Chapter Summaries

Fang Yue seized the Destiny Dragon Soul but escaped the pursuing factions when a horde of Demon Beasts erupted from the ravine. After healing and hiding, he absorbed the dragon soul’s power and began merging his Divine Forms, leaving his Martial Will on the verge of taking shape.

• Fang Yue wounded Zhu Chunchen and drove back the Blood Dragon Platform's Dragon Lord, but Nangong Wentian ambushed him and drew the other clan scions into the fight.
• Fang Yue grabbed the Destiny Dragon Soul, then fled while the attackers surrounded him and inflicted serious wounds.
• A horde of Demon Beasts surged from the ravine, forcing Nangong Wentian and the others to abandon their pursuit and fight the beasts as Fang Yue escaped.
• The Blood Dragon Platform's Dragon Lord, Nangong Wentian, and representatives of the other factions formed a joint search for Fang Yue, while he hid, healed, and consolidated his cultivation.
• Fang Yue absorbed the Destiny Dragon Soul's energy, strengthening his body and true qi as the factions searched for him.
• Fang Yue's Divine Forms began to merge, and he declared his Martial Will before a magnificent scroll of rivers, mountains, wind, and clouds appeared above him.

After the Great Wei Imperial Family used Qin Wan'er and Shen Sanniang to lure Fang Yue into the Demon Suppressing Tower, Fang Yue broke through its suppressive power and overwhelmed Zhu Chunchen. Just as Fang Yue nearly defeated Zhu Chunchen, Yang Chen and Nangong Cang threatened his friends to make him stop.

• Fang Yue escaped his pursuers, while the Blood Dragon Platform's Dragon Lord and Zhu Chunchen agreed to use the Great Wei Imperial Family's trump card against him.
• Zhu Chunchen captured Qin Wan'er and Shen Sanniang and ordered Yang Chen and Nangong Cang to lure Fang Yue into the Demon Suppressing Tower.
• Yang Chen and Nangong Cang spread word that Fang Yue's friends were captive, and Fang Yue entered the tower to rescue them.
• Fang Yue resisted the tower's power, broke its restraints, and badly injured Zhu Chunchen.
• Yang Chen and Nangong Cang appeared with Qin Wan'er and Shen Sanniang as hostages, forcing Fang Yue to pause his attack.

Fang Yue rescued Zhu Linlang and Shen Sanniang from the Demon Suppressing Tower after the released white tiger Demon King interrupted his fight with Zhu Gangtong. After escaping the Myriad Monster Realm, the three were stopped by Great Wei soldiers, and Fang Yue stayed behind to hold off their pursuers while the women fled separately.

• Zhu Gangtong arrived at the Demon Suppressing Tower, offered Fang Yue a place in the Great Wei Imperial Family, and fought him after Fang Yue refused.
• The Barbarian released the imprisoned Demon King, a gigantic white tiger, which attacked everyone and began battling Zhu Gangtong.
• Fang Yue used the chaos to free Zhu Linlang and Shen Sanniang and led them out of the Demon Suppressing Tower and the Myriad Monster Realm.
• Great Wei soldiers surrounded the realm's exit and tried to arrest Fang Yue, Zhu Linlang, and Shen Sanniang; Fang Yue sent the women in separate directions and turned to face the pursuers.
• Fang Yue sent hundreds of soldiers flying and blasted the pursuing general backward, seeking to end the fight quickly.

Fang Yue evaded the Great Wei Dynasty’s search and cultivated on a remote Divine Mountain, where he comprehended the Divine Technique Mountain Breaker. After learning that demons from the Myriad Monster Realm were overrunning several prefectures, he hurried toward home, while Zhu Linlang helped his parents flee Yujing City and was confronted by pursuing cavalry.

• Fang Yue, Zhu Linlang, and Shen Sanniang escaped their pursuers, then split up to avoid being captured together.
• Fang Yue hid on a Divine Mountain, studied the martial arts manuals he had acquired, and comprehended and mastered the Divine Technique Mountain Breaker during a blizzard.
• Fang Yue heard at a Wine House that demons from the Myriad Monster Realm had occupied several prefectures, and decided to return home to protect his parents.
• Zhu Wuji led Imperial Guards to capture Fang Yue’s parents, but found their residence empty and ordered a search for them.
• Zhu Linlang sheltered Fang Yue’s parents and later escorted them out of Yujing City, but a troop of cavalry intercepted them as she prepared to hold off the pursuers.

Fang Yue fought Zhu Xiaotian and the Great Wei Imperial Guards to protect his family, but the Grand Consecrator joined the battle and helped turn the tide against him. The chapter ended with Fang Yue badly injured after the Grand Consecrator struck him from behind.

• Zhu Linlang fought off the cavalry until Father Fang charged at them to draw them away, and Fang Yue arrived to protect his parents and Linlang.
• Fang Yue used his self-created Divine Technique, Mountain Breaker, to wound Zhu Xiaotian, but Zhu Xiaotian used the Army Gathering Art to hold him back.
• Reinforcements arrived, including the Hall of Worship's Grand Consecrator, who challenged Fang Yue while Zhu Xiaotian continued defending himself.
• Zhu Xiaotian joined the Grand Consecrator's assault, but Fang Yue found an opening and gravely wounded Zhu Xiaotian.
• The Grand Consecrator struck Fang Yue from behind, sending him crashing to the ground with severe injuries.

Fang Yue defeated Zhu Xiaotian after the Grand Consecrator fled, but Zhu Xiaotian was killed by a restriction when he revealed the Imperial Dao Heavenly Gang Art. Fang Yue reunited with his parents, settled with them in a southern city, and was later confronted at home by Shadow Pavilion agents demanding he meet their Pavilion Master.

• Fang Yue healed his wounds with the power of fortune, causing the Grand Consecrator to flee and leaving Zhu Xiaotian at his mercy.
• Fang Yue questioned Zhu Xiaotian about the Imperial Family's supreme Divine Technique, but a restriction killed Zhu Xiaotian as he revealed its name, the Imperial Dao Heavenly Gang Art.
• Fang Yue reunited with Father Fang and Mother Fang, thanked Zhu Linlang for protecting them, and left with his parents while Zhu Linlang stayed behind.
• A month later, Fang Yue and his parents settled in a peaceful southern city, where Father Fang opened a successful tea shop and Fang Yue focused on cultivating.
• Shadow Pavilion agents found Fang Yue at his home and ordered him to come with them to meet the Pavilion Master.

Fang Yue entered Shadow Pavilion’s hidden stronghold in the Demon Realm and learned about its mission and reach while considering Li Shengdong’s invitation. When a horde of Demon Beasts attacked the village, Qing Yun used her guqin to suppress them, allowing Shadow Pavilion’s disciples to counterattack.

• Fang Yue followed two black-clad men through a cave into the Demon Realm, where he met Li Shengdong, the true Master of Shadow Pavilion.
• Li Shengdong showed Fang Yue the pavilion’s secluded village and facilities, explained that it sought to reveal the world’s truth, and invited him to join its cause.
• Qing Yun visited Fang Yue and answered his questions about Shadow Pavilion and Li Shengdong while playing the guqin.
• A Shadow Pavilion disciple reported that a large horde of Demon Beasts was approaching the village, and Fang Yue and Qing Yun rushed to the entrance.
• Qing Yun played her guqin to disrupt and frighten the Demon Beasts, giving the Shadow Pavilion disciples an opening to drive them back.

After witnessing the Shadow Pavilion’s power, Fang Yue returned to the Great Wei Dynasty and rejected Hui Hengwu’s offer to rejoin the Imperial Observatory. As the emperor’s illness triggered a struggle for the throne, Fang Yue remained determined to pursue his own path.

• After the battle, Fang Yue thanked Li Shengdong and Qing Yun, then left the Shadow Pavilion for the Great Wei Dynasty.
• Li Shengdong and Qing Yun discussed how to win Fang Yue’s trust and draw him into an alliance, while Li Shengdong privately resolved to keep both Fang Yue and Qing Yun under his control.
• A Shadow Pavilion disciple reported that the Great Wei Emperor was gravely ill, and Li Shengdong ordered spies to monitor the court and prepare to exploit the upheaval.
• Three months later, Fang Yue heard at a teahouse that factions were contending for the throne, and Hui Hengwu invited him to speak privately.
• Hui Hengwu offered Fang Yue the post of Deputy Director at the Imperial Observatory, but Fang Yue rejected the offer and chose to pursue power on his own terms.

Fang Yue refused to pursue the imperial family’s supreme technique, then learned his elder brother’s family had disappeared in Wangshan City and set out to find them. After defeating an ambush, he met Qingyang, who revealed that the Great Wei Imperial Family was plotting against him and suggested they might be behind the disappearance.

• Fang Yue declined Hui Hengwu’s offer of support and chose to pursue power through his own cultivation rather than seek the Imperial Scripture of World Governance.
• When Chen Shi worried that Fang Yue’s elder brother and his family had not arrived, Fang Yue asked the Shadow Pavilion to investigate and learned they had disappeared in Wangshan City.
• Fang Yue traveled to Wangshan City and was ambushed at its Shadow Pavilion branch, where he defeated more than a hundred Black-clothed Men and demanded to know where his family was.
• Fang Yue sensed a familiar aura at an inn and met Qingyang, who said he had been waiting for him and knew Fang Yue had taken the Great Wei Imperial Family’s Destiny Dragon Soul.
• Qingyang warned Fang Yue that the Great Wei Imperial Family was plotting against him and suggested that it might have targeted his elder brother’s family.

Fang Yue and Qingyang traced Fang Yue’s missing elder brother’s family to East King City, following clues that implicated the Great Wei Imperial Family and the Imperial Observatory. After Qingyang secretly met with a Mysterious Person who planned to use Fang Yue against the imperial family, spies confronted Qingyang, leaving him facing capture or a fight.

• Qingyang told Fang Yue that the Great Wei Imperial Family had abducted his elder brother’s family, with members of the Imperial Observatory involved, and offered to help him find them.
• Fang Yue and Qingyang searched an abandoned imperial stronghold, uncovered a hidden tunnel, and found a letter suggesting the family had been transferred as special cargo to East King City.
• Fang Yue and Qingyang entered East King City by blending in with a merchant caravan and agreed to investigate the family’s whereabouts.
• Qingyang met a Mysterious Person in a brothel, revealed that he had brought Fang Yue according to their plan, and heard that they intended to use Fang Yue against the Great Wei Imperial Family.
• Great Wei Imperial Family spies confronted Qingyang after his meeting and ordered him to come with them.

Qingyang fought off the Black-clothed Men and went to meet Fang Yue, but Fang Yue was intercepted and told that Xuantian Pavilion was a splinter of the Jingyuan Divine Temple seeking his Destiny Dragon Soul. Fang Yue refused to help retrieve a treasure-map painting because he was focused on finding his elder brother’s family, then Qingyang arrived with a warning that someone was plotting against him.

• Qingyang defeated the Black-clothed Men, realized his whereabouts had been exposed, and went to Xuantian Pavilion to meet Fang Yue.
• Fang Yue was lured to a brothel, where a mysterious woman revealed that Xuantian Pavilion was a faction of the Jingyuan Divine Temple and that Qingyang sought his Destiny Dragon Soul.
• The woman offered Fang Yue a reward to help obtain a treasure-map painting said to contain a ritual for extracting a refined Destiny Dragon Soul, but Fang Yue refused so he could focus on finding his elder brother’s family.
• Fang Yue returned to his lodgings, weighed the woman’s revelations, and worried that his family’s disappearance might be connected to the conflict.
• Qingyang found Fang Yue and warned him that someone was secretly plotting against him, possibly in connection with their earlier discussion.

Fang Yue followed Qingyang to Xuantian Pavilion to learn about his elder brother's family, only to discover that the pavilion wanted his Destiny Dragon Soul. Trapped by the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, he faced the Myriad Dragon True Form Diagram while secretly preparing to strike, knowing the Dragon Soul had already been refined and was no longer in his body.

• Qingyang warned Fang Yue that the Shadow Pavilion might target him and lured him to Xuantian Pavilion with rumors about his elder brother's family.
• True Man Xuantian told Fang Yue that the Great Wei Imperial Family had supposedly imprisoned his brother's family and admitted that Xuantian Pavilion wanted Fang Yue's Destiny Dragon Soul.
• Fang Yue refused to surrender the Dragon Soul, and Qingyang and True Man Xuantian revealed their plan to kill him and attacked.
• Fang Yue fought True Man Xuantian and struck Qingyang, but the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation activated and trapped him.
• True Man Xuantian used the Myriad Dragon True Form Diagram to try to extract Fang Yue's Dragon Soul, while Fang Yue pretended to struggle and secretly gathered strength for a counterattack.

Fang Yue defeated True Man Xuantian and Qingyang, learned that his brother’s family was imprisoned in the City Lord’s Mansion, and entered the dungeon to rescue them. He discovered the rescue was a trap, and the chapter ended in a standoff over the Destiny Dragon Soul, with Chen Tuan holding Fang Yue’s family hostage.

• Fang Yue ambushed Qingyang, defeated True Man Xuantian, and learned from Qingyang that Fang Yue’s brother and his family were in the City Lord’s Mansion dungeon.
• Fang Yue killed Qingyang and True Man Xuantian, took the Myriad Dragon True Form Diagram, and infiltrated the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Fang Yue found his brother’s family in a cell, but Chen Tuan revealed that their apparent rescue was a trap and demanded the Destiny Dragon Soul.
• Chen Tuan surrounded Fang Yue with elite guards and brought in the Grand Consecrator and two imperial elders, who attacked Fang Yue.
• Chen Tuan threatened Fang Yue’s family with a blade at his brother’s throat, and Fang Yue refused to surrender the Dragon Soul unless his family was released first.

A masked rescuer revealed himself as Li Shengdong of Shadow Pavilion after helping Fang Yue free his family from the dungeon. Fang Yue reunited his family in a southern city, then allied with Li Shengdong to oppose Great Wei’s succession plans, leaving their cooperation focused on the wider Eastern Wasteland.

• A masked Li Shengdong subdued Chen Tuan, helped Fang Yue free his family, and escaped the dungeon while Fang Yue fought the Grand Consecrator and the White-haired Elder.
• At a Broken Temple, Li Shengdong revealed his identity and said Shadow Pavilion wanted a share in Great Wei’s Succession Ceremony; Fang Yue agreed to help.
• Fang Yue led his family through the mountains for a month until they reached his parents in a small southern city.
• Fang Yue decided to seek Shadow Pavilion’s support against Great Wei and secretly met Li Shengdong, with whom he agreed to cooperate.
• Li Shengdong explained that the Eastern Wasteland encompassed Great Wei, Great Chu, Great Qi, and other nations and tribes.

Fang Yue agreed to cooperate with Li Shengdong and the Shadow Pavilion in the Great Wei Dynasty's Succession Ceremony, then learned the Shadow Thousand Kills Technique while traveling toward Divine Capital. Chen Tuan ambushed him on the road, but after Fang Yue wounded him, the Grand Consecrator and the Great Wei Royal Elder joined the fight, where Fang Yue began gaining the advantage.

• Fang Yue set conditions for working with Li Shengdong, who gave him the Shadow Thousand Kills Technique as an advance reward.
• Fang Yue rested in a small town, trained in the technique for several days, and continued toward Divine Capital in disguises.
• Chen Tuan tracked Fang Yue down and led his force to intercept him before he reached the capital.
• Fang Yue defeated Chen Tuan in their duel and severed one of his arms.
• Chen Tuan launched a signal flare, summoning the Grand Consecrator and the Great Wei Royal Elder to attack Fang Yue.
• Fang Yue fought both reinforcements and gradually gained the upper hand with his swordsmanship and movement technique.

Fang Yue defeated the Grand Consecrator and the Great Wei Royal Elder, discovering that the Grand Princess had ordered them to seize his Destiny Dragon Soul. On his way to Divine Capital City, he reunited with Zhu Linlang and joined her against attackers, only for a mysterious gray-robed old man to intervene.

• Fang Yue killed the Great Wei Royal Elder and the Grand Consecrator after overpowering them in battle.
• Fang Yue searched the two men's belongings and found the Heavenly Origin Heart Method, healing pills, and a letter revealing the Grand Princess's plan to claim his Destiny Dragon Soul.
• Fang Yue set out for Divine Capital City and rescued Zhu Linlang from bandits attacking her caravan; they agreed to travel together.
• Fang Yue learned that Zhu Linlang was going to Divine Capital City hoping to see her father, King Han, as the Great Wei Son of Heaven neared death.
• Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang were surrounded on a grassland by black-clothed attackers seeking their lives, but a gray-robed old man snatched the leader's poison bottle and intervened.

Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang arrived in Divine Capital City amid a fierce succession struggle and settled at the Wen family manor, where Wen Tianxiong offered them support and intelligence. Meanwhile, Li Shengdong plotted to exploit Fang Yue, and Wen Feiyang privately considered pursuing Zhu Linlang for his own advantage.

• The Grey-robed Old Man told Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang about the factions competing for power in Divine Capital City and advised them to proceed cautiously.
• Li Shengdong learned that Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang were heading to Divine Capital City and ordered his agents to monitor them and prepare to seize Fang Yue's Destiny Dragon Soul.
• Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang reached Divine Capital City and went to the Wen family manor, where Wen Tianxiong welcomed them and promised help with information and local guidance.
• Wen Feiyang discussed the succession struggle with his friends and privately planned to build a relationship with Zhu Linlang, considering marriage if circumstances allowed.
• Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang settled into a quiet courtyard at the Wen family manor.

Zhu Linlang showed Fang Yue around Divine Capital City while Wen Feiyang grew jealous and joined the Grand Princess in plotting against him. After Wen Feiyang challenged Fang Yue to a duel outside the city, Fang Yue refused to take it seriously and chose to make him wait, leaving their sightseeing plans undisturbed for now.

• Zhu Linlang refused the valuable gift Wen Feiyang sent her, explaining that she would not casually accept such presents.
• Zhu Linlang took Fang Yue to a temple and the market, where they enjoyed snacks and exchanged gifts before Wen Feiyang secretly followed them.
• Wen Feiyang met the Grand Princess, who asked him to lure Fang Yue out of Divine Capital City, and he agreed to help her.
• Wen Feiyang sent Fang Yue a provocative challenge letter inviting him to duel at Yuhua Terrace outside the city.
• Fang Yue told Zhu Linlang to take the letter to the Head of the Wen Family rather than accept the duel, then suggested making Wen Feiyang wait a few days.

Fang Yue easily defeated Wen Feiyang in a duel, but Wen Feiyang was later assassinated and the scene was staged to implicate Fang Yue. After Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang found his body, Imperial Guards surrounded them and tried to arrest them.

• Wen Feiyang challenged Fang Yue over Zhu Linlang, but Fang Yue evaded his attacks until Wen Feiyang ran out of vital energy and conceded defeat.
• After returning to his villa, Wen Feiyang plotted to lure Fang Yue out of the city, then a black-clothed man killed him and forged traces implicating Fang Yue.
• At Cloud Come Restaurant, a Gray-clothed Servant passed Fang Yue a note claiming Wen Feiyang had met with misfortune, prompting Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang to hurry to the villa.
• Fang Yue examined Wen Feiyang's corpse and recognized that someone had deliberately framed him, while signs in the study suggested the scene had been tampered with.
• Great Wei Imperial Guards surrounded the villa and accused Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang of murdering Wen Feiyang, then attacked them when Fang Yue refused to go with them.

Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang fought off the Imperial Guards before Li Hao recognized Zhu Linlang as a County Princess and brought them to meet the Grand Princess. After Fang Yue refused the Grand Princess’s offer of imperial favor, she trapped the pair in a formation at Yuhua Terrace, where they began resisting its illusions.

• Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang defeated hundreds of Imperial Guards without killing them, and the captain let them leave when he could not stop them.
• Li Hao arrived with cavalry, rebuked the captain for intercepting the pair, and asked them to meet the Grand Princess.
• Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang followed Li Hao to Yuhua Terrace, where the Grand Princess apologized for having Fang Yue’s elder brother’s family arrested and said she had released them.
• The Grand Princess offered Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang the status of Kings of a Different Surname in exchange for helping the imperial family, but Fang Yue refused.
• The Grand Princess threatened them and revealed that she had set a formation at Yuhua Terrace; Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang entered it and found themselves surrounded by an eerie illusion.