Chapter Summaries

Liu Wenbo sought to return to the Monster Hunting Guild after hearing of Li Chengjie's victory, and Gao Chen advised Li Chengjie to accept him for his strength while demanding a contribution toward rebuilding Azure Wave Market. Li Chengjie agreed to let Gao Chen handle the arrangement, leaving Liu Wenbo's return conditional on paying two million low-grade Spirit Stones.

• Liu Wenbo basked in the attention of cultivators at a teahouse and resolved to prove his loyalty to the Monster Hunting Guild.
• Gao Chen reported to Li Chengjie that Liu Wenbo wanted to return, claiming he had been in seclusion and was hurrying back.
• Gao Chen argued that the guild needed Liu Wenbo's Golden Core strength despite his past disloyalty.
• Gao Chen proposed that Liu Wenbo contribute two million low-grade Spirit Stones for Azure Wave Market's reconstruction in exchange for becoming an official Elder.
• Li Chengjie agreed and told Gao Chen to handle the matter.

Liu Wenbo returned to the ruined Azure Wave Market and paid two million Low-grade Spirit Stones to join the Monster Hunting Guild as an Elder. He believed he was gaining Li Chengjie’s favor, while Gao Chen knew Liu was intended to serve as the vanguard against the Chen Family.

• Liu Wenbo arrived at Azure Wave Market and was astonished to learn that Gao Chen had reached the Golden Core stage.
• Gao Chen offered Liu Wenbo formal Elder status in exchange for two million Low-grade Spirit Stones to help rebuild the Marketplace.
• Liu Wenbo asked whether Li Chengjie approved his admission, and Gao Chen confirmed that the Grand Elder had agreed.
• Liu Wenbo handed over the Spirit Stones and looked forward to earning Li Chengjie’s trust and becoming the Guild’s Second Grand Elder.
• Gao Chen watched Liu Wenbo leave, knowing the Spirit Stones had bought him the role of a thug and that he would be the vanguard against the Chen Family.
• Li Chengjie remained in seclusion in his Cave Abode as night fell over the ruins.

After the Monster Hunting Guild’s victory, former residents and merchants returned to Azure Wave Market seeking shops. Gao Chen demanded they contribute Spirit Stones toward rebuilding before he considered leasing to them.

• Hu Changqing and other former residents arrived at the ruined Azure Wave Market, claiming they had come to help rebuild the Guild’s marketplace.
• Gao Chen received Hu Changqing, who asked to lease a shop and offered a dubious excuse for the Hu Family’s earlier flight.
• More than twenty family leaders and former merchants entered and asked Gao Chen to lease them shops.
• Gao Chen reminded them that they had left during the crisis and asked what they had prepared for the marketplace’s reconstruction.
• Hu Changqing, Li Yuanqing, Zhang Dewang, and the others each pledged one hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones as Gao Chen listened with a deepening smile.

Gao Chen confronted Zhu Zhengping for abandoning Azure Wave Market, made him and his followers contribute Spirit Stones to its reconstruction, and revealed his Golden Core cultivation. He then ordered Liu Wenbo to lead the group against the weakened Liu Family, claiming it was Senior Brother Li's intention.

• Zhu Zhengping returned to Azure Wave Market with Chen Tianbao, Li Dongxu, Liu Wenxuan, and other guild members, presenting his flight as a search for reinforcements.
• Gao Chen demanded 500,000 Spirit Stones from Zhu Zhengping and pressured him into paying 350,000, with the remainder deducted from his future salary.
• Gao Chen ordered Chen Tianbao, Li Dongxu, Liu Wenxuan, and the others to contribute 100,000 Spirit Stones each.
• Gao Chen revealed his Golden Core cultivation to Zhu Zhengping and summoned Liu Wenbo to discuss the Liu Family.
• Gao Chen told Liu Wenbo to lead the gathered group to destroy the Liu Family, saying it was Senior Brother Li's intention and that the guild wanted only its Spirit Stones.

Gao Chen arranged an attack on the Liu Family, using the guild’s desire for spoils and a chance to prove loyalty to strengthen Li Chengjie’s position. Li Chengjie approved the plan, and the guild prepared to depart at dawn.

• Gao Chen announced that the Monster Hunting Guild would attack the Liu Family, with Spirit Stones going to the guild and other spoils divided among the fighters.
• Zhu Zhengping, Chen Tianbao, Li Dongxu, and others volunteered, while Liu Wenbo pledged to lead the assault.
• Gao Chen ordered the group to obey commands and set their departure for dawn the next day.
• Gao Chen delivered five million Low-grade Spirit Stones to Li Chengjie, who learned they came from guild members and shop-rental deposits.
• Gao Chen admitted he had arranged the attack to avenge the siege, secure loyalty, and obtain Spirit Stones for Li Chengjie.
• Li Chengjie approved the plan, and Gao Chen left knowing the attack on the Liu Family was settled.

Liu Wenbo led the Monster Hunting Guild to the Liu Family Ancestral Land to settle its debt for joining the attack on the Guild. Liu Jingming defended his clan with the Golden Gang Covering Earth Formation, which withstood Liu Wenbo’s powerful sword strikes.

• Liu Wenbo arrived at the Liu Family Ancestral Land with more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators and announced that he had come under Li Chengjie's orders to collect a debt.
• Liu Jingming confronted Liu Wenbo with four Foundation Establishment peak cultivators and refused to back down despite Liu Wenbo’s late Golden Core strength.
• Liu Jingming offered a million Spirit Stones, but Liu Wenbo rejected the offer and vowed to wipe out the Liu Family.
• Liu Wenbo struck the Golden Gang Covering Earth Formation, shaking the manor and collapsing buildings, but the formation redirected the force into the ground.
• Liu Jingming used the formation’s golden chains and Profound Turtle Guard to block Liu Wenbo’s attacks, and the chapter ended with the formation still holding against his giant sword.

Liu Wenbo fought Liu Jingming and the Liu Family’s Tier 3 top-grade formation, but the formation’s power and Liu Jingming’s sacrifice left both combatants badly injured. The battle ended with Liu Jingming still guarding the Formation Eye and Liu Wenbo severely wounded, while the onlookers feared what would happen next.

• Liu Wenbo attacked the Golden Light Shield with ice blades and an Ice Dragon, but Liu Jingming drove the formation to withstand the assault and countered with Myriad Blades Piercing Clouds.
• Liu Wenbo identified the Golden Treasure Orb as the Formation Eye and struck it with Thousand Mile Ice Seal, but its golden light melted the frost and the formation knocked him back.
• Liu Jingming used the formation to lash Liu Wenbo with chains and a golden sword, damaging the Mysterious Ice Longsword and injuring Liu Wenbo despite his superior cultivation.
• Zhu Zhengping, Chen Tianbao, Li Dongxu, and Liu Wenxuan feared Liu Wenbo’s defeat but hesitated to intervene or retreat.
• Liu Jingming burned his Essence Blood to drive the formation beyond its limits, and golden blades wounded Liu Wenbo deeply while Liu Jingming’s meridians shattered.
• Liu Wenbo and Liu Jingming faced each other severely injured, with Liu Jingming still guarding the Formation Eye as the onlookers watched in terror.

Li Chengjie arrived at the Liu Family Ancestral Land and broke Liu Jingming’s Golden Light Shield formation. He ordered his followers to attack, leaving the Liu Family exposed to the assault.

• Li Chengjie arrived as Liu Wenbo and the others despaired, then ordered Liu Wenbo to step back.
• Liu Jingming strengthened the Golden Light Shield and attacked Li Chengjie with golden chains and a beast-shaped blast, but Li Chengjie’s treasures repelled them.
• Li Chengjie slowed the formation with the Earth Control Pearl and disrupted Liu Jingming with the Soul Suppressing Beads.
• Li Chengjie struck the formation’s weak point with the Measuring Heaven Ruler and Golden Flame Sword, shattering the Golden Light Shield and knocking Liu Jingming into the ruins.
• Li Chengjie ordered his followers to kill, and Zhu Zhengping, Chen Tianbao, Li Dongxu, Liu Wenxuan, and the others stormed the Liu Family Ancestral Land.

After Li Chengjie shattered the Liu Family’s Golden Light Shield, Liu Wenbo killed Liu Jingming and led the Monster Hunting Guild in slaughtering the clan’s survivors. The Liu Family Ancestral Land became a battlefield, with Liu Wenbo’s Spiritual Sense Impact crippling fleeing cultivators while the guild seized their Storage Bags.

• Liu Wenbo killed the badly wounded Liu Jingming with the Mysterious Ice Longsword and collected his Storage Bag.
• Liu Wenbo killed the four Foundation Establishment peak cultivators who had fled with Liu Jingming.
• Dozens of surviving Liu Family cultivators tried to escape, but Liu Wenbo unleashed his late Golden Core stage Spiritual Sense and knocked many from the sky.
• Liu Wenbo killed four more Foundation Establishment peak cultivators with a sword technique after their Spiritual Sense was wounded.
• Zhu Zhengping, Chen Tianbao, Li Dongxu, Liu Wenxuan, and the other Monster Hunting Guild members attacked the fallen survivors and took their Storage Bags.

After destroying the Liu Family, Li Chengjie discovered a Three Yang Shattering Yuan Fruit tree hidden in the family’s ancestral land. He agreed to move the Monster Hunting Guild headquarters there and began preparing to protect the tree, whose fruits would mature in a year or two.

• Liu Wenbo, Zhu Zhengping, and the others celebrated their victory and gathered spoils as the Liu Family Ancestral Land burned and fell into ruins.
• Li Chengjie found a hidden valley and discovered a Three Yang Shattering Yuan Fruit tree growing at the core of the Liu Family’s Spirit Vein.
• Gao Chen recognized the tree’s value and warned that Azure Wave Market’s weaker Spirit Vein could not sustain it.
• Gao Chen proposed relocating the Monster Hunting Guild headquarters to the Liu Family Ancestral Land, and Li Chengjie agreed.
• Li Chengjie told Gao Chen to handle the Liu Family’s remaining affairs while he set up a formation to protect the tree.

After the Liu Family’s destruction, the Jin Family debated whether to support Li Chengjie against Medicine King Valley or prepare for him as a future threat. Jin Keyu ordered the family to avoid both sides for now and wait to see how the conflict weakened them.

• Jin Keyu confirmed that the Liu Family had been destroyed and that Li Chengjie had broken its Tier 3 top-grade formation in a few breaths.
• Jin Lieshan urged the Jin Family to join Li Chengjie and destroy Medicine King Valley, but other elders warned against getting close to him.
• Jin Wenyuan argued that Li Chengjie’s rise could upset the Star Luo Kingdom’s balance and make him a threat to the Jin Family.
• Jin Hongxi agreed that Li Chengjie’s ruthlessness made him dangerous, and Jin Keyu decided the family should let him and the Medicine King Valley Alliance fight first.
• Jin Keyu ordered Jin Family disciples to withdraw their forces, avoid conflict with the Monster Hunting Guild, and monitor events while claiming the family needed time to recover.

After the Liu Family was annihilated, the Chen Family, Heavenly Sword Pavilion, and Thick Earth Gate sealed their mountains and waited for Medicine King Valley to respond. Ancient Pine ordered Medicine King Valley to fight Li Chengjie to the death and summoned Yang Nianling, whose long history with Ancient Pine left him wondering why he had been called.

• Chen Yuanshan ordered the Chen Family to seal its mountain, recall its disciples, and wait for Medicine King Valley and Ancient Pine to act.
• Dao Wuya ordered Heavenly Sword Pavilion to seal its mountain and recall its disciples after concluding that Li Chengjie would target them next.
• Liu Tianbo ordered Thick Earth Gate to seal its mountain and recall its disciples after learning that the Liu Family had been destroyed.
• Ancient Pine rejected sealing Medicine King Valley as a solution and ordered it to fight Li Chengjie to the death, summoning the other alliance forces to assemble at the valley's mountain gate.
• Ancient Pine summoned Yang Nianling and asked how many years he had followed him; Yang Nianling answered that it had been 137 years.

After the Medicine King Valley’s Golden Core cultivators were killed, Ancient Pine announced he would enter seclusion and attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage, leaving Yang Nianling instructions to flee east if he failed. Meanwhile, Gao Chen reported the Monster Hunting Guild’s consolidation of the Liu Family’s holdings, and Li Chengjie prepared to reward him.

• Ancient Pine admitted that his vow to fight Li Chengjie was meant to keep the other forces from abandoning Medicine King Valley.
• Ancient Pine told Yang Nianling he would attempt a Nascent Soul breakthrough and gave him a Jade Slip containing the valley’s cultivation insights and a treasure map.
• Ancient Pine put Yang Nianling in charge during his seclusion and ordered him to flee with the survivors to Donghua Kingdom if the breakthrough failed.
• Gao Chen reported that the Monster Hunting Guild had collected the Liu Family’s Spirit Stones and forced the Northern Territory’s affiliated forces and eight families to submit or face destruction.
• Li Chengjie approved of Gao Chen’s work and brought out a Jade Bottle to reward him.

Li Chengjie rewarded Gao Chen with a Barrier Breaking Pill and prepared the Monster Hunting Guild for the Three Yang Shattering Yuan Fruit’s harvest in two years. After converting the Liu Family’s wealth and other Spirit Stones into Replication Points, Li Chengjie watched Liu Wenbo refine the Frost Sword.

• Li Chengjie gave Gao Chen a Third-grade Barrier Breaking Pill and told him to oversee the guild when the Three Yang Shattering Yuan Fruit ripened in two years.
• Gao Chen left the valley, reflecting on his loyalty to Li Chengjie and the rewards he had received, then headed to the guild’s new headquarters.
• Li Chengjie exchanged the Liu Family’s wealth and the Spirit Stones contributed for Azure Wave Market, raising his total to twenty-three thousand eight hundred seventy Replication Points.
• Li Chengjie considered how the fruit harvest could help the guild cultivate Golden Core cultivators, then resumed regulating his breath beside the fruit tree.
• Liu Wenbo began refining the Frost Sword and completed the process after an hour, finding its Ice Attribute power perfectly compatible with his own.

After the Monster Hunting Guild’s victory over the Liu Family, its members refined their spoils and reflected on the support they had found under the Grand Elder. Liu Wenbo reaffirmed his loyalty as the guild continued rebuilding and remained wary of Medicine King Valley.

• Liu Wenbo refined the top-grade Frost Sword and Adamant Shield, then said following the Grand Elder had been the best choice of his life.
• Zhu Zhengping refined a low-grade Flying Sword and silver shield and went to inspect the construction site.
• Wang Tiezhu refined the Earthy Yellow Small Shield that President Gao had let him keep and vowed to defend the Monster Hunting Guild.
• Liu Wenbo and the others celebrated their spoils, including magic treasures, Storage Bags, and pills, before Liu Wenbo told them to guard the construction site.
• Liu Wenbo looked over the rebuilding guild and declared that he would follow it for the rest of his life.

Li Chengjie asked where he could find Nascent Soul Cultivators, and Liu Wenbo described powerful cultivators in nearby kingdoms and the vast, formidable Tianlan region. The chapter ended with Liu Wenbo asking whether Li Chengjie wanted to go to Tianlan.

• Li Chengjie asked Gao Chen whether Star Luo Kingdom had any Nascent Soul Cultivators, and Gao Chen said none remained there.
• Gao Chen summoned Liu Wenbo, who told Li Chengjie about Qing Yuanzi in Donghua Kingdom and Daoist Ziyang in Purple Gold Kingdom.
• Liu Wenbo described Tianlan as the Canglan Continent’s prosperous heartland, ruled by nine Holy Lands with Spirit Transformation Ancestors and many Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Gao Chen asked how many Nascent Soul Cultivators lived in Tianlan, and Liu Wenbo estimated that its first-rate sects and Holy Lands each had dozens.
• Liu Wenbo asked Li Chengjie whether he wished to go to Tianlan.

Chen Yuanshan concluded that the Chen Family could not rely on Medicine King Valley or its other allies and decided to seek peace with Li Chengjie. He sent two Elders to offer submission, resources, and a marriage alliance with Chen Xin'er as a delaying tactic.

• Li Chengjie dismissed Liu Wenbo and Gao Chen, who resolved to manage the Monster Hunting Guild and be useful when he needed them.
• Chen Yuanshan learned Medicine King Valley had sealed its gates and was not preparing the promised attack on Li Chengjie.
• Chen Yuanshan rejected relying on the Jin Family or the Chen Family’s defenses and decided to beg Li Chengjie for peace.
• Chen Yuanshan ordered two Elders to offer the Chen Family’s submission, Spirit Stones, and a marriage alliance with Chen Xin'er.
• Chen Yuanshan explained that the marriage alliance was meant to signal surrender and buy time, not to guarantee Li Chengjie would spare the Chen Family.

Chen Yuanshan planned to use a marriage alliance and the Chen Family’s submission to Li Chengjie to buy time while he fought other factions. Meanwhile, former Azure Wave Market merchants and Rogue Cultivators came seeking to join the Monster Hunting Guild, and Gao Chen and Liu Wenbo considered their late arrival.

• Chen Yuanshan told the Chen Family Elders that offering Xin'er in marriage and submitting to Li Chengjie could make him attack Medicine King Valley, Heavenly Sword Pavilion, and Thick Earth Gate first.
• Chen Yuanshan ordered the Elders to offer Li Chengjie ten million Spirit Stones and Xin'er in marriage, but said the Chen Family would fight to the death if he refused.
• Zhu Zhengping found former Azure Wave Market merchants and Rogue Cultivators gathered at the Monster Hunting Guild headquarters, hoping to join after the Liu Family's defeat.
• Zhu Zhengping went to report the applicants to Gao Chen and Liu Wenbo, who noted that they had waited until after the Liu Family was destroyed and its spoils divided.

Li Chengjie accepted the Chen Family’s ten million Spirit Stones as an offer of peace and asked Gao Chen to accompany him to Tianlan. After arranging for the Monster Hunting Guild to be managed by Liu Wenbo and Zhu Zhengping, Li Chengjie and Gao Chen secretly left for the south.

• Chen Wenyuan and Chen Wenshan offered the Monster Hunting Guild ten million Spirit Stones and proposed a marriage between Chen Xin'er and Li Chengjie in exchange for peace.
• Li Chengjie invited Gao Chen to travel with him to Tianlan, and Gao Chen agreed.
• Li Chengjie told Gao Chen to accept the Chen Family’s ten million Spirit Stones, while leaving the marriage proposal undecided.
• Gao Chen arranged for Liu Wenbo and Zhu Zhengping to oversee the guild while he and Li Chengjie entered seclusion.
• Li Chengjie and Gao Chen secretly left their respective abodes and met a hundred li away before flying south.

Li Chengjie and Gao Chen traveled toward Tianlan aboard Treasure Pavilion’s Cloud Shuttle, where steward Yang Qingling sold them a detailed regional map. They continued their three-month journey with a clearer idea of the vast cultivation world ahead.

• Li Chengjie and Gao Chen left Star Luo Kingdom and boarded Treasure Pavilion’s Fourth Order Cross-Domain Cloud Shuttle bound for Tianlan.
• Yang Qingling introduced the Canglan Continent’s five regions and described Tianlan as far larger and more powerful than the Northern Territory.
• Yang Qingling sold Li Chengjie and Gao Chen a Tianlan Region Map for 30,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Chengjie examined the map and found its information useful, though the purchase still made his heart ache.
• Gao Chen examined the Jade Slip before it destroyed itself, and Li Chengjie estimated they would reach Tianlan in about three months.