Chapter Summaries

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue joined forces to kill Han Dalin, a Level Seven Bishop, and then turned their attention to the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel. Bai Yan watched from afar, stunned by how decisively the young pair had defeated Han Dalin.

• Zhou Ming and Yang Liye led the others away, while Bai Yan stayed behind to observe Gao Wu and Song Mingyue confront Han Dalin.
• Gao Wu attacked Cai Shilin, but Han Dalin trapped him with the Black Dragon Divine Image; Gao Wu unleashed his Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation and struck Han Dalin with Kanglong Youhui.
• Gao Wu and Han Dalin exchanged devastating palm strikes, and the shockwaves killed Cai Shilin and destroyed the wooden house around them.
• Han Dalin released the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel, but Song Mingyue froze its Source Power True Core while Gao Wu disrupted Han Dalin's Source Power.
• Song Mingyue froze Han Dalin's defenses, allowing Gao Wu to stab him through the head with the Tianming Sword and kill him.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue prepared to subdue the uncontrolled Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel as Bai Yan watched in disbelief.

After Gao Wu and Song Mingyue killed Han Dalin, they defeated the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel and secured its core. Bai Yan and the others arrived to find the battlefield destroyed and Han Dalin dead, while Gao Wu kept his strength and discoveries concealed.

• The Yin Spirit’s advancement strengthened Gao Wu’s Vermilion Bird Divine Light Incantation, and Gao Wu killed Han Dalin with the Tianming Sword while Song Mingyue restrained him.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue attacked the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel, and Song Mingyue froze its core and tore it from its chest.
• Gao Wu failed to control the Strange Spirit inside the Black Gold Prism, so he refined it with Li Fire Divine Light and stored the inert Mechanical Angel in the Mystic Dragon Ring.
• Gao Wu collected Han Dalin’s Holy Emblem and black robe, then reflected on Tie Qi’s betrayal and concluded that only Shi Potian remained.
• Bai Yan arrived, confirmed Han Dalin was dead, and marveled at the devastation; Zhou Ming, Zhang Yunyi, Yang Liye, and other experts soon reached the battlefield and stared in shock.

After killing Han Dalin, Gao Wu confronted Tie Qi and crushed the Qilin Cult’s network in Anjing. Shi Potian, alarmed by Gao Wu’s success, planned a move in Dongjiang to draw him out.

• Gao Wu ordered his team to keep Han Dalin’s death confidential, then flew with Song Mingyue to pursue another target.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue filmed themselves flying through the clouds, named themselves the Black Wind Duo, and sent the video to Shen Yue to edit.
• Gao Wu confronted Tie Qi at Quanan Building, suppressed him, and destroyed his fighting ability after Tie Qi agreed to cooperate.
• Wang Tiemei and Zhang Yunyi helped arrest more than two hundred officials and businessmen, uprooting the Qilin Cult’s foundation in Beizhou.
• Shi Potian learned that Han Dalin had been killed and decided to make a major move in Dongjiang, hoping to draw Gao Wu there.

Gao Wu refined Han Dalin’s black robe and gained control of the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel after using the Chixiao Sword to open its Black Gold Prism. When Song Yunhe reported that Mingyang had been kidnapped to lure Gao Wu to Dongjiang, Gao Wu decided to prepare carefully before going.

• Gao Wu’s video of flying with Song Mingyue spread online, sparking arguments over whether he had reached Level Seven.
• Qu Hanshan questioned Morgan about Gao Wu and Han Dalin, then considered how the deaths of two Martial Saints could let him take control of The Alliance.
• Gao Wu counted his Merit, refined Han Dalin’s robe, and used the Chixiao Sword to open the Black Gold Prism and control the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel.
• Gao Wu practiced controlling the Mechanical Angel and returned with Song Mingyue to the villa where the old man and Sister Jun were staying.
• Song Yunhe told Gao Wu that Mingyang had been kidnapped and that the kidnappers demanded to see him.
• Gao Wu promised to go to Dongjiang but paused to plan, suspecting the kidnappers had set a trap.

Gao Wu killed Tie Qi, spent the Merit he gained to advance the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation, and traveled to Dongjiang to rescue Song Mingyang from Shi Potian’s trap. He arrived at Song Yunhe’s home with Song Mingyue and promised to do everything he could to save Mingyang.

• Gao Wu executed Tie Qi in the Supervision Department’s detention room and ordered the guard to cremate his body.
• Gao Wu used the Merit gained from killing Tie Qi to raise the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation to the Entering Sainthood realm during a flight to Yunling Airport, while Song Mingyue gained a slight insight.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue discussed rescuing Song Mingyang and agreed that Song Mingyue would look for a chance to get him out safely.
• Gao Wu arrived at Song Yunhe’s home in Dongjiang, where Song Yunhe pleaded with him to save Mingyang.
• Gao Wu reassured Song Yunhe that he and Song Mingyue would do everything in their power to rescue Mingyang.

Gao Wu went to the Song Family after Song Mingyang was abducted, then followed the kidnappers’ demand to meet Shi Potian atop Bailong Mountain. Shi Potian revealed a hidden Death Domain and attacked Gao Wu and Song Mingyue, leaving Gao Wu frozen inside his Frost Law Domain.

• Gao Wu comforted Han Lingxia and Song Yunhe, but learned that Song Mingyang and the driver had vanished without leaving clues.
• Shi Potian called Song Yunhe and demanded that Gao Wu come to Bailong Mountain within ten minutes or Song Mingyang would die.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue flew to Bailong Mountain, where Gao Wu sensed more than a hundred concealed fighters and a ritual pattern formed from unusual Source Power auras.
• Shi Potian offered Gao Wu a chance to worship the God Lord, but Gao Wu confirmed Song Mingyang was not on the mountain and attacked with Song Mingyue.
• Shi Potian revealed that he had assembled Strange Race experts and cult members to form the Death Domain, then used his White Tiger Cold Prison Fist to trap Gao Wu in a freezing Frost Law Domain.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue battled Shi Potian on Bailong Mountain, with Gao Wu breaking through his Cold Prison and Song Mingyue revealing the power of her Ice Dragon Armor. After Song Mingyue shattered Shi Potian’s body, Gao Wu sensed danger as Shi Potian’s divine soul appeared.

• Shi Potian trapped Gao Wu in the White Tiger Cold Prison, but Gao Wu broke free with blazing sword light and clashed with his ice-blade transformations using Kanglong Youhui.
• The battle shook Bailong Mountain as people in Dongjiang City and officials watching satellite footage worried over Gao Wu and Song Mingyue’s fight with Shi Potian.
• Song Mingyue revealed her Ice Dragon Armor and advanced while Shi Potian realized she had condensed a Source Power True Core.
• Shi Potian used the Ice Divine Mantra against Song Mingyue, but she broke its domain and pierced through his Cold Ice White Feathers, blasting his body apart.
• Gao Wu warned Song Mingyue to retreat as Shi Potian’s divine soul emerged from the place where he had died, and Gao Wu raised his Tianming Sword and Li Fire Divine Light.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue faced Shi Potian’s Death Domain after he rose as an unstable Yin Spirit and activated a deadly divine mantra. Gao Wu destroyed Shi Potian and the Domain with the Chixiao Sword, and the pair escaped before the space around Bailong Mountain collapsed; afterward, Gao Wu wondered where Song Mingyang was.

• Gao Wu sensed that Shi Potian’s unstable Yin Spirit was tied to the Source Power Domain and retreated with Song Mingyue.
• Shi Potian activated the Death Divine Mantra, trapping Gao Wu and Song Mingyue in a contracting spatial Domain fueled by the life force of more than one hundred cultists.
• Shi Potian tried to force the pair to choose which of them would die, but Gao Wu and Song Mingyue treated his threat lightly.
• Gao Wu used the Chixiao Sword to destroy Shi Potian, the White Crow, and a passage through the Death Domain, then escaped with Song Mingyue.
• The Death Domain collapsed and blasted compressed matter into the sky, while Gao Wu and Song Mingyue survived and Gao Wu received more than five hundred million Merit.
• Gao Wu celebrated their victory and began wondering where Song Mingyang was.

Gao Wu searched Dongjiang for Song Mingyang, then traced the kidnapping to Tie Ying and found the boy at her hideout in Baihe County. He confronted Tie Ying, who broke down and said she had no choice.

• After failing to find Song Mingyang in Dongjiang, Gao Wu apologized to Song Mingyue and told Wang Tiemei, Qi Tian, and Song Chunqiu that Shi Potian had been dealt with.
• Gao Wu reconsidered Shi Potian's clue about Zhang Hao and asked Wang Tiemei to investigate people who had known him.
• Wang Tiemei's analysis identified Tie Ying as a suspect, citing unexplained spending, her recent advancement to Warrior, and her switched-off phone.
• Gao Wu and Song Mingyue flew to Tie Ying's courtyard in Baihe County and found Song Mingyang inside.
• Gao Wu confronted Tie Ying and held her upright when she tried to kneel; Tie Ying cried and said she had no choice.

Gao Wu rescued Song Mingyang and brought Tie Ying to the Supervision Bureau, then traveled with Song Mingyue to the Aurora Legion headquarters. Song Xuetao welcomed Song Mingyue as a newly revealed Level-Seven King and began explaining a plan involving the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl.

• Tie Ying confessed that she had joined the Demonic Cult and killed someone, so Gao Wu put her to sleep and left her for the Supervision Bureau to handle.
• Gao Wu freed Song Mingyang, treated his numb limbs, and flew him back to his family, where Song Yunhe and Han Lingxia rejoiced at his safe return.
• Song Chunqiu summoned Gao Wu and Song Mingyue to the Aurora Legion headquarters, and they flew there through the night.
• Song Xuetao met Song Mingyue, learned she had reached Level Seven, and recognized her condensed Mental Force Field as a Source Power True Core.
• Song Xuetao explained that Shi Potian's death had eased Beizhou's pressure, then described No. 2 Secret Realm, its White-haired Werewolf tribes, and the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl on their Divine Power Altar.

Song Xuetao explained the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl’s role in sustaining the No. 2 Secret Realm and outlined a plan to seize it and destroy the White-haired Werewolf threat. He then prepared to spar with Gao Wu at headquarters, drawing a crowd as rumors about Gao Wu’s strength stirred skepticism and envy.

• Song Xuetao told Gao Wu and Song Mingyue how the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl sustained the No. 2 Secret Realm and enabled the White Crow King to reach its White-haired Werewolf believers.
• Song Xuetao explained why the Aurora Legion needed to seize the Dragon Pearl before destroying the altar, and he detailed a plan that avoided using nuclear bombs in the Secret Realm’s core.
• Song Xuetao invited Gao Wu and Song Mingyue to spar so they could assess one another’s abilities, while Song Mingyue asked to keep her cultivation secret.
• Word spread that Song Xuetao would spar with Gao Wu, bringing Bai Tiejun, Song Chunshan, Song Mingying, and many other spectators to the underground arena.
• Song Chunqiu told Bai Tiejun he believed Gao Wu had killed Shi Potian, and Gao Wu arrived with Song Mingyue before entering the arena.
• Song Mingying privately questioned whether Song Xuetao would hand the Song Family to Song Mingyue and dismissed the claim that Gao Wu had killed Shi Potian.

Gao Wu faced the Song Family and military elites in a public martial arts challenge arranged by Song Xuetao, defeating every challenger with Zhanbing Fist. As the Aurora Legion’s prestige came under pressure, Yuan Xinghai entered the arena to test Gao Wu.

• Song Xuetao offered rewards to anyone who could withstand ten moves from Gao Wu and promised his Xuetao Blade to anyone who could defeat him.
• Song Mingying challenged Gao Wu, but Gao Wu pierced his defenses with Pistol Style and defeated him with one strike.
• Dozens of military elites challenged Gao Wu in succession, and he defeated each of them with a single move of Zhanbing Fist.
• Bai Tiejun urged Yuan Xinghai to challenge Gao Wu, and Yuan Xinghai entered the arena with the Qingguang Sword as the crowd cheered.

Gao Wu defeated Yuan Xinghai with overwhelming swordsmanship, then faced Blade King Song Xuetao in a sparring match. As the two prepared to fight, Gao Wu’s sword qi shook the spectators and revealed the full extent of his power.

• Gao Wu and Yuan Xinghai fought, and Gao Wu defeated him in ten exchanges by tapping his sword between Yuan Xinghai’s brows.
• Yuan Xinghai admitted that Gao Wu’s swordsmanship far surpassed his own, leaving the Aurora Legion’s spectators subdued.
• Bai Tiejun pressed Li Beiqi to challenge Gao Wu, but Song Xuetao entered the arena instead.
• Song Xuetao introduced his spiritually tempered saber and invited Gao Wu to spar with him.
• Gao Wu gathered the Source Power in his seventy-two Apertures and unleashed sword qi that awed the spectators.

Gao Wu faced Song Xuetao in a martial exchange, matching the Blade King's overwhelming Blade Intent with his twin swords. Song Xuetao praised Gao Wu's skill and entrusted the future to the younger generation, leaving Gao Wu keenly aware of his responsibility to Huaxia.

• Gao Wu displayed Source Power so immense that Song Xuetao recognized it as nearly comparable to a Level Seven powerhouse's.
• Song Xuetao explained how he had refined the Qingxue Blade Technique into a single method, Slash, and described the resolve behind wielding a blade.
• Song Xuetao unleashed a slash infused with his lifetime of practice and his determination to protect Beizhou.
• Gao Wu blocked the slash with his crossed Tianming Twin Swords, astonishing the spectators, while the Blade Intent left a scar in his spiritual world.
• Song Xuetao praised Gao Wu's skill and said the future lay with the younger generation, and Gao Wu felt the weight of that responsibility toward Huaxia.

After his spar with Song Xuetao, Gao Wu recognized that fists and palms—not the sword—were his true path, then used Snow Ginseng Spirit Liquid to study the old master’s blade intent. Sharing that insight with Song Mingyue led them to a breakthrough in blade understanding, and Gao Wu awakened a powerful Ying Dragon Dao technique.

• Song Chunshan and Song Mingying accepted that they could not contend with Gao Wu and Song Mingyue after Song Mingying recognized how the old master had supported them.
• Song Xuetao told Gao Wu that his talent lay in fists and palms, then gave him and Song Mingyue Snow Ginseng Spirit Liquid before setting out in two days.
• Gao Wu drank the spirit liquid and used its clarity to examine the blade intent Song Xuetao had left in his spiritual world.
• Gao Wu shared the blade intent and his understanding with Song Mingyue through Mental Resonance, helping her comprehend the Qingxue Blade.
• Song Mingyue realized that blade work meant “to sever across,” inspiring Gao Wu to comprehend the Ying Dragon Slash transformation of the Ying Dragon Dao.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue used the Snow Ginseng Spirit Liquid to develop their own blade arts, while Gao Wu gained a clearer direction for his martial path. After several more days of practice, Song Xuetao secretly entered the No. 2 Secret Realm with them, despite the danger to the Aurora Legion if anything happened to its leader.

• Gao Wu perfected the Ying Dragon Slash, advanced his Root Foundation to 31, and realized he needed to develop a foundational theory of his own martial path.
• Song Mingyue comprehended the Xuanming Blade and discovered she could safely absorb up to one hundred milliliters of Dragon Blood at once.
• Gao Wu gave Song Xuetao ten kilograms of Level Ten Dragon Blood for research, and Song Xuetao recognized its potential significance if its harmful effects could be overcome.
• Song Xuetao spent two additional days practicing blades with Gao Wu and Song Mingyue, delighted by Song Mingyue's talent and progress.
• On February 16, Song Xuetao secretly set out with Gao Wu and Song Mingyue for the No. 2 Secret Realm, while only Li Beiqi, Song Chunshan, and Song Chunqiu knew of the mission.

Gao Wu and Song Xuetao watched the White-haired Werewolf tribe around the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl and discussed how to take it without alerting the White Crow King. They decided to wait for a large-scale ritual to expose the artifact fully, while Gao Wu considered the danger of the Secret Realm’s powerful divine domain.

• Gao Wu and Song Xuetao observed the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl, and Song Xuetao explained that they needed to sever its divine power channel and the surrounding Source Power Field before taking it.
• Gao Wu suggested destroying the pearl with the Chixiao Sword, but Song Xuetao warned that the visible pearl was only a projection protected by divine power and the Source Power Domain.
• Song Xuetao proposed waiting two days for a large-scale ritual that would expose the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl, and Gao Wu agreed to take turns keeping watch.
• Gao Wu estimated that tens of thousands of White-haired Werewolves lived near the lake and reflected on why killing them earned no Merit.
• Gao Wu returned to the tent and spoke with Song Mingyue about the danger posed by the Secret Realm’s divine power, and they agreed to be cautious.

Gao Wu and Song Xuetao decided to use the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel to probe the Divine Domain around the statue and destroy its divine power passageway. Inside, Gao Wu overcame the statue’s protective divine power and reached for the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl, which began to mutate as the Angel touched it.

• After days of observing the statue, Gao Wu proposed sending the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel into its Divine Domain, and Song Xuetao agreed.
• Gao Wu, Song Xuetao, and Song Mingyue sneaked to the statue at night and sent the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel into the spatial domain.
• The Demon God’s divine power overwhelmed Gao Wu’s Yin Spirit, but he reinforced it with fourteen layers of the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Incantation and broke through the protection.
• The Divine Domain revealed a bloodstained ritual space containing the statue and the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl embedded in its brow.
• Gao Wu directed the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel to take the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl, but the pearls glowed and began to mutate when it touched them.

Gao Wu struggled to control his body and Yin Spirit as the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl transported the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel into a strange sea world. After Gao Wu restored his control, Song Xuetao and Song Mingyue killed the two Werewolf Bishops, but the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl remained beyond their grasp.

• The Nine-Star Dragon Pearl swallowed the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel into a vast sea world, where a dragon-headed Strange Beast attacked it.
• Gao Wu's consciousness faltered under the radically different flows of time, while the statue's light awakened the Werewolf camp and drew out two Level-Seven Bishops.
• Gao Wu used the Qilin Divine Hero Incantation to restore control of his body and Yin Spirit, then told Song Mingyue to fight while he controlled the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel.
• Song Xuetao broke through a Bishop's divine-power Ice Spear and killed him with a blade strike.
• Song Mingyue seized the other Bishop's Death Spear, and Song Xuetao decapitated him as the two Bishops fell within seconds.
• Gao Wu realized that killing the Bishops had not solved the problem or secured the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl.

Gao Wu explored the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl’s connected spaces and learned that its nine dragon souls were sustained by divine power links. He promised Song Xuetao ten minutes to locate the links, while Song Xuetao prepared to sever them despite the danger.

• Gao Wu realized the Nine-Star Dragon Pearl contained dragon souls and concluded that claiming it required extinguishing their remaining spirituality.
• Gao Wu used the Eight-Winged Mechanical Angel to evade the Blue Giant Dragon for hours, then found passages between the Pearl’s spaces.
• Gao Wu entered spaces containing a red dragon and a Huang Long, retreating when the Huang Long attacked.
• Song Xuetao hesitated over whether to proceed, concerned that the White Crow King or a Demon God might respond.
• Gao Wu told Song Mingyue he could locate the divine power connections in ten minutes and warned that severing all nine links would be risky; Song Xuetao agreed to act.
• Gao Wu recognized that the Pearl’s accelerated time offered a rare chance to temper his Yin Spirit and martial path.