Chapter Summaries

Si Ming agreed to teach Xu Zhengyi as a nominal disciple and learned how the Barbarian Continent's cultivation system worked, while choosing not to cultivate its Yao power. He helped Xu Zhengyi shape his revenge into a plan to save the Barbarian Continent himself and strip his brother-in-law of his reputation as a savior.

• Si Ming accepted Xu Zhengyi as a nominal disciple and asked him to recite his Spirit Cultivation Method.
• Si Ming discovered that the method cultivated a martial form through Jing Essence and Yao Qi, then destroyed the Yao Qi to avoid conflict with his True Qi.
• Xu Zhengyi explained the stages of using a martial form, and Si Ming considered teaching him Buddhist School martial arts because his martial form was an Arhat.
• Si Ming asked Xu Zhengyi how he planned to take revenge on his brother-in-law and warned that simply killing him could preserve his reputation as a savior.
• Si Ming urged Xu Zhengyi to defeat the Netherworld Insect Princess and save the Barbarian Continent himself, so his brother-in-law would lose his excuse for sacrificing the villagers.
• Xu Zhengyi resolved to take the title of savior from his brother-in-law and prove that the sacrifice of his sister and village had been meaningless.

Si Ming trained Xu Zhengyi in the Arhat Fist and prepared to scout the domain lord’s strength. They found the priest who had hired Xu Zhengyi fighting Hephaestus, the God of Blacksmiths and apparent ruler of the Spirit Domain.

• Si Ming abandoned his attempts to hurry He Qichang and Murong Qing’s training and returned to teach Xu Zhengyi the Arhat Fist through sparring.
• Xu Zhengyi advanced to the second stage, used the Eighteen Arhat Formation to recover his strength, and volunteered to help Si Ming search for the domain lord.
• Si Ming taught Xu Zhengyi the Cross the River on a Reed lightness skill as they traveled toward the domain lord’s location.
• Si Ming and Xu Zhengyi heard a battle and approached a group of Western-faced fighters.
• Xu Zhengyi recognized the priest who had hired him and identified the half-mechanized hammer-wielding opponent as Hephaestus, a six-star spirit creature.

Si Ming and Xu Zhengyi waited for a chance to rescue Jinyu while the God of Blacksmiths fought the priest’s group. After the God of Blacksmiths revealed the Steel Titan, the priest began preparing a powerful spell, leaving Xu Zhengyi unsure whether to act.

• Xu Zhengyi spotted the captured Jinyu, but Si Ming stopped him and advised him to wait for the fight to reach its fiercest point before rescuing her.
• The God of Blacksmiths battled the priest and his five subordinates, who coordinated their attacks and eventually pinned him with the Holy Light Sealing Sword.
• The God of Blacksmiths summoned the Steel Titan, which crushed Ralph and Franz and forced the remaining fighters to retreat and regroup.
• The priest began gathering light elements to prepare a powerful spell while the shield-bearing knight tried to keep the God of Blacksmiths occupied.
• Xu Zhengyi urged Si Ming to rescue Jinyu, but Si Ming warned that the priest might turn his spell on them, prompting Xu Zhengyi to suggest ambushing the priest.

Si Ming and Xu Zhengyi fought the God of Blacksmiths and his allies after the priest unleashed a powerful spell. Si Ming broke through the god’s martial skill but found his divine shield resisted physical attacks, so he began using a Demon Race technique.

• Si Ming held back while Xu Zhengyi sneaked over to hide Jinyu somewhere safe.
• The priest summoned the Six-Winged Holy Spear, but the Steel Titan’s Elemental Immunity shattered it; a stone struck the priest and left him badly injured.
• Xu Zhengyi knocked out the archer and knight, then fought the wounded priest with the Arhat Fist and gained the advantage.
• Si Ming challenged the God of Blacksmiths with the Arhat Fist and won their exchange of martial skill, but the god’s divine shield stopped his finishing blows.
• The God of Blacksmiths summoned the Steel Titan to trap Si Ming, who gathered demonic power to begin a move from the Sea-Upholding Demon Dragon Art.

Si Ming defeated the God of Blacksmiths, ending the Spirit Domain, and gave the divine hammer to Xu Zhengyi before being sent back to the mountain cavern. He returned with Murong Qing and He Qichang and demanded the promised mission reward.

• Si Ming found a divine hammer where the God of Blacksmiths had disappeared and saw the Spirit Domain collapse, though its Spiritual Qi remained polluted by the five turbidities.
• Xu Zhengyi killed the wounded priest, and Si Ming praised him and gave him the hammer as a gift.
• Si Ming advised Xu Zhengyi to prioritize the Martial Form path and warned that he would soon be forced to leave the domain.
• A spatial formation transported Si Ming away from Xu Zhengyi and back to the mountain cavern with Murong Qing and He Qichang.
• Si Ming demanded the mission reward, and a settlement screen appeared showing points for souls harvested and time spent.

Si Ming received the Vacuum Zero-Energy Furnace and discussed cultivation choices and the Eternal Barrier with He Qichang and Murong Qing. When they returned to Faxian City, they found it deserted and discovered that the Imperial Army had declared them wanted, leaving them to flee and seek answers about the past three days.

• Si Ming earned the Vacuum Zero-Energy Furnace and analyzed its weak intensity, rapid growth, and ability to convert its unattributed True Qi into other Internal Cultivation attributes.
• He Qichang chose to make Martial Form his main cultivation path, while Murong Qing decided to use her Black Tortoise Martial Form for body refinement.
• Murong Qing questioned whether Martial Form powers worked under the Eternal Barrier, and He Qichang found that power gained there was sealed while power gained outside it remained usable.
• Si Ming, Murong Qing, and He Qichang returned to Faxian City and noticed that its streets were nearly empty and someone was watching them.
• An Imperial Army squad identified the three as wanted criminals and tried to capture them, so they fled while discussing what to do.
• Murong Qing urged them to find out what had happened during their absence before choosing their next move.

Si Ming and his companions questioned the imperial guards, but Shentu Chuang arrived and fought Si Ming in a destructive saber duel. The chapter ended with a woman claiming the Remote Heaven Society had captured Yan Jinghong and Ling Huanxi, and demanding that Murong Qing and He Qichang surrender.

• He Qichang, Murong Qing, and Si Ming disarmed the imperial guards and tried to capture their captain.
• Shentu Chuang intervened, recognized Murong Qing as Ling Huanxi's disciple, and challenged the group.
• Si Ming identified himself as Yan Jinghong's disciple and fought Shentu Chuang, overwhelming him with the Divine Sight Illusory Observation Art.
• Shentu Chuang fled into a house and tried to use its occupants as a shield, but Si Ming attacked anyway, injuring the couple in the crossfire.
• Murong Qing realized Shentu Chuang belonged to the Remote Heaven Society and worried that it had captured France and endangered their masters.
• A woman appeared and announced that Yan Jinghong and Ling Huanxi had been captured, ordering Murong Qing and He Qichang to surrender.

Si Ming, Murong Qing, and He Qichang fought the Remote Heaven Society after learning Su Yingbo had joined it. Shentu Chuang and Su Yingbo attacked Si Ming, while Murong Qing and He Qichang battled the heavily made-up woman.

• Si Ming warned Murong Qing and He Qichang to flee after revealing that Su Yingbo had joined the Remote Heaven Society.
• Shentu Chuang and Su Yingbo attacked Si Ming, who blocked their saber strikes despite being injured.
• Murong Qing held Su Yingbo back with a barrage of sword attacks.
• The heavily made-up woman transformed her thorn whip into a spear and wounded He Qichang, but Murong Qing's cold Qi weakened her.
• He Qichang mocked the woman as her whip went limp, provoking her anger.

Si Ming and his companions escaped after Ling Huanxi arrived to turn the battle against Shentu Chuang and Su Yingbo. In hiding, Yan Jinghong explained that the Emperor of France and Su Yingbo had begun a sweeping purge of the nobility, apparently as part of the Remote Heaven Society’s plan to sow chaos before destroying the Divine Pillar.

• He Qichang fought the heavily made-up woman and froze her with his hidden cold Qi, while Murong Qing immobilized Imperial Army soldiers and Si Ming fought Shentu Chuang and Su Yingbo.
• Ling Huanxi froze Shentu Chuang and ordered the group to retreat; Si Ming seized Murong Qing, and the four escaped while Su Yingbo and Shentu Chuang stayed behind.
• The heavily made-up woman accused Su Yingbo of failing to pursue them and threatened his wife, Ai Qing, but Shentu Chuang stopped him from attacking her.
• In a secret room, Yan Jinghong told Si Ming that the Emperor of France had appointed the Marquis of North Mountain chief minister, massacred nobles at a banquet, and ordered Su Yingbo to purge nobles throughout the land.
• Yan Jinghong and Murong Qing suspected the Remote Heaven Society was directing the purge, using commoners’ resentment to create disorder while preparing to destroy the Divine Pillar; no abnormal sign of its appearance had occurred yet.

The God of Law delivered blatantly biased verdicts amid France's political turmoil, then fought the Sea-Subduing Fist Grandmaster when he intervened in court. The Nether Master revealed that he had killed the emperor to see what would happen when a god fell ill.

• A nobleman challenged the God of Law's guilty verdict, and the God of Law transformed into an armored constable to enforce it.
• The Sea-Subduing Fist Grandmaster attacked the God of Law, but was overwhelmed by its vast divine power and fled wounded.
• The God of Law seized the defendant and returned him to court.
• The Nether Master told Shentu Chuang that he had killed the emperor to observe a god's sickness, and Shentu Chuang questioned what kind of illness a god could have.

Si Ming realized the Remote Heaven Society had misled and isolated his group, leaving them to choose whether to risk following Xia Guanxue’s lead. Meanwhile, Su Yingbo reunited with Ai Qing, who worried that he had killed someone and noticed he had stopped practicing calligraphy.

• Cuan Er reported that the Mohist Knight Guard branches in Capital Prefecture had been sealed and communication routes cut off.
• Si Ming admitted that his warning had convinced their allies to dismiss the unrest in France as a feint, delaying their response to the threat in the Nation of Valor.
• Murong Qing questioned whether they should trust Xia Guanxue, but Si Ming decided they had to take a risk and catch the Remote Heaven Society off guard.
• Su Yingbo brought Ai Qing her favorite white lilies for their wedding anniversary and reassured her about her memory lapses and wish for a child.
• Ai Qing smelled blood on Su Yingbo and asked whether he had killed someone, then wondered if he had stopped practicing calligraphy because of her.

Su Yingbo confronted the Nether Master over Ai Qing’s memory problems and the crimes he had committed, while resisting pressure to join the Heaven-Defying Society. After Xia Guanxue urged him not to give up, Su Yingbo decided to keep trying and entrusted Ai Qing’s safety to him as he prepared to act.

• Su Yingbo challenged the Nether Master about Ai Qing’s memory loss, and the Nether Master blamed flaws in the resurrection technique.
• The Nether Master warned Su Yingbo that his crimes would turn the nobles, common people, and Yan Jinghong against him, then urged him to join the Heaven-Defying Society for protection.
• Su Yingbo rejected the Nether Master’s pressure and returned toward Ai Qing, insisting he would not be manipulated.
• Xia Guanxue told Su Yingbo he had delivered the message but doubted the recipients would trust him, then criticized Su Yingbo for surrendering to fate.
• Su Yingbo resolved to keep trying, asked Xia Guanxue to protect Ai Qing, and gave him a scroll about the Eight Forms of the Divine Edge as payment for passing on the message.

Si Ming attacked the imperial palace so Yan Jinghong could reach its depths, while Si Ming drew the God of Law into battle. At the imperial mausoleum, Shentu Chuang and Li Shuang set up a fake divine pillar, but Ling Huanxi and He Qichang arrived to confront them.

• Si Ming unleashed a devastating sword strike that destroyed several palaces and broke through eighteen layers of the God of Law’s defenses.
• Si Ming recovered some of his strength and, following the original plan, gave Yan Jinghong the Profound Armor before engaging the God of Law.
• At the imperial mausoleum, Li Shuang activated a mechanical sphere that projected an illusion of a divine pillar.
• Ling Huanxi arrived and attacked Shentu Chuang, who fought back with his saber technique.
• He Qichang appeared and attacked Li Shuang, taunting her about their previous fight.

Si Ming fought the God of Law in a devastating clash of divine powers that destroyed the surrounding palaces. Their collision left the God of Law’s body shattered and drove Si Ming underground.

• The God of Law descended on Si Ming with the staff technique Might of the Law Grants No Pardon.
• Si Ming met the attack with Dragon Whale Raises a Hundred Tides, combining his divine powers into a ninefold punch.
• Their attacks collided and sent a shock wave through the area, leveling the structures within a hundred meters.
• The God of Law’s body exploded, while Si Ming was driven beneath the ground and left a human-shaped crater.

Si Ming fought the God of Law in the palace, learning that the god could repeatedly regenerate from the beliefs of the French people. After their battle escalated into a clash of relentless techniques, Si Ming launched a new assault, with his true strike hidden among a swarm of sword images.

• The palace guards stayed back as Si Ming emerged uninjured from a crater and the God of Law reformed from divine power.
• Si Ming realized the God of Law was sustained by widespread belief, while his attempt to cast a spell failed because the Eternal Barrier remained too strong.
• The God of Law shrank and attacked Si Ming with a water-and-fire staff, but Si Ming countered with the Wheel-Turning King Sword and cut through the divine weapon.
• Si Ming and the God of Law traded powerful blows as both replenished or expended enormous energy, and Si Ming adapted to the god's staff technique.
• Si Ming unleashed Louguan Ten Thousand Swords, and the God of Law defended with Dharma Illumination Lamp Brightness.
• Si Ming used Wolf Shadow Thousand Kills, hiding his real body among sword images as he charged the God of Law.

Si Ming tried to purify the God of Law while the Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider, Tang Jing, attacked him for revenge. After Tang Jing’s punches knocked out Si Ming’s hair and forced him to break off the purification, Si Ming resumed the task, but Tang Jing rose again and charged him; a streak of Sword Qi then struck from above.

• Si Ming summoned the Si Clan’s god to freeze the God of Law and used the Wheel-Turning King Sword’s Nirvana Sanskrit Seal to begin purifying the god’s corruption.
• Tang Jing trapped Si Ming in spider silk and attacked him, but Si Ming endured the weaker blows while trying to maintain the purification.
• Tang Jing focused his punches on Si Ming’s head and knocked out clumps of his hair, forcing Si Ming to interrupt the divine art and break free.
• Si Ming struck Tang Jing with a Mighty Vajra Fist, sending him through a palace, then turned back to purify the God of Law as the god’s corruption drove it into a frenzy.
• Tang Jing got up despite severe injuries and advanced on Si Ming, who prepared to attack him again before a streak of black Sword Qi descended.

Si Ming continued purifying the God of Law while Xia Guanxue fought the Vicious Qi Evil Spider in his place. Wang Zhong rallied the imperial guards to rescue the real Law Emperor, and Xia Guanxue was left in danger until a turtle shield blocked the Spider’s killing blow.

• Xia Guanxue arrived with the formation materials, then agreed to hold off the Vicious Qi Evil Spider while Si Ming stayed to free the God of Law from the Remote Heaven Society’s control.
• Wang Zhong stopped the imperial guards from attacking Si Ming, revealed that the Law Emperor was an impostor and the real one was imprisoned, then led the guards toward the palace’s rear halls.
• Xia Guanxue fought the Vicious Qi Evil Spider but discovered that his opponent was stronger and faster than he had expected.
• After realizing he had underestimated Si Ming’s strength, Xia Guanxue’s old injuries flared up and left him unable to defend himself.
• A turtle shield appeared in front of Xia Guanxue and dispersed the Vicious Qi Evil Spider’s giant palm attack.

Murong Qing and Si Ming stopped the Vicious Qi Evil Spider, while Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo fought a deadly duel in France’s Hall of Enlightened Law. The chapter ended with the injured rivals exchanging a powerful sword-and-brush strike.

• Murong Qing shielded Xia Guanxue and fought the Vicious Qi Evil Spider, then told Si Ming that the divine pillar was fake and France was not the Remote Heaven Society’s target.
• Si Ming pursued the fleeing Vicious Qi Evil Spider and brutally punished him, while Xia Guanxue and Murong Qing watched.
• Yan Jinghong met Su Yingbo in the Hall of Enlightened Law, and the former friends began a fight to the death over Yan Jinghong’s choices and identity.
• Yan Jinghong exploited his experience and injured Su Yingbo’s wrist, forcing him to drop his golden saber, but Su Yingbo continued fighting with a Qi saber.
• Yan Jinghong thrust with Sword Tests All Under Heaven, and Su Yingbo met the sword with a judge’s brush, leaving both men injured.

Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo fought over their opposing choices and the people they had lost, ending with Su Yingbo mortally wounded and Yan Jinghong left badly injured. The Nether Master emerged from hiding and prepared to kill Yan Jinghong in the ruined Hall of Enlightened Law.

• Su Yingbo attacked Yan Jinghong with Big Dipper Evil-Warding Righteous Qi Calligraphy and argued that neither of them was nobler for choosing love or the greater good.
• Yan Jinghong countered Su Yingbo’s attacks, condemned his willingness to inflict grief on others, and struck him with Scorched Earth for a Thousand Li.
• Su Yingbo and Yan Jinghong unleashed their ultimate techniques, destroying the Hall of Enlightened Law; Su Yingbo shifted his saber aside and was pierced through the chest by Yan Jinghong’s sword.
• As Yan Jinghong moved to help Su Yingbo, the Nether Master struck him with emerald-green Qi and revealed himself among the ruins.
• The Nether Master dismissed Su Yingbo’s corpse and approached the exhausted Yan Jinghong, intending to kill him before anyone could intervene.

Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo revealed their ambush against the Nether Master, but his Cultivation Body let him survive their attack and counter them. Yan Jinghong donned the Vermilion Bird Profound Armor while Su Yingbo held the Nether Master back, and the battle reached a deadly turning point as the Nether Master unleashed his ultimate move.

• Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo revealed that they had staged the final moments of their fight to lure the Nether Master into a two-sided sneak attack.
• Su Yingbo used his saber Qi to block the Nether Master's escape, but the Nether Master rebounded off the barrier and injured both men.
• The Nether Master used his Cultivation Body to mitigate his wounds and overwhelm the two men with a torrent of evil force.
• Yan Jinghong activated the Vermilion Bird Profound Armor while Su Yingbo fought to hold the Nether Master back and disrupted his attempt to turn into light.
• Yan Jinghong attacked at extreme speed with the armor's heat while Su Yingbo recovered and gathered his strength for a killing blow.
• The Nether Master abandoned his escape attempt and unleashed Ghost Curtain Spanning the Heavens, sending a fiendish skull after the retreating Yan Jinghong.