Chapter Summaries

Gu Yulong led imperial forces and rival martial artists out from Luocheng to find the Ancient Giant Dragon beneath a distant seven-colored glow. When Dragon People attacked the fleet, Su Que fled into the sea while Gu Yulong confronted their Divine Intent Realm leader.

• Gu Yulong gathered imperial forces and set out from Luocheng to search for the Ancient Giant Dragon, with Luo Guanjī and other martial artists following.
• Su Que joined the fleet in disguise, and Gu Yulong ordered the other factions to send three ships of independent martial artists ahead as vanguards.
• Gu Yulong spotted seven-colored radiance on the horizon and redirected the fleet toward it.
• Someone attacked the ships from beneath the sea, and the martial artists forced off the front vessels were struck down in the water.
• Su Que swam away from the attack, while Gu Yulong entered the sea and identified the attackers as Dragon People.
• Gu Yulong charged at the Dragon People’s Divine Intent Realm leader, intending to capture her.

Su Que watched Gu Yulong and the imperial forces battle the islanders, then saw the Ancient Giant Dragon arrive and seize the wounded Bronze-skinned Woman. The dragon fled with its captive, and after killing and eating pursuing imperial guards, it swam away again with Su Que and the others in pursuit.

• Su Que watched from concealment as Gu Yulong and the Bronze-skinned Woman fought, while imperial forces and martial artists from Aristocratic Clans and major sects joined the battle against the islanders.
• Gu Yulong dislocated the Bronze-skinned Woman’s shoulder and wounded her badly, but an immense presence approached before he could finish her.
• The Ancient Giant Dragon arrived, blocked Gu Yulong’s attack, and killed two imperial guards as the Aristocratic Clan and sect fighters retreated.
• The Ancient Giant Dragon seized the wounded Bronze-skinned Woman and fled, prompting Gu Yulong, Su Que, and others to pursue it.
• The dragon turned to attack its pursuers, killed five imperial guards, ate their corpses, and then swam away again.

Gu Yulong and the imperial court forces restrained and battered the Ancient Giant Dragon, while its essence revived the Bronze-skinned Woman and helped her escape. Gu Yulong then turned on the other factions to silence witnesses, and the chapter ended as two Crown Prince agents, Murong Ling and Xue Shenyong, revealed their strength and attacked him.

• Gu Yulong ordered the imperial guards to bind the Ancient Giant Dragon with crossbow ropes, then led the court forces in attacking its blind spots.
• The Ancient Giant Dragon transferred essence to the Bronze-skinned Woman, restoring her enough to escape toward the sea surface.
• As the Ancient Giant Dragon weakened, Gu Yulong ordered a surprise attack on the Aristocratic Clans and great sects, killing many followers while sparing several important figures.
• Su Que retreated from Gu Yulong's massacre, while two concealed groups fled and Gu Yulong pursued them.
• Murong Ling and Xue Shenyong revealed their Divine Intent Realm strength and fought Gu Yulong after he recognized their martial arts and identified their allegiance to the Crown Prince.

Su Que watched the Crown Prince’s forces and the White Lotus Sect turn on Gu Yulong, then revealed his strength when Murong Ling and Xue Shenyong pursued him. He killed them, Gu Yulong, and Fu Tian Zhenren, leaving the fight over the Ancient Giant Dragon without its strongest contenders.

• Murong Ling, Xue Shenyong, and Fu Tian Zhenren joined forces against the already-weakened Gu Yulong, forcing him back and making him cough blood.
• Gu Yulong warned that witnesses could expose the Crown Prince’s actions, so Murong Ling, Xue Shenyong, and their subordinates pursued the fleeing martial artists.
• Murong Ling and Xue Shenyong targeted Su Que, who pretended to flee before turning and killing both with a single pair of punches.
• Gu Yulong and Fu Tian Zhenren halted their fight and attacked Su Que together, while Fu Tian Zhenren summoned the gods to increase his power.
• Su Que evaded their attacks, killed Gu Yulong with a kick, then stopped time briefly and beheaded Fu Tian Zhenren.

Su Que defeated the Ancient Giant Dragon, the Bronze-skinned Woman, and the islanders who attacked him, then prepared to extract the Dragon Yuan from the dead dragon. The islanders and Bronze-skinned Woman survived unconscious as he gathered the unusual weapons and approached the corpse.

• Su Que absorbed Death Qi from Fu Tian Zhenren and three other Divine Intent Realm martial artists, then drove off the remaining treasure seekers and claimed their unusual weapons.
• The Bronze-skinned Woman returned with the islanders and a powerful Bronze Sword, while Su Que warned them to leave; the Ancient Giant Dragon then revealed its ambush and charged him.
• Su Que severed the Ancient Giant Dragon’s claw and disemboweled it with his demonic blade aura, then blocked the Bronze-skinned Woman’s attack and knocked her unconscious.
• Su Que rendered the islanders unconscious with Wedding Dress Divine Skill true qi, collected the twelve extraordinary weapons, and approached the dead dragon to extract its Dragon Yuan.

Su Que extracted and consumed the Ancient Giant Dragon’s Dragon Yuan, greatly strengthening his body and raising his Seven Injuries Fist and lifespan. After discovering spiritual power inside the bronze-skinned woman’s sword, he subdued her to question her about it.

• Su Que used the Twelve Mystic Sword Blades to extract Dragon Yuan from the Ancient Giant Dragon’s corpse and consumed it instead of saving it for refinement.
• Dragon Yuan transformed Su Que’s body and helped him advance the Seven Injuries Fist to Level 9: World-Shaking 21%, while his remaining lifespan rose to 1010 years.
• Su Que found spiritual power inside the bronze-skinned woman’s Bronze Sword and defeated it with his Divine Intent after several exchanges.
• Su Que revived the bronze-skinned woman and restrained her before she could attack him.

Su Que questioned the Bronze-skinned Woman about the Bronze Sword, Divine Intent, and the realms beyond Divine Intent, then visited her island’s ruined sect and learned its surviving records held little of use. After Su Que left, the Bronze-skinned Woman decided the islanders would abandon their home because the Dragon God was dead and the island had been exposed to powerful outsiders.

• Su Que threatened the Bronze-skinned Woman’s people until she explained that the Bronze Sword held Divine Intent left by the sect master, and that the Dragon God had taught the islanders how to use it.
• The Bronze-skinned Woman told Su Que that Martial Immortals might exist beyond the Divine Intent Realm and that the island’s founder had left after being received by one.
• Su Que traveled with the Bronze-skinned Woman to her island, where he examined the ruined sect’s texts and memorized its twenty-seven dragon Divine Intent Diagrams.
• Su Que left the island, while the Bronze-skinned Woman accepted that her people could not take revenge for the Dragon God’s death.
• The Bronze-skinned Woman ordered the islanders to prepare to move away, explaining that the island’s exposure and their inability to defend it put everyone at risk.

Su Que stayed on the island to cultivate while rival powers in Liang Kingdom reacted to the deaths of Murong Ling and Xue Shenyong and searched for the Ghost Mask wearer. Xiao Feng plotted to turn his younger brothers against the mysterious expert, Ou Zhenqiong destroyed the Murong Family, and Lian Jiuying prepared to leave the palace to investigate.

• Su Que watched the islanders sail away, then settled on a mountain to cultivate using the Divine Intent Diagrams he had memorized from Li Xuanji.
• After learning Xue Shenyong had died, Xiao Feng ordered his men to spread news of the Ghost Mask wearer, investigate him, and watch the Nineteenth and Thirtieth Princes, hoping they would lose forces pursuing the expert.
• Ou Zhenqiong led Ou Family martial artists to the Murong Family estate, killed Murong Tong and the remaining Murong Family members, and ordered his branches to search for the mysterious expert and the Ancient Giant Dragon's remains.
• Lian Jiuying connected the Ghost Mask wearer to the person who had killed Liu Zhanhuo, then decided to leave the palace and investigate personally.

Su Que integrated three sets of Divine Intent Diagrams, reached the peak of the Divine Intent Realm, and used his strengthened Seven Injuries Fist to devastate the island. As Lian Jiuying searched for him, Su Que broke through to the next level of the fist and left a massive crater in the ground.

• Su Que stored three sets of Divine Intent Diagrams throughout his body, reached the Divine Intent Realm · Twenty-Seven Divine Intents (Three Layers Stacked), and learned to wield the power of heaven and earth.
• Su Que unleashed the Seven Injuries Fist, clearing a path through the forest and sea, and found that its harmful side effect had reversed within his strengthened body.
• Pei Xiong and Yan Juling led forces for the Nineteenth Prince and Thirtieth Prince in a battle at sea, then agreed to withdraw and temporarily cease fighting.
• Lian Jiuying searched the sea for Su Que and headed toward an island mentioned in travel journals about the Ancient Giant Dragon.
• Su Que raised his Seven Injuries Fist to Level 10: Shaking the Ancients, Dazzling the Present, and struck the ground, creating a huge crater within thirty zhang.

Su Que tested his newly advanced Seven Injuries Fist on an island, drawing Lian Jiuying, Pei Xiong, and Yan Juling to investigate. He left Lian Jiuying gravely injured and began overwhelming the others, ending with Pei Xiong’s arms exploding from the force of his attack.

• Lian Jiuying heard the island rumbling and joined Pei Xiong and Yan Juling, each hoping to capture the masked man and claim the Ancient Giant Dragon’s flesh and blood.
• Su Que noticed the approaching martial artists and considered taking their Divine Intent Diagrams before turning to meet them.
• Lian Jiuying, Pei Xiong, and Yan Juling attacked Su Que together, while their soldiers circled behind him.
• Su Que used the level 10 Seven Injuries Fist to shatter Lian Jiuying’s Divine Intents and leave him gravely injured, though still alive.
• Su Que turned to Pei Xiong and Yan Juling, and his fist force shattered Pei Xiong’s arms before it even made contact with his fists.

Su Que defeated the Thirtieth Prince’s and Nineteenth Prince’s men, interrogated them about their search for the Dragon Yuan and the Imperial Palace Armory, then questioned Chief Eunuch Lian Jiuying. Lian Jiuying offered to take Su Que into the armory, leaving Su Que with a possible way to reach its treasures.

• Su Que swiftly crippled Yan Juling, Pei Xiong, and Lian Jiuying, then killed the other martial artists and erased the corpses and traces.
• Su Que absorbed Death Qi from the dead and questioned Yan Juling, who revealed that the Thirtieth Prince’s men had come for the Dragon Yuan and described the Imperial Palace Armory’s guards.
• Su Que killed Yan Juling and Pei Xiong after questioning them; Pei Xiong revealed that he served the Nineteenth Prince and knew no more about the armory.
• Su Que woke Lian Jiuying and learned that the chief eunuch could not remove Divine Intent Diagrams from the Imperial Palace Armory.
• Lian Jiuying offered to take Su Que into the Imperial Palace Armory in exchange for his life.

Su Que interrogated and killed Lian Jiuying, learning that the Four Auspicious Beasts were near Emperor Liang Jing’s secluded quarters and deciding to strengthen himself before approaching the imperial palace. After consuming Qilin Essence and pills, he trained the Seven Injuries Fist and resolved to modify it again to increase its power.

• Su Que questioned Lian Jiuying about the Imperial Palace Armory, Emperor Liang Jing, and the Four Auspicious Beasts, then killed him and preserved his head as a model for a possible disguise.
• Su Que killed Yu Dahu, whose usefulness had ended, and obtained Qilin Essence and Seven Revolutions Qilin Pills from Old Daoist Qingxuan at Purple Sun Temple.
• Su Que consumed the Qilin Essence and more than thirty pills, raising his remaining lifespan as their power remolded and strengthened his body.
• Su Que traveled into the forest and practiced the Seven Injuries Fist while concealing its force and divine intent.
• Su Que refined the Qilin products and remaining Dragon Yuan, reached 1125 years of remaining lifespan, and decided to modify the Seven Injuries Fist to make it more injurious to himself and more damaging to enemies.

Su Que discovered that using the Seven Injuries Fist to detonate his divine intent strengthened his body and produced devastating fist intent. After deciding to study more Divine Intent Diagrams, he traveled to the Ximen Family estate to begin his visits.

• Su Que modified the Seven Injuries Fist to shatter the divine intent in his five viscera, increasing his Lifespan and strengthening his organs each time it recovered.
• Su Que tested the destructive fist intent created by exploding his divine intent, scattering clouds and boring a deep tunnel through a mountain.
• Su Que realized that studying more Divine Intent Diagrams would let him store additional divine intents and unleash more destructive punches.
• Su Que asked Qiu Yu for a map and information about the Central Plains' Aristocratic Clans and major sects, then chose the Ximen Family as his first destination.
• Su Que entered the Ximen Family's territory at night and slipped over the estate wall without the guards noticing him.

Su Que broke into the Ximen Family estate, defeated Ximen Sha, and took the family’s Divine Intent manual before demanding to see its exotic beast. He killed the chained Heavenly Geng Black Bird and watched its golden-white essence qi gather into a sphere.

• Su Que entered the Ximen Family estate and found Ximen Sha after the family head sensed danger and drew the Stab Heaven Sword.
• Su Que shattered Ximen Sha’s sword and broke his arms and spine, then forced him to reveal where the Divine Intent manual was kept.
• Su Que took the Ximen Family’s Divine Intent diagrams and made Ximen Sha lead him to the Heavenly Geng Black Bird.
• Su Que entered the bird’s cavern, saw the bones scattered beside its pool, and struck the bird’s head with a punch.
• The Heavenly Geng Black Bird died, and its golden-white essence qi gathered into a small sphere.

Su Que killed Ximen Sha and took the Ximen Family’s exotic beast essence, then raided five more Aristocratic Clans in one night. On a deserted island, he refined all six portions of essence and advanced his cultivation, leaving the Seven Injuries Fist close to breaking through.

• Su Que killed Ximen Sha, extracted the Heavenly Geng Black Bird’s essence, and left the Ximen Family’s compound.
• Ximen Lou ordered the Ximen Family to flee and went to inform the Crown Prince, while Su Que headed for the Su Family.
• Su Que defeated the Su Family head, took the clan’s Divine Intent Diagram, killed its Nine Arrivals Heavenly Flood Dragon, and continued raiding clans.
• Su Que infiltrated the Ximen, Su, Xuanyuan, Sima, Lin, and Ou Families, taking their Divine Intent Diagrams and exotic beasts, as well as the Ou Family’s Heavenly Crippling Foot manual.
• Su Que retreated to a deserted island and spent two days cultivating the Seven Injuries Fist as he refined the six portions of exotic beast essence.
• Su Que’s remaining lifespan rose to 1810 years, and his Seven Injuries Fist reached 91% progress toward its next breakthrough.

Su Que expanded the Seven Injuries Fist so it could detonate Divine Intents throughout his body, then integrated nine sets of diagrams and strengthened his flesh and spirit. After breaking through to Level 11, he unleashed a punch that stirred clouds and lightning, leaving him newly able to detonate eight Divine Intents at once.

• Su Que devised a way to use Yin-Yang Qi to channel the Seven Injuries Fist’s self-wounding power into Divine Intents outside his five viscera, and confirmed it worked with a punch at the sea.
• Su Que forcibly integrated Divine Intents into organs and acupoints despite their resistance, reversing the damage and raising his remaining Lifespan beyond two thousand years.
• Su Que completed nine sets of Divine Intent Diagrams, giving him 243 Divine Intents and enough power for more than fifty destructive punches.
• Su Que practiced the Seven Injuries Fist through the night and broke through to Level 11, gaining sixty years of Lifespan.
• Su Que threw a punch that detonated eight Divine Intents and summoned churning clouds and lightning before the sky cleared again.

Su Que returned to Jiannan Prefecture City and found the Sky Breaking Army battling Tang Sect disciples who had attacked Li Xuanji. He killed the Tang Sect fighters with one punch, then visited Old Daoist Qingxuan, who had developed a pill refined from an extraordinary weapon.

• Su Que realized he had been away from home for five or six days and returned toward Jiannan Prefecture City, where he saw soldiers heading into the city.
• Li Xuanji and the Sky Breaking Army surrounded Tang Jifeng and a dozen Tang Sect disciples, who fought back with concealed weapons and Gang Qi.
• Su Que learned that the battle was taking place near his residence, checked that it was intact and empty, then raced to East City in disguise.
• Tang Jifeng ordered the Tang Sect fighters to attack Su Que, but Su Que crushed them all with a single mountain-like punch.
• Li Xuanji explained the Tang Sect's accusation and attack to Su Que, who then went to Purple Sun Temple to see Old Daoist Qingxuan.
• Old Daoist Qingxuan gave Su Que a jade-green pill made from an extraordinary weapon; Su Que swallowed it and found its medicinal effect useful for cultivation.

After returning to Jiannan Prefecture City, Su Que learned from restaurant patrons that the White Lotus Sect was expanding amid the imperial court’s weakening influence, then cultivated the Wedding Dress Divine Skill to completion. He left home to test whether its Battle Buddha Dharma Form had changed.

• Su Que examined the pills’ effects, found they caused him no harm, and returned home, where Su Jing was still missing.
• Su Que ate at a restaurant and overheard diners discuss the White Lotus Sect taking territory and killing commanders as the imperial court’s power weakened.
• Su Que took metal-refined pills and cultivated the Wedding Dress Divine Skill from Level 9 to Level 10, then continued until it was complete.
• Su Que tested the fierce true qi on his palm and left home to find an open mountain forest where he could release the Battle Buddha Dharma Form.

Su Que manifested a Battle Buddha Dharma form and strengthened it by combining his Essence, Qi, Spirit, and several kinds of inner qi. After testing its destructive power, he sought a way to leave Divine Intent in a weapon so Su Jing could protect herself, and went to Li Xuanji for a remarkable saber.

• Su Que condensed a thousand-armed Battle Buddha Dharma form, infused it with Divine Intent, and found he could control it within forty feet.
• Su Que fused demonic qi, Sunflower Manual true qi, and Nine Yin Cold Corpse Claw yin qi into the Battle Buddha, then used it to devastate a stretch of forest.
• Su Que returned home and decided he needed to give Su Jing something for protection.
• Su Que tried to leave Divine Intent in an ordinary longsword, but the blade hummed, twisted, and nearly cracked, so he withdrew his power.
• Su Que went to the Sky Breaking Army residence and asked Li Xuanji to lend him a remarkable weapon for testing.
• Li Xuanji had a subordinate fetch a single-edged saber forged from unusual metal, which Su Que recognized by the energy coming from it.

Su Que sought the White Lotus Sect’s Summoning God Technique to improve how he infused Divine Intent into weapons, then traveled to a branch altar and forced Tong Yusheng to reveal the technique. After killing Tong Yusheng, Su Que examined the Immortal Mother statue to learn how it stored Divine Intent.

• Su Que left a small amount of Divine Intent in a saber for Su Jing, but found the result too weak and decided to seek the White Lotus Sect’s Summoning God Technique.
• Su Que asked Li Xuanji for the location of the White Lotus Sect’s main altar, and Li Xuanji later gave him information about its branch altars, including the strongest one near Li City.
• Su Que traveled to a small town outside Li City, found the White Lotus Sect branch altar, and confronted its master, Tong Yusheng.
• Su Que broke Tong Yusheng’s arm and threatened him until Tong Yusheng disclosed the complete Summoning God Technique, then Su Que killed him.
• Su Que deduced that the Immortal Mother statue served as a vessel for Divine Intent and entered the incense hall to probe the statue with his spiritual power.