Chapter Summaries

Wei He decided that drawing Great Moon into the war was the only way to preserve Xuanmiao Sect and its people, then completed the Three Hearts Art by merging the Cloudy Beast bloodline. His new speed and strength left him confident that even a speed-focused Grandmaster from Great Moon could not surpass him in that regard.

• Wei He became Xuanmiao Sect's acting sect master and considered how to save the weakened sect as Seracla's fleet advanced and Yuan Du Zi remained missing.
• Wei He resolved to provoke Great Moon into entering the war, even if Xuanmiao Sect's holdings and the Haining Alliance and Tide faction were sacrificed.
• Wei He used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to bring the Three Hearts Art to major completion and fully merge the Mount Sumeru Whale King, Black Goat, and Cloudy Beast bloodlines with his human bloodline.
• Wei He gained the Cloudy Beast's ability to release mist and use it to move at extreme speed without a sonic boom.
• Wei He's three True Beast hearts strengthened his body for three days, adding more than two hundred thousand jin of strength.

Mo Nian died after warning Mo Qing to flee, and the Haining Alliance broke apart as its members divided its resources. Wei He led the Xuanmiao Sect to the Fuling Mountain Range to establish a refuge, while Li Rong was interrupted at the Burning Heaven Army Department by an unidentified visitor bearing important news.

• Mo Nian urged Mo Qing to abandon the Far West and escape before he died from his wounds.
• Mo Qing left Haining Palace, and the Haining Alliance's five Grandmasters divided its power and resources as the alliance collapsed.
• Wei He and the Xuanmiao Sect's leading members reached the Fuling Mountain Range to establish a hidden refuge and plan their return to the Far West.
• Li Rong reviewed the Ju Sha Army's capabilities and considered how to improve its defense against ultra-high-speed Grandmasters.
• An unidentified figure forced past the Burning Heaven Army Department's guards and appeared before Li Rong, claiming to have important news.

Wei He returned to the Burning Heaven Army Department and reunited with Li Rong before traveling to the Royal Capital. Emperor Dingyuan appointed him commander-in-chief of the Ju Sha Army, while Wei He began considering how to provoke an all-out war between Great Yue and Seracla.

• Wei He revealed himself to Li Rong, who embraced him and scolded him for disappearing, then welcomed him back with relief.
• Wei He reunited with Li Chengji and Xue Huo, and the army department learned that he had returned.
• Wei He and Li Rong traveled to the Royal Capital, where Emperor Dingyuan received them in a secret audience.
• Wei He told Emperor Dingyuan that people from Far Hope had rescued him after a Buddhist grandmaster captured him.
• Emperor Dingyuan offered Wei He the Ju Sha Army's commander-in-chief post, and Wei He accepted.
• Wei He resolved to plan how to make Great Yue and Seracla enter an all-out war.

Old Tori surveyed Far Hope’s Purple Fluorite mines and learned how Commander Saff’s quotas forced the local population into brutal labor. After reporting his return to Emperor Dingyuan, Wei He spoke with Sima Chi, who explained why the emperor trusted him and reminded him that Sima Wuque was waiting.

• Old Tori arrived in Far Hope and saw Seracla merchants preparing to profit from its abundant Purple Fluorite.
• An elderly merchant explained that Commander Saff had imposed harsh household mining quotas, enforced with mutilation and execution.
• Wei He reported his Far Hope experiences to Emperor Dingyuan, who welcomed him back into the Ju Sha system without questioning him.
• Sima Chi stopped Wei He in the palace corridor and said Emperor Dingyuan trusted him because Dayue needed allies against the Buddhist sects.
• Sima Chi warned Wei He that Ju Sha required vast resources and reminded him that Sima Wuque had been waiting for him.
• Wei He reflected on the conversation and considered Wan Qingqing’s acceptance of his betrothal to Sima Wuque.

Wei He studied Seracla’s cultivation system and searched for a way to provoke a war between Seracla and Great Yue. He began forming a plan to lure Seracla into attacking, while Emperor Dingyuan learned that the Essence-Catalyst Breaker likely came from Empress Ling Chongyan and resolved to punish her forces.

• Wei He suspected that Empress Ling Chongyan had also given Mu Chengwei an Essence-Catalyst Breaker, and he left the imperial city planning to take control of the Ju Sha Army.
• Emperor Dingyuan questioned Xiao Fuyue about the Purple Snowstone shortage and learned that Ling Chongyan had likely supplied the Essence-Catalyst Breaker.
• Wei He traveled to Tongxuan City, where he studied Seracla’s warrior and knight manuals with Xuanmiao Sect disciple Han Chunyu.
• Wei He reviewed intelligence on Great Yue and Seracla, ruling out minor incidents or the death of an important person as sufficient causes for war.
• Wei He considered a surprise attack or a struggle over urgently needed resources and began devising a scheme to make Seracla believe it could gain enormous benefits by attacking Great Yue.

Wei He arrived at the Ju Sha Army camp, took control of its formation core, and learned how the formation amplified its commanding general. He discovered unauthorized use of the secret vault and ordered Wang Zitao to lead him to the officer responsible.

• Wei He entered the underground Ju Sha Army camp and met its three division leaders, including Wang Zitao.
• Wei He ordered Wang Zitao to take him to the formation core, where they found the secret vault doors open and signs that supplies had been removed.
• Wei He learned that only the commanding general and logistics officer could withdraw supplies, then ordered the logistics officer, Fan Chongxian, to be summoned.
• Wei He grasped the formation core and learned that the Ju Sha Army's strength, defense, healing, and reaction speed depended heavily on its commanding general.
• When Fan Chongxian failed to arrive, Wei He ordered Wang Zitao to lead him to the officer, and Wang Zitao trembled.

Wei He took command of the Ju Sha Army by killing Silver Department and brutally suppressing resistance, then investigated the army’s unusual formation and its costly need for star cores and Purple Snowstone. He suspected Seracla had invaded Far Hope to seize its Purple Snowstone deposits and that Emperor Dingyuan was secretly studying the True Strength system.

• Wei He killed Silver Department in front of the soldiers and declared that the Ju Sha Army would follow his rules, then summoned its warehouse deputy and military leaders.
• Wei He reviewed the army’s records, ordered a full inspection, and learned that activating its formation consumed a Golden Body limit star core and over a thousand jin of Purple Snowstone each day.
• Wei He used his talisman to suppress resistance among the Ju Sha Army’s leaders and discovered that the formation spread attacks across its soldiers while strengthening their defenses.
• Wei He observed soldiers sparring without injuring each other and sensed that the talisman gathered and redistributed energy from their subsidiary bodies and the surrounding true energy.
• Wei He connected Great Moon’s heavy demand for Purple Snowstone with Seracla’s possible need for the mineral, recalling the rich deposits in northern Far Hope.
• Wei He began to suspect that Emperor Dingyuan had been secretly researching the True Strength system.

Emperor Dingyuan considered Wang Xuan's report about Far Hope's mineral riches, while Wang Xuan brutally imposed discipline on the Ju Sha Army and prepared it for combat. At a snowy temple, an abbot sought Wen She’s help against the Ju Sha Army, and Wen She reacted to hearing Wang Xuan’s name.

• Emperor Dingyuan read Wang Xuan’s memorial about Far Hope and summoned Ministry of Works officials to verify its resources and plan an expedition.
• Wei He killed a defiant Ju Sha soldier after executing others who resisted his orders, then ordered the army to march for Haizhou for live-combat training.
• Wei He ordered Wang Zitao to send half the Ju Sha Army’s provisions to White Elephant City, and Wang Zitao obeyed.
• A black-cassocked abbot arrived at Wen She’s snowy temple and asked him to join Guangci Cult in dealing with the Ju Sha Army.
• Wen She recognized Wang Xuan’s name and recalled the failed operation to capture him.

The Buddhist Sect planned to undermine Wang Xuan and tested his strength by sending two Grandmasters to confront him. Wei He used the Ju Sha Army formation to withstand their attack, and afterward advanced to the late stage of the Divine Strength Realm, but he remained wary of the Sect’s intentions.

• The black-robed Buddhist Sect leader and Secret King Wen She decided to prepare to intercept Ju Sha and destroy Wang Xuan’s standing with Emperor Dingyuan.
• Wei He waited alone in the stone forest and called out the Buddhist Sect’s hidden visitors, whereupon Wen She and a bronze monk appeared.
• Wei He fought both Grandmasters and activated the Ju Sha Army formation through his talisman to block their combined attack, though the Star Core lost nearly half its energy.
• Wen She and the bronze monk withdrew after testing Wei He, having gauged the formation’s strength and its heavy energy consumption.
• Wei He advanced to the late stage of the Divine Strength Realm but remained uneasy about the Buddhist Sect’s plans.

Emperor Dingyuan accepted Wei He's offer of leverage and ordered the army to give him whatever supplies he wanted. As Wei He led the Ju Sha Army into Haizhou, he slaughtered the mourners blocking its path and then used the army formation to reveal a desolate True World plain before a vast blood-red boundary.

• Emperor Dingyuan dismissed reports about Wang Xuan's identity, saw Wei He's appropriation of supplies as useful leverage, and issued a decree granting him more.
• Wei He led the Ju Sha Army toward Haizhou, with Chen Xin outwardly submitted and Wang Zitao and Zhang Qixiu guarding him.
• Relatives of soldiers Wei He had killed blocked the suspension bridge and accused him of brutality.
• Wei He ordered the archers to fire, killing the mourners, and the Ju Sha Army cleared the bodies and continued onward.
• Wei He and the three leaders activated the Return to Truth formation, revealing a gray-white plain and a massive blood-red region ahead.

Wei He tested the Ju Sha Army’s formation against a swarm of Golden Body Red Hunter Eaglebeak Kings, discovering that it shared most of the soldiers’ injuries. He then activated Ju Sha Full Moon, reached five million jin of force, and slaughtered every giant beast in moments.

• Wei He lured Red Hunter Eaglebeak Kings from the gale belt with Scent Lure and ordered the Ju Sha Army to attack freely.
• The Ju Sha soldiers fought in squads as the formation dispersed most of the damage they took and allowed them to recover quickly.
• Wei He sounded the gong to recall the troops after they killed three beasts, then stepped forward to test his own limits.
• Wei He activated Ju Sha Full Moon and gathered the army’s power until he reached five million jin of force.
• Wei He charged through the Red Hunter Eaglebeak Kings and killed them all in less than ten breaths.

Shang Rong uncovered Seracla’s deep-sea Purple Snowstone operations and tried to send the intelligence, but Seracla soldiers captured him. Wei He trained Liu Chengxi in Seracla’s warrior method and assessed his growing power, while Emperor Dingyuan received a report that seemed to bring important news.

• Shang Rong learned from Gru that Seracla was extracting large quantities of Purple Snowstone from Yuanxi’s deep sea after its conquest.
• Shang Rong sent the intelligence by a mosquito-like insect, but Seracla soldiers intercepted him and ordered him disposed of.
• Wei He taught Liu Chengxi the Basic Warrior Training Routine, explaining that it built strength by sacrificing future vitality, and ended her training when she collapsed.
• Wei He reflected that he could now defeat Great Moon’s True Blood Grandmasters but still needed to reach Modo’s level to fully control his power.
• Emperor Dingyuan received an intelligence scroll from Moon Veil, abruptly left the imperial banquet, and went to the imperial study; Sima Chi also departed, suspecting major news.

Emperor Dingyuan ordered a massive invasion of Yuanxi to seize its Purple Snowstone deposits, and Wei He led the Ju Sha Army into the campaign. Great Moon’s forces crushed Seracla’s fleet and captured twelve bases in a month, while Wei He gathered resources and prepared to profit from the war.

• Emperor Dingyuan ordered the four military commands and the Ju Sha Army to rendezvous at Wuding City and invade Yuanxi.
• Xisa resolved to join the conflict while Modo agreed to handle the Ancestral Court.
• Bai Shanxin led Great Moon’s forces against Seracla’s near-sea fleet, whose defenses and Sacred Artifact were overwhelmed.
• Wei He watched Great Moon’s forces destroy the fleet and its base island, then continued toward northern Yuanxi.
• Great Moon captured twelve Seracla bases and swept across one-third of Yuanxi, killing over two hundred thousand enemies at a cost of just over five thousand casualties.
• Wei He used the campaign to gather rare resources, cultivate other techniques, and prepare to reap benefits from the war as his True Strength neared a breakthrough.

Saff rallied the Allied Fleet to resist the Great Moon Empire as Wei He commanded a patrol fleet in Far Hope. After Wei He’s forces captured a Seraclan transport ship and found an intact holy artifact, the artifact exploded, and two hidden sword attacks targeted him.

• Saff addressed the Allied Fleet, urged its officers to fight rather than retreat, and received their cries of support.
• Wei He told Cai Menghuan that his patrol fleet would attack Northern Tree Heart Island at dusk while the Xuanmiao Sect experts observed the Great Moon’s military power.
• Wei He’s Ju Sha Army overwhelmed a Seraclan fleet, and Wang Zitao reported that the captured ships had been transporting supplies and an unactivated holy artifact.
• Wei He went to inspect the holy artifact in the ship’s warehouse, but it exploded along with the ammunition stored nearby.
• Wei He survived the blast and fell into the sea, where two concealed blue sword lights shot through the ship and rushed toward him.

Wei He defeated two High-ranking Masters who ambushed his fleet, then confronted Buddhist Grandmasters Kou Song and Haoxue over the captured sacred artifact. After Kou Song withdrew, Wei He suspected that the Buddhist sect had come to investigate the Ju Sha Army itself.

• Two High-ranking Masters attacked Wei He with spiritual radiance and phantoms, but he killed them after a fierce fight.
• Wang Zitao reported that the Ju Sha Army had lost sixteen men and suffered twenty-two severe injuries, and that the fleet carried an unactivated sacred artifact and other supplies.
• Kou Song and Haoxue arrived and demanded the sacred artifact, but Wei He refused to hand it over and summoned the Ju Sha Army formation.
• Kou Song stopped Haoxue from escalating the dispute, saluted the formation's sand dragon, and departed with him.
• Wei He wondered why Kou Song had saluted the phantom and ordered his men to take him to the sacred artifact.

Wei He studied the sacred artifact’s liquid, found that it could boost martial cultivation but carried harmful side effects, and refined the remaining supply into medicine. After Liu Chengxi advanced in the Seracla warrior ranks and Wei He learned Floating Cloud Style, he drank the medicine to test its effects.

• Wei He found that the sacred artifact required a bloodline mark to activate, then brought it back to Brandy Harbor and drilled a hole to collect its liquid.
• Wei He’s experiments showed that the liquid’s radiation harmed ordinary people but could strengthen martial artists while making them excessively excited.
• Wei He refined the sacred liquid with other resources into a cultivation medicine as the conflict between Great Yue and Seracla remained deadlocked around the mining area.
• Liu Chengxi trained intensely under Wei He, became a Level Two Seracla warrior, and helped him comprehend Floating Cloud Style.
• Wei He drank the concentrated medicine he had made from the sacred artifact’s liquid to test its effectiveness.

Wei He broke through and entered the Pain Wind level of the True World, where a gigantic face of blue lights injured his eyes and forced him back to reality. After confirming his True Force had reached the fourth step of Full True, he went to meet Bai Shanxin to ask about the True World and obtaining more holy artifacts.

• Wei He’s perception advanced into the Pain Wind level, where he saw a vast, black True World and heard the wind’s anguished cries.
• Wei He saw a gigantic human face form from blue lights over the sea, and its glare burst his eyes and forced him to return to reality.
• Wei He healed his eyes, concluded that the deeper True World concealed great dangers, and found that his Returning True Force had reached the fourth-step Full True standard.
• Wei He traveled with Chen Xin to the offshore fleet base and attended a military conference where Bai Shanxin assigned objectives and arranged supply protection.
• Wei He asked Bai Shanxin for a private talk, hoping to learn about the luminous face and how to obtain more holy artifacts.

Wei He learned that mysterious glowing faces in the True World had injured many experts, then watched Great Yue lose three Grandmasters to Seracla's new weapon as infighting over the vacant positions eclipsed the campaign. During the assault on Port Maria, he received orders to attack the enemy's right flank and led the Ju Sha Army into battle.

• Wei He asked Bai Shanxin about the glowing faces he had seen in the True World, and Bai said they had injured twenty-five Golden Body martial artists and appeared near other fleets as well.
• Bai Shanxin told Wei He that Great Yue had captured five Sacred Artifacts and warned him that Seracla likely still had a hidden weapon.
• Seracla's counterattack killed three Great Yue Grandmasters, and Bai Shanxin and Kou Song convened an emergency meeting that devolved into a struggle over the vacant domestic interests.
• Wei He continued advancing his cultivation, reaching the perfect limit of the Divine Strength Realm, while his disciple Liu Chengxi advanced to Level Four Warrior.
• During the fifth assault on Port Maria, Wei He spoke with Cai Menghuan and Xiao Ling about the dangerous glowing faces before a soldier delivered the Marshal's order to strike Seracla's right flank.
• Wei He activated the Ju Sha Talisman and ordered the Ju Sha Army to disembark and attack.

Wei He and Great Moon’s forces nearly captured Port Maria before Seracla used War Chains and Black Demon Splitting Bullets to cripple Great Moon’s Grandmasters and force a retreat. As Bai Shanxin and Kou Song remained unconscious and badly injured, Wei He worried about the increasingly frequent appearance of blue-light faces.

• Wei He led the Ju Sha Army through Seracla’s right flank, killed one Master, and pursued another before a Crimson Demon Splitting Bullet struck his arm.
• Bai Shanxin and Saff fought above the battlefield until three War Chains bound Bai Shanxin and nearby Grandmasters, allowing Black Demon Splitting Bullets to hit them.
• Great Moon’s forces retreated from Port Maria after the blast devastated both armies, leaving Seracla with only four surviving Masters.
• At Great Moon’s floating base, a medical officer reported that a spreading toxin was suppressing Bai Shanxin’s regeneration, while Abbot Kou Song and three other Buddhist Sect Grandmasters had also been lost or incapacitated.
• Wei He reflected on the armies’ catastrophic losses and worried that the increasingly frequent blue-light faces heralded further danger.

After Great Yue captured Far Hope, Wei He inspected its mines and learned that Li Rong wanted to see him, while Xiao Ling warned him to avoid the coming internal struggle and gave him the location of an underwater trench. In the Royal Capital, Emperor Dingyuan discussed his plan to destroy Buddhism with Bai Shanxin before an unknown visitor approached the palace.

• Great Yue defeated Seracla at Port Maria, and Far Hope officially changed hands on August 19.
• Wei He inspected a Far Hope mine, told its workers their return depended on Seracla, and received a letter from Li Rong asking him to meet her.
• Xiao Ling warned Wei He to announce his seclusion after returning and gave him the location of an underwater trench containing something he wanted.
• Emperor Dingyuan welcomed the gains from the deaths of eight Buddhist Grandmasters and told Bai Shanxin that destroying Buddhism remained his goal.
• Bai Shanxin sensed someone approaching the palace as the Imperial Guards collapsed unconscious and footsteps sounded outside the doors.