Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group crushed the Wu Army at Pingkou City, then weakened its forces with attacks on its commanders as the Zhou Army counterattacked. The group reached the Great Wu Royal Capital, where Wu Yun turned to True Man Yin Gu for help against them.

• Jiang Chen defeated and killed Teng Dou and four other Martial Venerable Realm experts, taking Tai Dong's Corpse Puppet as the Wu Army forces fell back.
• Murong Hai thanked Jiang Chen, then heard Li Shichong accuse Ye Yuntian of leading most of the Chaohai Sect in an early retreat; Jiang Chen resolved to kill Ye Yuntian at the Great Zhou Martial Competition.
• Jiang Chen urged the Zhou Army to counterattack and announced plans to destroy the Great Wu Royal Palace, then led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group away.
• Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group launched decapitation attacks on Wu Army camps, killing generals above the Martial Emperor Realm and helping the Zhou Army reclaim territory.
• The Magic Dragon Mercenary Group infiltrated the Great Wu Royal Capital after King Wu Yun had been killed, and Wu Yun asked True Man Yin Gu whether the Yin Corpse Sect could destroy them.

The Magic Dragon Mercenary Group stormed the Great Wu Royal Palace, forcing King Wu Yun to abandon his plans to resist and attempt an evacuation. Jiang Chen and his allies surrounded the hall, where they confronted True Man Yin Gu and declared the Great Wu Royal Family and Yin Corpse Sect would be destroyed.

• True Man Yin Gu told Wu Yun that Yin Corpse Sect had requested reinforcements, while Wu Yun worried the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group would overwhelm the Great Wu Dynasty.
• True Man Yin Gu urged Wu Yun to evacuate the capital, but Wu Yun hesitated because abandoning the Wu Army would cost the royal family its support.
• Jiang Chen, Fang Yongnian, and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group broke into the royal palace, killing defenders as they advanced toward the main hall.
• Wu Yun ordered everyone to evacuate, but Jiang Chen and his group arrived and surrounded the hall before anyone could escape.
• Jiang Chen announced that the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group would destroy the Great Wu Royal Family, and True Man Yin Gu threatened him with Yin Corpse Sect's power.

Jiang Chen led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group against the Great Wu Dynasty and killed True Man Yin Gu in a single strike. As Wu Yun tried to escape, three Great Wu Royal Family Old Ancestors blocked Jiang Chen and prepared to use the Immovable King Wu Seal against his flaming dragon.

• Jiang Chen rejected True Man Yin Gu’s offer to spare him and ordered the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group to attack the Great Wu Dynasty.
• Jiang Chen used Demonic Soul Slash, Sky Annihilation Strike, to break True Man Yin Gu’s Yin Seal Shield and kill him with one blow.
• Wu Yun ordered the Great Wu experts to break out, but the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group surrounded them and blocked their escape.
• Three Great Wu Royal Family Old Ancestors stood between Jiang Chen and Wu Yun, while Wu Yun tried to flee with the other experts.
• Jiang Chen formed a colossal dragon from his Pill Fire, and the three Old Ancestors announced they would join hands to use the Immovable King Wu Seal.

Jiang Chen defeated the Great Wu Royal Family’s three Old Ancestors, thwarted one’s attempt to self-destruct, and led the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group in destroying the royal family. He confronted the encircling Great Wu Army with the fallen leaders’ heads and warned its soldiers to retreat or face death.

• The three Great Wu Royal Family Old Ancestors joined their strength with the Immovable King Wu Seal, but Jiang Chen’s flaming giant dragon shattered their phantom and badly injured them.
• One Old Ancestor ignited his soul and tried to self-destruct beside Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen restrained him with Devouring Black Holes and drained much of his true qi before he exploded.
• Jiang Chen killed the two remaining Old Ancestors and helped Fang Yongnian and the others eliminate the Great Wu Dynasty’s remaining Martial Venerable Realm experts.
• Jiang Chen and the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group slaughtered the Great Wu Dynasty’s upper ranks, including Wu Yun, destroying the Great Wu Royal Family.
• Jiang Chen faced the encircling Great Wu Army with the heads of Wu Yun and other experts and warned the soldiers to withdraw if they did not want to die.

Jiang Chen destroyed the Great Wu Royal Family, collected the royal palace’s wealth, and returned to the Great Zhou forces, leaving the counterattack to Murong Hai. After submitting their enormous spoils to the Mission Hall, Jiang Chen and his group left the battlefield’s next moves to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

• The Wu Army soldiers abandoned the fight after the Great Wu Royal Family fell, and Jiang Chen ordered his group to collect the spoils and search the royal palace vaults.
• Jiang Chen strengthened his body by absorbing the blood essence of his slain enemies, then left the Great Wu Royal Capital with the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group.
• Jiang Chen met Murong Hai on the Wu-Zhou battlefield and told him the Great Zhou Dynasty would have to handle the coming campaign without his further involvement.
• Ye Yuntian and his people stayed away from the battlefield after the Chaohai Sect apologized to the Great Zhou Royal Family and paid compensation.
• Jiang Chen and his group submitted their spoils at the Mission Hall outpost, where staff spent two days counting the enormous bounty.

Jiang Chen collected more than 300 billion spirit stones from the Mission Hall, meeting with Grand Hall Master Mo Qingyan to receive the payment. Afterward, they shared a meal and drinks, and Jiang Chen revealed his face to her.

• Zhi Jianbao showed Jiang Chen a list totaling 36,549,720,000,000 spirit stones and explained that the Mission Hall needed several days to gather the payment.
• Jiang Chen agreed to wait three days for Mo Qingyan, who planned to deliver the spirit stones in person.
• Jiang Chen returned to the Mission Hall with Fang Yongnian and others, where Mo Qingyan gave him a storage bag containing the full amount in top-grade spirit stones.
• Mo Qingyan invited Jiang Chen to drink, and he accepted, saying he also had something to discuss with her.
• Jiang Chen removed his face covering, toasted Mo Qingyan, and watched her cough after she drank the strong spirit wine.

Jiang Chen discussed the Yin Corpse Sect and the wider Tianwu Continent with Mo Qingyan, revealing his rapid cultivation and ambitions to grow stronger. After learning that Elder Huo had named the mighty Tianji Sect as his revenge target, Jiang Chen accepted the daunting challenge and resolved to avenge his master someday.

• Mo Qingyan reassured Jiang Chen that the Mission Hall would keep his identity secret from the Yin Corpse Sect, while Jiang Chen said he could handle their Corpse Puppets once he reached the Martial Venerable Realm.
• Jiang Chen told Mo Qingyan he had reached the Martial Emperor Realm, Eighth Level, astonishing her with his progress over the past half year.
• Mo Qingyan described the Tianwu Continent's five regions and explained that the Great Zhou Dynasty was small compared with the powerful sects and geniuses beyond it.
• Jiang Chen recalled Long Qingyao and his unfinished quest to avenge his master, then opened the seal on Elder Huo's jade slip after reaching the Martial Emperor Realm.
• Jiang Chen learned that his revenge target was the Tianji Sect, a Central Region Great Sect with a Martial God Realm expert, and resolved to become strong enough to defeat it.

Jiang Chen asked Mo Qingyan to gather materials for a large batch of Venerable Breaking Pills, intending to reward the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group and prepare for the Great Zhou Martial Competition. After Mo Qingyan agreed and he promised her ten pills, the two shared an awkwardly intimate moment when she fell into his arms.

• Jiang Chen asked Mo Qingyan to collect the spirit medicines needed to refine a large batch of seventh-tier Venerable Breaking Pills.
• Mo Qingyan warned that gathering the materials would take at least a month, and Jiang Chen agreed to wait before the Great Zhou Martial Competition.
• Jiang Chen explained that he planned to enter the Genius Trial and leave the Great Zhou Dynasty to join a Great Sect.
• Mo Qingyan asked Jiang Chen to sell her ten pills, and he offered to give them to her instead.
• After drinking together, Mo Qingyan lost her balance and fell into Jiang Chen's arms; they remained close until she finally pushed away and thanked him.

Jiang Chen settled the materials payment with Mo Qingyan and arranged to wait for the supplies at the Tonghai Merchant Association in Chongyuan City. After distributing the mission rewards, he revealed his plans for the Great Zhou Martial Competition, and many of his companions asked to follow him; he agreed on the condition that they handle a task he had for them.

• Mo Qingyan accepted twenty billion spirit stones in advance for Jiang Chen’s materials and reminded him to give her ten Venerable Breaking Pills once they were refined.
• Jiang Chen told Mo Qingyan to deliver the gathered materials to the Tonghai Merchant Association branch in Chongyuan City, where he planned to stay; they agreed to meet in the royal capital.
• Jiang Chen returned to Fang Yongnian and the others, distributed the mission rewards, and said he would send the wealth of fallen companions to their families and provide the promised pills as materials became available.
• Jiang Chen told the group he planned to enter the Great Zhou Martial Competition, earn a place in the Genius Trial, and eventually join a Great Sect.
• Nearly half the group, including Fang Yongnian and the other three Martial Venerable Realm experts, asked to follow Jiang Chen; he said they could if they completed a task he would assign.

Jiang Chen returned to the Jiang Family and reunited with his relatives after everyone had believed he was dead. He then went to the Tianyun Sect to seek a quota for the Great Zhou Martial Competition, where Sect Master Li Xingyun welcomed him back while scolding him for staying away so long.

• Jiang Chen recruited some experts to protect the Jiang Family and distributed Venerable Breaking Pills to them.
• Jiang Chen revealed himself to the Jiang Family, reunited with Jiang Yunfeng, Xiao Xia, and Xiao Qiu, and gave his family valuable gifts.
• Jiang Chen told his parents he planned to enter the Great Zhou Martial Competition and kill Ye Yuntian and Liu Yun for revenge.
• Jiang Chen traveled to the Tianyun Sect to request a competition quota, startling the gate guards who had thought he was dead.
• Li Xingyun and the elders confirmed that Jiang Chen was alive, and Li Xingyun scolded him for leaving them to grieve.

Jiang Chen returned to Tianyun Sect alive, concealed his true cultivation, and secured a place in the Great Zhou Martial Competition. He gave Li Xingyun rare pills to strengthen the sect before preparing to leave for the Genius Trial if he qualified.

• Jiang Chen told Li Xingyun that he had delayed returning because he feared Su Sheng might still be after him, and he hid his Martial Emperor Realm, Eighth Level cultivation by posing as a Martial King Realm, Eighth Level cultivator.
• Tianyun Sect disciples gathered to see Jiang Chen, and Tang Mu welcomed him while Tang Yi comforted her about the growing gap between them and Jiang Chen.
• Li Xingyun hosted a banquet for Jiang Chen, who claimed he did not know who had rescued him after his injuries.
• Jiang Chen asked for a place in the Great Zhou Martial Competition, and Li Xingyun agreed to submit his name.
• Jiang Chen gave Li Xingyun five Venerable Breaking Pills and more than thirty bottles of Imperial Origin Pills as thanks for the sect's care of the Jiang Family.

Jiang Chen secured Li Xingyun’s support for Tang Mu and then met Wu Ren in Chongyuan City, repaying his debt and giving him a generous gift. After refining pills and selling his spoils, Jiang Chen replenished the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group’s Venerable Breaking Pills and bought materials for his next plans.

• Jiang Chen asked Li Xingyun to look after the Tang Family and Li Xingyun agreed to take Tang Mu as his disciple.
• Jiang Chen gave Tang Mu pills before leaving Tianyun Sect, and Tang Mu vowed to cultivate hard enough to follow him beyond the Great Zhou Dynasty.
• Jiang Chen met Wu Ren at the Tonghai Merchant Association, repaid the spirit stones he owed, and gave Wu Ren pills and five billion spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen stayed in Chongyuan City to refine pills and had Wu Ren sell his illicit goods while Mo Qingyan’s people delivered the spirit medicines he had requested.
• After about a month, Jiang Chen replenished the Magic Dragon Mercenary Group’s Venerable Breaking Pills, and its members received them and made plans to guard the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Chen sold his remaining illicit goods and purchased spirit stones, formation materials, and other supplies.

Jiang Chen returned to the Jiang Family with more than two hundred powerful Attendants to protect it, then left for Beihai Prefecture's capital to compete in the Great Zhou Martial Competition. He joined the Tianyun Sect disciples as the preliminary round approached, with his unresolved grudge against Liu Yun and Ye Yuntian still ahead.

• Jiang Chen arranged for Fang Yongnian and the other Attendants to live near the Jiang Family, protect it, and help when needed.
• Jiang Chen told Jiang Yunfeng that the four Martial Venerables among the Attendants were He Changfeng, Fang Yongnian, Rong Jiang, and Li Shui, and privately revealed that he was Demonic Dragon.
• Jiang Chen told Jiang Yunfeng he would enter the Great Zhou Martial Competition and later settle his grudge with Liu Yun and Ye Yuntian, then left for Beihai Prefecture's capital.
• Jiang Chen arrived in Beihai Prefecture's capital several days early, contacted the people from Tianyun Sect, and waited for the competition to begin.
• Tianyun Sect disciples greeted Jiang Chen excitedly when he arrived at their viewing platform.

Jiang Chen defeated Li Zongfei with one palm in the Great Zhou Martial Competition, exposing the vast gap between them. After Li Kaicheng accused Jiang Chen of being vicious, Li Xingyun intervened and made him apologize, while Jiang Chen advanced in the competition.

• The Canghai Sect leaders recognized Jiang Chen and told their contestants, including Li Bufan, to avoid risking injury against him.
• Jiang Chen drew the fifth group in the preliminary round and was matched against Li Zongfei, the Li family's number-one genius.
• Li Zongfei attacked Jiang Chen with Sea Wave Overlapping Shadow Sword, but Jiang Chen shattered the sword shadows with streams of qi.
• Jiang Chen struck Li Zongfei once and knocked him out of the arena, leaving him seriously injured and unconscious.
• Li Kaicheng blamed Jiang Chen for Li Zongfei's injuries, but Li Xingyun defended Jiang Chen and demanded an apology.
• Li Kaicheng apologized to Jiang Chen, and the referee declared Jiang Chen the winner.

Jiang Chen faced Canghai Sect genius Tang Mingfeng in the Great Zhou Martial Competition's elimination matches and defeated him effortlessly. The chapter left Jiang Chen advancing after knocking Tang Mingfeng from the arena without seriously injuring him.

• Li Kaicheng accepted Jiang Chen's warning and returned to the Li family's seats with the injured Li Zongfei.
• Jiang Chen's later opponents conceded, allowing him to advance to the elimination matches.
• Tang Mingfeng challenged Jiang Chen, hoping to test their difference in strength and gain combat experience.
• Tang Mingfeng unleashed his Star Annihilation Slash, Triple Strike, but Jiang Chen shattered it with one punch.
• Jiang Chen rushed Tang Mingfeng and knocked him off the arena while holding back enough to avoid serious injury.

Jiang Chen dominated the Great Zhou Martial Competition preliminary rounds, helped the Tianyun Sect claim the most spots, and chose to travel to the capital on his own. After checking into an inn, he was visited by Zhou Mei'er, a former auctioneer who knew he was an alchemist.

• Jiang Chen defeated Tang Mingfeng with one move and later advanced by defeating a Martial King Realm, Fifth Level genius from the Prefecture City Governor's Office.
• The preliminary competition ended with eight Tianyun Sect disciples, six Canghai Sect disciples, and five from the Prefecture City Governor's Office qualifying for the final competition.
• Li Xingyun prepared to lead the Tianyun Sect group to the capital, but Jiang Chen said he would travel there separately.
• Jiang Chen checked into an inn in Beihai Prefecture's city, where Zhou Mei'er came to see him.

Zhou Mei'er asked Jiang Chen to treat Cheng Le, the Cheng He Merchant Association president's son, who had been poisoned by Blood Mist Grass. Jiang Chen accepted the offer for rare spirit medicines and arrived at Cheng He's estate, where Cheng He questioned his ability to help.

• Zhou Mei'er told Jiang Chen that Cheng Le's Blood Mist Grass poison had defeated numerous alchemists and asked him to examine the young master.
• Jiang Chen agreed to help after Zhou Mei'er offered two five-ten-thousand-year-old Purple Blood Ginsengs, ten spirit medicines, and one hundred million spirit stones if he cured Cheng Le.
• Zhou Mei'er brought Jiang Chen to the Cheng He Merchant Association estate, where alchemists and influential visitors had gathered around Cheng Le's case.
• Ling Li recognized Jiang Chen as a Tianyun Sect disciple who had qualified for the Great Zhou Martial Competition's final round.
• Cheng He scolded Zhou Mei'er for bringing a young man to help when nine Fifth-tier and two Sixth-tier Alchemists were already present.

Jiang Chen confronted Cheng He and the gathered alchemists over their failure to cure Cheng Le's poison, then demanded an increased reward before agreeing to treat him. Cheng He accepted the terms, leaving the other alchemists protesting as Jiang Chen prepared to examine his son.

• Cheng He tried to send Jiang Chen away, while Zhou Mei'er defended giving him a chance.
• Jiang Chen argued with Zhuo Yang and the other alchemists, pointing out that none of them had cured Cheng Le.
• Cheng He decided to let Jiang Chen examine his son, despite Zhao Wuji's objections.
• Jiang Chen demanded two additional fifty-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines and ten medicines over ten thousand years old, promising to take nothing if he failed.
• Cheng He agreed to Jiang Chen's new terms, and the other alchemists protested his decision.

Jiang Chen examined Cheng Le and discovered that Blood Mist Grass poison had combined with Azure Soul Snake venom, making ordinary treatments ineffective. Cheng He agreed to Jiang Chen's risky treatment, and Jiang Chen prepared to begin while the other alchemists remained skeptical.

• Cheng He let Jiang Chen examine Cheng Le after admitting that waiting could cost his son's life.
• Jiang Chen examined Cheng Le, checked his pulse, and analyzed several drops of his blood.
• Jiang Chen identified both Blood Mist Grass poison and Azure Soul Snake venom, explaining that the poisons had mutated and required a yang-aspected treatment.
• Jiang Chen warned Cheng He that treatment could save Cheng Le but might leave him unable to move his lower body, while doing nothing would likely kill him within three days.
• Cheng He accepted the risk and promised Jiang Chen the full reward if Cheng Le survived.
• Jiang Chen told the gathered alchemists to move aside and not disturb him as he prepared to treat Cheng Le.

Jiang Chen removed the Azure Soul Snake venom from Cheng Le and stabilized his condition, proving his skill to the alchemists who had doubted him. He offered to share his detoxification method for free, and Zhao Wuji asked to become his friend in return.

• Jiang Chen extracted the poisoned marrow and blood from Cheng Le, then used fire-attribute true qi and a restorative pill to clear the venom and stabilize him.
• Jiang Chen told Cheng He that Cheng Le would recover without paralysis and should wake within half an hour, and Cheng He thanked him and apologized for his earlier behavior.
• Zhuo Yang and Zhao Wuji apologized to Jiang Chen after seeing his successful treatment.
• Jiang Chen agreed to imprint his detoxification method on a jade slip for the alchemists to copy without payment.
• Zhao Wuji offered to help Jiang Chen in the future and asked to become friends with him.