Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu returned to his courtyard and reunited with Murong Yin and Feng Yue, discussing the unrest in Jianghu and the search for Wei Jin and Blood Demon Island. He gave protective gifts to the women and his attendants, and the chapter ended with the Mystic Gate arriving in Cloud City the next day.

• Jiang Liu reunited with Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Murong Lie, who asked whether Wei Jin had been caught.
• Jiang Liu learned that Blood Demon Island remained unlocated, while the Listening Wind Pavilion continued gathering intelligence through Piao Han.
• Murong Yin and Feng Yue told Jiang Liu that remnants of the Haotian Sect and Great Qian Imperial Family had been targeting people connected to their sects.
• Jiang Liu gave Cuier and Xiao He Water Spirit Pearls and Wood Spirit Pearls, urging them to cultivate so they could protect themselves.
• Jiang Liu presented Murong Yin and Feng Yue with three defensive treasures from the Great Qian Imperial Family treasury, and Murong Yin chose the hairpin while Feng Yue took the garment and belt.
• The Mystic Gate arrived in Cloud City the next day.

The Mystic Gate settled in Cloud City as Jiang Liu helped the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect govern Yun Province and Xun Province through three years of upheaval. He strengthened his cultivation and provincial influence, while Feng Yue advanced to the Grandmaster Realm.

• Jiang Liu welcomed Xuan Yi and the Mystic Gate to Cloud City, arranged their residence, and introduced them to local allies at a banquet.
• The Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect executed the Great Qian Imperial Family's direct descendants after Jiang Lan failed to appear, then thwarted attacks on their True Inheritor Disciples and uncovered collaborators.
• Over three years, Jiang Liu cultivated the Saintly Sky Art in Cloud City as the Mystic Gate's presence and the Vast Righteous Sect's teachings increased the Special Essence Particles in Yun Province and Xun Province.
• Jiang Liu sent people to help restore Xun Province, but he could not find the vanished Corpse Valley remnants.
• With Jiang Liu and Murong Yin's help, Feng Yue safely advanced to the Grandmaster Realm, and Jiang Liu celebrated with a grand banquet.

Jiang Liu cultivated through the night and two full days as the Special Essence solid in his dantian shifted into place, completing his advancement to Peak Grandmaster. His overwhelming aura collapsed the cultivation square’s walls and left Murong Yin and Feng Yue struggling to withstand it.

• After the banquet, Jiang Liu sensed his chance to advance and went alone to the cultivation square, where Murong Yin and Feng Yue left him undisturbed.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Saintly Sky Art as the Special Essence solid in his dantian took shape, broke free of its Essence ribbons, and began rising through his body.
• Murong Yin and Feng Yue found Jiang Liu still cultivating the next day and realized his aura was growing stronger, so they did not disturb him.
• After two days of cultivation, Jiang Liu’s aura peaked, and the Special Essence solid reached its intended position with a rumble.
• Jiang Liu advanced to Peak Grandmaster, and his aura spread across the area and collapsed the walls around the cultivation square.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey sensed that Jiang Liu’s imprint in its spiritual sea had deepened, while Murong Yin and Feng Yue struggled under the might of his aura.

Jiang Liu's advancement to Peak Grandmaster triggered a violent storm and lightning tribulation, which first expanded his spiritual power before a ninth strike left him unconscious and vulnerable. His sea of consciousness continued growing as a fissure began forming between his eyebrows.

• Liuxing, Elder Yun Yue, and the other Cloud City Grandmasters sensed Jiang Liu's unusual advancement and watched the sky change.
• Jiang Liu left his residence for the mountains to protect Murong Yin and Feng Yue from the storm gathering around his cultivation.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey realized its spiritual mark had become deeply imprinted in its sea of consciousness and that it could never escape Jiang Liu's control.
• Jiang Liu endured eight lightning strikes that expanded his sea of consciousness and Divine Sense as he circulated the Saintly Sky Art.
• The ninth lightning strike caused Jiang Liu intense pain, leaving him unconscious and convulsing while his sea of consciousness kept expanding and a fissure formed between his eyebrows.

Jiang Liu reached Peak Grandmaster after enduring a violent transformation, gaining stronger Divine Sense and a mysterious mark between his brows. In Qian Province, Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue linked their own loosening shackles to his advancement and discussed merging their sects, with Flowing Cloud Matriarch again proposing that Gongsun Haoyue marry Jiang Liu.

• Jiang Liu halted his cultivation of the Saintly Sky Art, circulated the Star Cloud Saint Art, and reached Peak Grandmaster, destroying nearby mutated beasts with his aura.
• Jiang Liu discovered that his Divine Sense had grown to 9.73 kilometers and felt a temporary crack or space open between his brows.
• Jiang Liu headed deeper into the mountain range to test the changes in his strength.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue sensed their restraints loosening, then learned from news of Jiang Liu's advancement that the change was likely connected to him.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue discussed merging their sects, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch proposed that Gongsun Haoyue marry Jiang Liu.

Gongsun Haoyue considered Flowing Cloud Matriarch’s proposal that she marry Jiang Liu, while Jiang Liu tested his new Peak Grandmaster strength against the Fire-Winged Monkey. The monkey revealed a fearsome attack and stayed in the mountains to train, as Jiang Liu flew back toward the outside world.

• Gongsun Haoyue weighed marrying Jiang Liu against the possibility of merging the Star Moon Sect into the Flowing Cloud Sect, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch left to announce Jiang Liu’s advancement.
• Jiang Liu fought the Fire-Winged Monkey and discovered that the monkey’s fur was turning faintly golden as it built up eight layers of momentum.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey unleashed a nearly imperceptible attack that carried a fatal threat, and Jiang Liu countered with Nebula Extinction before striking the monkey and sending it crashing through trees.
• Jiang Liu treated the Fire-Winged Monkey’s injuries with the Saintly Sky Art, then reflected on the fissure between his brows and his future advancement to the Saint Realm.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey responded through its spiritual sea that it wanted to stay and train, then headed deeper into the mountains as Jiang Liu flew out.

After reaching Peak Grandmaster, Jiang Liu reunited with his companions, enjoyed a peaceful evening, and agreed with Murong Yin and Feng Yue that they should start a family. Meanwhile, Situ Guang led Yao Guang Island’s fleet toward the Great Qian Continent to investigate the disappearance of his men, bringing a new threat toward Yun Province.

• Jiang Liu returned to his residence, where the Grandmasters of Cloud City gathered to congratulate him before heading home.
• Jiang Liu washed up, then answered Feng Yue’s questions about the Grandmaster Realm and demonstrated the use of Divine Sense.
• Murong Yin and Feng Yue suggested that Jiang Liu think about having children, and he agreed.
• Situ Guang sailed toward the Great Qian Continent with Yao Guang Island’s fleet to investigate the disappearance of two of his subordinates.
• Situ Guang cursed Baili Hong and vowed to make him pay if he found a flaw in the cultivation method.

Jiang Liu took Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Cuier, and Xiao He on a leisurely tour of Yun Province and Xun Province, traveling in carriages pulled by exotic beasts. After reaching Xia City, they reunited with Li Qiaoyun and greeted Li Moran at the City Lord's Mansion.

• Jiang Liu ordered two enormous carriages built and invited Murong Yin and Feng Yue on a long journey through the provinces.
• Jiang Liu set out with Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Cuier, and Xiao He, stopping in cities along the way to look around.
• Jiang Liu reached Xia City and noticed how its people seemed influenced by the Vast Righteous Sect's charitable customs.
• The Vast Righteous Sect's disciples welcomed Jiang Liu and his companions at the City Lord's Mansion, where Li Qiaoyun rushed to greet him.
• Jiang Liu introduced Murong Yin and Feng Yue as his wives, and Li Moran welcomed him to the council hall.

Jiang Liu and his companions visited Vast Righteous Sect, where Li Qiaoyun resolved to prove herself worthy of him and soon grew close to Murong Yin and Feng Yue. Meanwhile, Yu Yong spotted unfamiliar ships approaching Sea Gazing City, and after Yi Xun dismissed his warning, he went to alert Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion.

• Li Moran congratulated Jiang Liu on reaching Peak Grandmaster, then hosted Jiang Liu and his companions at Vast Righteous Sect.
• Li Qiaoyun asked her father whether she was inferior to Jiang Liu’s wives, then vowed to prove she was worthy of Jiang Liu.
• Murong Yin and Feng Yue visited Li Qiaoyun, and later the women joined Jiang Liu for an outing on Xia City’s snack street.
• Yu Yong spotted several enormous, unfamiliar ships approaching Sea Gazing City and reported them to Yi Xun, who dismissed his concern.
• Yu Yong decided the ships might belong to the force Jiang Liu had been searching for and went to alert Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion.

Situ Guang and the forces of Blood Demon Island attacked Sea Gazing City, slaughtering its inhabitants and capturing people for their blood sacrifice ritual. Yao Ling escaped with Yu Yong and sent a warning to Qi County as the city burned.

• Situ Guang led several Grandmasters into Sea Gazing City, where they killed the people at the gates and loaded the corpses onto a vessel for Blood Demon Island's blood sacrifice ritual.
• Situ Guang sensed the crowded tavern where Yi Xun was dining with the heads of several families and trapped everyone inside with his Divine Sense.
• Yao Ling received Yu Yong's report about the unfamiliar vessel, sent a warning by flying mutated beasts, and dispatched people to investigate the city gates.
• When her investigators failed to return, Yao Ling ordered Listening Wind and Gentle Rain Pavilion to withdraw and escaped through a secret passage with Yu Yong.
• Yao Ling reached an outpost beyond the city and ordered her subordinates to warn Qi County that Blood Demon Island had taken Sea Gazing City and that several Grandmasters were present.

Blood Demon Island raided Sea Gazing City, killing or abducting nearly every martial artist and using their corpses to cultivate the Blood Demon Art. News of the atrocity spread across the world, and fear and calls to destroy the island mounted as people awaited Jiang Liu's response.

• Blood Demon Island loaded captured martial artists onto its ships while corpses piled up at Sea Gazing City's docks, and Yi Xun regretted becoming a prisoner.
• The Listening Wind Pavilion spread news of the invasion across Yun Province and Xun Province, and Blood Demon Island withdrew after two days.
• Yao Ling and Gong Heqian entered Sea Gazing City and found it devastated, with nearly all martial artists dead or abducted.
• People across the world learned that Blood Demon Island had targeted martial artists and aberrant beasts, prompting outrage and a storm of calls to destroy it.
• Residents fled coastal cities, while Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue wondered how Jiang Liu would respond.

After learning that Blood Demon Island had invaded and devastated Sea Gazing City, Jiang Liu returned to Cloud City to investigate the force and its changed methods. He learned that Blood Demon Island’s cultivation art had been mutating, but the island’s strength and motives remained unclear.

• Jiang Liu received news that Blood Demon Island had invaded Sea Gazing City, and Murong Yin and Feng Yue grieved over relatives lost in the disaster.
• Jiang Liu ordered the group to turn back toward Cloud City and wondered why Blood Demon Island was targeting people beyond spiritual-power cultivators.
• Murong Yin recalled intelligence that Blood Demon Island’s cultivation art had been mutating over the past few years.
• Jiang Liu reached Cloud City and received a dossier from Yin Yunting confirming Piao Han had noticed the cultivation art’s changes.
• Jiang Liu concluded that Blood Demon Island’s mutated art had made the force more evil and questioned how many Peak Grandmasters it possessed and why it had once fled the continent.

Jiang Liu decided to evacuate Sea Gazing City and prepare an expedition to Blood Demon Island, intending to investigate its strength himself. He arranged for Piao Han to teach him the island’s language and ordered the search for craftsmen to build ocean-going ships.

• Jiang Liu ordered Gong Heqian to relocate Sea Gazing City's civilians inland because the city lacked martial artists to defend it.
• Jiang Liu studied the nautical chart and decided to visit Blood Demon Island personally to gather intelligence before launching an attack.
• Murong Yin and Feng Yue returned to the Listening Wind Pavilion, and Jiang Liu told them his plan; after he reassured them, they agreed.
• Murong Yin summoned Piao Han and ordered the search for craftsmen to build ships capable of long ocean voyages.
• Jiang Liu instructed Piao Han to document the meanings and expressions of Great Qian speech alongside Blood Demon Island's language, promising to spare him if he worked conscientiously.

After the assault on Sea Gazing City, Jiang Liu organized withdrawals and compensation for the affected regions while preparing to travel to Blood Demon Island. More than a month later, the sea vessel was complete and Piao Han had prepared a translation guide, leaving Jiang Liu ready to arrange the crew and depart.

• Jiang Liu reassured Yi Yue and warned him and Qin Bailian to strengthen their defenses after the attack.
• Jiang Liu ordered Li Xuewu to withdraw personnel from Tianyun City, abandon four port cities, and compensate affected civilians and martial artists with funds from Cloud City.
• Li Xuewu, Lin Chi, and Chen Qiansong reported how the disaster had frightened people across the provinces and spurred martial artists to cultivate.
• Jiang Liu studied the Blood Demon Island language and monitored construction of the sea vessel while Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect offered condolences and aid.
• After more than a month, the sea vessel was completed, and Piao Han prepared a guide matching Daqian characters and pronunciations to their Blood Demon Island equivalents.

Jiang Liu set sail from Sea Gazing City for Blood Demon Island aboard a newly built giant ship, bringing Grandmasters and Piao Han to guide the voyage. Meanwhile, the returning forces of Yao Guang Island began draining their captives’ blood, and Situ Guang prepared to test his cultivation method in pursuit of Peak Grandmaster.

• Jiang Liu sent He Chu to defend Tian County while Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue accompanied him on the expedition.
• Jiang Liu arrived at Sea Gazing City, inspected the giant ship, and oversaw several days of trial runs and adjustments.
• On the thirtieth day of the eighth month of the third year of Gongzhi, Jiang Liu boarded the ship with Piao Han, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and his company, then ordered it to set sail.
• Gong Heqian and the others left Sea Gazing City after the ship departed, leaving the city temporarily abandoned.
• Situ Guang returned to Yao Guang Island with captives from Great Qian, who were drained of blood, and entered secluded cultivation to test his method for reaching Peak Grandmaster.

The six island masters learned that Great Qian was weaker than they had expected and agreed to invade it. Baili Hong prepared to lead the invasion with two Peak Grandmaster Old Ancestors, leaving the other island masters wary of Dubhe Island’s strength.

• The other six islands questioned Yi Xun about Great Qian after Situ Guang handed him over, and Yi Xun shared information once they promised to spare his life.
• The island masters learned that Great Qian had only three Peak Grandmasters and decided it was vulnerable to invasion.
• Baili Hong called a meeting and proposed an all-out invasion of Great Qian, which the other island masters approved.
• Nanmen Yao, Dongguo Men, Dongfang Wang, Shentu Jue, and Yuwen Mie each offered six Grandmasters and six or seven large ships.
• Baili Hong announced that Dubhe Island would send two Peak Grandmaster Old Ancestors and ten Grandmasters, making the other island masters apprehensive.

Baili Hong told the three Old Ancestors that the weakened Great Qian Empire could provide the high-tier martial artists’ blood they needed to sustain their cultivation. The Old Ancestors opposed invading it because of an ancestral prohibition, then learned that Situ Guang had already raided a city there and feared their secret had been exposed.

• Baili Hong visited the ancestral shrine, where Baili Qiang, Baili Ji, and Baili He cultivated the Blood Saint Art using dwindling basins of martial artists’ vital essence blood.
• The three Old Ancestors lamented that they had nearly exhausted their supply of high-tier martial artists from the surrounding islands.
• Baili Hong reported that the Great Qin Empire had become the Great Qian Empire, ruled by the Star Moon Sect and the Flowing Cloud Sect, and had only three Peak Grandmasters.
• Baili Qiang and Baili Ji recognized that the two Sects might be connected to the Star Cloud Saint Sect, while Baili Hong urged them to exploit the empire’s weakness for cultivation resources.
• Baili Qiang and Baili Ji warned Baili Hong not to enter the Great Qin Empire because their ancestors had forbidden it.
• Baili Hong revealed that Situ Guang had slaughtered a city there and brought back ten to twenty thousand high-tier martial artists, prompting the Old Ancestors to fear their secret was exposed; Baili Ji began explaining why they hid on the islands.

Baili Ji and Baili Qiang explained how the Halls of Yama fractured into deadly rivalries and forced the Fifth Judge Palace’s ancestors to flee. The survivors weighed whether to raid Da Qian for cultivation resources, fearing that doing so would reveal their presence to the heirs of the other halls.

• Baili Ji told Baili Hong that the Halls of Yama had ten Saint Realm Hall Kings but had been weakened by constant struggles for power.
• Baili Qiang explained that the Hall Kings sought to devour one another to advance, and that the Fifth Judge Palace fell after other halls joined forces against it.
• Baili Qiang said the Fifth Judge Palace’s ancestors fled to hide from the other halls’ heirs, while the supposed advancement through mutual devouring remained unverified.
• Baili Hong and Baili He questioned what had happened to the other sects and the Great Qin Empire, but Baili Qiang and Baili Ji had no answers.
• Baili Ji and the others considered avoiding a raid on Da Qian to keep their true inheritance hidden, since they could seek resources on other islands.

After discovering that their ship had strayed from its route, Jiang Liu landed on an island inhabited by the Tima People and learned how to return to their course. While exploring the island and roasting a giant python, he and the Fire-Winged Monkey were watched by a concealed stranger.

• Jiang Liu spotted a small island and flew there with the Fire-Winged Monkey, finding signs of human habitation.
• A group of strange beasts and strangely dressed people emerged from the jungle, and the Fire-Winged Monkey smashed three beasts before Jiang Liu stopped it.
• Piao Han spoke with the islanders and identified them as the Tima People, who explained that the ship had strayed and could return to its route by changing direction at a large island ahead.
• Jiang Liu decided to rest on the island overnight and replenish supplies while Ming Chengyun handled communication with the Tima People.
• Jiang Liu explored the forest, killed a giant python, and prepared its meat for roasting as the Fire-Winged Monkey tested a piece.
• A hidden stranger watched Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey from the darkness, afraid to reveal himself.

Jiang Liu discovered that Tang Boqi was a member of the Bloodfiend Sect, whose remnants had secretly established a lair on the island. After killing Tang Boqi and learning the lair's location, Jiang Liu headed into the forest to find it, followed by the Fire-Winged Monkey.

• Tang Boqi panicked when he realized Jiang Liu was a powerful visitor from Great Qian who might expose the Bloodfiend Sect.
• Jiang Liu sensed Tang Boqi hiding in the grass, restrained him, and used his Divine Sense to question him.
• Tang Boqi revealed that the Bloodfiend Sect's remnants had fled to the island after their defeat and made it their headquarters while sending agents into Great Qian.
• Tang Boqi disclosed the lair's location, and Jiang Liu froze him with Frost Nether Palm before shattering his body.
• Jiang Liu set off toward the Bloodfiend Sect's lair, and the Fire-Winged Monkey followed him.