Chapter Summaries

Zhu Xiuwen used Lin Chu’s attack on the Canal Gang to try to draw out Jiang Yunhe, but Jiang did not appear. In the fish market, Xu Fan enjoyed his new standing and refused to take on disciples, leaving a persistent boy resentful.

• Zhu Xiuwen explained that Jiang Yunhe might target Lin Chu before his cultivation advanced further, while Jin Chuan learned he could soon become a chief flag officer.
• After Lin Chu left without drawing Jiang Yunhe out, Zhu Xiuwen followed him and told Jin Chuan to return.
• Xu Fan brought a Single-Horned Pomfret to the fish market, where Li He paid him for it and treated him with respect.
• Xu Fan returned to his courtyard and found fishermen, including Old Man Xu and his grandson, kneeling to ask him to take disciples.
• Old Man Kong told the fishermen that Xu Fan would not accept disciples, and Old Man Xu left with his furious grandson, who vowed to become a martial master and make Xu Fan regret rejecting him.

Xu Fan learned that Jiang Yunhe had possessed Emperor Flow Serum, which he already had, and heard that the Han Household planned to take control of Peach Blossom Spring Lake. At the Hundred Household Office, Lan Ci and Zhu Xiuwen discovered Jiang Yunhe’s spirit was dead, and Tie Shan ordered the investigation to end.

• Old Man Kong told Xu Fan that Lin Chu had been captured and that Jiang Yunhe had cultivated the Wedding Robe Divine Art and stolen Emperor Flow Serum.
• Xu Fan realized the golden fruit in his jade bottle was likely Emperor Flow Serum and that he had both kinds of Great Yin Spiritual Qi needed for his cultivation.
• Old Man Kong warned Xu Fan that the Han Household was sending a descendant to take charge of Peach Blossom Spring Lake, but Xu Fan said he could flee if necessary.
• Lan Ci learned that Jiang Yunhe’s spirit had died and concluded that an unknown expert must have killed him.
• Zhu Xiuwen speculated that a Grandmaster cultivating the Wedding Robe Divine Art had secretly devoured Jiang Yunhe, but Tie Shan said the matter ended there.

Yudan and Zhang Gensheng gave up kneeling for Xu Fan to teach them martial arts, and Yudan’s resentment drew Han Tianhao’s attention. Han Tianhao took Yudan to find Xu Fan, who was hunting treasure fish and killed a Black Gold Snakehead in Peach Blossom Spring Lake.

• Yudan stood up and accused Xu Fan of refusing to teach fishermen martial arts, while his mother apologized to him.
• Zhang Gensheng and his grandfather also abandoned their attempt to become Xu Fan’s disciples and started home.
• Han Tianhao and Lin Suyang arrived with Li He and Lü Hu; after hearing Yudan’s complaints, Han Tianhao asked him to lead them to Xu Fan.
• Yudan agreed eagerly and sent his mother home, hoping Han Tianhao would punish Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan fished in deeper waters to charge the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram, then killed a Black Gold Snakehead that attacked his boat.

Xu Fan reflected on the Land of Wu’s control of spiritual resources, then faced Han Tianhao’s party while eating fish soup on Peach Blossom Spring Lake. After Xu Fan revealed his Innate strength and killed most of the group, the chapter ended with Han Tianhao and Zhao He dead in the lake.

• Xu Fan concluded that Rogue Cultivators in the Land of Wu had to join factions to access resources and Cultivation Methods.
• Xu Fan caught a Silver Moon Rainbow Trout, made fish soup, and ate on Peach Blossom Spring Lake.
• Lü Hu, Yudan, Li He, Han Tianhao, Lin Suyang, and Zhao He approached Xu Fan, and Han Tianhao challenged him.
• Xu Fan struck with golden light, killing Lin Suyang, Lü Hu, and Yudan, while Han Tianhao recognized Xu Fan as an Innate grandmaster.
• Han Tianhao pleaded for his life by invoking the Han Household and his brother, but Xu Fan killed him and Zhao He in the lake.

After killing the Han Household’s third young master and his attendant, Xu Fan disguised himself and traveled to Yin Mountain Prefecture’s city to learn more about the Han Household. He entered the city and bought new clothes, leaving his next move undecided.

• Xu Fan searched the dead couple, found little loot, then went to the fish market to check for their guards.
• A burly martial master confronted Xu Fan about the third young master, and Xu Fan killed him and took his saber art and banknotes.
• Xu Fan used Jiang Yunhe’s bone-shrinking and disguise method to change his appearance before heading to the prefectural city.
• Xu Fan reached Yin Mountain Prefecture’s city, wondered about its immortal register, and entered through the middle-household gate.
• Xu Fan bought two sets of robes at the Colorful Clothing Shop and planned to ask about the Han Household.

Xu Fan visited the Drunken Spring Pavilion with Ye Chengjing to gather information about Yin Mountain Prefecture and learned what Immortal Status meant in Great Qin. Their conversation was interrupted when an Innate Grandmaster from the Jade Maiden Society attacked Yu Qing, leaving Ye Chengjing stunned by the possibility that Yu Qing was Innate as well.

• Xu Fan met Ye Chengjing on the way to the Drunken Spring Pavilion and let him guide them inside.
• Xu Fan paid five hundred taels for their seats, then asked Ye Chengjing about Yin Mountain Prefecture and whether people with Immortal Status existed.
• Ye Chengjing explained that clans and sects with Land Immortals had Immortal Status, and said the Saber-Nurturing Valley had a Land Immortal.
• Yu Qing appeared onstage, but a woman from the Jade Maiden Society rushed forward with a sword and declared that she wanted Yu Qing dead.
• Ye Chengjing recognized the attacker as an Innate Grandmaster and panicked, while Xu Fan watched from a safer distance.
• Ye Chengjing wondered aloud whether Yu Qing was also an Innate Grandmaster.

Xu Fan learned that the Han Household had fabricated a charge against him to draw powerful martial artists into hunting him for Emperor Flow Serum. After discussing the threat with Ye Chengjing, he remained in Yin Mountain Prefecture City, continuing to cultivate toward condensing the Jade Capital Wheel.

• Xu Fan escaped the Drunken Spring Pavilion with Ye Chengjing as Yu Qing and the Jade Maiden Society's Grandmaster fought, and a plainclothes man ordered Yu Qing to leave the city within three days.
• Ye Chengjing became distraught after realizing Yu Qing was an Innate Grandmaster, while Xu Fan considered how to prepare for opponents of that strength.
• Ten days later, Ye Chengjing met Xu Fan, thanked him for saving his life, and offered him a place with the Ye Household.
• Xu Fan asked about Yu Qing and the Jade Maiden Society, but Ye Chengjing refused to explain his reaction to her strength.
• Ye Chengjing explained that the Han Household had labeled Xu Fan a Wedding Robe Divine Art cultivator to recruit sect experts and Grandmasters with the promise of Emperor Flow Serum and a chance at fame.
• Xu Fan understood the Han Household's strategy and accepted Ye Chengjing's offer to seek help from the Ye Household if he ever needed it.

After condensing the Jade Capital Wheel and awakening Spiritual Sense, Xu Fan discovered a Spirit Vein beneath Peach Blossom Spring Lake. Mu Yunyang of the Mystic Yang Sect attacked him, but Xu Fan killed Mu Yunyang’s cousin and escaped into the lake.

• Xu Fan finished condensing the Jade Capital Wheel and used his newly awakened Spiritual Sense to sense a Spirit Vein beneath Peach Blossom Spring Lake.
• Two Innate Grandmasters arrived and confronted Xu Fan, with the woman revealing that someone had tracked him by his lingering spirit.
• Mu Yunyang identified himself as a True Disciple of the Mystic Yang Sect and attacked Xu Fan with scorching True Qi.
• Xu Fan evaded Mu Yunyang’s attacks, then struck through the woman’s chest while Mu Yunyang was focused on their fight.
• Xu Fan tossed the dying woman toward Mu Yunyang and fled underwater as Mu Yunyang’s punches evaporated the lake around him.

Xu Fan escaped Mu Yunyang and sold a Blood Dragon Sturgeon in Flowing Cloud Market, earning enough to buy a Storage Bag and the Spirit Eye Technique before settling in Yishan City. After cultivating the technique and preparing to investigate his cultivation method, he asked a stall owner about Purple Mansion Cultivation Methods and drew an irritated response.

• Xu Fan escaped Mu Yunyang, decided to gather resources before returning to face his pursuers, and caught a Blood Dragon Sturgeon.
• Disguised as a scarred, bearded man, Xu Fan sold the fish for seven hundred Spirit Stones and bought a Storage Bag and the Spirit Eye Technique.
• Xu Fan entered Yishan City under the alias Ning Caichen, rented a cave abode, and resolved to investigate whether his cultivation method had a hidden problem.
• Xu Fan cultivated the Spirit Eye Technique for more than ten days and then went to the inner city's central plaza to look for pills, talismans, cultivation methods, and spells.
• When Xu Fan asked a slovenly old stall owner whether he had any Purple Mansion Cultivation Methods, the man accused him of picking a fight.

Xu Fan bought Spirit Essence Pills from a slovenly old man who had tested him with a Great Yin Purple Mansion cultivation method. After the old man secretly tried to influence Xu Fan into seeking another method, the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram dispelled the urge and Xu Fan suspected he was being guided.

• The slovenly old man offered Xu Fan the Moonlight Vast Cold Scripture, but Xu Fan rejected it and bought two bottles of Spirit Essence Pills and a Golden Sword Talisman instead.
• Xu Fan returned to his cave abode, refined a Spirit Essence Pill, and calculated that steady pill use could help him form a Spirit Beginning Wheel in two months but would quickly exhaust his Spirit Stones.
• The slovenly old man revealed that he had recognized Xu Fan’s Plain Luminary Supreme Yin Wondrous Instruction and planned to offer him an incomplete Purple Mansion cultivation method and guide him toward Nanyue Commandery.
• The old man used a Divine Ability to plant the intention in Xu Fan’s mind to seek him out before forming a Spirit Beginning Wheel.
• The Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram dispelled Xu Fan’s sudden urge to return to the old man, and Xu Fan wondered whether someone was influencing him.

Xu Fan completed Fetal Breathing by condensing the Spirit Beginning Wheel, then tested Zhao Yuanhai’s intentions about joining the Luo Clan. Zhao Yuanhai persuaded him to join the Nanyue Zhao Clan by offering a sixth-grade Supreme Yin Cultivation Method, and Xu Fan accepted.

• Xu Fan decided to learn martial arts and conceal his Supreme Yin Law Power, while planning to see what Zhao Yuanhai was scheming.
• Over two months, Xu Fan repeatedly visited the central square and bargained with Zhao Yuanhai while buying Spirit Essence Pills.
• Xu Fan condensed the Spirit Beginning Wheel, completing Fetal Breathing and bringing himself one step from Qi Refinement.
• Xu Fan told Zhao Yuanhai he planned to join the Linhai Luo Clan, and Zhao Yuanhai tried to redirect him toward the Nanyue Zhao Clan.
• Zhao Yuanhai offered Xu Fan a sixth-grade Supreme Yin Cultivation Method if he joined the Zhao Clan, and Xu Fan accepted the offer.

Xu Fan encountered two Sword Sect cultivators who wanted to take him as their junior brother, while Zhao Yuanhai and Luo Chongyun fought over his fate. After learning Zhao Yuanhai intended to use him for Joint Cultivation, Xu Fan self-destructed and revived at Peach Blossom Spring Lake, determined to grow stronger.

• Zhao Yuanhai gave Xu Fan the Moonlight Vast Cold Scripture and warned him to avoid Sword Sect and Buddhist cultivators, then hurried after him when he realized he had made a mistake.
• Xu Fan ran into two Sword Sect cultivators, who identified his exceptional aptitude and declared that he belonged in their sect.
• Zhao Yuanhai tried to take Xu Fan away, but Luo Chongyun intervened and accused him of wanting to use Xu Fan for Joint Cultivation.
• Xu Fan realized Joint Cultivation meant refining a person with an Immortal Foundation into a pill, then cursed Zhao Yuanhai and self-destructed before the Sword Sect cultivators could take him.
• Xu Fan revived at Peach Blossom Spring Lake with the Moonlight Vast Cold Scripture, swore to settle his scores, and resolved to grow stronger as soon as possible.

Xu Fan refined Great Yin power while hiding on Peach Blossom Spring Lake, but the Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains tracked him down and surrounded him. He faced their attack with a bluff about his strength, leaving the fight about to begin.

• Xu Fan weighed the benefits and risks of Great Yin cultivation methods, then disguised himself as Wu Song and spent days refining treasure fish and building his Law Power.
• The Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains discussed how they had cleared the lake’s island strongholds to lure Xu Fan out, and Yuan Er killed a fisherman’s wife aboard their boat.
• Xu Fan sensed three Grandmasters approaching and prepared to test his Yin Sha Mysterious Light and Golden Sword Talisman.
• The three brothers landed around Xu Fan and demanded that he reveal his identity; he changed back to his true appearance.
• The Three Heroes prepared to attack, and Xu Fan claimed his punch carried thirty years of power.

Xu Fan killed two of the Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains, then broke through to Qi Refinement and hunted a demon fish for its inner core. After Yuan Er reported the deaths to Mu Yunyang, an elder of the Mu Household decided to go after Xu Fan.

• Xu Fan killed the scholar with a Golden Sword Talisman and defeated the fat man with his Golden Light Technique and Yin Sha Mysterious Light, while Yuan Er fled.
• Xu Fan looted the two dead men’s cultivation methods, then traveled to another island on Peach Blossom Spring Lake.
• Xu Fan refined Emperor Flow Serum and Moonlight Yin Qi through eighty-one cycles and broke through to become a Qi Refinement great cultivator.
• Xu Fan used his Divine Sense to find and kill the demon fish, taking its inner core and absorbing its corpse with the [Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram].
• Yuan Er told Mu Yunyang that Xu Fan had killed two of the Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains, and a white-haired elder said he would deal with Xu Fan.

Xu Fan completed his recharge in the Yin Mountains and faced Mu Fangjin, who came to kill him and seize what he believed was a Celestial inheritance. Xu Fan revealed overwhelming power, killed Mu Fangjin, and left Yuan Er terrified.

• Xu Fan absorbed a Demon Beast’s core to recharge the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram and considered staying near Peach Blossom Spring Lake.
• Mu Fangjin arrived with Mu Yunyang and Yuan Er, intending to kill Xu Fan and take his secrets before the Northern Pacification Office could intervene.
• Mu Fangjin attacked Xu Fan with his Divine Intention, but Xu Fan blocked it with a spirit turtle talisman.
• Xu Fan struck Mu Yunyang with a Golden Light Technique, then used silver-white light and Yin Sha Mysterious Light to kill Mu Fangjin.
• Yuan Er watched Mu Fangjin die and trembled, insisting that Xu Fan’s power was sorcery.

Xu Fan killed Mu Yunyang and Yuan Er, erased the evidence, and left the Yin Mountains as investigators suspected he had slain Mu Fangjin with the power of a Celestial Person Divine Weapon. Meanwhile, the Han Household was wiped out in Yin Mountain Prefecture City, leaving the Ye Household afraid that Han Tianling would retaliate.

• Xu Fan looted Mu Yunyang and Yuan Er's corpses, burned them, erased his traces, and headed for Yin Mountain Prefecture City.
• Tie Shan, Lan Ci, and an old woman found the scorched clearing and considered whether Xu Fan had killed Mu Fangjin.
• The old woman explained that Xu Fan might possess a Celestial Person Divine Weapon, then urged Lan Ci to cultivate and pursue the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• The Han Household was found destroyed, with its direct descendants dead and its two Grandmasters unable to resist.
• Ye Chengjing warned his father that Han Tianling was still alive and might take revenge on the Ye Household.

Xu Fan chose to cultivate the Great Sun True Yang Art, rapidly advanced through the martial arts realms, and strengthened his Taiyin techniques with Martial Dao True Intention. At Saber-Nurturing Valley, Han Tianling resolved to kill Xu Fan and received permission from his teacher to go.

• Xu Fan rejected two derived martial arts and chose the Great Sun True Yang Art to complement his Taiyin cultivation and disguise his path in Wu's cultivation world.
• Xu Fan quickly advanced through Qi and Blood into Blood Exchange, comprehended Great Sun and Taiyin True Intentions, and blasted a deep crater into the Yin Mountains with Yin Sha Mysterious Light.
• Xu Fan concluded that martial arts True Intention greatly enhanced his techniques and considered how Divine Intention might strengthen his Divine Sense.
• Han Tianling told his teacher that he would kill Xu Fan to avenge his younger brother and the Han Household, explaining that he had reached third-turn True Essence after entering the Great Grandmaster realm.
• Han Tianling's teacher told him to go after Han Tianling confirmed that this was his best chance to kill Xu Fan.

At Peach Blossom Spring Lake, Han Tianling challenged Xu Fan while powerful observers gathered to assess Xu Fan’s abilities. Xu Fan crushed Han Tianling with his divine intention and killed him in a flash, leaving the witnesses stunned.

• Huang Tianfu and Tie Shan discussed the forces watching Xu Fan and speculated about the source of his powers.
• Xu Fan sensed Han Tianling approaching and realized the observers had been waiting for their duel.
• Han Tianling tried to overwhelm Xu Fan with his divine intention, but Xu Fan forced him down with a single sentence.
• Xu Fan killed Han Tianling with Yin Sha Mysterious Light, and Huang Tianfu watched in disbelief.

Tie Shan and Huang Tianfu inferred that Xu Fan had obtained a Celestial Person inheritance and tried to recruit him after his victory over Han Tianling. Xu Fan agreed to consider their offers, then received a visit from Yu Qing on behalf of the Jade Maiden Society.

• Tie Shan and Huang Tianfu discussed Xu Fan’s silvery-white technique and suspected it came from the Yin Moon Celestial Person’s inheritance.
• Tie Shan and Huang Tianfu approached Xu Fan, and Huang Tianfu offered him resources and status while Tie Shan offered him the post of Pacification Commissioner of Lingnan Circuit.
• Xu Fan said he would consider joining the Northern Pacification Office, and Tie Shan and Huang Tianfu gave him tokens before departing.
• Yu Qing arrived before Xu Fan and said she had come at the Jade Maiden Society’s behest.

Xu Fan turned down Yu Qing’s invitation to join the Jade Maiden Society, then accepted an apology from Yang Haitian of the Mystic Yang Sect. Yang Haitian revealed that the society’s martial art transformed male cultivators into women and that its members recruited others to share the same fate.

• Yu Qing invited Xu Fan to join the Jade Maiden Society and offered him dual cultivation, but he declined and accepted her token.
• Yang Haitian introduced himself as a supreme elder of the Mystic Yang Sect and apologized for Mu Yunyang’s actions, offering Xu Fan six bottles of pills.
• Xu Fan accepted the gifts and agreed to put the dispute with the Mystic Yang Sect behind him.
• Xu Fan asked Yang Haitian about the Jade Maiden Society, and Yang Haitian explained that its Yang-Refining Yin-Transforming Jade Maiden True Art was intended for men who would transform into women after reaching the Innate realm.
• Yang Haitian said Jade Maiden Society members recruited new cultivators because they did not want to be the only ones deceived, then remarked that Jade Maidens were pleasurable.