng drew Accelerated Healing, which stacked with Self-Healing Physique and Unyielding Heart to rapidly heal his wounds at the cost of blood vitality and spiritual power.
• Zhou Feng fought more aggressively, trading severe injuries for the lives of Spirit Platform Realm cultivators and causing the attackers to hesitate and retreat.
• Soul Collection repeatedly triggered as Zhou Feng killed opponents, filling his spirit platform with Soul Power and forming the embryonic shape of a divine soul.
• Zhou Feng decided he had gathered enough Soul Power and fled into the deep mountains to stabilize his cultivation and avoid the Three Gu Sect experts.

After fleeing Five Poisons Peak, Zhou Feng hid in the mountain forest to break through to the Spirit Platform Ninth Layer and prepare to remove the Demon Devouring Seal. Three Gu Sect reeled from the massacre, while Gong Jiu feared being blamed and used the Heavenly Mystery Mirror to locate Zhou Feng before the sect could capture him.

• Zhou Feng escaped into the forest and began secluded cultivation, aiming to reach the Spirit Platform Ninth Layer before dealing with the Demon Devouring Seal.
• Three Gu Sect discovered the scale of the slaughter, and Zhou Feng's rapid rise to power became widely known.
• Rumors blamed Gong Jiu for driving Zhou Feng to betray the sect, turning Gong Jiu's fabricated evidence against him.
• Gong Jiu realized his rivals could use the disaster to make him take the blame and decided Zhou Feng had to die before the sect captured him.
• Gong Jiu used the one-time Heavenly Mystery Mirror to search for Zhou Feng.

Gong Jiu used the Heavenly Mystery Mirror to locate Zhou Feng and sent Gong Wen to kill him, while Zhou Feng broke through to the Spirit Platform Ninth Layer and gained another defensive Passive Skill. The chapter left Zhou Feng’s bones undergoing a painful change as Steel Bones took effect.

• Gong Jiu spent the Heavenly Mystery Mirror’s power to locate Zhou Feng and ordered his Dao Protector Gong Wen to kill him.
• Zhou Feng completed his breakthrough to the Spirit Platform Ninth Layer, but found that his bloodline lacked the power to reveal an Innate Divine Ability.
• Zhou Feng discovered that the Purple Jade Bell had transformed into a spiritual artifact.
• Zhou Feng used the Skill Panel to draw Steel Bones, which permanently increased his defense by 10%.
• Zhou Feng felt an intense itching in every bone as Steel Bones began to take effect.

After reaching the Spirit Platform Ninth Layer, Zhou Feng began forcing Old Demon Gu’s Demon Devour Seal out of his body. Gong Wen ambushed him while he was weakened, but Zhou Feng survived and counterattacked with the Purple Jade Bell.

• Zhou Feng discovered that Steel Bones prevented the Demon Devour Seal from clinging to his bones and began forcibly expelling it.
• Zhou Feng expelled a mass of black energy, leaving himself too injured to move as a sword aura struck from the rocks.
• Gong Wen revealed himself as the attacker, having used the Heavenly Mystery Mirror to locate Zhou Feng and conceal his presence.
• The Netherworld Thorn failed to pierce Zhou Feng’s strengthened body, and the Demon Devouring Gu helped him retreat from the strike.
• Zhou Feng suppressed his injuries and charged at Gong Wen, then used the Purple Jade Bell, now a spirit artifact, to suppress him.

Zhou Feng used the Purple Jade Bell to crush Gong Wen, then escaped before Three Gu Sect disciples could catch him. Gong Jiu decided to hunt Zhou Feng himself, while Zhou Feng encountered Leng Man'er in the forest.

• Zhou Feng activated the Purple Jade Bell and crushed Gong Wen, shattering the Heavenly Mystery Mirror in the process.
• Zhou Feng fled before the Three Gu Sect squads arrived, and the disciples later identified the remains as Gong Wen's and spread news of Zhou Feng's victory.
• Gong Jiu learned of Gong Wen's death and decided to kill Zhou Feng personally.
• Zhou Feng sensed Leng Man'er approaching and stayed where he was to meet her.
• Leng Man'er found Zhou Feng had reached the Spirit Platform Ninth Layer and sensed a fatal threat from him.

Leng Man'er offered Zhou Feng the title of her husband and the next Sect Master of the Three Gu Sect in exchange for his support, but he challenged her promise to protect him from Old Demon Gu. Their disagreement turned into a fight, and Zhou Feng’s reckless, injury-trading style disrupted Leng Man'er’s rhythm.

• Leng Man'er asked Zhou Feng to become her husband, offering to clear his charges and make him the next Sect Master of the Three Gu Sect.
• Leng Man'er promised to keep Old Demon Gu from taking revenge, but Zhou Feng demanded proof and challenged her.
• Leng Man'er attacked with her Thousand Nether Cold Eyes and ice flowers, while Zhou Feng used the Demon Devouring Combat Method and narrowly dodged her first strike.
• Zhou Feng let Leng Man'er freeze him and pierce his chest, then charged at her with a life-for-life fighting style.
• Zhou Feng traded injuries for hits, and Leng Man'er began to lose her composure.

Zhou Feng agreed to pose as Leng Man'er’s husband and compete for the sect master position in exchange for protection, a Purple Mansion breakthrough method, and access to the Blessed Land’s Scripture Repository. Leng Man'er summoned a figure from the sky to take them back to the Blessed Land.

• Leng Man'er stopped her test fight with Zhou Feng and offered him century-old Ice Lotuses to secure his cooperation.
• Leng Man'er explained that she wanted Zhou Feng to draw attention for twenty days while she secretly prepared to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Zhou Feng refused to accept the original offer because the pressure and danger of becoming Leng Man'er’s husband were too great.
• Leng Man'er offered him a Purple Mansion breakthrough method and access to the Blessed Land’s Scripture Repository if he endured for twenty days.
• Zhou Feng accepted, and Leng Man'er promised to clear his previous crimes and protect him from Old Demon Gu for the time being.
• Leng Man'er blew a jade whistle, and a figure descended from the sky.

Zhou Feng rode into the sect’s blessed land with Leng Man’er on her snow eagle, Little Snow. As onlookers wondered whether Zhou Feng was her chosen husband, Leng Man’er took his hand and left him startled by how cold it was.

• Leng Man’er had Zhou Feng climb onto Little Snow, and they flew toward the sect’s blessed land.
• Zhou Feng recognized the familiar spiritual energy as Little Snow carried them into the blessed land.
• Sect disciples saw Zhou Feng standing with Leng Man’er on Little Snow and speculated that she had chosen him as her husband.
• Leng Man’er stepped beside Zhou Feng and took his hand, making the onlookers gape.
• Zhou Feng felt that Leng Man’er’s hand was cold as a block of ice.

Leng Man'er brought Zhou Feng to the lake island, publicly signaling that he had become part of her lineage, while Zhou Feng focused on preparing for the dangers ahead. He learned the demanding requirements of the Purple Mansion Realm and decided to try the Sun Moon Spirit Condensing Method that night, as resentment toward him grew outside the island.

• Leng Man'er took Zhou Feng to the lake island, and onlookers believed she had chosen him as her husband despite expecting Gong Jiu and Ye Zai to attack him.
• Leng Man'er disappeared after they reached the island, and Zhou Feng shut himself in a room to strengthen himself.
• Zhou Feng inspected the century-old Ice Lotus and planned to use it to refine an Ice Heart Gu and suppress the Demon Devouring Method's backlash.
• Zhou Feng read the jade slip and learned that his impure Soul Power, contaminated Spirit Platform, and low Spirit Platform grade fell short of the requirements for the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Zhou Feng learned about the dangerous Yin Wind Tribulation and the slow, painful Sun Moon Spirit Condensing Method, then decided to try it that night.
• People outside the island grew resentful of Zhou Feng's apparent selection by Leng Man'er and his connection to the future sect master position.

Zhou Feng struggled to temper his embryonic soul with moonlight and sun essence, then headed for the blessed land’s Scripture Repository to seek other ways to grow stronger. On the way, he punched Leng Zhuang for insulting him and continued on.

• Zhou Feng used moonlight to temper his soul, exhausting a tenth of his Soul Power for only modest purification.
• At sunrise, Zhou Feng drew in sun essence, which burned away a quarter of his Soul Power while making his embryonic soul only slightly more solid.
• Zhou Feng decided that reaching the Purple Mansion Realm quickly was unrealistic and chose to visit the Scripture Repository for Daoist arts.
• Leng Zhuang confronted Zhou Feng and mocked him as an unworthy temporary husband to Leng Man'er.
• When Leng Zhuang tried to block his way, Zhou Feng punched him across the face, knocking out several teeth, then continued toward the Scripture Repository.

Zhou Feng intimidated Leng Zhuang, then searched the Scripture Repository for offensive Daoist Arts to strengthen himself before the elders returned. He found the risky Blood Burning Technique, which could greatly increase his physical abilities at the cost of severe pain and lasting damage.

• Zhou Feng punched Leng Zhuang, who restrained himself from attacking and realized he had been provoked into acting foolishly.
• Zhou Feng worried that the elders would return soon and hurried to the Scripture Repository to improve his strength.
• Zhou Feng searched the offensive Daoist Arts and found mostly gu-related methods, with few techniques suited to his needs.
• Zhou Feng discovered the Blood Burning Technique, which doubled his physical abilities by burning his blood vitality but caused intense pain and nearly irreversible damage.

Zhou Feng chose two self-harming spells that his healing and other passives could help offset. Meanwhile, Gong Jiu and the other geniuses used Zhou Feng as the pretext to arrange a public Relay Combat that would decide the next sect master, while Zhou Feng remained unaware of the coming conflict.

• Zhou Feng decided the Blood Burning Technique and Spirit Attachment Method suited him because his passives could counter their side effects, and he took both spells from the Scripture Repository.
• Gong Jiu and the others learned which spells Zhou Feng had chosen and agreed to challenge him openly rather than assassinate him.
• The group proposed a Relay Combat, using resentment toward Zhou Feng’s marriage to Leng Man'er to pressure him into accepting.
• Gong Jiu proposed turning the Relay Combat into a competition for the next sect master's position, and the news spread throughout the blessed land.
• The sect's upper ranks made no objection as people gathered for the contest, while Zhou Feng continued studying his spells, unaware he had become the storm's cause.

Zhou Feng tested the Blood Burning Technique and Spirit Attachment Method, discovering that they greatly increased his offense and defense but badly damaged his body. He received a letter from Leng Man'er requiring him to enter a relay combat tomorrow and stall against geniuses competing over the sect master position.

• Zhou Feng used the Blood Burning Technique and shattered a training dummy, then found that the technique had seriously injured his body.
• Zhou Feng tested the Spirit Attachment Method and found it strengthened his defense enough to shatter a blade that struck him.
• Zhou Feng realized he could only maintain both techniques briefly, though his recovery might let him use them repeatedly at further cost to his body.
• A servant delivered Zhou Feng a letter from Leng Man'er, who instructed him to delay as long as possible in the relay combat.
• Zhou Feng learned that the relay combat concerned the sect master position, that he had no reason to refuse, and that it would take place the next day.

Zhou Feng prepared to stall in the upcoming Relay Combat so Leng Man'er could gain time, then began refining the Ice Heart Gu to suppress the side effects of the Demon Devouring Method. The refinement was underway as he followed the prescribed steps at the Gu Refining Pool.

• Zhou Feng learned the Relay Combat would begin the next day and decided to defend, relying on his endurance and recovery to delay his opponents for Leng Man'er.
• Zhou Feng replenished his vitality by swallowing medicinal herbs and resolved to refine the Ice Heart Gu to deal with his hallucinations and other side effects.
• Zhou Feng went to the Gu Refining Pool, where three enormous purebred Blood Gu remained after devouring one another.
• Zhou Feng added his blood, used Soul Power to provoke the Gu, and placed the Hundred Year Ice Flower into the pool according to the Ice Heart Gu refinement steps.