Chapter Summaries

Lady Yu’s scheme to provoke Ye Xiangyong and Song Bin unfolded as Chen Xiyuan and the other women appeared to favor Song Bin. The two groups, made drunk by the wine, grew increasingly angry as Chen Xiyuan passed Ye Xiangyong’s room and continued toward Song Bin’s.

• The steward turned away Song Bin’s and Ye Xiangyong’s requests for Chen Xiyuan, then served both groups food and wine instead.
• Song Bin’s and Ye Xiangyong’s companions drank several pots of wine and became drunk while waiting for the women.
• Lady Yu instructed Chen Xiyuan and the other women to pass Ye Xiangyong’s room first and then head for Song Bin’s room.
• Chen Xiyuan and the women entered the hall, drawing the guests’ attention with a loud welcome.
• Chen Xiyuan told Ye Xiangyong that she and the women were going to spend the night with Song Bin, angering Ye Xiangyong and his companions.

Ye Xiangyong and his companions forcibly took Chen Xiyuan and the other women into a private room, prompting Song Bin to lead his men in a furious rescue. The two groups confronted each other after Song Bin kicked down the door.

• Ye Xiangyong and his drunken companions grabbed Chen Xiyuan and the other women and dragged them toward a private room.
• The manager tried to stop Ye Xiangyong, but he shoved her aside and took the women inside.
• Song Bin saw what had happened, shoved the manager aside, and led his companions toward the private room.
• Song Bin kicked down the door, startling Ye Xiangyong, Chen Xiyuan, and the others inside.
• Ye Xiangyong and Yang Xiao angrily berated Song Bin for barging in, while Chen Xiyuan and the other women acted as though they had been mistreated.

Song Bin and the Song Family disciples fought Ye Xiangyong, Yang Xiao, and their companions after the drunken men tried to claim the women, including Chen Xiyuan. Song Bin’s group overwhelmed them, while Chen Xiyuan and the other women watched from the sidelines as onlookers gathered.

• Song Bin and Song Muyang called for the women to join them, while Ye Xiangyong and Yang Xiao provoked them by embracing and kissing the women.
• Song Bin seized Chen Xiyuan from Ye Xiangyong, and Song Muyang and the others took the other women from their opponents.
• Song Bin struck Ye Xiangyong and knocked him away, while the Song disciples shoved Yang Xiao and his companions to the floor.
• Ye Xiangyong charged Song Bin again, but Song Bin caught his fist and beat him with a barrage of slaps as the others attacked Yang Xiao’s group.
• Chen Xiyuan and the other women pretended to call for the men to stop while spectators watched and discussed the beating.

Song Bin’s men beat Ye Xiangyong, Yang Xiao, and the others at the Fragrant Pavilion, setting off a feud with their families. Ying Ming Hao then praised Lady Yu and Nangong Jin for orchestrating the incident and instructed them to strengthen their organization while he stayed away.

• Song Bin savagely beat Ye Xiangyong and the others until Nangong Jin intervened and had attendants give them Healing Pills.
• Nangong Jin arranged for City Lord's Residence Soldiers to escort the injured men home, and their condition sparked rumors that spread through Ascension City.
• Ying Ming Hao celebrated the plan with Lady Yu and Nangong Jin, confident that the great Lineages would drive Song Bin and his companions out of the city.
• Ying Ming Hao rewarded Lady Yu and Nangong Jin with Storage Rings and urged them to improve their cultivation and expand their organization carefully.
• Lady Yu and Nangong Jin agreed to handle ordinary matters in Ying Ming Hao's absence while Ye Hua silently wondered about his background.

Song Bin and his companions fled Ascension City after being harassed and blamed for a series of crimes, including the robbery of several lineages’ treasure vaults. Meanwhile, Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua traveled into a forest, where they spotted bandits lying in wait for them.

• The Ye Family, the Yang Family, and other forces repeatedly harassed Song Bin and his companions, who were arrested again and again on absurd accusations.
• Song Bin and his companions fled Ascension City, and the lineages discovered their treasure vaults had been robbed that same night.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua left Ascension City and traveled freely through the mountains on white horses.
• Ye Hua noticed birds fleeing from the forest ahead, so she and Ying Ming Hao stopped to investigate.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua spotted dozens of bandits preparing an ambush, while the bandits waited for the couple to arrive.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua hid beside the road to rest, while a group of bandits waited nearby for them in the cold and mosquitoes. Under the moonlight, Ying Ming Hao flirted with Ye Hua until she challenged him about his rumored relationships with other women.

• Ying Ming Hao persuaded Ye Hua to rest behind a hill and wait for other travelers before continuing along the road.
• After night fell, the third chief and his men complained about the cold and mosquitoes while waiting for the two travelers.
• Ying Ming Hao used insect repellent to protect himself and Ye Hua as they lay back and admired the moon and stars.
• Ying Ming Hao praised Ye Hua and touched her hand, and Ye Hua blushed and held it while questioning his sincerity.
• Ye Hua asked Ying Ming Hao about Lin Zihan, Lin Qinqin, and Shui Furong, leaving him shuddering.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua shared their ambitions and grew intimate beneath the night sky, but Scarface and his men interrupted them with a volley of arrows. The pair faced the surrounding attackers, and Ye Hua angrily threatened them.

• Ying Ming Hao told Ye Hua he dreamed of conquering the Xuanhuang Continent and founding a powerful dynasty, and she pledged to support him.
• Ye Hua revealed that she wanted to reach the pinnacle of immortal cultivation and control her own destiny, and Ying Ming Hao encouraged her.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua embraced and kissed while Little Chicken Kun watched in confusion.
• More than a dozen arrows flew at Ying Ming Hao, who dodged them while protecting Ye Hua.
• Scarface and his men surrounded Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua, mocked their intimacy, and revealed they had been waiting to attack.
• Ye Hua stood beside Ying Ming Hao and threatened the attackers in fury.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua were ambushed by bandits seeking their weapons and Storage Rings, then fled on horseback. They killed the four bandits blocking their escape and broke through the encirclement, but the remaining bandits continued pursuing them.

• Ying Ming Hao confronted the bandits while Ye Hua warned him to escape if the fight turned against them, and he vowed not to abandon her.
• The Bandit Third-in-Command ordered his men to kill Ying Ming Hao and keep Ye Hua alive, so Ying Ming Hao deflected a volley of arrows and rode off with Ye Hua.
• The bandits blocked the road ahead and chased from behind, and Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua agreed to fight through the blockade together.
• Ye Hua killed the great vehicle realm bandit with her Glazed Sword while Ying Ming Hao slew the other three blockers with the Burial Life Blade.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua escaped the encirclement on horseback, and the Bandit Third-in-Command led the remaining bandits in pursuit.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua fled a bandit ambush through the forest while Scarface and the third chief tried to herd them into a trap. The pair escaped into mist-covered shrubs, but Scarface ordered reinforcements to surround and search the area.

• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua outran the bandits' main force as the third chief and Scarface used ranged attacks to pursue them.
• Ying Ming Hao recognized the bandits' trap ahead and led Ye Hua off the trail into the woods.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua spotted dense shrubs and mist that could conceal them, but Scarface and the other bandits accelerated to catch up.
• Ye Hua attacked the pursuers with her Glazed Sword while Ying Ming Hao used glowing talismans to topple trees and block their path.
• Ying Ming Hao grabbed Ye Hua and rode into the shrubs, disappearing from the bandits' sight.
• Scarface ordered the bandits to surround and search the shrubs, then sent a minor leader to fetch reinforcements from the stronghold.

The chief of Sandwind Stronghold sent the Fourth-in-Command and nearly six hundred fighters to pursue the man and woman who had escaped into the western woods. After a scout reported that the stronghold’s elites had left, a village mobilized its fighters, setting the stage for a possible counterattack.

• A bandit reported that the Second-in-Command and Third-in-Command had failed to capture the pair, who carried fifth-grade weapons and rode a void insight realm demonic beast mount.
• The chief ordered the Fourth-in-Command to bring the man and woman back, dead or alive, and warned him not to fail.
• The Fourth-in-Command mustered nearly six hundred elite fighters and led them west, leaving only a few dozen old, weak, or injured men to guard Sandwind Stronghold.
• A concealed scout saw the main force leave and sent the news through a Communication Token.
• A burly man in a village received the report and ordered its high-level fighters mobilized; villagers gathered in the square armed for battle.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua fled Scarface and his gang through a dark thicket, where a herd of wild boars killed one of their horses and badly injured the other. The boars also killed two pursuers, but Scarface led the survivors after the pair as they escaped along the herd’s trail.

• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua hid in the thicket, erased their tracks, and decided to find a cave for their horses.
• A herd of wild boars charged through the woods, killing one white horse and breaking the other horse’s foreleg; Ying Ming Hao pulled Ye Hua out of their path.
• The boars trampled two of Scarface’s men and wounded two others, leaving Scarface and three companions to continue the chase.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua fled along the boars’ cleared path with the injured horse, while Ye Hua silently resented Ying Ming Hao for groping her during their escape.
• Scarface and the remaining pursuers followed the boars’ trail, determined to catch Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua hid in the thorny thicket while Scarface and the Fourth-in-Command led bandits searching for them. A wild-boar stampede threw the search into chaos, and the fugitives discovered a hidden cave as they moved deeper into the woods.

• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua concealed themselves beside a three-way fork and erased their tracks, while Scarface split his companions across the paths to pursue them.
• The Fourth-in-Command arrived with more than six hundred bandits, sealed off the thicket, and led a search party inside.
• The bandits found two subordinates trampled by wild boars, then more than a hundred enraged boars stampeded through the thicket and killed and scattered many of them.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua slipped into the heart of the thicket, where Ye Hua uncovered a hidden cave beneath the vines.
• Ying Ming Hao took the lamp and stepped toward the cave entrance first to check for danger.

Ying Ming Hao led Ye Hua, White Horse, and Little Chicken Kun into a hidden cavern to rest and recover while the bandits searched the forest for them. Scarface and the Fourth-in-Command joined forces to comb the area, unaware of the fugitives’ hiding place.

• Ying Ming Hao guided Ye Hua through the cavern to a clearing, where they prepared to rest beside the wounded White Horse while Little Chicken Kun ate the venomous insects.
• Ying Ming Hao told Ye Hua they would recover their strength and escape before daylight, and he promised not to abandon her if danger came.
• Ying Ming Hao kissed Ye Hua, then turned away to search his Storage Ring, leaving her confused and disappointed.
• Scarface and his men searched the forest around Wild Boar Cave but found no trace of Ying Ming Hao and encountered charging wild boars.
• The Fourth-in-Command brought more than six hundred bandits to join Scarface, who worried that their Bandit Stronghold would be left vulnerable.
• After recalling that the Chief guarded the Bandit Stronghold, Scarface ordered the bandits to split up and search for Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua infiltrated the forest near Sandwind Stronghold and ambushed its bandits while villagers waited outside for a chance to rescue their captured people. After killing several pursuers, they faced a Great Vehicle Realm bandit, whom they killed just as reinforcements approached.

• A village chief ordered his villagers to wait for confirmation that Sandwind Stronghold was lightly guarded before attacking.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua killed three searching bandits, took their belongings, and hid their bodies.
• Ye Hua sensed more bandits approaching and pulled Ying Ming Hao into cover, but a Great Vehicle Realm bandit discovered the corpses and raised the alarm.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua attacked the Great Vehicle Realm bandit as other bandits rushed toward them.
• Ying Ming Hao endured a blow that drove him into thorns while holding the bandit's saber in place, allowing Ye Hua to wound him.
• Ying Ming Hao pierced the bandit's heart with the Burial Life Blade, which drained the bandit's flesh and blood and left him dead.

The Village Chief led villagers in a surprise attack on Sandwind Stronghold while its strongest commanders were away, killing the careless guards and opening the gate. The stronghold descended into flames and fighting after its Chief discovered the invasion, while villagers pushed forward to defeat the bandits and rescue their abducted companions.

• A scout told the Village Chief that Sandwind Stronghold's Fourth-in-Command had taken men away and the stronghold's defenses were depleted.
• The Village Chief divided his villagers into three squads, which silently approached Sandwind Stronghold and ambushed the drunken guards on its walls.
• The villagers killed the guards, opened the gate, and let their companions enter the stronghold.
• The Chief detected the invasion with his divine sense and ordered the bandits to arm themselves and attack.
• The Village Chief rallied the villagers to rescue the hostages, set fires, and kill the bandits, while Sandwind Stronghold's weakened defenders fell into chaos.

Gu Yanchen and the villagers fought Bo Stronghold Chief while Gu Sen led an assault on Sandwind Stronghold’s prisons. The villagers broke into the water prison and began freeing the hostages, but the chapter ended before everyone had been accounted for.

• Gu Yanchen and Gu Er Niu led villagers in a desperate fight against Bo Stronghold Chief, who killed and wounded several of them.
• Gu Sen divided hundreds of villagers into groups to reach the stone, fire, and water prisons and rescue the hostages.
• A powerful middle-aged woman held the water prison’s stone gate open while Gu Sen and the villagers stormed inside and killed the bandits guarding it.
• The villagers broke the prisoners’ locks and chains, and the woman searched the cells for her daughter as others called for their loved ones.

Gravely wounded after ambushing the Sandwind Stronghold bandits, Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao treated each other’s injuries and fled through the shrubs as their pursuers closed in. The bandits found their trail and rushed after them, eager to capture the pair.

• Ye Hua gave Ying Ming Hao healing pills and bandaged his wounds, while Ying Ming Hao gave her pills and tended her injuries.
• Ying Ming Hao grew furious that the bandits had hurt Ye Hua, but she urged him to escape while she drew the pursuers away.
• After finishing their bandages, Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua rested together briefly before hearing the bandits approach and limping onward.
• The Third-in-Command and Fourth-in-Command led the search, determined to capture Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua for killing dozens of their men.
• A minor leader found bloodstains and the couple’s recent resting place, and the Third-in-Command promised him a reward before he charged ahead.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua used Detonation Talismans to injure and evade the pursuing bandits from Sandwind Stronghold. After fighting through a small search party, they were ambushed by Scarface and sent flying into the bushes, badly wounded.

• The pursuing bandits triggered concealed Detonation Talismans, suffering heavy casualties before the Fourth-in-Command led the remaining Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts after Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua changed direction and chose to break through the lightly guarded right flank, where Ying Ming Hao planted more Detonation Talismans.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua ambushed the search party, killing three bandits before Ye Hua killed another with her sword.
• Ying Ming Hao threw a Detonation Talisman at the two remaining bandits and fled with Ye Hua, knocking the pursuers down.
• Scarface revealed that the bandits had used the others as bait, then attacked Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua; their defenses failed to prevent them from being blasted into the bushes.

Gravely wounded, Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua used a barrage of strange weapons to evade Scarface and the bandits pursuing them. Just as the bandits closed in, Scarface and his men received an urgent warning that Gu Family Village had attacked Sandwind Stronghold, forcing them to reconsider their pursuit.

• Scarface threatened to capture and torment Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao, but Ying Ming Hao threw a Detonation Talisman and dragged Ye Hua into the thorns to escape.
• Ying Ming Hao used a Flashbang, Poison Gas Bomb, and tear gas to slow Scarface, while Ye Hua helped fend off the pursuing bandits with talismans and sword strikes.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua evaded a pincer attack and the Third-in-Command's ambush, but their injuries kept worsening as the bandits regrouped around them.
• Scarface, the Third-in-Command, and the Fourth-in-Command received an urgent message that Gu Family Village had launched a surprise attack on Sandwind Stronghold.
• The Third-in-Command and Fourth-in-Command panicked over the families left in the stronghold, and the bandits became desperate to return home.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua escaped the bandits and took refuge in a limestone cave, where Ying Ming Hao discovered an earth marrow cold spring. He brought the injured Ye Hua to the spring to heal, unaware that she had mistaken his intentions.

• Scarface split his bandits, sending Brother Xu after Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua while he led the others back to attack Gu Family Village.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua escaped their pursuers and returned to the limestone cave, where he helped Ye Hua take medicine before exploring its passages.
• Ying Ming Hao found a freezing cavern filled with spirit herbs and an earth marrow cold spring, then hurried back to bring Ye Hua there.
• Ying Ming Hao lowered Ye Hua, still in her underclothes, into the spring and entered it himself to heal, while she remained too embarrassed to open her eyes.