Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bei led Qi Yuan and the generals to Black Stone Town, where he slaughtered the demons attacking civilians and learned that the Cangyue Demon Vein's Demon Generals were advancing. He ambushed their group in the forest and killed five of the nine, leaving the remaining demons facing him.

• Jiang Bei accepted Xue Changsheng's order to lead Qi Yuan, Zhou Yuan, and the other generals against the demons.
• Jiang Bei and his companions reached Black Stone Town and found demons slaughtering civilians.
• Jiang Bei killed the demons in town and forced a Dog Demon to reveal that the Cangyue Demon Generals were gathering nearby.
• Jiang Bei rushed to the outskirts of the Cangyue Demon Vein, where nine Demon Generals discussed reclaiming the Profound Ice Python's demon core and conquering Qingzhou.
• Jiang Bei ambushed the Demon Generals, killing the Bat Demon, Snake Demon, Rhinoceros Demon, Giant Lizard Demon, and Mantis Demon.

Jiang Bei slaughtered all nine Demon Generals in the Cangyue Demon Vein, then refined the Black Ice Python Demon Core and gained Void Leap and greater strength. After returning to the provincial city, he learned that Xue Changsheng had gone to confront Liu Zhenshan, so Jiang Bei headed for the Liu Family to settle his own score.

• Jiang Bei killed the remaining ape, wolf, and eagle Demon Generals, completing the slaughter of all nine.
• Qi Yuan, Zhou Yuan, and the Four Great Generals arrived, witnessed Jiang Bei's victory, and helped clean up the battlefield.
• Jiang Bei collected the demon cores, discovered the Cold Eagle Demon Core could grant Azure Arrow, and took the eagle demon's bow and arrows.
• On the journey back, Jiang Bei spent 8,000 Merit Points to refine the Black Ice Python Demon Core, gaining Void Leap and upgrading Divine Might Heaven Splitting Art; he also refined Azure Arrow.
• After the group returned to the provincial city, Xu Yuan said Xue Changsheng had gone to the Liu Family to confront Liu Zhenshan.
• Jiang Bei recalled the Liu Family's past schemes against him and set out to confront Liu Zhenshan himself.

Xue Changsheng confronted Liu Zhenshan over the Liu Family’s crimes, and Zhao Yuan Tai arrived with evidence and the captured Great Elder Liu Jing. Liu Zhenshan tried to flee during the ensuing fight, but Jiang Bei appeared in pursuit as the Governor’s guards followed.

• Liu Zhenshan denied the accusations against the Liu Family and offered half its wealth to compensate the victims of Liu Tianxing’s crimes.
• Xue Changsheng presented plaques bearing the Liu Family’s Black Nightmare Flowing Cloud Pattern as evidence that Liu Zhenshan’s dead soldiers had ambushed him and Jiang Bei at Wind Snow Mountain.
• Zhao Yuan Tai arrived with Liu Jing, who confessed that Liu Zhenshan knew of Liu Tianxing’s collusion with the Blood Martial Cult and had secretly sent the soldiers to attack Xue Changsheng and Jiang Bei.
• Liu Zhenshan attacked Liu Jing, then ordered the Liu Family elders to fight while he used them to cover his escape into the rear garden.
• Jiang Bei shot down from the eaves after Liu Zhenshan, and Zhao Yuan Tai ordered two fifth-rank guards to pursue them.

Jiang Bei killed Liu Zhenshan outside Mystic Sun City and helped the Qingzhou authorities eradicate the Liu Family, earning widespread fame. After refusing gifts from those seeking his favor, he discussed the Liu Family’s secret tokens and the Governor’s Mansion with Xue Changsheng, then began opening Liu Zhenshan’s Cosmic Bag.

• Jiang Bei ambushed Liu Zhenshan outside the city, severed both his arms, and crushed his head after Liu blamed him for the Liu Family’s downfall.
• The two Fifth Rank guard commanders found Liu Zhenshan dead, and the Qingzhou Camp and Governor’s Mansion captured the remaining Liu Family members and seized their property.
• Jiang Bei’s execution of Liu Zhenshan made him the talk of Qingzhou, and influential families crowded the Qingzhou Camp with gifts and requests to meet him.
• Jiang Bei refused the gifts while drinking tea with Xue Changsheng, who explained that neighboring provinces had borrowed the Governor’s Mansion’s Fifth Rank experts during the Wind Snow Mountain crisis.
• Jiang Bei examined the Liu Family tokens connected to the attack on Xue Changsheng, then returned to his residence and opened Liu Zhenshan’s Cosmic Bag.

After receiving an opportunity to undergo Spirit Spring Marrow Cleansing, Jiang Bei traveled to Lanshi Valley to reinforce the Qingzhou forces against the Barbarians. There, he suddenly attacked Chen Wu, revealing that the apparent ally was a traitor.

• Jiang Bei discovered the half-finished Saint Weapon Heaven's Calamity in the Liu Family's Cosmic Bag and claimed it as his own.
• Xue Changsheng told Jiang Bei he had applied for him to undergo Spirit Spring Marrow Cleansing, then brought him to meet Governor Zhao Yuantai.
• A report arrived that the Barbarians had reinforced Lanshi Valley with several fifth-rank fighters, and Jiang Bei agreed to join He Rong on the mission.
• At Lanshi Valley, Jiang Bei reunited with Qi Yuan, Chen Wu, and Dong Zhihong, who said four fifth-rank Barbarians were in the valley.
• As the group headed toward the encampment, Jiang Bei seized Chen Wu and killed him with a sudden strike.

Jiang Bei exposed He Rong, Qi Yuan, and Dong Zhihong as disguised enemies and killed their fighters with the Heaven-Robbing Saber. He learned that Qi Yuan and Chen Wu were being held in a bunker, and He Rong revealed that Zhao Yuantai had ordered the attack because Jiang Bei had ruined his plan.

• Jiang Bei killed Chen Wu’s impostor and revealed that he had seen through the group’s disguises.
• He Rong, the fake Qi Yuan, and Dong Zhihong attacked Jiang Bei, but he killed the hawk-nosed man and Dong Zhihong with the Heaven-Robbing Saber.
• Jiang Bei severed He Rong’s legs and learned that the real Qi Yuan and Chen Wu were locked in a bunker twenty li ahead.
• Jiang Bei killed more than twenty men from the Governor’s Mansion who had been waiting to ambush him.
• Jiang Bei stabbed He Rong in the eye until he admitted that Zhao Yuantai had ordered the attack because Jiang Bei had ruined his great undertaking.

He Rong revealed that Zhao Yuan Tai had plotted to use the Heavenly Sin Profound Ice Python as bait to lure and kill the Cangyue Demon Ancestor, while sacrificing Qingzhou soldiers and civilians and arranging Xue Changsheng’s death. Jiang Bei rescued the captured Qingzhou Camp soldiers and raced to the Governor’s Mansion, where Zhao Yuan Tai had Xue Changsheng bound and gravely wounded.

• He Rong confessed that Zhao Yuan Tai had planned to let the Heavenly Sin Profound Ice Python massacre people to make the trap for the Cangyue Demon Ancestor convincing, and had used his own men to frame the Liu Family.
• He Rong revealed that Zhao Yuan Tai also wanted Xue Changsheng replaced because Qingzhou Camp’s growing strength threatened him, while Jiang Bei suspected powerful figures were backing the governor.
• Jiang Bei stormed a bunker, killed the Governor’s Mansion guards, and freed Qi Yuan, Chen Wu, and the wounded Qingzhou Camp soldiers.
• Jiang Bei told Qi Yuan that Zhao Yuan Tai wanted to kill him and Xue Changsheng, then rushed toward the state capital to aid Xue Changsheng.
• In a secret chamber at the Governor’s Mansion, Zhao Yuan Tai watched as his men held the badly wounded and bound Xue Changsheng at their mercy.

Zhao Yuantai revealed that the Provincial Inspector had ordered him to sacrifice civilians and soldiers to lure the Cangyue Demon Ancestor, and to kill Xue Changsheng and Jiang Bei. As Zhao Yuantai prepared to kill Xue Changsheng, Jiang Bei stormed into the secret chamber and attacked him, shaking the Governor's Mansion.

• Zhao Yuantai told the wounded Xue Changsheng that the Provincial Inspector had ordered the plan to kill the Cangyue Demon Ancestor and that Xue was to be eliminated for defying him.
• Zhao Yuantai explained that he hoped to lure the Cangyue Demon Ancestor into Qingzhou by having Xue killed and Jiang Bei gravely wounded, and that Jiang Bei would be forced to submit or die.
• Xue Changsheng condemned Zhao Yuantai and the Provincial Inspector, so Zhao ordered his men to beat Xue until he was near death.
• Zhao Yuantai ordered a pill used to remove Xue Changsheng's soul mark before killing him, but Xue's mouth would not open.
• Jiang Bei blasted through the secret chamber door, killed the fifth-rank martial artists who tried to stop him, and struck Zhao Yuantai with his palm.

Jiang Bei rescued Xue Changsheng from Zhao Yuan Tai’s Governor’s Mansion and pursued Zhao Yuan Tai after discovering he had escaped using a clone and the Sky-Walking Gourd. Jiang Bei cornered him beyond the provincial city, but just as he was about to kill him, an unknown figure emerged from the shattered void and struck at Jiang Bei.

• Jiang Bei crushed Zhao Yuan Tai’s legs and killed his attacking guards, but Zhao Yuan Tai’s body exploded and Xue Changsheng revealed it had been a clone.
• Jiang Bei healed Xue Changsheng and carried him out of the Governor’s Mansion, then sensed Zhao Yuan Tai fleeing and went after him.
• Qi Yuan, Chen Wu, Xiang Haoyang, Zhou Yuan, and the others arrived and took charge of the badly injured Xue Changsheng.
• Zhao Yuan Tai used the Sky-Walking Gourd to flee through the air, but Jiang Bei tore open the void, caught up with him, and severed one of his arms with the Heaven-Robbing Saber.
• Zhao Yuan Tai defended his actions by claiming his sacrifices were meant to prevent the Cangyue Demon Ancestor from becoming a Demon Saint, and Jiang Bei prepared to kill him for the deaths of soldiers and civilians.
• A gigantic palm struck from above as Jiang Bei attacked Zhao Yuan Tai, forcing Jiang Bei to retreat; an unknown figure then stepped out of the shattered space.

Jiang Bei killed Zhao Yuantai despite Minister of Works Xue Yan’s threat, then fled as Xue Yan pursued him with third-rank strength. Heavenly Captain Zhong Hong intervened and challenged Xue Yan, leaving Jiang Bei under the Heavenly Army Division’s protection.

• Xue Yan arrived and demanded that Jiang Bei release Zhao Yuantai, claiming the Minister of Works had authority over the matter.
• Jiang Bei accused Zhao Yuantai of grave crimes and crushed his head despite Xue Yan’s warning.
• Xue Yan pursued Jiang Bei through space, mistook his Void Leap for a treasure, and attacked him with a flying sword.
• Jiang Bei struck back with the Heaven-Robbing Saber, but an unknown sword attack shattered Xue Yan’s flying sword.
• Zhong Hong arrived, accused Xue Yan of concealing the demons’ escape from the Cangyue Demon Vein, and defended Jiang Bei as a member of the Heavenly Army Division.

Jiang Bei killed Zhao Yuan Tai, but Xie Yan tried to seize him until Zhong Hong intervened and drove Xie Yan away. Zhong Hong revealed that Qingzhou faced threats from the Cangyue Demon Ancestor and invading barbarian tribes, and Jiang Bei accepted responsibility for defending it before heading to the provincial city to grow stronger.

• Xie Yan attacked Jiang Bei, but Zhong Hong blocked the strike and fought him until Xie Yan withdrew, warning that the Governor-General would pursue the matter.
• Jiang Bei thanked Zhong Hong, who praised his courage and explained that the figure who fought Xie Yan was only an avatar because his true body was occupied in the Far North Black Ice Sea.
• Zhong Hong told Jiang Bei that the Cangyue Demon Ancestor might soon become a Demon Saint while barbarian tribes attacked Qingzhou, and asked him to hold the line until help arrived.
• Jiang Bei accepted responsibility for Qingzhou, and Zhong Hong warned him to preserve himself if the crisis became impossible before his avatar dissipated.
• Jiang Bei headed for the provincial city, determined to break through to Fourth-Rank Great Training after the battles and Xie Yan's threat intensified his need for power.

Jiang Bei learned that Xue Changsheng was near death and ordered Qingzhou Camp to prepare for an attack. After advancing to Fourth-Rank Great Training, he learned the barbarians and demons had invaded and flew to confront their army at Tiger Roar Gorge.

• Physicians said Xue Changsheng's injuries were beyond their ability to heal, while Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang rode to the Imperial City seeking Master Mu Yunsheng's Nine Revolutions Returning Origin Pill.
• Jiang Bei ordered Fang Peng and Zhou Yuan to investigate enemy movements, then used 14,400 Merit Points to upgrade the Innate Spirit Guiding Manual and reach Fourth-Rank Great Training.
• Jiang Bei raised the Divine Elephant Cracks Heaven Art to its second level and vowed to face Xie Yan, the Cangyue Demon Ancestor, and the invading forces.
• Zhou Yuan reported that the barbarians had seized several prefectures and camps, joined forces with great demons, and were regrouping near Tiger Roar Gorge after taking Linyuan City.
• Jiang Bei flew toward Tiger Roar Gorge, and Zhou Yuan rallied Qingzhou Camp to reinforce him and avenge the fallen.

Jin Hong and the demons tormented captured women in their camp outside Tiger Roar Gorge until Jiang Bei’s arrows tore into the tent and killed Jin Hong. The women survived the attack, while Huyan Zhuo and Tiemu Ting were left facing the sudden assault.

• Jin Hong praised the three demon brothers for slaughtering people in Qingzhou and warned them to watch out for Jiang Bei before the attack on the provincial city.
• Jin Hong proposed a whip game in which he and the demons bet on whether captured women would survive a lash, and the demons agreed.
• The whip-wielding giant killed two women, and Jin Hong ordered the remaining captives lined up for a single lash.
• An arrow burst through the tent and killed the giant just as he swung his whip, while following arrows struck the barbarian soldiers without hitting the women.
• Jin Hong tried to flee, but more arrows pierced him and killed him as Huyan Zhuo and Tiemu Ting rushed to help.

Jiang Bei slaughtered Jin Hong, the barbarian generals, hundreds of soldiers, and two demons after breaking through to Fourth-Rank Great Training. The Tiger Demon dodged his attack and revealed that he was the Cangyue Demon Ancestor.

• Jiang Bei killed Jin Hong with an arrow, prompting Huyan Zhuo, Tiemu Ting, the three demons, and the barbarian soldiers to attack him.
• Jiang Bei killed the Dog Demon with an arrow and crushed Tiemu Ting's head with his bare hand.
• Jiang Bei cut down hundreds of barbarian soldiers with a rain of arrows and a devastating saber strike, revealing his Fourth-Rank Great Training cultivation.
• Jiang Bei severed Huyan Zhuo's arm and killed him, then smashed the Lion Demon's head and pursued the fleeing soldiers with his Cloud Silence Flying Sword.
• The Tiger Demon dodged Jiang Bei's saber strike and revealed himself as the Cangyue Demon Ancestor.

Jiang Bei defeated the Cangyue Demon Ancestor’s possessed body, but learned that the Demon Ancestor was close to becoming a Demon Saint and planned to invade Qingzhou. Zhong Hong and Luo Heng arrived, and Jiang Bei was ordered to travel to the Imperial City to meet Lord Tianjun and undergo Spirit Spring Marrow Cleansing; back at camp, he went to confront Zhao Yuan Tai’s two older brothers.

• Jiang Bei suppressed the Cangyue Demon Ancestor’s possessed Tiger Demon, who revealed that his true body was preparing to become a Demon Saint and threatened to invade Qingzhou.
• Zhong Hong and Luo Heng arrived and helped Jiang Bei destroy the possessed body, while warning that the Cangyue Demon Ancestor had secured resources to advance soon.
• Zhong Hong and Luo Heng told Jiang Bei that Lord Tianjun wanted to meet him in the Imperial City and that he could complete the Spirit Spring Marrow Cleansing there.
• Jiang Bei returned to Qingzhou Camp to explain his departure, where Xu Yuan reported that Zhao Yuan Tai’s two powerful older brothers had come to cause trouble.
• Jiang Bei rejected Luo Heng’s offer to speak with the brothers and entered the main hall to confront them himself.

Jiang Bei killed Zhao Long and Zhao Yuan Ji after they attacked General Yan Feng and the others, then used 10,000 merit points to strengthen his martial arts before traveling to the Imperial City. At the Crimson Heart Merchant Guild, three men said Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang were in trouble and demanded something from Jiang Bei, who forced them to their knees and demanded answers.

• Zhao Long and Zhao Yuan Ji attacked Jiang Bei in the main hall, and Jiang Bei killed them both, freeing General Yan Feng and the others from their pressure.
• Zhong Hong told Luo Heng to report Jiang Bei's strength to Lord Tianjun, while Jiang Bei checked his panel and found he had 40,000 merit points.
• Jiang Bei spent 10,000 merit points to perfect five martial arts and raise the Divine Elephant Cracks Heaven Art by one level, greatly increasing his strength.
• Jiang Bei promised Fang Peng he would look for Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang, then traveled to the Imperial City.
• At the Crimson Heart Merchant Guild, three men told Jiang Bei that Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang were in trouble and demanded something from him.
• Jiang Bei seized the scar-faced man and forced all three men to their knees, threatening to kill them unless they answered him.

Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang endured three brutal bouts at Yunshan Garden to win the Nine Revolutions Returning Origin Pill for Xue Changsheng, only for Cheng Fengyun and Wan Chang to betray them. As Wan Chang moved to kill them, Jiang Bei arrived and smashed him to death.

• Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang fought through three bouts in Yunshan Garden, believing Cheng Fengyun would give them the Nine Revolutions Returning Origin Pill for Xue Changsheng.
• Cheng Fengyun sent Wan Chang to deliver the pill, but Wan Chang crushed it beneath his foot and mocked the two wounded men.
• Xiang Haoyang attacked Wan Chang, who struck him down, while Qi Yuan condemned their treatment and tried to leave with him.
• Wan Chang used his Fourth-Rank Great Training pressure to immobilize Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang as the spectators urged him to kill them.
• Jiang Bei burst into the arena and repeatedly slammed Wan Chang's head into the floor, killing him as Cheng Fengyun recognized the newcomer.

Jiang Bei rescued Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang at Yunshan Garden, killed Cheng Fengyun, and faced Cao Jun and the Black Cloud Thirty-Two Stars. As the thirty-two attacked, Xie Yan arrived, and Jiang Bei charged into the fight against them all.

• Jiang Bei appeared in the arena, killed Wan Chang, and found Qi Yuan and the unconscious Xiang Haoyang badly injured.
• Jiang Bei broke Cheng Fengyun's arm and leg, pinned him down, and demanded the Nine Revolutions Returning Origin Pill.
• Cao Jun confronted Jiang Bei and summoned Yunshan Garden's Black Cloud Thirty-Two Stars, but Jiang Bei crushed Cheng Fengyun's head and took the pill.
• Jiang Bei challenged Cao Jun and the thirty-two fighters, then Xie Yan arrived and attacked him.
• Jiang Bei recognized Xie Yan and charged head-on into the enemies surrounding him.

Jiang Bei fought off Xie Yan and Black Cloud Thirty-Two Stars at Yunshan Garden until Wei Qing and the Heavenly Army Division’s Black Profound Guard intervened and escorted him away. At the Division headquarters, Jiang Bei met Heavenly General Duan Qingsang and paid his respects.

• Jiang Bei killed several members of Black Cloud Thirty-Two Stars, then clashed with Xie Yan and severed his right arm.
• Cao Jun attacked Jiang Bei, but Wei Qing and over a hundred Black Profound Guards stormed Yunshan Garden and ordered everyone to stand down.
• Wei Qing declared Jiang Bei a protected deputy general, arranged treatment for Qi Yuan and Xiang Haoyang, and escorted Jiang Bei from the arena.
• Cao Jun and Xie Yan vowed revenge as Jiang Bei left with the Heavenly Army Division.
• Wei Qing brought Jiang Bei to the Division headquarters, where Jiang Bei met Heavenly General Duan Qingsang and bowed to him.

Duan Qingcang offered Jiang Bei protection from political fallout and asked him to join the Heavenly Army Division despite the dangers facing the dynasty. Jiang Bei accepted, was appointed Hidden Dragon Town Envoy, and ended the chapter preparing to use the Limitless Sacred Canon to break through to the Third Rank.

• Duan Qingcang praised Jiang Bei's deeds in Qingzhou and promised to shield him from Cao Jun and Xie Yan's attempt to cause trouble over Yunshan Garden.
• Duan Qingcang warned Jiang Bei that the world faced threats from demons and barbarians, including the Cangyue Demon Ancestor's impending breakthrough to Demon Saint.
• Jiang Bei pledged to join the Heavenly Army Division and defend the people, Qingzhou, and the dynasty.
• Duan Qingcang appointed Jiang Bei as the Heavenly Army Division's Hidden Dragon Town Envoy and told him his rewards had arrived at his courtyard.
• Wei Qing escorted Jiang Bei to his courtyard, where Heavenly Army soldiers presented his rewards and greeted him as their new envoy.
• Jiang Bei found the Limitless Sacred Canon among the rewards and resolved to use it, along with his Merit Points, to break through to the Third Rank.