Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun defeated Zhao Yan after shattering the Dragon Slaying Saber with one punch, then learned Zhao Xingpu knew about City Lord Luo’s capture. He promised Luo Qingcheng he would investigate the Zhao Family and rescue her father, as well as his own captured relatives.

• Zhao Yan attacked Nie Yun with the Dragon Slaying Saber, but Nie Yun shattered the weapon with one punch.
• Nie Yun killed Zhao Yan with a slap while Luo Qingcheng and Ya Lian watched in shock.
• Nie Yun asked Luo Qingcheng about her father’s disappearance, and she explained that Zhao Xingpu had promised to help find him if she married him.
• Nie Yun suspected the Zhao Family was connected to the abductions and told Luo Qingcheng he would investigate and rescue her father and his own family.
• Ya Lian cautiously asked Nie Yun what level his strength had reached.

Nie Yun revealed that he was an initial Supreme and confronted Hundred Flowers Sect Master Bai Huaxiu over allowing Zhao Yan to force Luo Qingcheng into marriage. The chapter ended with Nie Yun openly insulting Bai Huaxiu and the Hundred Flowers Sect.

• Nie Yun told Luo Qingcheng and Ya Lian that he had reached the initial Supreme stage, shocking them both.
• Bai Huaxiu arrived, and Luo Qingcheng warned Nie Yun that her master was a Supreme Peak expert.
• Bai Huaxiu questioned Nie Yun for killing her guest Zhao Yan, while Luo Qingcheng tried to explain that he was her friend.
• Bai Huaxiu silenced Luo Qingcheng and insisted that Nie Yun had violated the rules of the Hundred Flowers Sect.
• Nie Yun condemned Bai Huaxiu for letting Zhao Yan try to take Luo Qingcheng as his wife and insulted her and the sect.

Nie Yun insulted the Hundred Flowers Sect and fought Bai Huaxiu when she tried to detain him. He defeated her with one sword, and Bai Huaxiu, rather than retaliating, eagerly asked him to repeat the words he had recited.

• Nie Yun defended Luo Qingcheng and called the Hundred Flowers Sect and its Sect Master worse than a doghouse and a beast, angering Bai Huaxiu.
• Bai Huaxiu attacked Nie Yun with her Flower Rain Divine Palm, while Nie Yun recited an insight into the technique and drew the Profound Jade Sword.
• Nie Yun used Earthly Momentum to shatter Bai Huaxiu's weakened attack and force her to her knees with a single strike.
• Nie Yun reflected that he had won by disrupting Bai Huaxiu's control and that he had nearly exhausted his strength.
• Bai Huaxiu looked at Nie Yun with excitement and asked him to recite his words again.

Nie Yun defeated the Hundred Flowers Sect Master, then taught her a formula that helped her comprehend the Path of Affection. When Bai Huaxiu tested whether he had any protection against her, Nie Yun summoned three Supreme-level demon beasts, who knelt and greeted him as their master.

• Nie Yun was surprised when the Hundred Flowers Sect Master sought guidance instead of resenting her defeat.
• Nie Yun claimed the insight came from his master and recited a formula about fallen flowers, flowing water, affection, and heartlessness.
• Bai Huaxiu contemplated the formula, realized her cultivation had been misguided, and showed a warmer demeanor.
• Bai Huaxiu warned Nie Yun that she could kill him now that his attack had exhausted his strength, but promised not to harm him after receiving the formula.
• Nie Yun summoned Little Wolf, Little Pupil, and Little Black, whose Supreme-level auras alarmed Bai Huaxiu.
• The three demon beasts knelt before Nie Yun and greeted him as their master.

Nie Yun won Bai Huaxiu's cooperation by offering to share his master's cultivation insights and enlisted her help with Zhao Xingpu's wedding. He planned to use the wedding to investigate the Zhao Family's role in capturing Luo Qingcheng's father and make a public show of his strength.

• Bai Huaxiu learned that Nie Yun was a Beast Tamer with three Supreme-level Demon Pets and agreed to cooperate after he offered to explain his master's cultivation theories.
• Nie Yun asked Bai Huaxiu to attend Zhao Xingpu and Luo Qingcheng's wedding in three days and follow his instructions; she agreed.
• Bai Huaxiu left after promising to tell the Zhao Family that she had killed Zhao Yan, and Luo Qingcheng asked Nie Yun how he had become so powerful.
• Nie Yun gave Luo Qingcheng spirit herbs and peak Weapon Armor Realm demon cores, telling her to cultivate while she continued preparing to marry Zhao Xingpu.
• Nie Yun explained that the Zhao Family might be involved in her father's capture and planned to rescue her at the wedding, where he would reveal the Tianji Sword and demonstrate his strength.
• Nie Yun gave Luo Qingcheng Supreme Talismans and voice-transmission jade tokens so she could contact him if trouble arose.

Nie Yun went to the Tie Yan Mercenary Group headquarters to ask Tie Lan for help investigating his father’s situation. He arrived as Tie Lan and the group’s leaders were dealing with an imperial investigation over deaths in Jibei City.

• After recovering, Nie Yun left the Hundred Flowers Sect and decided to use the Tie Yan Mercenary Group’s intelligence network to investigate his father’s situation.
• Nie Yun flew to Shenfeng City with his three Demon Pets and found the Tie Yan Mercenary Group headquarters, where people praised Tie Lan’s strength and growing reputation.
• Jiang Xuan mistook Nie Yun for someone seeking to join the mercenary group and meet Tie Lan, but Nie Yun insisted that Jiang Xuan announce his arrival.
• At the council hall, Iron Rock asked Tie Lan and the group’s leaders to devise a response to the empire’s investigation into the deaths of Liu Chengze and Liu Yuan in Jibei City.

After Liu Jifei accused the Tie Yan Mercenary Group of killing Liu Chengze and Liu Yuan, Tie Lan explained the group’s connection to Nie Yun while they debated the accusation. Nie Yun arrived at headquarters, and Tie Lan eagerly brought him to meet her father and the other leaders.

• Liu Jifei reported the deaths of Liu Chengze and Liu Yuan to Huo Gang, making the Tie Yan Mercenary Group the target of a grave accusation.
• Tie Lan told Iron Rock that she had attended the Dan Assembly and trade fair with Nie Yun, while the others dismissed the possibility that someone so young could have killed the two men.
• Jiang Xuan announced that a visitor wanted Tie Lan to come out and see him, and the group mocked the request before learning the visitor was Nie Yun.
• Tie Lan rushed out to meet Nie Yun and returned with him, then rewarded Jiang Xuan with a place on the Tie He Team.
• Tie Lan invited Nie Yun to the council hall to meet her father and the other leaders.

Nie Yun met Iron Rock and became caught up in Liu Jifei’s accusation that Tie Lan’s Demon Pet had killed Liu Chengze. The dispute escalated when Liu Jifei demanded to inspect the Tie Yan Mercenary Group’s treasure vault, and an old man arrived threatening the group with destruction.

• Tie Lan brought Nie Yun to meet her father, Iron Rock, and Meng Quan jealously challenged Nie Yun’s worth before Nie Yun declined to spar.
• Liu Jifei entered the hall and accused Tie Lan’s Demon Pet of killing his brother, Liu Chengze.
• Tie Lan and Iron Rock rejected Liu Jifei’s accusation and his demand to inspect the Tie Yan Mercenary Group’s treasure vault.
• An old man walked through the air into the hall and declared that the Tie Yan Mercenary Group seemed intent on being wiped out.

Huo Gang, Wei Tian, and Liu Jifei accused the Tie Yan Mercenary Group of stealing Liu Chengze’s Essence Qi and treasures, then used their power to demand access to its treasury. Iron Rock and the others were cornered after Huo Gang badly injured Meng Quan, until a young girl asked whether someone was still going to act.

• Huo Gang arrived at the Tie Yan Mercenary Group’s hall, and Wei Tian identified him as the Huo Family’s Supreme expert ancestor.
• Liu Jifei accused the mercenary group of taking Liu Chengze’s Essence Qi, while Nie Yun learned that Wei Tian knew about the group’s supply of Essence Qi.
• Huo Gang demanded to inspect the treasury and struck Meng Quan with a glance when he challenged the accusation.
• Iron Rock asked Huo Gang to list Liu Chengze’s missing possessions before inspecting the treasury, but Huo Gang and Wei Tian refused and Liu Jifei threatened to kill everyone.
• As Liu Jifei ordered Iron Rock to lead them to the treasury, a young girl calmly asked whether someone was still going to act.

Nie Yun intervened when Huo Gang and his men threatened Tie Lan, revealing his overwhelming strength by defeating Wei Tian with a shout and overpowering Huo Gang. The confrontation ended with Huo Gang driven halfway into the ground after trying to stab Nie Yun with an Emperor Grade dagger.

• Nie Yun stepped forward after Tie Lan addressed him and warned Huo Gang and his companions to leave.
• Wei Tian attacked Nie Yun, who injured him severely with a single thunderous shout.
• Liu Jifei and the others realized Nie Yun was a Supreme expert, while Huo Gang challenged him with confidence in his Supreme Peak strength.
• Nie Yun rushed through Huo Gang's sword light and punched him hard enough to make him vomit.
• Huo Gang launched a surprise attack with an Emperor Grade dagger, but Nie Yun blocked it with the Black Sword and drove him into the ground.

Nie Yun defeated Huo Gang and used his three Supreme-level Demon Pets to torment him, then killed Liu Jifei and Wei Tian to prevent them from harming the Tie Yan Mercenary Group. He left Huo Gang alive but planted Possession Qi in his mind to control him.

• Huo Gang used the Whirlwind Art to escape, but Nie Yun and the Wind Wolf King knocked him back into the ground.
• Nie Yun summoned Purple Eye, Black Rock, and the Wind Wolf King, who beat and tormented Huo Gang until he was badly swollen.
• Nie Yun killed Liu Jifei and Wei Tian after they came to threaten the Tie Yan Mercenary Group.
• Nie Yun planted the Demon Race's Possession Qi in Huo Gang's mind and warned that it would kill him if he disobeyed or betrayed him.

Nie Yun subdued Huo Gang with Possession Qi, healed him, and ordered him to support the Tie Yan Mercenary Group. After Huo Gang departed, Nie Yun asked Tie Yan to investigate his missing family, and Tie Yan revealed that an outsider Supreme had entered the Zhao Family residence amid its growing ties to the Luo Family and imperial family.

• Huo Gang, terrified of becoming a Demon Pet, accepted Nie Yun's control through Possession Qi and agreed to obey his orders.
• Nie Yun healed Huo Gang's severe injuries and sent him to help the Tie Yan Mercenary Group unify the mercenary world.
• Nie Yun gave Tie Yan a Communication Jade Token and asked him to investigate the whereabouts of Nie Yun's father and companions.
• Tie Yan told Nie Yun that the Zhao Family had grown close to the Luo Family and imperial family, and that an outsider Supreme had flown into the Zhao Family residence.

Nie Yun absorbed Iron Rock’s Essence Qi and completed the third level of the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique, then broke open the Black Orb. He discovered the pearl inside was a Storage Dantian, and its contents left him stunned.

• Nie Yun learned from Iron Rock that the Zhao Family was tied to the imperial court, the Luo Family, and another unknown force, while the Mitian Sect was uninvolved.
• Iron Rock gave Nie Yun the mercenary group’s Essence Qi, and Nie Yun accepted it to strengthen himself before trying to open the Black Orb.
• Nie Yun absorbed all the Essence Qi and completed the third level of the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique, bringing his physical strength above fifty elephants.
• Nie Yun used his physical and True Qi strength to crush the Black Orb and reveal a cherry-sized Storage Dantian inside.
• Nie Yun extended his spiritual power toward the Storage Dantian and reacted with astonishment at what he found.

Nie Yun used the Iron Bagua’s mysterious aura to cultivate the Nameless Art, expanding his sea of qi before the disk crumbled. He discovered that the attempt had generated three Bloodline Factors, bringing him to ten Dantians and the potential for a Royal Clan Upper Grade Bloodline.

• Nie Yun found more than a thousand spirit stones, Essence Spirit Liquid, weapons, manuals, the real Tianji Sword, and an ancient disk in his Storage Dantian.
• Nie Yun recognized the disk’s aura as the energy that could advance the Nameless Art and decided to use it to raise his bloodline.
• Nie Yun absorbed the Iron Bagua’s aura, causing his sea of qi to expand to more than twice its previous size and greatly increasing his true qi capacity.
• The Iron Bagua shattered as its aura ran out, and Nie Yun discovered that three Bloodline Factors had formed, giving him ten Dantians.

Nie Yun opened three more dantians, giving him ten in total and a bloodline beyond the known imperial grades, but his enormous qi sea made replenishing his true qi difficult. After three days of cultivation, he set out to confront Zhao Xingpu at his wedding to Luo Qingcheng and reveal that he possessed the Tianji Sword.

• Nie Yun opened three attribute-less dantians, bringing his total to ten and surpassing the nine dantians of a high-grade imperial bloodline.
• Nie Yun swallowed seven drops of Essence Spirit Liquid to restore his true qi, realizing his vast qi sea would require far more resources to fill than he had expected.
• Nie Yun decided that his larger qi sea gave him greater reserves and a deeper foundation despite slowing his cultivation progress.
• Iron Rock had told Nie Yun that the mercenary group found no sign that his captured parents and companions were in immediate danger.
• On the day Zhao Xingpu married Luo Qingcheng, Nie Yun vowed to shake the imperial capital, make the Shenfeng Empire tremble, and challenge those who sought the Tianji Sword.

Zhao Xingpu’s grand wedding drew crowds and powerful guests to Shenfeng Plaza, where the Zhao Family ancestor sought to restore his family’s prestige. As five Supreme experts gathered, the Mitian Sect Master had yet to arrive, but a new figure flew toward the plaza.

• Crowds in Shenfeng City discussed Zhao Xingpu’s wedding to the Hundred Flowers Sect Master’s seventeen-year-old disciple and the many rewards offered to guests.
• Zhao Family ancestor Zhao Xun flew onto the wedding platform, prompting the crowd to recall how Mo Yanqing had defeated him with a single sword strike.
• Huo Gang, Feng Yu, the Hundred Flowers Sect Master, and other Supreme experts arrived and took their seats, with Feng Yu occupying the seat of honor.
• Zhao Xun told Feng Yu that the plaza made the wedding lively, while he used the public celebration to display the Zhao Family’s power and revive its reputation.
• The Emperor sat below the Supreme experts as the crowd wondered whether the Mitian Sect Master would attend, and another figure flew toward the plaza.

Zhao Xun introduced Supreme Tu Xin at his grandson Zhao Xingpu’s wedding, using their friendship to improve his standing among the empire’s Supremes. As Zhao Xingpu and Luo Qingcheng began their vows, an unidentified youth arrived with three demonic beasts and declared that Luo Qingcheng was unwilling to marry.

• Zhao Xun introduced Tu Xin as a powerful friend from that place, and the other Supremes reassessed Zhao Xun’s status.
• Tu Xin refused to meet the other Supremes, calling them common people.
• Mo Yanqing arrived to the crowd’s cheers, and Zhao Xun began the wedding ceremony.
• Zhao Xingpu and Luo Qingcheng appeared before the crowd, and Zhao Xun promised each attendee ten taels of silver.
• Zhao Xingpu agreed to marry Luo Qingcheng, but an unknown youth with three demonic beasts interrupted and said she was unwilling.

Nie Yun crashed Zhao Xingpu’s wedding to take Luo Qingcheng and demanded information about his missing parents and Luo Zhanhao. Mo Yanqing intervened to stop Nie Yun and Zhao Xun from fighting, but admitted that he was no match for Nie Yun.

• Nie Yun arrived at Zhao Xingpu’s wedding with three Supreme-level demonic beasts and summoned Luo Qingcheng to leave with him.
• Nie Yun struck Zhao Xingpu down and revealed to Zhao Xun that he was Nie Yun of the Nie Family from Luoshui City.
• Nie Yun demanded to know where Zhao Xun had taken his parents and Luo Zhanhao, but Zhao Xun denied knowing and threatened him.
• Mo Yanqing appeared to mediate, and Nie Yun recognized him as the Man in Hemp Clothes who had tried to kill him in Jibei City.
• Mo Yanqing admitted that he was no match for Nie Yun, shocking the wedding guests.

Nie Yun overpowered Zhao Xun and demanded to know where his father and the others had been taken. As Bai Huaxiu and Huo Gang blocked the royal and Luo family elders from interfering, Nie Yun unleashed Mountain River Momentum against the platform.

• Nie Yun’s triumph over Mo Yanqing won him the crowd’s admiration, but Zhao Xun refused to reveal where Nie Yun’s father and companions had been taken.
• Nie Yun struck Zhao Xun with the Profound Jade Sword, and Feng Yu rose to intervene on behalf of the royal family.
• Bai Huaxiu threatened Feng Yu with her newly developed second form of the Flower Rain Divine Fist, forcing him to stand down.
• Huo Gang stopped Luo Tianxiang from reaching Zhao Xun and declared that Nie Yun was his friend.
• Nie Yun dragged Zhao Xun from the crater, shattered his breastbone with another sword strike, and threatened to erase the Zhao Family if he kept silent.
• When Zhao Xun continued to defy him, Nie Yun unleashed Mountain River Momentum and cleaved toward the platform.

Nie Yun killed Zhao Xun and the Zhao Family after they refused to reveal what had happened to his parents, then learned Supreme Tu Xin knew where they were and demanded his obedience. Nie Yun attacked Tu Xin instead, but their clash revealed Tu Xin’s superior physical strength, and Nie Yun suspected he possessed the Mighty Master talent.

• Nie Yun killed the Zhao Family members on the high platform and hundreds of wedding guests, then demanded that Zhao Xun speak about his parents.
• Supreme Tu Xin offered to help free Nie Yun’s parents if Nie Yun became his subordinate and retrieved an item for him.
• Nie Yun snapped Zhao Xun’s neck, pretended to accept Tu Xin’s offer, and attacked him with the Profound Jade Sword.
• Tu Xin blocked Nie Yun’s strike with his fists, and their clash shattered the high platform as the onlookers watched.
• Tu Xin drew a massive iron hammer and revealed strength that surpassed Nie Yun’s, leading Nie Yun to suspect he had the Mighty Master talent.