Chapter Summaries

After awakening in the body of the Xu Household’s disgraced son-in-law, Liu Wuxie discovered the Heaven-Devouring Divine Cauldron had followed him and begun healing his meridians. He survived the brothel’s collapse, accepted responsibility for its damage, and returned with Xu Yilin to the Xu Household, where he was told to report to the main hall.

• Liu Wuxie recalled his death as an Immortal Emperor and learned that he had been reborn in the body of a notorious wastrel on the True Martial Continent.
• He examined his damaged, badly blocked meridians and found that the Heaven-Devouring Divine Cauldron in his Dantian was producing liquid that healed them.
• The cauldron sent ancient characters into Liu Wuxie’s consciousness before rescuers pulled him from the brothel’s rubble.
• Xu Yilin scolded Liu Wuxie and hurried to take him home while onlookers mocked him for surviving the collapse.
• The madam of the Delightful Red Courtyard demanded compensation, and Liu Wuxie offered to pay for the damage himself.
• Liu Wuxie returned to the Xu Household with Xu Yilin, who ordered him to change clothes and then come to the main hall.

After taking over the body of Liu Wuxie, a former Immortal Emperor, Liu Wuxie faced his in-laws’ anger over his scandalous behavior and discovered the Grand Desolation Heaven-Devouring Instruction. He rapidly cultivated to the acquired fourth layer and left to seek ingredients and money for further cultivation, while Xu Household servants continued to condemn him.

• Xu Yilin questioned Liu Wuxie about the previous night, while Yang Zi berated him for disgracing the Xu Household; Liu Wuxie accepted responsibility and Xu Yilin told him to stay home and cultivate.
• Liu Wuxie entered his soul sea and recognized the Primordial Desolation Script as the Grand Desolation Heaven-Devouring Instruction.
• Liu Wuxie cultivated the instruction, drawing in spiritual Qi as the Heaven-Devouring Divine Cauldron absorbed much of it and produced mysterious liquid that cleansed and tempered his body.
• After two hours, Liu Wuxie used the mysterious liquid to advance from the acquired first layer to the acquired fourth layer.
• Liu Wuxie wrote down ingredients for a Meridian-Restoring Pill and another pill formula, then left the courtyard to pursue resources for cultivation.
• Xu Household servants whispered about Liu Wuxie’s brothel visit and the disgrace it had brought upon the household.

Liu Wuxie went to the Pill Treasure Pavilion seeking its manager but was attacked by its attendants and fought back. Steward Lei Tao arrived and agreed to hear his business, but Liu Wuxie silenced the still-provocative purple-robed man with a slap.

• Liu Wuxie asked a blue-clad attendant to announce him to the manager, but the attendant insulted him and ordered him out because he was the Xu Household's live-in son-in-law.
• When the blue-clad attendant attacked, Liu Wuxie kicked him into a counter, then used Seven Star Steps and his fists to defeat several attendants while evading the purple-robed man's strikes.
• Steward Lei Tao arrived, demanded an explanation, and heard Liu Wuxie say that he had only defended himself after being insulted and attacked.
• Liu Wuxie asked to speak somewhere quieter, but the purple-robed man kept provoking him, so Liu Wuxie slapped him across the hall.

Liu Wuxie subdued the purple-robed man in the Pill Treasure Pavilion, then used an unfamiliar pill formula to secure a private audience with Lei Tao. After Master Huo examined the formula for the Heavenly Spirit Pill, Liu Wuxie’s words led him to identify its key ingredient as Spirit Essence.

• Liu Wuxie slapped the purple-robed man and seized him by the neck when he attacked, silencing the crowd in the Pill Treasure Pavilion.
• Lei Tao threatened Liu Wuxie, but Liu Wuxie tossed him a pill formula and told him to consult someone from the upper ranks.
• Lei Tao recognized the formula’s promise and brought Liu Wuxie into a private room to discuss business, prompting the crowd to wait outside.
• Lei Tao summoned Master Huo to appraise the formula, and Master Huo identified it as a Heavenly Spirit Pill.
• Liu Wuxie recited a line about the pill’s ingredients, and Master Huo recognized Spirit Essence.

Liu Wuxie exposed Master Huo’s greed over the Heavenly Spirit Pill formula and revealed that Huo was suffering from a fatal injury caused by a forbidden pill. After treating him temporarily, Liu Wuxie began discussing cooperation with the desperate alchemist.

• Master Huo accused Liu Wuxie of presenting a fake Pill Formula and threatened to seize it, while Lei Tao suspected he was concealing his true motives.
• Liu Wuxie mocked Master Huo, who attacked him, but stopped when Liu described the pain in his Shanzhong acupoint and the damage caused by a Spirit-Breaking Pill.
• Master Huo begged Liu Wuxie to save him, and Liu agreed to help in exchange for cooperation rather than wealth.
• Master Huo confirmed he had authority to decide on cooperation while the pavilion master was away from Canglan City.
• Liu Wuxie used silver needles to ease Master Huo’s pain and said five treatments would be needed to remove the illness completely.
• Master Huo thanked Liu Wuxie, and Liu turned the conversation toward their cooperation.

Liu Wuxie secured a three-year partnership with the Pill Treasure Pavilion, then discovered that Hallucinogenic Powder had been used in an attempt to kill him. Back at the Xu Household, he found its weapons business in crisis after the Tian Household poached its master artificers, just as medicinal ingredients arrived for him.

• Liu Wuxie agreed with Lei Tao and Master Huo to refine Heavenly Spirit Pills for the Pill Treasure Pavilion and requested ingredients for a Meridian-Restoring Pill.
• Zhou Tong attacked Liu Wuxie as he left the inner chamber, but Lei Tao stopped him; Liu Wuxie demanded Zhou Tong be expelled, and Lei Tao dismissed him.
• Liu Wuxie found his three friends' home empty and discovered a sachet of Hallucinogenic Powder, which he suspected had been used to lure him to the brothel and conceal an attempted murder.
• At the Xu Household, Liu Wuxie learned that the Tian Household had poached its master artificers and that defective weapons had been sold to customers.
• A steward told Liu Wuxie that the Pill Treasure Pavilion had delivered the medicinal ingredients, and he left the main hall to receive them.

Liu Wuxie refined Body-Tempering Liquid, strengthened his body, and began practicing the Blood Rainbow Saber Technique. At the Xu Household dining hall, he fought Tie Li for removing his table and chairs, and Xu Yilin arrived just as Liu Wuxie was about to deliver a potentially fatal blow.

• Liu Wuxie refined Body-Tempering Liquid and soaked in it, using the Grand Desolation Heaven-Devouring Instruction to cleanse and strengthen his body.
• He chose the Blood Rainbow Saber Technique and practiced its strikes until his accuracy improved.
• Liu Wuxie went to the Xu Household dining hall and found his table and chairs missing; Tie Li admitted he had chopped them up and attacked him.
• Liu Wuxie dodged Tie Li's blows and defeated him, then prepared to strike him down when Tie Li attacked with a kitchen cleaver.
• Xu Yilin arrived and ordered Liu Wuxie to stop before his palm could kill Tie Li.

Liu Wuxie defended himself against Tie Li’s false accusation, and Xu Yilin privately showed that he trusted him. That night Liu Wuxie refined Heavenly Spirit Pills, broke through to the fifth layer of the Houtian realm, and left for the weapons workshop to find a more suitable saber.

• Tie Li accused Liu Wuxie of attacking him after the servants used Liu Wuxie’s chair, and several servants backed Tie Li’s story.
• Xu Yilin privately reassured Liu Wuxie that he would investigate the incident and invited him to eat with the family.
• Liu Wuxie refined twenty usable Heavenly Spirit Pills and kept five ruined pills for possible use as spirit-beast food.
• Liu Wuxie swallowed a Heavenly Spirit Pill and the liquid from the Heaven-Devouring Divine Cauldron, breaking through to the fifth layer of the Houtian realm and reaching its peak overnight.
• Liu Wuxie practiced his saber, decided his current weapon did not suit him, and went to the weapons workshop after cultivating with Body-Tempering Liquid.

Liu Wuxie killed Zhou Tong and five hired assassins who ambushed him, then went to the Xu Household Weapons Workshop to forge a long saber. He began preparing to teach Hu Shi, a loyal apprentice weaponsmith, how to become a great master weaponsmith.

• Liu Wuxie recognized Zhou Tong among six masked attackers and learned Zhou had hired five assassins to kill him.
• Liu Wuxie used the Seven Star Steps to evade the assassins, killed one with his palm, and cut down the other four with a saber.
• Liu Wuxie stabbed Zhou Tong in the abdomen and left him dead against the alley wall.
• Liu Wuxie arrived at the Xu Household Weapons Workshop and found few customers because defective weapons had damaged the business.
• Hu Shi treated Liu Wuxie respectfully, while Dong Changliang and the attendants mocked him; Liu Wuxie took Hu Shi to the forging room.
• Liu Wuxie lit the furnace, selected meteoric iron, and asked Hu Shi if he wanted to become a great master weaponsmith.

Liu Wuxie set out to forge a thousandfold-refined saber and began teaching Hu Shi, whose skills and cultivation improved during the process. As they worked toward adding spirituality to the weapon, a group of mercenaries arrived at the Xu Household’s artifact workshop and attacked its steward.

• Liu Wuxie told Hu Shi he could help him become a master artifact refiner and began forging a saber from meteoric iron.
• Liu Wuxie and Hu Shi hammered the blade through repeated heating and striking, passing the hundredfold-refining stage.
• Liu Wuxie gave Hu Shi a Heavenly Spirit Pill, which helped him recover his stamina and break through to the sixth layer of the Acquired Realm.
• Liu Wuxie carved spirit inscriptions into the heated saber, and Hu Shi joined him in hammering the weapon as faint spirituality emerged.
• Ten mercenaries arrived at the Xu Household’s artifact workshop, accused it of selling inferior weapons, and demanded to see someone with authority.
• Dong Changliang greeted the mercenaries, but one of them slapped him and sent him crashing into the counter.

Liu Wuxie forged a thousandfold-forged saber with Hu Shi, accepted him as a secret disciple, and gave him sealed forging techniques to help revive the Xu Household's weapons workshop. When Liu Wuxie left the forging chamber, he found Scarred Tiger demanding that Xu Lingxue unveil herself to settle a dispute over allegedly faulty weapons.

• Liu Wuxie finished forging a sharp saber with Hu Shi and accepted him as a disciple in secret.
• Liu Wuxie sealed forging techniques in Hu Shi's essence blood and ordered him to forge a spiritual weapon within three days.
• Scarred Tiger and his mercenaries injured the Xu Household's workshop attendants and accused the household's weapons of causing two deaths.
• Steward Lan and Xu Lingxue arrived, and Scarred Tiger demanded that Xu Lingxue remove her veil in public to settle the dispute.
• Liu Wuxie emerged from the forging chamber, fixed his killing intent on Scarred Tiger, and asked Steward Lan what had happened.

Liu Wuxie exposed Scarred Tiger’s broken saber as a fake forged with the Tian Household’s materials, revealing an attempt to frame the Xu Household. After Scarred Tiger denied knowing who was behind the scheme and tried to escape, Liu Wuxie stopped him and severed his right arm.

• Liu Wuxie questioned Scarred Tiger about the broken saber and asked Steward Lan to explain the Xu Household’s weapon materials.
• Liu Wuxie melted Scarred Tiger’s saber and a Xu Household saber, proving that the first melted blue while the Xu Household’s melted purple-gold.
• Steward Lan accused Scarred Tiger of framing the Xu Household, but Scarred Tiger claimed he had mistaken the mark and knew nothing about the scheme.
• Liu Wuxie demanded to know who had sent Scarred Tiger, then ordered Steward Lan to stop the group from escaping.
• Steward Lan knocked Scarred Tiger and his companions down, and Liu Wuxie pinned Scarred Tiger and severed his right arm when he refused to answer.

Liu Wuxie exposed Tian Hong's plot against the Xu Household's weapons workshop, and Xu Lingxue helped execute the mercenaries. After earning the household's respect, he returned to his courtyard to cultivate and prepare for the Tian Household's retaliation.

• Scarred Tiger confessed that Tian Hong had hired the mercenaries to disrupt the Xu Household's weapons business for ten thousand gold coins.
• Liu Wuxie ordered the mercenaries killed, and Xu Lingxue executed the ones who tried to escape.
• Xu Lingxue asked how Liu Wuxie had identified the counterfeit saber, and he explained that its ring lacked the Xu Household weapons' distinctive resonance.
• Xu Yilin praised Liu Wuxie for saving the weapons workshop and the Xu Household's reputation.
• Servants greeted Liu Wuxie with respect, and Tie Li knelt outside his courtyard to apologize for his earlier behavior.
• Liu Wuxie shut himself away to cultivate toward the Acquired Seventh Layer Realm, anticipating the Tian Household's retaliation.

Liu Wuxie advanced to the sixth layer of the Acquired Realm through intense training and learned that he and Xu Lingxue would attend the Wan Household’s Hundred Demon Gathering. As they prepared to go, he saw Xu Lingxue dressed strikingly for the occasion.

• Liu Wuxie trained with his saber, took body-tempering liquid, and broke through to the sixth layer of the Acquired Realm.
• At dinner, Xu Yilin gave Liu Wuxie an invitation to the Wan Household’s Hundred Demon Gathering and told him and Xu Lingxue to attend in his place.
• Xu Lingxue remarked that Liu Wuxie seemed to have changed, while Xu Yilin said he had finally grown up.
• Liu Wuxie refined more than a hundred Heavenly Spirit Pills overnight and planned to find Spirit Stones for a Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Xu Lingxue emerged in an embroidered blue-green dress, and Liu Wuxie turned aside, privately calling her a temptress.

Liu Wuxie and Xu Lingxue attended the Wan Household’s Hundred Demon Gathering, where Xue Yu and his allies tried to pressure Xu Lingxue into joining them. Liu Wuxie defended her and traded insults with Tian Yequan before Xue Yu, Wan Butong, and Tian Yequan mocked Liu Wuxie’s cultivation and marriage, leaving him intent on killing them.

• Liu Wuxie asked Xu Lingxue about the Wan Household and learned that its ancestor had risen to power through a mysterious Beast Taming Technique.
• Liu Wuxie and Xu Lingxue arrived at the Wan Household’s beast-fighting arena and took their seats among the great lineages.
• Xue Yu became captivated by Xu Lingxue, and Wan Butong and Tian Yequan flattered him while describing her marriage to Liu Wuxie.
• Xue Yu invited Xu Lingxue to his table, but she refused, and Tian Yequan warned her not to reject his offer.
• Liu Wuxie called Tian Yequan a stray dog, tricking him into calling himself one and provoking the crowd’s laughter.
• Xue Yu, Wan Butong, and Tian Yequan mocked Liu Wuxie’s cultivation and marriage, and Liu Wuxie marked all three for death.

At the Hundred Demon Gathering, Liu Wuxie was targeted by Tian Yequan and Xue Yu, but Master Huo and Lei Tao intervened on his behalf. As Xue Yu moved to attack Liu Wuxie, Xu Lingxue revealed that she was a disciple of Teacher Baili Qing of the Imperial Academy.

• Tian Yequan and others mocked Liu Wuxie, while Song Ling stepped forward to defend him.
• Lei Tao slapped Tian Yequan away, and Master Huo arrived and showed his support for Liu Wuxie.
• Liu Wuxie displayed a pill to Master Huo, who ordered Lei Tao to beat the Wan Household and Tian Household disciples.
• Xue Yu revealed his connection to the Xue Household and threatened Liu Wuxie after insulting Xu Lingxue.
• Master Huo tried to stop Xue Yu, but Xue Yu pressed forward as Liu Wuxie reached for his saber.
• Xu Lingxue presented her token and declared that she was a disciple of Teacher Baili Qing of the Imperial Academy.

Xu Lingxue revealed that she had joined the Imperial Academy as Baili Qing’s disciple, and Xue Yu backed down after showing his own admission token. At the Hundred Demon Gathering, Wan Butong and Tian Yequan baited Liu Wuxie into a private wager, and the chapter ended with Wan Butong betting on the Extreme Wind Leopard first.

• Xu Lingxue presented her Imperial Academy token, and Xue Yu apologized after recognizing her as Baili Qing’s new disciple.
• Xue Yu showed his own Imperial Academy token, while Song Ling befriended Liu Wuxie and Xu Lingxue.
• The Wan Household began the Hundred Demon Gathering with a beast-fighting contest between an Extreme Wind Leopard and a Rhinoceros Beast.
• Wan Butong and Tian Yequan challenged Liu Wuxie to a private wager, and Master Huo gave Liu Wuxie five hundred thousand gold coins for his stake.
• Wan Butong bet five hundred thousand gold coins on the Extreme Wind Leopard, prompting Song Ling to accuse him of setting Liu Wuxie up.

Liu Wuxie won his first wager when the Rhinoceros Beast unexpectedly killed the Extreme Wind Leopard, then bet one million gold coins on the One-Horned Python in the next fight. The One-Horned Python’s lightning attribute seemed to give it the advantage, but the Blazing Flame Eagle awakened the power of fire just before the chapter ended.

• Liu Wuxie used a secret technique to influence the Rhinoceros Beast, which killed the Extreme Wind Leopard and won him five hundred thousand gold coins from Wan Butong.
• Wan Butong challenged Liu Wuxie to another round, and Liu accepted despite Xu Lingxue’s concern.
• Liu Wuxie let Wan Butong choose first, then wagered one million gold coins on the One-Horned Python.
• The One-Horned Python revealed its lightning attribute and struck down the Blazing Flame Eagle, seemingly securing Wan Butong’s victory.
• The Blazing Flame Eagle rose and awakened the power of fire, startling Wan Butong and the spectators.

Liu Wuxie won a second dramatic beast-fighting wager against the Wan Household, prompting Wan Zhuoran to challenge him with ten million gold coins at stake and Xu Lingxue’s marriage agreement as the condition if Liu lost. Liu Wuxie accepted the pressure without backing down, and two Demon Beasts waited in the arena as the wager was about to begin.

• The Blazing Flame Eagle awakened its innate attribute, burned the weakened One-Horned Python to death, and secured Liu Wuxie another victory over Wan Butong.
• Song Ling urged Liu Wuxie to bet again, while Wan Rongzhe paid him one million gold coins and Wan Butong fainted from rage.
• Wan Zhuoran arrived, resisted no visible pressure from Liu Wuxie, and challenged him to a single round with ten million gold coins on the line.
• Wan Zhuoran declared that Liu Wuxie would have to dissolve his marriage agreement with Xu Lingxue and leave Canglan City if he lost.
• Xu Lingxue urged Liu Wuxie not to accept, but he reassured her and taunted Wan Zhuoran as two Demon Beasts appeared in the arena.

Liu Wuxie wagered Spirit Stones with Wan Zhuoran on a fight between the Iron Centipede and the Blood-Patterned Lion. After the Blood-Patterned Lion gained the upper hand, Liu Wuxie secretly awakened the Iron Centipede’s potential, turning the fight around; as Wan Zhuoran faced losing the wager, he signaled the beast tamer to use a strange red pill.

• Liu Wuxie demanded Spirit Stones instead of gold coins, and Xue Yu supplied enough for Wan Zhuoran to make the wager.
• Wan Zhuoran chose the Blood-Patterned Lion, while Liu Wuxie chose the Iron Centipede and Song Ling gathered gold coins to bet on it.
• The Blood-Patterned Lion mauled the Iron Centipede and appeared close to winning.
• Liu Wuxie used the Demon Race’s language to awaken the Iron Centipede, which curled into a ball and broke the Blood-Patterned Lion’s foreleg.
• The Iron Centipede repeatedly struck the Blood-Patterned Lion as Wan Zhuoran realized he might lose his Spirit Stones.
• Wan Zhuoran secretly signaled the beast tamer, and a strange red pill flew toward the platform.