Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chuan and his teammates returned from killing Immortal Slaughter Divine Cult members, and he brought home a Wild Boar Demonic Beast corpse and weapon fragments. After reporting their finds and collecting pills, Jiang Chuan began refining his bones, which turned golden, but someone interrupted his cultivation.

• Liao Yao questioned Jiang Chuan and his teammates, then approved their return to the position and used his Purple Lightning Wings to carry them and the Wild Boar Demonic Beast corpse.
• Jiang Chuan collected his pills from Qu Shi and arranged for the school to reforge his weapon fragments into a new great spear.
• Kang Bo skinned the Wild Boar Demonic Beast while Jiang Chuan took its tusks and Song Zhiyan claimed its hide.
• Jiang Chuan swallowed a White Cloud Bone Refining Pill and cultivated until the bones in his upper body turned golden.
• Jiang Chuan prepared to take another pill, but someone knocked on the vehicle window.

Jiang Chuan received a newly forged spear and strengthened his bones while preparing for the advance toward Changcheng. When the battle against the Sparrow Demon King began, artillery fire met little resistance, and Qu Shi issued another order over the radio.

• Jiang Chuan collected a spear made from jade iron, crystal ore, and wild boar tusks, then found that its spearhead amplified Falling Cloud Thunder by thirty to forty percent.
• Jiang Chuan ate roasted wild boar and used a White Cloud Bone Refining Pill to finish tempering the bones throughout his body.
• Jiang Chuan's team killed a Third Realm Tiger Demon, and Qu Shi announced that the forces would advance toward Changcheng and might face attacks from the Sparrow Demon King's Avian Demonic Beasts.
• The military supplied Jiang Chuan's position with machine guns and anti-aircraft guns in preparation for a major battle.
• Jiang Chuan and the other combat teams fired artillery into the forest, but the Sparrow Demon King's forces did not launch a counterattack.
• Qu Shi addressed all combat teams over the Military Radio again.

While the military paused its advance against the Sparrow Demon King, Jiang Chuan strengthened his origin with a Golden Thread White Jade Fruit and used a Black Bamboo Joint to uncover a new understanding of Wrath of the Firmament. As the latest combat order arrived, he had finished absorbing the bamboo’s energy but had yet to test his theory about summoning lightning.

• Qu Shi announced that the military had halted the offensive for an emergency meeting, and Jiang Chuan’s team discussed the danger of being surrounded in the mountains.
• Jiang Chuan ate a Golden Thread White Jade Fruit, strengthening his body and Yin Spirit.
• Jiang Chuan absorbed the Black Bamboo Joint’s yin-attributed energy, turning his Wrath of the Firmament spiritual power black and stirring Falling Cloud Thunder.
• Jiang Chuan concluded that Wrath of the Firmament combined yin and yang to form Magnetic and Electric Fields, which could draw lightning from heaven and earth.
• By dusk, Jiang Chuan had absorbed all the bamboo’s energy and joined Kang Bo, Song Zhiyan, Meng Nanxi, and Song Zhiyi for dinner.
• Qu Shi announced over the Military Radio that the latest Combat Order was being issued.

As the military withdrew from its position, the Sparrow Demon King launched a sudden multi-pronged assault, catching the retreating troops before they could redeploy their weapons. Jiang Chuan and his companions fought off diving Bird Demons from a speeding truck as the attack threatened to trap them between the enemy forces.

• Qu Shi announced the military's plan to retreat fifteen kilometers and mine the position, believing the Sparrow Demon King intended a night attack.
• The Sparrow Demon King launched an immediate assault, forcing Ji Xuan, Qu Shi, and Leng Zhengyu to defend the position while the troops withdrew.
• Meng Nanxi realized the attacks from both flanks could be intended to surround the retreating troops, just as the Sparrow Demon King appeared and clashed with a Five-Colored Light.
• Wei Beishan sped away in the truck as Bird Demons attacked from the sky, and Jiang Chuan and his companions used Type 99 General Purpose Machine Guns to defend it.
• Bird Demons targeted the truck's wheels, and Jiang Chuan grabbed the spearhead from his Wooden Box to fight them at close range.

After Bird Demons forced Jiang Chuan’s group to retreat to their original position, a Demon Beast assault drove him into a desperate fight against a Fifth-Realm giant ape. He escaped the ape’s Crimson Flame by diving into the Magnolia River, only to discover that it was full of enormous crocodiles.

• Jiang Chuan and the others returned to their original position after their carriage was damaged, then prepared to defend the fortifications while awaiting reinforcements.
• A giant Tiger Demon knocked the Bloodthirsty Demonic Tree aside, allowing Demon Beasts to charge the position, and Jiang Chuan joined the fight.
• Jiang Chuan killed several Demon Beasts, but a towering Fifth-Realm giant ape began pursuing him with Crimson Flame.
• Meng Nanxi saved Jiang Chuan from a black python, then helped him flee before he led the giant ape away from her.
• Jiang Chuan dodged the ape’s flames and plunged into the Magnolia River, where he discovered enormous crocodiles in the current.

Jiang Chuan escaped the dead crocodile and found himself in a dangerous forest near the Magnolia River. He experimented with combining Wrath of the Firmament and Falling Cloud Thunder, creating a powerful lightning attack, and continued upstream with newfound confidence.

• Jiang Chuan killed the crocodile that had swallowed him, waited until the giant ape’s waves carried him away, and cut his way out at dawn.
• Jiang Chuan recognized that the river had carried him into the Sparrow Demon King’s territory and headed upstream to escape the dangerous region.
• Jiang Chuan encountered a fourth-realm purple lion, which chose to flee rather than fight him.
• Jiang Chuan combined Wrath of the Firmament’s pitch-black spiritual power with Falling Cloud Thunder to draw Thunder Transcendent Factors and summon lightning.
• Jiang Chuan gathered twelve lightning bolts onto his great lance and blasted a thirty-meter-long path through the forest, then wondered what to name the ability.

Jiang Chuan was caught in the clash between the White Peacock Demon King and Chu Shengjie, but used his Divine Sense and lance to survive being hurled into a basin. He found Earth Dragon Flowers there, only to discover that a demon beast was guarding them underground.

• Jiang Chuan named his new divine ability Wind Rises Thunder Clouds Surge and spotted the White Peacock Demon King chasing Chu Shengjie toward him.
• Jiang Chuan fled into the forest, but an uprooted tree struck him and sent him flying toward a basin.
• Jiang Chuan used Flood Dragon Python Entanglement to grab the falling tree, then used Divine Arrow Strike to break apart debris as he landed.
• Jiang Chuan found more than ten Earth Dragon Flowers and realized that holes around them suggested a demon beast claimed the area.
• A roar sounded, and a blackish-gray object flew out of an underground hole before Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan survived in the basin, defeated a swarm of regenerating Gray Earthworms, and gathered Earth Dragon Flowers before encountering a powerful Big Rooster. He proposed joining forces to loot the Sparrow Demon King's Cave Dwelling, but the Big Rooster flew off alone, so Jiang Chuan chased after it.

• Meng Nanxi and Qu Shi discussed the search for Jiang Chuan, while Wang Mi said ten drones were enough to search the Magnolia River.
• Jiang Chuan used lightning to destroy the Gray Earthworms after his blade attacks caused them to multiply, then uprooted the Earth Dragon Flowers and packed them away.
• A Big Rooster accused Jiang Chuan of wiping out the Gray Earthworm clan and demanded compensation.
• Jiang Chuan proposed that he and the Big Rooster loot the Sparrow Demon King's Cave Dwelling together.
• The Big Rooster flew off to loot the cave alone, and Jiang Chuan cursed and pursued it with his great lance.

Jiang Chuan exploited Big Rooster’s battle with Hu Xiang to infiltrate the Sparrow Demon King’s lair and discover the remains of an ancient sect. He found cultivation inscriptions and medicinal baths, but the Sparrow Demon King’s offspring attacked him before he could explore further.

• Jiang Chuan caught up with Big Rooster fighting the injured Tiger Demon Hu Xiang, but Big Rooster fled when it began to lose.
• Jiang Chuan used Spirit Confusing Smoke to put the valley’s demon beasts to sleep and rushed into the Sparrow Demon King’s cave.
• Jiang Chuan recognized the cave as a possible ancient sect and photographed the Bird Script carved on a damaged Rock Wall.
• Jiang Chuan found a huge pill furnace and colorful medicinal hot springs surrounding an enormous bird nest.
• A black Bird Demon flew out of the nest and charged at Jiang Chuan at incredible speed.

Jiang Chuan killed the Sparrow Demon King's offspring and searched the king's nest, where he consumed mysterious Azure Liquid and found the Heavenly River Scripture and an intact black saber. He continued searching for treasure while tempering his blood, knowing the Tiger Demon might return at any moment.

• In the Command Room, Meng Nanxi recognized the sleeping demon beasts as Jiang Chuan's work, and Ji Xuan and Qu Shi reacted with shock at his boldness.
• Jiang Chuan used Divine Arrow Strike and Wind Rises Thunder Clouds Surge to kill the Sparrow Demon King's offspring, despite its warning that its father would seek revenge.
• Jiang Chuan entered the Sparrow Demon King's nest and consumed the floating Azure Liquid, which joined his spiritual power and Earth Dragon Flower's medicinal force to temper his blood.
• Jiang Chuan found and memorized the Heavenly River Scripture, a technique said to command all waters and annihilate the cosmos.
• Jiang Chuan discovered an intact black saber, sheathed it at his waist, and continued searching the nest, where he spotted a chest.

Jiang Chuan discovered a North Sea Realm-marked box in the Sparrow Demon King's lair, then was caught by Hu Xiang as he tried to escape. Empowered by Azure Liquid, Jiang Chuan prepared to fight Hu Xiang and the valley's demons after revealing that he had killed the Sparrow Demon King's offspring.

• Jiang Chuan found a crimson-gold box bearing the North Sea Realm emblem and discovered a piece of black wood inside.
• Hu Xiang returned to the valley, realized Jiang Chuan had tricked the sleeping demons, and woke them as Jiang Chuan reached the cave entrance.
• At the Military Frontline Position, Ji Xuan and Qu Shi learned that Hu Xiang had returned, while Meng Nanxi worried about Jiang Chuan.
• As Jiang Chuan walked toward the entrance, the Azure Liquid transformed his body, enlarged his Yin Spirit, and strengthened his Divine Sense.
• Jiang Chuan emerged from the cave and told Hu Xiang that the Sparrow Demon King's offspring had gone to the underworld, prompting Hu Xiang to order the demons to tear him apart.

Jiang Chuan battled through a horde of demonic beasts, mastering the combined power of his spear techniques and lightning abilities. After Hu Xiang sent the beasts aside and charged at him, Jiang Chuan faced the three-legged tiger demon directly.

• Qu Shi, Ji Xuan, and Meng Nanxi watched Jiang Chuan fight the demonic beasts and wondered how he had become so powerful without forging a Dao Foundation.
• Jiang Chuan used the Kui Niu Divine Spear and lightning attacks to kill wave after wave of demonic beasts.
• Jiang Chuan deepened his understanding of the spear technique and cultivation abilities, unleashing Snow Dance Long Lightning and an explosive Spinning Thunder Sound.
• Hu Xiang ordered the demonic beasts to retreat, then landed before Jiang Chuan and demanded his name.
• Jiang Chuan taunted Hu Xiang, who charged at him at astonishing speed.

Jiang Chuan fought Hu Xiang alone, using lightning, Divine Sense, and the Black Horizontal Saber to kill the powerful demonic beast despite suffering severe injuries. With Hu Xiang dead and Leng Zhengyu still absent, Jiang Chuan faced the demonic beasts that remained.

• Qu Shi and Ji Xuan worried that Hu Xiang’s attack would kill Jiang Chuan before Leng Zhengyu could arrive.
• Jiang Chuan blinded Hu Xiang’s remaining eye with the Blood-Patterned Iron Sword, but Hu Xiang broke his spear shaft and wounded him with its gales.
• Jiang Chuan drew the Black Horizontal Saber and cut through Hu Xiang’s claw with a powerful saber strike.
• Jiang Chuan gathered twenty-eight bolts of lightning into the spearhead and unleashed a Thunder Light Pillar that destroyed most of Hu Xiang’s body and killed it.
• Jiang Chuan climbed down from the Rock Wall and challenged the demonic beasts behind Hu Xiang as lightning descended around him.

Jiang Chuan killed Hu Xiang and the remaining demonic beasts before returning to the Frontline Position, where he revealed a Crimson Gold Box containing a fragment of the Sun God Tree and its True Sun Fire. After reporting the Sparrow Demon King's suspected alliance with the North Sea Realm, Jiang Chuan underwent an examination and received two unusual orders from Ji Xuan.

• Jiang Chuan killed the heavily injured Hu Xiang, then Leng Zhengyu froze most of the other demonic beasts and Jiang Chuan wiped out the rest.
• Leng Zhengyu brought Jiang Chuan back to the Frontline Position, where Ji Xuan urged him to join the military and Qu Shi told him to focus on studying.
• Jiang Chuan showed the Crimson Gold Box and suspected the Sparrow Demon King had colluded with the North Sea Realm against Great Xia.
• Qu Shi identified the charred wood in the box as a fragment of the Sun God Tree and revealed its True Sun Fire.
• Ji Xuan and Leng Zhengyu left to report the discovery, while Qu Shi examined Jiang Chuan; after the examination, Jiang Chuan received two unusual orders from Ji Xuan.

Jiang Chuan returned to Nandu First People's Hospital to recover from serious injuries, while his friends visited and told him the front-line campaign had ended. A military officer arrived at the hospital asking for Jiang Chuan, leaving the purpose of the visit unknown.

• Jiang Chuan learned that Commander Ji Xuan had sent him to recuperate under the excuse that he caught a chill, and he asked Qu Shi to thank Ji Xuan and his whole family.
• Jiang Chuan sold most of his Earth Dragon Flowers to Song Zhiyi, Song Zhiyan, and Kang Bo before heading to the hospital.
• Doctor Lai Qingfeng reviewed Jiang Chuan's extensive injuries and gave him fifty medicines, and the Director stayed with Jiang Chuan despite squeezing him on the hospital bed.
• Meng Nanxi told Jiang Chuan that the army had taken the Sparrow Demon King's Territory, driven off the Purple Lion Demon King, advanced to Changcheng, and then withdrawn to Nandu City.
• Kang Bo said Zhang Lingyun had captured the injured grandson of the Purple Lion Demon King and received a Nine Treasures Golden Core.
• A middle-aged military officer came to Jiang Chuan's hospital room and asked whether he was the class monitor of Elite Class 1.

Jiang Chuan received a jar of Tiger Bone Jade Dew Wine made from Hu Xiang’s corpse and learned how spiritual items and other factors could help cultivators forge Dao Foundations. As Meng Nanxi prepared to reveal her own Foundation Establishment Spiritual Item, Jiang Chuan remained unsure whether he could refine the True Sun Fire.

• Two City Defense Army soldiers delivered a jar of Tiger Bone Jade Dew Wine to Jiang Chuan, which he recognized as wine made from Hu Xiang’s corpse.
• Song Zhiyan boasted that she would soon forge a Heaven Grade Dao Foundation, and Meng Nanxi explained the known factors that could help with Foundation Establishment.
• Song Zhiyan revealed that her family had prepared a portion of an Immortal Light-nurtured treasure for her and her sister.
• Jiang Chuan tricked Kang Bo into thinking his father had arrived, then easily pinned Kang Bo when he charged at him.
• Meng Nanxi told Kang Bo that his mother might help him obtain Divine Beast Descendant bones, and she urged Jiang Chuan to seek help from Qu Shi if needed.
• Jiang Chuan wondered whether he could refine the True Sun Fire, and Meng Nanxi offered to show everyone her Foundation Establishment Spiritual Item.

After recovering from his injuries, Jiang Chuan was discharged and received ten thousand Merit Points for his battle achievements. He ordered a new spear, then learned that weapon fragments from the Sparrow Demon King's Cave Dwelling could be forged into a treasure-grade great spear, and translated the cave’s Bird Script records.

• Meng Nanxi showed Song Zhiyan and Jiang Chuan the nine miniature treasures her grandfather forged to complement her cultivation method.
• Lai Qingfeng examined Jiang Chuan and found that his injuries had mostly healed, but Jiang Chuan needed Ji Min to complete his discharge because he was a minor.
• Jiang Chuan returned home carrying a vat of Tiger Bone Jade Dew Wine and found that he had received ten thousand Merit Points.
• Jiang Chuan ordered an S-rank alloy spear shaft, then learned from Zhao Jiang that Qu Shi had brought back weapon fragments and the school could forge him a treasure-grade great spear for twenty thousand Merit Points.
• Jiang Chuan paid for the spear, obtained a Bird Script dictionary from Zhao Jiang, and translated the inscriptions from the Sparrow Demon King's Cave Dwelling.

Jiang Chuan cultivated the incomplete Thunder Fire Alchemy Scripture and began tempering his heart, while the Azure Liquid’s lingering power aided his recovery. After rumors about his river fall reached Immortal Gate High School, he gave Wei Dong medicinal wine and asked Zhao Jiang to identify his saber, which Zhao Jiang recognized as being based on the Instant Kill Demonic Saber.

• Jiang Chuan swallowed an Earth Dragon Flower and used its medicinal power, his spiritual power, and the Azure Liquid to temper his heart.
• Jiang Chuan decided to research the Azure Liquid at the Elite Class library the next day.
• Wei Dong told Jiang Chuan that exaggerated rumors about his fall into the river had spread, including a tale about a mermaid draining his Origin Essence.
• Jiang Chuan gave Wei Dong a flask of Tiger Bone Rain Dew Wine to help with cultivation, and Wei Dong vowed to catch up and fight beside him.
• Jiang Chuan brought Spear Edge to Zhao Jiang and asked him to assess a magical saber he had obtained on the battlefield.
• Zhao Jiang activated the saber and identified its core grand formation as an evolution of the Instant Kill Demonic Saber, leaving Jiang Chuan puzzled.

Jiang Chuan learned that his saber contained the legendary Instant Kill Demonic Saber formation and discovered that the Shocking Thunder Crystal he had refined could forge a Heaven Grade Dao Foundation. After wondering whether his Azure Liquid was one of the Nine Great Immortal Dews, he went to watch Song Zhiyan spar with Zhang Lingyun and arrived as she offered to explain her Dao Foundation.

• Zhao Jiang identified Jiang Chuan's saber as a High Grade Treasure Tool containing the Instant Kill Demonic Saber formation and explained that the technique's partial scroll cost 150,000 Merit Points.
• Jiang Chuan searched the Elite Class library and found that Shocking Thunder Crystal had been used to forge Heaven Grade Dao Foundations.
• Jiang Chuan read about the Nine Great Immortal Dews and wondered whether the Azure Liquid he had swallowed was Azure Heaven Dew.
• Meng Nanxi told Jiang Chuan that Song Zhiyan had established her foundation and wanted to spar with Zhang Lingyun, whose Formless Cloud Dao Foundation could withstand heavy weapons and strike with great force.
• Jiang Chuan accompanied Meng Nanxi to the Cold Weapon Training Room, where Song Zhiyan arrived and asked whether he wanted to know what her Dao Foundation could do.

Song Zhiyan demonstrated her Heaven Grade Mid-Rank Dao Foundation, Sword Heart River, and defeated Zhang Lingyun in a spar. Meng Nanxi offered to ask her grandfather for help refining True Sun Fire for Jiang Chuan, but their exchange was interrupted when Qu Shi arrived with an announcement.

• Song Zhiyan revealed that her Sword Heart River was a Heaven Grade Mid-Rank Dao Foundation that could transform into thousands of swords.
• Song Zhiyan fought Zhang Lingyun in the Cold Weapon Training Room and overwhelmed his Hundred Beast Demonic Blade with Sword Heart River.
• Jiang Chuan told Meng Nanxi that he would struggle to defeat Song Zhiyan in a spar but could win in a real battle.
• Meng Nanxi offered to ask her grandfather to help Jiang Chuan refine True Sun Fire, and Jiang Chuan asked if he could become her grandfather's disciple.
• Qu Shi entered the Cold Weapon Training Room and said she had an announcement, interrupting Jiang Chuan and Meng Nanxi.