Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bei upgraded the Limitless Sacred Canon and Divine Might Heaven Splitting Art, broke through to Third-Rank Lesser Training, and learned the Great Desolate Heaven Imprisoning Hand. He entered the Spirit Spring Tower for marrow cleansing, where his extraordinary progress lit all nine levels in just over an hour and shocked the Heavenly Army Division.

• Jiang Bei spent Merit Points to upgrade the Limitless Sacred Canon, advancing to Third-Rank Lesser Training and gaining the power to tear open space without relying on Void Leap.
• Jiang Bei upgraded the Divine Might Heaven Splitting Art and learned the first level of the Great Desolate Heaven Imprisoning Hand, then vowed to settle accounts with Cao Jun and Xie Yan.
• Shen Anjie guided Jiang Bei to the Spirit Spring Tower, where Old Mo admitted him for the seven-day marrow-cleansing session.
• Jiang Bei endured the Spirit Spring's violent energy and used it to temper his body, soul, and Spiritual Energy.
• Wei Qing arrived to speak with Jiang Bei, but the Spirit Spring Tower rapidly lit all nine levels, astonishing Wei Qing, Shen Anjie, Old Mo, and the Heavenly Army Division.

Jiang Bei completed the Spirit Spring Tower’s nine-layer Boundless Golden Light marrow cleansing and led a thousand Heavenly Army Division soldiers back toward Qingzhou to confront the Azure Moon Demon Race. Outside the Imperial City, Cao Jun and Xie Yan ambushed his group with several Third-Rank Great Training allies, and Jiang Bei prepared to fight them.

• Jiang Bei emerged from the Spirit Spring Tower with the Nine-Layer Boundless Golden Light, astonishing Wei Qing, Shen Anjie, and Old Mo and making him famous throughout the Heavenly Army Division.
• Jiang Bei resolved to return to Qingzhou quickly, where he intended to kill the Cangyue Demon Ancestor and protect Qingzhou’s people.
• Wei Qing and Shen Anjie led more than a thousand soldiers to join Jiang Bei, who ordered the army to march for Qingzhou and destroy the Azure Moon Demon Race.
• Cao Jun and Xie Yan ambushed Jiang Bei’s party outside the Imperial City with several Third-Rank Great Training practitioners, while Wei Qing challenged them for attacking the Heavenly Army Division.
• Jiang Bei stopped Shen Anjie from intervening, confronted Cao Jun and Xie Yan, and unleashed his suppressed aura as he vowed to kill them all.

Jiang Bei annihilated Cao Jun and Xie Yan’s elite forces and left Cao Jun near death, but Cao Xuan’s soul fragment appeared and threatened Jiang Bei and Qingzhou if he did not surrender. The chapter ended with Cao Xuan’s demand hanging over Jiang Bei as the survivors faced the Inspector’s political power.

• Jiang Bei shattered the combined attack of three Third-Rank Great Training experts and killed two of them with ease.
• Jiang Bei slaughtered the rest of Cao Jun and Xie Yan’s forces, then crushed Cao Jun’s palm and knocked him into a crater.
• Cao Jun’s jade pendant shattered, releasing a soul fragment of Cao Xuan, the Heavenly Patrol Inspector of the Da Gan Dynasty.
• Cao Xuan ordered Jiang Bei to release Cao Jun and surrender, promising to forgive his past offenses.
• Cao Xuan threatened to kill Jiang Bei and punish Qingzhou if Jiang Bei defied him, leaving Wei Qing and Shen Anjie fearful for the region’s safety.

Jiang Bei killed Cao Jun, destroyed Cao Xuan’s soul clone, and slew Xie Yan before continuing toward Qingzhou. Cao Xuan ordered three assassins to hunt Jiang Bei, while a newly ascended Cangyue Demon Saint led an invasion of Qingzhou and called him out.

• Jiang Bei destroyed Cao Xuan’s soul clone with a saber strike, killed Cao Jun, and crushed Xie Yan as he tried to flee.
• Wei Qing and Shen Anjie warned Jiang Bei that Cao Xuan would retaliate, but Jiang Bei told them to let Cao Xuan come and continued toward Qingzhou.
• Cao Xuan learned that his soul clone and son were dead, then ordered Green-Faced Ghost Hand Luo Feng, Demon Butcher Tu Tangsan, and Hundred Poisons Lady Yin Qiniang to rush from Yunzhou and kill Jiang Bei.
• The Cangyue Demon Saint led a vast demon army across Qingzhou’s border and challenged Jiang Bei and the Qingzhou Camp with its Saint-rank aura.

Cangyue Demon Ancestor overwhelmed Qingzhou Camp and nearly killed Xue Changsheng before Jiang Bei arrived in Hidden Dragon Town Envoy armor. Jiang Bei then dominated the Demon Saint in battle, leaving him smashed into the ground.

• Xue Changsheng, Zhong Hong, and Luo Heng prepared Qingzhou Camp to face Cangyue Demon Ancestor, who had reached the Saint Realm.
• Cangyue Demon Ancestor shattered Zhong Hong and Luo Heng’s attacks, crushed Xue Changsheng’s spear, and wounded all three commanders.
• As Cangyue threatened to kill Xue Changsheng and demanded Jiang Bei, a hand burst through space and crushed Cangyue’s shoulder before punching him into the demon army.
• Jiang Bei emerged in Hidden Dragon Town Envoy armor, stunning Qingzhou Camp with his arrival.
• Jiang Bei attacked Cangyue, blew apart his hand, and kicked him out of the sky and into the ground.

Jiang Bei crushed the Cangyue Demon Ancestor and two Demon Cloud Demon Vein Half-Saints, then led the destruction of the invading demons in Qingzhou. As three Yunzhou assassins arrived to kill him, he confronted them with the corpses of their supposed allies.

• Jiang Bei slaughtered hundreds of demons, battered the Cangyue Demon Ancestor, and learned from Wei Qing that the demon was only a Half-Saint seeking to become a true Saint.
• The White Bone Demon Lord and Green-Faced Lion King arrived to aid Cangyue, but Jiang Bei killed both Half-Saints before they could attack.
• Jiang Bei slew the Cangyue Demon Ancestor, and Wei Qing's forces wiped out the remaining demons.
• Zhong Hong and the others greeted Jiang Bei as the Hidden Dragon Town Envoy, but he sensed more enemies approaching and left to meet them.
• Luo Feng, Tu Tangsan, and Yin Qiniang headed for Qingzhou to kill Jiang Bei, believing the three Half-Saints would defeat him.
• Jiang Bei dropped the corpses of Cangyue, White Bone, and the Green-Faced Lion King before the three assassins and demanded to know what they took Qingzhou for.

Jiang Bei killed the three half-Saint assassins sent by Cao Xuan, then returned to Qingzhou Camp after defeating the demon leaders threatening Qingzhou. As Yunzhou generals arrived seeking help with their own demon crisis, Jiang Bei used his 85,320 Merit Points to upgrade the Limitless Sacred Canon.

• Jiang Bei killed Yin Qiniang and Tu Tangsan, then forced Luo Feng to reveal that Cao Xuan had sent them before killing him too.
• Yuan Peng and Wang Fan rode to Qingzhou Camp seeking Jiang Bei’s help against Yunzhou’s demon invasion and feared he might already be dead.
• Yuan Peng and Wang Fan found the corpses of the White Bone Demon Lord, Cangyue Demon Ancestor, and Green-Faced Lion King at the camp and learned Jiang Bei had killed them.
• Jiang Bei checked his panel, saw that he had earned 85,320 Merit Points, and chose to upgrade the Limitless Sacred Canon.

Jiang Bei broke through to the third-rank Great Training and hurried to Yunzhou after learning two Demon Saints threatened its remaining territory. After hearing how Dongyang’s advance had left Yunzhou with only four prefectures, Jiang Bei charged toward a demon-held city and declared that he would not merely defend.

• Jiang Bei spent more than fifty thousand merit points to strengthen his body and discovered that refining the Cangyue Demon Core could grant him the Unrivaled Physique talent for ninety thousand merit points.
• Yuan Peng and Wang Fan told Jiang Bei that two Demon Saints threatened Yunzhou, and Jiang Bei immediately set out for the province.
• Duan Qingcang learned that Jiang Bei had killed three Half-Saints in Qingzhou and ordered Lei Tao to warn the Demon Cloud Demon Vein and protect Jiang Bei from Cao Xuan.
• Yuan Peng explained that Dongyang controlled nine of Yunzhou’s thirteen prefectures, Baggu’s injury had broken their stalemate, and Dongyang was attacking the remaining four prefectures.
• When Yuan Peng pointed out a city held by Dongyang’s Hundred-Forged Golden Ape, Jiang Bei drew the Heaven-Robbing Saber and charged toward it, declaring that they would not be defending.

Jiang Bei killed the demon lord ruling Chongguang City and ordered the Heavenly Army Division to reclaim it, then learned that Yunzhou had been abandoned by the court. He set out alone to attack the Demon Cloud Demon Vein and confront its two Demon Saints.

• Jiang Bei entered Chongguang City and killed the Hundred Refinements Golden Ape as it prepared to eat the city’s captives.
• Yuan Peng and Wang Fan saw the citizens of Chongguang City celebrate the Heavenly Army Division’s return after Jiang Bei ordered the force to take over the city.
• Yuan Peng and Wang Fan told Hu Heng that Jiang Bei was the new Hidden Dragon Town Envoy and had already killed three Half-Saints and the Hundred-Forged Golden Ape.
• Hu Heng explained that the court and Heavenly Army Division could not spare Martial Saints to defend Yunzhou, and that the two Demon Saints were stationed in the Demon Cloud Demon Vein.
• Jiang Bei learned where Dongyang and Baggu were stationed and declared that he would attack the Demon Cloud Demon Vein alone.

Jiang Bei stormed into the Demon Cloud Demon Vein and killed Demon Saint Dongyang with overwhelming force. He then headed deeper into the vein, where Baggu Demon Saint was planning to seize Yunzhou and ordered Governor Yu Cai to boil hundreds of infants.

• Jiang Bei learned from Hu Heng that Vast Righteous Saint Qi was needed to reach the Martial Saint realm, then left to attack the Demon Cloud Demon Vein despite still being a Half-Saint.
• Demon Saint Dongyang dismissed Jiang Bei as an insect and ordered his forces to conquer Yunzhou, but Jiang Bei arrived in his cave and tore off his arm.
• Jiang Bei battered Demon Saint Dongyang to death, took his demon core, and charged toward the depths of the demon vein to kill the remaining demons.
• Baggu Demon Saint feasted with nine Demon Lords he had recruited to help him kill Dongyang and claim Yunzhou.
• Baggu demanded five hundred infants from Governor Yu Cai for fresh blood, and ordered him to boil the 438 infants he had gathered.

Jiang Bei stormed Baggu Demon Saint’s cave, killed Baggu and his demon lords, and slaughtered the Demon Cloud Demon Vein’s forces. He caught Governor Yu Cai fleeing and condemned him for sending civilians and 438 infants to the demons, while Yu Cai defended his actions as a sacrifice to protect Yunzhou.

• Baggu Demon Saint’s three demon lord guests rushed out to confront Jiang Bei, but he killed them and then slaughtered the five demon lords who followed Baggu outside.
• Jiang Bei killed Baggu Demon Saint, then pursued and killed more than a thousand demons across the Demon Cloud Demon Vein.
• Jiang Bei caught Governor Yu Cai and the men who had transported the infants as they tried to flee.
• Yu Cai claimed he had bargained with the demons to buy time and protect Yunzhou from worse destruction.
• Jiang Bei accused Yu Cai of sacrificing innocent people to preserve his own family’s power and standing.

Jiang Bei annihilated the demons of the Demon Cloud Demon Vein, including two Demon Saints and the Mingxin Nine Lords, leaving Lei Tao and the others stunned by his strength. Meanwhile, Su Feng and Su Fengzhi moved to avenge Cao Jun by attacking members of the Heavenly Army Division, but someone intervened just as Su Fengzhi struck.

• Jiang Bei killed Yu Cai by exploding his body with a surge of power.
• Lei Tao, Hu Heng, He Song, and the others reached the Demon Cloud Demon Vein and discovered that Jiang Bei had killed the Mingxin Nine Lords, Baggu Demon Saint, Demon Saint Dongyang, and the other demons.
• Su Feng recruited her brother Su Fengzhi to avenge her son Cao Jun, and they encountered Wei Qing, Shen Anjie, and the others traveling from Qingzhou.
• Su Fengzhi demanded that Wei Qing and Shen Anjie reveal Jiang Bei's location, then attacked them when they refused.
• An unseen figure emerged through shattered space, seized Su Fengzhi's wrist, and demanded to know who had dared to touch the people of the Heavenly Army Division.

Jiang Bei killed Su Feng and the Martial Saint Su Fengzhi, then helped pacify Yunzhou’s Nine Prefectures despite the Inspector’s Mansion learning of the killings. Back at the Yunzhou Garrison, he discovered that his Merit Points had risen to 236,020, leaving him able to improve his martial arts and pursue further power.

• Jiang Bei crushed Su Fengzhi’s resistance, killed Su Feng with a slap, and then killed Su Fengzhi and the soldiers who tried to flee.
• A Void Crane observed the killings and escaped; Wei Qing and Shen Anjie warned Jiang Bei that the Inspector’s Mansion would learn what had happened.
• Lei Tao, Hu Heng, and the others arrived, and Lei Tao backed Jiang Bei as the group returned to Yunzhou.
• Jiang Bei and the others purged demons and monsters from Yunzhou’s Nine Prefectures, restoring peace to the region.
• At the Yunzhou Garrison, Jiang Bei checked his rewards and saw that he had gained 236,020 Merit Points, along with several martial arts available for upgrades.

Jiang Bei refined Unrivaled Physique, received Vast Righteous Saint Qi, and broke through to become a Second-Rank Martial Saint before preparing to confront the Sinful Dragon. Just as he and Xiao Pojun set out for the Yun Tian River, Gao Jinzhong delivered an imperial edict suspending the campaign and summoning them to the capital, leaving Xiao Pojun stunned by its contents.

• Jiang Bei refined the Cangyue Demon Core, gained Unrivaled Physique, and tore through space with his bare hand.
• Xiao Pojun arrived with Vast Righteous Saint Qi and asked Jiang Bei to help slay the Sinful Dragon, which was nearing its transformation into a True Dragon.
• Jiang Bei refined the Sacred Qi and spent 75,200 Merit Points upgrading the Limitless Sacred Canon, becoming a Second-Rank Martial Saint.
• Jiang Bei, Xiao Pojun, and Lei Tao prepared to depart for the Yun Tian River, but Gao Jinzhong blocked them and announced that the war was suspended and Duan Qingcang had been summoned to the capital.
• Xiao Pojun read the imperial edict and froze, trembling as he recognized the Emperor's annotations.

Jiang Bei and Xiao Pojun were summoned to the Imperial City, where Cao Xuan arranged for Huang Kun to provoke Jiang Bei into a physical-strength spar. Jiang Bei accepted Huang Kun’s challenge, setting up their confrontation in the palace.

• Xiao Pojun received an imperial decree summoning him, Jiang Bei, and Lord Heavenly Army to the Imperial City, so he and Jiang Bei set out from Yunzhou.
• Cao Xuan learned that Huang Kun planned to challenge Jiang Bei under the pretext of a spar and approved the scheme to injure or humiliate him.
• Jiang Bei and Xiao Pojun entered the palace grounds with Lei Tao and their companions, where Huang Kun blocked their path.
• Huang Kun mocked Jiang Bei and challenged him to compare physical strength, while Xiao Pojun warned Jiang Bei that Huang Kun was Cao Xuan’s ally and urged him to leave.
• Jiang Bei accepted Huang Kun’s challenge despite Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao’s alarm.

Jiang Bei accepted Huang Kun’s challenge to fight without Spiritual Energy, then overwhelmed him with his physical strength and nearly killed him. When Luo Yan intervened, Jiang Bei revealed his Martial Saint power and blasted him away, leaving the Heavenly Army Division stunned by his breakthrough.

• Huang Kun challenged Jiang Bei to a fight where deaths and injuries would be left to fate, and Jiang Bei agreed despite Xiao Pojun’s warning.
• Huang Kun attacked Jiang Bei with a lethal punch, but Jiang Bei shattered his arm, hurled him into the arena, and stomped on his head.
• Luo Yan arrived and ordered Jiang Bei to release Huang Kun, but Gao Jinzhong confirmed that Huang Kun had agreed to the rules and struck first.
• Luo Yan attacked Jiang Bei to rescue Huang Kun, and Jiang Bei unleashed golden Martial Saint pressure that destroyed Luo Yan’s strike and sent him crashing through a palace wall.
• Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao realized that Jiang Bei had become a Martial Saint.

Jiang Bei revealed that he had broken through to Martial Saint, killed Huang Kun, and drove Luo Yan from the imperial palace training ground. Cao Xuan arrived expecting to gloat over Jiang Bei’s death, only to learn that Huang Kun had been killed and Jiang Bei was far stronger than Luo Yan.

• Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao realized Jiang Bei had become a Martial Saint and was powerful enough to overwhelm Huang Kun and send Luo Yan flying.
• Jiang Bei crushed Huang Kun’s head, then warned Luo Yan to leave or join him; Luo Yan retreated, and Jiang Bei departed with Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao.
• Cao Xuan went to the training ground expecting to find Jiang Bei dead, and his subordinate mistook Huang Kun’s corpse for Jiang Bei’s.
• Cao Xuan recognized the Da Gan Guard armor on the corpse, and soldiers confirmed that Jiang Bei had killed Huang Kun and injured Luo Yan.
• A soldier revealed that Jiang Bei had broken through to Martial Saint, leaving Cao Xuan shocked and stunned.

Jiang Bei learned that the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord was gathering demon support to transform into a dragon, then gained the River Surge Sea Boil talent by refining the Baggu Demon Saint’s core. At a tense court meeting, he realized he represented Qingzhou, while Ling Yuanfu began proceedings without the absent Duan Qingcang and ordered Cao Xuan to explain the matter.

• Xiao Pojun told Jiang Bei that the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord was a Demon Emperor backed by dozens of Demon Saints, and warned him that the Da Gan Guard might retaliate for Huang Kun’s death.
• Jiang Bei received 12,000 Merit Points for killing Huang Kun and refined the Baggu Demon Saint’s Demon Core, gaining the River Surge Sea Boil water-control talent.
• Jiang Bei entered the palace hall with Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao, where Cao Xuan, Luo Yan, and Yang Ding Tian watched him with hostility.
• Jiang Bei recognized the provincial lords of three demon-threatened provinces and realized that he had been summoned to represent Qingzhou.
• Ling Yuanfu arrived, announced that the Emperor was unwell, and began the deliberations without Duan Qingcang.
• Ling Yuanfu ordered Cao Xuan to explain the matter before the assembled officials, and Cao Xuan rose to speak.

Cao Xuan announced a plan to surrender five provinces to the Abyssal Dragon Lord in exchange for a hundred years of peace, provoking Xiao Pojun and forcing the provincial governors to accept. Jiang Bei rejected the plan outright, declaring that Qingzhou would never be ceded.

• Cao Xuan described the Abyssal Dragon Lord's imminent Dragon Transformation and presented surrendering five provinces as Da Gan's national policy.
• Xiao Pojun denounced the plan and demanded to question the Emperor, but Cao Xuan defended the cession and dismissed the fate of people unable to evacuate.
• Cao Xuan assured the officials that an envoy from the Holy Dynasty would guarantee the agreement, and the governors of Great Xuanzhou, Canglin Province, and Quanzhou reluctantly voiced no objections.
• Cao Xuan asked Jiang Bei whether he agreed to ceding Qingzhou, and Jiang Bei declared that Qingzhou would never be ceded.

Jiang Bei defied the court’s decision to surrender five provinces to the demons, vowing to protect Qingzhou and refusing to yield even before Yang Ding Tian’s overwhelming power. The court learned that Duan Qingcang also rejected the order and would remain at the Yun Tian River rather than come to the imperial palace.

• Jiang Bei denounced Cao Xuan and the officials for choosing to cede five provinces and abandon their people to the demons.
• Cao Xuan announced that the cession would take effect immediately and ordered the Heavenly Army Division to withdraw, but Jiang Bei refused and threatened anyone who tried to impose the order in Qingzhou.
• Yang Ding Tian invoked his Heavenly Venerate power and ordered Jiang Bei to surrender, but Jiang Bei stood against him and vowed that the Da Gan Guard would not enter Qingzhou unopposed.
• Xiao Pojun sided with Jiang Bei and declared that the Heavenly Army Division would not retreat from Qingzhou or Yunzhou.
• As Yang Ding Tian prepared to attack Jiang Bei, Xiao Pojun, and Lei Tao, an official delivered Duan Qingcang’s message that he would not leave the Yun Tian River or come to the imperial palace.