Chapter Summaries

Jiang Dali confronted Cihang Jingzhai over its support for Prince Yan Di and demanded that it back Zhu Yunwen instead. When talks failed, the abbey’s fighters attacked, but Jiang Dali and Wanwan countered, and Jiang Dali gained the upper hand against Yun Xiangzhen.

• Jiang Dali met Shi Feixuan, Le Bingyun, Qin Mengyao, and Master Jing Yi at Bright Pavilion and rejected their efforts to reconcile.
• Yun Xiangzhen emerged and offered to turn hostility into friendship, but Jiang Dali demanded that Cihang Jingzhai stop supporting Prince Yan Di and declare its position.
• Le Bingyun demanded that Jiang Dali relinquish control over Zhu Yunwen and return the He Clan Jade, and Jiang Dali refused.
• Yun Xiangzhen ordered the abbey’s disciples to eliminate Jiang Dali, and Shi Feixuan, Qin Mengyao, Le Bingyun, Master Jing Yi, Fan Qinghui, and Wen Tianni encircled him and Wanwan.
• A zither note and concealed needles disrupted the standoff, allowing Jiang Dali to strike Fan Qinghui and Wanwan to attack the other women.
• Jiang Dali fought Yun Xiangzhen and, after entering the Destruction state, overwhelmed her sword aura, leaving her at a disadvantage.

Jiang Dali faced Yun Xiangzhen and the five Cihang Jingzhai disciples, surviving their combined sword assault before launching a devastating counterattack. Di Ni’s statue cracked as the battle left several women badly injured and the clash’s outcome uncertain.

• Jiang Dali gained the upper hand against Yun Xiangzhen, but Di Ni’s spiritual power struck him and empowered Yun Xiangzhen’s sword attack.
• Wanwan tried to hold off Shi Feixuan and the other disciples, while Wen Tianni attacked her from behind.
• Jiang Dali used the Realm Breaking Bead and his defensive techniques to withstand the five women’s swords, then countered with Sweep Through a Thousand Armies.
• Di Ni’s power fused the five women’s sword qi into the Death Gate attack, which broke through Jiang Dali’s saber qi and heavily injured him.
• Jiang Dali struck Shi Feixuan, Le Bingyun, and Jing Yi with his saber, then smashed Jing Yi’s head against the ground as the other women were struck down.
• Di Ni’s statue cracked and its radiance dimmed after Jiang Dali’s attack sent more sword disciples flying.

Jiang Dali survived Di Ni’s primordial spirit attacks and defeated Cihang Jingzhai’s fighters, while a mysterious nun escaped with Shi Feixuan and Qin Mengyao after revealing the Lesser Formless Skill. After Fan Qinghui died, Jiang Dali set out toward the western forest to confront Di Ni.

• Di Ni’s primordial spirit attack stunned Jiang Dali and injured Wanwan, but Jiang Dali repelled the attacks of Shi Feixuan, Wen Tianni, and Le Bingyun.
• Jiang Dali caught the falling Demonic Eagle as Dongfang Bubai brought Wang Yuyan and the others safely down, while a mysterious nun fled with Shi Feixuan and Qin Mengyao.
• The nun used the Lesser Formless Skill against Jiang Dali before a swarm of bees attacked his mind; he survived with help from the Realm Breaking Bead and destroyed the swarm with the Dali Fire Qilin Saber.
• Jiang Dali treated Wanwan and the Demonic Eagle, then decided to pursue Di Ni while the others stayed near the He Clan Jade for protection.
• Fan Qinghui urged Jiang Dali to stop, but after he challenged her to consider what she would have done in his place, she shattered her heart meridians and died.
• Jiang Dali left for the western forest, calling out Di Ni and vowing to confront her.

Jiang Dali and Wanwan entered Cihang Jingzhai’s seventh gate to confront Di Ni, but Jiang Dali suspected the empty sanctuary was a trap prepared with knowledge of the Realm Breaking Bead. As they approached Di Ni’s statue, it awakened and drew forth dragon qi, leaving them facing an unexpected threat.

• Wanwan told Jiang Dali how the Yin Gui Sect’s rivalry with Cihang Jingzhai grew from their competing efforts to influence the Vassal States and support rulers.
• Jiang Dali took Wanwan’s hand and led her through the seventh gate toward Di Ni’s cracked golden statue.
• Jiang Dali realized that no other Cihang Jingzhai disciples were present and suspected Di Ni knew about the Realm Breaking Bead and had prepared a trap.
• Jiang Dali and Wanwan resolved to face Di Ni together, confident in their jointly developed primordial spirit technique.
• Di Ni’s statue released an oppressive aura as golden streams coiled around it and Cihang Hall, and Jiang Dali recognized the energy as dragon qi.

Jiang Dali and Wanwan fought Di Ni's golden body, whose dragon qi suppressed the Realm Breaking Bead and whose primordial spirit attacks forced them to combine their spirits. They discovered that Di Ni was already badly damaged, and Jiang Dali continued the battle with Wanwan on his back, ending with a powerful strike that cost Di Ni a large portion of her health.

• Di Ni's golden body attacked Jiang Dali and Wanwan with dragon qi and primordial spirit power, rendering the Realm Breaking Bead ineffective.
• Jiang Dali and Wanwan merged their spirits through Mind Link and used the Heavenly Demon Skill to withstand Di Ni's next attack.
• Jiang Dali saw that Di Ni's health bar was already below half, but her charge blasted him and injured Wanwan.
• Jiang Dali told Wanwan to ride on his back and entered the Life-and-Death State as Di Ni charged again.
• Jiang Dali struck Di Ni with a powerful Flame Saber attack, blasting her into the steps and taking a large segment from her health bar.

Jiang Dali and Wanwan fought Di Ni’s golden body in Cihang Hall, but its primordial spirit turned the battle against them. A distant zither player disrupted Di Ni’s power, and the weakened spirit escaped underground as the hall collapsed, leaving Jiang Dali to check his notifications.

• Jiang Dali battered Di Ni’s golden body through Cihang Hall while protecting Wanwan, but Di Ni restrained him with primordial spirit power and struck him with successive sword attacks.
• Jiang Dali fed Wanwan medicinal liquid and endured another blow, leaving both of them badly injured and his combat strength nearly exhausted.
• A distant zither player disrupted Di Ni’s dragon-qi sword, but Di Ni silenced the music and overwhelmed Jiang Dali’s mind.
• Di Ni’s primordial spirit lost much of its dragon-qi protection, revealed a woman’s silhouette, and escaped into the earth.
• Jiang Dali regained consciousness, found Wanwan’s health stable, and watched Cihang Hall collapse as its dragon qi scattered.
• Jiang Dali regretted being unable to absorb Di Ni’s dragon qi and began checking his panel notifications.

Jiang Dali survived the battle with Di Ni, gained major martial arts upgrades, and became a feared enemy of the righteous path after nearly destroying Cihang Jingzhai. As Canghai rescued Qin Mengyao and Shi Feixuan, she revealed that Di Ni had secretly used dragon qi to prolong her life, leaving the survivors to face Cihang Jingzhai’s uncertain future.

• Jiang Dali reviewed his rewards, recovered some strength, and used torn gauze from Wanwan’s robe to make himself a makeshift pair of shorts.
• Jiang Dali’s destruction of Cihang Jingzhai earned him the title Bandit Emperor of All Nations and activated the Enemy of the Righteous Path quest.
• Canghai carried Qin Mengyao and Shi Feixuan away from Di Ta Peak as they mourned the destruction of Cihang Hall.
• Qin Mengyao and Shi Feixuan saw dragon qi rising from Cihang Hall, and Canghai explained that it had helped Di Ni survive and grow stronger.
• Canghai told Qin Mengyao and Shi Feixuan that many Cihang Jingzhai disciples were likely dead, introduced herself as a secluded senior named Canghai, and urged the survivors to endure.

After Di Ni’s attack left him aware of the danger she posed, Jiang Dali discussed her dragon qi and the need to grow stronger with Wanwan. He and his companions departed the ruined Cihang Jingzhai and headed for Song, where war with Jin and Liao was underway.

• Jiang Dali stopped healing Wanwan and said he needed to reach the True Return Realm to face Di Ni safely.
• Wanwan explained the dangers of sending out a primordial spirit, and Jiang Dali reasoned that Di Ni used dragon qi to protect hers and suppress the Realm Breaking Bead.
• Dongfang Bubai and the others arrived, and Jiang Dali recounted his battle with Di Ni to the group.
• After resting, Jiang Dali searched Cihang Jingzhai’s buildings but found no valuable martial arts manuals or treasures.
• Wang Yuyan and Murong Qingqing cremated and buried Fan Qinghui and the others, while Jiang Dali took the injured Demonic Eagle to a nearby valley.
• Jiang Dali and his group rode the Divine Luan away from Cihang Jingzhai and headed for Song.

News of Cihang Jingzhai's destruction spread across the Vassal States as Zhu Yunwen secretly accepted Ghost King's plan to stay obedient and wield Heavenly Wrath. Jiang Dali rested at the Dragon Gang and welcomed Xiao Feng and A Zhu with a grand drinking reunion at Black Wind Restaurant.

• News that Cihang Jingzhai's successors had died and Di Ni's golden body had been destroyed shook the martial world, while Prince Yan Di announced that he had recovered and would soon visit the Ming capital.
• Ghost King urged Zhu Yunwen to act as the Black Wind Stronghold Master's obedient puppet until the martial world turned against him, then gave him Heavenly Wrath and ordered him to coat it with dragon blood every three days for one hundred days.
• Jiang Dali returned to the Song State and rested at the Dragon Gang's Black Wind Restaurant, enjoying the view and the quiet after his recent campaigns.
• Iron Bull told Jiang Dali that Xiao Feng and A Zhu had arrived, so Jiang ordered all the restaurant's wine brought out and arranged along the stairs.
• Xiao Feng drank his way into the restaurant as Jiang Dali welcomed him from the sixth-floor window, and the old friends began a spirited drinking reunion as onlookers gathered.

Jiang Dali and Xiao Feng shared wine and defended judging people by their hearts and consciences rather than labels of good and evil. Their drinking contest turned into a martial arts test, which ended with Xiao Feng recognizing Jiang Dali’s Great Art of Absorbing Qi.

• Jiang Dali and Xiao Feng drank their way toward the final jar while exchanging stories and praising each other’s capacity for wine.
• Jiang Dali warned Xiao Feng that his attack on Cihang Jingzhai had made him seem like a demon, but Xiao Feng said friends should judge hearts and consciences, not deeds alone.
• Their words led the watching jianghu people and players to question whether Cihang Jingzhai or Jiang Dali truly represented righteousness.
• Jiang Dali and Xiao Feng fought over the last jar, trading palm and fist techniques as their true qi collided.
• Xiao Feng used the Dragon Subduing Hand to seize the jar, but Jiang Dali unleashed a stronger suction force that made Xiao Feng cry out, “Great Art of Absorbing Qi!?”

Jiang Dali and Xiao Feng fought, shared their martial insights, and strengthened their brotherly bond. Meanwhile, Jin and Liao assembled a coalition of experts to discuss how to counter Jiang Dali, but Three Lights Evil Crone rejected a plan to threaten him through his female companions.

• Jiang Dali tested Xiao Feng's strength, and Xiao Feng revealed that he had brought Adamantine Body Cultivation to major completion.
• Xiao Feng and Jiang Dali fought across the restaurant, then exchanged Vajra True Qi and shared an unspoken understanding of their circulation techniques.
• Jiang Dali's panel reported that Xiao Feng's favorability toward him had risen to Supreme Reverence, and the two declared their brotherhood while sharing the wine.
• Jin and Liao's joint command headquarters gathered experts from several nations to discuss the threat posed by Jiang Dali.
• Wanyan Shu proposed exploiting the absence of Jiang Dali's allies, but Three Lights Evil Crone objected to abducting his female friends and questioned whether it would work.

Sword Sect Lord Po Jun attacked Three Lights Evil Crone during a meeting of Jin and Liao’s allies, but Martial Venerable Bi Xuan intervened before the group agreed to let Xi Ying and Wu Ming handle the plan to capture Jiang Dali’s friend Lu Xiaofeng. Later, Liao Rushan reported the gathered enemy forces to Jiang Dali, who ordered him to predict their strategy and threatened him with death if he failed.

• Po Jun defended using hostages against the Black Wind Stronghold Master, then wounded Three Lights Evil Crone when she challenged him.
• Bi Xuan broke Po Jun’s next attack, while Xi Ying, Wu Ming, and other allies tried to ease the dispute and agreed to pursue the hostage plan.
• Wu Ming revealed that he held Lu Xiaofeng and asked Po Jun to restrain the Black Wind Stronghold Master if he attacked.
• Po Jun demanded to meet two unnamed experts from the Shenwu Kingdom, then left the tent in a burst of sword light after the staff officer refused to identify them.
• Liao Rushan told Jiang Dali that Jin and Liao had gathered more than twenty Heavenly Human experts, including Po Jun, and had invited two other mysterious fighters.
• Jiang Dali ordered Liao Rushan to calculate the enemy’s plan and threatened him when Liao Rushan balked at facing Po Jun.

Jiang Dali used Liao Rushan’s divination to identify Murong Qingqing and Wang Yuyan as likely targets, then sent Liao Rushan, Xiao Feng, and Bai Ting to deal with the threat instead of acting himself. Two days later, Jiang Dali led Black Wind Stronghold into the war and routed a Jin camp, while preparing Iron Bull to impersonate him on the battlefield.

• Liao Rushan reasoned that Jin and Liao would target Song’s commanders or Jiang Dali’s loved ones, then divined that Murong Qingqing and Wang Yuyan were in danger.
• Jiang Dali assigned Liao Rushan to handle the threat with Xiao Feng and Bai Ting, choosing not to expose his concern by taking action himself.
• Two days later, Jiang Dali and Black Wind Stronghold joined the Song forces and routed a Jin camp of thirty thousand soldiers, taking over ten thousand prisoners.
• At a Song command tent, General Wang Xun celebrated the victory and toasted Jiang Dali, who warned that Jin and Liao’s experts would soon make their move.
• Jiang Dali disguised himself as Iron Bull and instructed Iron Bull to impersonate him without taking action.

Jiang Dali launched a large-scale faction war mission, drawing players and the Four Great Clans into the conflict while stirring dormant Eight Desolations disciples in the Jin and Liao States. Meanwhile, Wu Ming saw through the danger at the Tianqin Sect and redirected his group toward Wanwan, setting up a race against Liao Rushan’s response.

• Jiang Dali released the faction war mission, offering rewards that included a Death Exemption Token and a chance to make him a request.
• The Four Great Clans activated their hidden assets, while Eight Desolations disciples in the Jin and Liao States debated risking exposure to earn Battle Merit.
• At the Tianqin Sect, Xi Ying planned to seize two women, but Wu Ming warned that Liao Rushan might have anticipated their arrival.
• Wu Ming led the group away from the Tianqin Sect and explained that they would target Wanwan instead, aiming to take her before Liao Rushan could catch up.

Yue Fei defended Jiang's unsanctioned entry into the battlefield and prepared to reinforce him, while Liao’s leaders and gathered martial experts discussed how to stop the Champion King. Jiang then arrived uninvited at the Liao command headquarters, confronting the assembled enemy forces.

• Zhang Jun challenged Yue Fei over Jiang entering the battlefield without following military procedure, but Xiao Qiushui presented Jiang’s advance petition and Yue Fei announced the army would reinforce him the next day.
• Yue Fei and Xiao Qiushui discussed Jiang’s danger and refused to leave Yue Fei unprotected, while Yue Fei revealed his formidable battlefield-honed strength.
• Xiao Zhan told Marshal Adalier that the assembled experts had only a thirty percent chance of killing Jiang and would have to make him withdraw voluntarily.
• Martial Venerable Bi Xuan, Ou Yang Lie, Three Lights Evil Crone, and other Innate experts arrived to protect Marshal Adalier, while Po Jun went to the battlefield to assess Jiang.
• Jiang entered the Liao command headquarters and told the assembled experts to welcome him.

Jiang Dali appeared alone at the Liao command headquarters while his army attacked the Jin-Liao blockade, using his fearsome reputation to unsettle the defenders. He entered the hall surrounded by Bi Xuan, Marshal Adalier, and other experts, where both sides prepared for a fight.

• Wang Xun led Song forces in a nighttime assault, covering the charge with volleys of flaming arrows that set the Jin-Liao camps ablaze.
• Iron Bull disguised as the Black Wind Stronghold Master led the advancing troops, inspiring confidence among his allies while hiding his fear of being exposed.
• Jiang Dali appeared atop the command headquarters hall as Bi Xuan and more than a dozen Celestial Realm experts confronted him.
• Bi Xuan and Marshal Adalier invited Jiang Dali inside for tea, but he declared that he had come to drink wine and the enemy's blood.
• Jiang Dali descended from the roof and strolled into the hall as Liao warriors surrounded the building and the gathered experts prepared to attack.

Jiang Dali entered the Great Liao command post and began fighting the Heavenly Being experts assembled against him. After killing Shangguan Yun He and overpowering Feng Cangyue, he endured the group’s attacks with his Golden Bell Qi Shield, but Bi Xuan and Three Lights Evil Crone launched a coordinated assault.

• Jiang Dali confronted the assembled experts at the command post’s Formation Eye and suppressed them with his momentum.
• Shangguan Yun He and Feng Cangyue attacked Jiang Dali, but he crushed Shangguan Yun He’s throat and resisted Feng Cangyue’s dagger and mind control.
• Jiang Dali used his demonic palm to seize Feng Cangyue, while Three Lights Evil Crone, Bi Xuan, Ou Yang Lie, and eight other experts attacked him together.
• Jiang Dali activated his Golden Bell Qi Shield and endured three waves of attacks, though defending himself rapidly consumed his true qi.
• Bi Xuan launched himself above Jiang Dali and struck at his temples with his Yang God-powered Blazing Sun technique as Three Lights Evil Crone concentrated her staff’s power into a descending blow.

Jiang Dali overwhelmed the Celestial Realm experts and Great Liao forces with his immense strength, then stopped his Flame Saber Energy just before Marshal Adalie’s forehead. Jiang Dali was left deciding whether to kill the marshal or spare him.

• Jiang Dali broke through Bi Xuan’s attack with a counterstrike, forcing Bi Xuan to escape through the roof as the other experts attacked him.
• Jiang Dali endured the experts’ assault until his new force surged, then killed two attackers and drove the others into retreat.
• Jiang Dali pursued Ou Yang Lie and West Wind Blood-Splatter, smashing them together, then seized two fleeing experts and drained their true qi while crossbow bolts failed to pierce him.
• Three Lights Evil Crone and the surviving experts fled as Marshal Adalie ordered a retreat within the Great Liao military formation.
• Jiang Dali struck at Marshal Adalie with a blazing saber, but stopped the attack just before it hit and considered whether to spare him.

Jiang Dali captured Liao State Marshal Adalie and emerged from Lin'an’s command post as his forces overwhelmed the Liao army. Iron Bull’s impersonation of Jiang Dali was exposed when Po Jun killed him, but the real Jiang Dali then appeared atop Lin'an’s walls.

• Jiang Dali spared Adalie, sealed his acupoints, and carried him out through the surrounding Liao soldiers.
• Iron Bull led Black Wind Stronghold and Eight Desolations forces against Liao’s final defenses while disguised as Jiang Dali.
• Po Jun charged Iron Bull and split him and his horse in two, revealing the impersonation and shaking the Song forces’ morale.
• Po Jun learned from the urgent signal flare that the real Jiang Dali had entered Lin'an and ordered the Heavenly Human experts to return to the city.
• A white flag appeared on Lin'an’s walls, where Jiang Dali stepped forward and rallied his followers.

Wu Ming learned that Lin'an had fallen to the Black Wind Stronghold Master and withdrew from the alliance against him, prompting Xi Ying to attack the other Heavenly Humans. Lu Xiaofeng arrived, exposed Wu Ming’s use of lost martial arts, and left as Xi Ying’s resolve faltered.

• Wu Ming’s players reported that Lin'an had fallen, Marshal Adalie had been captured, and Po Jun was still fighting the Black Wind Stronghold Master.
• Wu Ming refused to keep pursuing Wanwan and withdrew from the battlefield, and Xi Ying chose to attack the Jin and Liao Heavenly Humans who had planned to retreat.
• Wu Ming killed one Heavenly Human with the Ruyi Orchid Hand and Bone Melting Palm while Xi Ying trapped the others with his Purple Qi Heavenly Net.
• Lu Xiaofeng appeared, identified Wu Ming’s Great Hand Seal and Bone Melting Palm, then departed after Wu Ming warned him not to overestimate himself.
• Wu Ming noticed Xi Ying’s hesitation as he fought the remaining two Heavenly Humans and offered to help him.