Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bei chose a team mission to eliminate a Soul Dao Sect stronghold on Mount Gao Ling, hoping to earn Merit Points and investigate nearby Netherworld Blood Valley for the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass. After Lin Keran joined him, enough disciples signed up for the mission, and Jiang Bei was told to prepare to depart.

• Jiang Bei learned that the Ancient Demon Sect monopolized the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass in Netherworld Blood Valley.
• Jiang Bei accepted the B-rank mission to clear the Soul Dao Sect stronghold on Mount Gao Ling, where poisonous miasma posed the main danger.
• A Task Hall disciple warned Jiang Bei that the mission required a team and might take days to gather enough participants.
• Lin Keran visited Jiang Bei and joined the Mount Gao Ling mission.
• A Task Hall disciple informed Jiang Bei that six people had signed up and the team could prepare to depart.

Jiang Bei and five Sacred Hall disciples traveled to Mount Gao Ling to destroy a Soul Dao Sect stronghold, where they found no trace of the sect during their initial search. After discussing the dangers of the mountain’s deepest region, the group decided to investigate it.

• Jiang Bei joined Lin Keran, Lei Zong, Chen Qihang, Peng Wei, and Yang Ran at the Task Hall, and Lei Zong led them toward Mount Gao Ling on a Sacred Hall Spirit Boat.
• The group arrived at Mount Gao Ling, where Lei Zong warned them about the deadly miasma and the even more dangerous Heavenly Miasma Eye.
• Jiang Bei accepted a jade pendant from Lin Keran to conceal his immunity to the miasma, then set out with him to search for Soul Dao Sect disciples.
• Jiang Bei asked Lin Keran about the Ancient Demon Sect and learned that it was associated with nearby Netherworld Blood Valley.
• After the six disciples searched separate areas and found no one, they debated whether to enter the perilous depths of Mount Gao Ling.
• Jiang Bei, Lin Keran, and Lei Zong agreed that the group should investigate the depths and retreat if the danger proved too great.

Jiang Bei and Lei Zong’s group found the Soul Dao Sect stronghold beside the Heavenly Miasma Eye and launched an attack. As Jiang Bei slaughtered the sect’s disciples, Lei Zong called for his help against the powerful Hei Gu.

• Lei Zong led Jiang Bei and the others deeper into Mount Gao Ling, where they encountered and killed several Soul Dao Sect disciples.
• The group discovered a large Soul Dao Sect camp beside the Heavenly Miasma Eye, and Lei Zong gave everyone Huanqing Pills to withstand the miasma.
• Lei Zong and his companions charged the camp, where more than a hundred Soul Dao Sect members rushed out to fight them.
• Hei Gu confronted Lei Zong and overpowered him in their first clash, while Jiang Bei cut down ordinary sect disciples with ease.
• Lei Zong called to Jiang Bei for help as his fight with Hei Gu continued.

Jiang Bei defeated Qiu Xiu Chi and slaughtered the Ancient Demon Sect and Soul Dao Sect disciples on Mount Gao Ling, while learning that the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass was kept as a sect treasure. He left Qiu Xiu Chi alive as a possible way to obtain it and told Lin Keran they would report the truth, embellishing only the matter of the Ancient Demon Sect.

• Jiang Bei searched Qiu Xiu Chi’s Cosmic Bag, learned the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass was held by the Ancient Demon Sect, and captured him after crushing his leg.
• Jiang Bei killed the fleeing Ancient Demon Sect and Soul Dao Sect disciples, then killed Hei Gu.
• Lei Zong, Chen Qihang, Peng Wei, and Yang Ran begged Jiang Bei for mercy, but he killed Lei Zong and then killed the other three as they fled.
• Lin Keran asked how they would explain the massacre to the Sacred Hall, and Jiang Bei said they would tell the truth while embellishing the matter of the Ancient Demon Sect.

Jiang Bei upgraded the Great Evolution Canon and broke through to the Divine Realm while traveling with Lin Keran. Zuo Peng confronted them with two Zuo Family elites, and Jiang Bei defeated both men with ease.

• Jiang Bei collected the Cosmic Bags, hypnotized Qiu Xiu Chi, and left Mount Gao Ling with Lin Keran.
• After leaving the miasma, Jiang Bei used his Merit Points to upgrade the Great Evolution Canon and transformed for an hour before reaching the Divine Realm.
• Jiang Bei realized his new strength could let him defeat Qiu Xiu Chi, but remained wary of Zuo Peng, the Ancient Demon Sect, and the need to obtain the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass.
• Zuo Peng arrived with two Zuo Family elites, admitted he had sent Lei Zong and the others to kill Jiang Bei and Lin Keran, and ordered his men to attack.
• Jiang Bei crushed the two elites’ weapons and struck both men down, shocking Zuo Peng with his breakthrough to the Divine Realm.

After Jiang Bei broke through to the Divine Realm, he defeated the Huang family elites and nearly killed Zuo Peng, but Zuo Chenyuan arrived and turned on Jiang Bei and Lin Keran. As Zuo Chenyuan attacked them aboard the Divine Void Spirit Boat, an unseen person shouted at him to stop.

• Jiang Bei revealed his Divine Realm strength, ripped off Zuo Peng's arm, and punched him away as he prepared to kill him.
• Zuo Chenyuan arrived, overwhelmed Jiang Bei with a single punch, and rescued his nephew Zuo Peng.
• Lin Keran told Jiang Bei that Zuo Chenyuan was the Law Enforcement Hall Master and Zuo Peng's uncle.
• Zuo Chenyuan accused Jiang Bei and Lin Keran of killing Lei Zong and the other disciples, then declared that he would execute them.
• Jiang Bei and Lin Keran tried to flee aboard the Divine Void Spirit Boat, but Zuo Chenyuan caught them and prepared to attack.
• A furious voice called out to Zuo Chenyuan for bullying the juniors.

Huang Su intervened to stop Zuo Chenyuan from executing Jiang Bei, then helped Jiang Bei and Lin Keran settle their Mount Gao Ling mission and claim their rewards. Jiang Bei used his Merit Points to browse formation disks and spotted one that caught his attention.

• Huang Su arrived on the Divine Void Spirit Boat and defended Jiang Bei, arguing that Zuo Peng had attacked first and that there was no proof Jiang Bei had killed Lei Zong and the others.
• Zuo Chenyuan withdrew with Zuo Peng rather than fight Huang Su, while Jiang Bei thanked Huang Su for protecting him.
• Jiang Bei admitted killing Lei Zong and the other three, showed Huang Su Hei Gu's head, and confirmed that the Mount Gao Ling mission had been completed.
• Huang Su took Jiang Bei and Lin Keran to the Reward Hall, where Jiang Bei received three thousand Merit Points and three heavenly treasures, while Lin Keran received fifteen hundred Merit Points and one heavenly treasure.
• Jiang Bei asked about Merit Points and followed Huang Su to browse formation disks, where he spotted one that interested him.

Jiang Bei bought the Four Beasts Seize Heaven Array disk and learned that he could earn the Merit Points needed for its beast blood at the Merit Tower. He cleared the tower’s first floor with his poison immunity and had to choose whether to leave with his reward or risk continuing.

• Jiang Bei decided to buy the Four Beasts Seize Heaven Array disk after Huang Su explained its power and its need for 2,000 portions of beast blood essence.
• Huang Su directed Jiang Bei to the Merit Tower as a way to earn the 1,500 Merit Points he still needed.
• Jiang Bei spent 300 Merit Points to enter the tower and learned that its first floor required crossing a poisonous gas region.
• Jiang Bei used his immunity to poison to cross the first floor and earned 300 Merit Points.
• The tower offered Jiang Bei the choice to leave with his reward or continue, warning that failure on the next floor would erase all his Merit Points.

Jiang Bei cleared the Spirit Beast Floor by taming and killing its Thousand Fiend Tiger, then faced a mirrored version of himself on the third floor. He discovered the mirror could not copy his talents and used Mirror Reversal to turn the floor’s strength suppression against it.

• Jiang Bei entered the Spirit Beast Floor, where he had to kill a Thousand Fiend Tiger of his realm within sixty breaths for 900 Merit Points.
• Jiang Bei used Beast Taming Hand to tame the tiger, then killed it with the Vast Void Heavenly Blade and earned the reward.
• Jiang Bei entered the Mirror Floor and learned that he had to kill an identical copy of himself while his strength was suppressed, with 2,700 Merit Points at stake.
• The mirror suppressed Jiang Bei from Divine Realm Minor Refinement to Dao Master Realm Major Refinement and forced him back in their first clash.
• Jiang Bei noticed the mirror lacked his Beast Taming Hand mark and realized it could not copy his talents.
• Jiang Bei activated Mirror Reversal, restoring himself to Divine Realm Minor Refinement and suppressing the mirror to Dao Master Realm Major Refinement.

Jiang Bei cleared the Merit Tower’s third floor by converting its cultivation suppression into a negative effect that restored his strength, then chose to leave with his Merit Points. His unexpected success stunned the gathered disciples, including Pang Ze, who had just failed the same floor, as they waited to see who had emerged.

• Jiang Bei used his restored cultivation to defeat the mirror version of himself and cleared the third floor, earning 2,700 Merit Points.
• Jiang Bei chose to exit the Merit Tower rather than risk losing his points on the next floor.
• A white-robed disciple emerged after clearing the second floor and told the crowd that his Senior Brother Pang Ze was attempting the third.
• Pang Ze emerged with dim lights showing that he had failed the mirror level, where his cultivation had been suppressed against an otherwise identical opponent.
• The Merit Tower lit up through its third floor, and the crowd, Pang Ze, and the white-robed disciple watched in shock as someone stepped out.

Jiang Bei cleared the Merit Tower’s third floor, bought four beasts’ blood essence, and returned to his residence with Qiu Xiu Chi bound. Meanwhile, the Ancient Demon Sect learned Qiu Xiu Chi was alive and received a demand for three stalks of Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass at Qiong Cang Mountain.

• Jiang Bei emerged from the Merit Tower after clearing its third floor, astonishing the disciples and humiliating Pang Ze.
• Jiang Bei spent 2,000 Merit Points at the Treasure Pavilion to buy one vial of each of the four beasts’ blood essence.
• Jiang Bei returned to his residence, laid out the blood essence and other materials, and turned his attention to the bound Qiu Xiu Chi.
• Xue Wu Ya questioned the Ancient Demon Sect elders about Qiu Xiu Chi’s disappearance and concluded that an unknown fourth party had been involved at Mount Gao Ling.
• A Deacon brought Qiu Xiu Chi’s severed arm to the sect hall and reported that a messenger demanded three stalks of Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass at Qiong Cang Mountain tomorrow at noon to spare Qiu Xiu Chi’s life.

Jiang Bei traded the bound Qiu Xiu Chi for three genuine stalks of Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass on Qiong Cang Mountain. As he fled, Xiao Li released Qin Ji and the Ancient Demon Sect Elders from a Sacred Dry Bag, revealing their ambush and sending them after him.

• Xue Wu Ya and the Ancient Demon Sect Elders planned to rescue Qiu Xiu Chi by using Old Daoist Bai Xuan’s Sacred Dry Bag to hide an ambush force.
• Xue Wu Ya chose Xiao Li to attend the exchange with three genuine stalks of Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass, while Qin Ji and the Elders hid in the Sacred Dry Bag.
• Jiang Bei arrived at Qiong Cang Mountain in disguise with the bound Qiu Xiu Chi and waited for the appointed time.
• Xiao Li handed over the three stalks, and Jiang Bei verified they were genuine before sending Qiu Xiu Chi back to him and fleeing.
• Xiao Li released Qin Ji and more than a dozen Ancient Demon Sect Elders from a Cosmic Bag, and they pursued Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei confronted Qin Ji, Xiao Li, and the Ancient Demon Sect’s fighters on Qiong Cang Mountain, claiming to be Huo Han of the Divine Hall. He activated the Four Beasts Seize Heaven Array, which devastated the sect’s forces, and Qin Ji broke free to charge at him.

• Jiang Bei stopped fleeing and provoked Qin Ji and Xiao Li by claiming the Divine Hall and daring them to call their Sect Master.
• Qin Ji ordered the Ancient Demon Sect fighters to attack Jiang Bei, but the Four Beasts Seize Heaven Array appeared across Qiong Cang Mountain.
• Four enormous phantom beasts attacked the fighters, crushing several Divine Realm Elders and sending Xiao Li flying with a single blow.
• The beasts continued wounding Qin Ji and killing Elders while the bound Qiu Xiu Chi watched helplessly.
• Qin Ji broke free from the beasts’ encirclement and charged at Jiang Bei, believing he had to kill him to survive.

Jiang Bei used the Four Beasts Seize Heaven Array to kill the Ancient Demon Sect’s forces at Qiong Cang Mountain, then took their treasures and left. Back at the sect, Qian Mo revealed the massacre to Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan, leaving them stunned and enraged.

• Qin Ji attacked Jiang Bei’s clone, then learned the real Jiang Bei had been hiding outside the array.
• The four beasts killed Qin Ji, Xiao Li, the other Ancient Demon Sect Elders, and Qiu Xiu Chi.
• Jiang Bei collected the Cosmic Bags, the array disc, and Old Daoist Bai Xuan’s Sacred Dry Bag before departing.
• Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan celebrated the expected return of Qin Ji and the others while waiting in the Ancient Demon Sect’s hall.
• Qian Mo reported that Qin Ji, Xiao Li, and the others had all been killed by the lone man at Qiong Cang Mountain.
• Xue Wu Ya demanded to know how one person had defeated the sect’s forces, while Old Daoist Bai Xuan learned that Jiang Bei had taken the Sacred Dry Bag.

After learning that Huo Han had destroyed the Ancient Demon Sect’s forces, Xue Wu Ya persuaded Old Daoist Bai Xuan to help him ambush Huo Han and reclaim the Sacred Dry Bag. Jiang Bei upgraded to Divine Realm Major Refinement and went to file a report so he could return to the Tiannan Realm.

• Qian Mo told Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan that Huo Han had killed the Ancient Demon Sect’s elders and Great Elder using a formation and a clone, leaving Xue Wu Ya as the sect’s only survivor.
• Xue Wu Ya pressured Old Daoist Bai Xuan into joining him in a plan to ambush Huo Han when he was alone and recover the Sacred Dry Bag.
• Jiang Bei returned to the Sacred Hall with the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass and used Merit Points to upgrade the Great Evolution Canon, breaking through to Divine Realm Major Refinement.
• Jiang Bei told Huang Su he wanted to return to the Tiannan Realm to help Long Zhenhai, and Huang Su directed him to file a report at the Registration Hall.
• Jiang Bei left Huang Su’s estate and headed to the Registration Hall.

Jiang Bei went to the Registration Hall and discovered that Zuo Yuchuan’s promotion to Heavenly Saint Disciple had shut out other disciples. After learning Jiang Bei was waiting outside, Zuo Yuchuan rushed out to avenge his younger brother Zuo Peng.

• Jiang Bei arrived at the Registration Hall and learned that Zuo Yuchuan’s attendants were keeping other disciples out during his promotion.
• A blue-robed disciple spotted Jiang Bei, rushed into the hall, and told Zuo Yuchuan that Jiang Bei was waiting outside.
• Zuo Yuchuan received his Heavenly Saint Token and vowed to kill the person who had taken Zuo Peng’s arm.
• Zuo Yuchuan learned Jiang Bei’s location and charged out of the Registration Hall to confront him, followed by Zuo Family members and the Deacon.

Jiang Bei tried to avoid a confrontation with Zuo Yuchuan at the Registration Hall, but after Zuo Yuchuan threatened him over Zuo Peng, Jiang Bei fought back and overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with Jiang Bei brutally beating Zuo Yuchuan as the onlookers stared in disbelief.

• Zuo Yuchuan left the Registration Hall as a newly advanced Heavenly Saint Disciple and demanded that Jiang Bei come forward.
• A blue-robed disciple identified Jiang Bei, and Zuo Yuchuan accused him of breaking Zuo Peng’s arm and threatened to kill him.
• Jiang Bei told Zuo Yuchuan he regretted not killing him and Zuo Peng together, provoking Zuo Yuchuan to attack.
• Jiang Bei caught Zuo Yuchuan’s palm strike, crushed his hand, punched him into the Registration Hall wall, and repeatedly smashed his head into the ground.
• The disciples, Zuo Family members, and Registration Hall Deacon watched in shock as Jiang Bei left Zuo Yuchuan unable to fight back.

Jiang Bei beat Zuo Yuchuan and confronted Zuo Chenyuan when the Law Enforcement Hall master arrived to defend his nephew. As Zuo Chenyuan tried to force a witness to blame Jiang Bei, an unseen speaker stated that Zuo Yuchuan had attacked first.

• Jiang Bei knocked away the Zuo Family members, struck the blue-robed disciple unconscious, and continued beating Zuo Yuchuan.
• The Registration Hall Deacon urged Jiang Bei to stop, but Jiang Bei challenged him for allowing Zuo Yuchuan to attack first.
• Zuo Chenyuan arrived and exchanged a punch with Jiang Bei, who matched his strength despite having been weaker days earlier.
• Jiang Bei accused Zuo Chenyuan of abusing his authority to protect Zuo Yuchuan, while the watching disciples stayed silent about who started the fight.
• Zuo Chenyuan seized the Registration Hall Deacon and demanded that he blame Jiang Bei, but an unseen voice declared that Zuo Yuchuan had struck first.

Elder Qi Jun intervened to stop Zuo Chenyuan from pursuing Jiang Bei, and Jiang Bei secured permission to leave the God Realm and returned to Tiannan. At the Dusk Ancient Clan, he found Long Zhenhai still near death, while Emperor Yuan appeared outside the clan’s hidden sanctuary.

• Qi Jun revealed that he had witnessed Zuo Yuchuan strike first, forced Zuo Chenyuan to kneel, and ordered him to leave with Zuo Yuchuan.
• Qi Jun learned Jiang Bei had no master and instructed the Registration Hall Deacon to handle Jiang Bei’s departure from the God Realm.
• Jiang Bei left the Sacred Hall, traveled by Divine Void Spirit Boat, and returned to the Tiannan Realm.
• Huang Tiankuo told Long Cheng, Gu Cangsheng, and the others that Long Zhenhai remained unconscious and could not be moved, leaving them to await Jiang Bei’s return with the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass.
• An explosion shook the Dusk Ancient Clan, and Huang Tiankuo and the others saw Emperor Yuan, Huo Han, standing outside their hidden mountain gate.

Huo Han broke into the Dusk Ancient Clan’s hidden space and demanded Jiang Bei’s whereabouts, then attacked the clan when they refused to answer. As Huo Han prepared to kill them, Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan arrived to confront him.

• Huo Han shattered the hidden space with a punch, entered the Dusk Ancient Clan’s plaza, and demanded that they hand over Jiang Bei.
• Huang Tiankuo and Long Cheng denied knowing where Jiang Bei was, but Huo Han crushed them with his Divine Venerable pressure and threatened the clan.
• Huang Tiankuo charged Huo Han to protect his clansmen, but Huo Han struck him down and left him gravely injured.
• Long Cheng condemned Huo Han for destroying the Fengxian Sacred Dynasty and seeking to slaughter the Tiannan Realm, while Huo Han admitted he had used the dynasty as a stepping stone.
• As Huo Han raised his hand to kill the people on the plaza, Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan burst through a rift and challenged him.