Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bei fused the Seven Karmas Divine Flame with the Heaven-Burning Fire Pool, broke through to the Tripod-Asking Realm's Major Refinement, and emerged with a more powerful flame and no Heavenly Wrath Mark. After the secret realm closed, he found He Qingtian injured beside several powerful strangers.

• Wu Nian and his group forced He Qingtian to lead them to the Dragon Flame Secret Realm, where Hun Potian warned them about the Heaven-Burning Fire Pool and they waited for the realm to open.
• Xu Zijin, Yang Zhi, Han Feng, and Lu Zhengchu gathered by the Heaven-Burning Fire Pool, intending to ambush Jiang Bei when he emerged.
• Jiang Bei fused the Seven Karmas Divine Flame with the pool's power, created the Eight Karmas Divine Flame, advanced to the Tripod-Asking Realm's Major Refinement, and lost the Heavenly Wrath Mark.
• The force released during Jiang Bei's breakthrough knocked Xu Zijin and the others unconscious, and the secret realm then teleported everyone outside.
• Chen Shanmu greeted Jiang Bei, who noticed He Qingtian was severely injured and standing beside several unfamiliar men with powerful auras.

Hun Potian and Nirvana Hall searched the Dragon Flame Heavenly Gate for the Heavenly Wrath Mark, but Jiang Bei concealed its lingering traces with the eight karmas divine flame and escaped detection. Hun Potian left to seek Mu Changlin’s help, while Jiang Bei realized he had to grow stronger before Nirvana Hall returned.

• Hun Potian attacked the injured disciples and probed them one by one for traces of the Heavenly Wrath Mark.
• Hun Potian examined Jiang Bei, but the eight karmas divine flame concealed the mark’s lingering traces, so he declared Jiang Bei was not the one he sought.
• Hun Potian warned He Qingtian to report any discoveries, then left with Nirvana Hall after finding no one.
• Hun Potian told Wu Nian to ask Mu Changlin of the Mu Clan for help searching the Dragon Flame Heavenly Gate.
• Jiang Bei returned to his residence and resolved to grow stronger, fearing Nirvana Hall would come back with another way to find him.

Jiang Bei and the other top finishers were sent to the Dragon River Kingdom to fight the Demon Race, which had devastated the land. Along the way, Song Beijin explained that the Myriad Phenomena Star System was middle-rank in the Realm of the Gods, while Jiang Bei realized the Dongxuan Star System belonged to the unranked Gravel Star Systems; the group then plunged into a battle against demons attacking a city.

• Chen Shanmu began a long seclusion to pursue a breakthrough to the Tripod-Asking Realm.
• He Qingtian summoned Jiang Bei and the other contest finalists and ordered them to aid the Dragon River Kingdom against the Demon Race, under Deacons Fang Xin and Shi Fei.
• The group reached the kingdom and saw cities filled with corpses; Fang Xin and Shi Fei explained that demons could grow stronger by devouring humans.
• Song Beijin told Jiang Bei that the Realm of the Gods contained countless star systems ranked upper, middle, and lower, with the Myriad Phenomena Star System ranked middle and Gravel Star Systems below those ranks.
• Jiang Bei and the others spotted demons attacking a city, and Yang Zhi, Xu Zijin, Han Feng, and the rest charged down to fight.

Fang Xin and the others killed demons ravaging a city in the Dragon River Kingdom, then headed to Mount Longhu to confront their leader, the Demon-Blood Lion Demon. As Jiang Bei slaughtered demons on the mountain, Xu Zijin and his allies plotted to use the Demon-Blood Lion Demon against him, and Jiang Bei waited outside the demon's cave as he sensed someone emerging.

• Fang Xin interrogated a Bear Demon, learned that Fourth Master was at Mount Longhu, and killed him after discovering the other demon leaders were with the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord.
• Shi Fei and the others questioned why the Dragon River Kingdom's forces had not defended the city, then decided to confront Emperor Yan He after killing Fourth Master.
• The group attacked Mount Longhu, where Jiang Bei used the Eight Karmas Divine Flame to kill demons while Xu Zijin, Yang Zhi, Han Feng, and Lu Zhengchu discussed their resentment toward him.
• Han Feng proposed letting the Demon-Blood Lion Demon fight Jiang Bei, and Xu Zijin and the others followed Jiang Bei deeper into the mountain to watch.
• Jiang Bei killed hundreds of demons as he approached a cave residence, then sensed someone emerging from it.

Jiang Bei killed the Demon-Blood Lion Demon and all the minor demons, shocking Xu Zijin and the others who had expected him to lose. After Fang Xin confronted the hidden observers, the group gathered the disciples and set out for the Imperial City of the Dragon River Kingdom.

• The Demon-Blood Lion Demon emerged from his cave and attacked Jiang Bei while Xu Zijin, Yang Zhi, Han Feng, and Lu Zhengchu watched from hiding.
• Jiang Bei caught the Demon-Blood Lion Demon's punch, struck him into the air, and killed him with a single punch wrapped in the Eight Karmas Divine Flame.
• Xu Zijin, Yang Zhi, Han Feng, and Lu Zhengchu realized Jiang Bei had grown far stronger and suspected he had gained an opportunity in the Heaven-Burning Fire Pool.
• Jiang Bei burned the fleeing minor demons to nothingness with the Eight Karmas Divine Flame.
• Fang Xin and Shi Fei arrived, praised Jiang Bei for killing the Demon-Blood Lion Demon, and Fang Xin rebuked Xu Zijin and the others for hiding instead of helping.
• Fang Xin led the gathered disciples out of Mount Longhu toward the Imperial City of the Dragon River Kingdom.

Fang Xin and Shi Fei confronted the Dragon River Kingdom’s officials over the demons’ massacres and discovered the Dragon River Guard had been drinking instead of responding. At Green Maple Garden, Jiang Bei sensed something amiss and demanded that Yan He bring out the woman hidden inside.

• Fang Xin led the group to Dragon River Guard headquarters, where they found Zhang Chongshan and his soldiers drinking while cities outside were being devastated.
• Fang Xin and Shi Fei questioned Zhang Chongshan about ignoring the Demon-Blood Lion Demon, and he claimed Yan He had told him the demon was a half-step Great Saint.
• The group went to the palace and confronted Yan He, who denied giving Zhang Chongshan that information before Fang Xin exposed his suspicious reaction.
• A woman cried out from inside Green Maple Garden, and Yan He said his pregnant daughter was staying there.
• Jiang Bei demanded that Yan He bring the woman out, and Fang Xin struck Yan He for insulting Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei exposed that Yan Rulan carried the child of Tianhua Wolf Demon, the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord’s eldest son, and forced Yan He to confess that he had concealed the affair and aided the demons’ invasion. The group prepared to ambush Tianhua Wolf Demon when he came to the imperial palace that night.

• Yan He learned Jiang Bei had taken first place in the Tripod-Asking Contest and pleaded with him to spare Yan Rulan.
• Jiang Bei detected demonic aura on Yan Rulan and revealed that the demon was inside her womb.
• Shi Fei used a bronze mirror to confirm that Yan Rulan carried a demon’s child, and Yan Rulan identified the father as Tianhua Wolf Demon.
• Yan He confessed that he had concealed the pregnancy, helped the demons invade, and misled Zhang Chongshan because he feared Tianhua Wolf Demon would kill his family.
• Yan He told Fang Xin that Tianhua Wolf Demon visited the imperial palace every three days and was due that night.
• Fang Xin and Shi Fei arranged an ambush with Jiang Bei to kill Tianhua Wolf Demon when he arrived.

Yan Rulan’s cooperation with Dragon Flame Heavenly Gate led to an ambush on the Tianhua Wolf Demon, but he overwhelmed the first attackers and nearly escaped. Jiang Bei stopped him with overwhelming force and left him pinned beneath his foot.

• The Tianhua Wolf Demon arrived at Green Maple Garden and threatened Yan Rulan, but Dragon Flame Heavenly Gate members sprang their ambush.
• The Tianhua Wolf Demon blasted Yang Zhi, Han Feng, and the other defenders aside, then forced Fang Xin and Shi Fei back in their fight.
• Jiang Bei confronted the fleeing demon and blew apart his fist and arm with a single punch.
• Jiang Bei crushed the Tianhua Wolf Demon’s shoulder, kicked him into a crater, and planted his foot on the demon’s head.

Jiang Bei killed the Tianhua Wolf Demon and learned that the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord was nearing a breakthrough, so he set out with Fang Xin and Shi Fei to stop him. At the Sacred Fire Mountains, demons attacked, and Jiang Bei pushed ahead toward the Tiger Lord’s cave dwellings while Fang Xin and Shi Fei held off the defenders.

• Jiang Bei stomped the Tianhua Wolf Demon to death after the demon threatened him with the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord’s revenge.
• Jiang Bei told Fang Xin and Shi Fei that the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord was in seclusion and nearing a breakthrough, then volunteered to stop him.
• Fang Xin and Shi Fei joined Jiang Bei, while Fang Xin ordered Xu Zijin and the others to guard the Imperial City.
• The three reached the Sacred Fire Mountains and found corpses gathered around cave dwellings on a volcano.
• The Thunderclap Bull Demon and Red Cloud Bear Demon confronted them with thousands of demons as Jiang Bei charged toward the caves.
• Fang Xin and Shi Fei stayed behind to fight while several hundred demons moved to intercept Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei fought through the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord’s demons and destroyed the cave where the Tiger Lord was cultivating, interrupting his breakthrough. At the Dragon Flame Heavenly Gate, He Qingtian resolved to protect Jiang Bei, but Nirvana Hall arrived demanding that He Qingtian come out.

• Jiang Bei killed hundreds of demons as Shi Fei and Fang Xin held off the Red Cloud Bear Demon and Thunderclap Bull Demon.
• Jiang Bei blasted apart the cave dwelling where the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord was cultivating, and a powerful aura and tiger roar erupted from the wreckage.
• Wang Hanhai told He Qingtian that Jiang Bei had killed the Tianhua Wolf Demon and gone to stop the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord’s breakthrough.
• He Qingtian praised Jiang Bei’s character and vowed to protect him, hoping to use the chance to avenge his family against Nirvana Hall.
• Nirvana Hall called for He Qingtian to come out, and Wang Hanhai realized its people had arrived.

Nirvana Hall brought Mu Yi to the Dragon Flame Heavenly Gate to use Soul Search and track the Heavenly Wrath Mark, forcing the sect to reveal that its ten suspected disciples were in the Dragon River Kingdom. Meanwhile, the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord emerged furious after his breakthrough was interrupted and charged at Jiang Bei.

• Wu Nian introduced Mu Yi and ordered him to use Soul Search on the Dragon Flame Heavenly Gate’s disciples to find the Heavenly Wrath Mark.
• Wu Nian demanded the ten disciples who had entered the Dragon Flame Secret Realm, and Mu Yi searched an Elder’s soul to learn they had gone to the Dragon River Kingdom.
• Wu Nian sent Meng Ping and Mu Yi to the Dragon River Kingdom while keeping He Qingtian and the others under watch.
• He Qingtian told Wang Hanhai that he had sent a clone to warn Jiang Bei and the others to flee.
• The Sacred Fire Tiger Lord emerged from his shattered cave dwelling and learned that Jiang Bei, Fang Xin, Shi Fei, and their companions had interrupted his breakthrough.
• Fang Xin and Shi Fei urged Jiang Bei to run as the enraged Sacred Fire Tiger Lord charged at him.

Jiang Bei fought the Great Saint Realm Minor Refinement Sacred Fire Tiger Lord and overcame both his physical attacks and his Demon Flame with the Eight Karmas Divine Flame. After sending the Tiger Lord flying, Jiang Bei pursued him to finish the fight as the Thunderclap Bull Demon and Red Cloud Bear Demon moved to intervene.

• Jiang Bei met the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord’s punch head-on and shocked him by matching his strength.
• The Sacred Fire Tiger Lord attacked Jiang Bei in a furious barrage, but Jiang Bei held his ground and pressured him.
• The Sacred Fire Tiger Lord unleashed his Demon Flame by merging his Demonic Power with the volcanoes’ magma.
• Jiang Bei countered with the Eight Karmas Divine Flame, which overwhelmed the Demon Flame and sent the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord flying.
• Jiang Bei pursued the injured Tiger Lord while the Thunderclap Bull Demon and Red Cloud Bear Demon tried to stop him, and Fang Xin and Shi Fei rushed to intercept them.

Jiang Bei killed the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord and thousands of demons, then used his Merit Points to advance to Minor Refinement of the Great Sage Realm. After the group returned to the Imperial City and planned to leave the next day, a sudden disturbance and screams interrupted Jiang Bei’s meditation.

• Jiang Bei killed the Thunderclap Bull Demon and Red Cloud Bear Demon, then defeated the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord with the Eight Karmas Divine Flame.
• Jiang Bei, Fang Xin, and Shi Fei hunted down and killed all the demons in the Sacred Fire Mountains.
• Jiang Bei spent Merit Points to upgrade the Dao-less Canon and broke through to Minor Refinement of the Great Sage Realm.
• Fang Xin told Song Beijin, Yan He, and the others that Jiang Bei had killed the Sacred Fire Tiger Lord.
• Fang Xin and Shi Fei agreed to leave for the sect the next day and went to inspect the area while Jiang Bei rested at the imperial palace.
• Jiang Bei opened his eyes and stood up when a violent disturbance and screams erupted at night.

Jiang Bei defeated the Nirvana Hall and Mu Clan attackers who stormed the imperial palace, then discovered a mysterious Mu character on his hand. He met He Qingtian’s avatar, who explained Nirvana Hall was searching the souls of the ten secret-realm disciples and urged him to flee.

• Jiang Bei saw Nirvana Hall attacking the imperial palace as Fang Xin, Shi Fei, Xu Zijin, Song Beijin, and others fled.
• Jiang Bei killed two Nirvana Hall cultivators with his eight karmas divine flame, then defeated Meng Ping and Mu Yi when they attacked together.
• Jiang Bei noticed a gray-green Mu character on the back of his right hand after killing Mu Yi, but could not dispel it.
• He Qingtian’s avatar caught up with Jiang Bei and revealed that Nirvana Hall had come to search the souls of the ten disciples who entered the Dragon Flame Secret Realm.
• Jiang Bei confirmed that he had killed Meng Ping and Mu Yi, and He Qingtian reacted with astonishment.

Jiang Bei learned that the Mu Clan Curse left by Mu Yi would let the Mu Clan track him, so He Qingtian urged him to join the Myriad Forms Bureau and hide within an Evil-Repelling Array. After leaving the Dragon River Kingdom for the Central Region, Jiang Bei found out about a nearby camp called Yellow One Camp.

• He Qingtian revealed that he had protected Jiang Bei because he hoped Jiang Bei would one day destroy Nirvana Hall and avenge his family.
• He Qingtian identified the mark on Jiang Bei's hand as the Mu Clan Curse, which would let the Mu Clan track him, and advised him to seek shelter in a Myriad Forms Bureau camp.
• The Mu Clan's Third Elder learned that Mu Yi had died and ordered people to follow the mark and hunt down the killer.
• Jiang Bei left the Dragon River Kingdom and traveled from the Southern Region to the Central Region.
• Jiang Bei gathered information in nearby cities and learned about Yellow One Camp, a local Myriad Forms Bureau camp.

Jiang Bei enlisted at Yellow One Camp to hide beneath its Evil-Repelling Array, but Captain Qi Hong recruited him immediately to reinforce the siege of the Myriad Splendor Sect. Jiang Bei and Qi Hong reached the besieging army, where Deputy General Zhang Qiming was waiting for reinforcements.

• Jiang Bei entered Yellow One Camp and confirmed that its Evil-Repelling Array made the Wood character on his hand disappear.
• Qi Hong learned the camp had no Great Sage Realm reinforcements available and went to inspect the new recruits for men to send to the Myriad Splendor Sect.
• Qi Hong discovered Jiang Bei was a Minor Refinement Great Sage Realm cultivator and assigned him to the Fifth Cavalry.
• Qi Hong explained that a peak Great Sage Realm flood dragon was threatening to break through at the Myriad Splendor Sect, and Jiang Bei agreed to accompany him.
• Jiang Bei and Qi Hong rode to the Myriad Splendor Sect, where Zhang Qiming waited with several thousand soldiers surrounding the sect.

Zhang Qiming's troops fought the Myriad Splendor Sect as Black Heaven Dragon Lord broke through to the Half-Step Heavenly Saint Realm and overwhelmed Zhang Qiming. Just as Black Heaven Dragon Lord headed for the cities below, an unidentified figure defeated him with two punches, leaving everyone wondering whether Yellow One Camp's Great General had arrived.

• Zhang Qiming ordered his soldiers to enter the Myriad Splendor Sect, and Fu Yuan led the disciples in resisting them.
• Zhang Qiming gained the upper hand against Fu Yuan, but Black Heaven Dragon Lord broke through and emerged from the sect as a Half-Step Heavenly Saint.
• Black Heaven Dragon Lord blasted Zhang Qiming aside, then flew toward the cities below and threatened their inhabitants.
• An unidentified figure intercepted Black Heaven Dragon Lord and defeated him with two punches.
• Zhang Qiming, Fu Yuan, and the soldiers stared at the figure, and Zhang Qiming wondered whether the Great General had come in person.

Jiang Bei killed the Black Heaven Dragon Lord and helped the Five Cavalry wipe out the Myriad Splendor Sect, astonishing Zhang Qiming with his strength as a new recruit. Zhang Qiming promised to report Jiang Bei’s merits and ordered the camp to keep his abilities secret as they returned to Yellow One Camp.

• Zhang Qiming and the captains learned from Qi Hong that Jiang Bei had killed the Black Heaven Dragon Lord with two punches despite being only at Minor Refinement of the Great Sage Realm.
• Zhang Qiming praised Jiang Bei and ordered the soldiers to stop Fu Yuan and the Myriad Splendor Sect disciples from escaping.
• Jiang Bei pursued the fleeing sect, burned through its disciples with the Eight Karmas Divine Flame, and killed Fu Yuan with a fiery palm strike.
• Jiang Bei and Qi Hong’s soldiers wiped out the remaining Myriad Splendor Sect members.
• Zhang Qiming promised to report Jiang Bei’s achievements to the Great General and told everyone to conceal his strength from the other camps.
• Jiang Bei and Qi Hong returned with Zhang Qiming and the Black Heaven Dragon Lord’s corpse to Yellow One Camp.

Jiang Bei returned to Yellow One Camp after helping Five Cavalry kill the Black Heaven Dragon Lord, and Zhang Qiming awarded him the main merit and promoted him to one-star captain. The next morning, Zhang Qiming gave Jiang Bei the Heavenfire Ruler, a powerful weapon suited to his Fire Attribute abilities.

• Jiang Bei returned to Yellow One Camp with Zhang Qiming and Five Cavalry, whose soldiers carried in the Black Heaven Dragon Lord's corpse.
• Zhang Qiming had the Merit Bureau register Jiang Bei as a new recruit and award him the main credit for killing the Black Heaven Dragon Lord, earning Jiang Bei promotion to one-star captain.
• Jiang Bei received an Evil-Repelling Jade that could conceal the Wood Character Seal when he left the camp, and he considered how to grow stronger and eventually settle his grudges.
• The next morning, Qi Hong brought Jiang Bei to see Zhang Qiming, who gave him the Heavenfire Ruler as thanks for saving Five Cavalry and the people near the Myriad Splendor Sect.
• Jiang Bei infused the Heavenfire Ruler with Eight Karmas Divine Flame and found that his Fire Attribute power brought out its strength.

Jiang Bei led five hundred cavalrymen to Golden Pine River to investigate the demon attacks and confront the Purple Heaven Dragon Lord. In Zhao Family Village, he learned that Three Origins Prefecture’s soldiers had been taking villagers and their food, raising suspicions about their conduct.

• After Zhang Qiming received orders to send the Five Cavalry to Golden Pine River, Jiang Bei volunteered to lead the mission because Zhang was too badly injured to go.
• Zhang Qiming assigned Qi Hong and five hundred cavalrymen to accompany Jiang Bei, and they rode to Golden Pine River.
• At dusk, Jiang Bei and Qi Hong found bones along the riverbank and approached Zhao Family Village, where frightened villagers initially mistook them for demons.
• The village chief said a black dragon had emerged from the river half a month earlier and that river demons had been killing people and livestock at night.
• The village chief revealed that Three Origins Prefecture’s soldiers had taken young villagers who never returned and had seized the village’s food.
• Jiang Bei and Qi Hong exchanged a wary glance, and Qi Hong grew furious when he learned the soldiers had left the villagers starving.