Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen broke through to the eighth level of the Martial Venerable Realm and left the inn, only to be surrounded by Pang Fenghai and a large force from the Pang Family. Facing their ambush, Jiang Chen suspected the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce had revealed his identity.

• Jiang Chen broke through to the eighth level of the Martial Venerable Realm, damaged his room, and paid the shopkeeper with supreme-grade spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen left the inn and sensed powerful hostile auras, so he called on those nearby to come out.
• Pang Fenghai appeared with five other Martial Saint Realm experts and more than two hundred Martial Venerable Realm experts, surrounding Jiang Chen and pressuring the weaker cultivators nearby.
• Pang Fenghai explained that Jiang Chen's Disguise Technique had hidden him from the Pang Family, and declared that he would die that day.
• Jiang Chen asked how the Pang Family had found him and suspected that someone from the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce had identified him.

Jiang Chen confronted the Pang Family after learning they had found him with help from the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce, then revealed his demonic cultivation and challenged Pang Fenghai. Their first clash ended in a draw, leaving the surrounding crowd astonished.

• Pang Fenghai denied that the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce had helped the Pang Family locate Jiang Chen, though the hidden Wanhe observer knew the secret deal was real.
• Jiang Chen refused to flee and planned to test the secret technique the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon had taught him by fighting the Pang Family.
• Pang Fenghai stepped forward to kill Jiang Chen, while onlookers doubted Jiang Chen could face the six Martial Saint experts.
• Jiang Chen entered Demonic State with Magic Dragon Possession, revealing that he practiced both orthodox and demonic arts.
• Jiang Chen attacked Pang Fenghai with Magic Dragon Fist, and their fists collided in a powerful blast that sent both fighters reeling without either being injured.

Jiang Chen transformed into a Half-Dragon Man and killed Pang Fenghai, then slaughtered the Pang Family experts. The Wanhe Chamber of Commerce withdrew, leaving Jiang Chen the victor as the Pang Family fell.

• Jiang Chen used the Dragon Transformation Art and transformed into a Half-Dragon Man, greatly increasing his strength.
• Jiang Chen struck Pang Fenghai with one blow and then killed him with a barrage of Magic Dragon Fist Strikes.
• Jiang Chen hunted down and killed the Pang Family experts, while devouring their blood essence to replenish his strength.
• The onlookers realized that the weakened Pang Family would soon lose its territory and power.
• The Wanhe people decided Jiang Chen was too powerful to oppose and quietly withdrew.

After destroying the Pang Family force sent to kill him, Jiang Chen entered the Pang Family’s stronghold to eliminate the clan and take over its industries. He faced Pang Fengbei, whose call for allied forces went unanswered, leaving the family isolated.

• Jiang Chen collected the dead Pang Family cultivators’ storage bags and bodies, recovered his strength, and headed for the Pang Family.
• The Pang Family discovered that its clan leader and many experts had died, and Pang Fengbei confirmed the shattered soul jade tablets.
• Jiang Chen blasted open the Pang Family’s gate, declared his intent to wipe out the clan, and confronted Pang Fengbei.
• Pang Fengbei sent up a signal for allied forces, but the other major powers refused to come to the Pang Family’s aid.
• Jiang Chen taunted Pang Fengbei over the family’s lack of reinforcements and prepared to destroy the isolated Pang Family.

Jiang Chen destroyed the Pang Family after rejecting Pang Fengbei’s pleas and threats, then claimed the family’s territory and established Jiang Manor. News of his victory spread through the City of Sin, drawing followers and congratulations from several factions, including the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce.

• Pang Fengbei begged Jiang Chen to spare the Pang Family, but Jiang Chen refused and dismissed his threats about the family’s connections.
• Pang Fengbei ordered the clansmen to flee, but Jiang Chen sent swords through them and set Pang Manor ablaze with Pill Fire.
• Jiang Chen caught Pang Fengbei and killed him with the Demonic Soul Blade, completing the destruction of the Pang Family in the manor.
• Jiang Chen claimed the Pang Family’s territory as Jiang Manor and attracted several Martial Venerable Realm experts who came to serve him.
• News of the Pang Family’s fall spread, prompting factions to congratulate Jiang Chen, including Zhou Yue of the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce.

Jiang Chen strengthened his rule over the former Pang Family territory and negotiated an exclusive wine-selling deal with the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce. Zhou Yue began pricing Jiang Chen’s huge stock of wine, leaving the deal close to completion.

• Jiang Chen won residents’ support by abolishing most taxes and enforcing order throughout his territory.
• Zhou Yue asked Jiang Chen for more wine after Wanhe sold out its previous supply.
• Jiang Chen agreed to sell Wanhe all his available wine and grant it exclusive sales rights for a year in exchange for spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen showed Zhou Yue’s group twelve piles of wine jars, and they sampled the different qualities.
• Zhou Yue’s group praised the wine, and Zhou Yue began setting prices for each quality.

Jiang Chen sold a large batch of spirit liquor to the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce for 8.7 billion spirit stones. Wan Tian and Zhou Yue planned to recover the money and kill Jiang Chen after selling the liquor, leaving Jiang Chen unaware of their full scheme as he returned to Jiang Manor.

• Jiang Chen and Zhou Yue agreed on a price of 8.7 billion spirit stones for the spirit liquor.
• Wan Tian arrived, inspected the liquor, and paid Jiang Chen the full amount; Jiang Chen promised not to sell liquor to anyone else for a year.
• Jiang Chen sensed hostility from Wan Tian and his companions after they left, then returned to Jiang Manor.
• Zhou Yue asked Wan Tian whether they should take action against Jiang Chen, and Wan Tian said he would wait until they had sold the liquor.
• Wan Tian told Zhou Yue that they would later reclaim the spirit stones and kill Jiang Chen to seize his other treasures.

Jiang Chen profited by selling pills while Wan Tian plotted to kill him and seize his wealth. Wan Tian invited Jiang Chen and other experts to join an expedition for Ninth-tier Yang Sheng Flowers, intending to attack Jiang Chen once they were outside the City of Sin.

• Jiang Chen opened a pill shop, sold high-quality pills, and earned tens of billions of spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen saved the spirit stones he had left to fund an attempt to reach the Martial Venerable Realm, Ninth Level.
• Wan Tian and Zhou Yue discussed killing Jiang Chen and taking his wealth after he sold more pills.
• Wan Tian arranged an expedition with other powers to seize the Ninth-tier spirit medicines and planned to use the trip to attack Jiang Chen.
• Zhou Yue invited Jiang Chen to accompany the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce to seize the Yang Sheng Flowers.

Zhou Yue invited Jiang Chen to join a dangerous expedition to obtain Ninth Order Yang Sheng Grass, while secretly intending to lure him out of the City of Sin. Jiang Chen accepted but prepared for a possible attack, raising his cultivation to the limit of Martial Venerable Realm, Eighth Level, and making additional preparations.

• Jiang Chen learned from Zhou Yue that Wanhe Chamber of Commerce had found more than a dozen Ninth Order Yang Sheng Flowers guarded by powerful Eighth-tier demonic beasts and wanted him to join the expedition.
• Zhou Yue praised Jiang Chen's strength and said the group would include Martial Saint Realm, Fourth Level, or stronger experts, while concealing Wanhe Chamber of Commerce's plan to ambush him outside the city.
• Jiang Chen agreed to meet the group at the southern gate of the City of Sin five days later, suspecting that Wanhe Chamber of Commerce had ulterior motives.
• After Zhou Yue left, Jiang Chen consumed tens of billions of spirit stones and brought his cultivation to the limit of Martial Venerable Realm, Eighth Level without breaking through.
• Jiang Chen prepared formation flags and refined pills in case he faced danger on the expedition.

Jiang Chen joined Wan Tian and fifteen other Martial Saint Realm experts at the southern gate of the City of Sin for their expedition, then clashed with Guo Chunsheng over arriving last. Guo Chunsheng moved to attack, but Wan Tian stopped him before the group set out.

• Jiang Chen arrived at the southern gate and found seventeen Martial Saint Realm experts waiting with Wan Tian.
• Wan Tian welcomed Jiang Chen, while Guo Chunsheng criticized him for being the last to arrive.
• Jiang Chen argued that he had not missed their agreed meeting time and refused to accept Guo Chunsheng's reprimand.
• Guo Chunsheng demanded that Jiang Chen kneel, and Jiang Chen warned that he had killed a fourth-level Martial Saint Realm expert before.
• Guo Chunsheng prepared to attack Jiang Chen, but Wan Tian intervened and told him to wait.

Wan Tian stopped Guo Chunsheng and Jiang Chen from fighting before their dangerous operation, while Jiang Chen and the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon discussed Wan Tian’s suspected hostility. Wan Tian introduced the assembled team, leaving the group ready to begin the expedition.

• Guo Chunsheng threatened to teach Jiang Chen a lesson, but Wan Tian banned infighting until the operation ended.
• Guo Chunsheng postponed his grudge against Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen dared him to come after the operation.
• Wan Tian silenced their renewed argument with his Martial Saint Realm, Sixth Level aura.
• Jiang Chen and the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon discussed Wan Tian’s concealed killing intent and Jiang Chen’s chances against him.
• Wan Tian introduced the operation’s members and their cultivation levels, including Jiang Chen as the sole representative of Jiang Manor.

Wan Tian led Jiang Chen and a group of Rogue Cultivators into the restricted zone to search for the Yang Sheng Flower, but they were surrounded by poisonous Gray Earth Spiders. As the group struggled to break through, Wan Tian considered sending everyone into the sky, while Jiang Chen remained calm and conserved his strength.

• Wan Tian introduced the cultivators, warned them about ninth-order demon beasts, and led the group out of the City of Sin.
• Jiang Chen learned that the restricted zone’s fog suppressed Spiritual Sense and that flying rapidly consumed true qi as the group traveled deeper.
• Wan Tian warned the group that they had reached an area populated by seventh- and eighth-order demon beasts.
• Gray Earth Spiders emerged from the ground and trees, and Wan Tian identified their numbing poison as a deadly threat if it weakened their combat strength.
• Wan Tian and the other Martial Saint Realm experts attacked the spiders, but their seemingly endless numbers pushed the group toward exhaustion.
• Wan Tian suggested flying into the sky if they could not hold out, while Guo Chunsheng warned that airborne demon beasts were even more dangerous and Jiang Chen stayed composed.

Jiang Chen stayed behind so Wan Tian and the others could escape, then used the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon to drive off the spiders and absorbed their blood essence to break through to the Martial Venerable Realm, Ninth Level. He planned to secretly follow Wan Tian’s group and let them face any dangers ahead.

• Jiang Chen volunteered to cover the rear while Wan Tian and the others fought their way out, and Wan Tian promised him two Yang Sheng Flowers if he survived.
• Jiang Chen summoned dozens of long swords and slaughtered the spiders as Wan Tian’s group escaped without looking back.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon emerged and frightened the spiders into scattering.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the blood essence from the spider corpses and advanced to the Martial Venerable Realm, Ninth Level.
• Jiang Chen decided to follow Wan Tian and the others in secret and use them to test the dangers ahead.

Jiang Chen secretly followed Wan Tian’s group to a valley where they planned to harvest Yang Sheng Flowers guarded by Golden Giant Apes. As the operation began, Jiang Chen disguised himself, struck the harvesters, and rushed to take the flowers for himself.

• Wan Tian’s group rested after escaping the demons and assumed Jiang Chen had died, while Jiang Chen followed them unseen.
• The group reached a valley with Yang Sheng Flowers and learned that ten eighth-tier Golden Giant Apes remained there.
• Jiang Chen disguised himself as a masked man in black and waited for a chance to seize the flowers.
• Wan Tian led a group to lure eight apes away while six others entered the valley to harvest the flowers.
• Four experts fought the two remaining apes as Guo Chunsheng and another man moved to collect the flowers.
• Jiang Chen ambushed the harvesters with a fist strike, sending one man flying, then rushed toward the Yang Sheng Flowers.

Jiang Chen disguised himself, defeated Guo Chunsheng, and seized the Yang Sheng Flower. As he tried to escape, the Golden Giant Apes and Guo Chunsheng’s group surrounded him.

• Jiang Chen ambushed Guo Chunsheng’s group and wounded one of his companions.
• Jiang Chen fought Guo Chunsheng, wounded him with his sword, and uprooted the Yang Sheng Flower.
• The Golden Giant Apes abandoned their fight with the other humans and attacked Jiang Chen, who clashed with one of them using Dragon Fist.
• Guo Chunsheng said his group would have to reclaim the flower, while Jiang Chen refused to surrender it and tried to leave.
• The human Martial Saint experts joined the Golden Giant Apes in surrounding Jiang Chen and blocking his escape.

Jiang Chen escaped with the Yang Sheng Flower after using Devouring Light Balls to delay the humans and Golden Giant Apes. The Monkey King returned, learned the flower had been stolen, and ordered his apes to kill the humans while leaving one alive.

• Guo Chunsheng persuaded the humans and Golden Giant Apes to join forces against Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen used Devouring Light Balls to escape with the Yang Sheng Flower.
• The Golden Giant Apes turned on Guo Chunsheng and the other humans, and one ape struck the injured Guo Chunsheng down.
• The Monkey King returned with two subordinates and blocked the humans’ escape, while the Golden Giant Apes killed Guo Chunsheng.
• A Golden Giant Ape blamed the humans for the stolen Yang Sheng Flower, and the Monkey King ordered his apes to kill them but spare one.

Wan Tian and the returning Human Race experts found the Golden Giant Apes confronting their group and learned that a mysterious masked man had taken the Yang Sheng Flowers. The Ape King refused to let them go, and the Humans escaped after a costly battle, leaving thirteen survivors.

• Wan Tian and the others returned to the valley and discovered that Guo Chunsheng had died and another Human Race expert had been injured.
• The Ape King demanded that the Humans return the Yang Sheng Flowers, but they explained that a black-clad, masked Martial Venerable Realm, Ninth Level expert had taken them.
• Wan Tian tried to negotiate with the Ape King, who rejected his offer and ordered the Golden Giant Apes to attack.
• The Human Race cultivators fought while retreating, and the Golden Giant Apes that had been lured away returned to join the battle.
• Wan Tian and the others escaped into another powerful Demon's territory after losing four more people, leaving thirteen survivors; the Golden Giant Apes ended their pursuit.

Wan Tian and the survivors debated whether the masked thief who took the Yang Sheng Flower was Jiang Chen, then agreed to return separately. Wan Tian planned to search for Jiang Chen, hoping to confirm whether he was dead and claim his wealth, while still intending to kill him if he survived.

• The survivors suspected Jiang Chen had stolen the Yang Sheng Flower, but the men who saw the masked thief said his appearance, aura, and techniques did not match Jiang Chen.
• Wan Tian argued that Jiang Chen could have disguised himself, altered his aura, and advanced to the Martial Venerable Realm, Ninth Level, while others questioned how he could have survived or found the flower without a route map.
• Wan Tian reassured the group that the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce had also suffered losses and told them they could return by their memorized route, avoiding the Gray Earth Spider nest.
• Wan Tian claimed the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce wanted to recover Jiang Chen's body out of gratitude, but privately intended to confirm his fate and seize his wealth.
• The other survivors agreed to split up and return to the City of Sin after daybreak, while Wan Tian's plan to kill Jiang Chen remained unresolved.

Wan Tian and his two remaining subordinates returned to the spider territory to search for Jiang Chen, only to find him alive and apparently injured. Jiang Chen concealed that he had stolen the Yang Sheng Flower and prepared to face the men who planned to take his wealth.

• Wan Tian decided to search for Jiang Chen's corpse or storage space, confident he could handle the spiders with a trump card.
• Using the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon to spy on them, Jiang Chen learned of Wan Tian's plan and waited in the spider territory pretending to be injured.
• Wan Tian and his two subordinates found Jiang Chen, and Wan Tian secretly positioned them to surround him.
• Jiang Chen acted delighted to see Wan Tian and claimed he knew nothing about the missing Yang Sheng Flower.
• Wan Tian directly accused Jiang Chen of being the masked man who stole the Yang Sheng Flower, but Jiang Chen denied it and kept his true cultivation hidden.

Jiang Chen exposed Wan Tian and the Wanhe Chamber of Commerce’s plan to kill him for his wealth, then revealed he had faked his injuries and taken the Yang Sheng Flower. Wan Tian ordered his two companions to attack Jiang Chen alongside him.

• Wan Tian admitted that he and the other Wanhe Chamber of Commerce experts had targeted Jiang Chen’s fortune and planned to kill him.
• Jiang Chen revealed he had never been injured and had known Wan Tian’s group would return for him.
• Jiang Chen confessed that he had taken the Yang Sheng Flower and said he intended to kill Wan Tian and his companions.
• Wan Tian dismissed Jiang Chen’s threat and ordered the three Martial Saint Realm experts to attack him together.