Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen cured Yuan Hongjie, accepted payment and a Yuantong Merchant Guild guest token, and became Yuan Hongjie's sworn elder brother. As they discussed the Genius Convention in Eternal City, Yuan Hongjie told him the Xia'an Imperial Dynasty was also recruiting an imperial son-in-law.

• Jiang Chen charged Yuan Hongjie two billion spirit stones, accepted his guest token, and was escorted out as Yuan Hongjie's honored guest.
• Jiang Chen refined more than thirty seventh-tier pills to suppress the Devil Race aura in Yuan Hongjie's body and instructed him to take one each day.
• Yuan Hongjie called Jiang Chen his sworn elder brother, and Jiang Chen agreed to the arrangement.
• Jiang Chen told Yuan Hongjie he planned to attend the Genius Convention in Eternal City, and Yuan Hongjie said he would travel only as far as Wantong City before going on business.
• Yuan Hongjie told Jiang Chen that the Xia'an Imperial Dynasty was recruiting a consort, with the top five Genius Convention participants eligible to become imperial son-in-law.

Jiang Chen learned from Yuan Hongjie about the rumored Ghost Ships in Beihai Prefecture before discovering a woman hiding in his room. She admitted she had followed the scent of pills, and the chapter left them confronting her suspected plan to steal them.

• Yuan Hongjie told Jiang Chen about the Genius Convention, Princess Mingyue, and the dangers of sea beasts and Ghost Ships.
• Jiang Chen questioned Yuan Hongjie about Ghost Ships, and Yuan Hongjie relayed what his one-eyed guard had experienced aboard one.
• Jiang Chen returned to his room, detected a woman's perfume, and forced a concealed woman out of a wardrobe.
• The woman said she had entered because she smelled pills, while Jiang Chen accused her of intending to steal them.

Jiang Chen drove off Ling Ding, a powerful woman who tried to steal his pills, and strengthened the restrictions on his room. Three days later, a vast, dilapidated ship appeared through the fog, and Yuan Hongjie asked Lei Yong whether it was the legendary Ghost Ship.

• Ling Ding attacked Jiang Chen to steal his pills, but he repelled her with his fist, Pill Fire, and Demonic Soul Blade.
• Ling Ding escaped using a strange substitution technique, introduced herself by name, and vanished.
• Jiang Chen added restrictions to his room and kept Ling Ding’s visit from the ship’s staff.
• On the fourth day, thick fog and dark clouds surrounded the merchant ship as a huge, unlit vessel with a skull flag appeared ahead.
• Yuan Hongjie asked Jiang Chen if the vessel was the Ghost Ship, then summoned Lei Yong to identify it.

Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie boarded the Ghost Ship and fought their way through its evil creatures as they followed a woman’s song deeper inside. They reached the third level, where the singing was coming from, but had not yet found its source.

• Despite Lei Yong’s warning, Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie boarded the Ghost Ship after hearing a woman singing from within.
• Bones rose from the deck, but Jiang Chen burned more than a hundred evil corpses with Pill Fire.
• Jiang Chen destroyed several hundred Yin Souls with his soul power while Yuan Hongjie stayed close behind him.
• Jiang Chen killed an Eighth Order Yin Snake with one blade strike and stored its corpse.
• Jiang Chen defeated a Martial Saint Realm, Seventh Level evil ghost with his Demonic Dragon Claw and Pill Fire, absorbing its remaining spiritual power.
• Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie reached the third level, where the singing grew closer.

Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie reached the Ghost Ship’s fourth level and discovered the Heart of the Demon, a Martial Sovereign Realm expert’s heart that commanded the ship’s evil creatures. Jiang Chen fought off the gathered horde and began killing its strongest guards, while the Heart of the Demon remained a major threat.

• Jiang Chen killed the Slit-Mouthed Woman on the third level and absorbed her spiritual energy before leading Yuan Hongjie down to the fourth level.
• Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie found a stone coffin, which opened to reveal the Heart of the Demon, a conscious heart with Martial Sovereign Realm, Second Level strength.
• The Heart of the Demon summoned its evil creatures, and large numbers of Martial Venerable Realm and Martial Saint Realm enemies gathered around Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie.
• Jiang Chen told Yuan Hongjie to handle the Martial Venerable Realm enemies while he took on the stronger foes, then attacked the horde with his dragon transformation, Pill Fire, and Demonic Soul Blade.
• Jiang Chen severed the tentacled monster’s limbs and dismembered it as the two-headed hound and the Heart of the Demon remained among the enemies.

Jiang Chen advanced to the Martial Saint Realm, Third Level, wiped out Demon Heart’s forces, and joined Long Fei to kill Demon Heart aboard the Ghost Ship. Afterward, Yuan Hongjie learned that Long Fei was Jiang Chen’s subordinate.

• Jiang Chen rapidly advanced after devouring the ghosts’ yin energy, then killed the two-headed hound and the remaining evil creatures.
• Demon Heart transformed into a towering monster and sent Jiang Chen crashing into a wall, but Jiang Chen emerged with only minor injuries.
• Jiang Chen summoned Long Fei, and the two fought Demon Heart while Yuan Hongjie stayed out of the battle.
• Long Fei restrained Demon Heart, allowing Jiang Chen to stab him with the Demonic Soul Blade and drain his demonic power until he died.
• Jiang Chen sent the exhausted Long Fei back to his small world, then told Yuan Hongjie that Long Fei was his subordinate.

Jiang Chen destroyed the Ghost Ship, split its treasure with Yuan Hongjie, and reached Wantong City after their voyage. Yuan Hongjie continued his business route, intending to meet Jiang Chen again at Eternal City for the Genius Convention.

• Jiang Chen told Yuan Hongjie that he belonged to Dragon Gate and proposed dividing the Ghost Ship’s treasure, taking eighty percent for himself.
• Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie found tens of billions of spirit stones and abundant materials, then split the spoils with Yuan Hongjie receiving twenty percent.
• Jiang Chen set the Ghost Ship ablaze, and the ship burned and sank after the surviving passengers escaped.
• Jiang Chen and Yuan Hongjie arrived at Wantong City after more than ten days at sea, and Yuan Hongjie said they would meet again in Eternal City.
• Yuan Hongjie ordered his guards to address Jiang Chen respectfully and praised his chances at the Genius Convention before continuing his journey.

Jiang Chen discovered that a Deep Sea Pearl being argued over in Wantong City contained a Dragon Pearl, and he tried to buy it for five hundred thousand spirit stones. A fat man then offered one million, leaving the sale unsettled.

• Jiang Chen entered Wantong City, sold a batch of contraband in the Black Market, and earned more than a billion spirit stones.
• Jiang Chen heard a young man argue with a vendor over a Deep Sea Pearl after the vendor had bought it from him for two hundred thousand spirit stones and priced it at five hundred thousand.
• Jiang Chen sensed Dragon Qi from the pearl, and the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon identified a Dragon Pearl hidden inside it.
• Jiang Chen offered the vendor five hundred thousand spirit stones for the Deep Sea Pearl, while the young man tried to claim it back.
• A fat man emerged from the crowd and offered one million spirit stones for the Deep Sea Pearl.

Jiang Chen competed with a Yingyi Sect hall master to buy a Deep Sea Pearl, ultimately paying two hundred million spirit stones. After failing to seize the pearl or defeat Jiang Chen with a soul attack, the hall master left planning to have him watched and killed later.

• A fat burly man offered ten million spirit stones for the Deep Sea Pearl, prompting the stall owner to accept the highest bid and Jiang Chen to raise his offer to fifty million.
• The pearl’s original owner tried to take it back, but the middle-aged stall owner struck him down and left him unconscious.
• The fat burly man raised his bid to one hundred million and threatened Jiang Chen, who countered with two hundred million and refused to back down despite the man identifying himself as a Yingyi Sect hall master.
• The fat burly man withdrew, and Jiang Chen paid the stall owner two hundred million spirit stones for the Deep Sea Pearl.
• The fat burly man launched a soul attack, but Jiang Chen countered it and injured him; the hall master left intending to have Jiang Chen watched and kill him later.

Jiang Chen revealed and absorbed a Blue Sea Dragon Pearl, raising his physical strength to the Martial Saint Realm, Fifth Level, then left Wantong City for Eternal City. Hall Master Shi and two Yingyi Sect experts pursued him, and Jiang Chen confronted them on the road.

• Hall Master Shi recovered from Jiang Chen's soul-power counterattack and recruited two Martial Saint Realm experts to help kill him.
• Jiang Chen stripped the coating from the Deep Sea Pearl and discovered it contained a Blue Sea Dragon Pearl from a Peak Eighth Order dragon.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the pearl's power, raising his physical strength from the Martial Saint Realm, Third Level, to the Fifth Level.
• Jiang Chen left Wantong City, and Hall Master Shi, Hall Master Zhao, and their other companion followed him to ambush him outside the city.
• Jiang Chen sensed the three pursuers and waited for them, then challenged Hall Master Shi's claim that he had been offended by the auction.

Jiang Chen killed three Yingyi Sect experts who had tried to seize his pearl, then prepared to leave before a veiled woman confronted him over the deaths. He dismissed her demand to face the authorities and warned her not to annoy him.

• Hall Master Shi ordered his companions to attack Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen's Magic Dragon's Hand injured all three at once.
• Hall Master Shi and Hall Master Zhao threatened Jiang Chen with revenge from the Yingyi Sect's sect master, but Jiang Chen refused to spare them.
• The three Yingyi Sect experts fled in different directions, and Jiang Chen killed them with three flying swords before collecting their corpses and wealth.
• A veiled woman emerged from hiding and demanded that Jiang Chen go with her to face the authorities.
• Jiang Chen argued that the men would have killed him if they had been stronger and warned the woman to leave him alone.

Jiang Chen clashed with a naive woman who insisted that the Xia'an Imperial Dynasty's laws should punish him, then learned that a ninth-grade Azure Sky Beast was pursuing her. The woman revealed that Murong Huang, the Great General's son, was after her, and Jiang Chen decided to hand her over to him.

• The woman demanded that Jiang Chen face the authorities for killing someone, but Jiang Chen mocked her faith in the law and tried to leave.
• The woman blocked Jiang Chen and attacked with Sword Qi, which Jiang Chen easily dispelled before flicking her forehead and walking away.
• A powerful beast roared nearby, and Jiang Chen recognized it as a ninth-grade demonic beast.
• The woman identified the beast as the Azure Sky Beast, Murong Huang's battle beast, and warned Jiang Chen that Murong Huang was a powerful Martial Sovereign.
• The woman admitted that Murong Huang was pursuing her because she had run away, and Jiang Chen decided to capture her and hand her over to him.

Jiang Chen agreed to help Princess Mingyue escape from Murong Huang in exchange for a Purple Lightning Stone, then carried her away as Murong Huang pursued. After Jiang Chen blocked Murong Huang’s arrow, he struck back with an enhanced Magic Dragon Fist.

• The woman offered Jiang Chen a Purple Lightning Stone to help her evade Murong Huang, and Jiang Chen accepted.
• Murong Huang found the woman and revealed she was Princess Mingyue, who had fled to avoid her arranged marriage.
• Jiang Chen picked up Princess Mingyue and flew away while Murong Huang and the Azure Sky Beast chased them.
• Murong Huang shot a Sky Desolation Arrow at Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen shattered it with Collapsing Fist.
• Jiang Chen unleashed a tenfold-enhanced Magic Dragon Fist, Sky Annihilation Strike, toward Murong Huang.

Jiang Chen knocked Murong Huang back and escaped with Princess Mingyue, then took shelter with her in the mountains for the night. He agreed to escort her to a city the next day, while she concealed her identity and introduced herself as Xia Yue.

• Jiang Chen struck Murong Huang with his Magic Dragon Hand, forcing the careless general back and giving Jiang Chen and Princess Mingyue time to flee.
• Murong Huang blamed the Azure Sky Beast for letting them escape, then pursued them in the direction it indicated.
• Jiang Chen changed course several times and used a Swift Wind Talisman before stopping in the mountains after Murong Huang failed to catch up.
• Jiang Chen made a fire and roasted meat in a mountainside shelter, while Princess Mingyue removed her veil and revealed that she wore a human-skin mask.
• Jiang Chen asked why Murong Huang was pursuing her, and Princess Mingyue refused to explain; Jiang Chen said he would take her to a city the next day and end their deal.
• Princess Mingyue told Jiang Chen about Murong Huang's status, then introduced herself as Xia Yue, and Jiang Chen gave her his name.

Jiang Chen agreed to escort Xia Yue to Moonfall City after she offered him a valuable ninth-tier material. They set out together, though Jiang Chen remained focused on his own journey to Eternal City for the Genius Convention.

• Jiang Chen told Xia Yue he was heading to Eternal City for the Genius Convention and had no interest in becoming Princess Mingyue’s consort.
• Jiang Chen and Xia Yue shared roasted meat, then rested through the night while he kept watch.
• At dawn, Jiang Chen refused Xia Yue’s request to travel with him until she offered to pay for his protection.
• Jiang Chen quoted five hundred million spirit stones per day to protect Xia Yue from Martial Sovereign Realm pursuers, and she chose to pay for an escort to Moonfall City.
• Xia Yue gave Jiang Chen another ninth-tier material, and he agreed to escort her safely to Moonfall City.

Jiang Chen and Xia Yue confronted He Chang'an and his guards after they shot arrows at their flying vessel. He Chang'an relied on his status as Tianshui City's Young City Lord and then leered at Xia Yue, while Jiang Chen and Xia Yue demanded an apology.

• Jiang Chen caught several arrows aimed at his flying vessel and steered toward the archers with Xia Yue.
• Jiang Chen and Xia Yue confronted the six archers, and He Chang'an admitted they had fired at them.
• Jiang Chen assessed the group and mocked He Chang'an for relying on his father, He Quan, the City Lord of Tianshui City.
• He Chang'an invoked his father's power, but Jiang Chen dismissed the threat, and Xia Yue demanded that the group apologize.
• He Chang'an leered at Xia Yue and suggested that he and his men would enjoy looking at her.

Jiang Chen defended Xia Yue from He Chang'an and killed He Chang'an’s five guards after they attacked him. He Chang'an lost his arrogance and begged Jiang Chen to let him go, warning that his father was a powerful Martial Saint and a member of the Xia'an Imperial Dynasty.

• He Chang'an threatened Xia Yue, and Jiang Chen struck him with a forceful slap from across the air.
• He Chang'an ordered his five guards to cripple Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen captured them with five Magic Dragon Hands.
• Jiang Chen crushed the guards and pierced their foreheads, killing all five and absorbing their vital energy.
• He Chang'an panicked and pleaded for his life, invoking his father’s power and offering to pretend the incident had never happened.

Jiang Chen forced He Chang'an to offer five billion spirit stones and five Ninth Order Demon Core Pills in exchange for his life, then took him to Tianshui City to collect the ransom. At the City Lord's Mansion, He Quan was discussing a Yan Hai Sect branch with one of its elders.

• Jiang Chen rejected He Chang'an's offers of one billion and five billion spirit stones until He Chang'an added five Ninth Order Demon Core Pills.
• Jiang Chen refused to let He Chang'an return home alone, sealed his cultivation, and said he would take him to Tianshui City to demand the ransom from He Quan.
• Jiang Chen called Xia Yue back onto the flying vessel and traveled to Tianshui City with He Chang'an.
• A Yan Hai Sect elder offered He Quan ten billion spirit stones each year and military assistance in exchange for permission to establish a branch sect in Tianshui City.

Yan Hai Sect won He Quan’s consent to establish a branch sect in Tianshui City in exchange for an annual payment of a billion spirit stones. Meanwhile, Jiang Chen entered the city with the captured He Chang'an and demanded to see the City Lord, leaving Man Yong stunned after losing a clash of fists.

• Elder Jian offered He Quan a billion spirit stones each year for Yan Hai Sect to establish a branch sect, and He Quan agreed.
• Jiang Chen entered Tianshui City with Xia Yue and the captive He Chang'an, pushing past soldiers who feared his strength.
• Man Yong arrived with other Martial Saint Realm experts and demanded that Jiang Chen release He Chang'an.
• Jiang Chen insisted that he wanted to see the City Lord and that He Chang'an would need to pay a ransom.
• Man Yong attacked Jiang Chen with Brute Force Fist, but Jiang Chen's punch knocked him backward and left him shocked.

Jiang Chen fought his way toward the Tianshui City City Lord's Mansion after demanding ransom for He Chang'an, killing General Man Yong and several other experts. He Quan and Elder Jian arrived with the City Lord's Mansion's elite forces, setting up a confrontation with Jiang Chen.

• Man Yong and three Martial Saint Realm experts attacked Jiang Chen, but his Magic Dragon Hand crushed them and left Man Yong gravely wounded.
• Jiang Chen killed Man Yong with his Demonic Soul Blade, and the remaining soldiers were too frightened to block his path.
• A subordinate told He Quan that Jiang Chen had captured He Chang'an and killed Man Yong, so He Quan left the mansion with Elder Jian of the Yan Hai Sect.
• Two more Martial Saint Realm experts attacked Jiang Chen on his way to the mansion, and Jiang Chen killed them both.
• He Quan and Elder Jian arrived with more than a dozen Martial Saint Realm experts, while He Chang'an called for his father to save him.