Chapter Summaries

Fang Yue fled the forest after a Hunting Falcon tracked him to the Dragon Meat, but Wu Yong and his men cornered him at a great river. Fang Yue defeated the Innate Grandmasters and killed Wu Yong and the remaining pursuers, leaving King Wu as a potential threat.

• Fang Yue sensed danger as Demon Wolves fled through the forest and a trained Hunting Falcon tracked him by the scent of the roasted Dragon Meat.
• Fang Yue reached a turbulent riverbank, where Wu Yong and his soldiers caught up and attacked him with arrows.
• Fang Yue injured an Innate Grandmaster with a punch, then held his own against Wu Yong, a Mid Innate Stage Grandmaster.
• Wu Yong and another Innate Grandmaster attacked together, but Fang Yue severely wounded both and sent the second Grandmaster crashing to the ground with a kick.
• Wu Yong threatened Fang Yue with King Wu's retaliation, but Fang Yue killed him and slaughtered the remaining soldiers and wounded Grandmaster.

Fang Yue fled after killing Wu Yong, but Wu Shengkui caught up and nearly killed him. A lake Demon Beast distracted Wu Shengkui long enough for Fang Yue to escape downstream, badly injured.

• Fang Yue sensed a powerful threat and hurried east through the forest and into the mountains.
• Wu Shengkui discovered that Wu Yong had been killed, found the bodies of his son’s followers, and pursued Fang Yue.
• At the lake, Wu Shengkui confronted Fang Yue and wounded him with his Heaven Seizing Fingers.
• Fang Yue plunged into the lake, but Wu Shengkui dragged him out and hurled him against a mountain wall.
• A Demon Beast attacked Wu Shengkui, giving Fang Yue time to escape while Wu Shengkui fought it and then returned to his army.
• Fang Yue drifted downstream on the river, suffering severe internal injuries.

After escaping Wu Shengkui and crossing into Guangfeng Prefecture, Fang Yue collapsed from his injuries and woke in Li Family Village, where Li San treated him and proposed a fake marriage to avoid the village’s military conscription. Fang Yue suspected Li San had another motive as he focused on recovering, while two bloodstained men arrived at the village seeking their leader.

• Fang Yue escaped downstream while the Great Wei Dynasty’s forces were driven back, and Wu Shengkui vowed to have the Blood Dragon Platform hunt him.
• After four days and nights of travel, Fang Yue reached Guangfeng Prefecture, collapsed, and woke three days later in Li San’s home in Li Family Village.
• Fang Yue paid Li San twenty taels for his care, assessed his severe injuries, and met Li San’s Qi Sensing Martial Master daughter, A Lan.
• A Lan told Fang Yue that Denglai City was over a thousand li away, and Li San proposed that Fang Yue enter a fake marriage with her so he could serve in place of the family’s conscripted member.
• Fang Yue agreed to consider Li San’s request but suspected he had a hidden motive and decided to prioritize healing.
• Two bloodstained men entered Li Family Village to find their leader and deliver news from their stronghold.

Fang Yue accepted healing pills from an elderly man in Li Family Village and recovered much of his strength, while learning that Li Lan was secretly a bandit chieftain preparing to seize military supplies. When Li Lan left the village on the appointed day, Fang Yue followed her to a likely ambush site.

• Li Lan agreed to join two men in three days to seize Imperial Court military supplies bound for Nanjiang Dock, then played her flute on a manor roof as Fang Yue watched from hiding.
• Fang Yue met an old man teaching his grandson Huzi Martial Arts, and the old man gave him healing pills in exchange for taking Huzi away when he left.
• Fang Yue tested the pill powder on a chicken, swallowed a pill, and found that his injuries began healing rapidly; Li Lan then told him to ignore her father's plan to marry them.
• After two days, Fang Yue's strength had mostly returned, and he realized Li Lan had left to join the operation; he followed her from Li Family Village.
• Fang Yue tracked Li Lan to a wooded mountain beside an official road, a place suited for an ambush.

Fang Yue discovered Blood Dragon Platform preparing to raid an Imperial Court supply convoy and rebel, while searching for him on King Wu’s orders. When the ambush turned against the convoy, Fang Yue killed the wounded Blood Dragon Platform elder with a crossbow, and the childlike Blood Dragon Platform expert fled.

• Fang Yue hid near the mountaintop and overheard Blood Dragon Platform members discuss searching for a seriously injured person and seizing the convoy’s military supplies.
• Li Lan denied that suspicious outsiders had appeared in Li Family Village, keeping Fang Yue’s whereabouts secret.
• Blood Dragon Platform and several hundred bandits attacked the convoy, and their elder defeated the general before a disguised soldier wounded him with a surprise sword strike.
• The childlike Blood Dragon Platform expert shot the disguised soldier with a poisoned crossbow bolt, forcing the convoy’s hidden expert to retreat.
• Fang Yue killed the Blood Dragon Platform elder with his crossbow, and the childlike expert fled as the Imperial Court soldiers charged.

The Great Wei army defeated the bandits’ ambush, but the survivors suspected a spy and exposed Li Lan as a Plum Blossom Secret Guard. As the chief prepared to torture her, a mysterious expert broke into the camp, leaving the bandits’ escape uncertain.

• A disguised Great Wei expert and an archer helped kill the childlike Blood Dragon Platform youth, and the army routed the bandits before continuing with the military supplies.
• The surviving bandits’ chief ordered the black-clothed man to find the Imperial Court spy, and he accused Li Lan after revealing the plum blossom mark on her wrist.
• The black-clothed man knocked Li Lan unconscious and handed her to the chief, who bound and gagged her, sealed her cultivation, and gave her Hundred Fragrance Powder.
• Wounded sentries warned the chief that a single powerful intruder was slaughtering the camp, so the chief tried to flee through the cave’s other exit.
• The intruder appeared in the cave and stopped the chief and his men, while the chief demanded to know who he was.

Fang Yue rescued Li Lan from bandits, recovered their hidden silver, and escorted her past corrupt soldiers to Jiangdong City before parting ways. He then met Zhang Hu, who agreed to leave with him only if Fang Yue dared help retrieve his grandfather’s body from the reach of a potentially formidable old rival.

• Fang Yue killed the bandit chief and dealt with the remaining bandits, then carried the drugged Li Lan out of the cave.
• Fang Yue subdued the bandit stronghold’s remaining guards, found fifty thousand taels of silver in a hidden compartment, and helped Li Lan recover from the aphrodisiac.
• Li Lan defeated a government commander who tried to extort them, and she and Fang Yue exchanged the silver for banknotes in Jiangdong City.
• Fang Yue and Li Lan returned toward Li Family Village, where they parted; Li Lan promised to repay Fang Yue for saving her.
• Fang Yue visited Zhang Hu, who asked him to retrieve his grandfather’s body and warned that the old rival might have advanced beyond the peak of Innate Grandmaster.

Fang Yue and Zhang Hu searched the valley where Zhang Yunhe had fought, unaware that his enemy Li Xiujie was still alive and pursuing them. At a temple, they encountered Luo Wei and Wu Wende's attendant, and Fang Yue stunned them by defeating the Innate Grandmaster with a single clash.

• Fang Yue and Zhang Hu searched the valley for Zhang Yunhe but found no trace of him, then left believing he might still be alive.
• After they departed, Li Xiujie emerged from hiding, revealed that Zhang Yunhe had wounded him with a secret technique, and set off after Fang Yue and Zhang Hu.
• At a Mountain God Temple, Fang Yue and Zhang Hu encountered Luo Wei and Wu Wende's attendant, who accused Fang Yue of being a rebel and tried to arrest him.
• Zhang Hu fought Luo Wei and broke his arm, but Wu Wende's attendant struck Zhang Hu down with his Innate power.
• Fang Yue attacked the attendant head-on and sent him flying, leaving Luo Wei stunned by Fang Yue's strength.

Fang Yue forced the book boy to lead him to a Moonpetal Grass, then fought him after the book boy triggered the Colorful Serpent's poisonous gas. The book boy was left unconscious, Zhang Hu was poisoned unconscious, and Fang Yue prepared to kill the book boy.

• Fang Yue defeated Luo Wei, who died after Fang Yue rejected his offer of silver and property.
• The book boy revealed a Precious Medicine and led Fang Yue and Zhang Hu to a remote cave, promising to show them where it was.
• Moonlight revealed the Moonpetal Grass in a pool, and Zhang Hu identified it as a rare medicine that could aid cultivation and advancement to the Form Transformation Realm.
• Fang Yue made the book boy retrieve the Moonpetal Grass, triggering the Colorful Serpent to attack and spread poisonous gas that knocked Zhang Hu unconscious.
• Fang Yue remained able to fight in the poison and struck the book boy until he crashed into a wall and lost consciousness.
• Fang Yue stepped toward the unconscious book boy and raised his foot to kill him.

Fang Yue arrived in Guangfeng Prefecture, learned that rebels had occupied the secret site without breaking its seal, and accepted an invitation to Li Mengyao’s banquet. The chapter ended as Li Mengyao’s other uninvited guests, Yang Hao and Chen Kang, gathered at Biyun Pavilion before Fang Yue arrived.

• Fang Yue killed the poisonous Colorful Serpent and, three days later, entered Guangfeng Prefecture with Zhang Hu.
• Li Mengyao ordered her agents to follow Fang Yue without interfering, despite King Wu’s interest in him.
• Fang Yue consulted the Imperial Observatory’s reports and learned that rebels held the secret site but had not damaged its seal.
• Li Mengyao learned Fang Yue was an Imperial Inspector and sent Li Yunyi to invite him to a banquet at Biyun Pavilion.
• Li Mengyao allowed Yang Hao to join the gathering, and Chen Kang arrived uninvited before Fang Yue.

Fang Yue left Guangfeng Prefecture with Zhang Hu, while Li Mengyao followed him toward Yujing City and Yang Hao and Chen Kang monitored his movements. Seven days later, a group of men serving Rebel King Chen Youliang prepared an ambush for Fang Yue and the others, while Li Mengyao concealed her real reason for traveling with him.

• At Biyun Pavilion, Li Mengyao showed special attention to Fang Yue, then spoke with him privately after sending Yang Hao and Chen Kang away.
• Fang Yue left the gathering, while Yang Hao and Chen Kang watched him from a nearby wine house and discussed his closeness with Li Mengyao.
• The next morning, Fang Yue left the Prefecture City with Zhang Hu, and Li Mengyao, Yang Hao, and Chen Kang each had people follow him.
• Chen Kang planned to have a Rebel King dispose of Fang Yue, and seven days later, armed men prepared a roadside ambush with orders to capture Li Mengyao unharmed.
• As the carriages approached the ambush, Fang Yue questioned Li Mengyao about following him, and she claimed they were merely traveling in the same direction while privately seeking his Primordial Yang.

Fang Yue protected Li Mengyao from an ambush by the Changping Army and defeated their soldiers and commander, Lü Mang. After the attack, Li Mengyao offered him a favor and asked whether he liked her, leaving Fang Yue suspicious of her sudden interest.

• Fang Yue stopped the convoy when trees blocked the road, then sheltered Li Mengyao in an earthen pit as the Changping Army fired Divine Arm Qi Breaking Crossbows and killed many guards.
• Changping Army soldiers emerged and demanded that Fang Yue surrender, but he charged them and cut down the attackers before they could use their crossbows effectively.
• Lü Mang confronted Fang Yue with his spear, but Fang Yue matched his strength and forced him to flee into the forest.
• Li Mengyao praised Fang Yue and offered to repay him for saving her, then asked whether he liked her.
• Fang Yue stepped away from Li Mengyao and wondered why she had taken an interest in him after only meeting him a few times.

Fang Yue killed the Changping Army’s Demon Wolf when it attacked townspeople, then fought off the rebels who charged him. He and Li Mengyao escaped the town and reached the mountain estate Fang Yue was assigned to guard, where they found it still occupied.

• Fang Yue and Li Mengyao rode south and found Changping Army rebels looting a town and slaughtering its people.
• A Demon Wolf burst from a black-covered carriage and attacked the townspeople, so Fang Yue killed it to save a child.
• The rebels charged Fang Yue after he killed the wolf, but he killed over a thousand before the survivors fled.
• Chen Tianwang learned the wolf had been killed and ordered his men to track Fang Yue down.
• Fang Yue and Li Mengyao traveled through the mountains and arrived at the estate Fang Yue was responsible for guarding.
• Two guards stopped Fang Yue and Li Mengyao in the courtyard and demanded to know why they had entered the restricted area.

Fang Yue defeated Ghost Face Prajna, then pretended to be badly injured while Li Mengyao stayed close and hid her own plans. After Liu Yue'e arrived to bring him back because the Demon Suppressing Node had been moved, Fang Yue and Li Mengyao traveled east and found a village destroyed by rebels, where two bandits approached them.

• Fang Yue knocked down the guards, confronted Ghost Face Prajna, and drove him away after winning their fight.
• Fang Yue pretended he was seriously weakened so he could investigate Li Mengyao's intentions, while she cared for him for five days and planned to use Ghost Face Prajna against him later.
• Liu Yue'e arrived to take Fang Yue back and explained that the Demon Suppressing Node had been moved, so the post no longer needed guarding.
• After waiting five more days without Ghost Face Prajna returning, Fang Yue and Li Mengyao left the mountains and traveled east.
• Fang Yue and Li Mengyao came upon a village ruined by rebels, where two bandits spotted Li Mengyao and approached her.

Fang Yue and Li Mengyao were hunted by King Changping’s forces and driven into a forest ambush, where Fang Yue fought through the rebels. The chapter left Fang Yue dueling the red-robed rebel leader while the pursuit continued.

• Li Mengyao killed two bandits who tried to grab her, and a masked man identified Fang Yue and Li Mengyao as King Changping’s targets.
• Two days later, Fang Yue and Li Mengyao encountered rebel forces and fled into a forest as more than a thousand elite Martialists pursued them.
• Fang Yue realized the rebels had deliberately herded them into an encirclement, so he turned west, but the troops intercepted them and launched signal flares to summon the Sacred Wolf.
• Fang Yue and Li Mengyao fought through the rebels, and Fang Yue killed nearly a hundred soldiers before the red-robed rebel leader attacked him with a sword.
• The rebel leader cut Fang Yue’s hand, but it began healing; Fang Yue counterattacked, and their clash forced Fang Yue back two steps and the leader back five.

Fang Yue killed the red-robed rebels and then battled a Demon Wolf that attacked him in the forest. The wolf fled, but Fang Yue collapsed from his injuries, leaving Li Mengyao to tend to him.

• Fang Yue overwhelmed and killed the leading red-robed rebel, sending the remaining rebels fleeing before he and Li Mengyao escaped.
• Fang Yue and Li Mengyao found themselves still deep in the forest, where Fang Yue sensed danger and told her to hide.
• A massive Demon Wolf attacked Fang Yue with poisonous black smoke, swift claws, and Demonic Arts.
• Fang Yue struck the Demon Wolf several times, but both were injured before the wolf fled into the forest.
• Li Mengyao emerged and urged Fang Yue to leave, but Fang Yue spat blood, collapsed unconscious, and left her panicking.

After Li Mengyao rescued Fang Yue, he recovered and advanced to the late stage of Qi Sensing before they continued toward Yujing City. King Changping ordered a cavalry pursuit and plotted a wider revolt, while Fang Yue and Li Mengyao were intercepted upon entering Liangzhou Prefecture.

• Li Mengyao carried the unconscious Fang Yue out of the forest, and he awoke in her care.
• Fang Yue cultivated and discovered that his strength had risen from the early to the late stage of Qi Sensing.
• Fang Yue and Li Mengyao traveled east, rested in Qingshui County Town, and then continued toward Yujing City.
• King Changping ordered three thousand cavalry to hunt Fang Yue and revealed plans for coordinated uprisings against the Great Wei court.
• Fang Yue and Li Mengyao entered Liangzhou Prefecture, where a bearded middle-aged man and his three companions attacked them.
• Fang Yue charged at the attackers after the middle-aged man ordered them to cripple him and Li Mengyao.

Fang Yue and Li Mengyao defeated the bandits sent to kill them, then discovered the employers had lured them into a trap set by the Changping Army. After escaping into a miasma-filled ravine, Fang Yue stopped fleeing and prepared to face thirty-six Early Innate Stage grandmasters.

• Fang Yue severely wounded the bandits, and Li Mengyao killed their leader as he tried to escape.
• Fang Yue found a letter revealing that the bandits had been hired to ambush them, and he and Li Mengyao went to the Broken Temple to confront the employers.
• Fang Yue realized the temple was surrounded, and thirty-six masked Early Innate Stage grandmasters attacked them.
• Fang Yue pulled Li Mengyao through the temple wall and into the ravine, where they landed in a river and fled along its surface.
• The grandmasters pursued Fang Yue and Li Mengyao through the miasma, and Fang Yue suddenly stopped, set Li Mengyao beside a boulder, and faced them.

Fang Yue used the miasma poison to weaken and defeat the thirty-six Innate Grandmasters pursuing him and Li Mengyao. After recovering, he confronted Li Mengyao about her identity and learned she belonged to the Blood Dragon Platform, then watched her leave with a bottle of Spirit Ascension Pills.

• Fang Yue taunted the pursuing Innate Grandmasters, then kept fleeing with Li Mengyao until the miasma poison weakened their pursuers.
• Fang Yue decided to turn back and eliminate the poisoned Grandmasters before they could recover, and Li Mengyao agreed to stand with him.
• Fang Yue defeated all thirty-six Innate Grandmasters, searched them, and left the ravine with Li Mengyao.
• Fang Yue forced most of the miasma poison from his body while Li Mengyao kept watch, then questioned her about her identity and his leaked whereabouts.
• Li Mengyao revealed that she was a member of the Blood Dragon Platform and said Fang Yue's body could help her cultivate and break through her realm.
• Li Mengyao warned Fang Yue that other members of the Blood Dragon Platform wanted him dead, left him a bottle of Spirit Ascension Pills, and departed.

Fang Yue used Li Mengyao’s Spirit Ascension Pill to reach Great Completion in Qi Transformation, then crossed paths with the wounded King Changping as the rebel king fled Imperial Court pursuers. King Changping attacked Fang Yue to steal his vitality, and Fang Yue recognized him as the rebel king who held a grudge against him.

• Fang Yue consumed Li Mengyao’s Spirit Ascension Pill and broke through to Great Completion in Qi Transformation.
• Three days later, King Changping led the Changping Army against the Imperial Court’s forces and fought their experts.
• Black Robe ambushed King Changping, wounded him, and drove him into flight while the thirty-six Pseudo-Innate subordinates he expected had not returned.
• Fang Yue encountered the fleeing King Changping in the mountain forest, and the wounded king attacked him to plunder his vitality.
• Fang Yue met King Changping’s strike with his own and recognized him as Guangfeng Prefecture’s rebel King Changping, who held a grudge against him.