Chapter Summaries

Yun Che helped Qin Yelan recover from her cultivation mishap, then examined the Divine Lotus Petal and continued using his Divine Fortune ability. The chapter left him discovering that Amu had awakened a unique S-rank talent.

• Yun Che calmed Qin Yelan’s rampaging spiritual energy, but she fell and sprained her ankle while trying to get dressed.
• Yun Che carried Qin Yelan to bed and gave her a Spring-Returning Pill, then ran into Ye Qingshuang while escorting her back.
• Yun Che put on the Snow Wraith robe, whose passive ability gave attacks a chance to miss, and studied the Divine Lotus Petal’s clone-summoning power.
• Yun Che grabbed items and attributes from the old gentlemen, including the ice spell Eight Methods of the Sacred Strike.
• Yun Che used Divine Fortune on Amu and discovered that he had awakened the unique S-rank talent Clear Mind and Calm Spirit.

Yun Che said farewell to Ning Yi, Situ Kong, and the Old Drunkard as they left to pursue their own goals, then traveled toward Tianjing City and consumed spirit fruits and medicines for experience. He broke through into the Pseudo-Emperor Realm but discovered that reaching the Emperor Realm would require fifty million experience points.

• Yun Che offered to help Ning Yi and Situ Kong, but they declined because he would soon take part in the Hundred Schools Elite Tournament.
• The Old Drunkard revealed that he was seeking a breakthrough, and Yun Che gave him a copy of the Emperor Heart Pill recipe to improve his chances.
• Ning Yi and Situ Kong departed, and the Old Drunkard followed after saying farewell to Han Chen and Xiao Shan.
• On his Flying Boat, Yun Che discovered that his Spirit-Devouring Body converted spirit fruits and medicines into experience points, though many tasted terrible.
• After two days of eating spirit medicines and fruits, Yun Che broke through to the Pseudo-Emperor Realm and saw that he needed fifty million experience points to reach the Emperor Realm.

Yun Che reached Tianjing City to retrieve Great General Zhang Tie’s bones and discovered he could use Divine Hand on the Soul Suppression Tower. While collecting rewards as he waited for nightfall, he obtained a Forbidden Item, the Evil Curse Hairpin.

• Yun Che arrived at the Divine Sun Empire’s capital, Tianjing City, and spotted the Soul Suppression Tower protected by a powerful formation.
• Yun Che used Divine Hand to learn how to open the Heavenly Origin Soul-Locking Formation without breaking it.
• Yun Che grabbed and released an emperor realm heroic spirit remnant soul, earning 30,000 righteousness points.
• Yun Che planned to sneak into the Soul Suppression Tower at night and steal Great General Zhang Tie’s bones, while grabbing rewards from passing martial artists at a tavern.
• Yun Che triggered Divine Blessing, which mutated an ordinary wooden hairpin into the Forbidden Item Evil Curse Hairpin.

Yun Che raided the Soul Suppression Tower, taking the remains of famous generals from other nations before fleeing from Divine Sun Empire experts. A hidden Void Venerable pursued him, but Yun Che used the Evil Curse Hairpin to strip the old man of every hair as the chase continued.

• Yun Che sneaked into the Soul Suppression Tower and released a King Realm heroic spirit, earning Righteousness Points.
• Yun Che killed the two King Realm Peak guards, broke the tower's lock, and took the funerary urns from its first six floors.
• Yun Che removed the remains of eighteen Emperor Realm generals from the seventh floor and stored them away.
• Two Emperor Realm experts confronted Yun Che outside the tower, but he escaped at high speed with the remains.
• A closed-eyed old man pursued Yun Che for several thousand li, and Yun Che used the Evil Curse Hairpin to rip out all the old man's hair.

Yun Che used the Three-Flame Soul-Chasing Dart against the Browless Old Man, then revealed the Gluttony Mask and fought back with powerful sword techniques. The Browless Old Man destroyed Yun Che’s attack, but Yun Che escaped beyond his spiritual perception.

• Yun Che threw the Three-Flame Soul-Chasing Dart at the Browless Old Man, severely wounding him and blowing off one of his arms.
• Yun Che attacked the wounded Browless Old Man with his fist, but the old man countered with his sword and sent Yun Che flying.
• The Divine Wood Throne restored Yun Che’s health, and he replaced the Owl Mask with the Gluttony Mask, startling the Browless Old Man.
• Yun Che challenged the Browless Old Man with the Controlling Thunder Sword and unleashed Sword Radiance in All Directions.
• The Browless Old Man shattered Yun Che’s sword attack, but Yun Che disappeared beyond the range of his spiritual perception.

After stealing Ai Ya’s arm and leaving him bald, Yun Che released heroic spirit remnant souls and used Divine Hand on them, gaining points, attributes, techniques, and other rewards. He ended the chapter with new cultivation arts, treasure-map information, and an S-rank smithing talent.

• The Browless Old Man realized Yun Che had taken his severed arm and raged, while Ai Ya’s brothers mocked his newly bald appearance.
• Yun Che burned the Browless Old Man’s arm, then opened urns and discovered that releasing remnant souls earned Righteousness Points and allowed him to use Divine Hand on them.
• Yun Che snatched rewards from more than a dozen remnant souls, including spirit, cultivation arts, Treasure Map information, and the glory craftsman talent, and advanced his Titan Enforcer class to level 6.
• Yun Che learned that the Treasure Map led to a Seven-Colored Treasure Chest guarded by an illusion-wielding demon and considered returning to the Great Yuan Imperial City to investigate its underground chamber.
• Yun Che selected the Great War Venerable Art, Greenwood Longevity Art, and Thunder Moon as cultivation arts, then examined his new smithing talent and its chance to forge Peerless Treasures.

Yun Che escorted Great General Zhang Tie’s remnant soul to Great Yuan, where they found the Zhang family estate in ruins and learned that Zhang Yuan had been taken away. Yun Che accepted Nuo Nuo’s quest to rescue him from the Lin Clan Martial Arts Hall.

• Zhang Tie revealed his identity, and Yun Che accepted a time-limited quest to escort him to Great Yuan and meet his descendants.
• Yun Che buried the urns and skeletons, then used Divine Hand on Zhang Tie during their journey and gained the mutated Interception Essence Sword.
• Yun Che and Zhang Tie reached the dilapidated Zhang residence, where they met Nuo Nuo, who said Zhang Yuan had been taken away and was in danger.
• Nuo Nuo issued a quest to rescue Zhang Yuan from the Lin Clan Martial Arts Hall, and Yun Che accepted and hurried there with her.

Lin Ken accused Zhang Yuan of stealing the Lin Clan Martial Arts Hall's cultivation art and ordered him expelled and crippled, but Zhang Tie exposed that the art had been taken from the Zhang Family. Zhang Yuan learned that Lin Ken had targeted him to eliminate the last surviving member of that family and killed him.

• Wu Jiahang dragged Zhang Yuan before Lin Ken and accused him of stealing the hall's cultivation art, and Lin Ken ordered Zhang Yuan's hands and feet crippled.
• Sun Zihan stopped Wu Jiahang and pleaded for an investigation, but Lin Ken still ordered Zhang Yuan's cultivation crippled and expelled him.
• Zhang Yuan broke free of Wu Jiahang and reached the peak of the Body Tempering Realm as Lin Ken moved to subdue him.
• Zhang Tie appeared, drove Lin Ken to his knees, and took the Mountain Peak Art manual from his robes.
• Lin Ken admitted how he had obtained the art, and Zhang Yuan realized Lin Ken had targeted him because he was the Zhang Family's last survivor.
• Zhang Yuan rushed at the immobilized Lin Ken and beheaded him.

Yun Che defeated Wu Jiahang, received Zhang Tie’s final gift, and collected rewards that unlocked the Reputation Shop and a 90%-off opportunity. After the Lin Clan Martial Arts Hall disbanded, he accepted Nuo Nuo’s hidden quest reward and left to open his Seven-Colored Treasure Chest.

• After Nuo Nuo identified Wu Jiahang, Yun Che slapped him down and Wu Jiahang’s attack failed.
• Zhang Tie passed Zhang Yuan a top-grade cultivation method and combat technique, then gave Yun Che 2,000 Spirit and asked him to look after his descendant before fading away.
• Yun Che received the SSS-rank quest rewards, a Seven-Colored Treasure Chest, access to the Reputation Shop, and a hidden 90%-off shopping opportunity.
• The Lin Clan Martial Arts Hall disbanded, and Wu Jiahang confessed that Lin Ken had ordered him to act; Zhang Yuan offered Sun Zihan a supreme-grade cultivation method.
• Nuo Nuo gave Yun Che a Smelting Stone as his C-rank quest reward, and he parted from the others before going to a teahouse to open his chest.

Yun Che used a Chaos Devouring Essence Stone to upgrade his fist gloves, then smelted his necklace and chose a special attribute to add to the gloves. He left for Falling Moon Academy to prepare for the Hundred Schools Elite Tournament, deciding to pursue the critical-hit attribute.

• Yun Che fused the Chaos Devouring Essence Stone with his Black Jade Spider-Silk Fist Gloves and fed the gloves supreme-grade Treasures until they reached top-grade.
• The top-grade gloves gained increased close-combat strength, extra damage from fist Combat Techniques, and a small chance to kill an opponent in one hit.
• Yun Che smelted the Nightheart Necklace with the Tear of Silver Dust to create the Heart of Night Dust necklace, then boarded the Silver Shuttle toward Falling Moon Academy.
• Yun Che ate a Pure Wild Dragon Palace Fruit and considered adding a special attribute to his gloves using materials with different effects and trigger rates.
• Yun Che chose the Piercing Sea Urchin Shell's critical-hit attribute because its 5% trigger chance could double his attack.

Yun Che used his S-rank forging talent to turn his materials into Treasures and blueprints, then redeemed the unique Give Me a Quest medal at a steep discount. He ended the chapter with the medal in hand.

• Yun Che forged the Black Jade Spider-Silk Fist Gloves and continued crafting Treasures, discovering that creating blueprints granted experience.
• Yun Che used up his materials over two days, creating three peerless-grade blueprints and several unusual Peerless Treasures, including the Great Ruler Heavy Sword, Night Demon Gauze Garment, and Crystal Pressure Cooker.
• Yun Che examined the reputation shop and focused on the unique Give Me a Quest medal, which could reveal NPC quests and their rewards.
• The system granted Yun Che a limited-time 90%-off purchase opportunity for being the first player to enter the reputation shop.
• Yun Che applied the discount and redeemed the Give Me a Quest medal for 100,000 reputation points.

Yun Che completed a hidden D-rank quest and gained experience before Qin Yelan asked him to help find a spirit flower to heal her father. He gave Qin Xiao a fifth-grade Profound Origin Pill instead, and Qin Xiao proposed marrying Yelan to Yun Che, prompting them to remind him that Yun Che was her brother-in-law.

• Yun Che lent Pan Xiaocui 300 copper coins, received the Spirit-Gathering Medallion, refined it for 3,000 experience points, and returned it to her.
• Yun Che entered the Qin Prince's Residence and accepted Qin Yelan's S-rank quest to find the Purple Sun Spirit Vein Flower in the Wuxia Mountains.
• Yun Che told Qin Yelan he could heal Qin Xiao without the journey and gave her a fifth-grade Profound Origin Pill for her father.
• Qin Yelan brought Yun Che to Qin Xiao, who received the pill and was delighted to learn it could repair his foundation and replenish his vitality.
• Qin Xiao proposed marrying Qin Yelan to Yun Che, and Qin Yelan and Yun Che reminded him that Yun Che was her brother-in-law.

Yun Che prepared to strengthen Falling Moon’s students before the Hundred Schools Elite Tournament while encouraging Qin Yelan about her prospects for awakening a talent. Meanwhile, Ye Feng used Situ Xue’s humiliating cultivation method to push toward the Grandmaster Realm.

• Qin Yelan interrupted Yun Che’s sleep and demanded that he help her cultivate before the tournament.
• Yun Che and Qin Yelan traveled to Falling Moon by carriage, and he told her that Ruan Caocao, Ye Feng, and Jiang Renhua might reach the Grandmaster Realm in the remaining nine days.
• Yun Che warned Qin Yelan that her recent cultivation deviation had set back her progress, but encouraged her to keep cultivating and said she might awaken a talent.
• Yun Che planned to bring Yun Jin to the tournament and make him suffer humiliation, while privately hoping Yun Jin had obtained a mysterious combat technique.
• Ye Feng cultivated with Situ Xue’s help, enduring her athlete’s foot to absorb humiliation and pursue a breakthrough to the Grandmaster Realm.

Yun Che accepted Er Dan’s quest to pluck and cook a rooster, earning a mysterious jade fish bone that unlocked a chain quest tied to the Divine Lotus Order. After Yun Che and Qin Yelan left, Er Dan’s parents revealed they were order members tasked with infiltrating the Imperial Tomb Secret Realm and realized their son had given away the fish bone.

• Yun Che spotted Er Dan’s hidden quest and accepted the boy’s request to pluck, kill, and cook Da Hei despite Qin Yelan’s objections.
• Yun Che used the Evil Curse Hairpin to remove Da Hei’s feathers, killed the rooster, and cooked it in his Crystal Pressure Cooker.
• Er Dan rewarded Yun Che with a Mysterious Jade Fish Bone, activating a quest to place it in the Spirit Cat Holy Lord’s statue at the Divine Lotus Order headquarters.
• Yun Che set the new quest aside because traveling to the headquarters would risk missing the Hundred Schools Elite Tournament.
• After Yun Che and Qin Yelan left, Yang Dujun and Xia Ningzhu returned and learned their son had arranged for Da Hei to be cooked.
• Yang Dujun and Xia Ningzhu discussed their assignment to infiltrate the Imperial Tomb Secret Realm, then discovered Er Dan had given away their Mysterious Jade Fish Bone.

Yun Che strengthened the academy’s students and extracted alchemy talent, poison resistance, Spirit, and agility while preparing for the approaching tournament. Han Chen warned him about powerful outside competitors, then sent him to Ye Qingshuang’s room under the pretense of repairing her defensive Treasure so he could bring the two closer.

• Yun Che coached Falling Moon Academy’s top students and urged them to secure tournament placings with their improved skills and equipment.
• Yun Che extracted B-rank alchemy talent from Huang Huihong, more poison resistance from Poison Spirit Flowers, and Spirit from the Death Spirit Flower.
• Yun Che extracted agility and experience from Han Chen, then learned that sects and Holy City families had sent powerful competitors to the tournament.
• Han Chen said Falling Moon would enter Yun Che and Ye Qingshuang in the mentor division because the other mentors were too weak to compete.
• Han Chen sent Yun Che to Ye Qingshuang’s room to repair her defensive Treasure, then admitted to Xiao Shan that he hoped to draw the two closer.

Yun Che repaired Ye Qingshuang’s damaged armor and gave her a daring top-grade set before traveling with the Academy delegation to Myriad Sword Peak for the Hundred Schools Elite Tournament. There, he suspected Yun Jin had obtained a great fortuitous opportunity and resolved to keep watching him.

• Han Chen suggested Ye Qingshuang might cultivate the Supreme Forgetfulness Sword, while Xiao Shan worried about the lonely path and its risk of madness.
• Yun Che used the Old Craftsman Brand Cauldron to fuse Ye Qingshuang’s spare armor into a supreme-grade White Silk Battle Garment and repair her other piece.
• Yun Che offered Ye Qingshuang a daring top-grade bikini-style defensive treasure, which she took despite saying she would not wear it.
• Seven days later, Yun Che, Ye Qingshuang, Han Chen, and the Academy delegation arrived at Myriad Sword Peak for the tournament.
• Yun Jin confidently told Yun Che he would place in the rankings and surpass him; Yun Che used Divine Hand on him but only gained experience points.

Yun Che and his companions arrived at Myriad Sword Peak for the competition, where Holy City prodigies looked down on the other powers. Ouyang Qing prepared to kill Yun Che with the World Dragon Seal, while several old acquaintances gathered around him after he disembarked.

• Yun Che ordered Situ Xue to leave the exhausted Ye Feng alone so he could rest before the competition.
• During the next two days aboard the Flying Boat, Yun Che extracted constitution and strength from Ye Feng.
• The Silver Shuttle arrived at Myriad Sword Peak, where Jin Jiusheng, Yi Sisi, and others discussed the competition and Li Feihen's threat.
• Ouyang Qing recognized Yun Che's Flying Boat and gave Ma Chao the World Dragon Seal, intending to suppress Yun Che and kill him.
• Yuezheng Xiangling, Li Muling, Duanmu Qiuyue, Wu Qingcheng, and Mi Luoli approached Yun Che after he disembarked.

Yun Che reunited with several acquaintances, gathered items from the tournament crowd, and hosted a meal before the elite tournament began. In the opening match, Gao Xin used her shovel technique to blind Sha Yan with dust and strike the back of his head, leaving the venue stunned.

• Yuezheng Xiangling, Li Muling, Duanmu Qiuyue, and Mi Luoli reunited with Yun Che and discussed their plans for the tournament.
• Yun Che used Divine Fortune's Turn to take the Heavy Star Disc from Li Feihen and increased his attributes by grabbing from nearby cultivators.
• Yun Che invited everyone to eat bowl chicken skewers, while Yun Jin grew unusually quiet and thoughtful.
• Huyan Tiancang announced the tournament rules, and Gao Xin drew the first match against Sha Yan of the Divine Sun Academy.
• Sha Yan charged Gao Xin, but her High Ancestor Shovel Technique's Squinting Eyes move sent dust into his face and let her get behind him.
• Gao Xin struck Sha Yan on the back of the head with her shovel, shocking the spectators and the emperors.

Falling Moon Academy shocked the competition as Gao Xin and Jiang Renhua won their matches, while Situ Xue used her foot-fume leg technique to challenge Holy City’s Yi Sisi. The tournament continued with the Holy City, Sacred Profound Sect, Divine Sword Sect, and Falling Moon Academy dominating, as Li Feihen brutalized opponents and many contestants conceded against him.

• Gao Xin defeated Sha Yan with an iron shovel whose spiritual energy had a chance to lock onto its target.
• Jiang Renhua broke Luo Feiyu’s sword with his Buddhist staff and knocked him out of the arena.
• The Holy City, Sacred Profound Sect, Divine Sword Sect, and Falling Moon Academy dominated the following matches, while Li Feihen crippled Zuo Chuan and prompted later opponents to concede.
• Ximen Changke, Don't Ask, and the Zhuang brothers lost their matches for Falling Moon Academy.
• Situ Xue used her foot-fume domain and Gale Leg Technique against Yi Sisi, who struggled to approach her.
• Yun Che explained to Ye Qingshuang that he had encouraged Situ Xue to embrace her embarrassing talent as a weapon.

Yun Che acquired Yun Jin’s forbidden Emperor Sword technique, while Feng Chu stunned the tournament by nearly defeating Holy City prodigy Li Feihen with a devastating sword strike. The chapter ended as Li Feihen, furious and humiliated, attacked Feng Chu again.

• Yi Sisi defeated Situ Xue by kicking her out of the athlete’s-foot domain, and Yun Che encouraged Situ Xue afterward.
• Yun Che used Divine Hand on Yun Jin and acquired the forbidden Emperor Sword technique as Yun Jin won his match with a Supreme-Grade Treasure.
• Zhang Wuji, Ruan Caocao, and Gao Xin lost to Holy City prodigies, while Qin Yelan advanced through her matches.
• Feng Chu faced Li Feihen, who challenged her after learning she had reached peak Grandmaster Realm.
• Feng Chu’s Divine Flame Sword Strike shattered Li Feihen’s sword and damaged his defensive Treasures, leaving him badly injured.
• Li Feihen interpreted Feng Chu’s praise as humiliation and attacked her again, shouting that she should die.