Chapter Summaries

Jiang Dali and Li Chenzhou fought fiercely, with both revealing powerful techniques and rapid recovery. When Murong Bo intervened in a surprise attack, Jiang Dali repelled both men and challenged Li Chenzhou to bring out any other reinforcements.

• Li Chenzhou and Jiang Dali tested each other's strength, then launched into a prolonged exchange of powerful attacks as both sides watched.
• Li Chenzhou used the Thirty-Six Heavenly Changes to keep pace with Jiang Dali, while both fighters' health recovered rapidly.
• Li Chenzhou unleashed a powerful blue-qi punch, and Murong Bo emerged from disguise to attack Jiang Dali from the side.
• Jiang Dali broke free of Li Chenzhou's fist intent and struck back at both attackers, sending Li Chenzhou flying and injuring Murong Bo.
• Jiang Dali revealed his terrifying destructive aura, identified Murong Bo, and demanded to know who else Li Chenzhou had brought.

Demon Master Pang Ban arrived to confront Jiang Dali, and Dongfang Bubai appeared to meet him as the battle resumed. Jiang Dali revealed his Adamantine Body and overpowered Li Chenzhou, while Pang Ban’s mental assault created an opening for Yin Empress Zhu Yuyan and Murong Bo to turn on Li Chenzhou.

• Pang Ban arrived with the Black and White Servants and demanded that Jiang Dali either die or bring out Dongfang Bubai; Dongfang Bubai then appeared and faced Pang Ban.
• Li Chenzhou launched a renewed attack on Jiang Dali, Murong Bo joined in, and Dongfang Bubai attacked Pang Ban with silver needles as the two sides clashed.
• Jiang Dali activated his Adamantine Body Cultivation, withstood Li Chenzhou and Murong Bo’s attacks, and struck Li Chenzhou hard enough to make him retreat and spit blood.
• Pang Ban used a Heaven-and-Earth-empowered mental attack that briefly dazed Jiang Dali, while Zhu Yuyan called for Wanwan to leave with her.
• Zhu Yuyan attacked Li Chenzhou, and Murong Bo redirected Zu Jindian’s fireballs with Stellar Shift, revealing that both had turned against Li Chenzhou.

Jiang Dali overwhelmed Li Chenzhou and the Power Gang’s fighters, but Li Chenzhou’s final charge was interrupted when Zhu Shunshui used Zhao Shirong as a hostage. Jiang Dali killed Zhu Shunshui, leaving the badly wounded Li Chenzhou beside Zhao Shirong as the battle continued.

• Jiang Dali broke free of Pang Ban’s mental assault and forced Li Chenzhou and Shi Zhixuan back with a powerful attack.
• Zhu Yuyan attacked Shi Zhixuan and urged Jiang Dali to kill him, while Jiang Dali demanded that Li Chenzhou surrender or die.
• Liu Qianbian, Du Jue, and Zu Jindian attacked Jiang Dali to help Li Chenzhou escape, but Jiang Dali defeated them and withstood Zu Jindian’s flames.
• Li Chenzhou launched a desperate punch at Jiang Dali, but he faltered when someone called out and revealed Zhao Shirong, wounded and restrained by Zhu Shunshui.
• Jiang Dali confronted Zhu Shunshui, rejected his claim that they had worked together, and killed him with a strike to the head.
• Li Chenzhou, gravely wounded, staggered to Zhao Shirong and collapsed beside her.

Jiang Dali killed Zhu Shunshui and defeated Li Chenzhou, who died beside Zhao Shirong after she took her own life. As the battle for the Power Gang shifted, Jiang Dali fought Shi Zhixuan and Pang Ban, but both escaped amid outside interference, leaving Wanwan injured.

• Jiang Dali killed Zhu Shunshui and fatally wounded Li Chenzhou, who thanked someone before dying with Zhao Shirong at his side.
• Zhao Shirong severed her own heart meridians, and her death caused many native Power Gang fighters to flee.
• Jiang Dali drained the Snake King and restored his strength before joining Zhu Yuyan and Wanwan against Shi Zhixuan.
• Shi Zhixuan escaped with Yang Xuyan after Jiang Dali struck him and sent him flying.
• Pang Ban injured Wanwan, evaded Jiang Dali and Dongfang Bubai, and escaped after a white-robed Cihang Sword Canon user intercepted Dongfang Bubai.

After Black Wind Stronghold defeated the Power Gang, Jiang Dali buried Li Chenzhou and Zhao Shirong, began annexing the gang’s territory, and crushed the Slay Black Alliance. A month later, he was still developing new martial arts when he sensed the return of a visitor accompanied by friends.

• Jiang Dali refused Zhu Yuyan’s demand to take Wanwan away, insisting that Wanwan would decide after she woke and hinting that Shi Zhixuan was not safe.
• Jiang Dali arranged for Li Chenzhou and Zhao Shirong to be buried by the Yangtze River while Black Wind Stronghold buried the hundreds of other dead.
• Jiang Dali recruited surrendered Power Gang leaders to help seize the gang’s bases, imprisoned resisters, and issued the Black Wind Seven Kill Order against fleeing Slay Black Alliance leaders.
• Jiang Dali spent a month using the Realm of Utmost Emotion to create martial arts, while advancing his body-tempering skills and accumulating 100,000 Cultivation Points.
• Jiang Dali sensed that a visitor had returned with companions and warned that they would be unsafe at Black Wind Stronghold.

After Wanwan left, Jiang Dali’s path of love transformed into ruthlessness, advancing his saber technique and state of mind. He learned that Zhu Xiawu might enlist Yan Kuangtu against him and sent a subordinate to investigate Yan Kuangtu’s whereabouts.

• Wanwan confronted Jiang Dali over his treatment of her, declared she would not give up, and left in tears.
• Jiang Dali reflected on love and ruthlessness, then broke through to a new state of mind and transformed his saber art into Mighty Slash: Ruthless Saber.
• Jiang Dali questioned the Three Heroes and Five Swords, who revealed Zhu Xiawu’s plans and warned that he might seek Yan Kuangtu’s help against Jiang Dali.
• Jiang Dali ordered a black-cloaked subordinate to investigate Yan Kuangtu at the Yangtze Waterway’s main headquarters.

Jiang Dali defeated the Three Heroes and Five Swords, then used his newly created Mother-Child Life and Death Net to bind the Three Heroes to his command. After ordering them to find Zhu Xiawu, he flew east toward Shu.

• Jiang Dali revealed that Qu Hanshan had submitted to him, shocking the Three Heroes and Five Swords.
• The Five Swords attacked Jiang Dali, but their blades could not pierce his hardened body, and he captured them with a powerful suction technique.
• Water King Ju Xiushan and Ghost King Yin Gong stopped the fleeing Three Heroes while Jiang Dali drained the Five Swords of their internal energy.
• Jiang Dali gave the Five Swords to Ghost King and used the Mother-Child Life and Death Net to control the Three Heroes, strengthening them with the energy he had taken.
• Jiang Dali ordered the Three Heroes to find Zhu Xiawu, then flew on Divine Luan toward Shu.

Jiang Dali took Wang Yuyan to Shu while preparing for the coming Lingyun Cave event, then transferred power to her and broke through to the Heavenly Human Realm. He left with newfound ability to draw on the power of Heaven and Earth and greater confidence about entering Lingyun Cave.

• Jiang Dali reviewed Black Wind Stronghold’s growth and its remaining requirements for promotion to a sixth-rate faction as he traveled with Wang Yuyan.
• Jiang Dali diverted toward Shu to seek a Blood Bodhi at Lingyun Cave rather than pursue Zhu Xiawu and the Twelve Linked Docks.
• Jiang Dali transferred his remaining internal force to Wang Yuyan, who resisted the process and fainted.
• Jiang Dali spent 100,000 Cultivation Points to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm and sensed the vast energy of Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Dali drew nearby energy together with his divine intent, then protected himself and Wang Yuyan when the unstable force exploded.

Jiang Dali flew toward Shu as Leshan drew Jianghu figures and players hoping to obtain the Jade Cicada Golden Butterfly from Chu Liuxiang. Murong Qingqing of the Tianqin Sect arrived at Leshan Tavern, but Black Tiger Hall attackers burst in as Chu Liuxiang warned them that the treasure belonged to someone else.

• Jiang Dali recalled that rising Three Rivers waters would soon flood Lingyun Cave and weaken the Qilin Fire Toxin.
• The Heavenly Fortune Guild sealed off Leshan Tavern, preventing independent players from approaching Chu Liuxiang and the Jade Cicada Golden Butterfly.
• Luck Overflows paid for Chu Liuxiang's food and wine, gained ten Favorability Points, and sensed hostile native NPCs watching the tavern.
• Murong Qingqing introduced herself as a seventh-generation true disciple of the Tianqin Sect, and Chu Liuxiang recognized the sect's zither emblem.
• Chu Liuxiang said he was keeping the Jade Cicada Golden Butterfly for someone else, then Black Tiger Hall figures smashed through the windows and attacked.

The Iron Swallow Couple arrived at Leshan Tavern seeking the Jade Cicada Golden Butterfly and killed the Black Tiger Hall fighters who confronted them. Chu Liuxiang warned them that his friend had arrived, and the chapter ended as a giant eagle carrying an imposing man descended outside the tavern.

• Gray Wolf Hall members demanded that Chu Liuxiang hand over the Jade Cicada Golden Butterfly, but the Iron Swallow Couple entered and challenged them.
• The Iron Swallow Couple severed the twelve fighters’ weapons with a saber strike, and Chu Liuxiang recognized them as former Demonic Cult elders.
• The old man used saber light from his sleeve to cut the twelve Black Tiger Hall fighters in half.
• Chu Liuxiang urged Murong Qingqing to leave and warned the Iron Swallow Couple that his friend had arrived.
• A giant eagle carrying a formidable man descended outside the tavern, frightening the Iron Swallow Couple.

Jiang Dali arrived at the Leshan Tavern and joined Chu Liuxiang, who had obtained the Jade Cicada Golden Butterflies, as the Iron Swallow Couple debated whether to seize them. The couple attacked Jiang Dali and Chu Liuxiang, but Jiang Dali struck Madam Iron Swallow down; the chapter ended as the pair launched their Twin Sabers Unite technique against him.

• Jiang Dali arrived at the Leshan Tavern on the Demonic Eagle with Wang Yuyan, and Chu Liuxiang told the Iron Swallow Couple to leave.
• Jiang Dali led Wang Yuyan upstairs, where Chu Liuxiang presented him with the Jade Cicada Golden Butterflies in two wooden boxes.
• The Iron Swallow Couple sensed a powerful aura nearby and decided to seize the boxes, with Madam Iron Swallow attacking Jiang Dali and Elder Iron Swallow striking at Chu Liuxiang.
• Jiang Dali shattered Madam Iron Swallow's attack with his iron fist and sent her crashing through a table.
• The Iron Swallow Couple recovered and attacked Jiang Dali together with their Twin Sabers Unite technique.

Jiang Dali defeated the Iron Swallow Couple and clashed with Ren Tianxing, driving the Demonic Cult leader away after their saber techniques collided. He survived with a wounded palm, then met Chu Liuxiang, Hu Tiehua, and Wang Yuyan outside the ruined tavern and accepted the Jade Cicada Golden Butterfly.

• Jiang Dali endured the Iron Swallow Couple’s paired saber assault and wounded them with his finger-force qi.
• Ren Tianxing burst through the roof and attacked Jiang Dali with the Great Five Absolutes Life-Taking Palm, but Jiang Dali resisted and counterattacked.
• Jiang Dali and Ren Tianxing exchanged Mighty Slash—Ruthless Saber and Divine Saber Slash; Ren Tianxing was injured and escaped through a window.
• Jiang Dali healed his injured palm, discovered the Iron Swallow Couple had fled, and left the ruined tavern.
• Chu Liuxiang, Hu Tiehua, and Wang Yuyan met Jiang Dali outside, where Chu Liuxiang explained why he had publicly delivered the Jade Cicada Golden Butterfly to him.

Jiang Dali accepted the Golden Butterfly and Jade Cicada from Chu Liuxiang, then warned him about the Invisible Man organization and its Island Master. After Chu Liuxiang left, Jiang Dali confronted Murong Qingqing, who asked to borrow the Jade Cicada to save her poisoned master, and proposed an exchange.

• Chu Liuxiang gave Jiang Dali the Golden Butterfly and Jade Cicada and explained that he and Xu Yuanping had escaped Solitary Elder's collapsing tomb.
• Jiang Dali learned that the Golden Butterfly could strengthen and heal the mind while the Jade Cicada could cure all poisons, and decided to keep both treasures.
• Jiang Dali warned Chu Liuxiang that Zhongyuan Yidianhong, Xue Yiren, and Xue Xiaoren had connections to the powerful Invisible Man organization and its mysterious Island Master.
• Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua compensated the tavernkeeper and departed after Chu Liuxiang took Jiang Dali's warning to heart.
• Jiang Dali stopped Murong Qingqing, who revealed she had inherited an elder's power and sought the Jade Cicada to cure her master's poison.
• Jiang Dali refused to lend Murong Qingqing the Jade Cicada but offered to trade it for something she possessed as the Six-Fingered Zither Demon's successor.

Jiang Dali lent Murong Qingqing the Jade Cicada in exchange for her help in future battles, then arrived in Mount Emei City and became the focus of players seeking quests. He announced a new mission to protect the city from a possible flood and prevent bloodshed, leaving the players surprised as its details appeared.

• Jiang Dali offered Murong Qingqing the Jade Cicada to cure her master's poison in exchange for her help in three battles, and she agreed to return it after saving her master.
• Jiang Dali explained to Wang Yuyan that the Sky Demon Zither could threaten even Heavenly Human Realm experts, then settled with her in Mount Emei City.
• Jiang Dali welcomed several Eight Desolations disciples and went with them to an inn, while news of his arrival spread across the Jianghu Forum.
• Jiang Dali's popularity among players rose after he drove off Heavenly Fortune Guild members who tried to monopolize him at the inn.
• Jiang Dali gave Rimud a quest to order him new combat boots after striking him for flattering his bare foot.
• Jiang Dali warned players that Mount Emei City might face a flood and asked them to help protect the city and eliminate evil.

Jiang Dali launched a player quest to watch the rising waters and investigate Lingyun Cave when the flood weakened its Qilin Fire Toxin. As the river neared the Buddha’s knee, he went to the riverbank and learned that Xiong Ba had sent Xue An Tian and Leng Bu Fang to investigate as well.

• Jiang Dali issued the “Water Drowns the Buddha’s Knee” quest, and players flocked to accept it and monitor the river.
• Luck Overflows learned that the Heavenly Fortune Guild could not take the quest because its favorability with Jiang Dali was negative, so he ordered the guild to win Jiang Dali over and contacted Tang Sect experts.
• After three days, the river rose to within a foot of the Buddha’s knee, and Jiang Dali and Wang Yuyan traveled to the riverbank in a player-prepared sedan chair.
• Jiang Dali arrived at the tide-watching platform, where players gathered to await the flood and Lingyun Cave’s opening.
• Jiang Dali received Hua Kai Jian Hong’s warning that Xiong Ba had sent Xue An Tian and Leng Bu Fang to investigate Lingyun Cave, and he grew wary of Xiong Ba’s interest in it.

As the rising tide flooded Lingyun Cave, Jiang Dali organized players to explore it and prepared to test the Fire Qilin. He accepted the Heavenly Fortune Guild’s offer to join and turned its tribute into player rewards, but a terrifying roar from the cave warned that the beast had awakened.

• Jiang Dali explained Lingyun Cave’s secrets and planned to lure out the Fire Qilin before exploring the cave.
• As the flood reached Lingyun Cave, Jiang Dali sent Wang Yuyan to safety on the Demonic Eagle and recruited players to scout the passages.
• Luck Overflows brought the Heavenly Fortune Guild and Tang Sect experts to seek permission to help, and Jiang Dali accepted their offer after imposing rules.
• Jiang Dali opened the guild’s chests and promised the treasure to players who performed well, then dispatched more than a thousand players to map Lingyun Cave.
• Players reported that the flooded cave still held damaging Qilin Fire Toxin, and a ferocious roar from within alerted Jiang Dali that the Fire Qilin had awakened.

Jiang Dali gathered maps of Lingyun Cave and used players to draw out the Fire Qilin while preparing to enter the cave himself. As players began luring the beast toward the entrance, two observers planned to follow Jiang Dali inside if an opportunity arose.

• The Fire Qilin’s roars killed many players inside Lingyun Cave, and Jiang Dali watched the survivors’ reports rather than entering without more information.
• Jiang Dali armed himself, took precautions against the Fire Qilin, and waited for revived players to return with maps.
• Two teams gave Jiang Dali their maps, and he rewarded them with Cultivation Points, Potential Points, and the Human-tier Ultimate Skill Great Falling Stele Hand.
• Jiang Dali issued a collective mission asking players to lure out and stall the Fire Qilin while he investigated Lingyun Cave.
• Players accepted the mission and prepared to draw the Fire Qilin toward the entrance as two men on a nearby mountain planned to follow Jiang Dali into the cave.

Jiang Dali fought the Fire Qilin at the entrance to Lingyun Cave, enduring its overwhelming attacks while drawing it toward the river. He trapped the beast in the water with an iron chain, leaving the battle poised for a reversal.

• Jiang Dali activated his Heavenly Human Realm and Adamantine Body states as the Fire Qilin charged out of Lingyun Cave.
• The Fire Qilin overwhelmed Jiang Dali with its flaming hooves and tail, sending him crashing into the river.
• Players on nearby boats attacked and provoked the Fire Qilin, noticing that it refused to enter the water.
• Jiang Dali struck the Fire Qilin with powerful saber attacks and drew it beyond the range of Lingyun Cave.
• Jiang Dali used a powerful suction force and an iron chain to drag the Fire Qilin into the river.

Jiang Dali fought the Fire Qilin underwater, exhausting his strength before landing a devastating palm strike that injured the beast and broke his arm. While the players distracted the enraged Fire Qilin and Jiang Dali recovered with Thousand Year Yellow Ginseng Sap, he spotted drops of Kirin Blood drifting toward him.

• Jiang Dali endured the Fire Qilin's attacks underwater and absorbed its spiritual power, but his true qi and strength steadily ran low.
• Xue An Tian and Leng Bu Fang slipped past the players and entered Lingyun Cave while Jiang Dali kept fighting the Fire Qilin.
• Jiang Dali used the Duguo Seal and unleashed a powerful palm strike, breaking his arm and injuring the Fire Qilin's hoof-claw.
• The players attacked the Fire Qilin from their boats, provoking it to leap onto a ship and slaughter people as Jiang Dali used Thousand Year Yellow Ginseng Sap to recover.
• Jiang Dali increased the players' mission rewards, then noticed more than a dozen drops of Kirin Blood drifting toward him.

Jiang Dali captured Qilin Blood and discovered that its intense heat and evil qi made it dangerous to consume. As he headed deeper into Lingyun Cave, he learned that Xue An Tian and Leng Bu Fang had entered too, and the chapter left him approaching the mountain hollow as an alarming heat rose through his body.

• Jiang Dali collected the Qilin Blood and learned from the panel that it could cause madness and sudden death.
• Jiang Dali tested a trace of Qilin Blood on a mandarin fish, which overheated, melted, and died.
• Luck Overflows planned to let the Fire Qilin attack Jiang Dali so players could loot his drops, then entered Lingyun Cave with the Tang Sect elders.
• Jiang Dali discovered a forum post identifying Xue An Tian and Leng Bu Fang as the two figures who had entered Lingyun Cave.
• Jiang Dali headed for the mountain hollow, reflecting on his fight with the Fire Qilin, but felt his body grow dangerously hot as he approached.