Chapter Summaries

Luo Tian traveled to Heavenly Star City and joined the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect after displaying exceptional talent at its recruitment test. He arrived at the sect’s High Heaven Hall as an inner sect disciple, privately intending to stir up trouble rather than cultivate.

• Luo Tian ordered Ding Chunqiu to establish the Shadow Pavilion’s base in Heavenly Star City while he went to the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect’s recruitment.
• Luo Tian used the name Tian Luo during testing, and the sect elder recognized his exceptional talent and middle Sea Transformation Realm cultivation, admitting him directly as an inner sect disciple.
• Elder Yun Youzi brought the new disciples to the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect and assigned Feng Wuhen to arrange Tian Luo’s lodging and identity token.
• Feng Wuhen guided Tian Luo to High Heaven Hall, where Tian Luo dismissed the sect’s cultivation displays as flashy nonsense.

After receiving his inner sect token and residence, Luo Tian cultivated and mastered the Gale Steps technique. He visited the Scripture Pavilion to seek new techniques and stopped at the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art.

• Luo Tian received his Inner Sect token and moved into Verdant Bamboo Residence behind Soaring Heavens Hall.
• Luo Tian used his daily check-in and received Gale Steps and a book from The Plum in the Golden Vase Series.
• Luo Tian practiced Gale Steps throughout the day and mastered it by dusk.
• Luo Tian reviewed the sect’s rules and went to the Scripture Pavilion to find cultivation methods and martial techniques.
• Luo Tian browsed the third floor and stopped before the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art manual.

Luo Tian discovered that the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art was an incomplete low-grade Earth-tier skill and chose to learn it despite the elder’s warning. After more than half a month of practice, he brought its first three moves to major accomplishment and headed to the inner sect’s Mission Pavilion.

• Luo Tian learned from the system that the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art was an incomplete low-grade Earth-tier skill, then studied its first three moves in the Scripture Pavilion.
• Luo Tian copied and registered the sword art, and the elder warned him that few cultivators had mastered it and that martial skills could not be shared with outsiders.
• Luo Tian returned to the Emerald Bamboo Residence and practiced the sword art for more than half a month.
• Luo Tian raised the first three moves to major accomplishment, then left for the inner sect’s Mission Pavilion.

Luo Tian accepted a dangerous four-star mission to find a Purple Spirit Flower in the Shadow Mountains, despite warnings from Yang Wei and other disciples. He left the Mission Hall with the inner disciples doubting he would survive.

• Luo Tian examined the mission board and chose a four-star mission to find a Purple Spirit Flower within one month for 10,000 contribution points.
• Yang Wei warned Luo Tian that the Shadow Mountains were full of demonic beasts and bewildering miasma, and that finding the flower also required luck.
• Luo Tian told Yang Wei he would not let fear stop him from pursuing cultivation and accepted Yang Wei's offer of help in the inner sect.
• Luo Tian formally accepted the mission, while other disciples called him reckless for taking it at middle Sea Transformation Realm.

Luo Tian entered the Shadow Mountains, learned the Lightning Shadow Movement Art, and tempered his body with Vajra Force. He found the Purple Spirit Flower for Ding Chunqiu, but a huge demonic beast emerged as he tried to leave.

• Luo Tian checked in and received the upper-grade profound-tier Lightning Shadow Movement Art, then asked Zhen Gang to send him the Heavenly Wolf Gang's Vajra Force formula.
• Luo Tian cultivated Vajra Force to major accomplishment, increasing his strength and reaching the late Yin-Yang Realm.
• Luo Tian searched the Shadow Mountains' inner region for several days, intending to give the Purple Spirit Flower to Ding Chunqiu.
• Luo Tian found and safely stored the Purple Spirit Flower in a jade box.
• A huge, long-bodied demonic beast crawled out of the shadows as Luo Tian prepared to leave.

Luo Tian killed a Twin-Horned Poison Crocodile Beast and then slaughtered Sun Qi and the Ghost King Sect disciples who tried to rob him. He collected the beast’s corpse and left, intending to use the conflict to provoke trouble between the Ghost King Sect and the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect.

• Luo Tian accepted a random quest to kill the Twin-Horned Poison Crocodile Beast and fought it with the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art.
• Luo Tian defeated the beast with Setting Sun and Long Rainbow as Ghost King Sect disciples arrived, led by Sun Qi.
• The Ghost King Sect disciples demanded Luo Tian’s treasures and tried to surround him, so he killed Sun Qi and several others with his sword.
• The remaining disciples tried to flee, but Luo Tian killed them with Afterglow of the Setting Sun.
• Luo Tian considered how the Ghost King Sect might blame the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect for the sword art, collected the beast’s corpse, and left.

After Sun Qi’s soul jade shattered, Qi Tianlong sent Grand Elder Gui Ming to investigate the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range. Gui Ming used a secret art to identify a powerful young man from the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect as the killer, then ordered a wanted notice as news of the incident began spreading.

• A deacon reported Sun Qi’s shattered soul jade, and Qi Tianlong ordered an investigation into the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range.
• Gui Ming and elite disciples searched the mountains and found Sun Qi’s clothing, bloodstains, and scattered remains.
• Gui Ming performed the Image Retention Technique and saw a young man kill Sun Qi and the other disciples in two moves.
• Gui Ming identified the young man’s swordsmanship as the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art and judged him to possess late Yin-Yang Realm cultivation.
• Gui Ming recorded the young man’s image, ordered a full-scale wanted notice, and returned to the sect with the remains as news of the killing spread.

After Qi Tianlong accused the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect of killing his disciple, he fought Liu Ran but left when neither sect master could win. Liu Ran ordered an investigation into Tian Luo, suspecting the young inner disciple might be connected to the incident and could be trying to provoke a war.

• Qi Tianlong learned that his disciple Sun Qi and several elite disciples had been killed by someone using the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art, then demanded an explanation from Liu Ran.
• Qi Tianlong showed Liu Ran footage of the killer, but Liu Ran denied that the evidence proved the culprit belonged to his sect.
• Qi Tianlong and Liu Ran fought with their signature techniques for half an hour, then Qi Tianlong gave the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect three days to hand over the killer before leaving.
• Liu Ran convened an emergency meeting and learned that the newly promoted inner disciple Tian Luo had accepted a four-star mission in the Shadow Mountains.
• After questioning Yun Youzi about Tian Luo, Liu Ran ordered the elders to investigate the Shadow Mountains, capture Tian Luo, and uncover his identity and purpose.

Qi Tianlong gathered the Ghost King Sect elders to organize a hunt for the person who killed Sun Qi and other disciples, accusing the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect because the murderer had used its sword art. As the sect publicized a lavish reward and threatened war, rumors spread across Heavenly Star City, leaving the killer’s identity and backing uncertain.

• Qi Tianlong showed the elders a portrait of Sun Qi’s killer and ordered Ghost King Sect disciples to report any sightings without confronting the mid Yin-Yang Realm target.
• Qi Tianlong said he had fought Liu Ran to a draw and given the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect three days to surrender the murderer or face war.
• Qi Tianlong ordered a black-market reward of a mid-grade Profound-tier cultivation method, one million low-grade spirit stones, and inner-disciple status for useful information, and said he would hire the Blood Kill Organization.
• News of Sun Qi’s death and the confrontation between Qi Tianlong and Liu Ran spread through Heavenly Star City, where people speculated about the murderer’s identity and connections.
• Desperate outlaws set out for the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range to search for the killer as rumors of a sect conflict stirred across the dynasty.

Qi Tianlong hired the Blood Kill Organization to hunt Luo Tian and attack the Shadow Pavilion, while Luo Tian learned of the threat and ordered retaliatory operations against the Ghost King Sect. As assassins began choosing targets, Luo Tian changed his appearance and continued through the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range.

• Qi Tianlong commissioned the Blood Kill Organization to find Sun Qi's killer and offered additional payment for killing a Shadow Pavilion hall master or elder.
• Ding Chunqiu warned Luo Tian that the Ghost King Sect had exposed his connection to the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art, posted a wanted notice, and hired assassins against him and the Shadow Pavilion.
• Luo Tian decided to abandon his old identity, ordered Ding Chunqiu to gather intelligence, and directed the Six Sword Slaves, Han Tang, and Lü Baichuan to attack the Ghost King Sect.
• Luo Tian disguised himself as a muscular, bearded middle-aged man and continued through the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range.
• The Blood Lord assigned Lin Zheng to assassinate a Shadow Pavilion leader, and Lin Zheng chose Lü Baichuan as his target.

The Ghost King Sect and Falling Rosy Clouds Sect blamed each other for Sun Qi’s death, while both investigated the mysterious Tian Luo. Their grand elders, Gui Ming and Lin Ye, clashed in the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range but agreed to search for Tian Luo together; the real culprit, Luo Tian, remained hidden nearby.

• Qi Tianlong ordered Ghost King Sect disciples to kill Falling Rosy Clouds Sect members and sent more elites into the mountains to find Sun Qi’s killer.
• Liu Ran rejected a direct war, spread word that someone had impersonated a Falling Rosy Clouds Sect disciple, and sent elders to investigate, naming Tian Luo as suspicious.
• Gui Ming and Lin Ye confronted each other in the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range and fought to a standstill.
• Lin Ye argued that Sun Qi’s death had been staged to provoke conflict and identified Tian Luo as a suspect who had accepted an A-rank mission and learned the sect’s sword art.
• Gui Ming and Lin Ye agreed to search separately for Tian Luo and uncover his background.

Luo Tian accepted a deadly quest to master Lightning Shadow Movement Art by enduring repeated lightning strikes. He survived, activated a developing lightning attribute, completed the quest, and wondered whether his bloodline could eventually grant him the mutated Lightning Spirit Physique.

• Luo Tian accepted the SS-rank quest despite the risk of being reduced to ashes, relying on Vajra Force to protect him.
• Luo Tian endured repeated lightning strikes while circulating Vajra Force and using Spirit-Devouring Great Art and Qi and Blood Pills to sustain himself.
• Luo Tian awakened a lightning attribute as his body recovered from the lightning, then mastered Lightning Shadow Movement Art and discovered his speed greatly exceeded Gale Steps.
• The system awarded Luo Tian a Gold-Rank Summoning Card and showed that his special physique had a lightning attribute capable of further development.
• The system explained that bloodline origin could activate a physique and said Luo Tian might eventually develop a mutated Lightning Spirit Physique.

Luo Tian used the Shadow Pavilion to ambush and kill Gui Ming, the Ghost King Sect's Grand Elder, deep in the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range, hoping to inflame the Ghost King Sect's conflict with the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect. After Han Tang and Lü Baichuan advanced to the early Tribulation Transcendence realm, Luo Tian left the sects to blame each other and continue falling into his trap.

• Ding Chunqiu warned Luo Tian that the Ghost King Sect and Falling Rosy Clouds Sect had joined forces to investigate Sun Qi's death.
• Luo Tian accepted a system mission to kill Gui Ming and ordered Han Tang and Lü Baichuan to attack him and stoke conflict between the sects.
• Han Tang and Lü Baichuan killed Gui Ming and the Ghost King Sect members in the mountain range, then collected Gui Ming's head and withdrew with the Shadow Pavilion assassins.
• Luo Tian directed Han Tang and Lü Baichuan to return to Fengluo City, and the system rewarded him with a Gold-Rank Summoning Card and two cultivation advancement cards.
• Luo Tian used the advancement cards on Han Tang and Lü Baichuan, who broke through to the early Tribulation Transcendence realm on their way back.
• News of Gui Ming's death spread, prompting suspicion of the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect and sharpening tensions between the two sects as Luo Tian disappeared from the mountain range.

After Grand Elder Gui Ming was killed, Qi Tianlong investigated the scene and concluded that the Shadow Pavilion was responsible, possibly in league with the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect. Luo Tian realized his attempt to make the factions fight had failed and returned toward Fengluo City as Qi Tianlong prepared to avenge Gui Ming and destroy the Shadow Pavilion.

• A steward told Qi Tianlong that Gui Ming and the disciples who accompanied him had died, and Qi Tianlong rushed to the Gloomy Shadow Mountain Range.
• Qi Tianlong found Gui Ming's headless, heavily wounded body and the dead Ghost King Sect disciples, then sensed that they had been lured into a carefully planned ambush.
• Qi Tianlong linked the poisoned needles to the Shadow Pavilion and suspected it was conspiring with the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect against the Ghost King Sect.
• Qi Tianlong unleashed his fury, collected Gui Ming's corpse, and returned to the Ghost King Sect to convene an emergency meeting.
• Luo Tian realized Qi Tianlong had identified the Shadow Pavilion and admitted his plan to turn the factions against each other had failed, then hurried toward Fengluo City.
• Qi Tianlong decided to avenge Gui Ming and use the incident as an opportunity to eradicate the Shadow Pavilion.

Qi Tianlong told the Ghost King Sect elders that the Shadow Pavilion had killed the First and Fifth Elders and might be allied with the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect. Ancestor Guixuan ordered the sect to prepare to destroy the Shadow Pavilion, but told Qi Tianlong to test the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect’s intentions before deciding how to proceed.

• Qi Tianlong gathered the Ghost King Sect elders and blamed the Shadow Pavilion for the deaths of the First and Fifth Elders, while suspecting the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect had helped it.
• Qi Tianlong announced plans to mobilize the sect for war and went to seek Ancestor Guixuan’s support.
• Qi Tianlong recounted the Shadow Pavilion’s rise, Sun Qi’s murder, and the ambush that killed the First Elder, noting that the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect’s First Elder had escaped unharmed.
• Ancestor Guixuan ordered the Ghost King Sect to recall its disciples and prepare to destroy the Shadow Pavilion, rejecting the need to hire the Blood Kill Organization.
• Ancestor Guixuan told Qi Tianlong to sound out the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect and judge its allegiance by whether it agreed to join the attack.

Qi Tianlong pressured Liu Ran into joining the Ghost King Sect and Blood Slaughter in a secret operation to destroy the Shadow Pavilion. The forces planned to rendezvous in Fengluo City tomorrow night, leaving the assault preparations underway.

• Qi Tianlong threatened that the Ghost King Sect would attack the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect if it refused to join the campaign against the Shadow Pavilion.
• Qi Tianlong explained that the Shadow Pavilion had allegedly stirred conflict between the sects and that the Blood Slaughter Organization would join the attack.
• Liu Ran suspected that the person who killed Sun Qi with the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art belonged to the Shadow Pavilion, and Qi Tianlong agreed it was likely.
• Liu Ran agreed to send elite fighters and stronger elders, while Qi Tianlong urged the forces to keep the operation secret and prepare for the Shadow Pavilion's hidden experts.
• Qi Tianlong and Liu Ran agreed to gather at Fengluo City tomorrow night, and Qi Tianlong returned to the Ghost King Sect to prepare.

After learning that the Ghost King Sect and the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect might attack Shadow Pavilion together, Luo Tian summoned three powerful fighters to strengthen his defenses. He assigned them roles and sent them to learn about the world as the coming battle drew near.

• Ding Chunqiu reported that the Ghost King Sect and the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect were likely planning a joint surprise attack, and Luo Tian ordered him to remain in the capital.
• Luo Tian assessed Shadow Pavilion’s strength and used three Gold Summoning Cards to summon Jing Wuming, Bai Tianyu, and Tianshan Tonglao.
• Bai Tianyu told Luo Tian that his fighting strength could reach the early Reincarnation Realm and that he could slay ordinary Reincarnation Realm cultivators.
• Luo Tian appointed Jing Wuming and Bai Tianyu as Shadow Pavilion elders and Tianshan Tonglao as deputy pavilion master.
• Luo Tian sent the three new arrivals to find the Six Sword Slaves and learn about the world while Shadow Pavilion prepared for a possible attack within days.

Luo Tian used a Tribulation Crossing Realm Minor Realm Advancement Card to raise Yan Nantian to the Early Reincarnation Realm, then gathered Shadow Pavilion's leaders to prepare for an attack by three rival powers. He ordered the pavilion to ready for battle while monitoring the imperial family and Vajra Sect, and planned to take over the Ghost King Sect's grounds if they won.

• Luo Tian signed in and received a Tribulation Crossing Realm Minor Realm Advancement Card, a bottle of Healing Pills, and 100 low-grade spirit stones.
• Luo Tian used the card on Yan Nantian, who broke through from the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm to the Early Reincarnation Realm.
• Luo Tian checked Yan Nantian's information and summoned Shadow Pavilion's experts to a meeting.
• Luo Tian warned that the Ghost King Sect and Falling Rosy Clouds Sect planned to attack, while the Blood Kill Organization might also strike.
• Luo Tian said the imperial family and Vajra Sect were the greater risks, and revealed that Ding Chunqiu's agents were monitoring them.
• Luo Tian ordered the Six Sword Slaves to ambush enemy disciples and told Shadow Pavilion to prepare for battle and destroy the three attacking powers.

Luo Tian accepted an SS-rank mission to destroy the Ghost King Sect, Falling Rosy Clouds Sect, and Blood Kill Organization as they invaded Fengluo City. The three forces surrounded the Shadow Pavilion, while the eldest prince watched from the capital and planned to exploit the battle afterward.

• Luo Tian accepted the system's SS-rank mission to annihilate the three hostile forces within three days.
• Qi Tianlong, Liu Ran, the Blood Lord, and their forces traveled to Fengluo City and prepared to attack the Shadow Pavilion.
• The eldest prince received news of the invasion and ordered his agents to monitor the battle, intending to subjugate the survivors.
• The three forces arrived at the Shadow Pavilion's base and surrounded it on Qi Tianlong's command.
• Qi Tianlong accused the Shadow Pavilion of killing Ghost King Sect elders and disciples, then vowed to destroy it.

Luo Tian and the Shadow Pavilion’s fighters confronted Qi Tianlong’s Ghost King Sect and Falling Rosy Clouds Sect, and a battle broke out. As the combat spread across the battlefield, Tianshan Tonglao overpowered Ancestor Guixuan in their opening clash.

• Luo Tian masked his face and led Yan Nantian, Tianshan Tonglao, and the Shadow Pavilion’s other experts outside to meet the arriving forces.
• Luo Tian challenged Qi Tianlong, and Yan Nantian revealed himself as the Shadow Pavilion’s master after Qi Tianlong demanded to see him.
• Qi Tianlong ordered his forces to attack, and Luo Tian directed the Shadow Pavilion fighters to leave no invaders alive.
• The Six Sword Slaves, Lü Baichuan, Han Tang, Jing Wuming, and other experts engaged the Ghost King Sect and Falling Rosy Clouds Sect fighters.
• Luo Tian evaded Ancestor Guixuan’s attack with Thunder Shadow Steps and sent Tianshan Tonglao to fight him.
• Tianshan Tonglao and Ancestor Guixuan exchanged powerful techniques, and Guixuan staggered back while she remained standing firm.