Arc 14Chapters 326–350

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Ch. 326A deadly trap

Lu Changfeng, Li Lingyue, and Li Longji used the Heavenly Scripture and Imperial Seal to reveal the First Emperor’s Mausoleum and its nine levels of defenses. With Dragon-Slaying City closing in, they agreed to lure its fighters into the tomb using a map altered to trigger the Twelve Golden Giants, leaving them trapped if the Ancestral Dragon awakened.

  • Lu Changfeng warned Luo Qingge that Dragon-Slaying City might target her, and she said she would use her birds and the Azure Luan to stay alert.
  • Lu Changfeng returned to Chang’an and joined Li Lingyue and Li Longji, who had brought the Azure Volume, Mystic Volume, and Imperial Seal.
  • The three combined the Imperial Seal with all three volumes of the Heavenly Scripture, revealing the mausoleum’s nine levels, its defenses, and the unexplained words “The Ancestral Dragon slumbers.”
  • Li Lingyue and Li Longji discussed the danger of entering the mausoleum without two Sixth Realm cultivators as Dragon-Slaying City approached.
  • Lu Changfeng proposed giving Dragon-Slaying City a mostly accurate map with a false route on the seventh level, where a misstep would activate the Twelve Golden Giants.
  • Li Lingyue assigned Lu Changfeng to alter the map, herself to contact Celestial Master Ye Fashan and Elder Yuan, and Li Longji to watch Dragon-Slaying City’s movements.

Ch. 327Together in Life and Death

Lu Changfeng absorbed the Eastern Sea Blood-Jade Coral and broke through to the mid fifth realm, then reassured Li Lingyue that he would stand by her as a comrade-in-arms. After Li Lingkui and Liu Jin collected the unconscious Hei Chijun, Li Lingyue ordered the Plum Blossom Guards to begin their plan.

  • Lu Changfeng finished refining the Blood-Jade Coral, solidified his Mysterious Crane Dharma Form, and advanced to the mid fifth realm.
  • Li Lingyue feared Lu Changfeng would abandon her as he grew stronger, so he promised to advance and retreat alongside her as long as she did not betray him.
  • Li Lingyue and Lu Changfeng began to kiss, but sensed intruders and went outside to find Li Lingkui and Liu Jin waiting with a severed Dragon-Slaying City man's head.
  • Li Lingyue had Jinghong remove the Origin-Sealing Needle from the unconscious Hei Chijun and handed him over to Li Lingkui and Liu Jin.
  • After Li Lingkui, Liu Jin, and Hei Chijun left, Lu Changfeng told Li Lingyue the time had come, and she ordered the Plum Blossom Guards to proceed according to plan.

Ch. 328Second-in-command Liu Xuance

Lu Changfeng and Li Lingyue staged a battle at the Princess's Residence to make it appear that the Azure Volume had been stolen. When Dragon-Slaying City heard the report, Liu Xuance ordered his forces to pursue it, while Xu Lou remained uneasy about the news.

  • Plum Blossom Guards and black-clad Inner Guards staged a fight that wrecked the Golden Scale Pool Pavilion, and Li Lingyue promised Lu Changfeng they would rebuild it to his liking.
  • At a massacred village, Liu Xuance and Xu Lou discussed the killing of Feng Qianjue and suspected Prince of Lu Li Lingkui was behind it.
  • A scout reported that attackers had used the Twelve Mountains and Rivers Seal, wounded Princess Taiping, and fled with the Azure Volume of the Heavenly Book.
  • Liu Xuance ordered the Dragon-Slaying Guards to track the Dragon-Falling Dust and retrieve the Heavenly Book, despite Xu Lou's doubts about the report.

Ch. 329On the Brink

Li Lingkui's group discovered that the Imperial Seal and all three volumes of the Heavenly Book had been planted on Hei Chijun to lure Dragon-Slaying City to them. Liu Xuance surrounded their cave and demanded the treasures, leaving both sides on the brink of battle.

  • Li Lingkui sent Liu Jin and Dou Yanshan outside to investigate the Golden-Winged Owls circling above the cave.
  • Liu Jin recognized the owls as Dragon-Slaying City's dragon-tracking birds, and Li Lingkui's group searched Hei Chijun for a tracking clue.
  • Li Lingkui found a pouch on Hei Chijun containing the Imperial Seal and all three volumes of the Heavenly Book, which exposed Li Lingyue and Lu Changfeng's trap.
  • Yuchi Zheng asked whether they should surrender the treasures, but Li Lingkui realized Dragon-Slaying City would attack them regardless.
  • Liu Xuance and his men surrounded the cave, and Liu Xuance demanded the Heavenly Book as Li Lingkui and his companions drew their weapons.

Ch. 330Heaven's Punishment Sword

Luo Qingge reported that the battle at Zhongnan Mountain had begun, and Lu Changfeng predicted that Prince of Lu would preserve the Heavenly Book and Imperial Seal to turn Dragon-Slaying City against their enemies. As the Princess's party waited to surround the Underground Palace only after Dragon-Slaying City entered, Li Lingkui unleashed his full power at the cave, prompting Liu Xuance to send Xu Lou forward with the Heaven's Punishment Sword.

  • Luo Qingge reported that Dragon-Slaying City had found Hei Chijun's hiding place and that its battle with the Prince of Lu's forces had begun.
  • Lu Changfeng reasoned that Prince of Lu would not destroy the Heavenly Book or Imperial Seal, and warned Li Lingyue and Li Longji to wait until their enemies entered the tomb before acting.
  • At Zhongnan Mountain, the eleven Dragon-Slaying Guards overwhelmed Hei Chijun's defenders while Li Lingkui transferred his true qi to Hei Chijun inside the cave.
  • After Hei Chijun awoke, Li Lingkui advanced to the cave entrance and struck two Dragon-Slaying Guards with his Towering Mount Song palm.
  • Liu Xuance sent Xu Lou into the fight, and Xu Lou drew Dragon-Slaying City's Divine Artifact, the Heaven's Punishment Sword.

Ch. 331The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind

Xu Lou and Li Lingkui fought to a devastating standstill before Li Lingkui used the Imperial Seal and Heavenly Book to force Liu Xuance to negotiate. Liu Xuance secretly struck Li Lingkui from underground, seized the treasures, and let the wounded Li escape into the forest with his companions.

  • Xu Lou unleashed Earthfire City Incinerator, and Li Lingkui countered by pouring his remaining cultivation into a clash that left both men gravely wounded.
  • Li Lingkui threatened to destroy the Imperial Seal and Heavenly Book unless Liu Xuance let his companions withdraw, and Liu Xuance agreed.
  • After the others escaped, Liu Xuance pretended to offer an alliance while secretly sending his qi underground toward Li Lingkui.
  • Liu Xuance's hidden attack blasted Li Lingkui into the air, allowing him to catch the Imperial Seal and all three Heavenly Book scrolls.
  • Li Lingkui used the blast's force to flee into the forest, where Liu Jin, Hei Chijun, and the others found him and helped him leave.

Ch. 332Twelve Golden Giants

Liu Xuance and Xu Lou led Dragon-Slaying City into the First Emperor's Mausoleum using the Imperial Seal and a map that accurately revealed its traps. They reached the seventh level and found twelve golden giants standing in the brightly lit chamber beyond its stone door.

  • Liu Xuance placed the Imperial Seal in the stone platform, opening the stairs to the mausoleum, and led the party inside.
  • Xu Lou checked the plans with the Truth-Illuminating Mirror, confirmed they appeared genuine, and left four guards at the entrance with orders to raise a warning beacon if the group did not return within six hours.
  • Liu Xuance used the map to navigate the first six levels and verified that its directions accurately described the traps and safe routes.
  • Liu Xuance urged the group onward despite Xu Lou's unease, and they reached the seventh level's stone door.
  • Liu Xuance and the others entered a vast, pearl-lit hall and saw twelve golden giants standing at its center.

Ch. 333The Hunt Begins

Liu Xuance’s group triggered the Twelve Golden Giants while navigating the tomb, awakening the deadly puppet armor. At the entrance, Lu Changfeng killed the four Dragon-Slaying Guards, and Li Lingyue’s forces prepared to wait for Dragon-Slaying City’s people to emerge.

  • Liu Xuance led seven experts across the marked tiles, but a tile sank and awakened all twelve golden giants.
  • At the tomb entrance, Qin Zhenyue complained about guarding while Tie Mole warned that Princess Taiping’s forces might arrive.
  • Lu Changfeng ambushed the four Dragon-Slaying Guards with the Purple Tenuity Scroll and killed them using five-colored lightning.
  • Li Lingyue arrived with hundreds of Plum Blossom Guards, Li Longji, and Chen Xuanli as Lu Changfeng said they would wait for the tomb’s occupants to come out.

Ch. 334The Lesser Sage's Legacy

Liu Xuance led Dragon-Slaying City's forces through the seventh level, where twelve golden figures wielding pre-Qin martial arts slaughtered most of them before he broke through with the Black Armor of the Warrior Troops and its ge. He and six others reached the eighth level, while the Ancestral Dragon’s finger twitched in his tomb on the ninth.

  • The twelve golden figures awakened and attacked Liu Xuance’s group with sword styles from the pre-Qin schools, killing several fighters.
  • Liu Xuance summoned the Black Armor of the Warrior Troops and the Warrior Troops’ Ge, then destroyed one golden figure by piercing its chest formation.
  • Liu Xuance led the survivors toward the eighth-level entrance as the golden figures pursued them, killing seven more in ten breaths.
  • Xu Lou and six Dragon-Slaying Guards crossed the entrance behind Liu Xuance, but a flying sword killed the last guard, leaving seven survivors from the original group of more than thirty.
  • Liu Xuance vowed to settle the score with Li Lingyue and Lu Changfeng after obtaining the Black Dragon Banner.
  • On the ninth level, the finger of the sleeping figure in black dragon robes twitched.

Ch. 335The trump card

Liu Xuance tried to claim the Black Dragon Banner, but it drained his vitality while trapping him in an illusion, leaving him aged after only three breaths. He swallowed the Barrier-Breaking Pill to gain Sixth Realm power and prepared to try again.

  • Liu Xuance entered the Eighth Level with Xu Lou and five Dragon-Slaying Guards, where they found the Black Dragon Banner among a hall of treasures.
  • Xu Lou warned Liu Xuance of the banner’s baleful history, and Liu Xuance explained that it controlled the Underground Palace’s mechanical forces.
  • Liu Xuance seized the Black Dragon Banner and was trapped in an illusion of the massacre at Changping while the banner drained his blood vitality.
  • Xu Lou struck Liu Xuance to free him, and Liu Xuance discovered that three breaths with the banner had left him gray-haired and withered.
  • Liu Xuance swallowed the Barrier-Breaking Pill, broke through to the Sixth Realm, and manifested a physical golden dragon incarnation.

Ch. 336Awakening

Liu Xuance pulled the Black Dragon Banner free as the Ancestral Dragon awakened beneath the Imperial Mausoleum and began drawing power from the dragon veins. Ye Fashan and Yuan Tiangang interrupted that flow, but the Ancestral Dragon still awoke and declared his return.

  • Liu Xuance used a pill to force his strength to the Sixth Realm and struggled to pull the Black Dragon Banner from the eighth level.
  • The Ancestral Dragon awakened on the ninth level, and the Great Array of the Celestial Stars poured the Imperial Mausoleum’s earth qi into him.
  • Ye Fashan froze part of Li Mountain’s earth qi while Yuan Tiangang summoned starlight to suppress the dragon veins.
  • Liu Xuance pulled the Black Dragon Banner free, causing the mausoleum’s terracotta soldiers, exotic-beast skeletons, and Twelve Golden Giants to cry out.
  • The Ancestral Dragon sat up, realized the earth qi had been cut off, and announced that he had finally awakened.

Ch. 337The Li Dragon Returned to the World

The Li Dragon and Qin Shi Huang emerged on the Eighth Level, where they confronted Liu Xuance, Xu Lou, and the Dragon-Slaying Guards. Liu Xuance used the Black Dragon Banner to command the Imperial Mausoleum’s formations and unleash its forces against them.

  • The Li Dragon broke through to the Eighth Level, and Qin Shi Huang followed, terrifying Liu Xuance, Xu Lou, and the five Dragon-Slaying Guards with their power.
  • The Li Dragon attacked with Mysterious Water, crushing two Dragon-Slaying Guards into bloody pulp as Liu Xuance and Xu Lou dodged.
  • Liu Xuance realized Lu Changfeng had lured them into a trap and decided to use the Black Dragon Banner to fight back.
  • Liu Xuance activated the Imperial Mausoleum’s formations, commanding eleven Golden Giants, eighteen thousand Terracotta Warriors, and the Exotic Beast skeletons to attack the Li Dragon.
  • Qin Shi Huang watched the Golden Giants charge and sneered that they were like grains of rice daring to shine.

Ch. 338A Song of "Recalling Qin E"

Lu Changfeng played and sang “Recalling Qin E” to reveal that Great Qin had fallen, shaking Qin Shi Huang’s thousand-year hope as Liu Xuance and Xu Lou prepared to strike. The chapter ended with the two men attacking while Qin Shi Huang was reeling from the truth.

  • The Li Dragon overwhelmed Liu Xuance’s Golden Men, but Xu Lou used his Sixth Realm sword domain and Liu Xuance’s Black Dragon Banner to wound it.
  • Aboveground, Lu Changfeng argued that Dragon-Slaying City could exploit Qin Shi Huang’s vulnerability and decided to reveal Great Qin’s fall through music.
  • Lu Changfeng played the Soul-Stealing Melody and sang “Recalling Qin E,” stirring memories of Qin’s past among those listening.
  • Qin Shi Huang realized from the song that Great Qin had fallen and recalled Xianyang Palace burning and the empire collapsing under its second emperor.
  • As Qin Shi Huang stood stunned by the truth, Liu Xuance and Xu Lou launched their attack.

Ch. 339Li Dragon Nine Transformations

Qin Shi Huang overcame Xu Lou and Liu Xuance’s ambush, but Dragon-Falling Dust began eroding his dragon essence. After Xu Lou died and Liu Xuance unleashed his puppets, Qin Shi Huang used the Abyss-Covering Palm to destroy their advance and struck Liu Xuance through several walls.

  • Xu Lou and Liu Xuance attacked Qin Shi Huang together while the Golden Men restrained the Li Dragon.
  • Xu Lou hit Qin Shi Huang with Dragon-Falling Dust, but Qin Shi Huang shattered Heaven’s Punishment Sword and killed Xu Lou with a palm strike.
  • Grieving for Xu Lou, Liu Xuance summoned eighteen thousand Terracotta Warriors and a horde of Exotic Beast skeletons to attack Qin Shi Huang.
  • Qin Shi Huang used the Abyss-Covering Palm to create a vast abyss that swallowed more than half the Terracotta Warriors.
  • Liu Xuance redirected the remaining warriors to flank Qin Shi Huang, but Qin Shi Huang appeared beside him and blasted him through walls with a palm strike.

Ch. 340Well Done

Lu Changfeng and the other experts attacked Qin Shi Huang together, but the Li Dragon took the brunt of their assault and Qin Shi Huang remained unharmed. Lu Changfeng began a forbidden Ghost Valley art while Ye Fashan and four others moved to hold Qin Shi Huang off.

  • Liu Xuance rallied the remaining puppets and skeletons in a final charge against Qin Shi Huang and the Li Dragon.
  • Lu Changfeng arrived with his companions and unleashed eight talismans, while the others attacked Qin Shi Huang with their strongest techniques.
  • The Li Dragon shielded Qin Shi Huang from the combined assault, leaving it gravely wounded while Qin Shi Huang emerged nearly unscathed.
  • Lu Changfeng began the forbidden Six Qi Returning to the Origin technique, and Qin Shi Huang recognized the Ghost Valley art and tried to interrupt him.
  • Ye Fashan blocked Qin Shi Huang while Li Lingyue, Zhao Lanjun, Mu Qinghong, Li Longji, and Chen Xuanli attacked from five directions.

Ch. 341Ten Thousand Swords Become a Dragon

Lu Changfeng and the others wounded Qin Shi Huang with a chaotic attack, but he countered and endured Lu Changfeng’s sword dragon. The chapter ended when Qin Shi Huang realized Lu Changfeng had used the Shennong Ruler to accelerate the Dragon-Falling Dust poison inside him.

  • Lu Changfeng launched a chaotic attack while Yuan Tiangang’s third beam of starlight briefly restrained Qin Shi Huang, leaving the emperor wounded.
  • Qin Shi Huang attacked Lu Changfeng, who used the Earth-Bearing Formation and Opening-and-Closing Hands to withstand and redirect the blows.
  • Lu Changfeng summoned ten thousand swords into a dragon and sent it crashing into Qin Shi Huang’s Black Water Armor, but the armor held.
  • Qin Shi Huang dismissed Lu Changfeng’s attacks as futile, then noticed the Dragon-Falling Dust spreading faster and recognized the medicinal energy on the Shennong Ruler as poison.

Ch. 342The curtain fell

Lu Changfeng and his allies used the Dragon-Falling Dust poison and a coordinated arrow attack to mortally wound Qin Shi Huang. As Qin Shi Huang accepted his end beside the dying Li Dragon, the battle in the tomb came to a close.

  • Qin Shi Huang revealed that Lu Changfeng’s medicine had accelerated the Dragon-Falling Dust, then gravely wounded Li Lingyue, Zhao Lanjun, Mu Qinghong, Li Longji, and Chen Xuanli in three breaths.
  • Lu Changfeng drew the Eight Desolations Sun-Shooting Bow as Yuan Tiangang sent down a fourth shaft of starlight, further weakening Qin Shi Huang.
  • Lu Changfeng fired four arrows, and the Black Tortoise Arrow pierced Qin Shi Huang’s chest; Ye Fashan bound him while Lu Changfeng shot a fifth arrow through the wound.
  • Qin Shi Huang recalled his past, stroked the dying Li Dragon, and died as the Dragon-Falling Dust and arrow wound overwhelmed him.
  • Lu Changfeng and the surviving fighters watched Qin Shi Huang’s final moments, and the battle ended.

Ch. 343Merciful Enough

Lu Changfeng treated the wounded after the Ancestral Dragon departed, saving Li Lingyue and the others while receiving several rewards. He then destroyed Liu Xuance’s dantian, declaring that allowing him to live was merciful enough.

  • Lu Changfeng reset Li Lingyue’s displaced vertebrae and healed her, earning the Snow-Drinking Saber; she kissed him and promised him a reward.
  • Lu Changfeng treated Zhao Lanjun, Mu Qinghong, Li Longji, and Chen Xuanli, saving them and receiving several martial arts and medical rewards.
  • Lu Changfeng treated Ye Fashan, who recovered and thanked him; Lu Changfeng called himself Ye Fashan’s successor and credited him and Elder Yuan for holding back the Ancestral Dragon.
  • Lu Changfeng approached the gravely wounded Liu Xuance and used the Five-Thunder Dissolution Hand to destroy his dantian and erase his true qi and dragon essence.
  • Lu Changfeng told Liu Xuance that letting him live was merciful enough.

Ch. 344Dragon-Slaying City

After Qin Shi Huang’s death, Lu Changfeng and the others secured his body and gathered the treasures from the mausoleum before leaving. Su Yanqiu foresaw a new disturbance in the Eastern Sea, where Dragon-Slaying City’s leaders discovered that most of their expedition had died.

  • Lu Changfeng said Qin Shi Huang’s blood had been contaminated by Dragon-Falling Dust and sealed the ninth level to protect his body.
  • Li Lingyue called for the group to divide the mausoleum’s treasures, but Lu Changfeng had them gather everything and leave before the Demonic Path arrived.
  • Su Yanqiu foresaw the Ancestral Dragon’s defeat, then divined an obstruction originating in the Eastern Sea and sent a sealed message to Lu Changfeng.
  • Su Yanqiu identified the Dragon-Ruling Clan as the source of the Eastern Sea omen.
  • Liu Xuanji and Liu Song found that the Life Lamps of the Dragon-Slaying Guards, Xu Lou, and thirty-seven disciples had gone out, while Liu Xuance’s and Liu Ciyuan’s lamps still burned faintly.

Ch. 345The Mysterious Guixu

Liu Xuanji and Liu Song planned to use the Xu Family to rescue their imprisoned clansmen and protect the Dragon-Ruling Clan’s prestige. After sealing the First Emperor’s Mausoleum, Lu Changfeng met Yuan Tiangang, learned his injury came from an ancient Ice Chi, and discovered that Guixu was real and contained the Immortal Mountain the First Emperor had sought.

  • Liu Xuanji proposed that the Xu Family act against the Central Plains in exchange for Mysterious Radiance Pearls, and Liu Song agreed to try.
  • Lu Changfeng sealed the mausoleum’s ninth level and reactivated its mechanisms, ensuring the First Emperor’s remains would stay undisturbed.
  • Lu Changfeng met Yuan Tiangang on Li Mountain and offered to examine his injury, hoping his Shennong qi could withstand the frost poison.
  • Yuan Tiangang explained that an ancient Ice Chi from the Eastern Sea had inflicted his injury and that Guixu lay beyond the Bohai Sea.
  • Yuan Tiangang revealed that Guixu was real, gathered the spiritual qi of the world, and contained the Immortal Mountain sought by the First Emperor.

Ch. 346Immortals and Immortal Mountains

Lu Changfeng learned about the Immortal Mountains and used the Shennong Ruler with his Shennong Qi to hold off the dark-mystery true qi tormenting Yuan Tiangang, giving Yuan hope of recovery. At the Princess's Residence, Li Lingyue oversaw the fair division of the mausoleum’s treasures, then dismissed everyone and embraced Lu Changfeng.

  • Yuan Tiangang explained that the Immortal Mountains were hidden realms in Guixu and identified An Qisheng as their most recent famous survivor.
  • Lu Changfeng examined Yuan Tiangang and combined his Shennong Qi with the Shennong Ruler’s power to force the dark-mystery true qi into a stalemate.
  • Yuan Tiangang sensed the cold poison loosening, while Lu Changfeng gained hope that he could complete the Four Absolutes of the Cosmic Sphere.
  • At Chenghui Hall, Li Lingyue and Lu Changfeng’s group divided the mausoleum treasures, with the Black Dragon Banner awarded to Lu Changfeng and Li Longji’s share set by a written list.
  • Lu Changfeng chose three nine-jointed sweet flags, and Li Lingyue offered him more from her own share.
  • After Chen Xuanli and the guards left, Li Lingyue dismissed the Plum Blossom Guards and embraced Lu Changfeng, telling him she had him despite her injured back.

Ch. 347Breakthrough

Lu Changfeng used three stalks of nine-jointed sweet flag to transform his Shennong Qi into vitality qi and break through to the late Fifth Realm. After leaving the Quiet Chamber, he learned that Elder Yuan was waiting for him in Chenghui Hall.

  • Before dawn, Lu Changfeng left Li Lingyue sleeping and went to the Quiet Chamber to prepare for his breakthrough.
  • After regulating his breathing, Lu Changfeng swallowed the first stalk of nine-jointed sweet flag and guided its essence into his Spirit Path Acupoint.
  • Lu Changfeng sealed the essence from all three stalks in the acupoint, then fused it with his Shennong Qi and circulated it through his body.
  • The medicinal power transformed Lu Changfeng's Shennong Qi into vitality qi, healed his lingering injury, and raised him to the late Fifth Realm.
  • Lu Changfeng left the Quiet Chamber, and Qing Dai told him that Elder Yuan was waiting in Chenghui Hall.

Ch. 348Purging the poison

Lu Changfeng used his Shennong Qi to purge the cold poison that had tormented Yuan Tiangang for more than twenty years, restoring him to health. Yuan Tiangang then offered Lu Changfeng the manual containing the essence of his life’s learning.

  • Lu Changfeng began treating Yuan Tiangang, combining his Shennong Qi with the power of the Shennong Ruler and the medicinal strength of the nine-jointed sweet flags.
  • After an hour, Yuan Tiangang expelled the cold poison as frozen black blood and regained his health.
  • Lu Changfeng received the complete version of the "Four Absolutes of the Cosmic Sphere" as his treatment reward.
  • Li Lingyue arrived and congratulated Yuan Tiangang, while reminding him of the guidance he had once given Lu Changfeng.
  • Yuan Tiangang gave Lu Changfeng a manual containing the essence of everything he had learned throughout his life.

Ch. 349True Explanation of Purple Tenuity Astrology

Yuan Tiangang gave Lu Changfeng the True Explanation of Purple Tenuity Astrology before departing, and Lu learned that Xu Yuanzhi had arrived with an important request tied to Mount Shu and the All-Knowing Tower. Lu went to meet Xu to repay his debt, while Li Lingyue ordered her attendants to watch the Hundred-Knowledge Hall.

  • Yuan Tiangang gave Lu Changfeng the True Explanation of Purple Tenuity Astrology, then left after saying they would meet again and offering to guide him to Guixu.
  • A Plum Blossom Guard reported that Xu Yuanzhi of the Hundred-Knowledge Hall had requested an audience, and Li Lingyue suspected the matter concerned the Mount Shu Sword Pool.
  • Li Lingyue told Lu Changfeng that Xu's master, Yin Guanhai, was the All-Knowing Tower's master and the person who had presented the Record of Strange Tales from Mountains and Seas to Wu Zetian.
  • Lu Changfeng decided to meet Xu Yuanzhi and repay the favor he owed the Hundred-Knowledge Hall, despite Li Lingyue offering to handle it for him.
  • Li Lingyue ordered Qing Dai and Jinghong to keep watch on the Hundred-Knowledge Hall while Lu Changfeng left with Snow Robe.

Ch. 350Something Strange (Two chapters in one)

Lu Changfeng agreed to investigate why Shen Guannan had gone mad after returning alone from Soul Bewitching Valley, and prepared to travel to Mount Shu. While waiting to depart, he mastered the foundations of the Four Absolutes of the Cosmic Sphere and Purple Tenuity Astrology, then set out with Snow Robe and Lingbo.

  • Xu Yuanzhi asked Lu Changfeng to help Shen Guannan, the young sect master of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, who had gone mad after investigating strange disturbances in Soul Bewitching Valley.
  • Lu Changfeng suspected a sixth-realm spirit body might be behind the valley's mysterious battles and agreed to examine Shen Guannan at Mount Shu in three days.
  • Lu Changfeng received the complete Four Absolutes of the Cosmic Sphere and formed four streams of vital essence, then began studying the True Explanation of Purple Tenuity Astrology.
  • After two days of practice, Lu Changfeng had connected with eighteen principal stars and learned to draw on their starlight for insight and simple divination.
  • Lu Changfeng sent a letter to Qingge and departed for Mount Shu on Lingbo with Snow Robe.
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