Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen killed Elder Feng, then fled as Martial Saint Realm experts pursued him. Surrounded by thirteen experts, he blocked their combined attack with a twentyfold Magic Dragon Hand but emerged badly injured.

• Jiang Chen killed Elder Feng, frightening the Martial Venerable Realm experts nearby.
• Jiang Chen unleashed Blade Aura Storm against the gathered forces, then escaped while five Martial Saint Realm experts pursued him.
• Eight more Martial Saint Realm experts arrived to intercept Jiang Chen, bringing the pursuing total to thirteen.
• A Tian Lei Sect elder demanded Jiang Chen surrender, but Jiang Chen refused and faced their simultaneous attack.
• Jiang Chen used Magic Dragon Hand and Sky Annihilation Strike at twentyfold power to repel the thirteen experts, but the strain left him bleeding and severely injured.

Jiang Chen was nearly killed by thirteen Martial Saint Realm experts before the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon revealed itself and took control of his body. The dragon repaired Jiang Chen and fought back, leaving the experts facing a much stronger opponent.

• Bei Langfeng struck the badly injured Jiang Chen, sending him crashing into the ground and pushing him close to losing consciousness.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon told Jiang Chen it was a remnant soul inside the Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl and offered to take control of his body to save him.
• Jiang Chen agreed, and the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon took over, healed his wounds, and raised his aura to the Martial Venerable Realm, Tenth Level.
• Bei Langfeng ordered the thirteen Martial Saint Realm experts to attack Jiang Chen together.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon used the Devouring Demonic Disk to absorb their attacks and send black light at them, injuring several experts.

The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon took control of Jiang Chen and killed Bei Langfeng, but its borrowed power was running low. Jiang Chen absorbed Bei Langfeng’s blood-qi as the Dragon prepared to withdraw, while the remaining Martial Saint experts noticed its weakening aura.

• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon controlled Jiang Chen’s body and overpowered Bei Langfeng’s attack.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon wounded Bei Langfeng, dragged him back, and crushed his head, killing him.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon told Jiang Chen it had spent much of its stored power and could not safely fight the other Martial Saint experts.
• Jiang Chen used the Sky Devouring Pearl to absorb Bei Langfeng’s blood-qi, and the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon collected his storage bag.
• A Martial Saint Realm, Second Level expert noticed Jiang Chen’s aura had fallen from Martial Venerable Realm, Tenth Level to Eighth Level.

Dan Qin and An Qing helped Jiang Chen escape the Martial Saint Realm experts pursuing him through a series of one-time-use teleportation arrays. After they left the Chaotic Cloud Mountain Range, An Qing said they had rescued him to repay his earlier favor.

• The Martial Saint Realm experts suspected Jiang Chen had used a Forbidden Technique and pursued him, while Dan Qin sent him directions to a teleportation array.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon carried Jiang Chen to Dan Qin, and she guided him to An Qing and their waiting array.
• The three escaped through the array as the pursuers arrived, and the experts warned others that Jiang Chen had female allies.
• Dan Qin led Jiang Chen through eight teleportations until they left the Chaotic Cloud Mountain Range.
• Jiang Chen asked why they had helped him, and An Qing said they had repaid the favor of his saving their lives.

Jiang Chen escaped the Chaotic Cloud Mountain Range with Dan Qin and An Qing’s help, while the gathered forces learned he had reached a distant city and gave up their search. Deep in the mountains, Jiang Chen hunted demonic beasts to repay the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon’s aid, but its demand for the power of three Martial Saint Realm experts left him wary of what he would have to face next.

• Dan Qin and An Qing sent Jiang Chen away through a one-time teleportation formation, then returned to the Peach Cloud Sect and concealed their help.
• Half a month later, the forces searching the Chaotic Cloud Mountain Range learned Jiang Chen had appeared far away and killed disciples of the Great Yan Sect, so they withdrew.
• The forces recalled Jiang Chen’s killing of Elder Feng and Bei Langfeng and the deaths of hundreds of Martial Venerable Realm disciples, making his escape famous across Nanyuan Prefecture.
• Jiang Chen hunted and devoured more than a hundred seventh-order demonic beasts, but the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon demanded the spiritual power of three Martial Saint Realm experts to repay its losses.
• Jiang Chen doubted he could safely defeat three Martial Saint Realm experts and resolved not to risk fighting a powerful eighth-order demonic beast.

Jiang Chen discussed repaying the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon Soul by supplying spiritual power and gathering materials to forge it a human body. The dragon revealed that its requested body required rare genius physiques, leaving Jiang Chen aware of how far beyond his current reach the task was.

• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon Soul demanded spiritual power from three Martial Saint Realm powerhouses or other valuable resources to restore its strength, and Jiang Chen agreed to repay what he owed.
• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon Soul told Jiang Chen to collect materials for a human physical body so it could leave the Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl and give the pearl to him.
• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon Soul gave Jiang Chen a list requiring three Sacred Body physiques and one Divine Body physique, with four Divine Bodies as a better option.
• Jiang Chen was shocked by the rarity and strength of Divine Body geniuses, while Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon Soul dismissed the Tianwu Continent's Divine Bodies as barely adequate.
• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon Soul said Jiang Chen would have to share the spiritual energy he devoured until the dragon's body was complete, after which Jiang Chen could keep it all.

Jiang Chen escaped an ambush by more than twenty Dark Nether elders by detonating his Corpse Puppets and using Soft Spirit Powder, but Tang Kun secretly marked him and kept the pursuit going. After Jiang Chen stopped to rest, the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon warned him that the mark let Tang Kun track his location.

• Jiang Chen agreed to help the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon and learned that the Sky Devouring Dragon Pearl contained the dragon's cultivation inheritances.
• Jiang Chen sensed powerful pursuers and fled before more than twenty Dark Nether elders arrived at the demonic beast's corpse.
• Tang Kun and the Dark Nether elders caught Jiang Chen, demanded the Nether Fruit, and surrounded him.
• Jiang Chen released fifteen Martial Venerable Realm Corpse Puppets and one Martial Saint Realm Corpse Puppet, then detonated them with Soft Spirit Powder to escape.
• Tang Kun revealed that he had secretly marked Jiang Chen, recovered from the powder, and led the elders after him.
• Jiang Chen stopped to rest, and the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon warned him that Tang Kun could track him through the mark.

Jiang Chen fled Dark Nether’s pursuit toward the forbidden zone and the City of Sin, but he encountered Hu Beihai and Great Yan Sect fighters near the teleportation array. Hu Beihai attacked Jiang Chen as he tried to break through their encirclement.

• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon warned Jiang Chen that Tang Kun’s tracking mark could last three days, and Jiang Chen continued changing directions to evade Dark Nether.
• Dark Nether’s pursuers worried Jiang Chen might enter the forbidden zone and ordered their group to catch him before he reached it.
• Jiang Chen spotted a building near the City of Sin teleportation array and realized he was close to the forbidden zone.
• Hu Beihai and Great Yan Sect fighters recognized Jiang Chen and surrounded him after completing an exile mission.
• Jiang Chen charged toward several Martial Venerable Realm disciples to escape, and Hu Beihai attacked him.

Jiang Chen fled from Hu Beihai, Tang Kun, and their pursuing forces, then entered the City of Sin to escape them. His pursuers arrived too late and were unwilling to follow him inside.

• Jiang Chen killed several Great Yan Sect Martial Venerable Realm experts and escaped Hu Beihai's encirclement.
• With his true qi running low and Dark Nether's experts closing in, Jiang Chen decided to seek refuge in the City of Sin.
• Tang Kun and Hu Beihai agreed to pursue Jiang Chen together and divided the spoils they expected to recover from him.
• Jiang Chen reached the teleportation gate, gave the War God Palace guards his name, and entered the City of Sin.
• Hu Beihai and Tang Kun's forces arrived too late and chose not to pursue Jiang Chen into the City of Sin.

Jiang Chen escaped into the City of Sin while Tang Kun and Hu Beihai decided not to pursue him. Jiang Chen arrived in a desolate area and saw the enormous city in the distance, which he suspected was the City of Sin.

• Tang Kun angrily confronted the War God Palace guards for allowing Jiang Chen to enter, but the guard captain refused to explain their rules.
• Tang Kun learned that the teleportation array offered no way out, so he and Hu Beihai abandoned their pursuit and treated Jiang Chen as dead.
• Tang Kun and Hu Beihai parted ways with their followers, while the guards discussed their duties and the people who entered the City of Sin.
• Jiang Chen fell from a spatial vortex into an empty area, recovered from the long teleportation, and spotted a towering city to the south.

Jiang Chen arrived outside the City of Sin and refused the Pang Family’s demand for ten million spirit stones or ten years of labor. After defeating and killing the family’s guards, he faced reinforcements led by a Martial Saint Realm expert.

• Jiang Chen saw the City of Sin and was confronted by more than a dozen Pang Family experts, who demanded payment or ten years of labor to enter.
• Jiang Chen refused the demand and warned the Pang Family experts to move aside.
• The Pang Family leader ordered the group to attack Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen’s Annihilation Palm broke their techniques and killed or severely injured them.
• Jiang Chen killed the surviving guards, absorbed their blood and vital energy, and found little valuable among their spoils.
• Dozens of Pang Family reinforcements arrived, led by a Martial Saint Realm, First Level expert.

Jiang Chen admitted killing the Pang Family members who had tried to rob him, then fought Pang Fengfei, a First Level Martial Saint. He shattered Pang Fengfei’s attacks and left the duel poised to continue after cleaving apart the Great Luo Heaven Hand.

• Pang Fengfei questioned Jiang Chen about the dead Pang Family members, and Jiang Chen explained that they had attacked him for his treasures.
• Jiang Chen challenged the Pang Family group, and Pang Fengfei attacked him with a giant hand.
• Jiang Chen shattered the attack with his Demonic Soul Blade, shocking Pang Fengfei and his followers.
• Pang Fengfei unleashed his signature Great Luo Heaven Hand, but Jiang Chen cleaved it apart with Demonic Soul Slash and Sky Annihilation Strike.

Jiang Chen killed Pang Fengfei with his Demonic Soul Slash and wiped out the remaining Pang Family experts who tried to flee. He collected their spoils as hidden observers watched, leaving the Pang Family facing enormous losses in the City of Sin.

• Jiang Chen restricted Pang Fengfei's movements with his soul power and killed him with the Demonic Soul Slash after breaking through the Luo Tian Cover.
• Jiang Chen told the remaining Pang Family experts that he would kill anyone who tried to kill him, and they fled in panic.
• Jiang Chen sent more than twenty weapons after the fleeing experts and killed them all.
• Hidden observers whispered about Jiang Chen's strength and the Pang Family's losses, while Jiang Chen ignored them.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the Pang Family members' blood-qi power, collected their spoils, and found that Pang Fengfei carried only around seven hundred million spirit stones.

Jiang Chen entered the City of Sin and discovered how scarce and costly resources were there. After ordering tieguanyin at a shabby tavern, he drew the attention of people who saw him as an easy target.

• Jiang Chen asked the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon Soul to stop taking all the blood-qi power, and the dragon agreed to their former six-to-four split while awaiting a physical body.
• Jiang Chen entered the City of Sin using a token taken from the Pang Family and paid the guard a hundred spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen noticed that powerful experts staffed shops near the city gate and realized the city was more dangerous than it first appeared.
• Jiang Chen disguised himself and lowered his cultivation to Martial Emperor Realm, Sixth Level, to avoid attention from the Pang Family and others.
• Jiang Chen ordered tieguanyin at a tavern, learned it cost two hundred thousand spirit stones per tael, and attracted the interest of people who thought he was wealthy.

Jiang Chen learned about the City of Sin while posing as a longtime resident, then lured the bandits who targeted him into a secluded alley and killed them. He returned toward the city after removing the evidence.

• Jiang Chen asked about tea prices and paid the waiter several hundred spirit stones to learn about the City of Sin's resources, rulers, and cultivation conditions.
• Jiang Chen avoided eating the food, paid his bill, and left the teahouse.
• Several customers followed Jiang Chen, who led them into a secluded alley where they demanded his storage bag.
• Jiang Chen used soul power to kill the Martial Emperor Realm cultivators and immobilize the two Martial Venerable Realm leaders.
• Jiang Chen killed the two leaders with a controlled blade, collected the corpses, and walked back toward the city.

After Jiang Chen killed Pang Fengfei and many Pang Family experts, the family began searching the City of Sin for him. Disguised and resting at a tavern, Jiang Chen heard the Pang Family had issued a bounty for his head as he planned to grow stronger and leave the city to rescue Long Qingyao.

• Pang Fenghai ordered the Pang Family to find and kill Jiang Chen to protect the family's prestige.
• Jiang Chen disguised himself and sought a place to rest after his battles and pursuit by Dark Nether.
• Jiang Chen thought about his family, Long Qingyao, and his need to reach Martial Saint Realm before escaping the City of Sin.
• Jiang Chen entered a tavern and overheard patrons discussing Pang Fengfei's death and the Pang Family's losses.
• A tavern patron displayed Jiang Chen's portrait and announced a five-million-spirit-stone reward for information and a fifty-million-spirit-stone bounty for his head.

Disguised as an ordinary diner, Jiang Chen overheard the Pang Family’s bounty on him and attracted attention when he opened a jar of wine. After selling it at a steep markup, he learned Zhao Dongguo could connect him with buyers for more spirit wine.

• Jiang Chen listened as patrons discussed the Pang Family’s reward for information about him and its fifty-million-spirit-stone bounty.
• Jiang Chen opened a jar of wine, drawing the attention of diners, including a Martial Venerable Realm expert who had considered attacking him.
• Jiang Chen sold the wine to the expert and other customers for two thousand spirit stones per pot.
• Zhao Dongguo offered to connect Jiang Chen with buyers, and Jiang Chen suggested that the person behind him might supply more spirit wine.

Jiang Chen, posing as Chen Jiang, arranged a spirit-wine deal with Zhao Dongguo and met Leng Beilang to negotiate. After Jiang Chen stood firm against Leng Beilang’s demands, Leng tasted the wine and recognized its resale potential, leaving the parties ready to discuss the price.

• Jiang Chen used the alias Chen Jiang and agreed to meet Zhao Dongguo the next day about a possible wine deal.
• Jiang Chen evaded the Pang Family’s scouts while staying at an inn in the City of Sin.
• Zhao Dongguo brought Leng Beilang and three followers to meet Jiang Chen at the inn.
• Leng Beilang challenged Jiang Chen’s authority, but Jiang Chen refused to yield and prepared to leave when the group balked.
• Leng Beilang stopped Jiang Chen, tasted a jug of wine, and identified a possible profit from buying it for two thousand spirit stones.

Jiang Chen completed an initial wine sale with Leng Beilang and later negotiated with Zhou Yue of the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce after the wine sold out quickly. Zhou Yue requested more than Jiang Chen had in stock of Mysterious Fruit Wine, while the other varieties were available in sufficient quantities.

• Jiang Chen offered Leng Beilang a discount for purchases exceeding five hundred jars and showed him several higher-grade wines.
• Leng Beilang ordered one hundred jars of the first wine and ten jars of each other variety, and Jiang Chen completed the sale for spirit stones.
• Leng Beilang's group promised Zhao Dongguo one percent of the profits as an introduction fee for future wine trades.
• Two days later, Zhou Yue, an elder of the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce, arrived with Leng Beilang to negotiate a larger purchase after the first batch sold out quickly.
• Zhou Yue requested 1,500 jars of Mysterious Fruit Wine and 200 jars of each other variety; Jiang Chen said he had only 934 jars of Mysterious Fruit Wine but enough of the others.

Jiang Chen sold a large quantity of spirit wine to the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce, and Zhou Yue deduced that he was the missing Jiang Chen. As the chamber discussed how to deal with him, Jiang Chen cultivated and broke through to the Martial Venerable Realm, Eighth Level.

• Jiang Chen completed the spirit wine deal with Zhou Yue and used most of the spirit stones he received to cultivate.
• Zhou Yue sent Leng Beilang to investigate Chen Jiang, and an intelligence agent reported that his background was unknown.
• The agent told Zhou Yue that Jiang Chen had killed Pang Fengfei and dozens of Pang Family cultivators, leading Zhou Yue to suspect Chen Jiang and Jiang Chen were the same person.
• Zhou Yue considered Jiang Chen a powerful and wealthy target, then discussed him with the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce's senior executives.
• Jiang Chen broke through to the Martial Venerable Realm, Eighth Level, and his aura shook the tavern.