Chapter Summaries

Lu Changfeng uncovered an insider’s attempt to poison him and helped the Lu Family prepare for an assault by the Liu, Xu, and Puppet Artisan families. As the attack began, he fought Liu Xuanji above the Lu Residence while Jiang Yunhe prepared to strike, and Lu Yuening watched from hiding.

• Lu Changfeng detected Cold-Soul Powder in Lu Yuening’s breakfast, neutralized the poison in her body, and learned that kitchen steward Lu An had fetched ingredients while she cooked.
• Lu Yuening warned Lu Chengen, Lu Huanzhang, and Lu Zong, who ordered the household to search for Lu An and prepared for an attack.
• At midnight, Liu Xuanji, Xu Cangming, and Jiang Yunhe led their forces and three tiger-shaped mechanical beasts against the Lu Residence’s protective formation.
• Lu Changfeng ordered the Lu Family to release Immortal-Extinguishing Powder toward the attackers, then rose into the air to fight Liu Xuanji as Lu Huanzhang confronted Xu Cangming.
• Lu Changfeng traded techniques with Liu Xuanji while Lu Yuening watched from a side chamber, and Jiang Yunhe finally moved toward Lu Changfeng with a humming bell in hand.

Lu Changfeng used the Seven Absences to evade a coordinated attack and killed Liu Xuanji with the Great Void Finger, leaving Dragon-Slaying City’s factions scrambling to submit. He rejected the city lordship for now and led the others toward the City Lord’s Residence to deal with Liu Song and inspect Guixu.

• Liu Xuanji baited Lu Changfeng into striking him, then restrained him so Jiang Yunhe could attack with the Soul-Suppressing Bell and his sword, but Lu Changfeng’s Seven Absences left them striking a false body.
• Lu Changfeng reappeared beside Liu Xuanji and erased him with the Great Void Finger, causing his Golden Dragon Dharma Form to collapse and stopping the surrounding battles.
• Luan Changqing, Hou Yuanqing, Xu Cangming, Jiang Yunhe, and other local leaders acknowledged Lu Changfeng’s supremacy, while Xu Cangming and Jiang Yunhe offered costly compensation, including a Female Automaton Armor.
• Lu Changfeng declined to become Dragon-Slaying City’s lord and said they would settle accounts after dealing with Liu Song.
• Lu Changfeng led Lu Huanzhang, Lu Chengen, and the other leaders toward the City Lord’s Residence to inspect Guixu.

Lu Changfeng led Dragon-Slaying City's lineages into the City Lord's Residence, broke its protective formation, and summoned Liu Song back from Guixu. Liu Song emerged with treasures, then called forth a Longbo Giant to attack Lu Changfeng, whose fate remained unresolved as the axe fell.

• Lu Changfeng shattered the City Lord's Residence protective grand formation and advanced to the Guixu Entrance with Lu Huanzhang, Lu Chengen, and the gathered lineage leaders.
• Lu Changfeng forced a steward to reveal the red cord used to signal people in Guixu, then pulled it four times to ring the bell below.
• Liu Song emerged from Guixu in dragon form, carrying two Rahu Clams, and confronted Lu Changfeng about Liu Xuanji.
• A Longbo Giant climbed from the well, and Liu Song asked him to destroy Lu Changfeng.
• The Longbo Giant swung his enormous axe down at Lu Changfeng, shaking Dragon-Slaying City as the blow descended.

Lu Changfeng agreed to help Qi Zhong and the Dragon Bo Tribe after Qi Zhong killed Liu Song and explained the tribe’s crisis. They descended into Guixu and reached Yuanjiao, where Lu Changfeng prepared to face the threat from the Bingyi Tribe and the Xuanming Ice Chi.

• Lu Changfeng struck the Longbo Giant with his sword, then tested Liu Song’s strength and matched him in a direct clash.
• The Longbo Giant introduced himself as Qi Zhong and asked Lu Changfeng to help his tribe in Guixu in exchange for a supreme treasure.
• Lu Changfeng offered to help only if Qi Zhong killed Liu Song, and Qi Zhong immediately cleaved Liu Song in two with the Yu King's Great Axe.
• Lu Changfeng left the remaining Liu Family members to Lu Huanzhang and descended into Guixu with Qi Zhong.
• Qi Zhong explained that the Dragon Bo Tribe needed help defeating the Xuanming Ice Chi and the Bingyi Tribe, and that he had sought Yuan Tiangang for his star power and Spellcraft.
• Qi Zhong brought Lu Changfeng to Yuanjiao, one of the Five Mountains Remnants, and Lu Changfeng agreed to help the Dragon Bo Tribe.

Lu Changfeng and Qi Zhong survived a Bingyi Tribe ambush after Lu Changfeng broke the ancient Heaven-Praying Formation, then learned that Geng Pu had betrayed the Longbo Tribe. They raced toward Mount Yuanjiao to reinforce the settlement before the Bingyi could capture it.

• Lu Changfeng and Qi Zhong were ambushed in the forest by Fang Kui and the Bingyi Tribe, who attacked with a formation, poison, and arrows.
• Lu Changfeng used the Black Dragon Banner to break the formation and trap its roots, forcing Fang Kui to order a retreat.
• Qi Zhong agreed to exchange knowledge with the Longbo Tribe’s priest after he recovered, and three Longbo giants arrived from the settlement.
• Qi Zhong discovered that Geng Pu had betrayed the Longbo Tribe and revealed their position to the Bingyi.
• Lu Changfeng urged the group to hurry back, and Qi Zhong carried him toward Mount Yuanjiao with the three giants following.

Qi Zhong and the three Longbo warriors defeated the Ice Yi invaders, killed Geng Pu and Yu Huang, and drove the survivors away. At the Ancestral Shrine, Lu Changfeng treated the gravely ill High Priest Huai Li and restored her to consciousness.

• Qi Zhong and the three giants returned to the Longbo Tribe and turned back the Ice Yi attack at the Ancestral Shrine.
• Qi Zhong killed Geng Pu for betraying the Longbo Tribe, while the three giants killed Yu Huang and drove the remaining Ice Yi warriors into retreat.
• The bearded giant warned Qi Zhong that the High Priest had worsened after using the Heaven-Praying Art, and Qi Zhong rushed to the Ancestral Shrine.
• Lu Changfeng recognized Huai Li's Dark-Mystery True Qi poisoning and used the Shennong Ruler and his vitality qi to treat her.
• Huai Li's complexion improved, her breathing steadied, and she opened her eyes as the tribespeople cheered.

Lu Changfeng healed Huai Li and learned about the Longbo tribe and Hongfang from A Nian, who then demonstrated the Heaven-Praying Art on Mount Yuanjiao. He answered with his own rain spell, revealing how Central Lands spellcraft differed from Hongfang’s spiritual-qi-based arts.

• Lu Changfeng cleared Huai Li’s cold poison and warned that she needed half a month of quiet rest without circulating energy or exerting her qi.
• Qi Zhong asked A Nian to guide Lu Changfeng, and she used the Body-Shrinking Art to become his height before taking him up Mount Yuanjiao.
• A Nian explained the Longbo tribe’s conflict with the Ice Yi and described the other peoples of Hongfang as they walked to the Heaven-Worship Altar.
• A Nian performed the Heaven-Praying Art and summoned spiritual rain to nourish the tribe’s fields.
• Lu Changfeng said “Rain” and summoned a much heavier downpour, which A Nian noticed contained little spiritual qi.
• Lu Changfeng realized that Central Lands spellcraft drew on nature’s forces, while Hongfang’s Heaven-Praying Art relied on the spiritual qi of heaven and earth.

Lu Changfeng and A Nian agreed to exchange Longbo Tribe cultivation knowledge for Central Lands hand-seal methods, then explored the tribe’s Stele Forest. Lu Changfeng became immersed in the Thunder Marsh Dance stele and saw its complete divine intent, leaving with a new understanding of the lightning method.

• Lu Changfeng proposed teaching A Nian Central Lands hand seals in exchange for learning the Heaven-Praying Spirit-Invocation Method, and she accepted.
• A Nian led Lu Changfeng into the Stele Forest and explained its cultivation methods while he shared how hand seals could guide qi more efficiently.
• A Nian showed Lu Changfeng the Heaven-Splitting Axe Technique stele and recounted the Longbo Tribe’s lineage and its ancestor’s six axe forms.
• A Nian explained that the Thunder Marsh Dance was a powerful lightning method that had caused backlash for past practitioners.
• Lu Changfeng saw the Thunder Marsh Dance’s full divine intent in the stele and returned from his immersion with a trace of understanding.

Lu Changfeng claimed the Dragon God Art, broke through to the middle stage of the Sixth Realm, and continued studying the Thunder Marsh Dance. After A Nian reported his trance to Huai Li and Qi Zhong, they recognized his affinity with the ancient thunder art and decided to give him access to every stele and seek his help against the Ice Chi without pressuring him.

• A Nian left Lu Changfeng studying the Thunder Marsh Dance and went to report what happened to Huai Li.
• Lu Changfeng claimed the Dragon God Art, gained powerful dragon-transforming qi, and advanced to the middle stage of the Sixth Realm.
• Huai Li told Qi Zhong that Lu Changfeng had renewed her failing vitality and warned him to befriend their benefactor.
• Huai Li and Qi Zhong discussed the Bingyi Tribe's losses and the danger posed by the Ice Chi, then A Nian arrived with news of Lu Changfeng's trance before the Thunder Marsh Dance stele.
• A Nian described how lightning had appeared in Lu Changfeng's eyes as he studied the stele, and Huai Li concluded that he had received its true meaning.
• Huai Li ordered every stele in the forbidden grounds opened to Lu Changfeng and told Qi Zhong to ask sincerely for his help against the Ice Chi after he emerged.

Lu Changfeng mastered most of the Longbo Tribe’s martial arts while the Ice Yi Tribe remained ominously quiet. Bai Qianqian arrived seeking a cure for the Lovesickness Gu, but Huai Li refused to involve the tribe after recognizing the trap meant to draw Lu Changfeng into conflict with Yan Xiu.

• Lu Changfeng spent half a month studying the forbidden steles and mastered the Longbo Tribe’s cultivation methods except the Thunder Marsh Dance and Six Heaven-Opening Forms.
• The Ice Yi Tribe withdrew near the frigid pool, prompting Qi Zhong to prepare for a campaign against the Ice Chi and request help from the Land of the Great People.
• Bai Qianqian arrived at Mount Yuanjiao and asked to see the High Priest because she needed treatment for a deadly poison.
• Huai Li identified Bai Qianqian as a member of the Qingqiu Nine-Tailed Clan and recognized the Lovesickness Gu planted by Yan Xiu.
• Huai Li concluded the Ice Yi Tribe had spread news of Lu Changfeng’s healing abilities to force him into a dilemma, then said the Longbo Tribe could not get involved.
• As Bai Qianqian left the Ancestral Shrine, Huai Li told A Nian to take Lu Changfeng his meal as usual.

Bai Qianqian sought Lu Changfeng’s help to break the Lovesickness Gu and protect Qingqiu from Yan Xiu, and Lu agreed to take her away from the Longbo settlement. He brought her to an abandoned hollow, where he used spellcraft to grow a sheltered home and invited her inside.

• Bai Qianqian thanked High Priest Huai Li and followed A Nian to meet Lu Changfeng.
• A Nian told Lu Changfeng about Bai Qianqian, the Lovesickness Gu, and the danger posed by Yan Xiu and the Deathless Kingdom.
• Lu Changfeng agreed to help Bai Qianqian and gave A Nian spellcraft notes before leaving so Longbo would not be drawn into the conflict.
• Lu Changfeng carried Bai Qianqian north in the form of a white dragon as Ice Yi watchers followed their departure.
• Lu Changfeng chose an abandoned hollow as his refuge and used spellcraft to grow a three-room house from the trees, earth, and vines.
• Bai Qianqian was astonished by Lu Changfeng’s effortless spellcraft as he invited her inside.

Lu Changfeng diagnosed Bai Qianqian's Lovesickness Gu and prepared to treat it while learning about Yan Xiu's influence and the Deathless Kingdom's long-lived clans. Bai Qianqian suggested Lu Changfeng could win Ji Xian's support by marrying into her clan, leaving him amused as he continued brewing medicine for her.

• Lu Changfeng found that the Lovesickness Gu sealed Bai Qianqian's heavenly gate and that old internal injuries worsened whenever she circulated her qi.
• Lu Changfeng warned Bai Qianqian that treatment could provoke a severe backlash, then prepared a calming decoction and a formation to suppress cultivation.
• Bai Qianqian explained that Yan Xiu was a powerful Sweetwood heir whose political influence made him dangerous, and that Ji Xian's Ji Clan resented him.
• Lu Changfeng reasoned that the long-lived people of the Deathless Kingdom suffered from deep weariness and escalating cruelty, and Bai Qianqian recalled that Ji Xian wanted a husband to marry into her clan.
• Bai Qianqian teased Lu Changfeng that his looks and insight could win Ji Xian's favor and protect him from Yan Xiu, while Lu Changfeng told her to save her strength for the medicine.

Lu Changfeng treated Bai Qianqian by using Shennong Qi to weaken the Lovesickness Gu, while Yan Xiu sensed the attempt from the Sweetwood ancestral grounds. Yan Xiu considered triggering the Gu, but Niji warned that doing so could drive Bai Qianqian into the physician’s arms.

• Lu Changfeng placed Bai Qianqian in a suppression formation and channeled Shennong Qi into her meridians to attack the Lovesickness Gu.
• Bai Qianqian and Lu Changfeng resisted the illusions produced by the Gu as its red mark began to fade.
• At the Sweetwood ancestral grounds, Yan Xiu watched women compete in a lake game while he reclined in a pavilion.
• Yan Xiu sensed someone was dissolving the Lovesickness Gu in Bai Qianqian and realized it was being treated near Mount Yuanjiao.
• Yan Xiu asked Niji whether he should trigger the Gu, and she warned that its effects might make Bai Qianqian give herself to the physician.

Yan Xiu activated the Lovesickness Gu in Bai Qianqian and ordered Zang Tu to kill the physician who might remove it. In a mountain hollow, Lu Changfeng saw the mark on Bai Qianqian’s forehead flare red, realizing the gu had been triggered.

• Yan Xiu slapped Niji when she joked about Bai Qianqian, and she appeased him by praising the Lovesickness Gu.
• Yan Xiu said he wanted to see Bai Qianqian humiliated and threatened to kill anyone who removed his gu.
• Yan Xiu summoned his Black Spider dharma form and activated Bai Qianqian’s imprint gu from afar.
• Yan Xiu ordered Zang Tu to summon the Red Sickle Guard and kill the meddlesome physician.
• Bai Qianqian groaned in the mountain house as the mark on her forehead turned scarlet, and Lu Changfeng realized Yan Xiu had activated the gu.

During treatment for the Lovesickness Gu, Bai Qianqian’s cultivation and desire erupted, and she lost control despite Lu Changfeng’s preparations. She kissed him and broke free of the heavy earth, leaving Lu Changfeng struggling as the Gu Poison surged back.

• The Gu Poison burst through Bai Qianqian’s seal, unleashing her cultivation and overwhelming her with desire.
• Lu Changfeng used the Black Dragon Banner and heavy earth to restrain Bai Qianqian while continuing to treat her with Shennong Qi.
• Bai Qianqian seized Lu Changfeng’s hand and pressed it to her chest, but briefly regained clarity and tried to strike her own head.
• Lu Changfeng stopped Bai Qianqian from harming herself, and their close gaze helped the Gu Poison overwhelm her remaining restraint.
• Bai Qianqian kissed Lu Changfeng and bound him with her nine fox tails as his Shennong Qi faltered and the Gu Poison struck back.

Lu Changfeng broke through the Eight-Direction Barrier after using the Yin-Yang Passage Chapter to stabilize his dual cultivation with Bai Qianqian. While he and Bai Qianqian remained away, the Ice Yi Tribe advanced on Mount Yuanjiao with the Ice Chi, and Huai Li ordered the Longbo Tribe to prepare for war.

• A Nian found Lu Changfeng's note saying he had gone out for treatment and would return in two or three days.
• The Eight-Direction Barrier shattered, revealing Lu Changfeng and Bai Qianqian in the house after their dual cultivation.
• Lu Changfeng used the Yin-Yang Passage Chapter to balance their true qi, and Bai Qianqian told him that he was the only person who had treated her without wanting something in return.
• At the Ancestral Shrine, Huai Li gave A Nian Lu Changfeng's spellcraft booklet and warned that the Ice Yi Tribe might take advantage of his absence.
• A scout reported that the Ice Yi Tribe was marching toward Mount Yuanjiao and the Ice Chi had left its Cold Pool.
• Huai Li ordered the Longbo Tribe to summon its warriors, defend the stronghold, and shelter the women, children, and elderly in the mountain caves.

The Bingyi Tribe attacked the Longbo Tribe with Ice Chi’s support, overwhelming the defenders at the stockade. Huai Li began the Thunder Marsh Dance to turn the battle, but as Ice Chi descended on the altar, she was struggling to complete it.

• Fang Kui led three thousand Bingyi warriors against the Iron Tree Stockade, while Qi Zhong rallied the Longbo defenders.
• Ice Chi’s cold aura strengthened the Bingyi warriors, and the Longbo fighters struggled to hold the wall.
• Huai Li chose to perform the Heaven-Praying Art despite her injury, while A Nian watched anxiously.
• Huai Li performed the first four passages of the Thunder Marsh Dance and summoned powerful lightning, but Ice Chi dodged the strikes.
• Huai Li faltered during the fifth passage, and Ice Chi plunged toward the altar, unleashing dark-mystery true qi at her.

Huai Li wounded the Ice Chi with a final lightning strike, but it nearly killed her before a White Phantom Dragon arrived and turned the battle. A Nian received a Great Restoration Pill from Lu Changfeng as Huai Li lay near death.

• Huai Li struck the Ice Chi in the mouth with lightning, briefly halting its attack and rallying the Longbo warriors.
• The Ice Chi recovered and lunged at Huai Li, while A Nian failed to stop it and was thrown against a pillar.
• A White Phantom Dragon arrived and attacked the Ice Chi, injuring it and shifting the momentum of the battle.
• Qi Zhong urged the Longbo warriors to fight, and they pushed back the Ice Yi Tribe as A Nian rushed to Huai Li's side.
• A Nian tried to revive Huai Li with her true qi, then caught a pill and read Lu Changfeng's note identifying it as a Great Restoration Pill.

Lu Changfeng returned to Mount Yuanjiao, saved Huai Li with a Great Restoration Pill, and defeated Ice Chi with the ninth sequence of the Thunder Marsh Dance. With Ice Chi wounded and its power fading, the Longbo Tribe launched a counterattack that killed Fang Kui and routed the Ice Yi Tribe.

• A Nian gave Huai Li the Great Restoration Pill Miss Bai had sent, and Huai Li’s breathing steadied.
• Lu Changfeng attacked Ice Chi with the Thunder Marsh Dance’s sequences, culminating in ten thousand bolts of lightning that sent the dragon crashing into the forest.
• Qi Zhong rallied the Longbo Tribe after Ice Chi’s power faded, and the Longbo warriors charged from the stockade.
• Qi Zhong killed Fang Kui with three axe strikes as the Ice Yi warriors fled.
• A Nian told Lu Changfeng his breakfast was still on the table, and he said he would eat it when he returned.

Lu Changfeng helped the Longbo Tribe defeat the Ice Yi Tribe and accepted the Ice Chi’s head and essence as thanks. He arranged passage with Bai Yu to Mount Daiyu and the Deathless Kingdom, where he intended to seek protection from Yan Xiu.

• Lu Changfeng healed Huai Li while Bai Qianqian quietly departed, and Huai Li noticed A Nian’s growing feelings for him.
• Qi Zhong killed the wounded Ice Chi, took its essence, and offered both to Lu Changfeng, who accepted them and left the dragon’s body to the Longbo Tribe.
• A scout reported that the Land of the Great People had raided the Ice Yi stronghold and was bringing its spoils and prisoners to the Longbo Tribe.
• Bai Yu arrived with two thousand reinforcements, explained the raid to Qi Zhong, and learned that Lu Changfeng had helped slay the Ice Chi.
• Lu Changfeng asked Bai Yu for passage to Mount Daiyu and the Deathless Kingdom, and Bai Yu offered him a place on a shipment departing in ten days without charge.
• Bai Yu ordered the Ice Yi spoils shared with the Longbo Tribe, while Qi Zhong ordered the Ice Chi’s body butchered for a feast.