Chapter Summaries

Little Tiger broke through to the Qi Master Realm and continued absorbing spiritual energy while Nie Yun returned to the pool to investigate the vanished Imperial Flame Spirit Stone and mysterious aura. He discovered a hidden, waterless chamber beneath the pool, where an immovable stone gate bore writing that left him stunned.

• Little Tiger's body expanded as it absorbed spiritual energy, and it broke through to the Qi Master Realm without waking.
• Nie Yun suspected Little Tiger's rapid advancement might be connected to the special aura in the Fish Intestine Short Sword, then returned to the pool to search for that aura.
• Nie Yun found no trace of the aura or the Imperial Flame Spirit Stone's scent in the clear pool water, and noticed a current flowing at the bottom.
• Nie Yun grasped a black metal handle, which revealed an opening beneath the pool, and he entered a chamber without water.
• Nie Yun found a huge stone gate that he could not move, then noticed writing above it and cried out in shock.

Nie Yun discovered that the sealed stone door in Luoqu Tomb revealed different cultivation methods after a powerful attack, then returned to Little Tiger and examined the belongings of Luo Yu and Luo Chen. He realized the mysterious backpack he had recovered from the pond might hold a secret.

• Nie Yun found the stone door marked Luoqu Tomb beneath the pond and struck it with the Great Rift Rock Palm.
• The door revealed a method for advancing to the Supreme Realm, which Nie Yun suspected appeared because his attack resembled an early-stage Qi Grandmaster’s full-force strike.
• Nie Yun left the tomb, washed in the pond, and returned to find Little Tiger’s advancement had stopped at the peak of the Qi Grandmaster Realm.
• Nie Yun stored Luo Yu and Luo Chen’s silver notes and other possessions, then retrieved the backpack he had found underwater.
• Nie Yun examined the backpack closely and reacted with surprise at what he discovered.

Nie Yun returned from Luoqu Tomb with Little Tiger, refined a Crimson Tail Fossil Pill to cure Nie Tong's legs, and met Feng Xiao at the council hall. Feng Xiao was shocked by Nie Yun's cultivation breakthrough and began telling him about strange ruins outside the city.

• Nie Yun examined Luo Yan's hidden map, buried his skeleton, and watched Little Tiger awaken at the peak of the Qi Master Realm and store its parents' bodies inside itself.
• Nie Yun and Little Tiger returned to the valley, where Nie Yun caught two Azure Nightmare Centipedes and refined the Crimson Tail Fossil Pill.
• Nie Yun gave the pill to his mother for Nie Tong and went to meet Feng Xiao in the council hall.
• Feng Xiao noticed Nie Yun had reached the seventh level of the Sea of Qi and was stunned by his rapid cultivation.
• Feng Xiao told Nie Yun he had found what appeared to be ruins left by a powerful expert outside the city.

Feng Xiao brought Nie Yun to a hidden cave he had discovered outside Luoshui City, hoping to explore what he believed was an untouched ruin. Nie Yun recognized it as a Demon Race altar and suspected it was part of a ritual targeting the City Lord’s Mansion.

• Feng Xiao told Nie Yun how he found the hidden cave while exploring outside the city and invited him to investigate it.
• Nie Yun agreed, eager to grow stronger before the Demon Race could attack Luoshui City, and followed Feng Xiao to the cave near Luoshui Gorge.
• Feng Xiao led Nie Yun through a concealed opening in a pile of rocks into the dark cave.
• After Feng Xiao lit a torch, Nie Yun recognized the cave as a Demon Race dwelling containing an altar built for sacrifices.
• Nie Yun recalled the Three Spirit Mysterious Heaven Dragon-Extinguishing Sacrificial Art and concluded that the Demon Race was likely targeting the City Lord’s Mansion.

Nie Yun uncovered three valuable demon cores from the altar and gave one to Feng Xiao, helping him break through to the Forming Astral Realm. He left Feng Xiao behind to consolidate his cultivation and went to search for the other two altars, hoping to advance further himself.

• Nie Yun realized the altar required three demon cores and found them buried around the mound.
• Nie Yun explained the cores’ value and gave one to Feng Xiao, who began absorbing its energy.
• Feng Xiao’s body swelled from the power, so Nie Yun used force to guide his true qi and help him break through to the early Forming Astral Realm.
• Feng Xiao thanked Nie Yun and regarded him with reverence after his breakthrough.
• Nie Yun left Feng Xiao to consolidate his cultivation and set out to find the other two altars.

Nie Yun visited Luo Zhanhao after absorbing eight demon cores and learned how the Demon Race’s altar had led to the death of Luo Zhanhao’s wife, Ni Chang. Remembering her sacrifice, Luo Zhanhao gained enlightenment and broke through to the Qi Grandmaster Realm.

• Nie Yun absorbed eight peak Gang-Forming Realm demon cores, reaching the peak of the early Weapon Armor Realm and gaining enough strength to contend with a Qi Grandmaster.
• Nie Yun went to the City Lord's Mansion and asked Luo Zhanhao about the altar and the Three-Spirit Profound-Heaven Dragon-Slaying Sacrifice.
• Luo Zhanhao explained that Ni Chang had taken the Demon Race’s curse meant for him, and that he had sent their daughter Luo Qingcheng to the Hundred Flowers Sect to protect her.
• Nie Yun urged Luo Zhanhao to honor Ni Chang’s sacrifice by living on and fighting the Demon Race.
• Luo Zhanhao gained enlightenment from Nie Yun’s words and broke through to the Qi Grandmaster Realm.

Nie Yun hurried back to the Nie Family after learning the Demon Race might be preparing to open the Luoqu Tomb. There, he found Luo Yu and another young man demanding money from his family and intervened as Luo Yu raised his extortion to two million taels.

• Nie Yun left the City Lord's Mansion after Luo Zhanhao broke through to Qi Grandmaster and warned of the Demon Race's plans for the Luoqu Tomb.
• Nie Yun learned that Luo Yu of the Luo Family had come to demand travel money from the Nie Family.
• Luo Yu demanded one million taels and struck the First Elder when he tried to explain the family's finances.
• Nie Xiaotian agreed to gather the money, but Luo Yu raised the demand to one million taels for each visitor.
• Nie Yun entered the council hall and offered the two young men a pile of shit each instead.

Nie Yun openly mocked the Luo Family envoys Luo Yu and Luo Chen, then fought them when Luo Yu attacked. He defeated both men with the Great Rift Rock Palm, leaving them sprawled helplessly on the hall floor.

• Nie Yun insulted Luo Yu and Luo Chen, while Nie Xiaotian urged him to apologize and warned him of the Luo Family's power.
• Luo Yu threatened to destroy the Nie Family and accused it of sheltering Demon Race criminals before attacking Nie Yun with the Setting Sun Copper Hammer.
• Nie Yun blocked Luo Yu's attack and recognized his martial skill, prompting Luo Yu to launch Thunderous Fire.
• Nie Yun countered with the Great Rift Rock Palm, and Luo Chen joined Luo Yu with the Annihilation Fist.
• Nie Yun overwhelmed both attacks and knocked Luo Yu and Luo Chen to the ground.

Nie Yun overwhelmed Luo Yu and Luo Chen, then revealed that he was the disciple of the Supreme expert whose Demon Pet they had attacked. The Luo youths feared the consequences, but Nie Yun left their fate uncertain as he threatened to summon the healed Demon Pet.

• Nie Yun knocked Luo Yu and Luo Chen down with one palm and demanded compensation for their intrusion.
• Luo Yu and Luo Chen invoked the Luo Family’s powerful experts, so Nie Yun slapped them and knocked out their teeth.
• Nie Xiaotian and the Great Elder feared Nie Yun had brought disaster upon the family, but Nie Yun assured them he would protect it.
• When Luo Yu refused to pay, Nie Yun stomped on his face and revealed that the two men had attacked his master’s Demon Pet and threatened his disciple.
• Nie Yun displayed a powerful true qi dragon, convincing Luo Yu and Luo Chen that he was the Supreme expert’s disciple.
• Nie Yun threatened to summon his master’s healed Demon Pet, leaving Luo Yu and Luo Chen afraid of what it might do to them.

Nie Yun used Little Tiger to force Luo Yu and Luo Chen to admit defeat and negotiate compensation. The brothers agreed to surrender martial skills rather than face Little Tiger again.

• Luo Yu and Luo Chen dismissed Nie Yun’s warning and claimed Little Tiger would be no match for them.
• Little Tiger entered and revealed that it had reached peak Qi Grandmaster, shocking the Luo brothers and the Nie Family.
• Little Tiger struck Luo Yu and Luo Chen, and they begged Nie Yun to save them.
• Nie Yun stopped Little Tiger from killing the brothers and demanded compensation.
• Luo Yu and Luo Chen said they had no money, so Nie Yun demanded seven or eight high-grade Hou Clan martial skills.
• The brothers agreed to hand over the martial skills when Nie Yun threatened to call Little Tiger back.

Nie Yun forced Luo Yu and Luo Chen to exchange their Hou Clan martial techniques after revealing Nie Xiaotian was a Qi Grandmaster, then discovered the brothers had healer and tracker talents. After the brothers left, Nie Yun urged his father to keep his fabricated Supreme Peak master secret and began discussing the Luoqu Tomb.

• Nie Yun argued that Luo Yu and Luo Chen could exchange their branch martial techniques, and Nie Xiaotian revealed his Qi Grandmaster strength.
• Luo Yu and Luo Chen wrote down four Hou Clan martial techniques, which Nie Xiaotian added to the Nie Family collection.
• Luo Chen used his Healing Qi to treat Luo Yu, and Nie Yun asked to experience both his Healing Qi and Luo Yu's Tracking Qi.
• Nie Yun let Luo Yu and Luo Chen leave without demanding travel expenses, and the brothers departed without continuing their extortion.
• Nie Yun told Nie Xiaotian and the Great Elder that his supposed master was a Supreme Peak expert, then warned them to keep the secret.
• Nie Yun took Nie Xiaotian into the inner chamber to discuss going to the Luoqu Tomb.

Luo Yu and Luo Chen left Luoshui City plotting revenge against Nie Yun, while Nie Yun and Nie Xiaotian prepared to enter the Luoqu Tomb before the Demon Race. Nie Yun went to Yang Yan to borrow the Blood Dragon Armor and learned that Yang Yan had rapidly advanced after receiving a demon core from Feng Xiao.

• Luo Yu and Luo Chen considered spreading news of Luo Yan's death to draw experts to Luoshui City, but decided to return to Shenfeng City and consult their Ancestor instead.
• Nie Yun told Nie Xiaotian that Luo Qingcheng's blood could open the Luoqu Tomb's stone door, and they agreed that the four of them should go before the Demon Race could claim its secrets.
• Nie Xiaotian proposed borrowing the Yang Family's Blood Dragon Armor to protect Luo Qingcheng, and Nie Yun agreed to ask Yang Yan for it.
• Nie Yun gave Nie Xiaotian a simplified superior King Grade martial skill, the Supreme Great Compassion Hand, before leaving for the Yang Family.
• Nie Yun met Yang Yan, who revealed that Feng Xiao had given him a demon core and that absorbing its spiritual energy had raised him to the peak of the Body Egress Realm.

Nie Yun accompanied Yang Yan to ask the Yang Family elders to lend their Blood Dragon Armor for a fight against a powerful Demon Race expert. The First and Second Elders refused, and Nie Yun entered the council hall as they threatened to punish him.

• Nie Yun learned that Feng Xiao had reached the mid-stage Forming Gang Realm and asked Yang Yan to borrow the Yang Family's Blood Dragon Armor.
• Yang Yan told the elders that the armor was needed to confront the Demon Race, but the First and Second Elders opposed lending the family treasure.
• The First and Second Elders accused Nie Yun's side of coveting the armor and mocked Yang Yan for not facing the Demon Race himself.
• Nie Yun entered the council hall and rebuked the two elders for refusing to help against the Demon Race.
• The First Elder displayed his mid-stage Weapon Armor Realm strength, while the Second Elder threatened Nie Yun and demanded that he leave and apologize.

Nie Yun overpowered and crippled the First and Second Elders in the Yang Family Council Hall, then secured the Blood Dragon Armor for the dangerous journey to the Luoqu Tomb. Yang Yan and Feng Xiao insisted on joining him, and Nie Yun agreed to take Yang Yan along.

• Nie Yun knocked down the Second Elder and First Elder, then shattered both their qi seas.
• Yang Yan ordered the two elders taken to the Penal Law Platform for public display and execution.
• The Yang Family elders agreed to lend Nie Yun the Blood Dragon Armor, which he judged strong enough to protect Luo Qingcheng from a Qi Grandmaster ambush.
• Yang Yan asked to join Nie Yun on the dangerous trip to the Luoqu Tomb, and Nie Yun accepted after hearing his resolve.
• Feng Xiao arrived and insisted on joining them despite the risk of death.

Nie Yun gathered his companions at the Nie Family to prepare for a nighttime journey to Luoqu Tomb, while a hidden demon reported their departure to Lord Yao Tong. Before they left, Nie Yun guided his father through the Supreme Great Compassion Hand’s qi circulation, and Nie Xiaotian successfully unleashed the technique.

• Nie Yun gave Luo Qingcheng the Blood Dragon Armor and left the City Lord's Mansion with Luo Zhanhao and Luo Qingcheng.
• A tiny demon emerged from hiding and went underground to report their departure to Lord Yao Tong.
• Nie Yun reunited at the Nie Family with Yang Yan, Feng Xiao, and Nie Xiaotian, then decided they would leave after dark.
• Nie Yun guided Nie Xiaotian's true qi through the Supreme Great Compassion Hand's circulation method.
• Nie Xiaotian unleashed a powerful palm imprint and realized he had succeeded in using the technique.

Nie Yun strengthened his companions before leading them to the Luoqu Tomb, where Luo Qingcheng opened the stone gate with her blood. As the gate opened, Tong King and Ning King arrived with six others and declared that they would kill the group.

• Nie Yun helped Luo Zhanhao and the others improve their martial skills, while Luo Qingcheng advanced to the middle stage of the Body Egress Realm and Yang Yan mastered two forms of the Chixiao Divine Axe.
• Nie Yun led six people and Little Tiger toward the Luoqu Tomb after their afternoon of cultivation, and Little Tiger stayed outside the pool entrance as the others went in.
• At a clear pool, Tong King persuaded Ning King to join him in seeking something inside the Luoqu Tomb, and they leaped into the water with their companions.
• Nie Yun brought his group to the tomb's pool entrance and told Luo Xiaotian that his master had revealed its location.
• Luo Qingcheng cut her finger and used her blood to open the stone gate, then Tong King and Ning King appeared with six others and threatened to kill the group.

Nie Yun and his companions entered Luoqu Tomb while fleeing eight powerful Demon Race experts, only to find that the gray haze inside blocked spiritual perception and trapped them in a maze. They discovered the Hall of Confusion’s cryptic verse but had not yet worked out how to escape.

• Nie Yun attacked the pursuing demons with the Great Rift Rock Palm, then led his group through the stone gate, and Tong King’s party followed them inside.
• The group found that the tomb’s gray haze sharply restricted spiritual power, so Nie Yun had everyone hold hands to avoid getting separated.
• After walking for half an hour without finding an exit, Nie Yun realized they were trapped in a formation that made them lose their direction.
• Nie Xiaotian led the group back to a stone stele bearing the words “Hall of Confusion” and a verse about finding a bright hall deep within the heart.
• Nie Yun and Luo Zhanhao considered the verse but could not determine how to find the way forward.

Nie Yun discovered that his Tracking Qi could see through the Hall of Confusion’s haze, revealing the Demon Race group within a thousand meters. He set out with Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao to ambush them while Luo Qingcheng, Feng Xiao, and Yang Yan hid behind a stone stele.

• Nie Yun rejected splitting up at first, then agreed and marked everyone with Tracking Qi so he could locate them.
• Nie Yun realized the haze did not block Tracking Qi and dispersed it to survey the surroundings within a thousand meters.
• Nie Yun spotted the eight Demon Race people and decided to attack them while they were unable to see clearly.
• Nie Yun told Luo Qingcheng, Feng Xiao, and Yang Yan to hide, then explained his plan to Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao.
• Nie Yun borrowed Yang Yan’s Chixiao Divine Axe and led Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao toward the Demon Race group.

Tong King and Ning King led their demons through the Hall of Confusion, where they followed a trail of gold bricks in hopes of finding treasure or an exit. The group split up to pursue branching trails, and Yao Zhang and Yao Qian were killed by a sudden axe strike.

• Tong King and Ning King argued over their inability to escape the Hall of Confusion and decided to search for the humans.
• Tong King and Ning King found gold bricks and followed the trail, assuming it might lead to a great treasure.
• Tong King and Ning King split their eight demons into two groups when the gold trail branched.
• Tong King sent Yao Zhang and Yao Qian after a separate trail, and the two demons eagerly collected gold bricks as they moved farther away.
• An unseen attacker struck Yao Zhang and Yao Qian with an axe, scattering their gold and severing their heads.

Nie Yun used gold bars to lure and kill demonized humans, then joined Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao to ambush Ning King. The chapter ended as Ning King countered their attacks and City Lord Luo’s Shenfeng Golden Shield struck from the side.

• Nie Yun killed two peak Weapon Armor Realm demonized humans with a gold-bar lure and collected their demon cores.
• Nie Yun discovered that Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao had killed three more demonized humans, then sent them a plan to ambush Ning King.
• Nie Yun warned Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao to retreat if their surprise attack failed, and the three moved toward Ning King.
• Ning King, unaware of their approach, picked up gold bars and assumed his missing subordinates were keeping them for themselves.
• Nie Yun and Nie Xiaotian attacked Ning King with the Blazing Axe and Supreme Great Compassion Hand, while Luo Zhanhao brought down the Shenfeng Golden Shield.
• Ning King Demonized into a scaled Beast Transformation, blocked the axe and palm attacks, and formed a horn spike as the shield came at him.