Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun discovered that Nie Tong shared a symbiotic soul with the Asura King and vowed to find a way to save him. He then traveled to Junxin City to take the Spirit Tamer assessment, but Xu Xinqian’s guard refused to let him enter her residence.

• Nie Tong briefly overpowered the Asura King and urged Nie Yun to kill him, but the Asura King regained control and escaped.
• Nie Yun returned to the Big Dipper Star Palace, where the Spirit of the Star Palace explained that Nie Tong and the Asura King restrained each other through their symbiotic souls.
• Nie Yun resolved to cultivate and grow stronger, then decided to seek Spirit Tamer status and continue searching for soul qi to revive Mi Jing.
• Nie Yun flew to Junxin City and went to Xu Xinqian’s residence ahead of the assessment.
• A guard mocked Nie Yun and ordered him to leave when he identified himself as Xu Xinqian’s friend.

Nie Yun reached Xu Xinqian’s residence before the Spirit Tamer assessment and learned that her faction was fighting another Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer’s faction for control of the Junxin City branch. Xu Xinqian welcomed him warmly and asked him to help her master’s side in the upcoming contest.

• Guards at Xu Xinqian’s residence refused to believe Nie Yun was her friend, but Xu Xinqian hurried out, recognized him, and brought him inside.
• Xu Xinqian thanked Nie Yun for guiding her to Snow Thunder Pool, which had helped her become a Fifth Rank Spirit Tamer.
• Xu Xinqian explained that Daoist Xiaoteng’s faction and a rival Sixth Rank Spirit Tamer’s faction competed every two years for control of the branch and its resources.
• Xu Xinqian described how control granted access to the Spirit Tamer Tower’s highest floor, where a grand formation aided cultivation and talent fusion.
• Xu Xinqian told Nie Yun that her master’s faction lacked strong disciples and asked him to help in the coming contest.

Nie Yun agreed to compete for Xu Xinqian after learning the first-place rewards included time in the Lesser Sacred Domain, where Spirit Tamers could fuse a talent. At Xu Xinqian’s courtyard, he drove off Young Master Xue Wu with his contempt, then realized Xu Xinqian may have invited him as a shield against Xue Wu’s demands.

• Xu Xinqian offered Nie Yun the competition’s rewards, including three days in the Lesser Sacred Domain, a Half-step Luoxian Pill, and a High-grade Immortal Artifact, and he agreed to participate.
• While Xu Xinqian changed clothes, Young Master Xue Wu forced his way toward her courtyard and found Nie Yun there.
• Young Master Xue Wu confronted Nie Yun, who mocked him until Xu Xinqian arrived and ordered Xue Wu to leave.
• Young Master Xue Wu threatened Xu Xinqian before leaving, and she explained that he was the City Lord’s son and a Fifth Rank Spirit Tamer competing in the same event.
• Nie Yun inferred that Xu Xinqian had invited him because she wanted him to shield her from Xue Wu’s demands, and he grew displeased at being used.

Xu Xinqian brought Nie Yun to meet her master, Daoist Xiaoteng, and asked him to join their Spirit Tamer competition. Liu Yuan opposed Nie Yun’s participation and insulted him, prompting Nie Yun to challenge Liu Yuan’s own standing.

• Xu Xinqian explained that she had refused a suitor who threatened to join the opposing camp, and Nie Yun agreed to help her side compete.
• Xu Xinqian described the five-person matches and her side’s formidable opponents, saying Nie Yun’s speed and ability to remove asura Baleful Poison could help them win.
• Xu Xinqian brought Nie Yun to Daoist Xiaoteng’s courtyard and introduced him as a Fourth Rank Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer.
• Liu Yuan arrived with gifts for Xu Xinqian and rejected the idea of Nie Yun joining their team, while Xu Xinqian vouched for Nie Yun’s abilities.
• Daoist Xiaoteng invited Nie Yun to take the ten-year Spirit Tamer assessment the next day, but Liu Yuan called him a fraud, and Nie Yun retorted that Liu Yuan might be fake too.

Nie Yun proved his strength to Daoist Xiaoteng by swiftly defeating Liu Yuan, earning approval and an invitation to the Spirit Tamer competition. Xu Xinqian took him to the Spirit Tamer Tower’s trading fair with permission to spend up to ten thousand sixth-grade Pure Spirit Pills, where they began browsing the crowded hall.

• Nie Yun insulted Liu Yuan, and Liu Yuan challenged him to a fight in front of Daoist Xiaoteng and Xu Xinqian.
• Nie Yun struck Liu Yuan down before he could react, leaving him injured and unconscious.
• Daoist Xiaoteng praised Nie Yun’s strength and invited him to represent his side in the competition; Nie Yun said he only wanted to pass the assessment and become a recognized Spirit Tamer.
• Daoist Xiaoteng sent Xu Xinqian and Nie Yun to the Spirit Tamer Tower’s trading fair, while privately wondering whether Nie Yun practiced Daoist cultivation.
• Xu Xinqian explained the fair’s trading rules and gave Nie Yun Daoist Xiaoteng’s jade token, authorizing purchases of up to ten thousand sixth-grade Pure Spirit Pills.

Nie Yun found an incomplete scale concealing a powerful martial skill at the trade fair and bought it along with directions to where it had been found. The location matched markings on the Stone Tablet Diagram, and the scale bore the name Nine Heavens Meteor Finger.

• Nie Yun searched the trade fair for ores that could activate the Nameless Art but found nothing useful.
• Nie Yun spotted flickering treasure light around a vendor’s supposed Huazi Divine Beast scale and bargained for it.
• Nie Yun paid the vendor with Pure Spirit Pills and a mid-grade Immortal Artifact in exchange for the scale and a map to Red Rock Mountain outside Junxin City.
• Nie Yun recognized the map’s markings from the Stone Tablet Diagram he had obtained from Qiu Lin.
• Nie Yun realized the incomplete scale concealed a powerful martial skill and read the hidden inscription, Nine Heavens Meteor Finger.

Nie Yun discovered that a scale held an incomplete outline of the Nine Heavens Meteor Finger, then joined Xu Xinqian in a confrontation with Liu Moyan and the Black-Armored Guard Corps at the trade fair. After Liu Moyan framed him for molestation, Nie Yun insulted her, leaving the confrontation on the verge of violence.

• Nie Yun found hidden characters on a scale that revealed the name and opening outline of the incomplete Nine Heavens Meteor Finger, and stored the scale to seek the remaining parts later.
• Nie Yun saw Xu Xinqian dispute with Liu Moyan over a box of Udumbara Incense, and learned that Xu had agreed to buy it before Liu intervened.
• Liu Moyan slapped the stall owner and persuaded Zhang Xian and the Black-Armored Guard Corps to accuse Xu Xinqian of breaking the trade fair rules.
• Nie Yun arrived to leave with Xu Xinqian, but Zhang Xian and Liu Moyan blocked them and threatened to arrest Nie Yun after Liu falsely accused him of molesting her.
• Nie Yun called Liu Moyan ugly and said he would sooner molest a sow, enraging her.

Nie Yun seized Liu Moyan and took her from the trade fair, thwarting a scheme to make Xu Xinqian break the rules and miss the competition. In the carriage, Xu Xinqian identified the hidden Huan Yu as the likely mastermind, and Liu Moyan woke to find herself still in Nie Yun’s hands.

• Liu Moyan attacked Nie Yun while Zhang Xian refused to intervene, but Nie Yun swiftly overpowered her and took her hostage.
• Nie Yun left the trade fair with Xu Xinqian and Liu Moyan as Zhang Xian held back rather than risk harming Liu Moyan.
• Huan Yu explained to his companions that they had hoped to provoke Xu Xinqian into attacking and disqualifying herself, but Nie Yun’s intervention had disrupted their plan.
• In the carriage, Nie Yun revealed that he had sensed an illusion-skilled expert with powerful Soul Force, and Xu Xinqian identified him as Huan Yu, a Fifth Rank Gold Pattern Spirit Tamer.
• Xu Xinqian concluded that Huan Yu’s group had planned to entangle her in an investigation so she could not compete, and Nie Yun agreed that this had been their goal.
• Liu Moyan woke and threatened Nie Yun with Huan Yu’s retaliation, but Nie Yun slapped her before she could finish.

Nie Yun forced Liu Moyan to reveal that Huan Yu would compete and possessed six powerful Special Talents, then sent her away and gave Xu Xinqian the Udumbara Incense and unused credit token. After arriving at Daoist Xiaoteng's residence, Nie Yun returned to his quarters to inspect what he had stolen.

• Nie Yun repeatedly slapped Liu Moyan until she surrendered and answered his questions about Huan Yu.
• Liu Moyan revealed that Huan Yu was a peak mid-stage Luo Immortal Realm expert with six top hundred Special Talents and had returned to compete because Xu Xinqian had advanced.
• Nie Yun questioned Liu Moyan about her own talents, placed safeguards on her, and threw her out of the carriage.
• Nie Yun gave Xu Xinqian the Udumbara Incense and returned the unused credit token, while she promised to ask Daoist Xiaoteng for a suitable gift for him.
• Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian arrived at Daoist Xiaoteng's residence, where Nie Yun said goodbye and went to his quarters.
• Nie Yun entered the Big Dipper Star Palace to inspect the goods he had stolen from Zhang Xian and Liu Moyan.

Nie Yun discovered a scale stolen from Liu Moyan that contained the Seven Kill Finger technique, then used his Martial Dao Master Talent to create a powerful version of the move. Daoist Xiaoteng warned him that Su Yang might rig the next day's Spirit Tamer assessment by exposing him to a dangerous Asura, and offered to help him advance his cultivation.

• Nie Yun found a scale among Liu Moyan's stolen belongings and learned that it contained the Seven Kill Finger, the second form of the Nine Heavens Meteor Finger.
• Using his Martial Dao Master Talent, Nie Yun devised and tested a powerful finger technique that pierced Demon Black Rock.
• Xu Xinqian told Nie Yun that Daoist Xiaoteng wanted to reward him, and Daoist Xiaoteng offered to help him advance to the middle stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Daoist Xiaoteng explained that Su Yang remained in charge of the Spirit Tamer assessment and might target Nie Yun during its Asura combat test.
• Daoist Xiaoteng warned that Nie Yun could be made to face a three-star Asura General and offered to help raise his cultivation before the assessment.

Nie Yun accepted Daoist Xiaoteng’s help to break through, but his supreme cultivation art absorbed nearly all of the Mysterious Immortal’s power. After stabilizing his new mid-Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation, Nie Yun prepared to accompany Xu Xinqian to the Spirit Tamer assessment.

• Daoist Xiaoteng poured his immortal power into Nie Yun to help him advance, while Xu Xinqian watched.
• Nie Yun manifested the Seven Strings of the Great Dao and devoured Daoist Xiaoteng’s power, astonishing both Daoist Xiaoteng and Xu Xinqian.
• Nie Yun broke through to the mid-Heavenly Immortal Realm, leaving Daoist Xiaoteng nearly drained.
• Nie Yun took pills and medicinal herbs to stabilize his cultivation and gained a trace of immortal aura in his bodily cells.
• Daoist Xiaoteng asked Nie Yun to look after Xu Xinqian during the coming Spirit Tamer assessment, and Nie Yun agreed.
• Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian left the hall at dawn, and Nie Yun looked toward the Spirit Tamer Tower, eager to face the assessment and Su Yang.

Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian took the Spirit Tamer assessment, passing its talent and fusion tests before facing a trial in Asura-filled regions. After Liu Moyan and a bald Luo Immortal Realm expert threatened Xu Xinqian, Nie Yun chose the Number Five Teleportation Array with her, and Liu Moyan pursued them.

• Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian arrived at the Spirit Tamer Tower and joined the Fourth Rank assessment line, where Nie Yun spotted Liu Moyan and a powerful bald young man.
• Nie Yun passed the tests verifying his four talents and fused talent qi.
• The examiner explained that candidates had to survive for an hour in Asura-filled regions, with higher-numbered areas containing more dangerous Asuras.
• The bald man and Liu Moyan challenged Nie Yun to enter the Number Five region and threatened Xu Xinqian.
• Nie Yun took Xu Xinqian's hand and entered the Number Five Teleportation Array, and Liu Moyan followed them inside.

Nie Yun stole Liu Moyan’s Spirit Tamer Palace Cover and escaped with Xu Xinqian into the Asura World. After they began hunting Asuras, Nie Yun effortlessly killed a two-star Asura General, leaving Xu Xinqian stunned.

• Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian encountered Liu Moyan and the bald man, who used a Giant Beast Golden Armor Puppet to block their escape.
• Nie Yun feinted an attack, stole Liu Moyan’s Spirit Tamer Palace Cover with his Divine Thief Talent, and fled with Xu Xinqian.
• Liu Moyan realized the cover was gone as Asuras swarmed toward her, while Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian ran deeper into the Asura World.
• Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian approached a two-star Asura General, and Nie Yun destroyed it with a finger strike before reducing its body to ash with a touch.

Nie Yun infiltrated an Asura ritual and learned that the reborn Asura King had contacted the imprisoned Asuras and promised to lead them in ruling the Spirit Realm. As Nine Discount absorbed Asura Killing Qi to grow stronger, Nie Yun tricked him and struck first.

• Nie Yun devoured Asuras as he and Xu Xinqian traveled deeper into the trial grounds, stabilizing his cultivation and merging his Wind Walker talent with his escape talents and Concealment Master talent.
• Xu Xinqian warned Nie Yun that stronger Asuras might lie ahead, but he disguised himself as a two-star Asura and entered their territory alone.
• Nie Yun learned that Nine Discount was leading a ritual to contact the reborn Asura King and gain power to escape the sealed space.
• The Asura King’s intent gathered the surrounding Asura Killing Qi and ordered the Asuras to wait until he was ready to lead them in ruling the Spirit Realm.
• Nie Yun falsely warned Nine Discount that human experts were approaching, then revealed himself and struck Nine Discount in the chest with Thunderous Kyushu.

Nie Yun killed Nine Discount and devoured his corpse, advancing to the peak of the Late Heavenly Immortal Realm and sensing that several of his talents might merge. He then tracked down Baldy and Liu Moyan, killed them both, and destroyed the evidence.

• Nie Yun ambushed Nine Discount, killed him, and escaped the Asuras’ combined attack with an Origin Energy Bullet.
• Nie Yun devoured Nine Discount’s corpse and advanced to the peak of the Late Heavenly Immortal Realm, sensing signs that five talents could merge.
• Nie Yun tracked Liu Moyan and Baldy, who were fighting Asuras, and descended to confront them.
• Nie Yun killed Baldy with three finger flicks after stopping his charge with the Immortal Sound Master Talent.
• Liu Moyan ordered the Giant Beast Golden Armor Puppet to attack and fled, but Nie Yun killed her before she could escape.
• Nie Yun burned Baldy and Liu Moyan’s corpses and noticed the motionless Giant Beast Golden Armor Puppet.

Nie Yun found Xu Xinqian after discovering that Su Yang’s puppet could not be refined without alerting him, while Su Yang and Zhang Ji learned that Liu Moyan and Dan Cheng had died. At Cloudrain Sect, Yunxiao Tian prepared to kill the imprisoned Fuyao, but an unknown figure descended and claimed Fuyao as a subject.

• Nie Yun inspected the Giant Beast Golden Armor Puppet, realized Su Yang’s soul imprint protected its core, and left to find Xu Xinqian.
• Su Yang and Zhang Ji discussed their disciples’ prospects as the Spirit Tamer Tower assessment neared its end.
• The jade plaques for Liu Moyan and Dan Cheng shattered, revealing that both disciples had died and shocking Su Yang and Zhang Ji.
• Yunxiao Tian surrounded the chained Fuyao with Cloudrain Sect forces and attacked him over the missing Chaos Spirit Liquid.
• Fuyao began a soul-burning technique as Yunxiao Tian prepared to kill him, but a newcomer descended and declared Fuyao his subject.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Asura King, Nie Tong, appears and reveals his identity to Fuyao, who is overjoyed and kneels before him.
• Nie Tong effortlessly breaks Fuyao's chains and restores his strength using Asura Killing Qi.
• Nie Tong kills Yunxiao Tian, the sect master of the ** Sect, and orders Fuyao to kill the remaining elders, which he does.
• Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian are teleported out of the Asura World and summoned to the third floor of the Spirit Tamer Tower.
• Su Yang, the head of the Juxin City branch, accuses Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian of killing two Fifth Rank Spirit Tamers during the trial.

Character Developments

• Nie Tong (Asura King): He is revealed to be Nie Yun's younger brother, possessing immense power and a terrifying reputation. He can casually kill Golden Immortals with Luo Immortal Realm strength.
• Fuyao: Overjoyed at the Asura King's return, he is eager to serve him and restore the Asura Clan's glory. He kills the remaining elders of the ** Sect.
• Nie Yun: He remains calm and composed when accused, questioning Su Yang's logic and evidence.
• Xu Xinqian: He is initially confused and taken aback by the accusations but remains silent during the confrontation.

Significant Themes

• Power and Fear: The Asura King's return instills fear in everyone present, demonstrating the power dynamics in the Spirit Realm.
• Loyalty and Devotion: Fuyao's devotion to the Asura King highlights the importance of loyalty in the Spirit Realm's hierarchical society.
• Justice and Accusations: The false accusations against Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian raise questions about justice and the power of those in authority.

Character Interactions

• Nie Tong and Fuyao: The Asura King's return leads to a reunion between him and Fuyao, with Fuyao expressing his devotion and eagerness to serve him.
• Nie Yun and Su Yang: Nie Yun's calm and composed demeanor in the face of Su Yang's accusations highlights their power dynamic and the tension between them.
• Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian: Nie Yun takes the lead in defending them against the accusations, while Xu Xinqian remains silent and somewhat confused.

Nie Yun exposed his Fifth Rank Spirit Tamer strength and secured his rank badge after Su Yang challenged his assessment results. He and Xu Xinqian collected their new privileges, and Nie Yun left the chapter with one strange ore and an offer to choose two Special Talent qi.

• Nie Yun revealed that he was a Fifth Rank Silver Pattern Spirit Tamer, silencing accusations that he had entered the Fifth Rank Asura World with ulterior motives.
• Daoist Xiaoteng defended Nie Yun, and Su Yang reluctantly handed Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian their Fifth Rank Spirit Tamer badges and bronze-level authority.
• Daoist Xiaoteng explained the Spirit Tamer Tower's privileges and duties, then took Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian to choose three items from the sixth-floor treasury.
• Xu Xinqian chose her three items, including a Third Grade Brocade Pill, while Nie Yun rejected the listed treasures as unsuitable for him.
• Nie Yun found a palm-sized ore that could make the Nameless Art circulate and stored it, but he found no other useful ore.
• Daoist Xiaoteng suggested that Nie Yun choose the qi of two Special Talents instead of other treasury items.

Nie Yun learned how Special Talent Qi and contribution points worked, then asked Daoist Xiaoteng to find more of a mysterious ore. As Nie Yun and Xu Xinqian prepared to leave, Daoist Xiaoteng warned them that Su Yang might make the upcoming assessment dangerous, but urged them to return safely and promised to take responsibility if they had to kill their opponents.

• Daoist Xiaoteng explained that Nie Yun's Bronze-level authority only allowed him to claim Special Talents ranked below five hundred without paying, while higher-ranked talents required Asura kills or contribution points.
• Nie Yun learned that Spirit Tamers could not sell Talent Qi, though the Spirit Tamer Tower occasionally exchanged one kind for another when supplies ran low.
• Daoist Xiaoteng described how contribution points were calculated from Asura kills, with a peak Golden Immortal Realm Asura worth roughly one million points.
• Nie Yun declined to claim the remaining Special Talent Qi and asked Daoist Xiaoteng to find more of the special ore he had brought as a sample.
• Nie Yun returned with Daoist Xiaoteng and found that Xu Xinqian had refined her pills and reached the peak Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Daoist Xiaoteng warned Nie Yun and Liu Moyan that Su Yang could make their assessment more dangerous, urged them to return safely, and said he would explain if they had to kill their opponents.

Daoist Xiaoteng agreed to a more demanding team contest at Red Rock Mountain, where contestants had to hunt Asuras and collect treasures for two days. Nie Yun’s team entered the dangerous mountain range and discovered that his Blazing Fire Master talent could protect them from its heat.

• Su Yang appointed Huan Yu to lead the assessment and explained that teams would compete at Red Rock Mountain by earning points from Asuras and treasures.
• Nie Yun assessed Huan Yu and the other Fifth Rank Spirit Tamers, recognizing that their team included several formidable Luo Immortal Realm experts.
• Daoist Xiaoteng formed a team of Xu Tao, Liu Yuan, Jintian, Nie Yun, and Xu Xinqian, and gave them teleportation tokens for emergencies.
• The contestants teleported to Red Rock Mountain, where Huan Yu’s team used his Ice Master talent to race ahead through the heat.
• Xu Tao distributed pills to help his team withstand the heat, but Nie Yun revealed his Blazing Fire Master talent and offered each teammate Blazing Fire Qi instead.