Arc 14The Land God Temple Conspiracy

Yi Yang survived the chaos at Crossing Peak Stronghold, investigated Shang Yu’s connections, and strengthened his body and cultivation while avoiding the expedition. He accepted Jiang Zhongtian’s mission to hunt escaped Spirit-Blood God followers, then uncovered a Nine Evil Sect stronghold where a sacrifice was about to begin.

  • Yi Yang escaped the Heavenly Rhyme Pavilion disaster, killed Helian Zhu, and defeated Han Ji and Xie Tinglan before leaving a misleading clue about Shang Yu.
  • Jiang Zhongtian explained the Blood Illusion Venerable’s defeat and the trap set for Shang Yu, while Yi Yang focused on cultivation and began Divine Bone Blood Refining.
  • Yi Yang declined to join the march on Tooth-Copper City, drew Chu Tiankuo’s scrutiny, and received Jiang Zhongtian’s Grand Void Breath-Hiding Art in exchange for hunting three escaped Spirit-Blood God followers.
  • Yi Yang traced suspicious activity to the Land God Temple and, disguised as a starving man, discovered that the temple served as a Nine Evil Sect stronghold.
  • Yi Yang found a blood pool and a Spiritblood True God Statue as the Nine Evil Sect prepared a sacrifice, while Su Lie, Wei Qingfeng, Gu Changfeng, Lin Tian, and Head Shopkeeper Zhao arrived to confront the cultists.
  • Zhang Yuan summoned four Incense Masters to attack the county martial artists, but Wei Xinyuan and Miss Wang revealed themselves as powerful Nine Rivers Sect disciples, and a pale hand paralyzed Wei Xinyuan from behind.
Chapters 326–350 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 326Would he enter the Grandmaster realm tonight?

Jiang Zhongtian deflected a deadly arrow aimed at the Heavenly Rhyme Pavilion, while Yi Yang escaped with the auctioned manual as Helian Zhu pursued him. The Blood Illusion Venerable emerged from a pool of blood and announced that he would enter the Grandmaster realm that night.

  • Jiang Zhongtian stopped a blood-red arrow with his spear and redirected it into the sky, where it exploded above Crossing Peak Stronghold.
  • Jiang Zhongtian sent Lu Zui to deal with the distant master archer and promised to protect Qinglan.
  • Yi Yang left the pavilion with the Divine Bone Blood Refining manual and his possessions to escape the chaos.
  • Helian Zhu recognized Yi Yang as the cultivator who had won the manual and jumped out of the pavilion to kill him.
  • Blood from the slain monsters gathered before the auction platform, and the Blood Illusion Venerable emerged from the pool.
  • The Blood Illusion Venerable identified the gathered experts and declared that he would enter the Grandmaster realm that night.

Ch. 327The "Divine Envoy" Takes on Three Alone

Yi Yang escaped the Heavenly Rhyme Pavilion as the Blood Illusion Venerable transformed into a Divine Envoy and fought Jiang Zhongtian, Bai Yuchen, and Chu Tiankuo. After spotting the Great Yu prince Xia Haoyun and realizing someone was following him, Yi Yang led his pursuer into an abandoned ward district, preparing to fight.

  • Yi Yang fled the auction hall as the blood explosion and the clash between the Blood Illusion Venerable and three Hidden Dragon Ranking experts devastated the Heavenly Rhyme Pavilion.
  • The Blood Illusion Venerable transformed his body into a six-armed, four-legged Divine Envoy and held his own against Jiang Zhongtian, Bai Yuchen, and Chu Tiankuo.
  • Yi Yang spotted Xia Haoyun escaping with a girl, recognized him as the Great Yu prince, and continued toward safety after Xia Haoyun left without helping.
  • Yi Yang sensed that the person who had competed for the cultivation art was following him and deliberately entered an abandoned ward district.
  • Yi Yang prepared to test the three killing moves of the Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art: Moving Image Chapter against his pursuer.

Ch. 328The Dynamic Image Chapter Revealed Its Divine Might

Yi Yang lured Helian Zhu into the abandoned ward district and used the Moving Image Chapter’s Heart Prison, Body Incineration to overwhelm him with fear before killing him. Helian Zhu’s terror revealed that he served someone named Shang Yu and had a mission, leaving Yi Yang with new questions as the fighting in Crossing Peak Stronghold intensified.

  • Yi Yang hid in the ruins and prepared to ambush Helian Zhu, who had pursued him from the auction.
  • Yi Yang severed Helian Zhu’s right arm with Azure Dragon Emerges from the Abyss, then trapped him in Heart Prison, Body Incineration.
  • Helian Zhu’s fear of Lord Shang Yu drove him to kneel, mutilate his own face, and reveal that he had a mission to complete.
  • Yi Yang recognized Shang Yu as a name worth investigating but decided to leave before the battle near Heavenly Rhyme Pavilion reached him.
  • Yi Yang beheaded Helian Zhu, collected his belongings and Storage Ring, and hurried back toward his lodgings.

Ch. 329Blue-Faced Divine General

Yi Yang was ambushed by Xie Tinglan and Han Ji while crossing the Ward District, then revealed his profound connection realm cultivation and fought Han Ji. He shattered Han Ji’s Blue-Faced Divine General dharma body with a spirit-weapon saber strike, but was left nearly out of true qi as the two faced each other.

  • Yi Yang blocked Xie Tinglan’s lethal sword strike with his fist and revealed that he had advanced to the profound connection realm.
  • Yi Yang sensed Han Ji nearby, and Han Ji demanded his Storage Ring before Yi Yang attacked him with the Mysterious Abyss Saber.
  • Yi Yang’s first two saber forms forced Han Ji back and injured Xie Tinglan with their shock waves.
  • Han Ji released his dharma body and transformed into the thirty-foot-tall Blue-Faced Divine General, then drove Yi Yang back with three halberd strikes.
  • Yi Yang used Heart Mirror, Shattering Shadow to disrupt Han Ji’s senses and followed with White Tiger Howls at the Moon.
  • Yi Yang’s saber shattered Han Ji’s dharma body and inflicted a massive wound, leaving both men exhausted and facing each other across the alley.

Ch. 330Heartfire Raging Across the Plains, Burning All to Oblivion

Yi Yang baited Xie Tinglan into attacking, then revealed the strength of his Profound Connection Realm physique and turned on her. He shattered Han Ji’s divine sense attack and set Han Ji’s true qi ablaze, leaving him screaming as the fire consumed him from within.

  • Han Ji urged Xie Tinglan to attack Yi Yang so he could seize the Mysterious Abyss Saber.
  • Xie Tinglan tested Yi Yang with the Azure Sky Sword Art, and Yi Yang appeared too weak to defend himself.
  • Xie Tinglan charged with Thirteen Azure Frost Forms, but Yi Yang endured all thirteen strikes with his body and countered with a punch.
  • Han Ji attacked Yi Yang’s sea of consciousness, but the Golden-Furred Giant Ape in Yi Yang’s mind shattered the attack and caused Han Ji a devastating backlash.
  • Yi Yang used Heartfire Raging Across the Plains to ignite Han Ji’s true qi, which burned through his meridians and organs.

Ch. 331Pinning the blame on "Shang Yu"

Yi Yang killed Xie Tinglan after Han Ji burned to death from his own true qi, then looted both corpses. To cover his tracks amid the chaos at Crossing Peak Stronghold, he left the name “Shang Yu” in Han Ji’s blood as a false clue.

  • Han Ji’s true qi ignited inside his body, and Xie Tinglan fled after realizing the danger.
  • Yi Yang killed Xie Tinglan with her own sword and dissolved her corpse with Corpse-Dissolving Water.
  • Yi Yang took Xie Tinglan’s belongings and searched Han Ji’s charred corpse, claiming his Storage Ring and damaged Spirit Weapon Cold Firmament.
  • Yi Yang connected the name “Shang Yu” to Helian Zhu’s final words and the upheaval at Crossing Peak Stronghold.
  • Yi Yang wrote “Shang Yu” in Han Ji’s blood to mislead the Heaven Patrol Office and hide his own involvement.

Ch. 332Back into the Ink Abyss Marsh

After recovering from his battle with Han Ji, Yi Yang was pulled into the Ink Abyss Marsh by Mysterious Abyss and attacked a Giant Eel. As he prepared to kill it, a golden light appeared in its eyes and its fading aura began to rise.

  • Yi Yang hid in an empty house, replenished his true qi, and reflected on how narrowly he had survived Han Ji’s dharma body.
  • Yi Yang concluded that he needed to reach the manifestation realm before facing another dharma body opponent.
  • Mysterious Abyss pulled Yi Yang’s consciousness into the Ink Abyss Marsh after he had used the Spirit Weapon’s power in battle.
  • Yi Yang located a first profound connection realm Giant Eel and battered it against a rock.
  • A golden light appeared in the dying eel’s eyes, and an unusual force from the abyss caused its aura to climb.

Ch. 333"Gu Zhaohuang, you can't kill me!"

Yi Yang killed the Gray-White Giant Eel after destroying the strange force reviving it, then returned from Ink Abyss Marsh with a new Waterside Spirit Drop and a warning that an ancient presence had noticed him. After recovering in a ruined house, he killed a Shaman Kingdom intruder and witnessed the Blood Illusion Venerable flee from Gu Zhaohuang, whose arrival ended the battle at Crossing Peak Stronghold.

  • Yi Yang destroyed the Giant Eel’s chaotic Sea of Consciousness, killed it, and saw the enormous golden eyes in Ink Abyss Marsh begin to rise before he was pulled back to his body.
  • Yi Yang awoke in a ruined house, killed a Shaman Kingdom man who tried to steal his Storage Ring, and collected the man’s saber, belongings, and head.
  • Yi Yang found a second, richer Waterside Spirit Drop on the Mysterious Abyss Saber and consumed the first drop, healing his wounds and restoring most of his True Qi.
  • Yi Yang stayed inside as the battle at Heavenly Rhyme Pavilion continued, then heard the Blood Illusion Venerable cry out at the name Gu Zhaohuang and flee.
  • The Blood Illusion Venerable’s blood-pulling power briefly threatened Yi Yang before it vanished along with the Venerable’s aura, and Yi Yang later left the house after the fighting ended.

Ch. 334Vigilance and Spoils

Yi Yang returned to the courtyard after the chaos in Crossing Peak Stronghold and heard how Xu Min’s Pacification Guards had survived the night. He searched Helian Zhu’s Storage Ring for evidence of the mysterious Shang Yu but found none, leaving the Shaman Kingdom’s mission unresolved.

  • Xu Min explained that his men had killed five Shaman Kingdom martial artists and held the courtyard rather than risk going out into the dangerous streets.
  • Yi Yang told Xu Min that his decision had been right and ordered the Pacification Guards to keep watch in rotating shifts until dawn.
  • Yi Yang searched Helian Zhu’s Storage Ring but found no written orders or clues identifying Shang Yu or the Shaman Kingdom’s mission.
  • Yi Yang counted 793 spirit crystals and discovered a Supreme-Grade Treasure Artifact chain hammer, reflecting on how dangerous Helian Zhu would have been if he had managed to use it.

Ch. 335As expected of the Heavenly Heart Sect-wealth to spare

Yi Yang examined the spoils taken from Helian Zhu and Han Ji, finding valuable pills, weapons, and other items. After tallying his wealth, he swallowed a Profound Essence Pill and began cultivating with the Wood True Yang Scripture.

  • Yi Yang stored Helian Zhu’s chain hammer and kept a mysterious parchment fragment after examining his other belongings.
  • Yi Yang searched Han Ji’s Storage Ring and found spirit crystals, high-quality cultivation pills, and three Heavenly Heart Sect martial arts manuals.
  • Yi Yang inspected Han Ji’s damaged Spirit Weapon, Cold Firmament, and recognized that its remaining power could be unleashed three times.
  • Yi Yang counted his growing collection of spirit crystals, pills, weapons, lotus seeds, Roc eggs, and cultivation manuals.
  • Yi Yang swallowed a Profound Essence Pill and circulated the Wood True Yang Scripture as his profound light seed absorbed its medicinal power.

Ch. 336There Was Too Much That Made Him Special

Yi Yang received his reward from Jiang Zhongtian and learned that the previous night’s battle had been part of a trap meant to lure the Grandmaster Shang Yu. Shang Yu never appeared, and Jiang revealed that he had fought in the Battle of Dingfeng Mountain, where the target was a Martial Saint’s disciple.

  • Yi Yang welcomed the battle-worn Jiang Zhongtian, who delivered 120 spirit crystals and two Profound Essence Foundation-Stabilizing Pills as a reward for Yi Yang’s recent kills.
  • Jiang explained that Blood Illusion Venerable had fused his dharma body with a sliver of the Spiritblood True God’s might, giving him powers beyond those of an ordinary Profound Connection Perfection martial artist.
  • Jiang told Yi Yang that Xia Haoyun had served as bait in a trap designed to draw out Shang Yu, with the auctioned Flawless Spirit Weapon helping attract Hidden Dragon Ranking experts.
  • Jiang revealed that Shang Yu had stayed hidden and sent a Divine Archer to attack, while Senior Lu Zui pursued the archer.
  • Jiang said Shang Yu had been the previous generation’s Hidden Dragon Ranking champion and had taken part in the Battle of Dingfeng Mountain, where a Martial Saint’s disciple was surrounded and killed.

Ch. 337The Martial Saint's Situation

Jiang Zhongtian explained that the battle at Dingfeng Mountain had involved the White Lotus Society and the Martial Saint’s disciple, and warned Yi Yang about the power of Shang Yu and Gu Zhaohuang. Two days later in Tooth-Copper City, a Shaman Kingdom lord revealed his plan to seize a Great Yu prince’s Dragon Qi and invade Qing Province with help from the White Lotus Society.

  • Jiang Zhongtian told Yi Yang that the White Lotus Society had orchestrated the battle at Dingfeng Mountain, where the Martial Saint’s disciple fought two greater Grandmasters and Shang Yu survived.
  • Jiang Zhongtian named the Grandmaster who had killed the Blood Illusion Venerable as Gu Zhaohuang, and Yi Yang resolved to stay cautious and focus on cultivation.
  • Yi Yang took a Profound Essence Pill and resumed cultivating, while the numbers on his panel advanced.
  • In Tooth-Copper City, Qi He reported to the black-robed lord that Gu Zhaohuang had appeared at Crossing Peak Stronghold and likely carried the Nine-Rhythm Azure Light Sword.
  • The black-robed lord declared that he would take the Great Yu prince’s Dragon Qi to become a greater Grandmaster and wait for his northern partners, then vowed to break through the strongholds and conquer Qing Province.

Ch. 338A Grandmaster-Level Physique

After martial law followed the city’s chaos, Yi Yang learned that Han Ji had died and began cultivating the Divine Bone Blood Refining art to overcome the limits of his current physique. His illusion-breaking divine sense let him make rapid progress toward the iron-bone stage, and he continued refining his body.

  • Yi Yang sent Xu Min to exchange the Shaman Kingdom martial artist’s head and four corpses for merit rewards, then ordered him to distribute half among the men.
  • Xu Min reported that Bai Yuchen and Chu Tiankuo had been injured in the Heavenly Rhyme Pavilion battle, while Jiang Zhongtian appeared unharmed, and that Han Ji had died during the same night’s chaos.
  • Yi Yang concluded that the name Shang Yu had diverted suspicion from Han Ji’s death and reflected on the danger posed by Han Ji’s Dharma Body.
  • Yi Yang read the Divine Bone Blood Refining manual and learned its five stages, including the three stages whose methods were recorded.
  • Yi Yang used his divine sense to guide true qi into his radius and vibrate its marrow until grayish-white impurities seeped out.
  • Yi Yang’s Heavenly Mandate panel showed Iron Bone at Beginner progress, 360/500000, and he resumed cultivating.

Ch. 339Rapid cultivation, a powerful treasure

Yi Yang accelerated his Divine Bone Blood Refining with a Waterside Spirit Drop, making rapid progress and preparing to meet Jiang Zhongtian. At the military headquarters tent, he joined a gathering of Heroes Ranking martial artists divided into rival circles.

  • Yi Yang checked his cultivation panel and found that he had passed one-fifth of the first layer of Divine Bone Blood Refining in three days.
  • After reaching his physical limit, Yi Yang used a Waterside Spirit Drop to restore his strength and resume cultivation without waiting through the usual recovery period.
  • Yi Yang gained nearly a hundred thousand progress points, noticed his body had become lighter and faster, and considered seeking out evil thoughts in the Ink Abyss Marsh for more spirit drops.
  • Yi Yang dressed in his Heaven Patrol Office uniform, wrapped the Mysterious Abyss Saber, and went to the military headquarters tent for his arranged meeting with Jiang Zhongtian.
  • Yi Yang arrived at the tent and saw sect disciples, Heaven Patrol Office martial artists, and aristocratic scions gathered in separate groups before someone called out to him.

Ch. 340His Ambitions Lay Elsewhere; Only One Could Be Called a "Prodigy"

Yi Yang met with fellow Heaven Patrol Office martial artists at Crossing Peak Stronghold and reflected that the Heroes Ranking no longer matched his ambitions. The gathering drew attention when Lu Qinglan entered alongside Jiang Zhongtian, Chu Tiankuo, and Lu Zui, leaving the other ranked prodigies watching her.

  • Yi Yang reunited with Luo Kaishan and Xie Yungui, who discussed the recent attacks and the likely purpose of the gathering.
  • Luo Kaishan identified Han Linyuan, Fu Yunshen, and Gu Qiusheng as top-ranked representatives of powerful sects and clans, and told Yi Yang that Lu Qinglan had swiftly defeated Lu Wanyuan.
  • Yi Yang considered that the Heroes Ranking was only a small contest compared with the Hidden Dragon Ranking, while keeping his true strength and ambitions concealed.
  • Jiang Zhongtian, Chu Tiankuo, and Lu Zui entered the tent with Lu Qinglan, whose presence stirred whispers and envy among the gathered martial artists.
  • Lu Qinglan ignored the watching prodigies as she walked past them beside the three powerful figures.

Ch. 341Contribution Points?

Jiang Zhongtian announced a Qingzhou Army expedition against Tooth-Copper City and offered contribution points and True Essence Lotus Heart Seeds to attract volunteers. Yi Yang declined to join and planned to cultivate at Crossing Peak Stronghold, but Chu Tiankuo revealed that Heavenly Heart Sect elder Han Ji had been murdered and fixed his gaze on Yi Yang.

  • Jiang Zhongtian said the army would march against Tooth-Copper City in ten days to arrest its lord, Qi He, and that Chu Tiankuo and Lu Zui would accompany it.
  • Jiang Zhongtian offered contribution points for killing Shaman Kingdom martial artists and promised True Essence Lotus Heart Seeds to the expedition's three highest achievers.
  • Yi Yang declined Luo Kaishan's implied invitation to join the expedition, then politely refused Xie Yungui's offer to look after him.
  • Yi Yang decided that staying behind to cultivate while others left would give him a quiet opportunity to train.
  • Chu Tiankuo said Heavenly Heart Sect elder Han Ji had been killed in the South District and offered a handsome reward for information.
  • Chu Tiankuo's scrutiny stopped on Yi Yang, making Yi Yang tense without changing his expression.

Ch. 342Revealing His Cultivation

Chu Tiankuo saw through Yi Yang's concealed cultivation and publicly exposed that he had reached the Profound Connection Realm, drawing the attention of everyone in Crossing Peak Stronghold. As the group headed to the Qingzhou Army camp, someone quietly asked Yi Yang whether he had killed Han Ji.

  • Chu Tiankuo sensed that Yi Yang was hiding cultivation, but Jiang Zhongtian warned him to stop investigating because Yi Yang was his friend's disciple and belonged to the Heaven Patrol Office.
  • Chu Tiankuo publicly called Yi Yang forward as a Heroes Ranking prodigy with Profound Connection Realm cultivation, forcing Yi Yang into the spotlight.
  • Yi Yang admitted that he had recently broken through, and Chu Tiankuo invited him to sit near the front before returning to the expedition arrangements.
  • Lu Qinglan studied Yi Yang with curiosity as the group left the command tent, while Yi Yang resolved to find a stronger method for concealing his cultivation.
  • As Yi Yang followed the others toward the Qingzhou Army camp, an unseen speaker quietly asked whether he had something to do with Han Ji's death.

Ch. 343Strange Tales and Records of the Profound Connection Realm

Yi Yang evaded Jiang Zhongtian’s question about Han Ji’s death and accepted pills while considering Jiang’s offer of a powerful concealment method in exchange for future help. After researching Dharma Bodies, Yi Yang learned how visualization shaped their power and decided to visualize himself as he continued refining his bones.

  • Jiang Zhongtian warned Yi Yang that powerful Profound Connection Realm experts could see through his aura concealment and offered him a superior method in exchange for a future favor.
  • Jiang Zhongtian gave Yi Yang Blood-Replenishing Pills to support his cultivation of Divine Bone Blood Refining.
  • Yi Yang bought books on the Profound Connection Realm and Dharma Bodies from the Rare Treasures Pavilion.
  • Yi Yang learned that Dharma Bodies could be formed by visualizing mutant beasts, weapons, or gods, and recognized Han Ji’s and the Blood Illusion Venerable’s forms as divine manifestations.
  • Yi Yang decided to visualize himself when forming his Profound Light Seed and returned to Divine Bone Blood Refining to strengthen his body.

Ch. 344Laying Another Death Trap

Xia Haoyun asked Gu Zhaohuang to arrange another death trap for Shang Yu, hoping to use himself as bait. He believed Shang Yu was the only lead to the Martial Saint and the truth about the battle at Dingfeng Mountain.

  • Xia Haoyun told Gu Zhaohuang that Shang Yu would be drawn to him once his royal dragon qi manifested, and asked him to prepare another trap.
  • Gu Zhaohuang warned Xia Haoyun about the danger, but Xia Haoyun argued that Great Yu had no safer option against Shang Yu’s growing power.
  • After Xia Haoyun left, Gu Zhaohuang told Gu Yanjin that Great Yu was already rotting and that the young prodigies would compete for Shang Yu’s qi after the planned attack at Ten Thousand Demon Stronghold.
  • On the streets, Xia Haoyun told his younger sister that killing Shang Yu would not solve everything, but Shang Yu might know what happened at Dingfeng Mountain and where the Martial Saint was.
  • Xia Haoyun said he needed to find the Martial Saint because only he could save Great Yu.

Ch. 345Iron Bone Initiation

Yi Yang completed the initiation stage of Iron Bone after consuming Blood-Replenishing Pills, Waterside Spirit Drops, and Blood-Qi Treasure Medicine, and tested his newly strengthened body. He resumed cultivating to reach Manifestation and decided he would accept Jiang Zhongtian’s dangerous offer if it was not a death sentence, hoping to obtain the Breath-Concealing Method.

  • Yi Yang reviewed how Blood-Replenishing Pills and Waterside Spirit Drops had advanced his Divine Bone Blood Refining, then ordered Xu Min to buy the oldest Blood-Qi Treasure Medicine available.
  • After more than half a month of training and taking the medicine Xu Min purchased, Yi Yang completed Iron Bone initiation, though the next stage required far more progress.
  • Yi Yang tested his bones with a treasure-artifact saber and found that even a qi-infused strike only caused a shallow cut that quickly stopped bleeding.
  • Yi Yang resolved to reach Manifestation and obtain Jiang Zhongtian’s Breath-Concealing Method, deciding to accept the Deputy Garrison Commissioner’s request unless it meant certain death.
  • Yi Yang took a Profound Essence Pill and continued cultivating as snow and wind intensified outside.

Ch. 346Jiang Zhongtian's Objective

Yi Yang accepted Jiang Zhongtian’s mission to hunt three escaped members of the Spirit-Blood God in exchange for the Grand Void Breath-Hiding Art. Jiang Zhongtian revealed that the hunt was a final test before they partnered to enter a secret realm, and Yi Yang left to prepare for the pursuit.

  • Yi Yang reached the third level of the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger, gaining the Organ-Burning technique.
  • Jiang Zhongtian summoned Yi Yang and offered him the Grand Void Breath-Hiding Art for hunting three escaped Spirit-Blood God followers.
  • Jiang Zhongtian explained that Shen Biluo, a wounded Dharma Body Realm leader, and the Manifestation Realm elders Zhongli Qing and Zhao Fengxian had fled toward the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.
  • Jiang Zhongtian revealed that he needed a partner below the Dharma Body Realm to enter a secret realm and promised Yi Yang the remaining treasures and a promotion if he passed this final test.
  • Yi Yang accepted the mission, learned the three targets’ names, and returned home to plan his pursuit.

Ch. 347The hiding place

Yi Yang tracked the Nine Evil Sect to an abandoned Land God Temple in Qinggang County and prepared to draw its members out without alerting them. After discovering a starving family and learning that Zhang Laosan had visited the temple, he ordered Xu Min to watch him and waited for Zhang Laosan to make his next move.

  • Yi Yang studied the Grand Void Breath-Hiding Art while Xu Min reported suspicious sites, including the abandoned Land God Temple in the western slums.
  • Yi Yang traced thick yin baleful energy to the temple but chose to wait for a chance to confirm whether Shen Biluo and the other targets were there.
  • Yi Yang disguised himself and visited a starving family, gave them food and money, and asked about people in the west who offered a way to survive.
  • Xu Min reported that Zhang Laosan, whose family was facing starvation, had gone to the Land God Temple three nights earlier.
  • Yi Yang ordered Xu Min to keep Zhang Laosan under watch and waited for him to seek help from the Nine Evil Sect.

Ch. 348Three Appeared Seven Days Later

Yi Yang infiltrated a Nine Evil Sect stronghold in the Land God Temple but found no sign of Shen Biluo, Zhongli Qing, or Zhao Fengxian. He learned that an important figure would arrive in seven days and decided to wait for that opportunity.

  • Xu Min followed Zhang Laosan to the Land God Temple and saw him receive a bloodied cloth bag from someone inside.
  • Yi Yang disguised himself as a destitute, sick man and persuaded Zhang Laosan to take him to the people in the west of town.
  • Yi Yang entered the Land God Temple with Zhang Laosan, secretly destroyed the offered dried meat, and learned to return in seven days to meet an important figure.
  • Yi Yang sensed two True Astral Realm cultivators in the cellar but found no sign of his three targets.
  • Yi Yang told Xu Min the temple was a Nine Evil Sect stronghold and that they would wait for the important figure to arrive.

Ch. 349The factions emerge and the Wei Family's groom

Yi Yang disguised himself and monitored a Nine Evil Sect gathering at the Land God Temple, where the cultists prepared a blood-pool ritual and Qinggang County’s powerful factions arrived to confront them. The cult leader revealed that Wei Qingfeng’s family had driven him out when he was known as Zhang Yuan, the Wei Family’s groom.

  • Yi Yang disguised himself and sent Xu Min and the Pacification Guards to mingle with the crowd and watch for suspicious people.
  • Yi Yang discovered a vast blood pool, a Spiritblood True God Statue, and signs that the Nine Evil Sect intended to sacrifice people.
  • The Nine Evil Sect leader announced that hidden intruders were present, and Yi Yang told Xu Min not to react because the warning was meant for others.
  • Su Lie, Wei Qingfeng, Gu Changfeng, Lin Tian, and Head Shopkeeper Zhao arrived with armed forces to confront the cultists.
  • The cult leader accused Qinggang County’s leaders of stealing disaster-relief grain, then revealed himself to Wei Qingfeng as Zhang Yuan, the groom the Wei Family had driven away.

Ch. 350Two Unexpected Visitors

Zhang Yuan summoned the Nine Evil Sect Incense Masters to sacrifice Qinggang County’s martial artists, but Wei Xinyuan and Miss Wang arrived and Xinyuan killed one attacker. As Xinyuan approached his father, a mysterious hand seized the back of his neck, leaving his fate uncertain.

  • Wei Qingfeng insulted Zhang Yuan, who called on four Nine Evil Sect Incense Masters to offer Qinggang County’s martial artists as sacrifices.
  • The Incense Masters attacked the crowd, while Yi Yang and the Pacification Guards watched from hiding.
  • One Incense Master attacked Wei Qingfeng, but Wei Xinyuan arrived and killed him with the Nine-Bend Long River Sword.
  • Wei Xinyuan and Miss Wang revealed themselves as powerful Nine Rivers Sect disciples, and Yi Yang recognized them while keeping his own identity concealed.
  • As Wei Xinyuan approached Wei Qingfeng, a pale hand appeared behind him and paralyzed him by the neck.
Arc 14 of 16
Arc 14 of 16