Chapter Summaries

Long Feng fled into the inner formation, where its mechanisms wounded him but failed to stop him, while Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu entered and engaged Yan Zhong. Huang Xiao went to confront Long Feng, who recognized him and laughed as the fight began.

• Long Feng charged into the inner formation, survived its mechanisms, and shouted that the formation was only an illusion formation, allowing Qiu Ping and the others to hear him.
• Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu entered the formation and forced Yan Zhong to fight them, leaving Long Feng free to work on breaking the inner formation.
• Zhao Xin'er worried that Huang Xiao could not defeat Long Feng, but Zhao Yunhui assured her that Huang Xiao was much stronger than she remembered.
• Huang Xiao entered the formation to confront Long Feng, despite Yan Zhong urging him to take the princesses and leave.
• Long Feng recognized Huang Xiao, welcomed the chance to kill him, and laughed as Huang Xiao approached.

Huang Xiao fought Long Feng while Yan Zhong struggled against Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu inside the changing formation. Huang Xiao gained the initiative with his improved cultivation and movement skills, but Long Feng’s Snowchant Flexible Sword kept him from landing a decisive blow.

• Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu focused on Yan Zhong while Long Feng pursued Huang Xiao and demanded the princess.
• The formation changed, weakening the three attackers’ ability to suppress Yan Zhong and helping Huang Xiao move more freely.
• Huang Xiao met Long Feng’s palm strike with the Blazing Yang Palm, forcing Long Feng to retreat before Long Feng’s aura surged.
• Huang Xiao attacked again with his demonic art, prompting Long Feng to draw the Snowchant Flexible Sword and use the Remnant Demon Sword Technique.
• Huang Xiao used the Lingbo Ethereal Steps and the formation to attack from shifting angles, but Long Feng’s fast, unpredictable sword forced him to keep retreating.

Huang Xiao killed Long Feng by exploiting his distraction with the Seven Spirit Blades, then took Long Feng’s formation manual and Snow-Chanting Soft Sword. Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu chased after Huang Xiao into the formation, while Zhao Xin'er welcomed him back to the rooftop.

• Huang Xiao distracted Long Feng with Godslayer and killed him with a strike to the neck.
• Huang Xiao searched Long Feng’s body and took the Nine Scrolls of Heavenly Mechanism, his money, and the Snow-Chanting Soft Sword.
• Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu abandoned their fight with Yan Zhong and charged at Huang Xiao to seize the Seven Spirit Blade.
• Huang Xiao escaped toward the rooftop, leaving Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu trapped together inside the formation.
• Zhao Xin'er greeted Huang Xiao and took his arm before realizing Zhao Yunhui was beside them.

Zhao Yunhui chose to keep fighting the three Upper Peerless experts, and Zhao Xin'er used Heaven-Shaking Thunders to separate them inside the formation. Yan Zhong began attacking Qiu Ping, but a newcomer arrived and threatened Huang Xiao, calling him a Poison God Valley brat and demanding payment for his disciple’s death.

• Huang Xiao gave Zhao Yunhui the Nine Scrolls of Heavenly Mechanism, and Yan Zhong returned safely after helping hold off the attackers.
• Zhao Yunhui agreed to Zhao Xin'er’s plan to split the three trapped experts and ordered Yan Zhong to fight for two hours before they left.
• Zhao Xin'er and the others threw Heaven-Shaking Thunders, separating Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu inside the formation.
• Yan Zhong challenged Qiu Ping, revealed himself as Yan Zhong of the Dragon Guard and the Five-Element Fist, then gained the advantage with the formation’s help.
• A sinister newcomer arrived beside Huang Xiao’s group and threatened the Poison God Valley brat over his disciple’s death.

Heartless Daoist Gongsun Liang arrived to avenge his disciple Ning Buli and demanded that Huang Xiao stay behind while the princesses left. Zhao Yunhui, Zhao Xin'er, and Yan Zhong refused to abandon Huang Xiao, and a mysterious voice arrived just as Gongsun Liang prepared to fight.

• Gongsun Liang appeared outside Zhao Yunhui's formation, and Yan Zhong returned from fighting Qiu Ping after Zhao Yunhui called him back.
• Huang Xiao and Yan Zhong recognized Gongsun Liang as Ning Buli's master, a long-established Upper Peerless expert skilled in formations.
• Zhao Yunhui led Huang Xiao, Zhao Xin'er, and Yan Zhong out of the formation so Gongsun Liang could not free Qiu Ping and the other trapped enemies.
• Gongsun Liang said he would let the princesses leave but insisted Huang Xiao stay to answer for Ning Buli's death.
• Zhao Yunhui, Zhao Xin'er, and Yan Zhong refused to leave Huang Xiao, and Zhao Xin'er claimed that no one could hurt him while she was there.
• A cold voice rang out, and Gongsun Liang's expression shifted as the new arrival announced himself.

Jiang Ying arrived to help Huang Xiao and joined Yan Zhong in fighting Gongsun Liang, but Gongsun Liang overwhelmed them and demanded the Seven Spirit Blades. As more Jianghu figures gathered nearby, Huang Xiao urged Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er to leave.

• Jiang Ying reunited with Huang Xiao and joined forces with Yan Zhong against Gongsun Liang.
• Gongsun Liang fought both Upper Peerless experts at once, then revealed his deeper mastery and forced them back.
• Zhao Xin'er hinted that she had a secret way to hurt Gongsun Liang, but Zhao Yunhui told her to wait.
• Gongsun Liang struck Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying hard enough to make them spit blood, then demanded that Huang Xiao hand over the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying urged Zhao Yunhui to flee, and Huang Xiao spotted more Jianghu figures arriving nearby.

Huang Xiao and the two women escaped while Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying held off Gongsun Liang and the Jianghu pursuers. Resting in a ruined temple, they questioned why Jiang Ying had repeatedly appeared to save Huang Xiao and whether he had a hidden purpose.

• Huang Xiao, Zhao Yunhui, and Zhao Xin'er left as Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying stayed behind to delay Gongsun Liang and the arriving Jianghu fighters.
• Gongsun Liang rushed to break the formation holding three upper peerless experts, so Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying interfered to buy Huang Xiao and the women more time to escape.
• Huang Xiao and the two women reached a ruined temple after nightfall, where they made a fire and prepared to rest.
• Huang Xiao thanked Jiang Ying for repeatedly helping him and the Green Ox Gate, and Zhao Xin'er questioned whether Jiang Ying was merely Xuanzhenzi's old friend.
• Zhao Yunhui suggested Jiang Ying might be watching Huang Xiao because he had a purpose, while Huang Xiao dismissed the pattern of rescues as coincidence.

Huang Xiao learned that Jiang Ying had called him a young master and vowed to avenge him, leaving him uncertain about his identity. The next morning, Huang Xiao and the two women were cornered by Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu, who pursued the Seven Spirit Blades.

• Zhao Xin'er told Huang Xiao that Jiang Ying had called him the young master and threatened to destroy the Peaceful Heaven Sect after Huang Xiao fell from Everlasting Spring Mountain.
• Huang Xiao struggled to believe the revelation and decided he would ask Jiang Ying about it when they met again.
• The next morning, Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er fled up a mountain trail after Huang Xiao noticed pursuers behind them.
• Qiu Ping caught up and told Huang Xiao that Senior Yan and Jiang Ying were still fighting Gongsun Liang, while Zhao Xin'er noticed Huang Xiao used the same qinggong method as Zhao Yunhui.
• Zhu Yu and Liu Fu arrived to join Qiu Ping, and Huang Xiao offered the Seven Spirit Blades to anyone who would let them go.
• Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu ignored Huang Xiao's offer and rushed to capture him first.

Huang Xiao tried to unleash Heavenly Demon Disintegration to protect Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er from Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu, but Zhao Xin'er used a crimson bird-shaped device to stop him. When the crimson vision faded, Huang Xiao found Liu Fu dead and the others' fates unclear.

• Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu agreed to join forces to capture Huang Xiao and seize the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Huang Xiao moved away from Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er, raised his power through the Heavenly Demon Skill, and prepared to unleash Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Zhu Yu recognized Huang Xiao's aura as a powerful demonic art and began coveting the technique for himself.
• Zhao Yunhui urged Huang Xiao to stop, and Zhao Xin'er fired a golden ray from a crimson bird-shaped device.
• The ray became a radiant bird and filled the sky with crimson, trapping everyone in an illusion that halted Huang Xiao's technique.
• Huang Xiao spat blood from the backlash and discovered that Liu Fu, standing before him, had stopped breathing.

Zhao Xin'er used the Phoenix Feather to kill Liu Fu, but Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu realized she could not fire it again and moved to seize Godslayer. As Huang Xiao was wounded and Zhu Yu reached for the blade, Gongsun Liang arrived.

• Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu recognized Zhao Xin'er's weapon as the Phoenix Feather after finding Liu Fu dead.
• Zhao Xin'er confirmed the weapon's identity, but Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu concluded that she could not use it again soon and agreed to compete for the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Huang Xiao stepped forward with Godslayer, but Qiu Ping struck him down and sent the blade to the ground.
• Zhu Yu rushed for Godslayer, while Qiu Ping tried to pull it toward himself and Zhu Yu stopped his force.
• A broken stone forced Zhu Yu away from Godslayer, and Gongsun Liang appeared, confronting Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu.

Gongsun Liang tricked Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu into leaving Godslayer unguarded, took the Seven Spirit Blade, and attacked them to silence everyone who knew he had obtained it. As Huang Xiao and the two princesses remained nearby, Zhu Yu revealed that Zhao Xin'er possessed the Phoenix Feather in a desperate attempt to save himself.

• Gongsun Liang stopped Huang Xiao, Zhao Yunhui, and Zhao Xin'er from leaving, then feinted toward them to draw Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu away from Godslayer.
• Gongsun Liang struck and injured Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu, picked up Godslayer, and hid it in his robe.
• Gongsun Liang attacked Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu, declaring that he would kill them so no one would learn he had obtained the Seven Spirit Blade.
• Zhu Yu pleaded that he and Qiu Ping would keep silent, then offered to reveal Zhao Xin'er's Phoenix Feather as a way to persuade Gongsun Liang to spare them.

Gongsun Liang abandoned his fight with Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu to pursue Huang Xiao, Zhao Yunhui, and Zhao Xin'er for the Phoenix Feather. Zhao Xin'er wounded him with it, but as he prepared to kill Huang Xiao, an unknown woman’s voice interrupted him.

• Gongsun Liang spared Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu and pursued Huang Xiao and the two women to seize the Phoenix Feather.
• Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu followed Gongsun Liang to keep track of him.
• Huang Xiao sent Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er ahead, then turned back to face Gongsun Liang.
• Zhao Xin'er activated the Phoenix Feather and pierced Gongsun Liang's left arm, but its use left her severely weakened.
• Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui stayed beside Zhao Xin'er as Gongsun Liang prepared to kill Huang Xiao, and an unknown woman’s voice suddenly challenged him.

A masked woman in a pale yellow dress appeared and demanded that Gongsun Liang surrender the Seven Spirit Blade, Godslayer. After she struck him with Palm Force that curved around a boulder, Gongsun Liang recognized her as the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.

• An unseen woman injured Gongsun Liang, giving Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui time to return to Zhao Xin'er and treat her.
• The woman appeared atop a rock and demanded that Gongsun Liang hand over his Seven Spirit Blade.
• Zhu Yu revealed that the blade was called Godslayer, and Gongsun Liang refused to surrender it.
• The woman sent Palm Force at Gongsun Liang, then redirected it around a boulder to strike him.
• Gongsun Liang was badly injured and recognized the woman as the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.

The Jade-Faced Rakshasa revealed her overwhelming strength, killing Qiu Ping and driving Gongsun Liang and Zhu Yu to flee. Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying arrived with nearly a hundred Jianghu practitioners, and the chapter ended as four more figures approached.

• Zhao Yunhui explained that the Jade-Faced Rakshasa and her husband, the Iron-Faced Asura, had once killed many Jianghu experts and that witnesses were rumored never to survive.
• Qiu Ping tried to flee, but the Jade-Faced Rakshasa caught and killed him in a single move.
• Gongsun Liang seized the chance to escape, threw Godslayer at the Jade-Faced Rakshasa, and fled after she caught the dagger and struck him with a palm; Zhu Yu escaped in the opposite direction.
• Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying arrived with nearly a hundred Jianghu practitioners, and Huang Xiao warned them that the woman was the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.
• Huang Xiao asked Zhao Xin'er to lend her Phoenix Feather to Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying, but Zhao Xin'er said they could not use it effectively without knowing its techniques.
• The Jade-Faced Rakshasa remarked that many people had come as four more figures rushed toward them.

Huang Xiao's martial uncles and three Dragon Guards joined Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying to protect him and the princesses from the Jade-Faced Rakshasa. She returned Godslayer to Huang Xiao, secretly told him to claim she had taken it, and killed the Jianghu onlookers before leaving.

• Wang Yuantu, Hua Yuan, Mei Jingfeng, and Zhu Xiao arrived and recognized Godslayer as the Seven Spirit Blades, but Wang Yuantu chose not to fight the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.
• Three Dragon Guards arrived to reinforce Yan Zhong, bringing the number of experts facing the Jade-Faced Rakshasa to nine.
• Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er pleaded with the Jade-Faced Rakshasa, who agreed to let their group go.
• The Jade-Faced Rakshasa returned Godslayer to Huang Xiao and secretly instructed him to say she had taken it.
• The Jade-Faced Rakshasa left and killed the Jianghu onlookers, while Huang Xiao reunited with his martial uncles.

After the Jade-Faced Rakshasa returned the Seven Spirit Blades, Huang Xiao and his companions left the battlefield and learned that the Jianghu pursuers had suffered heavy losses. At an inn, Wang Yuantu promised that the Poison God Valley Master would personally guide Huang Xiao, while Yan Zhong arranged to escort the Princesses back to Kaifeng the next day.

• Huang Xiao suggested letting the Jianghu believe that the Jade-Faced Rakshasa had taken the Seven Spirit Blades, and Wang Yuantu and Yan Zhong agreed that the story would divert pursuit from him.
• Jianghu fighters found more than a hundred dead, including Liu Fu and Qiu Ping, and many abandoned the chase while others continued after Huang Xiao's group.
• At an inn, Hua Yuan and the others were astonished by Huang Xiao's rise to Mid Peerless strength, and Wang Yuantu said he might become stronger than him after reaching the Peak Realm.
• Wang Yuantu told Huang Xiao that the Poison God Valley Master would personally guide his cultivation, leaving Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui uneasy about the Valley Master discovering his secrets.
• Yan Zhong said he would escort Zhao Xin'er and Zhao Yunhui back to Kaifeng the next day, and Huang Xiao promised to return there after visiting Poison God Valley.

Huang Xiao confronted Jiang Ying about calling him “young master” and learned that he had been secretly protected because his identity was honored and the parents who raised him were adoptive parents. Jiang Ying could reveal little about Huang Xiao’s birth parents or who sent him, but he disclosed that the Heavenly Qilin Pawnshop was only one business; Huang Xiao was left with more questions about his origins.

• Huang Xiao took Jiang Ying to a deserted place and asked why he had called him “young master.”
• Jiang Ying confirmed that Huang Xiao had an honored identity and said the Jade Thumb Ring identified him, while the parents who raised him were his adoptive parents.
• Jiang Ying explained that he had secretly protected Huang Xiao under orders to intervene only when Huang Xiao’s life was in danger, and Huang Xiao helped him up after he knelt.
• Huang Xiao asked about his birth parents and who had sent Jiang Ying, but Jiang Ying said he could not reveal those details.
• Jiang Ying said the Heavenly Qilin Pawnshop was only one business, leaving Huang Xiao astonished by the scale of the organization behind it.

Huang Xiao returned to Poison God Valley as rumors about the Seven Spirit Blades drew the Jianghu’s attention, prompting Wang Yuantu to order the valley closed for a time. There, Huang Xiao noticed that Li Yuncong and Xu Yan seemed changed, while the two privately remarked on his astonishing growth and familiar aura.

• Huang Xiao traveled toward Poison God Valley with Wang Yuantu and the others, heard that Zhu Yu and Gongsun Liang had blamed the Jade-Faced Rakshasa for taking the Seven Spirit Blades, and suspected she was diverting attention from him.
• At Poison God Valley’s entrance, Wang Yuantu stopped a fight between Poison God Valley and Medicine God Valley disciples and ordered both groups punished.
• Wang Yuantu decided Poison God Valley should close its gates to protect Huang Xiao and took him to meet Master.
• Huang Xiao greeted Li Yuncong and Xu Yan, but found their gazes and behavior unfamiliar.
• After Huang Xiao left, Li Yuncong and Xu Yan discussed his rapid improvement and the aura that reminded them of the Heavenly Yin Silkworm’s cold poison.

Xu Yan and Li Yuncong discussed Huang Xiao’s unusual strength, the Seven Spirit Blade, and the possibility that he had encountered their enemies. At Poison God Valley, Huang Xiao handed Godslayer to the Valley Master and asked for guidance on reaching the Peak Realm, but their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of the Valley Master’s Granduncle.

• Xu Yan and Li Yuncong suspected Huang Xiao had gained rare fortune or might be a spy, and agreed to watch him and leave the Seven Spirit Blade question to their Senior Brother.
• Wang Yuantu brought Huang Xiao and Godslayer to the Valley Master, then described their dangerous journey and the Jade-Faced Rakshasa’s return of the blade.
• The Valley Master questioned Huang Xiao about his strength and the dispelling of his cold poison, and Huang Xiao attributed both to his visit to Everlasting Spring Valley.
• The Valley Master offered Huang Xiao a reward for surrendering Godslayer, but Huang Xiao asked instead for guidance in breaking through to the Peak Realm.
• The Valley Master promised to guide Huang Xiao and said he could reach the Peak Realm within a year, then greeted a newly arriving Granduncle.

Huang Xiao met the Poison God Valley Patriarch, who revealed the ties between the two valleys and Medicine King Hall and warned him to conceal his Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art. The Patriarch kept Godslayer for safekeeping, promising to return it if Huang Xiao reached the Peerless Realm and the Seven Spirit Blades’ secret remained unsolved.

• The Valley Master presented Godslayer to the Patriarch, who asked Huang Xiao whether he was willing to give up the blade and then sent the Valley Master and Junior Brother Qi away to speak with Huang Xiao alone.
• The Patriarch told Huang Xiao that Junior Brother Qi was the Valley Master of Medicine God Valley and explained that the Valley Master’s master was his own junior sister.
• The Patriarch guessed that Huang Xiao practiced the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art and asked where he had learned it; Huang Xiao said an elderly man had taught him.
• The Patriarch warned Huang Xiao not to reveal the art to anyone, including the Valley Master, and explained its connection to Medicine King Hall and the sect’s rules against teaching it to outsiders.
• The Patriarch told Huang Xiao to be wary of Medicine King Hall disciples and kept Godslayer, saying he might return it once Huang Xiao reached the Peerless Realm.