Chapter Summaries

Si Jiawen explained the martial cultivation realms to Yang Jing after he broke through to the Qi-Devouring Realm, then helped him collect the remaining Mountain-Splitting Seal manuals. The chapter ended with Sun Ningxiang arriving to see Yang Jing and freezing in shock when he revealed his breakthrough.

• Bai Bing told Yang Jing to consolidate his foundation and instructed him to accompany her to Mountain-Suppressing Peak the next morning.
• Si Jiawen explained the Internal Energy Realm, the three divisions of the Internal Qi Realm, and the distant Core Realm to Yang Jing.
• Si Jiawen took Yang Jing to the Martial Repository, where the steward gave him the remaining Mountain-Splitting Seal manuals ahead of the formal notice.
• Si Jiawen left Yang Jing at the residential-area fork after pointing out Sun Ningxiang waiting beneath a willow tree.
• Sun Ningxiang asked why Yang Jing had collected the manuals, and Yang Jing told her he had broken through to the Qi-Devouring Realm, leaving her stunned.

Yang Jing studied the Mountain-Splitting Seal, considered the costs of obtaining the second volume of the Indestructible True Art, and traveled with Bai Bing to Mountain-Suppressing Peak. Bai Bing revealed that Yang Jing’s breakthrough qualified him for the Hidden Dragon Ranking, then presented him to Qin Gang as she fulfilled their agreement.

• Yang Jing examined the Mountain-Splitting Seal manual and planned to seek the second volume of the Indestructible True Art once he had enough contribution points and access to the Martial Repository’s fourth floor.
• Yang Jing ate breakfast, found that his new qi-devouring realm required more food, and headed to Lingxi Hall after deciding to accompany Bai Bing to Mountain-Suppressing Peak.
• Bai Bing told Yang Jing she would have Jiawen report his breakthrough to the sect and explained that entering the Hidden Dragon Ranking would bring him cultivation resources.
• Yang Jing accompanied Bai Bing to Mountain-Suppressing Peak, where Qin Gang came out to greet them.
• Bai Bing reminded Qin Gang of their agreement and introduced Yang Jing as her Lingxi Peak disciple who had broken through to the Qi-Devouring Realm.

Bai Bing collected the Bone Jade Pill she had won from Qin Gang and promised it to Yang Jing to improve his poor root bone. She told Yang Jing to stabilize his Qi-Devouring Realm cultivation and meet her at Lingxi Hall in three days so she could oversee him taking the pill.

• Qin Gang recognized Yang Jing as the disciple he had rejected four months earlier and was shocked that Yang Jing had reached the Qi-Devouring Realm and won the Azure Qilin Battle.
• Bai Bing explained that Yang Jing needed the Bone Jade Pill to improve his root bone, and Qin Gang handed over the pill he had lost in their wager.
• Bai Bing teased Qin Gang about making another wager, then left his courtyard with Yang Jing as Qin Gang lamented losing both the pill and a promising disciple.
• On the way back to Lingxi Peak, Yang Jing worried that Bai Bing might keep the pill, but she told him it was his and would help him take it in three days.
• Yang Jing thanked Bai Bing excitedly, and she instructed him to consolidate his cultivation before meeting her at Lingxi Hall.

Yang Jing learned how the Hidden Dragon Ranking worked and discovered its rewards could help fund his cultivation. After the sect listed him in twenty-third place upon his breakthrough to the Qi-Devouring Realm, news of his achievement spread throughout the Profound Truth Sect.

• Yang Jing changed his meals to Fine Exotic Beast Meat, then worried that his contribution points would not cover his cultivation expenses.
• Yang Jing visited Lin Ziheng, who explained how the Hidden Dragon Ranking was determined and described its rewards, including contribution points and special privileges.
• Zhao Hongxiang and Cai Hekang saw Yang Jing listed in twenty-third place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking and were stunned.
• A steward announced that Yang Jing had reached the Qi-Devouring Realm and that the Elders' Hall had assessed his strength before placing him on the ranking.
• News of Yang Jing's breakthrough and ranking spread throughout the Profound Truth Sect.

Gao Yang and Xu Ziqiang learned that Yang Jing had broken through to the Qi-Devouring Realm and fled rather than attend Yuwen Mingjue’s gathering. Su Qingyue was devastated by Yang Jing’s rise, while three days later Yang Jing set out to take the Bone Jade Pill and improve his root bone.

• Gao Yang and Xu Ziqiang discussed helping Yuwen Mingjue injure Yang Jing in the Azure Qilin Battle, hoping to obtain cultivation treasures in return.
• Zhang Huailiang told Gao Yang and Xu Ziqiang that Yang Jing had entered the Qi-Devouring Realm and ranked twenty-third on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• Gao Yang and Xu Ziqiang canceled their visit to Yuwen Mingjue and hurried away, with Xu Ziqiang claiming he would enter secluded cultivation to attempt a breakthrough.
• Su Qingyue returned to her courtyard in a daze, and Liu Rou explained that she had misjudged Yang Jing and regretted tying her hopes to Zhao Hongxiang.
• Three days later, Yang Jing ate breakfast, locked his courtyard, and headed to the summit to take the Bone Jade Pill and improve his root bone.

Yang Jing visited Lingxi Peak Master Bai Bing after breaking through to the Qi-Devouring Realm, and she gave him a Bone Jade Pill to improve his root bone. After he refined it and his cultivation efficiency rose, Bai Bing offered to take him as her personal disciple, and he accepted.

• Yang Jing arrived at Lingxi Hall, where Bai Bing examined his stable Qi-Devouring Realm cultivation and gave him a Bone Jade Pill.
• Yang Jing consumed the pill and practiced the Mountain-Splitting Seal as Bai Bing instructed, driving the medicinal power into his muscles and bones.
• Yang Jing expelled impurities and felt his meridians and bones strengthened, estimating that his eighth-grade root bone had improved to seventh-grade or possibly approached sixth-grade.
• Bai Bing asked Yang Jing whether he was willing to become her disciple, and he immediately knelt and accepted.
• Bai Bing welcomed Yang Jing as her disciple, and he lowered his head after catching sight of her rare smile.

Bai Bing made Yang Jing her disciple and gave him the continuation of the Indestructible True Art and a Spirit Bamboo Cushion, while warning him to rely on his own effort. Yang Jing tested his improved cultivation speed in a Grade-C Training Room, as Sun Ningxiang overheard rumors linking him to Si Jiawen and left Lingxi Peak heartbroken.

• Bai Bing gave Yang Jing the Indestructible True Art continuation and a Spirit Bamboo Cushion, and warned him not to become complacent or depend on her protection.
• Bai Bing told Si Jiawen that Yang Jing was her new disciple and asked her to introduce him to the sect's elders and core disciples; Si Jiawen also relayed a notice about a meeting on the Main Peak.
• Yang Jing bathed, studied the continuation methods, and rented a Grade-C Training Room, where he measured a cultivation-efficiency increase of nearly sixty percent after his root bone improved.
• Si Jiawen visited Yang Jing's courtyard but learned from passing disciples that he was training, so she left without seeing him.
• Sun Ningxiang arrived and overheard disciples speculate that Yang Jing and Si Jiawen might become cultivation partners; she felt unworthy of her feelings for Yang Jing and walked away toward the foot of Lingxi Peak.

Sect Master Cao Zhen defended a plan to invest precious Aperture-Nurturing Jade Marrow in young disciples so the Profound Truth Sect could restore its standing at the next Jintai Grand Tournament. Yang Jing tested his new Qi-Devouring Realm strength in a spar with Fang He, then headed for the Training Rooms and thought of visiting Senior Sister Ningxiang.

• Cao Zhen persuaded Chief Elder Ouyang Jingxuan that the sect should invest in its young disciples, including by rewarding a few with Aperture-Nurturing Jade Marrow, to prepare for the next Jintai Grand Tournament.
• Cao Zhen resolved to intensify the cultivation of the peak Senior Brothers, especially Xiao Nu and Zhao Wenju, and hoped one might reach the True Qi Realm before the tournament.
• On his way to the Training Rooms, Yang Jing met Lin Ziheng and Fang He, who invited him to spar so he could test his new Qi-Devouring Realm abilities.
• Yang Jing and Fang He exchanged dozens of blows in a woodland clearing, and Yang Jing's Mountain-Splitting Seal let him match Fang He despite his recent breakthrough.
• Yang Jing thanked Fang He for the spar and continued toward the Training Rooms, planning to visit Senior Sister Ningxiang at Yunxi Peak after cultivating.

Yang Jing learned that the Profound Truth Sect would hold the Fu Mountain Grand Competition in a month, with valuable rewards for the top disciples, and resolved to prepare for it. He then went to Yunxi Peak to find Sun Ningxiang, but her locked courtyard left him fearing something had happened to her.

• Yang Jing trained with the Mountain-Splitting Seal before Si Jiawen summoned him to meet Bai Bing.
• Bai Bing told Yang Jing that inner disciples under thirty could enter the Fu Mountain Grand Competition, while senior brothers and senior sisters of each lineage could not.
• Bai Bing announced that the top three would receive Aperture-Nurturing Jade Marrow and Grade-B Training Room access, and explained that the jade marrow was at least ten times as effective as a Marrow Tempering Pill.
• Si Jiawen urged Yang Jing to perform well for Bai Bing, and Yang Jing promised to give the competition his best effort.
• Yang Jing went to Sun Ningxiang's courtyard on Yunxi Peak, found it locked, and worried that something had happened to her.

Yang Jing waited for Sun Ningxiang, learned that she was preparing to break through to Transforming Strength, and then devoted himself to cultivation as the Fu Mountain Grand Competition approached. After Chu Yunhai refused Yuwen Mingjue’s offer to injure Yang Jing in exchange for help obtaining a Divine Flame Fruit, Yuwen was left dumbfounded.

• Yang Jing waited outside Sun Ningxiang’s courtyard and learned she had begun cultivating and planned to attempt a breakthrough to Transforming Strength.
• Yang Jing spotted Chu Yunhai heading toward Yunxi Peak, then returned to Lingxi Peak and planned to advance the Indestructible True Art before the Fu Mountain Grand Competition.
• Yang Jing cultivated relentlessly for ten days, advancing the Mountain-Splitting Seal and reaching perfected transforming strength with the Indestructible True Art’s first layer and the Surging Wave Leg.
• Yang Jing learned that Sun Ningxiang’s breakthrough attempt had failed and left her with minor internal injuries.
• Gao Yang told Xu Ziqiang that the Fu Mountain Grand Competition would select promising young disciples for priority training, while they doubted they could reach the top three.
• Yuwen Mingjue offered to help Chu Yunhai obtain a Divine Flame Fruit if Chu Yunhai severely injured Yang Jing, but Chu Yunhai refused, leaving Yuwen dumbfounded.

Yuwen Mingjue persuaded Chu Yunhai to agree to teach Yang Jing a lesson at the Fu Mountain Grand Competition in exchange for the Divine Flame Fruit. Three days later, Yang Jing reunited with Liu Maolin and Miss Jin Lian, learned that his family was well, and received a congratulatory gift from Miss Jin Lian as he and Sun Ningxiang headed back to Duck Mountain Island.

• Yuwen Mingjue offered Chu Yunhai the Divine Flame Fruit, and Chu Yunhai agreed to teach Yang Jing a lesson during the Fu Mountain Grand Competition.
• Yang Jing received a letter from Miss Jin Lian inviting him to meet her and Liu Maolin in the town on Hidden Dragon Lake's western shore.
• Yang Jing and Sun Ningxiang met Miss Jin Lian and Liu Maolin at Stone Horse and shared dinner at Riverside Tower.
• Liu Maolin learned that Yang Jing had reached the Qi-Devouring Realm and told him that his family was well.
• Miss Jin Lian gave Yang Jing an unopened wooden box as a congratulatory gift, and Sun Ningxiang explained why she had waited until Liu Maolin was away.

Yang Jing used Marrow Tempering Pills to accelerate his Indestructible True Art training while the Profound Truth Sect erupted over the Fu Mountain Grand Competition and its rewards. By June third, his art had reached the threshold of the Qi-Devouring Realm, and he prepared to attempt a breakthrough.

• Yang Jing opened the box Miss Jin Lian had given him and found four valuable Marrow Tempering Pills, then walked Sun Ningxiang back to her courtyard and agreed they would visit their former master after the competition.
• Yang Jing consumed a Marrow Tempering Pill in a Grade-C Training Room and practiced the Indestructible True Art, sharply improving his cultivation progress.
• The Profound Truth Sect announced the Fu Mountain Grand Competition would begin on June tenth, offering rich rewards and priority training, prompting disciples to register and compete for a place.
• Yang Jing continued training through June, occasionally spending time with Sun Ningxiang and watching the Azure Qilin Battle, where Gao Yang placed first, Xu Ziqiang second, and Zhao Chong third.
• On June third, Yang Jing saw that the second layer of his Indestructible True Art had reached its limit and set himself to break through to the Qi-Devouring Realm.

Yang Jing broke through the Indestructible True Art into the Qi-Devouring Realm, greatly increasing his strength, then borrowed money from Sun Ningxiang to buy the mid-grade true art movement technique Crossing the River. After seven days of tireless cultivation, the Fu Mountain Grand Competition began on June tenth.

• Yang Jing advanced the Indestructible True Art into the Qi-Devouring Realm, purging impurities and strengthening his body while greatly increasing his internal qi.
• Yang Jing tested the Mountain-Splitting Seal and Indestructible True Art separately and together, discovering that their combined power exceeded either art alone.
• Yang Jing decided he needed a true art movement technique and borrowed one hundred thousand taels from Sun Ningxiang to afford it.
• Yang Jing selected Crossing the River, a mid-grade true art compatible with the Surging Wave Leg, and spent 118,000 contribution points to obtain it.
• Yang Jing returned to the Training Rooms and cultivated Crossing the River for seven days until the Fu Mountain Grand Competition began on June tenth.

Yang Jing joined Lingxi Peak’s disciples on their way to the Fu Mountain Grand Competition, where he learned about the leading contenders and the sect’s expectations. At Fu Mountain Square, thousands gathered as the competition was about to begin, while Yang Jing searched the crowd for Sun Ningxiang.

• Yang Jing reviewed his martial arts progress, ate spirit rice and exotic beast meat, then headed to Lingxi Square for the competition assembly.
• Fang He introduced Yang Jing to Ma Qiang and Yan Chenglong, and told them Yang Jing’s strength matched his own despite Yang Jing’s recent breakthrough.
• Lin Ziheng told the group that Lu Shaohua had killed the notorious criminal Li Zhikai, prompting Yang Jing to consider the strength of Hidden Dragon Ranking leaders Chu Yunhai and Bai Ziyu.
• Peak Master Bai Bing led Lingxi Peak’s disciples toward Fu Mountain Square, while Sect Master Cao Zhen and Chief Elder Ouyang Jingxuan discussed the competition’s top seeds and other promising disciples, including Yang Jing.
• The disciples and sect leaders assembled at Fu Mountain Square, where Yang Jing waited with his fellow Lingxi Peak disciples and searched the crowd for Sun Ningxiang.

Xu Ziqiang and Gao Yang realized that the Fu Mountain Grand Competition had far more qi-devouring realm contenders than they expected, while Yuwen Mingjue hoped Chu Yunhai would humiliate Yang Jing. Bai Bing wagered precious treasures that Yang Jing would reach the final eight, and the chapter ended as the preliminary round began.

• Xu Ziqiang and Gao Yang learned that twenty-six or twenty-seven qi-devouring realm disciples had registered, making their hopes of reaching the top twenty seem unlikely.
• Sun Ningxiang searched the crowded square for Yang Jing as Yuwen Mingjue watched her and wished for Chu Yunhai to injure and humiliate Yang Jing.
• Bai Bing wagered a Bone Jade Pill and the Frost Sword that Yang Jing would reach the final eight, while Qin Gang accepted and added a Heart-Questioning Pill and superior treasure armor to his stake.
• Ouyang Jingxuan announced the preliminaries, and Yang Jing joined the registered disciples as they assembled in marked squares for the elimination round.
• Ouyang Jingxuan declared that anyone who stepped out of their square would be eliminated and that only the top two hundred would advance; Sun Ningxiang spotted Yang Jing as the preliminary round was about to begin.

The Fu Mountain Grand Competition preliminary round tested hundreds of disciples with pressure from the world's origin energy, eliminating all but twenty-one Qi-Devouring Realm contestants. Ouyang Jingxuan finalized their initial rankings and brought the roster to the Sect Master and Peak Masters for review.

• Ouyang Jingxuan began the preliminary round by pressing down the contestants with increasing heaven-and-earth pressure, and Yang Jing endured it by circulating the Indestructible True Art.
• Disciples fell out of their squares in waves as Yang Jing, Fang He, Yan Chenglong, and other Qi-Devouring Realm contestants held on; Lin Ziheng and other Lingxi Peak disciples were eliminated.
• Yuwen Mingjue watched Chu Yunhai and resented Gao Yang and Xu Ziqiang for cutting ties with him after Yang Jing reached the Qi-Devouring Realm.
• After the contestants dwindled to twenty-seven Qi-Devouring Realm disciples, Ouyang Jingxuan intensified the pressure until only twenty-one remained, then stopped the test.
• Ouyang Jingxuan assessed the remaining contestants and took the completed initial rankings to the Sect Master and the Seven Branches' Peak Masters for review.

Yang Jing placed thirteenth in the Fu Mountain Grand Competition preliminary rankings and began assessing the competition before the main tournament. After easily defeating his first opponent, the Qi-Devouring Realm contenders advanced through their matches, and the steward announced Yang Jing’s upcoming bout against Hu Luoluo.

• The Main Peak Steward announced the preliminary rankings, placing Yang Jing thirteenth, Yan Chenglong fifteenth, and Fang He eighteenth among the Lingxi Peak disciples.
• Yang Jing noted that his first-round opponent was Hu Luoluo, ranked one hundred and eighty-eighth, and believed the gap between their realms made victory straightforward.
• After a one-hour rest, the main tournament began, and Chu Yunhai defeated Chen Long with a single move.
• As Qi-Devouring Realm disciples continued to overwhelm their lower-ranked opponents, Hu Luoluo worried that she could not defeat Yang Jing.
• The Main Peak Steward announced the thirteenth match between Yang Jing of Lingxi Peak and Hu Luoluo of Qingxu Peak, leaving Hu Luoluo pale with fear.

Yang Jing easily defeated Hu Luoluo in the Fu Mountain Grand Competition and left the arena to cultivate rather than watch the remaining matches. He rented a spacious Grade-C Training Room on Thunder Firmament Peak to improve his Crossing the River movement technique.

• Yang Jing sent Hu Luoluo out of the arena with a controlled punch, and Steward Xue announced his victory in the thirteenth match.
• Yang Jing returned to the Lingxi Peak disciples, then asked Fang He to watch for anything important while he went to cultivate.
• Yang Jing left Fu Mountain Square and headed to Thunder Firmament Peak instead of returning to Lingxi Peak.
• Yang Jing rented a spacious Grade-C Training Room and entered it to practice his movement technique.

Yang Jing returned to the Fu Mountain Grand Competition, rose to twelfth place, and learned that he would face Huang Chao in the second round. Sun Ningxiang received money and Marrow Tempering Pills from her father, then visited Yang Jing and gave him six pills, leaving him astonished.

• Yang Jing finished practicing Crossing the River and watched Xiao Ran win the hundredth match, securing a place in the next round.
• Steward Xue announced the revised rankings, placing Yang Jing twelfth and pairing him against Huang Chao, ranked eighty-ninth.
• Sun Ningxiang collected eighty thousand taels and two Marrow Tempering Pills sent by her father, then decided to share the pills with Yang Jing.
• Yang Jing continued training and considered the competition's rewards and the formidable top-ranked opponents he would need to defeat.
• Sun Ningxiang visited Yang Jing at his courtyard and handed him a bottle containing six Marrow Tempering Pills, surprising him.

Sun Ningxiang gave Yang Jing six Marrow Tempering Pills, and he resolved to use them to advance Crossing the River before the Fu Mountain Grand Competition finals. At the competition, Yang Jing swiftly defeated Huang Chao and hurried to resume cultivating.

• Sun Ningxiang gave Yang Jing six Marrow Tempering Pills, explaining that she did not need them yet and that he could repay her later.
• Yang Jing practiced Crossing the River through the night, driven by the pills and Sun Ningxiang’s support.
• Yang Jing arrived at Fu Mountain Square with the Lingxi Peak disciples as the second round of the Fu Mountain Grand Competition began.
• Chu Yunhai, Bai Ziyu, and Lu Shaohua each defeated their opponents decisively and left the square after their matches.
• Yang Jing defeated Huang Chao with a single palm strike before Huang Chao could finish his challenge.
• Yang Jing focused on reaching the Training Room to take a Marrow Tempering Pill and advance Crossing the River.