Chapter Summaries

The Imperial Clan Elders secretly sought Ancient Secret Arts to overthrow Zhu Linlang and Fang Yue, but Fang Yue led an attack on their hidden mechanisms before they could use them. Zhu Linlang and Fang Yue defeated the Imperial Clan Elders’ plot, and the Great Wei Dynasty’s situation stabilized.

• The Imperial Clan Elders plotted to reclaim the Divine Capital Formation and secretly searched the Imperial Palace for Ancient Secret Arts.
• Zhu Linlang and Fang Yue learned that the elders had found the secret arts, strengthened the palace defenses, and decided to strike first.
• Fang Yue led an elite force to the secret arts’ hiding place, where the elders activated the mechanisms and summoned an Imperial Great Grandmaster.
• Fang Yue’s soldiers attacked the runes powering the secret arts while Fang Yue fought the Great Grandmaster, and Zhu Linlang arrived to protect him with the Divine Capital Formation.
• Zhu Linlang used the formation to restrain the Great Grandmaster as the runes were destroyed, ending the secret arts’ power and forcing the Imperial Clan Elders to surrender.
• Fang Yue warned the elders against plotting again, and the situation in the Great Wei Dynasty stabilized.

As Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang restored order in the Great Wei Dynasty, a mysterious person freed Yang Chan and sent him to provoke conflict between two nations in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Fang Yue advanced his cultivation by studying the Spring Autumn Cicada Art and Bronze Bell Secret Treasure, then encountered a Black-Clad Martial Artist who had come to see him.

• Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang punished or supervised the Imperial Clan Elders, strengthened Divine Capital's formations, and sent envoys to address the people's needs.
• The Mysterious Person freed Yang Chan from the dungeon, erased his old identity, and ordered him to stir up conflict between two nations.
• Yang Chan gathered his old subordinates in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and they attacked border outposts, seized supplies, and assassinated officials.
• Fang Yue studied the Spring Autumn Cicada Art and Bronze Bell Secret Treasure in the Scripture Repository, improving his strength and perception.
• While testing his new abilities outside Divine Capital, Fang Yue sensed and confronted a Black-Clad Martial Artist, who said he had come out of curiosity.

Fang Yue sparred with a mysterious Black-Clad Martial Artist, then was sent by Zhu Linlang to investigate a massacre in a border city. After tracing the killings to Yang Chan and his former subordinates, Fang Yue confronted them in a remote valley, where battle erupted.

• Fang Yue and the Black-Clad Martial Artist fought a fierce sparring match, praised each other's skills, and parted without the stranger revealing his identity.
• Yang Chan and his former subordinates massacred a small city in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to inflame conflict between the two nations.
• Zhu Linlang ordered Fang Yue to investigate the massacre, and he traveled with Li Mu to the ruined city before finding evidence against Yang Chan.
• Fang Yue led his team into the Hundred Thousand Mountains and tracked Yang Chan and his former subordinates to a remote valley.
• Fang Yue confronted Yang Chan, and both sides launched into battle.

Fang Yue defeated Yang Chan, but a mysterious Shadow Figure rescued him and killed most of Li Mu’s pursuing squad. Fang Yue followed the figure’s strange energy into a cave, while Yang Chan learned that his rescuer intended to keep using him to stir up war between the nations.

• Fang Yue defeated Yang Chan, and Li Mu’s forces subdued Yang Chan’s former subordinates, but a Shadow Figure appeared and carried Yang Chan away.
• Fang Yue ordered Li Mu to track the Shadow Figure and sent a soldier to the Imperial Palace to request reinforcements.
• Li Mu followed fresh footprints through the mist, confronted the Shadow Figure, and was grievously wounded as the figure slaughtered his squad.
• Fang Yue found the fallen soldiers, revived Li Mu briefly, then tracked the Shadow Figure’s unusual energy to a concealed cave.
• In a blessed land, the Shadow Figure ordered Yang Chan to continue provoking war between the two nations and threatened him when he hesitated; Yang Chan agreed on condition that his safety be guaranteed.

Fang Yue tracked down and captured the Shadow Figure, then found Yang Chan in a valley, but a second Mysterious Person revealed a plot to overthrow the Great Wei Dynasty and attacked him. Fang Yue defeated both enemies after overcoming the poisonous mist, though the Mysterious Person warned that his organization would not let Fang Yue go.

• Fang Yue followed strange footprints to a hidden valley, where he defeated and captured the Shadow Figure.
• Fang Yue found Yang Chan in a cave and prepared to take him back to the Imperial Palace for judgment.
• A second Mysterious Person appeared, revealed his organization planned to overthrow the Great Wei Dynasty, and filled the valley with poisonous mist.
• Fang Yue used fire to disperse the mist, then detected the Mysterious Person's weakness and struck him down.
• The Shadow Figure intervened to save the Mysterious Person, but Fang Yue exploited their lack of coordination and defeated them both.
• The Mysterious Person warned Fang Yue that his organization would not let him go.

After capturing the Mysterious Person and the Shadow Figure, Fang Yue was promoted and learned that the Shadow Alliance planned to overthrow the Great Wei Dynasty with help from neighboring states. A treasure map led Fang Yue and an elite force to the Alliance’s hidden wealth, where armed strangers ambushed them.

• Fang Yue returned to the Imperial Palace with the Mysterious Person and the Shadow Figure, and Zhu Linlang ordered them interrogated.
• Zhu Linlang promoted Fang Yue to Great General Who Protects the Nation and approved his request to reinforce the borders and investigate the Shadow Alliance.
• Fang Yue questioned the Mysterious Person, who revealed the Alliance’s ambitions, outside contacts, and leader, the Lord of Shadows, before giving Fang Yue a map to its hidden treasure.
• Zhu Linlang sent Fang Yue with elite troops to recover the treasure, and they found chests of riches in a secluded cave.
• A group of mysterious people in Bright Light Armor entered the cave and demanded the treasure, and Fang Yue prepared his soldiers to fight.

Fang Yue escaped a cave ambush, tracked the Mysterious Persons to their camp, and killed their leader while investigating their purpose. After discovering the force came from the Great Chu Dynasty, he fought his way out through a secret passage to carry the intelligence back to the Imperial Court.

• Fang Yue triggered a mechanism to escape the Mysterious Persons in the cave, then sent his soldiers back with the expedition’s gains while he tracked the enemy alone.
• Fang Yue captured a lone Mysterious Person, learned that the group sought the treasure and that its leader was in the central tent, then infiltrated the camp at night.
• Fang Yue defeated and killed the leader in a sword fight, then searched the camp and found documents linking the mysterious force to the Great Chu Dynasty.
• Fang Yue decided to return to the Imperial Court with the intelligence, but the remaining Mysterious Persons surrounded him and attacked.
• Fang Yue fought his way to the secret passage and escaped the camp before his pursuers could catch him.

Fang Yue escaped the mysterious force’s assassins and reported evidence of the Great Chu Dynasty’s preparations for war to Emperor Zhu Linlang. The Great Wei Dynasty reinforced its borders and sent envoys to seek allies, while Fang Yue took responsibility for the defenses.

• Fang Yue fought through an ambush by Black-clothed Men near the Great Wei border and reached the Imperial Palace with evidence linking the mysterious force to the Great Chu Dynasty.
• Fang Yue and his aides investigated the mysterious force’s activity and found that it was stockpiling supplies, recruiting soldiers, and training an army.
• Fang Yue reported the new findings to Emperor Zhu Linlang, who ordered the border defenses strengthened and envoys sent to seek support from other nations.
• Fang Yue proposed offering gifts and friendly letters to potential allies while negotiating within reasonable limits, and Emperor Zhu Linlang approved the plan.
• Fang Yue accepted responsibility for personally overseeing the border defenses and vowed to protect the Great Wei Dynasty.

Fang Yue emerged from cultivation to help Great Wei resist Great Chu’s invasion, then challenged Great Grandmaster Lu Chengfeng to a duel. He defeated Lu Chengfeng, piercing his chest with his sword.

• Fang Yue strengthened Great Wei’s border defenses and continued cultivating the Spring Autumn Cicada Art as Great Chu’s army advanced.
• Wei Yan led the defense against Great Chu, but the enemy breached the pass and captured several Great Wei prefectures.
• Emperor Zhu Linlang appointed Fang Yue Great General Who Conquers the North, and Fang Yue repelled attacks and reclaimed some territory.
• Fang Yue challenged Great Chu’s Great Grandmaster Lu Chengfeng to a duel, hoping to damage the enemy’s morale.
• Fang Yue fought Lu Chengfeng at the appointed battlefield and, after unleashing his full power, pierced Lu Chengfeng’s chest with his sword.

After defeating Great Chu and a Three-Headed Monster, Fang Yue led Great Wei’s pursuit into a dangerous deathland, where he destroyed the crystal controlling the lesser demons. He caught up with the exhausted Great Chu forces and remaining demons in a mountain valley, declaring their defeat imminent.

• Fang Yue rallied Great Wei’s troops after Lu Chengfeng fell and drove the Great Chu Army from the battlefield, then arranged border defenses and urged Zhu Linlang to fund the army.
• A Mysterious Person persuaded the Great Chu emperor to ally with demons, prompting both dynasties to prepare for another war.
• Fang Yue found demon-countering formations in the Great Wei Imperial Family’s secret library and used them to disrupt the invading Great Chu and demon forces.
• Fang Yue defeated the Three-Headed Monster by piercing a glowing rune on its middle head, then led Great Wei in pursuit of the retreating enemy.
• In the Hundred Thousand Mountains’ deathland, Fang Yue shattered a black crystal controlling the lesser demons, causing them to collapse.
• Fang Yue’s troops found the exhausted Great Chu soldiers and remaining demons in a mountain valley, where he declared that their end had come.

Fang Yue defeated the Great Chu Army and demons, while Great Chu’s Emperor chose to dissolve his alliance with the demons and seek peace with Great Wei. Empress Zhu Linlang approved a temporary alliance against the demons and ordered Fang Yue to lead the talks and plan their joint campaign.

• Fang Yue led the Great Wei Army to crush the Great Chu forces and demons after some Great Chu soldiers surrendered.
• The Great Chu court decided to end its alliance with the demons, and the demon envoy threatened to attack Great Chu in retaliation.
• The Great Chu Emperor secretly permitted his ministers to seek Great Wei’s help, and envoys delivered a peace and alliance proposal to Fang Yue.
• Fang Yue sent the proposal to Empress Zhu Linlang, who agreed to join forces with Great Chu against the demons.
• Empress Zhu Linlang ordered Fang Yue to lead peace talks with Great Chu and devise a plan for their joint campaign.

Fang Yue and Great Wei joined forces with Great Chu to attack the Demon Realm, while the demon kings secretly used the fighting to weaken the seal. After the Black Scale Demon King triggered a breach and Great Wei reached a demon altar, a powerful force beneath it stopped Fang Yue from destroying it.

• Fang Yue negotiated an alliance with Great Chu, and Great Wei accepted its reparations to strengthen and supply the army.
• The eighteen demon kings planned an ambush, miasma traps, and a blood-and-flesh ritual to break the Demon Realm's seal.
• Great Chu entered the Poison Mist Demon King's miasma, while Great Wei fought the Black Scale Demon King's vanguard; Zhao Yi killed the Black Scale Demon King and Great Wei wiped out his troops.
• The Black Scale Demon King revived, gathered the corpses' flesh and blood, and broke part of the seal, unleashing Demonic Energy into the human world.
• Great Chu found drained human corpses marked with strange runes, while Great Wei's scouts discovered a demon altar in a dangerous forest.
• Fang Yue led Great Wei to the altar and extinguished its Demonic Fire, but a powerful force surged from beneath it and knocked him back.

Fang Yue defeated the Demon Race Expert at the Altar, then secured Great Chu’s promise to release supplies withheld from Great Wei. Unbeknownst to him, Great Chu’s ruler and Imperial Advisor plotted to lure him into a trap and assassinate him.

• Fang Yue defeated the black-robed Demon Race Expert with his Heavenly Gang Demon Slaying Sword and led the surviving soldiers away from the ruined Altar.
• The Demon Race King revealed that three nodes remained before the seal on the Demon Realm could be broken, while a red-haired Demon General vowed to kill Fang Yue.
• The Great Chu ruler detained supplies promised to Great Wei, but Fang Yue traveled to Great Chu and persuaded him to order their release and send an apology.
• After Fang Yue departed, the Great Chu ruler asked the Imperial Advisor about Fang Yue’s injuries, and they agreed to lure him into a trap and blame demons for his assassination.

Yuan Tianding lured Fang Yue into a miasma-filled valley and attacked him with Great Chu’s elite forces, but Fang Yue broke through the ambush and escaped downstream despite worsening injuries. Meanwhile, the Grand Princess confronted the Great Chu Emperor, who defended the betrayal and remained determined to eliminate Fang Yue.

• Yuan Tianding prepared a formation and concealed troops, martial artists, and the Shadow Assassin Corps in a valley to kill Fang Yue.
• Fang Yue entered the valley to investigate signs of Demon Race activity, resisted the formation’s illusions, and fought off the ambush.
• Fang Yue unleashed his Primordial Severing Slash, killed a Great Grandmaster, took a brocade pouch, and fled through the opening he had cut in the battle formation.
• Fang Yue leaped into a river to escape his pursuers, then crawled into a concealed tree hollow to begin healing his severe injuries.
• The Grand Princess questioned the Great Chu Emperor about attacking Fang Yue, but he insisted that Great Chu’s interests outweighed its agreement with Great Wei and that Fang Yue had to die.

The Grand Princess rescued the wounded Fang Yue from Black Wind Ridge and escaped the Imperial Advisor’s pursuers with him. They headed toward Great Chu Imperial City to expose the Imperial Advisor’s conspiracy, where they learned that he had set a trap for an important person from Great Wei.

• The Grand Princess disguised herself, followed reports of Fang Yue to Black Wind Ridge, and forced the Imperial Advisor’s subordinates to lead her to the valley where he was trapped.
• The Grand Princess found Fang Yue wounded in a rocky crevice, treated him with sacred medicine, and helped him hide from the arriving pursuers.
• The Grand Princess used a Jade Flute to confuse the pursuers and escaped the valley with Fang Yue.
• The Grand Princess and Fang Yue chose to travel toward Great Chu Imperial City to expose the Imperial Advisor’s conspiracy and resolve the crisis between the two nations.
• At an inn near the capital, the Grand Princess and Fang Yue heard that the Imperial Advisor had laid a trap for an important figure from Great Wei.

The Grand Princess brought the wounded Fang Yue into the Imperial Palace to hide and help him recover, but Yuan Tianding began searching for them after divining a clue to their location. They escaped through an abandoned waterway and hid in a garden, then set out to find a safe route out of the palace.

• The Grand Princess gave Fang Yue her Command Token and brought him into the Imperial Palace disguised as a guard, where she treated his wounds.
• His Majesty questioned the Grand Princess about her unusual behavior and warned her against being used by people with ulterior motives.
• Yuan Tianding suspected Fang Yue and the Grand Princess were inside the palace, divined a clue to their whereabouts, and ordered his subordinates to search for them.
• The Grand Princess and Fang Yue learned that the Imperial Advisor's men were searching nearby and fled through an abandoned waterway.
• Fang Yue and the Grand Princess hid in a secluded garden until the searchers left, then hurried toward the outside of the Imperial Palace.

The Grand Princess led Fang Yue out of the Imperial Palace to Taihuang Mountain, where they found Great Chu's royal treasure trove and opened a mysterious doorway inside it. Meanwhile, Yuan Tianding tracked them to the hidden entrance and forced open the Stone Gate, reaching the passage underground.

• The Grand Princess guided Fang Yue through a secret passage out of the Imperial Palace to a concealed cave on Taihuang Mountain.
• The Grand Princess told Fang Yue about Great Chu's royal treasure trove, and they found its Stone Gate and opened it with her Jade Pendant and an ancient incantation.
• Fang Yue studied the martial arts manuals while the Grand Princess examined the treasures in the underground palace.
• The Grand Princess guided Fang Yue through the Dragon Veins Formation, and her incantation opened a luminous doorway at the palace's Altar.
• Yuan Tianding used a Tracking Compass to find the valley, crossed its mist formation with a Jade Slip, and opened the Stone Gate with a talisman.

Fang Yue and the Grand Princess defeated Yuan Tianding, returned to the Imperial Capital, and began organizing support to force the Emperor to abdicate. The chapter left them poised to confront the Emperor at a palace banquet, with loyal soldiers secretly stationed around the grounds.

• Yuan Tianding led guards into the underground palace and attacked Fang Yue and the Grand Princess, but they fought back and Fang Yue killed him.
• Fang Yue and the Grand Princess left Taihuang Mountain and returned to the Imperial Capital, while the Emperor summoned senior ministers to discuss Yuan Tianding's death.
• Fang Yue argued that the Emperor was unfit to rule and planned to win over dissatisfied ministers and generals; the Grand Princess agreed to support him.
• Fang Yue and the Grand Princess secretly gained allies and spread reports of the Emperor's failures and Yuan Tianding's crimes, prompting the Emperor to strengthen palace defenses.
• Fang Yue and the Grand Princess chose the Emperor's grand banquet as the moment to expose his crimes and force his abdication.
• Fang Yue secretly positioned loyal soldiers around the Imperial Palace as the Grand Princess entered the banquet hall with trusted ministers.

The Grand Princess and Fang Yue challenged the Great Chu emperor, but the imperial patriarchs demanded that Fang Yue marry into Great Chu before they would trust him. Fang Yue refused, yet the patriarchs stripped the emperor of his throne and left the Imperial Clan Members to choose a new ruler.

• The Grand Princess accused the emperor of misrule and demanded that he abdicate, while Fang Yue arrived with soldiers to support her.
• The emperor summoned elite guards and three imperial patriarchs, who challenged Fang Yue's right as Great Wei's Northern King to intervene in Great Chu.
• The patriarchs proposed that Fang Yue marry the Grand Princess to prove his loyalty, but Fang Yue said his heart belonged to someone else and refused.
• The Grand Princess urged the patriarchs not to reject Fang Yue as an ally against the Demon Race, while the emperor called for Fang Yue's arrest.
• The patriarchs agreed to give Fang Yue a chance, stripped the emperor of his position, and assigned the Imperial Clan Members to choose a new ruler.

After the Emperor was deposed, the Grand Princess and Fang Yue worked to stabilize Great Chu and prepare for resistance against the Demon Race while the Imperial Clan fought over the succession. The Three Princes arranged Fang Yue’s transfer to Great Wei, then prepared to assassinate the Grand Princess, who remained determined to face them.

• The Grand Princess and Fang Yue supported an orderly search for a new ruler, and Fang Yue urged her to consider taking the throne herself.
• Imperial Clan Members plotted to discredit and assassinate the Grand Princess, but Fang Yue strengthened her protection and uncovered their scheme.
• The conspirators and bribed officials challenged the Grand Princess in court, where Fang Yue defended her and she called for a fair selection.
• The Three Princes demanded that the Fifth Prince be enthroned, but the Grand Princess and Fang Yue rejected their attempt to force the choice.
• The Three Princes secretly persuaded Great Wei to transfer Fang Yue, and Fang Yue left Great Chu after bidding the Grand Princess farewell.
• With Fang Yue gone, the Three Princes began preparing an assassination, while the Grand Princess resolved to confront them.