Chapter Summaries

Great Zhou's four sect ancestors agreed to reinforce the battlefield after Great Chu sent Martial Venerable experts. At the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group's headquarters, Jiang Chen planned to lure the Chu Army experts into Sunfall City and destroy them there.

• The four Great Zhou sect ancestors urged the Dynasty Lord to respond to Great Chu's provocation and agreed to head for the battlefield.
• The Great Zhou Dynasty Lord thanked the ancestors but worried that Great Zhou would be unable to resist Great Chu and Great Wu if the four died.
• The Magic Dragon Mercenary Group's Martial Emperor experts grew angry after hearing Huang Zhen's taunts and called for a fight.
• Jiang Chen proposed using the killing formation in Sunfall City to deal with the Chu Army experts.
• Jiang Chen ordered his group to feign defeat, lure the Chu force into Sunfall City, escape through the teleportation array, and detonate the city.

Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group in a night raid that captured three Chu Army cities, then prepared to lure Huang Zhen’s revenge force toward Sunfall City. As the enemy arrived and began an encirclement, both sides readied for battle.

• Jiang Chen warned the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group that their plan was dangerous, and the members affirmed their resolve.
• Jiang Chen’s group used dozens of Sixth-tier Spirit Cannons to breach a Chu-held city, then captured it and two more, killing tens of thousands of Chu soldiers.
• Huang Zhen and True Man Han Gu learned of the three city defeats and led a force that included four Martial Venerable Realm experts to hunt down the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group.
• Jiang Chen refined Gale Pills for his group and told them to rest before they lured the approaching enemy toward Sunfall City.
• Jiang Chen detected Huang Zhen’s force, ordered his people to ready their bows, and Huang Zhen ordered the flying boats to encircle them.

Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group into a fight with the Chu Army, whose four Martial Venerable experts far outnumbered them. As Huang Zhen prepared to attack, Jiang Chen entered the Entering Demonic State and challenged all four experts to face him at once.

• Jiang Chen ordered the captains to leave the Martial Venerable experts to him while they fought the Chu Army’s other forces.
• The Magic Dragon Mercenary Group launched a surprise arrow attack that destroyed two flying vessels and killed or wounded many Chu Army experts.
• Jiang Chen confronted Huang Zhen and learned that the Chu Army had three more Martial Venerable experts: True Man Han Gu, Wang Hang, and Jing Zhou.
• Jiang Chen challenged all four Martial Venerable experts, then released his Demonic Energy and entered the Entering Demonic State.

Jiang Chen used the Demonic Soul Blade to fight four First Level Martial Venerable Realm experts at once and gained the upper hand in several exchanges. Though the four recognized his immense talent and resolved to kill him, Jiang Chen’s energy was running low, and he began planning a retreat that would draw them into a trap.

• Jiang Chen revealed the Demonic Soul Blade, and Huang Zhen, True Man Han Gu, Wang Hang, and Jing Zhou charged at him together.
• Jiang Chen’s Demonic Soul Slash shattered the four experts’ martial skills in a single strike, shocking the surrounding fighters.
• Jiang Chen countered True Man Han Gu’s Extreme Cold Storm with Pill Fire and then sent Huang Zhen flying with the Magic Dragon Hand.
• Jiang Chen used the Hegemonic Blade Art to force Wang Hang and Jing Zhou back while holding his own against all four experts.
• Huang Zhen and True Man Han Gu acknowledged Jiang Chen’s strength and decided they could not let him survive.
• Jiang Chen realized his true energy was rapidly running out and began considering how to retreat while luring the four experts into a trap.

Jiang Chen held off the Chu Army so the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group could retreat, destroying True Man Han Gu’s Blood Puppets with a powerful slash. After the strike left him weakened, he fled toward Sunfall City with Huang Zhen and the others in pursuit.

• True Man Han Gu deployed twenty-five Blood Puppets, and Huang Zhen ambushed Jiang Chen while he fought them.
• Jiang Chen pretended to be badly injured and told Fang Yongnian and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to retreat, then killed more than twenty Chu Army experts with Demonic Soul Slash.
• Jiang Chen used Draw Sword Slash enhanced by Sky Annihilation Strike to cleave apart all twenty-five Blood Puppets and kill more Chu Army experts.
• Worn down by the attack, Jiang Chen fled toward Sunfall City, and Huang Zhen, True Man Han Gu, Wang Hang, and Zhou Shan pursued him.
• Jiang Chen unfurled his Magic Dragon Wings and used his speed to keep ahead of the pursuing Martial Venerable Realm experts.

Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group into Sunfall City, then used a teleportation array to escape as the Chu Army closed in. He destroyed the city with an explosive array, killing the pursuing Chu Army experts, but the battle left his group with heavy losses.

• Jiang Chen reached Sunfall City ahead of Huang Zhen and the others, while the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group entered the city and hid near its teleportation array.
• Jiang Chen lured the pursuers through the city as Fang Yongnian led the group to the array, then signaled them to gather there when the Chu Army reinforcements arrived.
• Huang Zhen and the Chu Army surrounded Jiang Chen and the group, but Jiang Chen activated a teleportation stone and sent them away before the attackers could stop them.
• Jiang Chen and the group appeared more than fifty li from Sunfall City, and the explosive array he had triggered destroyed the city and killed Huang Zhen and the other pursuing experts.
• Jiang Chen ordered a headcount, and the group found that sixty-three people had died in the battle, leaving a little over seven hundred alive.

After destroying Sunfall City, Jiang Chen proposed infiltrating the Great Chu Royal Capital to cripple Great Chu and offered to help four Ninth-Level Martial Emperor experts break through to the Martial Venerable Realm. His companions weighed the deadly risks against his promised pills and the capital’s wealth, leaving the group tempted by his plan.

• Jiang Chen said the group should recover before attacking the Great Chu Royal Capital and slaughtering the Great Chu Royal Family.
• Fang Yongnian warned that the capital’s Martial Venerable experts made the plan too dangerous, even with Jiang Chen’s strength.
• Jiang Chen offered to help Fang Yongnian and three other Ninth-Level Martial Emperor experts reach the Martial Venerable Realm within half a month.
• Jiang Chen promised the group Venerable Breaking Pills and the wealth of Great Chu’s major forces if they completed the mission.
• The group questioned whether Jiang Chen could provide so many pills, and he assured them he could refine them and had kept his earlier promises.

Jiang Chen secured the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group's support for a campaign against Great Chu by swearing a Heaven's Oath, then led them away to recover. The Zhou Army and Chu Army believed the mercenaries and Chu force had perished in Sunfall City's explosion, prompting the Zhou Army's leaders to plan a counterattack.

• Jiang Chen promised the group Venerable Breaking Pills if they helped destroy Great Chu's royal family and swore a Heaven's Oath to guarantee his word.
• He Changfeng, Rong Jiang, and the others agreed to follow Jiang Chen, who led them to find a safe place to heal instead of returning to the Zhou Army's camp.
• A Zhou Army scout reported that Sunfall City had exploded and that the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group and Chu Army's revenge force appeared to have died together.
• Gan Yu mourned Magic Dragon's loss, and He Yushi wept after believing Jiang Chen had died in the blast.
• The Chu Army and the Four Great Sects' Old Ancestors learned that the Chu force's four Martial Venerable Realm experts had fallen.
• The Heavenly Sword, Xuanyuan, Hunyuan, and Chaohai Sect Old Ancestors agreed that the Zhou Army should exploit the Chu Army's losses and launch a counterattack.

After helping his companions advance and improving his own cultivation, Jiang Chen led a covert expedition toward the Great Chu Royal Capital. He left the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to gather near the capital and arrived at Dongyun Village with four Martial Emperor Realm experts, ready to begin their plan.

• Jiang Chen refined Venerable Breaking Pills and Imperial Origin Pills, helping Fang Yongnian, Rong Jiang, He Changfeng, and Li Shui reach the Martial Venerable Realm, First Level.
• Jiang Chen used pills and spirit stones to advance to the Martial Emperor Realm, Seventh Level and strengthen his body to the Martial Emperor Realm, Eighth Level.
• Jiang Chen ordered the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to travel in separate teams and gather at Dongyun Village near the Great Chu Royal Capital.
• The mercenaries departed by different routes, while Jiang Chen planned to investigate the capital before carrying out an attack on the Great Chu Royal Family.
• Ten days later, Jiang Chen and four Martial Emperor Realm experts reached Dongyun Village without attracting attention.

Jiang Chen scouted the Great Chu Royal Capital and briefed the gathered Magic Dragon Mercenary Group on its defenses and targets. The group set out to attack through East City Gate the next morning, where a guard stopped Jiang Chen to ask their purpose.

• Jiang Chen entered the capital in disguise and spent several days locating the royal palace, the Six Great Families, and other major forces.
• Jiang Chen returned to Dongyun Village, where the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group had gathered safely, and shared his map and intelligence about the capital.
• Jiang Chen ordered the group to attack through East City Gate, target the royal palace and allied lineages, and avoid harming uninvolved people.
• Jiang Chen told the group to rest and prepare for a daytime assault the following morning.
• The Magic Dragon Mercenary Group assembled in uniform and headed for East City Gate, where a guard stopped Jiang Chen and asked which force they belonged to and why they had come.

Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group into the Great Chu Royal Capital, slaughtering the forces sent to stop them as they advanced on the palace. The group arrived surrounded by Great Chu’s gathered experts, and Jiang Chen revealed himself as Magic Dragon before Dynasty Lord Chu Li vowed to kill them.

• Jiang Chen declared the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group’s intent to destroy the Great Chu Royal Family, and Fang Yongnian killed a city guard as the group stormed the East City Gate.
• Jiang Chen killed a Sixth Level Martial Emperor officer, and the group slaughtered the East City Gate guards before setting out for the palace.
• Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group defeated a force of more than five thousand Chu troops, absorbing blood qi as they fought toward the palace.
• Jiang Chen’s group reached the Great Chu Royal Palace, where Dynasty Lord Chu Li and gathered experts prepared to confront them.
• Jiang Chen identified himself as Magic Dragon, and Great Chu’s experts reacted with alarm before surrounding the group and preparing to attack.

Jiang Chen confronted the Great Chu Royal Family, the Six Great Families, and Yin Corpse Sect allies, then led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group into battle despite being outnumbered. The clash between Jiang Chen and Chu Changjiang ended in a violent collision that left the fight unresolved.

• Jiang Chen identified Chu Changjiang as a Martial Venerable Realm, Second Level expert as more powerful cultivators revealed themselves among Great Chu, the Six Great Families, and the Yin Corpse Sect.
• Jiang Chen accused Great Chu of colluding with the Yin Corpse Sect, and Chu Li dismissed his threat by pointing to their superior numbers.
• Fang Yongnian, He Changfeng, Rong Jiang, and Li Shui revealed their Martial Venerable Realm cultivation, while Chu Changjiang was identified as the Great Chu Royal Family's Old Ancestor.
• Jiang Chen ordered the attack, and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group fought the surrounding Great Chu forces as Jiang Chen cut down many cultivators with saber qi.
• Chu Changjiang struck Jiang Chen with River Locking Heaven Palm, but Jiang Chen countered with the Demonic Soul Blade and Demonic Soul Slash.
• Chu Changjiang answered with Illusory God Sacred Sword, and the two techniques collided, blasting nearby fighters away and killing several Martial King Realm cultivators.

Jiang Chen devoured the spiritual energy of the Yin Corpse Sect’s Corpse Puppets and advanced to the Martial Emperor Realm, Eighth Level, turning the battle against the Great Chu Royal Family and Yin Corpse Sect in his favor. After killing Tao Xiang, he confronted Wu Qi’s Void Annihilation Fist with his own enhanced Magic Dragon Fist.

• Jiang Chen cleaved apart the attacks of the Great Chu Royal Family’s experts while the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group fought the Six Great Families.
• Wu Qi and Tao Xiang sent their Corpse Puppets against Jiang Chen, but his Devouring Black Hole drained their spiritual energy and caused many to collapse.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the energy and advanced to the Martial Emperor Realm, Eighth Level, then repelled six Martial Venerable Realm experts with Flame Dragon, Nine Dragons Soaring.
• Jiang Chen rushed Tao Xiang, severed his left arm, and killed him with a second strike.
• Wu Qi attacked Jiang Chen with Void Annihilation Fist, and Jiang Chen countered with his tenfold-enhanced Magic Dragon Fist, Annihilation.

Jiang Chen overwhelmed Great Chu’s Martial Venerable experts and routed its army, leaving the survivors barricaded inside the Great Chu Royal Palace behind a powerful Defensive Array.

• Jiang Chen’s black dragon fist shattered Wu Qi’s attack and left him barely alive, forcing Chu Changjiang to call five Martial Venerable experts to join the fight.
• Jiang Chen sent Fang Yongnian and the other three to attack Great Chu’s forces while he faced the nine Martial Venerable experts alone.
• Jiang Chen broke the nine experts’ attacks and killed Chu Changjiang with a single Demonic Soul Slash.
• The remaining Martial Venerable experts and Chu Li fled as Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group routed Great Chu’s fighters.
• Jiang Chen’s fireballs burned many fleeing Great Chu experts, while the survivors escaped into the Great Chu Royal Palace and raised a Defensive Array that resisted his assault.

Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group cornered the Great Chu Royal Family and the five Lineages inside the royal palace. Their attempt to escape through a teleportation array failed because Jiang Chen had sealed the area, leaving them to await help as the attackers prepared to break the palace’s defensive array.

• A Great Chu general ordered the Chu Army to retreat twenty li rather than face the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group.
• Jiang Chen identified the defensive array’s nodes and directed his people to attack them while the surviving defenders sheltered inside the royal palace.
• Chu Li assigned one hundred people to use the palace’s teleportation array, but the array stopped working when it activated.
• The Formation Master concluded that a spatial-sealing method prevented teleportation, and Chu Li’s group resigned themselves to waiting for reinforcements.
• Fang Yongnian reported that the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group was ready, while the group looted the five Lineages and prepared to destroy the palace’s defensive array.

Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group in breaking the Great Chu Royal Palace’s defensive array and wiping out its defenders. After using Ghost Flash Strike to kill nine Martial Venerable Realm experts and suffering injuries, he ordered his people to clear the palace and open its treasury.

• Jiang Chen directed the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to attack the defensive array’s foundations after identifying its weak points.
• The array foundations shattered under the group’s attacks, and the royal palace’s defensive barrier vanished.
• Chu Li ordered the Great Chu experts to break out, but Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group surrounded and attacked them.
• Jiang Chen used Ghost Flash Strike to kill nine Martial Venerable Realm experts, then collapsed from the strain and spat blood.
• Jiang Chen ordered the group to kill the remaining defenders and clean up the battlefield; the palace was wiped out, and he began recovering with pills.
• Jiang Chen’s group prepared to collect the spoils and open the Great Chu Royal Palace’s treasury.

Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group destroyed Great Chu’s royal family and the Six Great Families, then divided their spoils while recovering from the battle. After stabilizing his cultivation, Jiang Chen led the group toward the Wu-Zhou battlefield to attack Great Wu.

• Jiang Chen ordered the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to withdraw from the Great Chu Royal Capital, and the Chu Army let them pass before beginning to disband.
• Jiang Chen’s group recuperated for three days and counted nearly three trillion in spoils, distributing shares according to contributions and promising to deliver the fallen members’ wealth to their families or friends.
• Jiang Chen absorbed spirit stones and pills, stabilized his cultivation at the eighth level of the Martial Emperor Realm, and healed his physical injuries.
• Jiang Chen decided to leave the Chu-Zhou battlefield for now and lead the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to the Wu-Zhou battlefield to kill Great Wu’s experts.
• Spies from Great Zhou and Great Wu spread news of the massacre, shocking both armies.

After the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group destroyed Great Chu’s leadership, the Zhou Army counterattacked and reclaimed territory. Jiang Chen learned that the Wu Army had breached Pingkou City and ordered his group to reinforce it and confront the Wu Martial Venerable.

• The four Old Ancestors ordered the Zhou Army to counterattack, and it routed the Chu Army and reclaimed lost territory.
• Jiang Chen’s group entered the Wu-Zhou battlefield and sent scouts to assess the Wu Army’s deployment.
• Fang Yongnian reported that one million Wu troops faced just over four hundred thousand Zhou troops after the Zhou Army’s recent defeat.
• He Changfeng reported that the Wu Army had breached Pingkou City with help from a Martial Venerable Realm expert.
• Jiang Chen ordered everyone to assemble and march to Pingkou City.

As Pingkou City fell to the Wu Army, Ye Yuntian decided to lead the Chaohai Sect in retreat rather than fight a losing battle. He left the Zhou commander Li Shichong defeated and warned him not to stand in their way.

• The Wu Army breached Pingkou City's defenses, and the Zhou Army suffered heavy losses as the fighting spread through the city.
• Ye Yuntian urged the Chaohai Sect to withdraw, arguing that Pingkou City could no longer be defended.
• Ye Yuntian led the sect through the Wu Army, cutting a path toward the rear of the city.
• Li Shichong blocked their way and accused Ye Yuntian of abandoning the Zhou Army, but Ye Yuntian insisted that the sect had already done enough.
• Li Shichong attacked with his Judgment Seal, and Ye Yuntian split it with a single saber strike before threatening to kill anyone who obstructed their retreat.

Ye Yuntian led Chaohai Sect’s survivors away from Pingkou City while Li Shichong took troops to reinforce the collapsing Zhou lines. Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group fought into the city and arrived as the Wu Army was about to finish off the Zhou commanders, leaving the battle poised to turn.

• Ye Yuntian persuaded Li Shichong to let more than two thousand Chaohai Sect survivors pass, and Li Shichong then led three thousand soldiers into battle as reinforcements were requested.
• Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group broke through the Wu Army’s defenses and reached Pingkou City aboard a flying vessel.
• Jiang Chen sensed a Martial Venerable Realm expert nearby and found Murong Hai and the remaining Zhou commanders surrounded by Wu forces led by Teng Dou.
• Jiang Chen arrived with the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group, including four Martial Venerable Realm experts, and identified his force to the startled Wu Army.
• Murong Hai recognized Jiang Chen as Long and called on him for help, as the Zhou commanders saw hope of surviving.