Chapter Summaries

Cao Youqian accepted Xia Kang as his disciple, restored his severed meridians, and sent him to help Thunder Qilin recruit students. Xia Kang brought three humans and three demons to meet Cao Youqian, who greeted them after finishing his cultivation.

• Xia Kang told Cao Youqian how his tribe had crippled his cultivation after he stole medicine for his fiancée, and Cao Youqian invited him to become a disciple.
• Xia Kang accepted, and Cao Youqian restored his meridians and named him the eldest senior brother of the Tyrant Fist Holy Land.
• Cao Youqian sent Xia Kang to help Thunder Qilin recruit disciples, and Xia Kang passed three humans and three demons while asking the other applicants to wait for an answer.
• Thunder Qilin and Xia Kang brought the six recruits to Demon Lake the next morning and waited until Cao Youqian's demonic pressure dissipated.
• Cao Youqian opened his eyes as Xia Kang and the recruits approached and greeted them.

Cao Youqian accepted six humans and demons as disciples, took the hundred races under his protection, and established the Ancestor of Body Cultivation as the title by which he would be worshipped. Xia Kang asked Thunder Qilin to escort him home to the Great Xia Tribe, but Thunder Qilin sent him flying across the river.

• Cao Youqian imparted cultivation techniques to Ying Li, Xiong Da, Hu Dazhuang, Tian Qi, Yao Xin, and Ying Si, and warned them to stay away from Devil Lake.
• Cao Youqian agreed to protect the hundred races, ended the requirement to offer humans, and announced that the Tyrant Fist Holy Land would recruit disciples once a year.
• Thunder Qilin told the hundred races to worship Cao Youqian as the Ancestor of Body Cultivation.
• Xia Kang asked Thunder Qilin to protect him on his journey back to the Great Xia Tribe, and Thunder Qilin carried him southwest at great speed.
• Thunder Qilin arrived at a city across the river, where people sounded an alarm at the sight of him, then flicked Xia Kang toward the opposite bank.

The Great Xia Tribe prepared to evacuate as the Thunder Qilin’s arrival terrified the city, while the high priest tried to make the chieftain sacrifice himself to buy time. Xia Hu then revealed that the Demon King was Xia Kang’s martial uncle, and the Thunder Qilin arrived to deliver the Ancestor of Body Cultivation’s decree.

• The chieftain and high priest argued with the elders over how to respond to the Demon King, and the high priest proposed that the chieftain hold him off while the city evacuated.
• Xia Hu reported that the Demon King had not crossed the Long River and was Xia Kang’s martial uncle, sent by the new master of Five Elements Mountain.
• The chieftain led the high priest and several elders to the gate tower after hearing Xia Kang had returned with good news.
• Xia Kang told the chieftain that he had met the Ancestor of Body Cultivation, become his disciple, and returned to announce his master’s orders.
• The Thunder Qilin ordered Xia Kang not to bow to mortals and announced that he had come to convey the Ancestor of Body Cultivation’s decree.

Xia Kang returned to the Tyrant Fist Holy Land and advanced under Cao Youqian’s guidance, while Jiang Yan and Ji Jiuwu cultivated in the Dao-Seeking Sect. After the white deer transformed and became Chu Feng’s disciple Lu Ming, Jiang Yan learned the Xuanhuo Alchemy Technique and was tasked with improving it so it could be used without spiritual fire.

• Xia Kang left Great Xia City with Thunder Qilin after his tribe celebrated his appointment as the lord’s disciple.
• Cao Youqian taught Xia Kang the Chaos Body Refining Art, and Xia Kang made rapid progress.
• Jiang Yan awakened the Zhoutian Physique and comprehended Azure Wood True Intent, while the white deer cultivated a human form.
• Chu Feng accepted the white deer as his disciple, named him Lu Ming, and expounded the Dao to his disciples.
• Jiang Yan asked how to preserve the medicinal efficacy of herbs, and Chu Feng taught him the Xuanhuo Alchemy Technique.
• After Jiang Yan raised concerns about the need for spiritual fire, Chu Feng tasked him with devising an improved alchemy technique.

Chu Feng brought Jiang Yan to the sect’s fire spirit vein to teach him about fire control and taming Abnormal Fires. After subduing the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, he began guiding Jiang Yan through making a contract with it.

• Chu Feng encouraged Jiang Yan to pursue alchemy and led him and his other disciples to the sect’s fire spirit vein.
• Chu Feng awakened the mountain’s innate spiritual flame, which called him Father; Chu Feng named it Chu Yan and told it to guard the mountain.
• Chu Yan revealed that a troublesome Abnormal Fire threatened the fire vein, and Chu Feng had him lure it out.
• Chu Feng caught the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and demonstrated how to make it submit to Jiang Yan.
• Chu Feng assigned his disciples more reading and began teaching Jiang Yan to contract with the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

After Jiang Yan perfected Abnormal Fire Alchemy, he and Ji Jiuwu received Chu Feng’s permission and Sword Jades to descend the mountain and visit their homes. They agreed to unite their rival tribes, and Ji Jiuwu arrived at the Long River Tribe’s gates after dark, where he waited for morning.

• Jiang Yan perfected Abnormal Fire Alchemy, established the Dao of Alchemy, and received the Heavenly Dao’s recognition.
• Jiang Yan asked to visit his family, and Ji Jiuwu asked to go home as well; Chu Feng agreed to give them protection before they left.
• Three days later, Ji Jiuwu and Jiang Yan descended the mountain together with Sword Jades while Lu Ming and Chu Yan stayed behind.
• On the road, Ji Jiuwu and Jiang Yan discovered they came from rival tribes and agreed to build their influence and form an alliance.
• Ji Jiuwu reached the Long River Tribe after dark and waited outside its closed gates until morning.

After returning to the Long River Tribe, Ji Jiuwu reassured the priest and his family that he was himself, though his sudden change raised suspicions. He learned that his elder brother Heng'er had been gravely injured and hurried with Father Ji to see him.

• The city guards found Ji Jiuwu cultivating outside the walls, and Grandfather Jiu confirmed that his True Qi made him safe from demonic possession.
• Ji Jiuwu told Grandfather Jiu that he had become an immortal’s disciple, then learned that his father’s branch of the family had encountered trouble.
• Uncle Yuan welcomed Ji Jiuwu home, where his mother rejoiced and Father Ji questioned whether he was really their son.
• Father Ji took Ji Jiuwu to see his grandfather and revealed that Heng'er had been gravely injured a month earlier and remained unconscious.
• Ji Jiuwu asked about his elder brother’s injuries and hurried with Father Ji toward the city lord’s residence.

Ji Jiuwu told the Long River Tribe’s leaders that a Shaman God had taught him a new cultivation method, then returned home and promised to save his poisoned elder brother, Ji Qinheng. The chapter ended as Ji Jiuwu prepared to treat him.

• The High Priest, chief, Ninth Priest, and city guard captain heard Ji Jiuwu recount his three-year encounter with a Shaman God and agreed to keep the matter secret.
• Ji Yuantao and Ji Jiuwu returned home, where Madam Ji welcomed her son and Ji Jiuwu asked to see his unconscious elder brother, Ji Qinheng.
• The shaman physician warned that Ji Qinheng was poisoned by a Venomous Jiao and might die within three months despite more than a hundred detoxifying herbs.
• Ji Jiuwu examined his brother and told the others to sit Ji Qinheng up because he knew how to save him.

Ji Jiuwu used a pill refined by Jiang Yan to cure Ji Qinheng’s flood dragon poison, then promised the shaman physician an improved pill-refinement method. The patriarch learned that Ji Jiuwu had cured Ji Qinheng and treated the feat as unsurprising.

• Ji Jiuwu gave Ji Qinheng a Hundred Spirit Pill, and Ji Qinheng woke later that day as the poison left his body.
• The shaman physician said Ji Qinheng needed three months to recover, and Ji Qinheng worried that he would miss the grand competition.
• Ji Jiuwu explained that Jiang Yan had refined the pill and promised to bring the shaman physician an improved pill-refinement method on his next return.
• Ji Yuantao celebrated Ji Jiuwu’s return and his recovery of Ji Qinheng by inviting him to share wine from their master.
• The shaman physician told the patriarch that Ji Jiuwu had cured Ji Qinheng, and the patriarch said the feat was hardly surprising.

Ji Jiuwu attended the Long River Tribe’s decennial tournament, where his family encouraged Ji Qinheng and he studied the competitors. After drawing number one, Ji Jiuwu faced Quanya and challenged him to land even a single blow as the crowd watched.

• Ji Yuantao encouraged Ji Qinheng after the injured young man appeared discouraged about missing the tournament.
• Ji Jiuwu shared what he had learned from watching the contestants, reassuring his parents that he and Ji Qinheng were on good terms.
• After three days of preliminaries, Ji Jiuwu drew number one and heard spectators dismiss him as an easy opponent.
• Quanya entered the arena, pleased to be matched against Ji Jiuwu, and warned that his axe came from an organ-refining warrior.
• Ji Jiuwu told Quanya that he would count it as a loss if Quanya touched even the hem of his clothes, provoking an uproar among the spectators.

Ji Jiuwu dominated the Long River Tribe grand competition and became a young patriarch candidate, while the Water God Tribe cultivation place went to Ji Jinwu because Ji Jiuwu already cultivated under a Shaman God. Later, Ji Jiuwu accepted Quanya as a follower but rejected seven other youths for lacking resolve.

• Ji Jiuwu defeated Quanya by releasing his blood Qi, then went on to win every match and claim the grand competition championship.
• The patriarch awarded the Water God Tribe cultivation place to Ji Jinwu, explaining that Ji Jiuwu already cultivated under a Shaman God.
• After the competition, Ji Jiuwu left the arrangements for his young patriarch candidacy to Mother Ji.
• Ji Jiuwu agreed to take Quanya as a follower when he recognized him among eight youths selected by Mother Ji.
• Ji Jiuwu tested the remaining seven youths with a punch and rejected them because they hesitated.

Ji Jiuwu went fishing with Quanya while the Heavenly Fire Tribe struggled to contain a deadly plague. Jiang Yan returned to the tribe, treated two infected relatives, and the chapter ended as an emergency signal distracted a siege at the young chieftain's residence.

• Ji Jiuwu told Madam Ji that he needed only one follower, then asked Quanya to take him fishing on the Long River.
• Jiang Yan arrived at the Heavenly Fire Tribe and learned that Sixth Madam and Thirteenth Miss were being sent to Red Maple Valley because they had caught the plague.
• Jiang Yan overpowered the gate guards with his True Blood pressure, entered the carriage, and gave both women half of a plague-curing pill.
• Jiang Qi's younger brother surrounded the young chieftain's residence with more than a thousand soldiers and demanded that the household leave the city.
• An emergency signal exploded above the south gate, drawing attention away from the standoff.

Jiang Yan used his Jade Purity Divine Light to cure the plague in Sixth Aunt and Little Thirteen, revealing a possible solution to the Heavenly Fire Tribe’s crisis. The tribe celebrated, but Second Master Jiang questioned whether Jiang Yan had truly found a cure.

• Second Master Jiang rushed to the city gate after Hu Huo sent an emergency distress signal and learned that Jiang Yan had entered the carriage with plague victims.
• Jiang Yan used his Jade Purity Divine Light to remove the plague from himself and began treating Sixth Aunt and Little Thirteen.
• Second Master Jiang urged the Second Priest to burn the carriage, but Jiang Yan answered that he had not caught the plague and promised to cure his aunt and sister.
• The chieftain, the High Priest, and other leaders arrived as Jiang Yan continued treating the two women.
• Jiang Yan emerged with Sixth Aunt and Little Thirteen, and the chieftain confirmed that the plague had been eliminated from Little Thirteen.
• The crowd cheered for Jiang Yan, but Second Master Jiang challenged the claim that he had found a cure.

Jiang Yan agreed to treat the plague in Red Maple Valley, defeating Jiang Lie’s attempt to undermine him and earning his family’s support. At the valley, he discovered a demon was behind the plague and proposed curing the patients to draw it out.

• Jiang Lie challenged Jiang Yan to prove he could purge the plague, hoping to damage his reputation whether he acted or refused.
• Jiang Yan agreed to treat the patients in Red Maple Valley, and the chief promised to accompany him and protect him.
• Jiang Yan gave his father pills to help protect the household from infection and sent Sixth Madam and Little Thirteen back to the city.
• Jiang Yan arrived outside Red Maple Valley with the chief, priests, and Jiang Lie, then sensed departed souls being carried away by black smoke.
• Jiang Yan told the group a demon had caused the plague and suggested curing the patients to draw it out and suppress it.

Jiang Yan entered Maple Leaf Valley to treat the plague-stricken members of the Heavenly Fire Tribe, using his divine light and medicinal liquid to halt the disease and save thousands. Three days later, most had recovered, but Jiang Yan still had to confront the mastermind behind the outbreak.

• The patriarch entrusted Jiang Yan with caring for the people in the valley and told Jiang Lie that Jiang Yan had been chosen as his successor because he cared about the tribe.
• Jiang Yan ordered the surviving slaves to boil water and promised them medicine and commoner status if they followed his instructions.
• Jiang Yan released divine light across Red Maple Valley, dispersing the plague’s black smoke and halting its spread among the survivors.
• The slaves boiled water, and Jiang Yan mixed pills into it so they could distribute medicinal liquid to the thousands of people still alive.
• Over three days, Jiang Yan eliminated the plague from most of the valley’s residents, leaving Jiang Lie shocked by his defeat.
• Jiang Yan felt relieved that the tribe had survived, but recognized that he still needed to deal with the mastermind behind the plague.

A Flood Dragon Emperor attacked the Heavenly Fire Tribe, revealing that the Black Dragon God planned to turn its territory into a hunting ground. The chief and high priest tried to protect the tribe, while Jiang Yan prepared to use his master’s Sword Jade, and the flood dragon emerged unhurt from the chief’s first attack.

• A Flood Dragon Emperor flew toward Red Maple Valley after noticing that no departed souls had appeared and resolved to devour the Heavenly Fire Tribe.
• The demonic clouds darkened the valley, and the chief and high priest warned Jiang Lie to help Jiang Yan escape because they could not defeat the approaching demon.
• The flood dragon revealed itself and knocked Jiang Lie from the sky with its roar, while Jiang Yan readied the Sword Jade his master had given him.
• The flood dragon told the tribe that the Black Dragon God intended to claim its territory as a hunting ground and called the humans livestock.
• The chief attacked with Heavenly Fire Descends, but the flood dragon emerged from the smoke completely unharmed.

Jiang Yan faced the Flood Dragon Emperor and summoned his master through the Sword Jade, allowing a sword strike to pin the demon to Red Maple Valley. The Heavenly Fire Tribe survived, but its leaders worried about the Black Dragon God and agreed to keep Jiang Yan’s power secret.

• The high priest and chieftain prepared to fight the Flood Dragon Emperor until Jiang Yan stepped forward and told them he could handle it.
• The Flood Dragon Emperor attacked Jiang Yan with poisonous smoke, but the Sword Jade’s light stopped it and summoned a towering figure.
• Jiang Yan’s master struck the Flood Dragon Emperor with a sword that pierced its body and pinned it to Red Maple Valley.
• The high priest and chieftain realized Jiang Yan had a master who rivaled the Dragon Ancestor, then discussed the threat of the Black Dragon God.
• The chieftain ordered everyone present to keep the events secret, and they agreed to obey.

Xiao Chen reached the Great Sage Realm and sent Jian Yi and Jian Sheng out to temper themselves after their Sword Intents reached perfection. Meanwhile, Chu Feng welcomed the pine tree spirit Qing Song into the Dao-Seeking Sect and learned that Cao Youqian had reached the Half-Saint Realm.

• Xiao Chen became a Great Sage after the spiritual rain, then received 99 True Essence of Sword Dao when Jian Yi and Jian Sheng demonstrated their perfected Sword Intents.
• Xiao Chen told Jian Yi and Jian Sheng to leave the mountain to temper themselves, named the Dao-Seeking Sect as their ancestral home, and promised them self-defense treasures.
• Chu Feng received a system reward of 990 True Essence of the Great Dao because Xiao Chen had guided his disciples in establishing Sword Dao.
• Xiao He told Chu Feng that the pine tree had become a spirit, and Chu Feng accepted the young tree spirit as his disciple.
• Chu Feng named the new disciple Qing Song at his discipleship ceremony, then received a notification that Cao Youqian had reached the Half-Saint Realm.

After surviving his tribulation, Cao Youqian used the spirit rain to help the Tyrant Fist Holy Land’s cultivators advance and watched Xia Kang perfect his Extreme Dao Fist Intent. Cao Youqian rejected a Heavenly Dao reward he considered insufficient, then learned the Devil Pool’s giant hand had been misled about the benefits of guiding local cultivators, while Chu Feng received a reward through Cao Youqian’s achievement.

• Cao Youqian survived the lightning tribulation and invited the cultivators of the Tyrant Fist Holy Land to cultivate in the spirit rain.
• Seven days later, Xia Kang broke through to the Spirit Nurturing Realm and perfected his Extreme Dao Fist Intent, and Cao Youqian praised his progress.
• Cao Youqian told Xia Kang about Great Sage Qiankun and rejected the Heavenly Dao’s reward of 99 True Essence of Fist Dao by shattering the forming Law of the Great Dao.
• Xia Kang asked to visit home, and Cao Youqian agreed to provide him with protective treasures before he left.
• Cao Youqian told the giant hand that guiding natives onto a new cultivation path earned Heavenly Dao rewards, then warned that his master could defeat it.
• Chu Feng received 990 True Essence of the Great Dao as a reward for Cao Youqian guiding Xia Kang in establishing the Fist Dao.

Xia Kang and Ying Li left Five Elements Mountain with protective jade pendants, but a Black Dragon God’s son arrived at the Great Xia Tribe demanding to find Hei Mo. Xia Kang revealed that his master had suppressed Hei Mo, provoking the dragon to threaten the tribe and Cao Youqian.

• Cao Youqian gave Xia Kang and Ying Li jade pendants before they left Five Elements Mountain, and promised his other disciples pendants when they went down the mountain.
• Cao Youqian sensed that Da Lei had broken through and was facing a lightning tribulation.
• Xia Kang and Ying Li approached the Great Xia Tribe, where a terrifying pressure forced Ying Li to fall from the sky.
• The five-clawed black dragon revealed himself as the Black Dragon God’s ninth son and demanded that the tribe take him to Hei Mo.
• Xia Kang refused to kneel and told the dragon that his master had suppressed Hei Mo.
• The five-clawed black dragon threatened to slaughter the Great Xia Tribe and kill Xia Kang’s master.