Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan endured the flames beneath the throne and cultivated until he broke through to the peak of the Sixth Tier True Astral Realm. He found a mysterious golden pill in his dantian and discovered that his vitality, cultivation, and fortune had all increased.

• Zhang Yuan endured the agony of being burned and rebuilt, determined to survive.
• Zhang Yuan sensed true essence in his dantian and circulated the Mixed Origin Heavenly Astral Righteous Art, gradually strengthening his qi and enduring the flames.
• Zhang Yuan broke through the Heavenly Gate and received a flood of images and memories in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Zhang Yuan awoke beneath the throne steps and discovered that he had reached the peak of the Sixth Tier True Astral Realm, with all his meridians and acupoints open.
• Zhang Yuan found a mysterious golden pill in his dantian and saw that his vitality, Six Harmonies Qilin Body, and fortune had increased.

After reaching the peak of Rank Six, Zhang Yuan survived a soul attack from the Crimson Blood Blade and absorbed the memories carried by the sinister aura. Those memories revealed the origins of the underground palace, the aura, and the Flame Light he had swallowed.

• Zhang Yuan tested his newly strengthened body and found he could withstand the Black Giant Ant’s thirty-twofold empowerment with ease.
• Zhang Yuan returned the Crimson Blood Blade to his Qi Sea Dantian, and a sinister aura from the blade invaded his Sea of Consciousness and tried to devour his soul.
• Zhang Yuan fought back with his mental strength until he devoured and fused the sinister aura, then endured a surge of foreign memories.
• Zhang Yuan drank spring water to recover and realized the absorbed memories had settled into his soul.
• Zhang Yuan watched the memories unfold and learned the origins of the underground palace, the sinister aura, and the Flame Light he had swallowed.

After defeating Yin Zhou Wang, Zhang Yuan learned how the king’s attempt at immortality had destroyed Great Yin and gained the former king’s memories and a share of the Supreme Martial Golden Core. He cleared the battlefield with enhanced divine soul power, a divine artifact, and weapons to feed the Crimson Blood Blade.

• Zhang Yuan learned from Yin Zhou Wang’s memories that the king had sacrificed a million people and tried to possess Zhang Yuan’s body, but the Crimson Blood Blade had destroyed his divine soul.
• Zhang Yuan fused with Yin Zhou Wang’s remnant soul, greatly strengthened his divine soul, and discovered that the Flame Light he had swallowed was the weakened Supreme Martial Golden Core.
• Zhang Yuan gained access to the martial knowledge and techniques stored in the golden core and learned how to control it from Yin Zhou Wang’s memories.
• Zhang Yuan found the Witch God Ring among Yin Zhou Wang’s bones and learned that it could protect against and reflect attacks on the divine soul.
• Zhang Yuan collected a halberd, hammer, axe, and longsword from the destroyed Martial General Statues and planned to feed them to the Crimson Blood Blade.

After the Great Yin underground palace began collapsing, Zhang Yuan activated its Grand Formation and was transported to an unfamiliar grassland. Unable to use his injured Divine Nest vessels to navigate, he headed east and found a wolf pack attacking a herdsmen's camp.

• Zhang Yuan tried to reach the underground palace’s Great Vaults, but the palace began to collapse around him.
• Zhang Yuan used Yin Zhou Wang’s memories to activate the Underground Palace Grand Formation and escaped as the throne shattered.
• Zhang Yuan arrived on a vast grassland, found that his Treasure Map showed nothing, and learned the Red-Eyed Crow and Gray-Toothed Lynx were recovering from severe injuries.
• Zhang Yuan headed east across the grassland and heard eagles and wolves nearby.
• Zhang Yuan found a wolf pack attacking a camp where more than a dozen people were defending their livestock.

Zhang Yuan rescued Zamuhe and his family from a wolf pack on the Hulan Grassland, then revealed his connection to Bazade and asked to visit him. Zamuhe welcomed Zhang Yuan into his home, where the family hosted him for the night.

• Zhang Yuan used the Golden Grasshopper and his Eagle Shooting Bow to kill wolves attacking Zamuhe's camp.
• Zhang Yuan shot the Wolf King, causing the surviving wolves to flee and ending the attack.
• Zamuhe thanked Zhang Yuan and identified himself as a member of the Hulan Tribe on the Hulan Grassland.
• Zhang Yuan showed Zamuhe the Jade Leaf and explained that he had met Bazade, who had invited him to visit.
• Zamuhe agreed to take Zhang Yuan to Bazade and hosted him for a family feast around the campfire.

After helping Zamuhe’s family survive a wolf attack, Zhang Yuan joined their migration to Nacuo Da and learned about the Hulan Tribe’s upcoming Sai Gu Te Assembly. He declined Nalan’s offer to serve him and set out with the family, leaving the valuable Wolf King hide to Zamuhe.

• Zamuhe welcomed Zhang Yuan with a feast and explained that his family was migrating to Nacuo Da for the Sai Gu Te Assembly.
• Zhang Yuan agreed to travel with Zamuhe’s family, and Zamuhe promised to repay his help once they arrived.
• Nalan entered Zhang Yuan’s tent at Zamuhe’s request, but Zhang Yuan politely sent her back to rest.
• The next morning, Zhang Yuan ate breakfast and departed with Zamuhe’s family as they packed their belongings and livestock.
• Zamuhe told Zhang Yuan that the Wolf King’s hide would soon be ready, but Zhang Yuan gave it to him and asked only that he keep one wolf tooth.

Zhang Yuan shared food with Zamuhe's twins and agreed to teach them martial skills during the journey. Zamuhe accepted Zhang Yuan's decision and gave him a piece of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron he had planned to offer to the Heavenly Gods.

• Zhang Yuan woke from a long sleep and ate butter tea and pastries with Amu Guleng and A Siya.
• Amu Guleng asked Zhang Yuan to teach him martial skills, and Zhang Yuan agreed.
• Zhang Yuan offered to teach A Siya as well, while Amu Guleng ran to tell Zamuhe.
• Zamuhe scolded and spanked Amu Guleng for making the request, but Zhang Yuan told him to stop.
• Zamuhe returned with a piece of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron and gave it to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan accepted Zamuhe’s Extraterrestrial Divine Iron and began teaching Amu Guleng and A Siya martial arts during their migration to Nacuo Da. As the Crimson Blood Blade slowly devoured the iron, the group reached the sacred mountain near Nacuo Da, where Zhang Yuan prepared a gift for his diligent students.

• Zamuhe gave Zhang Yuan the Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, and Zhang Yuan accepted after the Crimson Blood Blade reacted to it.
• Zhang Yuan tested Amu Guleng and A Siya’s martial potential, then tempered their bodies and taught them introductory techniques during the journey.
• Zhang Yuan taught Amu Guleng Tiger Claw Hand and A Siya Eagle Claw Hand after ten days of training.
• Zhang Yuan used the Crimson Blood Blade to devour the Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, but it removed only a thin surface layer over ten days.
• Zamuhe’s family reached sight of the sacred Snow Mountain near Nacuo Da, and Zhang Yuan promised Amu Guleng and A Siya a gift for their diligent study.

Zhang Yuan gave Amu Guleng and A Siya Mandarin Duck Daggers as they traveled with Zamuhe's family to Nacuo Da for the Sai Gu Te Assembly. After exploring the crowded outskirts of Nacuoda City, he was stopped by a patrol and showed them his Jade Leaf token, saying he had come to find Bazade.

• Zhang Yuan gave Amu Guleng and A Siya the daggers and reminded them to handle the weapons carefully.
• Zhang Yuan and the convoy reached Nacuo Da, where hundreds of thousands of people had gathered around Nacuoda City for the assembly.
• Zamuhe's family set up camp about five li from the city and penned their livestock.
• Zhang Yuan left the camp to explore the outskirts, promising to return that night with a treat for the children.
• A patrol of tribal warriors stopped Zhang Yuan, and he showed them his Jade Leaf token and said he was looking for Bazade.

Zhang Yuan was treated as a spy by Atuna when he showed the Jade Leaf at the Hulan Tribe, so he overpowered the warrior before Elder Bilige intervened. Zhang Yuan left without seeking Bazade, while Bilige punished Atuna and warned him that Zhang Yuan might be stronger than Burigude.

• Atuna tried to seize Zhang Yuan's Jade Leaf and accused him of being a spy when Zhang Yuan refused to hand it over.
• Zhang Yuan grabbed Atuna by the throat and lifted him off the ground as the warriors drew their blades.
• Bilige arrived, stopped Atuna's men, and introduced himself to Zhang Yuan; Zhang Yuan criticized the tribe's treatment of guests and then left.
• Bilige questioned Atuna and ordered him to take thirty lashes and forfeit half a year's pay for mistreating a guest invited by Bazade.
• Bilige told Atuna that Zhang Yuan might be stronger than Burigude, leaving Atuna stunned.

Zhang Yuan rescued Amu Guleng and A Siya from a noble boy who had seized them over their Mandarin Duck Daggers. After returning the children to Zamuhe, Zhang Yuan urged him to leave Nacuo Da immediately.

• Zhang Yuan heard Amu Guleng shouting and found him and A Siya being held by warriors at the command of a tribal noble's son.
• Zhang Yuan threw the warrior holding A Siya to the ground and made the bald warrior release Amu Guleng.
• Zhang Yuan frightened the noble boy and his guards, then retrieved the Mandarin Duck Daggers from afar and returned them to Amu Guleng.
• Zhang Yuan left with Amu Guleng and A Siya and brought them back to the camp, where Zamuhe had been searching for them.
• Zhang Yuan told Zamuhe that he should leave Nacuo Da immediately.

After Zamuhe fled Nacuo Da with his family, Zhang Yuan secretly gave Amu Guleng and A Siya martial seeds before remaining near the city. Armed warriors soon surrounded Zhang Yuan’s camp, and Daiqin attacked him on behalf of Young Master Zong En, only to be defeated in one move; a rider then arrived and called for the fighting to stop.

• Zamuhe sold his livestock and left before dawn with his family after whipping Amu Guleng for putting them in danger.
• Zhang Yuan gave Amu Guleng and A Siya martial seeds containing sealed techniques from Great Yin, then sent them away with Zamuhe.
• Zhang Yuan moved his camp to avoid implicating Zamuhe but continued shopping outside Nacuo Da City.
• Zhang Yuan returned to find his camp isolated, his belongings thrown outside, and armed warriors surrounding him.
• Daiqin demanded that Zhang Yuan submit to Young Master Zong En, then attacked him and was knocked unconscious in one move.
• A rider galloped up, dismounted before Zhang Yuan, and shouted for the fighting to stop.

Zhang Yuan effortlessly defeated Daiqin, prompting Bazade to intervene and offer him a token of safe entry to Nacuo Da. As Zhang Yuan ate alone at his camp, a familiar carriage arrived, leaving its purpose unknown.

• Zhang Yuan defeated Daiqin and impressed Bazade with his strength.
• Bazade warned Daiqin that Zhang Yuan was a friend and honored guest of the Hulan Tribe, and Daiqin left with his men.
• Bazade offered Zhang Yuan his master's waist token, which granted free entry to Nacuo Da City and better prices at the market.
• Zhang Yuan declined Bazade's invitation to visit the city and said he would leave after watching the Sai Gu Te Assembly.
• Zhang Yuan roasted lamb alone after the herders avoided his camp, then recognized a luxurious carriage arriving with dozens of mounted guards.

Wu Lan Tu Ya asked Zhang Yuan to retrieve a Blood Orchid from the forbidden Stormwind Valley, offering him a large piece of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron in exchange. She revealed that the flower was her only hope of curing her congenital illness, which would otherwise leave her less than a year to live.

• Wu Lan Tu Ya visited Zhang Yuan's camp and privately asked him for help.
• Zhang Yuan initially refused, but reconsidered when Wu Lan Tu Ya offered him a piece of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron that stirred the Crimson Blood Blade's appetite.
• Wu Lan Tu Ya explained that her tribe had gathered the meteorites and that a Celestial had once traded heavily for a smaller piece.
• Wu Lan Tu Ya asked Zhang Yuan to bring her a Blood Orchid from Stormwind Valley, where only three people had returned alive in several hundred years.
• Wu Lan Tu Ya revealed that she needed the flower to treat her congenital illness and had less than a year left to live without a cure.

Zhang Yuan agreed to search Stormwind Valley for Blood Orchids in exchange for information, more Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, and spices, then rode toward the forbidden land while the Hulan Tribe kept him under surveillance. After he shot down a black eagle watching his camp, a rider carrying a white flag approached as he prepared to enter the mountains.

• Zhang Yuan agreed to help Wu Lan Tu Ya seek Blood Orchids if she provided all available information about Stormwind Valley and gathered Extraterrestrial Divine Iron weighing at least as much as her current piece.
• Wu Lan Tu Ya revealed that some people in the Hulan Tribe opposed curing her illness and were watching Stormwind Valley to keep outsiders away.
• Bazade delivered a map, information about the valley, and a fine horse, and Zhang Yuan rode from Nacuo Da toward the mountains.
• Zhang Yuan sensed people watching him and noticed a black eagle following his journey, but reached the mountains without being intercepted.
• Zhang Yuan camped at the foot of the mountains and shot the circling black eagle with his Meteor Iron Arrow.
• The next morning, as Zhang Yuan prepared to enter the mountains, a lone rider approached while waving a small white flag.

Zhang Yuan rejected Sang Ge’s attempt to keep him from Stormwind Valley with an offer of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, then traveled to the valley and entered it protected by astral energy. The chapter left him inside the dangerous, storm-swept forbidden ground.

• Sang Ge warned Zhang Yuan that no one had survived Stormwind Valley in ten years and offered him a fist-sized piece of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron to turn back.
• Zhang Yuan refused Sang Ge’s offer and threatened him until the Dwarf Knight fled.
• Zhang Yuan released his horse and traveled through the mountains, navigating without the recovering Red-Eyed Crow.
• Zhang Yuan reached Stormwind Valley and felt its fierce, unnatural wind at the entrance.
• Zhang Yuan activated the Mixed Origin Heavenly Astral Righteous Art and entered Stormwind Valley under a layer of astral armor.

Zhang Yuan ventured deep into Stormwind Valley to find Blood Orchid, enduring increasingly fierce winds and sand with his enhanced strength. When a swarm of deadly Wind Thorn Moths attacked, he drew the Overlord halberd and fought back.

• Zhang Yuan pushed through Stormwind Valley as the wind intensified and sand battered his Hongyuan Astral Armor.
• Zhang Yuan activated the Black Giant Ant and Golden Grasshopper, enhancing his strength and agility tenfold so he could advance farther.
• Zhang Yuan searched the dark valley and its cliffs for Blood Orchid using the Red-Eyed Crow's special vision, but found none.
• A Wind Thorn Moth attacked Zhang Yuan, and he cut it in two before thousands more swarmed toward him.
• Zhang Yuan retreated, replaced the Taotie Saber with the Overlord halberd, and destroyed dozens of Wind Thorn Moths with a gang-qi-infused strike.

Zhang Yuan fought through Stormwind Valley’s moths, gale, and wind blades while searching for the Blood Orchid. He found it in a rocky hollow, where an unknown Strange Serpent appeared and vanished after he struck it.

• Zhang Yuan slaughtered the Wind Thorn Moths with the Overlord Halberd until the surviving swarm disappeared.
• Zhang Yuan endured the intensifying gale by forming Kirin Scale Armor with the Six Harmonies Qilin Body.
• Zhang Yuan raised the Golden Grasshopper’s power, used Carefree Roaming to evade wind blades, and searched the boulders with the Red-Eyed Crow’s special vision.
• Zhang Yuan spotted and identified the Blood Orchid growing at the entrance to a dark stone hollow.
• Zhang Yuan struck an invisible Strange Serpent with the Taotie Saber, triggering the Divine Nest’s response, but the serpent vanished before he could capture it.

Zhang Yuan killed the Strange Serpent guarding a cave in Stormwind Valley and harvested seventeen valuable Blood Orchids. He then spent ten days tempering his Six Harmonies Qilin Body in the valley’s winds before leaving to return to Wu Lan Tu Ya in Nacuo Da.

• Zhang Yuan caught the Strange Serpent, crushed it with his strength, and stored the bead left behind when it shattered.
• Zhang Yuan entered the wind-sheltered cave and found more than twenty Blood Orchids, including plants with over ten leaves.
• Zhang Yuan confirmed there were no other Strange Serpents and harvested seventeen Blood Orchids with five or more leaves, including two flowering plants.
• Zhang Yuan rested in the cave, then repeatedly exposed himself to Stormwind Valley’s winds to temper his Six Harmonies Qilin Body.
• Zhang Yuan advanced deeper into the valley as his armor grew tougher and continued training for ten days before leaving to return to Wu Lan Tu Ya in Nacuo Da.

After leaving Stormwind Valley, Zhang Yuan reunited with Ebony Cloud Treading Snow and headed toward Nacuo Da, only to find a Hulan cavalry force blocking his route. He charged them alone, and the chapter ended as he unleashed qi force against their rain of arrows.

• Zhang Yuan left Stormwind Valley, reflecting on his gains and resolving to seek another Strange Serpent in the future.
• Zhang Yuan found Ebony Cloud Treading Snow alive in the forest, treated its wound, fed it, and set off toward Nacuo Da.
• Zhang Yuan encountered roughly three hundred Hulan cavalrymen waiting across his route, with Black Eagles watching overhead.
• Zhang Yuan summoned the Overlord Halberd and charged the advancing cavalry on Ebony Cloud Treading Snow.
• A Hulan cavalry general ordered his riders to shoot Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan thrust his halberd skyward to unleash an invisible burst of qi force.