Arc 34Return and the Soul Battle

Xie Feng helped overthrow Feng Yan and reunite the Divine Dragon Clan, then set out for the Sixth Universe to rescue Kong Qiusu. After a storm stranded his party, he headed toward Lingnan City’s Soul Battle, where trouble began at Silver City’s gates.

  • Xie Feng found Ge Ya at the ice spring, then persuaded the North Dragon King to return the Divine Dragon Clan to the Fifth Universe while Ge Ya destroyed South Dragon Valley.
  • Xie Feng and his allies confronted Feng Yan at Feng Hao’s birthday banquet, and Kong Qiusu, Ge Ya, and the returning armies helped bring down the Emperor Phoenix Clan.
  • Xie Feng destroyed Feng Yan as he attempted to self-destruct, and the Divine Dragon Clan returned to the Fifth Universe while Zang Tian and Yao Zhi agreed to delay their invasion decision.
  • A genuine Heavenly Emperor captured Kong Qiusu and demanded that Xie Feng come to the Tenth Universe, but Xie Feng was badly injured attacking the gate and A Ling carried him back to the Jade Pivot Sect.
  • Xie Feng recovered with A Ling’s help and departed for the Sixth Universe with Gu Yu, Yao Cang, Little Sword, and Little Nine, but a storm destroyed their starship and stranded them in snowy mountains.
  • Xie Feng’s group learned from Qi Zhen that Lingnan City’s Soul Battle could grant land, then discovered that Wu Tian had killed Qi Zhen and accepted Xu Fei as their guide.
  • Xu Fei led Xie Feng’s group to Silver City, where soldiers demanded gold from each traveler and Xie Feng taunted them as they charged with drawn sabers.
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Ch. 826Young Master Xie Cut a Fine Figure and Didn't Look Like a Bad Person

Xie Feng learned that Zhong Long had been imprisoned for fifty years and that a mysterious blue-robed expert had helped North Dragon Valley turn the tide against South Dragon Valley. Suspecting the expert was the Cosmic Wanderer, Xie Feng headed to South Dragon Valley’s ice spring, claimed it by setting up a Five Elements Formation, and was awakened by warriors attacking it.

  • Princess Zilong told Xie Feng that the old man was her father’s friend Zhong Long, who had been imprisoned for fifty years and sometimes suffered bouts of madness.
  • Princess Zilong explained that her father was building a city and that a blue-robed expert had helped North Dragon Valley defeat years of suppression by South Dragon Valley.
  • Xie Feng guessed the expert was the Cosmic Wanderer and set off for South Dragon Valley to find him.
  • Xie Feng reached the ice spring, found it deserted, and laid down a Five Elements Formation before sitting beside it.
  • Warriors in white armor attacked the formation, triggering its retaliatory mode.

Ch. 827He Hadn't Known the Guy Opposite Him Had Connections Either

Xie Feng emerged from the Five Elements Formation and killed a North Dragon Valley commander, only to discover that the Devil Emperor Ge Ya was leading the opposing army and was his senior brother. The two reunited in the ice spring, where Xie Feng explained that he had come from the Fifth Universe and established the Jade Pivot Sect.

  • Xie Feng faced the North Dragon Valley army and killed a commander who threatened to claim the ice spring.
  • Ge Ya appeared to defend Xie Feng, then struck and kicked another commander after learning that Xie Feng was his junior brother.
  • Xie Feng and Ge Ya recognized each other and went into the valley to soak in the ice spring.
  • Xie Feng told Ge Ya that he had come from the Fifth Universe, established the Jade Pivot Sect, and found their eldest senior brother there.
  • Ge Ya revealed he knew about their eldest senior brother's ties to the Emperor Phoenix Clan, prompting Xie Feng to object to his embarrassing details.

Ch. 828Senior Brother, You Can't Be Too Violent

Xie Feng told Ge Ya he intended to bring the Divine Dragon Clan back to the Fifth Universe and seek a peaceful end to its civil war. As the North Dragon Army fought off a South Dragon Army invasion, the Five Elements Formation fell under a relentless assault, leaving the defenders afraid to report the crisis to Ge Ya.

  • Xie Feng explained that he wanted the Divine Dragon Clan to replace the Emperor Phoenix Clan as the Fifth Universe's Stability Maintainers, and Ge Ya agreed they first had to address the clan's civil war.
  • Xie Feng said he would try to unite the North Dragon King and South Dragon King, while Ge Ya accepted that plan despite their differing views on violence.
  • The South Dragon Army attacked the North Dragon Army with soldiers and firestone catapults, driving the outnumbered defenders into the Five Elements Formation.
  • The Five Elements Formation cut down successive waves of South Dragon soldiers, but an Early God Emperor formation practitioner and over a hundred firestone catapults battered it apart.
  • The North Dragon Army's commander struggled to get anyone to report the broken formation to Ge Ya because the soldiers feared his temper.

Ch. 829A Big Shot's Temper

Ge Ya defeated the South Dragon Army’s great general with a wooden sword and drove the army away, setting a decisive battle for ten days later. In North Dragon Valley’s Blood Dragon Tower, Princess Zilong questioned Zhong Long about Xie Feng, but Zhong Long denied knowing him and called after her as she left.

  • The commander asked Ge Ya to help defend against the South Dragon Army, and Ge Ya agreed after Xie Feng offered to go.
  • Ge Ya killed the South Dragon Army’s great general with a single wooden-sword strike and sent the remaining soldiers fleeing.
  • Ge Ya challenged the South Dragon Army to fight the North Dragon Army at the valley in ten days, then left with Xie Feng.
  • Princess Zilong brought food to Zhong Long and asked why Xie Feng seemed concerned about him.
  • Zhong Long denied ever meeting Xie Feng, thanked Princess Zilong for her kindness, and called to her as she was leaving.

Ch. 830The same physique

Xie Feng discovered that Zhong Long shared his chaos physique and agreed to help him find Moon Breath Mountain, where he had entered the Divine Dragon Plains. Ge Ya recognized the name as the place he had entered too, but after leading Xie Feng and Zhong Long onto the plains, he admitted he was lost.

  • Zhong Long asked Princess Zilong to bring him a meal once a month and privately resolved to recover his cultivation and seize the Divine Dragon Clan throne.
  • Xie Feng confronted Zhong Long about the silver markings on his forehead and revealed that their markings shared an origin, though Xie Feng's gold chaos markings were stronger.
  • Zhong Long told Xie Feng he had come from outside the Divine Dragon Plains seventy years earlier and asked him to find Moon Breath Mountain.
  • After Princess Zilong and the North Dragon King could not identify Moon Breath Mountain, Ge Ya said it was where he had entered the plains and agreed to go there with Xie Feng and Zhong Long.
  • Ge Ya lost his way on the grasslands, and after they searched without success, he threatened to blast the area flat to find Moon Breath Mountain.

Ch. 831I Can Lie Flat with a Clear Conscience Now

Xie Feng helped Zhong Long reach the purple vortex that led to his homeland, then learned that Ge Ya would help investigate the Silver Lightning faction. After returning to North Dragon Valley, Xie Feng discovered the people were secretly powering a colossal cannon carriage, and the North Dragon King attacked him for uncovering the clan’s secret.

  • Little Golden Egg led Xie Feng, Ge Ya, and Zhong Long to Cloud Mountain, where Zhong Long entered the purple vortex and it vanished.
  • Xie Feng found Zhong Long’s note promising to investigate Xie Feng’s origins and report back in one year; he told Ge Ya that he had also encountered Silver Lightning.
  • Xie Feng returned to North Dragon Valley and followed the townspeople to an underground city, where they were powering an enormous cannon carriage.
  • The North Dragon King attacked Xie Feng, claiming he had learned the clan’s secret, but Xie Feng forced him to stop and follow him outside to talk.

Ch. 832The Divine Dragon Cannon

Xie Feng revealed that he had come to find the Divine Dragon Clan and invited the North Dragon King to return to the Fifth Universe. The North Dragon King confirmed the clan’s identity and its plan to use the Divine Dragon Cannon against the Emperor Phoenix Clan, then asked what he could do to help.

  • The North Dragon King explained that the Divine Dragon Cannon was the clan’s secret weapon, and Xie Feng showed him a scroll about the Divine Dragon Clan’s history.
  • Xie Feng told the North Dragon King that the Emperor Phoenix Clan had defeated and banished the Divine Dragon Clan, and that the Jade Pivot Sect now threatened the Emperor Phoenix Clan.
  • Xie Feng revealed that he was the sect master of the Jade Pivot Sect and asked whether the North Dragon King wanted to return to the Fifth Universe.
  • The North Dragon King said he wanted revenge and described how his clan had spent a million years charging the Divine Dragon Cannon to attack the Fifth Universe.
  • Xie Feng offered to take the North Dragon King and his clan back to their homeland.

Ch. 833Bearing Thorns to Beg Forgiveness

Xie Feng waited for the South Dragon King to negotiate peace, but Ge Ya killed the king and destroyed South Dragon Valley before they could meet. Ge Ya confessed to Xie Feng, who was left speechless by his senior brother’s actions.

  • Xie Feng reassured the North Dragon King that Ge Ya and his eldest senior brother would help oppose the Emperor Phoenix Clan.
  • Xie Feng waited at the wasteland for the South Dragon King, while the South Dragon King set out from South Dragon Valley.
  • Ge Ya intercepted and beheaded the South Dragon King, then carried his head to South Dragon Valley.
  • Ge Ya slaughtered the forces that gathered to avenge the king and destroyed South Dragon Valley.
  • Xie Feng went toward South Dragon Valley after the South Dragon King failed to appear, and Ge Ya confessed that he had killed the king and wiped out the valley.

Ch. 834Senior brothers, stop arguing

After returning from the Divine Dragon Plains, Xie Feng learned that the Demon-Burying Clan had united and was preparing to invade the Fifth Universe, and he ordered his allies to prepare for a major move at Feng Hao’s birthday banquet. He took Princess Zilong to the Pillar of Creation while Feng Yan plotted at the Peak of Heaven.

  • Ge Ya helped end the Divine Dragon Clan’s internal conflict, and the North Dragon King united the clan, pledged to advance toward the Fifth Universe, and sent Princess Zilong with Xie Feng.
  • Xie Feng returned to the Jade Pivot Sect with Ge Ya and Princess Zilong, where Kong Qiusu silenced Ge Ya with Words Become Law before Xie Feng calmed their argument.
  • Gu Yu reported that Yao Zhi and Zang Tian had defeated Dao Wuxin’s faction and were assembling troops to invade the Fifth Universe at Xie Feng’s command.
  • Gu Yu told Xie Feng that Feng Hao’s birthday banquet would take place in three days and that Feng Luo had returned to the Peak of Heaven to act as an inside man.
  • Xie Feng ordered the Jade Pivot Sect and its allies to prepare for the banquet, then took Princess Zilong to the Pillar of Creation.
  • Feng Yan discussed plans for Feng Hao’s birthday banquet with several people at Feng Royal Palace, while Bao Feng said word of the event had spread throughout the Fifth Universe.

Ch. 835I Can Rage Impotently Too

Feng Yan and the Four Great Ancestors discussed threats from the Jade Pivot Sect and the Eternity Battlefield before Qing Yi brought Ren Yanyu to confront him. Ren Yanyu rejected Feng Yan’s appeals and told him she no longer used the name Feng Wen.

  • Feng Yan and the Four Great Ancestors discussed Xie Feng, the threat from Yao Zhi and Zang Tian, and plans to restrict Ziyun Bank’s support.
  • Feng Yan learned that Feng Luo was in the royal city and ordered Ancestor Panshi to keep watch over him.
  • Feng Yan left the palace alone, where Qing Yi appeared and angered him by returning after his betrayal.
  • Qing Yi revealed Ren Yanyu, and Feng Yan recognized her as his supposedly dead daughter, Feng Wen.
  • Ren Yanyu accused Feng Yan of abandoning her and declared that her name was Ren Yanyu.

Ch. 836Sorry, I'm No Saint

Ren Yanyu defied Feng Yan at the Peak of Heaven, but Kong Qiusu intervened and revealed his overwhelming strength. After threatening the Emperor Phoenix Clan with extinction, Kong Qiusu left with Ren Yanyu and Qing Yi, while Feng Yan prepared for a decisive confrontation at his eldest son’s birthday banquet in three days.

  • Feng Yan demanded that Ren Yanyu return to the Peak of Heaven, and she refused to recognize him as her father.
  • Feng Yan attacked Ren Yanyu, but Kong Qiusu appeared and dissolved the attacks with his Righteous Qi.
  • Kong Qiusu revealed that he was Feng Xuan and warned Feng Yan that he might destroy the Emperor Phoenix Clan.
  • Kong Qiusu left the Peak of Heaven with Ren Yanyu and Qing Yi, telling Feng Yan he would not kill him yet.
  • Ancestor Wangshui promised Feng Yan his support, and Feng Yan ordered the birthday banquet to proceed as a grand fight to the death in three days.

Ch. 837Feng Hao's birthday banquet

Xie Feng and Princess Zilong awakened ten ancient ferocious beasts, which Zilong subdued with her Ultimate Dragon Might for ten days. Three days later, Xie Feng arrived at Feng Hao’s tense birthday banquet and hinted that Feng Yan had kept the truth from his son.

  • Xie Feng summoned Qi Ze in the cave and asked him about the ten sleeping ferocious beasts.
  • Princess Zilong revealed her Divine Dragon Clan heritage, and Xie Feng awakened the beasts; she subdued them and agreed to control them for ten days.
  • At the Emperor Phoenix Clan, prominent figures gathered in mourning at Feng Hao’s birthday banquet, ready for a confrontation.
  • Xie Feng arrived with Gu Yu, Ren Yanyu, and Qing Yi, then told Feng Hao that his father would be disappointed if Xie Feng had not come.
  • Feng Hao demanded to know what Xie Feng meant, but Xie Feng said Feng Yan had kept him in the dark.

Ch. 838Sit on Your Damn Head?

Xie Feng brought a priceless luminous pearl to Feng Hao’s birthday gathering, but Feng Hao smashed it and triggered the battle Xie Feng had come to start. As the Emperor Phoenix Clan mobilized against him, Ren Yanyu and Qing Yi revealed themselves as Xie Feng’s allies, and Ren Yanyu addressed the clan about her past loyalty to the Phoenix Lord.

  • Gu Yu presented Xie Feng’s ten-thousand-year luminous pearl to Feng Hao, then scolded Feng Yan for inviting Xie Feng to sit without providing a stool.
  • Feng Hao smashed the pearl, giving Xie Feng the opening to begin the fight against Feng Yan and the Emperor Phoenix Clan.
  • Ming Xin imposed a spatial lockdown and approached with a saber as the Emperor Phoenix Army drew its blades.
  • Xie Feng told Feng Yan that the real show was beginning, and Ren Yanyu and Qing Yi removed their hoods to reveal themselves as his allies.
  • Ren Yanyu rejected the clan’s accusations of treason and recalled her loyalty to the Phoenix Lord before saying she would no longer reopen the wounds of her past.

Ch. 839Chaos Jiuying

Ren Yanyu openly rebelled against Feng Yan, and Xie Feng’s forces launched an attack on the Peak of Heaven. As Feng Yan’s battle with Xie Feng began, Little Golden Egg transformed into a colossal Jiuying and attacked Feng Yan.

  • Ren Yanyu stood against Feng Yan, and Xie Feng told him that Kong Qiusu considered him unworthy.
  • Feng Yan attacked Xie Feng, who parried with Little Sword, while Ming Xin charged Qing Yi and Ren Yanyu intercepted him.
  • Jin Yue, Xiangxiang, the Imperial Evil Lord, and Xuanyuan Yu blockaded the royal city with a million Demon-Burying Clan soldiers as armies clashed across the Peak of Heaven.
  • Xie Feng fought Feng Yan’s World-Annihilating Palm and began circulating Chaos Power, but Little Golden Egg rushed in to shield him.
  • Little Golden Egg’s shell cracked, revealing a three-hundred-meter, nine-headed Jiuying filled with Chaos Power that immediately attacked Feng Yan.

Ch. 840Who Was Scheming Against Whom Was Still Undecided

Xie Feng’s side gained control of the battlefield after Princess Zilong turned Feng Yan’s eleven summoned beasts against him. Feng Yan was cornered by Kong Qiusu, but he insisted that his army and the Four Great Ancestors could still save him.

  • A silver-robed man outside the Fifth Universe used a Black Tortoise crystal mirror to identify Xie Feng and Chaos Jiuying, then hurried to report to his young master.
  • Feng Yan summoned eleven ferocious beasts, but Qi Ze and the others secretly entered the battlefield under Princess Zilong’s control.
  • Kong Qiusu and Princess Zilong appeared, and Feng Yan admitted he had wanted the crowd to curse Kong Qiusu.
  • Princess Zilong ordered the beasts to attack Feng Yan, while Emperor Phoenix clansmen charged to protect him and became cannon fodder.
  • Feng Yan tried to flee, but Xie Feng blocked his retreat as Kong Qiusu confronted him and declared that he had lost.
  • Feng Yan rejected Kong Qiusu’s claim, citing his tens of millions of troops and the Four Great Ancestors, and accused Kong Qiusu of conceit.

Ch. 841Your Own Brother-the Kind Who Murders His Brother?

Kong Qiusu confronted Feng Yan over his betrayal and struck him down, while Xie Feng and Ge Ya destroyed the Pillar of Creation that was sustaining him. Feng Yan fled as the Demon-Burying Clan and Divine Dragon Clan launched their long-awaited invasion of the Fifth Universe.

  • Kong Qiusu told Feng Yan he had once trusted him enough to consider abdicating, then stabbed him with the Literary Crown Sword.
  • Xie Feng ignited the fire seed beneath the Pillar of Creation, and Ge Ya emerged to split the pillar with a wooden sword, cutting off the energy flowing into Feng Yan.
  • Feng Hao attacked Xie Feng and was killed, while Ancestor Wangshui, Ancestor Baofeng, and Ancestor Panshi moved to hold off Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu.
  • Feng Yan opened a rift and escaped as Kong Qiusu fought the three ancestors; Xie Feng sent voice transmissions ordering the attack to begin.
  • The Demon-Burying Clan's army entered the Fifth Universe, and the Divine Dragon Clan advanced from the Eagle Beak Nebula, announcing its return.

Ch. 842The secret to Xie Feng's popularity

Xie Feng and his allies cornered Feng Yan beyond the Fifth Universe and killed him before he could self-destruct. With the Emperor Phoenix Clan defeated, the Divine Dragon Clan and Demon-Burying Clan began fighting over who would enter the Fifth Universe, leaving Xie Feng facing a new dispute.

  • Kong Qiusu and Xie Feng pursued Feng Yan as he fled the Fifth Universe, where the Demon-Burying Clan and the Divine Dragon Clan blocked his escape.
  • The North Dragon King revealed that the Divine Dragon Clan had returned to its homeland thanks to Xie Feng, and both armies closed in on Feng Yan.
  • Xie Feng's group arrived, and Feng Yan blamed Kong Qiusu and Xie Feng for his downfall before charging at Xie Feng to self-destruct.
  • Xie Feng used the Qilin King's Heaven-Obscuring Palm to destroy Feng Yan, and the assembled armies celebrated the Emperor Phoenix Clan's defeat.
  • The Divine Dragon Clan and Demon-Burying Clan argued over who would enter the Fifth Universe, while Xie Feng lamented the new problem.

Ch. 843Scholars truly cherished their bonds

Xie Feng persuaded Zang Tian and Yao Zhi to delay invading the Fifth Universe by promising to lead them to the Sixth Universe, while the Divine Dragon Clan returned to settle at the Peak of Heaven. As Kong Qiusu walked alone at midnight, a mysterious Heavenly Emperor trapped him inside a domain.

  • Xie Feng offered to take Zang Tian and Yao Zhi to the Sixth Universe, and they agreed to wait before deciding whether to invade the Fifth Universe.
  • The Divine Dragon Clan returned to the Fifth Universe and settled at the former site of the Peak of Heaven to suppress the Emperor Phoenix Clan's departed souls.
  • Xie Feng invited Jin Yue to travel to the Sixth Universe, but she chose to remain in the Fifth Universe with Xiangxiang.
  • Kong Qiusu gave Jin Yue his Literary Crown Sword as a gift for Xiangxiang's future coming-of-age ceremony, then left with Xie Feng.
  • A mysterious old man trapped Kong Qiusu in a powerful domain, and Kong Qiusu recognized him as a genuine Heavenly Emperor.

Ch. 844The Heavenly Emperor Appeared, Xie Feng Furiously Bombarded the Gate of the Vast Expanse

Kong Qiusu was captured by a Heavenly Emperor and ten half-step Heavenly Emperors, who demanded that Xie Feng come to the Tenth Universe. Xie Feng reached the gate to the Tenth Universe and attacked it, gaining cultivation from its counterattack but suffering severe injuries; Little Nine also failed to break through.

  • An old man tried to lure Kong Qiusu to his territory, then surrounded and captured him with ten half-step Heavenly Emperors.
  • The old man sent Xie Feng an image of Kong Qiusu's capture and demanded that he come to the Tenth Universe.
  • Xie Feng rushed to the gate at the top of the Ninth Universe and struck it with his fist and Qilin King's Heaven-Obscuring Palm.
  • The gate's defensive force struck Xie Feng, who absorbed it and advanced from peak Divine Saint to advanced God Emperor despite being badly injured.
  • Little Nine attacked the gate, but the force rebounded and made him spit blood.

Ch. 845The Simp Comes Online

Xie Feng was lured toward the dangerous Gate of the Vast Expanse, where he met the woman in ink-black and collapsed from his wounds. She carried him back to the Jade Pivot Sect and began treating him, but her uncertain medical skills left his recovery in doubt.

  • Little Nine suspected that Xie Feng's captured Senior Brother was being used to lure him into the Tenth Universe, where a larger conspiracy awaited.
  • Xie Feng met the woman in ink-black near the Gate of the Vast Expanse, and Little Sword fawned over her Approaching Winter Sword.
  • Xie Feng lost consciousness from blood loss, so the woman in ink-black carried him to the Jade Pivot Sect.
  • The woman in ink-black treated Xie Feng with silver needles, avoiding acupuncture points she considered indecent.
  • After Xie Feng stopped bleeding but remained in poor condition, the woman in ink-black forgot the next steps in her treatment and prepared a last resort.

Ch. 846Call Me Sister Ling

A Ling revived Xie Feng after feeding him hundreds of pills and discovered that he possessed a Chaos Physique. Xie Feng and his companions set out for the Sixth Universe, but their starship caught fire in a storm and began to fall.

  • A Ling poured hundreds of pills into Xie Feng, whose body began healing as she recognized his Chaos Physique.
  • Xie Feng woke and thanked A Ling, learned she wanted to be called Sister Ling, and told her he was traveling to the Sixth Universe.
  • Gu Yu reported that Second Martial Uncle had left a Starlight Ring for Xie Feng, and Yao Cang joined the group heading to the Sixth Universe.
  • A Ling led Xie Feng, Gu Yu, Yao Cang, Little Sword, and Little Nine aboard a starship toward the Sixth Universe.
  • A violent storm set the starship on fire, so A Ling and Xie Feng jumped out while Little Nine carried Gu Yu and Yao Cang to safety.

Ch. 847The Sixth Universe

After crash-landing in the Sixth Universe, Xie Feng and his companions met Qi Zhen, a displaced lineage head traveling to Lingnan City for a land-granting Soul Battle. Xie Feng decided that winning land there could give his people a place to settle.

  • Xie Feng and the others landed in a snowy mountain range after their starship was destroyed, and he discussed the Sixth Universe’s powerful but impurity-filled energy with A Ling.
  • Gu Yu accidentally sat on Qi Zhen, who had been buried beneath the snow, and Qi Zhen ate their roasted rabbits after they pulled him from the fire.
  • Qi Zhen introduced himself as head of the Qi Lineage and explained that the Lin and Ye Lineages had driven his people from their home, so he was traveling to Lingnan City to compete in its Soul Battle.
  • Qi Zhen explained that the Northern Spirit Emperor governed the region and would grant land to the Soul Battle’s winner, while the other regions were governed by the Western Illusion Emperor, Eastern Star Emperor, and Southern Nether Emperor.
  • Xie Feng and A Ling recognized that winning land in Lingnan City could provide a settlement for their people, and Xie Feng considered entering the competition.

Ch. 848A Whole Bunch of Gods of Wealth

Xie Feng and his companions followed Qi Zhen toward the Soul Battle, but found him dead after he was robbed by Sword Gate bandits. A Ling killed the bandits’ leader when he threatened her, and the remaining men were brought before Xie Feng.

  • Xie Feng decided to follow Qi Zhen toward the Soul Battle, explaining that they would compete against one another once they arrived.
  • Qi Zhen encountered Wu Tian and four Sword Gate underlings demanding a toll; after finding no money or valuables on him, Wu Tian killed him.
  • The bandits spotted Xie Feng’s group approaching and demanded payment to let them pass.
  • Gu Yu challenged the bandits, and their leader threatened A Ling before she beheaded him with a single strike.
  • A Ling said the dead man was the 109,991st person to offend her, while Gu Yu, Yao Cang, and Little Nine nervously kept their distance.
  • Gu Yu and Yao Cang placed the leader’s chair beneath Xie Feng and forced the four surviving underlings to kneel before him.

Ch. 849Now That's the Big Brother

Xie Feng questioned a gang of impostors and learned that Lei Lian of the Thunder Sect would compete in Lingnan City’s Soul Battle. After sparing their young boss Xu Fei, Xie Feng’s group heard his offer to guide them to the city, though Yao Cang suspected his motives.

  • Xie Feng discovered that the lackeys had falsely claimed to belong to the Sword Gate and learned about the three northern great sects.
  • The lackeys revealed that Thunder Sect grand elder Lei Lian, a powerful lightning wielder, was a favorite in Lingnan City’s Soul Battle.
  • A ragged youth named Xu Fei arrived to defend the lackeys, then explained that he had taken them in after growing up an orphan.
  • Xie Feng learned that Xu Fei’s Number Two had killed Qi Zhen and let Xu Fei and the surviving lackeys go after accepting a bag of gold coins.
  • Xu Fei offered to guide Xie Feng and his companions to Lingnan City, while Yao Cang questioned why he wanted to join them.

Ch. 850Big brother, accept your little brother's bow

Xie Feng’s group accepted Xu Fei as a new companion and headed toward Lingnan City through the dangerous northern region. At Silver City’s gates, soldiers demanded an exorbitant toll, and Xie Feng provoked them into attacking.

  • Xu Fei bowed to Xie Feng and joined the group after the others agreed to take him in.
  • Xu Fei explained that northern soldiers commonly demanded protection money, but Xie Feng decided they would continue toward Lingnan City.
  • Xu Fei led the group to Silver City, where the gate soldiers demanded ten taels of gold per person and five for Little Nine.
  • Xie Feng showed the soldiers a bag of gold, then taunted them by asking whether they would live to take it.
  • The six enraged soldiers drew their sabers and charged at Xie Feng.
Arc 34 of 40
Arc 34 of 40