Chapter Summaries

Song Changming completed his first Minor Witch Strength Seal and discovered how greatly it amplified his punches, then studied the limits of his body and prepared to compete in the Forty-First Banner Army’s martial competition. The chapter ended as chief Flag Lord Wang Tianshuang ordered the competition to begin.

• Song Changming refined a Minor Witch Strength Seal into his right palm bone and found it multiplied his punching power several times without draining his body like the Blood Burst Secret Technique.
• Song Changming concluded his current bones could only support basic minor Witch Seals, so he planned to strengthen his body before trying to refine a second-tier Witch Soldier Seal.
• Song Changming entered the military camp with Fu Yuan, who urged him to take the martial competition seriously, and they encountered Zhao Li on the way to the drill ground.
• Song Changming and the other generals assembled with the Forty-First Banner Army as Zhao Linxin watched him with resentment over Xing Tiexin’s protection of him.
• Chief Flag Lord Wang Tianshuang and the four minor Flag Lords arrived, took their seats, and Wang Tianshuang ordered the martial competition to begin.

The martial competition advanced from the Centurions’ arena matches to the generals’ battle, where Song Changming faced Ma Liefeng. Ma Liefeng launched a swift opening attack, and Song Changming drew his saber to meet him.

• Xing Tiexin’s Centurions fought for the arenas, but Zhao Li was the only one who held his position for long before being defeated.
• Xing Tiexin and Hu Xiangnan wagered fifty mid-grade Spirit Crystals on Song Changming’s match against Ma Liefeng.
• Hu Xiangnan sent Ma Liefeng to the arena, and Xing Tiexin called Song Changming to face him.
• Wang Tianshuang questioned Xing Tiexin’s choice, but Yang Zhen and Wang Shifu praised Song Changming’s strength and ability.
• Ma Liefeng rushed at Song Changming like a gale, and Song Changming dodged and drew his saber, halting Ma Liefeng’s advance.

Song Changming defeated Ma Liefeng and another veteran vice general, revealing the overwhelming strength of his Shaman Strength Seal. He then faced Wu Feng, the five-meridian top vice general, as both fighters prepared to clash.

• Song Changming used the Shaman Strength Seal to defeat Ma Liefeng and claim Hu Xiangnan’s fifty mid-grade Spirit Crystals for Xing Tiexin.
• Song Changming overwhelmed a veteran vice general who challenged him, and no one else stepped forward until Wu Feng entered the arena.
• Wu Feng challenged Song Changming to defend his title as top vice general, and Song Changming recognized him as a formidable opponent with five Earthly Martial Meridians.
• Song Changming activated his Fire God form and gathered his saber intent while Wu Feng surrounded himself with dense white Innate Qi.
• Yan Dingjin and the other minor Flag Lords discussed the two men’s Martial Path Legacies and talents as Wang Tianshuang watched with growing interest.

Song Changming fought Wu Feng to a draw in the martial contest, earning recognition from Wang Tianshuang and raising his standing among the deputy generals. After the contest ended, Song Changming received increased pay and cultivation resources, while the army’s troop formations completed their own competition.

• Song Changming and Wu Feng exchanged hundreds of blows, with neither able to overcome the other, until Wang Tianshuang stopped the fight and declared it a draw.
• Song Changming returned to Xing Tiexin’s group, changed into fresh armor from Fu Yuan, and reflected on the strain the Shaman Seal had put on his body.
• Fu Yuan won three consecutive matches before the deputy generals finished competing, and Song Changming was ranked alongside Wu Feng among the strongest deputy generals.
• The First Troop Formation won the formation battles, while Xing Tiexin’s troops placed in the middle to lower ranks.
• Song Changming’s performance earned Wang Tianshuang’s favor and raised his monthly salary and cultivation benefits.

After spending two years in Cuibai Way and the army, Song Changming joined the Emerald Banner Army’s effort to suppress a demon calamity spreading from West Valley Way. He rescued villagers from Pig Demons and continued toward Mingju City, which was in danger.

• After the martial competition, Song Changming received improved military benefits and used a medicinal bath to recover and strengthen his body while refining a second Shaman Seal.
• Song Changming completed his second year in Cuibai Way and the army as a large-scale demon calamity spread into neighboring regions.
• King Cui ordered the Emerald Banner Army, including Song Changming’s Forty-First Banner Army, to suppress the demons.
• Song Changming killed a Pig Demon attacking a village and told a little girl to flee with the other villagers.
• Song Changming defeated the remaining Pig Demons without drawing his saber, then flew onward as other commanders hurried to reinforce Mingju City.

Mingju City came under a massive demon assault, and its defenders struggled as the protective formation neared collapse. Wang Tianshuang arrived with reinforcements and began turning the battle, while Song Changming’s unit fought its way toward the city.

• Hu Wutian and the other minor Flag Lords led Mingju City’s defense as demons attacked the city-protecting formation.
• The demon assault overwhelmed the defenders, and the formation flickered near collapse before Wang Tianshuang arrived with the Forty-First Banner Army, including Song Changming.
• Wang Tianshuang unleashed his Ten Directions Thunder Prison, killing thousands of demons and then charging to aid the city.
• Song Changming fought through flying demons and endured the spiritual attacks as he landed near Wang Tianshuang.
• Wang Tianshuang struck the formation membrane and cleared away the demons clinging to it, while Xing Tiexin ordered Song Changming’s unit to advance in formation and fight safely toward the city.

Song Changming used his Wind Thunder Divine Movement Art, Thunderous Dao Body, and Minor Witch Strength Seals to overcome the Lightning Leopard’s superior speed and kill it. The battle continued around him, with Xing Tiexin still fighting the purple-scaled python.

• The demons attacked the army, and Xing Tiexin engaged the purple-scaled python while Fu Yuan organized the soldiers to hold back the other demons.
• Song Changming killed a horned toad demon, but a Lightning Leopard wounded Ma Guxi and tried to drag him away.
• Song Changming drove the leopard off Ma Guxi, ordered the Centurion to retreat, and fought the demon at high speed using his Wind Thunder Divine Movement Art.
• The Lightning Leopard pushed its speed further, but Song Changming activated his Minor Witch Strength Seals and struck it down with a saber slash.
• Song Changming pursued the wounded leopard through the demons and beheaded it with a second slash, unharmed by its lightning needles.

Song Changming and the Forty-First Banner Army fought through the demon horde toward Mingju City, where Wang Tianshuang defended the protective formation. Song Changming saved Fu Yuan from an insect demon and continued fighting until his strength began to run low.

• Song Changming killed a Lightning Leopard, evaded an ambush by a powerful Three-Segment Worm, and refined the leopard's blood qi to strengthen his Thunderous Dao Body.
• Song Changming and Xing Tiexin led their battle formations onward toward Mingju City, killing demons as the opposition grew stronger.
• A giant bird carried off a deputy general, and Song Changming rescued Fu Yuan from a mud monster, then killed the insect demon after discovering it had faked its death.
• The Forty-First Banner Army reached Mingju City's walls and joined the battle while Wang Tianshuang fought the demon horde above the protective formation.
• Song Changming killed several hundred demons, but his mental energy, stamina, and Innate Qi began nearing their limits.

Song Changming helped defend Mingju City against the demon assault until reinforcements arrived, then rested and continued cultivating his Witch Clan seals. The demon calamity in western Cuibai Way was contained, while at Bai Tian Temple, Day Heavenly Master’s latest attempt at refining pills failed.

• The Ninth Banner Army’s commander and generals arrived, helping the Emerald Banner Army drive the demons away from Mingju City.
• Xing Tiexin praised Song Changming for protecting his unit, while Zhao Linxin grew jealous of Song Changming’s strength.
• Hu Xuzhi ordered the city gates opened and the wounded treated after the battle.
• Song Changming rested, saw his Wind Thunder Divine Movement Art experience increase, and continued refining demon essence and his five Shaman Seals.
• The army contained the demon calamity across western Cuibai Way, while Day Heavenly Master discovered that his latest batch of pills had failed.

Day Heavenly Master learned that Song Changming, the medicinal catalyst he had lost, was alive and ordered the tiger demon to take him there. Meanwhile, Song Changming joined the army’s campaign into the forest, where Bomb Birds attacked its advance.

• Day Heavenly Master killed alchemists after their pills failed, then heard the tiger demon report that Song Changming resembled the missing medicinal catalyst.
• The tiger demon also reported rumors that a Heavenly Phoenix Feather had empowered the Guan bird, but Day Heavenly Master focused on Song Changming and ordered the tiger demon to lead him there.
• Song Changming refined demon blood essence before setting out with Fu Yuan and Ma Guxi to join the army’s operation against demons in the forest.
• Wang Tianshuang led the Forty-First Banner Army into the forest as three other Emerald Banner Armies closed in from different directions.
• Fu Yuan warned that a flock of Bomb Birds was approaching, and Xing Tiexin attacked them with his spear, setting off explosions in the air.

Song Changming and the human army fought a massive demon force in the forest after a flock of Bomb Birds attacked them. As the battle spread, Song Changming rescued Zhao Linxin from an eagle demon and killed Xuanming, while Wang Tianshuang continued pursuing the giant eagle.

• Bomb Birds bombed the troop, but Song Changming and the commanders survived, and the soldiers suffered only minor injuries.
• Wang Tianshuang pursued a giant eagle as demons poured from the forest, and Xing Tiexin assembled his soldiers into a great battle formation.
• Cangwu led the eagle demons in an attack, and Xuanming seized the wounded Zhao Linxin after Xing Tiexin forced Cangwu to release him.
• Song Changming struck Xuanming with his saber, overpowering him and knocking him from the sky.
• Song Changming attacked again with both Minor Witch Strength Seals, and Xuanming's Black Sky Eagle technique failed to save him; he died with broken wings and severed claws.

Song Changming killed the Black Eagle and, with Xing Tiexin, brought down Cangwu while the demoness Lian'er fled. After Wang Tianshuang cleared the battlefield but failed to kill the giant eagle, he ordered an investigation into the demon calamity in West Valley Way.

• Song Changming killed the Black Eagle, collected its Qi and Blood essence, and retrieved Zhao Linxin's storage pouch from his corpse.
• Lian'er revealed she wanted Song Changming to father children with her, then fled when he showed killing intent.
• Song Changming joined Xing Tiexin and helped kill Cangwu after the wounded eagle demon failed to escape.
• Xing Tiexin ordered Zhao Linxin's remains collected, and Fu Yuan promised to prevent rumors that Song Changming had let him die deliberately.
• Wang Tianshuang returned and used pillars of Innate Qi to destroy many demons, but the giant eagle escaped.
• Wang Tianshuang ordered a thorough investigation into the demon calamity in West Valley Way.

After seven days of demon-slaying, Song Changming was targeted by Day Heavenly Master, but King Cui intervened and drove the great demon away. Song Changming resolved to pursue greater strength, while Day Heavenly Master retreated to recover and vowed revenge.

• Song Changming and the army returned toward Mingju City after seven days of fierce fighting, and Song Changming reflected on how much his strength had grown from refining demon Qi and Blood.
• Day Heavenly Master descended from the clouds and tried to seize Song Changming, revealing their past encounter in which he had captured Song Changming to refine pills.
• Wang Tianshuang and the other officers confronted Day Heavenly Master, but King Cui arrived, struck the great demon away, and chased after him.
• King Cui returned, heard Wang Tianshuang and Song Changming recount what happened, and ordered the army to continue guarding the west while he headed to West Valley Way.
• Day Heavenly Master returned to Bai Tian Temple gravely injured, ordered Ming to manage the temple during his recovery, and demanded one hundred human children each month as blood food.
• Song Changming cultivated beneath the moon, resolved to become strong enough to protect himself, and received the limited-time status 'Heaven Rewards Diligence' after midnight.

Song Changming discovered that the Great Demon Guan bird had entered Cuibai Way while it battled the giant eagle, and he realized the military needed to be warned. After the demons fled, a newborn chick fell from the eagle’s nest and began following Song Changming as he gathered the scattered Spirit Crystals.

• Song Changming sparred with Xing Tiexin, then joined the demon-suppression operation outside Mingju City.
• Song Changming killed several fleeing ape demons and searched the forest, where he spotted the giant eagle fighting a powerful woman named Guan.
• Guan declared that she needed the giant eagle’s flesh and blood to restore her demon core, then chased it away while Song Changming decided to report her arrival.
• The giant eagle’s nest was struck by the battle, scattering Spirit Crystals and knocking a newborn chick into the forest.
• Song Changming collected the Spirit Crystals and noticed that the unusual chick was still following him.

Song Changming encountered a mysterious woman and the dead giant eagle while investigating a suspected great demon, then brought a clever yellow chick back to camp and named it Little Yellow. The next day, the Royal Army arrived at Mingju City, bringing King Cui’s elite forces into the unfolding response.

• Song Changming led Yang Zhen and several commanders to the mountain peak, where they found a powerful demonic aura and a giant bird’s nest before the woman in white appeared and vanished after reaching toward him.
• Wang Tianshuang and the other commanders searched the area and found the giant eagle dead in the forest, then decided to report the great demon matter to the King.
• Song Changming returned to camp, learned that the chick understood human speech, and named it Little Yellow after discovering it disliked being called a chick.
• Little Yellow watched Song Changming cultivate, tried and failed to fly from the table, then nestled against his leg as faint silver light appeared around it.
• A thousand or more Innate-stage Royal Army elites arrived at Mingju City, and Fu Yuan explained that they were King Cui’s specially trained force.

Song Changming received a mission during the ongoing demon disaster and rushed to rescue Ma Guxi’s squad from a Blazing Flame Deer Demon attacking a village. He defeated the demon and took its head, leaving the village’s survivors to be protected by Ma Guxi’s soldiers.

• Song Changming reviewed his Spirit Crystal reserves and concluded that he had enough resources to maintain his cultivation for about a year.
• Ma Guxi summoned Song Changming for a mission, and Song Changming left Little Yellow in his room before departing.
• A pack of demons attacked a village, and a Blazing Flame Deer Demon struck Ma Guxi’s squad with demon flames.
• Song Changming arrived in time to split the flames with his saber and ordered Ma Guxi to protect the villagers who had escaped.
• Song Changming overpowered the Blazing Flame Deer Demon with a flaming punch, seized its horn, and beheaded it with his saber.

Song Changming killed the Blazing Flame Deer Demons attacking a village, and the demon fire unexpectedly strengthened his Indestructible Flood Dragon Body. After rescuing the villagers and gathering thirteen Blazing Flame Horns, he met Royal Army experts who arrived at the ruins.

• Song Changming saved a family from a Blazing Flame Deer Demon and killed the demon general leading the herd.
• Song Changming charged into the remaining demons, broke through their combined demon fire, and killed two with a sweep of his blade.
• A deer demon struck Song Changming with its Blazing Flame Horn, but his Indestructible Flood Dragon Body withstood the attack and improved after exposure to the fire.
• Song Changming killed all thirteen Blazing Flame Deer Demons and collected their horns while Ma Guxi and the soldiers rescued the villagers and controlled the fire.
• More than twenty Royal Army experts arrived and asked Song Changming whether he had killed the demons alone; he credited the soldiers for their part in saving the villagers.

After the demon disaster, Song Changming and the survivors reached Water Jade City, where he resumed cultivation and considered strengthening his saber techniques. The Royal Army expert who had offered to buy his Blazing Flame Horns arrived at the training grounds and pointed out that Song Changming lacked a decisive finishing move.

• The Royal Army elites left Song Changming to handle the survivors, while one expert arranged to buy all his Blazing Flame Horns.
• Xing Tiexin joined Song Changming with survivors from another village and led the combined group toward Water Jade City, warning that the disaster might have powerful demons behind it.
• Song Changming and the survivors reached Water Jade City, and Song Changming returned to camp, where he found a little white bird visiting Little Yellow.
• Song Changming cultivated with the Blazing Flame Deer Demons' blood essence and practiced his saber, hoping to reach Five Dragon Strength and acquire a high-grade saber art.
• The Royal Army expert came to see Song Changming, praised his saber techniques, and observed that they lacked a decisive finishing move.

Song Changming sold Blazing Flame Horns to Fang Tianyan, whose unusual insight into Song Changming’s talents made him curious about his cultivation path. After the demon calamity ended and the depleted troops returned to the main city, Song Changming came home and learned that Song Ping'an had begun establishing a brewery.

• Song Changming sold thirteen Blazing Flame Horns to Fang Tianyan for one hundred and fifty mid-grade Spirit Crystals, and Fang Tianyan offered to buy more and advise him about blade arts.
• Fang Tianyan told his companion that Song Changming’s remarkable Qi and Blood and unusual cultivation choices made him seem like a person with extraordinary traits.
• Nearly two months later, the demon calamity ended, and Song Changming’s troop returned to the main city after losing more than three hundred soldiers.
• Civilians cheered the returning troops, and Fu Yuan told Song Changming to rest during the coming recovery period.
• Song Changming returned to his residence, where Song Ping'an reported progress on acquiring and developing a small brewery.
• Song Changming greeted Big Yellow and Big White and gave them Blazing Flame Deer Demon meat.

Song Changming returned home, gave Song Ping'an Spirit Coins to fund the liquor business, and learned that Little Yellow survived by absorbing energy during his cultivation. At the victory banquet, his demon-slaying record earned him generous rewards and a promotion to commander-in-chief of the newly formed Twelfth Troop, with Xing Tiexin and Yang Zhen later explaining how they had helped secure it.

• Song Changming told Ah Er not to feed Little Yellow and explained that the chick absorbed energy from his cultivation.
• Song Changming gave Song Ping'an more than five thousand Spirit Coins to invest in developing and running the liquor business.
• At the victory banquet, officials announced that Song Changming had fought in thirty-one battles and slain 537 demons, then awarded him Spirit Coins, Spirit Crystals, Innate Pills, and a choice of Martial Art Manual.
• Wang Tianshuang announced the Emerald Banner Army's expansion and appointed Meng Shijie commander-in-chief of the Eleventh Troop and Song Changming commander-in-chief of the Twelfth Troop.
• Song Changming celebrated with Xing Tiexin, Fu Yuan, and Yang Zhen, who told him they had supported his promotion.