Chapter Summaries

Mingwu seized a box of privately minted Buddha's Affinity Coins from Treasure Pavilion, then learned that Chu Sheng had severely injured Mingjing and was heading to Yongfeng City. After reporting the news to Elder Huikong, he heard Huikong plan to hide until Chu Sheng arrived and then capture him by surprise.

• Mingwu threatened Treasure Pavilion's shopkeeper into surrendering its counterfeit Buddha's Affinity Coins, then secretly kept the coins for cultivation because their spiritual power was purer than that of genuine coins.
• Mingwu read Mingjing's message about being severely injured and sent back that Elder Huikong would seek justice for him.
• Mingwu bought healing pills for Mingjing at the Rejuvenation Pill Shop and then hurried to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Mingwu told Elder Huikong and Zhou Tong that a Ninth Tier Peak Evil Cultivator had injured Mingjing and was heading toward Yongfeng City.
• Elder Huikong agreed to conceal himself and capture Chu Sheng by surprise when he arrived.

Chu Sheng arrived in Yongfeng City and killed Sacred Body True Lord instantly when the Rank 9 expert attacked him. Spirit God True Lord then launched a divine-sense attack, believing Chu Sheng was vulnerable to it.

• Zheng Yuan explained that Qingmang Star had cleared most demon beast nests and that Abyssal Rifts were used to exploit Colony Planets.
• Chu Sheng arrived in Yongfeng City, and Zhou Tong and Spirit God True Lord realized he was the Ninth Tier Peak Evil Cultivator rather than True Lord Miaofa.
• Sacred Body True Lord charged Chu Sheng, but Chu Sheng vanished with him and reappeared unharmed after killing him.
• Spirit God True Lord assumed Chu Sheng's divine sense was his weakness and challenged him, warning that he would become Qingmang Star's public enemy.
• Spirit God True Lord shouted "Now" and sent a violet-gold divine-sense attack straight at Chu Sheng.

Chu Sheng defeated Spirit God True Lord when the latter’s Soul Shattering Divine Radiance rebounded and struck him, then demanded the Kunyu Token from Zhou Tong on behalf of Zhou Tong’s uncle. As Chu Sheng attacked Jingkong Zen Monastery’s disciples, Mingwu called for Elder Huikong, who chose to flee even farther away.

• Spirit God True Lord’s Soul Shattering Divine Radiance reversed course and struck him, leaving him collapsed and apparently mindless.
• Chu Sheng mocked Jingkong Zen Monastery’s disciples, called them heretical demons, and asked for Zhou Tong.
• Chu Sheng ordered Zhou Tong to tell his uncle, the Prefectural Lord of Guangning Prefecture, to send the Kunyu Token or face the loss of his entire family.
• Chu Sheng turned on Jingkong Zen Monastery’s disciples, and Mingwu shouted for Elder Huikong to save him.
• Elder Huikong heard Mingwu’s cries, feared Chu Sheng would pursue him, and fled farther away.

Chu Sheng tracked down Elder Huikong and killed him after forcing him to confess. He gained Justice Points and planned to reach the peak of the Myriad Phenomena Realm before the secret realm opened.

• Chu Sheng realized Elder Huikong had fled and pursued him a hundred li away.
• Chu Sheng captured Huikong and brought him into an independent space, where he demanded that Huikong confess his crimes.
• Huikong fought back with two Rank 9 treasures, but Chu Sheng shattered his attacks and overwhelmed him.
• Huikong agreed to confess, but Chu Sheng beheaded him anyway, earning 13,000,000 Justice Points in total.
• Chu Sheng noted that the secret realm would open in a little over twenty days and planned to gather enough Justice Points to advance.

Chu Sheng killed Huikong, Mingwu, and the Jingkong Zen Monastery disciples at the City Lord’s Mansion, then received a message challenging him to face Zhou Tong’s uncle. After ordering the uncle to prepare for a three-minute warning, Chu Sheng killed Zhou Tong and triggered the Three Clans Severance Technique, whose red strands filled the sky.

• Zhou Tong urged Mingwu to flee, but Mingwu claimed Huikong had only lured Chu Sheng away.
• Chu Sheng returned with Huikong’s head, then killed Mingwu when he defied him.
• The Jingkong Zen Monastery disciples charged Chu Sheng, and he killed them all with blasts of golden spiritual power.
• Zhou Tong showed Chu Sheng his uncle’s message, and Chu Sheng replied that he would wait in Ningzhou City and wanted to see how the uncle killed his whole family.
• Chu Sheng ordered Zhou Tong to warn his uncle that he had three minutes to hear his family’s last words, then choked Zhou Tong to death.
• The Three Clans Severance Technique activated over Zhou Tong’s corpse, filling the sky with more than a thousand red strands.

A mysterious attacker’s crimson spheres slaughtered the Meng Family in Ningzhou City, leaving Meng Qingyue devastated. Meng Yun survived by pretending to be dead, while Meng Qingyue planned to seek help from the Heavenly Dao Sect and received the attacker’s name: “Nemesis of Sin.”

• Meng Qingyue and his family laughed off Zhou Tong’s warning that someone would arrive in three minutes to kill them.
• Crimson spheres appeared from the west, and Meng Qingyue’s sword passed through them without effect.
• The spheres entered the City Lord’s Mansion and killed nearly everyone, prompting Meng Qingyue to collapse in grief.
• Meng Yun survived by pretending to be dead, and Meng Qingyue decided to send him to Wind Snow Pavilion while seeking help from the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Meng Qingyue asked the attacker who he was, and the attacker replied, “Nemesis of Sin.”

Chu Sheng killed Lu Fei, Lin Wan, and the remaining lackeys in the City Lord's Mansion after condemning their role in Zhou Tong's attempt to obtain Golden Pattern Dew from the Zheng Family. A blue light screen then appeared, revealing a refined figure in a green robe.

• Chu Sheng decided he would collect the Kunyu Tokens from everyone at the secret realm entrance instead of hunting them down individually.
• Chu Sheng accused Zhou Tong's surviving subordinates of being evil and learned that Lu Fei and Lin Wan were agents of the Star Luo Merchant Association.
• Lu Fei explained that they had hired Zhou Tong to supply Golden Pattern Dew, while Lin Wan argued that the association was only responsible for receiving the goods and paying for them.
• Chu Sheng accused Lu Fei and Lin Wan of ignoring the Zheng Family's likely suffering, then killed them and Zhou Tong's remaining lackeys with a surge of golden spiritual power.
• A pale blue light screen appeared, and a refined figure in a green robe emerged on it.

Chu Sheng confronted Zhao Zhenji about the Star Luo Merchant Association’s role in harming the Zheng Family and demanded compensation. After learning the branch could not provide a Myriad Manifestations Realm cultivation technique, Chu Sheng asked for a Rank 9 fire-attributed treasure instead and headed to Sin City to pursue it at auction.

• Zhao Zhenji saw the bodies of Lu Fei, Lin Wan, and Jingkong Zen Monastery’s Elder Huikong, then became deferential after Chu Sheng introduced himself.
• Chu Sheng explained that Lu Fei and the others had known Zhou Tong would harm the Zheng Family but had cooperated with him after taking the Golden Pattern Dew.
• Zhao Zhenji offered to compensate the Zheng Family, and Chu Sheng said they had lost a Myriad Manifestations Realm cultivation technique.
• Zhao Zhenji explained that the Star Alliance prohibited bringing such a technique to Qingmang Star, so Chu Sheng changed his demand to a Rank 9 fire-attributed heavenly treasure.
• Zhao Zhenji said the branch’s Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma had already been sent to Sin City for the Myriad Treasures Auction, and Chu Sheng told him to arrange the matter and said he would go there.

The Star Luo Merchant Association’s leaders discussed Chu Sheng’s demand for the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma after he agreed to bid for it but refused to pay. A gray-clad youth proposed ways to turn Jingkong Zen Monastery, City Lord Wei, or the auction bidders against Chu Sheng, leaving the association to consider his plan.

• Zhao Zhenji reported that Chu Sheng had killed Huikong and demanded the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma as compensation, offering to bid for it without paying if he won.
• President Tang and the other leaders worried that giving Chu Sheng the auction’s finale item for free would provoke the factions attending the auction.
• A gray-clad youth interrupted the meeting and challenged the leaders for treating Chu Sheng as invincible.
• The youth advised the association to alert Jingkong Zen Monastery that Chu Sheng was coming and noted that City Lord Wei also wanted the treasure.
• The youth suggested publicly exposing Chu Sheng’s demand at the auction so the bidders might join forces against him.

Chu Sheng learned why Xiao Hanshan protected fugitives in Sin City and resolved to punish him by targeting his daughter. At Jingkong Zen Monastery, Jueshan emerged from seclusion and decided to meet the killer, hoping to convert him and naming him Minghui in advance.

• Zheng Yuan explained that Xiao Hanshan had upheld Sin City's rule of protecting fugitives, and Chu Sheng decided to make him suffer by going after his sickly daughter.
• Jingkong Zen Monastery's elders debated attacking Sin City after learning Chu Sheng was heading there, but Huineng reminded them that Jueshan had obligations to Xiao Hanshan's clan.
• Jueshan emerged from five years of seclusion after breaking through to the fourth level of the Myriad Manifestations Realm.
• Jueshan said he would personally go to Sin City and try to guide Chu Sheng into repentance through Buddhism.
• Jueshan dismissed the elders' objections and revealed that he had already chosen Chu Sheng's Dharma name: Minghui.

Near Sin City, a murder aboard a spirit vessel brought the Xilan Prefecture Patrol Division to investigate and order the witnesses to stay put. When one officer threatened to kill anyone who left, Chu Sheng revealed a black garment and remarked on the coincidence.

• A woman in green cried out after finding three recently murdered people aboard a nearby spirit vessel, and the surrounding cultivators feared the killer had evaded their senses.
• A young man and woman identified themselves as members of the Xilan Prefecture Patrol Division and examined the crime scene.
• A young man in a moon-white robe said he knew the murderer's method but needed half an hour to find a crucial piece of evidence, so he asked everyone to remain aboard their vessels.
• A middle-aged cultivator protested that he needed to deliver spirit herbs in Sin City, and a Patrol Division officer threatened to kill him for obstructing the investigation if he left.
• Chu Sheng spoke up about the officer's uniform and law-enforcement authority while holding a black garment.

Chu Sheng revealed himself as a Jingwu Bureau officer and identified the old man who had tried to kill him as the killer. The old man took Song Qingci hostage and forced Song Hongyu to attack Chu Sheng, leaving Chu Sheng in danger.

• Chu Sheng donned his Jingwu Bureau robe, showed his token, and dismissed the Patrol Division's objections.
• Chu Sheng tracked the killer to an old man aboard a spirit vessel, while Song Qingci realized the clues had led them to a trap.
• The old man poisoned Song Qingci and seized him as a hostage when Song Hongyu arrived to protect him.
• Song Hongyu mistook Chu Sheng for the old man's accomplice, then understood her error when the old man demanded that she kill Chu Sheng.
• After the old man threatened Song Qingci and counted down, Song Hongyu lunged at Chu Sheng, apologizing as she attacked.

Chu Sheng revealed his Ninth Tier Peak strength, defeated Song Hongyu and rescued Song Qingci from his captor. Just as he prepared to kill Song Qingci, an old monk arrived and invited Chu Sheng to cleanse himself of his bloodshed at a monastery.

• Chu Sheng unveiled his overwhelming aura and confronted the old man holding Song Qingci hostage.
• Song Hongyu begged Chu Sheng to save her nephew, but he struck her and sent her flying a thousand zhang away.
• Chu Sheng seized the old man's arm, freed Song Qingci, and killed the old man.
• Song Qingci thanked Chu Sheng, who warned that he had thanked him too soon and prepared to sever him.
• An old monk arrived in Buddhist light and invited Chu Sheng to return to a monastery to repent and worship Buddha.

Chu Sheng killed Song Qingci and triggered a mysterious crimson technique that killed Song Hongyu, prompting Master Jueshan to confront him. Jueshan saw Chu Sheng’s immense accumulated karma and tried to suppress him, but Chu Sheng attacked and followed him into the sky.

• Chu Sheng struck Song Qingci dead despite Master Jueshan’s plea, and crimson motes streamed from the corpse.
• One mote entered Song Hongyu, killing her as the other motes escaped toward the horizon.
• Master Jueshan unleashed his Myriad Manifestations Realm aura and accused Chu Sheng of using an evil secret art.
• Jueshan’s Mind’s Reflection of Karma revealed a mountain of corpses behind Chu Sheng, whose killing karma stunned the monk.
• Jueshan refused to try to save Chu Sheng and flew skyward to avoid harming the crowd, but Chu Sheng pursued him and challenged him to fight.

Chu Sheng fought Jueshan inside a hidden domain, breaking through the monk’s weapons, Buddhist techniques, and a summoned flaming dragon. Jueshan’s attacks failed, and Chu Sheng declared that only superior physical strength could defeat him.

• Jueshan questioned whether Chu Sheng came from another world, then decided to attack after Chu Sheng said he had no backing.
• Chu Sheng shattered Jueshan’s Heart Protection Seal and Buddha Dharma Form with his blade strikes.
• Jueshan’s Soul Calming Bell broke against Chu Sheng, and Chu Sheng’s next slash pierced the monk’s robe and wounded his chest.
• Jueshan used a dark blue token from the Xiao Family to summon a massive flaming dragon and sent it diving at Chu Sheng.
• The dragon’s flames shattered when it struck Chu Sheng, who said Jueshan could defeat him only through physical strength.

Chu Sheng killed Jueshan after demanding that he confess, then learned Jueshan’s divine consciousness survived and that the system counted the kill as only halfway complete. As Chu Sheng searched Jueshan’s Storage Ring, onlookers mistook him for an evil cultivator and decided to seize his female companion.

• Jueshan admitted defeat in battle but refused to confess to an unspecified crime, so Chu Sheng wounded him and demanded he say, “I admit my guilt.”
• Jueshan insisted he had never acted against his conscience, and Chu Sheng beheaded him after deciding he would apologize if he had killed an innocent man.
• The system awarded Chu Sheng 8,000,000 Justice Points but marked Jueshan’s kill as 50% complete because his divine consciousness remained alive.
• Chu Sheng learned Jueshan’s surviving divine consciousness might know who killed him, and he took Jueshan’s Storage Ring.
• Onlookers identified the dead monk as Jueshan and argued over the leaders of the righteous path before deciding to capture Chu Sheng’s female companion.

Chu Sheng returned carrying Master Jueshan’s head and told Zheng Yuan and the crowd that he had slain the Demonic Monk. After the crowd begged to follow him, he accepted them as fellow travelers only if they upheld their principles and never bullied the weak or committed vile deeds.

• Zheng Yuan warned the crowd surrounding her that Chu Sheng would punish them, but they dismissed her and questioned her connection to him.
• The crowd saw Chu Sheng return with the headless Master Jueshan and heard him declare that he had slain the Demonic Monk.
• When one man questioned his judgment, Chu Sheng challenged anyone who disagreed to prove their claim by defeating him.
• A burly man and many others knelt and asked to serve Chu Sheng, while one man’s boast about bringing prosperity to his husband prompted his father to apologize.
• Chu Sheng accepted the crowd’s allegiance as fellow travelers, telling them to uphold their principles and never bully the weak or commit vile deeds.

Chu Sheng punished the Martial Artists who had tried to capture Zheng Yuan, then confronted her for interfering on their behalf. Zheng Yuan sincerely insisted he was a good person, leaving Chu Sheng bewildered.

• Zheng Yuan told Chu Sheng that the kneeling Martial Artists had tried to capture her and hand her over to Jueshan.
• The Martial Artists pleaded that they had acted out of greed and mistaken Chu Sheng for an Evil Cultivator, and Chu Sheng said their misunderstanding did not excuse their actions.
• Chu Sheng struck the kneeling Martial Artists with golden spiritual power, leaving them unable to move, then let their companions take them away with a warning.
• Zheng Yuan knelt and apologized for intervening, explaining that she had wanted to spare the Martial Artists because she thought they did not deserve to die.
• Zheng Yuan cited Chu Sheng's past deeds as proof that he was a good person, and Chu Sheng was left so confused that he called her stupid.

Xiao Hanshan learned that Xiao Ye had fainted at the Star Luo Merchant Association, while the association warned him that Chu Sheng planned to claim the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma without following auction rules. As the Xiao Family worried that Xiao Ye’s Soul Departure Syndrome had returned, Xiao Ye woke and seemed to confirm he was hungry.

• Xiao Chunan told Xiao Hanshan that Xiao Ye had fainted while working at the Star Luo Merchant Association, so the association had brought him back to the Xiao residence.
• The Star Luo Merchant Association stewards told Xiao Hanshan that Xiao Ye had no injuries or signs of poisoning and explained Chu Sheng’s plan to obtain the Crimson Flame Cloud Ganoderma.
• Xiao Hanshan said that anyone unable to pay for the ganoderma would be breaking Sin City’s rules and that he would deal with Chu Sheng.
• Xiao Hanshan told the Xiao Family that Master Jueshan had not answered his message, and Xiao Ye’s family feared his Soul Departure Syndrome had returned.
• Xiao Ye stirred awake, and after his mother asked if he was hungry, he blinked and murmured in agreement.

Xiao Ye warned the Xiao Family that a dangerous golden-eyed man was coming, then felt reassured when Xiao Hanshan mentioned the family’s Sun Piercing Shuttle. Inside Xiao Ye’s sea of consciousness, Jueshan encountered Ye Qinglie and learned that Xiao Ye had reached Rank 9.

• Xiao Ye tried to leave the Xiao Family, warning that the person pursuing him could endanger them all.
• Xiao Hanshan slapped Xiao Ye for addressing him informally, then offered to handle whoever Xiao Ye had provoked.
• Xiao Ye remembered the Xiao Family’s Sun Piercing Shuttle and told Xiao Hanshan to use it against the golden-eyed Chu Sheng, but Xiao Hanshan refused to attack someone who followed Sin City’s rules.
• Jueshan’s memories flooded into Xiao Ye after Jueshan died, and the unknown divine consciousness in Xiao Ye’s sea of consciousness identified itself as Ye Qinglie.
• Xiao Ye demanded control of his body back, and Jueshan discovered that Xiao Ye had secretly advanced to Rank 9.