Chapter Summaries

News of Fang Qianyuan’s destruction of the Blood Demon Gang spread across the Southern Wilds, and people from several factions learned of his growing strength. The chapter left his rivals and admirers reflecting on what his rise meant for their own ties and ambitions.

• Ye Tianming refused to explain his past with Fang Qianyuan, but promised he would face him if the Demon Alliance ordered it.
• At Flowing Cloud Grotto, the fairies discussed Fang Qianyuan’s victory, and Ink Fairy Lin Qiao revealed that she regularly exchanged letters and paintings with him.
• Golden Fairy regretted not arranging a match between Fang Qianyuan and one of her junior sisters, then formed a plan to tell their Master.
• Severed Karma Hall read the latest report and praised Fang Qianyuan’s reputation.
• Hua Wuhen learned of Fang Qianyuan’s strength, dismissed his companions, and went upstairs alone.
• Lu Yuan welcomed Fang Qianyuan as a worthy opponent, while Wen Qingfei felt relieved that Fang Qianyuan had emerged unharmed.

Fang Qianyuan answered letters from his growing circle of young acquaintances, sending Wen Qingfei a careful reply and painting Lin Qiao a depiction of his battle with the Blood Demon Gang. He then continued cultivating by adapting parts of the Blood Refinement Art, testing a body-tempering formula that let him strike a wooden stake with tremendous force.

• Fang Qianyuan read greetings from his acquaintances and considered how carefully to respond to Wen Qingfei’s affectionate letters.
• Fang Qianyuan painted scenes from his fight against the Blood Demon Gang and sent the painting to Lin Qiao for her critique and safekeeping.
• Fang Qianyuan incorporated selected Blood Refinement Art techniques into his existing cultivation rather than adopting the complete method.
• Fang Qianyuan used the adapted formula to gather essence-blood vital energy in his palm and drive it deep into a wooden stake.

Fang Qianyuan mastered a way to strengthen Heavenly Frost Palm with essence-blood vital energy and successfully used Essence-Blood Spirit Offering to augment Little White. He realized the technique could let his spirit creatures make better use of their combat potential, and continued practicing it.

• Fang Qianyuan spent nearly half a month refining Heavenly Frost Palm with essence-blood vital energy until one strike froze and shattered a wooden post.
• Fang Qianyuan used Essence-Blood Spirit Offering on Little White, surrounding her with a bloody glow and enlarging her body.
• At Fang Qianyuan's command, Little White smashed a wooden post with her augmented claws and demonstrated increased power in movement and spells.
• Fang Qianyuan discovered that the augmentation improved Little White's strength, endurance, and ability to heal by converting spirit essence.
• Fang Qianyuan concluded that Essence-Blood Spirit Offering could help his spirit creatures overcome their weakness compared with his own strength, and resumed practicing the technique.

Fang Qianyuan reflected on strengthening his Human Rank foundation, received news of his share of the Blood Demon Gang’s profits, and heard that Phoenix Forest Ward was becoming stable. He continued studying the Blood Refinement Art and considered obtaining a Blood Dao spirit creature to help him develop a personal ultimate move.

• Fang Qianyuan recognized that reaching the limits of the Human Rank strengthened his foundation but could not erase the gap between Human Rank and Earth Rank experts.
• Jin Lu visited Fang Qianyuan and reported that the sect had tallied the Blood Demon Gang’s holdings and would give him roughly twenty percent of the profits, about ten thousand spirit jade.
• Jin Lu told Fang Qianyuan that Unorthodox Path forces had been driven from Phoenix Forest Ward, though he warned Fang Qianyuan to avoid encountering them.
• Fang Qianyuan reviewed the ledger briefly, then returned to studying the Blood Refinement Art and ways to strengthen his Essence-Blood Spirit Offering.
• Fang Qianyuan considered using his physique to create a unique ultimate move and thought about obtaining a Blood Dao spirit creature.

Fang Qianyuan asked Jiang Yunfeng how to use Blood Dao arts without neglecting his Frost Sky Wolf, and his master's reply introduced him to Gu Worms and the Golden Silkworm Gu. Inspired by the prospect of linking a matched pair of Yin-Yang Golden Silkworms to himself and Little White, Fang Qianyuan decided to buy Scorpion Bugs for cultivation.

• Fang Qianyuan wrote to Jiang Yunfeng for advice on choosing supporting spirit creatures and delivered the letter to Jin Lu.
• Jiang Yunfeng replied that Fang Qianyuan should keep frost power as his focus and use Blood Dao arts only to support it.
• Jiang Yunfeng recommended the Golden Silkworm Gu and explained how Golden Silkworm Parasitism, a Void Channel, and a Bloodline Link could strengthen Fang Qianyuan and Little White.
• Fang Qianyuan resolved to obtain a matched pair of supreme-grade Yin-Yang Golden Silkworms.
• Fang Qianyuan brought spirit jade to Jin Lu and asked him to help purchase a large quantity of Scorpion Bugs.

Fang Qianyuan asked Steward Jin about using Scorpion Bugs to refine Gu Worms through combined refinement. Despite learning that the resource-intensive method depended heavily on luck, Fang Qianyuan decided to proceed, confident he could keep investing until he obtained the Golden Silkworm Gu ability he needed.

• Fang Qianyuan clarified that he wanted Scorpion Bugs as materials for Gu Worm refinement, not to cultivate the Insect-Taming Wonder Art.
• Jin Lu explained that combined refinement mixed many insect-type Spirit Creatures and treasured materials, consumed substantial resources, and produced unpredictable results.
• Jin Lu told Fang Qianyuan how an impoverished cultivator had once refined a Resurrection Gu and become the Undying Unorthodox King, inspiring a failed worldwide craze for combined refinement.
• Fang Qianyuan said he would risk the resources because he only needed a Blood Dao ability to control and connect essence-blood vital energy.
• Jin Lu agreed that Fang Qianyuan could afford repeated attempts and believed he could eventually refine the Gu Worm he wanted.

Fang Qianyuan received six thousand rare, spiritual or mutated venomous insects to use in Combined Refinement, along with four expert Spirit Tamers hired to assist him. The Bug Masters agreed to help him pursue the golden silkworm gu.

• Jin Lu arrived at the Jiang Residence with six chests of scorpions, spiders, centipedes, Fierce Bugs, Grubs, and Snake Bugs, and explained that the shipment cost six thousand spirit jade.
• Fang Qianyuan inspected the six thousand insects and thanked Jin Lu for arranging the rare varieties.
• Jin Lu introduced four Ninth Transformation Spirit Tamers recruited from Training Institutes to help Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan welcomed Qi Tian, Wang Wei, Lin Baiyang, and Chang He and asked for their expertise in refining gu insects.
• The four Bug Masters confirmed they knew Fang Qianyuan intended to use Combined Refinement to obtain the golden silkworm gu, and eagerly offered their assistance.

Fang Qianyuan and four Bug Masters began refining Gu Worms by making Scorpion Bugs fight, devour one another, and mutate. After several days, their first complete Gu Worms emerged, but none had the vital-blood abilities Fang needed.

• Fang Qianyuan arranged lodging for Qi Tian, Wang Wei, Lin Baiyang, and Chang He, then asked them to begin Combined Refinement.
• Qi Tian and the others explained how they would breed and direct the evolution of Gu Worms, then used spirit jade to establish a Spirit-Gathering Formation and set out Combat Basins.
• Qi Tian paired a silver-haired spider with a flower dragon centipede, which defeated and devoured the spider after using its cry and black vapor to subdue it.
• Fang Qianyuan paired two Scorpion Bugs, but both died from poison, so Qi Tian advised him to dispose of their carcasses rather than feed them to other insects.
• Over several days, the Bug Masters repeatedly provoked Scorpion Bugs into fighting and devouring one another until the first complete Gu Worms emerged, but none possessed Blood Dao power.

Fang Qianyuan and his companions used Combined Refinement to produce several Blood Dao gu worms, but efforts to strengthen them caused further mutations and diluted their abilities. The chapter left Fang Qianyuan facing the difficulty of cultivating a powerful, pure Blood Dao gu worm.

• After an early refinement produced only evolved mutant bugs, Fang Qianyuan stayed determined and ordered Qi Tian, Wang Wei, Lin Baiyang, and Chang He to continue.
• A golden snake bug defeated a Golden Flower Spider, changed to dark red, and drew blood energy from a Blood Crystal, revealing itself as a Blood Dao gu worm.
• Qi Tian advised Fang Qianyuan to feed and strengthen the snake bug rather than keep matching it against opponents, while explaining how spirit imprints stabilized gu worms.
• Fang Qianyuan obtained several more Blood Dao gu worms and began having them fight to combine related powers.
• The Blood Dao gu worms mutated after devouring other insects, losing their original abilities and acquiring attributes such as fire and ice.
• Qi Tian explained that stronger gu worms were more stable, but repeated mutations made their powers increasingly mixed and any future Blood Dao ability likely weak.

Fang Qianyuan pursued spirit-binding scorpion bugs alongside Qi Tian’s traditional refinement and discovered that his primordial breath could nurture a remarkable insect. After it devoured a flower spider, the insect evolved into a low-grade gu worm with silver-marked wings and a trace of law power.

• Fang Qianyuan proposed pursuing both early Blood Dao cultivation and traditional combined refinement, and Qi Tian agreed.
• Fang Qianyuan spirit-bound Blood Dao scorpion bugs while Qi Tian and the others refined theirs in physical form.
• After ruining several gu worms, Fang Qianyuan used his primordial breath to spirit-bind a grub and sent it to fight a venomous flower spider.
• The grub killed and devoured the flower spider, then absorbed Fang Qianyuan’s spirit essence and primordial breath as its true spirit essence transformed.
• The grub stirred a trace of law power and grew translucent, silver-marked wings, evolving into a low-grade gu worm.

Fang Qianyuan tried to understand the Silver-Wing Grub’s mysterious power and then tested its growth against a powerful gu worm. The grub was cut in half, but it split into two healed bodies and began attacking the Jadeite Mantis.

• Fang Qianyuan failed to discover what power the Silver-Wing Grub had stirred, then set the question aside.
• Fang Qianyuan found Qi Tian and the others working early and joined their Combined Refinement.
• Jin Lu delivered more scorpion bugs, including three Blood Dao gu worms, and Fang Qianyuan asked him to procure further insects within a twenty-thousand-spirit-jade budget.
• Fang Qianyuan chose a Jadeite Mantis to challenge the Silver-Wing Grub, but the mantis quickly cut the grub in half.
• Chang He pointed out that the mantis’s traits countered the grub, then Fang Qianyuan and Chang He watched the grub heal and divide into two bodies that sprayed venom at the mantis.

Fang Qianyuan discovered that the Silver-Wing Grub could split, regenerate endlessly, and draw power from him through a void channel, then carefully raised it through several grades. He was left deciding whether to risk further refinement in hopes of gaining a parasitic ability or preserve the grub’s valuable existing traits.

• The Silver-Wing Grub split into two complete bodies that drew power from Fang Qianyuan and regenerated after the Jadeite Mantis tore them apart.
• The two grubs weakened the Jadeite Mantis with venom, defeated it, and began devouring it before Fang Qianyuan ordered them stopped.
• Fang Qianyuan took the grubs away and cultivated them carefully, advancing them to mid-grade and then high-grade as their splitting ability grew from two bodies to eight.
• Qi Tian and the others advised Fang Qianyuan to protect the grub’s true spirit essence and prioritize stability in future refinements.
• Fang Qianyuan weighed risking another Combined Refinement to seek a parasitic ability against preserving the grub’s existing powers.

Fang Qianyuan pushed his Silver-Wing Grub through another risky combined refinement, and it evolved into a supreme-grade Golden-Wing Grub with stronger duplication and void channel gifts but an unknown new power. After taking the Wolf Group out to practice, Fang Qianyuan finally understood what the evolved creature could do.

• Fang Qianyuan ordered Qi Tian and the others to mutate the high-grade Silver-Wing Grub again in pursuit of a new innate gift.
• The Silver-Wing Grub devoured the Blood Flask Bug but gained no Blood Dao gift, then devoured the Frost Silkworm the following day.
• The grub became a supreme-grade Golden-Wing Grub, with a crystalline body and an unknown power instead of frost or Blood Dao abilities.
• Fang Qianyuan tested the grub and confirmed that its duplication gift had strengthened to produce sixteen copies and that its void channel talent had also survived and strengthened.
• Fang Qianyuan left the residence with the Wolf Group to get some fresh air and practice, and he finally understood the Golden-Wing Grub's ability.

While cultivating beside Mirror Lake, Fang Qianyuan discovered that his Golden-Wing Grub could imitate and reproduce his attacks. He realized the supreme-grade creature had gained an extraordinary gift, though its limits remained unknown.

• Fang Qianyuan practiced his Spirit Formation Borrowing Art, freezing a wide patch of Mirror Lake and lamenting the damage to its fish.
• The Golden-Wing Grub stirred when Fang Qianyuan tried to summon it, then settled down without revealing what was wrong.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed a Wind Blade, and the Golden-Wing Grub copied the attack, draining his spirit essence through its void channel to replenish itself.
• Fang Qianyuan tested Heavenly Frost Palm and Ice Force, and the Golden-Wing Grub imitated both moves in sync with him.
• Fang Qianyuan concluded that the Golden-Wing Grub could replicate his abilities and spells, and recognized that it had evolved an inconceivable supreme-grade gift.

Fang Qianyuan discovered that the Golden-Wing Grub could synchronously cast his spells, making it a valuable hidden trump card with the potential to become a legendary gu worm. After his search for a suitable Blood Dao gu worm failed, he invested more resources in buying Exotic Insects and information, leaving the Golden-Wing Grub’s future abilities uncertain.

• Fang Qianyuan tested the Golden-Wing Grub and discovered that it could split into multiple parts and cast his spells alongside him, though each casting drained spirit essence and required recovery time.
• Fang Qianyuan kept the Golden-Wing Grub’s synchronized spellcasting gift secret and told Qi Tian and the others to use Combined Refinement on the gu worms they had made.
• Qi Tian and the others reported that their latest refinement had lost its parasitic and blood-controlling gifts, and Fang Qianyuan told them to keep trying while Steward Jin sought materials and finished gu worms.
• Fang Qianyuan concluded that the Golden-Wing Grub’s potential depended on whether it could eventually synchronize Earth Rank or Heaven Tier abilities.
• Fang Qianyuan spent over ten thousand more spirit jade on Exotic Insects and offered a thousand spirit jade for information from Bug Masters near Headquarters, drawing widespread attention.

Fang Qianyuan continued supporting Qi Tian and the others as they attempted to refine a gu worm with Blood Dao and parasitic endowments. Their risky free-for-all refinement produced a supreme-grade thunder Golden Cicada instead, which Fang Qianyuan decided to give to Sun Zhuo.

• Fang Qianyuan resolved to preserve the Golden-Wing Grub's existing endowments and reassured Qi Tian and the others that he would continue funding their research.
• Qi Tian, Wang Wei, Lin Baiyang, and Chang He decided to refine more than two hundred Mutated Scorpion Bugs in a free-for-all to seek a high-grade Blood Dao gu worm.
• Fang Qianyuan approved the risky refinement, and the Scorpion Bugs fought in the Combat Basin as their endowments and characteristics changed.
• The refinement lost its Blood Dao talents and produced a supreme-grade, electric Golden Cicada with thunder attributes.
• Fang Qianyuan called the result useful and decided to give the Golden Cicada to Sun Zhuo.

Fang Qianyuan studied the Golden-Wing Grub and sought to develop a signature technique using its unusual powers. News that Ye Tianming had joined the Demon Alliance and that the Night King was pursuing the Flying Immortal Records drew Fang Qianyuan back toward his father’s final mission.

• Fang Qianyuan reassured Qi Tian and the other researchers after their Combined Refinement efforts failed, then asked them to keep investigating how Gu Worms could preserve their innate nature while growing stronger.
• Fang Qianyuan named the Golden-Wing Grub Spellcasting Gu and discovered that its duplicates could cast spells with a portion of his power and borrow Heaven and Earth Essence.
• Fang Qianyuan planned to study the Golden-Wing Grub and create a signature finishing move to amplify the frost power he received from Little White.
• Fang Qianyuan read a report that Ye Tianming had joined the Demon Alliance and become a disciple of the Night King after taking part in an attack on the Wuchong Mo Household.
• Fang Qianyuan learned that the attack might have been connected to the Flying Immortal Records, a hidden treasure tied to his father’s dying instructions, and resolved to visit the Night King.

Fang Qianyuan began developing the Seven-Kill Style to exploit the Golden-Wing Grub’s Spellcasting Gu ability and strengthen himself before reaching Earth Rank. After receiving Sun Zhuo’s support and studying his master Jiang Yunfeng’s guidance, he found a promising method to pursue.

• Fang Qianyuan told Sun Zhuo he wanted to create a signature move and gave him a supreme-grade Thunderclap Gu.
• Fang Qianyuan explained the Spellcasting Gu to Sun Zhuo, who recognized that it could inspire a powerful new technique.
• Fang Qianyuan studied texts at the Library Pavilion and conceived the Seven-Kill Style, a method for combining multiple attacks through the Spellcasting Gu.
• Fang Qianyuan researched multistage attacks and wrote to Jiang Yunfeng for advice.
• Jiang Yunfeng explained possible ways to develop the Spellcasting Gu’s ability, and Fang Qianyuan began studying a method that resembled his own deductions.

Fang Qianyuan refined his Golden-Wing Grub-assisted Seven-Kill Style until he could unleash seven powerful Wind Blades without suffering a crippling drain. He left the move as a usable finishing technique, expecting it to grow stronger as he and the Gu Worms advanced.

• Fang Qianyuan tested his first version of the Seven-Kill Style, unleashing seven enhanced Wind Blades but nearly collapsing from the sudden drain on his vital energy and mental strength.
• Fang Qianyuan adjusted the move so the Golden-Wing Grubs cast their Wind Blades in sequence, making the expenditure tolerable but leaving him dissatisfied with its use as a finishing strike.
• Fang Qianyuan decided the Gu Worm duplicates that powered the attack should destroy themselves afterward, reducing the backlash through the Void Channel.
• Fang Qianyuan tested the revised move, shattered the target with seven Wind Blades, and prevented the remaining Grub duplicates from creating more until he had recovered.
• Fang Qianyuan restored the Grub duplicates and declared that he had mastered the Seven-Kill Style as a genuine finishing move.

Fang Qianyuan prepared to attend the Sect Grand Tournament as the Cang Mountain Academy delegation arrived at the sect Headquarters. The Cang Mountain disciples encountered Zhou Xi of the rival Shenmen Academy, and Fang Qianyuan appeared as Wu Longjie faced his old opponent.

• Fang Qianyuan learned that the Sect Grand Tournament was beginning and decided to visit when Elder Gong and the selected disciples arrived.
• Gong Yuan brought the Cang Mountain Academy delegation to the sect Headquarters, where Administrative Affairs Institute staff welcomed him warmly.
• Wu Longjie and Lan Mei explained to the new disciples that the academy’s attention came largely from Fang Qianyuan’s achievements.
• The Cang Mountain disciples ran into Zhou Xi, who taunted Wu Longjie about their previous tournament match.
• Fang Qianyuan rode up on a White Wolf, and Wu Longjie trembled at the sight of him.