Chapter Summaries

Yang Jing used his Mountain-Splitting Seal true qi to pressure He Jiugang, who switched to a fast, evasive strategy to exploit what he believed was Yang Jing’s weakness. Yang Jing activated Crossing the River true qi as well and swiftly caught up with him, shocking the spectators as the chase continued across the arena.

• Yang Jing pressed He Jiugang with powerful attacks, relying on the Mountain-Splitting Seal while keeping his other two currents of origin true qi unused.
• He Jiugang judged that Yang Jing’s brute strength came at the cost of speed, so he abandoned head-on clashes and attacked while evading.
• Yang Jing blocked He Jiugang’s sword qi and activated the Crossing the River true qi to increase his movement speed.
• Yang Jing rapidly closed the distance despite He Jiugang’s evasive footwork, leaving He Jiugang horrified and the spectators in uproar.

Yang Jing overwhelmed He Jiugang in speed, forcing the swordsman to abandon evasion and unleash his strongest killing technique. He Jiugang’s seven linked sword qi shattered Yang Jing’s true qi barrier, leaving his fist exposed to the final two strikes.

• Yang Jing pursued He Jiugang across the arena, and the Six Sovereigns sensed unusual, swift true qi concealed within Yang Jing’s body.
• He Jiugang realized he could not escape Yang Jing, gathered his true qi while running, and turned to unleash seven linked streaks of sword qi.
• Yang Jing charged into the attack and shattered the first streak with a punch powered by the Mountain-Splitting Seal.
• The next four streaks battered Yang Jing’s true qi barrier until the fifth broke it apart completely.
• He Jiugang saw Yang Jing’s unprotected fist exposed to the final two streaks of sword qi and felt his confidence return.

Yang Jing defeated He Jiugang in the top-eight match after destroying all seven strands of his lethal sword qi with his bare fists. His effortless victory established him as a serious contender for the Jintai Grand Tournament championship, drawing the attention of Jiang Yun, Lü Chongrui, and Li Tai.

• Yang Jing shattered He Jiugang's sixth and seventh strands of sword qi with his unprotected fists, leaving him unharmed.
• He Jiugang froze in disbelief, and Yang Jing seized the opening to attack with a domineering punch.
• He Jiugang exhausted his remaining true qi to slash at Yang Jing, but Yang Jing's Mountain-Splitting Seal-powered punch overwhelmed him.
• The clash sent He Jiugang flying into the arena guardrail, where he collapsed and spat blood.
• The spectators recognized Yang Jing as a potential championship contender, and Jiang Yun, Lü Chongrui, and Li Tai watched him with new caution.

Yang Jing defeated He Jiugang in the Jintai Grand Tournament’s Top Eight Knockout Round, and spectators realized he might still be hiding his full strength. After returning to the Profound Truth Sect’s seats, Yang Jing received his disciples’ admiration while Qin Gang regretted once turning him away.

• He Jiugang conceded to Yang Jing and acknowledged that Yang Jing’s strength had exceeded expectations.
• Commandant Tan announced Yang Jing of the Profound Truth Sect as the winner, completing the round and determining the tournament’s final four.
• Spectators and veteran experts discussed Yang Jing’s overwhelming victory, with many concluding that he had not revealed his full strength and could contend with Jiang Yun, Li Tai, and Lü Chongrui.
• Yang Jing returned to the Profound Truth Sect’s seats, respectfully greeted Qin Gang, and received the admiration of the sect’s disciples.
• Qin Gang recalled rejecting Yang Jing as a prospective disciple and regretted how that decision had helped Lingxi Peak rise under Yang Jing’s success.

After Yang Jing defeated He Jiugang, Qin Gang regretted rejecting him as a disciple, while He Jiugang privately admitted Yang Jing had held back. The tournament announced Li Tai, Jiang Yun, Yang Jing, and Lü Chongrui as the top four, setting up Yang Jing’s semifinal against Jiang Yun and leaving the Profound Truth Sect’s disciples worried.

• Qin Gang silently regretted turning Yang Jing away and reflected on how accepting him could have raised Mountain-Suppressing Peak’s standing.
• He Jiugang took healing medicine after his defeat, rejected a female disciple’s attempts to comfort him, and continued reviewing his fight with Yang Jing.
• Lü Chongrui asked He Jiugang about Yang Jing, and He Jiugang said Yang Jing had suppressed him throughout the fight and still had strength in reserve.
• Commandant Tan announced the top four rankings: Li Tai, Jiang Yun, Yang Jing, and Lü Chongrui.
• The Profound Truth Sect disciples realized that Yang Jing would face Jiang Yun in the semifinals and grew tense about the matchup.

Yang Jing prepared for his semifinal against Jiang Yun by taking his master's warning seriously, discussing the risks with Sun Ningxiang, and refining his Mountain-Splitting Seal through the night. The next morning, Zhou Wenbin and Sun Yong headed toward the tournament grounds, with Zhou suggesting they ask Yang Jing for seats in the inner section.

• Yang Jing told Bai Bing he would approach the semifinal carefully, and she advised him to steady his mind and avoid underestimating Jiang Yun.
• Over dinner, Yang Jing admitted to Sun Ningxiang that he had confidence but no certainty against Jiang Yun, whose limits and hidden techniques he had never seen.
• After Sun Ningxiang reminded him to treat every opponent as his strongest enemy, Yang Jing practiced the Mountain-Splitting Fist Technique to refine its power and variations.
• At dawn, Zhou Wenbin and Sun Yong climbed Moonwatch Mountain with disciples from the Sun Clan Martial Arts School.
• Zhou Wenbin suggested that they visit Yang Jing to secure seats in the inner spectator section for the semifinal battles.

Sun Yong and Zhou Wenbin's group arrived to watch Yang Jing face Jiang Yun in the Jintai Grand Tournament semifinals, while Yang Jing calmly took his seat beside Sun Ningxiang. After Commandant Tan opened the matches, Li Tai and Lü Chongrui took the arena for the first semifinal.

• Sun Yong declined Zhou Wenbin's suggestion to visit Yang Jing, saying the semifinal was too important to disturb his preparation.
• Sun Yong, Zhou Wenbin, Xu Hong, Qi Yun, Zhao Wenzheng, and Liu Maolin climbed Moonwatch Mountain and reflected on how far Yang Jing had risen from Yuhe County.
• Yang Jing and Sun Ningxiang arrived at the Profound Truth Sect's reserved seats, where Si Jiawen teased them for coming so late and Yan Chenglong greeted Yang Jing as Senior Brother.
• Spectators debated whether Li Tai or Lü Chongrui would win the opening semifinal, while most expected Jiang Yun to defeat Yang Jing in the second match.
• Commandant Tan opened the semifinals and announced Li Tai against Lü Chongrui as the first match.
• Li Tai dismissed his earlier opponents as too mediocre, and Lü Chongrui replied that he had also long awaited their battle.

Li Tai opened the semifinal against Lü Chongrui with overwhelming strength and speed, forcing the Heavenly Sword Sect prodigy onto the defensive. As spectators saw Lü Chongrui retreat repeatedly, experienced martial artists explained that he was skillfully dispersing Li Tai’s force and conserving his strength, leaving the match unsettled.

• Li Tai ignored the crowd’s support for Lü Chongrui and said he had come to fight Jintai Prefecture’s greatest Heavenly Prodigies.
• When Commandant Tan started the match, Li Tai rushed Lü Chongrui and sent him flying with a palm strike.
• Li Tai attacked again, but Lü Chongrui drew his sword and used it to absorb much of the force before Li Tai drove him back with another punch.
• Li Tai continued a relentless close-range assault, leaving Lü Chongrui seemingly overwhelmed and the spectators shocked.
• A veteran master and other martial artists explained that Lü Chongrui was retreating with Li Tai’s attacks to disperse their force, conserve strength, and wait for an opening.

Lü Chongrui revealed the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Yin-Yang Reincarnation Twin Swords and turned Li Tai’s overwhelming attacks against him, taking control of their duel. After unleashing dozens of powerful strikes without injuring Li Tai, Lü Chongrui paused, realizing his opponent’s endurance made the battle a serious challenge before he could face Jiang Yun.

• The spectators recognized that Lü Chongrui had been retreating deliberately to study Li Tai’s strength and fighting style.
• Lü Chongrui drew a second sword and announced that he would counterattack, prompting Li Tai to charge at him again.
• Lü Chongrui used his twin swords to absorb and redirect Li Tai’s force, driving him back with an unending cycle of attacks.
• Yang Jing watched the duel and judged that Lü Chongrui’s Reincarnation Sword technique would be difficult to overcome while keeping his own hidden cards in reserve.
• After dozens of strikes, Lü Chongrui withdrew and paused, fatigued but unable to injure Li Tai, whose strength and endurance exceeded his expectations.
• Lü Chongrui recalled losing to Jiang Yun at the 49th Jintai Grand Tournament and recognized that Li Tai stood between him and the duel he wanted with Jiang Yun.

Li Tai and Lü Chongrui escalated their semifinal duel as Lü Chongrui combined his Reincarnation and Life-and-Death sword arts into a lethal strike. Li Tai narrowly evaded it, but Lü Chongrui’s relentless follow-up attacks left him on the defensive as the spectators expected Lü Chongrui to win.

• Lü Chongrui praised Li Tai’s strength after Li Tai endured his Reincarnation Sword assault, while Li Tai recognized the cost of sustaining the technique.
• Lü Chongrui declared he would use his full strength, then struck Li Tai with a powerful blow that Li Tai met head-on.
• Lü Chongrui used the recoil from their clash to unleash a Life-and-Death sword strike powered by the Reincarnation Sword’s stored momentum.
• Li Tai avoided the killing blow by contracting his chest at the last instant, leaving the sword to cut only his clothing.
• Lü Chongrui resumed his attack, combining both sword arts in a growing barrage that forced Li Tai to retreat and defend while spectators judged Lü Chongrui to have the advantage.

Li Tai endured Lü Chongrui’s relentless sword assault, then used ghostly movement and a sudden counterattack to grievously injure him and win the semifinal. Li Tai turned his attention to Yang Jing and Jiang Yun, expecting Jiang Yun to be his opponent in the final.

• Lü Chongrui pressed Li Tai with more than fifty linked sword attacks, but Li Tai calmly evaded and blocked them without showing fatigue.
• When Lü Chongrui drove Li Tai to an arena corner, Li Tai created five afterimages and launched a sudden punch during Lü Chongrui’s vulnerable attack transition.
• Lü Chongrui barely blocked Li Tai’s punch with his right-hand sword, but Li Tai followed with a left palm that struck Lü Chongrui’s head and sent him crashing to the arena floor.
• A Heavenly Sword Sect Core-Realm Expert held back from intervening after sensing that Lü Chongrui was still alive, though grievously wounded.
• Li Tai declared Lü Chongrui weaker than expected, then looked toward Yang Jing and Jiang Yun as he anticipated facing Jiang Yun in the final.

Li Tai defeated Lü Chongrui in the first semifinal, leaving the Heavenly Sword Sect disciple badly injured but alive. As Li Tai advanced to the final, the tournament announced Jiang Yun versus Yang Jing, and Yang Jing rose to face the second semifinal.

• Commandant Tan declared Li Tai the winner after confirming Lü Chongrui could no longer fight, then gave him a healing pill.
• A Purple-Robed Elder treated Lü Chongrui with Sacred-Grade Healing Pills and carried him back to the Heavenly Sword Sect seats.
• The spectators erupted in astonishment over Li Tai’s sudden counterattack, while Sun Yong worried about Yang Jing facing Jiang Yun.
• After waking, Lü Chongrui concluded Li Tai had barely shown his true strength and hoped Jiang Yun could stop him in the final.
• Commandant Tan announced the second semifinal between Jiang Yun of Cloudsoar Sect and Yang Jing of the Profound Truth Sect, and Yang Jing stood to enter the arena.

Yang Jing faced Jiang Yun in the Jintai Grand Tournament semifinal and unleashed the full power of his three fused arts from the start. He defeated Jiang Yun in their first direct clash, leaving the spectators at Moonwatch Mountain stunned.

• Yang Jing drew support from Sun Ningxiang and Bai Bing before entering the arena to face Jiang Yun.
• Jiang Yun recognized that Yang Jing had concealed his strength and urged him to fight at full power; Yang Jing promised to surprise him.
• At the start of the match, Yang Jing fused the true qi of Mountain-Splitting Seal, Indestructible True Art, and Crossing the River, shocking Jiang Yun and the spectators with his immense energy.
• Jiang Yun drew his sword and met Yang Jing's charging fist head-on, but Yang Jing's power overwhelmed him and hurled him more than a hundred feet backward.
• Jiang Yun realized Yang Jing had hidden extraordinary strength, while the crowd erupted in disbelief at the presumed domain champion's defeat in their first clash.

Yang Jing overwhelmed Jiang Yun in their opening clash, then fought him in a fierce semifinal as Jiang Yun’s swordsmanship kept him standing against Yang Jing’s greater strength. The battle remained unresolved, with Yang Jing relishing the rare contest and Jiang Yun fighting under mounting pressure.

• Lü Chongrui watched in disbelief as Yang Jing drove Jiang Yun back with one punch, while Li Tai recognized Yang Jing as a worthy opponent and Cao Zhen grew hopeful for his disciple.
• Yang Jing and Jiang Yun assessed each other as formidable rivals and rekindled their battle intent before Jiang Yun attacked first.
• Yang Jing met Jiang Yun’s sword with the Mountain-Splitting Seal, and the two began exchanging dozens of blows across the ruined arena.
• Jiang Yun used his supreme swordsmanship and force-dissipating techniques to withstand Yang Jing’s superior strength and true qi, though exhaustion steadily mounted.
• Yang Jing held back his speed advantage and continued pressing Jiang Yun with an unrelenting barrage of fists and palm strikes as the spectators watched tensely.

Yang Jing used Crossing the River to overwhelm Jiang Yun after their prolonged duel, breaking through his defenses and striking his chest as Jiang Yun tried to retreat. The chapter ended with Jiang Yun taking Yang Jing’s heavy punch in midair.

• Yang Jing and Jiang Yun exchanged more than a hundred moves, with Jiang Yun defending through superior sword skill despite Yang Jing’s greater reserves and strength.
• Yang Jing activated Crossing the River, sharply increasing his speed and disrupting Jiang Yun’s defensive rhythm.
• Yang Jing’s rapid punches forced Jiang Yun to spend his remaining true qi and unleash his ultimate technique, Startled Swan.
• Startled Swan briefly slowed Yang Jing’s attack, allowing Jiang Yun to leap backward and try to regain distance.
• Yang Jing pursued Jiang Yun through the air and redirected his punch, striking Jiang Yun squarely in the chest.

Yang Jing defeated Jiang Yun in the second semifinal of the Jintai Grand Tournament, earning a place in the final against Li Tai. Jiang Yun conceded defeat, while Li Tai eagerly awaited their match the following day.

• Yang Jing continued attacking after an accidental chest strike embarrassed Jiang Yun, then redirected his decisive ninth punch into Jiang Yun’s shoulder and sent him crashing to the arena.
• Jiang Yun was gravely injured and lost the ability to fight, while Yang Jing stood victorious and reviewed what he had learned from their battle.
• Zhao Wenju, Xiao Nu, Si Jiawen, and other spectators reacted with shock as they realized Yang Jing had defeated the tournament’s former leading prodigy.
• Lü Chongrui reflected on his defeats and resolved to retreat into seclusion until he broke through to the Core Realm.
• Li Tai assessed Yang Jing’s strength, grew eager to face him, and waited for the tournament final scheduled for the next day.
• Jiang Yun rose, calmly admitted defeat, and Commandant Tan officially declared Yang Jing the winner and finalist.

Yang Jing defeated Jiang Yun in the semifinal and advanced to the Jintai Grand Tournament final against Li Tai, carrying the Profound Truth Sect’s hopes into the next day’s match. That night, Sun Ningxiang told him that spectators believed both finalists had concealed their full strength, and Yang Jing considered how much of his own ability he had held back.

• Yang Jing and Jiang Yun bowed to Commandant Tan and left the arena as the crowd erupted over their semifinal duel.
• Yang Jing returned to the Profound Truth Sect’s viewing area, where Sun Ningxiang, Fang He, Lin Ziheng, and the sect members celebrated his victory; Bai Bing privately praised him.
• Commandant Tan announced that Yang Jing would face Independent Cultivator Li Tai in the final the next day, while Jiang Yun and Lü Chongrui would compete for third place.
• Yang Jing left the tournament grounds with Sun Ningxiang and returned to camp to rest before the final.
• Over dinner, Sun Ningxiang told Yang Jing that many spectators believed he and Li Tai had both held back in their semifinals, and Yang Jing agreed with their assessment.

Yang Jing trained through the night before the Jintai Grand Tournament final, then received Bai Bing’s warning that Li Tai had secretly mastered saber arts as well as body cultivation. Bai Bing promised Yang Jing a reward if he won and privately considered whether his victory would qualify him to cultivate a supreme scripture.

• Yang Jing meditated and repeatedly practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal, then rested ahead of the final match.
• Bai Bing visited Yang Jing before dawn and warned him that Li Tai had concealed a weapon art, likely saber techniques, behind his formidable physical strength.
• Yang Jing vowed to face Li Tai cautiously, and Bai Bing promised him a reward if he claimed first place in the tournament.
• After leaving Yang Jing’s tent, Bai Bing reflected that winning the tournament would let him barely qualify to cultivate a supreme scripture.

Li Tai trained in secret and revealed that his perfected saber art was far deadlier than the strength he had displayed in the tournament. On the morning of the final, Yang Jing and Li Tai arrived at the packed summit arena as spectators debated which prodigy would win.

• Li Tai trained at dawn while his Core Realm guardian watched and praised his progress.
• Li Tai unleashed his full true qi and formed a black saber, revealing the killing art he had kept hidden during the tournament.
• Yang Jing and Sun Ningxiang walked together through the crowds to the summit arena, where Profound Truth Sect disciples greeted Yang Jing as Senior Brother Yang.
• Li Tai arrived at the tournament grounds, and the spectators focused on the final between him and Yang Jing.
• Spectators argued over the likely winner, with many local martial artists supporting Yang Jing because he had defeated Jiang Yun.

Commandant Tan began the Jintai Grand Tournament final between Yang Jing and Li Tai as nearly two hundred thousand spectators gathered to watch. With Jintai Prefecture's hopes resting on Yang Jing, Li Tai dismissed his earlier opponents and declared that Yang Jing was the first worthy rival he had found.

• Commandant Tan announced the final and called Yang Jing and Li Tai to the arena.
• Yang Jing walked to the arena with the Profound Truth Sect's hopes behind him, while Sun Ningxiang watched him with concern and admiration.
• Yang Jing and Li Tai faced each other as the crowd swelled to nearly two hundred thousand spectators, most cheering for the local contender.
• Li Tai ignored the crowd's support for Yang Jing and focused on the opponent he had been eager to fight.
• Li Tai told Yang Jing that Jiang Yun and Lü Chongrui had not impressed him, provoking a stir among the spectators.