Chapter Summaries

The Luo and Qian Clans learned that Fang Qianyuan had taken over the Chuanlan spirit mine for the Azure Cloud Sect and each planned to win his support in their conflict. The Qian Clan also faced a dilemma over its secret alliance with Xue Pingchuan and the Demon Alliance.

• The Luo Clan elders learned that Fang Qianyuan had taken over the Chuanlan spirit mine and demanded their aid, then decided to send a delegation to meet him.
• The Qian Clan elders discussed Fang Qianyuan's arrival and resolved to try to bring the Azure Cloud Sect's support to their side.
• A Qian Clan elder asked how they would handle their promise to Xue Pingchuan.
• The Qian Clan's elders recognized that they had secretly allied with Xue Pingchuan and the Demon Alliance, leaving them unable to simply abandon him.

Fang Qianyuan defended the Spirit Mine camp from demon attacks while considering the advantages of Earth Rank cultivation. The Qian and Luo Clans arrived with supplies and opened negotiations, and Wu Longjie agreed to release their people.

• Fang Qianyuan and Little White drove back the demons with a whirlwind and Frost Breath, freezing or killing many of them.
• Fang Qianyuan received word that the Qian and Luo Clans were sending delegations to meet him the next morning.
• The Qian and Luo Clans arrived with elders, experts, guards, and young talents, and their elders assessed Fang Qianyuan's youth and potential.
• A Qian Clan elder said his clan had brought money, provisions, and medicine, while a Luo Clan elder defended his clan's position over the mineral vein.
• Fang Qianyuan accepted that there had been a misunderstanding, and Wu Longjie agreed to release the Qian and Luo Clans' people.

Fang Qianyuan secured control of the Chuanlan Mine after the Qian and Luo Clan delegations visited and departed. With morale restored and miners returning to work, he inspected how ore seeds were prepared and cultivated into raw ore.

• Fang Qianyuan judged that Qian Shuisheng and Luo Zhengye could not challenge his control of the spirit mine amid the demon threat.
• The Qian and Luo Clan delegations left their supplies and traveled home separately, wary of each other.
• Fang Qianyuan observed that miners and laborers had begun returning to reclaimed mine shafts and ore fields.
• Fang Qianyuan inspected ore seeds and learned how workers mixed their powder with water before burying it to grow raw ore.

Fang Qianyuan inspected the spirit mine’s ore fields, underground tunnels, personnel, and supplies, then received gifts of spirit jade from the Qian and Luo Clans. He accepted both offerings but resolved to remain neutral and carry out the sect’s orders.

• Fang Qianyuan learned how ore seeds were planted in spirit fields and how natural mine shafts produced higher-quality ore.
• Fang Qianyuan found dead demons underground and ordered the miners’ safety prioritized, the area searched, and the corpses removed.
• Fang Qianyuan inspected the mine’s guards, workers, and emptied storehouse.
• Qian Shuisheng and the storehouse steward gave Fang Qianyuan a token of respect containing fifty thousand spirit jade.
• Luo Zhengye offered Fang Qianyuan another gift, this one containing a hundred thousand spirit jade.
• Fang Qianyuan accepted both gifts but decided not to side with either clan.

Fang Qianyuan rejected the Qian and Luo Clans’ attempts to influence him while guarding the reclaimed spirit mine. In Golden Embankment City, the Qian Clan secured Demon Alliance support against the Luo Clan, and Xue Pingchuan revealed that another Earth Rank Expert had gone to confront Fang Qianyuan.

• Fang Qianyuan accepted gifts from the Qian and Luo Clans but ignored their attempts to sway him, explaining to Wu Longjie that he was probing them in return.
• Fang Qianyuan continued guarding the spirit mine as the Qian and Luo Clans fought over Golden Embankment City.
• Xue Pingchuan arrived at the Qian Clan’s grounds, where Qian Yuxiang and Qian Wei welcomed him.
• Xue Pingchuan told Qian Yuxiang that the Demon Alliance would help the Qian Clan defeat the Luo Clan in exchange for compensation and a share of Chuanlan Valley.
• Xue Pingchuan said the Demon Alliance intended to drive Fang Qianyuan from Chuanlan and had already sent another Earth Rank Expert to meet him.

As the Qian Clan and the Demon Alliance prepared to move against the Luo Clan, Fang Qianyuan encountered Dog King Yang Qi in Chuanlan Valley. Yang Qi challenged him for control of the spirit mine and charged at Little White.

• The Qian Clan and the Demon Alliance finalized their plans to attack the Luo Clan and kill its remaining Earth Rank elder.
• Fang Qianyuan recalled his gray wolves to the Moon-Reflecting Wolf Fang Chain as rain began falling in Chuanlan Valley.
• Little White sensed an approaching beast and expanded into her enormous battle form.
• Fang Qianyuan recognized the arriving cultivator as Dog King Yang Qi, a former Azure Cloud Sect disciple who had joined the Demon Alliance.
• Yang Qi declared that he had come to drive Fang Qianyuan from the spirit mine and sent his giant beast charging at Little White.

Fang Qianyuan and Yang Qi battled with their spirit creatures, as Yang Qi’s Demonic Light Red-Eyed Hound and Sword-Fanged Dogs overwhelmed Little White. With Little White pinned, Fang Qianyuan drew the Ice Soul Divine Mirror to counterattack.

• Fang Qianyuan identified Yang Qi’s Earth Rank spirit creature as a Demonic Light Red-Eyed Hound after it fired a crimson beam at Little White.
• Yang Qi summoned two Sword-Fanged Dogs and used a Battle hand seal to enlarge them with heaven and earth essence.
• The Sword-Fanged Dogs pierced Little White’s Wind Gang Barrier and pinned her shoulders while working together.
• Yang Qi’s Demonic Light Red-Eyed Hound charged in, clamped down on Little White’s shoulder, and prepared a divine ability as Yang Qi formed the Hand Seal of Unity.
• Fang Qianyuan drew the Ice Soul Divine Mirror while Little White was immobilized.

Fang Qianyuan survived Yang Qi’s ambush and returned to Spirit Valley, where he drove off a horde of Ghost Hounds. Meanwhile, the Qian Clan’s assault devastated the Luo Clan, and Xue Pingchuan kept Azure Cloud Sect reinforcements from intervening.

• Fang Qianyuan used the Ice Soul Divine Mirror to freeze Yang Qi, but Little White broke free and badly wounded the Demonic Light Red-Eyed Hound.
• Yang Qi escaped and warned Fang Qianyuan to return to the mine, prompting Fang Qianyuan to abandon the pursuit and hurry back to Spirit Valley.
• Wu Longjie's Swift Eagle reported that Ghost Hounds were attacking the camp, and Fang Qianyuan returned to repel them and slaughter most of the horde.
• Fang Qianyuan told Wu Longjie that Yang Qi, an Earth Rank Expert from the Demon Alliance, had arranged the attack.
• Qian Yuxiang and Qian Wei led the Qian Clan's final assault on the Luo Residence, leaving the Luo Clan badly battered and Grand Elder Fei gravely wounded.
• Xue Pingchuan defeated the efforts of two Azure Cloud Sect Earth Rank Experts to reach Golden Embankment City, and they withdrew.

After the Qian Clan seized control of Golden Embankment City with the Demon Alliance's support, Azure Cloud Sect elders urged Fang Qianyuan to abandon the spirit mine. Fang refused to leave for now, but promised Wu Longjie that he would withdraw if the situation became hopeless.

• Fang Qianyuan learned that the Qian Clan had killed the Luo Clan's leaders and seized most of their interests in Golden Embankment City.
• Hua Yisheng and Xie Tao told Fang Qianyuan that they had been defeated by the Mighty Fist King, Xue Pingchuan, and recommended retreating.
• Fang Qianyuan identified the Demon Alliance's newly arrived Dog King, Yang Qi, as an opponent he had already fought.
• Hua Yisheng and Xie Tao urged Fang Qianyuan to withdraw, but he refused and they left without him.
• Wu Longjie also urged Fang Qianyuan to retreat, and Fang said he would stay to seek an opening but take everyone away if the situation became hopeless.

Fang Qianyuan rejected the Qian Clan’s offer to take over the spirit mine and secured the Luo Clan members’ loyalty as tensions rose. When the Qian Clan prepared to send an Earth Rank expert, Fang Qianyuan withdrew the Azure Cloud Sect and Luo Clan from the mine.

• Fang Qianyuan rejected the Qian Clan’s offer of compensation and refused to give up his claim to the spirit mine.
• Qian Shuisheng and Luo Zhengye’s clansmen fought in the dining hall, and Fang Qianyuan stopped them and warned them against fighting again.
• Fang Qianyuan offered Luo Zhengye protection in exchange for his service, and Luo Zhengye accepted on behalf of his people.
• The Qian Clan announced that Qian Yuxiang would arrive to take control of the mine, and Fang Qianyuan withdrew with the Azure Cloud Sect and Luo Clan members.

Fang Qianyuan led the Luo Clan members and his allies away from Chuanlan Valley, then revealed his plan to return to Golden Embankment City and attack the Qian Clan’s Earth Rank Experts. Qian Wei mistook Fang Qianyuan’s withdrawal for a retreat until a clan member was found dead with a blood-written warning, prompting him to seal the city and order a search.

• Fang Qianyuan ordered the group to rest after leading them away from Chuanlan Valley under cover of darkness.
• Fang Qianyuan sent Wu Longjie to the Eastern City and said he would return to Golden Embankment City to take on the Qian Clan.
• Fang Qianyuan explained that he intended to seize an opportunity to face one of the Qian Clan’s Earth Rank Experts alone.
• Qian Wei and his steward assumed Fang Qianyuan had retreated and discussed the Qian Clan’s prospects for expanding its power.
• A messenger reported that a Qian Clan member had been killed in the Eastern District and that the message “Blood Debt Must Be Repaid” was left beside the body.
• Qian Wei blamed the Luo Clan remnants and ordered the city gates sealed and the city searched.

Qian Wei investigated the attack on Qian Clan disciples, then used the Flamecloud Lynx’s Clear Sight to spot Fang Qianyuan near the burning warehouse. He pursued Fang beyond the city, where Fang revealed himself atop a White Wolf and announced that he had been waiting for Qian Wei.

• Qian Wei questioned the City Guard commander about the attack that killed Qian Song and Qian Fu, then learned that the Qian Clan warehouse was burning in the western part of the city.
• Qian Wei rode his Flamecloud Lynx to the warehouse and used Clear Sight to detect a black figure standing near it.
• Fang Qianyuan slipped away from the city, and Qian Wei followed him for several hundred li.
• Fang Qianyuan’s aura surged as he appeared atop an enormous White Wolf and told Qian Wei that he had been waiting for him.

Fang Qianyuan confronted Qian Wei after luring him out and revealed that he intended to kill him. He froze Qian Wei and the Flamecloud Lynx with the Ice Soul Divine Mirror, then launched his Wind Blade Frost Sword Seven-Kill Style as the battle continued.

• Qian Wei recognized Fang Qianyuan and learned that he had killed Qian Clan members and burned their warehouse to draw him out.
• Qian Wei concluded Fang Qianyuan was alone, but Fang Qianyuan declared that he was enough and sent Little White to attack the Flamecloud Lynx.
• Little White fought the Flamecloud Lynx while Fang Qianyuan used the Windbody Technique to shield her from its Fire Cluster Body.
• Fang Qianyuan used the Ice Soul Divine Mirror to trap and freeze Qian Wei and the Flamecloud Lynx.
• Fang Qianyuan summoned black dragons and the Golden-Wing Grub before attacking with the Wind Blade Frost Sword Seven-Kill Style.

Fang Qianyuan defeated Qian Wei and revealed his plan to eliminate the Qian Clan’s Earth Rank cultivators to restore balance in the Chuanlan region. He killed Qian Wei before Xue Pingchuan arrived, leaving Fang Qianyuan to face the powerful newcomer.

• Fang Qianyuan used his Wind Blade Frost Sword Divine Ability to destroy Qian Wei’s Flamecloud Lynx incarnation and leave him gravely wounded.
• Fang Qianyuan discovered a new variation of the Seven-Kill Style, which he named the Army-Breaking Style.
• Fang Qianyuan told Qian Wei he planned to kill him and Qian Yuxiang so the Demon Alliance would lose its Earth Rank cultivators in the region.
• Xue Pingchuan approached, and Qian Wei used his remaining strength to summon a Human Rank Blazing Lynx and take flight.
• Fang Qianyuan froze Qian Wei with the Ice Soul Divine Mirror, then Little White shattered him with a Wind Claw.
• Xue Pingchuan arrived after seeing the disturbance.

Fang Qianyuan faced Xue Pingchuan after killing Qian Wei, and the two tested their strength in battle. Xue Pingchuan recognized that Fang's attacks could wound him and prepared to fight seriously.

• Xue Pingchuan confronted Fang Qianyuan over Qian Wei's death and attacked him with Cloud-Punching Fist.
• Fang Qianyuan used the Windbody Technique, but Xue Pingchuan shattered his defense before Little White dodged the blow.
• Little White struck Xue Pingchuan with her Wind Claw, leaving three claw marks on his arms despite his powerful defense.
• Fang Qianyuan realized the black wind true meaning had strengthened Little White's attack by letting her draw more power from heaven and earth essence.
• Xue Pingchuan sensed the danger and intensified his aura, preparing to get serious.

Fang Qianyuan and Xue Pingchuan traded blows, with Fang using Wind Transformation to evade attacks before restraining Xue with the Ice Soul Divine Mirror. Xue broke free and declared that he would kill Fang to preserve the Demon Alliance’s plan for the Qian Clan, while preparing to unleash greater strength.

• Xue Pingchuan charged Fang Qianyuan atop Little White and attacked with White Ape Through-the-Back Fist.
• Fang Qianyuan used Wind Transformation to become an elusive whirlwind, evading Xue’s fists and cutting at his arms with wind blades.
• Xue’s force energy disrupted Fang’s transformation and eventually shattered his windlike form, but Fang and Little White reappeared elsewhere.
• Fang used the Ice Soul Divine Mirror to freeze and restrain Xue, then prepared to unleash Wind Blade Frost Sword.
• Xue shattered the ice and retreated beyond the killing move’s range, preventing Fang from exploiting his opening.
• Xue told Fang that the Qian Clan’s fate was part of the Demon Alliance’s Flag-Changing Plan and began gathering greater strength.

Fang Qianyuan and Xue Pingchuan clashed with their strongest attacks, as Xue Pingchuan’s manifestation wielded fist intent and Fang Qianyuan answered with Wind True Meaning and his linked techniques. Both survived the exchange, and Xue Pingchuan acknowledged Fang Qianyuan’s extraordinary strength and lamented that ordinary cultivation could not catch up with him.

• Xue Pingchuan transformed his spirit garment into a Mighty Vajra Ape manifestation and gathered heaven-and-earth energy into a fist infused with fist intent.
• Fang Qianyuan realized the strike could attack his divine soul, then summoned Wind True Meaning and joined forces with Little White to activate Wind Blade Frost Sword.
• Fang Qianyuan’s Golden-Wing Grubs unleashed Seven Kills United, Army-Breaking Form alongside his sword technique, merging black dragons into a massive dragon that struck Xue Pingchuan’s manifestation.
• The clash left Xue Pingchuan’s arm bleeding and trembling, while Fang Qianyuan suffered backlash but recovered with the aid of his physique and withdrew the Golden-Wing Grub avatars.
• Xue Pingchuan praised Fang Qianyuan’s power and said that cultivating the Dao in this life was already too late to catch up with him.

Fang Qianyuan defeated Xue Pingchuan, who escaped toward Chuanlan Valley, then returned to Golden Embankment City and ordered the Righteous Path Alliance to destroy the Qian Clan. His declaration plunged the city into chaos.

• Fang Qianyuan realized Wind Blade Frost Sword had frozen Xue Pingchuan's body and attacked him with the Ice Soul Divine Mirror.
• Xue Pingchuan used a Rampaging Ape to block Little White's strike, transformed into a Cloud-Leaping Ape, and fled toward Chuanlan Valley.
• Fang Qianyuan chose not to pursue Xue Pingchuan and searched Qian Wei's belongings before flying back to Golden Embankment City.
• Fang Qianyuan announced that he had slain Qian Wei and ordered the Righteous Path Alliance to kill the Qian Clan's people throughout the city.
• The people of Golden Embankment City erupted into commotion after hearing Fang Qianyuan's command.

Fang Qianyuan attacked Golden Embankment City and defeated the Qian Clan’s Formation Soldiers at the City Lord’s Mansion. After Little White killed the city lord, Fang Qianyuan headed for the Qian Clan Ancestral Grounds.

• Fang Qianyuan announced that he would wipe out the Qian Clan and flew toward the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Fang Qianyuan ordered Little White to attack the mansion, and she damaged its wall with a Wind Claw.
• The city lord rallied the guards, who formed Five Elements and Lesser Celestial Circuit battle formations to resist Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan unleashed Wind Blade Frost Sword, broke the formation, and killed or wounded more than half of the Formation Soldiers.
• Little White pinned the city lord and crushed him, then carried Fang Qianyuan toward the Qian Clan Ancestral Grounds.

Xue Pingchuan reported that Fang Qianyuan had killed Qian Wei and defeated him, leaving the Qian Clan’s position at the Chuanlan Mine precarious. Fang Qianyuan rallied Golden Embankment City against the clan and recalled two Azure Cloud Sect elders, who turned back to join him.

• Xue Pingchuan arrived at the Chuanlan Mine and told Qian Yuxiang and Yang Qi that Fang Qianyuan had attacked Golden Embankment City, killed Qian Wei, and defeated him.
• Qian Yuxiang confronted Xue Pingchuan over his failure to protect the Qian Clan, then apologized after realizing he could not challenge the Demon Alliance experts.
• Xue Pingchuan warned Qian Yuxiang that Fang Qianyuan could cut off the clan’s retreat and urged him to prepare to abandon the mine and flee.
• Fang Qianyuan rallied Golden Embankment City’s aristocratic clans against the Qian Clan and sent an urgent message recalling Hua Yisheng and Xie Tao.
• Hua Yisheng and Xie Tao turned back toward Golden Embankment City to meet Fang Qianyuan.