Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan repelled the Hulan Cavalry’s attacks and used the Witch God Ring to disrupt the White Robe Shaman’s spells. He slaughtered the cavalry until their formation collapsed, then let the survivors flee.

• Zhang Yuan shattered three volleys of arrows from the Hulan Cavalry with his halberd.
• The Hulan Cavalry charged in formation as war drums and shamanic curses pressed against Zhang Yuan, but the Witch God Ring protected him and reflected the attack onto Elder Wen Du.
• Elder Wen Du was struck by the reflected power and ordered his guards to sound the retreat horn.
• Zhang Yuan broke through the charging cavalry with the Overlord Halberd and carved through their ranks.
• The retreat horn shattered the cavalry’s morale, and Zhang Yuan continued killing as their formation collapsed.
• After killing more than a hundred Hulan Knights, Zhang Yuan watched the remaining enemies flee and chose not to pursue them.

After recovering the Red-Eyed Crow and returning to Nacuo Da, Zhang Yuan met Wu Lan Tu Ya and delivered the Five-Leaf Blood Orchid she needed. She recognized it as the correct flower and gratefully thanked him.

• Zhang Yuan spent Source Essence on the injured Red-Eyed Crow and Gray-Toothed Lynx, then continued toward Nacuo Da.
• Near the city, the Red-Eyed Crow recovered and reappeared, while the Gray-Toothed Lynx remained asleep.
• Zhang Yuan arrived at Nacuo Da during the Sai Gu Te Assembly and blew Wu Lan Tu Ya's whistle flute to summon her.
• Wu Lan Tu Ya rode out with Bazade and several dozen guards to meet Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan gave Wu Lan Tu Ya the Five-Leaf Blood Orchid, and she confirmed it was the flower she needed before thanking him tearfully.

After trading with Wu Lan Tu Ya for Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, Zhang Yuan learned that three Celestials were seeking the metal and might ambush him. When their party caught up with him, Zhang Yuan attacked first, ending the chapter with his halberd descending on the group.

• Wu Lan Tu Ya gave Zhang Yuan five pieces of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron and warned him that three Celestials had come to Nacuo Da seeking it.
• Zhang Yuan left Nacuo Da with Ebony Cloud Treading Snow as five Black Eagles tracked him from above.
• Fifteen riders, including three Celestials, pursued Zhang Yuan and demanded to buy his Extraterrestrial Divine Iron.
• Zhang Yuan refused the Celestials’ threat and sprang into the air, unleashing his enhanced halberd attack against the entire group.

Zhang Yuan defeated the Celestials and their forces, then used the Divine Nest’s salvation ability to destroy their divine souls and gain Destiny. He collected their spoils, including a large piece of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, while realizing that revealing his ability could bring future danger.

• Zhang Yuan overwhelmed the Robust Celestial Being’s party with a single halberd strike, killing the cavalry and Hulan Knights and gravely injuring the two Fifth Order Celestials.
• The Robust Celestial Being escaped Zhang Yuan’s first thrust with a jade talisman, but Zhang Yuan hurled his halberd and pierced his chest.
• Zhang Yuan extracted and crushed the Robust Celestial Being’s divine soul, gaining one point of Destiny and confirming he could permanently eliminate a Celestial’s consciousness.
• Zhang Yuan used the Divine Nest’s salvation ability on the two wounded Celestials, gaining two more points of Destiny.
• Zhang Yuan saved the remaining martial artists and found Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, two mystic weapons, and other spoils.

After killing three Celestials, Zhang Yuan spent three points of fortune to erase the danger of being traced, then returned to Upper Scene Heaven. The Martial Pavilion immediately assigned him a mission to help eliminate a strange entity in Changye City.

• Zhang Yuan burned the Celestials’ belongings and worried their deaths would lead their kind to discover his identity.
• Zhang Yuan activated the Divine Nest and spent three points of fortune, making the danger hanging over him vanish.
• Zhang Yuan cleaned the area, traveled onward with the Gray-Toothed Lynx, and released Ebony Cloud Treading Snow into the wild.
• Zhang Yuan returned to Upper Scene Heaven half a month later and registered his return with the Martial Pavilion.
• A Martial Pavilion deacon gave Zhang Yuan a mission to assist the Taoist temple’s presiding master in Changye City in exterminating a strange entity.

Zhang Yuan learned that a strange entity threatening Changye City had prompted Upper Scene Heaven to issue a mission, and he agreed to eliminate it. After strengthening the Crimson Blood Blade with his captured weapons, he reached the city and found its gates shut and its surroundings deserted.

• Zhang Yuan paid Steward Lu for information and learned that a powerful strange entity had destroyed three villages near Changye City and grown stronger after devouring martial artists' Essence Blood.
• Zhang Yuan accepted the mission to eliminate the strange entity and exchanged Dao Merit for Fiend Condensing Talismans.
• Zhang Yuan fed more than ten captured Profound Weapons and Profound Artifacts to the Crimson Blood Blade, which finished devouring the three Stone Statue Warlords' weapons by dawn and fell asleep.
• Zhang Yuan rode the Gray-Toothed Lynx to Changye City, where he found the gates closed and the area outside silent.
• A soldier called out from the city wall and asked Zhang Yuan what he was there for.

Zhang Yuan arrived at Changye County Town to eradicate the White-Robed Scholar weirdness and learned from Fang Hui how it had terrorized the town and nearby villages. He set out alone that night to slay it, guided by the Red-Eyed Crow, while Fang Hui waited with the wine warming at the temple.

• Zhang Yuan identified himself to the guards at Changye County Town and asked for Fang Hui, the master of Yangguan Temple.
• Fang Hui greeted Zhang Yuan and escorted him into town, where he explained the White-Robed Scholar weirdness's attacks and the town's dire situation.
• Fang Hui prepared Zhang Yuan a modest meal and warm wine at Yangguan Temple.
• Zhang Yuan announced he would go slay the weirdness before eating, then left the temple and raced out of the city.
• The Red-Eyed Crow guided Zhang Yuan toward the weirdness after spotting it that night.

Zhang Yuan killed the White-Robed Scholar, a powerful Weirdness haunting Changye County Town, and learned how it had been created. He lured more Weirdnesses into the surrounding fields with his Essence Blood.

• Zhang Yuan ambushed the White-Robed Scholar with the Overlord Halberd and destroyed it using three high-grade Fiend Condensing Talismans.
• Zhang Yuan collected the Fifth Rank Baleful Infant and sensed that the Weirdness’s appearance might herald a chaotic age.
• Zhang Yuan recovered the Scholar’s memories and learned that the Changye County Magistrate had ordered him buried alive for secretly loving the Magistrate’s daughter.
• Zhang Yuan destroyed the Scholar’s remaining spirituality in his Sea of Consciousness and scattered his Essence Blood across the fields.
• Numerous Weirdnesses emerged from the desolate fields, drawn by Zhang Yuan’s blood.

After killing the White-Robed Scholar, Zhang Yuan returned to Upper Scene Heaven, claimed his mission reward, and rented a cave abode to uncover the core of the Extraterrestrial Divine Iron. The Crimson Blood Blade reacted to the revealed core with an intense desire to devour it.

• Zhang Yuan returned to Yangguan Temple, told Fang Hui he had slain the White-Robed Scholar, and showed him the Baleful Infant.
• Fang Hui celebrated with Zhang Yuan and revealed that the County Magistrate’s family had been killed half a month earlier by bandits who were later wiped out.
• Zhang Yuan left for Upper Scene Heaven the next morning and received five hundred and thirty Dao Merit for completing the mission and turning in the Baleful Infant.
• Zhang Yuan spent one hundred Dao Merit to rent a Cultivation Cave Abode and sealed himself inside with the Extraterrestrial Divine Iron.
• Zhang Yuan powered the Crimson Blood Blade with Primordial Chaos Gang Qi, rapidly wore away the iron’s shell, and exposed its core, which the blade yearned to devour.

Zhang Yuan refined the Extraterrestrial Divine Iron and strengthened the Crimson Blood Blade, then unlocked three more Divine Weapon Diagrams. After spending several days cultivating and learning the new techniques, he left with greater confidence in his weapon.

• Zhang Yuan spent three days cutting through the Extraterrestrial Divine Iron until he exposed its dark gold core.
• The core dissolved into golden liquid and flowed into the Crimson Blood Blade, transforming the weapon before it returned to Zhang Yuan's Qi Sea Dantian and fell asleep.
• Zhang Yuan cultivated in the cave abode, reflecting on his path toward the seventh tier and the martial knowledge contained in Yin Zhou Wang's Supreme Martial Golden Core.
• Zhang Yuan summoned the transformed Crimson Blood Blade, triggering the simultaneous unlocking of the fourth, fifth, and sixth Divine Weapon Diagrams.
• Zhang Yuan received the Divine Lock Art, Divine Light Art, and Divine Flash Art, then spent three days achieving preliminary mastery of them.

Zhang Yuan learned three new arts from the Divine Weapon Charts, practiced them in the Cultivation Cave Abode, and accepted a mission to hunt a Ferocious Beast at Hulao Mountain. Before he could leave, Yu Yangyun and a group of Inner Disciples stopped him and demanded that he go with them.

• Zhang Yuan mastered the Divine Lock Art, Divine Light Art, and Divine Flash Art, which greatly strengthened the Crimson Blood Blade.
• Zhang Yuan spent his final day in the Cultivation Cave Abode practicing the arts, then returned home to Approaching Immortals Hamlet and rested.
• Zhang Yuan received a Martial Pavilion mission to eliminate a Ferocious Beast attacking travelers at Hulao Mountain, where local martial artists had suffered heavy losses.
• Steward Lu hinted that completing the mission would bring great benefits, but Zhang Yuan could not get him to explain further.
• Yu Yangyun, a Nanzhao Peak Inner Disciple, stopped Zhang Yuan outside the Martial Pavilion and declared that he had been requisitioned to join the group heading to Hulao Mountain.

Zhang Yuan refused Yu Yangyun’s attempt to summon him without a Sect Edict, and Mo Huaian intervened to make Yu back down. Mo Huaian then explained that Upper Scene Heaven was recruiting Dao Commanders to deal with crises across Great Qian, and Zhang Yuan had a strong chance of being selected.

• Yu Yangyun tried to make Zhang Yuan join the Hulao Mountain mission, but Zhang Yuan challenged him to produce a Sect Edict.
• Mo Huaian arrived, rebuked Yu Yangyun, and ended the confrontation.
• Zhang Yuan and Mo Huaian went to a tea house in Approaching Immortals Hamlet, where Mo Huaian explained the growing turmoil across Great Qian.
• Mo Huaian told Zhang Yuan that attacks on Dao Officials and Dao Commanders had left many of Upper Scene Heaven’s Dao Cities unstable.
• Mo Huaian explained that Upper Scene Heaven had expanded Dao Commander recruitment to include Martial Pavilion Outer Guardians and said Zhang Yuan had a very strong chance of being chosen.

Zhang Yuan learned that he was qualified to compete for a Dao general position and decided to pursue it for access to Upper Scene Heaven’s Dao Repository. Mo Huaian pledged his support, updated him on Yan Bei’s children, and was stunned by the Blood-Colored Orchid Grass Zhang Yuan gave him.

• Mo Huaian warned Zhang Yuan that Yu Yangyun might use his family’s influence against him and urged him to become a Dao general.
• Zhang Yuan learned about the status, benefits, and restrictions of Dao generals, then decided to compete for a position.
• Mo Huaian promised to support Zhang Yuan’s bid for Dao general.
• Zhang Yuan asked about Yan Bei’s children and learned that Su Yibei had become an Outer Disciple while Su Yiyan had become the youngest Inner Disciple of Spirit Yue Peak.
• Zhang Yuan gave Mo Huaian a jade box containing Blood-Colored Orchid Grass, and Mo Huaian reacted with surprise.

Zhang Yuan accepted Mo Huaian’s hurried departure after gifting him a rare Blood Orchid, then traveled to Hulao Pass to hunt a ferocious tiger that had devastated the mountain trade route. He entered Hulao Mountain at night with his true cultivation concealed, but had not found the beast by the time the chapter ended.

• Zhang Yuan gave Mo Huaian a Blood Orchid, and Mo Huaian left to show the treasure to his Honored Master.
• Zhang Yuan rode to Hulao Pass, where Colonel Li explained that the Tiger Beast had defeated county forces and caused caravans to be stranded.
• Zhang Yuan told Colonel Li he would hunt the beast immediately, despite the commander’s warning that nightfall made the mountains dangerous.
• Zhang Yuan entered Hulao Mountain and concealed his true cultivation to lure the tiger, but found no sign of it in the darkness.

Zhang Yuan entered a ruined Mountain God Temple and killed the Ferocious Beast that had been hiding inside its statue. He returned to Hulao Pass with its severed head and announced that the trade route could reopen.

• Zhang Yuan built a fire in the temple and began cultivating while a Chang Ghost and other ghosts appeared.
• Zhang Yuan sensed the Mountain God statue’s ambush and struck it with the Taotie Saber, revealing a ferocious tiger.
• Zhang Yuan killed the tiger with the Crimson Blood Blade and used Fiend Condensing Talismans to reduce its corpse to ash, obtaining a Baleful Infant of at least Fifth Rank.
• Zhang Yuan took the tiger’s head back to Hulao Pass and told Lieutenant Li that the Ferocious Beast was dead and the trade route could reopen.

Zhang Yuan accumulated more than five thousand Dao Merit while completing missions, drawing attention as Upper Scene Heaven prepared to select new Dao Generals. Inner Guardian Liang Kui tried to recruit him with an offer of Inner Guardian status and gold, but Zhang Yuan refused, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Zhang Yuan completed mission after mission, earning a reputation as the Martial Pavilion’s “Mission Maniac” and accumulating more than five thousand Dao Merit.
• At the Merit Hall, Zhang Yuan noticed hostile onlookers before Inner Guardian Liang Kui invited him to speak privately.
• Liang Kui asked whether Zhang Yuan planned to compete for a Dao General position and argued that an outsider could not obtain one.
• Liang Kui offered Zhang Yuan Inner Guardian status and fifty thousand taels of gold in exchange for helping him secure a Dao General position.
• Zhang Yuan rejected Liang Kui’s offer and walked away, while Liang Kui grew furious and threatened him under his breath.
• Zhang Yuan anticipated further trouble and considered asking Mo Huaian about the delayed Dao General selection.

Zhang Yuan was summoned to Spirit Yue Peak, where Ancestor Mo rewarded him for the Blood Orchid and asked about its origins. Ancestor Mo then promised him a quota for the sect’s Dao General selection.

• Mo Huaian sent Zhang Yuan a Talisman Letter asking him to come to Spirit Yue Peak and meet Ancestor Mo.
• Mo Huaian explained that Ancestor Mo had summoned Zhang Yuan after receiving the Blood Orchid Zhang Yuan had given him.
• Zhang Yuan met Ancestor Mo and sensed that the elder was a powerful Celestial Master.
• Ancestor Mo gave Zhang Yuan three Blood Jade Pills made with the Blood Orchid and explained that they could prolong a gravely injured cultivator’s life.
• Zhang Yuan told Ancestor Mo how he had obtained the Blood Orchid in Stormwind Valley while helping Wu Lan Tu Ya.
• Ancestor Mo told Zhang Yuan that he would receive a quota for the sect’s Dao General selection.

Zhang Yuan used a blood-sacrifice method to regain control of the Crimson Blood Blade as it transformed into the God Slaying Flying Dagger. He learned more about its power and Divine Weapon Techniques, then sent the dagger into his sea of qi to lie dormant.

• After consuming the last Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, the Crimson Blood Blade grew volatile and threatened to break free from Zhang Yuan’s control.
• Zhang Yuan consulted the Supreme Martial Golden Core and used an ancient method to spray Essence Blood on the blade and connect it to his finger.
• As the blade devoured his blood, Zhang Yuan swallowed a Blood Jade Pill and used the Blood Sacrifice Method to imprint his Divine Soul on the weapon.
• Zhang Yuan’s imprint stabilized the Crimson Blood Blade, whose outer layer shattered to reveal its true form, the God Slaying Flying Dagger.
• The dagger transmitted information that deepened Zhang Yuan’s mastery of six Divine Weapon Techniques, then slipped into his sea of qi.

After transforming the Crimson Blood Blade into the God Slaying Flying Dagger, Zhang Yuan grew more confident but remained cautious about the Blood Jade Pills and Ancestor Mo. He departed on a weirdness-purging mission, and the chapter ended when the Red-Eyed Crow warned him that enemies were nearby.

• Zhang Yuan reviewed his progress after completing the Crimson Blood Blade’s transformation and recovering through the night.
• Zhang Yuan decided to save his remaining Blood Jade Pills and avoid offering more Blood Orchids to Ancestor Mo.
• Zhang Yuan accepted a Dao Merit task at the Martial Pavilion and sensed hostile gazes as he left.
• Zhang Yuan rode the Gray-Toothed Lynx toward a mission to purge weirdnesses while worrying about the unrest in Great Qian.
• The Red-Eyed Crow spotted enemies overhead and warned Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan discovered a group of martial artists ambushing him on a mountain road and fought back after their leader demanded that he leave Upper Scene Heaven over the Dao General quota. The attackers trapped him with talismans and a sword formation, leaving him facing a strike with power close to the Seventh Order.

• The Red-Eyed Crow spotted hidden ambushers in the woods, and Zhang Yuan confronted them on the mountain road.
• Five martial artists surrounded Zhang Yuan, and their Sixth Order leader offered to spare him if he swore to leave Upper Scene Heaven forever.
• Zhang Yuan drove his Overlord Halberd into the ground and killed a hidden attacker skilled in Underground Ambush.
• Zhang Yuan charged the leader, who retreated and ordered four Fifth Order martial artists to unleash eight talismans that weighed Zhang Yuan down.
• The leader and the four martial artists attacked Zhang Yuan together with a sword formation, trapping him beneath lethal sword qi.