Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen arrived at the mercenary stronghold and planned to hunt after nightfall, but Subway Dragon demanded protection money from him. Jiang Chen defeated Subway Dragon, forced his gang to return the stolen spirit stones, and established rules against bullying in the stronghold.

• Jiang Chen settled into an empty room at the stronghold and planned to act after nightfall.
• Subway Dragon and his Martial King Realm subordinates confronted Jiang Chen and demanded one million spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen followed Subway Dragon outside and caught his Tablet Breaking Hand with his Demonized Magic Dragon Hand.
• Jiang Chen broke Subway Dragon's arm and injured him with a punch, then ordered the gang to return the spirit stones they had seized.
• Subway Dragon agreed, and Jiang Chen warned the stronghold's mercenaries not to bully the weak or cause trouble.

Jiang Chen infiltrated a Great Chu camp, slaughtered its patrol squads, and reached the general’s tent disguised as a soldier. He killed the guards at the entrance, while the general and six Martial King Realm experts inside prepared for the confrontation.

• Jiang Chen entered the war zone after nightfall and selected a Great Chu camp as his target.
• Jiang Chen killed five ten-man patrol squads, prompting the camp to send thousands of soldiers to search for the attacker.
• Jiang Chen disguised himself in a Great Chu uniform and slipped into the camp while its soldiers searched outside.
• The Great Chu general returned to his tent after ordering two thousand soldiers to patrol the surroundings.
• Jiang Chen announced that he had come to kill the general and slew the four guards outside the tent.
• The general and six Martial King Realm experts inside the tent heard the commotion and became wary.

Jiang Chen infiltrated the Great Chu Army camp, killed its general and guards, and set the camp ablaze before escaping. He reached Great Zhou territory at dawn, where the guards recognized his Magic Dragon nickname and welcomed him respectfully.

• Jiang Chen revealed himself to the Chu general and killed him with the Zhan Yue Saber before the general could react.
• Jiang Chen killed the general’s Martial King guards with Magic Dragon Hand and cut down soldiers who raised the alarm.
• Jiang Chen devastated the Great Chu camp with Blade Qi Slash, Flame Rain, and Pill Fire, then escaped through the perimeter troops.
• Jiang Chen evaded the Chu Army’s pursuit and hurried toward the Great Zhou Army’s station.
• Jiang Chen proved he was a Great Zhou mercenary, reported killing the Chu soldiers, and impressed the guards with his spoils and Magic Dragon nickname.

Jiang Chen submitted the heads of Chu and Wu Army soldiers at the Mission Hall and collected his mission reward. Subway Dragon and his followers then asked to join Jiang Chen, who accepted them as a team and ordered them to maintain order at the mercenary outpost.

• Jiang Chen submitted his mission to Zhi Jianbao and received tens of millions of spirit stones for the heads he had collected.
• Jiang Chen returned to the mercenary outpost, where Subway Dragon and his followers offered him a room and asked to become his subordinates.
• Subway Dragon explained that he and his men wanted to follow Jiang Chen so they could fight together and earn merit.
• Jiang Chen accepted them on the condition that they obey his orders and share rewards according to their contributions.
• Jiang Chen ordered Subway Dragon and the others to maintain order at the mercenary outpost.

Jiang Chen revealed that he was Demon Dragon and accepted hundreds of mercenaries into his group, organizing them and equipping them with weapons and armor. After treating Subway Dragon’s injuries, Jiang Chen said the group would make trouble in a few days.

• Jiang Chen introduced himself as Demon Dragon, prompting the mercenaries to recognize his reputation and ask to join his team.
• Jiang Chen agreed to lead the mercenaries on the condition that they obey his orders and earn military merits according to their contributions.
• Jiang Chen counted 547 mercenaries at the stronghold, including 65 Martial King Realm experts, and divided them into seven teams with Martial King captains and vice-captains.
• Jiang Chen had the mercenaries clean the stronghold, then distributed Spirit Weapons, armor, and other equipment, explaining that the gear had to be returned or paid for.
• Jiang Chen gave Subway Dragon healing pills and told the mercenaries to rest before they went to make trouble in a few days.

Jiang Chen prepared poison and formation flags while his allies practiced combined attack techniques, and the Chu Army readied its five-million-strong offensive. The Chu forces launched attacks from five directions, and the Zhou Army met them in a fierce battle.

• Jiang Chen taught his allies improved combined attack techniques, and Subway Dragon recovered before joining their practice.
• Jiang Chen refined large quantities of poison and many formation flags to use against the Chu Army.
• Bei Yun ordered the Chu Army to begin a general offensive, while Jing Cheng reported that his counterattack against Zhou positions had failed.
• The Chu Army mobilized five million troops and attacked the Zhou Army's defensive lines from five directions.
• Hu Donglai ordered Zhou troops to hold their positions as both armies fired Spirit Cannons and volleys of arrows, then clashed in close combat.

After the Chu Army broke through Zhou defenses, Jiang Chen led his mercenaries to reinforce a beleaguered Zhou unit. He routed the Chu force and killed its commander, then prepared to move on as fighting continued elsewhere.

• The Chu Army launched an all-out attack, broke through parts of the Zhou defensive line, and forced Zhou units to fight in chaotic, disconnected battles.
• Jiang Chen ordered his mercenaries to mobilize and led them toward a nearby Zhou defense zone under attack.
• Jiang Chen's mercenaries ambushed more than three thousand Chu soldiers, while Jiang Chen's Skyfire Rain killed hundreds and turned the battle's momentum.
• Jiang Chen broke through the Chu soldiers guarding their Martial King Realm, Tenth Level commander and killed him with a punch.
• Jiang Chen and the mercenaries killed more Chu experts and routed the remaining soldiers, then left the fleeing men as the Zhou troops prepared to reinforce other battlefields.

Jiang Chen’s mercenary group helped the Zhou Army during the Chu Army’s offensive, then withdrew as the Zhou defensive line collapsed. With the Great Zhou Dynasty losing ground and his small force unable to change the war’s course, Jiang Chen thought of seeking help from Wu Ren.

• Jiang Chen agreed to let the Zhou Army retreat and offered its soldiers twenty percent of the spoils, but the general refused and withdrew with his troops.
• After devouring the blood-and-qi power of the dead, Jiang Chen advanced to the Martial King Realm, Tenth Level, then ordered his group to withdraw from the stronghold as a large Chu Army force approached.
• The Chu Army seized the stronghold, while Jiang Chen’s group moved on, defeated another unit, and killed more than a thousand soldiers before retreating toward the Zhou Army.
• Jiang Chen reminded his mercenaries that they could withdraw voluntarily and promised to send the belongings and rewards of fallen comrades to their families.
• Over three days, the Chu Army broke through the Zhou Army’s defensive line, destroying its strongholds and killing 370,000 Zhou troops while losing around 300,000 of its own.
• Seeing that his several hundred mercenaries could not turn the tide, Jiang Chen remembered Wu Ren, the Martial Emperor Realm powerhouse who had offered to help him.

Jiang Chen left the front line and traveled to the Tonghai Merchant Association to seek Wu Ren’s help recruiting experts. He reunited with Wu Ren and told him he had an important request and would pay a commission.

• Jiang Chen put Subway Dragon in charge of the mercenary team, set their spoils division, and warned them not to take unnecessary missions while he was away.
• Jiang Chen left the front line and traveled for seven days to the Tonghai Merchant Association near the Inner Sea.
• Jiang Chen presented Wu Ren’s Tonghai Token at the association’s shop, and an employee brought him to the honored guest hall.
• Wu Ren arrived with Shopkeeper Chen, recognized Jiang Chen, and introduced him to the branch shopkeeper.
• Jiang Chen told Wu Ren he needed help with an important matter and offered to pay him a commission.

Jiang Chen asked Wu Ren to recruit Martial Emperor Realm experts to fight for Great Zhou Dynasty, offering spirit stones and rare pills as payment. After selling his contraband through the Tonghai Merchant Association, Jiang Chen arranged staged payments and waited while Wu Ren set out to contact potential recruits.

• Jiang Chen asked Wu Ren to recruit Martial Emperor Realm cultivators to help Great Zhou Dynasty fight Great Chu Dynasty and Great Wu Dynasty.
• Jiang Chen offered ten billion spirit stones, a Strong Emperor Pill for each recruit, and additional rewards based on their contributions.
• Jiang Chen asked Wu Ren to sell his contraband, and the Tonghai Merchant Association valued it at one hundred twenty-seven billion eight hundred million spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen required recruits to receive half their payment upfront, the rest after fighting for one month, and their Strong Emperor Pill upon reaching the front lines.
• Wu Ren agreed to contact his connections in other dynasties and recruit experts while Jiang Chen waited in Great Zhou Dynasty.

Jiang Chen arranged for Wu Ren to recruit Martial Emperor Realm powerhouses while he refined pills to fund the effort. After a month of defeats for the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wu Ren returned with 857 recruited experts, leaving Jiang Chen ready to put his plan into action.

• Jiang Chen asked Wu Ren to advance up to twenty billion spirit stones so he could gather powerful helpers, and Wu Ren agreed to do his best.
• Jiang Chen rented an alchemy room at the Tonghai Merchant Association, collected spirit herbs, and spent a month refining and selling high-grade pills.
• The Chu Army and Wu Army captured seven commanderies, inflicting heavy losses on the Great Zhou Dynasty before slowing their advance to consolidate their territory.
• Jiang Chen hoped Wu Ren could recruit enough Martial Emperor Realm powerhouses to help him strike the Chu Army and force it to withdraw.
• Wu Ren returned with 857 Martial Emperor Realm powerhouses, many drawn by Jiang Chen’s rare pills and the Tonghai Merchant Association’s reputation.

Jiang Chen gathered more than eight hundred Martial Emperor Realm experts to fight for the Great Zhou Dynasty, distributing the Strong Emperor Pills he had promised and preparing them for battle. After learning that the Chu Army was using a Corpse Puppet legion, he suspected the Yin Corpse Sect had joined the conflict.

• Jiang Chen introduced himself to the recruited experts as Demonic Dragon and warned them to honor their agreements, while Fang Yongnian agreed on their behalf.
• Jiang Chen promised to distribute Strong Emperor Pills at the border, and Wu Ren backed the agreement with the Tonghai Merchant Association's authority.
• Jiang Chen gave Wu Ren spirit stones and refined pills before leading the experts in uniformed flying boats toward the battlefield.
• Outside a city near the combat zone, Jiang Chen distributed his initial supply of Strong Emperor Pills, refined more over two days, and gave the remaining experts their pills.
• Jiang Chen's scouts reported fierce fighting, losses on both sides, and a Chu Army Corpse Puppet legion, leading Jiang Chen to suspect the Yin Corpse Sect was involved.

Jiang Chen led more than eight hundred Martial Emperor Realm experts into the battlefield and attacked a town held by the Chu Army. They wiped out its three thousand soldiers and captured their general for questioning.

• Jiang Chen persuaded the Great Zhou guards to let his disguised force pass into the battle zone.
• Jiang Chen’s group reached a nearby town and learned from captured sentries that the Chu Army had killed the residents and Great Zhou soldiers there.
• Jiang Chen ordered the force to attack the town and capture the Chu Army leader alive for questioning.
• The Martial Emperor Realm experts stormed the town, slaughtered the three thousand Chu Army soldiers, and captured their general.

Jiang Chen's group defeated Zhou Ji's Chu Army and forced him to reveal what he knew about the Chu Army's deployment. After Jiang Chen honored their oath and released him, the group left town to prepare for a nighttime operation.

• Jiang Chen's group overwhelmed Zhou Ji's remaining soldiers and captured him.
• Fang Yongnian and Jiang Chen questioned Zhou Ji about the Chu Army's deployment, and Zhou Ji initially refused to cooperate.
• Jiang Chen persuaded Zhou Ji that returning to the Chu Army would leave him facing punishment, and Zhou Ji agreed to share his intelligence.
• Jiang Chen and Zhou Ji swore a Heavenly Oath, after which Zhou Ji revealed the information he knew about the Chu Army.
• Jiang Chen released Zhou Ji, who disguised himself and fled the war zone instead of returning to the Chu Army.
• Jiang Chen's group left the town to avoid discovery and prepare for an operation that night.

Jiang Chen led more than eight hundred Martial Emperor Realm experts in a night raid on Longshui City, aiming to wipe out its thirty thousand Chu Army defenders. The city gates fell and the Chu Army was overwhelmed, while three Chu Army commanders hid in an underground chamber.

• Jiang Chen ordered his force to attack Longshui City, guard both gates, and avoid killing civilians.
• Jiang Chen's force split up and launched simultaneous attacks on the city gates after half an hour.
• Martial Emperor Realm experts breached both gates and slaughtered the Chu Army soldiers who tried to stop them.
• Three Chu Army commanders saw the invading force's strength and retreated into an underground chamber beneath the City Lord's Mansion.

Jiang Chen’s forces seized Longshui City and searched for the missing Chu Army commander. Cang Shiyun revealed that the commander might be hiding in a secret underground chamber beneath the City Lord’s Mansion, and Jiang Chen went to investigate.

• Jiang Chen’s forces defeated the Chu Army in Longshui City, killing more than twenty thousand soldiers while some escaped detection by hiding or disguising themselves.
• Jiang Chen ordered his people to search for the enemy commander, free enslaved residents, gather valuables, and withdraw before dawn.
• Cang Shiyun, the former City Lord’s son, told Jiang Chen that the Chu Army had killed his father and imprisoned him and others.
• Cang Shiyun revealed that the City Lord’s Mansion contained a secret underground chamber and suspected the Chu Army commander was hiding there.
• Jiang Chen gathered several Martial Emperor Realm experts and followed Cang Shiyun to the underground chamber.

Jiang Chen discovered three Chu Army Martial Emperor Realm commanders hiding in an underground chamber and killed them. Absorbing their blood-qi power let him break through to the First Level of the Martial Emperor Realm before he withdrew from Longshui City with his companions.

• Cang Shiyun revealed the hidden floor entrance and led Jiang Chen and his companions into the underground chamber.
• Cang Shiyun recognized the Chu Army commander who had imprisoned him and vowed to avenge his family.
• Jiang Chen killed all three Chu Army commanders with blade qi, shocking the Martial Emperor Realm experts with him.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the commanders' blood-qi power and broke through to the First Level of the Martial Emperor Realm.
• After finding no other survivors, Jiang Chen collected the commanders' heads and storage bags and led the group out of Longshui City.

Jiang Chen’s group left Longshui City after destroying the Chu Army forces there, while Li Chang prepared his army for new attacks and vowed to settle the losses later. Back in Zhou Army territory, Jiang Chen brought his spoils to the Mission Hall outpost and met Zhi Jianbao.

• Jiang Chen gave Cang Shiyun a storage bag of valuables and urged him to flee Longshui City with his family.
• Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group left the ruined city as Chu Army units returned and discovered the slaughter.
• Li Chang questioned the surviving soldiers, ordered scouts to search the area, and prepared his forces to attack Jiuyang City and Jinshui City.
• Li Chang learned that Zhou Ji’s army had also been wiped out and suspected the same powerful group was responsible.
• Jiang Chen returned to Zhou Army territory and brought more than a dozen Martial Emperor Realm experts to the Mission Hall outpost to turn in his spoils.
• Zhi Jianbao recognized Jiang Chen as Magic Dragon and led him and his companions to a guarded area to discuss their haul.

Jiang Chen collected the bounty for the Chu Army soldiers his squad had killed, then retrieved fifty Sixth-tier Spirit Cannons from Mo Qingyan’s representative. When he returned to camp, he learned the Chu Army had launched a major attack and prepared his group to join the fighting.

• Jiang Chen submitted more than eight hundred Chu Army heads to Zhi Jianbao, confirmed the bounty, and distributed the spirit stones among the Martial Emperor Realm experts.
• Jiang Chen left camp to collect fifty Sixth-tier Spirit Cannons that Mo Qingyan had sent to Shitai City with Li Fan.
• Jiang Chen returned to camp and learned from Fang Yongnian that the Chu Army had attacked, inflicted heavy losses, and occupied territory.
• Jiang Chen ordered everyone to prepare for battle and gave each Martial Emperor Realm expert two of his finest Sixth-tier Healing Pills.

Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to Soul Severing Mountain to ambush Chu Army forces pursuing a retreating Zhou Army. The Chu Army’s flying troops passed over the hidden mercenaries and attacked the Zhou Army, while Jiang Chen waited for the main force to arrive.

• Jiang Chen led his disguised experts toward Soul Severing Mountain and learned from a Zhou Army commander that the Chu Army had defeated their forces and was pursuing them.
• Jiang Chen arranged for his group to hide around Soul Severing Mountain, gave them poison and antidotes, and planned to strike when the Chu Army’s main force arrived.
• Several hundred Chu Army flying demonic beasts reached the mountain, and their Level Two Martial Emperor leader ordered them to continue pursuing the Zhou Army.
• Jiang Chen told his group to wait as smoke from the approaching Chu Army main force appeared in the distance.
• The Chu Army flying force signaled that the route was clear, caught up with the Zhou Army, and began shooting its retreating soldiers from the air.