Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan accepted an honorary elder position in the Mystic Yang Sect, while the new Hidden Dragon Ranking revealed his rise to eleventh place and Liang Chi’s place among the top ten. Lan Ci and Xia Qianqian discussed the rankings and the growing prominence of weapon masters.

• Xu Fan accepted Yang Haitian’s offer to become an honorary elder of the Mystic Yang Sect, and Yang Haitian prepared to announce it to the world.
• Xia Qianqian showed Lan Ci the Hidden Dragon Ranking, where Lan Ci placed ninetieth and Xu Fan placed eleventh.
• Lan Ci recognized Xu Fan’s record of killing two Divine Intention Great Grandmasters and reflected that his ties to the Mystic Yang Sect further weakened the Clearwater Sect’s position.
• Xia Qianqian pointed out Liang Chi, a Five Dragons Cult weapon master, in tenth place, and Lan Ci explained how weapon masters differed from Celestial Person inheritors.
• Lan Ci reviewed the unchanged top ranks, while Xia Qianqian declared she would work hard to catch up with her senior sister.

Xu Fan advanced his cultivation in the Mystic Yang Sect and received an eleventh-place ranking on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, along with tokens inviting him to join several Celestial Person sects. He returned to Black Sea City as Wu Song to sell pills and ask Du Qingluo whether she had found the cultivation methods and techniques he wanted.

• Xu Fan reached Qi Refinement Second Layer and Innate Minor Accomplishment, then heard from Yang Haitian that the Three Lives Pavilion had ranked him eleventh on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• Xu Fan judged the ranking provocative but accepted that he would deal with the consequences, and Yang Haitian gave him tokens from several Celestial Person sects offering him a True Disciple's position.
• Yang Haitian delivered pills Xu Fan had requested, and Xu Fan prepared to return to Black Sea City, where he sold pills and sought Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang Dao Lineage methods and techniques.
• Xu Fan reappeared at his Rising Sun Shop in Changxing Market and confirmed no one had entered while he was away.
• Du Qingluo congratulated Xu Fan, now posing as Wu Song, on his breakthrough and inspected the pills he had refined.
• Xu Fan asked Du Qingluo how many of the techniques and cultivation methods she had found.

Xu Fan traded for Supreme Yin cultivation methods and told Du Qingluo he collected them in hopes that Great Yin Spiritual Qi would return. After she left, he chose three techniques from the methods and began cultivating them.

• Du Qingluo gave Xu Fan three Jade Slips containing a third-grade Supreme Yin method and Supreme Yang techniques, then asked why he collected Supreme Yin methods.
• Xu Fan asked for a fifth-grade-or-higher Supreme Yin method in exchange for an explanation, and Du Qingluo offered him the fourth-grade Golden Scripture of Hidden Shadows and Reflecting Moon.
• Xu Fan told Du Qingluo he was betting that Great Yin Spiritual Qi would return and that he could afford to wait for it; she was more than half convinced.
• Xu Fan promoted his alchemy skills and pill formulas, while Du Qingluo praised him and promised the Du Household would seek a Purple Mansion Supreme Yang method for him.
• After Du Qingluo left, Xu Fan chose Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion, Dark Moon Hidden Shadow, and Luminous Plain Moon Mirror, then activated three layers of formations and began cultivating them.

Du Zhaowen agreed to help Wu Song collect Great Yin Cultivation Methods and urged Du Qingluo to warn him that the Fang and Li Households were investigating his pills. After mastering three Techniques, Xu Fan divined that leaving Changxing Market would bring him misfortune, then faced visitors from the Fang and Li Households.

• Du Qingluo told Du Zhaowen that Wu Song was stockpiling Great Yin Cultivation Methods in hopes that Great Yin Spiritual Qi would return, and Du Zhaowen agreed to help.
• Du Zhaowen recognized the Divine Intent Pills’ value, warned that the Fang and Li Households would investigate their source, and suggested Du Qingluo consider Wu Song as a husband.
• Xu Fan emerged from a month of seclusion after mastering three Techniques, including Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion and the Luminous Plain Moon Mirror.
• Xu Fan used the Luminous Plain Moon Mirror and saw that leaving Changxing Market would bring him misfortune, so he grew wary and planned to acquire more formations.
• Xu Fan opened his shop and encountered a man from the Fang Household and a man from the Li Household approaching from opposite ends of the street.

Fang Yuanfeng and Li Yunche tried to recruit Xu Fan with cultivation methods and marriage offers, but he refused to join either household and proposed selling pills to all three clans. The Fang and Li Households reserved pills, while Du Zhaowen invited Xu Fan to Yang Fire Peak, and Xu Fan chose to remain at Changxing Market.

• Fang Yuanfeng and Li Yunche visited Xu Fan to seek his Divine Intent Pills and Minor Restoration Pills and offered him rewards to join their households.
• Xu Fan refused to join either household and offered to sell ten bottles of each pill every six months, giving priority to households with high-grade Supreme Yin Cultivation Methods.
• Du Zhaowen and Du Qingluo arrived, and Du Zhaowen said the Du Household would respect Xu Fan's wishes and could match the other households' offers.
• Fang Yuanfeng reserved three bottles of each pill for the Fang Household, and Li Yunche reserved three bottles of each for the Li Household before leaving.
• Du Zhaowen invited Xu Fan to live on Yang Fire Peak, but Xu Fan said he was comfortable at Changxing Market and might visit later.

Fang Yuanfeng and Li Yunche plotted to use a black flood dragon to kill Wu Song after obtaining his Divine Intent Pill, while Du Qingluo warned Wu Song to be cautious. Back at the Mystic Yang Sect, Xu Fan learned that Chen Cuo would challenge him on behalf of Fu Yuanwu, and he agreed to face him.

• Fang Yuanfeng proposed luring the Foundation Establishment black flood dragon into killing Wu Song, and Li Yunche agreed to the plan.
• Du Qingluo warned Wu Song that the Fang and Li households might target him and offered to accompany him outside Changxing Market.
• Xu Fan returned to the Mystic Yang Sect, where his eleventh-place Hidden Dragon Ranking drew resentment from other Great Grandmasters.
• Yang Haitian told Xu Fan that Fu Yuanwu had challenged him and sent Chen Cuo to test him first.
• Xu Fan accepted the coming fight with Chen Cuo, and Yang Haitian reminded him that he still had his tokens.

Bai Lianxin and Shen Guan discussed Xu Fan before Shen Guan’s longtime rival Chen Cuo arrived to challenge him. Chen Cuo revealed that he had mastered two more moves of the Sea-Overturning Saber Technique, and the two prepared to fight above White Lotus Abbey.

• Shen Guan asked Bai Lianxin why she had come to Qin State, and she said she had come for Xu Fan on her master’s orders.
• Bai Lianxin revealed that she had advanced to the Primal Core realm, while Shen Guan realized Chen Cuo was approaching with his Sea-Overturning Saber Intent.
• Chen Cuo challenged Shen Guan to settle their old score, but said he did not need the Saber-Nurturing Technique to defeat him.
• Shen Guan attacked Chen Cuo with a Formless Hand, and Chen Cuo cut it apart with his treasured saber.
• Chen Cuo said he had gained insight into two more moves of the Sea-Overturning Saber Technique, and Shen Guan prepared to face them.

Chen Cuo defeated Shen Guan with the sixth form of his Sea-Overturning Saber Technique and continued to the Mystic Yang Sect to challenge Xu Fan. Xu Fan had just reached Innate Major Accomplishment, and the two faced each other before a crowd as Chen Cuo approached the sect gates.

• Chen Cuo overwhelmed Shen Guan's Formless Body with a saber strike, then left for the Mystic Yang Sect while Shen Guan followed after taking a Minor Restoration Pill.
• Xu Fan opened all eight extraordinary meridians and sensed Chen Cuo's saber intent approaching from a thousand miles away.
• Xu Fan met Chen Cuo outside the sect gates as Yang Haitian warned him to be careful and stepped back.
• Lan Ci and Xia Qianqian watched the approaching fight, with Lan Ci judging Chen Cuo to have the advantage but Xia Qianqian believing Xu Fan was confident.
• Tie Shan and Huang Tianfu discussed Chen Cuo's recent victory and Xu Fan's possible Celestial Person inheritance while they watched the two men face off.

Xu Fan faced Chen Cuo at the mountain gate, and the gathered experts discovered that Xu Fan had only reached Innate Major Accomplishment despite possessing powerful Divine Intention. Huang Tianfu used the World-Governing Qi Observation Method and found that he could not see any fortune around Xu Fan, leaving the duel’s outcome uncertain.

• Chen Cuo challenged Xu Fan, insisting that Xu Fan did not deserve to rank above him on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• Xu Fan revealed his cultivation at Innate Major Accomplishment, astonishing the watching experts and making them doubt he could defeat Chen Cuo.
• Huang Tianfu used the World-Governing Qi Observation Method to inspect the fortunes of those present, seeing pale yellow fortune and black wisps around Chen Cuo.
• Huang Tianfu found no fortune around Xu Fan and could not explain why the method failed to perceive him.
• Tie Shan warned that Xu Fan might die if he could not overcome the gap between their cultivation levels.

Xu Fan defeated Chen Cuo in their duel by weakening him with Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion and concealing how he avoided the saber strike. After the witnesses accepted Xu Fan’s victory, Huang Tianfu spotted a veiled young woman with pure azure fortune and suspected she had reached Primal Core.

• Chen Cuo unleashed the seventh form of the Sea-Overturning Saber Technique, Severing Currents and Parting Seas, after Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion weakened him.
• Xu Fan met the attack with Taiyin True Intention and Yin Sha Mysterious Light, then pretended to be gravely injured after secretly evading the saber strike with Dark Moon Hidden Shadow.
• Chen Cuo fell unconscious, and his companion acknowledged Xu Fan’s victory before leaving with him.
• Xu Fan told Yang Haitian he needed seclusion and returned to the mountaintop after taking a Minor Restoration Pill.
• Huang Tianfu and Tie Shan discussed Xu Fan’s strange techniques and the Celestial Person’s inheritance.
• Huang Tianfu used the World-Governing Qi Observation Method on a veiled woman in a moon-colored dress, saw her pure azure fortune, and suspected she was a young Primal Core cultivator.

After Xu Fan defeated Chen Cuo, Bai Lianxin visited him and offered to point him toward the Great Reversion Pill, a rare treasure that could help a Primal Core Peak cultivator become a Land Immortal. She revealed that the Six Paths of the Demonic Sect would receive one in three years, but said she could not distribute it and did not want Xu Fan to join the sect and compete with her for it.

• Xia Qianqian and Lan Ci marveled at Xu Fan’s victory over Chen Cuo, while Shen Guan realized he and Bai Lianxin could not take Xu Fan away by force.
• At the summit, Yang Haitian blocked Bai Lianxin until Xu Fan invited her through, and she noted that Xu Fan’s injuries seemed less severe than they appeared.
• Xu Fan explained that he was suppressing the saber intent in his body, then asked Bai Lianxin why she had come.
• Bai Lianxin offered to point Xu Fan toward a fortuitous opportunity and asked whether he had heard of the Great Reversion Pill.
• Yang Haitian explained that the pill was made once every sixty years and could raise a Primal Core Peak cultivator’s chance of becoming a Land Immortal by thirty percent.
• Bai Lianxin said the Six Paths of the Demonic Sect would receive a pill in three years, but she lacked authority to distribute it and did not want Xu Fan joining the sect to compete for it.

Xu Fan accepted Bai Lianxin’s offer to compete for a Great Reversion Pill and used the Seven-Colored White Jade Lotus Seed to advance his cultivation. Back in Black Sea City, he learned that the Du, Fang, and Li households planned to confront a powerful black flood dragon, though Du Qingluo feared their motives and chances were uncertain.

• Bai Lianxin told Xu Fan to compete for a Great Reversion Pill through another faction and warned him to avoid the Five Dragons Cult and Four Symbols Mountain Manor because Yan Chunqiu might be a weapon master.
• Xu Fan said he would join Saber-Nurturing Valley, and Bai Lianxin gave him a Seven-Colored White Jade Lotus Seed before departing.
• After cultivating with the lotus seed for more than half a month, Xu Fan opened all hundred meridians and reached the fourth layer of Qi Refinement.
• Xu Fan reopened his shop in Black Sea City, where Du Qingluo noticed his breakthrough and accompanied him around the market.
• Du Qingluo told Xu Fan that a Foundation Establishment black flood dragon had occupied Rosy Clouds Island and disrupted sea traffic, and that the Du, Fang, and Li households planned to lure it onto land and kill it.
• Xu Fan questioned whether the households were truly confident, while Du Qingluo remained worried about the plan and her grandfather’s safety.

Xu Fan and Du Qingluo searched the Rogue Cultivators' market for Greater Yin Cultivation Methods, and Du Qingluo offered to secure him a Foundation Establishment talisman. When Luo Quan tried to take a method by force, Xu Fan challenged him and claimed the stall owner was his friend.

• Du Qingluo explained that her second uncle had entered seclusion in hopes of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, which could strengthen the Du Household against the Fang and Li Households.
• Xu Fan bought a Storage Bag, asked about Foundation Establishment talismans, and agreed to trade Divine Intent Pills and Minor Restoration Pills with the Du Household for one.
• Xu Fan and Du Qingluo found a fourth-grade Greater Yin Cultivation Method, but Luo Quan took it and pressured the stall owner to sell it to him.
• Du Qingluo accused Luo Quan of breaking Black Sea City's market rules, while Luo Quan claimed the stall owner had promised him the method.
• Xu Fan picked up the stall owner by the collar, claimed he was the man's friend, and told him to leave while he handled Luo Quan.

Xu Fan defeated Luo Quan in front of Du Qingluo, then killed him despite Fang Mingyuan’s attempt to intervene. Fang Mingyuan turned furious, while the onlookers feared Xu Fan had made an enemy of the Fang Household.

• Luo Quan mocked Xu Fan for interfering, and Xu Fan stopped Du Qingluo from confronting him.
• Xu Fan used True Yang Fist to break Luo Quan’s arm and send him crashing into the stalls, then kicked him in the mouth when he tried to get up.
• Fang Mingyuan arrived and offered to settle the dispute fairly, but Xu Fan stomped Luo Quan to death.
• Xu Fan took Luo Quan’s Storage Bag and brushed off Fang Mingyuan’s anger, while the onlookers moved away and warned that the Fang Household could retaliate.

Liu Changfeng and Li Qiushui watched Wu Song’s fight and speculated about his pure Supreme Yang intent and the powerful forces that might be connected to him. Liu Changfeng chose to keep his distance, while Li Qiushui asked him to help deal with the black flood dragon threatening her household’s business.

• Liu Changfeng judged that Wu Song’s Supreme Yang intent was too pure for an ordinary Rogue Cultivator, and he wondered whether powerful forces were behind him.
• Fang Mingyuan withdrew after Du Qingluo stood with Wu Song, and Wu Song left the market with her.
• Liu Changfeng realized Wu Song had noticed him and decided to wait and see whether Buddhist cultivators would approach him.
• Li Qiushui described the black flood dragon’s threat and the strained balance among Black Sea City’s three households.
• Liu Changfeng refused to confront the black flood dragon, saying that he lacked the strength and that the three households had to handle it themselves.

Fang Yuanfeng chose to watch Wu Song rather than provoke a cultivator who might possess a Purple Mansion Supreme Yang method. After looting Luo Quan and divining threats from a black flood dragon and a Buddhist youth, Xu Fan secluded himself and advanced his martial cultivation to Great Grandmaster, strengthening his Divine Sense and preparing to disguise himself as a Supreme Yang Qi Refinement cultivator.

• Fang Mingyuan told Fang Yuanfeng that Wu Song cultivated an exceptionally pure Supreme Yang path and might possess a method above seventh grade, and Fang Yuanfeng decided the Fang Household should observe him for now.
• Xu Fan searched Luo Quan's Storage Bag, kept the fourth-grade Secret Essentials of Nocturnal Radiance and Moonlight, and claimed the Mystic Fire Ring.
• Xu Fan used the Luminous Plain Moon Mirror to divine his future and saw a black flood dragon and a Buddhist youth among the figures connected to his troubles.
• Xu Fan began secluded cultivation, compressed his True Qi into true essence, and condensed Divine Intention to reach Great Grandmaster martial cultivation.
• Xu Fan used Thousand-Li Enemy Search, discovered that his Divine Sense had reached the ninth layer of Qi Refinement, and concluded he could disguise himself as a Supreme Yang Qi Refinement cultivator.

Xu Fan discovered that his martial-cultivation True Essence awakened the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram and revealed several dangerous figures connected to the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit. Outside Black Sea City, Luo Hongzhuang and Jueming clashed over the treasure before heading toward the city.

• Xu Fan used True Essence to cast the Luminous Plain Moon Mirror, and the Taiji Dao Evolution Diagram revealed a Red Pine Sect disciple and Luo Hongzhuang alongside the black flood dragon and Jueming.
• Xu Fan decided to be wary of everyone in the mirror, then dismissed his formation and left his room.
• Jueming asked Luo Hongzhuang to join the Buddhist Land, but she rejected him and attacked with her sword.
• Jueming and Luo Hongzhuang agreed to first confront the black flood dragon and seek the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit on Rosy Clouds Island, though both claimed the treasure was destined for them.
• Luo Hongzhuang departed, and Jueming headed toward Black Sea City while reflecting on his mission to spread Buddhist teachings.

Du Qingluo delivered a Foundation Establishment talisman to Xu Fan after Du Zhenyi warned her to keep her distance from him because of the danger surrounding his Supreme Yang Dao lineage. Xu Fan traded her pills for the talisman and asked whether the powerful newcomers in Black Sea City planned to hunt the black flood dragon on Rosy Clouds Island.

• Du Zhenyi gave Du Qingluo a Blazing Flame True Fire Talisman and warned her that becoming involved with Wu Song could endanger both her and the Du Household.
• Du Qingluo accepted her grandfather's warning and agreed to focus on advancing her cultivation for the household's sake.
• Xu Fan kept a low profile in Changxing Market as he heard about a Sword Sect disciple, a young monk, and a Red Pine Sect disciple arriving in Black Sea City.
• Du Qingluo brought Xu Fan the talisman, and he exchanged twenty bottles of Divine Intent Pills and Minor Restoration Pills for it.
• Xu Fan asked Du Qingluo whether the newcomers intended to join forces against the Foundation Establishment black flood dragon on Rosy Clouds Island.

Xu Fan learned that a Water-Fire Primordial Spirit had appeared on Rosy Clouds Island and decided to pursue it despite warnings and a mysterious attempt to divert him. As he followed the True Person disciples toward the island, Zhao Yuanhai revealed that he wanted the black flood dragon’s Immortal Foundation for his own cultivation.

• Du Qingluo told Xu Fan that True Person disciples were joining the hunt for the black flood dragon because a rare Water-Fire Primordial Spirit had appeared on Rosy Clouds Island, and she warned him to stay out of danger.
• Xu Fan accepted Du Qingluo’s Foundation Establishment talisman, then secretly resolved to seize the spiritual object for himself.
• A mysterious force redirected Xu Fan toward Black Sea City, but he turned back toward Rosy Clouds Island and found he could proceed without being stopped again.
• Xu Fan spotted the True Person disciples heading for the island and followed them, while Fang Mingyuan’s spirit trailed behind as well.
• Zhao Yuanhai watched from a distant mountaintop and decided to let Xu Fan reach the island, where he intended to obtain the black flood dragon’s Immortal Foundation, the Jing Dragon King.

Zhao Yuanhai secretly arranged for the black flood dragon to draw attention away from his plans while disciples attacked it above Rosy Clouds Island. Beneath the island, Xu Fan killed Fang Mingyuan and took the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit, but Jueming, Luo Hongzhuang, and Liu Changfeng pursued him.

• Zhao Yuanhai decided to conceal his plan to refine the black flood dragon into a Joint Cultivation great pill and let it settle on Rosy Clouds Island.
• Du Zhenyi, the Fang and Li Household cultivators, Liu Changfeng, Jueming, and Luo Hongzhuang attacked the black flood dragon above the island.
• Fang Mingyuan collected the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit beneath the island while his grandfather stalled the battle above.
• Xu Fan ambushed Fang Mingyuan, killed him with repeated True Yang Fist strikes, and took his Storage Bag.
• Jueming sensed Xu Fan to the northeast, and he, Luo Hongzhuang, and Liu Changfeng pursued him.