Chapter Summaries

Jiang Dali negotiated with Princess Li Xiangfang’s stand-in, accepting her support for Black Wind Stronghold’s expansion in Tang State while declining to commit to the Sacred Dynasty inheritance. After discovering the real princess had been hidden in a carriage, he continued toward Ice Fire Island and watched for news of Iron-Blooded Divine Marquis Zhu Wushi, whose expected confrontation was drawing near.

• Jiang Dali questioned the value of the Son of Heaven Divine Fist inheritance quota and learned that few candidates from the Vassal States had ever passed its test.
• Li Xiangfang offered to help Black Wind Stronghold develop in Tang State in exchange for future cooperation, and Jiang Dali accepted the arrangement.
• Jiang Dali seized Li Xiangfang’s wrist, saw her short health bar, then left the merchant ship after their discussion.
• After Jiang Dali departed, the real Princess Li Xiangfang met her stand-in in a carriage and praised the deal as a gain in her contest with the Fourth Prince.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan that the woman aboard the ship had been an impostor, suspecting the real princess was inside the carriage because he sensed dragon aura there.
• Jiang Dali continued toward Ice Fire Island and checked the Jianghu Forum, concluding that Lang Fanyun and Yan Jing'an would soon confront Iron-Blooded Divine Marquis Zhu Wushi near Dragon Guard Manor.

Jiang Dali arrived at Ice Fire Island to meet Zhang Wuji and his family, while Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Xie Xun questioned his intentions and authority. When Xie Xun challenged Jiang Dali to prove himself before taking Zhang Wuji as his disciple, Jiang Dali boasted that he could defeat all three of them at once.

• Jiang Dali and his companions reached Ice Fire Island on the Demonic Eagle, where the players and island residents gathered to welcome them.
• Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Xie Xun discussed their suspicions about Jiang Dali, while Zhang Wuji eagerly went to greet his master.
• Medicine King Mo Feiyuan and Ghost King Yin Gong reported that Zhang Wuji had quickly learned the basics of the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Jiang Dali reassured Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu that he would train Zhang Wuji and deal with the Xuanming Elders, but Yin Susu questioned whether Zhang Wuji should join Black Wind Stronghold.
• Jiang Dali's threatening presence unsettled Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu, and Xie Xun, who challenged his claim to Zhang Wuji as his disciple.
• Xie Xun demanded that Jiang Dali demonstrate his abilities, and Jiang Dali declared that he could pin all three challengers down with one hand.

Jiang Dali defeated Xie Xun, seized the Dragon Slaying Saber, and revealed his plan to forge a new weapon using the Heavenly Sword. He returned the Dragon Slaying Saber to Yu Cheng'an for safekeeping and encouraged Zhang Wuji to become braver, leaving Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu reconsidering whether Jiang Dali might be a suitable master for their son.

• Jiang Dali overpowered Xie Xun's Lion's Roar with the Dragon Chant Art, then endured the Dragon Slaying Saber's attacks before seizing it with his bare hand.
• Jiang Dali took the Dragon Slaying Saber from Xie Xun and said it was unworthy of him, while Xie Xun accepted Jiang Dali's overwhelming strength.
• Jiang Dali explained that he had come to Ice Fire Island to forge a saber and revealed that he intended to use the Heavenly Sword as material.
• Jiang Dali tossed the Dragon Slaying Saber to Yu Cheng'an to hold until his own saber was finished, then told Zhang Wuji to stop hiding behind his mother.
• Zhang Wuji declared that he would become a good man and protect Yin Susu, while Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu began to reconsider Jiang Dali as their son's master.

Jiang Dali learned that Zhang Wuji’s fortune had raised Black Wind Stronghold’s Fortune Index, then studied reports of a battle in which Lang Fanyun and Yan Jing'an severely wounded the Iron Gallant Marquis before two mysterious women rescued him. He set out over the North Sea to search for a strange beast and planned to stop at Xia Ke Island on the way back.

• Zhang Wuji became Jiang Dali’s disciple, increasing Black Wind Stronghold’s Fortune Index enough to qualify it for promotion, though external risks prevented it.
• Jiang Dali considered Zhang Wuji’s future training and ordered player squads to approach Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun, intending to make an impression on them rather than take them as disciples.
• Jiang Dali watched videos showing Lang Fanyun and Yan Jing'an fighting Iron-Blooded Divine Marquis Zhu Wushi, with Yan Jing'an displaying a sudden, costly surge of power.
• Two mysterious women carrying needle-covered dolls dispersed a white light from Yan Jing'an, then took the gravely wounded Zhu Wushi away as Yan Jing'an collapsed and Lang Fanyun lay injured.
• Jiang Dali decided to investigate the women and suspected Zhu Wushi’s rescuers might help him pursue ambitions in the Great Ming realm.
• Jiang Dali rode the Demonic Eagle over the North Sea to search for a strange beast and planned to visit Xia Ke Island on his return journey.

Jiang Dali left Zhang Wuji and the others to travel south with Wang Yuyan, then decided to break through to the Heavenly Human 3rd Realm despite the dangers of defying Heaven. His breakthrough drew a violent response from the heavens, leaving Wang Yuyan fleeing to safety while Jiang Dali faced the gathering storm alone.

• Jiang Dali saw Zhang Wuji master the 3rd Realm of the Nine Yang Divine Skill and begin learning the Sacred Fire Token Divine Skill, then left the island with Wang Yuyan after entrusting Yin Gong with protecting the Formless Sect's overseas expansion.
• Jiang Dali assessed Black Wind Stronghold's slowing growth and concluded that expanding into other factions' territory was necessary to secure more members and resources.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan he would attempt to reach the Heavenly Human 3rd Realm without blindly submitting to Heaven, then spent 111,100 Cultivation Points to advance.
• Jiang Dali absorbed the energy around him, but his breakthrough stirred the spring heavens and brought dark clouds, fierce winds, and thunder that threatened his life.
• Jiang Dali sent Wang Yuyan away on the Demonic Eagle and swallowed medicinal pills before remaining alone beneath the storm.

Jiang Dali survived a heavenly tribulation after breaking through to the Heavenly Human 3rd Realm, and the lightning strengthened his Yin Spirit toward becoming a Yang Spirit. Injured and stranded on a rain-soaked island, he was joined by Wang Yuyan, who helped him prepare to recover.

• Jiang Dali sensed Heaven and Earth gathering a tribulation as he openly seized their power to strengthen himself.
• A bolt of heavenly lightning shattered Jiang Dali's Golden Bell Shield and severely burned him, but he resisted with his martial arts and medicinal pellets.
• Jiang Dali unleashed dragon-shaped qi to counter a second lightning strike, survived the tribulation, and realized his Yin Spirit had begun transforming toward a Yang Spirit.
• Jiang Dali reflected on how Wu Yazi and the old eunuch had met their human tribulations, while the Sweeping Monk had avoided revealing his full strength.
• Wang Yuyan flew to the island and embraced the badly burned Jiang Dali, then blushed when she realized he was naked.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan to help him up, bring his clothes, and find a simple shelter from the rain.

After surviving the heavenly tribulation, Jiang Dali recovered, strengthened his martial arts, and traveled with Wang Yuyan to Sanshui City. He confronted Yuan soldiers who tried to bar his way and insisted on entering the city for important business.

• Wang Yuyan woke beside Jiang Dali and discovered his fever had subsided, while he teased her about her appearance and then invited her to eat.
• Jiang Dali bathed, examined the gains from surviving the heavenly tribulation, and spent his Cultivation Points and Potential Points advancing Golden Bell Indestructible Body and Great Strength Divine Skill.
• Four days later, Jiang Dali and Wang Yuyan arrived at Sanshui City aboard the Demonic Eagle, drawing the attention of its players and residents.
• A Yuan general warned Jiang Dali to leave the city, but Jiang Dali demanded passage and threatened the soldiers as he walked toward Laifeng Restaurant.

Jiang Dali entered Sanshui City with Wang Yuyan and alarmed its soldiers and players, but he only wanted a meal before traveling to Xia Ke Island. After inviting Fat Guy of Haoqi Gate upstairs, Jiang Dali revealed that he knew how to find the island, and Fat Guy received a mission prompt.

• Jiang Dali ignored a warning about provoking Sanshui City's soldiers, and the officer ordered them to make way for him to enter the tavern.
• Jiang Dali ordered a feast for himself and Wang Yuyan, while players outside wondered why he had come to the city without causing trouble.
• Fat Guy of Haoqi Gate offered to pay for Jiang Dali's meal, and Jiang Dali invited him upstairs to drink and talk.
• Jiang Dali told Fat Guy that he had come to find Xia Ke Island and claimed he knew its location and why it was hidden.
• Fat Guy realized Jiang Dali was about to issue an important mission and secretly checked the prompt that appeared on his panel.

Hao Jun organized more than fifteen hundred players and thirty-five ships for Jiang Dali’s voyage to Xia Ke Island. Before departure, Jiang Dali began teaching the players a renamed formation manual for a steep cost, while learning that Xiong Ba had sent two Heavenly Human assassins to rescue Iron Gallant Marquis.

• Jiang Dali gave Hao Jun a mission to spread news of the Xia Ke Island voyage, recruit at least one thousand players, and prepare ships, while planning to use the rewards to develop Hao Jun as a spy within the Supreme Alliance.
• Hao Jun and several guilds gathered over fifteen hundred players and secured thirty-five ships, despite Black Wind Stronghold players complaining that Jiang Dali had excluded them from the mission.
• Jiang Dali received a secret letter from Mandala Villa identifying the Child Emperor as two Heavenly Human assassins serving Xiong Ba, and concluded that Xiong Ba intended to help Iron Gallant Marquis seize Ming State’s throne.
• Jiang Dali arrived at the docks with Wang Yuyan, confirmed that the recruited players accepted the risk of dying, and announced he would teach them a Qimen supreme art before the voyage.
• Jiang Dali renamed a fragment of the South Sea Sect Qimen Formation Principle the Black Wind Mountain Protection Divine Array Principle and set its learning cost at 150 Cultivation Points and 500 Potential Points, leaving Hao Jun suspicious of the price.

Jiang Dali gathered players and their resources by teaching them a formation principle, then led a fleet toward the mysterious Yan Bugui Sea Domain to find Xia Ke Island. As the ships entered the thickening mist, Wang Yuyan questioned his plan, and the fleet vanished from view below.

• Jiang Dali pressured Fatty into learning the formation art, then praised him and Han Zhi Needs Girl when they spent Cultivation Points and Potential Points to master it.
• Jiang Dali collected resources from nearly forty thousand players, eliminated those unable to learn the formation principle, and sent more than thirty ships carrying over thirteen hundred players toward Xia Ke Island.
• Jiang Dali raised the South Sea Sect Qimen Formation Principle to Realm 4 and explained to Wang Yuyan that he wanted the Grand Profound Scripture recorded on Xia Ke Island's stone wall.
• After several days at sea, Jiang Dali ordered the fleet to spread into a fan formation and advance slowly into the mist of Yan Bugui Sea Domain.
• Jiang Dali flew above the fleet with Wang Yuyan on the Demonic Eagle, and Wang Yuyan watched the ships disappear into the fog and asked what he was planning.

Jiang Dali guided the surviving ships through the Yan Bugui Sea Domain and found Xia Ke Island, where its defenders tried to stop him from landing. He left Zhang San, Li Si, and the other island experts reeling after overwhelming their attack with his Golden Qi Power.

• Jiang Dali used the players’ coordinated shouts and his own roar to guide thirty-five ships through the mist toward Xia Ke Island.
• Island Lord Long and Island Lord Mu ordered Zhang San, Li Si, and the other disciples to keep the newcomers from landing.
• Hidden reefs and whirlpools disabled sixteen ships, while the surviving players coordinated through the Jianghu Forum and continued toward Jiang Dali’s position.
• Jiang Dali and Wang Yuyan spotted Xia Ke Island, and he descended on the Demonic Eagle while calling the ships to follow.
• The island’s experts attacked Jiang Dali with hidden weapons, but he turned them back with the Whale Call Technique and struck down the burly man who challenged him.
• Zhang San, Li Si, and dozens of experts charged Jiang Dali, but his Golden Qi Power blasted more than a dozen away and forced the rest back.

Jiang Dali confronted the Dragon and Wood Island Masters on Xia Ke Island, challenged their Reward Good and Punish Evil methods, and demanded they visit Black Wind Stronghold. The chapter ended as he used a powerful suction technique to drag Zhang San and Li Si toward him while the Island Masters tried to intervene.

• Jiang Dali announced his arrival with a thunderous shout that startled the Dragon and Wood Island Masters and the martial artists gathered in their cave.
• Players arrived on the beach as the Dragon and Wood Island Masters led hundreds of servants down the mountain to welcome Jiang Dali.
• Jiang Dali accused Xia Ke Island of abusing its authority and invited the two Island Masters to Black Wind Stronghold.
• The Dragon and Wood Island Masters challenged Jiang Dali's motives, and he mocked their claim that they had never killed good people.
• Zhang San and Li Si rushed to attack Jiang Dali, who unleashed a powerful suction technique that pulled them toward his hands as the Island Masters tried to stop him.

Jiang Dali crippled the Good and Evil Envoys and demanded that the Dragon and Wood Island Masters let him and his players study Xia Ke Xing. When martial artists challenged him, he drew the Dragon Slaying Saber and killed three attackers, then scolded Wang Yuyan for failing to react.

• Jiang Dali drained the Good and Evil Envoys' strength, crippled their martial arts, and told the Dragon and Wood Island Masters that their past misdeeds had earned them punishment.
• Jiang Dali asked the Island Masters to lead him and his players into the stone chamber to study the divine martial art, and players accepted a mission requiring them to join the Pig Slaughter Alliance.
• Martial artists complained that the players would take up study time, but the Dragon and Wood Island Masters stayed back as Jiang Dali ordered the crowd to be quiet and clear his path.
• Dian Qianzhong attacked Jiang Dali with his Electric Saber Thousand Illusions, but Jiang Dali shattered his saber with two fingers and wounded him with its fragments.
• When another martial artist lunged toward Wang Yuyan, Jiang Dali drew the Dragon Slaying Saber and killed three attackers with a single slash.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan to move and chastised her for lacking combat awareness.

Jiang Dali entered Xia Ke Island’s stone chambers and began comprehending the martial art carved on their walls, which he identified as the Grand Profound Scripture. After claiming he would take it back to Black Wind Stronghold, he faced the Dragon and Wood Island Masters as they attacked him.

• The martial world’s heroes recognized the Dragon Slaying Saber Jiang Dali carried and watched him lead Wang Yuyan past the three dead men while the Dragon and Wood Island Masters agreed to guide him.
• Players posted news of Jiang Dali’s promise to let them view martial arts above the Heavenly Tier, and the Four Great Clans began recruiting the players heading up the mountain.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan to ignore the writing and feel the stone-wall illustrations; as they explored the chambers, he sensed sword, movement, striking, and internal arts before a notification appeared.
• Jiang Dali told the Island Masters he would take the Grand Profound Scripture back to his stronghold, and the Dragon and Wood Island Masters lunged at him together.

Jiang Dali defeated the Dragon and Wood Island Masters by using techniques he had comprehended from the Grand Profound Scripture. Rather than kill them, he offered to recruit them as protectors of Black Wind Stronghold, then turned his attention to players gathering outside the stone chamber.

• The Dragon and Wood Island Masters attacked Jiang Dali, but his fist techniques disrupted their assaults and his Level 3 Hegemonic Body withstood Island Lord Long’s concealed weapons.
• Jiang Dali unleashed Heavenly Human Power and struck both Island Masters with Grand Profound Scripture techniques, leaving them badly injured and unable to fight.
• Island Lord Long and Island Lord Mu admitted defeat and asked Jiang Dali to kill or torture them.
• Jiang Dali offered the two Island Lords positions as protectors of Black Wind Stronghold instead of killing them.
• Players gathered at the stone chamber entrance, and Jiang Dali withdrew his Golden Bell Indestructible Body state and gave the Island Lords time to consider his offer.

Jiang Dali defeated Island Lords Long and Mu, took control of Xia Ke Island’s Grand Profound Scripture and arranged for players to study it, though none could comprehend its core teachings. After Long and Mu agreed to serve Black Wind Stronghold and prepare Laba Porridge, Jiang Dali tested a newly learned movement technique with Wang Yuyan before racing ahead alone.

• Jiang Dali told the defeated Island Lords Long and Mu that he had not used his full strength, then ordered the players to wait outside the stone chamber.
• Jiang Dali divided more than eight hundred players into batches to study the Grand Profound Scripture, but the players could not understand it or trigger their panels.
• Jiang Dali watched several batches fail to learn the scripture and reviewed the Heavenly Tier martial arts he had comprehended from its stone walls.
• Jiang Dali learned that Island Lords Long and Mu had started making Laba Porridge after accepting his orders, and he went with Wang Yuyan to have some before leaving Xia Ke Island.
• Jiang Dali tested the movement technique When the Deed Is Done, Brush Off One's Sleeves and Leave, rejected it in favor of Leave No Trace for a Thousand Miles, and raced ahead as Wang Yuyan angrily chased him.

The emperor of Ming State questioned Lang Fanyun about Xiong Ba and considered using himself as bait to draw out his enemies. On Xia Ke Island, Jiang Dali drank the island’s Laba Porridge, taught the Dragon and Wood Island Masters a Grand Profound Scripture sword technique, and prepared to take the Scripture’s inner-cultivation stone wall before Sea Shark Palace ships appeared.

• The emperor of Ming State asked Lang Fanyun about Xiong Ba and the rescue of Zhu Wushi, then let Lang Fanyun leave without reprimanding him.
• Xu Ruowu urged the emperor of Ming State to use himself as bait, warning that Zhu Wushi and the one who rescued him wanted the throne while the Black Wind Stronghold Master threatened both sides.
• Jiang Dali drank a bucket of Laba Porridge, gained over 1,300 points of internal force, and taught the Dragon and Wood Island Masters the sword technique “Killing a Man in Ten Steps.”
• The last players finished viewing the martial arts on Xia Ke Island without learning the Grand Profound Scripture, and Jiang Dali planned to take the stone wall bearing its inner-cultivation method.
• At dawn, Sea Shark Palace ships appeared around the Yan Bugui Sea Domain as Jiang Dali prepared to leave Xia Ke Island.

Jiang Dali learned that Helian Ba and Bai Ting had brought Sea Shark Palace forces to seize Xia Ke Island and decided to let them suffer losses before confronting them. As Sea Shark Palace ships entered the island’s mist, Helian Ba and Bai Ting confidently planned to claim the Grand Profound Scripture and challenge the Supreme Alliance.

• Jiang Dali read reports that Sea Shark Palace had surrounded Xia Ke Island and reasoned that players had alerted Helian Ba to the island’s manuals.
• Jiang Dali considered the wider conflicts involving Pang Ban, Zhu Wushi, Yue Fei, and the Heavenly Alliance, then resolved to meet Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, and Nie Renwang.
• Wang Yuyan pretended she had slept at the table, but Jiang Dali teased her after finding her hair on his pillow.
• Jiang Dali told Island Lord Long and Island Lord Mu to wait until Sea Shark Palace had taken losses before he sank its ships.
• Helian Ba and Bai Ting sent more than thirty ships into the mist using signal flares as markers while they waited outside the sea domain.
• Helian Ba and Bai Ting discussed exploiting the island’s defenders and obtaining the Grand Profound Scripture, believing their alliance could challenge Guan Yutian’s Supreme Alliance.

Jiang Dali deliberately guided Sea Shark Palace to Xia Ke Island and waited for its forces to land, intending to punish them for coveting his territory. Helian Ba and Bai Ting confronted him on the shore, and Helian Ba demanded that the assembled heroes choose a side as a bloody battle loomed.

• Jiang Dali dismissed reports about Sea Shark Palace’s approach and told Island Lord Long and Island Lord Mu to prepare to deal with casualties.
• Helian Ba learned that the Demonic Eagle’s flight path pointed toward Xia Ke Island and ordered his ships to follow it, despite heavy losses from reefs and whirlpools.
• Sea Shark Palace players discovered the island, mocked Jiang Dali on the Jianghu Forum, and celebrated their apparent success.
• Jiang Dali revealed to Fatty that he had deliberately used the Demonic Eagle to guide Sea Shark Palace to the island.
• Helian Ba and Bai Ting landed with their forces and confronted Jiang Dali, who declared that he had lured them there to teach them a lesson.
• Helian Ba threatened the gathered heroes and offered to spare those who stepped aside, leaving them to decide whether to support Jiang Dali.

Jiang Dali faced Helian Ba’s challenge and killed the martial artists who tried to intervene, then withstood attacks from Helian Ba and Bai Ting while defeating Gongyang Feng. Helian Ba, enraged and unable to overpower him, suddenly attacked Wang Yuyan.

• Jiang Dali’s spiritual pressure forced Li Chengyun, Yang Li, and Gongyang Feng toward action, and Li Chengyun fired the Lover’s Arrow while charging.
• Jiang Dali deflected the arrows and killed Li Chengyun with the red arrow, then Helian Ba attacked using Clone Shadow.
• Jiang Dali broke through Helian Ba’s assault and killed Yang Li with Five Mountains Weigh Light.
• Helian Ba and Bai Ting struck Jiang Dali together while he killed Gongyang Feng with Leisurely Passing through Xinling to Drink.
• Jiang Dali survived their attacks with little damage, taunted Helian Ba and the gathered heroes, and Helian Ba flashed to Wang Yuyan and struck at her.