Chapter Summaries

Wulei decided to use the Left Alliance’s secret weapon to help Jue Wushen kill Jiang Dali, while Jiang Dali and his companions arrived above Jing Shen’s massive army and began provoking him into leaving camp. Jiang Dali’s thunderous threat reached the command tent, where Jing Shen reacted with shock at the formidable man from Song State.

• Wulei concluded that the Left Alliance could not withstand more retaliation and set out to use the family’s secret weapon to improve Jue Wushen’s chances against Jiang Dali.
• Jiang Dali read forum discussions about his allies and Zhu Wushi, then focused on the vast army gathered below.
• Wang Yuyan and Lu Xiaofeng questioned Jiang Dali’s plan to draw Jing Shen out, and Jiang Dali proposed wearing down the army by attacking its supplies and morale.
• Jiang Dali ordered the Demonic Eagle to dive and threw Jing City’s governor’s corpse toward the soldiers, who pierced it with their spears.
• Jiang Dali roared a challenge to Jing Shen across the camp, and Jing Shen stood in shock at his arrogance and strength.

Jiang Dali’s group spent two days devastating the Ying State army through aerial attacks and assassinations, driving its morale toward collapse. After exposing a false granary location, Jiang Dali learned where the real provisions were hidden and set out to burn them before heading to Wushen Jue Palace.

• General Jing Shen refused to leave his command tent and revealed that he had prepared a gunpowder trap at the apparent granary.
• Jiang Dali and Murong Qingqing attacked the army from the Demonic Eagle while Lu Xiaofeng and Xiao Feng assassinated commanders, killing over a thousand soldiers and wrecking morale.
• On the third morning, Jiang Dali said the army had reached its limit and explained that the provisions they had found were probably a decoy.
• Jiang Dali bluffed and tortured two captured Ying State commanders until they disclosed the real granary’s location.
• Jiang Dali’s group set out for the real granary near Jing City, where Ying State players and a team of top experts had gathered in ambush.

Jiang Dali tricked the enemy reinforcements into gathering at a false grain depot, then destroyed both grain stores and wiped out the gathered forces with explosions. As the Demonic Eagle flew away, Jing Shen killed himself, and Jiang Dali’s companions wondered how he had anticipated every step.

• Shuiyue Grand Sect and experts from three great families used forged intelligence to convince Commander Jiang Kou to let them defend the western farmstead.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan that the false grain depot was a trap to make the reinforcements witness fireworks while he headed for the real grain stores.
• Jiang Dali flew toward the southern canyon and taunted Jing Shen, who realized the reinforcements had been diverted from the military camp.
• The western farmstead exploded, killing Shuiyue Grand Sect and many of the family experts, while a second blast sent smoke rising from the southern canyon.
• Jing Shen learned that both grain stores had been destroyed, lamented his failure, and took his own life.
• Jiang Dali praised the fireworks and flew off with Xiao Feng, Lu Xiaofeng, and the others, who marveled at his carefully planned victory.

Yue Fei defied the Song Emperor’s order to withdraw from the front, while Jiang Dali learned he might be implicated and prepared to advance his cultivation. As Jiang Dali broke through to the Heavenly Human 4th Realm, Wang Yuyan entered a state of enlightenment beside him.

• Yue Fei and Xiao Qiushui celebrated Jiang Dali’s victory in Ying State, but an imperial decree and Golden Tablet ordered Yue Fei to return to the capital.
• Yue Fei refused to withdraw, tore off his general’s robe to reveal the words “Serve the country with utmost loyalty,” and Xiao Qiushui stood with him.
• Jiang Dali received a warning that Yue Fei’s defiance could cause the Song court to implicate him, then decided to advance his strength before reaching Wushen Jue Palace.
• Jiang Dali broke through from the Heavenly Human 3rd Realm to the 4th Realm aboard the flying eagle, astonishing Xiao Feng and Lu Xiaofeng.
• Wang Yuyan contemplated the Grand Profound Scripture’s characters as Jiang Dali cultivated and unexpectedly entered a state of enlightenment.

Wang Yuyan unexpectedly reached the Heavenly Human Realm after sensing Jiang Dali’s breakthrough, while Jiang Dali advanced to the Heavenly Human 4th Realm and the outstanding Sixth Realm of the Golden Bell Indestructible Body. The group continued toward Wushen Jue Palace, planning to pass through Ying Nation’s imperial capital to search for traces of the Divine Luan.

• Wang Yuyan comprehended the Grand Profound Scripture during Jiang Dali’s breakthrough and awakened her Yin Spirit, briefly connecting with his Yang Spirit before withdrawing in embarrassment.
• Wang Yuyan completed her breakthrough to the Heavenly Human Realm as Lu Xiaofeng reacted in disbelief.
• Jiang Dali completed his breakthrough to the Heavenly Human 4th Realm and raised his Golden Bell Indestructible Body to the outstanding Sixth Realm, greatly strengthening his physique.
• Jiang Dali questioned Wang Yuyan about her insight into the Grand Profound Scripture and suggested communicating through their minds, but she avoided the conversation.
• Jiang Dali ordered the Demonic Eagle toward Ying Nation’s imperial capital to search for the Divine Luan before continuing to Wushen Jue Palace, where he expected to face Jue Wushen and meet Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng.

Jiang Dali failed to find Dongfang Bubai near Ying Country's imperial capital and headed to Wushen Jue Palace to draw her out. Jue Wushen prepared to confront him as players and other factions gathered, and the two warlords finally met eyes above the palace.

• Jiang Dali reassured Wang Yuyan that Dongfang Bubai was likely safe and decided to make his trip to Wushen Jue Palace widely known so she could find him.
• Jiang Dali rode the Demonic Eagle toward Wushen Jue Palace while players and factions gathered outside to witness the expected clash.
• Jue Wushen ordered Jin Chaluo to join forces with the Shinkage-ryū Family's qi ninjas and eliminate Jiang Dali's companions, leaving Jiang Dali for himself.
• Lin Yu Xizao persuaded several guild leaders to set aside their grudges and prepare to exploit the chaos if Wushen Jue Palace fell.
• Jiang Dali arrived on the Demonic Eagle, and he and Jue Wushen locked gazes as the crowd erupted.

Jiang Dali and Jue Wushen began a battle at Wushen Jue Palace, trading powerful attacks as their allies and the watching players joined the fight. After Jue Wushen knocked Jiang Dali into the ground, he disappeared and struck at Xiao Feng as Xiao Feng prepared another dragon palm.

• Jue Wushen offered to join forces with Jiang Dali to seize control of Song, but Jiang Dali rejected him and taunted his past defeats.
• Jiang Dali leaped from the Demonic Eagle and struck Jue Wushen with Sweep Through a Thousand Armies, which Jue Wushen caught between his palms.
• Xiao Feng unleashed his dragon palm while Murong Qingqing used her zither to destroy the arrows fired at the Demonic Eagle.
• Xiao Feng's golden dragon struck Jue Wushen and helped Jiang Dali drive him through a wall, but Jue Wushen quickly recovered and attacked with Sha Po Lang.
• Jue Wushen used Killing Fist to blast Jiang Dali into the ground, then vanished and appeared beside Xiao Feng as Xiao Feng built up another dragon palm.

Jiang Dali fought Jue Wushen in a destructive clash while Xiao Feng and the others battled Wushen Jue Palace’s forces. Jiang Dali gained the upper hand with a sudden palm strike that knocked Jue Wushen into a pit, where danger descended on him again.

• Jue Wushen struck Xiao Feng with a powerful punch, but Xiao Feng survived by using the Adamantine Body Cultivation.
• Jue Wushen sent Jin Chaluo, the Qi Ninjas, and the ghost Chaluo to surround Xiao Feng, while Jiang Dali told his allies to handle them and faced Jue Wushen himself.
• Murong Qingqing used the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds to shatter incoming arrows and cut through Wushen Jue Palace’s attackers with waves of zither force.
• Jiang Dali and Jue Wushen exchanged powerful punches and kicks across the city wall, with Jue Wushen moving faster and Jiang Dali showing greater physical strength.
• Jue Wushen collapsed Jiang Dali’s Golden Bell Qi Shield and sent him reeling, but Jiang Dali unleashed dragon qi and struck Jue Wushen’s face with a palm, hurling him into a pit.
• As Jue Wushen lay in the pit, an intense sense of danger struck him and dazzling golden light descended from above.

Jiang Dali nearly beat Jue Wushen to death before Jue Wushen unleashed the Yin and Yang Deities and escaped with a counterattack. Both fighters were left weakened, and a sudden sword cry interrupted Jue Wushen as he prepared to attack again.

• Jiang Dali pinned Jue Wushen down and hammered him with powerful punches, nearly breaking through his Immortal Golden Body.
• Jue Wushen released his Yin and Yang Deities, using their Heavenly Being 9th Realm power to intimidate Jiang Dali and perceive his incoming attack.
• Jue Wushen dropped his Immortal Golden Body and struck Jiang Dali with the Killing Fist, forcing Jiang Dali backward and weakening his momentum.
• Jiang Dali recovered his qi with the Lion Seal as Jue Wushen emerged from the dirt, exhausted but ready to attack again.
• A shocking sword cry and powerful sword intent erupted nearby, startling Jue Wushen.

Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue arrived to support Jiang Dali as he fought Jue Wushen, turning the battle at Wushen Jue Palace into a desperate three-on-one. Ximen Chuixue found an opening to attack Jue Wushen’s Immortal Golden Body, but the barrier held as the chapter ended with his sword assault continuing.

• Ye Gucheng arrived at Wushen Jue Palace and cut down the qi ninjas before joining Lu Xiaofeng.
• Ximen Chuixue appeared on the battlements, and Jiang Dali welcomed the reinforcements while recovering his qi.
• Jue Wushen charged Jiang Dali, who asked the others to buy him time and met the attack with the Nine Heavens Tablet Smashing Fist.
• Ximen Chuixue killed the retreating Wulei with a sword strike, then watched for an opening while Jiang Dali and Jue Wushen fought.
• Jue Wushen broke Jiang Dali’s focus and struck him hard, leaving Jiang Dali’s qi nearly depleted.
• Ximen Chuixue launched a powerful sword strike at Jue Wushen, who formed his Immortal Golden Body to block it; Ximen then unleashed a barrage of sword lights against the barrier.

Ximen Chuixue wounded Jue Wushen, then Jiang Dali, Ye Gucheng, and Xiao Feng joined forces to break his Immortal Golden Body and badly injure him. Jue Wushen fled toward Wushen Jue Palace after throwing out a cloud of Eight-Headed Serpent Poison Blood, leaving Jiang Dali to face the spreading mist.

• Ximen Chuixue pierced Jue Wushen's shoulder with qi-breaking sword qi, though Jue Wushen's golden barrier repelled him.
• Jiang Dali, Ye Gucheng, and Xiao Feng closed in as players began raiding Wushen Jue Palace.
• Jue Wushen offered to end hostilities, but Jiang Dali rejected the truce and attacked him.
• Jiang Dali, Ye Gucheng, and Xiao Feng battered Jue Wushen's Immortal Golden Body until it shattered, and Ximen Chuixue slashed his head and face.
• Jue Wushen fled toward Wushen Jue Palace and threw a sphere that released Eight-Headed Serpent Poison Blood toward Jiang Dali.
• Wulei saw Jue Wushen use the forbidden poison after reviving at Wushen Jue Palace.

Jiang Dali and his allies pursued the fleeing Jue Wushen, but Fist God emerged from the passage and fought Jiang Dali. After Jiang Dali stopped him by promising to find Fist Fool, Dongfang appeared above Wushen Jue Palace.

• Wulei realized that the Eight-Headed Serpent Essence Blood had failed to help Jue Wushen defeat Jiang Dali.
• Jue Wushen fled into a hidden passage and called on Fist God to protect him in exchange for information about Fist Fool.
• Fist God charged out of the passage and attacked Jiang Dali, while Xiao Feng pursued Jue Wushen and Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng were forced back by Fist God's punches.
• Jiang Dali battered Fist God and persuaded him to stop fighting by saying Fist Fool was alive and that Jue Wushen could reveal his whereabouts.
• Dongfang arrived overhead on a great bird as Jiang Dali prepared to continue after Jue Wushen.

Dongfang Bubai arrived at Wushen Jue Palace and killed Jue Wushen, then fought Fist God until Jiang Dali subdued him. Jiang Dali offered to help Fist God find his imprisoned son in exchange for his cooperation, while Dongfang Bubai urged him to kill Fist God and the son.

• Dongfang Bubai arrived at Wushen Jue Palace and used silver threads to dismember the weakened Jue Wushen.
• Fist God attacked Dongfang Bubai after learning Jue Wushen had imprisoned his son, but she evaded his punches and struck him with needles and her Yang Spirit.
• Jiang Dali intervened, defeated Fist God, and sealed his acupoints when he refused to stop fighting.
• Jiang Dali threatened Fist God through his son and offered to help find him if Fist God agreed to do several things.
• Dongfang Bubai questioned why Jiang Dali spared Fist God and suggested killing him and his son.

Jiang Dali stopped Dongfang Bubai from killing Fist God and secured his promise to perform three tasks in exchange for help finding his son. After Fist God left for the Song Kingdom, Jiang Dali looted Jue Wushen’s corpse and planned to mobilize players to search Wushen Jue Palace for martial arts and other spoils.

• Jiang Dali intervened when Dongfang Bubai tried to kill Fist God, and Fist God agreed to perform several tasks if Jiang Dali helped find his son.
• Fist God began coughing up poisoned blood from wounds inflicted by Eight-Headed Serpent Poison, and Jiang Dali and Dongfang Bubai struck him while telling him to be quiet.
• Fist God expelled some of the poison, reaffirmed his promise, and agreed to perform three tasks before leaving for the Song Kingdom.
• Jiang Dali looted Jue Wushen’s corpse but found no martial arts insights, then discussed the similarities and differences between their body-hardening techniques with Wang Yuyan.
• Jiang Dali considered issuing quests to have players search Wushen Jue Palace for valuable items and martial arts while gathering their Potential Points and Cultivation Points.

After killing Jue Wushen, Jiang Dali claimed Wushen Jue Palace and punished players who tried to loot it. He then recruited them into the Eight Desolations Branch Hall by offering rewards, but the martial arts he required new disciples to learn came with unexpectedly steep costs.

• Jiang Dali announced that Wushen Jue Palace was his property and killed players who fled with its loot.
• Lu Xiaofeng, Xiao Feng, Ximen Chuixue, Ye Gucheng, Wang Yuyan, and Murong Qingqing split up to explore the palace or recover.
• Jiang Dali declared that he would establish the Eight Desolations Branch Hall and invited players to join by accepting a mission and surrendering their loot.
• Players accepted the mission, turning from hostile targets into allies, while several guild leaders ordered their members to join.
• Jiang Dali returned the Dragon Spring Sword to I Am Poseidon as a reward, then insisted that he learn at least one martial art to qualify as a disciple.
• I Am Poseidon agreed to learn martial arts, but the listed costs were so high that his smile froze.

Jiang Dali turned players’ desire for loot into a way to collect their Cultivation Points and Potential Points while controlling how quickly they grew stronger. In Song State, Yue Fei learned of Jiang Dali’s victory over Jue Wushen, and Xiao Qiushui proposed using Jiang’s influence to save Yue Fei and renew the campaign against Jin and Liao.

• I Am Poseidon learned three Mortal-tier martial arts from Jiang Dali, then a flattering player got his submitted spoils back but was forced by his promise to learn every Mortal-tier art Jiang offered.
• Jiang Dali distributed players’ spoils as rewards while collecting their Cultivation Points and Potential Points, ensuring players had to join the Eight Desolations and learn martial arts to obtain loot.
• News of Jue Wushen’s death spread to Song State, where Yue Fei celebrated the victory but lamented that imperial orders and slander had left him facing recall and punishment.
• Xiao Qiushui suggested that Jiang Dali could plead with the emperor to pardon Yue Fei and persuade him to continue fighting Jin and Liao.
• Xiao Qiushui predicted that court officials would attack Jiang Dali when he returned for his title, giving Jiang an opportunity to defeat their influence and help Yue Fei rise again.

After defeating Jue Wushen and taking Wushen Jue Palace, Jiang Dali discussed his ambitions and Dongfang Bubai’s warning about Ying Country’s powerful Emperor. Jiang Dali began preparations to leave, while Lu Xiaofeng pursued Ximen Chuixue toward the capital and Jiang Dali refused to wait for the Emperor.

• Dongfang Bubai told Jiang Dali that he had reached the Heavenly Human 5th Realm using the Eight-headed Serpent’s shed skin and venom, and planned to seek another Sunflower Manual practitioner before entering seclusion.
• Jiang Dali revealed that he wanted to challenge the Sacred Dynasty, and Dongfang Bubai admitted that the idea of overthrowing it excited him.
• Dongfang Bubai warned that Ying Country’s Emperor was stronger than Jue Wushen and advised Jiang Dali to leave before dawn, so Jiang Dali ordered players to search Wushen Jue Palace and arranged for its wealth to be distributed through a quest.
• Jiang Dali healed Ximen Chuixue’s internal injuries, but Ximen Chuixue left alone for Ying Country’s capital before Jiang Dali could warn him about the Emperor.
• Lu Xiaofeng chased after Ximen Chuixue, while Jiang Dali shouted that he had already left and refused to wait for their return.

Jiang Dali advanced Golden Bell Indestructible Body to Great Achievement, then buried Ying Country’s immense treasure beneath a sealed vault filled with Eight-Headed Serpent Poison Blood. As he prepared to leave, members of the Left Alliance arrived outside the city to apologize.

• Jiang Dali spent his Cultivation Points and Potential Points to raise Golden Bell Indestructible Body to Level 7, Peak Perfection, and the breakthrough strengthened his brain and brought him a state of enlightenment.
• Jiang Dali improved several other martial arts, including Great Art of Absorbing Qi and Mysterious Skill Manual, and found that even full-force Dragon Slaying Saber strikes could not injure him.
• Jiang Dali ordered players to bury the gold, silver, and jewels beneath rubble and fill the sealed treasury with poisoned earth, compensating players who died during the work.
• Jiang Dali earned the Mountain Bandit King's Treasure accomplishment and the title Lavish Spender, then decided to leave the treasure buried until he could reclaim it himself.
• Players reported that high-ranking members of the Left Alliance had arrived outside the city gate seeking an audience and offering a thorn branch to apologize to Jiang Dali.

The Left Alliance sought Jiang Dali’s forgiveness after Jue Wushen’s defeat, offering ancient texts about Ying Country and Eight-headed Serpent’s Poison Blood. Jiang Dali remained skeptical, and the alliance began revealing a third, highly secret offer.

• Jiang Dali received Wulei and the Left Alliance’s representatives, giving them a cup-of-tea’s time to explain themselves.
• The Left Alliance offered handwritten ancient texts about Ying Country, and Jiang Dali read information about Fist God, the Emperor, and powerful figures in the Emperor’s service.
• Jiang Dali dismissed the texts as incomplete, but the Left Alliance promised to provide more and proposed becoming his ally.
• After Jiang Dali sent the surrounding players away, the Left Alliance presented Eight-headed Serpent’s Poison Blood and admitted Wulei had stolen it for Jue Wushen.
• The Left Alliance’s leader began conveying a third secret offer to Jiang Dali through Secret Sound Transmission.

Jiang Dali agreed to cooperate with Zuo Alliance in exchange for more ancient records, then learned that Purple Lightning Mad Thunder had been sent to deal with him. When he discovered that Ximen Chuixue and Lu Xiaofeng had been trapped by the Purple Qi Sect, he gathered allies and rode to rescue them.

• Dongfang Bubai arrived as Jiang Dali considered Zuo Alliance’s information about the Eight-headed Serpent and accepted the Poison Blood for her interest in it.
• Jiang Dali asked Feng Ru Huo to bring more ancient records and intelligence, and Feng Ru Huo warned him that Purple Lightning Mad Thunder and other experts were heading toward Wushen Jue Palace.
• After Zuo Alliance left Wulei behind, Jiang Dali ordered his men to cripple and imprison him.
• Purple Lightning Mad Thunder’s group trapped Ximen Chuixue and Lu Xiaofeng in the Purple Qi Heavenly Gang Array after players spotted them traveling together.
• Jiang Dali saw a battle video on the Jianghu Forum and rode toward the battlefield with Xiao Feng, Ye Gucheng, Dongfang Bubai, Murong Qingqing, and others.