Chapter Summaries

Mu Li investigated the destruction of his chamber and ordered a search for the wounded thief who stole the Fire Spirit Marrow. Lu Ze survived the underground river, escaped into a hidden cavern, and began treating his burns and internal fire poison.

• Mu Li found the Fire Spirit Marrow and his treasury missing, examined the Crimson Flame Lizard's corpse, and concluded that a skilled cultivator using a gravity Dou Technique had attacked.
• Mu Li suspected the thief had killed Zhao Tu and ordered searches in Qingshan Town, Wutan City, and downstream along the underground river.
• Lu Ze surfaced beneath a waterfall, learned he had gained 20 Deduction Points, and dragged himself into a sheltered crevice despite his injuries.
• Lu Ze cauterized his worst burns with a heated dagger and applied Coldwater Grass sap to counter the fire poison in his body.
• Lu Ze used an immortal art to force the Coldwater Grass's frigid Qi to clash with the fire poison, repeatedly taking pills to replenish his Dou Qi.

Lu Ze hid in a cave to recover from his injuries, but two Wolf Head Mercenary Group men tracked him there. After killing them, he found a sketch marking the underground river’s exit, while Xiao Yi Xian prepared for the mercenaries’ search in Qingshan Town.

• Lu Ze suppressed the fire poison, ate, and moved deeper into the cliff to hide from the blood-attracted beasts.
• Lao Li told Xiao Yi Xian that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had sealed Qingshan Town’s roads and was checking for wounded outsiders.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered the herb-gathering team to stay in the rear courtyard and warned Lao Li to protect the storehouse if the mercenaries forced their way in.
• Lu Ze found a dry cave, drank from its puddle, and began practicing while recovering from his injuries.
• Two One-Star Dou Zhe mercenaries entered the cave, and Lu Ze struck one with a loose stalactite fragment before killing the other with a dagger.
• Lu Ze searched the bodies and found coins, food, and a terrain sketch marking the underground river’s exit.

Lu Ze used a Wind Spirit Crystal in a Qing Feng Eagle's skeleton to purge fire poison, but its lingering will then threatened his recovering meridians. In Qingshan Town, Xiao Yi Xian turned away men searching for potent medicines, while Lu Ze tried to redirect the violent wind energy through the eagle's bones.

• Lu Ze found a Wind Spirit Crystal in a Qing Feng Eagle's skeleton and used its wind essence to clear most of the fire poison from his meridians.
• The Wind Spirit Crystal crumbled after its power was spent, and Lu Ze's meridians began to recover.
• The blade-faced man and the bald man demanded that Xiao Yi Xian let them search the Myriad Medicine Pavilion for medicines linked to fire poison and cold Yin Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned them about poisonous preparations, and Lao Li's foul-smelling Rotbone Flower mixture drove the men away.
• Lu Ze discovered that the crystal's lingering will was tearing at his repaired meridians and guided the wind blades through the patterns on the Qing Feng Eagle's spine.

Lu Ze broke through to Five-Star Dou Zhe and uncovered the Wind Spirit Feather, then ambushed Wolf Head Mercenaries searching the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Meanwhile, the mercenaries stormed the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, where Xiao Yi Xian had prepared a trap, and Lu Ze’s strike left their Eight-Star Dou Zhe leader wounded.

• Lu Ze absorbed the last wind blades, advanced to Five-Star Dou Zhe, and discovered a hidden compartment containing the Wind Spirit Feather and a bone fragment with directions to Cliffside Valley.
• Lu Ze saw torches moving through the distant forest and decided he no longer needed to hide.
• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion after its Qi-Seeking Hound found its target, and the deputy leader ordered a midnight assault.
• Xiao Yi Xian buried three jars of corrosive liquid beneath the pavilion’s threshold and prepared to trigger poisonous mist as the mercenaries approached.
• At midnight, the mercenaries broke into the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and the jars shattered beneath the threshold.
• Lu Ze ambushed five Wolf Head Mercenaries in the rainy forest and sliced open their Eight-Star Dou Zhe leader’s nape.

Lu Ze returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and intervened as the deputy commander attacked Xiao Yi Xian. He wounded the stronger Dou Shi with the Grass Character Sword Art, but was left unable to dodge the deputy commander’s next strike.

• Lu Ze killed the remaining mercenaries and hurried back toward Qingshan Town, worried about Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian used bone-melting water to ambush the deputy commander’s men, killing two before the deputy commander ordered the backyard destroyed.
• Lu Ze burst through the pavilion’s roof and split the deputy commander’s blade light, placing himself between the attacker and the storehouse.
• Lu Ze blocked the deputy commander’s attacks, but his Emerald Water Sword cracked and his arms were badly wounded.
• Lu Ze struck the deputy commander in the chest with the Grass Character Sword Art, tearing through his Dou Qi gauze robe.
• The deputy commander charged again as Lu Ze could no longer dodge, and a hissing sound broke out just before the broadsword struck.

Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian fought off Mu Li’s deputy commander, but Mu Li arrived and demanded the Fire Spirit Marrow. Xiao Yi Xian released corrosive yellow smoke into the courtyard as Mu Li prepared to attack Lu Ze.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the deputy commander with a silver needle, giving Lu Ze a chance to wound him with the Emerald Water Sword.
• The deputy commander retreated when Mu Li’s immense Dou Qi pressure approached, warning Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian that the commander was coming.
• Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian exchanged a brief plan, and Lu Ze prepared to use one last attack despite his exhausted Dou Qi.
• Mu Li arrived at the Wang Yao Residence and demanded to know where the Fire Spirit Marrow was.
• Mu Li noticed Lu Ze drawing vitality from nearby blood and raised his broadsword to attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian released dense, corrosive yellow smoke from the medicine storehouse, and it spread through the rear courtyard.

Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian escaped Mu Li’s assault on the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and fled into the mountains, leaving the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to search for them. They headed toward Cliffside Valley and hid in a cave as Lu Ze used [Earth Shaman] to conceal their presence from the searchers.

• Lu Ze escaped through a hidden drainage tunnel beneath the well, while Mu Li discovered the passage and ordered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to surround the shop and search Qingshan Town for the Fire Spirit Marrow.
• Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian reached an abandoned Earth God Temple, where they acknowledged the loss of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and prepared to flee with their remaining supplies.
• Lu Ze chose to head for Cliffside Valley, and Xiao Yi Xian warned him that its miasma was far more dangerous than the surrounding areas.
• The pair traveled through the rain-soaked forest and found a narrow cave while search parties from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group combed the mountains.
• Xiao Yi Xian treated Lu Ze’s wounds and warned that their medicines would only protect them from the miasma for four to six hours.
• Lu Ze used [Earth Shaman] to merge their living presence with the surrounding rocks and mud as the searchers approached.

Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian entered Cliffside Valley, discovered a strange clash of extreme cold and heat, and found a Twofold Flower guarded by Flame Lizards. Lu Ze unleashed the cold Qi beneath the nest to incapacitate the beasts and pulled the flower free.

• Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian hid from a powerful Dou Qi pressure by assimilating themselves with the earth veins.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified Ice Marrow Moss, and Lu Ze sensed a huge magical beast-like presence underground beneath Cliffside Valley.
• When the poisonous white fog burned Lu Ze, Xiao Yi Xian made a medicinal coating from Ice-Crack Vines and Fire Hemp Mushrooms to protect them.
• The pair crossed the fog and found a Twofold Flower surrounded by Flame Lizards.
• Lu Ze shattered a cold rock vein beneath the lizards, freezing and weakening them, then used Suction Palm to uproot the Twofold Flower.

Lu Ze and Xiao Yi Xian escaped the awakening Earth Dragon but were trapped inside Cliffside Valley when its entrance collapsed. They hid behind a waterfall, where Xiao Yi Xian prepared an Ice-Fire Body Tempering Pill that restored Lu Ze; Mu Li's capture squad still waited outside as Lu Ze considered their next move.

• Lu Ze killed two Flame Lizards, took the Twofold Flower, and fled with Xiao Yi Xian as the valley began collapsing.
• A peak third-rank beast revealed itself beneath the fissures, but stayed near the cold vein to suppress its fire poison; its roar brought down the valley's only exit.
• Lu Ze sensed Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group waiting five li away, then took Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden cavern behind a waterfall.
• Xiao Yi Xian divided and ground the Twofold Flower with Coldwater Grass and Frost Marrow Grass to make two Ice-Fire Body Tempering Pills.
• Lu Ze swallowed a pill and endured its violent effects, which healed his damaged meridians and restored him to peak condition.
• Lu Ze sensed that Mu Li's squad remained outside and saw Xiao Yi Xian resting beside the remaining Twofold Flower materials and gathered herbs.

Lu Ze uncovered the location of fire flame crystals in Cliffside Valley and returned to the earthfire fissure to obtain them. He found a Flame Demon Spider guarding the crystals and unleashed a torrent of cold water against it, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Ze discovered that the bone fragment pointed to an earthfire fissure containing fire flame crystals, the high-rank fire-attribute material he needed for deduction.
• Lu Ze told Xiao Yi Xian he was returning to the fissure, and she gave him frost marrow grass and snow lotus seed paste to protect him from the heat.
• Lu Ze reached the underground cavern and found three fire flame crystals guarded by a peak second-order Flame Demon Spider.
• Lu Ze used Earth Shaman to locate a dried underground cold spring beneath the spider and struck the rock until the cold water burst upward and struck its abdomen.