Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen killed Gu Wei after defeating him, and Gu Luan learned that his son’s killer was already an enemy of the Yin Corpse Sect. Gu Luan led one hundred Martial Saint Realm experts into the Black Yin Secret Realm to hunt Jiang Chen.

• Jiang Chen refused to spare Gu Wei and killed him with a palm strike.
• Gu Wei’s soul jade tablet shattered, alerting the Yin Corpse Sect to his death.
• Gu Luan learned that Jiang Chen had killed his son and ordered an investigation into Jiang Chen’s identity.
• After learning Jiang Chen was already on the Yin Corpse Sect’s kill list, Gu Luan took one hundred Martial Saint Realm experts into the Black Yin Secret Realm.
• The chapter explained how the Yin Corpse Sect used the Black Yin Secret Realm to turn corpses into Yin Corpses and refine them into Corpse Puppets.

Jiang Chen fought his way to the valley where Mo Qingyan was trapped, bringing Dan Qin and An Qing with him before sending them into his small world. Inside, the Mission Hall survivors prepared for one final attempt to escape, unaware that Jiang Chen had reached the valley.

• Gu Luan led Yin Corpse Sect Martial Saint experts into the Black Yin Secret Realm, where they began killing geniuses they encountered.
• Jiang Chen rescued Dan Qin and An Qing after killing Gu Wei, then continued toward Mo Qingyan and battled his way through powerful beings along the route.
• Jiang Chen reached the valley, discovered thousands of yin corpses within it, and sent Dan Qin and An Qing into his small-world treasure before entering with Lang Heng.
• The trapped Mission Hall geniuses, led by Mo Qingling, stopped reinforcing their sealing formation and prepared to fight their way out when it broke.
• Mo Qingling asked Mo Qingyan whether she thought Jiang Chen would come, and Mo Qingyan admitted she did not know if he was alive or could reach them.

Jiang Chen fought through the Corpse Swarm in the valley and faced four Eighth-Order Corpse Kings while Lang Heng went to assist the trapped Mission Hall geniuses. The Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King helped the group, who were startled when it identified them as Mission Hall geniuses.

• Mo Qingling and Mo Qingyan admitted that they had little hope of being rescued from the Black Yin Secret Realm.
• Jiang Chen entered the valley with Lang Heng, drained yin power from the Corpse Swarm, and subdued many of them.
• Four Eighth-Order Corpse Kings appeared, while the Corpse Swarm broke the seal gate and the Mission Hall group escaped.
• Jiang Chen ordered Lang Heng to help the Mission Hall geniuses and battled all four Corpse Kings alone.
• The Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King drove back the Corpse Swarm attacking the group and told them it had come to help.
• The Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King asked whether they were the geniuses from the Mission Hall.

Jiang Chen sent the Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King to rescue the Mission Hall geniuses while he fought four eighth-order Yin Corpses. After the group escaped the valley, Jiang Chen and Lang Heng subdued the remaining Yin Corpses and prepared to meet them outside.

• The Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King told Mo Qingling and the other Mission Hall geniuses that Jiang Chen had come to rescue them, then led them through the Yin Corpses to safety.
• The Mission Hall geniuses saw Jiang Chen suppressing four eighth-order Yin Corpses and followed the Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King out of the valley.
• The Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King escorted the group to a concealed place, then returned to help Jiang Chen fight the remaining Yin Corpses.
• Jiang Chen defeated the four eighth-order Yin Corpses and, with the Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King's help, subdued the rest of the valley's Yin Corpses.
• Jiang Chen collected the sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-order Yin Corpses, bringing his total stockpile to roughly 5,000, and set off with Lang Heng to meet the Mission Hall geniuses.

Jiang Chen emerged from the valley with the Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King and reunited with the Mission Hall geniuses he had rescued. After explaining that the Yin Corpse Sect controlled the secret realm and might seek revenge, he declined Mo Qingling’s invitation to join the Mission Hall and prepared to lead everyone out.

• Jiang Chen came out of the valley with the Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King, and the Mission Hall geniuses thanked him for saving them.
• Jiang Chen confirmed that he had dealt with the Yin Corpses, then learned from Mo Qingyan that she had arranged for the Great Zhou Dynasty’s Mission Hall to protect his Jiang Family.
• Jiang Chen offered to guide the rescued geniuses to safety if they followed his arrangements and warned them that the Yin Corpse Sect might retaliate against him.
• Mo Qingling invited Jiang Chen to join the Mission Hall for protection, but Jiang Chen refused because he wanted to remain independent.

The Yin Corpse Sect slaughtered Martial Venerable prodigies in the Black Yin Secret Realm while searching for Jiang Chen, provoking anger among the major factions. Outside the realm, the Mission Hall learned that Mo Qingling and the others had been rescued and were with Jiang Chen.

• Yin Corpse Sect experts killed hundreds of prodigies and interrogated survivors about Jiang Chen's whereabouts.
• Factions outside the Black Yin Secret Realm blamed Jiang Chen and urged their disciples to withdraw.
• Elder Lei of the Tian Lei Sect condemned the Yin Corpse Sect's growing aggression and planned to report the killings.
• The Five Great Sects became enraged after learning their prodigies had also died in the realm.
• A Mission Hall disciple told Elder Ma that Mo Qingling and the others had been rescued by Jiang Chen and were currently with him.

Jiang Chen and the Mission Hall geniuses encountered Hu Wenhao and three other Yin Corpse Sect Martial Saints as they headed for the exit. Jiang Chen killed all four, but a large force of Yin Corpse Sect experts soon surrounded them.

• Elder Ma decided the Mission Hall geniuses should stay with Jiang Chen because the Yin Corpse Sect was hunting him and them.
• Jiang Chen led the geniuses toward the exit, defeating Yin Corpses and demon beasts along the way.
• Hu Wenhao and three Yin Corpse Sect Martial Saints confronted Jiang Chen and ordered their forces to kill everyone.
• Jiang Chen entered Demonic State and killed Hu Wenhao and the other three Martial Saints before they could release their Refined Corpses.
• Jiang Chen collected the fallen experts' blood-qi, spoils, and corpses, then sensed a large number of Martial Saint auras surrounding the group.

Jiang Chen and the Mission Hall prodigies were surrounded by Yin Corpse Sect experts led by Gu Luan, who sought revenge for his son. Jiang Chen sent the others and Lang Heng into his small-world treasure and prepared to face Gu Luan alone.

• Jiang Chen sensed Yin Corpse Sect experts closing in and told Mo Qingling that they were surrounded on every side.
• Gu Luan arrived with Martial Saint Realm experts and threatened to torture and kill Jiang Chen for killing his son.
• Jiang Chen defied Gu Luan and revealed his small-world treasure to shelter Mo Qingyan and the other Mission Hall prodigies.
• Jiang Chen sent Lang Heng into the small world as well, refusing to let the Blue Patterned Dragon Wolf King risk the battle.
• Jiang Chen faced Gu Luan alone and challenged him to prove he could kill him.

Jiang Chen used the Yin Corpse Sect’s attack to defeat and kill several Martial Saint experts, then absorbed their blood-qi to advance to the Martial Saint Realm, First Level. Gu Luan responded by ordering everyone to attack Jiang Chen together.

• Gu Luan attacked Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen blocked his strike with the Dragon King Fist.
• Jiang Chen used the Evil Demon Eye to restrain Gu Luan and nearby Martial Saint experts, then killed many of them with controlled blades and swords.
• Jiang Chen dodged Gu Luan’s next attack and used eighth-tier spirit talismans to buy time.
• Jiang Chen devoured the dead experts’ blood-qi and spiritual energy, advancing to the Martial Saint Realm, First Level.
• Gu Luan ordered the Yin Corpse Sect experts to attack Jiang Chen together.

Jiang Chen burned the Yin Corpse Sect experts’ Refined Corpses with Pill Fire, then held off Gu Luan’s attack. He detonated more than a hundred corpses to cover his escape, and Gu Luan led the sect experts in pursuit.

• The Yin Corpse Sect experts sent their Eighth Order Refined Corpses after Jiang Chen, who burned them with Pill Fire and severed their control over them.
• Gu Luan attacked Jiang Chen with a spear, but Jiang Chen’s enhanced Demonic Soul Slash and Sky Annihilation Strike blocked the thrust while leaving him at a disadvantage.
• Jiang Chen summoned and controlled more than a hundred corpses, then detonated them among the Yin Corpse Sect experts.
• The blasts injured several experts and obscured their view, allowing Jiang Chen to flee.
• Gu Luan roared for the Yin Corpse Sect experts to chase Jiang Chen and led the pursuit.

Jiang Chen raced toward the exit of the Black Yin Secret Realm while Gu Luan pursued him, but the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon refused to lend him strength. Jiang Chen turned to fight and wounded Gu Luan with a powerful blade strike, leaving his escape uncertain.

• Jiang Chen crossed the river through the Black Winged Nether Fish, but Gu Luan caught up and struck him, sending him flying and leaving him injured.
• Jiang Chen continued toward the exit and asked the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon for help, but it refused and told him to face the danger himself.
• Jiang Chen decided to ambush Gu Luan with a charged Draw Sword Slash, planning to use the Myriad Corpse Grand Formation to cover his escape.
• Jiang Chen combined Draw Sword Slash with a twentyfold Sky Annihilation Strike and struck Gu Luan with overwhelming force.
• Gu Luan blocked with his spear but was sent flying, and the blade aura deeply wounded both his arms.

Jiang Chen escaped Gu Luan by trapping him in a formation of yin corpses and fleeing through the Black Yin Secret Realm’s exit. Outside, he warned the gathered factions about the Yin Corpse Sect, then attacked an accuser and revealed that he had reached the Martial Saint Realm.

• Jiang Chen wounded Gu Luan, then used over a thousand yin corpses to trap him in the Myriad Corpse Grand Formation and escape.
• Gu Luan broke through the formation and pursued Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen reached the black vortex and left the secret realm.
• Gu Luan stopped at the vortex, wary of being attacked by the powerful experts waiting outside, and decided to wait for the other Yin Corpse Sect experts.
• Jiang Chen emerged from the Black Yin Secret Realm and warned the gathered cultivators that Yin Corpse Sect experts might follow him out.
• A Martial Saint Realm expert accused Jiang Chen of causing the deaths of their factions’ geniuses, so Jiang Chen struck him with the Magic Dragon Hand and smashed him into the ground.
• The surrounding cultivators realized that Jiang Chen had reached the Martial Saint Realm.

Jiang Chen killed Elder Luan Yun and faced Cheng Lian and six other Purple Cloud Sect powerhouses, who came to avenge their fallen disciples. He overwhelmed their coordinated attack, leaving all seven wounded and blasted backward.

• Jiang Chen revealed his Martial Saint Realm cultivation and killed Elder Luan Yun with one slap.
• Cheng Lian arrived with six Purple Cloud Sect powerhouses and accused Jiang Chen of killing their disciples, including while disguised as Long Chen.
• Elder Ma chose not to intervene on the Mission Hall’s behalf, noting that Mo Qingling and the others were still alive and sensing that Jiang Chen was dangerous.
• Jiang Chen admitted he had been Long Chen and warned Cheng Lian’s group to leave, while keeping Azure Flood Dragon concealed as a trump card.
• Cheng Lian ordered his six companions to attack Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen’s Demonic Soul Slash shattered their techniques and blasted all seven away, leaving them spitting blood.

Jiang Chen faced a coalition of sect experts, but Xu Li and more than thirty Martial Saint Realm cultivators came to his defense. Gu Luan then emerged from the Black Yin Secret Realm with more than fifty Yin Corpse Sect experts, including a Martial Sovereign Realm expert, as the confrontation escalated.

• Jiang Chen wounded Cheng Lian and the Purple Cloud Sect experts, then prepared to finish them off before Elder Lei blocked his attack.
• Elder Lei and the Five Great Sects of Nanyuan Prefecture declared that they would kill Jiang Chen, and seventy or eighty Martial Saint Realm experts surrounded him.
• Jiang Chen summoned Xu Li and more than thirty Martial Saint Realm experts, who announced that they would protect him because he had helped them leave the City of Sin.
• Gu Luan emerged from the Black Yin Secret Realm with more than fifty Yin Corpse Sect experts after sensing that Jiang Chen was still outside and no Martial Sovereign Realm expert was present.

Gu Luan allied the Yin Corpse Sect with the Five Great Sects to kill Jiang Chen, but the Azure Flood Dragon revealed its power and attacked their enemies. The battle erupted, and Gu Luan was left injured in a crater after the dragon struck him.

• Gu Luan emerged and confronted Jiang Chen, while the Five Great Sects and the Yin Corpse Sect agreed to join forces against him.
• Xu Li and the others refused to abandon Jiang Chen, and Gu Luan prepared to attack them.
• The Azure Flood Dragon revealed its Ninth Order aura and transformed, shocking the gathered cultivators.
• The Azure Flood Dragon unleashed flames on Jiang Chen's enemies, and Jiang Chen, Xu Li, and the others joined the battle.
• Gu Luan tried to attack Jiang Chen amid the chaos, but the Azure Flood Dragon struck him with its tail and sent him crashing into a crater.

Jiang Chen and his allies defeated the hostile sects after the Azure Flood Dragon killed Bone Luan, and Jiang Chen collected spoils and strengthened his body. He then reunited the Mission Hall’s rescued geniuses with Elder Ma and demanded the promised reward.

• Bone Luan summoned Refined Corpses to attack the Azure Flood Dragon, but the dragon killed and ate him.
• The Azure Flood Dragon wiped out most of the Yin Corpse Sect’s experts and attacked the other hostile forces, leaving only a few survivors before departing.
• Jiang Chen absorbed blood-qi from the battlefield to temper his body to Martial Saint Realm, Third Level, then collected storage bags and corpses.
• Jiang Chen met Elder Ma and confirmed that the Mission Hall’s geniuses were safe and that the promised reward still stood.
• Jiang Chen released the rescued geniuses from his Small World Treasure and calculated a reward of sixteen billion five hundred million spirit stones for thirty-three people, waiving the fee for Mo Qingyan.

Jiang Chen reunited with Mo Qingyan and the Mission Hall disciples after rescuing them from the Black Yin Secret Realm, then recounted his escape from the Yin Corpse Sect while hiding his connection to the Azure Flood Dragon. After declining Mo Qingyan’s invitation to join the Mission Hall and receiving spirit stones, Jiang Chen asked to speak with her privately.

• Elder Ma welcomed Jiang Chen and left him to talk with Mo Qingyan and the rescued Mission Hall disciples.
• Mo Qingling and the other disciples thanked Jiang Chen, who told them the Yin Corpse Sect’s people had all died and explained how he had escaped.
• Mo Qingyan invited Jiang Chen to join the Mission Hall for protection, but he declined because he intended to face the retaliation himself and establish his own force.
• Elder Ma warned Jiang Chen that the surviving forces might blame him for their losses, and Jiang Chen concealed his connection to the Azure Flood Dragon.
• Elder Ma gave Jiang Chen the prepared spirit stones and bid him farewell, but Jiang Chen asked to speak privately with Mo Qingyan.

Jiang Chen gave Mo Qingyan, Dan Qin, and An Qing valuable pills and spirit medicines before helping Dan Qin and An Qing avoid a forced marriage alliance by taking them along. After Jiang Chen left the battlefield, the Yin Corpse Sect's Nanyuan Prefecture sect master, Shi Lei, learned of the heavy losses and swore to kill him.

• Jiang Chen gave Mo Qingyan seventh-grade Spirit-Nourishing Pills and rare spirit medicines, and she left with the Mission Hall after they said goodbye.
• Jiang Chen gave Dan Qin and An Qing pills, then learned the Peach Cloud Sect planned to marry them off to disciples of the Great Yan Sect.
• Jiang Chen agreed to shelter Dan Qin and An Qing, and left the battlefield with them, Xu Li, and the others.
• Powerful experts arrived after Jiang Chen's group departed and found the battlefield strewn with mutilated corpses.
• Shi Lei, the Yin Corpse Sect's Nanyuan Prefecture sect master, raged over Gu Luan's death and the loss of more than a hundred Martial Saint Realm experts, and vowed to kill Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen led his allies to the Purple Cloud Sect to settle the score, while the Yin Corpse Sect secretly searched for him and dismissed the possibility that the Azure Flood Dragon had helped him. After Jiang Chen overwhelmed the Purple Cloud Sect’s defenders, Cloud Xingzi tried to negotiate a truce.

• Shi Lei ordered the Yin Corpse Sect to secretly investigate Jiang Chen’s whereabouts and said he would kill him himself.
• Jiang Chen and his group arrived at the Purple Cloud Sect and killed the gatekeepers after they refused to let them pass.
• Jiang Chen’s attack shattered the Purple Cloud Sect’s mountain gate and brought its disciples and elders running out.
• Cloud Xingzi confronted Jiang Chen, but backed down after seeing the strength of Jiang Chen’s allies.
• Cloud Xingzi recognized Jiang Chen and asked him to wipe the slate clean, citing the Purple Cloud Sect’s losses.

Jiang Chen forced the Purple Cloud Sect to disband, stripped it of its wealth, and destroyed its headquarters. He then established Dragon Gate in a remote valley and helped Xu Li break through to the Martial Sovereign Realm.

• Jiang Chen demanded that the Purple Cloud Sect disband or face destruction, and Yun Xingzi agreed to his terms.
• Jiang Chen made the sect members surrender their wealth and swear not to rebuild, while Yun Xingzi and the other Martial Saint Realm experts took Discipline Dispersion Pills that erased their cultivation.
• Jiang Chen and his allies destroyed the Purple Cloud Sect's headquarters, and news of its fall spread fear among the forces of Nanyuan Prefecture.
• Jiang Chen established Dragon Gate in a remote valley, appointed Xu Li Deputy Gate Master, and ordered the group to recruit talented disciples discreetly.
• Jiang Chen refined pills from valuable treasures and helped Xu Li advance to the First Level of the Martial Sovereign Realm.