Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen used the Luo family's shop as a trap to confront the Chaos Dragon Gang, a faction serving the Sixth Prince. After the gang's leaders and fighters attacked, Jiang Chen sent them flying and emerged from the shop as the stunned onlookers watched.

• The Luo family reopened one shop as bait while Jiang Chen waited inside to deal with anyone who came to cause trouble.
• Gao Yun and Pan Yi led more than a dozen Chaos Dragon Gang members into the shop and threatened the Luoji Merchant Guild.
• A shop assistant explained that the Chaos Dragon Gang was one of the royal capital's three great underground factions, with eight Martial Emperor Realm leaders.
• Gao Yun revealed the gang's connection to the Sixth Prince, and Jiang Chen said they would not leave alive.
• The Chaos Dragon Gang members suddenly flew out of the shop, several of them dead, and Jiang Chen walked outside as the onlookers stared in alarm.

Jiang Chen killed Gao Yun, Pan Yi, and the other Chaos Dragon Gang members who attacked the Luoji Merchant Guild, then set out alone for the gang’s headquarters on South Dragon Street. The Luo family evacuated toward the south gate while Jiang Chen arrived in the gang’s territory.

• Jiang Chen revealed that he had been waiting to avenge the Luoji Merchant Guild and rejected Gao Yun’s threats on behalf of the Chaos Dragon Gang.
• Jiang Chen killed Gao Yun, Pan Yi, and the remaining Chaos Dragon Gang members at the merchant guild.
• Jiang Chen told the Luoji Merchant Guild staff to evacuate and learned from the waiter that the gang leaders gathered on South Dragon Street.
• Jiang Chen left for South Dragon Street alone as the merchant guild staff and Luo family began evacuating through the south gate.
• Jiang Chen reached South Dragon Street, the Chaos Dragon Gang’s territory, known for its gambling houses, brothels, and illicit trading market.

Jiang Chen attacked the Chaos Dragon Gang headquarters and confronted its remaining leaders over their crimes and their alliance with the Sixth Prince. He killed the Fifth Gang Leader, while the others remained gathered against him.

• Jiang Chen blasted apart the Chaos Dragon Gang's gate and announced that he had come to wipe out the gang.
• The Eighth Gang Leader attacked Jiang Chen with the Nine Cold Claws, but Jiang Chen knocked him into a pillar with one slap.
• Jiang Chen told the Eighth Gang Leader that he had killed the Third and Fourth Gang Leaders and accused the Chaos Dragon Gang of aiding the Sixth Prince.
• Nie Hailong and the other four remaining gang leaders arrived, joining the wounded Eighth Gang Leader.
• The Fifth Gang Leader charged Jiang Chen despite a warning, and Jiang Chen cut him in half with the Demonic Soul Blade.

Jiang Chen annihilated the Chaos Dragon Gang and returned to the Luo family convoy. His success strengthened Luo Fu’s hope that Jiang Chen could protect the family from the Sixth Prince.

• Jiang Chen killed the Chaos Dragon Gang’s leaders, including the Eighth Gang Leader, and the remaining fighters fled.
• Jiang Chen took the gang’s wealth, burned its headquarters, and left for the southern gate as news of the gang’s destruction spread.
• Luo Fu worried when Jiang Chen did not catch up with the convoy, while Luo Yuelan expressed confidence that he would return safely.
• Luo Fu said he would give Jiang Chen the family fortune to save the Luo family and would betroth Luo Yuelan to him if Jiang Chen desired her.
• Jiang Chen caught up with the convoy and told Luo Fu and Luo Yuelan that he had wiped out the Eight Dragons and burned their headquarters.

Jiang Chen led the Luo family out of the capital, while Murong Su sent Night Bird, Wind Flower Snow Moon, and mountain bandits to intercept them. Jiang Chen deliberately chose a remote route to draw out the Sixth Prince’s forces, and the convoy reached the mountain bandits’ territory without yet being attacked.

• The Luo family left the capital with Jiang Chen, and the Sixth Prince’s scouts reported their departure to Murong Su.
• Furious over Jiang Chen’s destruction of the Chaos Dragon Gang, Murong Su ordered Night Bird to intercept the convoy with Wind Flower Snow Moon and the mountain bandits.
• Night Bird gathered his remaining men, coordinated with the mountain bandits, and pursued Jiang Chen and the Luo family.
• Luo Yuelan questioned why the group traveled by carriage, and Jiang Chen explained that he intended to lure out and eliminate their pursuers.
• After more than a day without an attack, the convoy reached the mountain bandits’ territory, where Jiang Chen warned the Luo family to stay alert.

Jiang Chen's convoy was surrounded by thousands of bandits and their Martial Emperor experts, sent by the Sixth Prince. As Jiang Chen prepared to face Night Bird and the four members of Wind Flower Snow Moon, the four mocked Night Bird and claimed they would kill him themselves.

• Jiang Chen sensed approaching enemies and warned the Luo Family convoy that they were being surrounded.
• Jiang Chen found more than seven thousand bandits, including seventeen Martial Emperor experts, and assigned the Luo Family fighters to protect the convoy while he handled the enemy experts.
• Night Bird confronted Jiang Chen and vowed that neither he nor the Luo Family would survive the attack.
• Wind and Flower insisted that Wind Flower Snow Moon could defeat Jiang Chen, despite Night Bird's warning about his strength.
• Snow and Moon insulted Night Bird for his previous failure, while Jiang Chen watched their quarrel.

Jiang Chen fought Wind Flower Snow Moon while Night Bird’s bandits attacked the Luo family convoy. After easily defeating the four Ghost Cultivators with his Pill Fire, Jiang Chen faced their decision to unleash a dangerous combined attack.

• Night Bird assigned Wind Flower Snow Moon to fight Jiang Chen and led the bandits in an arrow assault on the Luo family convoy.
• Guan Ze and the Luo family’s experts defended against the arrows while Jiang Chen’s reinforced beast carriages withstood their impact.
• Wind Flower Snow Moon attacked Jiang Chen with ghost-path martial skills, but his Pill Fire shattered their attacks.
• Jiang Chen’s flaming dragon overwhelmed Wind Flower Snow Moon, seriously injuring all four and leaving them wary of him.
• Wind Flower Snow Moon agreed to use their combined attack technique, which they claimed could match a Martial Venerable Realm First Level expert’s full-strength strike.

Jiang Chen crushed Wind Flower Snow Moon’s trump-card attack and killed its four members, then turned on the Sixth Prince’s forces. As the bandits fled, Jiang Chen unleashed Flame Rain across the area.

• Xue dismissed Night Bird’s warning and Wind Flower Snow Moon joined forces to unleash the Yin Ghost Giant Seal Fiend at Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen shattered the ghost face with his Magic Dragon Hand, causing the four attackers to suffer a backlash and collapse.
• Jiang Chen revealed he had killed many Martial Venerable Realm experts, then killed Wind Flower Snow Moon with a gigantic palm.
• Night Bird and the other Martial Emperor Realm bandits tried to flee, but Jiang Chen cut them down with Endless Blade Qi.
• The remaining bandits fled, and Jiang Chen used Flame Rain to cover an eight-li radius in fireballs and flames.

After defeating the bandits, Jiang Chen absorbed their blood-qi and advanced to Martial Emperor Realm, Tenth Level. He revealed the Sixth Prince’s role in supporting the bandits, then left with Guan Ze to return to the royal capital and kill him, while the Luo family stayed behind.

• Jiang Chen absorbed the dead bandits’ blood-qi and reached Martial Emperor Realm, Tenth Level.
• Luo Fu led the Luo family in thanking Jiang Chen, who explained that the Sixth Prince had backed the bandits.
• Jiang Chen vowed to kill the Sixth Prince before the Great Zhou Martial Competition, despite Luo Fu warning him about the Great Zhou Royal Family and the Four Great Super Sects.
• Jiang Chen told the Luo family to stay out of danger for ten days, then departed for the royal capital with Guan Ze.
• Luo Fu advised Luo Yuelan to stop hoping to marry Jiang Chen, and she accepted that he was not interested in her.

Jiang Chen and Guan Ze attacked Ziyan Mansion’s courtyard in the royal capital after learning its higher-ups had plotted against him and Tianyun Sect. Jiang Chen slaughtered the cultivators there, leaving Ziyan Mansion’s forces in the capital dead as onlookers gathered.

• Jiang Chen told Guan Ze they would target Ziyan Mansion and Senluo Sect before dealing with the Sixth Prince.
• Jiang Chen and Guan Ze disguised themselves and entered Ziyan Mansion’s courtyard in the royal capital.
• Guan Ze killed the guards at the entrance, and Jiang Chen blasted open the gate to draw out the mansion’s cultivators.
• Jiang Chen identified himself and learned from a Ziyan Mansion elder that its higher-ups planned to destroy him and Tianyun Sect.
• Jiang Chen and Guan Ze killed the Ziyan Mansion cultivators in the courtyard, while nearby residents watched the battle.

Jiang Chen wiped out Ziyan Mansion and Senluo Sect’s forces in the royal capital, then left to attack their headquarters. Sixth Prince Murong Su mobilized an Imperial Guard legion to ambush him, prompting the Dynasty Lord to order an investigation and prepare the remaining legions for battle.

• Jiang Chen and Guan Ze escaped before the City Guard arrived, then slaughtered the cultivators from Senluo Sect who remained in the royal capital.
• News of the massacres reached Murong Su, who recognized Jiang Chen as the culprit and decided to intercept him rather than seek refuge in the imperial palace.
• Murong Su led the hundred-thousand-man First Legion out of the royal capital under cover of night, and the gate guards let the troops pass.
• The Dynasty Lord learned that the First Legion had departed without authorization and ordered an investigation into Murong Su while placing the Second and Third Legions on alert.

Jiang Chen and Guan Ze arrived at Ziyan Mansion, where Jiang Chen declared that he would destroy the sect in revenge for its attempt to kill him. The sect’s disciples and elders gathered to face him, and Sect Master Hong Wufeng urged them not to heed Jiang Chen’s offer to spare those who left.

• The Dynasty Lord grew suspicious when Murong Su mobilized the First Legion without authorization and sent experts to follow it.
• Jiang Chen and Guan Ze reached Ziyan Mansion, where Jiang Chen killed the gatekeeping disciples who tried to stop them.
• Elder Huang recognized Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen revealed that he had killed Ziyan Mansion’s royal-capital fighters and planned to avenge their attack on him.
• Hong Wufeng and more than six thousand Ziyan Mansion members gathered as Jiang Chen threatened to destroy the sect and offered to spare those below the Martial Emperor Realm who withdrew.
• Hong Wufeng told the gathered disciples not to listen to Jiang Chen because he and Guan Ze were only two people.

Jiang Chen attacked Ziyan Mansion after its disciples chose to stand against him, and he annihilated its Sect Master, elders, and many disciples. He left the mansion in flames, though some of its people escaped.

• Ziyan Mansion's disciples refused Jiang Chen's offer to leave and declared their loyalty to the mansion.
• Hong Wufeng and the mansion's Martial Emperor experts led an attack, but Jiang Chen shattered their techniques with Magic Dragon Hand.
• Jiang Chen's Demonic Soul Slash killed Hong Wufeng and the other Martial Emperor experts, destroyed the mountain gate, and killed nearly a thousand people.
• The remaining disciples begged for mercy, but Jiang Chen refused, reminding them they had chosen to stand with Ziyan Mansion.
• Jiang Chen used Endless Blade Qi and Flame Rain to kill many fleeing disciples, while some escaped.

After destroying Ziyan Mansion and Senluo Sect, Jiang Chen returned toward the royal capital to confront the Sixth Prince, Murong Su. Murong Su ambushed him with a hundred-thousand-strong army, but Jiang Chen stood his ground and challenged him.

• Jiang Chen looted Ziyan Mansion and left, then destroyed Senluo Sect and advanced to the mid-stage of the Martial Emperor Realm, Tenth Level.
• Jiang Chen recalled Su Sheng and vowed to kill him, while planning to defeat Ye Yuntian and punish Liu Yun at the Great Zhou Martial Competition.
• Jiang Chen and Guan Ze headed for the royal capital to target the Sixth Prince, but encountered a large army led by Murong Su.
• Murong Su encircled Jiang Chen with Imperial Guard troops and demanded that he surrender, threatening his family and sect.
• Jiang Chen rejected Murong Su's threat and warned that the Great Zhou Royal Family would face destruction if it became his enemy.

Jiang Chen defeated Murong Su's attacks and faced three Ninth-Level Martial Emperor experts sent to kill him. He easily broke their techniques and destroyed Old Fiend Yin and Old Fiend Yang's combined attacks, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Murong Su ordered the Imperial Guard to attack, but Jiang Chen broke their Dragon Gate Formation and turned their arrows back on them with Devouring Spheres.
• Murong Su shot Jiang Chen with a longbow, but Jiang Chen shattered the arrow with a punch.
• Murong Su sent Old Fiend Yin, Old Fiend Yang, and Ghost Profound Daoist to kill Jiang Chen, offering each ten billion spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen destroyed Ghost Profound Daoist's Death Ghost Claw with a beam of energy from his finger.
• Old Fiend Yin and Old Fiend Yang attacked Jiang Chen with an ice bird and a fireball, but he cleaved both apart with the Demonic Soul Blade.

Jiang Chen defeated the Yin-Yang Twin Fiends and Ghost Profound Daoist, then pursued Murong Su and seized him despite the intervention of two Martial Venerable Realm Old Ancestors. He confronted Li Shuitian and Murong Ren, insisting the Great Zhou Royal Family had no right to oppose him after he had once helped save it.

• Jiang Chen shattered the Yin-Yang Twin Fiends' techniques, then killed them and Ghost Profound Daoist with a single blade strike.
• Jiang Chen charged at Murong Su, overpowered his subordinates, and forced Murong Su to flee.
• Li Shuitian and Murong Ren appeared and attacked Jiang Chen, but he broke their techniques and drove them back with two punches.
• Jiang Chen used Magic Dragon Hand to seize Murong Su and told the Old Ancestors that he intended to kill him.
• Li Shuitian asked Jiang Chen what he meant by saying he had previously helped the Great Zhou Royal Family.

Jiang Chen revealed that he was the Mercenary Demonic Dragon, forcing the Great Zhou Royal Family's Old Ancestors to abandon their claim against him after he killed Murong Su. Back in the royal capital, Jiang Chen asked Steward Liu whether the people from Tianyun Sect had arrived.

• Jiang Chen revealed his identity as the Mercenary Demonic Dragon and warned Li Shuitian and Murong Ren not to make an enemy of him.
• Jiang Chen killed Murong Su, and Murong Ren agreed to pay him twenty billion spirit stones in exchange for taking away the surviving Imperial Guard soldiers.
• Jiang Chen warned the Great Zhou Royal Family not to provoke him again, then returned to the royal capital with Guan Ze.
• Murong Ren told the Imperial Guard soldiers that they would not be punished and ordered everyone to keep the events secret.
• Jiang Chen returned to his residence, bathed, and asked Steward Liu whether the people from Tianyun Sect had arrived in the royal capital.

Jiang Chen met with Tianyun Sect in the royal capital while the city buzzed with news of the destruction of Ziyan Mansion and Senluo Sect, which he had secretly caused. Li Xingyun warned him about the capital’s dangers, then gave him a letter from Lin Xiaoxiao.

• Jiang Chen learned that Tianyun Sect had arrived at Dragon Wind Inn and decided to visit the next day after resting.
• As Jiang Chen and Guan Ze traveled through the capital, people discussed the destruction of Ziyan Mansion and Senluo Sect, unaware that Jiang Chen was responsible.
• Jiang Chen and Guan Ze met Li Xingyun and the Tianyun Sect disciples at Dragon Wind Inn, where Li Xingyun warned Jiang Chen to stay safe.
• Jiang Chen agreed to stay with Tianyun Sect ahead of the Great Zhou Martial Competition and received a letter from Lin Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Chen read Lin Xiaoxiao’s letter and learned that Long Qingyao was set to marry Su Sheng in six years, so he resolved to become strong enough to rescue her. As he stayed with Tianyun Sect ahead of the Great Zhou Martial Competition, Great Zhou’s rulers ordered their people not to provoke him, though Murong Jue wrongly guessed Fairy Mo was protecting him.

• Li Xingyun gave Jiang Chen the sealed letter Lin Xiaoxiao had entrusted to a courier, then arranged rooms for Jiang Chen and Guan Ze at Dragon Wind Inn.
• Jiang Chen read the letter and learned that Long Qingyao would marry Su Sheng in six years, when Su Sheng would also be named Formless Sect’s Young Sect Master; Long Qingyao hoped Jiang Chen would grow strong enough to take her away.
• Jiang Chen decided he needed to reach at least the Martial Saint Realm within six years and planned to join a Great Sect through the Great Zhou Martial Competition to gain resources.
• Jiang Chen stayed at Dragon Wind Inn without interference as Hong Family, Hu Family, and other forces restrained their people amid fear of a powerful enemy.
• Great Zhou Royal Family ordered its people not to provoke Jiang Chen after learning he was the Demonic Dragon, and Murong Jue mistakenly assumed Fairy Mo had persuaded the Dynasty Lord to protect him.

The Great Zhou Martial Competition Finals began, and Jiang Chen entered Group Two, Number Seventy-Eight. He defeated his first opponent with a single move, advancing from the opening elimination match.

• The contestants gathered to draw lots, while Ye Yuntian glared at Jiang Chen and planned to kill him.
• Jiang Chen drew Group Two, Number Seventy-Eight, placing him in the second arena.
• After more than half a day of matches, Jiang Chen faced a Martial King Realm, Fifth Level genius from Yunshan Prefecture.
• Jiang Chen shattered his opponent’s Azure Frost Swordplay with a wave and sent him out of the arena.
• The referee declared Jiang Chen the winner, and spectators marveled at his one-move victory.