Jiang Liu joined the Fallen Blossom Gang, advanced rapidly through its training with the help of his Auxiliary System, and gained top-tier treatment. After surviving apprentice trials and making plans with Uncle Hai and Lin Hai on New Year’s Eve, he learned about the Jianghu’s major factions and valleys.
Jiang Liu completed Bone Tempering and Blood Exchange, reached Martial Practitioner Rank Two through an unusual combination of heart methods, and began learning new techniques. As the White Lotus Sect’s influence spread and unrest grew, Jiang Liu returned to Flowing Cloud Alley, killed several gang members occupying his old home, and fled after the sect arrived.
As the White Lotus Sect gained control of Cloud Sun City and the Fallen Blossom Gang collapsed, Jiang Liu left for Cloud Prefecture City and trained in the West Mountain Range. He reached Fifth Rank, reunited with Master Lin and Lin Hai, then stayed behind to pursue greater strength and claimed a spiritual-power-boosting sapling.
Jiang Liu killed the Deep Pool Giant Crocodile, reached Seventh Grade, and took control of Zengjue Temple before making the Hai Family submit and leaving the women in its care. In Wind City, he gathered information, acquired a Ninth Rank blade, survived ambushes, and entered the Ten Thousand Mountains wary of human hunters.
Jiang Liu hunted through the Ten Thousand Mountains, strengthened his cultivation and Soul Arts, and uncovered a Deity Summoning Society ritual site. Back in Wind City, he entered the city’s factional conflict by taking Wang Jian into his confidence and preparing to attend Ascension Tower’s auction.
Jiang Liu built his strength and resources while uncovering the Deity Summoning Society and the alliance between the White Saint Society and Corpse Valley. After helping the Martial Prohibition Hall destroy their operation, he returned to cultivation as new factions and dangers gathered in Wind City.
Jiang Liu advanced to Rank 9, mastered his spiritual power, and explored the Ten Thousand Mountains, where he tamed a Frostwing Dragon and found a hidden refuge. Back in Wind City, rival sects escalated their war, the Martial Prohibition Hall fell, and Jiang Liu remained focused on becoming stronger.
Jiang Liu traveled to Cloud City with Murong Yin, backed her against the Luo Family, and entered the Martial Arts Tournament after cultivating in the Ten Thousand Mountains. The tournament narrowed the field to its strongest contenders, and Jiang Liu’s clash with Wang Yisheng ended without either gaining the advantage.
Jiang Liu joined Exotic Beast Valley and entered the secret realm, where he uncovered a powerful martial art and fought his way through a contest for a mysterious treasure. He escaped as the realm collapsed, but the surviving Grandmasters confronted one another over their missing disciples.
Jiang Liu survived an ambush, exposed Corpse Valley collaborators, healed his injuries, and continued into Qian Province while searching for ways to improve his martial skills. As unrest spread and the Three Sects invited him to join them, he trained with a Three-Eyed Flying Tiger and sent Murong Yin word that he had arrived safely.
Jiang Liu won the Great Qian tournament, joined Flowing Cloud Sect, and learned that combining its art with Star Moon Sect’s technique could create the Saint Cloud Art. As factions seized territory across the provinces, he focused on comparing his new technique with the Saintly Sky Art while the sects’ leaders considered what to do next.
Jiang Liu uncovered Corpse Valley’s infiltration of Qi Province, helped Exotic Beast Valley purge its agents, and returned to Yun Province amid worsening turmoil. The arc ended with Jiang Liu confronting Ghost Lord after interrupting his battle with the Ancestor of the Yun Family.
Jiang Liu defeated the Ghost Lord and the Yun Family Ancestor, then drove the Sun Moon Sect from Cloud Province and strengthened his alliances. After capturing the Fire-Winged Monkey and eliminating the Deity Summoning Society’s local forces, he went to ask the Flowing Cloud Sect why the Haotian Sect had summoned him.
Jiang Liu subdued the Five Poisons Sect, dismantled the Yun and Pang Families, and killed the Corpse King while extending his influence across Cloud Province. As Murong Yin advanced and his pavilions expanded, conflicts in other provinces and the imperial family’s plans gathered force beyond his province.
Jiang Liu dismantled Dark Star Hall’s leadership, then aided the Vast Righteous Sect against the Ji Family and captured Ji Xingyun. As forces gathered for another campaign and the Imperial Family’s power grew, Jiang Liu and Li Moran prepared for further attacks.
After the Vast Righteous Sect fled the Ji Family and began relocating, Jiang Liu returned to the Flowing Cloud Sect and was ambushed by Lu Tianheng. He shared a corrected Saint Realm cultivation method with the Flowing Cloud Matriarch, then trained his body and spiritual attacks in preparation for another encounter.
Jiang Liu helped the Flowing Cloud and Star Moon Sects cultivate the Star Cloud Saint Art while the sect leaders pursued a marriage alliance between them. Fleeing the match, he returned to Yun Province with Tang Wanyu and Chen Xiaoyun, where reports of human trafficking raised suspicions that Corpse Valley had returned.
Jiang Liu uncovered and destroyed Corpse Valley’s base and its evolved Corpse Golem, then returned to Cloud City as the conflict among the Jianghu factions intensified. The Martial Prohibition Hall destroyed the Ji Family and pursued its fleeing Grandmasters, while Liu Yihang and Wang Dali escaped into the desert.
Lu Tianheng’s Bloodfiend Art exposed the Martial Prohibition Hall to the Three Sects and the imperial family, leading to his capture and the Hall’s disbandment. As the Three Sects hunted Bloodfiend Sect agents, Jiang Liu uncovered a network of infiltrators while rival powers exploited the upheaval.
After the Daoist and Buddhist conflict erupts into war, Jiang Liu intervenes, defeats the rival factions, and reorganizes Xun Province under his allies. Back in Yun Province, he shelters Soul Valley as evidence points to a wider campaign abducting people skilled in mental power.