Chapter Summaries

Yi Yangzi demonstrated his Heaven and Earth in the Gourd technique and challenged the martial experts to test it. After the Deputy Tower Master of Mirage Tower accepted, Yi Yangzi swallowed him inside the Purple Jade Gourd, which shrank back to palm size, leaving the onlookers uncertain about what had happened to him.

• Yi Yangzi enlarged his Purple Jade Gourd and explained that his Heaven and Earth in the Gourd technique was an immortal art.
• The large white cat following Li Musheng became fascinated by the gourd’s ability to grow and shrink.
• Yi Yangzi challenged the martial experts to test his technique, and the Deputy Tower Master of Mirage Tower appeared to accept.
• Yi Yangzi offered to admit defeat if the Deputy Tower Master endured inside the gourd for a quarter of an hour.
• Yi Yangzi used the Purple Jade Gourd to swallow the Deputy Tower Master, sealed its mouth, and continued channeling his true qi into it.
• The gourd shrank to palm size, and the surrounding martial experts wondered how the Deputy Tower Master could still be inside.

Yi Yangzi’s Heaven and Earth in the Gourd failed to keep the Mirage Tower deputy tower master trapped, and the two’s contest ended with the deputy tower master free. Yi Yangzi accused someone of interfering, but the martial artists dismissed his claim, leaving him demanding that his opponent name the supposed helper.

• Jiang Wang said the power of Yi Yangzi’s Heaven and Earth in the Gourd would have to be judged by what happened next.
• Li Musheng said the art could not trap every expert under heaven, then predicted the victor would soon be decided.
• The Purple Jade Gourd broke free of Yi Yangzi’s control and filled the arena’s sky with illusory copies as the Mirage Tower deputy tower master escaped.
• Yi Yangzi destroyed the illusions and reclaimed the gourd, then accused someone in the arena of secretly interfering.
• The martial artists rebuked Yi Yangzi for refusing to accept defeat, and he demanded that the deputy tower master identify who had helped him.

Yi Yangzi insisted that the deputy master of Mirage Tower had secretly interfered with his Purple Jade Gourd, but the martial arts experts dismissed his claims. Jiang Si unexpectedly came forward to support him, shocking the Jiang Family as the crowd demanded to know why she believed him.

• The deputy master of Mirage Tower conceded, and the martial arts experts accused Yi Yangzi of refusing to accept defeat.
• The Jiang Family ancestor suggested that Yi Yangzi’s Heaven and Earth in the Gourd technique might have real power, but the Jiang Family head told Jiang Wang that Yi Yangzi was unworthy to be his master.
• Yi Yangzi demanded another contest with the deputy master of Mirage Tower, who refused, while the other martial arts experts urged Yi Yangzi to leave the stage.
• Jiang Si appeared and said she could prove Yi Yangzi was telling the truth, startling the Jiang Family head, Jiang Wang, and their ancestor.
• Jiang Si nodded when Yi Yangzi asked whether she believed him, and a martial arts expert questioned why she was speaking up for him.

Jiang Si defended Yi Yangzi, saying she had sensed someone attack him from the shadows. She pointed toward Li Musheng’s group, leaving Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran suspecting him as he denied involvement.

• Jiang Si stepped onto the martial arts platform and insisted she was only telling the truth.
• The Jiang Family head ordered an elder to take Jiang Si away, but Yi Yangzi blocked him and demanded that she remain.
• Jiang Si confirmed that someone had attacked Yi Yangzi from the shadows and said she had sensed the attacker’s direction.
• After scanning the martial artists, Jiang Si pointed toward a seat near the front where Li Musheng, Cang Yinyue, Shen Anran, and a white tiger were gathered.
• Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran looked at Li Musheng, who denied making the secret attack.

Jiang Si accused Li Musheng of attacking Yi Yangzi, then escaped her family’s attempt to restrain her and appeared before Li Musheng to ask whether he believed she had pointed at the wrong person. The great white cat’s plan to use her accusation to seize Yi Yangzi’s Purple Jade Gourd was stopped by Li Musheng.

• Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran accepted Li Musheng’s denial, while Jiang Si told Yi Yangzi that he would have to prove his innocence himself.
• The Jiang Family Patriarch questioned Jiang Si’s actions, but Jiang Wang defended his sister and the Jiang Family’s old ancestor stated that Li Musheng was not the attacker.
• At the White Tiger Divine Hall Master’s urging, the Jiang Family Patriarch ordered an elder to restrain Jiang Si, but she escaped using her Phantom Delusion Body.
• Jiang Si appeared before Li Musheng and asked whether he would believe that she had pointed at the wrong person.
• The great white cat tried to strike Jiang Si, but Li Musheng stopped it before it could act.

Jiang Si revealed that she was an eleven-year-old Martial Grandmaster and declared that she wanted to choose a master of her own. After the Jiang Family tried to remove her, the martial arts masters defended her and rushed to offer themselves as teachers.

• Jiang Si admitted that she had identified Li Musheng incorrectly, giving Yi Yangzi a way to back down from confronting him.
• An elderly woman asked Jiang Si her age and cultivation realm, and Jiang Si said she was eleven and a Martial Grandmaster.
• The martial arts masters eagerly tried to recruit Jiang Si, while the Jiang Family Head ordered elders to take her away.
• The masters drove back the Jiang Family elders, and Jiang Wang urged Jiang Si not to act recklessly.
• Jiang Si declared that her talent matched her brother's and that she wanted to choose a master, prompting the gathered experts to compete for her.

Jiang Si’s exceptional talent was revealed, and the Jiang Family agreed to let her choose a master freely. She showed interest in Li Musheng, while the Yellow Springs Holy Lords warned Sand Sea City’s Yellow Sand Lord not to underestimate him and vowed to avenge their tribe.

• Jiang Wang suggested that the Jiang Family accept Jiang Si choosing a master, and the Jiang Family ancestor agreed.
• Jiang Wang asked the martial experts to let Jiang Si choose for herself, while the Jiang Family head urged her to come to the viewing platform for protection.
• Jiang Si asked Li Musheng whether he needed a disciple with exceptional talent, making the gathered experts nervous that she might choose him.
• The Yellow Sand Lord said Sand Sea City had sent three Yellow Sand Lords to White Emperor City to pursue its aims.
• Youhai Holy Lord and Mingshan Holy Lord warned the Yellow Sand Lord that Li Musheng had defeated powerful Yellow Springs Tribe Holy Lords.
• Youhai Holy Lord vowed that the Yellow Springs Tribe would make Li Musheng repay the humiliation he had caused.

Jiang Si rejected the martial arts experts’ assumptions about her secret site and offered to become a disciple of anyone who could take her inside. Her proposal drew the experts’ interest, while the Jiang Family head and Jiang Wang wondered what she was really planning.

• Li Musheng rejected Jiang Si’s request to become his disciple, and Jiang Si accepted his answer without pressing him.
• Yi Yangzi asked Jiang Si what kind of master she wanted, and she announced that she would choose someone who could fulfill a condition.
• Jiang Si said she wanted to enter the Jiang Family’s impregnable mechanized secret site, prompting several experts to volunteer.
• The Jiang Family head admitted that he knew nothing about the secret site, and the Jiang Family ancestor warned him to keep Jiang Si from bringing disaster upon the family.
• Jiang Si warned the experts that the site was more dangerous than they expected and offered all of them the chance to enter with her and share the risks.

Jiang Si led most of the martial arts masters away to the hidden mechanism-filled site, while Jiang Wang prepared to choose a master from those who remained. Li Musheng stayed seated and said he had not decided whether to accept Jiang Wang as his disciple.

• Yi Yangzi agreed to fulfill Jiang Si's condition, and she led him and the other eager masters away from the training ground.
• The Jiang Family Head accepted that he could not stop them, told Jiang Wang to choose a master, then left to keep watch over the departing group.
• Li Musheng declined to pursue Jiang Si, saying he would wait to see how Jiang Wang chose; Big White Cat kept watching Yi Yangzi's Purple Jade Gourd.
• Jiang Wang invited the twelve remaining masters onto the training ground and announced that he would choose one as his master.
• Jiang Wang invited Li Musheng to join the candidates, but Li Musheng remained seated and said he had not yet decided whether to take Jiang Wang as his disciple.

Jiang Wang announced that he had already promised to take the White Tiger Divine Hall’s Hall Master as his master, while still seeking a second master at the selection assembly. Sand Sea City and the Yellow Springs Tribe proposed sharing him among several masters, but the Hall Master insisted that only one other person could teach Jiang Wang.

• Jiang Wang accepted Li Musheng’s indifferent response and turned his attention to the master selection assembly.
• Jiang Wang told the martial experts that the White Tiger Divine Hall’s Hall Master had protected him and that he had promised to become his disciple, though the Hall Master had agreed to let him choose one additional master.
• The Hall Master confirmed that he had agreed to share Jiang Wang with one other master for the sake of Jiang Wang’s future.
• A yellow-browed woman representing the four Yellow Sand Lords of Sand Sea City asked whether Jiang Wang could take four more masters, and the Nethersea Sage Lord said the Yellow Springs Tribe had the same idea.
• The Hall Master refused to allow more than one additional master and warned the martial experts not to try to take Jiang Wang from him; the yellow-browed woman criticized his domineering conduct.

A disguised fighter posing as Evil-Faced Monk challenged the White Tiger Divine Hall Master, demanding to take Jiang Wang away. Their evenly matched battle left the martial arts masters stunned, and the White Tiger Divine Hall Master prepared to strike with both palms.

• Evil-Faced Monk stepped forward at the Jiang Family's disciple-selection gathering and threatened to take Jiang Wang by force.
• The White Tiger Divine Hall Master confronted him, and Evil-Faced Monk attacked with a dragon of bloody Killing Intent.
• The White Tiger Divine Hall Master revealed Evil-Faced Monk in the stands and met his punch, while their clash remained evenly matched.
• Nethersea Sage Lord and the other martial arts masters were shocked by Evil-Faced Monk's strength.
• The White Tiger Divine Hall Master realized his opponent was an impostor, who demanded to take Jiang Wang away.
• The White Tiger Divine Hall Master rejected the demand and struck at the impostor with both palms.

Evil-Faced Monk revealed himself as the Mirage Tower Master and abducted Jiang Wang during the disciple-acceptance gathering, prompting the White Tiger Divine Hall Master to pursue him. With Jiang Wang gone, the martial arts experts hurried to seek out Jiang Si, while Li Musheng confronted Nethersea Sage Lord about the Yellow Springs Holy Method.

• Evil-Faced Monk countered the White Tiger Divine Hall Master's attack with illusions and was identified as the Mirage Tower Master.
• The Mirage Tower Master abducted Jiang Wang despite the Jiang Family Ancestor's attempt to stop him, and the White Tiger Divine Hall Master pursued them.
• After the illusions faded, the martial arts experts realized Jiang Wang was gone and decided to seek out Jiang Si instead.
• Nethersea Sage Lord remained behind as the others left, and Li Musheng challenged him to demonstrate the Yellow Springs Holy Method.

Li Musheng forced Nethersea Sage Lord to accompany him so he could gather all five Yellow Springs Holy Lords, while explosions shook the Jiang Residence. The Yellow-Browed Woman escaped the Jiang Family’s hidden mechanism ground and warned that many martial experts were trapped inside.

• Nethersea Sage Lord reluctantly agreed to go with Li Musheng after Li Musheng dismissed his request for more time.
• A series of powerful booms shook the Jiang Residence, and Nethersea Sage Lord realized the martial experts who had entered the hidden ground had not returned.
• The Yellow-Browed Woman emerged from the ground, disheveled, and told Nethersea Sage Lord that the hidden ground was dangerous.
• The Yellow-Browed Woman explained that a barrier blocked her underground route and that the entrance was easy to enter but difficult to leave.
• Nethersea Sage Lord wondered whether the explosions came from trapped martial experts trying to break out.

Nethersea Sage Lord tried to persuade Li Musheng to rescue Nether Mountain Holy Lord from the Jiang Family’s hidden ground, but Li Musheng refused and the others chose to wait. The master of Mirage Tower returned to the Jiang Residence, and Nethersea Sage Lord and the yellow-browed woman realized he was after Jiang Si and the family’s secret.

• Nethersea Sage Lord suspected the Jiang Family had gained a powerful secret and asked Li Musheng to rescue Nether Mountain Holy Lord so the Yellow Springs Tribe could still perform its holy method.
• Li Musheng refused to enter the hidden ground, saying Nether Mountain was trapped but not in immediate danger.
• The yellow-browed woman mocked Nethersea Sage Lord for flattering Li Musheng, and the two decided it was safest to wait at the martial arts field.
• The master of Mirage Tower revealed that he had returned to the Jiang Residence after luring away the master of White Tiger Divine Hall.
• Nethersea Sage Lord and the yellow-browed woman guessed that the master of Mirage Tower wanted both Jiang Si and the Jiang Family’s secret as he examined the hidden ground’s entrance.

The Lord of Mirage Tower sought help from the experts trapped in the Jiang Family hidden realm, while the Jiang Family Patriarch confronted his imprisoned wife and learned that killing her would disable the barrier holding them. Outside, the yellow-browed woman and Nethersea Sage Lord considered how to stop the Lord of Mirage Tower from taking Jiang Si.

• The Lord of Mirage Tower brought the unconscious Jiang Wang to the hidden realm's entrance and asked the trapped experts to strike its barrier with him.
• The Jiang Family Patriarch accused his imprisoned wife of inciting Jiang Si, but halted his attack when she warned that her death would free the trapped martial world experts.
• The Jiang Family Patriarch revealed that the Heavenly Origin Heart-Shield Stele depended on his wife's life, then kicked her deeper into the abyss and sealed her away from Jiang Si.
• The Jiang Family Patriarch left through the secret passage to deal with the intruding experts before the Martial God learned of the Jiang Family's actions.
• The yellow-browed woman and Nethersea Sage Lord discussed stopping the Lord of Mirage Tower from abducting Jiang Si, then turned their attention to Li Musheng.

Li Musheng decided not to take a disciple, but changed his mind about leaving when Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran regretted missing the chance to meet the Jiang Family's martial geniuses. As the Mirage Tower Lord and the trapped martial experts attacked the secret ground's seal, the Jiang Family head prepared to kill everyone in the Jiang Residence to conceal his imprisonment of the Martial God's daughter.

• Li Musheng offered Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran the chance to take Jiang Wang and Jiang Si as disciples, then disappeared from the martial arts grounds.
• The Mirage Tower Lord attacked the secret-ground entrance while the trapped martial experts struck the seal from within, shaking the Jiang Residence and collapsing many buildings.
• The Jiang Family head entered a hidden chamber and saw that the Heavenly Origin Heart-Shield Stele was rapidly losing its power.
• The Jiang Family head reached for a jade box and vowed that no one in the Jiang Family would leave alive, fearing the secret of the Martial God's daughter would be exposed.

The Jiang Family Patriarch used the jade box to transform his body as the sealed secret ground neared collapse. Outside, Li Musheng confronted the Mirage Tower Master, rescued Jiang Wang, and turned toward the secret ground to take Jiang Wang’s sister as well.

• The Jiang Family Patriarch covered half his body in emerald-green runes from the jade box and reveled in his newfound strength.
• Jiang Si stayed silent when Yi Yangzi asked who had built the secret ground, while the jianghu experts waited for the seal to break.
• The Mirage Tower Master stopped attacking the secret ground when Li Musheng appeared and demanded Jiang Wang as a disciple for one of his companions.
• The Mirage Tower Master challenged Li Musheng to take Jiang Wang from him and hid within a mass of illusions.
• Li Musheng saw through the illusions and snatched the unconscious Jiang Wang from the Mirage Tower Master's grasp.
• Li Musheng looked toward the secret ground and said he would take Jiang Wang's sister too.

Li Musheng rescued Jiang Wang from the Mirage Tower Lord and broke the seal trapping the martial experts in the Jiang Family's hidden realm. He then claimed Jiang Si, warning the gathered experts not to interfere and reminding her that he had saved both her and her brother.

• The Mirage Tower Lord attacked Li Musheng through countless mirrored images while Li Musheng quietly shattered the hidden realm's seal with a flick of his finger.
• The Mirage Tower Lord's attacks failed, and an invisible palm struck him down, smashing him into the ground as his mirrored spaces vanished.
• Yi Yangzi led Jiang Si and the other martial experts out of the hidden realm, where Li Musheng appeared and demanded Jiang Si.
• The martial experts challenged Li Musheng, but he pointed to the defeated Mirage Tower Lord and reminded them that he had freed them from the hidden realm.
• Li Musheng told Jiang Si that he had saved her brother and then her, implying she should understand why he wanted to take her.

Jiang Si tried to persuade Li Musheng and the jianghu experts to help her find her mother, while the experts demanded answers from the head of the Jiang Family. Empowered by emerald runes, the head of the Jiang Family emerged from the hidden realm, killed one of the experts instantly, and challenged the others to accept his explanation.

• Jiang Si told Li Musheng she would leave with him if he helped fulfill her wish, hoping the jianghu experts would help find her mother.
• A jianghu expert demanded that the head of the Jiang Family explain the hidden realm, and others threatened to destroy the Jiang Family if he refused.
• The head of the Jiang Family absorbed the jade boxes' power and became a humanoid figure covered in emerald-green runes.
• The head of the Jiang Family killed a threatening jianghu expert by piercing his chest and crushing his heart.
• The head of the Jiang Family pointed to the dead expert and called the killing his explanation to the retreating jianghu experts.

The Jiang Family head transformed by the Heavenly Martial Abyss revealed Martial God-level power and slaughtered the jianghu experts who had witnessed his secret. As the survivors fled and he pursued them, Jiang Si stayed behind and pleaded with her father to kill her instead.

• The Jiang Family head declared that no witnesses would be allowed to leave and unleashed the power he believed was that of a Martial God.
• The Jiang Family head instantly killed several martial arts experts, while the others tried to flee and seize Jiang Si.
• Yi Yangzi and other experts struggled over Jiang Si, then abandoned her and escaped when they could not break away from one another.
• The Jiang Family head revealed that he had marked the fleeing experts with Soul-Chasing Incense and continued killing those nearby.
• Jiang Si and the Eighth Prince remained behind, and Jiang Si begged her father to stop and kill her instead.