Recaps

Ning Chuan shattered three spiritual energy stars with the Star-Shattering Secret Art and used his newly comprehended Wind Thunder Surge to defeat Li Zhenfei. He won the Spirit-Seizing Battle, while Li Zhenfei lay unconscious and his survival remained uncertain.

• Li Zhenfei unleashed a Sword Qi Net that covered the arena, and Shen Qianxun tried to intervene but was knocked out of the arena.
• Ning Chuan shattered his three spiritual energy stars, doubling his combat strength with the Star-Shattering Secret Art.
• Ning Chuan comprehended the third stage of the Great Wind Thunder Palm and unleashed Wind Thunder Surge against Li Zhenfei's Sword Qi Net.
• Ning Chuan's palm broke through the Sword Qi Net and struck Li Zhenfei, sending him crashing into the stone paving unconscious.
• The spectators realized Ning Chuan had won the Spirit-Seizing Battle.

Ning Chuan defeated Li Zhenfei and secured the Spirit-Seizing Battle for the Shen family. Li Yan then accused him of killing Li Yunfei and attacked him, prompting Shen Wan to intervene.

• Ning Chuan overwhelmed Li Zhenfei despite his boosted cultivation and powerful Sword Qi Net.
• Zhao Songzhai declared the Shen family the winner and awarded them the Spirit Stone Mine.
• Li Yan accused Ning Chuan of killing Li Yunfei in the Great Wilderness Mountains.
• Ning Chuan denied the accusation and challenged Li Yan to produce evidence.
• Li Yan attacked Ning Chuan, and Shen Wan flew in front of him to block the strike.

Shen Wan and Li Yan clashed over Li Yan’s accusation that Ning Chuan had killed Li Yunfei, but City Lord Zhao Songzhai intervened and declared his protection of Ning Chuan. When Chen Lin threatened Zhao on behalf of the Chen, Huo Xiyan revealed that Ning Chuan was an Honorary Elder of the Treasure Pavilion, leaving Li Yan and Chen Lin stunned.

• Shen Wan blocked Li Yan from attacking Ning Chuan, and Li Yan threatened to fight the Shen Family to the death.
• Zhao Songzhai stopped the clash, demanded evidence against Ning Chuan, and warned that fighting was forbidden in Flame Dragon City.
• Zhao Songzhai openly defended Ning Chuan, while Ning Chuan told Shen Qianxun that the Li Family was no threat.
• Chen Lin challenged Zhao Songzhai for taking Ning Chuan’s side and invoked the Chen’s influence.
• Huo Xiyan declared that Ning Chuan was an Honorary Elder of the Treasure Pavilion, shocking Li Yan and Chen Lin.

Huo Xiyan offered Ning Chuan an Honorary Elder position in the Treasure Pavilion, and he accepted after considering its resources and protection for the Shen family. Li Yan and Chen Lin abandoned their plan to attack him, though the enmity between the Li Family and Ning Chuan remained.

• Huo Xiyan presented a Treasure Pavilion Guest Elder Token and offered Ning Chuan the Honorary Elder position, leaving Chen Lin shocked.
• Zhao Songzhai urged Ning Chuan to accept, while Shen Qianxun told him to follow his own wishes and Huo Xiyan promised the position came with no restrictions.
• Ning Chuan accepted the token, hoping to gain access to the Treasure Pavilion's resources and protection for the Shen family.
• Huo Xiyan welcomed Ning Chuan as an elder and hoped to obtain his pill formula through sincere dealings.
• Zhao Songzhai challenged Li Yan over attacking a Treasure Pavilion Honorary Elder, and Li Yan left with the Li Family as Chen Lin held back.

After defeating Li Zhenfei and securing the Shen Family’s victory, Ning Chuan received gifts and support from Zhao Songzhai and Huo Xiyan. He accepted a Purple Thunder Spear, promised to cure Luo Luo’s poison, and prepared to visit the Treasure Pavilion to refine pills.

• Zhao Songzhai congratulated Ning Chuan, gave him the Purple Thunder Spear, and arranged for him to visit the City Lord’s Manor in a few days to purge Luo Luo’s poison.
• Huo Xiyan gave Shen Qianxun a Spirit-Tempering Pill, which Ning Chuan encouraged her to accept.
• Ning Chuan handed Huo Xiyan a list of spirit herbs and asked to draw several months of his stipend in advance.
• Huo Xiyan promised to prepare the herbs within three to five days and gave Ning Chuan three thousand spirit stones and a Storage Bag.
• Huo Xiyan and Zhao Songzhai took their leave, while Shen Qianxun, Shen Wan, and Shen Qingqing looked at Ning Chuan with surprised delight.

After Ning Chuan won the Spirit-Seizing Battle, he revealed that he could cure Luo Luo’s God-Devouring Gu Poison and refine a pill needed by the Treasure Pavilion. While the Shen family planned to seize the mine and Ning Chuan resolved to eliminate the Li Family before they could strike, Shen Ruzhuo and the Li Family separately plotted to kill him.

• Ning Chuan told Shen Wan, Shen Qianxun, and Shen Qingqing that he could cure Luo Luo’s poison and refine the Treasure Pavilion’s needed spirit pill.
• Shen Wan ordered the Shen family to take over the Spirit Stone Mine and warned Ning Chuan to prepare for Li Family retaliation, while Ning Chuan resolved to wipe out the Li Family first.
• Shen Ruzhuo and Grand Elder Shen Zhong decided Ning Chuan had to die and considered secretly joining forces with the Li Family.
• Shen Ruzhuo hoped Ning Chuan would kill Luo Luo while treating her, provoking Zhao Songzhai to turn against him.
• Li Yan vowed to avenge Li Yunfei, and Li Zhenfei proposed asking his master at the Black Tortoise Academy to intervene.
• Chen Lin dismissed Li Zhenfei’s concerns about Zhao Songzhai and the Treasure Pavilion, and Li Zhenfei asked him for a plan.

Chen Lin persuaded Li Yan and Li Zhenfei to ambush the Shen family at the Spirit Stone Mine with help from the Black Dragon Stronghold, intending to kill Ning Chuan and capture Shen Qianxun. Ning Chuan then cultivated for three days and advanced to the sixth level of the Spirit Sea Realm, gaining enough strength to kill even a ninth-level Spirit Sea Realm martial artist with one punch.

• Chen Lin proposed using the Spirit Stone Mine as an ambush site and recruiting the Black Dragon Stronghold to attack the Shen family and Ning Chuan.
• Li Zhenfei pledged the Li family's support, and Chen Lin gave him a token to secure Black Dragon's cooperation.
• Ning Chuan used three thousand spirit stones and a Spirit-Gathering Array to cultivate, while tempering his body with the Chaos Gods and Devils Art.
• After three days and nights, Ning Chuan reached the sixth level of the Spirit Sea Realm and estimated his strength at four hundred thousand jin.

Ning Chuan mastered the Ninefold Thunder Spear with the Purple Thunder Spear, greatly increasing his confidence ahead of the Spirit-Seizing Battle. After considering how to obtain more spirit stones, he was interrupted when someone kicked open his courtyard gate.

• Ning Chuan chose the Ninefold Thunder Spear as the weapon technique to prepare for the Spirit-Seizing Battle against Li Zhenfei.
• Ning Chuan used the Purple Thunder Spear and the Asura Demon Emperor's experience to master the Ninefold Thunder Spear.
• Ning Chuan tested the technique by shattering a massive block of bluestone with a spear thrust.
• Ning Chuan considered seeking an advance from the Treasure Pavilion or asking his wife for spirit stones to improve his cultivation.
• Someone kicked open the gate to Ning Chuan's courtyard.

Zhang Xiaoxiao came to Ning Chuan pretending to seek his help, but he saw through her apparent plea as a likely Li Family scheme involving Zhao Luo Luo’s god-devouring gu poison. When she asked him to treat Zhao Luo Luo, Ning Chuan refused and struck her.

• Shen Qingqing angrily brought Zhang Xiaoxiao to see Ning Chuan.
• Zhang Xiaoxiao pleaded with Ning Chuan to rescue her from the brothel, claiming she wanted to preserve herself for him.
• Zhang Xiaoxiao asked Ning Chuan to cure Zhao Luo Luo’s god-devouring gu poison so the City Lord would grant her freedom.
• Ning Chuan suspected the Li Family had sent Zhang Xiaoxiao to lure him into a dangerous scheme.
• Ning Chuan refused Zhang Xiaoxiao’s request and slapped her, sending her flying.

Ning Chuan exposed Zhang Xiaoxiao as a conspirator with the Li Family and had her taken away for questioning. He rushed to the City Lord's Manor to check on Zhao Luo Luo and discovered that her medicinal decoction had been used to feed her gu parasite.

• Ning Chuan slapped Zhang Xiaoxiao, accused her of plotting with the Li Family to injure him, and ordered guards to torture her for information.
• Shen Qingqing followed Ning Chuan as he headed to the City Lord's Manor, where he warned that Zhao Luo Luo might be in danger.
• Zhao Songzhai welcomed Ning Chuan and led him to Zhao Luo Luo's bedchamber.
• Ning Chuan checked Zhao Luo Luo's pulse and realized the decoction she had taken had fed her gu parasite.
• Zhao Songzhai reacted with fury and fear after Ning Chuan revealed the medicine was dangerous.

Ning Chuan discovered that black blood vine had awakened and strengthened the God-Devouring Gu inside Luo Luo, exposing a plot to make her death provoke Zhao Songzhai against him. He refined a Heart-Guarding Spirit Pill and a Five-Poison Pill to treat her, then hurried to her bedchamber.

• Ning Chuan realized black blood vine had weakened his seal on Luo Luo’s God-Devouring Gu and that the poison could soon kill her.
• Ning Chuan explained the scheme to Zhao Songzhai, and Shen Qingqing identified the Li Family as the likely culprit.
• Ning Chuan urged Zhao Songzhai to prioritize saving Luo Luo, while Zhao ordered the manor physician seized and the manor sealed off.
• Ning Chuan used the manor’s earthcore flame vein to refine a Heart-Guarding Spirit Pill and a Five-Poison Pill.
• Ning Chuan took both pills and hurried to Luo Luo’s bedchamber.

Ning Chuan used the Five-Poison Pill and Thirteen Life-Taking Needles to neutralize the God-Devouring Gu Poison and draw the gu worm out of Luo Luo. Zhao Songzhai destroyed the worm, and Luo Luo recovered as Ning Chuan confirmed she was safe.

• Ning Chuan fed Luo Luo a Heart-Guarding Spirit Pill and used thirteen silver needles to restrain the erupting God-Devouring Gu Poison.
• Ning Chuan gave Luo Luo a Five-Poison Pill, whose toxicity neutralized the poison and forced the gu worm to reveal itself.
• Ning Chuan trapped the weakened gu worm with the Thirteen Life-Taking Needles and drove it out through Luo Luo's brow.
• Zhao Songzhai killed the escaping gu worm with his Crimson Flame Palm, and Luo Luo's breathing steadied.
• Ning Chuan told Zhao Songzhai that Luo Luo was safe.

Ning Chuan cured Luo Luo’s God-Devouring Gu and learned that someone had planted it to nurture a god-devouring heavenly gu, while Zhao Songzhai suspected the culprit was in Jade Capital City. As Ning Chuan and Shen Qingqing headed to the Treasure Pavilion, a bloodied Shen Song arrived with news that something had happened to the family head.

• Ning Chuan told Zhao Songzhai that someone had deliberately planted the God-Devouring Gu in Luo Luo to consume her glazed divine soul and evolve into a gu capable of killing Dragon Transformation Realm experts.
• Zhao Songzhai realized he knew who was behind the plot and looked toward Jade Capital City.
• A black-robed old man suffered a backlash when his God-Devouring Gu was destroyed and sent a shadow to investigate who had cured Zhao Songzhai’s granddaughter.
• Ning Chuan said Luo Luo would recover, then left the City Lord’s Manor with Shen Qingqing to visit the Treasure Pavilion.
• Shen Song, covered in blood, rushed up to Shen Qingqing and Ning Chuan and said something had happened to the family head.

After Shen Song reported that the Li Family, the Black Dragon Stronghold, and Shen traitors had attacked Shen Qianxun and her allies at the Spirit Stone Mine, Ning Chuan rushed to rescue them while Shen Qingqing and Shen Song sought help. The chapter ended with Li Hu pursuing Ning Chuan into an ambush arranged by Chen Lin.

• Shen Song returned gravely wounded and told Ning Chuan and Shen Qingqing that the Li Family and Black Dragon Stronghold had attacked the Shen at the Spirit Stone Mine, while Shen Ruzhuo and the Grand Elder betrayed them.
• Shen Song reported that Shen Qianxun and Shen Wan were still fighting and had sent him to warn Ning Chuan and ask the City Lord's Manor and Treasure Pavilion for help.
• Ning Chuan ordered Shen Qingqing and Shen Song to seek help, then rushed toward the Spirit Stone Mine alone.
• Chen Lin revealed that he had arranged for the Black Dragon Stronghold's Second-in-Command to ambush Ning Chuan and promised Li Hu that he would keep Zhao Songzhai and Huo Xiyan occupied.
• Li Hu left Flame Dragon City to pursue Ning Chuan, confident that he and the Second-in-Command could kill him.

Ning Chuan was ambushed on his way to the Spirit Stone Mine by Yuan Ying of the Black Dragon Stronghold and Li Family Grand Elder Li Hu, who revealed that he was their real target. The two Dao Foundation Realm warriors and their fighters launched a coordinated attack, leaving Ning Chuan facing arrows and saber strikes from both sides.

• Ning Chuan raced through the forest toward the Spirit Stone Mine, worried that the Li Family had attacked the Shen Family.
• Black Dragon Stronghold fighters ambushed Ning Chuan with arrows, and he dodged them before clashing with a saber-wielding attacker.
• Yuan Ying identified himself as the Black Dragon Stronghold’s second chief and revealed that he had been sent to kill Ning Chuan.
• Li Hu arrived and confirmed that the Li Family had lured Ning Chuan out of Flame Dragon City because he was their target.
• Li Hu and Yuan Ying ordered their fighters to attack as both Dao Foundation Realm warriors struck at Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan fought off the Li Family’s ambush, destroying Yuan Ying’s saber, injuring him, and killing all the archers. With the archers eliminated, Ning Chuan stopped evading and charged Yuan Ying and Li Hu.

• Li Hu, Yuan Ying, and the Li Family archers attacked Ning Chuan from multiple directions.
• Ning Chuan dodged the arrows and Li Hu’s strike, then shattered Yuan Ying’s Ghost-Head Saber with the Purple Thunder Spear and pierced Yuan Ying’s arm.
• Ning Chuan evaded Li Hu’s counterattack and targeted the archers, killing more than half of them in moments.
• Ning Chuan avoided the furious assaults of Li Hu and Yuan Ying while killing the remaining archers.
• Ning Chuan stopped dodging, leveled the Purple Thunder Spear, and charged at Li Hu and Yuan Ying.

Ning Chuan fought Li Hu and Yuan Ying, using the Purple Thunder Spear to kill Li Hu and drive Yuan Ying into retreat. He caught up with Yuan Ying and attacked him with Great Wind Thunder Palm, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Li Hu and Yuan Ying attacked Ning Chuan with Black Tiger Slash and Blood Hand Seal, but Ning Chuan countered with his spear and palm techniques.
• Ning Chuan focused on Li Hu, whose saber damaged the Purple Thunder Spear but was eventually shattered by its power.
• Ning Chuan pierced Li Hu through the throat with the Purple Thunder Spear, killing him.
• Yuan Ying lost his will to fight and fled, but Ning Chuan hurled the spear after him and caught up when Yuan Ying deflected it with Blood Hand Seal.
• Ning Chuan struck Yuan Ying with Great Wind Thunder Palm, Hurricane.

Ning Chuan killed Yuan Ying and hurried toward the Spirit Stone Mine, where the Shen were fighting the Li Family and Black Dragon Stronghold. Shen Wan learned that the enemy had targeted Ning Chuan and believed he was already dead as the three attackers closed in on her.

• Ning Chuan pierced Yuan Ying with the Purple Thunder Spear, pulled it free, and left Yuan Ying to die before racing toward the Spirit Stone Mine.
• Li Yan, Black Dragon, and the traitorous Shen Zhong fought Shen Wan while Shen Qianxun and the Shen elders battled other attackers.
• Black Dragon demanded Shen Wan for himself, while Li Yan said Shen Qianxun had been requested by an important person from Jade Capital City.
• Shen Wan accused Shen Zhong of betraying the Shen, but he claimed Ru Zhuo would become head of the Shen after her death.
• Li Yan revealed that the attack had been meant to lure Ning Chuan out and said he was likely dead; Shen Wan was stunned as Li Yan and Black Dragon attacked her together.

Shen Qianxun and the Shen elders fought desperately against the Li Family and the Black Dragon Stronghold as Li Zhenfei claimed Ning Chuan had been ambushed by Dao Foundation Realm experts. After Li Zhenfei wounded Shen Qianxun and moved to seize her, Ning Chuan arrived and hurled his Purple Thunder Spear at him.

• The Shen Second Elder urged Shen Qianxun to escape while he and the Shen Third Elder defended her, but she refused to abandon the Shen.
• Li Zhenfei revealed that the Li Family had sent two Dao Foundation Realm experts to ambush Ning Chuan and said Chen Lin wanted Shen Qianxun alive.
• Shen Qianxun unleashed Flame Dragon Break against Li Zhenfei, but his Wind Tiger Sword Art and Clouds Sky Sword overwhelmed her attack.
• Li Zhenfei damaged Shen Qianxun's Flame Dragon Sword, wounded her, and lunged to capture her as the Shen elders remained surrounded.
• Ning Chuan arrived and hurled his Purple Thunder Spear at Li Zhenfei, furious that he had touched Shen Qianxun.

Ning Chuan arrived in time to save Shen Qianxun and slaughtered the Spirit Sea Realm warriors surrounding her. He wounded Li Zhenfei in their clash, while the Li Family’s elders and guards rushed to attack him.

• Shen Qianxun saw Ning Chuan arrive, and he told her he had killed the experts sent after him and would protect her.
• Ning Chuan charged into the Li Family fighters, killing several with his Great Wind Thunder Palm and Purple Thunder Spear.
• Ning Chuan slaughtered the Spirit Sea Realm warriors blocking his way and confronted Li Zhenfei.
• Li Zhenfei attacked with the Wind Tiger Sword Art, but Ning Chuan’s Ninefold Thunder Spear broke through his strike and wounded him.
• The Li Family’s elders and guards rushed to save Li Zhenfei and attack Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan fought his way through the Li Family’s forces and confronted Shen Zhong, who had betrayed the Shen. He left Shen Zhong badly wounded, stunning the fighters watching the battle.

• Li Yan ordered Shen Zhong to kill Ning Chuan, while Shen Wan tried to stop him but was held back by Li Yan and Black Dragon.
• Ning Chuan cut through the Spirit Sea Realm fighters and disarmed Li Zhenfei, destroying his arm and sending him crashing into a slab of bluestone.
• Shen Zhong attacked Ning Chuan with Raging Lion Fist, but Ning Chuan met him with Great Wind Thunder Palm and forced him to stagger backward.
• Ning Chuan pierced Shen Zhong’s weapon and arm with the Purple Thunder Spear, then struck his chest with Great Wind Thunder Palm and sent him flying, vomiting blood.
• Li Yan, Black Dragon, and Shen Wan stared in disbelief at Ning Chuan’s strength.

Ning Chuan killed Shen Zhong and fought Li Yan as the Li Family attacked him at the Spirit Stone Mine. While their battle raged, Li Zhenfei targeted Shen Qianxun to use her against Ning Chuan.

• Ning Chuan wounded Shen Zhong, and Li Yan and Black Dragon realized he might have killed Li Hu and Yuan Ying.
• Li Yan charged to save Shen Zhong, but Ning Chuan fought off the Li Family martial artists and killed Shen Zhong with his spear.
• Ning Chuan and Li Yan exchanged powerful attacks, with Li Yan using the Raging Waves Saber Art.
• Li Zhenfei charged at Shen Qianxun with the Clouds Sky Sword, hoping to use her to restrain Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan used the Star-Shattering Secret Art to overpower and kill Li Yan during their battle. After Li Zhenfei fled and vowed revenge, Ning Chuan killed him with a spear throw, leaving the Li family’s leaders dead.

• Li Yan swallowed a Blood-Burning Spirit Pill and unleashed his strongest saber technique, Raging Waves Mad Whale, against Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan shattered his four golden stars with the Star-Shattering Secret Art and pierced Li Yan through the chest with the Ninefold Thunder Spear.
• As he died, Li Yan urged Li Zhenfei to run, and Li Zhenfei fled the valley after swearing revenge on Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan hurled the Purple Thunder Spear after Li Zhenfei and impaled him, killing him.

After Ning Chuan killed Li Yan and Li Zhenfei, Black Dragon and the Li Family forces fled the valley. Ning Chuan pursued Black Dragon to the Black Dragon Stronghold, while Shen Qianxun organized the wounded and ordered Shen Ruzhuo’s arrest.

• Ning Chuan’s killing of Li Yan and Li Zhenfei shocked both sides, and the Shen family celebrated his victory.
• Black Dragon ordered his warriors to retreat, and the Li Family guards fled after him.
• Ning Chuan told Shen Qianxun he would pursue Black Dragon, then left the valley despite Shen Wan’s warning about the stronghold’s traps.
• Shen Qianxun arranged medical care and guards, and sent the Second Elder to Flame Dragon City to seize Shen Ruzhuo.
• Ning Chuan killed Black Dragon Stronghold warriors he encountered on the way, then reached the foot of Black Dragon Ridge.

Ning Chuan stormed the Black Dragon Stronghold and forced the Fourth Boss to lead him to its hidden treasure vault. He found Black Dragon packing the treasure and fleeing through an underground river, while Black Dragon attacked to cover his escape.

• Ning Chuan broke into the deserted stronghold and slaughtered the bandits trying to flee.
• Ning Chuan learned that the Fourth Boss knew where Black Dragon was and speared him in the thigh when he tried to escape.
• The Fourth Boss led Ning Chuan through a secret passage beneath the Black Dragon Hall to the treasure vault.
• Ning Chuan found Black Dragon packing spirit stones and valuables into bags.
• Black Dragon hurled boulders and poisoned needles at Ning Chuan and the Fourth Boss, then darted toward an underground river.