Chapter Summaries

Song Mingyue and Gao Wu fought Shi Potian, who used the Death White Crow to strengthen his attacks, and defeated his avatar. Hai Wuji revealed that Shi Potian’s true body was far away, and Gao Wu learned how he and Song Mingyue could claim the Death White Crow ring.

• Shi Potian froze Song Mingyue with the Ice Saint Domain, but she broke free and attacked him with the Cangming Sword.
• Song Mingyue accelerated the source energy in her Apertures, but Shi Potian suppressed her again with the White Tiger Cold Prison Fist.
• Gao Wu appeared in crimson armor and joined Song Mingyue, combining their source energies to pressure Shi Potian.
• Gao Wu stunned Shi Potian with lightning, while a crimson phantom used the Tianming Sword to destroy the Death White Crow and kill Shi Potian’s avatar.
• Hai Wuji appeared, took the Death White Crow ring from the corpse, and gave it to Song Mingyue, explaining that Gao Wu and Song Mingyue could remove Shi Potian’s spiritual imprint and control it.
• Hai Wuji said Shi Potian’s true body was at least five hundred kilometers away, then praised Gao Wu as his disciple.

After Gao Wu and Song Mingyue killed Shi Potian’s clone, Gao Wu discovered that the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation had advanced to Divine Rank, greatly strengthening his body, Source Power, and ability to recover. He and Song Mingyue then led a campaign against the Qilin Cult across Yunling, and Gao Wu’s victories made him a widely publicized figure across Beizhou and beyond.

• Hai Wuji, Gao Wu, and Song Mingyue dealt with Shi Potian’s clone, and Gao Wu and Song Mingyue later shared a quiet moment before she went to cultivate.
• Gao Wu examined the Divine Rank Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation and learned that it increased his attributes, strengthened all fifty-two Apertures, and granted Evergreen Undying and other abilities.
• After Shi Potian failed to return by dawn, Gao Wu coordinated with the task force while the Governor’s Office used Miao Yuan’s confessions to root out Qilin Cult leaders across Yunling.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue led countywide arrests that killed diehard Qilin Cultists, captured thousands of cultists, and rescued nearly a thousand civilians held for blood sacrifices.
• Gao Wu’s operation earned him nearly a hundred million Merit and drew extensive media coverage, prompting Shang Hongyi and Gao Wu’s former peers to recognize his extraordinary rise.

Qu Hanshan confronted Morgan over the failed attempt to eliminate Gao Wu, while Gao Wu’s growing prominence stirred envy in Yan Qiushui. Qin Jiuyue asked Yan Qiushui to use her Spatial Ability for a dangerous undertaking vital to The Alliance, and Gao Wu ended the chapter admiring his Boundless Merit Book.

• Qu Hanshan demanded an explanation from Morgan for Gao Wu’s rise, and Morgan promised to deal with Gao Wu within half a year.
• Yan Qiushui admitted to Qi Tian that she envied Gao Wu’s favored status and growing reputation.
• Qi Tian told Yan Qiushui that Qin Jiuyue wanted to discuss an important matter with her.
• Qin Jiuyue asked Yan Qiushui to lend her Spatial Ability to a dangerous undertaking that he said concerned The Alliance’s survival and billions of lives.
• Gao Wu looked at his Boundless Merit Book and chuckled smugly.

After gaining 1.5 billion merit from widespread publicity, Gao Wu used one billion to raise the Qilin Divine Hero Incantation to Entering Sainthood, transforming his understanding of his body and martial arts. Song Mingyue used the resonance to refine her Xuanming Heavenly Snake method, while Gao Wu left the chapter confident he could reach Level Seven within a year.

• Gao Wu weighed which Divine Mantra to upgrade and chose the Qilin Divine Hero Incantation over the Black Tortoise Divine Steel Incantation.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue entered a resonant state, and Gao Wu spent one billion merit to raise the Qilin Divine Hero Incantation to Entering Sainthood.
• Song Mingyue used the Qilin Divine Aspect's radiance to deduce the locations and refinement order of her final twenty-four Apertures.
• Hai Wuji sensed the change in Gao Wu's aura and worried that his repeated ability awakenings might carry a price.
• Gao Wu woke with heightened control over his body and a clearer grasp of the Nine Dragons Boundless Dao, including how to combine the Ying Dragon Dao with his sword techniques.
• Gao Wu concluded that he could condense seventy-two Apertures and reach Level Seven within a year.

Gao Wu delayed the Ice Dragon hunt for twenty days so he could improve his skills, then traveled with Song Mingyue to Secret Realm 341 to train against the White-haired Werewolves. After helping Camp 341 and advancing his Zhanbing Fist to the Entering Sainthood realm, he entered the Secret Realm and left ready to spend the next twenty days honing his abilities.

• Gao Wu told Qin Liuhe he needed twenty more days before setting out to find the Ice Dragon, and Qin Liuhe agreed.
• Gao Wu demonstrated his new techniques to Hai Wuji, who exposed their flaws and decided to accompany him to Secret Realm 341.
• Gao Wu secured Bai Tiejun's permission to enter Camp 341 and flew there with Song Mingyue.
• Gao Wu studied the Secret Realm's changes, taught boxing at the camp, and used the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation to ease Yan Xiling's injury at the cost of three years of his life.
• Gao Wu's Zhanbing Fist reached the Entering Sainthood realm, and he entered Secret Realm 341 with Song Mingyue the following day.
• Gao Wu killed nearly a hundred White-haired Werewolves with Kanglong Youhui and prepared to train there for twenty days.

Gao Wu completed the Ying Dragon Dao’s final Aperture and advanced the Nine Dragons Boundless Dao to the Transformation Realm before setting out with Song Mingyue and Yan Qiushui to confront the Divine Rank Ice Dragon. As the three rested beside the Endless Ice Cavern, they spoke about the danger and their families, then watched a brilliant aurora fill the night sky.

• Gao Wu condensed the Ying Dragon Dao’s twelfth Aperture, unified the Seven Dragon Dao paths, and advanced the Nine Dragons Boundless Dao to the Transformation Realm.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue agreed that neither would give up on surviving their journey, and the next day Gao Wu killed the Level Six White-haired Werewolves in Secret Realm 341.
• Gao Wu spent the remaining days cultivating with Song Mingyue and sparring with Hai Wuji, who praised Gao Wu’s martial talent.
• Gao Wu, Song Mingyue, and Yan Qiushui traveled to the Endless Ice Cavern and rested before entering it, where Gao Wu told Yan Qiushui the Ice Dragon was a Divine Rank lifeform.
• Yan Qiushui asked Gao Wu and Song Mingyue to care for her younger sister Yan Ningning if she died, and Gao Wu promised they would win.
• A brilliant multicolored aurora appeared above the Endless Ice Cavern, and Yan Qiushui watched it fade while reflecting on its beauty.

Gao Wu, Song Mingyue, and Yan Qiushui prepared to enter the Ice Dragon’s Divine Domain and seize the Chixiao Sword after Qin Liuhe explained why a nuclear bomb could not kill the dragon soul. The chapter ended as Qin Liuhe assigned their roles and they agreed to begin the dangerous operation.

• Yan Qiushui asked Gao Wu why they could not use a nuclear bomb against the Ice Dragon, and Gao Wu said they would ask Qin Liuhe.
• Gao Wu, Song Mingyue, and Yan Qiushui spent two days observing the Ice Dragon, sharing cultivation insights, and growing closer as friends.
• Qin Liuhe arrived and explained that the sleeping Ice Dragon’s Divine Domain prevented physical matter from reaching it, so a nuclear bomb could not destroy its soul.
• Song Mingyue insisted on joining the operation because her Mental Resonance with Gao Wu could help him, and Qin Liuhe allowed her to participate.
• Qin Liuhe ordered Yan Qiushui to open a brief spatial passage into the Ice Dragon’s brain while Gao Wu used his Spirit God to refine the Chixiao Sword, with Qin Liuhe suppressing the dragon soul.

Qin Liuhe explained that Yan Qiushui’s sixth-level Spatial Ability could open a passage into the Ice Dragon’s Divine Domain without awakening it, while Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit would seize the Chixiao Sword and kill the dragon soul. The attempt began, but Yan Qiushui was struck unconscious by the Ice Dragon Soul’s cold aura as Gao Wu endured the sword’s searing pain and tried to unleash its power.

• Gao Wu asked Qin Liuhe why Yan Qiushui had to act instead of an eighth-level Martial Saint, and Qin Liuhe explained that only an ability below the seventh level could reach the sleeping Ice Dragon without rousing it.
• Gao Wu affirmed his trust in Qin Liuhe, and Yan Qiushui opened a spatial fissure into the Ice Dragon’s brain while Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit followed it inside.
• Yan Qiushui sensed the Ice Dragon Soul’s terrifying aura, lost consciousness, and fell from the air as Qin Liuhe used the Tianming Jade Seal to suppress the dragon.
• Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit grasped the Chixiao Sword’s crimson light and endured its burning pain while Qin Liuhe bestowed an edict upon him.
• Empowered by Humanity Wish Power, Gao Wu regained control of his consciousness and unleashed Li Fire Divine Light and the Ying Dragon Dao’s vicious Martial Dao Divine Intent to activate the Chixiao Sword.

Gao Wu refined the Chixiao Sword while Qin Liuhe used the Tianming Jade Seal to restrain the Ice Dragon. Song Mingyue saved Yan Qiushui by drawing out the Ice Flame and severing her own arm, just as scarlet light erupted from the dragon’s head.

• Qin Liuhe used the Tianming Jade Seal to separate the Ice Dragon’s soul from its body and estimated he could hold it for only ten seconds.
• Gao Wu used the Divine Dragon Dao and Li Fire Divine Light to refine the Chixiao Sword, merging his Yin Spirit with it.
• Song Mingyue caught the falling Yan Qiushui and tried to disperse the Ice Flame, but it spread into her Seven Laws Divine Garment.
• Song Mingyue removed Yan Qiushui’s Seven-Star Battle Armor and drew the Ice Flame out of her body with the Xuanming Heavenly Snake.
• Song Mingyue severed her own left arm to keep the Ice Flame from infecting Yan Qiushui again.
• The Ice Dragon’s head erupted with scarlet light.

After Gao Wu used the Chixiao Sword to pierce the Ice Dragon's soul, the dying dragon unleashed its Extreme Cold Ice Flame, trapping Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe in mortal danger. Gao Wu chose to keep the Chixiao Sword and resist the flames, while Song Mingyue joined him, leaving both of them engulfed as they waited for Lao Qin.

• Gao Wu empowered the Chixiao Sword with the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation and Li Fire Divine Light, then pierced the Ice Dragon's soul.
• The wounded Ice Dragon awakened, realized its soul's origin had been destroyed, and detonated its dragon soul, unleashing Extreme Cold Ice Flame at Gao Wu and Qin Liuhe.
• Gao Wu chose not to abandon the Chixiao Sword and drew the Extreme Cold Ice Flame into his body, using the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation to resist it.
• Yan Qiushui saw that Gao Wu and Qin Jiuyue were both overwhelmed by the flames and could not help them.
• Song Mingyue grasped Gao Wu's hand and used the Taiji Twin Snakes to absorb the flames, then asked him to transfer them to her with Dragon Snake Dance.
• Gao Wu refused to let Song Mingyue die alone, and the two remained engulfed in flame as Yan Qiushui watched.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue reversed the Extreme Cold Ice Flame and drew most of it into his Black Dragon Divine Image, but they could not separate themselves from it. Yan Qiushui used her Spatial Ability to save them by transferring the Divine Image away, sacrificing herself as the Ice Flame consumed her.

• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue combined the Divine Dragon Dao and Taiji Twin Snakes to draw most of the Extreme Cold Ice Flame out of their bodies and spirits.
• Gao Wu threw Song Mingyue away and prepared to destroy the descending, ice-tainted Black Dragon Divine Image with his fists.
• Yan Qiushui used the Method of Star Shifting to transfer the Black Dragon Divine Image dozens of meters away, severing its connection to Gao Wu.
• The Ice Flame consumed Yan Qiushui, and she told Gao Wu and Song Mingyue that she was honored to have fought beside them before breaking apart into ice crystals.
• Song Mingyue saluted Yan Qiushui and bid farewell through tears.

After Yan Qiushui sacrificed herself to save Gao Wu, Gao Wu and Song Mingyue returned to Zhongjing to recover and mourn her. At the Iron Star Testing Center, Qin Liuhe offered Song Mingyue an experimental Ice Dragon Battle Armor to replace her lost arm, and she agreed to try it.

• Gao Wu removed the remaining Ice Flame, collected Yan Qiushui's Seven Star Sword, and gave Song Mingyue the Seven Laws Divine Garment as she grieved.
• Qin Liuhe survived the Ice Dragon's attack, collected the Ice Dragon corpse, and brought Gao Wu and Song Mingyue back to Hai Wuji in Zhongjing.
• Hai Wuji arranged treatment for Song Mingyue's wound, and Gao Wu stayed beside her until they both rested.
• After recovering, Gao Wu and Song Mingyue discussed how the battle had strengthened their martial arts, then learned from Qin Liuhe that Qi Tian had already been told of Yan Qiushui's death.
• At the Iron Star Testing Center, Qin Liuhe offered to create Song Mingyue a high-grade Ice Dragon Battle Armor that could replace her arm, and she agreed despite the danger of the Ice Dragon genes.

Song Mingyue prepared to risk an experimental Ice Dragon Battle Armor implantation while Gao Wu discovered that Ice Dragon blood greatly accelerated his cultivation. After weeks of training, Song Mingyue underwent the dangerous surgery on New Year’s Eve, with Gao Wu beside her.

• Song Mingyue accepted Qin Liuhe’s offer to implant the Ice Dragon Battle Armor, and Qin Liuhe explained that condensing a Source Power True Core could help her control it.
• Qin Liuhe gave Gao Wu purified Ice Dragon blood, which Gao Wu consumed to strengthen his body and rapidly condense apertures.
• Song Mingyue used Mental Resonance to study the Dragon Blood’s Divinity, then began absorbing it herself with the Taiji Twin Snakes’ help.
• By the fiftieth day, Song Mingyue had condensed all seventy-two apertures and united them through the Taiji Twin Snakes.
• On New Year’s Eve, experts began surgically attaching Song Mingyue’s advanced Ice Dragon arm while Gao Wu watched beside her.

Song Mingyue underwent a successful Ice Dragon Battle Armor implantation and, through her resonance with the armor, condensed a Source Power True Core and advanced to Level Seven. After Qin Liuhe sent her and Gao Wu to clear out the Demonic Cult in Beizhou, Gao Wu demonstrated the Chixiao Sword to Hai Wuji and destroyed his study.

• Experts implanted the Ice Dragon Battle Armor into Song Mingyue, and Gao Wu stayed with her through the seventy-two-hour observation period.
• Song Mingyue’s resonance with the Ice Dragon Armor led her to condense a Source Power True Core and become a Level-Seven Martial King after nearly a hundred hours.
• Qin Liuhe praised Song Mingyue and instructed her and Gao Wu to return to Beizhou to deal with Shi Potian and Han Dalin, while Gao Wu continued working toward his own Source Power True Core.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue returned to Qinglin Garden, where Hai Wuji sparred with them and helped Song Mingyue learn to control the armor.
• Hai Wuji asked to see the Chixiao Sword, but its heat shattered his Saint Domain and carbonized everything in his study before Gao Wu recalled it.

Gao Wu reunited with Shang Qingjun, Zhou Hongying, and Shang Qingjun’s grandfather in Anjing for the holiday. When Bai Yulin harassed Zhou Hongying at a restaurant, Bai Yucheng recognized Gao Wu and realized the Bai family had provoked someone far beyond their reach.

• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue met Shang Qingjun and Zhou Hongying at the airport, then visited Shang Qingjun’s grandfather and shared a family meal.
• Gao Wu and his companions celebrated the holiday together at home and later ate at Anqing Restaurant.
• Zhou Hongying rejected Bai Yulin’s advances, and he insulted her while his companions jeered.
• Bai Yucheng reprimanded Bai Yulin and took him to apologize to Zhou Hongying.
• Bai Yucheng saw Gao Wu in the Yingchun private room and greeted him respectfully, while Bai Yulin and Bai Dishan realized the gulf between Gao Wu and the Bai family.

Gao Wu reconciled with the Bai Family after Bai Yulin offended Zhou Hongying, then accepted authority to supervise security matters in Beizhou and attended a conference on the Demonic Cult. At the conference, Gao Wu detected a faint trace of Demon God aura on Tie Qi, leaving the head of the Supervision Department under suspicion.

• Bai Yucheng apologized to Zhou Hongying for Bai Yulin's rude remarks, and Gao Wu accepted the apology while Bai Yulin apologized as well.
• Bai Yucheng told Bai Yunfei that Gao Wu was dining nearby, prompting Bai Yunfei and Bai Yan to visit Gao Wu and greet his grandfather, Shang Hongyi.
• Bai Yan invited Gao Wu to a security conference about the Demonic Cult, and Gao Wu contacted Qi Tian, who authorized him to supervise Beizhou matters.
• Gao Wu brought Song Mingyue into the Third Group and arranged her senior colonel rank and special law enforcement authority.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue attended the security conference, where Gao Wu detected a faint trace of Demon God aura on Tie Qi and grew suspicious of him.

Gao Wu suspected Chief of Supervision Tie Qi of serving the Demonic Cult, and Tie Qi feared Gao Wu’s growing influence. After learning Gao Wu had left Anjing, Tie Qi secretly met Qilin Cult Bishop Han Dalin to discuss killing him, while Song Mingyue followed and uncovered their plot.

• At the security conference, Gao Wu noticed a trace of Demon God aura on Tie Qi but decided to investigate further before accusing him.
• Tie Qi worried about Gao Wu’s power and connections, then returned home to comfort his frail daughter Tie Ruolan, whose health had improved after receiving the Qilin King’s divine power.
• After receiving word that Gao Wu had gone to Dongjiang with Song Mingyue, Tie Qi relaxed and secretly traveled across the city to meet Han Dalin.
• Tie Qi and Han Dalin discussed eliminating Gao Wu and first locating the two Martial Saints who might protect him.
• Song Mingyue sensed Tie Qi’s meeting with a Level Seven figure, identified Han Dalin as a Demonic Cult Bishop, and chose to wait until Gao Wu returned before acting.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue identified Han Dalin, a Level-Seven Qilin Cult Bishop hiding in Anjing, but avoided confronting him in a crowded district. With Hai Wuji occupied by a crisis on Dongwei Island, Song Mingyue proposed drawing Han Dalin out of the city.

• Song Mingyue used her spiritual perception to determine that the Level-Seven powerhouse Tie Qi had met was Han Dalin, and Gao Wu hurried back to Anjing to join her.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue watched Moxiang Bookstore, and Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit confirmed that its owner was Han Dalin and detected a Holy Emblem concealing a powerful Strange Spirit.
• Gao Wu decided they could not safely attack Han Dalin in the city and contacted Hai Wuji for help.
• Hai Wuji said he was dealing with a major crisis on Dongwei Island and warned them not to act in the city unless they were certain.
• Song Mingyue proposed conducting a surprise inspection to provoke Han Dalin into pursuing them beyond the city, where they could confront him safely.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue devised a plan to draw Han Dalin out by intensifying the purge of the Demonic Cult, then used the Supervision Department to uncover and arrest believers across Anjing. After intelligence placed Chief Priest Cai Shilin at East Suburb Villa, Gao Wu led a team there, unaware that Han Dalin was waiting for them.

• Gao Wu decided it was too risky to attack Han Dalin directly, and he and Song Mingyue spent the night cultivating before devising a plan to lure him out.
• Gao Wu brought Wang Tiemei and other allies into the Supervision Department, and they used its surveillance systems to identify thousands of Demonic Cult believers in Anjing.
• Gao Wu took control of the Joint Action Group and led a sweeping purge that cleared Demonic Cult believers from Anjing and disrupted Tie Qi's plans for a blood sacrifice.
• Tie Qi told Han Dalin about the purge, and Han Dalin arranged to wait for Gao Wu at East Suburb Villa in Yuanning County after Chief Priest Cai Shilin's location was revealed.
• Gao Wu, Bai Yan, Zhang Yunyi, and Zhou Ming led fifty Joint Action Group members toward East Suburb Villa, while Han Dalin watched their convoy arrive from the villa.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue entered East Suburb Villa alone to confront Han Dalin, while the rest of the team waited outside. Han Dalin discovered that Song Mingyue had already reached Level Seven and unleashed his Black Dragon Divine Image, leaving the people at the gate fearing the worst.

• Gao Wu warned that the villa might be a trap and ordered Bai Yan and the others to remain outside while he and Song Mingyue went in.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue met Han Dalin and Chief Priest Cai Shilin at a cabin on the mountain, where Gao Wu judged Han Dalin’s strength and prepared to test his sword against him.
• Han Dalin tried to overwhelm Gao Wu with his Mental Force Field but found that Gao Wu’s mental force could withstand it.
• Song Mingyue faced Han Dalin’s Black Dragon Divine Image with her own mental force, and Han Dalin realized that she had formed a Source Power True Core at nineteen.
• Han Dalin expanded the Black Dragon Divine Image, and its spiritual shock reached the villa gate, knocking down weaker fighters and alarming Zhou Ming and the others.