Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen ambushed the Chu Army at Soul Severing Mountain with poisonous smoke while Fang Yongnian and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group overwhelmed its flying force. The Chu Army was thrown into chaos, and Jiang Chen’s group advanced toward Li Chang and the other commanders.

• Jiang Chen waited until half the Chu Army had passed Soul Severing Mountain, then ordered the Martial Emperor Realm experts to fire poison packs into its ranks.
• The poisonous smoke poisoned many Chu soldiers, while the Chu Army commander ordered the flying demonic beast army and ground troops to attack Soul Severing Mountain.
• Fang Yongnian led more than a hundred Martial Emperor Realm experts into the air and destroyed the Chu Army’s flying force, killing its commander.
• Jiang Chen and the other experts descended into the Chu Army’s formation, where his Hegemonic Blade Art and their attacks killed many charging soldiers.
• The Magic Dragon Mercenary Group pushed toward the center of the Chu Army’s formation, where Li Chang and the other commanders had gathered.

Jiang Chen’s forces destroyed Tian Chunsheng’s Corpse Puppet Legion and killed him, then routed the Chu Army. As Li Chang tried to retreat, Jiang Chen and his allies cornered him and demanded to know what he wanted.

• Tian Chunsheng deployed his armored Corpse Puppet Legion and sent Blood Corpses against Dong Jiu, wounding him.
• Jiang Chen ordered his forces to attack, burned the Corpse Puppets with Pill Fire, and drained their spirit stones’ spiritual power.
• Jiang Chen killed Tian Chunsheng with the Zhan Yue Saber after the Blood Corpses were overwhelmed.
• Li Chang ordered the Chu Army to retreat, abandoning the smoke-poisoned soldiers as they pleaded for help.
• Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to surround Li Chang, who asked what they wanted.

Jiang Chen killed Li Chang and routed the pursuing Chu Army, then met Zhou Army commander Song Yi. Song Yi asked Jiang Chen to help defend Xiayun Pass, which was threatened by more than four hundred thousand Chu troops.

• Jiang Chen rejected Li Chang’s offer to defect and killed him with his saber.
• Jiang Chen ordered his companions to kill the remaining Chu generals and soldiers, while a little over two thousand Chu soldiers escaped.
• Song Yi’s Zhou Army scouts reached the battlefield and learned that Jiang Chen’s group had destroyed Li Chang’s pursuing force.
• Jiang Chen identified himself to Song Yi as Mercenary Demonic Dragon, and Song Yi praised his victory.
• Song Yi told Jiang Chen that Xiayun Pass needed reinforcements against the Chu Army and asked him to help defend it.

Jiang Chen learned that the Zhou Army was struggling to defend Xiayun Pass and decided to reinforce it. He brought his forces to the area and planned a surprise attack on the Chu Army, while Gan Yu prepared the defenders for another assault.

• Song Yi told Jiang Chen that Xiayun Pass faced heavy pressure from the Chu Army and that Zhou reinforcements were on the way.
• After resting, Jiang Chen decided to reinforce Xiayun Pass, and Fang Yongnian and the others agreed to follow his orders.
• Jiang Chen led his group toward Xiayun Pass and chose to observe the battle before joining it.
• Jiang Chen found the Chu Army’s large camps outside the pass and planned to circle behind them to strike during their next daytime attack.
• Gan Yu warned the Zhou commanders that their defenses were under severe strain and ordered them to hold Xiayun Pass until reinforcements arrived.

Li Xingyun prepared the Zhou Army to endure the Chu Army’s attacks at Xiayun Pass while Jiang Chen led a force into the Chu Army’s rear to strike at its occupied cities. Jiang Chen’s group infiltrated one city disguised as Chu soldiers and launched an assault at its gates.

• Li Xingyun told the Zhou Army to hold its defenses and keep watch, warning that the Chu Army’s alliance with the Yin Corpse Sect threatened Great Zhou residents.
• Jiang Chen assigned Fang Yongnian, He Changfeng, and Rong Jiang to harass the Chu Army during its next attack while he and the others raided its rear cities.
• Jiang Chen split his force and led five hundred Martial Emperor Realm experts toward a city occupied by the Chu Army, avoiding enemy units along the way.
• Jiang Chen’s group ambushed a patrol, took their uniforms, and approached the city gate in disguise.
• When the gate guards challenged them, Jiang Chen revealed the group’s identity, killed the guards, and stopped the Chu soldiers from closing the gates.

Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group captured Longyun City, killed its commander Huang Liang, and freed the imprisoned slaves before moving on to target more Chu Army cities. Meanwhile, as the Chu Army intensified its assault on Xiayun Pass, Fang Yongnian prepared a Spirit Cannon strike against its artillery units.

• Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group seized Longyun City's gates and walls, then stormed the City Lord's Mansion.
• Jiang Chen killed Huang Liang, a Third-Level Martial Emperor Realm expert of the Huang Family, and the group slaughtered the Chu Army forces in the mansion.
• Jiang Chen's group took the treasury and the soldiers' spoils, freed the imprisoned slaves, and left Longyun City to attack other cities.
• The Chu Army increased its attacks on Xiayun Pass, repeatedly damaging the Zhou Army's formations and forcing its defenders to repair breaches.
• Fang Yongnian ordered the Spirit Cannons to target the Chu Army's cannon units and instructed his forces to withdraw after twenty consecutive shots.

Fang Yongnian, Rong Jiang, and He Changfeng’s mercenaries ambushed the Chu Army with Energy Cannons, then lured and wiped out a pursuing force of Chu experts. News of the massacre and Longyun City’s fall reached Marshal Bei Yun, enraging the Chu Army’s high command.

• Fang Yongnian and the other mercenaries fired Energy Cannons into the Chu Army camp, causing heavy casualties and destroying some Chu cannons.
• Marshal Bei Yun sent ten Martial Emperor experts and more than two hundred Martial King experts to hunt down the attackers.
• Fang Yongnian, Rong Jiang, and He Changfeng concealed their forces and lured the Chu troops to several conspicuously placed Energy Cannons.
• Fang Yongnian’s group surrounded and killed the Chu troops, with Fang Yongnian personally slaying their Martial Emperor Realm, Fifth Level general.
• Fang Yongnian ordered his mercenaries to collect the spoils and withdraw before more Chu forces arrived.
• News reached Bei Yun that Longyun City had fallen, its defending commander had been killed, and its treasury had been looted, leaving the Chu Army’s high command enraged.

Jiang Chen's and Fang Yongnian's groups harried the Chu Army and captured cities, disrupting its assault on Xiayun Pass. After Bei Yun organized a search for the hidden forces, both groups withdrew and reunited, while Jiang Chen advanced to the Martial Emperor Realm, Second Level.

• Bei Yun sent Zhuo Wei with thirty Martial Emperor Realm experts and elite troops to hunt the attackers, while the Zhou Army's Gan Yu urged his generals to hold Xiayun Pass and await reinforcements.
• Over the next several days, hidden attackers repeatedly used Energy Cannons to disrupt the Chu Army's assaults, while Fang Yongnian's group avoided fights with the Yin Corpse Sect's experts and escaped using formation flags.
• Jiang Chen's group captured four more cities, and the Chu Army lost seventy to eighty thousand soldiers without locating the attackers.
• The Yin Corpse Sect and Chu Army learned that the hidden forces were composed of Martial Emperor Realm experts, prompting Bei Yun to plan a stronger force to counter them.
• Fang Yongnian's group stopped attacking and withdrew to meet Jiang Chen's group, and Jiang Chen advanced from the Martial Emperor Realm, First Level, to the Second Level.

Jiang Chen planned to destroy a hundred-thousand-man Chu Army reinforcement and lure the Chu Army’s experts into a trap. After capturing Sunfall City, his group completed the Explosive Flame Demon Slaying Formation and prepared to intercept the reinforcements.

• Jiang Chen told Rong Jiang and the other captains that they would ambush the hundred-thousand-man Chu Army reinforcement and use the attack to draw out Chu Army experts.
• Jiang Chen persuaded the captains to contribute their spirit stones to a destruction formation, promising to compensate them later.
• Jiang Chen led his men to Sunfall City, where they killed the few thousand Chu troops and took control of the city.
• Jiang Chen and the Martial Emperor Realm experts spent a day and a night preparing the Explosive Flame Demon Slaying Formation and setting up teleportation formations for their escape.
• Jiang Chen left thirty people to guard Sunfall City, then led the rest of his group toward the route the Chu Army reinforcement was likely to take.

Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group ambushed the Great Chu Dynasty’s one hundred thousand reinforcements, destroying their flying ships and killing the surviving Martial Emperor Realm experts. The news reached Bei Yun, who realized the mysterious force had struck again.

• Jiang Chen organized pairs of Martial Emperor Realm experts to attack the Chu Army’s fleet of several hundred flying ships.
• Jiang Chen and the others struck the fleet, shooting down every flying ship while the Chu Army’s cannons failed to stop them.
• Jiang Chen revealed that the attackers were the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group and that they had eight hundred Martial Emperor Realm experts.
• Jiang Chen and his allies surrounded and killed the Chu Army’s more than thirty Martial Emperor Realm experts, including their general.
• Jiang Chen ordered his forces to search the wreckage for survivors and gather the spoils.
• Bei Yun received word that the one hundred thousand reinforcements had been ambushed and grew furious at the mysterious army.

Jiang Chen led his group toward Xiayun Pass after the Chu Army ignored the destruction of its reinforcements and continued its assault. As the Zhou defenses crumbled, Gan Yu confronted the invading Chu Army and Yin Corpse Sect experts inside the pass.

• Bei Yun refused to divert troops to aid the stranded Chu reinforcements and ordered the army to keep attacking Xiayun Pass.
• Jiang Chen and his group finished off the surviving Chu soldiers, collected their heads and storage bags, then prepared to support the pass when they learned it was close to falling.
• Jiang Chen’s group traveled to Xiayun Pass, where Chu forces had broken through and the Zhou Army was struggling against Corpse Puppets and Blood Corpses.
• Gan Yu entered the fighting and used White Lion Strike to destroy more than a dozen heavily armored Corpse Puppets, lifting Zhou morale.
• Gan Yu faced the Ninth Level Martial Emperor Realm leader of the Yin Corpse Sect as Bei Yun and the Chu experts gathered opposite the Zhou commanders.

The Chu Army overwhelmed the Zhou Army at Xiayun Pass, leaving Marshal Gan Yu outnumbered and wounded as the defenders struggled to hold the breached pass. Jiang Chen and a force of Martial Emperor Realm experts arrived and cut through the Chu soldiers, aiming to drive them back.

• Chang De revealed that the Chu Army had breached Xiayun Pass and boasted that its advance threatened the Great Zhou Dynasty’s capital.
• Bei Yun joined Chang De against Gan Yu, wounded him, and led additional Chu experts in an assault that pushed the Zhou Army back.
• Jiang Chen and his Martial Emperor Realm companions reached the battlefield and decided to drive the Chu soldiers out of Xiayun Pass.
• Jiang Chen’s group repelled a volley of arrows and unleashed martial techniques, killing and wounding Chu soldiers as they carved a path into the pass.

Gan Yu prepared to sacrifice himself as the Chu Army and Yin Corpse Sect closed in on his position, but Jiang Chen and eight hundred Martial Emperor Realm members of the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group arrived to rescue the Great Zhou Dynasty Army. The reinforcements revealed their mission and Jiang Chen’s identity as Mercenary Demonic Dragon, giving the battered defenders new hope.

• Bei Yun and Chang De ordered the Chu Army and Yin Corpse Sect to concentrate their attacks on Gan Yu and break through the defenders around him.
• Gan Yu told his experts to retreat while he held off the enemy, but Li Xingyun and the others urged him to escape, and Gan Yu refused to abandon Xiayun Pass.
• Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group through the Chu Army ranks and reached Gan Yu’s besieged forces.
• Jiang Chen shattered several heavily armored Corpse Puppets with one punch as his companions drove back the Blood Corpses and Chu Army experts.
• Jiang Chen introduced his group as the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group, sent by the royal family to help defeat the Chu Army, and the Great Zhou Dynasty Army recognized him as Mercenary Demonic Dragon.

Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group reinforced Xiayun Pass and turned the battle against the Chu Army and Yin Corpse Sect. Jiang Chen wounded Bei Yun in their duel, while the surrounding enemy forces suffered heavy losses.

• Jiang Chen admitted that his group had caused the Chu Army's earlier losses and declared that they would stop the assault on Xiayun Pass.
• Bei Yun attacked Jiang Chen with Seal Vein Leg, but Jiang Chen entered the Demonic State, activated Magic Dragon Possession, and shattered the strike with a punch.
• Jiang Chen and Bei Yun exchanged attacks as Fang Yongnian led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group and Zhou Army experts against the Chu Army and Yin Corpse Sect forces.
• Fang Yongnian and his allies killed Chang De, while the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group destroyed Blood Corpses, Corpse Puppets, and numerous enemy experts.
• Jiang Chen gained the advantage in his duel with Bei Yun and cut a deep wound into his abdomen after about a dozen exchanges.

Jiang Chen helped the Zhou Army defeat the Chu Army at Xiayun Pass, then agreed to rebuild its destroyed Defensive Array for a fee. The pass remained in Zhou hands, and Jiang Chen prepared to secure its defenses while keeping his identity hidden from Li Xingyun.

• Jiang Chen killed Bei Yun and the other Chu Army and Yin Corpse Sect experts, causing the Chu Army to retreat from Xiayun Pass.
• The Zhou Army and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group cleared the battlefield and celebrated their victory with Gan Yu and Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen concealed his identity from Li Xingyun and reflected on his cultivation reaching Martial Emperor Realm, Fifth Level, with his body at Martial Emperor Realm, Sixth Level.
• Jiang Chen told Gan Yu that the Chu and Wu dynasties’ alliance with the Yin Corpse Sect threatened the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Gan Yu promised to report the matter to the Dynasty Lord.
• Jiang Chen pointed out that Xiayun Pass’s Defensive Array had been destroyed, then offered to lay a new one as a Formation Master.
• Gan Yu agreed to pay Jiang Chen twelve billion spirit stones for the Defensive Array, and Jiang Chen accepted.

Jiang Chen agreed to help restore Xiayun Pass’s defenses for twelve billion spirit stones and arranged to share the payment with the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group. As he inspected the terrain, he met He Yushi, who was safe after the battle and learned of his victory over Bei Yun.

• The battlefield was cleared, and the Zhou Army arranged to return its dead to their families and compensate them.
• Jiang Chen returned to the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group, where Fang Yongnian reported more than ten billion spirit stones in spoils, excluding materials, weapons, and bounties.
• Jiang Chen told the group to record their contributions and said he would exchange the collected Chu Army heads for bounties at the Mission Hall.
• Jiang Chen offered half of the twelve-billion-spirit-stone formation commission to the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group, and Fang Yongnian and the others agreed to help.
• Jiang Chen went to inspect Xiayun Pass’s terrain and met He Yushi, who had watched the battle and praised him for defeating Bei Yun.

Jiang Chen reunited with He Yushi at Xiayun Pass, returned her reward, and gave her pills to strengthen her for the war. After learning Ye Yuntian was fighting the Wu Army and had grown powerful with the Chaohai Sect’s support, Jiang Chen turned to surveying Xiayun Pass to plan a new formation.

• He Yushi returned the spirit stones Murong Ting had promised Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen gave her pills, including a King Strengthening Pill.
• He Yushi told Jiang Chen that Ye Yuntian was fighting the Wu Army and had not yet faced the Chu Army.
• Jiang Chen learned that Ye Yuntian had advanced to the Martial Emperor Realm, earned royal rewards, and was being prepared by the Chaohai Sect for the trial battle.
• Jiang Chen told He Yushi that he expected to meet Ye Yuntian at the Great Zhou Martial Competition and would deal with the Chaohai Sect’s threat.
• Jiang Chen asked He Yushi to keep his identity secret, then surveyed the terrain around Xiayun Pass to plan a replacement formation.

Jiang Chen completed a linked Defensive Array at Xiayun Pass in three days, and Gan Yu tested its power and paid him twelve billion top-grade spirit stones. News of the Zhou Army’s victory and the Magic Dragon’s exploits spread across Great Zhou, while Mo Qingyan celebrated the performance credits Jiang Chen’s achievements would earn her.

• Jiang Chen surveyed Xiayun Pass, drew plans for its arrays, and organized the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to help build them.
• Jiang Chen and the mercenaries finished the linked Defensive Array after three days of nonstop work.
• Gan Yu tested the restrictions and found their power far greater than the old defenses, then paid Jiang Chen twelve billion top-grade spirit stones.
• News of the Zhou Army’s victory and the Magic Dragon’s role spread through Great Zhou, and Mo Qingyan heard of Jiang Chen’s achievements.
• Jiang Chen handed the array’s operation over to Gan Yu, then went to the Mission Hall outpost to submit his mission and claim his reward.

Jiang Chen collected more than sixty billion spirit stones in rewards for the Chu Army losses and warned his companions to stay alert for retaliation. At the Mission Hall outpost, Subway Dragon found him and asked to fight alongside him, but Jiang Chen refused, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers.

• Zhi Jianbao calculated Jiang Chen's reward at more than sixty billion spirit stones, and Jiang Chen accepted the payment.
• Jiang Chen told his Martial Emperor Realm companions that he would distribute the rewards according to their recorded contributions and warned that the Great Chu Dynasty and the Yin Corpse Sect might send stronger enemies.
• Fang Yongnian and the other experts praised Jiang Chen and declared they were ready to keep fighting the Chu Army.
• After Jiang Chen left the Mission Hall, Subway Dragon and his mercenaries stopped him and asked to join his operations.
• Jiang Chen refused because he had formed a new mercenary team and did not want the weaker group involved; passersby gathered after recognizing the name Magic Dragon.

Jiang Chen refused to let Subway Dragon and his mercenaries join the next dangerous mission, then learned that Great Chu and the Yin Corpse Sect had assembled a force of four Martial Venerable Realm powerhouses and a thousand Martial Emperor Realm powerhouses to target the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group. After the force broke into Broken Moon Pass and challenged Jiang Chen’s group, the Great Zhou Dynasty’s ruler sought advice from the Four Great Sects’ Old Ancestors.

• Jiang Chen told Subway Dragon and his mercenaries not to follow him on the dangerous mission, wished them safety, and left with Fang Yongnian and the others.
• The Chu Army’s defeat at Xiayun Pass and failed attacks on other cities damaged its morale, while the Zhou Army’s confidence rose.
• Great Chu and the Yin Corpse Sect assembled four Martial Venerable Realm powerhouses, including Huang Zhen and True Man Han Gu, and a thousand Martial Emperor Realm powerhouses to eliminate the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group.
• Huang Zhen and the other leaders broke into Broken Moon Pass, killed Zhou Army soldiers, lost more than thirty Martial Emperor Realm powerhouses, and challenged the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group before withdrawing.
• The Great Zhou Dynasty’s ruler learned of the breach and the threat to Jiang Chen’s group, then consulted the Four Great Sects’ Old Ancestors about how to respond.