Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu attacked the Blood Saint Sect’s mountain hideout and captured its leaders, then questioned Yin Yuqi about the sect’s conflict with Sacred Blood Island. Yin Yuqi began recounting the Bloodfiend Sect’s origins and its feud with Blood Demon Island, leaving Jiang Liu with information that could help him face Blood Demon Island.

• Jiang Liu ordered the Fire-Winged Monkey to blast open the Blood Saint Sect’s hidden mountain headquarters, forcing its members out.
• Jiang Liu used Eight Steps of Trampling to immobilize the sect members, leaving three Grandmasters unconscious and half-crippled.
• Jiang Liu questioned Yin Yuqi, who claimed he was a vice sect master and begged to be spared.
• Yin Yuqi revealed that the Blood Saint Sect and Sacred Blood Island were mortal enemies, and said their disciples had been captured and devoured by remnants of the Fifth Judge Palace.
• Jiang Liu sealed the other leaders’ dantians and threatened Yin Yuqi when he tried to move, then promised to spare him if he told the truth.
• Yin Yuqi swore an oath and began explaining the feud between the Blood Saint Sect and Blood Demon Island, along with the Bloodfiend Sect’s origins.

Jiang Liu uncovered the Bloodfiend Sect’s ties to Mount Tai King Palace and questioned its leaders to learn the truth about the sect. After deciding the sect’s people could not be spared, he had Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue begin excavating its collapsed headquarters.

• Yin Yuqi explained that the Bloodfiend Sect descended from Mount Tai King Palace, whose Yama Lord had been killed by King Wuguan, and described the sect’s flight overseas under Mo Leng’s coercion.
• Jiang Liu questioned two men who each claimed to be Yin Yuqi and accused the other of being Mo Leng, then used his mental power on the last Grandmaster to identify the real Yin Yuqi.
• The real Yin Yuqi confessed before becoming insane, and Jiang Liu sent him into reincarnation; he left Mo Leng and Yin Yuqi for the Fire-Winged Monkey to deal with.
• Jiang Liu inspected the collapsed mountain and ordered Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue to clear it out because the Bloodfiend Sect’s headquarters was buried inside.
• After the follow-up personnel arrived, Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue began digging.

Jiang Liu discovered an underground chamber beneath the collapsed mountain and investigated a formation made from sixteen blood pools around a statue of King Tai. He repeatedly entered an illusion of a sea of blood, where he saw the blood particles form King Tai’s image, and the chapter ended with him realizing that far less time had passed outside than he had experienced.

• Jiang Liu broke the talisman-covered stone blocking the secret passage and entered the cavern with Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue.
• Jiang Liu found a statue of King Tai surrounded by sixteen blood pools and became trapped briefly in an illusion after stepping among them.
• Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue reported finding secret manuals and cultivation resources, and Jiang Liu told Jiang Congyue to distribute the resources.
• Jiang Liu studied the blood formation again and saw its particles form King Tai, who glared at him and made him break free from the illusion.
• Ming Chengyun asked why Jiang Liu’s aura had suddenly erupted, and Jiang Liu realized that only a moment had passed outside despite his long experience in the illusion.

Jiang Liu destroyed the Blood Sea Formation’s statue, blood pools, and secret chamber after absorbing the remnant soul inside, which had been born from worship of the King of Mount Tai. He then ordered the Fire-Winged Monkey to collapse the tunnel and set the ship on its corrected route under Piao Han’s command.

• Jiang Liu examined the Blood Sea Formation and told Ming Chengyun to remove the usable materials while he investigated the formation.
• After Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue cleared the chamber, Jiang Liu attacked the statue and discovered a remnant soul connected to the King of Mount Tai.
• Jiang Liu enveloped the statue with his Divine Sense, absorbed the remnant soul’s memories, and learned that it had grown stronger through worshippers who failed to extract all its Essence Particles.
• Jiang Liu split the statue apart, burned its fragments, destroyed the blood pools, and collapsed the secret chamber after extracting the Earth Attribute Essence Particles from its walls.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Fire-Winged Monkey to destroy the tunnel and directed Piao Han to take command of the ship’s corrected route, with Ming Chengyun supervising.

Jiang Liu merged the Five Elements Yin-Yang Steps with his existing footwork and continued sailing toward Blood Demon Island. After identifying a nearby island as a Blood Demon Island outpost, he ordered his ship to land, while the island’s commanders prepared to confront the unidentified vessel.

• Jiang Liu recorded the Five Elements Yin-Yang Steps, merged it with the Eight Steps of Trampling, and tested the strengthened technique.
• Jiang Liu avoided an island inhabited by several Beast Emperors and continued sailing for three days.
• Ming Chengyun identified an island ahead as a Blood Demon Island outpost, and Jiang Liu ordered preparations to go ashore.
• The outpost’s sentries spotted Jiang Liu’s unflagged ship and reported it to Baili Hui, who ordered his men to seize the vessel.
• Nanmen Xian, Dongfang Chi, and Dongguo Yi heard about the approaching ship and went out to investigate.

Jiang Liu and his allies attacked Blood Demon Island, where he swiftly incapacitated its three deputy commanders and led a devastating assault across the island. As the massacre continued, Jiang Liu reached the Commander's Mansion, subdued Baili Hui, and found several Great Qian martial artists whom he chose to question.

• Jiang Liu ordered Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue to secure the island's boats and prevent anyone from escaping.
• Jiang Liu used three Star Godfalls to destroy the Divine Senses of Nanmen Xian and the other two deputy commanders, knocking them into the sea.
• The Blood Demon Island personnel panicked and tried to flee as Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey attacked, while Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue seized the boats.
• Jiang Liu reached the Commander's Mansion and used the Five Elements Yin-Yang Steps to immobilize Baili Hui, who then lost consciousness.
• Jiang Liu killed Blood Demon Island martial artists inside the Commander's Mansion but spared several Great Qian martial artists and tapped their acupoints so he could interrogate them.

Jiang Liu slaughtered Blood Demon Island’s outpost forces, freed surviving Great Qian martial artists, and ordered the remaining island forces executed. He began destroying the island with two Fire Dragons.

• Jiang Liu killed the outpost’s defenders while Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue seized the ships and gathered survivors.
• Jiang Liu discovered and destroyed a temple dedicated to King Wuguan, then found eight martial artists hiding in the jungle and killed the five Blood Demon Island fighters who refused to emerge.
• Jiang Liu told the three freed Great Qian female martial artists to leave, while Jiang Congyue arrived and reported that the island was under control.
• Jiang Liu ordered Jiang Congyue to question the rescued Great Qian martial artists, help those able to return home, and execute all remaining Blood Demon Island martial artists.
• When no one emerged from the jungle, Jiang Liu summoned two Fire Dragons and sent them into the jungle to destroy the island.

Jiang Liu burned the Blood Demon Island outpost, sent the rescued Great Qian martial practitioners home, and sailed onward toward Blood Demon Island. A giant dragon attacked the ship, and Jiang Liu brought his saber down toward its skull.

• Jiang Liu set fire to the jungle and ordered the buildings at the outpost burned while Jiang Congyue distributed supplies to the surviving Great Qian martial practitioners.
• Jiang Congyue interrogated and killed the Great Qian traitors, who had defected to Blood Demon Island but knew nothing about it.
• Jiang Liu sent the rescued martial practitioners sailing for Great Qian, then ordered the large ship onward toward Blood Demon Island.
• A giant Deep Sea Beast attacked the ship with enormous waves, but Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey stopped its first assault.
• The giant dragon struck the ship from below and punched a hole through its hull as Ming Chengyun, Jiang Congyue, and the passengers tried to move it out of danger.
• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey attacked the dragon, and Jiang Liu raised his saber to strike its skull.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey fought the Deep Sea Dragon after ensuring the ship escaped the battle. They killed the wounded dragon, but Jiang Liu’s spiritual sea was severely exhausted by the fight.

• Jiang Liu attacked the Deep Sea Dragon with his broadsword and an Ice Blade, but the dragon bit through the blade and struck at his spirit.
• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey battered the dragon until the monkey’s golden cudgel broke through its defenses and left it badly wounded.
• The Deep Sea Dragon tried to flee into the sea, but Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey attacked its wounds and nearly split its body apart.
• Jiang Liu sensed the dragon gathering spiritual power and launched repeated Star Godfall attacks while using Saintly Sky Strike.
• Jiang Liu annihilated the Deep Sea Dragon’s Divine Sense, then sat in the air and circulated the Saintly Sky Art to recover his exhausted spiritual sea.

Jiang Liu and his companions defeated the Deep Sea Dragon, salvaged its body, and continued sailing while the Fire-Winged Monkey showed signs of an uncertain advancement. On the seventh night, they encountered a fleet from Blood Demon Island and a ship carrying several Seven Stars Island figures, setting up a confrontation.

• Jiang Liu ordered Ming Chengyun to bring the ship over, then cut the Deep Sea Dragon in half so its body could be transported before its blood attracted other beasts.
• Ming Chengyun, Jiang Congyue, and the others loaded the dragon onto a makeshift wooden boat, towed it away, and later processed its corpse.
• The crew ate dragon meat and drank dragon blood for several days as the Fire-Winged Monkey's fur began turning gold, then stopped partway through its transformation and grew irritable.
• Jiang Liu continued cultivating on the seventh night after the battle until a lookout warned that many ships were approaching.
• Jiang Liu recognized the approaching fleet as people from Blood Demon Island, while Nanmen Yao, Dongguo Men, Dongfang Wang, Shentu Jue, and Yuwen Mie noticed his unfamiliar ship and saw it as a chance for entertainment.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey attacked the Seven Stars Island fleet after its ships pursued them. Jiang Liu began sinking ships and killing their crews, while the Fire-Winged Monkey faced ten Grandmasters and withstood their attacks.

• Jiang Liu ordered his ship to evade the pursuing Seven Stars Island fleet, but Nanmen Yao and the other island masters ordered their ships to chase it.
• Jiang Liu concealed his aura, discovered the fleet had no Peak Grandmaster, and told the Fire-Winged Monkey to attack as he slipped aboard a ship.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey flew toward the fleet’s foremost ship, while Jiang Liu killed a Grandmaster and was discovered by the island masters.
• Jiang Liu exposed himself, punched holes in ships, and slaughtered martial artists as the damaged vessels began sinking and the others tried to flee.
• The island masters and nearby Grandmasters joined forces against the Fire-Winged Monkey, but their attacks failed to break through its defenses.

Jiang Liu slaughtered Blood Demon Island’s Grandmasters across the fleet, but many escaped and seven used the Big Dipper Seven Stars Formation to hold him off. He returned to help the Fire-Winged Monkey, which was pinned down by another formation, as three Grandmasters moved to intercept him.

• Jiang Liu used his movement technique to cross the ships and killed eight Grandmasters as the fleet scattered in panic.
• Seven Grandmasters formed the Big Dipper Seven Stars Formation and raised an aura comparable to a Peak Grandmaster, so Jiang Liu withdrew to pursue the fleeing enemies.
• Jiang Liu killed several more Grandmasters, but others escaped by abandoning their ships and fleeing through the air.
• Jiang Liu found no Grandmasters nearby except ten fighting the Fire-Winged Monkey and flew to help it.
• Jiang Liu saw seven Grandmasters holding a formation while three attacked from outside it, and the three moved to intercept him.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey overwhelmed the Five Islands’ force on its way to Daqian, killing or crippling its leading Grandmasters as the survivors fled. The attack ended with Jiang Liu pursuing the last three, while Baili Hong remained unaware that the expedition had departed until it was too late to catch them.

• Jiang Liu used his Peak Grandmaster aura and Ice Blade to cripple three Grandmasters, disrupting the Seven Stars Island fighters’ formation.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey broke the Big Dipper Constellation Formation, and Jiang Liu crippled the man whose hesitation had exposed it.
• The remaining five fighters fled, but Jiang Liu’s prepared Ice Blades slowed them; he pulled Nanmen Yao back and blasted him apart with Extreme Fist.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey smashed Dongguo Men into the sea, while Jiang Liu pursued Dongfang Wang, Shentu Jue, and Yuwen Mie.
• Baili Hong had abandoned the invasion after judging Daqian too dangerous, but the other Five Islands had secretly dispatched their forces without telling him.
• Baili Hong learned of the expedition the next day and chose not to pursue it without the Old Ancestor’s support.

Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey annihilated most of the Five Islands' expedition, then continued toward Blood Demon Island. The survivors gathered at a Dubhe Island outpost, but scattered or fled, leaving the outpost deserted when Jiang Liu arrived.

• Jiang Liu killed Dongfang Wang, crippled Shentu Jue, and watched the Fire-Winged Monkey kill Yuwen Mie as the Five Islands' forces fled.
• Jiang Liu, Ming Chengyun, and Jiang Congyue finished hunting the Blood Demon Island members, gathered captives and supplies, and sailed away.
• Powerful sea beasts appeared at the battlefield after Jiang Liu's group had left, then dispersed in different directions.
• The Five Islands' survivors reached a Dubhe Island outpost and reported that one man and one beast had devastated their expedition.
• The survivors counted only twelve Grandmasters and six ships; some fled with their followers while the rest departed, abandoning the outpost.
• Jiang Liu and his group arrived at the deserted outpost and found disarray and abandoned supplies.

Jiang Liu interrogated Shentu Jue and learned about Dubhe Island’s power and control over the other islands. He reached Seven Stars Island’s defensive outpost and prepared to see how Dubhe Island would respond to his arrival.

• Jiang Liu questioned the captured survivors, and Shentu Jue revealed that he was Yu Heng Island’s master.
• Shentu Jue agreed to confess after Jiang Liu threatened to throw him to the sea beasts, saying Dubhe Island likely had at least three Peak Grandmasters.
• Shentu Jue and the other captives begged Jiang Liu to leave them on an island, and Jiang Liu had them detained while agreeing to let them disembark later.
• Jiang Liu learned that Dubhe Island ruled the other islands, demanded tribute, and forbade their residents from leaving except to hunt.
• Jiang Liu arrived at Seven Stars Island’s deserted defensive outpost before sunset and decided to rest there overnight.
• Jiang Liu learned that Blood Demon Island’s people established temples and worshipped portable divine statues, while Shentu Jue wondered where the statues’ cultivation energy went.

Jiang Liu investigated Dubhe Island’s temple and found seven blood pools arranged like the Big Dipper where its statue had stood. Studying their effect on his Saintly Sky Art, he suspected he had found a way to counter Dubhe Island’s cultivation, though he remained wary of its Peak Grandmasters.

• Jiang Liu flew to Dubhe Island’s grand temple and sensed that its King Wuguan statue had been removed.
• Jiang Liu entered the unlocked temple and found an empty hollow surrounded by seven blood pools arranged in the positions of the Big Dipper.
• Jiang Liu felt the pools suppress his essence and prevent him from sensing the Special Essence Particles needed for the Saintly Sky Art’s second dantian.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Saintly Sky Art and saw that the essence blood in a pool had lost its vitality, leading him to connect the art’s effects with the pools and the statue’s soul.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the Saintly Sky Art and Saintly Sky Strike might counter Dubhe Island’s cultivation, then remembered how Gongsun Haoyue had saved him from Duanmu Haotian.

Jiang Liu destroyed the temple and discovered that the surrounding Essence Particles favored the Blood Saint Art, while his Saintly Sky Art cultivation faced an unseen restraint. As he considered the mysterious powers behind the vanished ancient factions, he wondered whether his Data Panel might evolve when he reached the Saint Realm and help him overcome them.

• Jiang Liu split the temple with Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop and set it ablaze, seeing bluish smoke briefly take the shape of King Wuguan before it vanished.
• Jiang Liu warned himself against entering Seven Stars Island without knowing Dubhe Island's full strength, then left Shentu Jue and the others' fate to Ming Chengyun.
• Jiang Liu found that ordinary and Saintly Sky Art Essence Particles were scarce near the temple, while Blood Saint Art Essence Particles were plentiful.
• Jiang Liu considered how the Halls of Yama and other powerful ancient factions had disappeared, and sensed that an unknown force was restricting advancement to the Saint Realm.
• Jiang Liu speculated that his Data Panel might evolve when he advanced to the Saint Realm and help him contend with the mysterious power.

Jiang Liu learned that unidentified ships belonged to East Wo Country and arranged to lure the Wo Slaves into an ambush. The Wo Slaves pursued two small boats to the island, where Kishida Shotaro and Koinu Kōtarō planned to plunder Da Qian.

• Jiang Liu stopped cultivating the obstructed Saintly Sky Art and spent the night cultivating the Star Cloud Saint Art.
• Ming Chengyun told Jiang Liu that unidentified ships had entered the surrounding waters, and Jiang Liu identified their crews as Wo Slaves from East Wo Country.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Seven Stars Island flag lowered and sent two small boats to lure the Wo Slaves toward the island.
• Jiang Liu hid with the Fire-Winged Monkey on a nearby island while five Wo Slave tower ships pursued the two boats.
• Kishida Shotaro dismissed concerns about Sacred Blood Island, while Koinu Kōtarō sought news of his missing father and joined the expedition to plunder Da Qian.

Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue confronted a fleet of Wo Slaves who surrendered after discovering the overwhelming strength of their opponents. After learning that the Wo Slaves had abducted women and massacred islanders, Ming Chengyun ordered them all killed.

• Abe Hirobumi, Kishida Shotaro, and Koinu Jun'ichiro dismissed the danger and celebrated aboard their ship.
• Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue revealed their forces, surrounding the five Wo Slave ships with Grandmasters and Minor Grandmasters.
• Kishida Shotaro ordered the Wo Slaves to raise white flags and kneel, and more than three thousand of them were brought ashore.
• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey returned, and Jiang Liu left the captives' fate to Ming Chengyun.
• A subordinate told Ming Chengyun that the Wo Slaves had abducted more than twenty women and slaughtered residents of several islands.
• Ming Chengyun ordered his subordinates to kill all the Wo Slaves and burn their bodies.

Jiang Liu and Ming Chengyun dealt with the Wo Slaves on Seven Stars Island, sparing Koinu Jun'ichiro after he offered to guide them to East Wo Country. Jiang Liu weighed the dangers of confronting Dubhe Island and entering Seven Stars Island’s sphere of influence, then asked Ming Chengyun what he thought of the intelligence on East Wo Country.

• Ming Chengyun's subordinates ordered the Wo Slaves to cut wood and dig pits, while Kishida Shotaro, Abe Hirobumi, and Koinu Jun'ichiro urged their people to work.
• Jiang Liu recognized that Ming Chengyun intended to use the wood and pits to burn and bury the Wo Slaves, then immobilized them with his aura as Ming Chengyun, Jiang Congyue, and their subordinates attacked.
• Jiang Liu killed Kishida Shotaro with an Ice Blade, Ming Chengyun killed Abe Hirobumi, and Koinu Jun'ichiro begged for his life by offering to lead them to East Wo Country.
• Jiang Liu allowed Ming Chengyun to decide Koinu Jun'ichiro's fate, and Koinu Jun'ichiro helped burn and bury the Wo Slave corpses.
• Jiang Liu considered the risks of facing Dubhe Island and the vital-energy suppression around Seven Stars Island, then reviewed a sea chart and report about East Wo Country that Ming Chengyun brought him.
• Jiang Liu asked Ming Chengyun what he thought of the report, and Ming Chengyun said he would go wherever Jiang Liu directed.