Chapter Summaries

Feng Xingtong fought to save Liu Kunsheng and Wang Zizhong from Wang Bing, who used Spirit Summoning and Sending to seize spirits and consume them for strength. Just as Wang Bing attacked Wang Zizhong, an elderly Taoist priest intervened with a melon seed, leaving the arena stunned.

• Wang Bing used Spirit Summoning and Sending to wrest control of Liu Kunsheng from Feng Xingtong, then demonstrated the Spirit Consumption Technique by eating another spirit to increase his strength.
• Feng Xingtong used Wang Zizhong’s spirit to boost his qi, reclaimed Liu Kunsheng, and sent him away with Deng Youfu and Deng Youcai.
• Wang Bing knocked Feng Xingtong down and pulled Wang Zizhong’s spirit out, then began eating him despite Feng Xingtong’s desperate efforts to stop him.
• An elderly Taoist priest in the stands pierced Wang Bing’s shoulder with a melon seed, freeing Wang Zizhong and claiming his hand had slipped.

Lu You intervened after Feng Xingtong surrendered, striking Wang Bing with melon seeds and frightening him into fleeing the arena. Wang Ai learned that Wang Bing had been attacked and set out to deal with it, while Feng Zhenghao received a call from Feng Xingtong.

• Rongshan challenged Lu You for interfering, but Feng Xingtong said he had already surrendered and the match was over.
• Lu You struck Wang Bing's shoulders with melon seeds after Wang Bing insulted him, then aimed another seed at his head and made him panic.
• Wang Bing fled the arena, and Feng Xingtong thanked Lu You for protecting Wang Zizhong's spirit.
• Wang Ai received word that an unknown spectator had injured Wang Bing and left to check on him.
• Feng Zhenghao's phone rang with a call from Feng Xingtong.

Lu You waited outside the venue for the Wang Family after injuring Wang Bing, while Feng Zhenghao sought answers about the Wang Family's use of the Feng Family art Spirit Summoning and Sending. The Wang Family confronted Lu You, and Feng Zhenghao stepped between them before demanding an explanation from Wang Ai.

• Lu You set up a fortune-telling stall outside the venue, intending to wait for the Wang Family and use his connections with them and the Feng Family to ask about Spirit Summoning and Sending.
• Wang Ai ordered Wang Chong to find Lu You and avenge Wang Bing, while Feng Zhenghao took Feng Xingtong to look for the old Taoist who had saved him.
• Rongshan reported the incident to Zhang Zhiwei, who sent him to prevent bloodshed; Lu Jin criticized Lu You, while Lu Ci quietly welcomed the Wang Family's setback.
• Wang Chong found Lu You, broke his banner, and threatened him after Lu You admitted to injuring Wang Bing.
• Feng Zhenghao arrived with Feng Xingtong, placed himself between Lu You and the Wang Family, and demanded that Wang Ai explain why his family possessed Spirit Summoning and Sending.

Wang Ai revealed that Feng Tianyang had given the Wang Family Spirit Summoning and Sending, but Lu You demanded copies from both families before defeating Wang Chong’s Divine Painting with a single finger. Wang Ai was left asking who Lu You really was.

• Wang Ai told Feng Zhenghao that Feng Tianyang had given the Wang Family Spirit Summoning and Sending in exchange for protection and had promised not to pass down its complete version.
• Feng Zhenghao calmly said the Feng Family would follow the Wang Family’s lead, and Wang Ai agreed to take only one of Lu You’s arms.
• Lu You demanded a copy of Spirit Summoning and Sending from each family as compensation for his broken cloth banner.
• Wang Chong trapped Lu You, Feng Zhenghao, and Feng Xingtong inside the Divine Painting and sent a painted sword at Lu You.
• Lu You shattered the sword and destroyed the painted world, then blasted Wang Chong into a boulder and left him gravely injured.
• Wang Ai stared at Lu You and asked who he was.

Lu You faced Wang Ai on Mount Longhu after defeating Wang Chong, while Wang Ai chose to fight rather than retreat. As Wang Ai unleashed his Divine Painting technique, Lu You prepared a seemingly overwhelming counterattack.

• Lu You called himself an ordinary person, and Wang Ai sent his retainers away with the unconscious Wang Chong before revealing his Ink-Gold Brush.
• Feng Zhenghao recognized Lu You's calm bearing as resembling Zhang Zhiwei's and sensed that Wang Ai was in danger.
• Wang Ai attacked Lu You with the brush, but a growing sense of mortal danger stopped him from approaching closely.
• Wang Ai used Divine Painting: Thousands of Troops and Ten Thousands of Horses to summon an army of qi soldiers that charged at Lu You.
• Rong Shan arrived to forbid fighting, but Wang Ai ignored him, and Lu You praised Divine Painting before gathering bright platinum light at his fingertip.

Lu You overwhelmed Wang Ai with a fire dragon that consumed his summoned army and evaporated his tidal wave, then stopped short of killing him when Zhang Zhiwei intervened. The Old Celestial Master arrived as Quanxing watched from the tournament stands, leaving the confrontation on Mount Longhu suspended.

• Lu You unleashed a five-clawed fire dragon that destroyed Wang Ai’s cavalry and shield soldiers in a single sweep.
• Feng Shayan conceded her match after Jia Zhengliang was knocked unconscious, while Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin noticed the dark red sky and hurried toward the disturbance.
• Shen Chong and other Quanxing members watched the sky from the spectator stands and remarked on the powerful qi.
• Wang Ai painted a towering Qiantang tide, but Lu You’s fire dragon absorbed and evaporated the waves.
• Lu You appeared before Wang Ai and prepared a Three Sovereigns Cannon Punch, but Zhang Zhiwei stopped him by reminding them that weapons were forbidden on Mount Longhu.
• Lu You withdrew his punch and dismissed the fire dragon, claiming he had only been teasing Wang Ai.

After Lu You defeated Wang Ai, Feng Zhenghao offered him Spirit Summoning and Sending to repay his help to Feng Xingtong, while the Old Celestial Master warned him about the dangers of acquiring an Eight Extraordinary Skill. Lu You saw through Wang Ai’s attempt to use that warning against him and forced the Wang Family to hand over both Spirit Summoning and Sending and Divine Painting.

• Zhang Zhiwei arrived as Wang Ai’s Qiantang Tidal Bore Painting dissipated, and Wang Ai weighed whether to yield or rely on the Old Celestial Master.
• Feng Zhenghao thanked Lu You for helping Feng Xingtong and offered him Spirit Summoning and Sending, asking the Old Celestial Master to witness the offer.
• Zhang Zhiwei greeted Lu You as a fellow Daoist and warned him that inheriting an Eight Extraordinary Skill would attract danger from the Outsider world.
• Wang Ai apologized to Lu You and offered the Wang Family’s copy of Spirit Summoning and Sending, hoping the Old Celestial Master’s warning would make Lu You a target.
• Lu You demanded Divine Painting as well, and Wang Ai reluctantly agreed to hand over the Wang Family’s inheritance.

Lu You studied the Wang and Feng families’ Spirit Summoning and Sending and Divine Painting arts while waiting for the Luotian Grand Ceremony final. Two nights before the match, Zhang Zhiwei asked him to help Zhang Chulan defeat Zhang Lingyu, and Lu You agreed on the condition that he receive the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art.

• Lu You compared the Feng and Wang families’ Spirit Summoning and Sending manuals and mastered its principles alongside the Wang family’s Divine Painting.
• Lu You bet all his money on Zhang Chulan to win the final against Zhang Lingyu.
• Zhang Zhiwei climbed through Lu You’s hotel window and asked him to help Zhang Chulan become the Celestial Master’s successor.
• Lu You refused to kidnap Zhang Lingyu and pointed out that Zhang Chulan needed a respectable fight.
• Lu You offered to help Zhang Chulan if Zhang Zhiwei secured him Lu Jin’s Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, and Zhang Zhiwei agreed to ask Lu Jin.

On the eve of the final, Lu You brought Zhang Lingyu to Zhang Chulan and revealed that Quanxing had sent dangerous members to Mount Longhu. At the Old Celestial Master's recommendation, Zhang Lingyu agreed to help deal with them discreetly, despite Zhang Chulan's attempts to avoid the task.

• Unable to sleep before his match with Zhang Chulan, Zhang Lingyu reflected on his jealousy and resolved to win.
• Lu You found Zhang Lingyu meditating and invited him to come along, saying the Old Celestial Master wanted it; Zhang Lingyu followed after Lu You hinted at a secret.
• Lu You and Zhang Lingyu visited Zhang Chulan, who nervously joked that they had come to bury him before learning they needed him to handle a threat.
• Zhang Chulan recognized the Four Unruly Ones of Quanxing as the intruders Lu You had found on Mount Longhu, while Zhang Lingyu reacted tensely.
• Lu You explained that other Quanxing groups might also be present and that the investigation needed to avoid alerting them.
• Zhang Lingyu accepted the Old Celestial Master's assignment to deal with Quanxing, while Zhang Chulan tried to persuade him to refuse.

Lu You gave Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu Qi Seeds that strengthened them, then brought them to confront Quanxing's Four Unruly Ones. The two prepared to enter the room where the four were gathered, while Lu You watched from outside.

• Lu You offered Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu Qi Seeds containing a portion of his strength, and both accepted.
• The Qi Seeds caused Zhang Chulan intense pain and gave Zhang Lingyu a gentler surge of power, while permanently strengthening both of them.
• Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu thanked Lu You, who said he had given them the Qi Seeds in advance for Qi-State Origin-Flow and the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art.
• Lu You led Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu to the Four Unruly Ones' room behind Mount Longhu, where Zhang Lingyu knocked on the black-covered window.
• A seductive male voice answered the knock, and Zhang Chulan recognized it as Xia He's.

Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu confronted Quanxing's Four Maniacs, and Zhang Chulan easily overpowered Shen Chong in their first clash. As the four prepared to attack together, Zhang Chulan blocked Shen Chong's punch without budging and taunted him.

• Zhang Lingyu and Zhang Chulan burst into the house and encountered Shen Chong, whose palm strike Zhang Chulan repelled with overwhelming force.
• Shen Chong, Dou Mei, Xia He, and Gao Ning recognized the intruders and prepared to fight them together.
• Zhang Chulan asked the Four Maniacs to leave two people behind as guests, while Shen Chong suspected someone else was waiting outside.
• Gao Ning began manipulating Zhang Chulan's and Zhang Lingyu's meridians as Shen Chong launched a swift attack on Zhang Chulan.
• Zhang Chulan blocked Shen Chong's punch without moving, then asked if that was all he had.

Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu fought the Four Unruly Ones while empowered by Qi Seeds, and Zhang Chulan used the battle to study his opponents. After resisting their mental abilities and Shen Chong’s attacks, Zhang Chulan concluded that overwhelming stats could defeat both techniques and martial skill.

• Shen Chong attacked Zhang Chulan with Jeet Kune Do, while Zhang Chulan endured the blows to learn how experienced fighters fought.
• Dou Mei and Gao Ning used their mental abilities against Zhang Lingyu and Zhang Chulan, and Zhang Lingyu unleashed his Yin Five Thunders while Zhang Chulan escaped the wooden house.
• Gao Ning activated the Twelve-Labor Emotion Formation with Dou Mei, slowing Zhang Chulan and stirring Zhang Lingyu’s painful memories of Xia He.
• Zhang Lingyu bit through his tongue to resist the formation, detonated his Qi Seed, and sent a flood of Black Lightning toward Gao Ning and Dou Mei.
• Zhang Chulan realized his Qi Seed’s enhanced stats let him withstand Shen Chong’s attacks and the others’ abilities, then vanished and struck with a punch that shook the void.

Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu overwhelmed the Quanxing attackers, but Zhang Lingyu began losing control as Lu's Qi Seed faded. Gao Ning and Dou Mei escaped while Zhang Chulan went to restrain Zhang Lingyu, and Shen Chong tried to flee before an unseen pursuer confronted him.

• Zhang Chulan smashed Shen Chong through several walls and left him badly injured.
• Zhang Lingyu used Black Water Filth Thunder to pressure Gao Ning and Dou Mei, while Xia He escaped through a window.
• Gao Ning exhausted himself to break through Zhang Lingyu's lightning and urged Dou Mei to flee with him.
• Gao Ning warned Zhang Chulan that Zhang Lingyu was draining his life, so Zhang Chulan left the window and rushed to restrain him.
• Gao Ning and Dou Mei escaped, and Shen Chong tried to slip away before a quiet voice confronted him from behind.

Lu You defeated Shen Chong and subdued Gao Ning and Dou Mei, then ended Zhang Lingyu’s fight with Zhang Chulan. After the two young men reconciled and recovered, they entered the finals together at dawn.

• Lu You killed Shen Chong and stopped Zhang Lingyu by striking him between the brows with a melon seed.
• Lu You spared Gao Ning and Dou Mei, saying he would hand them over to the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Lu You asked whether he should pursue Xia He, but Zhang Chulan advised letting her go, and Zhang Lingyu said he could still fight in the match.
• After Lu You left with Gao Ning and Dou Mei, Zhang Lingyu thanked Zhang Chulan, apologized for his past behavior, and offered to acknowledge him as the Celestial Master.
• Zhang Chulan declined the position, explaining that he had come to investigate his grandfather’s affairs, and the two young men entered the finals venue together at dawn.

Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu entered the Luotian Grand Ceremony finals battered from their battle the previous night, while the Old Celestial Master and others discussed Daoist Lu’s power and the danger he might pose. Zhang Chulan still had some strength from his Yang Seed, but Zhang Lingyu had exhausted his Yin Seed; their final match began with both resolved to fight seriously.

• Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu emerged from the contestants’ passage supporting each other, leaving the spectators confused and prompting rumors about what had happened overnight.
• Zhang Zhiwei told Wang Ai that intruders had been cleared from Mount Longhu and warned that any who ignored the warning would not leave.
• Xu San and Xu Si discussed the Four Unruly Ones’ attack, Daoist Lu’s Qi Seeds, and the uncertainty surrounding his place in the Outsider world.
• Feng Baobao looked toward Lu You, who greeted her from his hidden seat in the stands.
• Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu took their positions, acknowledged they would give the match everything, and began the final.

Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu fought an even, escalating final with their Yang and Yin Five Thunders, until both unleashed their strongest attacks. Zhang Lingyu lost, but the two reconciled after the battle as the crowd applauded.

• Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu opened the final by clashing their Yang and Yin Five Thunders, each forcing the other back.
• Zhang Chulan used his Yang Seed and Lightning Speed to fight Zhang Lingyu at close range while Zhang Lingyu’s Water Filth Thunder corroded his defenses.
• Lu You watched and reflected that Zhang Chulan’s Yang Seed would last longer than Zhang Lingyu’s Yin Seed, making the contest unfair from the outset.
• As Zhang Lingyu gathered his remaining Qi for a final attack, Zhang Chulan chose to face it head-on instead of striking first.
• Zhang Chulan and Zhang Lingyu unleashed Great White Worm and Yin Five Thunders, and their collision shook the arena.
• Zhang Lingyu collapsed and admitted defeat; Zhang Chulan helped him up, and the crowd applauded them.

After Zhang Chulan began receiving the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, Quanxing attacked Mount Longhu, and Lu You agreed to protect the mountain while the Old Celestial Master was occupied. Lu You arrived at a standoff between Lu Jin, Zhang Lingyu, and Quanxing fighters, then froze everyone in place with a deadly warning.

• Zhang Lingyu accepted the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art at the awards ceremony, while Zhang Chulan refused it.
• The Old Celestial Master gave Lu You the copied Heaven Communicating Talisman Art and fifty million, asking him to defend Mount Longhu during Zhang Chulan's transmission.
• The Old Celestial Master began transmitting the art to Zhang Chulan as Feng Baobao stood guard, and Quanxing launched its attack on the mountain.
• Lu You headed toward the heaviest fighting and found Lu Jin and Zhang Lingyu facing Yuan Tao and Handan, with Huang Dan concealed nearby.
• Lu You appeared among them and ordered everyone not to move, threatening to kill anyone who did.

Lu You left Lu Jin and Zhang Lingyu to handle Yuan Tao's group and headed elsewhere, where Lu Linglong and Zhi Jinhua had been trapped by Quanxing members. As Lu Linglong prepared to fight to the death, Lu You appeared beside her and calmly judged her a promising student.

• Lu You departed after intimidating Yuan Tao's group, while Lu Jin reflected that the Daoist was beyond ordinary human limits.
• Quanxing members ambushed Lu Linglong and Zhi Jinhua; Bian Min pinned Zhi Jinhua to the ground with iron spikes.
• Tu Junfang and five other Quanxing members surrounded Lu Linglong and tried to use Zhi Jinhua as leverage to obtain the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art.
• Lu Linglong refused to surrender and vowed to keep fighting even if she could not save Zhi Jinhua.
• Lu You appeared beside Lu Linglong without warning and considered keeping her as a potential student.

Lu You swiftly overwhelmed Quanxing after killing Bian Min, leaving several attackers dead or badly injured and forcing Tu Junfang to submit. He freed Zhi Jinhua and resolved to teach the Outsiders through brutal consequences to respect greater power.

• Bian Min mocked Lu You, who instantly cut off his head and stunned the Quanxing group.
• Tu Junfang realized he could not follow Lu You’s movements and feared he would be killed just as easily.
• Lu You severed the purple-haired woman’s hands, crippled the red-haired man with a pebble, and burned the fleeing burly man to ashes.
• The bald man surrendered, while Tu Junfang praised Lu You and admitted that Outsiders treated battles too lightly.
• Lu You shattered the steel needles in Zhi Jinhua’s body, and Lu Linglong helped her up.
• Lu You decided that he would make troublemaking Outsiders experience enough brutality to stop them causing trouble.

Lu You defeated Tu Junfang and left Lu Linglong to treat Zhi Jinhua before intervening in the battle against Xue Fan. He incapacitated Xue Fan, destroyed the Soul-Guiding Banner, and made its dead spirits destroy one another.

• Lu You frightened Tu Junfang into fleeing and explained to Lu Linglong that evil's continued existence helped preserve the balance between the righteous and the wicked.
• Lu You reassured Lu Linglong and Zhi Jinhua, then vanished, leaving Lu Linglong to take Zhi Jinhua for treatment.
• Xue Fan used his Mourning Technique to possess Xi with a vengeful spirit and poison, making Xi attack Xiao Xiao from behind.
• Lu You caught Xi's saber with one finger, shattered it, and knocked Xi into a tree.
• Xue Fan tried to flee, but Lu You stunned him, broke the Soul-Guiding Banner, and ordered its dead spirits to kill one another until they vanished.