Chapter Summaries

After Ji Shu killed the Ghost King Sect members who tried to assassinate him, Wanrenwang tasked him with capturing the Kui Niu at Liubo Mountain before letting him leave. Ji Shu advanced his cultivation and traveled east with Bi Yao, Hu Xiaoliu, and Hu Sanniang, where he secluded himself as the Ghost King Sect and other factions gathered.

• Wanrenwang stopped Ji Shu from leaving until Ji Shu agreed to capture the Kui Niu at Liubo Mountain, while Xuanwu warned that Ji Shu was a Player who might one day oppose the sect.
• Bi Yao offered to persuade her father to let Ji Shu stay, but Ji Shu said he intended to leave after settling his debt to the Ghost King Sect; Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang resolved to follow him.
• During a day of cultivation, Ji Shu mastered the essence of the Heavenly Scripture's second volume and sensed that his spiritual power had increased greatly.
• Ji Shu traveled to Liubo Mountain with Hu Xiaoliu, Hu Sanniang, and Bi Yao, while the Ghost King Sect contingent set up at the shore.
• Ji Shu entered a cave to cultivate, and Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang guarded him as righteous-path cultivators investigated and clashed with them.
• Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang noticed that many demonic figures had gathered near Liubo Mountain, while most righteous-path visitors headed toward the Ghost King Sect and other groups.

Ji Shu joined Wanrenwang and the others to activate Kunlong Que and trap the Kui Niu, a colossal one-legged beast that emerged from the stormy sea. As the beast battered the formation and the Ghost King Sect suffered heavy casualties, Ji Shu and You Ji remained to hold the western side.

• Wanrenwang arrived at the cave and told Ji Shu that the time had come, so Ji Shu awoke and joined him with Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang.
• Wanrenwang led the group to the beach, where Azure Dragon, Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird, Li Mochou, and others prepared the formation spikes.
• Ji Shu took charge of Kunlong Que's western position while the others occupied the remaining sides.
• A mountain-sized Kui Niu leaped from the sea, and Wanrenwang's incantation activated Fu Long Ding and trapped it inside Kunlong Que.
• Kui Niu repeatedly rammed the barrier, gravely wounding Li Mochou and killing or injuring Ghost King Sect elites; Ji Shu sent Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang out of the formation and stayed with You Ji to hold the western side.

Ji Shu captured Lu Xueqi’s fellow Qingyun disciples while the Four Spirits Blood Array continued to restrain Kui Niu. When Tian Buyi charged to rescue his disciples, Ji Shu knocked him unconscious and had him bound as well.

• As Kui Niu’s collisions weakened, Lu Xueqi attacked the Kunlong Que formation, and Ji Shu recognized her while she fought Azure Dragon.
• Tian Ling’er tried to break the barrier, but Ji Shu restrained and captured her; Zhang Xiaofan rushed to her aid, then Ji Shu knocked him unconscious and had both disciples bound.
• More than ten Qingyun disciples demanded their juniors’ release, but Ji Shu subdued them with the Wuchang Order and Heavenly Demon Dance and had them tied up.
• Lu Xueqi returned to Master Shuiyue and Tian Buyi without realizing her fellow disciples had been captured, and Tian Buyi charged at Ji Shu to rescue them.
• Ji Shu countered Tian Buyi’s Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Art with the Heartless Curse, knocked him unconscious, and had him bound and carried away.

Ji Shu defeated Tian Buyi and captured him and the Great Bamboo Peak disciples, leaving the Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple unsure whether to intervene. After Ji Shu departed with his captives, the remaining forces reflected on his strength, and he began learning the prisoners’ identities.

• Ji Shu instantly defeated Tian Buyi, shocking the Qingyun Sect, Tianyin Temple, and Ghost King Sect members who witnessed it.
• A woman warned Master Shuiyue, Pukong, and the others to wait three days for Tian Buyi and the captives to return safely, so they held back from attacking.
• Wanrenwang and the others watched Ji Shu keep Kui Niu restrained through the night, while Wanrenwang renewed his resolve to pursue the Four Spirits Blood Array.
• At dawn, Ji Shu knocked out Kui Niu, tied Tian Buyi and the Great Bamboo Peak disciples with the Immortal Binding Rope, and left with Zhang Xiaofan and the others.
• In an uninhabited place, Ji Shu awakened Du Bishu and learned the names of several Great Bamboo Peak disciples; nearly everyone from the peak except Su Ru had been captured.

Ji Shu used the Wuchang Order and Charm Technique to extract the Tai Chi Profound Clarity Dao from Du Bishu and the Great Brahma Prajna from Zhang Xiaofan, while telling Zhang that Venerable Puzhi had murdered Caomiao Village. After Ji Shu left, Tian Buyi regrouped with his disciples, and Tian Ling'er suddenly claimed she recognized their attacker.

• Ji Shu unsettled Du Bishu, charmed him, and made him recite the complete Tai Chi Profound Clarity Dao before knocking him unconscious.
• Ji Shu told Zhang Xiaofan that Venerable Puzhi had taught him Great Brahma Prajna and had murdered Caomiao Village, then charmed Zhang into revealing the complete Great Brahma Prajna.
• Ji Shu learned that Zhang Xiaofan's relationships differed from those in the original story, then left with Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang after waking Tian Buyi and the others.
• Tian Ling'er and the disciples told Tian Buyi what had happened, while Song Daren and Du Bishu admitted revealing their sect's techniques.
• Zhang Xiaofan doubted Ji Shu's accusation but could not dismiss it, and Tian Buyi reassured the disciples that they could not be blamed for being overpowered.
• Tian Ling'er suddenly remembered who Ji Shu was, leaving the others surprised.

Tian Ling'er and Zhang Xiaofan identified the mysterious man who had captured and released them as the stranger they had seen at Great Bamboo Peak, and the group debated whether he was a Qingyun Sect agent. After returning to Liubo Mountain, they met Master Shuiyue, whose shocked reaction to the man's portrait suggested she recognized him.

• Tian Ling'er recalled seeing the mysterious man at Great Bamboo Peak two months earlier, and Zhang Xiaofan confirmed he was the same person who had captured them.
• Tian Buyi and the others debated why the man had released them, with Tian Ling'er proposing he was a Qingyun Sect undercover agent and Song Daren questioning the theory.
• Tian Buyi led the group back to Liubo Mountain, but they found no trace of the people who had been there.
• Master Shuiyue arrived and asked who had captured and released the group, and Tian Buyi explained their suspicions.
• Master Shuiyue looked at the portrait of the mysterious man and froze in shock, revealing that she seemed to recognize him.

Master Shuiyue identified the mysterious man who spared the Qingyun Sect disciples as Ji Shu, a gifted cultivator the sect had failed to recruit. Meanwhile, Ji Shu cultivated the Tai Chi Profound Clarity Dao at Kongsang Mountain and reached the Taiqing Realm before leaving the collapsing cave with Hu Xiaoliu and his companion.

• Master Shuiyue told Tian Buyi and the others that the man in their portrait was Ji Shu, whom she had met two months earlier and tried unsuccessfully to bring into the Qingyun Sect.
• Tian Buyi and the others struggled to believe Ji Shu had grown so powerful, and Master Shuiyue said she would investigate the Ghost King Sect before returning to Changhe City.
• Ji Shu cultivated the Tai Chi Profound Clarity Dao in a cave near the Sea of Ruthlessness while Hu Xiaoliu and another man guarded the entrance.
• After comprehending the cultivation method, Ji Shu formed an ethereal Tai Chi Diagram that could attack and defend, and he reached the Upper Purity Realm.
• Ji Shu continued cultivating until the Tai Chi Diagram condensed into a sphere, triggering a blast that collapsed the cave and sent huge waves across the Sea of Ruthlessness.
• Hu Xiaoliu and his companion congratulated Ji Shu as he emerged from the wreckage, and Ji Shu carried them away to find another location.

Ji Shu secluded himself in the Dead Spirit Abyss to master Great Brahma Prajna, bringing the body-refining method to perfection before continuing to fuse his techniques. As he remained in seclusion, stories about him spread across the world, and True Master Daoxuan learned of his growing reputation.

• Ji Shu escaped the Black Water Mysterious Snake and moved to a distant cave to avoid confronting it.
• Ji Shu studied Great Brahma Prajna and advanced from its first realm to its third realm in a matter of weeks.
• Ji Shu perfected Great Brahma Prajna, tempering his body until it could withstand attacks from mortal weapons.
• Ji Shu continued his secluded cultivation, intending to fuse his methods rather than visit the Boundless Jade Wall of Tianyin Temple.
• Legends about Ji Shu spread across the world, and True Master Daoxuan read a letter about him with growing unease.

True Master Daoxuan and the Qingyun Sect learned that Ji Shu was the Independent Player who had defeated Tian Buyi and spared Great Bamboo Peak, and they regretted not recruiting him. The news spread through the sect, leaving its disciples to face public mockery over the missed opportunity.

• True Master Daoxuan confirmed that Xiao’s letter about Ji Shu was true and praised Ji Shu for killing demonic cultivators while sparing Qingyun Sect disciples.
• Chang Jian asked whether Qingyun Sect should help Incense Burning Valley hunt Ji Shu, but True Master Daoxuan refused and told Tian Buyi and the others to prepare for Ji Shu’s challenge.
• Su Ru and Tian Buyi regretted that Ji Shu had not joined Qingyun Sect, and Tian Buyi acknowledged that Ji Shu had saved Great Bamboo Peak.
• Su Ru went to visit her senior sister on Little Bamboo Peak, hoping to comfort her after she learned the news.
• Word spread through Qingyun Sect, whose disciples regretted Daoxuan’s decision and were mocked by Rogue Cultivators and Transdimensional Visitors for letting Ji Shu go.

Ji Shu’s rapid rise alarmed the Blue Star Player elites, prompting the Hong Kingdom to order his death. After condensing a powerful Taiji Pill in Kongsang Mountain, Ji Shu left to seek the Fourth Volume of Heavenly Scripture and confronted the Black Water Mysterious Snake.

• Player elites learned that Ji Shu had conquered The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and defeated a Qingyun Sect chief seat holder, so the Hong Kingdom ordered a missile strike if he returned to the first floor.
• Ji Shu condensed a Taiji Pill in a cavern at Kongsang Mountain, astonishing Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang with his new power.
• Ji Shu gave the Mountain River Fan to Hu Xiaoliu and the Nine Yang Ruler to Hu Sanniang before setting out for the Boundless Jade Wall.
• Ji Shu reached the Sea of Ruthlessness and let the Black Water Mysterious Snake swallow him, then pierced through its nasal cavity and demanded its submission.

Ji Shu killed the Black Water Mysterious Snake, gave its Demon Core and refined blood to Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang, and promised to help rescue Hu Xiaoliu’s mother. He then reached Tianyin Temple and slipped into its back mountain, where Faxiang briefly sensed that he seemed familiar.

• Ji Shu used his fused movement arts to strip the Black Water Mysterious Snake’s flesh, then killed it with his Flying Sword and retrieved its Demon Core.
• Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang identified the Demon Core as proof that the snake had reached the Demon God Realm, and Ji Shu gave it to them after finding its essence offered him little benefit.
• Ji Shu told Hu Xiaoliu that his mother was alive in Incense Burning Valley and promised to rescue her after visiting Tianyin Temple, then gave the pair the snake’s refined blood and qi.
• Ji Shu arrived at Tianyin Temple and headed toward the mountaintop, while Faxiang noticed him and wondered why he seemed familiar.
• Ji Shu bypassed Little Tianyin Temple and vanished into the back-mountain forest.

Ji Shu found the Boundless Jade Wall in Tianyin Temple’s back mountains, where his Buddhist power activated it and revealed the Fourth Volume of Heavenly Scripture. He began comprehending its body-refinement method as a mysterious old monk watched in disbelief.

• Ji Shu searched Tianyin Temple’s back mountains and discovered the Boundless Jade Wall on a cliff.
• An old monk confronted Ji Shu, noticed the Buddha’s light around him, and invited him to contemplate the wall.
• Ji Shu’s Swastika symbols and Buddhist techniques awakened the Boundless Jade Wall, revealing the Fourth Volume of Heavenly Scripture.
• Ji Shu studied the volume’s body-refinement method and entered a state of enlightenment, rapidly advancing his physique.
• The old monk watched Ji Shu comprehend the wall’s teachings and marveled at how quickly he succeeded.

Ji Shu left Tianyin Temple after enlightening himself before the Boundless Jade Wall, and the temple’s monks recognized his extraordinary reputation and lamented that he had not joined them. As Ji Shu traveled toward Incense Burning Valley, Elder Lu Shun’s group identified him and began plotting to kill him, while Murong Bo endured Lu Shun’s hostility.

• After guarding Ji Shu for three days and nights, an old monk watched him awaken, learned he was a Player, and failed to stop him from leaving.
• The old monk told Puhong, Pukong, and the other Tianyin Temple monks about Ji Shu’s enlightenment and achievements, and they regretted that Qingyun Sect had let him go.
• Ji Shu met Hu Xiaoliu and the other beneath Mount Sumeru, then traveled south toward Incense Burning Valley through towns crowded with people seeking protection from demonic cultivators.
• A group led by Elder Lu Shun recognized Ji Shu as the man who had killed Junior Nephew Li and ordered word sent to Sikong Xuan, Sang Tugong, and the others to prepare an ambush.
• Murong Bo argued with Elder Lu Shun, then resolved to remain at the Mystic Fire Altar after the mission until he reached the Supreme Yang Realm.
• Murong Bo followed Elder Lu Shun to meet Duanmu Yuan, Sang Tugong, Sikong Xuan, and the others, where Sikong Xuan reported the situation.

Lu Shun rallied Incense Burning Valley’s disciples to ambush Ji Shu, while Murong Bo convinced himself that the Valley’s forces would prevail. Ji Shu reached the valley openly, walked through its poisonous mist and arrow barrage unharmed, and realized the ambush had been prepared for him.

• Lu Shun recognized Ji Shu and ordered the disciples to kill him before he entered Incense Burning Valley.
• Murong Bo weighed the opposing sides and chose to bet on the Valley Master and Incense Burning Valley.
• Murong Bo and the others hid in formations near the valley entrance as Ji Shu, Hu Xiaoliu, and Hu Sanniang approached openly.
• Ji Shu sensed the killing intent and sent Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang back while he advanced alone.
• Deadly poisonous mist and a rain of poisoned arrows struck Ji Shu, but neither harmed him.
• Ji Shu looked toward the entrance and realized Incense Burning Valley had laid an ambush for him.

Ji Shu entered Incense Burning Valley to rescue Xiao Bai and fought through its deadly traps and ambushes. He killed Elder Lu Shun in a single strike, while Murong Bo hid beneath a landslide of earth and stone.

• Ji Shu entered Incense Burning Valley, where volleys of arrows and a blood-red poisonous toad attacked him, but he killed the toad and the nearby ambushers.
• Ji Shu broke free of iron chains powered by massive machines, then used them to kill the people who had sprung the trap.
• Ji Shu cut through falling boulders with his sword and rose into the air above the collapsing pits.
• Elder Lu Shun realized Ji Shu had survived the poison and traps, but Ji Shu crossed past him and beheaded him in an instant.
• Murong Bo saw Lu Shun's death, jumped into a prepared pit, and buried himself beneath earth and stones to hide from Ji Shu.

Murong Bo fled Incense Burning Valley after Ji Shu slaughtered its defenders, while Shangguan Ce and Yun Yilan prepared to trap Ji Shu in the Eight Fiends Mystic Fire Array at the Mystic Fire Altar. Ji Shu stopped outside the array, leaving the two elders waiting tensely for him to enter.

• Murong Bo escaped Incense Burning Valley with Elder Lu Shun's Immortal Sword and later learned that Yun Yilan had vanished and the valley had fallen.
• Ji Shu reached the Mystic Fire Altar, where Shangguan Ce ordered the defenders to retreat before Ji Shu cut them down.
• Shangguan Ce activated the Eight Fiends Mystic Fire Array and waited for Ji Shu to approach, while Yun Yilan joined him as the array's other controller.
• Shangguan Ce realized Incense Burning Valley had badly underestimated Ji Shu, who had resisted its poisons and Yun Yilan's Pure Yang True Fire.
• Ji Shu stopped at the array's entrance without stepping inside, leaving Shangguan Ce and Yun Yilan anxious as they watched him.

Ji Shu defeated the fiend god summoned by the Eight Fiends Mystic Fire Array, while Yun Yilan fled and Shangguan Ce was captured. Ji Shu beguiled Shangguan Ce into revealing the complete Incense Burning Jade Tome and explaining Incense Burning Valley's techniques.

• Yun Yilan and Shangguan Ce activated the Eight Fiends Mystic Fire Array, summoning a powerful fiend god against Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu used the Immortal Binding Rope to topple the fiend god and pinned it beneath his foot.
• Yun Yilan fled through a hidden passage, while Ji Shu struck Shangguan Ce down and took the Nine Condensing Ice Thorn.
• Ji Shu questioned Shangguan Ce about Yun Yilan and confirmed that he was Shangguan Ce.
• Ji Shu used the Wuchang Order and Charm Technique to beguile Shangguan Ce, who recited the Incense Burning Jade Tome and explained the valley's techniques.

Ji Shu killed Shangguan Ce, freed Xiao Bai from the Mystic Fire Chains, and reunited her with Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang. He then comprehended and perfected the Incense Burning Jade Tome in seclusion while Xiao Bai learned of his extraordinary deeds and accepted him as her Lord.

• Ji Shu killed Shangguan Ce and entered the third level of the Mystic Fire Altar, where he freed the White Fox from the Mystic Fire Chains.
• Ji Shu led the White Fox out of the altar, and she saw Shangguan Ce's corpse and the devastation at Incense Burning Valley.
• The White Fox reunited with Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang, took human form, and called herself Xiao Bai.
• Ji Shu returned to the Mystic Fire Altar to comprehend the complete Incense Burning Jade Tome, while Hu Xiaoliu recounted Ji Shu's achievements to Xiao Bai.
• Ji Shu perfected the Incense Burning Jade Tome within a few days, and Xiao Bai accepted him as her Lord.

Ji Shu perfected the Incense Burning Valley techniques, incorporated their powers into his cultivation, and traveled with Xiao Bai and the others toward the Death Swamp in search of the third Heavenly Scripture volume. At Dawang Village, Yu Yangzi recognized Ji Shu from a portrait and wondered why he had come to the swamp, while deciding Longevity Hall should avoid confronting him.

• Ji Shu created version 1.0 of the Tai Chi Immortal Scripture by integrating the Incense Burning Jade Tome into his method.
• Ji Shu quickly perfected Incense Burning Valley's secret arts, and the Righteous Qi Sword Art gained the ability to wield fire and ice swords.
• Ji Shu accepted Xiao Bai's booklet on the Fundamental Law of the Heavenly Fox Clan and led the group southwest toward the Death Swamp.
• At Dawang Village, Yu Yangzi recognized Ji Shu from a portrait after their groups passed one another.
• Yu Yangzi and Geng Liuniang concluded that Ji Shu was too powerful to confront and discussed his suspected role in Zhou Yin and Hong Yuan's deaths.

Ji Shu led Xiao Bai, Hu Xiaoliu, and Hu Sanniang into the Death Swamp and found the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury inside a colossal tree. He broke into the vault’s defenses and obtained the third volume of the Heavenly Scripture, but the Yellow Bird attacked before he could claim the remaining treasures.

• Yu Yangzi abandoned plans to avenge Hong Yuan and Zhou Yin and postponed joining the war against the Qingyun Sect because he feared Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu led Xiao Bai, Hu Xiaoliu, and Hu Sanniang through the Inner Marsh to a vast tree and discovered the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury embedded in its trunk.
• Ji Shu battered the vault’s dome until golden light appeared, then used his special vision to obtain the third volume of the Heavenly Scripture.
• Ji Shu realized that all four volumes of the Heavenly Scripture could combine to grant extraordinary longevity and recovery.
• The Yellow Bird attacked Ji Shu as he continued breaking into the vault, but he dodged its strike and landed on its back.