Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang killed the Alligator Dragon and uncovered a plot involving Chen Yong, Guo Yun, and the Blood Lotus Cult, then guarded the mine until Gao Lin arrived to collect the recovered spirit iron. After breaking through to minor accomplishment in the Immovable King Body, Xu Yang refused to admit visiting members of the Song Family, but Steward Liu Xunjiang challenged his decision.

• Xu Yang found Chen Yong's head and the spirit iron, killed Guo Yun for colluding with Chen Yong, and sent Zhou Jiang to alert Gao Lin.
• Gao Lin arrived with Zhu Yuan, Hong Lei, and Liu Xunjiang, rewarded Xu Yang with a Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pill, and took the spirit iron back to the sect.
• Xu Yang spent more than two months at Moon Lake before breaking through to minor accomplishment in the Immovable King Body.
• Xu Yang tested his new body's toughness with Scarlet Blood and realized the Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist was part of the Mountain-Bearing Bear Canon.
• Zhou Jiang told Xu Yang that young masters of the Song Family had come seeking shelter, but Xu Yang ordered him to turn them away.
• Liu Xunjiang argued that the Song Family's ties to the Violet Sun Gate meant Xu Yang should let them stay, and Xu Yang asked what he proposed instead.

Xu Yang let Liu Xunjiang shelter the injured Song Wenxuan despite warning that the decision could endanger the Mine. When the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain arrived to claim the Song Family party and threaten the Mine, the disciples looked to Xu Yang while Liu Xunjiang urged them to fight.

• Xu Yang warned Liu Xunjiang that outsiders should not be admitted without verifying their identities, but Liu let Song Wenxuan and his two injured guards into the Mine.
• Zhou Jiang told Xu Yang that the Song Family party was fleeing the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain after stealing their spirit herb, and Xu Yang warned the disciples to stay out of the conflict unless attacked.
• Song Wenxuan learned that Xu Yang had initially refused him shelter and became resentful, while Liu Xunjiang claimed he would make Xu Yang fight if the Four Fiends came.
• The Four Fiends reached the Mine and demanded that the Song Family people be handed over, threatening to raze the Violet Sun Gate property.
• Liu Xunjiang called on the disciples to attack, but they waited for Xu Yang to decide; Xu Yang said the Four Fiends had not yet harmed anyone, and Li Haoran offered to target only the Song Family party.

Xu Yang let the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain kill Liu Xunjiang, Song Wenxuan, and their companions after warning them to stay out of the fight. Once the fiends recovered their stolen spirit herb, Li Haoning challenged Xu Yang, and the chapter ended as Li Haoning launched his attack.

• Xu Yang refused Liu Xunjiang and Song Wenxuan's pleas for help, while Li Haoran led the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain against the Song Family group.
• Liu Xunjiang abandoned Song Wenxuan and was killed by Li Haoning, while Xu Yang told Zhou Jiang and the others to hide in the mine tunnels.
• The Four Fiends of Mist Mountain killed Song Wenxuan's guards and tortured Song Wenxuan until Li Haoning found the stolen spirit herb and killed him.
• After the battle, Li Haoning and the others surrounded Xu Yang and recovered the herb, then Li Haoning challenged Xu Yang to a fight.
• Li Haoning vanished into a whirlwind as he began his attack on Xu Yang.

Xu Yang killed the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain after they attacked him, then concealed their bodies and weapons before returning to the mine. He told Zhou Jiang and the other disciples to report Liu Xunjiang’s death truthfully and said he would take responsibility if the Violet Sun Gate punished them.

• Li Haoning attacked Xu Yang and was killed with one punch, prompting Li Haoran, Xie Chengyou, and Xie Chenglin to charge at him.
• Xu Yang dodged Li Haoran’s and Xie Chengyou’s attacks, killed Xie Chenglin, and took the spirit herb from his robes.
• Xu Yang defeated Xie Chengyou in a clash of fists and cut off his head with Scarlet Blood.
• Xu Yang severed Li Haoran’s hand and then pierced his heart, killing the last of the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain.
• Xu Yang threw the Four Fiends’ corpses into Moon Lake and hid the semi-spirit weapons before returning to the mine.
• Xu Yang told Zhou Jiang and the others to report events truthfully, and they agreed to follow his lead and gather the bodies.

Xu Yang confirmed that the lotus seeds he took from Li Haoning were Eight-Treasure Lotus Seeds and used one to break through to major marrow cleansing. After Zhou Jiang reported Liu Xunjiang’s death to the sect, Elder Firecloud chose to protect Xu Yang from direct attacks while leaving him at Moon Lake to face the danger.

• Xu Yang learned from his panel that the lotus seeds were Eight-Treasure Lotus Seeds and decided to reserve three for Xu Qing while using the rest to strengthen himself.
• Xu Yang swallowed one lotus seed, underwent a painful bodily transformation, and advanced to major marrow cleansing as his lifespan and senses increased.
• Xu Yang sent Zhou Jiang to report Liu Xunjiang’s death and the events at Moon Lake to Gao Lin, who relayed the account to Elder Firecloud.
• Elder Firecloud judged Xu Yang’s conduct beyond reproach, promised to watch Liu Qingyuan and Song Yushao, and refused to recall Xu Yang from Moon Lake.
• Liu Qingyuan learned that Liu Xunjiang had died and suspected Xu Yang, rejecting the claim that the Four Fiends of Mist Mountain had killed his nephew.

Liu Qingyuan and the Song Family blamed Xu Yang for Song Wenxuan and Liu Xunjiang’s deaths, while Song Wenshan prepared to kill him after failing to find the Four Fiends. At Moon Lake, Xu Yang sensed four hostile martial artists approaching the mine and moved into the night as Song Wenshan assessed its defenses.

• Liu Qingyuan sent He Song to inform the Song Family, and Song Shirong ordered Song Wenshan to find the Four Fiends before secretly targeting Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang completed his major marrow cleansing and discovered that his body had gained spirituality and that contemplating nature restored his mental strength.
• Zhao Qing arrived to take over the mine and told Xu Yang that Song Wenshan had brought experts into the Cloud Ridge Mountains, while Elder Firecloud would only prevent Heavenly Origin powerhouses from attacking him.
• After a month of searching unsuccessfully for the Four Fiends, Song Wenshan decided to kill Xu Yang and return with his head.
• Xu Yang sensed four hostile gazes fixed on Moon Lake and left his quarters with Scarlet Blood as Song Wenshan asked how many experts guarded the mine.

Xu Yang ambushed Song Wenshan and the Song Family experts on their way to the Mine, killing three Major Marrow Cleansing fighters with overwhelming force. Song Wenshan tried to flee after seeing his companions fall, but Xu Yang struck him down and left him bloodied in the air.

• Song Wenshan ordered his group to disguise themselves as bandits and attack Xu Yang and the Violet Sun Gate disciples at the Mine.
• Xu Yang surprised the Song Family group and killed two Major Marrow Cleansing experts with consecutive palm strikes.
• Song Wenshan and Song Shizhao drew their Semi-Spirit Weapons, but Xu Yang's saber qi overwhelmed their attacks.
• Xu Yang split Song Shizhao in two after knocking his saber away.
• Song Wenshan fled, but Xu Yang shattered his sword qi, disarmed him, and sent him flying with a blood-drawing saber strike.

Xu Yang secretly killed Song Wenshan and the three other Song Family experts hunting him, then continued serving at Moon Lake while Elder Firecloud and Liu Qingyuan reacted to the disappearance. As Xu Yang ran out of Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pills and waited for a replacement, Zhou Jiang arrived with a burly man.

• Xu Yang killed Song Wenshan, searched the four bodies for pills and semi-spirit weapons, and buried them before returning to the mine unnoticed.
• Xu Yang learned the mine was being decorated for New Year and later welcomed Elder Gongshu, who inspected the mine and asked about the Alligator Dragon's hide.
• Gao Lin told Elder Firecloud that Song Wenshan and the other Song Family experts had vanished in the Cloud Ridge Mountains, so Elder Firecloud allowed Xu Yang to return to the sect and arranged a replacement.
• Liu Qingyuan learned the Song Family was searching for Song Wenshan and told He Song to warn them that Xu Yang was coming back, but refused to let He Song act personally.
• Xu Yang's cultivation advanced, but he ran out of Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pills before a replacement arrived, and Zhou Jiang entered with a burly man.

Xu Yang returned from Moon Lake and encountered Yan Guiyun, who had set out to kill him before he could grow stronger. Their first clash revealed that Xu Yang had reached major marrow cleansing, and the battle began with both men matching each other’s power.

• Xu Yang handed Moon Lake over to Du Changyong and set off for the Violet Sun Gate with his spoils.
• After failing to reach heavenly origin, Yan Guiyun gained Zhang Jingyuan’s permission to temper himself and decided to kill Xu Yang on the way.
• Yan Guiyun learned that Yun Heng had died trying to kill Xu Yang and that Xu Yang was returning from Moon Lake.
• Xu Yang traveled while cultivating, then met Yan Guiyun on the mountain road and realized he intended to kill him.
• Yan Guiyun attacked with a powerful fist, but Xu Yang revealed his major marrow cleansing cultivation and met the blow head-on.
• Their fists collided with tremendous force, and both men were driven into the earth as Xu Yang eagerly welcomed the fight.

Xu Yang battled Yan Guiyun, the third-ranked member of the Ten Elites, and revealed a Martial Dao Phenomenon that overwhelmed him. Yan Guiyun fled gravely wounded, leaving Xu Yang victorious.

• Xu Yang and Yan Guiyun traded powerful blows, with Xu Yang matching Yan Guiyun's strength and superior astral qi disrupting his meridians.
• Yan Guiyun activated the Heaven-Burning Blazing Flame Body, but Xu Yang used the Golden Astral Skill to bring them back to an even match.
• After more than a hundred exchanges, Yan Guiyun proposed ending the fight, but Xu Yang summoned a Mountain-Bearing Bear Martial Dao Phenomenon.
• Xu Yang's phenomenon attacked Yan Guiyun's mind and crushed his defenses, leaving him with shattered bones, ruptured meridians, and severe wounds.
• Yan Guiyun drew his Semi-Spirit Weapon but lost the nerve to continue fighting and fled.

Xu Yang killed Yan Guiyun, hid the weapons he could not safely sell, and returned to the Violet Sun Gate. After visiting Elder Firecloud and eating with fellow disciples, he heard that Lu Ren had forged a Semi-Spirit Weapon.

• Xu Yang caught up with the badly wounded Yan Guiyun, shattered his last defense, and killed him with a palm strike.
• Xu Yang searched Yan Guiyun's corpse, took his Semi-Spirit Weapon, and hid most of his weapons before returning to the Violet Sun Gate.
• Xu Yang thanked Elder Firecloud, who told him to consolidate his cultivation and prepare for the second Dragon Ascension.
• At the dining hall, Xu Yang deflected questions about his cultivation and traded barbed remarks with Xiong Kun.
• A disciple announced that Lu Ren had forged a Semi-Spirit Weapon, astonishing the gathered disciples.

After returning from Moon Lake, Xu Yang collected a large reward and reunited with Xu Qing, using three Eight-Treasure Lotus Seeds to improve her talent and help her reach astral qi perfection. He then bought key ingredients for the Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pill and went to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to source the remaining herbs.

• Lu Ren arrived at the Dining Hall after forging a Semi-Spirit Weapon, accepted congratulations and gifts, and told Xu Yang he hoped to join the Second Dragon Ascension.
• Xu Yang collected 1,800 contribution points for his work at Moon Lake, including killing an Alligator Dragon and Guan Du and uncovering theft by Chen Yong and Guo Yun.
• Xu Yang reunited with Xu Qing and took her to Blazing Fire Peak, where she swallowed an Eight-Treasure Lotus Seed and broke through to astral qi mastery.
• Over the next two days, Xu Yang gave Xu Qing two more Eight-Treasure Lotus Seeds, bringing her cultivation to astral qi perfection, then gave her contribution points to obtain a Body-Tempering Method.
• Xu Yang exchanged contribution points for a Dragon Whisker Root and a tiger-soul scarlet sun fruit, then visited the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and asked Zhou Yong whether it could supply the herbs on his list.

Xu Yang negotiated with Tao Huaijin to become a guest official candidate of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, gaining permission to buy rare ingredients and access to future resources if he succeeded in his second dragon ascension. He left with medicinal ingredients for another batch of pills for Xu Qing.

• Zhou Yong explained that Xu Yang needed Honored Guest status to buy the rare medicinal ingredients, and Tao Huaijin offered him a route through the guest official program.
• Tao Huaijin described the program’s stipend, spirit herb allowance, duties, and contract terms, which Xu Yang reviewed and accepted as a candidate.
• Tao Huaijin revealed that the Pavilion would also provide a package of resources to help Xu Yang with his second dragon ascension.
• Xu Yang added ingredients for another batch of Origin-Gathering Pills for Xu Qing to his order, then left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion with the supplies.

Tao Huaijin recruited Xu Yang as a Myriad Treasures Pavilion guest official and bet that his rapid growth could lead to a second dragon ascension, prompting the Pavilion to send him resources. After returning to the Violet Sun Gate, Xu Yang reunited with Sun Tao, who had reached marrow cleansing after consuming a remarkable spirit herb, and the two prepared to celebrate with their friends.

• Tao Huaijin told Zhou Yong he had recruited Xu Yang because he needed a chance to return to Cloud Province, then sent information about Xu Yang to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion headquarters.
• Xu Yang received 20 points for agreeing to the recruitment, finished refining ten Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pills, and set out for the Violet Sun Gate.
• Fang Xinghai reviewed Tao Huaijin's request and ordered the headquarters to send Xu Yang dragon ascension resources, despite Meng Xiangdong's objections.
• Xu Yang briefly encountered Zhang Hong in Azure Sun City, and Zhang Hong regretted that their past betrayal had ruined their friendship.
• Xu Yang learned that Sun Tao had reached marrow cleansing after finding and consuming a powerful spirit herb in the Cloud Ridge Mountains.
• Sun Tao invited Xu Yang to celebrate with Zhang Yong, Wen Jie, and the others, and Xu Yang gave Sun Tao an Origin-Gathering Pill as a gift.

Xu Yang refused Tian Kuan’s request for help and his attempt to borrow Scarlet Blood, while the Song Family resolved to target Xu Yang over the deaths of its members. After Jiang Fan and Li Chuyang reached major marrow cleansing, Gao Lin summoned Xu Yang and other disciples to investigate the disappearance of an escort team and two investigators at Camel Peak.

• Xu Yang gave Sun Tao an Origin-Gathering Pill, then reunited with friends at the Wine House and learned Zhang Yong was thriving at Beast King Peak.
• Tian Kuan asked Xu Yang to help kill an exotic beast guarding a spirit herb, then asked to borrow Scarlet Blood after Xu Yang refused to go; Xu Yang refused both requests, and Tian Kuan and Hong Lei left.
• The Song Family confirmed that Song Wenshan, Song Shizhao, and their companions had died, blamed Xu Yang, and arranged to watch for a chance to kill him outside the sect.
• Jiang Fan reached major marrow cleansing, followed later by Li Chuyang, and Xu Yang considered revealing his own breakthrough before the second dragon ascension.
• Gao Lin summoned Xu Yang and other disciples after the mineral escort from Camel Peak failed to return; Hu Ze explained that the two disciples sent to investigate had also gone missing.
• Gao Lin and Lu Chuping led the group out of the Violet Sun Gate to investigate the disappearances at Camel Peak.

Xu Yang’s group searched the Cloud Ridge Mountains for the missing Zhang brothers, but a powerful black panther wounded Hong Lei and a scarred battlefield offered few answers. Meanwhile, the Song Family decided to use its hidden reserves to send Song Shixian after Xu Yang, and Song Shirong opened a secret chamber to prepare.

• Gao Lin led the disciples toward Camel Peak, with Cui Mingchong’s Exotic Beast eagle accompanying them as a way to request help if needed.
• At the overnight cave, Xu Yang warned against splitting up, but Tian Kuan sent him and Hong Lei in different directions to hunt.
• Xu Yang discovered a battlefield bearing Violet Sun Gate clothing and huge claw marks, then found Hong Lei badly wounded while Tian Kuan fought a powerful black panther.
• Gao Lin and the others drove the panther away, and Xu Yang showed them the battlefield; the group could not determine whether the victim had been Zhang Heng or Zhang Quan.
• At the Song Family, Song Shixian urged Song Shirong to have Ancestor Yushao kill Xu Yang, but Song Shirong refused to risk him and chose to reveal the lineage’s hidden reserves instead.
• Song Shixian agreed to carry out the deed, and Song Shirong opened the Song Family vault’s concealed chamber with him.

Xu Yang and the Violet Sun Gate disciples were ambushed by a Blood Lotus Cult plot that left Hong Lei dead and sent Gao Lin’s group into a battle with a terrifying Heavenly Origin powerhouse. Xu Yang fled with Zhang Bei pursuing him, then stopped to face him after drawing him far from the others.

• A black-panther rider attacked Tian Kuan, and Gao Lin and the others pursued him into the forest despite Xu Yang’s warning that it was a trap.
• A black-shrouded Blood Lotus Cult disciple killed Hong Lei and attacked Xu Yang, while a distress flare and screams revealed that Gao Lin’s group had encountered a much stronger enemy.
• Xu Yang fled the powerful aura and evaded the Blood Lotus Cult disciple’s spear attacks as he led his pursuer away from the others.
• Zhang Bei revealed that he pursued Xu Yang to avenge his younger brother Zhang Sai, whom Xu Yang had killed at Autumnwater Manor.
• After drawing Zhang Bei seven or eight li from the original location, Xu Yang stopped and prepared to fight him.

Xu Yang killed Zhang Bei and escaped through the mountains while the Blood Lotus Cult’s Li Haifeng drained the bodies of Violet Sun Gate disciples. After the Peak Master of Beast King Peak arrived and clashed with Li Haifeng, Xu Yang encountered Zhou Yao and attacked him, but the chapter ended as Xu Yang’s palm struck Zhou Yao’s black panther.

• Xu Yang caught Zhang Bei’s spear, overpowered him, and killed him with his own weapon before hiding in a tree.
• Li Haifeng learned that Zhang Bei had pursued Xu Yang and ordered Zhou Yao punished for letting Gao Lin escape; he then used the disciples’ corpses in a ritual to summon the Holy Mother.
• The Peak Master of Beast King Peak arrived on a giant eagle, forcing Li Haifeng and Zhou Yao to flee as he attacked.
• Xu Yang left his hiding place and later met Zhou Yao, who was searching for Zhang Bei; Xu Yang told him Zhang Bei was dead.
• Zhou Yao and his black panther attacked Xu Yang, but Xu Yang disarmed Zhou Yao’s spear and struck the panther with his palm.

Xu Yang killed Zhou Yao and his black panther, then reunited with Gao Lin after they escaped the Blood Lotus Cult’s attack. They continued to Camel Peak Mine, where they found the ore convoy slaughtered and survivors emerging from the tunnels.

• Xu Yang killed the black panther, disarmed Zhou Yao, and killed him before collecting the two Semi-Spirit Weapon spears.
• Xu Yang reunited with Gao Lin, who revealed that the Lotus Envoy had killed or scattered their fellow disciples and that he had burned years of life force to escape.
• Lu Tianchen arrived and invited Xu Yang and Gao Lin to help track the spared Lotus Envoy, Li Haifeng, but they chose to return to the sect on their own.
• After resting, Xu Yang and Gao Lin continued toward Camel Peak, found the ore convoy destroyed, and discovered the mine deserted above ground.
• Several ragged survivors emerged from the mine tunnels, while Xu Yang sensed icy killing intent in the air.

Xu Yang and Gao Lin defeated three Blood Lotus Cult ambushers at the mine, and Xu Yang concealed his major marrow cleansing breakthrough by sharing credit with Gao Lin. As they headed back to the Violet Sun Gate, Song Shixian prepared to ambush Xu Yang with the Spirit Weapon Jade Waters Saber, and a masked figure sprang from the mountainside.

• Xu Yang sensed through the miners’ disguises and killed two Blood Lotus Cult martial artists before driving the third into a fatal collapse.
• Xu Yang asked Gao Lin to keep his breakthrough secret, and they divided the money found on the bodies.
• Huang Yong emerged from the mine and reported that all the other Violet Sun Gate disciples stationed there had been killed; Xu Yang and Gao Lin left him to guard the mine.
• Song Shixian waited along the route with the Jade Waters Saber, intending to kill Xu Yang while only Gao Lin accompanied him.
• Xu Yang sensed a possible watcher, took up a spear, and continued cautiously with Gao Lin until a masked figure burst from the mountainside.