Chapter Summaries

Lianshan Xin uncovered the Prince of Donghai’s scheme to use Old Fei’s poisons on captured martial artists, then brought Liu Chen to confront his former teacher in the estate’s secret dungeon. The chapter ended with Old Fei suddenly poisoned while Liu Chen refused to kill his own master.

• Lianshan Xin learned from Feng Muchi that Old Fei had been seen entering the secret chamber in the rear garden.
• Lianshan Xin overheard the Prince of Donghai and He Canghai discuss their plan to recruit Jianghu forces and obtain information about the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade.
• Lianshan Xin asked Liu Chen to help stop the danger Old Fei’s work posed to the Eastern Capital, and Liu Chen agreed to go with him.
• He Canghai persuaded He Miaoyin to leave the Eastern Capital to search for the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade, while concealing his own intentions.
• Lianshan Xin used the Heir Apparent’s Token to enter the secret dungeon with Liu Chen and found captured martial artists being used in poison experiments.
• Lianshan Xin confronted Old Fei, who suddenly realized he had been poisoned, while Liu Chen said he could not kill his teacher.

Lianshan Xin and Liu Chen uncovered Old Fei’s poison scheme in the Prince of Donghai’s dungeon, where Liu Chen exposed his former teacher and revealed the broader Poison Dao. After Old Fei died, Liu Chen agreed to cure the captured martial artists and infiltrate the estate in Old Fei’s guise, leaving Lianshan Xin poised to strike.

• Old Fei realized that Liu Chen had poisoned him, and Liu Chen revealed himself as his former disciple.
• Liu Chen rejected Old Fei’s plea to live as a poisonous puppet and explained how his teacher’s poisons fell short of his own.
• Liu Chen described poison as the mortal desires and ambitions that drive people, and Old Fei killed himself after recognizing that he had followed the wrong path.
• Lianshan Xin ordered Liu Chen to cure the captured martial artists and keep them hidden until they could turn against the Prince of Donghai.
• Lianshan Xin transformed Liu Chen into Old Fei so he could infiltrate the estate, and he prepared for the coming slaughter.

On the eve of the Demon Cult’s Ullambana Festival and Xia Xunxiu and Shen Siwei’s wedding, Lianshan Xin and his allies reviewed their plans while Zhuo Biyu uncovered He Canghai’s scheme to infiltrate the Demon Cult. The chapter ended with Shui Zhongxing agreeing to turn the Prince of Donghai’s plot against him and make the rival powers clash.

• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun reviewed their disguises, preparations, and concerns ahead of the Demon Cult’s festival and the Society of Light’s gathering at the Prince of Donghai’s Estate.
• Qi Shiyun returned to the Shen Residence after discussing the next day’s plans, while Zhuo Biyu stayed behind at the Demon Cult headquarters.
• He Canghai offered the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade to the Demon Cult in exchange for its help taking revenge on the Prince of Donghai’s Estate.
• Zhuo Biyu told Shui Zhongxing that He Canghai had helped the Prince of Donghai destroy the He Clan and was now trying to lure the Demon Cult into a trap.
• Zhuo Biyu proposed turning the Prince of Donghai’s scheme against him and blaming He Canghai, and Shui Zhongxing agreed.

On the twentieth day after Bone-Scraping Blade’s death, Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun carried out their plan to use a wedding at the Prince of Donghai’s Estate to strike at the Prince. The Prince discovered signs of a trap and prepared countermeasures, but he drank the specially prepared wine as the newlyweds were escorted away.

• Tian Ji and Zhuo Biyu discussed the uncertain support of Shui Zhongxing and the limited usefulness of the Eastern Capital’s troops before the planned assault.
• Lianshan Xin wore Xia Xunxiu’s face and wedding robes, and Tian Ji gave him and the others auspicious fortunes from a rigged fortune-stick cylinder.
• Shen Miaoshu warned the Prince of Donghai that Shen Siwei and Shen Shurong had been replaced and that Shui Zhongxing might disrupt the wedding; the Prince decided the marriage rites would proceed and ordered Old Fei to check the food and wine.
• Lianshan Xin learned that the Prince had become suspicious and warned Qi Shiyun that Old Fei was to drug the wedding banquet; they confirmed their identities with a secret passphrase and agreed to adapt their plan.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun completed the wedding rites while the Prince assigned guards to watch one another, then the Prince drank the prepared wine containing the Incense of the master of the Unjust Way.

On his wedding night, Lianshan Xin helped Qi Shiyun fake her collapse while poisoning the Prince of Donghai, then accused the prince of being Thousand Faces after a chaotic attack. The prince’s poisoning and the arrival of the Demon Cult’s Right Envoy turned the banquet into a public confrontation, which Lianshan Xin pushed further by exposing her supposed hiding place.

• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun drank their nuptial wine, and Qi Shiyun pretended to pass out so she could slip away while Lianshan Xin gained the Prince of Donghai’s trust.
• The Prince of Donghai seized the disguised Tian Ji, whom he accused of being Thousand Faces impersonating Xie Ciyuan, after claiming the real Xie Ciyuan was dead.
• The Heir Apparent’s Wife attacked the Prince of Donghai with her Phoenix Hairpin, and Lianshan Xin and Liu Chen helped Tian Ji escape while wounding the prince.
• After the poisoned Prince of Donghai spat black blood, Lianshan Xin accused him of being Thousand Faces, and Liu Chen fought him with the Black Saber.
• Lianshan Xin recognized that Shen Miaoshu was likely the Demon Cult’s Right Envoy and publicly accused her of plotting with Thousand Faces.

At the Prince of Donghai's wedding, Lianshan Xin exposed Shen Miaoshu as the Demon Cult's Right Envoy, and a poisoning scheme turned the gathering into a battle. The Prince of Donghai's allies and enemies clashed, while Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui killed He Canghai as he tried to join the Demon Cult forces outside.

• Lianshan Xin exposed Shen Miaoshu's identity, rallied the guests against her, and accused the Demon Cult of poisoning everyone when they began vomiting blood.
• A Demon Cult member produced a Black Maitreya Buddha Statue and demanded that the poisoned guests swear loyalty to Maitreya; the Prince of Donghai charged Lianshan Xin, while Shen Miaoshu attacked and Shui Zhongxing intervened to fight her.
• He Miaoyin stabbed He Canghai with an imitation Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade, and Lin Ruoshui revealed herself and confronted him.
• He Canghai fled the estate and met Shui Zhongxing and a group of Demon Cult disciples, then agreed to lead them back in a surprise attack.
• Qi Shiyun struck He Canghai's existing wound as Lin Ruoshui unleashed her domain, and the two Demon Wombs killed him.

Lin Ruoshui and Qi Shiyun killed He Canghai while Shui Zhongxing helped Shen Miaoshu escape the estate. Lianshan Xin, Lin Ruoshui, and Qi Shiyun combined their Primordial Spirit powers to face the Prince of Donghai, who was left confronting their family’s united attack.

• Lin Ruoshui drained He Canghai’s body, and Qi Shiyun delivered finishing blows to ensure he was dead.
• Qi Shiyun revealed her demonic aura to the Demon Cult elites outside the Prince of Donghai's Estate while Lin Ruoshui returned inside.
• Shui Zhongxing and Shen Miaoshu agreed to retreat, and Shui Zhongxing chased after her while pretending to pursue her as an enemy.
• Lin Ruoshui told Lianshan Xin that He Canghai was dead, and the group focused on defeating the weakened Prince of Donghai.
• Lin Ruoshui lent her Primordial Spirit’s power to Lianshan Xin, who used their combined strength to break the Prince of Donghai’s palm strike.
• Qi Shiyun joined Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui, and the three Demon Wombs charged the Prince of Donghai together.

Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Liu Chen defeated the Prince of Donghai, who died insisting he was Thousand Faces. The Prince revealed that the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade might have gone with He Clan survivors to Jiangzhou, but Jiang Buping later reported that the blade had appeared in the Western Capital.

• Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Liu Chen fought the Prince of Donghai, using their family combination technique to overwhelm him.
• The Prince of Donghai surrendered as Thousand Faces and told Lianshan Xin that a surviving He Clan group had fled toward Jiangzhou, possibly carrying the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade.
• The Prince of Donghai launched a final self-destructive attack, but Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Liu Chen survived and killed him.
• Lin Ruoshui helped the injured Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun, while Liu Chen began organizing the aftermath at the estate.
• Lianshan Xin met Jiang Buping, who revealed that the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade had appeared in the Western Capital the previous day.

Lianshan Xin learned that He Hongye had the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and discovered her old connection to Qi Shiyun. After killing the Prince of Donghai, his Dragon Subduers Immortal Art produced a Spiritual Energy vortex, while Jiang Buping left to pursue the Demon Cult’s Right Envoy.

• Jiang Buping told Lianshan Xin that He Hongye and the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade had appeared in the Western Capital, then offered to kill the Demon Cult’s Right Envoy for abandoning the Prince of Donghai.
• Lianshan Xin returned to his room to heal, and Maitreya explained that killing the politically significant Prince of Donghai had caused the Dragon Subduers Immortal Art to reward him with a Spiritual Energy vortex.
• Maitreya described Lianshan Xin’s cultivation as an extraordinary advantage in the End of the Dharma Era, and Lin Ruoshui refused his offer to teach her the Dragon Subduers Immortal Art.
• Lin Ruoshui told Lianshan Xin that He Hongye had once been renowned as the Second-Place Graduate alongside Qi Shiyun, until Qi Shiyun abandoned her and He Hongye left the capital.

Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui discussed the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and the dangers of pursuing it, while Liu Chen reported on his schemes and the upcoming Ullambana Festival. After Lianshan Xin reunited with Qi Shiyun and their friends, Jiang Buping arrived carrying Shen Miaoshu’s head and warned them that their Jianghu ideals could end in death.

• Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui discussed He Hongye’s obscured reputation, the possibility that the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade’s appearance was a trap, and Lianshan Xin’s resolve to recover the family heirloom.
• Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui conceived a child, and Liu Chen later observed that Lianshan Xin’s injuries had healed rapidly.
• Liu Chen told Lianshan Xin that the Jianghu captives would become puppets without continued antidotes, and Lianshan Xin agreed to take part in the Ullambana Festival to gather intelligence on the Demon Cult’s new Elders.
• Lianshan Xin visited Qi Shiyun, where his friends discussed the Dragon Subjugation Lineage’s rapid cultivation and dangerous training.
• Jiang Buping arrived carrying Shen Miaoshu’s head, praised Kong Ningyuan’s progress, and warned Lianshan Xin and his friends that their heroic ideals could lead them all to die.

After Shen Miaoshu’s death, Lianshan Xin’s group planned to exploit her identity and the Demon Cult’s influence while preparing for a confrontation with the major clans. At the Ullambana Festival, Lianshan Xin convinced Shui Zhongxing to help him kill people the next day, though Shui Zhongxing suspected his loyalties.

• Lianshan Xin argued that Great Grandmasters could end wars through decapitation tactics, then warned Kong Ningyuan not to let the Unfair Great Dao consume him.
• The group decided Lin Ruoshui would impersonate Shen Miaoshu, while Tian Ji would contact the major clans as Xie Ciyuan and prepare for the Society of Light gathering.
• Kong Ningyuan reported that Shui Zhongxing had witnessed Shen Miaoshu’s death, so Lianshan Xin decided to approach him at the Ullambana Festival.
• Lianshan Xin, Lin Ruoshui, and Zhuo Biyu met Shui Zhongxing, who accepted Lianshan Xin as the Cult Master’s chosen Young Master after Lianshan Xin used the Demon Womb’s aura to prove his identity.
• Lianshan Xin asked Shui Zhongxing to help him kill people the next day; Shui Zhongxing sensed that Lianshan Xin might still be loyal to Nine Heavens but agreed after Zhuo Biyu invoked the Cult Master’s authority.

Shui Zhongxing accepted Lianshan Xin’s authority but sent Jiang Jingzhan to assist him while keeping his distance. At Yunqi Villa, Lianshan Xin used Thunderclap Bombs to destroy the gathering of the Ten Great Clans, leaving Tian Ji stunned by how quickly the meeting ended.

• Shui Zhongxing warned Jiang Jingzhan that Domain Realm fighters could now kill Great Grandmasters and ordered him not to offend Lianshan Xin.
• Lianshan Xin, Lin Ruoshui, and Zhuo Biyu surveyed the Demon Cult, while Tian Ji and Qi Shiyun persuaded the clan representatives to appoint Xie Ciyuan as their spokesman.
• Lianshan Xin set out for Yunqi Villa with Lin Ruoshui and Liu Chen, then met Jiang Jingzhan’s Demon Cult disciples outside the estate and ordered them to guard its perimeter.
• He Miaoyin confirmed that she had buried Thunderclap Bombs around Yunqi Villa, and Qi Shiyun reported that the intended guests had arrived and the unwanted people had been cleared out.
• After Lianshan Xin’s party retreated, He Miaoyin played her jade flute to trigger the bombs, razing Yunqi Villa and leaving Tian Ji astonished.

Lianshan Xin used Thunderclap Bombs to destroy the Society of Light’s gathering in the Eastern Capital, then arranged for survivors, witnesses, and political fallout to be handled. With Eastern Capital affairs settled, he prepared to travel to the Western Capital, while other characters pursued their own plans.

• Lianshan Xin’s forces bombarded Yunqi Villa, and he sent Jiang Jingzhan and the Demon Cult disciples to kill the Society of Light’s surviving members, including wounded Great Grandmasters.
• Lianshan Xin impersonated Shui Zhongxing to draw out a hidden Great Grandmaster; Jiang Jingzhan killed a Great Grandmaster of the Jiang Family, while the real Shui Zhongxing was prevented from silencing witnesses and accepted a Nine Heavens Heaven Walker Retainer file.
• Lianshan Xin met with his companions at the Prince of Donghai’s Estate, learned that Shui Zhongxing and the Demon Cult would accept blame and avoid trouble, and left Peacock Wisdom King for him to handle.
• Kong Ningyuan planned to remain in the Eastern Capital to expand the Unjust Way, Zhuo Biyu stayed to pursue her Demon Cult assignment, and Lianshan Xin set out for the Western Capital with Tian Ji and Qi Shiyun.
• In Jiangzhou, Thousand Faces told Jiang Buping that she would take Xia Xunyang to the Western Capital for her father’s sixtieth birthday, and Lianshan Jingcheng told He Miaojun he had delivered medicinal herbs to He Hongye.

Lianshan Xin learned that He Hongye was transporting the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and traveled to the Western Capital with Qi Shiyun, Tian Ji, and Lin Ruoshui. As they approached the city, Qi Shiyun revealed romantic entanglements with several powerful Western Capital figures, including the Unjust Way Saintess, leaving the group facing a complicated search for He Hongye.

• Lianshan Xin questioned Lianshan Jingcheng about his connection to He Hongye, and He Miaojun recognized He Hongye as a famous escort chief from the Jianghu.
• Liu Chen reported the Eastern Capital's unrest had been resolved, and Emperor Yongchang and the Heavenly Queen agreed to help Lianshan Xin find the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade in the Western Capital.
• He Miaoyin promised the Crown Prince she would reopen the Wondrous Sound House and told him that Lianshan Xin had urged him to protect his health and have a child.
• Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, Tian Ji, and Lin Ruoshui discussed the Western Capital's rival factions, including the Shen Family and the Unjust Way.
• Qi Shiyun admitted she had three other exes in the Western Capital, including a Shen Family woman and the Unjust Way Saintess, and warned that revealing herself could cause trouble.
• Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui practiced Joyful Zen as the group arrived at Western Capital City.

Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Tian Ji entered Western Capital City to investigate the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and the missing He Hongye. Near the Red Leaf Escort Agency, Lianshan Xin encountered a woman whose Bewitching Art triggered his talent, revealing her connection to the supposedly dead Bone-Scraping Blade.

• Qi Shiyun led Lianshan Xin and Tian Ji into Western Capital City, where a gate soldier warned them that martial artists had gathered over the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade.
• Lin Ruoshui parted from the group to meet the Unjust Way's holy maiden for a duel, which Qi Shiyun said was connected to her closeness with Lin Ruoshui.
• Qi Shiyun took Lianshan Xin and Tian Ji through the bustling Western Capital and explained why its trade and wealth differed from the Eastern Capital's.
• Qi Shiyun brought Lianshan Xin to the Red Leaf Escort Agency to seek information and possibly draw out greedy martial artists, while Tian Ji watched from behind.
• A woman skilled in the Bewitching Art approached Lianshan Xin, and his talent revealed a memory of her begging Bone-Scraping Blade not to make her practice his cultivation method because she was a man.

Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun met Deng Xiaoxian, the Bone-Scraping Blade’s disciple, and learned he had inherited arts from both the Holy Cult and the Dao Court’s Dual Cultivation Way. Deng Xiaoxian revealed that He Hongye and the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade had disappeared, then prepared to meet Tang Huansha, unaware that Qi Shiyun was standing beside him in disguise.

• Lianshan Xin recognized Deng Xiaoxian as the Bone-Scraping Blade’s disciple and identified himself and Qi Shiyun as members of the Holy Cult.
• Deng Xiaoxian explained that the Bone-Scraping Blade had arranged for him to inherit the Dual Cultivation Way’s supreme arts alongside his Holy Cult training.
• Deng Xiaoxian said He Hongye had disbanded the Red Leaf Escort Agency and vanished with the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade.
• Deng Xiaoxian revealed that He Hongye had accepted the escort job using a commission bearing Qi Shiyun’s token, and Qi Shiyun asked Lianshan Xin to investigate the impersonation.
• Deng Xiaoxian announced that he planned to meet Tang Huansha and use his reputation as the Soul-Severing Sword to lure and kill Qi Shiyun.
• A messenger announced that Tang Huansha had arrived to meet the Soul-Severing Sword.

Qi Shiyun, disguised as Gong Yuyi, befriended Tang Huansha while they discussed finding He Hongye and uncovering a plot tied to Qi Shiyun’s token. Deng Xiaoxian revealed that the woman who commissioned He Hongye’s escort went to the Shen Family, and he planned to investigate as the Princess Consort of Jiujiang and Xia Xunyang approached Western Capital City.

• Qi Shiyun reassured herself that her disguise as Gong Yuyi would fool Tang Huansha, then welcomed Tang into Deng Xiaoxian’s residence.
• Qi Shiyun and Tang Huansha bonded over their shared grievances against the Flower-Seeking Scholar and agreed to work together to find Qi Shiyun and He Hongye.
• Tang Huansha warned that the Unjust Way had many followers seeking the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade, while Lianshan Xin offered to help after Qi Shiyun was found.
• Qi Shiyun and Tang Huansha suspected that He Hongye’s perilous escort job might be a trap intended to draw Qi Shiyun to Western Capital City.
• Deng Xiaoxian revealed that a woman from Jiangzhou had used Qi Shiyun’s token to commission the escort and then gone to the Shen Family.
• Deng Xiaoxian said he would investigate the Shen Family and announced that the Princess Consort of Jiujiang and Xia Xunyang would soon arrive in Western Capital City.

Deng Xiaoxian sought Tang Huansha’s support for his plan against the Shen Clan, while Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Tian Ji realized Western Capital City’s gathering schemes might target the clan rather than the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade. Jiang Buping ordered the Unjust Way to support anyone who moved against the Shen Clan, and a beautiful woman arrived outside the city with Xia Xunyang.

• Deng Xiaoxian asked Tang Huansha to join his effort against the Shen Clan, and she agreed to bring Jiang Buping’s reply the next day.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun discussed Deng Xiaoxian’s interest in Xia Xunyang and suspected Deng might be Emperor Yongchang’s son.
• Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Tian Ji concluded that the Shen Clan’s birthday gathering could become a major plot and considered joining the attack against the clan.
• Jiang Buping told Tang Huansha that Deng Xiaoxian was likely acting with backing from other forces, then declared that the Unjust Way would support whoever tried to destroy the Shen Clan.
• A beautiful woman arrived at Western Capital City with Xia Xunyang.

Xia Xunyang and Thousand Faces arrived in Western Capital, where they discussed the Shen Family and the court’s possible plans against it. Meanwhile, Lianshan Xin and Deng Xiaoxian sought the Unjust Way’s help against the Shen Clan, learned He Hongye was hiding inside it, and ended with Lianshan Xin exposing Deng Xiaoxian’s true dragon bloodline.

• Xia Xunyang asked Thousand Faces to help him marry a Shen Family woman, but Thousand Faces told him to seek a different powerful ally and warned him to keep his distance from the Shen Family.
• Thousand Faces and Xia Xunyang reached Western Capital, where Shen Family members welcomed them, and Xia Xunyang planned to meet Lianshan Xin and his companions.
• Lianshan Xin showed Deng Xiaoxian two replicated invitations to the Shen Clan’s birthday banquet, while Tang Huansha relayed Jiang Buping’s condition that any attack spare innocents and avoid plunging the city into chaos.
• Tang Huansha told Lianshan Xin that He Hongye was hiding inside the Shen Clan, prompting him to plan a visit there.
• After Tang Huansha and Qi Shiyun left, Deng Xiaoxian tried to use lust-inducing true qi on Lianshan Xin, who countered with Imperial Family true qi and recognized Deng Xiaoxian’s true dragon bloodline.

Lianshan Xin discovered that Deng Xiaoxian possessed an imperial bloodline and learned about his Peace Charm, then recruited him to help destroy the Shen Clan. As Lianshan Xin and Tian Ji discussed the Shen Clan’s troubles, Gong Yuyi arrived in the Western Capital intending to join forces with Tang Huansha to eliminate traitors.

• Lianshan Xin defeated Deng Xiaoxian, learned that Jiang Ping'an had given him a Peace Charm, and concluded that Deng Xiaoxian carried a distant imperial bloodline.
• Lianshan Xin spared Deng Xiaoxian and urged him to continue his plan against the Shen Clan, while Deng Xiaoxian mistook him for the Demon Cult’s secret Holy Son.
• Tian Ji told Lianshan Xin that the Shen Clan’s Eldest Young Master had married a Peach Blossom Spring courtesan and that the Demon Cult might be moving against the Shen Clan.
• Tian Ji told Lianshan Xin that Madwoman Qi had returned with Tang Huansha, prompting his alarm at their plan to sleep foot to foot.
• Gong Yuyi and three companions arrived outside the Western Capital, and Gong Yuyi declared that she wanted to join forces with Tang Huansha to eliminate traitors.