Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu killed the Ghost Lord after overcoming his Primal Qi defenses, then joined the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger and Frostwing Dragon to defeat the Ancestor of the Yun Family. Both old-school Grandmasters died, leaving Jiang Liu free to pursue his plans to unify Yun Province.

• Jiang Liu overwhelmed the wounded Ghost Lord, destroyed his manifested ghost general, severed his hand, and beheaded him.
• Jiang Liu collected the Ghost Lord's belongings and flew to help the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger and Frostwing Dragon fight the Ancestor of the Yun Family.
• Jiang Liu repeatedly struck the Ancestor of the Yun Family while the two Exotic Beast Kings kept him pinned down.
• After roughly fifteen minutes of attacks, Jiang Liu discovered that the Ancestor of the Yun Family had died; both Grandmasters were buried there.

After cultivating overnight, Jiang Liu reached Xia City and found it desolate under the Sun Moon Sect’s rule. He visited Ascension Tower to meet Murong Yin, who had been waiting for him, but she disappeared before he could find her, leaving him worried something had happened.

• Jiang Liu found pills and three jade boxes among Ghost Lord’s possessions, then cultivated the Saintly Sky Art overnight and discovered his reforged meridians could absorb more primal qi.
• The Frostwing Dragon and Three-Eyed Flying Tiger returned with an elk, and Jiang Liu flew with them toward Xia City.
• Sun Moon Sect disciples stopped Jiang Liu outside Xia City, barred his spirit beasts from entering, and watched him fly over the wall with his pack.
• Jiang Liu saw that Xia City had become desolate and heard from a waiter that the Sun Moon Sect’s actions had driven people away.
• A female attendant at Ascension Tower told Jiang Liu that Murong Yin had been waiting for him, but she could not find her when he asked to meet her.
• Jiang Liu waited at Ascension Tower for Murong Yin, then grew concerned when neither she nor the attendant returned.

Jiang Liu rescued Murong Yin from White Fan Zhenren and He Qian, revealing that he had become a Grandmaster and killed two other Grandmasters. With Jiang Liu backing them, Ascension Tower moved to seize Xia City and eradicate the Sun Moon Sect’s remaining forces there.

• Jiang Liu sensed danger, found Murong Yin, and killed White Fan Zhenren and He Qian with his vital energy.
• Jiang Liu healed Cuier, checked that Murong Yin’s guards were alive, and took Murong Yin back to her courtyard.
• Jiang Liu told Murong Yin that he had advanced to Grandmaster and had killed Ghost Lord and the Ancestor of the Yun Family.
• Murong Qin gathered Ascension Tower’s forces and attacked the Sun Moon Sect’s stronghold in Xia City.
• Murong Qin reported that Ascension Tower had wiped out the Sun Moon Sect’s forces in Xia City and taken over its defenses and the City Lord’s Mansion.

After defeating the Sun Moon Sect in Xia City, Jiang Liu and Murong Yin arranged for Ascension Tower to govern the county and protect its people. They decided to take the fight to Kan County, then set out with Cuier.

• Jiang Liu assigned the Wind Division and Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion roles in developing and supervising their forces, while Ascension Tower would temporarily take over Yun Province.
• Cuier told Jiang Liu that Xia City's common folk had gathered to thank him for ending the Sun Moon Sect's oppressive rule, and Murong Yin accepted their gratitude in his place.
• Jiang Liu and Murong Yin discussed restoring livelihoods and using Ascension Tower's resources to regulate martial artists, with Wind Division members overseeing the tower.
• Murong Yin urged Jiang Liu to conquer Kan County before the Sun Moon Sect could flee, and he agreed to take the initiative.
• Jiang Liu, Murong Yin, and Cuier departed Xia City for Kan County after Murong Yin gave instructions to the steward at Ascension Tower.

Jiang Liu reached Kan City, killed the Sun Moon Sect forces there, and secured the City Lord's Mansion treasury with help from Ascension Tower. In Cloud City, Old Master Feng ordered the Feng Family to fully support Jiang Liu's conquest of Yun Province, and a large force set out for Kan County.

• Jiang Liu traveled to Kan City with Murong Yin and Cuier after summoning the Frostwing Dragon and the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger.
• Tang Ruiping tried to stop Jiang Liu at Kan City's entrance, but Jiang Liu killed him, another Sun Moon Sect Minor Grandmaster, and the nearby disciples.
• Jiang Liu cleared the Sun Moon Sect from the City Lord's Mansion, and Murong Yin brought Murong Mo and Ascension Tower's people to inventory its treasury.
• Old Master Feng announced that the Feng Family would fully support Jiang Liu in conquering Yun Province, overruling Feng Yunluo's objection.
• The Feng Family dispatched a large force toward Kan County, where Old Master Feng expected Jiang Liu to move next.

After Jiang Liu’s rise to Grandmaster and the destruction of the Sun Moon Sect’s leaders, allies moved to support his campaign while Feng Yue set out to find him. In Kan City, Jiang Liu monitored the new governance and prepared to establish the Wind Division’s base as Yin Yunting arrived.

• Murong Lie learned Jiang Liu had become a Grandmaster and killed the Ghost Lord and the Yun Family Ancestor, then shared the news with Feng Boyun.
• Feng Yue insisted on searching for Jiang Liu, and Feng Boyun advised her to travel to Cloud City; the Wang Family, Hai Family, and Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion mobilized to support Jiang Liu.
• Ouyang Han learned Jiang Liu had destroyed the Sun Moon Sect’s Xia County stronghold, but chose to wait for the Ghost Lord’s return before deciding what to do.
• Murong Mo’s forces cleared the remaining Sun Moon Sect followers in Kan City, while Jiang Liu and Murong Yin discussed how to manage the city and observed its recovery.
• Jiang Liu agreed to meet Yin Yunting outside after Murong Yin told him she had arrived to help establish the Wind Division’s temporary base.

Jiang Liu organized his forces in Kan City, accepted Feng Family's support, and left for Yun City after the Sun Moon Sect was purged from the surrounding counties. He arrived near Yun City with Murong Yin and Cuier, intent on keeping his arrival discreet as he prepared to determine the city's fate.

• Jiang Liu assigned Yin Yunting and the Wind Division to develop in Kan City, establish their own network, and follow a system of annual assessments and rewards and punishments.
• Murong Yin showed Jiang Liu a list of valuables, and he concluded that Murong Mo had acted ruthlessly and told her to store the items as listed.
• A Rank 9 Martial Practitioner from Feng Family arrived to offer the family's full support, and Jiang Liu instructed him to settle his people before receiving assignments.
• Three days later, Jiang Liu left Kan City with Murong Yin and Cuier after the counties had been purged of Sun Moon Sect forces and his allies had been assigned their roles.
• After five days of flight, Jiang Liu and his companions reached the outskirts of Yun City, where he sent their flying beasts to forage and carried Murong Yin and Cuier toward the city.

Jiang Liu returned to Cloud City and planned with Murong Aotian to eradicate the Sun Moon Sect’s forces in Cloud Province. After killing Ouyang Han and helping Murong Aotian’s people eliminate the sect’s remaining forces, Jiang Liu became a major focus of the province’s factions.

• Jiang Liu told Murong Aotian that he planned to wipe out the Sun Moon Sect’s forces in Cloud Province and would kill Ouyang Han that night.
• Jiang Liu killed Ouyang Han in the Sun Moon Sect’s council hall, then waited for Murong Aotian’s forces to arrive and exterminate the sect’s disciples.
• Jiang Liu left the remaining cleanup to Murong Aotian’s people, and news spread the next morning that the Sun Moon Sect’s forces across Cloud Province had been wiped out.
• The Deity Summoning Society confirmed the Sun Moon Sect’s defeat, while Han Li dismissed Jiang Liu as a threat.
• Qin Bailian decided to pledge allegiance to Jiang Liu and personally went to seek him out.

Jiang Liu secured the local factions’ temporary submission and welcomed Qin Bailian, who offered Exotic Weapon Valley’s support. They decided to target the Deity Summoning Society by luring out Han Li, while Jiang Liu remained wary of Qin Bailian’s intentions.

• Feng Yue visited Jiang Liu, and he kissed her before also pulling Murong Yin into the embrace; afterward, he asked Murong Yin to familiarize Feng Yue with their affairs.
• Jiang Liu promised the visiting local faction leaders they could develop freely if they stopped exploiting the people, though he privately planned to purge them later.
• Qin Bailian offered to submit Exotic Weapon Valley to Jiang Liu, who accepted his proposal cautiously.
• Qin Bailian advised Jiang Liu to strike the Deity Summoning Society before the Five Poisons Sect because its territory bordered Yun County and Feng County.
• Jiang Liu and Qin Bailian agreed that Qin Bailian would lure Han Li out so they could ambush him together.
• After Qin Bailian left, Jiang Liu questioned whether he could be trusted and decided to have two Exotic Beast Kings nearby as protection.

Jiang Liu visited Old Master Feng after accepting Feng Yue’s request and discussed Yunzhou, the Three Sects, and a strange place he had found. The visit left Jiang Liu weighing Old Master Feng’s warnings, while Old Master Feng recalled a frightening old rumor connected to the strange place.

• Feng Yue told Jiang Liu that Old Master Feng wanted to meet him, and Jiang Liu flew with her to the Feng Family estate.
• Old Master Feng welcomed Jiang Liu and asked whether he had notified the Three Sects after wiping out the Sun Moon Sect; he advised Jiang Liu to report his actions and explained that the Feng Family would rely on him.
• Jiang Liu described the bizarre place near Yuncheng, but Old Master Feng could not identify it, and Jiang Liu said he planned to slow his expansion and consolidate his gains.
• Jiang Liu returned to his courtyard and concluded that Old Master Feng had signaled the Three Sects’ importance and the Feng Family’s allegiance to him.
• Old Master Feng remembered an old rumor about the strange place and muttered in disbelief that Jiang Liu could not have encountered it.

Jiang Liu returned to Wind City with Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Cuier after spending time in Cloud City. He reunited with Murong Lie and realized the old man’s vital qi was fading, leaving him uncertain whether to give him the Saint Spirit Pill.

• Jiang Liu reviewed the Sun Moon Sect’s supply inventory sent by Murong Aotian and decided to return to Wind City with Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Cuier.
• Jiang Liu and the others traveled for seven days on the Frostwing Dragon and the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger before reaching Wind City.
• Jiang Liu let Feng Yue return to the Feng Family, then brought Murong Yin and Cuier to Ascension Tower.
• Murong Lie welcomed Jiang Liu and spoke with him in the tower’s secret chamber.
• Jiang Liu sensed that Murong Lie’s vital qi was nearly spent and wondered whether to give him the Saint Spirit Pill, which might risk a failed breakthrough.

Jiang Liu reunited with Murong Lie and the Feng Family, then offered to help Feng Boyun take control of Wind City. He returned to his courtyard with Feng Yue, where Murong Yin was waiting, and the next morning set out with her to visit Murong Lie and show him the pills and jade boxes from Ghost Lord.

• Jiang Liu attended a banquet with Murong Lie and Murong Yin, then visited the Feng Family, where its members welcomed and flattered him.
• Jiang Liu offered to help Feng Boyun take charge of Wind City, and Feng Boyun accepted his support.
• Feng Yue went back to Jiang Liu's courtyard with him, where Murong Yin was waiting by candlelight; Jiang Liu embraced both women that night.
• The next morning, Jiang Liu planned to show Murong Lie the pills and jade boxes he had brought back from Ghost Lord.
• After Feng Yue's belongings arrived from the Feng Family, Jiang Liu flew with Murong Yin toward Ascension Tower.

Jiang Liu gave Murong Lie a Saint Spirit Pill and a Life-Increasing Herb, helping him prepare to advance to the Grandmaster Realm. After Murong Lie restored his body, Jiang Liu took him to Gale Valley so he could attempt the breakthrough in a suitable place.

• Jiang Liu showed Murong Lie the Saint Spirit Pill and three treasures recovered from the Ghost Lord: Life-Extending Grass, a Water Primal Herb, and a Life-Increasing Herb.
• Murong Lie chose to consume the Life-Increasing Herb first, while Jiang Liu planned to give the Life-Extending Grass to Old Master Feng and gave the Water Primal Herb to Feng Yue.
• Murong Yin hugged Jiang Liu in excitement, then agreed that Feng Yue should receive the Water Primal Herb.
• Over the next three days, Murong Lie conditioned his body, Jiang Liu helped the Feng Family stabilize Wind City, and Feng Yue used the Water Primal Herb to reach the Eighth Rank Martial Practitioner Realm.
• After restoring himself, Murong Lie asked Jiang Liu to protect him during his advance, and Jiang Liu took him to Gale Valley in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Jiang Liu helped Murong Lie break through to Grandmaster, then entered Gale Cave to investigate the exotic beast imprisoned there. He discovered that the beast’s spiritual attack was at Peak Grandmaster level and realized how dangerous his earlier visits had been.

• Murong Lie used the Saint Spirit Pill to expand his spiritual sea, and Jiang Liu gathered the dissipating Spirit Power Particles to help his Divine Sense grow to 1,300 meters.
• Murong Lie successfully advanced to Grandmaster, regained a younger appearance, and flew back toward Wind City while Jiang Liu stayed behind.
• Jiang Liu entered Gale Cave and found that its fierce winds no longer affected him.
• Jiang Liu approached the stone chamber, where the imprisoned exotic beast roared at him with spiritual power on the level of a human Peak Grandmaster.
• Jiang Liu realized the beast could have killed him during his earlier visits and wondered who had imprisoned it and why.

Jiang Liu weakened the Exotic Beast Emperor in the sealed stone chamber, forced it to submit, and planted a spiritual imprint in its Divine Sea. He then tried to find a way to free it, but ended the chapter exhausted after digging into the boulder without breaking through.

• Jiang Liu clashed with the Exotic Beast Emperor's spiritual force and gradually gained the upper hand.
• Jiang Liu used Annihilation by Thought to batter the weakened Exotic Beast Emperor and demanded that it submit or die.
• The Exotic Beast Emperor roared in reluctant agreement, and Jiang Liu planted a spiritual imprint in its Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu searched the boulder for a mechanism or crack but found none.
• Jiang Liu began digging with his broadsword, exhausted his yuanqi, and stopped to rest before reaching the chamber.

Jiang Liu found a way to break through stone and metal, freeing the Fire-Winged Monkey from its chains. He discovered a rich source of Water Primal Qi and opened a passage from the hidden chamber into a natural cave.

• Jiang Liu used Earth, Ice, and Wind Primal Qi to open a passage through the stone and entered the chamber where the Fire-Winged Monkey was bound.
• Jiang Liu tried to cut the chains with his saber, then used Metal, Ice, and Wind Attribute Qi to snap them one by one.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey stomped excitedly as Jiang Liu freed it, then knelt and kowtowed to him once it was released.
• Jiang Liu found the crack supplying water droplets that had kept the Fire-Winged Monkey alive and opened it above a stone bowl to collect the water.
• Jiang Liu dug through the upper cave until he made an opening large enough to pass through, then emerged into a natural cave away from Gale Valley.

Jiang Liu collected a pearl of concentrated Essence Particles, absorbed the remaining Primal Qi Liquid, and witnessed the Fire-Winged Monkey break free as a Beast Emperor. He subdued the arrogant monkey by using its mental imprint during a prolonged beating, then rested while it copied his meditation.

• Jiang Liu removed a pearl from the upper Stone Cave and added it to the one he had found earlier, increasing the density of the surrounding Essence Particles.
• Jiang Liu left Gale Cave and absorbed the remaining Primal Qi Liquid, which only slightly enlarged the solid ball of primal qi in his body.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey burst out of Gale Cave, roared in celebration, and frightened the nearby exotic beasts into fleeing.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey looked down on Jiang Liu, but the mental imprint in its spiritual sea stopped it from attacking him.
• Jiang Liu struck the Fire-Winged Monkey while triggering its mental imprint, then beat it for half an hour until it showed awe.
• Jiang Liu meditated to recover, and the Fire-Winged Monkey sat down beside him and found that meditation helped it absorb Essence Particles faster.

Jiang Liu subdued the Fire-Winged Monkey and discovered that the Giant Strength Demonic Ape had become a Lesser Beast King. He left the ape to cultivate in the forest, then brought the Fire-Winged Monkey to Ascension Tower, where its roar shocked Murong Lie and Murong Yin.

• The Fire-Winged Monkey woke, submitted to Jiang Liu, and followed him toward Wind City.
• Jiang Liu summoned the Giant Strength Demonic Ape and was astonished by its immense growth and Lesser Beast King aura.
• Jiang Liu told the Giant Strength Demonic Ape to stay and cultivate, promising to return for it, while the ape resolved to surpass the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Jiang Liu brought the Fire-Winged Monkey to Murong Lie's courtyard at Ascension Tower after warning Feng Yue that he would not stop at home.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey's roar hurt Murong Lie after he inspected it with Divine Sense, and Jiang Liu explained that it was a Beast Emperor.
• Jiang Liu squeezed Murong Yin's cheeks as Murong Lie and Murong Yin reacted with astonishment to the beast's power.

Jiang Liu discussed Wind City's affairs and the shifting conflicts among the major forces, then left the Fire-Winged Monkey with Murong Lie. Murong Lie showed Feng Boyun his new Grandmaster strength and revealed that a Saint Spirit Pill had enabled his breakthrough, while Jiang Liu returned home to eat Feng Yue's cooking.

• Jiang Liu asked Murong Yin for news from Cloud City and heard that the Ye Family and the Lotus Sect had fought to a costly draw in Zhen Province.
• Murong Yin reported that the Vast Righteous Sect had seized a county city from the Ji Family, while Murong Lie warned Jiang Liu that the Ascension Tower's control of Xia County and Kan County could cause problems.
• Jiang Liu left the Fire-Winged Monkey in Wind City with orders not to hurt anyone, then took Murong Yin home.
• Murong Lie flew to Feng Boyun's courtyard, showed off his Grandmaster aura, and revealed that a Saint Spirit Pill from the Saint Heaven Sect had enabled his breakthrough.
• Feng Boyun envied Murong Lie's luck and regretted having tricked Jiang Liu, while Jiang Liu returned home to find Feng Yue had prepared dinner.

Jiang Liu arranged for Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion to relocate its headquarters to Yun City, then left Wind City after Feng Yi chose to stay behind. Feng Yi’s grandfather, Feng Boyun, discovered that Feng Yi was not truly discouraged and beat him for his carefree excuse.

• Jiang Liu recruited He Chuyue to help establish a Wind Division branch in Yun County and helped Hao Jiao and Li Yueping break through to Seventh Grade.
• Jiang Liu ordered Murong Yin and Feng Yue to prepare Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion for relocation, and Murong Yin brought people over from Ascension Tower.
• After waiting two more days without hearing from Qin Bailian, Jiang Liu sent the group toward Yun City under the Fire-Winged Monkey’s secret protection.
• Jiang Liu invited Feng Yi to come to Yun City, but Feng Yi declined, and Jiang Liu left on the Frostwing Dragon.
• Feng Yi told Feng Boyun he was only lamenting the loss of a drinking companion, so Feng Boyun beat him outside the North District gate.