Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun saved Wei Jiao and the Wei Family group by killing a Sky Stone Ape, then accompanied them to Iron Dragon City. There, they discovered the Wei Mansion in ruins and learned that the Zhang Family had forced Lin Qiang to join them after gaining the backing of a first-rank Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer.

• Nie Yun killed the Sky Stone Ape with one punch, recovered its crystal core, and gave the injured Wei Family members pills that restored them.
• Wei Jun invited Nie Yun to the Wei Mansion, and Nie Yun accepted before the group traveled to Iron Dragon City.
• The group found the Wei Mansion’s walls collapsed and its halls filled with corpses, then hurried to meet the wounded ancestor.
• Wei Jun learned from the young master that the Zhang Family had attacked while the ancestor was injured and forced Lin Qiang to become their elder.
• The young master explained that the Zhang Family had acquired a first-rank Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer, whose higher standing had left Lin Qiang unable to resist.

Nie Yun witnessed the Zhang Family’s Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer force the Wei Family to kneel and attacked him when he demanded the same. The Spirit Tamer was left with shattered ribs after Nie Yun kicked him into a pillar.

• Wei Ye urged Wei Jun to escort Wei Ming out so the Wei Family’s last bloodline could survive, while Nie Yun questioned why they were fleeing instead of treating Wei Ye’s injuries.
• Wei Ye explained that Asura Killing Qi had invaded his body and that the Wei Family’s Spirit Tamer, Lin Qiang, had been forced away.
• The Zhang Family arrived with a Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer, who revealed that Lin Qiang was dead and threatened to wipe out the Wei Family unless they knelt.
• Wei Ming and the Wei Family members knelt under the Spirit Tamer’s threats, but Nie Yun and Old Drunkard remained standing.
• The Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer attacked Nie Yun, who kicked him in the chest and sent him crashing into a pillar with shattered ribs.

Nie Yun used his Gold Pattern Spirit Tamer status to stop Zhang Hao from attacking the Wei Family and forced him to surrender immortal stones and a valuable fruit. After Zhang Hao left, Wei Ye revealed that he had been badly injured while exploring Asura Ruins on Nine Yang Mountain, and Nie Yun asked how powerful the Asura had been.

• Nie Yun killed the middle-aged Spirit Tamer, then revealed his first-grade Gold Pattern and made Zhang Hao back down.
• Nie Yun demanded compensation, and Zhang Hao gave him one thousand low-grade immortal stones and a fruit from Nine Yang Mountain.
• Zhang Hao and his people left, and the Wei Family thanked Nie Yun for saving them.
• Nie Yun asked Wei Ye how he had been injured, and Wei Ye said he had found Asura Ruins while cultivating on Nine Yang Mountain.
• Nie Yun asked what level the Asura had been when it was alive.

Nie Yun tried to cure Wei Ye’s Asura Killing Qi with a Fu Xiao Pill, but the killing qi left Wei Ye and invaded Nie Yun instead. Nie Yun’s Fusion Qi fed it, and his Origin Energy Dantian began drawing in so much energy that his body risked bursting.

• Wei Ye revealed that a Heavenly Immortal Realm Asura had caused his injury, and Nie Yun found that the Asura Killing Qi was too pure for him to neutralize directly.
• Wei Jun and Wei Tao offered to become vessels for the Turtle Fishing Method, and Nie Yun decided to try using a Fu Xiao Pill to draw the killing qi out of Wei Ye.
• Nie Yun refined the pill with Heavenly Eye Martial Dao Qi, and Wei Jun swallowed it and joined hands with Wei Ye as the Asura Killing Qi began transferring into him.
• When the killing qi tried to retreat, Nie Yun sent Fusion Qi toward it, but it rushed into his body and shattered his meridians.
• Nie Yun used Wood Life Qi and Blazing Fire to resist the killing qi, then fed it Fusion Qi from his Dantians when he could not stop its advance.
• Nie Yun’s Origin Energy Dantian supplied the killing qi with vast amounts of Fusion Qi, but the resulting surge of Origin Energy threatened to make his body burst.

Nie Yun survived the Asura Killing Qi by compressing it with his Origin Energy and blasting apart a mountain, then recovered, fused three dantians, and advanced to the middle Immortal Power Realm. He ended the chapter in the Big Dipper Star Mansion, preparing to grow stronger as his sixth nirvana drew nearer.

• Nie Yun compressed his Origin Energy and swallowed the Asura Killing Qi into a sphere, then hurled it away and destroyed a mountain outside Iron Dragon City.
• Nie Yun used immortal stones and his Wood Life Dantian to heal his injuries and refill his sea of qi.
• Nie Yun discovered that his Heavenly Eye, Martial Dao, and Sword Dao dantians had fused, making him a second-grade Heaven Pattern Spirit Tamer.
• Nie Yun accepted Wei Ye's thanks, rested in the Big Dipper Star Mansion with Old Drunkard and Little Dragon, and removed the killing qi from the fruit he had obtained from Old Ancestor Zhang.
• Nie Yun swallowed the fruit and used the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Art to break through to the middle Immortal Power Realm, learning that his sixth nirvana would occur at the realm's peak.

Nie Yun mastered the Origin Energy Bullet after ten days of testing with Little Dragon and decided to pursue the opportunity at the Asura Ruins. Back in the Wei Family courtyard, he learned that Iron Dragon City’s City Lord wanted his help saving his daughter, and Nie Yun agreed to treat her.

• Nie Yun tested the Origin Energy Bullet with Little Dragon and, after ten days of practice, gained fine control over its power, including a level ten attack capable of killing an Early Heavenly Immortal expert.
• Nie Yun decided to ask Wei Ye to take him to the Asura Ruins, then returned to the Wei Family courtyard and learned the City Lord was visiting.
• City Lord Min Yan left gifts for Nie Yun and asked Wei Ye to request his help treating Min Xixi, who had been unconscious for two years after Asura Killing Qi invaded her body.
• Wei Ye explained that Spirit Tamers had failed to cure Min Xixi and that a Gold Pattern Spirit Tamer was thought necessary.
• Nie Yun learned the chest of gifts contained valuable treasures and agreed to treat Min Xixi.

Nie Yun examined Min Xixi and discovered that Asura Killing Qi and Baleful Poison had left her unconscious. He used his Extreme Poison Dantian to remove the poison, then realized it had advanced to its third form.

• Min Yan brought Nie Yun to the City Lord's Mansion to treat his unconscious daughter, Min Xixi.
• Nie Yun examined Min Xixi alone and discovered that her Asura Killing Qi contained Baleful Poison from an Asura General.
• The Spirit of the Star Palace explained that only a third-grade Spirit Tamer could normally eliminate Baleful Poison.
• Nie Yun noticed that Min Xixi's pendant carried an aura that resonated with his Nameless Art and decided to save her.
• Nie Yun used his Extreme Poison Qi to devour and extract the Baleful Poison from Min Xixi.
• The Extreme Poison Dantian absorbed the Baleful Poison and advanced to its third form.

Nie Yun cured Min Xixi by absorbing the Baleful Poison in her body and restoring her with Wood Life Qi, then accepted the City Lord’s rewards. After learning that her jade pendant’s ore came from Nine Yang Mountain, he prepared to travel there with Min Xixi and Wei Ye, while attempting to improve his cultivation first.

• Nie Yun absorbed the Baleful Poison from Min Xixi and used Wood Life Qi to awaken and heal her.
• Min Xixi emerged fully recovered, and Min Yan and his wife thanked Nie Yun and gave him a collection of treasures.
• Min Xixi said her jade pendant had been carved from ore she found on Nine Yang Mountain, and Nie Yun decided to investigate the mountain and the Asura Ruins there.
• Min Yan offered Nie Yun Flood Dragon Horses, while Min Xixi and Wei Ye agreed to accompany him; they planned to depart the next morning.
• Nie Yun entered the Big Dipper Star Palace, gave treasures to Senior Xia Xing, refined the herbs into a Poria Pill, and swallowed it to attempt a breakthrough.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Nie Yun attempts to break through to the late stage of the Immortal Power Realm using potent medicinal herbs but only stabilizes his middle-stage cultivation.
• Min Xixi visits Nie Yun to invite him to a banquet hosted by her cousin, a disciple of ** Sect, who had returned to treat her but found her already recovered.
• At the banquet, Nie Yun meets Ye Qin (Min Xixi's cousin) and Wang Zhong (a Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer), who provoke him and question his Gold Pattern Spirit Tamer status.

Character Developments

• Nie Yun remains calm and composed despite provocation, showing maturity and self-control.
• Min Xixi is concerned about Nie Yun's well-being and tries to protect him from Ye Qin and Wang Zhong.
• Ye Qin and Wang Zhong display arrogance and disrespect towards Nie Yun, revealing their pride and lack of humility.

Significant Themes

• The importance of steady cultivation and hard work, as seen in Nie Yun's approach to advancing his realm.
• The dangers of arrogance and pride, exemplified by Ye Qin and Wang Zhong's behavior.

Character Interactions

• Nie Yun and Min Xixi: They maintain a cordial relationship, with Min Xixi showing concern for Nie Yun's well-being, and Nie Yun respecting her.
• Nie Yun and Ye Qin/Wang Zhong: Their interactions are tense and hostile, with Ye Qin and Wang Zhong provoking Nie Yun, and Nie Yun remaining calm and composed in response.

Nie Yun faced Wang Zhong in a Spirit Tamer contest over two Silver Candle Fruits, while Ye Qin and Wang Zhong secretly relied on seals in the fruits to gain an advantage. Nie Yun spotted the trick and swallowed both fruits, leaving everyone stunned.

• Little Dragon frightened Wang Zhong’s Golden Mane Lion King with a roar, making it collapse and soil itself.
• Ye Qin proposed a Spirit Tamer contest using two Silver Candle Fruits, and Wang Zhong agreed to compete against Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun used Heavenly Eye Observation and discovered that a concealed seal on each fruit could release more Asura Killing Qi or conceal it.
• Nie Yun asked whether he could claim both fruits if he dissolved their killing qi first, and Ye Qin agreed to the terms.
• As Wang Zhong began activating the seal in his fruit, Nie Yun swallowed his fruit and then swallowed the second one.

Nie Yun swallowed the Silver Candle Fruits, then accepted Ye Qin’s physical-strength challenge against Wang Zhong. He knocked Wang Zhong out with a punch, claiming he had used only thirty percent of his strength.

• Nie Yun swallowed both Silver Candle Fruits and argued that he had earned them by cleansing their Asura Killing Qi.
• Ye Qin accused Nie Yun of cheating and challenged him to a physical-strength contest against Wang Zhong, with the fruits and Wang Zhong’s sword as stakes.
• Nie Yun agreed to the contest after noticing Wang Zhong’s hidden defensive immortal artifact.
• Wang Zhong let Nie Yun strike first and promised not to dodge.
• Nie Yun punched Wang Zhong out of the circle and said he had used only thirty percent of his strength.

After defeating Ye Qin and taking the Spirit Soothing Sword, Nie Yun refined the Silver Candle Fruits and advanced to the peak of the Immortal Power Realm. He mastered the Seven Star Sword’s second move, Brilliance, and prepared to leave for Nine Yang Mountain.

• Nie Yun revealed that he had stolen Wang Zhong’s defensive immortal artifact, defeated him, and claimed Ye Qin’s Spirit Soothing Sword after Ye Qin attacked him.
• Ye Qin left with the unconscious Wang Zhong, threatening Nie Yun, while the banquet guests dispersed and Min Xixi apologized.
• Nie Yun absorbed the power of the two Silver Candle Fruits and advanced from the mid-stage to the peak of the Immortal Power Realm.
• Nie Yun broke through the seal on the Seven Star Sword’s second move, mastered Brilliance, and refined the Spirit Soothing Sword as his own.
• Nie Yun returned from the Big Dipper Star Palace after a night of cultivation, intending to travel to Nine Yang Mountain and investigate the Asura Ruins.

Nie Yun chose Min Yan’s untamable blood-red steed and discovered it was a rare Soaring Dragon Horse. He subdued it with his Innate Dragon Body and returned safely, leaving with a new mount for the journey to Nine Yang Mountain.

• Min Yan brought Nie Yun and the others to the stables and explained that Flood Dragon Horses had to acknowledge their riders.
• Nie Yun chose the unusually large, tackless blood-red horse despite Min Yan’s warning that it had never been tamed.
• Nie Yun jumped onto the horse, which raced into the sky and was revealed by Wei Ye to be a rare Soaring Dragon Horse.
• The Soaring Dragon Horse tried to throw Nie Yun off and pierce him with its scales, but he stayed mounted using his Sky Walker Master talent and Innate Dragon Body.
• Nie Yun’s superior dragon bloodline made the Soaring Dragon Horse submit, and he descended safely with it under his control.

Nie Yun and Min Xixi rode ahead to Nine Yang City, where Nie Yun gained a fresh insight into Carefree Wandering and met a flower-selling girl who examined Tantai Lingyue’s pendant. The girl gave them flowers said to resist Asura Killing Qi, and Min Xixi asked whether the pendant’s giver was Nie Yun’s lover.

• Nie Yun subdued a Soaring Dragon Horse, and Min Yan, Min Xixi, Wei Ye, and the others obtained Flood Dragon Horses before setting off for Nine Yang Mountain.
• Nie Yun and Min Xixi rode ahead, and Nie Yun’s rapid journey sparked a deeper comprehension of Carefree Wandering.
• Nie Yun and Min Xixi arrived at Nine Yang City before sunset and entered the city to explore its streets.
• A little girl selling flowers approached Nie Yun and noticed the pendant Tantai Lingyue had given him.
• The girl returned the pendant and gave Nie Yun and Min Xixi two flowers that she said could resist Asura Killing Qi.
• Min Xixi took a flower and asked Nie Yun whether the person who gave him the pendant was his lover.

Nie Yun and Min Xixi learned about a Buddhist Sect treasure at the upcoming Diyang Auction and went to the Nine Yang City Lord's Mansion to ask Min Xixi's friend Shen Jiarong for help getting an invitation. Shen Jiarong welcomed Min Xixi at her birthday banquet and turned her attention to Nie Yun.

• Nie Yun remembered Tantai Lingyue as the person he loved most while he and Min Xixi stopped at Smile to Forget Pavilion for food.
• Nie Yun overheard diners discussing the Diyang Auction's Buddhist Sect great bell and decided to attend, hoping it would help him advance his Vajra Glazed Body.
• Min Xixi explained that they needed an invitation and offered to ask Shen Jiarong, the City Lord's daughter and her childhood friend, to take them.
• Nie Yun and Min Xixi rode to the City Lord's Mansion, where Nie Yun noticed a formation that purified the spiritual energy and reduced the Asura Killing Qi.
• Shen Jiarong greeted Min Xixi at her birthday banquet, and Min Xixi began to ask her for a favor before Shen Jiarong noticed Nie Yun.

Nie Yun and Min Xixi attended Shen Jiarong’s birthday banquet after learning the Diyang Auction House auction was the next morning. When Qiu Zhong tried to force Min Xixi to dance with him, Nie Yun kicked him across the hall.

• Shen Jiarong welcomed Nie Yun and Min Xixi, offered to take them to the auction, and invited them to her birthday banquet.
• Nie Yun sat apart from the guests while Qiu Zhong and his companion demanded Min Xixi’s name and threatened him.
• When the dance began, Shen Jiarong refused Qiu Zhong’s invitation and Min Xixi named Nie Yun as her dance partner.
• Qiu Zhong insulted Min Xixi, ignored Shen Jiarong’s protests, and reached for her.
• Nie Yun kicked Qiu Zhong into a wine table, breaking seven or eight of his ribs.

Nie Yun defeated Qiu Zhong and his attendant, then learned that Shen Jiarong’s father was gravely ill and facing danger from his enemies. After examining the city lord, Nie Yun discovered that someone had deliberately inflicted the illness on him.

• Nie Yun kicked Young Master Qiu and his purple-robed attendant unconscious after they threatened him, and the other guests fled.
• Shen Jiarong explained that Qiu Lin had failed to cure her father and that her father’s illness had forced her toward a marriage with Qiu Zhong.
• Nie Yun refused to flee, captured Qiu Zhong and his attendant, and followed Shen Jiarong to meet her father.
• Shen Jiarong introduced Nie Yun as the Spirit Tamer who had cured Min Xixi, while her father urged Nie Yun to leave after seeing Qiu Zhong injured.
• Nie Yun examined Shen Jiarong’s father and realized that someone had deliberately inflicted his illness.

Nie Yun cured Shen Xiong of the Baleful Poison Qiu Lin had secretly planted in him, restoring his health and helping him break through to the late True Immortal Realm. After Nie Yun crippled Qiu Zhong and forced Qiu Lin to pay compensation, Shen Xiong defended Nie Yun and drove Qiu Lin away, while Nie Yun made clear he still intended to deal with him.

• Nie Yun identified Shen Xiong's daily medicine as worsening the hidden Baleful Poison, then extracted the poison and healed his injuries with Wood Life Qi.
• Shen Xiong recovered and broke through to the late True Immortal Realm, then vowed to confront the person who had poisoned him.
• Qiu Lin arrived demanding to know why Nie Yun had injured Qiu Zhong, and Nie Yun crushed Qiu Zhong's bones while demanding compensation.
• Qiu Lin handed over three thousand immortal stones and one thousand third-rank Pure Spirit Pills, but Qiu Zhong burst into flames after Nie Yun returned him.
• Shen Xiong blocked Qiu Lin's attack and revealed he knew Qiu Lin had poisoned him, forcing Qiu Lin to leave with his people.
• Shen Xiong spat blood after the clash, and Nie Yun healed him while saying he still intended to deal with Qiu Lin.

Nie Yun followed Qiu Lin back to Diyang Auction House, intending to steal a Buddhist Sect treasure when Qiu Lin used it to save his son. There, a mysterious young man identified the hidden wound Nie Yun had planted in Qiu Zhong, leaving Nie Yun shocked by the stranger’s uncanny insight.

• Nie Yun used his Concealment and Earth Walker talents to follow Qiu Zhong’s tracking qi toward Diyang Auction House.
• Qiu Lin returned to the auction house with his unconscious son and ordered his attendants to take him to Fragrance Hall.
• Nie Yun secretly followed them and learned that Qiu Lin summoned a cloaked healer called Mr. Black Fish.
• Mr. Black Fish examined Qiu Zhong with icy energy and demanded the Stone Tablet Diagram, Soul Awakening Bell, and Nine Luo Pill to save him.
• Mr. Black Fish revealed that Qiu Zhong would die within three days unless someone removed a hidden wound in his soul, astonishing Nie Yun because he had planted it himself.

After Black Fish cured Qiu Zhong in exchange for three treasures, he traced Nie Yun’s Blazing Fire safeguard and exposed his hiding place. Nie Yun battled Black Fish and Qiu Lin, poisoned Qiu Lin with Baleful Poison, but was struck down by Black Fish before he could finish him.

• Qiu Lin gave Black Fish the Stone Tablet Diagram, Soul Awakening Bell, and Nine Luo Pill, and Black Fish used a pill to heal Qiu Zhong after removing Nie Yun’s hidden safeguard.
• Qiu Chao reported that Nie Yun was a powerful Spirit Tamer who had arrived with Min Xixi, and Black Fish decided to investigate his rank by tracing the Blazing Fire.
• Black Fish traced the safeguard to Nie Yun and attacked him, but Nie Yun defended himself and dodged the initial palm strike.
• Nie Yun fought back with the Big Dipper Sword, then redirected his attack to cut through Qiu Lin’s scepter when Qiu Lin struck from the side.
• Nie Yun poisoned Qiu Lin with Baleful Poison and launched a killing attack, but Black Fish hit him with ghostly hands and sent him flying, severely injured.