Chapter Summaries

Jiang Dali fought Helian Ba and Bai Ting on the beach, while Wang Yuyan escaped Helian Ba’s attempt to capture her and struck back. Jiang Dali killed Helian Ba and left Bai Ting too frightened to continue fighting.

• Helian Ba ambushed Wang Yuyan, but she used the Nine Syllable Mantra Hand Seals and the Undying Seal Method to escape his grip and wound him.
• Jiang Dali attacked Helian Ba, absorbed Bai Ting’s sword qi, and redirected it into Helian Ba, forcing him to break free and retreat.
• Bai Ting and Helian Ba joined forces against Jiang Dali, but Jiang repeatedly battered both men while sustaining little damage himself.
• Jiang Dali crushed Helian Ba beneath his foot and killed him with a final stomp to the head.
• Bai Ting froze in fear after Helian Ba’s death and backed away, saying he would not fight anymore.

After killing Helian Ba, Jiang Dali forced Bai Ting and the surviving Sea Shark Palace fighters to submit, then prepared to leave Xia Ke Island for Lingyun Cave. He ordered Wang Yuyan to remain behind and study the Grand Profound Scripture, and she agreed, determined to become strong enough to stand on her own.

• Bai Ting surrendered to Jiang Dali and accepted his terms: serve as his subordinate on a journey and make the Divine Fire Sect an affiliated force of Black Wind Stronghold.
• She Hu'er and the other Sea Shark Palace leaders and fighters pledged allegiance to Jiang Dali, who assigned Island Lord Long and Island Lord Mu to organize the surrendered forces.
• Jiang Dali found no valuable martial arts manuals on Helian Ba's body, then left the battlefield with Wang Yuyan while planning to bring Sea Shark Palace under his control.
• Jiang Dali praised Wang Yuyan's defense against Helian Ba and urged her to study the Grand Profound Scripture, saying it could help her enter the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan to stay on Xia Ke Island while he traveled to Lingyun Cave, explaining that she would be safer and could help him by mastering the scripture.
• Wang Yuyan agreed to stay and vowed to become a Heavenly Human, then accidentally entered Jiang Dali's changing room and hurried back out in embarrassment.

After Helian Ba’s death left Sea Shark Palace vulnerable, Guan Yutian sought to negotiate with Jiang Dali rather than risk provoking him. Jiang Dali agreed to discuss relinquishing the palace in person, turned Fatty into an undercover agent for the Pig Slaughter Alliance, and prepared to leave for Leshan.

• Guan Yutian learned that Helian Ba was dead and asked whether the Black Wind Stronghold Master intended to claim Sea Shark Palace.
• Ren Qianxing proposed that the Supreme Alliance seize Sea Shark Palace, but Guan Yutian instead sent Fatty to negotiate with Jiang Dali and offered an alliance and resources.
• Jiang Dali agreed to relinquish Sea Shark Palace but insisted on negotiating the terms with Guan Yutian in person.
• Fatty completed his mission and accepted Jiang Dali’s reward to become the Pig Slaughter Alliance’s undercover agent within the Supreme Alliance.
• Jiang Dali prepared to depart for Leshan with Bai Ting.

Jiang Dali arrived at Mount Emei City with Bai Ting to prepare for another visit to Lingyun Cave, then met Murong Qingqing at the Black Wind Stronghold branch. Murong Qingqing revealed that she had inherited the Tianqin Sect and reached the Heavenly Human Realm, but when she removed her mask, Jiang Dali sensed a terrifying demonic nature.

• Jiang Dali and Bai Ting reached Mount Emei City after four days of travel and discussed their plan to face the Fire Qilin with additional help.
• Jiang Dali arrived at the Mount Emei Branch of Black Wind Stronghold, where Yin Sha welcomed him and he urged Yin Sha to study the stronghold's martial arts.
• Yin Sha told Jiang Dali that Murong Qingqing had been waiting for him, and Jiang Dali went to meet her in the courtyard pavilion.
• Murong Qingqing played zither notes that displayed Heavenly Human Connection, then told Jiang Dali that the Six-Fingered Zither Demon had died after passing on the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds.
• Murong Qingqing removed her mask, and Jiang Dali sensed a terrifying demonic nature from her.

Jiang Dali learned that Murong Qingqing had been corrupted by the Sky Demon Zither and that two Tianqin Sect elders had taken it, so she offered to help him retrieve it. After her Sky Demon Melody revealed his memories of Wanwan, he accepted her aid and set out to find a retired martial artist known as the Mad Blade.

• Murong Qingqing explained that the Sky Demon Zither had released its demonic nature during a battle, leaving her corrupted, while two elders escaped with the instrument.
• Murong Qingqing returned Jiang Dali's jade cicada and asked him to help retrieve the Sky Demon Zither, offering to fulfill her promise to do three things for him.
• Murong Qingqing played the Sky Demon Melody, drawing Jiang Dali into memories of Wanwan and showing that he still had deep feelings despite his Absolute Ruthlessness.
• Murong Qingqing said she had learned from Wanwan's Sky Demon Dance and Heavenly Demon Sound, and explained that she used the melody to reveal Wanwan's buried emotions to Jiang Dali.
• Jiang Dali agreed to take Murong Qingqing along and immediately set out to find a retired blade wielder known as the Mad Blade.

Jiang Dali confronted Nie Renwang and pursued him after the former Northern Mad Saber refused his invitation. As their fight tore through the forest, Nie Renwang turned back toward his secluded home to retrieve his saber.

• Nie Renwang returned to the riverbank and learned that Jiang Dali had arrived with the Mount Emei Branch, while Nie Feng had already befriended the visitors.
• Jiang Dali and Nie Renwang clashed with their wills, and Jiang Dali was forced back a step by Nie Renwang’s power.
• Jiang Dali asked Nie Renwang to join him, but Nie Renwang refused and fled with Nie Feng.
• Jiang Dali pursued Nie Renwang on the Demonic Eagle, and the two exchanged saber strikes that damaged the forest as Bai Ting followed to put out the fires.
• Nie Renwang realized his stamina would fail if the pursuit continued, so he changed direction and headed home to retrieve his saber.

Jiang Dali pursued Nie Renwang to his secluded home and provoked him into wielding the Snow Drinking Saber. Their battle escalated until Jiang Dali gained the upper hand, but Nie Renwang unleashed Bronze Saber Energy toward Jiang Dali and Nie Feng.

• Nie Renwang retrieved the Snow Drinking Saber from a pit near his well while Jiang Dali and his companions arrived at his secluded residence.
• Jiang Dali taunted Nie Renwang about Yan Ying and Xiong Ba, provoking him to attack with Startling Cold Glance.
• Nie Renwang and Jiang Dali exchanged powerful saber strikes; Nie Renwang damaged the Dragon Slaying Saber and forced Jiang Dali through a courtyard wall.
• Nie Renwang unleashed Red Apricot Wall with Nine Zhang of Heaven and Earth Power, but Jiang Dali entered the Life-and-Death State and struck him back, leaving him wounded.
• As Nie Feng rushed toward his injured father, Nie Renwang unleashed Bronze Saber Energy in a furious attack.

Jiang Dali defeated Nie Renwang in their fierce battle and earned his agreement to enter Lingyun Cave together to fight the Fire Qilin. The chapter ended with Jiang Dali inspecting the Dragon Slaying Saber, which had been split apart by the Snow Drinking Saber.

• Nie Renwang's Bronze Saber Energy struck Jiang Dali, who shielded the unconscious Nie Feng and endured the attack with his hardened body.
• Jiang Dali counterattacked and beat Nie Renwang into submission, then stopped when he sensed the berserk blood threatening to awaken inside him.
• Nie Renwang explained that his awakened berserk blood could make him lose control, and warned that Xiong Ba might have crossed into a higher realm.
• Jiang Dali asked Nie Renwang to help him fight the Fire Qilin in Lingyun Cave, and Nie Renwang agreed, revealing that his ancestors had forged the Snow Drinking Saber to destroy the beast.
• Bai Ting and Murong Qingqing approached after the fighting stopped, while Jiang Dali wrapped his waist and went to inspect the Dragon Slaying Saber, broken into two pieces.

Jiang Dali examined Nie Renwang’s Snow Drinking Saber and invited him to cooperate against the Fire Qilin. At the Heavenly Alliance, Xiong Ba assigned Zhu Wushi and the Heavenly Pool Killers to seize the Ming State throne while downplaying the threat of Jiang Dali.

• Nie Renwang offered to reforge Jiang Dali’s broken Dragon Slaying Saber, but Jiang Dali told him not to worry about the damage.
• Nie Renwang lent Jiang Dali the Snow Drinking Saber, and Jiang Dali’s panel identified it as a 2nd-Rank Divine Weapon.
• Jiang Dali returned the saber, ordered players to search for Dragon Slaying Saber fragments, and invited Nie Renwang and Nie Feng to the stronghold to discuss fighting the Fire Qilin.
• Xiong Ba rebuked the Heavenly Pool Killers for their losses and ordered them to help Zhu Wushi reclaim the Ming State throne.
• Zhu Wushi warned Xiong Ba not to underestimate the Black Wind Stronghold Master, but Xiong Ba left the threat to others and sent Zhu Wushi and the nine killers off that night.

Jiang Dali organized a second assault on Lingyun Cave, recruiting outside players as expendable support and preparing with Nie Renwang and Murong Qingqing. After Bai Ting found a way to weaken the cave’s Crimson Flame, the group entered Lingyun Cave to confront the Fire Qilin.

• Jiang Dali learned that Zhu Wushi was returning to the Ming State and discreetly sent word to the Ming State imperial family and Demon Master Pang Ban.
• Jiang Dali ordered Yin Feng to accept outside players for the Lingyun Cave assault, placing them in the first ranks to draw the Fire Qilin’s attention.
• Jiang Dali gave medicinal beads to Nie Renwang and Murong Qingqing, then gathered nearly two thousand players across the river from the Leshan Giant Buddha.
• Bai Ting entered Lingyun Cave to investigate the fire toxin while Jiang Dali equipped his Might God Armor Set and prepared the assault.
• Bai Ting returned with a method to weaken the Crimson Flame, then led Jiang Dali, Nie Renwang, and Murong Qingqing into Lingyun Cave.

Jiang Dali and his companions entered Lingyun Cave, where the Fire Qilin awakened and sent Qilin Demons through the passages. When Tang Sect fighters attacked the group, Jiang Dali swiftly killed them and found that they all appeared to be from the Tang Sect.

• Jiang Dali, Nie Renwang, Murong Qingqing, and Bai Ting entered Lingyun Cave, where Jiang Dali's Qilin Blood activated and Bai Ting used the Divine Fire Art to protect them from the flames.
• Deep inside the cave, the Fire Qilin awakened and released several Qilin Demons into the passages.
• Jiang Dali used the Great Vajra Wheel Seal mantra to dispel the fear caused by the Fire Qilin's roar, then the group encountered a frenzied fighter who attacked them.
• Bai Ting killed the first attacker, and Jiang Dali recognized the man's concealed weapons as a Tang Sect technique.
• Jiang Dali charged into the approaching attackers and killed them in a series of swift strikes, then inspected their bodies and said they all seemed to be from the Tang Sect.

Jiang Dali and Nie Renwang reached the Fire Qilin in Lingyun Cave and began fighting it, while the Song Kingdom’s invasion created an opportunity for Wulei to move against Black Wind Stronghold. The chapter left Jiang Dali recovering from a powerful blow as Nie Renwang struck the Fire Qilin with a massive blade attack.

• Jiang Dali identified the fallen Tang Sect members as Qilin Demons and told Bai Ting to protect Murong Qingqing while he and Nie Renwang continued into Lingyun Cave.
• Jin and Liao forces invaded the Song Kingdom, and Black Wind Stronghold members mobilized to defend it under Jiang Dali’s earlier orders.
• Wulei planned to use the invasion to destroy Black Wind Stronghold and went to Wushen Jue Palace to pursue an alliance against the Song Kingdom.
• Jiang Dali and Nie Renwang found the Fire Qilin, and Jiang Dali charged it in his Destruction State.
• The Fire Qilin knocked Jiang Dali away, then Nie Renwang attacked it with a massive blade qi that clashed against its antlers.

Jiang Dali and Nie Renwang fought the Fire Qilin inside Lingyun Cave, but its strength forced them to retreat. Murong Qingqing’s zither briefly subdued the beast, and Jiang Dali emerged with a scale as the Fire Qilin pursued them toward the players gathered outside.

• Jiang Dali charged the Fire Qilin and knocked it into a wall, while Nie Renwang joined the attack with his saber.
• Jiang Dali grabbed the Fire Qilin’s jaws and drained its spiritual power as Nie Renwang struck it, but the beast broke free and charged through the cave.
• Murong Qingqing played the Sky Demon Melody to calm the Fire Qilin, then collapsed after her zither strings snapped and fled with Bai Ting.
• Jiang Dali and Nie Renwang escaped Lingyun Cave, with Nie Renwang missing an arm and Jiang Dali carrying a scale he had bitten from the Fire Qilin.
• The Fire Qilin pursued them out of the cave, and Jiang Dali warned the assembled players that the beast was coming as hundreds readied their bows.

Jiang Dali used the Snow Drinking Saber to wound the Fire Qilin, then withdrew while the players swarmed in to fight over its blood. He left the battlefield to meet Nie Renwang and the others, carrying the scales he intended to use for a new saber.

• Jiang Dali lent Nie Renwang the Snow Drinking Saber and stayed behind to face the Fire Qilin as Nie escaped across the river.
• Jiang Dali struck the Fire Qilin with the divine saber and a powerful slash, injuring its wounds before the beast knocked him into the river.
• The Four Great Clans attacked the Fire Qilin and pursued its blood, drawing more players into the chaotic battle.
• Jiang Dali watched from the river and reflected that he had manipulated the players into serving as cannon fodder by spreading word of Qilin Blood’s value.
• Jiang Dali swam away with the Fire Qilin scales hidden against his chest to meet Nie Renwang and the others, planning to forge the Dali Fire Qilin Saber.

After the Fire Qilin battle, Jiang Dali recovered with Nie Renwang and the others, examined the Qilin scales, and prepared to leave Mount Emei. Nie Renwang gifted him the saber move Sweep Through a Thousand Armies, leaving Jiang Dali impressed by its powerful saber intent.

• The Four Great Clans and Yin Feng’s Black Wind Stronghold players gained Qilin Blood before the Fire Qilin returned to Lingyun Cave, while the remaining players fled.
• A man with an aquiline nose and his companions discussed the Dragon Vein, Xuanyuan Sword, Qilin Blood, and using ancient records to gain benefits from Jiang Dali.
• Jiang Dali and his companions treated their wounds outside a bamboo cottage, and Bai Ting found that his flame qi could not activate the Fire Qilin scales.
• Jiang Dali considered using his strengthened Fire Qilin bloodline to awaken the scales and offered Nie Renwang a drop of Thousand Year Ginseng Sap in exchange for scales Nie did not need.
• Jiang Dali said farewell to Nie Renwang, who carved the saber move Sweep Through a Thousand Armies onto bamboo and gave it to him.
• Jiang Dali caught the bamboo strip and felt the move’s sharp saber intent.

Jiang Dali received Nie Renwang’s saber technique and said farewell to him, then learned that Murong Qingqing was searching for the assassin who had once avenged her parents. After agreeing to help her in exchange for her fighting alongside him, he turned toward his next objectives: meeting Guan Yutian and pursuing Shi Zhixuan at the Yang Gong Treasury.

• Jiang Dali received Nie Renwang’s Heavenly Being-tier saber technique and parted from Nie Renwang after Little Nie Feng gave him a wooden saber.
• On the Black Eagle, Jiang Dali drank with Bai Ting and Murong Qingqing as Bai Ting accepted his place among Jiang Dali’s companions.
• Murong Qingqing told Jiang Dali she wanted to find the Green Robe Pavilion assassin who had avenged her parents, and Jiang Dali agreed to help in exchange for her fighting for him five more times.
• Murong Qingqing described the assassin as broad, trained in Iron Cloth Skill, and skilled in the hidden weapon technique Scattered Rain. Flying Star Spreading Hatred, prompting Jiang Dali to realize she was describing him.
• Jiang Dali recalled Guan Yutian’s invitation to meet outside Sword Forging City in three months and learned that Shi Zhixuan had fled to Yangzhou and entered the Yang Gong Treasury.
• Jiang Dali resolved to go to the Yang Gong Treasury, seize the Evil Emperor’s Sarira, and deal with Shi Zhixuan himself.

Jiang Dali returned to Xia Ke Island, recruited the island into his plans, and left martial arts for its players to learn. He then departed with Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing, heading toward Yangzhou before their later trip to Ice Fire Island, while the Song State’s war remained his chief concern.

• Jiang Dali flew through the Yan Bugui Sea Domain with Murong Qingqing and Bai Ting, following the positioning stone to Xia Ke Island.
• Wang Yuyan rushed to greet Jiang Dali, then felt a pang of jealousy when she saw Murong Qingqing beside him.
• Jiang Dali told the Dragon and Wood Island Masters to recruit worthy players and promised to leave martial arts for them to study.
• Jiang Dali replaced the Grand Profound Scripture’s cultivation section in a stone chamber with manuals of his own martial arts.
• After settling matters on Xia Ke Island, Jiang Dali left with Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing, planning to visit Yangzhou and then Ice Fire Island.
• Jiang Dali considered the Song State’s war and hoped to fight alongside Yue Fei, though he was still waiting for a definite answer from Xiao Qiushui.

Jiang Dali arrived in Yangzhou with Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing, then joined Kou Zhong at the docks to confront the mystery of the Yang Gong Treasury and the Evil Emperor's Sarira. He realized Shi Zhixuan had deliberately entered the treasury to draw in powerful factions, and warned that the real conflict would begin now that he had arrived.

• Jiang Dali toured Yangzhou's bustling market in disguise, where he saw Black Wind Stronghold's influence among the players and promised to help Murong Qingqing recover the Sky Demon Zither.
• Jiang Dali boarded Kou Zhong's ship and learned that the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi were guarding the Yang Gong Treasury, where Shi Zhixuan was supposedly trapped.
• Jiang Dali deduced that Shi Zhixuan had entered the treasury deliberately to use the Evil Emperor's Sarira and draw other powerful factions toward Yang Su's riches and armory.
• Jiang Dali said his arrival had kept others from revealing themselves, then heard splashing from the water and anticipated that the real show was about to begin.
• Kou Zhong felt both fear and relief as he recognized Jiang Dali's overwhelming standing and accepted that serving him was no longer humiliating.

Jiang Dali faced Zhu Yuyan and Song Que as they arrived at the Yang Gong Treasury, where Song Que sought to protect Kou Zhong and challenge Jiang Dali. Shi Zhixuan then emerged with the Evil Emperor’s Sarira and declared his intention to absorb its power, while Jiang Dali demanded the relic.

• Zhu Yuyan arrived by ship and told Jiang Dali that Shi Zhixuan was inside the Yang Gong Treasury and that she had come to kill him.
• Song Que revealed himself and said he had come for the treasury and to fight Jiang Dali, asking him to spare Kou Zhong if Song Que won.
• Kou Zhong refused Jiang Dali’s offer to leave and chose to remain with Black Wind Stronghold, while Song Yuzhi urged him to come with her father.
• Shi Zhixuan burst from the river after defeating the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi and announced that he would absorb the demonic power in the Evil Emperor’s Sarira.
• Jiang Dali demanded that Shi Zhixuan hand over the Evil Emperor’s Sarira.

Shi Zhixuan defeated and severely wounded Zhu Yuyan, then clashed with Jiang Dali over the Evil Emperor's Sarira. Jiang Dali's overwhelming strength drove Shi Zhixuan to use the sarira as the two battled.

• Shi Zhixuan rejected Zhu Yuyan and Song Que's demands and fought Zhu Yuyan, defeating her with the Undying Seal Method after she unleashed the Heavenly Demon Sound.
• Song Que caught the wounded Zhu Yuyan, while Shi Zhixuan declared that he would reign supreme among the demonic sect's Liudao.
• Jiang Dali confronted Shi Zhixuan, revealing his powerful Adamantine Body Cultivation and striking him with Earth-Shattering Shock.
• Shi Zhixuan failed to redirect Jiang Dali's full-strength punch, which broke his arms and battered his body.
• As Jiang Dali's attack threatened him, Shi Zhixuan sent the Evil Emperor's Sarira flying toward Jiang Dali's fist.