Chapter Summaries

Wang Chen killed the notorious Sand Tribe Blood Demon Purple Shaman, Jin Shangzhi, and returned to the Seven Star Pavilion to examine how he had survived the shaman’s curse. Grand Commander Kou Shihai then visited Wang Chen, and they began their meeting.

• Battle Cultivators at Zhensha Pass recognized Jin Shangzhi’s corpse and sent word to Grand Commander Kou Shihai.
• Wang Chen reviewed the battle and noticed that his Human Virtue had dropped by more than a thousand when Jin Shangzhi’s curse was dispelled.
• Kou Shihai requested a meeting, and Wang Chen agreed to receive him in the Seven Star Pavilion.
• Wang Chen changed into his West Sea Sect Inner Sect Disciple robe and met Kou Shihai, who exchanged brief courtesies before getting to the point.

Kou Shihai gave Wang Chen Jin Shangzhi’s Storage Bag and recruited him to kill more Sand Tribe enemies by offering extra spiritual energy and a bronze mirror. After Kou Shihai left, the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron revealed that the Hundred-Mile Mirror was actually an Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror and offered to repair it.

• Kou Shihai returned Jin Shangzhi’s cleaned Storage Bag to Wang Chen and urged him to call him Senior Brother.
• Kou Shihai criticized Luo Han and invited Wang Chen to remain at the Seven Star Pavilion, promising fifty percent more spiritual energy and a spirit artifact if he killed more Sand Shamans.
• Kou Shihai gave Wang Chen the Hundred-Mile Mirror, which could reveal everything within a hundred-mile radius and be used three times a day.
• Wang Chen accepted Kou Shihai’s offer to help slay enemies and demons, and Kou Shihai departed.
• The Artifact Spirit of the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron identified the mirror as an Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror and offered to repair it.

Wang Chen bargained with Little Cauldron over the cost of restoring the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror, then sold possessions and used a windfall from Kou Shihai’s Storage Bag to buy the needed materials. He paid for expedited delivery of the rare ingredients and left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion awaiting their arrival.

• Little Cauldron demanded Spirit Stones and rare materials to restore the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror, but Wang Chen haggled until they agreed on a lower price and a restoration of at least ten to fifteen percent of its power.
• Wang Chen found more than thirty-seven thousand Lower Spirits, nearly two thousand Medium Spirit Stones, over thirty High Spirit Stones, and other valuables in Kou Shihai’s Storage Bag.
• Wang Chen went to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, sold spirit artifacts and other possessions, and listed the materials he needed for the mirror’s restoration.
• The shopkeeper told Wang Chen that Star Sand and Jia Fire Essence would take two months to arrive unless he paid five High Spirit Stones for expedited delivery.
• Wang Chen paid the five High Spirit Stones and arranged expedited delivery.

Wang Chen repaired the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror with materials and Spirit Stones, then spent three days refining it and leaving his Divine Soul imprint. He discovered that the mirror greatly expanded his Divine Sense, and ended by activating the Cultivation Panel's global mode.

• Wang Chen bought the remaining repair materials from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and returned to the Seven Star Pavilion.
• Wang Chen gave the mirror and his remaining High Spirit Stones to the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron, which repaired the treasure enough to remove its name's damaged state only partially.
• Wang Chen learned the mirror's ritual-refinement method and spent three days forcing his way to its core to imprint his Divine Soul.
• Wang Chen used the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror to extend his Divine Sense nearly three hundred and fifty li before stopping to protect his Divine Soul.
• Wang Chen activated the Cultivation Panel's global mode.

Wang Chen used the Seven Star Pavilion’s formation to extend his Flying Sword’s range and finally killed an enemy more than a hundred li away. He left the chapter having proved he could strike distant targets while remaining inside Zhensha Pass.

• Wang Chen used the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror and global mode to spot a Sand People settlement and its hostile red-marked targets.
• Wang Chen studied the Seven Star Pavilion’s formation for several days while Kou Shihai allocated it more spiritual energy.
• Wang Chen developed a sword-control method suited to drawing on the city-protecting formation’s power.
• Wang Chen sent the Crimson Lion Sword more than a hundred li into the Gobi Desert and killed a moving Qi Condensation eighth-level enemy, earning eight Heavenly Merit.

Jin Ada was killed by Wang Chen’s Flying Sword far from Zhensha Pass, spreading terror among the Sand People. After learning of Wang Chen’s growing threat, the Sand Tribe’s Great Shaman approved Tu Qi’s challenge to a Life-and-Death Duel and promised him strength and weapons.

• Jin Ada dismissed rumors about Wang Chen but was killed by a sword radiance while hunting in the desert.
• Sand People across the region grew terrified as reports spread of Wang Chen’s sword killing tribesmen hundreds of li from Zhensha Pass.
• The Sand Tribe’s Great Shaman and other shamans read intelligence about Wang Chen and discussed the threat he posed.
• Tu Qi volunteered to challenge Wang Chen to a Life-and-Death Duel and cut off and swallowed one of his fingers to swear his resolve.
• The Great Shaman promised to grant Tu Qi powerful strength and weapons before the duel.

A Buddhist display at Zhensha Pass delivered a golden challenge slip from the Sand People, whose tribes Wang Chen had terrorized with his long-range sword attacks. After Wang Chen asked whether he could refuse the proposed Life-and-Death Duel, Kou Shihai admitted there was a problem.

• Battle Cultivators at Zhensha Pass saw fiery clouds, Udumbara flowers, and a Buddhist chant, prompting the city-protecting array and Kou Shihai to raise the defenses.
• Kou Shihai caught a golden Udumbara flower that passed through the array barrier and found it had become a slip marked “life and death.”
• The strange display vanished, and Kou Shihai lowered the alert before flying to Seven Star Pavilion to meet Wang Chen.
• Kou Shihai gave Wang Chen the challenge slip and explained that his Thunderclap Sword Technique had driven several Sand People tribes into panic.
• Wang Chen asked whether he could refuse the Life-and-Death Duel, and Kou Shihai said he could but admitted there was a problem.

Wang Chen learned that the Sand Tribe’s Heavenly Mandate Life-and-Death Duel could not be refused without risking the West Sea Sect’s censure, so he accepted Tu Qi’s challenge. After choosing Azure Water Lake as the battlefield and preparing for three days, he flew there to fight.

• Kou Shihai explained the rules and consequences of refusing the duel, and Wang Chen agreed to accept Tu Qi’s challenge.
• Kou Shihai offered Wang Chen his Mysterious Sun Umbrella, but Wang Chen declined because he trusted his own weapons and spells.
• Wang Chen chose the shore of Azure Water Lake as the battlefield, and Kou Shihai sent a letter accepting the challenge on his behalf.
• News of the duel spread through Daying City as people reacted and some began making secret moves.
• Wang Chen spent three days in seclusion preparing, then flew toward Azure Water Lake with a cup of spirit wine left to drink when he returned.

Wang Chen faced the Sand Tribe shaman Tu Qi in a publicly broadcast life-and-death duel beside Azure Water Lake. After revealing Tu Qi’s hidden position and striking him with Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm, Wang Chen left him bleeding and flying backward.

• Wang Chen landed beside Azure Water Lake and faced Tu Qi, while mirage mirrors broadcast their duel to Daying City.
• Tu Qi ate a Rock Armor Lizard and unleashed black smoke from the ground, but Wang Chen dispelled it with Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.
• Tu Qi vanished from Wang Chen’s sight and perception, but Wang Chen used global mode to locate him nearby.
• Wang Chen struck toward Tu Qi with Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm, revealing him and sending him flying backward as he spat blood.

Wang Chen defeated and killed Tu Qi in their Life-and-Death Duel, overcoming the Sand Tribe shaman’s Buddhist treasures with his palm strikes and Flying Sword. As the Beijia Spirit Leaf fled, Wang Chen sensed a powerful presence watching him from the west.

• Tu Qi used the Beijia Spirit Leaf to hide his aura and ambush Wang Chen, but Wang Chen saw through his plan and struck him with a palm.
• The Beijia Spirit Leaf healed Tu Qi’s injuries, then blocked Wang Chen’s Soul-Reaping Flying Sword when Tu Qi cried out to protect himself.
• Wang Chen closed in while controlling the Flying Sword and hit Tu Qi with the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm, overwhelming the leaf’s protection.
• The Beijia Spirit Leaf fled, and Wang Chen killed Tu Qi with a third palm strike, earning 570 Heavenly Merit.
• Wang Chen looked west and sensed cold, emotionless eyes watching him from afar, leaving him with an overwhelming sense of threat.

After Wang Chen killed Tu Qi, monks at Kasyapa Temple watched the battle and recognized his mastery of the Buddhist Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm. Wang Chen returned to Zhensha Pass acclaimed as a hero, where Kou Shihai congratulated him and began asking him a serious question.

• At Kasyapa Temple, the old monk watched Wang Chen defeat Tu Qi and recognized his Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm.
• The old monk ordered Yuan Tong to deliver the Imprint Stone to Heavenly Dragon Temple and explain the matter to Master Fa Ming.
• Wang Chen took Tu Qi’s Storage Bag and claimed the Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff by overpowering its resistance with his Buddhist cultivation art.
• Wang Chen flew back to Zhensha Pass as the people of Daying City celebrated his victory and hailed him as the Heavenly Master.
• At the Seven Star Pavilion, Kou Shihai promised to report Wang Chen’s merit to the sect, then said he needed to ask him something before making the report.

Kou Shihai questioned Wang Chen about his advanced Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma and learned that Monk Wuxiang had given him its middle three levels. Kou Shihai assured Wang Chen that the sect would investigate but promised to testify for him, then left to report the matter and arrange his reward.

• Kou Shihai set up a Mana barrier and asked Wang Chen whether he practiced the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma and how far he had advanced.
• Wang Chen admitted he had reached the sixth level and explained that a Vermilion Fruit had helped his cultivation.
• Wang Chen told Kou Shihai he bought the first three levels from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and received the middle three from Monk Wuxiang.
• Kou Shihai recognized Wuxiang of Lantuo Temple as an eminent monk and said the origin of Wang Chen’s art would pose no problem.
• Kou Shihai promised to testify for Wang Chen during the sect’s investigation and left to report the matter.

After defeating Tu Qi, Wang Chen received congratulations and gifts from Xi Manyun and seven stewards seeking to secure his favor. He learned Meng Fei was advancing at an astonishing pace, then asked Little Cauldron to disguise the conspicuous Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff as a plain long staff.

• Xi Manyun and seven stewards visited Wang Chen with offerings and gifts to congratulate him on defeating Tu Qi.
• The seven stewards flattered Wang Chen and left after he accepted their gifts and told them to do their jobs properly.
• Xi Manyun told Wang Chen that Meng Fei had advanced from the second layer of Qi Condensation toward the third.
• Wang Chen examined the Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff and found that Heavenly Dragon Vajra Power brought out its full might.
• Wang Chen asked Little Cauldron to change the staff's appearance, and Little Cauldron promised to make it a simple long staff.

Wang Chen had Little Cauldron reshape the Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff into the Hidden Dragon Staff, then received the West Sea Sect’s rewards for his duel with the Sand Tribe shaman. Kou Shihai warned him that the Buddhist sect might target him, and Wang Chen stayed in Daying City to cultivate.

• Wang Chen gave Little Cauldron materials to reshape the Nine-Ring Golden Buddhist Staff and promised a hundred Medium Spirit Stones if the work was done well.
• Little Cauldron finished the Hidden Dragon Staff, which Wang Chen tested and named.
• Wang Chen waited in seclusion as the Sand People retreated from the area beyond the pass and his fame spread through Daying City.
• The West Sea Sect rewarded Wang Chen with three thousand Merit Points, five thousand jin of Zhu Rice, and a hundred bottles of Purple Mansion tier Pills, while setting aside concerns about his Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma.
• Kou Shihai warned Wang Chen to remain in Daying City in case the Buddhist sect came after him, and Wang Chen gave him two thousand jin of Zhu Rice.
• Wang Chen continued closed-door cultivation, steadily improving his Innate Five Elements Technique and nearing the Purple Mansion third-layer limit.

Wang Chen advanced to the mid stage of Purple Mansion cultivation after sensing an unknown threat near Zhensha Pass. As he prepared to leave the pass, a massive swarm of giant locusts appeared and threatened the city.

• A dark-skinned merchant entered Daying City, surveyed its shops for several days, and then watched the Seven Star Pavilion from outside Zhensha Pass.
• Wang Chen sensed danger and activated Full Map Mode, but its heavy Human Virtue cost prevented him from finding the source before the threat vanished.
• After seven days of effort, Wang Chen broke through to the mid stage of Purple Mansion cultivation and decided to return to the Upper Xun Celestial Master Pavilion soon.
• A horn sounded, and Wang Chen used the Seven Star Pavilion's water mirror to see a vast swarm of giant locusts advancing toward Zhensha Pass as its array barrier rose.

Zhensha Pass's Battle Cultivators fought off a massive Sand Locust swarm while Kou Shihai suspected the Sand Tribe had sent a Locust Spawn into Daying City. He asked Wang Chen to help find the infiltrator, whose presence could prolong the attack and let Sandfolk hunters slip into the West Sea Spirit Domain.

• Battle Cultivators activated Zhensha Pass's heavy crossbows and God Slaying Cannons as the Sand Locusts approached.
• Sand Locusts crashed into and gnawed at the defensive formation while Battle Cultivators attacked with fireballs, beginning a battle of attrition.
• Smaller, blackish-red locusts arrived, dodged the fireballs, and increased the strain on the formation.
• Kou Shihai came to Seven Star Pavilion and asked Wang Chen for help, suspecting a Locust Spawn had entered Daying City.
• Kou Shihai explained that the Locust Spawn could draw Sand Locusts into an endless assault and give Sandfolk hunter cultivators a chance to bypass Zhensha Pass.

Wang Chen used Kou Shihai’s Prayer Heavenly Mystery Talisman to search Daying City for the Sand Tribe’s Locust Child. After tracking the target to the eastern district and overcoming its efforts to disrupt heavenly secrets, he found it with his global mode and the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror.

• Kou Shihai gave Wang Chen a Prayer Heavenly Mystery Talisman and asked him to locate the Locust Child while he guarded the Seven Star Pavilion.
• Wang Chen flew into Daying City during its lockdown and prayed with the Talisman to find the Locust Child.
• The Talisman pointed Wang Chen toward the eastern district, where its increasingly precise signal narrowed to an area within one li.
• Wang Chen activated global mode and the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror, spending Human Virtue to search through the area.
• Wang Chen spotted a mass of blood-red light in his field of vision and found the target.

Wang Chen tracked a Sand Tribe Locust Child to the Wu Family residence and demanded access to Yunfang Tower, despite Wu Chengzhi’s objections. He destroyed the building with a palm strike, and a mass of black light burst from underground to attack him.

• Wang Chen arrived at the Wu Family residence after locating a Sand Tribe spy, and Wu Chengzhi confronted him.
• Wang Chen revealed that the spy was hiding in Yunfang Tower, Wu Chengzhi’s daughter’s quarters, and warned him to choose whether to cooperate.
• An unseen elder advised Wu Chengzhi to agree, so he brought out his daughter and her attendants for Wang Chen to inspect.
• Wang Chen declared that the spy was not among them and struck Yunfang Tower with the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm.
• A mass of black light erupted from underground and swept toward Wang Chen.

Wang Chen and the Wu Family’s cultivators joined forces to kill a Sand Tribe Locust Child hidden beneath Yunfang Tower. After earning Heavenly Merit, Wang Chen sensed something was wrong as the creature’s severed head released blood-red light filled with runes.

• Wu Chengzhi ordered the Wu residence to retreat and activated the family’s defensive formation as Wang Chen struck Yunfang Tower.
• Wang Chen hit the Sand Tribe Locust Child with the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm and Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, but it survived and attacked the Wu residence with a shriek that harmed the occupants’ Divine Souls.
• Wu Chengzhi threw three Thunderclap Fire Pills at the creature while his great uncle used an ability to restrain it.
• Wang Chen pierced the wounded Sand Tribe Locust Child with the Crimson Lion Sword, cut it into pieces, and severed its head.
• Wang Chen received 1000 Heavenly Merit, then sensed danger as blood-red light and mysterious runes burst from the creature’s flying head.

Wang Chen was captured by a hidden formation after defeating the Sand Tribe Locust Child, but escaped a Buddhist Zen Master's ambush with a Five Elements Divine Escape Talisman. He hid beneath the desert using the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram as the Zen Master searched for him.

• Wang Chen vanished from the Wu Residence in a blood-red formation, while the locust army lost control and its attack on Zhensha Pass collapsed.
• Kou Shihai realized Wang Chen might be in danger when his communication talisman returned, and rushed out to look for him.
• Wang Chen found himself in a desert before a Heavenly Dragon Temple Zen Master and recognized that the locust plague had been a trap aimed at him.
• Wang Chen escaped the Zen Master's grasp with a Five Elements Divine Escape Talisman, then used Heavenly Secret Talismans and Shrink Ground into Inch to flee and hide underground.
• Wang Chen concealed himself with the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram and Spirit Concealment Technique as the Zen Master's aura searched the area until sunset.