Chapter Summaries

Song Yushao fought the Crimson Blaze Tiger at Cloud Perch Manor, hoping to capture it alive, but a masked Heavenly Origin Martial Artist struck while he was weakened. The attacker’s Separation Fire Art nearly killed the tiger, and Song Yushao recognized the technique as he turned to face the ambush.

• Song Yushao attacked the Crimson Blaze Tiger with his Spirit Weapon, but the beast shattered his strikes, battered him, and forced him into a prolonged fight.
• Song Yushao held back from killing the wounded tiger because he wanted its blood to cultivate Crimson Flame Fruit, then pinned it when it tried to flee.
• A hidden Heavenly Origin Martial Artist killed the remaining Song Family disciples and launched a golden saber strike at Song Yushao as he stood over the tiger.
• Song Yushao dodged the strike, but the saber qi carved a bone-deep wound into the Crimson Blaze Tiger and left it bleeding to death.
• Song Yushao recognized the attack as Separation Fire Art, cursed the masked assailant, and prepared to retaliate.

Xu Yang fought Song Yushao at Cloud Perch Manor, using his full strength after realizing he could not defeat the experienced Heavenly Origin cultivator while concealing his identity. Song Yushao recognized Xu Yang when he revealed the Immovable King Body, and the battle continued with Xu Yang exposed.

• Xu Yang attacked Song Yushao with the Jade Waters Saber, and their weapons clashed with enough force to shatter the ground around them.
• Song Yushao recognized the Jade Waters Saber as the Song Family's lost weapon and accused his opponent of targeting the family, while Xu Yang refused to answer.
• Song Yushao invoked the Rising Tide phenomenon and struck at Xu Yang, who dodged the attack and decided to stop hiding his strength.
• Xu Yang revealed the Immovable King Body phenomenon and met Song Yushao's sword strike head-on, forcing Song Yushao to stagger back.
• Song Yushao identified Xu Yang by his golden astral energy and Immovable King Body, and Xu Yang tore away his black face covering.

Xu Yang fought Song Yushao at Cloud Perch Manor, matching the veteran Heavenly Origin cultivator with his powerful body and techniques. As their battle continued without a clear victor, Song Shirong and other Song Family experts rushed toward the manor after seeing signs of the fight.

• Song Yushao confronted Xu Yang over the Song Family's losses, and Xu Yang admitted killing Song Wenshan and the others while blaming the family for forcing his hand.
• Song Yushao rejected reconciliation and attacked Xu Yang with the Canglang Sword Art's Thousandfold Waves.
• Xu Yang activated the Immovable King Body, Golden Astral Skill, and Eight Fiends Subduing Dragon Force before cutting through Song Yushao's sword qi with his Jade Waters Saber.
• Xu Yang and Song Yushao exchanged dozens of blows, but neither gained the upper hand as their clashing attacks devastated Cloud Perch Manor.
• Song Shirong led Song Family experts toward Cloud Perch Manor and hurried them onward after seeing dust, sword qi, and saber qi in the distance.

Xu Yang unleashed the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture at major mastery and overwhelmed Song Yushao, who had risked everything with his ultimate sword technique. Song Yushao begged for mercy as Xu Yang struck at his neck, leaving the Song Family’s fate uncertain.

• Song Yushao used the Canglang Sword Art’s Boundless Azure Sea, staking his life on his martial dao phenomenon to kill Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang revealed his major mastery of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture and cleaved apart Song Yushao’s attack, grievously wounding him.
• Song Yushao fled, but Xu Yang pursued and struck his back with saber qi, sending him falling from the sky.
• Song Shirong arrived, learned Xu Yang had defeated Song Yushao, and begged him to spare the ancestor in exchange for the Song Family’s obedience.
• Xu Yang refused Song Yushao’s plea for mercy and swept the Jade Waters Saber across his neck.

Xu Yang killed Song Yushao and Song Shirong at Cloud Perch Manor, then looted the estate and left. Meanwhile, a masked Heavenly Origin powerhouse attacked the Song Family, killed its remaining elders, and incited others to raid the estate as chaos spread.

• Xu Yang killed Song Yushao, cut down Song Family disciples, and killed Song Shirong when he tried to flee.
• Xu Yang searched Cloud Perch Manor, gathered its weapons, money, and medicinal herbs, and left.
• Song Yuting and Song Shiqing worried over Song Yushao’s absence and discussed sending someone to investigate Cloud Perch Manor.
• A masked attacker entered the Song Family estate and killed Song Shiqing with one punch after shattering his saber technique.
• The attacker announced that Song Yushao was dead, prompting adventurers and looters to converge on the Song Family estate.
• Song Yuting charged the attacker, who shattered his saber qi and struck him in the chest.

Xu Yang destroyed the Song Family, plundered its treasury, and returned to the Violet Sun Gate with its most valuable treasures. While Liu Qingyuan avoided intervening in the aftermath, Xu Yang found a genuine Heavenly Origin martial technique among the manuals he had taken.

• Xu Yang killed the Song Family’s remaining Major Marrow Cleansing experts, broke into its treasury, and escaped with spirit treasures, weapons, and manuals as other factions descended on the estate.
• The Song Family was nearly wiped out, and the Ding Family and Du Family’s Heavenly Origin ancestors confirmed that Song Yushao and Song Shirong had been killed at Cloud Perch Manor.
• He Song told Liu Qingyuan that the masked attacker used saber techniques and might practice a pure yang method, but Liu Qingyuan refused to claim the Song Family’s assets and went into seclusion.
• Xu Yang returned to the Violet Sun Gate without revealing his role in the massacre and counted the treasures he had stolen.
• Xu Yang examined the three manuals, recognizing the Canglang Sword Art, the Pure Yang Art, and the genuine Heavenly Origin technique Black Tortoise Mountain-Suppressing Fist.

Xu Yang studied the dangerous Black Tortoise Mountain-Suppressing Fist and used the Song Family’s Crimson Flame Fruit to strengthen his Separation Fire Art and astral energy. After two months of secluded cultivation, he decided to draw Liu Qingyuan out and kill him.

• Xu Yang found that circulating the Black Tortoise Mountain-Suppressing Fist threatened to overwhelm even his powerful body, then spent the night studying it.
• At the Dining Hall, Xu Yang learned from Gao Lin that the Peak Master suspected Elder Firecloud had killed Song Yushao for Xu Yang’s sake, and Gao Lin warned that Han Yingjie might return.
• Xu Yang ate the Crimson Flame Fruit and refined its power, advancing his Separation Fire Art and greatly heating his astral energy.
• Xu Yang spent two months secluded, refining the Song Family’s spirit herbs and steadily training his martial arts, though he still had not initiated the Black Tortoise Mountain-Suppressing Fist.
• Xu Yang decided it was time to use himself as bait to deal with Liu Qingyuan.

Xu Yang visited the Ghost Tower to exchange hidden weapons and spirit iron for spirit herbs, hoping the trip might also draw out Liu Qingyuan. After accepting a poor offer, he left unaware that the Ghost Tower's proprietor had ordered a man to track and rob him.

• Xu Yang learned from Gao Lin that the Ghost Tower bought illicit goods and operated in Azure Sun City, though its dealings were dangerous.
• Xu Yang disguised himself, visited the Ghost Tower, and offered two Semi-Spirit Weapons and spirit iron in exchange for spirit herbs.
• The proprietor offered three Crystal Lotus Roots and a thousand-tael banknote, and Xu Yang accepted the deal.
• After Xu Yang left, the proprietor told a middle-aged man to rob him and recover the goods.
• The middle-aged man used a Tracking Mouse to follow Xu Yang by the scent planted in the Ghost Tower's room.

Xu Yang uncovered the Ghost Tower’s tracking scheme, killed the attendant sent after him, and left Azure Sun City. On the road, he confronted Yin Hao, a follower of Han Yingjie, and revealed his Heavenly Origin cultivation by attacking him.

• Xu Yang noticed the Ghost Tower attendant tracking him, forced him to reveal that a special fragrance had marked him, then killed him and took his human-skin mask.
• The Ghost Tower shopkeeper found the attendant dead and decided not to pursue Xu Yang while the tower master was absent.
• Xu Yang cleared the tracking fragrance and left Azure Sun City, where he encountered Song Wending traveling with Yin Hao.
• Yin Hao invoked Han Yingjie’s authority to warn Xu Yang against retaliating against the Song Family and insulted his standing as a prodigy.
• Xu Yang declared that Yin Hao could die and struck him with a powerful punch, shocking him by revealing that Xu Yang had reached the Heavenly Origin realm.

Xu Yang killed Yin Hao and Song Wending, then returned to secluded cultivation while Azure Sun City speculated about their deaths. After Ye Qiuling broke through to the Heavenly Origin Realm, Jiang Fan suggested she had succeeded with the help of a Heavenly Spirit Pill.

• Xu Yang killed Yin Hao and Song Wending with his fists after revealing his Heavenly Origin strength.
• The Song Family learned Yin Hao and Song Wending were dead, and rumors spread through Azure Sun City about who had killed them.
• Ye Qiuling emerged from seclusion on Medicine King Peak after breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Xu Yang finished refining the Crystal Lotus Root, considered how to obtain a Heavenly Origin pill recipe, and joined Sun Tao, Jiang Fan, and others for a meal.
• A disciple announced Ye Qiuling's breakthrough, prompting shock and despair among the Blazing Fire Peak disciples.
• Jiang Fan explained that Ye Qiuling had probably taken a Heavenly Spirit Pill, which greatly increased the chance of breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.

After Ye Qiuling’s breakthrough to the Heavenly Origin Realm, Liu Qingyuan sought a chance to kill Xu Yang before he could grow stronger. Zhang Jingyuan sent Liu Qingyuan to the Sea Sand Sect’s centenary birthday banquet with other disciples, and Xu Yang saw the trip as an opportunity to deal with Liu Qingyuan.

• The Violet Sun Gate disciples learned Ye Qiuling had used a Heavenly Spirit Pill to break through, while Lu Ren resolved to keep cultivating without one.
• Liu Qingyuan worried that Xu Yang would soon surpass him, then agreed to lead a delegation to the Sea Sand Sect’s birthday banquet and tried to include Xu Yang.
• Zhang Jingyuan rejected Liu Qingyuan’s proposed companions and selected Zhang Hanzhou, Qi Xuancheng, Du Chuan, Lu Ren, and Sun Tao instead.
• Sun Tao told Xu Yang that Liu Qingyuan would lead the trip, and Xu Yang recognized an opportunity to confront him.
• Three days later, Liu Qingyuan and the disciples departed the Violet Sun Gate by carriage and horseback.

Xu Yang ambushed Liu Qingyuan in the Cloud Ridge Mountains, and the two Heavenly Origin Martial Artists fought while the Violet Sun Gate disciples fled. After pursuing his masked attacker away from the gorge, Liu Qingyuan learned that the attacker was Xu Yang, who had already broken through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.

• Liu Qingyuan ordered the birthday delegation to camp in a gorge, where a masked Heavenly Origin Martial Artist launched an ambush.
• Liu Qingyuan emerged from the shattered carriage and exchanged a powerful blow with the attacker, whose aftershocks injured disciples and killed the horses.
• Sun Tao rescued Lu Ren, while Du Chuan and Zhang Hanzhou helped other disciples flee the gorge.
• Liu Qingyuan chased the attacker, and the disciples recovered the scattered birthday gifts before leaving the gorge to wait elsewhere.
• Liu Qingyuan suspected the attacker had killed Song Yushao, and Xu Yang stopped, removed his human-skin mask, and revealed himself.
• Liu Qingyuan recognized Xu Yang and realized he had secretly reached the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Xu Yang fought Liu Qingyuan, who had discovered Xu Yang’s Heavenly Origin breakthrough and attacked to eliminate him. Xu Yang matched Liu Qingyuan’s strength and unleashed the Eight Fiends Subduing Dragon Force, with the battle still raging.

• Liu Qingyuan realized Xu Yang had reached Heavenly Origin and attacked him, determined to kill him before he grew stronger.
• Liu Qingyuan and Xu Yang collided with their pure yang techniques, and Xu Yang’s Immovable King phenomenon let him withstand Liu Qingyuan’s strength.
• Liu Qingyuan recognized that Xu Yang had consumed the Crimson Flame Fruit, which had strengthened his astral energy.
• Xu Yang used the Mountain-Bearing Bear King Palm to clash evenly with Liu Qingyuan, who targeted a weakness in the technique.
• Xu Yang activated the Eight Fiends Subduing Dragon Force, startling Liu Qingyuan with his mastery, then charged at him again.

Xu Yang and Liu Qingyuan clashed after both unleashed the Eight Fiends Subduing Dragon Force, with Liu Qingyuan gaining the upper hand through his stronger cultivation and Tiger Soul Cloud-Piercing Palm. The fight continued as Xu Yang’s formidable body withstood the assault, and Liu Qingyuan prepared to strike again.

• Xu Yang and Liu Qingyuan exchanged a head-on blow, and Liu Qingyuan’s greater strength sent Xu Yang flying backward.
• Liu Qingyuan summoned the Tiger Soul Cloud-Piercing Palm’s white tiger phenomenon and claimed Xu Yang lacked a Heavenly Origin Martial Art.
• Xu Yang revealed that he had cultivated the Black Tortoise Mountain-Suppressing Fist but had not yet reached its beginner stage, and chose to rely on his body instead.
• Xu Yang charged with Shatter Mountains and Split Peaks as Liu Qingyuan countered with Tiger Pounce Through the Clouds, blasting Xu Yang away in a devastating collision.
• Xu Yang recovered without serious injury, while the recoil disrupted Liu Qingyuan’s astral energy and nearly dispersed his phenomenon.
• Liu Qingyuan recognized Xu Yang’s terrifying physical toughness and vowed to kill him with repeated palm strikes.

Xu Yang and Liu Qingyuan fought an exhausting battle until Liu Qingyuan drew his sword and demanded Xu Yang’s killing move. Xu Yang revealed he had killed Liu Qingyuan’s son, Liu Xunfeng, then attacked while Liu Qingyuan’s anger disrupted his focus.

• Xu Yang withstood Liu Qingyuan’s Tiger Soul Cloud-Piercing Palm and held his ground, then traded blows with him in a prolonged, destructive fight.
• Xu Yang’s strength remained steady as Liu Qingyuan’s body and White Tiger phenomenon weakened from the strain.
• Liu Qingyuan drew his sword and challenged Xu Yang to use his hidden killing move.
• Xu Yang revealed the Jade Waters Saber and admitted he had killed Song Shixian and Liu Xunfeng.
• Liu Qingyuan reeled with grief and rage, and Xu Yang seized the opening to attack.

Xu Yang used his mastery of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture to wound Liu Qingyuan and drive him into a desperate fight. Liu Qingyuan unleashed the Sun-Eroding Sword Technique’s ultimate move, forcing Xu Yang to block the life-threatening attack and leaving him unharmed but driven into the ground.

• Xu Yang revealed his major accomplishment in the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture and struck Liu Qingyuan, cutting through his protective astral energy and wounding his abdomen.
• Xu Yang pressed his attack while Liu Qingyuan struggled to defend himself and could not remove the saber intent keeping his wound open.
• Liu Qingyuan used the Sun-Eroding Sword Technique to counter Xu Yang, but their clashes worsened his bleeding and left him on the defensive.
• Liu Qingyuan unleashed Eternal Night Descends and aimed a life-threatening sword strike at Xu Yang, hoping to trade their lives.
• Xu Yang turned his saber to block Liu Qingyuan’s ultimate move; the collision drove his legs half a foot into the earth, but he suffered no injury.

Xu Yang defeated and killed Liu Qingyuan after unleashing Blood Prison Break, then concealed his identity and returned to the Violet Sun Gate. He left Liu Qingyuan’s spirit weapon buried outside the sect and took precautions against Lu Tianchen’s tracking skills.

• Xu Yang endured Liu Qingyuan’s sword attacks and continued fighting until Liu Qingyuan’s wounds and exhaustion weakened him.
• Liu Qingyuan offered to end their feud, but Xu Yang refused and unleashed Blood Prison Break.
• Xu Yang’s decisive slash cut Liu Qingyuan in half, and he finished him by crushing his head.
• Xu Yang searched Liu Qingyuan’s body, put on his human-skin mask, and left without returning to the gorge or taking the birthday gifts.
• Xu Yang concealed his aura, circled through Azure Sun City, buried Liu Qingyuan’s spirit weapon outside the sect, and returned openly to the Violet Sun Gate.

After Liu Qingyuan vanished while pursuing an attacker, Zhang Hanzhou and Qi Xuancheng alerted the Violet Sun Gate, and Lu Tianchen found Liu’s corpse and investigated the battlefield. Lu Tianchen suspected the killer might be linked to the slaying of Song Yushao, then resolved to track them down despite wondering whether the killer was from within the sect.

• Zhang Hanzhou and Sun Tao returned to the gorge, found no sign of Liu Qingyuan, and hurried back to report his disappearance.
• Zhang Jingyuan heard their account and flew with Zhang Hanzhou on Lu Tianchen’s giant eagle to investigate the gorge.
• Xu Yang watched the search party depart and remained ready to flee if the Violet Sun Gate discovered his role in Liu Qingyuan’s death.
• Lu Tianchen and Zhang Hanzhou found Liu Qingyuan’s severed corpse and examined the traces of the killer’s Pure Yang method and formidable saber intent.
• Zhang Hanzhou connected Lu Tianchen’s description to the killer of Song Yushao, and Lu Tianchen decided to pursue the culprit.

Lu Tianchen traced Liu Qingyuan’s killer to Azure Sun City but could not identify him, while Xu Yang concealed his role as the sect investigated and held Liu’s funeral. At the funeral, visitors from the Iron Sword Gate arrived, and Li Songhe recognized Huo Xiaochэнь’s exceptional bone root.

• Lu Tianchen followed the golden mouse to Azure Sun City, realized the killer had hidden his trail among the crowds, and returned to the Violet Sun Gate.
• Zhang Hanzhou told Sun Tao and the others that Liu Qingyuan had been murdered by a saber expert suspected of killing Song Yushao.
• Xu Yang saw his panel confirm Liu Qingyuan’s death and gained points, then pretended to be surprised as the disciples discussed the murder and the sect’s investigation.
• The Violet Sun Gate investigated for half a month without finding the killer, held Liu Qingyuan’s funeral, and assigned Xu Yang and others to receive guests.
• Jiang Wang arrived from the Iron Sword Gate with his disciple Huo Xiaochэнь, and Li Songhe recognized Huo’s bone root as perfected and close to a spirit bone prodigy.
• Li Songhe assigned Cui Mingchong and Xiong Kun to escort Jiang Wang and Huo Xiaochэнь to Heavenly Pivot Peak.

Li Songhe explained the difference between perfect bone roots and spirit bones while Xu Yang wondered whether his panel could improve his bone root further and asked about spirit-bone cultivation methods. Meanwhile, Jiang Wang and Huo Xiaochэнь confronted the Violet Sun Gate over Liu Qingyuan’s death, but Zhang Jingyuan’s overwhelming pressure forced them to back down.

• Li Songhe revealed that Huo Xiaochэнь had a perfect bone root and warned Xu Yang and the others that Huo had likely reached the Heavenly Origin Realm.
• Li Songhe explained that spirit bones surpassed perfect bone roots and let their owners absorb spiritual energy from birth, then described spirit-bone cultivation methods.
• Xu Yang asked Li Songhe whether spirit-bone cultivation methods were difficult to obtain.
• Jiang Wang questioned Cui Mingchong and Xiong Kun about Liu Qingyuan’s enemies within the Violet Sun Gate and demanded that Xu Yang and Elder Firecloud meet him.
• Huo Xiaochэнь threatened to keep Xu Yang from a second dragon ascension, prompting Elder Firecloud and Zhang Jingyuan to confront him and Jiang Wang at Liu Qingyuan’s Memorial Hall.
• Zhang Jingyuan used his immense pressure to subdue Jiang Wang and Huo Xiaochэнь, and Jiang Wang apologized for his disciple’s rash words.