Chapter Summaries

Nalan Sheng and Mu Wanqing ambushed Duan Yanqing, Ye Erniang, and Yun Zhonghe, stopping their scheme against Duan Yu and Zhong Ling. Mu Wanqing absorbed the Three Great Evildoers’ internal energy while Nalan Sheng treated Zhong Ling’s poison, and the treatment was still continuing when the chapter ended.

• Duan Yanqing and Yun Zhonghe prepared to use drugs to disgrace the Duan Royal Family by trapping Duan Yu and Zhong Ling together.
• Nalan Sheng and Mu Wanqing arrived, and a Shadow Ninja used Tendon-Softening Powder to paralyze Duan Yanqing, Ye Erniang, and Yun Zhonghe.
• Nalan Sheng entered the stone house to treat Zhong Ling, while Mu Wanqing handed Ye Erniang’s infant to a Shadow Ninja and drained the Three Great Evildoers’ internal energy.
• Nalan Sheng ordered Shadow Ninjas to remove Duan Yu and guard the stone house, then continued treating Zhong Ling for more than an hour.
• Mu Wanqing gained sixty or seventy years’ worth of Northern Darkness True Qi, while Nalan Sheng’s treatment of Zhong Ling was still ongoing.

Mu Wanqing reunited with her mother, Qin Hongmian, while Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng found Duan Yu bound and poisoned. After Nalan Sheng helped Zhong Ling and a maid treated Duan Yu, Mu Wanqing introduced Nalan Sheng to her parents as her husband.

• Mu Wanqing told Qin Hongmian that Nalan Sheng had removed her veil and become her husband.
• Mu Wanqing warned Dao Baifeng that Duan Yu had been dosed with an aphrodisiac, and reassured Gan Baobao that Zhong Ling was safe.
• Mu Wanqing explained to Qin Hongmian how Nalan Sheng had rescued her, and Qin Hongmian accepted the circumstances.
• Duan Zhengchun begged Qin Hongmian and Gan Baobao to help Duan Yu, so Gan Baobao sent a maid to purge his poison.
• Nalan Sheng emerged from the stone house, and Mu Wanqing introduced him to Qin Hongmian, Duan Zhengchun, and Gan Baobao as her husband.

Nalan Sheng revealed that Duan Yu was not Duan Zhengchun’s son and accused Dao Baifeng of conceiving him with Duan Yanqing. The revelation left the family confronting Duan Yu’s true parentage.

• Nalan Sheng assured Gan Baobao that Zhong Ling’s poison had been cleared, and Duan Yu emerged from the stone house feeling dizzy.
• Duan Zhengming urged Duan Zhengchun to take Zhong Ling and her mother back for medical care, but Dao Baifeng threatened to kill herself if he brought them home.
• Nalan Sheng silenced Dao Baifeng and announced that Duan Yu was not Duan Zhengchun’s biological son.
• Nalan Sheng described Dao Baifeng’s affair with a crippled beggar, and Duan Zhengchun recognized signs that confirmed his suspicions.
• Nalan Sheng identified Duan Yanqing as Duan Yu’s biological father, and Qin Hongmian mocked Dao Baifeng for the affair.

Nalan Sheng exposed Duan Yanqing as Duan Yu’s father, after which Dao Baifeng killed herself and Nalan Sheng killed Duan Yanqing and Ye Erniang. Duan Yu became a monk, and Nalan Sheng traveled to the Heavenly Dragon Temple to help defend the Six Meridians Divine Sword from Jumozhi.

• Nalan Sheng claimed Duan Yanqing had schemed to secure Duan Yu’s claim to the throne, and Duan Zhengming and the others accepted the explanation.
• Dao Baifeng apologized to Duan Zhengchun, stabbed herself, and died after pleading with him to spare Duan Yu.
• Nalan Sheng killed Duan Yanqing and Ye Erniang, while Duan Yu fainted from grief and Duan Zhengchun ordered him carried back to the palace.
• More than half a month later, Duan Yu entered the Heavenly Dragon Temple as a monk, while Nalan Sheng stayed at the Prince’s Palace with Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling.
• Duan Zhengchun received Duan Yu’s letter asking for aid against Jumozhi, who sought the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
• Nalan Sheng agreed to help and traveled with Duan Zhengchun, Mu Wanqing, and Zhong Ling to the Heavenly Dragon Temple, where they met the newly ordained Duan Yu.

Nalan Sheng joined Duan Zhengchun and the monks of Heavenly Dragon Temple as they prepared to face Jumozhi, who came seeking the Six Meridians Divine Sword. The chapter ended with Jumozhi offering three Shaolin finger techniques in exchange, tempting most of the temple’s eminent monks.

• Duan Yu calmly met Nalan Sheng, his mother’s killer, and led him and the others to Abbot Benyin.
• Nalan Sheng assured Abbot Benyin that he would help protect Heavenly Dragon Temple, and Abbot Benyin brought the group to meet Kurong.
• Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling secretly memorized the Six Meridians Divine Sword diagrams while Kurong and Nalan Sheng agreed on a plan to exhaust Jumozhi before Nalan Sheng intervened.
• Jumozhi arrived at Muni Hall, recognized Kurong’s meditation of withering, and asked for the Six Meridians Divine Sword on Murong Bo’s behalf.
• Jumozhi offered the Flower-Plucking Finger, the Pattra-Leaf Finger, and the Formless Calamity Finger in exchange, tempting Abbot Benyin and the other eminent monks.

Jumozhi challenged Heavenly Dragon Temple for the Six Meridians Divine Sword, but Nalan Sheng defeated him with a single lightning palm. After Jumozhi left, the Shadow Ninja stole the sword manual from the temple library.

• Master Kurong rejected Jumozhi’s demand for the Six Meridians Divine Sword and challenged him to prove his strength against Heavenly Dragon Temple’s monks and scripture keeper.
• Jumozhi defeated Master Kurong and the other monks with his Flame Blade, so Master Kurong summoned Nalan Sheng.
• Nalan Sheng struck Jumozhi with Benlei Palm and sent him flying from Muni Hall, forcing Jumozhi to concede and leave three finger-technique manuals as an apology.
• Master Kurong copied the manuals and gave the originals to Nalan Sheng, who left the mountain with the two women and Duan Zhengchun.
• After Abbot Benyin and the others began studying the manuals, the Shadow Ninja secretly stole the Six Meridians Divine Sword manual from the temple library.

After leaving the Dali Kingdom, Nalan Sheng arrived in Wuxi City with Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling and encountered Qiao Feng at Pine Crane Tower. Qiao Feng mistook him for Murong Fu, then recognized Nalan Sheng as the man who had killed the Four Great Evils.

• The Shadow Ninja delivered the stolen Six Meridians Divine Sword manual to Nalan Sheng, earning him 3,000 Villain Points.
• Nalan Sheng traveled from the Dali Kingdom to Wuxi City with Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling after exhausting the kingdom’s fortuitous opportunities.
• At Pine Crane Tower, Nalan Sheng and Qiao Feng sized each other up, but Nalan Sheng focused on eating with the two women.
• Two Beggar Gang members told Qiao Feng that a meeting was set for the next morning at the pavilion on Huishan, and Qiao Feng ordered his men to gather there that night.
• Qiao Feng invited Nalan Sheng to share a drink, mistook him for Murong Fu, and then recognized his name as the killer of the Four Great Evils.

Nalan Sheng accompanied Qiao Feng to the Apricot Grove, where he encountered Wang Yuyan and the group of intruders fighting the Beggar Gang. After Feng Bo'e was poisoned by a scorpion, Nalan Sheng offered a Detoxifying Sacred Pill to save him.

• Qiao Feng praised Nalan Sheng for killing the Four Great Evils, then learned that intruders had entered the Great Righteousness Branch and set out to deal with them.
• Nalan Sheng, Zhong Ling, and Mu Wanqing joined Qiao Feng and traveled to the Apricot Grove.
• Zhong Ling recognized Wang Yuyan as the woman resembling the figure in the Northern Darkness Divine Skill portrait, and Nalan Sheng guessed she was the woman's granddaughter.
• A Beggar Gang Elder's scorpion bit Feng Bo'e, who collapsed after taking an antidote, while Bao BuTong was kept from reaching him by another Elder.
• Nalan Sheng approached the grieving A Zhu and the others and offered a Detoxifying Sacred Pill to cure Feng Bo'e's poisoning.

Nalan Sheng demanded that one of the women become his maidservant in exchange for saving Feng Bo'e, and A Zhu volunteered before he cured Feng Bo'e with an antidote pill. The Beggar Gang then surrounded the group and prepared to attack despite Qiao Feng's orders, leaving Nalan Sheng warning Qiao Feng to stop them.

• A Zhu agreed to become Nalan Sheng's maidservant so he would save Feng Bo'e, and A Bi gave Feng Bo'e the Second-Rank Antidote Pill Nalan Sheng provided.
• Feng Bo'e recovered and promised to repay A Zhu, while Nalan Sheng embraced and kissed her, drawing jealous and amused reactions from Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling.
• Hundreds of Beggar Gang members surrounded Nalan Sheng's group, and Qiao Feng realized that the gang's familiar senior figures were missing.
• The Long-Armed Elder ordered the beggars to form the Dog-Beating Formation and attack, ignoring Qiao Feng's command to stand down.
• Nalan Sheng warned Qiao Feng that he would unleash a slaughter if Qiao Feng did not stop the Beggar Gang.

Nalan Sheng used his Water Clones to slaughter the Beggars' Sect disciples who attacked him and his companions, then crippled their leader and let Zhong Ling drain his internal energy. The rebellion against Qiao Feng began to unravel when Nalan Sheng's testimony showed the elders may have been misled, but Quan Guannan accused Qiao Feng of being a barbarian.

• Nalan Sheng summoned four Water Clones and killed dozens of attacking Beggars' Sect disciples with fiery bullets.
• Nalan Sheng shot the long-armed old man's limbs, knocked him unconscious, and gave him to Zhong Ling to drain his internal energy.
• Qiao Feng questioned Elder Song and the other elders about their rebellion, and Elder Song accused him of conspiring with Murong Fu to murder Deputy Chief Ma.
• Nalan Sheng testified that Qiao Feng had mistaken him for Murong Fu, making the elders suspect they had rebelled against the wrong man.
• Qiao Feng demanded an explanation from Quan Guannan, who claimed he had acted to prevent the Beggars' Sect from falling into a barbarian's hands.

At the Apricot Grove, Qiao Feng waited for Madam Ma’s letter while insisting he had not killed Deputy Chief Ma. Nalan Sheng exposed Madam Ma’s affairs with Bai Shijing, prompting Bai to confess to the murder, then accused Quan Guannan and Elder Xu of also being her lovers.

• Quan Guannan claimed Madam Ma had a letter proving Qiao Feng was Khitan, and Qiao Feng agreed to wait for her arrival while suspecting the letter was forged by Deputy Chief Ma’s killer.
• Elder Song brought Bai Shijing and the other confined Beggar Gang members to the Apricot Grove, where Qiao Feng ordered the dead disciples taken home for burial.
• Madam Ma arrived with Elder Xu, Tan Gong, Lady Tan, and the Five Heroes of Mount Tai, carrying the letter that was meant to prove Qiao Feng’s origins.
• Nalan Sheng taunted Bai Shijing about Madam Ma’s mooncakes and threatened to reveal their affair, causing Bai Shijing to confess that he had killed Deputy Chief Ma.
• Qiao Feng ordered Bai Shijing and Madam Ma seized, and Nalan Sheng accused Quan Guannan and Elder Xu of also having affairs with Madam Ma.

Madam Ma exposed the secret letter identifying Qiao Feng as a Khitan, and he left to verify it with Abbot Xuanci. As Western Xia forces attacked the Beggar Gang with Sorrowful Crisp Breeze, Nalan Sheng resisted and massacred their troops, while Murong Fu tried to escape.

• Madam Ma revealed Wang Jiantong's secret letter, and Qiao Feng left the Apricot Grove to confirm its claims with Abbot Xuanci.
• Elder Song ordered the Beggar Gang to kill Madam Ma and her lovers, but a Western Xia voice interrupted and Deputy Helmsman Xie's corpse was thrown into the grove.
• Helian Tieshu's forces poisoned the gathering with Sorrowful Crisp Breeze, incapacitating everyone except Nalan Sheng.
• Nalan Sheng summoned ten Water Clones, whose flame bullets killed more than half the Western Xia warriors and then killed Helian Tieshu.
• Murong Fu, disguised as a Western Xia warrior, tried to slip away after Helian Tieshu was killed.

Nalan Sheng killed Murong Fu and the Western Xia warriors, then demanded repayment from the people he rescued. Wang Yuyan and A Bi agreed to become his maids, while Bao BuTong and Feng Bo'e lost their internal energy; Nalan Sheng then turned to the Beggar Gang Elder, who offered him the position of Gang Leader.

• Nalan Sheng’s Water Clones killed Murong Fu and slaughtered the Western Xia warriors, then found bottles of Sorrowful Crisp Breeze antidote among the corpses.
• Nalan Sheng used the antidote to free Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling, A Zhu, Wang Yuyan, and A Bi from their paralysis.
• Nalan Sheng demanded that Wang Yuyan and A Bi become his maids, and they accepted after A Zhu urged them to agree.
• Nalan Sheng told Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling to drain Bao BuTong’s and Feng Bo'e’s internal energy, leaving both men powerless.
• A Beggar Gang Elder offered to nominate Nalan Sheng as the next Beggar Gang Leader to repay him for saving them.

Nalan Sheng forced the Beggar Gang survivors into a future obligation after Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling drained the internal energy of its strongest members. Several days later, he brought Wang Yuyan and the others to Drumbeat Mountain, where he said Wuyazi’s legacy awaited her.

• Nalan Sheng rejected the Beggar Gang’s offer to make him its chief, and Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling drained the internal energy of its elders, Helm Masters, and invited martial artists.
• Nalan Sheng told the remaining Beggar Gang members they owed him a future task, then left them poisoned and unable to move.
• At their forest cabins, A Zhu, A Bi, and Wang Yuyan each gave in to Nalan Sheng after he demanded one of them attend to him.
• Several days later, Nalan Sheng arrived at Drumbeat Mountain with Wang Yuyan and the others and confirmed that her grandfather and Wuyazi’s legacy were there.
• Mu Wanqing grew jealous of Nalan Sheng’s attention to Wang Yuyan, but Nalan Sheng kissed her and she blushed.

Nalan Sheng brought Wang Yuyan to meet her grandfather Wuyazi, who welcomed her into the Free and Easy Sect and began teaching her and her half-sisters its martial arts. Two days later, Nalan Sheng bought Expansion Jutsu and the Imperial Arm Dead Army: Eight Houses from the System Shop.

• Nalan Sheng led Wang Yuyan and the others to Heavenly Deaf and Earthly Mute Valley, where Su Xinghe opened a hidden entrance to Wuyazi.
• Wuyazi recognized Wang Yuyan as his granddaughter, accepted Nalan Sheng's account of how they had found him, and offered her the sect leadership and his personal instruction.
• Wuyazi allowed Mu Wanqing and the other women to practice the Formless Skill alongside Wang Yuyan, and the group settled on Drumbeat Mountain.
• Two days later, Nalan Sheng checked the refreshed System Shop and purchased Expansion Jutsu and Dead Army: Eight Houses.

Nalan Sheng gained Expansion Jutsu and received a reward for disrupting the protagonist’s inheritance, while Wang Yuyan completed her studies under Wuyazi before he died. After arranging Wuyazi’s funeral, Nalan Sheng and his companions headed for Xingxiu Sea and arrived near Xinyang City.

• Nalan Sheng used a skill card to learn beginner-level Expansion Jutsu and tested its ability to enlarge parts of his body.
• Wang Yuyan mastered the Free and Easy Sect’s supreme arts under Wuyazi, who was pleased that she could inherit his knowledge.
• The system awarded Nalan Sheng 5,000 Villain Points for ruining the destined male protagonist’s chance to receive an inheritance.
• Wuyazi died, and Wang Yuyan mourned him as Nalan Sheng comforted her and helped Su Xinghe arrange a simple funeral.
• Nalan Sheng and his companions left Drumbeat Mountain for Xingxiu Sea and later stopped their carriage outside Xinyang City.
• Nalan Sheng revealed that the carriage’s horses were corpse puppets stored in the Imperial Arms [Eight Houses].

Nalan Sheng and the women reached Xinyang City, where A Zhu met A Zi, a girl identical to her who turned out to be her younger sister. A Zi’s second senior brother arrived to take her back and demanded she return an item, leaving the sisters’ reunion under threat.

• Nalan Sheng stored the corpse-puppet horses and carriage, then led the women to Xinyang City for a meal.
• A Zi entered the restaurant, and the women were astonished by her resemblance to A Zhu.
• A Zhu and A Zi compared their ages and matching gold lock pendants, then recognized each other as sisters.
• A Zi’s second senior brother arrived on their master’s orders to bring her back and demanded that she hand over an item.
• A Zi denied knowing about the item, and her second senior brother warned that he would use force if she kept playing dumb.

A Zi explained why she had fled the Starry Lodge Sect and warned Nalan Sheng's group about Ding Chunqiu's poisons. After A Zhu absorbed Shihouzi's internal energy, A Zi became interested in learning the Northern Darkness Divine Skill.

• Shihouzi attacked A Zi, but Wang Yuyan knocked him unconscious with a single palm strike.
• A Zi told Wang Yuyan that she had deserted Ding Chunqiu and stolen the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
• Nalan Sheng said the group was going to eliminate Ding Chunqiu and asked A Zi to lead them to the Starry Lodge Sect.
• Nalan Sheng explained how Ding Chunqiu's Power-Dispersing Art differed from the Northern Darkness Divine Skill.
• A Zhu absorbed Shihouzi's internal energy, and A Zi began trying to build a closer relationship with her.

Nalan Sheng took A Zi as a lover and taught her the Northern Darkness Divine Skill before leading his companions to destroy the Starry Lodge Sect. He then stole the Millennium Ice Silkworm from Minzhong Temple and began refining it in a secluded valley.

• A Zi asked to learn the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, and Nalan Sheng agreed after A Zhu brought her to his room.
• Nalan Sheng received 5,000 Villain Points for taking A Zi's virginity, and A Zi gave him the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
• At the Starry Lodge Sect, Wang Yuyan killed Ding Chunqiu with the Six Meridians Divine Sword, and A Zi drained the disciples' inner power.
• Nalan Sheng traveled with his companions to Minzhong Temple in search of the Millennium Ice Silkworm.
• Nalan Sheng's Shadow Ninja knocked out the monk guarding the vegetable garden, and Nalan Sheng found the silkworm inside a frosted vermilion wine gourd.
• Nalan Sheng rejoined Wang Yuyan and the others in a secluded valley and began refining the Millennium Ice Silkworm.

Nalan Sheng refined the Millennium Ice Silkworm and broke through to one-star Dou Shi. At Misty Peak, A Zi posed as Wuyazi’s final disciple to win Heavenly Mountain Child Granny’s trust and prepare to take control of the Spirit Vulture Palace for Nalan Sheng.

• Nalan Sheng refined the Millennium Ice Silkworm, absorbed the surrounding energy, and advanced to one-star Dou Shi.
• Fu Minyi reported that A Zi had arrived at the Spirit Vulture Palace claiming to be Wuyazi’s final disciple.
• A Zi told Heavenly Mountain Child Granny how Ding Chunqiu had crippled Wuyazi, and Granny agreed to teach A Zi martial arts so she could purge the sect herself.
• Heavenly Mountain Child Granny sent Mei Jian to escort A Zi to rest, then promised to teach her the sect’s supreme arts the next day.
• A Zi secretly sent a shadow messenger to tell Nalan Sheng that everything was going according to plan.