Chapter Summaries

Zhang Sheng and his companions fought Murong Yun’s five hundred soldiers, forcing the general to retreat before he seized Zhangsun Wugou as a hostage. Zhang Sheng promised to save her, but Murong Yun refused to release her and demanded a safe escape.

• Zhangsun Wuji tried to stop Murong Yun from arresting Zhang Sheng, but Zhang Sheng told him to stay out of the fight.
• Zhang Sheng, Lan Yun, and their companions overwhelmed Murong Yun’s soldiers, killing or wounding nearly four hundred.
• Murong Yun ordered a retreat, then sent his guards to seize Zhangsun Wuji and his sister.
• Zhangsun Wugou was captured, and Murong Yun stopped the fighting by threatening to kill her.
• Zhangsun Wuji pleaded with Zhang Sheng to save his sister, and Zhang Sheng promised to take responsibility for her.
• Murong Yun refused Zhang Sheng’s offer to let him leave safely and kept Zhangsun Wugou as leverage.

Zhang Sheng killed Murong Yun to stop him escaping, but Zhangsun Wugou was stabbed by one of Murong Yun’s guards. Zhang Sheng used his healing ability to save her, then collapsed and later woke in a room at his estate.

• Zhang Sheng agreed to Murong Yun’s demand to let him leave with Zhangsun Wugou, then struck Murong Yun down with Blue Silver Sword Qi as he approached the carriage.
• Zhangsun Wugou ran toward Zhang Sheng, but a guard stabbed her in the chest before he could reach her.
• Zhang Sheng killed the remaining guards with sword Qi while Zhangsun Wuji and the others watched in shock.
• Zhangsun Wuji blamed Zhang Sheng and attacked him until Lan Xin said there might still be a chance to save Zhangsun Wugou.
• Zhang Sheng removed the blade and used green light to heal Zhangsun Wugou’s wound, then passed out from exhaustion.
• Zhang Sheng later woke in a room at his estate.

After waking from three days unconscious, Zhang Sheng treated Zhangsun Wugou until she recovered, and discovered that she could cultivate Soul Power. As Wugou grew close to him, Zhang Sheng prepared to ask her about the discovery.

• Lan Xin told Zhang Sheng he had been unconscious for three days and that Zhangsun Wugou had not yet awakened.
• Zhang Sheng promised Zhangsun Wuji he would heal Wugou and treated her regularly while she recovered.
• During a treatment, Zhang Sheng sensed Soul Power flowing inside Wugou and realized other people might be able to cultivate it.
• After several more days of treatment, Wugou awoke and thanked Zhang Sheng for saving her.
• Wugou blushed when Zhang Sheng promised to protect her, and she agreed to answer a question he wanted to ask.

Zhang Sheng discovered that Zhangsun Wugou’s Soul Power came from her heart, and their growing closeness complicated her brother’s plans to leave Blue Silver Village. As Zhangsun Wuji prepared to take Zhangsun Wugou to Chang'an, Zhang Sheng declared that she could not leave.

• Zhang Sheng examined Zhangsun Wugou and found that her Soul Power had increased and originated in her heart.
• Zhang Sheng kissed Zhangsun Wugou in his excitement, then panicked when she fell silent and slapped himself until she stopped him.
• Zhangsun Wugou grew closer to Zhang Sheng, prompting Zhangsun Wuji to ask why she spent so much time with him.
• After Zhangsun Wugou was confirmed fully recovered, Zhangsun Wuji decided to leave Blue Silver Village with her for Chang'an.
• Zhang Sheng told Zhangsun Wuji that he could leave, but Zhangsun Wugou could not.

Zhang Sheng took Zhangsun Wuji and Zhangsun Wugou to the training ground to reveal the discovery he had made while treating Wugou. After Zhang Sheng demonstrated his Martial Soul and devastating Blue Silver Sword Qi, the frightened siblings feared he might be a demon.

• Zhangsun Wuji accused Zhang Sheng of trying to force Zhangsun Wugou to stay, but Wugou persuaded him to hear Zhang Sheng out.
• Zhang Sheng explained that his discovery concerned Wugou and recalled that he had once said it could change the world.
• Zhang Sheng led the siblings to the training ground and dismissed his guards so he could demonstrate his discovery.
• Zhang Sheng summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and unleashed Blue Silver Sword Qi, shattering a stone block and carving deep gashes into the ground.
• Zhangsun Wuji shielded Wugou from Zhang Sheng and tremblingly asked what he intended to do.

Zhang Sheng explained that Zhangsun Wugou could cultivate under his guidance, while Zhangsun Wuji worried about propriety and leaving his sister at a man's home. Zhang Sheng proposed taking Zhangsun Wugou as his junior sister, giving her a proper reason to stay and cultivate with him.

• Zhangsun Wugou and Zhangsun Wuji mistook Zhang Sheng's Blue Silver Grass form for a monster, and he reassured them that it was a cultivation ability.
• Zhangsun Wuji learned that Zhangsun Wugou could cultivate, though Zhang Sheng said no one else was known to be able to do so yet.
• Zhangsun Wuji asked whether Zhangsun Wugou could cultivate elsewhere, and Zhang Sheng warned that she needed his guidance because the process was dangerous.
• Zhangsun Wuji voiced concern that Zhangsun Wugou could not properly move into Zhang Sheng's home, while Zhangsun Wugou said she was willing to stay.
• Zhang Sheng offered to take Zhangsun Wugou as his junior sister, and Zhangsun Wuji gladly accepted the arrangement.

Zhangsun Wugou stayed with Zhang Sheng, who began teaching her Soul Power cultivation while they grew closer. Months later, General Cheng Jingmin received a capital envoy bearing the Yuwen banner and was surprised by the person leading the cavalry.

• Zhangsun Wuji left for Chang'an after entrusting Zhangsun Wugou to Zhang Sheng's care.
• Zhang Sheng taught Zhangsun Wugou to meditate, sense her Soul Power, and cultivate, and she completed her first session.
• Zhangsun Wugou began training with Zhang Sheng every day while he continued his martial and body-refining practice.
• Months later, Cheng Jingmin learned that an envoy from the capital had arrived under the Yuwen banner.
• Cheng Jingmin went to welcome the cavalry and recognized their leader with surprise.

Yuwen Chengdu visited Cheng Jingmin before traveling to Heshui County to investigate Blue Silver Village. After learning from Jia Shiren that the village was dangerous and that an elite force had vanished there, he prepared to set out anyway.

• Yuwen Chengdu warned Cheng Jingmin to stop taking matters into his own hands and said he would visit Blue Silver Village.
• Yuwen Chengdu arrived at Heshui County, where Jia Shiren welcomed him and escorted him into the county yamen.
• Yuwen Chengdu questioned Jia Shiren about Blue Silver Village, and Jia Shiren admitted he knew its history and feared provoking its people.
• Jia Shiren explained that an elite force of five hundred had disappeared at Blue Silver Village, but Yuwen Chengdu said he only intended to look around.
• Yuwen Chengdu ordered Jia Shiren to prepare food before they set off for Blue Silver Village.

Yuwen Chengdu visited Blue Silver Village to meet the rumored expert Zhang Sheng, expecting to test his strength. He apologized for the Yuwen Clan’s men attacking the village, but Zhang Sheng did not understand why Yuwen Chengdu kept calling him a Grandmaster.

• Yuwen Chengdu left Heshui County and arrived at Blue Silver Village, where the defense team let him enter after he identified himself.
• Yuwen Chengdu explored the village, learned that Zhang Sheng was its master, and went to the Zhang Family Estate to pay him a visit.
• Zhang Sheng and the others heard that Yuwen Chengdu had arrived, joked together, and then invited him to the reception hall.
• Yuwen Chengdu greeted Zhang Sheng as a Grandmaster and apologized for the previous attack by the Yuwen Clan’s men.
• Zhang Sheng asked Yuwen Chengdu what a Grandmaster was.

Zhang Sheng learned from Yuwen Chengdu about the Grandmaster realm and other powerful figures, including Perfected Ziyang, then arranged for Yuwen Chengdu to spar with Lan Yun. Yuwen Chengdu initially doubted Lan Yun, but her hammer strike left him stunned as their contest began.

• Yuwen Chengdu explained that his master was a Half-Step Grandmaster and warned that Grandmasters were not to be offended.
• Yuwen Chengdu named Perfected Ziyang as a possible Grandmaster, and Zhang Sheng wondered what kind of world he had entered.
• Yuwen Chengdu apologized for his earlier conduct and asked Zhang Sheng for a match, but Zhang Sheng said Lan Yun wanted to test him first.
• Zhang Sheng brought Yuwen Chengdu to the training ground, where Lan Yun arrived eager to fight him with her great hammer.
• Yuwen Chengdu doubted Lan Yun could challenge him, so Lan Yun angrily swung her hammer and smashed a huge crater into the training ground, startling him.