Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun used the Weaver Girl Shuttle to kill Vice Pavilion Master Jin and help Yuan Jiu overwhelm Elder Liu Xia. The chapter ended with Yuan Jiu landing a punch on Elder Liu Xia while Nie Yun continued attacking with the shuttle.

• Nie Yun's Shattering Stars sword strike missed when Vice Pavilion Master Jin fled through the air.
• Nie Yun pursued Vice Pavilion Master Jin in the Weaver Girl Shuttle and rammed him to death.
• Nie Yun returned to help Yuan Jiu, forcing Elder Liu Xia to dodge the shuttle and block Yuan Jiu's attack.
• Nie Yun rammed Elder Liu Xia three times, leaving him badly injured and spitting blood.
• Yuan Jiu seized the opening and punched Elder Liu Xia in the face.

Elder Liu Xia trapped Nie Yun’s Weaver Girl Shuttle in his Peak Emperor Realm domain and tried to strip away Nie Yun’s control, while Yuan Jiu struggled to break through the Emperor Realm Jade Scale Armor. Nie Yun began studying Elder Liu Xia’s Origin Energy to see whether he could imitate it and save himself.

• Elder Liu Xia attacked Nie Yun’s Weaver Girl Shuttle with his domain, leaving it unable to move.
• Elder Liu Xia used a forceful technique to tear away Nie Yun’s control of the shuttle, and Yuan Jiu attacked to stop him.
• Elder Liu Xia activated an Emperor Realm Jade Scale Armor talisman, blocking Yuan Jiu’s blows with its powerful light membrane.
• Nie Yun realized Yuan Jiu could not break through in time and examined the Red River Gate Origin Energy stripping his control.
• Nie Yun decided to test whether he could fuse Elder Liu Xia’s Origin Energy with Wood Life Qi and imitate its aura.

Nie Yun used the Extreme Poison Dantian to mimic Elder Liu Xia’s Origin Energy, then turned the Weaver Girl Shuttle against him and killed him. Nie Tong killed Elder Liu Xia’s disciple, and the three escaped to the Riverfront Tavern to inspect their spoils.

• Nie Yun discovered that Elder Liu Xia’s Origin Energy could not merge with Wood Life, but the Extreme Poison Dantian absorbed it and let him imitate it.
• Nie Yun fooled Elder Liu Xia into thinking the Weaver Girl Shuttle had been stripped away, then rammed him repeatedly with it until he died.
• Yuan Jiu reached Nie Yun, while Nie Tong defeated and killed Elder Liu Xia’s female disciple with his sword.
• Nie Yun stored the two corpses, and the three returned to the Riverfront Tavern before taking out three Storage Rings to examine their gains.

After looting the rings of Elder Liu Xia, Vice Pavilion Master Jin, and a woman, Nie Yun tried turning Elder Liu Xia's corpse into a puppet to infiltrate Red River Gate. The Peak Emperor Realm body proved too powerful for him to control, and he considered using spirit stones to power it instead.

• Nie Yun searched the three rings, collecting nearly a million Red River Crystals, numerous weapons, medicinal pills, and Elder Liu Xia's Jade Scale Armor.
• Nie Yun decided the corpses might help him infiltrate Red River Gate and find the Red River Spirit Fruit.
• Nie Yun refined Elder Liu Xia's corpse into a puppet, using Origin Energy from his Extreme Poison Dantian to help merge his soul with it.
• Nie Yun found that his peak King Realm soul could not properly control the Peak Emperor Realm body, which staggered and collapsed after a few steps.
• Nie Yun recalled powering earlier puppets with spirit stones and wondered whether they could drive Elder Liu Xia's corpse as well.

Nie Yun powered Elder Liu Xia's puppet with a Nine Palaces Spirit Drawing Formation and succeeded in controlling its Peak Emperor Realm strength. He left with a formidable but short-lived weapon and too few Divine Stones to keep it running for long.

• Nie Yun found that Red River Crystals could power the puppet for only a few steps, so he turned to his Divine Stones.
• Nie Yun used nine Divine Stones to create a Nine Palaces Spirit Drawing Formation and implanted it in Elder Liu Xia's body.
• Nie Yun reopened the puppet's acupoints, altered its meridians, and awakened it by striking its glabella.
• Nie Yun entered the puppet and tested its speed and strength, discovering he could not use its domain and could unleash only about half of Elder Liu Xia's former power.
• Nie Yun estimated that his Divine Stones would sustain the puppet for several months of ordinary activity but only a short battle, and worried about finding more.

Nie Yun sought a way to obtain Divine Stones for his puppet and learned that the Nine Great Powers entrusted their trade to Gathering Wealth Pavilion, which required a Trading Emblem. After finding an emblem-like item among his enemies’ treasures, he was unsure whether it was valid or still usable.

• Nie Yun asked the Riverfront Tavern proprietor whether the underground market could trade Divine Stones, and the proprietor said only Gathering Wealth Pavilion handled their circulation.
• The proprietor explained that buyers needed a Trading Emblem, that emblems were limited by grade and yearly exchange quotas, and that even he had not obtained one.
• Nie Yun regretted not contacting Steward Qiu Ming of Gathering Wealth Pavilion after their earlier encounter at the Fire God Auction House.
• The proprietor told Nie Yun that an emblem could connect to Gathering Wealth Pavilion directly and summon Divine Stones after payment.
• Nie Yun examined the emblem-like item he had found among Elder Liu Xia and the others’ treasures, but suspected it was only ninth grade and might already have been used.

Nie Yun discovered that Elder Liu Xia’s ninth-grade Exchange Badge could not be used again for seven years, and that raising its grade was beyond his current abilities. He set out for Red River Gate to seek the Red River Spirit Fruit, leaving Yuan Jiu and Nie Tong behind with strict instructions.

• Nie Yun used Elder Liu Xia’s puppet to check the Exchange Badge and learned that its last exchange had been three years earlier, with seven years remaining before another exchange.
• The badge explained that Nie Yun could raise its grade through dangerous Hundred Battles Slaughter or other demanding methods, but he concluded he could not meet the requirements.
• Nie Yun decided to infiltrate Red River Gate and find the Red River Spirit Fruit, knowing he would have to avoid combat to keep Elder Liu Xia’s identity concealed.
• Nie Yun told Yuan Jiu and Nie Tong to stay behind, warned Nie Tong not to act rashly, and gave them some weapons and treasures, including a mid-stage Emperor Realm weapon for Yuan Jiu.
• Nie Yun refused Nie Tong’s request to accompany him and left alone for Red River Gate.

Nie Yun traveled to Red River Gate in Elder Liu Xia’s body to learn about the sect and find the Red River Spirit Fruit. He encountered Liu Xia’s seductive female disciple and claimed he needed seclusion for a breakthrough, but she offered herself as a cultivation furnace.

• Nie Yun entered Red River Gate’s floating city while controlling Elder Liu Xia’s body, unsure where Liu Xia lived or what his status was.
• A female disciple greeted Nie Yun and asked him to decide the outcome of the sect’s internal selections for the Red River Elite Disciple Tournament.
• The disciple flirted with Nie Yun and asked whether her Charm Cultivation had improved.
• Nie Yun claimed he had reached a cultivation bottleneck and planned to enter seclusion, telling the disciple to practice on her own until he emerged.
• The female disciple eagerly embraced Nie Yun and offered her true yin as a cultivation furnace for his breakthrough.

Impersonating Elder Liu Xia, Nie Yun followed one of his female disciples to Liu Xia’s courtyard and found dozens of disciples competing for his attention. He subdued them by ordering them to cultivate for the Red River Elite Disciple Tournament, then entered Liu Xia’s lavish hall and discovered a shelf of dual-cultivation manuals.

• A female disciple mistook Nie Yun’s excuse to cultivate alone for an attempt to favor Yao Yan and hurried off to confront the other disciples.
• Nie Yun followed her to a courtyard where several dozen female disciples argued over who would participate in the Red River Elite Disciple Tournament.
• After the disciples crowded around him, Nie Yun used his Peak Emperor Realm aura to drive them back and ordered them to cultivate, allowing only those who broke through to compete.
• Nie Yun entered the lavish main hall and found books on the shelf whose titles revealed Elder Liu Xia’s devotion to dual-cultivation techniques.

Nie Yun searched Elder Liu Xia’s room, then went to the Elder Pavilion with the Buxom Junior Sister to find a map and learn where the Red River Spirit Fruit grew. He discovered the fruit was guarded at the sect’s center and would not ripen for at least another hundred years.

• Nie Yun found no Divine Stones in Elder Liu Xia’s room and decided to seek a map in the Elder Pavilion.
• The Buxom Junior Sister returned, and Nie Yun promised to consider giving her a spot in the Elite Competition if she behaved.
• Nie Yun entered the Elder Pavilion and exchanged hostile words with an old man who mocked him.
• Nie Yun stored and quickly read the library’s books, learning that the Red River Spirit Fruit grew on a tree guarded by the sect master and several Grand Elders.
• Nie Yun learned that the treasure tree had finished bearing fruit four hundred years earlier and would need at least another hundred years before its fruit ripened again.

Nie Yun gave up on obtaining the Red River Spirit Fruit and headed to Red River Gate’s Gathering Immortals Pavilion after the sect sounded its emergency summons. There, he saw the sect’s powerful elders assemble and learned that their sect master had arrived, but the reason for the summons remained unknown.

• Nie Yun concluded that the Red River Spirit Fruit was beyond his reach for now and decided to return to make plans.
• Red River Gate’s emergency bell rang, and Nie Yun flew to the Gathering Immortals Pavilion, hoping the crisis might create an opportunity.
• Nie Yun saw dozens of powerful elders gathering and realized how formidable Red River Gate’s strength was.
• Several elders mocked Nie Yun while he was disguised as Elder Liu Xia, but a white-bearded elder silenced their argument.
• Nie Yun joined the hundreds gathered at the pavilion and watched Red River Gate’s imposing sect master appear.

The Sect Master and Elder Hong Yuan informed Red River Gate’s elders that Prince Duobo of the Pu Tian Dynasty had challenged them for a Red River Spirit Fruit, wagering Exquisite Bone Tempering Fluid. After hearing about Duobo’s power and achievements, the Sect Master asked the elders for a way to defeat him and send him away.

• Elder Hong Yuan showed the elders Prince Duobo’s challenge, which offered Exquisite Bone Tempering Fluid for a Red River Spirit Fruit.
• The elders recognized that refusing a prince of the Pu Tian Dynasty could provoke a war, while Nie Yun connected Duobo to the search for the Spirit Awakening Flower at the Fire God Sect.
• The Sect Master explained Prince Duobo’s royal lineage and his extraordinary cultivation and accomplishments.
• The Sect Master urged the elders to suggest how Red River Gate could defeat Prince Duobo’s challenge.

Red River Gate's elders argued over who should face Prince Duobo in his three-round challenge, while the sect struggled to find qualified contestants before he arrived. Elder Hong Yuan's attempts to appoint fighters were met with excuses and self-inflicted injuries.

• The sect master explained that Red River Gate had to win at least two rounds against Prince Duobo, but the elders' disciples argued over who should compete.
• Elder Hong Yuan rebuked the elders for seeking glory while avoiding responsibility, then noted that there was no time to hold an Elite Tournament and the previous top contestants had advanced beyond the required realm.
• The elders proposed Elder Yuan Yao, Elder Li Qing, Elder Zhang Qian, and Elder Liu Xia for the Peak Emperor Realm round, and Nie Yun realized they had named Liu Xia to embarrass him.
• Elder Hong Yuan called on Elder Qian Yu, but Qian Yu claimed he was seriously injured and refused to fight.
• Elder Hong Yuan then called on Elder An Ying, who claimed his leg was broken; the elders realized he had broken it himself to avoid the challenge.

Red River Gate’s elders refused to face Prince Duobo, so Sect Master Yuan Ku prepared to hand over the Red River Spirit Fruit in exchange for his silence. Before the fruit reached Duobo, someone stepped forward and asked to compete in all three matches.

• Elder Hong Yuan failed to find an elder willing to face Prince Duobo, even after Sect Master Yuan Ku offered rewards and threatened punishment for failure.
• Prince Duobo arrived and offered compensation for the Red River Spirit Fruit when Red River Gate could not produce a challenger.
• Elder Hong Yuan agreed to give Duobo the fruit without compensation, asking him to keep the incident secret.
• Duobo swore he would not reveal what happened, and Sect Master Yuan Ku sent the Red River Spirit Fruit toward him.
• A figure rose from the crowd and asked to try the three matches.

Elder Liu Xia volunteered to compete with Prince Duobo’s delegation, though the supposed elder was actually Nie Yun seeking a chance to obtain the Red River Spirit Fruit. The first match began as Nie Tong arrived to face Commander Liu En, and both fighters recognized that they had met a formidable opponent.

• Elder Liu Xia ignored the other elders’ mockery and asked Prince Duobo to let him compete for Red River Gate.
• Prince Duobo announced three matches and sent Commander Liu En, a Perfected King Realm fighter who had condensed a domain, to represent him in the first match.
• Elder Liu Xia said his newly accepted disciple, who was also at the Perfected King Realm, would fight Liu En and sent a message for him to come from Red River City.
• Nie Tong arrived at the Gathering Immortals Pavilion and walked toward the center of the hall, drawing Prince Duobo’s attention with his composed bearing.
• Nie Yun privately revealed that he had volunteered under the name Elder Liu Xia to win the Red River Spirit Fruit, and he trusted Nie Tong to defeat Liu En.
• Commander Liu En sensed Nie Tong’s strength, accepted that he had found a worthy opponent, and let out a battle cry.

Nie Tong fought Commander Liu En in the second match, using the Great Evolution Tianji Sword to counter Liu En’s meteor hammer and Devouring ability. After Liu En drew him close with Devouring Power, Nie Tong’s hidden attack made Liu En spit blood, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Nie Tong unleashed his sword intent, astonishing the elders and drawing Prince Duobo’s attention.
• Commander Liu En attacked Nie Tong with a meteor hammer, but Nie Tong’s Chasing Stars and Pursuing the Sun struck it repeatedly and heated it red.
• Liu En used the Pu Tian Dynasty’s Devouring ability to absorb the hammer’s heat and Nie Tong’s excess sword qi.
• Nie Tong’s next sword became as heavy as a mountain, forcing Liu En to withdraw the power he had infused into the chain.
• Liu En increased his Devouring Power and pulled Nie Tong close, but Nie Tong’s sword flashed and made Liu En spit blood.

Nie Tong killed Commander Liu Heng in the first match after using Nie Yun’s hidden Devouring Power to weaken him. Prince Duobo challenged Elder Liu Xia to the second match, and Elder Liu Xia unexpectedly accepted, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Prince Duobo tried to save Commander Liu Heng, but Elder Liu Xia’s attendant blocked his attack while Nie Tong killed Liu Heng with a sword strike.
• Nie Tong brought Liu Heng’s head to Elder Liu Xia, and the Red River Gate’s elders gained hope after witnessing his victory.
• Nie Yun told Prince Duobo that Liu Heng had fought without mercy and explained how Nie Tong had used the Devouring Power he had left behind.
• Prince Duobo challenged Elder Liu Xia to the second match and went to the fighting platform.
• Elder Liu Xia accepted Prince Duobo’s challenge, surprising the onlookers and making Prince Duobo wary.

Nie Yun conceded the second match against Prince Duobo, who had proposed a third-round detoxification contest against Red River Gate. The contest remained unresolved as Nie Yun returned from the fighting platform.

• Yuan Jiu offered to fight in his master's place, but Nie Yun went to face Prince Duobo himself.
• Prince Duobo began preparing to attack, and Nie Yun asked what the third match would involve.
• Prince Duobo revealed that the third match was a detoxification contest, claiming it suited Red River Gate.
• Nie Yun confirmed that whoever won two of the three matches would prevail, then admitted defeat in the second match.
• Nie Yun left the fighting platform, while Prince Duobo regretted losing his chance to kill him.

Prince Duobo’s side chose Old Immortal Nanhua, a famed detoxification expert, for the third match, while Nie Yun sent his true body to compete. The match was set to test whether each contestant could survive and neutralize a poison made by the other.

• Prince Duobo’s opponent withdrew from the second match, and Nie Yun told Nie Tong he had conceded because Prince Duobo would likely kill him in a fight.
• Old Immortal Nanhua appeared for the third match, and the spectators recognized him as the Divine Realm’s foremost detoxification expert.
• Nie Yun brought his young-looking true body to the arena, declaring that he would face Old Immortal Nanhua himself.
• Old Immortal Nanhua proposed that each contestant make a poison for the other to consume, with the survivor who neutralized the poison winning.

Nie Yun agreed to Old Immortal Nanhua’s challenge to test deadly poisons with no known antidote, despite the danger. When Nanhua produced a terrifying sealed poison, Nie Yun realized he had no poison of his own and decided to use the aura of his Main Dantian.

• Old Immortal Nanhua proposed that he and Nie Yun test poisons with no antidotes, arguing that the danger would reveal their true detoxification skills.
• Nie Yun questioned whether Nanhua’s poison could be cured, but agreed to the challenge after Nanhua insisted.
• Nie Tong and Yuan Jiu worried that Nanhua was trying to kill Nie Yun, while the onlookers expected Nie Yun to lose.
• Old Immortal Nanhua revealed a sealed, colorless poison from an ancient land that had no known antidote.
• Nie Yun realized he had no poison to use against Nanhua, then took Nie Tong’s suggestion to use his dantian energy, especially the aura of his Main Dantian.