Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bei used his Merit Points to break through to Sixth Rank Lesser Training and upgraded several martial arts. He intercepted Qin Yang on the road outside Wanhe City, where Liu Yun attacked him with Azure Edge Finger.

• Jiang Bei spent 480 Merit Points to upgrade Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill, reaching Sixth Rank Lesser Training, then improved Mysterious Iron Dragon Scale Body, Blood Wolf Saber Technique, and Cloud Shadow Steps.
• In Wanhe City, Qin Yang told Liu Yun that he had sent four subordinates to punish Jiang Bei, and Liu Yun agreed to help cover up Qin Yang's unauthorized attempt to take over the Ren-Rank Camp.
• Qin Yang and Liu Yun discussed Han Feng's arrival as the Ren-Rank Camp's reinforcement, then left the city together for the Dingzi Camp.
• Jiang Bei blocked Qin Yang's carriage on the road and declared that he had come to kill him.
• Liu Yun stepped in to kill Jiang Bei himself and launched his Azure Edge Finger, while Jiang Bei watched calmly.

Jiang Bei killed Qin Yang and Liu Yun, then discovered an Inner Sect manual among Liu Yun’s belongings. Meanwhile, Myriad Souls Cult members entered Pingyang Prefecture, and Han Feng ordered his men not to warn the Ren-Rank Camp because he planned to use them to lure a bigger target.

• Jiang Bei revealed his Sixth Rank Lesser Training strength and killed Liu Yun by using him to block Qin Yang’s blade Qi.
• Jiang Bei killed Qin Yang with a single punch, then searched the bodies and found Liu Yun’s Blazing Sun Art manual.
• Several Myriad Souls Cult members crossed into Pingyang Prefecture, planning to hunt before Han Feng arrived.
• Han Feng’s subordinate reported that the cult members had entered Pingyang Prefecture and asked whether to warn the Ren-Rank Camp.
• Han Feng claimed command over the Ren-Rank Camp and ordered his men to watch the cult without intervening, explaining that he wanted to draw out a bigger target.

Jiang Bei took command of the battered Ren-Rank Camp, strengthened himself by advancing the Blazing Sun Skill, and fought back against enemies exploiting Jiang Qingfeng's absence. The chapter ended with Jiang Bei racing to Kaihua County after learning the Myriad Souls Cult had invaded and put Battalion Commander Li's unit in grave danger.

• Ling Rui and Wang Meng told Jiang Bei that Batu Feng had reached Sixth Rank, Jiang Qingfeng was gravely wounded, and Zhou Chang had died, then asked Jiang Bei to lead Ren-Rank Camp.
• Jiang Bei accepted command, heard Xiong Hai report on Tiger Leap Valley, and ordered more scouts and sentry posts to watch for threats.
• Jiang Bei used Merit Points to advance the Blazing Sun Skill to the second layer and discovered he could wield powerful Blazing Sun True Qi.
• Jiang Bei and the battalion commanders responded to reports of Barbarians and suspicious forces, and Jiang Bei wiped out a stronghold that had joined the Barbarians in capturing civilians.
• Song Hua reported that several seventh-rank experts from the Myriad Souls Cult had entered Kaihua County and endangered Battalion Commander Li's unit, so Jiang Bei rode there at full speed.

Jiang Bei arrived in Kaihua County to find the Myriad Souls Cult slaughtering civilians and Ren-Rank Camp soldiers, including Zhang Feng and Battalion Commander Li Rui. He killed the tattooed cultist with a hurled stone pillar and charged into battle, leaving the burly cultist dead beneath his foot as the other attackers closed in.

• The Myriad Souls Cult massacred Kaihua County’s residents and drained their souls while the tattooed man mocked the Ren-Rank Camp and challenged Jiang Bei to come fight.
• Jiang Bei rode toward the county, entered the burning ruins, and found Battalion Commander Li Rui and other victims drained into corpses.
• Jiang Bei hurled a stone pillar into the plaza, killing the tattooed cultist and revealing himself to the remaining Myriad Souls Cult members.
• The cultists, including four Seventh Rank Lesser Training experts and an Eighth Rank Great Training expert, attacked Jiang Bei together.
• Jiang Bei unleashed Blazing Sun True Qi, destroyed the burly man’s ghost claw, severed his arm, and crushed his head.

Jiang Bei slaughtered the Myriad Souls Cult attackers who had devastated Kaihua County, saving the townspeople and sending a warning to hostile forces across Pingyang Prefecture and Xuanyang Prefecture. As he continued patrolling the two prefectures, an imposing armored man approached and coldly asked whether he was Jiang Bei.

• Jiang Bei killed the silver-haired man and the purple-clad Seventh Rank Lesser Training warrior before using Dragon Elephant Soul Suppression to stop the fleeing gaunt old man and Eighth Rank Great Training warrior and cut them down.
• The surviving residents of Kaihua County recognized Jiang Bei, thanked him for saving them, and gathered around him in relief.
• Jiang Bei urged the townspeople to leave the unsafe square and told them the Ren-Rank Camp would restore order.
• Song Hua arrived, saw the dead Myriad Souls Cult fighters, and followed Jiang Bei's orders to bring soldiers and help the townspeople and recover the soldiers' bodies.
• News that Jiang Bei had killed five Seventh Rank Lesser Training warriors and one Eighth Rank Great Training warrior spread through both prefectures, frightening hostile factions into withdrawing.
• While patrolling the territory, Jiang Bei was approached by an armored man who asked if he was Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei learned that Han Feng had deliberately used Kaihua County’s civilians and soldiers as bait to lure the Myriad Souls Ancestor, and he attacked Han Feng in fury. The chapter left Han Feng gravely wounded after Jiang Bei shattered his defenses and broke his spine.

• Zheng Feng brought Jiang Bei to Ren-Rank Camp, where Han Feng summoned him angrily to Jiang Qingfeng’s tent.
• Han Feng revealed that he had allowed Myriad Souls Cult members into Kaihua County as bait to draw out the Myriad Souls Ancestor.
• Jiang Bei and the others learned that Han Feng had knowingly sacrificed civilians and soldiers for his personal ambition and merit.
• Jiang Bei attacked Han Feng, overpowered his guards, and broke through Han Feng’s frost and sword defenses.
• Jiang Bei seized Han Feng’s wrist and smashed his knee into Han Feng’s lower back, shattering his spine and leaving him bleeding severely.

Jiang Bei executed Han Feng for his crimes, and the killing made Jiang Bei’s name resound across Qingzhou while raising fears of retaliation from Han Qixian. Still short of the merit points needed to advance, Jiang Bei learned that Batu Feng had appeared and eagerly sought his location.

• Jiang Bei killed Han Feng in the Ren-Rank Camp, and Wang Meng and Xiong Hai defended the execution as punishment for his crimes.
• Han Feng’s guards carried his corpse back to Qingzhou Camp, while news of the execution spread across Qingzhou and Jiang Bei’s reputation grew.
• Xiong Hai and Wang Meng worried that Han Qixian might retaliate, and Jiang Bei ordered them to monitor Pingyang Prefecture and Xuanyang Prefecture.
• Jiang Bei checked his panel, found he had 780 Merit Points, and resolved to keep hunting enemies so he could advance to Sixth Rank Major Refinement.
• The next day, Wang Meng reported that Batu Feng had appeared, and Jiang Bei demanded to know where he was.

Jiang Bei charged into Xuanyang Prefecture City and rescued the civilians Batu Feng was sacrificing to a demon statue. After defeating Batu Feng with one punch, Jiang Bei confronted the statue’s High Priest, who attacked him with black energy.

• Wang Meng told Jiang Bei that Batu Feng was hunting civilians in Xuanyang Prefecture City and sacrificing their blood essence, so Jiang Bei set out with Xiong Hai and the Ren-Rank Camp soldiers.
• Two riders entered the Ren-Rank Camp’s territory and rode toward Xuanyang Prefecture to find Jiang Bei and demand an explanation.
• Batu Feng sacrificed a boy to the demon statue, then prepared to drain the blood essence of more than a hundred civilians at once.
• Jiang Bei burst into the altar square, shattered Batu Feng’s axe and arms, and struck him into the base of the statue.
• The demon statue’s High Priest demanded Jiang Bei submit, but Jiang Bei refused and vowed to kill it, prompting it to attack with black energy.

Jiang Bei drove off the High Priest, killed Batu Feng and the traitorous Wang Shouyi, and wiped out the Barbarians in Mystic Sun City. After discovering he had 2,160 Merit Points, he began upgrading the Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill.

• Jiang Bei overwhelmed the demon statue, forcing the High Priest to flee, then killed Batu Feng and cut down dozens of Barbarians.
• Wang Shouyi, a Seventh Rank Lesser Training commander who had betrayed the city, wounded Xiong Hai and tried to escape, but Jiang Bei caught and killed him.
• Jiang Bei gave Xiong Hai medicine and ordered Wang Meng to rush him back to camp for treatment.
• Jiang Bei fought on until every Barbarian in Mystic Sun City had been killed, then arranged for the civilians and soldiers to recover and clean up.
• Jiang Bei checked his panel, saw that he had 2,160 Merit Points and several techniques ready to upgrade, and chose to upgrade the Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill.

Jiang Bei reached Sixth-Rank Great Training, refined the Ghost Abyss Demon Statue to obtain a Soul Martial Art, and strengthened several techniques before returning toward the Ren-Rank Camp. On the road, men from the State City Liu Family attacked Wang Meng’s group while searching for Jiang Bei, and the middle-aged attacker seized the gravely wounded Xiong Hai.

• Jiang Bei broke through to Sixth-Rank Great Training and discovered that the High Priest’s will had escaped in black smoke, leaving him worried about the threat of its return.
• Jiang Bei refined the Ghost Abyss Demon Statue, learned the Myriad Souls Gathering Spirit Skill, tested its soul attack, and upgraded several martial arts with his remaining Merit Points.
• Jiang Bei left soldiers to care for the civilians in Xuanyang Prefecture City and hurried back toward the Ren-Rank Camp, worrying about Xiong Hai.
• Wang Meng and several Squad Leaders rushed Xiong Hai toward camp but were stopped on the official road by two men from the State City Liu Family, who demanded Jiang Bei’s whereabouts.
• After Wang Meng mentioned Pingyang Prefectural City, the middle-aged Liu Family man attacked him, knocked a Squad Leader unconscious, and grabbed the wounded Xiong Hai by the head.

Jiang Bei arrived just as the Liu Family's experts were about to kill Xiong Hai and the others, then brutally killed both Sixth Rank Lesser Training martial artists. He left Wang Meng and the surviving Squad Leader alive amid the bloodshed.

• The middle-aged man threatened to crush Xiong Hai's head unless Wang Meng revealed Jiang Bei's whereabouts, while the goateed man pinned Wang Meng down.
• The middle-aged man killed three charging Squad Leaders, and the goateed man crushed Wang Meng's wrist and slammed him to the ground.
• As the middle-aged man prepared to kill Xiong Hai, Jiang Bei arrived and destroyed the man's limbs before killing him.
• Wang Meng and the surviving Squad Leader recognized Jiang Bei, and the goateed man realized he had found the person they sought.
• Jiang Bei shattered the goateed man's arms and crushed his chest, killing him on the spot.

Jiang Bei saved Xiong Hai and the wounded after killing Liu Chong and Liu Jingfeng, then realized he needed an Innate Method to advance beyond Sixth Rank Great Training. As his feats spread across Qingzhou, Commander-in-Chief Xue Changsheng ordered Jiang Bei summoned to the prefectural city while sending Xu Yuan and Chang Rui to hunt the injured Xuan You.

• Jiang Bei stabilized Xiong Hai's injuries, brought him to the Ren-Rank Camp, and ordered the military physicians to treat him and the other wounded.
• Wang Meng told Jiang Bei that Liu Chong and Liu Jingfeng had come from the Liu Family looking for him, and Jiang Bei concluded that he was now at odds with the powerful clan.
• Jiang Bei checked his cultivation and found that advancing beyond Sixth Rank Great Training required an Innate Method unavailable at the Ren-Rank Camp.
• News spread across Qingzhou that Jiang Bei had killed Batu Feng and many Barbarians, drawing attention to the young Squad Leader.
• Xue Changsheng refused to punish Jiang Bei for killing Han Feng, ordered Xu Yuan and Chang Rui to track down Xuan You, and commanded that Jiang Bei be summoned to the prefectural city.
• Xu Yuan set out for the Ren-Rank Camp to bring Jiang Bei to Qingzhou Camp.

Jiang Bei left the Ren-Rank Camp for Qingzhou Camp after learning that Xuan You was a Fifth Rank expert recovering nearby. Xue Changsheng decided to grant Jiang Bei an Innate Method and appoint him to an important post, while Xuan You vowed to destroy Jiang Bei’s camp once he recovered.

• Jiang Bei learned from Xu Yuan and Chang Rui that Xuan You was a Fifth Rank expert hiding nearby and recovering with Human Pills.
• Xu Yuan summoned Jiang Bei to Qingzhou Camp, and Chang Rui agreed to take charge of the Ren-Rank Camp while Jiang Bei was away.
• Xuan You consumed more Human Pills and vowed to kill Jiang Bei and wipe out the Ren-Rank Camp after regaining his strength.
• Xue Changsheng ordered Xiang Haoyang to give Jiang Bei an Innate Method and two of his own cultivated items.
• Xue Changsheng gave Xiang Haoyang a token for Jiang Bei’s new post, overruling concerns about Jiang Bei’s age and experience.
• Jiang Bei and Xu Yuan arrived in the prefectural city.

Jiang Bei arrived at Qingzhou Camp headquarters, where Ma Yong confronted him over Han Feng’s death and challenged him to fight. Jiang Bei swiftly crippled Ma Yong and charged at him again, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ding Tao escorted Jiang Bei to Qingzhou Camp headquarters after Xu Yuan left to support Baoxiang Temple, and Jiang Bei reunited with the injured Jiang Qingfeng.
• Ma Yong discussed his bid for the Town Army Deputy General position and vowed to avenge Han Feng by confronting Jiang Bei.
• Ma Yong blocked Jiang Bei’s way and attacked after Jiang Bei accepted his challenge, while Jiang Qingfeng and Ding Tao tried to intervene.
• Jiang Bei caught Ma Yong’s punch, twisted his arm until it broke, seized his throat, and struck him in the abdomen.
• Jiang Bei charged at the fallen Ma Yong again, determined to show no mercy.

Jiang Bei brutally defeated Ma Yong, then faced Han Qixian, who accused him of killing Han Feng and ordered his guards to seize him. Just as Han Qixian attacked Jiang Bei, Xiang Haoyang arrived with Commander-in-Chief Xue Changsheng’s token and challenged Han Qixian.

• Jiang Bei repeatedly smashed Ma Yong’s head into the ground, leaving him gravely injured in a crater.
• Han Qixian arrived with seven personal guards and accused Jiang Bei of killing his younger brother, Han Feng.
• Ma Yong blamed Jiang Bei and claimed he had only sought justice, while Jiang Bei pinned Ma Yong’s head beneath his foot.
• Han Qixian ordered his seven guards to seize Jiang Bei, but Jiang Bei’s explosive force injured three guards and drove the other four back.
• Han Qixian charged Jiang Bei with a powerful punch, but Xiang Haoyang arrived holding Xue Changsheng’s identity token and ordered him to stop.

Xiang Haoyang announced Commander-in-Chief Xue Changsheng’s order promoting Jiang Bei directly to Town Army Deputy General, ending Han Qixian’s immediate ability to suppress him. Jiang Bei received the rank’s honors and powerful cultivation treasures, including an Innate Method and the flying sword Cloud Silence, as he prepared to grow stronger.

• Xiang Haoyang read Xue Changsheng’s order promoting Jiang Bei from squad leader to Town Army Deputy General for his service and victories.
• Ma Yong denounced the promotion as fake, but Xiang Haoyang rebuked him, and Ma Yong collapsed unconscious.
• The Qingzhou Camp guards, Ding Tao, Zhao San, Jiang Qingfeng, and Han Qixian’s guards paid their respects to Jiang Bei; Han Qixian reluctantly did the same before leaving.
• Xiang Haoyang presented Jiang Bei with Mystic Scale Chainmail and a Cloud-Treading Qilin Robe as honors of his new rank.
• Xiang Haoyang gave Jiang Bei the Innate Spirit Guiding Manual, the flying sword Cloud Silence, and the Spirit Sword Art, explaining their value for his cultivation and combat.

Jiang Bei upgraded the Spirit Sword Art and tested Cloud Silence, then faced down two Liu Family men who tried to summon him to their residence. Zhang De arrived with an urgent report about Baoxiang Temple, leaving Jiang Bei to hear what had happened there.

• Jiang Bei spent 300 Merit Points to raise the Spirit Sword Art to the first layer and used Cloud Silence to demonstrate its power.
• Zhang De returned to headquarters seeking a general to deal with an unusual situation at Baoxiang Temple, and Ding Tao directed him to Jiang Bei.
• A messenger told Jiang Bei that two Liu Family men were requesting an audience at the camp gates.
• Liu Wentao and Liu Wenchang invited Jiang Bei to their residence, but he refused and challenged them when they threatened him.
• Zhang De arrived and addressed Jiang Bei as the Town Army Deputy General, prompting the Liu Family men to leave.
• Jiang Bei told Zhang De to report the urgent matter at Baoxiang Temple.

After reports of disappearances at Baoxiang Temple and the detention of Gao Fei, Jiang Bei led Qingzhou Camp troops to confront the temple. The soldiers surrounded the plaza just as Baojing prepared to force Xu Yuan out, leaving the abbot horrified by the military intervention.

• Zhang De told Jiang Bei that worshippers and Gao Fei had vanished at Baoxiang Temple, while Abbot Baojing refused Xu Yuan’s request to search.
• Jiang Bei ordered troops to muster and led several hundred Qingzhou Camp soldiers toward Baoxiang Temple.
• Liu Wentao and Liu Wenchang told Liu Zhenshan that Jiang Bei had become Town Army Deputy General, and Liu Zhenshan decided to wait until Jiang Bei returned to Ren-Rank Camp.
• Baojing refused Xu Yuan’s demand to see Gao Fei and search the temple, arguing that Xu lacked the authority and evidence to do so.
• As Baojing and his Warrior Monks prepared to confront Xu Yuan, Jiang Bei’s troops arrived and surrounded the temple plaza, startling Baojing.

Jiang Bei led Qingzhou Camp troops to Baoxiang Temple, where he rescued Gao Fei and confronted the abbot over the missing civilians. He had Baojing detained and ordered the temple searched.

• Xu Yuan recognized Jiang Bei as Qingzhou Camp’s newly appointed Army-Pacifying Chief Deputy General, and Jiang Bei’s soldiers arrived with Baoyuan’s corpse.
• Jiang Bei gave Baoxiang Temple one incense stick’s time to produce Gao Fei, and Baojing ordered the monks to bring him out.
• Xu Yuan found Gao Fei badly tortured, while Baojing blamed several Warrior Monks and offered them up to Jiang Bei.
• Jiang Bei accused Baoxiang Temple of abducting Qingzhou civilians and demanded a search despite Baojing’s objections.
• Jiang Bei’s soldiers pinned Baojing down and detained him for obstructing official business, and Jiang Bei ordered the troops to search the temple.

Jiang Bei and Xu Yuan uncovered Baoxiang Temple’s secret underground prisons and found that its monks had been raising missing townspeople as livestock and feeding on the dead. After Jiang Bei killed the frenzied Warrior Monks, former abbot Baoqing revealed his plan to reach the Innate Realm and boasted that Qingzhou Camp was threatened elsewhere; Jiang Bei charged him, beginning their fight.

• Jiang Bei and Xu Yuan discovered vacant monks beneath a Buddha statue, and Jiang Bei smashed it to reveal a hidden passage.
• They found missing townspeople imprisoned and forced to eat filthy feed dusted with a mysterious powder.
• Several dozen red-eyed Warrior Monks attacked, and Jiang Bei killed them with his bare hands and Blazing Sun True Qi.
• Jiang Bei and Xu Yuan entered a chamber filled with bones and found Baoqing, the former abbot, absorbing energy from corpses.
• Baoqing declared that he sought the Innate Realm and claimed Qingzhou Camp was in danger while its forces faced threats at Wind Snow Mountain.
• Jiang Bei rushed Baoqing before he could finish speaking, and Baoqing released his decayed aura to meet the attack.