Chapter Summaries

Ren Ye reunited with Er Leng and Daoist Fenglin, then learned that Guan Feng had gathered forces to trap him in Immortality Mountain. As his group searched for a way to return to Qingliang Prefecture within twenty days, a Heavenly Rhino Cave Master disciple confronted three carriages on the road to the Southern Border's Capital.

• Ren Ye joyfully reunited with Er Leng, who had killed an ambusher, and greeted Daoist Fenglin as a brother.
• Ren Ye's group questioned the captured bandit, who revealed that over a thousand people had entered the mountain and that Great Qian had sent experts.
• Xu Qingzhao verified the bandit's story, while Old Liu, Er Leng, and Xu Bangzi extorted his money and magical treasures.
• Ren Ye, Fenglin, and Xu Qingzhao discussed how the mountain was sealed and how the group could return to Qingliang Prefecture within twenty days.
• A disciple of the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master stopped three carriages on the road to the Southern Border's Capital, and the fat man inside reacted angrily to his threat.

Big Fat Dragon’s party ambushed and eliminated the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master’s disciples, then detoured toward Phoenix-Cry Mountain to avoid alerting local officials. On Immortality Mountain, Ren Ye and Daoist Fenglin planned to hide at the Tomb of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords and use the main road to escape when the mountain descended into chaos, while the Hundred-Flower Immortal hurried toward her headquarters to prepare for a change of regime.

• Sangong discovered that the masked men who stopped Big Fat Dragon’s carriages were disciples of the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master searching for Little Prince Huai, and he questioned their second disciple.
• Big Fat Dragon ordered Sangong to detour through Phoenix-Cry Mountain, avoid officials, send two letters to the Court by Spirit Bird, and dispose of the attackers’ bodies.
• Daoist Fenglin told Ren Ye that the Court would likely send troops to Immortality Mountain by the next morning, and they agreed to hide at the Tomb of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords before escaping by the main road.
• Ren Ye and the others left the cave after San Sha stripped and crippled the Plain Clothes Middle-Aged Man, sealing him inside beneath rubble.
• The Hundred-Flower Immortal rode toward the Main Headquarters, saying she expected a change of regime in the Three Prefectures of Lingnan and intended to do what the Imperial Court could not.

Ren Ye and his five companions fought their way toward the Heavenly Kings' Mausoleum, but the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master arrived and struck Ren Ye with his bonded treasure, throwing his Star Source Power into chaos. Meanwhile, Commander-in-Chief Wang Shantang received an imperial decree ordering him to rescue Little Prince Huai from Immortality Mountain.

• Ren Ye and his companions fought more than fifty ambushers near the Heavenly Kings' Mausoleum and began retreating toward it.
• The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master hurried to the battlefield with more than forty followers after learning that Little Prince Huai was nearby.
• The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master sensed an unfamiliar, powerful presence among Ren Ye's group and launched his Heavenly Rhino Shuttle at Ren Ye.
• Ren Ye blocked the shuttle with the Human Emperor Sword, but the impact sent him flying and caused his Star Source Power to surge chaotically.
• Commander-in-Chief Wang Shantang received an imperial decree ordering him to enter Immortality Mountain, rescue Little Prince Huai, and treat him with courtesy.

Wang Shantang received an imperial decree and sent troops to Immortality Mountain to find Little Prince Huai, while the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master’s shuttle devastated Ren Ye’s group. Ren Ye prepared to flee into the mausoleum as Fenglin stayed behind to confront the Cave Master.

• Wang Shantang ordered the four Qianhu commanders to rescue Little Prince Huai, then headed to Loushan Pass and sealed its gates against departures.
• The Heavenly Rhino Shuttle struck Old Liu, Ren Ye, Ai Fei, and Xu Bangzi, throwing their Star Cores into chaos and leaving them unable to fight effectively.
• Ren Ye realized the shuttle could bypass defenses and attack Star Cores, and proposed distracting its controller so he could strike the sedan chair with Three-Burst Poison Sky Stars.
• Fenglin said the group should flee south into the Heavenly Kings' Mausoleum while he stayed behind to hold off the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master.
• Fenglin identified the Cave Master as a Si Ox Horn and said he would awaken his spirit.

Daoist Fenglin summoned ancient Yin Soldiers to help Ren Ye and the others escape, then wounded the Heavenly Rhino Shuttle in a clash with the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master. As pursuers followed them into the Dragon Lord Mausoleum, a violent tremor sent a surge of black mist toward Ren Ye’s group, and the Human Emperor Seal appeared to protect him.

• Fenglin scattered Black Beans that transformed into Yin Soldiers and ordered Ren Ye and the others to flee into the Heavenly Kings' Mausoleum.
• Fenglin clashed with the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master, struck the Heavenly Rhino Shuttle with a mysterious technique, and escaped after injuring it.
• The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master ordered his followers to pursue Ren Ye and the others deeper into the mausoleum despite the shuttle’s damage.
• Ren Ye’s group reached the Dragon Lord Mausoleum, where Ren Ye recognized the place near the Formless Tree and considered using what Fenglin had warned him about.
• A massive tremor shook Immortality Mountain, and black mist surged toward Ren Ye’s group as the Human Emperor Seal flew out and hovered before him.

Ren Ye and his companions took shelter in the Dragon Lord Mausoleum after black energy engulfed Immortality Mountain, and they reunited with Daoist Fenglin inside. Meanwhile, Ba Wu received orders to rescue Little Prince Huai and escort him to the Capital, while the cause of the mountain’s upheaval remained unknown.

• The Human Emperor Seal shielded Ren Ye, Old Liu, Xu Bangzi, Er Leng, and Ai Fei from the deadly black energy as they advanced toward the Dragon Lord Mausoleum.
• Xu Bangzi spotted the mausoleum’s open gate, and Ren Ye decided the group should shelter inside rather than face the pursuers outside.
• Fenglin emerged from the black energy and joined the others as they entered the tomb, whose gate then shut behind them.
• In the Entrance Chamber, Ren Ye recognized the little girl depicted beside Three Young Dragons in the intact mural, while Fenglin said someone had tampered with something inside the Witch God Altar.
• Ba Wu accepted the secret decree to lead troops to Loushan Pass and rescue Little Prince Huai with Wang Shantang, then told the Steward to keep Wu Pangzi from bringing up the six-million-Star-Source land purchase.

Ba Wu and Wang Shantang moved to rescue Little Prince Huai after learning he was trapped on Immortality Mountain, while Wu Pangzi used the imperial response to press Ba Wu’s steward about their deal. Ren Ye’s group became the talk of Funan County after surviving the encirclement and the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master’s attack, and they reached an open coffin inside the Dragon Lord Mausoleum.

• Ba Wu interpreted the emperor’s edict as prioritizing Little Prince Huai’s safety and split his forces, sending his deputy general toward Immortality Mountain while he marched for Loushan Pass.
• Wu Pangzi agreed to pay Ba Wu’s steward six million Star Source and reminded him that he wanted Ba Wu’s help securing land in the Southern Border for Prince Huai.
• People in Funan County gathered to watch black qi rise from Immortality Peak and heard that Little Prince Huai’s six-person group had killed dozens of supernatural ability users and survived the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master’s attack.
• Wang Shantang’s guard reported that Ren Ye’s group had killed hundreds of supernatural ability users, escaped into the mausoleum grounds, and damaged the spiritual essence in the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master’s shuttle.
• Ren Ye and his companions walked through the Dragon Lord Mausoleum and found a main burial chamber with an enormous open coffin.

Ren Ye and his companions discovered that Ao Yin’s mausoleum had been plundered and heard Fenglin explain the Dragon Lord’s political downfall. When Ren Ye tried to close Ao Yin’s coffin, azure light entered him and delivered a message about the Migration Land, a gate, and the Thousand-Mile Coiling Dragon; the group then questioned where the mausoleum’s Witch Spirit had gone.

• Ren Ye and the others found Ao Yin’s coffin overturned, a broken stele, and a passage dug into the chamber wall.
• Er Leng identified Ao Yin as the Southern Border’s last Dragon Lord, and Fenglin recounted how the sovereign stripped him of his rank and confined him until his death.
• Ren Ye found Ao Yin’s decayed corpse in the coffin and tried to replace its lid.
• Azure light emerged from Ao Yin’s corpse as Ren Ye’s Destiny flowed into it, and the light entered Ren Ye’s brow with a message about the Migration Land and the Thousand-Mile Coiling Dragon.
• Ren Ye told the group what he had heard, and Fenglin wondered why Ao Yin’s clan Witch Spirit was absent and whether his inheritance had gone to the Southern Border.

Ren Ye and the others repaired a teleportation array in the Dragon Lord’s tomb and escaped to Funan County. They found an invitation from Commander-in-Chief Wang Shantang for Little Prince Huai to enter the county and talk.

• Ren Ye’s group explored the tomb, found no other way forward, and learned that Fenglin could not safely probe beyond the sealed door.
• The six entered a robbers’ tunnel and discovered a damaged teleportation array that Fenglin and Xu Qingzhao identified as an exit prepared by someone familiar with the tomb.
• Ren Ye agreed to use the array, and Fenglin and Xu Qingzhao repaired it before teleporting the group away.
• The group emerged from a dry well in Funan County, where Fenglin ordered Er Leng to erase traces of the array.
• Xu Bangzi found an arrow carrying Wang Shantang’s invitation for Little Prince Huai to enter the county for a conversation.

Ren Ye and his companions hid in Funan County while officials sealed the routes, and they decided to wait for imperial forces rather than trust Wang Shantang. Wang Shantang secretly ambushed and killed Guo Zheng and the Golden Qilin Owl Guards, while Li Yan arrived at Loushan Pass with another group seeking Little Prince Huai.

• Er Leng and Xu Bangzi reported that soldiers had sealed Funan County’s gates, so Ren Ye’s group chose to hide in the Eternal Night Divine Ship and wait for more imperial officials to arrive.
• Wang Shantang learned that Guo Zheng and five Golden Qilin Owl Guards had come from Hezhou Prefecture under a secret edict to rescue Little Prince Huai.
• Wang Shantang lured Guo Zheng and the others into the watchtower, attacked them, and helped six black-robed figures kill them.
• Wang Shantang used Guo Zheng’s severed head to mask the stench from his body as the black-robed group prepared to search southwest for the formation disturbance.
• Li Yan arrived at Loushan Pass disguised among a group sent to investigate the Immortality Mountain case, and Xun Yao identified him as a virgin in front of the crowd.

Li Yan learned that the operation in Loushan Pass aimed to capture Little Prince Huai and gave up seeking the Azure Dragon Book Slip so he could help Ren Ye. Meanwhile, Wang Shantang planned to flush Little Prince Huai out by terrorizing Funan County, and Li Yan prepared to send a message.

• Xun Yao told Li Yan that the gathered Supernatural Ability Users were lying in wait for Little Prince Huai, who was believed to be leaving Funan.
• Li Yan realized Ren Ye was entangled in the operation and decided to abandon his pursuit of the Azure Dragon Book Slip.
• Wang Shantang received Li Yan and the other experts at Loushan Pass while more hired fighters were expected to arrive.
• Wang Shantang told Xu Ersan that Little Prince Huai had likely teleported into Funan County and ordered civilians killed to force him out of hiding.
• Li Yan told one of his followers to leave and deliver a message.

The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master cared for his frail young son while awaiting orders to return to the county town. Aboard the Eternal Night Divine Ship, Fenglin told Ren Ye that his path to expanding Qingliang Prefecture lay north, not through negotiations with the Southern Border.

• The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master fed his son a simple meal and promised they would go outside to see the sunshine soon.
• A disciple brought word from Loushan Pass, and the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master ordered Third Grade experts selected for their descent in half an hour.
• Ren Ye told Fenglin that Qingliang Prefecture was too weak to engage with the Southern Border's court and explained his plan to expand south through diplomacy.
• Fenglin explained that the Southern Border's ruler would not cede territory because doing so would sacrifice national Destiny.
• Fenglin pointed north and declared that, with him there, the road north was open.

Ren Ye and Er Leng investigated the soldiers searching for their hiding place and tried to learn whether the Southern Border's sovereign had issued a decree. At the town gate, Ren Ye recognized a fortune-telling stall whose inscriptions named Ren Daguo and Ren Qingning, and the old fortune-teller handed him a message that stunned him.

• Ren Ye and Er Leng disguised themselves and left the Eternal Night Divine Ship after spotting Celestial Surveillance Bureau sorcerers searching near it.
• Ren Ye suspected that Guan Feng's forces had taken control of Funan County and decided to seek information in town.
• Ren Ye and Er Leng waited at an inn, then followed a lone Hundred-Household Commander toward the northern gate to question him.
• At the gate, Ren Ye stopped when he saw a fortune-telling stall bearing the names Ren Daguo and Ren Qingning.
• After Er Leng paid five hundred Star Source, the fortune-teller gave Ren Ye a slip of paper, and Ren Ye exclaimed that Heaven had not abandoned him.

Ren Ye reunited with Li Yan’s allies in Loushan Pass and prepared to sneak his group out, but their plan was interrupted when soldiers began arresting civilians. Wang Shantang revealed that he intended to execute ordinary people to frighten the townsfolk into helping capture Prince Huai, and ordered local officials to take the blame.

• Ren Ye received Li Yan’s note and met Mo Youqian, who confirmed that Li Yan was inside Loushan Pass and explained that Xu Ersan had brought their group there.
• Ren Ye learned that dozens of Third Grade Supernatural Ability Users were gathered in the pass and agreed to Mo Youqian’s plan to disguise his companions and escape through the gate.
• Er Leng brought Ai Fei, Old Liu, Fenglin, and Xu Bangzi to meet Ren Ye, and the group changed into black robes before heading into the pass with Mo Youqian.
• The group heard townspeople report that soldiers were arresting civilians and went to the gate tower, where Ren Ye saw prisoners being driven forward.
• Wang Shantang explained that he was arresting civilians to make the townspeople fear Prince Huai and help find him, then ordered county officials to stage the executions and play the villains.

Geng Zhong challenged Wang Shantang’s order to execute civilians without evidence, but Wang had him beheaded after supernatural ability users forced the officials to their knees. Wang then led the officials to the gate tower to oversee the executions, where Ren Ye and Mo Youqian arrived as a black-and-white sedan chair entered Funan County.

• Wang Shantang ordered the execution of suspected civilian accomplices and threatened to implicate their families, prompting Geng Zhong to question his authority and the lack of evidence.
• Geng Zhong refused to oversee the executions and accused Wang Shantang of forging an imperial decree and intending to rebel.
• Wang Shantang’s supernatural ability users forced the officials to their knees, and Wang beheaded Geng Zhong when he continued to denounce him.
• Wang Shantang showed the decree and ordered the remaining officials to accompany him to the gate tower, where more than a hundred civilians were held for execution.
• Ren Ye arrived and started to act, but Mo Youqian restrained him and urged him to wait until the crowd dispersed.
• A black-and-white sedan chair entered Funan County near Loushan Pass.

Wei Xing staged the execution of more than a hundred commoners to force Prince Huai Ren Ye to reveal himself. Ren Ye intervened, killed He Fei with a sword that split Loushan Pass, and openly challenged the forces behind the plot.

• Wei Xing ordered Wang Shantang to announce the execution of the commoners and demand that residents help find Little Prince Huai.
• He Fei prepared to kill an innocent woodcutter, and the woodcutter’s daughter ran onto the execution ground to beg for her father’s life.
• Ren Ye stepped forward despite Mo Youqian’s warning and used an Ancient Sword to kill He Fei and pierce the gate tower and wall at Loushan Pass.
• Ren Ye rescued the girl, put on his princely robes, identified himself as Prince Huai, and declared that he accepted the game plotted by Great Qian and the Southern Border rebels.
• A Supernatural Ability User and three helpers attacked Ren Ye, but his Night Walker killed the first attacker with one punch as Ren Ye challenged the rest to come at him together.

Ren Ye and Night Walker overwhelmed Loushan Pass’s defenders, prompting seven Fourth Grade users and nearly a hundred Third Grade users to attack. As Fenglin and the others joined the fight, Li Yan secretly turned on Wei Xing and began using the Soul-Binding Technique.

• Night Walker killed the three Third Grade Supernatural Ability Users who had flown from the gatehouse, then healed his wounds with silver liquid.
• The defenders learned that Night Walker was a Fourth Grade corpse puppet, and Wei Xing ordered the forces at Loushan Pass to surround and attack Ren Ye.
• Li Baishou and Madam Chishui prepared to restrain Night Walker while the attackers rushed Ren Ye, who detonated a poisoned pellet and killed seven or eight Supernatural Ability Users.
• Fenglin and the others joined the battle, while Li Yan arranged for Old Liu to knock him back into the gatehouse.
• Li Yan rose behind Wei Xing and began casting the Soul-Binding Technique, saying he would help Ren Ye make his name known throughout the Southern Border.

Li Yan exposed Wei Xing’s possession of Wang Shantang’s corpse and began extracting Wei Xing’s true soul, while Ren Ye’s taunts forced the magistrate to open Loushan Pass and lead the defenders into battle. As the fighting spread, the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master arrived with more than a thousand Supernatural Ability Users and emerged after sensing Li Yan’s fourth-grade strength.

• Li Yan bound Wei Xing, used talismans to reveal Wang Shantang’s decaying corpse, and drew Wei Xing’s true soul toward an ancient cauldron’s phantom.
• Ren Ye shouted that Wang Shantang had been dead and accused the gate officers of ignoring the impostor and a false Imperial Edict.
• The magistrate declared Wang Shantang murdered, ordered the pass opened, and led Funan County’s troops out to fight the attackers.
• The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master arrived at Loushan Pass in a Black-and-White Sedan Chair with more than a thousand Supernatural Ability Users and stepped out after sensing a fourth-grade expert.

Li Yan nearly captured Wei Xing’s true soul before the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master intervened and shattered his phantom cauldron with the Heavenly Rhino Shuttle. Refusing to back down, Li Yan unleashed the full power of his physical body and challenged the Cave Master to withstand three punches, leaving the battle poised to erupt.

• Li Yan used the phantom cauldron to draw out Wei Xing’s true soul, but the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master attacked before he could imprison it.
• The Heavenly Rhino Shuttle broke the phantom cauldron, disrupted Li Yan’s Star Source Power, and left him injured while Wei Xing escaped with a badly weakened soul.
• Wei Xing urged the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master to kill or capture Li Yan, but the Cave Master silenced him and offered Li Yan a chance to step aside.
• Li Yan told Ren Ye that he would carve out a foothold for him in the Southern Border, then revealed a tremendous surge of physical power.
• Li Yan challenged the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master to withstand three punches that would shatter the Si Ox Horn, then leaped toward him and vanished from sight.

Li Yan defeated the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master with three punches, then used the Primordial Golden Dipper and his physical strength to devastate Wei Xing’s reinforcements. As the battle continued at Loushan Pass, Ren Ye sent Old Liu and Er Leng away with the Formless Fruit and Thousand Poisons Manual while a large cavalry force approached.

• Li Yan struck the Heavenly Rhino Shuttle twice, then broke the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master’s arm in a direct clash and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Li Yan turned toward Wei Xing, who called for the Five Sons of Mud Mountain and more than a dozen Celestial Surveillance Bureau experts to attack.
• Li Yan summoned the Primordial Golden Dipper and fought Lanyue and Xie Ling, capturing Lanyue with its golden light and pulverizing Xie Ling.
• Li Yan tore apart eight Celestial Surveillance Bureau Daoists, while the survivors fled.
• Ren Ye gave the Formless Fruit, the Thousand Poisons Manual, and other items to Old Liu and Er Leng, ordering them to return quietly to Qingliang Prefecture.
• A vast force of cavalry bearing the character Ba thundered along the road toward Loushan Pass.