Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen evaded a bounty on his head by staying disguised, refining pills, and selling them for five hundred million spirit stones. He then hired the Blood Cloud Assassin Organization to kill Yinluo Sect master Luo Tian, but its leader quoted a price of five hundred and fifty million because Luo Tian was protected inside his sect.

• Jiang Chen learned that Yinluo Sect had placed a one-hundred-million-spirit-stone bounty on him and continued hiding his identity outside Tianyun Sect.
• Li Xingyun and Yuan Lin worried about Jiang Chen’s safety while noting the benefits he had brought Tianyun Sect.
• Jiang Chen refined pills for half a month, sold them across several cities, and earned five hundred million spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen went to a Blood Cloud stronghold and asked its leader to kill Luo Tian, the Martial Emperor Realm, Fourth Level sect master of Yinluo Sect.
• The Blood Cloud leader demanded five hundred and fifty million spirit stones, explaining that killing Luo Tian inside Yinluo Sect carried greater risks.

Jiang Chen hired Blood Cloud to assassinate Luo Tian and proved his strength to secure a place on the mission. After cultivating to the Martial King Realm, Fifth Level, he joined three Gold Medal Killers as they prepared to infiltrate the Yinluo Sect.

• Jiang Chen asked to accompany Blood Cloud on the assassination, then defeated two Martial King Realm, Eighth Level assassins to prove his strength.
• Jiang Chen revealed his identity, paid Blood Cloud five hundred and fifty million spirit stones to kill Luo Tian, and secured permission to join the operation.
• Blood Cloud planned to act in ten days and arranged to bring in three Martial Emperor Realm assassins from other strongholds.
• Jiang Chen cultivated for ten days and advanced to the Martial King Realm, Fifth Level.
• Jiang Chen met the Blood Cloud team and insisted that he wanted to see Luo Tian die and, if possible, kill him himself.
• The Blood Cloud representative ordered the three Gold Medal Killers to set out for the Yinluo Sect and warned Jiang Chen to follow their instructions.

Jiang Chen infiltrated the Yinluo Sect with three Bloodcloud killers and joined their ambush on Luo Tian. After the attack badly wounded Luo Tian, Jiang Chen revealed that he had placed the bounty on the sect and vowed to destroy it.

• Killer Number One led Jiang Chen and the other two killers toward the Yinluo Sect, where they studied a map and prepared to assassinate Luo Tian.
• Killer Number Two and Killer Number Three distracted the gate guards, allowing the group to slip into the sect and reach Luo Tian's residence.
• Killer Number Two and Killer Number Three killed the guards outside Luo Tian's courtyard, alerting Luo Tian and drawing him outside.
• Killer Number One, Killer Number Two, Killer Number Three, and Jiang Chen attacked Luo Tian together, leaving him severely wounded.
• Luo Tian recognized Jiang Chen, who admitted placing the bounty on the Yinluo Sect and vowed to wipe out the sect.

Jiang Chen and three Gold Medal Killers killed Luo Tian and escaped the Yinluo Sect before its defenses could be activated. The Yinluo Sect planned to target mercenaries in retaliation, while Jiang Chen returned to the Tianyun Sect with Luo Tian’s head and shocked Li Xingyun by revealing the cost of the mission.

• Jiang Chen ordered the Gold Medal Killers to cripple Luo Tian, then beheaded him, took his storage bag, and devoured his blood-qi.
• Jiang Chen and the three Gold Medal Killers fought through Yinluo Sect members and escaped through the main gate before the sect could activate its grand formation.
• The Yinluo Sect discovered Luo Tian’s corpse and the name Jiang Chen written in blood, then its Acting Sect Master rejected an all-out war and proposed using disciples as bait to kill mercenaries.
• Jiang Chen split Luo Tian’s storage bag with the Gold Medal Killers, parted from them, and returned to the Tianyun Sect with Luo Tian’s head.
• Jiang Chen told Li Xingyun that he had hired Blood Cloud’s Gold Medal Killers for 550 million spirit stones, leaving Li Xingyun stunned.

Jiang Chen told Li Xingyun that he had paid 550 million spirit stones to have Luo Tian assassinated, then supported Tianyun Sect and Canghai Sect’s plan to destroy Yinluo Sect. He left Li Xingyun with powerful pills for the coming battle, including five Emperor Breaking Pills.

• Jiang Chen explained that he had hired Bloodcloud to infiltrate Yinluo Sect and kill Luo Tian, and Li Xingyun accepted his reasoning.
• Li Xingyun considered allying with Canghai Sect to attack Yinluo Sect, while Jiang Chen refined pills and spent time with Long Qingyao as Lin Xiaoxiao focused on cultivation.
• Yinluo Sect ambushed mercenaries sent after its disciples, killing many and breaking Jiang Chen’s bounty mission through forceful retaliation.
• Tianyun Sect and Canghai Sect agreed to attack Yinluo Sect while it was weakened, and Li Xingyun asked Jiang Chen for his opinion.
• Jiang Chen offered Tianyun Sect Fourth- and Fifth-Order pills, including five Emperor Breaking Pills that could help peak Martial King Realm experts break through to the Martial Emperor Realm.

Jiang Chen gave Li Xingyun many high-tier pills and joined Tianyun Sect’s plan to destroy Yinluo Sect, set to begin in ten days. He then visited Mo Qingyan at the Mission Hall to request a rare item, leaving its identity undisclosed.

• Li Xingyun questioned how Jiang Chen had so many pills, and Jiang Chen explained that he had refined them himself by working day and night.
• Jiang Chen and Li Xingyun agreed to attack Yinluo Sect in ten days, while Li Xingyun prepared Tianyun Sect’s experts and worried about the sect’s powerful Guardian Array.
• Jiang Chen told Li Xingyun he had an idea for reducing casualties when breaking the array, then left to visit Mo Qingyan at the Mission Hall.
• Jiang Chen asked Mo Qingyan to help obtain an item unavailable at ordinary trading houses, and she said the Mission Hall could try if the price was right.

Jiang Chen obtained three Level Six Spirit Stone Cannons from Mo Qingyan before joining Canghai Sect and Tianyun Sect’s secret operation against Yinluo Sect. The two sects launched their attack, and the chapter ends with their forces surrounding Yinluo Sect as its experts hurried to prepare for battle.

• Jiang Chen asked Mo Qingyan to procure three Level Six Spirit Stone Cannons, and she agreed to deliver them within four days.
• Jiang Chen paid Mo Qingyan three hundred million spirit stones and collected the cannons, learning that each powerful shot consumed at least two hundred thousand spirit stones.
• When the ten-day deadline arrived, Li Xingyun led Jiang Chen, Long Qingyao, and the two Great Sects’ forces on an operation against Yinluo Sect.
• The two Great Sects entered Yinluo Sect’s territory and destroyed a patrol ship that tried to stop them, then attacked Yinluo Sect disciples along their route.
• The two Great Sects’ fleet reached Yinluo Sect’s gate and spread out to seize important passages, while Yinluo Sect hurriedly summoned its experts to fight.

The Tianyun Sect and Canghai Sect attacked the Yinluo Sect, but its Guardian Array forced them to retreat. Jiang Chen revealed three Sixth-tier Spirit Stone Cannons to Li Xingyun and Chai Qiujun, and they prepared to use them against the barrier.

• Ji Jun warned Li Xingyun and the two sects to retreat, but Li Xingyun ordered an attack on the Yinluo Sect.
• Ji Jun activated the Guardian Array's lightning attacks, forcing the two sects to retreat beyond the array's four-li range.
• Jiang Chen offered to break the array and revealed three Sixth-tier Spirit Stone Cannons, surprising Li Xingyun and the surrounding experts.
• Chai Qiujun urged Li Xingyun to spend spirit stones to use the cannons, and the two sects aimed them at the Yinluo Sect's barrier.
• Yinluo Sect disciples mocked the retreating attackers while worrying that the Guardian Array would consume too many spirit stones.

The two Great Sects used Spirit Stone Cannons to drain and destroy the Yinluo Sect’s Guardian Array, forcing Ji Jun to order a breakout. Pang Yuan led one group through the encirclement until Jiang Chen arrived to block him.

• The Tianyun Sect and Canghai Sect bombarded the Yinluo Sect’s Guardian Array with Spirit Stone Cannons until its barrier shattered.
• With the array depleted and the sect under attack, Ji Jun ordered the disciples to flee in three groups, abandoning those below the fifth level of the Martial Grandmaster Realm.
• Pang Yuan led more than forty Yinluo Sect elites through the encirclement, killing six Martial King Realm opponents and frightening the defenders into retreating.
• Jiang Chen heard that the Yinluo Sect was breaking through and rushed toward the fighting.
• Jiang Chen confronted Pang Yuan as the disciples of both sides reacted to his arrival.

Jiang Chen fought Pang Yuan while the Tianyun Sect and Canghai Sect battled the Yinluo Sect forces. After killing Pang Yuan and helping wipe out the remaining disciples, Jiang Chen absorbed the corpses’ blood qi and advanced to the Martial King Realm, Fifth Level.

• Pang Yuan attacked Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen matched his strike and agreed to hold him off while his companions fought the other Yinluo Sect disciples.
• Jiang Chen used the Nine-Layered Blade Technique to break Pang Yuan’s sword attack and injure him, just as reinforcements from the Tianyun Sect and Canghai Sect arrived.
• Pang Yuan tried to flee, but Jiang Chen shot him with Nebula Arrows and severed his head after he fell.
• The arriving experts and Jiang Chen’s companions wiped out the remaining Yinluo Sect disciples.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the blood qi from the corpses and broke through to the Martial King Realm, Fifth Level.

Jiang Chen and the two Great Sects finished destroying Yinluo Sect and divided its spoils, though sect master Ji Jun escaped. The allies prepared to return home, while Li Xingyun planned to use Jiang Chen’s pills to grow strong enough to deal with Ji Jun.

• Jiang Chen joined the allied forces in hunting down Yinluo Sect members, and he absorbed their lingering blood-qi to reach the late stage of Martial King Realm, Fifth Level.
• The two Great Sects killed nearly all of Yinluo Sect’s fighters, but Ji Jun escaped after using three Old Ancestors’ forces to draw attention away from his own breakout.
• The allies counted their losses, searched for survivors, and split Yinluo Sect’s spoils equally.
• Jiang Chen and Long Qingyao celebrated Yinluo Sect’s destruction, while Chai Qiujun warned Li Xingyun that Ji Jun might retaliate.
• Li Xingyun said he would destroy Ji Jun if he returned and planned to cultivate in seclusion with Jiang Chen’s pills to break through to Martial Emperor Realm, Fifth Level.

Su Sheng arrived at Tianyun Sect seeking Long Qingyao and demanded that Lin Xiaoxiao lead him to her. He seized Lin Xiaoxiao and left to bring both women back to Formless Sect, leaving Tianyun Sect’s gate disciples badly injured but alive.

• Su Sheng appeared at Tianyun Sect and demanded to see Long Qingyao, overwhelming the gate disciples with his aura and injuring people throughout the sect.
• Feng Qin confronted Su Sheng, who introduced himself and said he had come to bring Long Qingyao and Lin Xiaoxiao back to Formless Sect.
• Lin Xiaoxiao told Su Sheng that Long Qingyao was away, then asked why he had come; Su Sheng dismissed her questions and ordered her to take him to Long Qingyao.
• Su Sheng seized Lin Xiaoxiao with a powerful suction force and carried her off, telling Tianyun Sect that he spared the gate disciples for Long Qingyao’s sake.
• Feng Qin confirmed that the gate disciples were alive and arranged for them to receive care, while recognizing that Su Sheng’s strength surpassed the Martial Venerable Realm.

Su Sheng tracked down Long Qingyao and confronted her after finding her with Jiang Chen, revealing that their families had arranged their betrothal. He attacked the gathered group with his overwhelming aura and threatened Jiang Chen, while Long Qingyao stepped between them to protect him.

• Su Sheng forced Lin Xiaoxiao to reveal that Long Qingyao had gone to Yinluo Sect, then took her there.
• Su Sheng arrived before the Tianyun Sect and Canghai Sect groups, and Jiang Chen recognized Lin Xiaoxiao in his grasp.
• Su Sheng questioned Long Qingyao about Jiang Chen, and she admitted that she had chosen him and wanted to be with him.
• Su Sheng revealed that Long Qingyao's grandfather and his father had arranged their betrothal, then unleashed his aura and injured many people nearby.
• Su Sheng threatened to kill Jiang Chen, and Long Qingyao stepped in front of him to shield him.

Su Sheng attacked Jiang Chen over his engagement to Long Qingyao, severely wounding him and severing his limbs before piercing his heart. Su Sheng left for the Formless Sect with Long Qingyao, while Lin Xiaoxiao stayed behind to handle Jiang Chen’s remains.

• Lin Xiaoxiao tried to defend Jiang Chen and Long Qingyao, but Su Sheng struck her down with his aura.
• Jiang Chen confronted Su Sheng, who pierced his abdomen and bound Long Qingyao with a spiritual rope.
• Su Sheng severed Jiang Chen’s four limbs and ignored Long Qingyao’s plea to spare him, then pierced his heart.
• Long Qingyao and Lin Xiaoxiao mourned Jiang Chen, and Lin Xiaoxiao asked to stay behind to handle his final arrangements.
• Su Sheng agreed to leave Lin Xiaoxiao behind and flew away with Long Qingyao toward the Formless Sect.

After Su Sheng left, Tianyun Sect mourned Jiang Chen, while the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon secretly repaired his body and revived him by consuming his cultivation. Lin Xiaoxiao stayed at his grave and confessed her love, unaware that Jiang Chen had regained only half his vitality and remained unconscious.

• Chai Qiujun led Canghai Sect away after expressing false condolences, and Li Xingyun ordered Tianyun Sect to take Jiang Chen's body home.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon revealed that it had preserved a trace of Jiang Chen's life and began restoring his heart and limbs inside the coffin.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon spent its stored spiritual energy and drained Jiang Chen's cultivation to accelerate his recovery.
• Tang Mu and others offered incense at Jiang Chen's grave, while Lin Xiaoxiao refused to return to Tianyun Sect and stayed behind.
• Lin Xiaoxiao wept at Jiang Chen's grave and confessed that she loved him and had wanted his attention.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon heard Lin Xiaoxiao's confession as it controlled Jiang Chen's body, which had recovered only halfway.

The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon restored Jiang Chen to life and emerged from his tomb while controlling his body, startling Lin Xiaoxiao. After revealing himself as Jiang Chen’s hidden master, he entrusted Jiang Chen’s care to her and went into hibernation, leaving Lin Xiaoxiao to hide Jiang Chen from Su Sheng.

• Jiang Chen’s cultivation fell to Martial Grandmaster Realm, Tenth Level as his body recovered, though he remained unconscious.
• Jiang Chen burst from his tomb under the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon’s control and teased Lin Xiaoxiao about her feelings for him.
• Lin Xiaoxiao realized the figure was not Jiang Chen and questioned who had taken control of his body.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon explained that he had resurrected Jiang Chen, asked Lin Xiaoxiao to keep his existence secret, and warned her to hide Jiang Chen from Su Sheng.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon returned to the Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl to hibernate, and Lin Xiaoxiao supported Jiang Chen and rented a courtyard in a small town.

Jiang Chen woke after being revived and learned that he had to hide from Su Sheng, who believed him dead. After Lin Xiaoxiao left to return to the Formless Sect, Jiang Chen planned to recover his strength and stay concealed until the Great Zhou Martial Competition.

• Jiang Chen woke beside Lin Xiaoxiao and learned that he had survived Su Sheng's attack, though many people believed he was dead.
• Lin Xiaoxiao warned Jiang Chen that Su Sheng might send experts to find her and urged him to keep his survival secret while he grew stronger.
• Jiang Chen vowed to kill Su Sheng and save Long Qingyao, then discovered that the revival had reduced his cultivation to the Martial Grandmaster Realm, Tenth Level.
• Jiang Chen recovered with pills, learned where the Formless Sect was, and watched Lin Xiaoxiao leave to meet Su Sheng's escort.
• Jiang Chen decided to lie low and wait until the Great Zhou Martial Competition a year later before appearing publicly again.

Jiang Chen visited his parents in secret to reassure them that he was alive, then went to the Mission Hall to ask Mo Qingyan for help obtaining materials to unlock the Demonic Soul Blade’s third seal. Mo Qingyan, who believed Jiang Chen was dead, was summoned to meet a masked guest carrying her distinguished token.

• Jiang Chen reached the peak of the Martial Grandmaster Realm, Tenth Level, and decided to seek Taiyin Profound Iron and a Ten Thousand Year Fire Crystal to open the Demonic Soul Blade’s third seal.
• Jiang Chen secretly visited Jiang Yunfeng and Li Huirong, told them he had returned from the dead, and asked them to keep his survival secret.
• Jiang Chen reassured his parents that he would return publicly after the Great Zhou Martial Competition and left the Jiang Family without being seen by anyone else.
• Jiang Chen disguised himself and presented Mo Qingyan’s distinguished guest token at the Mission Hall to request a meeting with her.
• Mo Qingyan lamented Jiang Chen’s death to Xiao Feng before a receptionist announced that a masked token-holder had come to see her.

Jiang Chen met Mo Qingyan at the Mission Hall and asked her to locate a Ten Thousand Year Fire Crystal and Taiyin Profound Iron for him. Five days later, she revealed a possible auction and an uncertain underwater source for the materials, leaving Jiang Chen to pursue them himself.

• Mo Qingyan learned that a guest holding her token had arrived and went to meet Jiang Chen with Xiao Feng.
• Jiang Chen revealed his identity and asked Mo Qingyan to keep his survival secret; she agreed and accepted one million spirit stones to investigate the two rare materials.
• Mo Qingyan returned more than seventy million unused spirit stones after the Yinluo Sect's destruction made Jiang Chen's posted mission void.
• Five days later, Jiang Chen returned at the first level of the Martial King Realm, and Mo Qingyan reported that a Ten Thousand Year Fire Crystal would be auctioned in Nanzheng Prefecture in ten days.
• Mo Qingyan told Jiang Chen that Taiyin Profound Iron might lie beneath the sea near Dongwu Island, though its location remained unconfirmed.

Jiang Chen traveled to South Zheng Prefecture City to attend the Duobao Business Firm auction and spent several days refining pills to raise funds. After selling his pills for hundreds of millions of spirit stones, he received access to a Heaven-grade VIP room as the auction began.

• Jiang Chen left Mo Qingyan and flew toward South Zheng Prefecture City to buy the Ten Thousand Year Fire Crystal.
• Jiang Chen arrived six days later, rented a courtyard, and spent several days refining pills.
• Jiang Chen sold pills to several firms, earning more than four hundred million spirit stones in total and agreeing to auction his Emperor Breaking Pills and Mysterious Emperor Pills.
• The Duobao Business Firm manager gave Jiang Chen a Heaven-grade VIP room plaque in recognition of his business.
• Jiang Chen rested until the afternoon, then headed to the auction as guests and major forces arrived.