Chapter Summaries

Wu Tianya explained how Martial Kings condense Martial Dao will and reshape their bodies to become Martial Saints, then outlined the path toward Human Immortal. Gu Jinlai realized that Martial Dao will could help him control the Eternal Furnace, and the chapter left him with a possible route to unleash its full power.

• Wu Tianya taught that pure Martial Dao will was essential for a Martial King to evolve a divine ability and become a Martial Saint, and warned the students against losing control.
• Wu Tianya cautioned Dong Yuji that severing his emotions would hinder his ability to condense Martial Dao will.
• Wu Tianya explained that Martial Saints could pursue Human Immortal by perfecting their divine abilities through contemplation of innate divine beasts and heavenly beings.
• Wu Tianya described several common divine-ability paths based on ferocious-beast bloodlines and heavenly treasures.
• Gu Jinlai concluded that Martial Dao will, combined with his Chaos Thunder Origin Body, might let him control the Eternal Furnace and unleash a grand divine ability.

Gu Jinlai learned how Martial Kings condensed martial will and exchanged his Primordial Chaos True Demon Body for access to the Martial Saint Academy’s inheritance collection. He chose the Myriad Thunder Canon and joined the Academy’s Cleanser squad to hunt out-of-control martial artists.

• Yan Lie explained that Martial Kings who risked losing control while condensing martial will could kill people and receive leniency if they served humanity by hunting Demonic Beasts or out-of-control martial artists.
• Yan Lie took Gu Jinlai to the Academy’s tower, where Gu Jinlai wrote out the Primordial Chaos True Demon Body in exchange for choosing an inheritance.
• Gu Jinlai studied the catalogue and considered the Great Thunder Sword Art, the Myriad Thunder Canon, and the Thunder Primordial Spirit Body.
• Gu Jinlai offered the Scarlet Sun Demon God Body Tempering Art, but Yan Lie valued it at only ten million contribution points, too little to exchange for an inheritance outright.
• Gu Jinlai chose the Myriad Thunder Canon and asked to join the Academy’s squad for hunting out-of-control martial artists; Yan Lie welcomed him into the Cleanser squad.

The Feng Household’s leaders agreed to appease Gu Jinlai and secure his support, even at the cost of Yellow Dragon Commerce Association. At the welcoming banquet, Gu Jinlai clarified that he served the association rather than the Feng Household and set expanding trade to Purple Lightning City as a condition for his full assistance.

• Feng Shuanglie persuaded Feng Leizheng and Feng Leiming that the Feng Household should trade Yellow Dragon Commerce Association’s profits for Gu Jinlai’s support, and ordered Feng Leiming to apologize to Feng Yushou.
• Feng Leiming apologized to Feng Yushou, killed the son who had attacked her maidservant, and offered to surrender his association presidency and pay compensation.
• Feng Shuanglie and the Feng Household’s leaders welcomed Gu Jinlai and Zhao Yushu to the banquet.
• Gu Jinlai said he had joined Yellow Dragon Commerce Association, not the Feng Household, and asked the family to prove its ability by opening trade with Purple Lightning City.
• Feng Shuanglie promised the Feng Household would support the association’s expansion, then invited Zhao Yushu into the inner hall and the family’s core circle.

Gu Jinlai prepared to use Zhao Yushu’s business ambitions to secure resources for his cultivation, then officially joined the Purger Department under the codename Blue Star. He received his identity token and learned that the city’s wanted targets included powerful figures far beyond his ability to confront.

• Zhao Yushu proposed uniting the six great merchant guilds and promised to increase their revenue through a business plan, so Gu Jinlai asked her to gather information about them.
• Gu Jinlai considered how the guilds’ trade network could help him obtain the thousand portions of thunder-magnet origin gold needed to cultivate the Chaos Thunder Origin Body.
• On his way to meet Yan Lie, Gu Jinlai saw young people singing in praise of the Sacred Dynasty and handing out its flags.
• Yan Lie brought Gu Jinlai to the Purger Department, where Black Sword warned him about demonic cultists, identity exposure, and the dangers of the job.
• Black Sword gave Gu Jinlai a Purger token and the Thousand Faces mask, and Gu Jinlai registered Blue Star as his codename.
• Gu Jinlai examined the target rankings and learned that the highest-ranked figures included Saint Xiao Long, Martial Saint Hong Tianji, and Unmatched Celestial Yi Qian.

Gu Jinlai checked the Bounty Board and hurried to stop a rampaging Martial Ancestor in the southeastern district, where the man was chasing a Spirit Transformation cultivator through crowded streets. After killing the Martial Ancestor, Gu Jinlai left the old man to answer for the casualties and discovered that his Karma had changed his spiritual-world name from Purple to Yellow.

• Gu Jinlai reviewed the Bounty Board and learned that a new out-of-control Martial Ancestor had appeared on Nineteenth Street in the southeastern district.
• Gu Jinlai reached the scene and saw the giant Martial Ancestor pursuing an old man from the Chi family, with civilians caught in the battle’s aftermath.
• Gu Jinlai struck the Martial Ancestor down with one punch before the old man could lead him into a crowded vegetable market.
• Gu Jinlai told the old man to compensate the victims and warned that he would be watching him, then left as another Martial King arrived.
• Gu Jinlai returned to his courtyard and found that his consciousness’s pale-yellow radiance seemed to mark a change from a Purple Name to a Yellow Name.

Qianyan Spirit Venerable explained to Duli Spirit Venerable how he controlled Dawn Domain and revealed his plan to exploit the humans of a newly discovered world. He ordered Chitong to investigate their weapons and prepare to bring eight billion humans within his reach, while promising Duli a chance to regain and surpass its former rank.

• Qianyan Spirit Venerable described how he had weakened the humans of Dawn Domain by restricting their knowledge and turning their nations against one another.
• Qianyan Spirit Venerable said the Immortal Kingdom posed the greatest threat and that he planned to weaken other humans without letting them mature.
• Qianyan Spirit Venerable showed Duli Spirit Venerable human-made guns and grenades, explaining that their creators came from the world projected above them.
• Qianyan Spirit Venerable revealed that he planned to risk transforming forms to prey on the humans of that world, whose spirituality he found especially appealing.
• Qianyan Spirit Venerable ordered Chitong to investigate the humans’ weapons and guide them toward establishing a star gate once their secrets were known.
• Qianyan Spirit Venerable promised Duli Spirit Venerable a chance to become a high-rank Spirit Venerable or a Devil Master, and Duli thanked him.

Gu Jinlai weighed costly cultivation plans and agreed to teach swordsmanship at the Martial Saint Academy, while a group of outsiders plotted to expand their power in Molong Country. The chapter left Gu Jinlai face-to-face with Pan Dali as he searched for the desire that might help him condense martial will.

• Minister Zhang Yun and Jackson discussed their plan to signal Blue Star in thirty-nine days and use reinforcements to conquer Molong Country and the wider world.
• Gu Jinlai demonstrated his swordsmanship at the Martial Saint Academy, impressing Qian Wuque and Hua Yumian.
• Hua Yumian proposed that Gu Jinlai teach swordsmanship to martial kings for contribution points, and Gu Jinlai agreed to begin the next day.
• Gu Jinlai calculated that forging the Chaotic Thunder Origin Body would require enormous resources and considered pursuing martial will instead.
• Gu Jinlai pondered his great desire as he left the academy, then found Pan Dali blocking his path.

Gu Jinlai learned that Wind and Rain City planned to formalize the Purifiers and that Pan Dali wanted him to support his bid to lead a squad. Pan Dali tried to abduct three young women under false pretenses, but Gu Jinlai intervened and sent them away; Pan Dali then decided Gu Jinlai would be easy to manipulate.

• Pan Dali told Gu Jinlai that the Purifiers would receive better benefits, dedicated defense zones, and organized squads, and asked him to support his bid for squad leader.
• Gu Jinlai conditionally agreed to support Pan Dali if he proved strongest and could protect the Purifiers.
• Pan Dali falsely told three young women that an out-of-control individual threatened them and offered to take them to safety.
• Pan Dali privately urged Gu Jinlai to abuse the women and blame their deaths on an out-of-control individual, but Gu Jinlai rejected the scheme and let them leave.
• Pan Dali mocked Gu Jinlai after he departed and decided that he would be easy to manipulate.

Gu Jinlai received Thunder Magnetic Origin Gold from Zhao Yushu and calculated the enormous cost of mastering his Chaotic Thunder Origin Body. As Wind-and-Rain City organized the new Purification Department, Hua Yumei approached him to seek his support for Jin Yuhai in the southeastern squad captain election.

• Gu Jinlai reflected on his inability to oppose Pan Dali and the pressure to vote for him in the upcoming captain election.
• Zhao Yushu told Gu Jinlai that the Wind-and-Rain Merchant Alliance had been established and gave him Thunder Magnetic Origin Gold as his salary for serving as a special Attendant.
• Gu Jinlai refined the Thunder Magnetic Origin Gold and estimated that he needed 150 to 200 portions to master the Chaotic Thunder Origin Body.
• Hua Yumei told Gu Jinlai about the Purification Department's leadership and squad structure, including the unresolved southeastern captaincy.
• Hua Yumei asked Gu Jinlai to support Jin Yuhai for captain and promised that Jin Yuhai would provide him access to the Thunder Origin Divine Body.

Gu Jinlai backed Jin Yuhai in the contest to lead a Purifiers squad, but Pan Dali attacked Jin Yuhai before the Dean stopped him. Wu Tianya then announced that Lan Yuxian, not either rival, would be captain of the southeastern squad.

• Gu Jinlai agreed to support Jin Yuhai if he protected him from Pan Dali, while factions across Wind-Rain City maneuvered over the Purifiers captaincies.
• Pan Dali confronted Gu Jinlai at the Martial Saint Academy, and Gu Jinlai joined Jin Yuhai's group instead of supporting him.
• Pan Dali charged Jin Yuhai, but Wu Tianya's overwhelming pressure stopped the attack before Yan Lie warned Pan Dali to rein in his aura.
• Jin Yuhai promised Gu Jinlai access to the Thunder Primordial Spirit Body after the captaincy was settled.
• Wu Tianya arrived with Lan Yuxian and announced that she would lead the southeastern Purifiers squad, shocking Gu Jinlai, Jin Yuhai, and Pan Dali.

Lan Yuxian took command of the Southeast Purge Squad, and Pan Dali challenged her authority before fleeing after she overwhelmed him with a Dao Artifact. Jin Yuhai accepted her leadership, while Xia Ruyi and Zhuang Ying were left without the reward Jin had promised them.

• Lan Yuxian claimed the captaincy of the Southeast Squad, and Jin Yuhai reluctantly said he had no objections.
• Pan Dali challenged Lan Yuxian to prove her strength, but she used the Black-Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Tower and the Endless Flower to overpower him.
• Pan Dali broke free with a secret technique and fled, while Zhuang Ying explained that martial-will cultivators could not be killed without cause.
• Jin Yuhai and the other Martial Kings accepted Lan Yuxian as captain, and she appointed Black Sword and Dong Yuji as deputy captains.
• Xia Ruyi and Zhuang Ying asked Jin Yuhai for the reward he had promised, but he angrily dismissed them and left.

After Pan Dali’s betrayal shattered his faith in Wind and Rain City’s rule of law, Gu Jinlai spent his Clear Light attempting to advance the Chaotic Thunder Origin Body. At a Purifier gathering, the squad learned that Zhuang Ying had been murdered, and Lan Yuxian proposed using Gu Jinlai as bait to draw out the assassin Shang Tielong.

• Gu Jinlai concluded that Wind and Rain City’s laws protected ordinary people while powerful figures like Pan Dali could exploit them, and he resolved to keep believing in the people’s faith in the law.
• Gu Jinlai poured all twenty-four strands of Clear Light into the Chaotic Thunder Origin Body, forming an embryonic Thunder Magnet Origin Force and slightly improving his control over the Eternal Furnace’s energy.
• Black Sword told Gu Jinlai that the Purifier squads would hunt the ten most dangerous targets, including Bodhi Seed, Liu Zhenyuan, and Mo'ang.
• Black Sword led the Purifiers to Sixteenth Street, where they found Zhuang Ying and more than a dozen others dead.
• Lan Bailin reported that Zhuang Ying had been killed without a chance to resist, and the Purifiers suspected Shang Tielong, while Jin Yuhai accused Pan Dali of leaking Zhuang Ying’s whereabouts.
• Lan Yuxian proposed luring Shang Tielong out and chose Gu Jinlai as bait, promising him great merit if he killed the assassin.

Gu Jinlai was ordered to wait for Shang Tielong, then met Jin Yuhai, who tried to recruit him into a scheme against Lan Yuxian without having the promised Thunder Primordial Spirit Body. The chapter ended with Gu Jinlai attacking Jin Yuhai after realizing he had been tricked and threatened.

• Lan Yuxian struck Gu Jinlai with the Profound Yellow Suppressing Mountain Pagoda, then ordered the squad to return home and wait for Shang Tielong.
• Black Sword told Gu Jinlai that Lan Yuxian was using him as bait to secure a cultivation opportunity against Lan Yuhua.
• Gu Jinlai received a secret letter, left home before nightfall, and met Jin Yuhai in a secluded courtyard.
• Jin Yuhai admitted he had no Thunder Primordial Spirit Body and urged Gu Jinlai to help sabotage Lan Yuxian's operation for Lan Yuhua.
• When Jin Yuhai threatened him, Gu Jinlai activated the Eternal Furnace and attacked him with his sword.

Gu Jinlai unleashed the Eternal Furnace against Jin Yuhai, destroying the courtyard and leaving himself gravely wounded. The investigators suspected the Demonic Cult had attacked, while Dong Yuji suggested Pan Dali may have exposed their identities; Lan Yuxian was demoted to acting captain under observation, and the Purger Department prepared to retaliate.

• Gu Jinlai released a devastating burst of light and heat that erased Jin Yuhai and the courtyard, then collapsed severely burned.
• Zhao Liang, Wu Tianya, Fang Yan, and others arrived and found Gu Jinlai alive but near death; Dong Yuji identified him and explained the Purger Squad's bait plan.
• Dong Yuji conjectured that Pan Dali had exposed the identities of Gu Jinlai, Zhuang Ying, Xia, and Jin Yuhai, prompting the Demonic Cult to attack.
• Yan Lie rejected the idea that Gu Jinlai had killed Jin Yuhai, while Wu Tianya reprimanded Lan Yuxian for failing to protect her squad member.
• Wu Tianya placed Lan Yuxian on a month's probation as acting captain, and Yan Lie took Gu Jinlai to the Martial Saint Academy for treatment and questioning.

After recovering from the Eternal Furnace’s backlash, Gu Jinlai resolved to hunt dangerous enemies while keeping his identity concealed. Four days later, despite Jin Fantian’s lack of personal interest in his son’s death, Gu Jinlai remained wary and began searching for out-of-control individuals and demonic cultists.

• Gu Jinlai used two wisps of clear light to advance his Chaotic Thunder Origin Body and decided ordinary rankings offered better targets than dangerous-level rankings.
• Zhao Yushu cared for Gu Jinlai while he was unconscious, and Yan Lie and Black Sword visited after he woke; Gu Jinlai told them an attacker had struck during his meeting with Jin Yuhai.
• Black Sword identified Ji Lie as the likely attacker, offered Gu Jinlai a month of leave, and agreed to provide him with the Hidden Dragon Art; Yan Lie arranged a City Guard advisor title for him.
• Gu Jinlai noticed Black Sword’s blood-red Karma and reflected that powerful figures in Stormy City carried far darker Karma.
• After four days of recovery and questioning about Jin Yuhai’s death, Gu Jinlai stayed cautious and began tracking out-of-control individuals and demonic cultists by their Karma.

Gu Jinlai searched Wind and Rain City's outer districts for Red Names, finding that most were protected by powerful clans. He recruited the broken Zhou Ming to testify against the Luo Family and marched toward their compound, setting up a confrontation with the clan and its allies.

• Gu Jinlai surveyed the outer city and followed a blood-red-named Martial General to Imperial Pavilion, which was controlled by Cloud Cuisine Workshop and backed by the Wei Clan.
• After ten days of hunting Red Names, Gu Jinlai had gained only four strands of Purified Light because most targets belonged to powerful families.
• Gu Jinlai went to a Land God Temple and urged the crippled Zhou Ming to seek justice for his family, which had been slaughtered after accusing the Heavenly Silver Tower of withholding their money.
• Gu Jinlai showed Zhou Ming a Purifier token and promised to act against the Luo Family if Zhou Ming testified that Luo Jiudao led the massacre.
• Zhou Ming agreed to testify, and Gu Jinlai carried him toward the Luo Family compound, despite the clan's ties to the powerful Zhang Family.

Gu Jinlai brought Zhou Ming to the Luo family manor to investigate the family’s destruction of the Zhou household, but the Luo family tried to shield the accused and attacked him. He revealed himself as a Martial King and began slaughtering their fighters, leaving the siege in chaos.

• Gu Jinlai retrieved the evidence of the Luo family’s collusion with the Heavenly Silver Pavilion and arrived at the Luo family manor with Zhou Ming.
• Luo Zhenye denied the accusation and refused to hand over Luo Jiudao, so Gu Jinlai attacked the house where he was hiding.
• Luo Jiudao emerged and fought Gu Jinlai, while Luo Zhenye and two other experts joined the attack.
• Gu Jinlai revealed his Great Sun True Demon Body and overpowered the four experts, prompting Luo Zhenye to call the Luo family forces to seal the manor and surround him.
• After more than eleven people with blood-red Karma gathered, Gu Jinlai expanded to ten meters, revealed his Martial King strength, and killed Luo Jiudao and another Martial Ancestor.
• Gu Jinlai swept through the surrounding Luo family fighters with his sword as the battle turned into a bloody massacre.

Gu Jinlai avenged the Zhou Household by killing Luo Jiudao, then led Zhou Ming to the Sky Silver Pavilion to reclaim the family’s stolen money. When Luo Zhenyu and four Sky Silver Pavilion fighters ambushed him, Gu Jinlai broke through their combined attack and left the battle ongoing.

• Gu Jinlai warned the Luo Household against further crimes and promised Zhou Ming he would help recover the Zhou Household’s money from the Sky Silver Pavilion.
• Gu Jinlai addressed the crowd outside the Luo Household, calling for order and justice, and invited people to bring him evidence of their grievances.
• Gu Jinlai led Zhou Ming to the Sky Silver Pavilion, where Luo Zhenyu and four fighters attacked him.
• Gu Jinlai expanded into his Great Sun True Demon Body, killed one Martial Ancestor, smashed a second through the pavilion wall, and evaded the third’s strike.

Gu Jinlai killed Luo Zhenyu, a Silver Tower Primordial Spirit True Lord, and several other opponents before forcing the Silver Tower to hand over thirty million taels for the Zhou family. Zhang Guangming learned who Gu Jinlai was and decided to approach him, while warning that the Zhang family would not tolerate threats.

• Gu Jinlai killed Luo Zhenyu and a Silver Tower Primordial Spirit True Lord with their own flying swords, then killed the Silver Tower martial ancestor who tried to stop him.
• Gu Jinlai stormed the Silver Tower, killed its Red Name manager, and demanded the money owed to the Zhou family.
• The Silver Tower's second-in-command gave Gu Jinlai about thirty million taels and promised to gather the remaining silver within ten days.
• Gu Jinlai left with Zhou Ming as the city guards watched without approaching.
• Zhang Guangming arrived at the Silver Tower, learned Gu Jinlai's identity and strength, and decided to send someone to speak with him.

Gu Jinlai arranged for Zhou Ming to recover and resolved to expose the oppression in Wind and Rain City, seeking a position in its Law Enforcement Court. After Yan Lie offered to help him become an outer-city dean and vice district lord, Gu Jinlai met Jin Sixian, who hinted that she belonged to an organization of people from Blue Star.

• Gu Jinlai promised Zhou Ming he would recover the remaining 170 million taels and agreed to let him join his cause.
• Gu Jinlai took Zhou Ming to the inner city and told him that his cultivation might eventually restore his lost limbs.
• Gu Jinlai asked Yan Lie to help him join the Law Enforcement Court, and Yan Lie offered to arrange an outer-city dean and vice district lord position.
• Gu Jinlai bought cultivation resources for Zhou Ming from the Yellow Dragon Merchant Association.
• Zhao Yushu introduced Gu Jinlai to Jin Sixian, who said their organization was about to grow.