Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen fought the Yinluo Sect’s four Martial King experts to stop them from protecting the Spirit Medicine Garden. After killing Lu Zhong and two of his companions, he faced the two remaining experts while Yinluo Sect disciples fled for help.

• Jiang Chen charged the four Yinluo Sect Martial King experts, while two disciples escaped to summon reinforcements.
• Jiang Chen killed a Martial King Realm, Fourth Level expert with Hegemonic Blade Art, then wounded a Martial King Realm, Second Level expert when Red Scale Soft Armor stopped his sword.
• Lu Zhong struck Jiang Chen with Blood Sea Fist, leaving him internally injured but alive.
• Jiang Chen used Soul Spear to stun Lu Zhong, then dismembered him with Demonic Soul Slash, Blade Qi Strike.
• Jiang Chen was left facing a Martial King Realm, Third Level expert and one other surviving Martial King expert.

Jiang Chen killed the Yinluo Sect elders and fleeing disciples guarding the Spirit Medicine Garden, then absorbed their blood essence and broke through to Martial Grandmaster Realm, Ninth Level. He took the garden’s valuable spirit medicines, burned the rest, and escaped before Yinluo Sect reinforcements arrived to find the garden devastated.

• Jiang Chen killed the remaining Martial King Realm elder with a blade strike that forced the elder’s sword into his own throat, then shot down the fleeing Martial Grandmaster Realm disciples.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the corpses’ blood essence, advanced to Martial Grandmaster Realm, Ninth Level, and took pills to recover from his injuries.
• Jiang Chen gathered the garden’s high-value spirit medicines and burned the fields of medicine he could not carry.
• Jiang Chen fled the valley as Yinluo Sect reinforcements arrived, including two Martial Emperor Realm experts.
• The Yinluo Sect reinforcements entered the valley and found the Spirit Medicine Garden engulfed in flames, with its valuable spirit medicines gone.

After Jiang Chen destroyed Yinluo Sect’s Spirit Medicine Garden, Huo Ketian and Luo Tian blamed him for the sect’s losses and led more than two hundred powerhouses to Tianyun Sect to demand his surrender. Sect Master Li Xingyun refused, defended Jiang Chen as a Tianyun Sect disciple, and warned Yinluo Sect not to harm him.

• Jiang Chen escaped after destroying the Spirit Medicine Garden, and Huo Ketian vowed Yinluo Sect would make him pay.
• Huo Ketian proposed that Jiang Chen might seek refuge at Tianyun Sect, and Yinluo Sect’s members returned to their sect to discuss their response.
• Three days later, Luo Tian led more than two hundred Yinluo Sect powerhouses to Tianyun Sect’s gate and demanded Jiang Chen.
• Li Xingyun confronted Luo Tian, rejected the demand, and reminded him that Yinluo Sect had previously sent a Martial King Realm powerhouse to attack Jiang Chen inside Tianyun Sect.
• Luo Tian accused Jiang Chen of destroying the garden and killing its guards, while Li Xingyun denied the accusation and warned Yinluo Sect to leave Jiang Chen unharmed.

After Yinluo Sect failed to force Tianyun Sect to hand over Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen waited on the Inner Sea coast to join a flood-dragon hunt. The hunters gathered under Ouyang Hai, and Jiang Chen challenged a Martial King who doubted his ability to help.

• Luo Tian threatened Li Xingyun and left Tianyun Sect after Li Xingyun refused to hand over Jiang Chen.
• Li Xingyun worried that Yinluo Sect would retaliate for Jiang Chen destroying its Spirit Medicine Garden and ordered a Martial Emperor Realm Supreme Elder to guard Tianyun Sect's garden.
• Jiang Chen gathered with more than thirty Martial King Realm experts for a mission to hunt a peak fifth-order flood dragon, seeking Dragon Beard Grass and Sea Soul Grass as well.
• Ouyang Hai introduced himself as the Tenth-Level Martial King Realm expert who had initiated the recruitment.
• A First-Level Martial King questioned Jiang Chen's presence, and Jiang Chen retorted that the man was no expert to be mocking him.

Jiang Chen joined Ouyang Hai’s Flood Dragon Hunt despite his low cultivation, then grew suspicious of Ouyang Hai’s unusually generous preparations. As the ship sailed toward the flood dragon’s waters, Ouyang Hai gave Jiang Chen a formation flag for a coordinated attack.

• A Martial King Realm, First Level cultivator threatened Jiang Chen, but Ouyang Hai intervened and said Jiang Chen could join the hunt.
• Ouyang Hai arranged a large ship and invited the hunters aboard, while Jiang Chen suspected he had an ulterior motive.
• Jiang Chen boarded with a Sixth-tier Attack Spirit Talisman ready in case Ouyang Hai turned against him.
• Ouyang Hai assigned everyone rooms and said the ship would take about two days to reach the flood dragon’s waters.
• Ouyang Hai gave Jiang Chen a formation flag and taught him how to activate it, claiming he wanted to avenge his relatives and friends.

Jiang Chen and Ouyang Hai’s group reached the Gloomy Sea Domain and joined hundreds of cultivators preparing to hunt a flood dragon nest. With a storm expected the next day and the bounty potentially pointing to sixth-rank flood dragons, Ouyang Feng ordered everyone to rest on the island before setting out.

• Ouyang Hai taught Jiang Chen and more than thirty Martial King Realm experts how to use formation flags and coordinate against the flood dragons.
• The group reached the Gloomy Sea Domain, where Ouyang Hai warned them to stay alert near the flood dragon territory.
• Ouyang Hai explained that experts from several dynasties had gathered because the nearby nest might hold multiple flood dragons, including sixth-rank ones, and threatened to leave anyone who withdrew behind on the island.
• Jiang Chen and the others arrived at an island where more than two hundred cultivators had assembled to await heavy rain, which was expected to help them locate the flood dragons.
• Ouyang Feng ordered the cultivators to rest on the island and set out together the following day.

Jiang Chen and the other Martial King Realm experts followed a tracked Flood Dragon to its lair and killed twelve dragons, but a much stronger group arrived afterward. As a bloody battle loomed, Ouyang Hai ordered his people to cooperate and fight alongside him.

• Ouyang Hai led the ships through a torrential storm toward the rumored Flood Dragon lair, where the group spotted a Fifth-order, Fifth Layer Flood Dragon.
• A peak Martial King Realm expert struck the fleeing Flood Dragon with a tracking arrow, and the ships followed it to a reef cave containing twelve Flood Dragons.
• The Martial King Realm experts attacked and killed all twelve Flood Dragons, suffering three deaths and a few minor injuries.
• Two Sixth-order Flood Dragon Kings and eight powerful Flood Dragons arrived, leaving the experts with no chance to escape.
• Jiang Chen absorbed blood-qi from a nearby Flood Dragon corpse and slightly increased his cultivation.
• Ouyang Hai ordered everyone aboard his ship to wave the formation flags and fight the incoming Flood Dragons together.

Jiang Chen and the other cultivators battled the Flood Dragons, then joined Ouyang Hai in trapping a Flood Dragon King in the Thundercloud Formation. Ouyang Hai used his Soul Seizing Art to control the formation’s flag holders, but Jiang Chen destroyed the mark in his mind and secretly regained control of his body.

• Jiang Chen pierced a Fifth-order, Eighth Layer Flood Dragon’s eye with a Nebula Arrow as the Flood Dragons attacked the fleet.
• Jiang Chen, Ouyang Hai, and the others wounded a peak Fifth-order Flood Dragon, and Ouyang Hai killed it and secretly kept its corpse for himself.
• Ouyang Hai led the group to trap a Sixth-order, Second Layer Flood Dragon King in the Thundercloud Formation.
• Ouyang Hai activated the Soul Seizing Art through the formation flags, sending skull marks into the flag holders and taking control of their bodies.
• Jiang Chen used his powerful soul force to destroy the mark in his sea of consciousness and regain control without Ouyang Hai noticing.

After the flood dragons were killed, Ouyang Hai revealed that he planned to slaughter the survivors and seize their treasure. Jiang Chen kept pretending to be under Ouyang Hai’s control while quietly building his strength and waiting for a chance to strike.

• Jiang Chen and the others helped kill the Sixth-order, Second Layer Flood Dragon King, while another group killed a Sixth-order, First Layer Flood Dragon King.
• The survivors counted twenty-two flood dragons and learned that only eighty-seven people remained from the original groups.
• Ouyang Hai ordered the people holding formation flags to surround the other survivors so he could claim the flood dragon corpses and their storage bags.
• Jiang Chen pretended to join Ouyang Hai’s side as he absorbed blood-qi from nearby corpses and raised his aura to the peak of the Martial Grandmaster Realm, Ninth Level.
• Ouyang Hai revealed that the formation-flag holders were under his control and boasted that they had no consciousness of their own.

Ouyang Hai revealed that he was a Martial Emperor Realm, First Level expert and had lured the cultivators to the Flood Dragon nest so he could use them and take their storage bags. Jiang Chen broke his formation and freed the trapped experts, leaving Ouyang Hai facing them with his plot exposed.

• Ouyang Hai revealed his hidden Martial Emperor Realm cultivation and admitted he had spread the false news about the Flood Dragon nest to make other cultivators kill the Flood Dragons for him.
• Ouyang Hai ordered the controlled cultivators to use formation flags to trap and attack the weakened Martial King Realm experts.
• Jiang Chen absorbed leftover blood-qi from nearby corpses and advanced to the Martial Grandmaster Realm, Tenth Level.
• Jiang Chen used Blade Qi Slash to kill or wound the formation's flag bearers, weakening the formation and allowing the trapped experts to escape and kill the remaining controlled cultivators.
• Jiang Chen told Ouyang Hai that he had broken the Soul Seizing Art while fighting the Flood Dragon King and had pretended to remain controlled to learn Ouyang Hai's scheme.

Jiang Chen absorbed the blood and qi of Flood Dragons and consumed pills and spirit stones to break through to the Martial King Realm while Ouyang Hai fought the other cultivators. He returned to find only thirteen survivors and Ouyang Hai still standing, and revealed his new cultivation level.

• Ouyang Hai attacked the gathered cultivators, and Jiang Chen went to absorb the blood and qi of the Flood Dragon corpses instead of joining the fight.
• Jiang Chen devoured the qi of several Flood Dragons and a Sixth-order Flood Dragon King, but remained at the peak of the Martial Grandmaster Realm, Tenth Level.
• Jiang Chen consumed True Essence Pills and ten million spirit stones, breaking through to the Martial King Realm, First Level.
• Ouyang Hai killed many of the fighters, leaving thirteen wounded survivors as he sustained two more wounds.
• Jiang Chen returned to the battlefield, explained that he had entered seclusion to raise his cultivation, and showed the survivors his Martial King Realm aura.

Jiang Chen advanced to the First Level of the Martial King Realm and fought Ouyang Hai after the latter revealed his demonic cultivation. Jiang Chen drove Ouyang Hai back and severed his left arm, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Jiang Chen shocked the survivors by revealing that he had advanced to the First Level of the Martial King Realm.
• Ouyang Hai demonized and attacked, killing most of the remaining Martial King Realm experts, while Jiang Chen destroyed four wind blades.
• Jiang Chen activated the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art and joined two peak Martial King Realm experts in fighting Ouyang Hai.
• Ouyang Hai struck both peak Martial King Realm experts and sent them into the sea, leaving Jiang Chen alone against him.
• Jiang Chen activated the Sky Annihilation Strike secret art and forced Ouyang Hai's sword into his left arm, severing it.

Jiang Chen fought Ouyang Hai aboard the ship after Ouyang Hai used the Blood Demon Art to boost his strength. Jiang Chen pierced Ouyang Hai with a Sixth-tier Attack Spirit Talisman’s True Qi Sword, leaving Ouyang Hai mortally wounded and dying.

• Ouyang Hai used Blood Demon Pills and the Blood Demon Art to raise his cultivation to the peak of the Martial Emperor Realm, Second Level.
• Ouyang Hai and Jiang Chen clashed with their Blood Demon Hand and Magic Dragon Hand, but neither technique prevailed.
• Ouyang Hai charged into close combat and struck Jiang Chen into the ship’s cabin, believing he had won.
• Jiang Chen emerged from the cabin and used a Sixth-tier Attack Spirit Talisman to send a True Qi Sword through Ouyang Hai’s chest.
• Ouyang Hai realized the sword had destroyed his lungs and damaged his heart, and asked Jiang Chen how he had unleashed such a powerful attack.

Jiang Chen killed Ouyang Hai with a Sixth-order Attack Spirit Talisman, then claimed Ouyang Hai’s possessions and divided some of the Flood Dragon spoils with two surviving allies. He sailed toward the Great Zhou Dynasty with a vast haul, having found both Dragon Beard Grass and Sea Soul Grass and completed his mission.

• Jiang Chen used a Sixth-order Attack Spirit Talisman to fatally wound Ouyang Hai, then beheaded him with the Demonic Soul Blade to confirm his death.
• Jiang Chen devoured some of Ouyang Hai’s remaining blood-qi, took his storage bag, and found the Flood Dragon King’s corpse inside.
• Two injured peak Martial King Realm experts returned to the ship, and Jiang Chen told them he had killed Ouyang Hai.
• Jiang Chen gave each man a fifth-tier Flood Dragon corpse and claimed the other spoils, while they took their teammates’ bodies and departed.
• Jiang Chen collected more than a hundred stalks of Dragon Beard Grass from the Flood Dragons’ lair and found Sea Soul Grass among the storage bags.
• Jiang Chen sailed toward the Great Zhou Dynasty with his spoils, including 310 million spirit stones and numerous materials.

Jiang Chen returned to the Great Zhou Dynasty’s coast, sold some spoils, and went to the prefectural city Mission Hall to turn in the Flood Dragon-slaying mission. After revealing twenty Flood Dragon corpses, he drew the attention of the female hall master, who began inspecting his impressive haul.

• Jiang Chen returned alone to the coast, stored the ship in his Golden Dragon Ring, and sold part of his spoils at the Black Market for more than ten million spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen went to the Mission Hall in disguise and told the middle-aged attendant that he had completed the Flood Dragon-slaying mission.
• Jiang Chen revealed twenty Flood Dragon corpses, including two sixth-rank Flood Dragon Kings, stunning the Mission Hall staff.
• The middle-aged attendant summoned the masked female hall master and her seven Martial King Realm companions to inspect the corpses.
• The female hall master confirmed that the Flood Dragons were genuine and intact, and regarded Jiang Chen with increased respect after learning of his other completed high-difficulty missions.

Jiang Chen completed the Flood Dragon mission and received 390 million spirit stones in top-grade stones. The female hall master paid him, then tried to build a friendship with him for future missions.

• The female hall master valued Jiang Chen's eighteen fifth-tier and two sixth-tier Flood Dragon corpses at 390 million spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen refused to explain how he had killed the Flood Dragons and asked the female hall master to pay him.
• The female hall master gave Jiang Chen exactly 390 top-grade spirit stones, which he counted and accepted.
• The female hall master called Jiang Chen back and said she wanted to become friends after his successful mission.
• The female hall master explained that the Mission Hall earned a 78-million-spirit-stone commission and hoped Jiang Chen would complete future missions.

Jiang Chen negotiated with Mission Hall mistress Mo Qingyan over seeing each other’s faces, then revealed his identity and age. After Mo Qingyan showed her own face and invited him for tea, Jiang Chen declined and left.

• Jiang Chen refused to stay at the Mission Hall and agreed to reveal his appearance only if Mo Qingyan revealed hers in return.
• Mo Qingyan accepted Jiang Chen’s terms, and Jiang Chen removed his hat and veil.
• Jiang Chen introduced himself as Jiang Chen and said he was eighteen, shocking the Mission Hall staff.
• Mo Qingyan unveiled her face and said she was nineteen and a Second Level Martial King Realm cultivator.
• Mo Qingyan invited Jiang Chen inside for tea, but Jiang Chen declined and said farewell.

Jiang Chen refused Mo Qingyan’s invitation to tea, then clashed with her and the Mission Hall guards after they demanded an apology for his boast. He overwhelmed the guards and subdued Mo Qingyan, leaving his saber at her throat as her men threatened him.

• Yuan He scolded Jiang Chen for refusing Mo Qingyan’s invitation, and Jiang Chen declared that the Mission Hall could not stop him from leaving.
• Mo Qingyan demanded an apology for Jiang Chen’s insult, but Jiang Chen refused and challenged her guards to fight.
• Yuan He attacked Jiang Chen with Consecutive Nine Slashes, but Jiang Chen knocked him back with a single saber strike.
• Mo Qingyan ordered the guards to teach Jiang Chen a lesson, and Jiang Chen used Magic Dragon Hand to defeat them while holding back.
• Jiang Chen caught Mo Qingyan off guard and pressed the Cangyue Saber to her neck, prompting the guards to threaten him.

Jiang Chen defeated Mo Qingyan and the Mission Hall guards, then settled the dispute with Mo Qingyan before leaving. After learning about his past, Mo Qingyan decided to befriend him, while Jiang Chen returned to Tianyun Sect and was summoned to see the Sect Master.

• Jiang Chen released Mo Qingyan after defeating the Mission Hall guards, and Mo Qingyan apologized for the offense.
• Jiang Chen and Mo Qingyan agreed to put the dispute behind them, and Jiang Chen left the Mission Hall.
• Mo Qingyan reprimanded Yuan He, deducted half a month of his wages, and ordered an investigation into Jiang Chen.
• Mo Qingyan read the Mission Hall's report on Jiang Chen and decided she should befriend him rather than make him an enemy.
• Jiang Chen returned to Tianyun Sect, where a gate disciple told him that the Sect Master wanted to see him.

Jiang Chen returned to Tianyun Sect and faced Sect Master Li Xingyun and the elders over destroying Yinluo Sect’s Spirit Medicine Garden. He secured the sect’s protection by handing over a large share of the hundred-year spirit medicines, while keeping most of his haul.

• Li Xingyun summoned Tianyun Sect’s higher-ups to question Jiang Chen about destroying Yinluo Sect’s Spirit Medicine Garden.
• Jiang Chen admitted what he had done but argued that he had not harmed Tianyun Sect and had avoided returning sooner to spare the sect trouble.
• Jiang Chen offered to give Tianyun Sect half his spirit medicines, then spread a huge pile of them before the gathered elders.
• Li Xingyun accepted the medicines and dismissed Jiang Chen, deciding that Tianyun Sect would protect him.
• After Jiang Chen left, the higher-ups divided the medicines among themselves, other Martial King Realm experts, and Tianyun Sect’s treasury.