Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bei and Qi Hong discovered that Three Origins Prefecture officers had been stealing villagers’ food and offering people and livestock to the Purple Heaven Dragon Lord. After killing the corrupt officers and the demons who came to collect their tribute, they learned that the Dragon Lord was recovering from injuries and returned toward Zhao Family Village, still without food for its starving villagers.

• A hungry boy told Qi Hong and Jiang Bei that the officers had stolen the villagers’ food and beaten those who resisted.
• Qi Hong left two hundred soldiers to protect Zhao Family Village, then rode downstream with Jiang Bei and three hundred cavalrymen to investigate the officers’ camp.
• The officers admitted they had been supplying the Purple Heaven Dragon Lord with people and livestock, so Jiang Bei killed their leader and ordered the officers slain.
• A group of demons arrived to demand their promised tribute, and Jiang Bei and Qi Hong killed them after the demons threatened Three Origins Prefecture.
• Jiang Bei learned that the Purple Heaven Dragon Lord was recovering from injuries and ordered the soldiers to bring any camp food back to Zhao Family Village, but they found almost none.

Jiang Bei broke through to Major Refinement of the Great Sage Realm and returned to Zhao Family Village, where he learned the villagers were starving and that soldiers had sacrificed their relatives to demons. He flew to the Golden Pine River to kill the Purple Heaven Dragon Lord for food, and their battle began after the dragon recognized the aura of its slain brother on Jiang Bei.

• Jiang Bei spent his Merit Points to upgrade the Dao-less Canon and reached Major Refinement of the Great Sage Realm.
• Jiang Bei and Qi Hong returned to Zhao Family Village and found its villagers weak with hunger.
• Qi Hong told the villagers that the soldiers had sacrificed the men they seized to river demons, then shared the little food taken from the soldiers’ camp.
• Jiang Bei rejected Qi Hong’s suggestion to seek grain in Three Origins Prefecture and flew to the Golden Pine River, promising the villagers dragon meat.
• Jiang Bei attacked the river with the Heavenfire Ruler, drawing out the injured Purple Heaven Dragon Lord.
• The Purple Heaven Dragon Lord recognized the aura of its dead brother on Jiang Bei, vowed revenge, and lunged at him; Jiang Bei dodged its claw.

Jiang Bei killed Purple Heaven Dragon Lord at the Golden Pine River and let the villagers and soldiers eat the dragon meat, then discovered a valuable dragon gallbladder. As the gathering celebrated, a figure with an aura stronger than Purple Heaven Dragon Lord arrived and attacked.

• Jiang Bei fought Purple Heaven Dragon Lord with the Heavenfire Ruler and Eight Karmas Divine Flame, gradually overpowering the injured dragon lord.
• Purple Heaven Dragon Lord tried to flee into the Golden Pine River, but Jiang Bei struck him down and killed him.
• Jiang Bei roasted Purple Heaven Dragon Lord's corpse and invited the villagers of Zhao Family Village to eat dragon meat; Qi Hong sent the Five Cavalry soldiers to help distribute it.
• Jiang Bei retrieved a powerful dragon gallbladder from the corpse and stored it in his Cosmic Bag.
• A streak of energy shot toward the villagers and soldiers, but Jiang Bei intercepted it with the Heavenfire Ruler; a golden-lit figure with an aura stronger than Purple Heaven Dragon Lord appeared on the horizon.

Jiang Bei confronted Li Yao, a deputy general of Profound Two Camp, after learning he had deliberately let Purple Heaven Dragon Lord terrorize Golden Pine River for the sake of its dragon gall. Jiang Bei fought Li Yao to a standstill, and Yuan Ce arrived to defend Yellow One Camp.

• Li Yao claimed Purple Heaven Dragon Lord as his prey and demanded that Qi Hong and the Five Cavalry answer for killing him.
• Jiang Bei challenged Li Yao over knowingly allowing innocent people to die, then attacked him when Li Yao dismissed their deaths.
• Jiang Bei and Li Yao exchanged dozens of blows, with Jiang Bei holding his own despite their difference in cultivation and rank.
• Li Yao prepared to unleash his full strength, but Yuan Ce arrived and confronted him for bullying a captain of Yellow One Camp.

Jiang Bei and Yuan Ce defeated Li Yao at Golden Pine River, then set out to intercept Golden Heaven Dragon Lord and reach Heavenly Dragon Lake. After Li Yao complained to Li Fuye, the brothers schemed to reveal Yuan Ce’s route to the demons and provoke an ambush.

• Yuan Ce and Jiang Bei joined forces to overpower Li Yao, who fled after threatening Jiang Bei.
• Yuan Ce praised Jiang Bei for killing Purple Heaven Dragon Lord and explained that the Old Dragon Emperor was preparing a powerful art at Heavenly Dragon Lake.
• Yuan Ce ordered Qi Hong to protect and settle the villagers, then invited Jiang Bei to help intercept Golden Heaven Dragon Lord; Jiang Bei agreed.
• Li Yao told Li Fuye that Jiang Bei had killed Purple Heaven Dragon Lord and that Yuan Ce had left Heavenly Dragon Lake.
• Li Fuye proposed telling Golden Heaven Dragon Lord where Yuan Ce was so the demons could ambush him, and Li Yao agreed to wait for the plan to unfold.

Jiang Bei and Yuan Ce attacked the Heaven-Shaking Lion King in the Heaven-Shaking Mountains to stop the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord from recruiting him, but the fight turned against them when Golden Heaven arrived with a group of demons. The chapter ended with Golden Heaven confronting the two Myriad Forms Bureau fighters.

• Yuan Ce told Jiang Bei that the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord planned to recruit the Heaven-Shaking Lion King, and they decided to kill the Lion King first.
• Jiang Bei and Yuan Ce fought through the Lion King's demons, then clashed with the Heaven-Shaking Lion King, who proved stronger than either opponent alone.
• Jiang Bei cleared the demons while Yuan Ce held off the Lion King, and together they wounded him and began to gain the advantage.
• The Heaven-Shaking Lion King called for Golden Heaven, revealing that the dragon lord had arrived.
• Golden Heaven emerged from a shattered void with dozens of demons and threatened Yuan Ce and Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei and Yuan Ce were trapped after Golden Heaven Dragon Lord arrived to support the Heaven-Shaking Lion King. Jiang Bei escaped into a valley and spent his Merit Points to upgrade the Dao-less Canon, while Yuan Ce stayed behind to hold off their pursuers.

• Golden Heaven Dragon Lord revealed that someone had warned him of Yuan Ce’s plan, then joined the Heaven-Shaking Lion King and dozens of demons in attacking Jiang Bei and Yuan Ce.
• Jiang Bei forced open a path through the demons, allowing him and the wounded Yuan Ce to flee beyond the Heaven-Shaking Mountains.
• Jiang Bei led Yuan Ce into a desolate valley and asked him to hold off the pursuers while he went into the shadows.
• Jiang Bei checked his panel, found he had just enough Merit Points for a breakthrough, and used them to upgrade the Dao-less Canon.
• Yuan Ce confronted Golden Heaven Dragon Lord at the valley entrance, but Golden Heaven Dragon Lord struck him into the rock wall.

Jiang Bei broke through to Minor Refinement of the Heavenly Sage Realm and defeated the demon forces attacking Yuan Ce. After killing the Heaven-Shaking Lion King and Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, he tried to take the wounded Yuan Ce back to Yellow One Camp, but Yuan Ce insisted on going to help the Great General confront the Old Dragon Emperor at Heavenly Dragon Lake.

• Jiang Bei emerged from the valley depths with the aura of Minor Refinement of the Heavenly Sage Realm, shocking Yuan Ce, Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, and the Heaven-Shaking Lion King.
• Jiang Bei charged into the demons and killed dozens with a single strike of the Heavenfire Ruler.
• Jiang Bei fought the Heaven-Shaking Lion King and smashed his head apart, killing him.
• Jiang Bei overpowered Golden Heaven Dragon Lord in battle and killed him with a final strike, then collected his dragon gall.
• Jiang Bei helped the injured Yuan Ce up and offered to take him to Yellow One Camp, but Yuan Ce insisted on helping the Great General at Heavenly Dragon Lake against the Old Dragon Emperor.

Jiang Bei returned to Yellow One Camp with the badly injured Yuan Ce after killing the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, then gained a new talent and the Great General’s recognition. Jiang Tiankuo rewarded him with a rare cultivation manual and began to raise another matter with him.

• Jiang Bei brought Yuan Ce back to camp, where an army physician found serious injuries but expected him to recover after half a month of rest.
• Jiang Bei told Qi Hong that he had killed the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, then refined its dragon gallbladder to gain the Vast Dragon Might talent.
• Zhang Qiming praised Jiang Bei for killing the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord and the Heaven-Shaking Lion King and said he had reported the deeds to Heavenly Dragon Lake.
• Jiang Tiankuo returned to Yellow One Camp as a clone and told Jiang Bei that his achievements could earn him promotion to deputy general, pending Central Bureau review.
• Jiang Tiankuo gave Jiang Bei the Nine Heavens Mystic Fire Art and said he had come to ask him about another matter.

Jiang Bei and Zhang Qiming traveled to Heavenly Dragon Lake to reinforce the Yellow Division against the Old Dragon Emperor. They arrived at the camp and met the three Great Generals, including Jiang Tiankuo in his true body, as the battle drew near.

• Jiang Tiankuo questioned Jiang Bei about the leak that had exposed his mission to the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord and promised to investigate.
• Jiang Tiankuo invited Jiang Bei to fight at Heavenly Dragon Lake, and Jiang Bei agreed.
• Yuan Ce warned Jiang Bei to be cautious at Heavenly Dragon Lake and told Zhang Qiming to protect him.
• Jiang Bei and Zhang Qiming flew to Heavenly Dragon Lake, where Zhang Qiming explained the Old Dragon Emperor's Dragon Qi and the dangers of attacking him underwater.
• Jiang Bei and Zhang Qiming reached the Yellow Division camp, where Han Hai welcomed them and led them to the main tent.
• Jiang Bei entered the tent and found Jiang Tiankuo and two other Great Generals waiting over a map of Heavenly Dragon Lake.

Jiang Bei proved his strength to the Yellow Division’s generals and was assigned to attack a demon mountain before the assault on the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor. At dawn, he and Zhang Qiming led Yellow One Camp into the eastern mountain, where Jiang Bei began slaughtering the demons guarding it.

• Gao Du tested Jiang Bei with a punch while both were at the peak of the Heavenly Saint Realm, but Jiang Bei’s strength forced Gao Du back five steps and won the generals’ respect.
• Jiang Tiankuo explained that the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor’s demon allies occupied several mountains and assigned Jiang Bei to attack one while the other Yellow camps targeted the rest.
• Jiang Tiankuo said the traitor who had leaked information to the Golden Heaven Dragon Lord remained unidentified, then dismissed the officers to prepare for battle.
• At dawn, Jiang Tiankuo ordered the Yellow and Profound divisions to attack their assigned demon mountains, and Zhang Qiming joined Jiang Bei’s force.
• Jiang Bei and Zhang Qiming led several hundred Yellow One Camp soldiers toward the eastern mountain, where a Golden-Winged Roc Demon was reported to reside.
• More than a hundred demons ambushed Jiang Bei’s group, but Jiang Bei charged into them and killed them with his Heavenfire Ruler and Eight Karmas Divine Flame.

Jiang Bei and Zhang Qiming slaughtered the demons on the mountain, and Jiang Bei killed the Golden-Winged Roc Demon. After Li Yao and Li Fuye appeared, they admitted to leaking intelligence to Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, and Li Yao blamed Jiang Bei for killing his prey.

• Jiang Bei led Zhang Qiming and the soldiers through two waves of demons, killing them with the Heavenfire Ruler and the Eight Karmas Divine Flame.
• The Golden-Winged Roc Demon attacked the group, but Jiang Bei overwhelmed him, tore off one of his wings, and killed him.
• Zhang Qiming praised Jiang Bei and ordered the soldiers to clear the battlefield before Li Yao and Li Fuye appeared.
• Jiang Bei accused Li Yao and Li Fuye of leaking intelligence to Golden Heaven Dragon Lord, and Li Fuye admitted that he had done so.
• Li Yao dismissed Zhang Qiming's accusation of betrayal and complained that Jiang Bei had killed the demon he had been watching for half a month.

Jiang Bei fought Li Yao and Li Fuye on Demon Mountain while the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor emerged from Heavenly Dragon Lake and attacked Jiang Tiankuo. The emperor overwhelmed Jiang Tiankuo, who demanded to know why the Profound Division had not arrived.

• Li Yao and Li Fuye confronted Jiang Bei and demanded the dragon gallbladders, while Zhang Qiming warned that Li Fuye was a half-step Saint King.
• Jiang Bei knocked Li Yao unconscious with the Heavenfire Ruler, then blocked Li Fuye’s saber and fought him across the forest.
• Zhang Qiming heard explosions and a dragon roar from Heavenly Dragon Lake and realized the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor had emerged.
• The Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor learned from Jiang Tiankuo that the Yellow Division had killed his three sons and attacked him with dragon breath.
• The Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor battered Jiang Tiankuo into the lakeshore, and Jiang Tiankuo demanded to know why the Profound Division had not arrived.

Jiang Tiankuo barely escaped the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor after the dragon withdrew, suspicious that the Profound Division had deliberately left him unsupported. Zhang Qiming revealed that Profound Two Camp deputies Li Yao and Li Fuye had betrayed the Yellow Division and tried to kill Jiang Bei, who then returned unharmed with both men beaten and bloodied.

• Jiang Tiankuo fought off the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor's second dragon-breath attack, but his injuries forced him to retreat with his soldiers.
• The Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor suspected an ambush when the Profound Division failed to appear, abandoned his pursuit, and returned to Heavenly Dragon Lake.
• Gao Du and Xiong Jingfan arrived and learned from Jiang Tiankuo that the Profound Division had not responded to the battle.
• Zhang Qiming reported that Li Yao and Li Fuye had leaked intelligence to the demons and tried to kill Jiang Bei to avenge the loss of the Purple Heaven Dragon Lord's dragon gall.
• Gao Du and Xiong Jingfan prepared to rescue Jiang Bei, but Jiang Bei arrived unharmed, dragging the bloodied bodies of Li Yao and Li Fuye.

Jiang Bei brought the traitorous Li Fuye and Li Yao back to camp, then spent his Merit Points to break through to the Great Refinement of the Heavenly Saint Realm and upgrade two martial arts. A furious Wang Jingxiao of the Profound Two Camp arrived demanding the brothers’ release, and Jiang Tiankuo challenged him over their crimes.

• Jiang Bei returned Li Fuye and Li Yao to Jiang Tiankuo, who ordered them treated but kept alive and condemned the Profound Division for failing to help.
• Jiang Tiankuo warned Jiang Bei that the peak Saint King Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor could become even stronger by completing the Wind-and-Cloud Ascension Art.
• Jiang Bei used Merit Points to upgrade the Dao-less Canon, advancing to the Great Refinement of the Heavenly Saint Realm, and upgraded the Nine Heavens Mystic Fire Art and Heaven Flame Seal Technique.
• Wang Jingxiao stormed into Jiang Tiankuo’s camp and demanded that Li Fuye and Li Yao be released.
• Jiang Tiankuo challenged Wang Jingxiao, asking whether he knew what the two deputy generals had done.

Jiang Tiankuo accused Wang Jingxiao’s men of serious crimes, but Wang Jingxiao tried to take Li Fuye and Li Yao away by force. Jiang Bei arrived, sent the four men flying back into the tent, and charged at Wang Jingxiao after learning he had injured Gao Du and Xiong Jingfan.

• Jiang Tiankuo detailed Li Yao and Li Fuye’s crimes, including colluding with demons and attempting to ambush Jiang Bei.
• Wang Jingxiao dismissed the accusations and ordered his guards to take Li Fuye and Li Yao away.
• Wang Jingxiao knocked Gao Du and Xiong Jingfan aside when they tried to stop his guards.
• Jiang Bei sent the two guards and the Li brothers flying back into the tent, shocking everyone.
• Jiang Bei asked Wang Jingxiao whether he had injured Gao Du and Xiong Jingfan, then suddenly charged at him.

Jiang Bei defeated Wang Jingxiao and crippled Li Fuye and Li Yao after confronting them in the command tent. He had the three taken into custody, while Jiang Tiankuo warned that the Profound Division would not let the matter go.

• Jiang Bei struck Wang Jingxiao and forced the Sacred King Realm expert backward in their first exchange.
• Jiang Bei crushed Wang Jingxiao’s shoulder, slammed his head into the ground repeatedly, and beat him senseless.
• Jiang Bei broke Li Yao’s and Li Fuye’s limbs and ribs in front of Wang Jingxiao.
• Jiang Bei stopped attacking Wang Jingxiao after Jiang Tiankuo urged him not to kill anyone, then ordered soldiers to take Wang Jingxiao and the Li brothers into custody.
• Jiang Tiankuo warned Jiang Bei that the Profound Division would retaliate, and Jiang Bei asked why it was targeting them so relentlessly.

Jiang Bei learned that Huang Tao had arranged for the Profound Division to abandon the Yellow Division, then faced Huang Zheng and Cao Feng when they arrived demanding the release of their detained men. The chapter ended with the Profound Division seeing the battered Wang Jingxiao, Li Fuye, and Li Yao, and Huang Zheng erupting in fury.

• Jiang Tiankuo told Jiang Bei that Huang Tao wanted revenge and had likely ordered Huang Zheng to withhold support from the Yellow Division.
• Jiang Bei returned to his tent, worried that the wounded Yellow Division generals could not face the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor or the approaching Profound Division alone.
• Huang Zheng and Cao Feng led more than a hundred Profound Division soldiers into the Yellow Division camp and demanded Jiang Tiankuo release Wang Jingxiao, Li Fuye, and Li Yao.
• Jiang Bei admitted that he had beaten Wang Jingxiao and ordered soldiers to bring out the three captured men.
• The Profound Division saw that Li Fuye and Li Yao were gravely injured and Wang Jingxiao was badly battered, prompting Huang Zheng to roar with rage.

Jiang Bei overwhelmed Huang Zheng and the Profound Division’s forces after accusing them of abandoning Jiang Tiankuo during the fight with the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor. As Jiang Bei prepared to kill Huang Zheng, the Dragon Emperor emerged from Heavenly Dragon Lake and began Wind-and-Cloud Ascension, leaving both divisions in panic.

• Jiang Bei rebuked Huang Zheng for failing to help Jiang Tiankuo fight the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor at Heavenly Dragon Lake.
• Jiang Bei crushed Cao Feng’s fist and shoulder, forcing the Profound Division general to his knees.
• Jiang Bei fought Huang Zheng, overpowered him, and knocked him through a row of tents before pinning him to the ground.
• Jiang Bei declared that Huang Zheng deserved to die, but the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor’s roar and surging waves interrupted him.
• Jiang Tiankuo realized the Dragon Emperor was using the divisions’ infighting to complete Wind-and-Cloud Ascension, and the gathered soldiers panicked.

The Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor emerged above Heavenly Dragon Lake and prepared to use over a hundred flood dragons to make his Wind-and-Cloud Ascension nearly certain, while demons gathered to guard him. As the Profound and Yellow Divisions despaired and Huang Zheng blamed Jiang Bei, Jiang Bei planted Huang Zheng in the ground and strode toward the Dragon Emperor.

• The Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor rose from Heavenly Dragon Lake and summoned more than a hundred flood dragons to help secure his breakthrough.
• Cao Feng and Jiang Tiankuo explained that the Dragon Emperor could sacrifice the flood dragons to raise his chances of completing Wind-and-Cloud Ascension to nearly one hundred percent.
• Huang Zheng blamed Jiang Bei for the divisions’ losses and the Dragon Emperor’s opportunity, prompting soldiers to accuse Jiang Bei as well.
• Jiang Bei silenced the soldiers and challenged their despair, while the Dragon Emperor called for his ascension and demons gathered to defend him.
• Jiang Bei seized Huang Zheng, planted him half-buried in the ground, and told him to watch as he strode toward the Heaven-Seizing Dragon Emperor.