Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu planned to use the surrendered King Chujiang Hall to hunt down the Halls of Yama’s other factions, beginning with the Fifth Judge Palace. He promised to secretly accompany Dongling Rui’s forces, leaving them eager to carry out the attack for its spoils.

• Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue that he would use King Chujiang Hall to track down and destroy the Halls of Yama’s other forces, and she agreed to oversee the surrendered members.
• Dongling Rui, Dongling Qing, and Dongling Heng discussed serving Jiang Liu and decided to build a relationship with Gongsun Haoyue while preparing contingencies.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue spent two days admiring the desert scenery with King Chujiang Hall’s people.
• Jiang Liu ordered Dongling Rui to send forces to sea and destroy the Fifth Judge Palace, sharing intelligence that it had at least three Peak Grandmasters.
• Jiang Liu promised to accompany Dongling Rui secretly and give his forces the spoils, and Dongling Rui welcomed the plan.

Jiang Liu secured the King Chujiang Hall’s cooperation and returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation with Gongsun Haoyue. He began moving the formation back to Qian Province, then summoned Gongsun Haoyue into the Ruyi Celestial Palace with a weak voice that worried her.

• Jiang Liu ordered Dongling Rui to establish a contact point in Gu Prefecture and withdraw the King Chujiang Hall’s informants from the mainland.
• Dongling Rui left to carry out Jiang Liu’s orders, while Jiang Liu planned to secretly constrain the hall and prevent it from harming mainland martial artists.
• Gongsun Haoyue and Dongling Qing returned from visiting the Sand Sea Illusory Realm, and Jiang Liu announced that he and Gongsun Haoyue would return to Qian Province.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue departed the King Chujiang Hall and returned to the secret realm a day later.
• Jiang Liu used the Saintly Sky Art and the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl to prepare the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation for relocation.
• Jiang Liu called Gongsun Haoyue into the Ruyi Celestial Palace, and she worried because his voice sounded weak.

Jiang Liu recovered after relocating the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to the edge of the desert, and he and Gongsun Haoyue chose Silent Valley near Qian City as its future site. They then traveled to Gu City to handle matters concerning King Chujiang Hall.

• Gongsun Haoyue helped Jiang Liu recover after he overexerted himself relocating the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue discovered they had reached the mountain range at the edge of the desert, near Li Province.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue decided to establish the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation in Silent Valley north of Qian City.
• Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, Fire-Winged Monkey, and Sea Turtle left the secret realm and traveled overnight to Gu City.
• Cheng Qianyue and Hao Zhuang welcomed Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue, while Sea Turtle and Fire-Winged Monkey rushed into the mountains to hunt.

Jiang Liu arranged for Hao Zhuang to contact King Chujiang Hall and help eliminate the remaining Halls of Yama forces, then traveled with Gongsun Haoyue to relocate the Ruyi Celestial Palace. They arrived in Shan County, Qian Province, and headed for Mountain City to ask whether Medicine King Valley had arrived.

• Jiang Liu ordered Hao Zhuang to meet King Chujiang Hall's people secretly and coordinate their campaign against the remaining Halls of Yama forces.
• Gongsun Haoyue questioned Hao Zhuang's reliability, and Jiang Liu explained that either outcome could help uncover a mole or prove Hao Zhuang useful.
• Hao Zhuang returned to his secret chamber and resolved to use the mission to avenge his former sect, which the Bloodfiend Sect had destroyed.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue spent three days in Gu City, then traveled to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and relocated the Ruyi Celestial Palace.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue emerged in Shan County, Qian Province, and flew toward Mountain City to find out whether Medicine King Valley had arrived.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue explored Mountain City, where a rude waiter provoked them at Drunken Immortal Pavilion. After receiving a message from Lin Chi, Jiang Liu learned that assassins in Dark Star Hall belonged to the Halls of Yama, leaving Gongsun Haoyue surprised by his calm reaction.

• Jiang Liu asked He Qian about Medicine King Valley's relocation, then explored Mountain City with Gongsun Haoyue.
• A waiter at Drunken Immortal Pavilion insulted Jiang Liu and reached for Gongsun Haoyue, who broke his arm and sent him flying.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue left the restaurant and spent over an hour strolling and eating around Mountain City.
• A middle-aged messenger delivered Lin Chi's coded message to Jiang Liu, who learned that the assassins in Dark Star Hall carried the Blood Saint Art's aura and belonged to the Halls of Yama.
• Gongsun Haoyue asked Jiang Liu what had happened, and he casually told her he had discovered a few people from the Halls of Yama.

Jiang Liu investigated the Halls of Yama’s activity and learned that their forces had become active in Qian Province. He assigned Xingyue to lead an investigation with Wind Hall’s support, warning her that a Peak Grandmaster might be among the targets.

• Jiang Liu explained to Gongsun Haoyue that they needed to identify the Halls of Yama’s forces and locate their lair before attacking.
• Jiang Liu left Gongsun Haoyue at an inn and flew to Dark Star Hall’s secret outpost, where he met Lin Chi.
• Lin Chi told Jiang Liu that assassins linked to the Lotus Sect and Corpse Valley had recently become active in Qian Province, but their hall remained unknown.
• Jiang Liu took Lin Chi’s case files and said he would arrange for someone from Wind Hall to take over the investigation.
• Jiang Liu gave Xingyue the case files and a Wind Hall jade pendant, ordering her to seek assistance and report any trouble.

Jiang Liu rested in Mountain City, checked on local surveillance, and then traveled with Gongsun Haoyue to Silent Valley to set up the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. Flowing Cloud Matriarch met them there and teased the couple about their treasure.

• Jiang Liu reassured Gongsun Haoyue that Xingyue should be safe if she reported what she found, and explained why he planned to continue surveillance with someone else.
• Jiang Liu reviewed the Hall of Governmental Affairs' reports in Mountain City and ordered Dong Cheng to strengthen surveillance in Shan County.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue stayed in Mountain City for several days before traveling to Silent Valley with the Fire-Winged Monkey and the Sea Turtle to teleport the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation there.
• Jiang Liu emerged from the formation exhausted and found Flowing Cloud Matriarch surveying Silent Valley.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch teased Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue about their relationship and the treasure they had brought back, while Gongsun Haoyue bragged about it.

Jiang Liu brought the Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where the Matriarch learned of his new treasure and suspected he had reached the Saint Realm. After returning to the imperial palace, Jiang Liu recounted his trip to Li Province and the formation to Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Cuier, and Xiao He.

• Jiang Liu brought the Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to prevent them from arguing.
• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch explored the secret realm, admired the formation, and suspected Jiang Liu had advanced into the Saint Realm.
• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch asked to cultivate in the formation, and Jiang Liu invited her to return after the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl recovered.
• Jiang Liu decided not to reveal the formation manuals and returned to the imperial palace with Gongsun Haoyue.
• Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Cuier, and Xiao He welcomed Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue in the garden pavilion.
• Jiang Liu recounted his battle against the people of King Chujiang Hall and explained how he had brought back the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.

After resting with Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Gongsun Haoyue, Jiang Liu brought them and Cuier and Xiao He into the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation to stay at Ruyi Celestial Palace. He then focused on finding a way to make tokens that would let others enter and leave the formation without him.

• Murong Yin and Feng Yue cared for the exhausted Jiang Liu while Gongsun Haoyue meditated nearby, and Jiang Liu slept until dinner.
• Jiang Liu invited Xiao He to dine with the group, then announced they would stay at the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation that night.
• Jiang Liu carried Cuier, Xiao He, and their supplies to Silent Valley, where he brought everyone through the formation into its tranquil inner world.
• Murong Yin and Feng Yue followed Jiang Liu into the palace beneath the lake, while Cuier and Xiao He began preparing rooms.
• Jiang Liu discussed the formation with Gongsun Haoyue, Murong Yin, and Feng Yue, then considered forging tokens that would let their holders enter and leave it freely.

Jiang Liu studied the Complete Record of Weapon Forging and decided to practice forging so he could make a token for the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. He went to the Star Cloud Saint Sect to find materials, but arrived during a meeting and took his seat alongside Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue.

• Jiang Liu read the Complete Record of Weapon Forging, learning that Saint Realm expert Duan Hongyuan had compiled it and recorded detailed forging instructions.
• Gongsun Haoyue, Murong Yin, and Feng Yue chose rooms in the Ruyi Celestial Palace while Jiang Liu remained engrossed in his book.
• After waking late, Jiang Liu decided to test whether the Data Panel could record forging techniques and set out to find practice materials.
• Jiang Liu left the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and traveled to the Star Cloud Saint Sect, where his Saint Realm spiritual force let him approach unseen.
• Jiang Liu arrived at the Council Great Hall during a meeting, greeted the elders, and sat in the central seat between Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue.

Jiang Liu asked forging masters Gong Mo and Tian Ling to teach him forging so he could make tokens for passing through the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. Tian Ling led him and the others to Forging Peak to begin, where Jiang Liu sensed the mountain’s unusual heat.

• Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue discussed easing restrictions on former Haotian Sect disciples and assigning duties to former Haotian Sect elders.
• Jiang Liu explained that he wanted to learn forging to make tokens that would let people pass through the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation more conveniently.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch summoned Gong Mo and Tian Ling, and Jiang Liu asked how long it would take to learn forging.
• Gong Mo and Tian Ling warned Jiang Liu that forging took years to learn, but he insisted on trying, so Tian Ling led the group to Forging Peak.
• Jiang Liu sensed a special flame inside Forging Peak that made the mountain unusually hot.

Jiang Liu watched Tian Ling demonstrate forging, then ruined the iron block with his first strike before applying techniques from the Complete Record of Weapon Forging. He quickly learned the basics and continued practicing so he could make a token.

• Jiang Liu realized the Forging Peak’s heat came from a Fire Kirin trapped beneath it, whose earthfire helped Gong Mo and Tian Ling forge weapons.
• Tian Ling demonstrated smelting and hammering iron, explaining forging techniques to Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu’s first strike dented the iron block and destroyed its divine charm, but he adjusted his technique and gained Weapon Forging proficiency.
• Jiang Liu repeatedly hammered the iron block until his strikes became precise, astonishing Tian Ling, Gong Mo, Gongsun Haoyue, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch.

Jiang Liu purified iron with methods from the Complete Record of Weapon Forging, impressing Tian Ling and Gong Mo with material fit for a top-grade special weapon. After resting, he realized Duan Hongyuan's methods were meant for forging Saint weapons, leaving Gong Mo and Tian Ling eager for him to refine their Star Iron.

• Jiang Liu purified the iron block through repeated forging, and Tian Ling and Gong Mo marveled that it could have made a top-grade special weapon if its essence had not been damaged by his first strike.
• Gong Mo and Tian Ling brought Jiang Liu pieces of Star Iron and asked him to purify them so they could forge Saint weapons, but Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch urged them to let him recover first.
• Tian Ling agreed to let Jiang Liu use her furnace, and Jiang Liu left the forging room with Gongsun Haoyue.
• Jiang Liu meditated inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation for nearly an hour while Gongsun Haoyue stood guard nearby.
• After recovering, Jiang Liu realized Duan Hongyuan's forging methods were fundamentally designed for Saint weapons and understood that purifying the iron had exhausted his mental energy.

Jiang Liu planned to make a token that could contain his origin energy, Divine Sense, and aura, then traveled to Forging Peak to refine the Saint Grade Star Iron. He began melting the metal in a ring-shaped mold, preparing to practice forging it into an ornament compatible with the Ruyi Celestial Palace.

• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue discussed his ability to refine materials, and he decided to test whether Star Iron could be used to make a token.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue took Murong Yin and Feng Yue to the imperial palace before flying on to the Star Cloud Saint Sect.
• Gong Mo and Tian Ling brought Jiang Liu two pieces of Star Iron and accompanied him, Gongsun Haoyue, and four apprentices to the forging room.
• Gong Mo raised the furnace’s temperature while Jiang Liu roasted the Star Iron, and Tian Ling added Transformation Pool Water to dissolve it.
• Jiang Liu let the molten Star Iron flow into a ring-shaped mold, beginning his first attempt to refine a Saint Grade material.

Jiang Liu successfully refined Star Iron into Saint Grade material while discovering that forging made his Divine Sea tremble and seemed to purify his mental strength. As Gong Mo and Tian Ling continued forging the weapon, Jiang Liu realized they lacked the knowledge to engrave the formations needed to unleash its Saint Grade power.

• Flowing Cloud Matriarch visited Forging Peak to see whether Jiang Liu could refine Star Iron, but left without disturbing him.
• Jiang Liu struck the Star Iron, sensing its impurities through his Divine Sense and noticing that his Divine Sea trembled in rhythm with his hammer.
• Gong Mo and Tian Ling watched as Jiang Liu successfully refined the Star Iron, then took over tempering and shaping it into a disc.
• Tian Ling added Heaven's Evolution Elixir, and Gong Mo and Tian Ling hammered the disc while adding other metals and medicinal liquids.
• Jiang Liu realized that Gong Mo and Tian Ling were forging the weapon without formations because they did not know how to engrave them.

Jiang Liu realized that formations were essential to forge a true Saint-grade weapon and planned to make a key for the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. After Gong Mo and Tian Ling completed a weapon that had the form but not yet the soul of a Saint-grade item, they gave Jiang Liu materials for his own forging, and he left to study formations.

• Jiang Liu concluded that Saint-grade materials had to be combined with formations to forge a complete Saint-grade weapon.
• Gong Mo and Tian Ling finished forging a disc, and Jiang Liu judged that it lacked the formation and soul needed to reach the Saint Grade.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch arrived and explained that the disc’s aura had agitated the Fire Kirin beneath Forging Peak.
• Jiang Liu examined the disc and asked Gong Mo and Tian Ling for Saint-grade materials so he could forge a few small items.
• Gong Mo gave Jiang Liu two chunks of cold iron, while Tian Ling gave him two Celestial Frost Branches that readily accepted his essence and Divine Sense.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue carried the four boxes to the imperial palace so he could recover and study formations before forging.

Jiang Liu studied the Array Compendium and discovered the Entrapment Formation, which could imprison primordial energy and other things. He began practicing its simplest form, revealing a formation that could cut enemies off from their energy and potentially seal invaders inside.

• Jiang Liu visited the Ministry of Logistics' Forging Division, found its furnaces unsuitable for smelting Saint Grade materials, and decided to stay at the imperial palace to practice forging ordinary materials.
• Jiang Liu searched the Array Compendium for a formation that could trap primordial energy and spiritual power while Gongsun Haoyue studied the Compendium of Qi Refinement.
• Gongsun Haoyue noticed that the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation felt more welcoming to her after Jiang Liu took control of it, but she failed to gain insight from her book.
• Jiang Liu drew a simple Entrapment Formation that suppressed the primordial energy around him, and Feng Yue realized it had imprisoned the energy nearby.
• Jiang Liu recognized that the Entrapment Formation could hinder enemies from replenishing primordial energy, while its more complex forms could seal everything within a wide area.

Jiang Liu prepared to practice inscribing formations, wary of powerful unknown enemies and determined to grow stronger. After resting, he forged ordinary iron plates at the Forging Division and returned to the palace to practice formation inscription.

• Jiang Liu considered the threat posed by the Halls of Yama, Abyssal Hell, and the Heavenly Dao, and resolved to keep advancing.
• Jiang Liu reviewed his formation proficiency, decided to practice the Entrapment Formation on ordinary materials, and went to rest from exhaustion.
• Gongsun Haoyue and Feng Yue were surprised to see Jiang Liu rest early and went to Murong Yin, who realized Jiang Liu was depleted from refining Saint Grade materials.
• The next morning, Jiang Liu ate breakfast and went to the Forging Division to make purified iron plates for formation practice.
• The forging apprentices and blacksmith masters watched Jiang Liu leave, astonished by his skill at purifying and forging iron.

Jiang Liu practiced carving a miniature Entrapment Formation, discovering that ordinary iron could not withstand its power. As he continued drawing the formations in the air, he unknowingly began to grasp the Entrapment Formation’s true way: combining countless small formations through flawless connections.

• Jiang Liu tried carving a scaled-down Entrapment Formation into iron plates, but his first attempts failed because of flawed calculations and uncontrolled vital energy.
• Jiang Liu successfully carved the entire formation onto an iron plate, but the plate cracked when he withdrew his vital energy because its material could not withstand the formation’s power.
• Jiang Liu decided to practice the miniature formation in the air before using rare Saint Grade material, and considered making protective ornaments for his women.
• Jiang Liu drew more miniature Entrapment Formations, growing smoother with practice as their radiance surrounded him and his aura faded.
• Jiang Liu unknowingly grasped that the Entrapment Formation’s true way lay in combining countless small formations with flawless connections.

Jiang Liu mastered the Entrapment Formation and decided to forge ornaments for his wives, hoping they could serve as tokens for entering the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. At Forging Peak, he and Gongsun Haoyue began refining millennium frost iron and Celestial Frost Branches with Gong Mo and Tian Ling's help; by nightfall, the branches' outer layers had begun to melt.

• Jiang Liu realized the vital energy from his successful formations returned to him, and he fully comprehended how to draw the Entrapment Formation.
• Jiang Liu asked Feng Yue, Murong Yin, and Gongsun Haoyue what ornaments they wanted, but they left the designs to him.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue went to Forging Peak, where they learned Gong Mo and Tian Ling had been training more apprentices.
• Jiang Liu melted two pieces of millennium frost iron and poured the molten metal into molds, producing enough material for about four tokens.
• Gong Mo and Tian Ling slowly roasted the Celestial Frost Branches, and by nightfall their outer protective layers began to melt.