Chapter Summaries

Karu struggled after being tossed through the air but refused to accept defeat. Dongfang Minghui invited him to fight.

• Karu was about to pass out before he could take on his beast form.
• After a brief rest, Karu stiffened his neck and said he would not accept defeat.
• Dongfang Minghui admired Karu's spirit and challenged him to a bout.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui traveled into Hilaris territory to rescue Nangong Yuntian, who had been confined and chosen as a groom for Hilaris’s adopted daughter. After infiltrating the guarded tribe, Qian Wanyu reached Nangong Yuntian’s chamber and offered him a choice to leave or stay.

• Kurt revealed that his raid on a Combat Arena base had rescued several captives but not his son Luca, and Dongfang Minghui identified a captured black-robed man as someone she had seen before.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui learned that Hilaris had confined Nangong Yuntian and planned to marry him to an adopted daughter, so they set out with Leon and a small group to rescue him.
• The group fought off water monsters at the Yana River, crossed using Qian Wanyu’s lightning and Dongfang Minghui’s vines, and reached the borders of Hilaris territory.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui infiltrated Hilaris by disguising themselves among a gift procession, while Little Lecher scouted Nangong Yuntian’s guarded bridal chamber.
• After Little Lecher found Qian Wanyu, she disguised herself as Steward Zhuli, entered Nangong Yuntian’s chamber, and demanded that he choose whether to leave or stay.

Qian Wanyu lost her temper when Laris's son-in-law spoke and attacked him. She bound him with the Water-Thunder Whip, leaving him to ask what she intended to do.

• Laris's son-in-law spoke to Qian Wanyu.
• Qian Wanyu lashed out with the Water-Thunder Whip, knocking the teacups and other items from the table.
• The crashing dishes drew the attention of the guards downstairs.
• Qian Wanyu bound Laris's son-in-law with the Water-Thunder Whip, and he demanded to know what she was trying to do.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui rescued Nangong Yuntian from Hilaris’s tribe by disguising themselves, unleashing the war beasts, and fleeing amid the resulting chaos. The group reached the Yana River, where an ambush forced Qian Wanyu and Leon’s party to fight while Dongfang Minghui tried to get Nangong Yuntian across the water.

• Qian Wanyu disguised herself as Xian and trapped Xian in her Prison Barrier while Nangong Yuntian escaped the tribe under Zhuli’s identity.
• Dongfang Minghui set fires and released the war beasts, sending them rampaging through Hilaris’s settlement as she fled on Chubby.
• Qian Wanyu escaped with the Green-Sand Leopard and reunited with Dongfang Minghui, Nangong Yuntian, and Leon’s group outside the tribe.
• Qian Wanyu demanded that Nangong Yuntian reveal where the Elf Clan lived and cooperate with the Cass Tribe; she abandoned him until he agreed to her terms.
• Hilaris discovered Nangong Yuntian had escaped and sent forces after the fleeing party, which traveled through the night with Nangong Yuntian dragged along by Little Lecher’s vines.
• At the Yana River, Qian Wanyu exposed an ambush with her Water-Thunder Whip while Dongfang Minghui tried to send the water-fearing Nangong Yuntian across on a vine rope.

Dongfang Minghui led Nangong Yuntian across the Yana River while a battle raged on the bank. Nangong Yuntian was dragged into the river by a water monster.

• Dongfang Minghui warned Nangong Yuntian that he would be carried back if he did not cross the path, then started across the river.
• Nangong Yuntian watched the battle on the bank and nervously followed her.
• Dongfang Minghui startled Nangong Yuntian when she turned back after he screamed.
• Nangong Yuntian said something had grabbed his foot, and a water monster dragged him into the river.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu’s group survived attacks by Hilaris’s and Cyril’s forces while escorting Nangong Yuntian across the Yana River. On the mountain route, Qian Wanyu defeated Zong Pan, a Death Priest and former friend of Qing Mo, but the memories she absorbed left her clutching her head.

• Dongfang Minghui rescued Nangong Yuntian from the Yana River’s water monsters with help from Toothless, Chubby, and Little Lecher, then crossed the river with him.
• Black-robed men sent by Elder Zong attacked Dongfang Minghui and Nangong Yuntian, but Toothless and Chubby helped her kill their leader before Qian Wanyu arrived with Leon and the surviving Beastfolk.
• Qian Wanyu treated the wounded group and rested so she could suppress her unstable spiritual power, then the group resumed traveling toward the Cass Tribe.
• Strange five-pointed snowflakes ambushed the travelers and killed Bart, so Qian Wanyu formed a barrier, tracked the hidden attacker, and exposed the black-robed Death Priest Zong Pan.
• Qian Wanyu recognized Zong Pan’s connection to the Azure Mist Sect and asked whether he remembered Qing Mo, then killed him with dark power and lightning.
• Qian Wanyu absorbed Zong Pan’s memories of his friendship with Qing Mo and clutched her head as they flooded her Soul Sea.

Qian Wanyu absorbed Zong Pan’s memories and advanced, while Dongfang Minghui warned Nangong Yuntian that the Cloud Pavilion had auctioned a dangerous black herb and obtained a route where Elf Clan members appeared. After returning to the Trading Market, the group discovered Gold-Devouring Rats had eaten the Dwarffolk’s iron chains and followed them to their underground dwelling, where Chubby became stuck in the tunnel.

• Qian Wanyu absorbed Zong Pan’s memories and spiritual power, triggering an advancement that filled the sky with dark clouds and lightning.
• Dongfang Minghui showed Nangong Yuntian the corrosive black herb that his Cloud Pavilion had auctioned, and he agreed to alert the Three Great Empires and gave her a map of a place frequented by the Elf Clan.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui returned to the Trading Market, where Qian Yiling welcomed them and asked Dongfang Minghui to call her Mother.
• Lien asked Qian Wanyu to accept him as her disciple, but she refused, and Lord Kurt later told Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui that a batch of forged iron chains had disappeared.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu confirmed that Gold-Devouring Rats had eaten the chains and followed their trail to a burial ground, where they dug a tunnel toward the rats’ dwelling.
• The Green-Sand Leopard followed Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui into the tunnel, and Chubby squeezed in after them but became stuck halfway.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu crossed a wind barrier and found a cavern of Gold-Devouring Rats, where Little Sprout was tempered in a mysterious furnace and the Heavenly Sound Helmet changed. They left with a Soul-Tempering Furnace, then freed Chubby from the tunnel as they continued onward.

• Qian Wanyu found a brief lull in the wind barrier and guided Dongfang Minghui beneath it to the passage beyond.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu passed a swarm of Gold-Devouring Rats and discovered that a winged rat was hiding behind an illusion of a golden-thread jade garment.
• The rats swarmed them, and one stole the Heavenly Sound Helmet before Dongfang Minghui’s vines dragged it into a cavern containing a metal trough.
• Qian Wanyu struck a hidden furry tail, and the trough revealed itself as a Soul-Tempering Furnace; flames consumed the giant Gold-Devouring Rat while Little Sprout emerged unharmed and the helmet turned red.
• Qing Mo identified the furnace as a Soul-Tempering Furnace, and Qian Wanyu stored it before she and Dongfang Minghui retraced their route.
• Dongfang Minghui’s vines pulled Chubby free from where it was stuck in the passage, and she coaxed it toward the exit with a Teething Stick.

Dongfang Minghui confronted Little Lecher after leaving the hidden passage, but Little Lecher claimed Qian Wanyu had taken a treasure. Dongfang Minghui remained unconvinced after seeing Qian Wanyu's furrowed expression.

• Dongfang Minghui sought out Little Lecher to complain that the hidden passage had yielded no treasures for her.
• Little Lecher said that Qian Wanyu had taken a treasure.
• Dongfang Minghui recalled that Qian Wanyu had taken only a dingy gray pill furnace.
• Dongfang Minghui saw Qian Wanyu's furrowed brows and suspected Little Lecher had fooled her again.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu left the Trading Market with Wei Junlan to seek the Elf Clan, and Qian Wanyu gifted Wei Junlan a baby Winged Elephant that he named Lulu. Their journey brought them into dangerous Tanu Forest, where their spiritual powers stopped working and a giant beast cornered them.

• Dongfang Minghui fretted over Little Sprout's small red bud while Qian Wanyu hesitated to tell her that the plant's soul might have been replaced.
• Qian Yiling examined Nangong Yuntian's map and told Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu to return safely; Dongfang Minghui also asked her to help the Cass Tribe if needed.
• Dongfang Minghui arranged for Karu to receive Nangong Yuntian, and Wei Junlan joined the journey to find the Elf Clan.
• Qian Wanyu gave Wei Junlan a baby Winged Elephant, which he accepted and named Lulu, and told him that she had killed Xian.
• The group crossed snowy terrain and entered Tanu Forest, where hostile creatures attacked them and the forest suppressed their spiritual powers.
• A giant beast pursued Dongfang Minghui, Qian Wanyu, and Wei Junlan; they refused to abandon one another, and Qian Wanyu began devising a way to defeat it.

Dongfang Minghui, Qian Wanyu, and their companions fought their way through Tanu Forest, where Toothless discovered a fire crystal guarded by a Flood Dragon. After Toothless swallowed the crystal, Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui battled the Flood Dragon on the surface and prepared a stronger lightning attack.

• Dongfang Minghui helped Qian Wanyu and Wei Junlan lure a giant magic beast into an ambush, then was flung into a tree above a nest of Fire-Pincer Poison Lizards.
• Toothless sensed treasure and led Dongfang Minghui to a boiling pool, where Qian Wanyu joined them and used the Deep Sea Pearl to descend underwater.
• Qian Wanyu and Toothless found a fire crystal and Water-Fire Lotuses guarded by a sleeping Flood Dragon, but the Flood Dragon woke and attacked after Qian Wanyu was bitten by a Little Fire Snake.
• Qian Wanyu used lightning to stun the Flood Dragon, allowing Toothless to swallow the fire crystal, but the crystal left Toothless weakened and Qian Wanyu was badly injured.
• Dongfang Minghui entered the pool with the Deep Sea Pearl and helped Little Lecher's vines carry her and Qian Wanyu to shore as the Flood Dragon pursued them.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui attacked the Flood Dragon on the bank, and Qian Wanyu summoned five bolts of Heavenly Thunder around the Water-Thunder Whip.

Qian Wanyu killed the flood dragon but suffered severe wounds and a mysterious snakebite, which Dongfang Minghui treated as they searched Tanu Forest for spirit herbs. After Little Color captured and devoured Azureflame Wonderleaf, the group left the forest and continued toward Laro City while Toothless and Little Color remained in seclusion.

• Qian Wanyu blasted the flood dragon in two and revealed that Toothless had swallowed the fire crystal beneath the pool.
• Dongfang Minghui treated Qian Wanyu's wounds and snakebite, stored the Water-Fire Lotus and its eight seeds, and collected the flood dragon's remains.
• Qian Wanyu learned that removing the fire crystal would change Tanu Forest, and the group searched for spirit herbs while its creatures grew restless.
• Dongfang Minghui soothed Lulu and worked with Wei Junlan to locate Azureflame Wonderleaf while Qian Wanyu cultivated and recovered.
• Little Color trapped and devoured Azureflame Wonderleaf, then entered seclusion and promised to awaken before they reached the Elf Race.
• Qian Wanyu, Dongfang Minghui, and Wei Junlan emerged from Tanu Forest after more than half a month and traveled toward Laro City on foot.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui uncovered and freed captives held by traffickers in Laro City, then traveled with Wei Junlan to Lanserburg, where they fought off predatory locals. The chapter ended with Lanserburg’s twins defeating Qian Wanyu’s attempt to identify them and making Dongfang Minghui disappear from her back.

• Qian Wanyu nearly gave in to her desire for Dongfang Minghui, but two would-be abductors entered their room and interrupted them.
• Dongfang Minghui found sleeping powder among the thieves’ tools, and the group followed them to their hideout, where they learned a trafficking gang planned to collect captives in five days.
• Qian Wanyu raided the hideout, forced the gang to reveal its operation, and freed the captives before the group left Laro City.
• The group encountered Qingyan and other Azure Mist Sect disciples at the inn, then continued on to Lanserburg while Dongfang Minghui worried Qingyan might recognize her.
• In Lanserburg, Qian Wanyu crippled Qiu the Third after he threatened her and Dongfang Minghui, while Dongfang Minghui killed an attacker with her Silk Umbrella.
• Two nearly identical twins challenged Qian Wanyu to identify them; after she guessed wrong, they took Dongfang Minghui, and Qian Wanyu demanded to know where Ninth Sister was.

Qian Wanyu, Dongfang Minghui, and Wei Junlan survived Lanserburg’s deadly daytime contests at the Worthy Inn, then discovered that night’s blood sacrifice targeted the city’s children and newcomers. As the sacrifice began, they disguised themselves in the crowd and Qian Wanyu used an impersonation to gather information.

• Qing Mo warned Qian Wanyu that Little Left and Little Right were one person using the Phantom Doppelganger Art, and Qian Wanyu defeated and killed him to recover its incomplete manual.
• Qian Wanyu’s group rented room five at the Worthy Inn, learned that guests were expected to fight for their rooms as part of a gambling scheme, and won the day’s challenges before nightfall.
• The group followed the crowd toward a blood sacrifice, where they saw children being prepared for the ceremony and learned that surviving until dawn would let them leave Lanserburg.
• Qian Wanyu disguised herself, Dongfang Minghui, and Wei Junlan to blend into the crowd, then impersonated the man from room two to question another resident.

The blood sacrifice ritual began in Lanserburg, where newcomers were told they had five two-hour periods to find six recent arrivals and sacrifice them for a reward. The chapter ended as the hunt started.

• An elephant appeared.
• Newcomers were welcomed to Lanserburg and told there were five two-hour periods left until dawn.
• Newcomers were instructed to find six recent arrivals and offer them as blood sacrifices for a reward from Master Zhenyi.
• The blood sacrifice ritual officially began.

Qian Wanyu, Dongfang Minghui, and Wei Junlan survived Lanserburg’s blood-sacrifice hunt, fought their way out, and acquired a Jade Token and the other half of the Phantom Doppelganger Art. After recovering on the road toward the Elf Clan, Qian Wanyu emerged from cultivation while Dongfang Minghui’s medicinal soup revealed an unexpected source of pure spiritual power.

• Lanserburg’s blood sacrifice began, and its residents hunted the six newcomers, killing one captive in a bloody fight and capturing two others after a woman betrayed her companion’s hiding place.
• Qian Wanyu lured pursuers away from Dongfang Minghui and Wei Junlan, then killed several groups while the pair fought back and eventually drew the hunters toward the Worthy Inn.
• Dongfang Minghui reunited with Qian Wanyu using Little White Ball, and the three fought until the blood sacrifice ended at dawn; a Lanserburg man offered Qian Wanyu a Jade Token, which she accepted before leaving.
• The trio ambushed people who followed them for the token and found the other half of the Phantom Doppelganger Art among their belongings.
• After traveling toward the Elf Clan, Qian Wanyu cultivated for two days and healed, while Dongfang Minghui watched over her and prepared soup containing spirit medicines.
• Qian Wanyu sensed pure spiritual power in Dongfang Minghui’s soup, and Dongfang Minghui noticed that the red mark on Qian Wanyu’s wrist had not faded.

Qian Wanyu felt refreshed and confident enough to hunt a sixth-level magic beast, while Qing Mo complained that she had wasted a precious treasure.

• Qian Wanyu felt dazed but fantastic.
• Qian Wanyu believed she could easily hunt a sixth-level magic beast.
• Qing Mo complained from within her soul sea that she had wasted a heaven's treasure.

Dongfang Minghui’s Dragon-Trapping Seal flared, leaving her unconscious until Little Lecher released the backlash force and restored her original body. After she recovered, she and Qian Wanyu reached the Great Stone-Feather Gorge, where they encountered rival groups searching for a stolen item and uncovered an ambush; Qian Wanyu returned the item to its owners.

• Wei Junlan and the others stopped eating fire lotus seeds after Qian Wanyu explained their fire-element spiritual power would be wasted on them.
• Dongfang Minghui collapsed when the Dragon-Trapping Seal in her palm turned bright red, and Little Lecher released the backlash force, restoring her original body.
• Dongfang Minghui noticed that the Dragon-Trapping Seal’s markings had changed, and she drew the new pattern for comparison.
• Qian Wanyu, Dongfang Minghui, and Wei Junlan reached the Great Stone-Feather Gorge, met five suspicious travelers, and pretended to fall asleep when they suspected an ambush.
• Little Chu attacked Qian Wanyu, but she and Dongfang Minghui countered him while Wei Junlan fought the woman, and a boy from the hidden group helped put out the resulting fire.
• Qian Wanyu took Little Chu’s Spatial Ring, found the hidden group’s stolen item inside, and returned it to Little Cai.

Qing Mo blamed the man who had decided to kill for what happened. Qing Mo regretted giving away the Feather Demon Map for nothing.

• Qing Mo concluded that the man's decision to kill had caused everything.
• Qing Mo reflected that the Feather Demon Map could only be found by chance.
• Qing Mo regretted giving the map away for nothing.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui confirmed that Xiao Cai was connected to the Elf Clan and tried to secure help for the dying Lü Xing. The elves brought them into their territory, where Qian Wanyu took an elf hostage as the group emerged from a tree-hollow prison.

• Dongfang Minghui recognized the five attackers as likely members of the Elf Clan, and Qian Wanyu decided they could not be left alive before the trio continued on their way.
• Qian Wanyu explained the legends surrounding the stolen Feather Demon Painting, then Xiao Cai returned to trade for white silk and mended Dongfang Minghui’s ruined garment.
• Dongfang Minghui revealed Lü Xing and asked Xiao Cai to help take him to the Elf Clan; Qian Wanyu told Xiao Cai to summon someone with authority, and the trio waited by the gorge.
• The elves used soporific smoke to knock out Qian Wanyu and Wei Junlan, then carried all three companions into their territory and imprisoned them inside a tree hollow.
• After the elves struggled to remove Lü Xing’s white silk, they came to retrieve the prisoners, and Qian Wanyu seized one elf with her Water-Thunder Whip as Dongfang Minghui helped Wei Junlan out.