Chapter Summaries

Jiang Dali arrived at the Yin Gui Sect as Shan Yuru’s Heavenly Mandate Cult attacked and tried to seize control of the sect. He found Wanwan and the Yin Empress injured, and his furious response to Shan Yuru’s offer to spare Wanwan left the confrontation poised to escalate.

• The Heavenly Mandate Cult attacked the Yin Gui Sect, and Shan Yuru demanded that the Yin Empress hand over the sect while proposing a marriage between Wanwan and Phantom Sword Young Master Diao.
• Wanwan rejected Shan Yuru’s proposal and declared that she loved the Black Wind Stronghold Master, even as the Yin Empress lay badly wounded.
• Jiang Dali arrived on the Demonic Eagle, prompting the fighters to stop and the Yin Gui Sect players to recognize him as their son-in-law and potential rescuer.
• Shan Yuru greeted Jiang Dali and offered to spare Wanwan and give her to him if he befriended the Heavenly Mandate Cult.
• Jiang Dali laughed and challenged Shan Yuru’s right to offer him anything.

Jiang Dali confronted Shan Yuru and Diao Piqing over the Yin Gui Sect, then killed Diao Piqing with overwhelming ease. Shan Yuru tried to placate him, leaving Jiang Dali to decide how to deal with her.

• Jiang Dali mocked Shan Yuru and rejected Diao Piqing's claim that the Phantom Shadow Sword Sect and Heavenly Mandate Cult would take the Yin Gui Sect.
• Jiang Dali descended from the Demonic Eagle and taunted Diao Piqing, who challenged him with the Phantom Sword.
• Jiang Dali deflected Diao Piqing's sword attacks and crushed his throat despite Shan Yuru's attempt to distract him with her jade rings.
• Jiang Dali warned that he would kill Diao Piqing's elders too, then turned to Shan Yuru as she prepared to retreat.
• Shan Yuru praised Jiang Dali and offered to accept any punishment, using her captivating charm to win his pity.

Jiang Dali fought Shan Yuru after she offered to become his wife, declaring that she would have to withstand his blows to qualify. Shan Yuru escaped using the Heavenly Demon Escape, and Jiang Dali ordered the Demonic Eagle to bring her back.

• Shan Yuru tried to use her Heavenly Demon's Marvelous Art to charm Jiang Dali, then offered herself as his wife to avoid punishment.
• Jiang Dali accepted her offer but attacked, saying she had to be tough enough to survive a beating.
• Shan Yuru used her jade rings and spiritual arts to resist, but Jiang Dali broke her arm with his dragon-qi punch.
• Eight Heavenly Mandate Cult demonesses rushed to help Shan Yuru, and Jiang Dali killed them with a sweeping blade strike.
• Shan Yuru's charm failed to stop Jiang Dali, who shattered her jade ring and struck her with his palm.
• Shan Yuru fled with the Heavenly Demon Escape, and Jiang Dali sent the Demonic Eagle after her.

Jiang Dali helped the Yin Gui Sect defeat its enemies and reunited with Wanwan, giving her Thousand-Year Yellow Ginseng Juice to heal her injuries. After Wanwan confessed the depth of her feelings, Jiang Dali asked how she planned to break through the Death Gate and whether the process could kill her.

• The Demonic Eagle pursued Shan Yuru while Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing discussed the Stronghold Chief and the fleeing woman.
• Jiang Dali approached Wanwan and the injured Zhu Yuyan as the Yin Gui Sect's experts slaughtered the trapped Heavenly Mandate Cult followers.
• Zhu Yuyan thanked Jiang Dali, said Wanwan would take over her promise to him, and left with her disciples.
• Jiang Dali gave Wanwan Thousand-Year Yellow Ginseng Juice, raising her favorability and healing her injuries.
• Wanwan took Jiang Dali to her bedchamber, spoke of her love for him, and explained that neither could change the other's heart.
• Jiang Dali asked Wanwan how she intended to break through the Death Gate and whether the attempt could cost her life.

Wanwan explained that she planned to break beyond the Heavenly Demon Great Law’s eighteenth layer by forging her own path from its Reincarnation Chapter and fragments of the Purple Blood Great Law. She hinted that her path involved women joining the struggle for supremacy, then led Jiang Dali through the beaded curtain to another location.

• Wanwan told Jiang Dali that the Death Gate did not exist in the Heavenly Demon Great Law and that breaking through it would let her forge a path of her own.
• Jiang Dali offered to ask Little Wang and the Demon Emperor Xiang Yutian for help, but Wanwan explained that this breakthrough depended on personal enlightenment and transformation.
• Wanwan described how transcending the paths of her predecessors would let her enter the Reincarnation Chapter as a new beginning.
• Jiang Dali reasoned that Wanwan’s new path drew on the Yin Gui Sect’s name and the Purple Blood Great Law, and Wanwan confirmed she was combining fragments of that method.
• Wanwan suggested her path involved women joining the struggle for supremacy, then invited Jiang Dali to follow her through the beaded curtain.

Jiang Dali guarded Wanwan as she attempted to break through the Death Gate, but her breakthrough failed and she merged her Yin spirit and memories into his Yang spirit. Furious at her sacrifice and unable to separate their spirits without killing her, Jiang Dali called on Xiang Yutian to find a way to undo it.

• Jiang Dali stayed with Wanwan on the lake while Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing discussed his choice to protect her.
• Wanwan began her Death Gate breakthrough beneath the full moon, using the Channelling Maiden Great Law as her aura rose toward the Heavenly Human 3rd Realm.
• Wanwan suddenly spat blood, her Yin spirit destabilized, and her health rapidly declined as the breakthrough failed.
• Jiang Dali sent his Yang spirit to Wanwan, and their spirits touched as her memories and power began flooding into him.
• Wanwan revealed that she had known she could not forget or abandon Jiang Dali and had chosen to make her power and memories part of him forever.
• Jiang Dali roared at Wanwan and crushed the casing around the Realm Breaking Bead, demanding that Xiang Yutian wake up and save them.

Jiang Dali used the Realm Breaking Bead to separate Wanwan’s Yin Deity from his Yang Deity and help them ascend, while the Song Kingdom prepared for war against Jin and Liao. The chapter ended with Xiang Yutian closing in on their vulnerable spirits as Jiang Dali sensed his attack.

• Xiang Yutian told Jiang Dali that Wanwan’s Yin Deity could no longer be separated from his Yang Deity by ordinary means, so Jiang Dali sent both spirits into the Realm Breaking Bead.
• Jiang Dali and Wanwan’s spirits endured the bead’s Spiritual Remnants and reached its deepest region, where their Yin and Yang Deities separated and began ascending.
• Jiang Dali and Wanwan shared an open spiritual understanding, and Wanwan faced her lingering feelings while Jiang Dali’s state of mind advanced.
• Xiang Yutian secretly approached Jiang Dali and Wanwan’s spirits, hoping to steal their spiritual power and take a body for himself.
• Yue Fei and the Song Kingdom’s generals prepared to campaign against Jin and Liao, prompting a large-scale main quest for players across the three kingdoms.
• Jiang Dali sensed Xiang Yutian’s greedy gaze and realized he was in danger.

Jiang Dali and Wanwan merged their Yin and Yang Deities inside the Realm Breaking Bead, gaining primordial spirit power that let them destroy Xiang Yutian. Afterward, Wanwan reached the Yang Deity stage, and Jiang Dali reflected on the unprecedented state their union had created.

• Xiang Yutian revealed his true strength and attacked Jiang Dali with his primordial spirit, forcing Jiang Dali to struggle against the Demon Emperor's overwhelming spiritual power.
• Wanwan joined Jiang Dali and explained that their merged Yin and Yang Deities could produce primordial spirit power.
• Jiang Dali and Wanwan clasped hands, merged their Deities, and fought back against Xiang Yutian with their combined strength.
• Wanwan shattered Xiang Yutian's protective barrier, and Jiang Dali struck him with Demonic Saber—Three Springs Startling Thunder, destroying his primordial spirit.
• Jiang Dali and Wanwan left the Realm Breaking Bead with severe spiritual depletion, and Jiang Dali recovered while Wanwan adjusted to her breakthrough.
• Jiang Dali considered the unusual state created by their merged Deities and the resources left behind by Xiang Yutian.

Jiang Dali returned from killing Xiang Yutian with Wanwan and learned Shan Yuru’s final warning that he would die at Zhu Wushi’s hands. He recruited Wanwan’s help to build influence in Tang, rejecting the Crown Prince as a candidate, and prepared to leave to pursue other urgent plans.

• Jiang Dali inspected Mind Link, the Returning to True Essence Primordial Spirit Technique he had created with Wanwan, and considered its power and limitations.
• Jiang Dali returned to the sect, where Wanwan, Wang Yuyan, and Murong Qingqing attended to him; Shan Yuru died after warning him that he would die at Divine Marquis Zhu Wushi’s hands.
• Jiang Dali discussed the Heavenly Mandate Cult’s connection to Zhu Wushi and asked Wanwan to help him gain great prestige in Tang.
• Jiang Dali rejected supporting the Crown Prince, and Wanwan agreed to reconsider the Yin Gui Sect’s choice and hear his plans for Tang.
• Jiang Dali sent Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing away and privately explained his plans to Wanwan before preparing to visit the dying Yin Empress Zhu Yuyan and depart.

After Zhu Yuyan died, Wanwan resolved to build the Yin Gui Sect’s power while Jiang Dali departed for Sword Forging City. There, Guan Yutian, the Sword Master, and numerous martial artists awaited Jiang Dali’s arrival for their high-profile meeting.

• Jiang Dali stood before Shi Zhixuan’s grave as Zhu Yuyan’s disciples mourned her death, and Wanwan questioned him about his attachments.
• Wanwan accepted that Jiang Dali would not stay with her and resolved to pursue power and independence for herself and the Yin Gui Sect.
• Jiang Dali and his companions departed on the Demonic Eagle, leaving Wanwan to watch them go.
• Four days later, Sword Forging City hosted Guan Yutian, the Sword Master, and many martial artists awaiting Jiang Dali.
• An eagle’s cry announced Jiang Dali’s arrival, and the assembled crowd looked up toward the sky.

Jiang Dali arrived at Sword Forging City to a lavish welcome and joined its gathering of martial-world overlords. After the banquet began, Guan Yutian raised the matter of Sea Shark Palace, leaving Jiang Dali poised to negotiate.

• Jiang Dali discussed the Frost Sword's demonic power with Murong Qingqing and Wang Yuyan as the Demonic Eagle carried them to Sword Forging City.
• Sword Master, Guan Yutian, Bai Ting, and other prominent figures welcomed Jiang Dali, whose presence impressed the assembled martial artists.
• Jiang Dali entered the city, noticed Fatty among the Supreme Alliance's followers, and took the seat of honor at the banquet.
• Jiang Dali selected four courtesans to serve him wine, exchanged toasts with the overlords, and waited for Guan Yutian to speak.
• Guan Yutian announced that he would begin discussing Sea Shark Palace with Jiang Dali before the gathering of witnesses.

Jiang Dali negotiated with Guan Yutian to trade Sea Shark Palace for Guan’s ancestor’s merit tokens and powerful martial arts, eventually securing One Sword Separates Worlds. Ren Qianxing challenged Jiang Dali and Sword Master to test the technique, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Jiang Dali demanded Guan Yutian’s ancestor’s merit tokens and several divine arts in exchange for Sea Shark Palace, and Guan offered the tokens and Dragon God Palm.
• Jiang Dali rejected Guan’s offer and asked for One Sword Separates Worlds, prompting Guan to agree to include the sword technique in the trade.
• Ren Qianxing objected to trading the Sword Ancestor’s technique, but Guan ordered him to stand down and confirmed the deal with Jiang Dali.
• Sword Master asked Guan Yutian for a copy of One Sword Separates Worlds, offering to cancel the first clause of their agreement in exchange.
• Ren Qianxing challenged Jiang Dali and Sword Master to withstand his One Sword Separates Worlds at equal strength, and Jiang Dali told him to challenge Sword Master first.

Ren Qianxing challenged Sword Master with One Sword Separates Worlds and wounded him, winning their wager. He then challenged Jiang Dali, who told him to recover first, and Ren prepared to fight him at full strength.

• Ren Qianxing asked Sword Master to face One Sword Separates Worlds at the strength of the Heavenly Human 3rd Realm, and Sword Master accepted.
• Sword Master unleashed Dragon Slaying Slash, but Ren Qianxing’s One Sword Separates Worlds shattered it and left Sword Master with a hidden, serious wound.
• Sword Master conceded the wager and gave up demanding the One Sword Separates Worlds sword manual.
• Ren Qianxing challenged Jiang Dali, who urged him to recover before fighting and mocked the weakness of his sword art.
• Ren Qianxing swallowed a pill and began recovering, determined to fight Jiang Dali at his peak.

Jiang Dali defeated Ren Qianxing with a single punch after withstanding his swordsmanship, then criticized him for repeating One Sword Separates Worlds without giving it new meaning. Ren Qianxing collapsed unconscious, while Jiang Dali left believing the swordsman lacked the talent to become a true sword god.

• After recovering, Ren Qianxing challenged Jiang Dali, who entered the arena and invited him to show the power of One Sword Separates Worlds.
• Ren Qianxing's opening sword attack failed to penetrate Jiang Dali's Golden Bell Qi Shield, and Jiang Dali said Ren would lose unless he used his ultimate move.
• Jiang Dali's punch forced Ren Qianxing to unleash One Sword Separates Worlds, but the attack failed to stop him, and his counterblow sent Ren crashing from the arena in a shower of blood.
• Jiang Dali told Ren that repeating the same sword technique showed he could not give it new meaning, and Ren collapsed unconscious after hearing the criticism.
• Guan Yutian rushed to carry Ren away, while Jiang Dali left, judging Ren's creative and intuitive talent inferior to Ding Peng's and Xie Xiaofeng's.

Jiang Dali accepted Sword Master's invitation to help forge the Frost Sword, suspecting that Sword Master was hiding a scheme to claim it. After the group retired to their lodgings, an unknown visitor approached Jiang Dali's room, and Murong Qingqing prepared to strike.

• Guan Yutian rebuked Jiang Dali for injuring Ren Qianxing, then agreed to transfer Sea Shark Palace after receiving the promised manuals.
• Sword Master invited Jiang Dali and the other experts to help repair and forge the Frost Sword, and Jiang Dali accepted the quest to participate.
• Yaoyue asked to delay the forging for three days, but Guan Yutian objected, and Sword Master settled on beginning the day after tomorrow so he could recover from his injury.
• Jiang Dali told Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing that he wanted the Frost Sword for its value and Liudao's demonic power, and said Sword Master was likely plotting to use the gathered experts.
• Murong Qingqing sensed an intruder outside their lodgings and struck the wall with a sound wave, but Jiang Dali told her to stay calm because the visitor might not be an enemy.

Liao Rushan visited Jiang Dali and offered to serve him in exchange for help securing the Frost Sword and rising in the Yuan State. Jiang Dali agreed in principle but demanded that Liao Rushan acknowledge him as his adoptive father, leaving Liao Rushan horrified and unwilling to answer.

• Murong Qingqing struck her zither to drive Liao Rushan from the roof, and Jiang Dali invited him inside after he introduced himself.
• Liao Rushan presented Jiang Dali with the Wordless Heavenly Book and offered to become his subordinate, promising to help him obtain the Frost Sword and build influence in the Yuan State.
• Jiang Dali said he wanted the Frost Sword and considered Liao Rushan suitable to expand his influence in the Yuan State.
• Liao Rushan claimed he had a plan to secure the Frost Sword, but hesitated to reveal it until Jiang Dali gave proof of his promise.
• Jiang Dali demanded that Liao Rushan kneel and acknowledge him as his adoptive father, and Liao Rushan recoiled at the prospect of becoming the young bandit chief’s son.

Jiang Dali reluctantly accepted Liao Rushan as his foster son after Liao rushed into the arrangement, then heard his scheme and information. Later, Guan Yutian sent two martial arts manuals, and Jiang decided to take only Dragon God Palm’s force-generation techniques for a future improvement to his Great Strength Divine Fist.

• Jiang Dali offered Liao Rushan a chance to submit, and Liao knelt, kowtowed, and acknowledged him as his foster father.
• Liao Rushan mistakenly addressed Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing as his foster mothers, prompting Jiang Dali to pull him up and order him to explain his scheme.
• Liao Rushan asked Jiang Dali to keep their relationship secret, shared his plan and information, then left without being seen.
• Wang Yuyan questioned Jiang Dali’s decision, and he explained that their relationship was only a superficial arrangement and that interests mattered more than family ties.
• Guan Yutian sent Jiang Dali the Dragon God Palm and One Sword Separates Worlds manuals, which Jiang studied after Murong Qingqing took the drunken Wang Yuyan to bed.
• Jiang Dali decided not to learn either manual in full and planned to combine Dragon God Palm’s force-generation techniques with Killing Fist to strengthen his Great Strength Divine Fist.

Jiang Dali reviewed developments across the martial world, spent his accumulated resources to improve his defensive and movement techniques, and tested his new aerial agility. His late-night leap ended with him landing on Wang Yuyan, leaving him to contemplate the awkward situation with her and Murong Qingqing.

• Jiang Dali read forum reports about the martial world and judged that the Song, Liao, and Jin conflict would remain limited to probing and small battles for a while.
• Jiang Dali raised Golden Bell Indestructible Body to the 8th realm and Seven Forms of the Heavenly Dragon to the 9th realm, greatly reducing his defensive technique’s energy cost and improving his ability to remain airborne.
• Jiang Dali saved his remaining resources for a later breakthrough, reasoning that a breakthrough near Sword Forging City’s volcano could expose him to danger.
• Jiang Dali tested Seven Forms of the Heavenly Dragon by leaping through the air and entering his room through a window.
• Jiang Dali landed on Wang Yuyan, who was asleep on his bed, and blamed Murong Qingqing before reflecting that traveling with both women had made such a situation inevitable.

Jiang Dali recalled rejecting Wanwan’s offer to withdraw from the martial world and reaffirmed his determination to keep moving forward. He joined the gathered martial artists in Sword Forging City’s sacred valley, where a mysterious fiery bird cried out from the mist as the Frost Sword forging was about to begin.

• Jiang Dali caught Murong Qingqing eavesdropping and sealed her acupoints, while Wang Yuyan pleaded for her and joined her in the rain.
• Jiang Dali remembered his conversation with Wanwan, in which he said his purpose lay beyond love and recited his determination to advance.
• Jiang Dali traveled with Murong Qingqing and Wang Yuyan to Sword Forging City’s sacred ground, where Liao Rushan, Yaoyue, Baili Qu'e, and Sai Huatuo had gathered.
• Guan Yutian and Ren Qianxing arrived, and Ren Qianxing thanked Jiang Dali for his earlier guidance and vowed to seek him out again.
• Sword Master led the group and Sword Forging City disciples into the hot, steaming valley to forge the Frost Sword, where a fiery bird’s piercing cry alarmed everyone.

Jiang Dali and the other experts reached Sword Forging City's Sword Tomb, where the Fire Phoenix guarded the Frost Sword. As Sword Master prepared them to restore the sword with the Nine Dragon Stone, hostility surged around him and the group braced for the forging.

• Sword Master identified the peak's guardian as the last surviving Fire Phoenix, and Jiang Dali doubted it was a true phoenix while considering whether he could capture it.
• Jiang Dali and the others climbed to the Sword Tomb and entered the cavern containing the magma sword-forging pool.
• Jiang Dali sent Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing to wait outside while Guan Yutian and the other chosen participants entered the cavern's depths.
• The swords in the magma released a powerful sword intent that locked onto the experts, and Jiang Dali's Dragon Slaying Saber changed color and resisted it.
• Sword Master explained that the Frost Sword needed the Nine Dragon Stone's power to be restored and awakened, then told everyone to take their positions as hostility around him intensified.