Chapter Summaries

Li Wei was drawn into a cloudlike realm by the Jade Token, where a masked immortal woman confronted her after she mentioned the Queen Mother of Heaven. Li Wei returned to the barracks with her memory intact, but Qin Lan had never heard of the Queen Mother.

• At lights-out, the Jade Token in Li Wei’s tactical waist pouch glowed and pulled her sleeping body into azure light.
• Shen Yaochi activated her own Jade Token in the officers’ dormitory and was enveloped in azure light.
• Li Wei awoke in a cloud realm and met a masked woman who arrived in an Immortal Chariot drawn by nine Azure Luan.
• Li Wei gave her code name as Lei Feng and joked that the woman was dressed like the Queen Mother of Heaven, provoking the woman’s fury and fear.
• The masked woman sent Li Wei back to the dormitory, where Li Wei told Qin Lan that the Queen Mother had invited her to a Peach Banquet.
• Qin Lan asked who the Queen Mother of Heaven was, revealing that she did not recognize the name.

Li Wei discovered that this world's beliefs and myths differed sharply from those of her previous life, while the Jade-faced Woman seemed to know deities Li Wei recognized. She decided to ask her grandmother about the mystery and called Jiang Xinyue, planning to blame the Jade-faced Woman for her questions.

• Li Wei asked Qin Lan about familiar deities and learned that Qin Lan had never heard of the Queen Mother, the Jade Emperor, Nezha, or Sun Wukong.
• Qin Lan described Old Heaven as an ancient nature deity, said people had turned away from it after the Abyss descended, and explained that people also believed in Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and the Holy Light.
• Li Wei concluded that the world's mythology seemed unusually undeveloped and resolved to ask her grandmother, then Grandpa Yun if necessary, about the hidden mystery.
• Qin Lan left early to train, and Li Wei later went to the 19th Army communications room wearing her new major's insignia.
• Li Wei worried that revealing she was a transmigrator would expose her secret, so she decided to blame the Jade-faced Woman and dialed Jiang Xinyue.

Li Wei told Jiang Xinyue about her dream of the Queen Mother of Heaven, and Jiang Xinyue connected the figure to stories her great-grandmother had told her as a child. Jiang Xinyue warned Li Wei to avoid investigating the mystery, but said she should seek Yun Heng if the dream returned.

• Li Wei called Jiang Xinyue and described her dream of the Queen Mother of Heaven.
• Jiang Xinyue recalled that her great-grandmother had told her a story about a monkey undertaking a pilgrimage that included the Queen Mother of Heaven.
• Jiang Xinyue said her great-grandmother had warned her never to share those stories and urged Li Wei to forget the dream and focus on becoming stronger.
• Li Wei asked what to do if the dream returned, and Jiang Xinyue warned her to stay away from Yun Heng before reluctantly naming him as the person to seek if it happened again.

Li Wei set aside the mysteries surrounding Jiang Wantang and the Jade-faced Woman to focus on helping Qin Lan. After reassuring Qin Lan that she was not a burden, Li Wei taught her swordsmanship, and the two grew closer before agreeing to visit the others in the hospital the next day.

• Li Wei decided to stop puzzling over the strange clues and returned to Barracks No. 17, then went looking for Qin Lan at the 19th Army's training ground.
• Li Wei watched Qin Lan train until she collapsed, then pulled her to her feet and told her she had helped Qin Lan for her own reasons, so Qin Lan did not owe her anything.
• Qin Lan asked Li Wei to teach her swordsmanship, and Li Wei agreed.
• Li Wei trained Qin Lan from morning until dusk, teaching her to coordinate her footwork, conserve strength, and vary her attacks.
• As they returned to Barracks No. 17, Qin Lan asked Li Wei to visit the others in the hospital with her the next day, and Li Wei happily agreed.

Li Wei and Qin Lan traveled to the No. 02 Rear Hospital to visit their Seventh Squad teammates, only to learn they had been transferred. After Lieutenant General Zhang arranged a helicopter to take them to the new hospital, they encountered the gravely injured Zheng Ye.

• Li Wei and Qin Lan rode a military convoy to the No. 02 Rear Hospital and found the ward of Tang Dou, Su Meng, and Lin Wanrou empty.
• A nurse told Li Wei and Qin Lan that the three teammates had been transferred to the Western Frontier Defense Army General Hospital in the Southeast Sector ahead of the Arctic Alliance's counter-offensive.
• Li Wei discovered that Huang Lei's jade amulet had shattered, then called Lieutenant General Zhang to ask for help reaching the general hospital.
• Lieutenant General Zhang arranged a military helicopter, and Li Wei and Qin Lan flew to the Southeast Sector hospital.
• As Li Wei and Qin Lan left the helipad, they saw medical personnel rushing a badly wounded Zheng Ye past them on a stretcher.

Zheng Ye was overwhelmed in the simulated arena after hesitating to kill Luo Bin, and Luo Bin began tearing off his prosthetic arm. General Wang tried to intervene, but the camp’s Grandmasters blocked him; he ended the exchange and ordered the injured evacuated.

• Wounded Zheng Ye tracked Luo Bin’s taunts and charged through the ruins, but hesitated before striking the terrified student.
• Han Che kicked Zheng Ye into a wall, and Luo Bin dragged him out and began ripping off his prosthetic arm.
• General Wang tried to seize Luo Bin with an energy hand, but Grandmaster Luo destroyed it and forced General Wang back into his seat.
• The camp’s leading Grandmaster dismissed the violence as training, leaving General Wang convinced the soldiers were being treated as tools for the students.
• General Wang ordered the exchange terminated, medical teams to enter, and the event suspended until further orders.

After Zheng Ye lost an arm in a Training Camp squad battle, Li Wei received orders from Li Huaiyuan to join the Mingsha Fort instructor roster and cripple those responsible. Zhang Yansheng decided to send reinforcements to the base, where he planned to confront the Training Camp’s powerful leaders.

• At the Defense Army General Hospital, Li Wei learned that Zheng Ye had been the last of his team standing against the Training Camp students and had lost an arm, and she vowed to punish those who hurt him.
• Li Huaiyuan ordered Li Wei to report to Mingsha Fort Training Base, temporarily serve as an instructor under Major General Wang Haiping, and cripple the offenders.
• Zhang Yansheng learned that Grandmasters Han Xiaotian, Luo Guang Sheng, and Ni Susu were leading the Training Camp, and he resolved to use the situation to settle scores with its leaders.
• Zhang Yansheng ordered Uncle An to summon all available Grandmasters among the army’s affiliated forces to Mingsha Fort, saying quantity would make up for their quality.

Jiang Yuan refused Han Che’s demand that he withdraw his protest against the Hundred-Man Battle, even as Han Che’s group beat him and threatened Lin Sisi. Luo Guang Sheng postponed the battle until tomorrow morning and ordered it broadcast live, leaving the students preparing for a contest the military expected them to win.

• Luo Bin beat Jiang Yuan and grabbed Lin Sisi when she tried to defend him, while Han Che ordered Jiang Yuan and the others not to withdraw from the Hundred-Man Battle.
• Jiang Yuan spat blood onto Han Che, who mocked him and let Zhao Jing and Wei Zixuan taunt him over his family connections.
• Jiang Yuan said his decision to withdraw was his alone, but Lin Sisi offered to withdraw with him and Wei Zixuan pinned Jiang Yuan down.
• Han Che threatened Lin Sisi and her family with an irreversible accident if Jiang Yuan withdrew or deliberately lost the match.
• Luo Guang Sheng entered, postponed the Hundred-Man Battle until tomorrow morning, and announced that the military would broadcast it live.
• Luo Guang Sheng privately planned for Han Che and other family descendants to benefit from a victory, warned them the military might have a trump card, and left after pressing Jiang Yuan with his aura.

At Mingsha Fortress Training Center, the Military Martial Artists learned that the cadets had used a concealed formation and prepared for a hundred-person battle while outnumbered. Major General Wang Haiping arrived with Li Wei and announced that she would fight all one hundred cadets alone.

• A colonel showed footage of Jiang Yuan targeting vital points and the cadets overwhelming the Military Martial Artists with coordinated attacks.
• After watching Zheng Ye's squad fall, the Military Martial Artists suspected the cadets were using a combined attack formation.
• The colonel confirmed the cadets had used a concealed, simplified variant of the Lingnan Han Family Vast Sea Lingbo Formation.
• The colonel said the Military Martial Artists had only eighty-four fighters, would receive one reinforcement, and had to face the cadets' hundred-person lineup in a battle broadcast across the military.
• Wang Haiping entered with the mud-covered Li Wei and declared that she would fight all one hundred cadets alone.

In the White Cloud Pavilion, Yun Heng persuaded Zhang Luye to go support Jiang Xue and help resolve the Zhang and Gu Families’ grudge. After Zhang Luye left, Yun Heng warned Li Guitang that Zhang Luye’s dream might be part of a scheme, then proposed a nationwide broadcast of the Hundred-person battle.

• Zhang Luye asked Yun Heng for more Cloud Mist Tea, and Yun Heng explained why he wanted Zhang Luye to go to Mingsha Fort instead of relying on Li Huaiyuan.
• Yun Heng convinced Zhang Luye that supporting Jiang Xue would earn the Zhang Family favor, while Li Guitang warned that he could take the opportunity himself.
• Zhang Luye hurried off to Mingsha Fort, eager to claim the chance to reconcile with Jiang Xue.
• Yun Heng told Li Guitang that Zhang Luye’s dream might be someone else’s scheme and urged him to stay alert.
• Yun Heng suggested that Li Jiaqi broadcast the next day’s Hundred-person battle nationwide.

Han Xiaotian, Luo Guang Sheng, and Ni Susu reacted to televised footage of Luo Bin tearing off Zheng Ye’s prosthetic arm and the resulting public outrage. They planned to contain the scandal, but learned that the next day’s Hundred-person battle would be broadcast nationwide and ordered the trainees to win decisively.

• Luo Guang Sheng praised Han Xiaotian’s training and asked whether Shen Yaochi’s return could threaten the trainees in the upcoming battle.
• Luo Guang Sheng received news that the National Television Station was covering the incident, and Han Xiaotian ordered him to turn on the news.
• The broadcast showed Luo Bin tearing off Zheng Ye’s mechanical arm, then reporter Li Jiaqi described Zheng’s military service and sacrifice.
• Luo Guang Sheng shut off the television and threatened Li Jiaqi, but Han Xiaotian warned him about her influential grandfather.
• Ni Susu showed them the incident trending on the Heavenly Machine Network, where commenters condemned the trainees and the camp.
• Han Xiaotian and Ni Susu proposed political and online damage-control measures, then Han Xiaotian told Luo Guang Sheng that the next day’s battle would be broadcast nationwide and the trainees had to win.

Before the hundred-man competition, Li Jiaqi discovered that most of the training camp’s students came from aristocratic families and learned that Jiang Xue would represent the military. At the hospital, Zhou Dingguo vowed to defend Zheng Ye and his family, then heard that Jiang Xue would enter the arena and told the officers to watch the broadcast.

• Li Jiaqi condemned the training camp’s roster and told Duan Feng to commentate honestly despite Vice Director Wen’s request to protect the students.
• Li Jiaqi and Duan Feng opened the military’s contestant file and were surprised to find only Jiang Xue listed as a 20-year-old Major at 3rd Tier Great Perfection.
• Zhou Dingguo and the officers visited Zheng Ye in intensive care and recalled how he had sacrificed his arm while covering their retreat.
• Zhou Dingguo ordered an adjutant to bring Zheng Ye’s family from Shuchuan and vowed to rally military connections against the Han and Luo families.
• After a call from his commander, Zhou Dingguo told the officers that Jiang Xue would enter the arena and urged them to watch the broadcast.

As the Hundred-person battle began, Jiang Xue appeared as the military’s sole contestant against a hundred Training Camp elites, shocking viewers and setting off a storm of online debate. Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan and Lin Sisi agreed to wait for a chance to oppose the Training Camp students, and Baleful Intent began to spread as Jiang Xue entered the arena.

• Zhong Li and Liu Jianjie struggled to repair the livestream equipment until Li Jiaqi’s commentary came through, then Zhong Li recognized Jiang Xue on the screen.
• Lin Sisi told Jiang Yuan she suspected something serious had happened outside and described the harassment by Luo Bin and Wei Zixuan, including their attempt to force their way into Xu Minjia’s room.
• Jiang Yuan and Lin Sisi agreed to act against the Training Camp students if an opportunity arose, while Jiang Yuan warned Lin Sisi not to act alone.
• The livestream showed a hundred Training Camp contestants facing Jiang Xue alone, prompting viewers to argue over her chances and the Gu Family’s Substitute Service.
• As the arena passage opened, Jiang Xue remained calm while Baleful Intent began to spread.

Zhang Luye confronted Han Xiaotian over the brutal injuries the Han family’s trainees had inflicted on military martial artists, while military grandmasters surrounded Luo Guang Sheng and Ni Susu. When the match began, Li Wei moved across most of the arena at startling speed, leaving Han Xiaotian alarmed.

• Zhang Yansheng and nearly twenty military grandmasters crowded around Luo Guang Sheng and Ni Susu, using their greetings to press them with hostility.
• Zhang Luye restrained Han Xiaotian and accused him of guiding trainees who had repeatedly tortured military opponents instead of eliminating them cleanly.
• Han Xiaotian apologized to Major Zheng Ye and offered compensation, but Zhang Luye rejected his excuses and demanded he accept responsibility.
• At nine o’clock, the arena passages opened and the match began.
• Li Wei walked out in a military uniform, then transformed into a gray-green streak and crossed most of the arena within seconds, alarming Han Xiaotian.

Li Wei arrived alone to face Han Che’s hundred-person student team and called Jiang Yuan and others out of their formation. After learning Jiang Yuan had been beaten, she ordered him, Lin Sisi, and Xu Minjia to stand behind her, then challenged the remaining students to step forward.

• Li Wei crossed a thousand meters at astonishing speed and appeared before Han Che’s team as they entered the arena.
• Li Wei called to Jiang Yuan, and Lin Sisi led him out of the formation while Han Che stopped Luo Bin from intervening.
• Li Wei noticed Jiang Yuan and Lin Sisi’s injuries, and Lin Sisi revealed that Han Che’s group had beaten Jiang Yuan the previous night.
• Li Wei told Jiang Yuan and Lin Sisi to stand behind her, then demanded that anyone from Qingyun step forward.
• Lin Sisi called out Xu Minjia, who left the formation, and Jiang Yuan confirmed she was a decent person.
• Li Wei ordered Xu Minjia to join Jiang Yuan and Lin Sisi behind her.

Li Wei confronted Han Che and the trainees who had targeted Jiang Yuan, revealing two powerful phantom swords as she challenged their threats and hypocrisy. The trainees recoiled in fear while the livestream audience watched in astonishment.

• Li Jiaqi ordered the cameras and audio focused on the confrontation, while Duan Feng stayed silent and the livestream audience speculated about Li Wei’s lotus mark.
• After nine trainees stood behind Li Wei, Jiang Yuan realized that the others who had supported him had been pressured into silence.
• Han Che and Luo Bin demanded that Li Wei surrender in exchange for sparing Jiang Yuan’s friends, but Li Wei summoned the white Sword of Spring from her forehead.
• Li Wei questioned the trainees about attacking future comrades and summoned the golden Sword of Summer, increasing the pressure on Han Che and the others.
• The trainees broke formation and retreated as Li Wei described her family’s hardships and their tense arrival at the Western Frontier.

Li Wei confronted Luo Bin and the other students for brutalizing Zheng Ye, then trapped them in her four-colored sword formation. Zhao Jing invoked her family’s Martial Immortal lineage, but Li Wei answered by unleashing her Sword Qi and declaring she specialized in cutting down “Celestial Dragons.”

• Li Wei recalled how soldiers without Martial Artists had charged Abyssal Monsters with explosives, and five thousand men had died in one night.
• Li Wei identified Zheng Ye as the man whose arm Luo Bin had torn off and recalled fighting alongside him on September 1.
• Han Che offered apologies and resources on behalf of the Han and Luo Families, but Li Wei rejected reconciliation.
• Li Wei summoned her Autumn Sword and formed a four-colored domain that immobilized Han Che, Luo Bin, and the other students.
• Zhao Jing claimed her family’s connection to Zhao Yunhe and threatened Li Wei with the Zhao Family’s Martial Immortal lineage.
• Li Wei called herself a professional at shaving “Celestial Dragons” and unleashed four-colored Sword Qi.

Li Wei crippled Han Che, Zhao Jing, Liu Feibai, and the other students who had attacked military martial artists, then turned her fury on Luo Bin while singing of home and fallen soldiers. The chapter ended with Luo Bin severely mutilated and still suffering under Li Wei’s Sword Qi.

• Li Wei severed the arms of more than sixty students and ignored Han Che’s pleas for his grandfather to save him.
• A military ally laughed and told Li Wei to continue, while promising to handle Han Che’s grandfather.
• Li Wei severed Han Che’s right arm and Zhao Jing’s right arm, then ground Liu Feibai and two other students’ right arms down to bone and powder.
• Li Wei crippled Wei Zixuan and the remaining students, leaving Luo Bin untouched for the moment.
• Remembering Zheng Ye and other soldiers, Li Wei wept and sang as she cut off Luo Bin’s hands and forearms, destroyed his upper arms and legs, and pierced his spine with Sword Qi.

Li Wei’s song about soldiers, home, and remembrance moved listeners across the country to tears and singing. At the 52nd Group Army base, Zhong Li decided it was time to let Brother Ye come home and see Shuchuan’s flowers.

• Li Jiaqi recognized her family’s military history in Li Wei’s song and wept as she remembered her mother mourning a soldier beneath the national flag.
• A former war correspondent joined Li Jiaqi in singing, while viewers flooded the live broadcast with salutes and tearful messages.
• At the Unnamed Club, Zeng Yi made Zhao Yunhe sing while the men beat him as punishment for stealing his grandfather’s Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.
• Gu Litong cried as he listened to Li Wei’s song, then ordered Gu Shiheng and Liang Qiushi to kneel for another seven days.
• At the arena, Zhang Luye and the Zhang family sang along badly, while Zhang Luye insisted Jiang girl was now his niece.
• At the 52nd Group Army base, Zhong Li and Liu Jianjie recalled their first snowy posting in the Western Frontier, and Zhong Li said it was time for Brother Ye to come home.

The Queen Mother told the Mysterious Maiden that a newcomer had recognized several divine throne titles, despite the organization’s limited knowledge of them. The Mysterious Maiden denied distributing any Jade Tokens recently and urged her to report the matter to the Heavenly Venerable, then complained about the aristocratic families’ actions in the Western Frontier before the Queen Mother departed.

• The Queen Mother asked the Mysterious Maiden whether she had recruited anyone in the Western Frontier over the past year.
• The Queen Mother recounted that a newcomer recognized her as the Queen Mother, named the Jade Emperor, and recited a sequence of divine throne titles.
• The Mysterious Maiden said she had not handed out Jade Tokens for ten years and confirmed that the True Lord of Pure Origin and Wonderful Way had none either.
• The Queen Mother explained that she had destroyed the newcomer’s jade token and had received no response after reporting the incident to the Heavenly Venerable.
• The Mysterious Maiden criticized the aristocratic families for their actions in the Western Frontier, and the Queen Mother reminded her that the Ma family was also an aristocratic family.
• The Queen Mother said the Little Bodhisattva had given the fallen heaven’s chosen ones a chance, then vanished from the courtyard.