Chapter Summaries

Shi Chun arrived at the Ice Cave and found Gan Tangyu dying outside while Bian Weiying was being assaulted inside by Zhao Shanqi. He revealed his strength, killed the Divine Light Sect attackers who stood in his way, and rescued Bian Weiying by beheading Zhao Shanqi.

• Shi Chun found Gan Tangyu pinned to the ice, learned Bian Weiying was inside the Ice Cave, and resolved to save her.
• Shi Chun called Wu Jinliang to fight, then killed Luo Buqi with the Demon-Undoing Hand as Wu Jinliang finished him with his great saber.
• Shi Chun killed another Divine Light Sect disciple, frightened the remaining onlookers into clearing the path, and rushed into the Ice Cave.
• Shi Chun found Zhao Shanqi preparing to assault Bian Weiying and ignored his blinding light with the aid of his right eye.
• Shi Chun struck Zhao Shanqi with the Demon-Undoing Hand and beheaded him, while Bian Weiying watched in shock.

Shi Chun killed Zhao Shanqi and found Bian Weiying badly injured in the Ice Cave. He helped her dress and recover while Wu Jinliang guarded the entrance, and the chapter ended with Bian Weiying wearing Shi Chun’s clothes and Shi Chun wearing Wu Jinliang’s oversized ones.

• The fighters outside fled after Shi Chun’s display of strength, leaving Wu Jinliang alone; Wu Jinliang found Gan Tangyu dead and entered the Ice Cave.
• Shi Chun killed Zhao Shanqi, then covered Bian Weiying and treated her injuries with medicinal pills.
• Bian Weiying recalled Shi Chun’s promise to protect her and felt safe with him, while Wu Jinliang called from the passage.
• Shi Chun sent Wu Jinliang to guard the entrance and helped Bian Weiying find her underclothes in her pouch.
• Bian Weiying asked Shi Chun to help dress her, refused Wu Jinliang’s clothes, and persuaded Shi Chun to lend her his clothes while he wore Wu Jinliang’s oversized outfit.

Shi Chun rescued Bian Weiying, gathered supplies, and left the Ice Cave with her and Wu Jinliang, while Wu Jinliang suspected Shi Chun intended to kill her once she was no longer useful. Elsewhere, Young Master Nan told Miao Dingyi that Shi Chun was likely dead after entering the Moon Sea.

• Wu Jinliang found Shi Chun and Bian Weiying together in oversized clothes, then misunderstood what had happened before learning Zhao Shanqi was dead.
• Bian Weiying mourned Gan Tangyu and blamed herself for ignoring his warning, while Shi Chun took Gan Tangyu's trousers and searched the bodies for useful items.
• Shi Chun ordered Wu Jinliang to bury Gan Tangyu, then carried Bian Weiying away on the Wind Scales with Wu Jinliang.
• Shi Chun brought the group back to the hole through the stalagmite mountain and told Bian Weiying to stay quiet while they recovered.
• Young Master Nan met Miao Dingyi outside the Tournament Grounds and said Shi Chun was probably dead because he had entered the Moon Sea.

Mulan Qingqing prepared the Mystic Continent forces to monitor their rivals while Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang searched the Moon Sea monsters for a leader that might help them escape. Back in their cave, Bian Weiying kissed Shi Chun, leaving Wu Jinliang to wonder what the two were doing.

• Young Master Nan told Miao Dingyi that Shi Chun had not emerged from the Moon Sea and that attempts to interfere with the assembly had failed.
• Feng Chi met the Masked Man, who said the higher-ups could not intervene and that the young lady’s trip might fail to achieve its aims.
• Mulan Qingqing ordered the Mystic Continent forces to split into seven groups, spread a false claim about their crystal count, and wait for rival forces to weaken one another.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang searched a monster-filled pit for a red-glowing leader, but Shi Chun found only blue-glowing monsters and exhausted his blood qi.
• Bian Weiying confessed her fear of being left behind, then kissed Shi Chun while Wu Jinliang jokingly asked what they were eating.

Trapped in darkness, Shi Chun and Bian Weiying shared an intimate moment as she confided her resentment toward her family and declared her feelings for him. After they returned to searching for a way out, Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang began attacking monsters repeatedly to lure their leader into the open.

• Bian Weiying kissed Shi Chun, then told him how her family’s favoritism and false promises had shaped her determination and resentment.
• Wu Jinliang comforted Bian Weiying by recounting how he and Shi Chun had survived famine in the Land of Exile.
• Bian Weiying told Shi Chun she had chosen him, while Shi Chun admitted he liked someone else and refused to answer whether he found her beautiful.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang searched for the red-glowing monster, killed a monster, and found a blue insect core crystal that flew away when released.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang repeatedly attacked groups of monsters near the pit, hoping to lure their leader out.
• Back in the cave, Bian Weiying approached Shi Chun, and Wu Jinliang warned her that he could hear them in the darkness.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang attacked the monster horde, captured a red insect core crystal, and discovered monsters passing through openings into another place. After returning to Bamboo Shoot Pillar Mountain, Shi Chun gave Bian Weiying medicinal pills before setting out again.

• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang found a huge horde containing three red-glowing monsters, and Shi Chun left Wu Jinliang behind to kill one and take its red insect core crystal.
• Shi Chun discovered that the red crystal could escape from the Heaven-and-Earth Bracelet but stayed inside a black bag, then fled as monsters gathered around the light.
• Shi Chun went alone to investigate openings in the darkness and saw monsters flying through them while two red-glowing monsters remained behind.
• Shi Chun disguised himself inside a dead monster’s hollowed-out body and found that the other monsters did not react to him.
• Shi Chun prepared to leave with Wu Jinliang, then gave Bian Weiying a bag of medicinal pills for her injuries.

Shi Chun led Bian Weiying and Wu Jinliang away from the cave and devised a way to hide inside a monster while they waited for the exit to open. Bian Weiying learned Shi Chun had not meant to abandon her, though he privately revealed he had considered killing her if she gave the wrong answer about choosing between him and her family.

• Bian Weiying asked Shi Chun to take her to the Icefield, but he led her and Wu Jinliang to a mountain hollow instead because she had not recovered from her injuries.
• Shi Chun modified a monster's corpse so the three could hide inside it and blend in with the monsters while waiting for the exit to open.
• Wu Jinliang carried the block of flesh as Shi Chun guided them toward the distant monster gathering, then they stopped so Shi Chun could rest and recover his Right-Eye Ability.
• Bian Weiying asked whether Shi Chun had planned to leave her behind, and he explained that he had intended to bring her along; reassured, she bit and punched him.
• Shi Chun privately acknowledged that he had been prepared to kill Bian Weiying if she gave an answer he disliked about whose side she would take in a conflict with her family.

Shi Chun, Bian Weiying, and Wu Jinliang escaped the monster-filled darkness through a closing spatial opening, but Shi Chun was injured and his Wind Scales were damaged. After the red-cored monster followed them into the Moon Sea Forest and surrounded them, masked figures descended, subdued it, and carried it away.

• After waiting for an opening to appear, Shi Chun led Bian Weiying and Wu Jinliang through the monster horde toward the exit.
• Shi Chun shoved Bian Weiying through first, then used the Wind Scales to escape just before the spatial opening closed.
• The Wind Scales carried Shi Chun into a mountainside, and Wu Jinliang and Bian Weiying found him alive but wounded by fragments of the magical treasure.
• As the red-cored monster emerged from the reopened rift and the group was surrounded, masked figures descended and flattened the monster with a powerful attack.
• The masked figures bound the red-cored monster in silver chains and carried it away from the Moon Sea Forest.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang escaped the Moon Sea with Bian Weiying, then reunited with Xiang Lan'er. Xiang Lan'er asked about Sun Shigang and the valuable item he had carried, but Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang appeared not to know what she meant.

• Shi Chun used Wu Jinliang's Wind Scales to carry himself, Wu Jinliang, and Bian Weiying out of the Moon Sea, and Bian Weiying warned them to keep the Dark Space secret.
• Bian Weiying offered to hide until the Skyfall Meteor Assembly ended, and Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang left her in a cave before heading to meet Xiang Lan'er.
• Shi Chun contacted Xiang Lan'er through the Mother-Child Talisman, and Wu Jinliang flew them to the landmark she provided.
• Xiang Lan'er met Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang and asked where Sun Shigang was, saying he had disappeared with them.
• Xiang Lan'er explained that Sun Shigang carried an item that could ward off danger in the Moon Sea and help locate insect core crystals, and she asked whether it had fallen into their hands.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang met Xiang Lan’er, who tried to learn what had happened to Sun Shigang and whether his belongings held a way to find insect core crystals in the Moon Sea. After reuniting Xiang Lan’er with Bian Weiying, Shi Chun and Bian Weiying shared a private moment in which she confronted the fact that he would not take her away from Mount Wukang.

• Xiang Lan’er questioned Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang about Sun Shigang and the Wind Scales, but they denied knowing anything about him.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang privately considered searching the belongings they had left in a cave for an item that could help locate insect core crystals.
• Shi Chun contacted Bian Weiying, and Wu Jinliang used the Wind Scales to carry Shi Chun, Xiang Lan’er, and himself to her hiding place.
• Xiang Lan’er reunited with Bian Weiying, who told her that Gan Tangyu had perished in the Moon Sea.
• Bian Weiying took Shi Chun to a rocky peak and asked whether he was angry with her, then asked for a reason not to become Sect Master of Mount Wukang.
• Shi Chun stayed silent as Bian Weiying said he would leave Mount Wukang without taking her with him, and she cried against his hand.

Shi Chun, Bian Weiying, Xiang Lan'er, and Wu Jinliang returned to the gorge and cleared the rubble covering their old cave. When the Sky-Gazing Mirror showed Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang alive, their return shocked the Tournament Grounds and disrupted Miao Yilan’s meeting with Gong Shaoci.

• Bian Weiying and Shi Chun returned to the cave in the Gully after spending the night together, and Xiang Lan'er questioned their absence.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang led Xiang Lan'er and Bian Weiying to the gorge, where Wu Jinliang admitted he had collapsed the cliff and began clearing the rubble with the others.
• Regional Lords gathered at the Tournament Grounds while Miao Yilan met Gong Shaoci, believing Shi Chun had died in the Moon Sea.
• Yin Huixin spotted Bian Weiying alive in the Sky-Gazing Mirror, and the image also revealed Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang at the gorge.
• Chi Rang, Wei Mo, and Young Master Nan reacted to Shi Chun’s survival, while Miao Yilan left Gong Shaoci to tell Lan Qiaoyan that Shi Chun was alive.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang used Sun Shigang’s belongings to confirm Xiang Lan’er knew about the ambush, then learned the Sky-Gazing Mirror could observe them unless they were covered. As Xiang Lan’er searched the items beneath her cloak, she noticed the bracelet on Shi Chun’s wrist and stared at it in surprise.

• Shi Chun revealed that Sun Shigang and his men had ambushed them, prompting Xiang Lan’er to inspect their belongings while the two men packed them away.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang took Bian Weiying back to the gully and claimed they were going to seize first place in the Skyfall Meteor Assembly.
• Xiang Lan’er explained that the Sky-Gazing Mirror could pinpoint and observe them through the artifact on her wrist, except when they were under cover or inside the Moon Sea.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang worried that the Mirror had seen them steal the Wind Scales, but Xiang Lan’er told them it did not continuously track them or reveal ownership.
• The three held Xiang Lan’er’s cloak overhead while she searched the bundle, and Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang discussed their fear of being returned to the Prison of Life.
• Xiang Lan’er suddenly noticed the bracelet on Shi Chun’s wrist and stared at it in astonishment.

Xiang Lan'er tested the strange incense in the Moon Sea and found that it let her people search without encountering monsters, gathering 477 Insect Core Crystals. After the incense ran out, Shi Chun offered her the crystals and credit, then demanded that she lend him her people so he could pursue first place.

• Xiang Lan'er exposed Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang's fake Mystic Continent nameplates, then singled out five bundles of incense from Sun Shigang's belongings.
• Xiang Lan'er sent five people into the Moon Sea with burning incense; they returned safely with an Insect Core Crystal and reported no danger.
• Xiang Lan'er ordered the five to search through the night, then repeated the incense tests with more groups, confirming after three days that the incense kept her people safe.
• Xiang Lan'er restricted the incense secret to six groups and rotated thirty people through the Moon Sea, where they gathered crystals for more than ten days.
• After the incense ran out, Xiang Lan'er counted 477 Insect Core Crystals and discussed how to claim credit for them with Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang.
• Shi Chun offered Xiang Lan'er all the crystals and credit, then demanded that she lend him her people to help him seize first place.

Shi Chun recruited Xiang Lan'er to help his faction gather intelligence and arranged for her to pose as a traumatized Wandering Rosy Clouds Mountain disciple named Feng Meimei. He then met Chu Jingtang and revealed the Suyuan Sect's deadly scheme, leaving Chu Jingtang and his disciples shocked that Shi Chun had told them.

• Shi Chun explained that Xiang Lan'er's people should gather information about the other continents' main forces while his own faction pursued first place through combat, and Xiang Lan'er agreed to join the operation.
• Wu Jinliang made Xiang Lan'er a Wandering Rosy Clouds Mountain tag under the name Feng Meimei and coached her on concealing her affiliations and pretending to be a survivor of Bai Shuchuan's assault.
• Shi Chun contacted Chu Jingtang with a Mother-Child Talisman, and the group flew to meet him near a great rift by the shore.
• Chu Jingtang arrived with Jade Tide Sect disciples, and Shi Chun introduced Xiang Lan'er as a surviving junior sister while asking them not to mention her supposed trauma.
• Shi Chun told Chu Jingtang that Yan Ji and the Suyuan Sect had lured people into danger in the Moon Sea and that he had stayed silent for fear they would kill witnesses, shocking Chu Jingtang and his disciples.

Shi Chun revealed to Chu Jingtang that the Suyuan Sect had killed Yan Ji and feared the sect would silence anyone who knew. He sought Huyan Dao’s help to keep the accusation hidden until after the Mystic Continent Championship, when he and his companion planned to expose the Suyuan Sect.

• Shi Chun told Chu Jingtang that survivors of the Moon Sea incident could verify his account of Yan Ji’s death and explained that he and his companions had come forward rather than risk endangering their sect by keeping silent.
• Chu Jingtang learned that Shi Chun wanted to approach the Origin Sword Palace, the Mystic Continent sect most likely to win the championship, and agreed to introduce him to its leader, Huyan Dao.
• Chu Jingtang secretly informed Huyan Dao, who arranged a discreet meeting with Shi Chun and his companions at the Origin Sword Palace’s cave headquarters.
• Shi Chun recounted the incident and offered to use himself as bait to prove his story, while Huyan Dao questioned the account and warned that disrupting the championship could bring punishment from Regional Lord Chi Rang.
• Shi Chun proposed waiting until the insect core crystals were distributed by merit before exposing the Suyuan Sect, and asked Huyan Dao to provide cover and cooperation.

Huyan Dao agreed to shelter Shi Chun and his companions while he verified their claims, then learned Wang Sheng and Gao Qiang were alive. He chose to help Mulan Qingqing contain the scandal rather than accept Wang Sheng’s plan to seize first place, and agreed to lure the survivors wherever she wanted to deal with them.

• Huyan Dao agreed to keep Shi Chun and the others under his protection until he verified their account, while Chu Jingtang and Jin Zaogong condemned Bai Shuchuan for what they believed he had done to Xiang Lan'er.
• Jin Zaogong urged Huyan Dao to use Wang Sheng’s plan to claim the championship, but Huyan Dao recalled the Origin Sword Palace’s orders to support the Suyuan Sect and rejected the scheme.
• Huyan Dao traveled to Mulan Qingqing’s cave and told her that Wang Sheng and Gao Qiang were alive and staying with him.
• Mulan Qingqing asked where the survivors were and offered Huyan Dao friendship in exchange for his help; he agreed to lure them to a place she chose so she could arrange what happened next.

Mulan Qingqing secured Huyan Dao’s help to eliminate the surviving disciples of Wandering Rosy Clouds Mountain and the Jade Tide Sect, then sent Chao Zhilin to carry out the plan. Afterward, she warned Guan Yingjie not to underestimate Wang Sheng and Gao Qiang, whom she regarded as heroes whose courage could threaten the Suyuan Sect.

• Mulan Qingqing learned that eight enemies remained, including a traumatized junior sister, and asked Huyan Dao to help provide manpower for an attack.
• Mulan Qingqing promised Huyan Dao a chance at a relationship, and he agreed to support her and explain the situation to Chao Zhilin and Guan Yingjie.
• Huyan Dao revealed Shi Chun’s scheme to exploit the Suyuan Sect’s expedition for first place, and he said the Origin Sword Palace would support the Suyuan Sect instead.
• Mulan Qingqing ordered Chao Zhilin to work with Huyan Dao and eliminate every enemy without alerting them, warning him not to underestimate Wang Sheng and Gao Qiang.
• Mulan Qingqing told Guan Yingjie that Wang Sheng and Gao Qiang were heroes because they dared oppose the Suyuan Sect, and she worried that Chao Zhilin might not take her warning seriously.

Huyan Dao and Chao Zhilin arranged a secret ambush against Wang Sheng and his companions, while Huyan Dao added safeguards in case they escaped. Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang were lured into Huyan Dao’s cave, where Huyan Dao proposed using them as bait that night, and Shi Chun prepared to return for Xiang Lan’er.

• Huyan Dao and Chao Zhilin planned to attack Wang Sheng and his two companions, then use Wang Sheng’s Mother-Child Talisman to lure the Jade Tide Sect disciples into a trap.
• Chao Zhilin took Mao Zhong and Zhu Ze to scout for an ambush site, while Huyan Dao arranged for Xun Lingyin to join them later as extra backup.
• After confirming that Shi Chun and his companions remained in camp, Huyan Dao had Jin Zaogong summon Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang to the central cave.
• Huyan Dao proposed that Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang pose as bait at a concealed sentry post, and Shi Chun agreed to go that night.
• When Huyan Dao insisted Xiang Lan’er come too, Shi Chun asked Xun Lingyin to wait outside while he went to fetch her.

Shi Chun suspected Huyan Dao had alerted the Suyuan Sect and warned Chu Jingtang to prepare the Jade Tide Sect and their allies to flee. After confirming that Xun Lingyin had led them to a trap, Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang immobilized him and decided to capture their enemies alive.

• Shi Chun warned Chu Jingtang that Huyan Dao might have betrayed them and ordered him to gather the Jade Tide Sect's allies for a possible withdrawal.
• Chu Jingtang confirmed that Jin Zaogong was watching the Jade Tide Sect cave, slipped away, and persuaded Lao Changhai to alert other sects and help prepare an escape.
• Shi Chun, Wu Jinliang, Xiang Lan'er, and Xun Lingyin reached the location Huyan Dao had specified, where Shi Chun used his right-eye ability to inspect the area.
• Shi Chun handed Xiang Lan'er to Xun Lingyin, and Wu Jinliang paralyzed him from behind.
• Shi Chun said he wanted to learn what was happening and take their enemies alive, then struck Xun Lingyin with his saber until he fell.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang confronted an ambush by Chao Zhilin, Mao Zhong, and Zhu Ze, using Xun Lingyin as a hostage. When Chao Zhilin attacked Xiang Lan'er, she revealed her strength and subdued him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Chao Zhilin, Mao Zhong, and Zhu Ze emerged from hiding, and Shi Chun held Xun Lingyin at knifepoint to demand a way out.
• Shi Chun cut off Xun Lingyin's arm and then one leg when the ambushers refused to comply, before handing him to Xiang Lan'er as a shield.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang charged Chao Zhilin together, but Chao leaped past them to attack Xiang Lan'er and kill Xun Lingyin.
• Xiang Lan'er evaded Chao Zhilin's sword, struck him twice in the back, and bound him with black energy.
• Xiang Lan'er crushed Chao Zhilin's hand and subdued him at her feet as Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang turned to face the remaining attackers.