Chapter Summaries

Gu Village villagers massacred the families of the bandits at Sandwind Stronghold, killing everyone they found and burning the courtyard before moving on. The slaughter continued as the villagers searched for survivors and hunted down every remaining bandit.

• A Gu Village villager led the attack on the bandit families, killing a boy and his mother, sister, and grandparents.
• The villager found three children hiding under a bed and killed them one by one, including a child who claimed to have been abducted.
• He searched the courtyard, found sleeping infants in a cupboard, and continued looking for anyone who had escaped.
• After stripping the courtyard of resources, he knocked over a lampstand to set it ablaze and headed to the next location, killing bandits along the way.

Gu Sen and Gu Yanchen led Gu Family Village’s forces in rescuing thousands of captives and withdrawing from Sandwind Stronghold while fighting off Bo Stronghold Chief. Bo Zei’s stronghold was left devastated, and he and the returning Scarface vowed revenge.

• Gu Sen ordered the rescued captives and villagers to retreat to Gu Family Village while he and the stronger villagers went to reinforce Gu Yanchen.
• Bo Stronghold Chief overwhelmed the villagers defending Sandwind Stronghold’s gate, and Gu Yanchen and the others struggled to hold him back.
• Gu Er Niu wounded Bo Zei with a hammer attack but was badly slashed when Bo Zei counterattacked, and Gu Yanchen protected him.
• Gu Sen arrived with dozens of cultivators, keeping Bo Zei occupied while the villagers escorted the captives down the mountain.
• After the Gu villagers withdrew, Bo Zei found only a few hundred survivors among Sandwind Stronghold’s ruins.
• Scarface and the returning bandits saw the devastation and swore vengeance on Gu Family Village.

Gu Yanchen and Gu Family Village celebrated their return from a successful raid on Sandwind Stronghold, having rescued nearly ten thousand captives. After discussing their losses and the village’s shortage of cultivation resources, the fighters worried that Bo Zei would retaliate soon.

• Gu Sen announced the returning group’s victory, and Gu Er Niu proved their identity to the wary villagers with his hammer technique.
• Gu Yanchen urged everyone inside and ordered the village to strengthen its defenses as villagers reunited with rescued captives and mourned those still missing.
• Gu Yanchen told the village’s fighters that they had rescued nearly ten thousand captives despite losing more than a dozen people.
• Gu Sen explained that past raids had stripped the village of cultivation methods and pills, leaving its fighters unable to advance to the human immortal realm.
• A young married woman warned that Bo Zei might attack within days, leaving the gathered fighters concerned about how to defend the village.

Gu Family Village argued through the night over whether to rescue Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua or prepare for Sandwind Stronghold’s retaliation, but Gu Yanchen made no decision. At Sandwind Stronghold, Bo Stronghold Chief ordered his leaders to prepare revenge against Gu Family Village while Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua remained uncaptured.

• Gu Sen and Gu Er Niu urged Gu Yanchen to send rescuers for Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua, while older villagers argued that Gu Family Village needed to defend itself.
• A graceful young married woman proposed asking the rescued captives to help defend the village and sending a few dozen people to repay Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua.
• The villagers argued until dawn without reaching a decision, then dispersed on bitter terms.
• Bo Stronghold Chief learned that Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua had not been captured, and the Fourth-in-Command explained that their weapons and tactics had delayed the bandits.
• Scarface redirected attention to the revenge against Gu Family Village, and the leaders called for the village to be destroyed.

Sandwind Stronghold’s leaders argued over whether to seek allies before attacking Gu Family Village, but Bo Stronghold Chief pushed them toward attacking alone by promising cultivation resources. He demanded that the leaders sign master-servant contracts in exchange, leaving the hall silent as they weighed the offer.

• Scarface urged the leaders to ally with neighboring strongholds, while the Third-in-Command opposed sharing the spoils from Gu Family Village.
• Scarface and the Third-in-Command argued until Scarface asked Bo Stronghold Chief to decide.
• Bo Stronghold Chief resolved to support the Third-in-Command and promised superior cultivation methods and pills to help the leaders advance.
• Bo Stronghold Chief demanded that the leaders sign master-servant contracts and swear loyalty before he would give them the resources.
• The leaders fell silent and exchanged uncertain glances as Bo Stronghold Chief calmly drank his tea.

Bo Stronghold Chief tricked the Sandwind Stronghold leaders into signing Master-Servant Contracts by promising scarce breakthrough resources, then supplied them all and planned to attack Gu Family Village. Meanwhile, Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao recovered and rapidly advanced their cultivation in the Earth Marrow Cold Spring.

• Bo Stronghold Chief claimed he had only five sets of breakthrough resources, prompting the Third-in-Command, the Fourth-in-Command, Scarface, and the other leaders to pledge themselves to him.
• Bo Stronghold Chief revealed that he had enough resources for everyone, distributed cultivation methods and pills, and declared that Sandwind Stronghold would expand and crush Gu Family Village.
• Ye Hua woke in the Earth Marrow Cold Spring and, unable to free herself from Ying Ming Hao, recognized the spring's benefits and began cultivating alongside him.
• After three days, Ye Hua and Ying Ming Hao had nearly healed their injuries, and Ying Ming Hao advanced to the first and then second level of the void insight realm.
• By the tenth day, Ye Hua had reached the third level of the great vehicle realm, while Ying Ming Hao had reached the third level of void insight.

Gu Yanchen asked the rescued captives to choose whether to stay in Gu Family Village and fight the Sandwind Stronghold or leave, despite the danger outside. More than four thousand stayed, and Gu Yanchen prepared to arm and accommodate them before a welcoming feast.

• Gu Yanchen warned the gathered cultivators that the Sandwind Stronghold would seek revenge and asked who would help defend Gu Family Village.
• The rescued cultivators argued over whether to stay and fight or flee, with many declaring they would remain for gratitude, revenge, or lack of anywhere else to go.
• A large crowd left through the village gate, while Gu Yanchen dismissed them as cowards and said the Sandwind Stronghold would not spare them.
• After more than ten minutes, slightly under half—over four thousand people—remained in the square.
• Gu Yanchen thanked the remaining cultivators, promised them accommodations and weapons, and announced a welcoming feast for that night.

The Sandwind Stronghold ambushed and killed nearly all of the fleeing cultivators, while Gu Family Village prepared for a possible counterattack and waited for reinforcements. Twenty days passed without the bandits attacking, leaving the village relieved and increasingly complacent.

• Sandwind Stronghold bandits ambushed successive groups of fleeing cultivators, killing nearly all of the more than five thousand and burying the bodies.
• Gu Yanchen learned that most nearby villages refused to send reinforcements, while Li Family Village and a few others promised limited aid.
• Gu Family Village's leaders worried that no one could hold off Bo Zei, and they left the question of rescuing Ying Ming Hao unresolved.
• More than a thousand reinforcements arrived from Li Family Village and nearby villages, followed two days later by Gu Family Village's returning villagers.
• The Sandwind Stronghold did not attack for twenty days, and Gu Family Village grew relieved and complacent.

After a month of cultivation in the Earth Marrow Cold Spring, Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua reached new heights in their cultivation and grew close, but bandits searching for them interrupted them once again. The two crept toward the cave entrance, ready to confront the intruders.

• Ying Ming Hao reached the Great Perfection of the Void Insight Realm, while Ye Hua reached the Great Vehicle Realm Great Perfection.
• Ying Ming Hao teased Ye Hua as they changed clothes, then pulled her close and kissed her before they heard someone entering the cave.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua stopped and stealthily approached the outer entrance after realizing the intruders had interrupted them for the third time.
• Little Chicken Kun sensed danger, reached the Nascent Soul Realm Peak after a month of feeding, and hid the white horse.
• A bandit group entered the cave searching for Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua, while their leader urged them to search carefully.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua ambushed the bandits searching near their hiding place and defeated them with their increased strength. After the leader surrendered, he revealed that over eighty bandits remained outside and that the others had returned to Sandwind Stronghold after Gu Family Village attacked it.

• A bandit discovered hoofprints, prompting Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua to ambush the group before they could prepare.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua overwhelmed the bandits, whose cultivation and strength had surged, and killed several of them.
• Ying Ming Hao shattered a bandit's saber and finished him, while Ye Hua pinned another bandit to a stone wall with her sword.
• The leader surrendered when Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua cornered him.
• The leader told Ying Ming Hao that over eighty bandits still surrounded the area and that the others had returned to Sandwind Stronghold after Gu Family Village launched a surprise attack.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua learned that the Sandwind Stronghold was preparing to attack Gu Family Village after its leaders broke through to the human immortal realm. After killing the stronghold leader and looting the cave, they headed outside, where Ying Ming Hao’s obliviousness left Ye Hua furious.

• Ying Ming Hao questioned the Sandwind Stronghold leader and learned that Bo Stronghold Chief was helping others break through to the human immortal realm before they attacked Gu Family Village.
• The leader offered to help Ying Ming Hao escape, but Ye Hua stabbed and killed him after Ying Ming Hao told him to leave.
• Ying Ming Hao looted the corpses and drained them with the Burial Life Blade while Ye Hua struck the bodies in anger.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua gathered spirit herbs, spirit fruits, and earth marrow cold spring from the cave before setting out to break through the encirclement.
• Ying Ming Hao left the cave without noticing Ye Hua had fallen behind, then waited outside and played with Little Chicken Kun.
• Ye Hua emerged from the dark passage, saw Ying Ming Hao playing without a care, and glared at him until he felt a chill and turned around.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua ambushed the bandits guarding their escape route and fled into the Boundary Balance Mountains on a white horse. They left the pursuing bandits behind with a tear gas bomb, but the chase continued after Ying Ming Hao pretended to throw another Flashbang.

• Ying Ming Hao scouted the bandits' positions and planned a quick attack with Ye Hua.
• Ye Hua killed two bandits, while she and Ying Ming Hao killed the Tribulation Transcendence Realm bandit before he could summon help.
• Ying Ming Hao snapped his fingers, and Little Chicken Kun drove the white horse forward as Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua escaped.
• Ying Ming Hao threw a Detonation Talisman and tear gas bomb at their pursuers, wounding several and slowing them down.
• Ying Ming Hao pretended to throw another Flashbang, making the bandits scatter before they realized he had tricked them and resumed the chase.

Ying Ming Hao used Flashbangs, poison gas, and smoke bombs to escape the bandits with Ye Hua on White Horse. After resting by a stream, they believed they had shaken off their pursuers and vowed to grow stronger before returning for revenge.

• Ying Ming Hao repeatedly tricked the pursuing bandits with fake throws before using a barrage of bombs to conceal his escape with Ye Hua.
• The bandits split into search parties after losing Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua rode White Horse for over an hour before stopping beside a stream to rest.
• Ying Ming Hao teased Ye Hua about her soreness, and she pinched him in anger.
• Ying Ming Hao said the bandits probably could not catch up, and Ye Hua vowed they would return to make them pay once they were stronger.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua shared a meal and a night under the stars before spending the next day sparring and improving their techniques. The chapter ended with them meditating after a full day of training, having strengthened their combat skills.

• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua caught three wild rabbits, roasted them, and shared the meal beside their campfire.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua admired the moon, talked, and fell asleep beside their Protective Arrays.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua sparred the next morning, and Ying Ming Hao praised Ye Hua's swordsmanship while pointing out weaknesses in her attacks.
• Ye Hua grew more aggressive and used the Misty Sword Art, while Ying Ming Hao advised her to coat her blade with spiritual power.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua each activated their respective Heartless cultivation methods and continued fighting until night.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua ate, meditated on what they had learned, and improved their martial techniques and combat skills.

Little Chicken Kun fought the Centipede Demon in a training battle, but Ying Ming Hao had to intervene when the demon nearly killed him. After healing Little Chicken Kun and restraining the demon, Ying Ming Hao sent him back into the fight, where he continued to struggle against the demon’s coils.

• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua watched as Little Chicken Kun battled the Centipede Demon and gradually fell behind.
• Little Chicken Kun attacked the demon’s vital spot, but the Centipede Demon coiled around him and nearly killed him.
• Ying Ming Hao suppressed the Centipede Demon, then healed Little Chicken Kun with a Healing Pill and earth marrow cold spring water.
• Ying Ming Hao restrained the demon and encouraged Little Chicken Kun to fight again while Ye Hua advised him to target its belly and tail.
• Little Chicken Kun resumed the battle and attacked the demon’s weak points, but the Centipede Demon still overwhelmed him with its legs and coils.
• Ye Hua pointed out that Little Chicken Kun’s apparent progress was partly due to Ying Ming Hao suppressing the demon and to the unequal recovery between fights.

Ying Ming Hao repeatedly rescued Little Chicken Kun from the Centipede Demon, interrupting his attempts to woo Ye Hua. Ye Hua stayed angry and rejected his explanations, and their endless circling wore a deep pit into the ground.

• Ying Ming Hao gave Ye Hua a flower and praised her beauty while Little Chicken Kun fought the Centipede Demon.
• The Centipede Demon nearly killed Little Chicken Kun, so Ying Ming Hao subdued it and treated the chicken with pills and Earth Marrow Cold Spring.
• Ying Ming Hao flirted with Ye Hua, kissed her, and asked permission to smell her fragrance, but Little Chicken Kun's cries interrupted him again.
• Ying Ming Hao rescued and treated Little Chicken Kun once more, leaving Ye Hua waiting until she opened her eyes and found him gone.
• Ye Hua snorted and turned away whenever Ying Ming Hao tried to explain, and their repeated circling wore away the grass and dug a pit in the ground.

Little Chicken Kun repeatedly fought the Centipede Demon, gained experience, and finally defeated it with a decisive peck after both beasts collapsed from their finishing moves. Ying Ming Hao healed and rewarded the Centipede Demon with pills and a cultivation inheritance, and it escaped into the undergrowth while he began planning more fights for Little Chicken Kun.

• Little Chicken Kun challenged the Centipede Demon again and again while Ying Ming Hao watched, intervened when needed, and called out tactical advice.
• By the eleventh round, the weakened Centipede Demon had lost its advantage as Little Chicken Kun grew stronger and began suppressing it.
• Ying Ming Hao urged Little Chicken Kun to use its “Wild-ass pecking” move, and the beasts collided before both crashed to the ground.
• Little Chicken Kun rose first and pecked the Centipede Demon’s head, winning the battle.
• Ying Ming Hao celebrated, gave Little Chicken Kun a pill, and mistook its protests about fighting a tiger for excitement.
• Ying Ming Hao treated and rewarded the Centipede Demon with three eighth-grade pills, a cultivation method inheritance, and earth marrow cold spring water, and the Centipede Demon fled.

Ying Ming Hao tried to appease the angry Ye Hua by catching wild boars, but he triggered a chase by a herd of giant boars and left her to escape with the captured piglets. At their meeting spot, Ye Hua ate the roast pigs Ying Ming Hao prepared and shared trotters with him, but she still refused to speak to him.

• Ying Ming Hao promised Ye Hua three roast suckling pigs and caught four little wild boars, provoking a herd of giant boars.
• Ying Ming Hao fled with two piglets and threw the other two to Ye Hua, leaving her to outrun the herd while he reached their meeting spot first.
• Ye Hua arrived at the stream exhausted and injured to find Ying Ming Hao relaxing with roast pig and wine.
• Ying Ming Hao prepared more roast pig for Ye Hua, who ate two servings and silently offered him trotters while continuing to ignore him.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua watched Little Chicken Kun fight a tiger as part of his training, but a swarm of Centipede Demons suddenly attacked. As Ying Ming Hao fled with Ye Hua and Little Chicken Kun, one Centipede Demon killed the tiger and continued after them.

• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua cheered Little Chicken Kun as he fought a tiger, and he used his improved strength to evade attacks and strike from the tiger’s back.
• The tiger slammed Little Chicken Kun into a tree, but he recovered and continued fighting as Ye Hua noted how much he had improved.
• A Centipede Demon appeared, followed by dozens more, and Ying Ming Hao grabbed Little Chicken Kun and Ye Hua and ran as the Centipedes pursued him.
• The tiger tried to escape but encountered a Centipede Demon of comparable size and fought it.
• The Centipede Demon killed the tiger, grew stronger after eating it, and resumed pursuing Ying Ming Hao.

Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua escaped the Centipede Demons and considered their next move while surrounded by hostile territories. Ying Ming Hao decided they would skirt Gu Family Village and begin a years-long circuit across the South Sea Continent before returning to the Misty Sect.

• Ying Ming Hao fled the Centipede Demons with Ye Hua, Little Chicken Kun, and White Horse, using explosive talismans, Poison Gas Bombs, and Tear Gas Bombs to slow their pursuit.
• Ying Ming Hao and Ye Hua stopped to rest and assessed their location between the Sandwind Stronghold and Gu Family Village, with the Centipede Demons still behind them.
• Ying Ming Hao rejected routes toward the Sandwind Stronghold and the middle territory, then proposed following the mountains near Gu Family Village and traveling through several sect territories on a circuit around the South Sea Continent.
• Ye Hua agreed to Ying Ming Hao's plan but worried about their unfinished feeding assignment from the Hall of Missions.
• Ying Ming Hao said Zhao Xu and the others could handle the assignment, and the pair prepared to continue their journey.