Chapter Summaries

True Person Xue He ordered the Blood God Sect to retreat as True Person Yu Yang, Bi Changsheng, and True Person Yun Chang turned the battle against them. The enemy escaped, but True Person Yu Yang’s power came at a grave cost, and Bi Changsheng sensed his lifespan was nearly exhausted.

• True Person Xue He sacrificed the massive Blood God’s right arm to block attacks from True Person Yu Yang and Bi Changsheng, buying time to flee.
• True Person Yue Fang broke True Person Yun Chang’s purple thunder dragon and used the force of their clash to retreat.
• The Blood God Sect members broke away from the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect cultivators and fled, while their opponents pursued them.
• True Person Yun Chang asked whether to chase the retreating enemies, but True Person Yu Yang refused, warning that cornering True Person Xue He could provoke an unexpected counterattack.
• True Person Yu Yang extinguished his golden flames and collapsed to a weakened state, and Bi Changsheng sensed that his remaining lifespan was almost spent.

After Bi Changsheng defeated True Person Xue Chi and helped secure victory over the Blood God Sect, True Person Yu Yang ordered the allied forces to stop pursuing the retreating enemies. The sects counted heavy losses and returned home, while Bi Changsheng’s strength transformed his standing across the Southern Border.

• True Person Yu Yang praised Bi Changsheng for defeating True Person Xue Chi and acknowledged the decisive role he played in the battle.
• True Person Yun Chang treated Bi Changsheng as an equal and praised his strength and potential.
• True Person Yu Yang ordered the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect cultivators to stop pursuing the Blood God Sect and withdraw.
• The allied sects cleaned up the battlefield, tallied casualties roughly equal to the Blood God Sect’s, and returned to their respective sects.
• The Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect cultivators looked at Bi Changsheng with awe, while the Golden Sun Sect celebrated gaining another Nascent Soul-level combatant.

After the Blood God Sect’s defeat, cultivators across the Southern Border learned that Bi Changsheng had reached strength comparable to a Nascent Soul powerhouse. At the sect’s mountain gate, True Person Xue Chi used a sea of blood to restore his body, while True Person Xue He and True Person Yue Fang considered what to do next.

• News of the battle spread across the Southern Border, and cultivators were especially shocked by Bi Changsheng’s strength and True Person Yue Fang’s attack on True Person Yu Yang.
• The Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect celebrated their victory, while the Blood God Sect’s territory fell into sorrow.
• True Person Xue He released True Person Xue Chi’s Nascent Soul and reassured him that the defeat was not his fault.
• True Person Yue Fang said the three of them had been fortunate to withdraw safely and acknowledged that Bi Changsheng had exceeded their expectations.
• True Person Xue He told True Person Xue Chi to condense a new body before they discussed their next actions.
• True Person Xue Chi gathered and compressed a sea of blood around his Nascent Soul, then emerged from the shattered blood sphere with his body restored.

True Person Xue Chi used the Blood God Scripture’s Blood Rebirth spell to reconstruct his body after Bi Changsheng destroyed it, though he was left severely weakened. True Person Xue He proposed dispersing their forces to harass the Golden Sun Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect, and True Person Yue Fang agreed to the plan.

• True Person Xue Chi reconstructed his body with Blood Rebirth, while Bi Changsheng watched for a chance to destroy his Nascent Soul.
• True Person Yue Fang praised the Blood God Sect’s inheritance, and True Person Xue He credited the sect’s predecessors.
• True Person Yue Fang asked how they would continue after Bi Changsheng made a direct clash with the Golden Sun Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect too dangerous.
• True Person Xue He proposed splitting their forces to attack the two sects’ territories and create chaos across the Southern Border.
• True Person Xue He said they could abandon the Blood God Sect’s mountain gate and scatter if the two sects launched a joint counterattack, and True Person Yue Fang agreed.

True Person Xue He chose to accelerate the Blood God Sect’s plan rather than risk confronting Bi Changsheng, and the sect launched a campaign of slaughter in the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect’s territories. Their retaliation played into the Blood God Sect’s strategy, plunging the entire Southern Border into turmoil.

• True Person Xue Chi asked True Person Xue He how they would deal with Bi Changsheng, and True Person Xue He decided to avoid him for now and seize any future opportunity to kill him.
• True Person Xue He’s orders spread through the Blood God Sect, whose members infiltrated the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect’s territories in small teams and began widespread slaughter.
• The Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect dispatched forces to stop the killings and invaded the Blood God Sect’s territory in retaliation.
• True Person Xue He and the others let their subordinate forces resist the invasion while the Blood God Sect’s raiding teams continued their attacks.
• The invasions and counterattacks spread bloodshed across all three sects’ territories, destabilizing the Southern Border.

Two years of conflict left most of the Southern Border in turmoil as the Blood God Sect, Golden Sun Sect, and Purple Cloud Sect each pursued their own aims while avoiding a full-scale war. On Purple Bamboo Peak, Bi Changsheng and his companions gathered and saw that Uncle Fu’s life was nearing its end.

• The Blood God Sect, Golden Sun Sect, and Purple Cloud Sect spent two years fighting through their territories while holding back from a direct, all-out war.
• True Person Xue He and the Blood God Sect sought to plunge the Southern Border into chaos, while True Person Yu Yang waited for Bi Changsheng and Liu Zhengqing to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Bi Changsheng’s reputation within the Golden Sun Sect grew after his victory over True Person Xue Chi, and he declined True Person Yu Yang’s invitation to move to Golden Sun Main Peak.
• Bi Changsheng asked Uncle Fu whether he felt unwell, and Little Black and Ginseng Doll joined him in worrying over Uncle Fu’s declining condition.
• Uncle Fu reassured Bi Changsheng and the others that he could endure a little longer, though they understood that his lifespan was almost exhausted.

Bi Changsheng checked on Little Black and the Ginseng Doll's cultivation before answering True Person Yu Yang's summons to Golden Sun Main Peak. Yu Yang revealed that using the Golden Sun True Fire had left him with only about one year to live.

• The Ginseng Doll told Bi Changsheng it had reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core Realm, and he praised its progress.
• Little Black reported that its cultivation had stabilized at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, and Bi Changsheng encouraged it not to overwork itself.
• Bi Changsheng and the others spent the morning chatting with Uncle Fu before returning to their own affairs.
• After receiving a message from True Person Yu Yang, Bi Changsheng flew to Golden Sun Main Peak and was shocked by Yu Yang's frail condition.
• True Person Yu Yang explained that the Golden Sun True Fire he used against True Person Xue He had consumed most of his remaining lifespan, leaving him with about one year to live.

True Person Yu Yang told Bi Changsheng that he had only about a year to live and discussed the Golden Sun Sect’s future. He proposed a major counterattack against the Blood God Sect, and Bi Changsheng questioned whether their forces were strong enough before True Person Yu Yang assured him he could still fight.

• True Person Yu Yang revealed that his lifespan had dwindled to about a year and said no method could extend it.
• Bi Changsheng explained that he needed more time to build his foundation before reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, and True Person Yu Yang urged him not to rush.
• True Person Yu Yang told Bi Changsheng that he and True Person Yun Chang planned to gather their forces and launch a large-scale counterattack against the Blood God Sect.
• Bi Changsheng worried that True Person Yu Yang's condition and the Blood God Sect's allies, including True Person Xue He, would make the counterattack difficult.
• True Person Yu Yang said his strength remained largely unaffected and that he was ready to help strike the Blood God Sect before he died.

True Person Yu Yang told Bi Changsheng that Liu Zhengqing was nearing a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm and that they planned to counterattack the Blood God Sect. He asked Bi Changsheng to help secure external aid from the South Sea Cultivation World before the attack.

• True Person Yu Yang revealed that Liu Zhengqing had begun his final breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm after digesting Ancestor Refining Sun's opportunity.
• True Person Yu Yang explained that Liu Zhengqing's breakthrough would help the Golden Sun Sect withstand his death and strengthen their planned counterattack against the Blood God Sect.
• Bi Changsheng agreed to help True Person Yu Yang with a task before the counterattack.
• True Person Yu Yang explained that he and True Person Yun Chang wanted to invite aid from the South Sea Cultivation World to reinforce their lower-ranking forces.

Bi Changsheng agreed to represent the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect in the South Sea Cultivation World, where he would recruit its forces for a counterattack against the Blood God Sect. After receiving the complete Golden Sun True Method, he waited on Purple Bamboo Peak as the two sects prepared.

• True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang decided to seek help from the South Sea Cultivation World because the Blood God Sect threatened it as well.
• True Person Yu Yang asked Bi Changsheng to lead a team to the South Sea and persuade its forces to join the counterattack, and Bi Changsheng agreed.
• True Person Yu Yang spent more than half a day entrusting Bi Changsheng with Golden Sun Sect history and classified secrets.
• Bi Changsheng requested and received the complete Golden Sun True Method before leaving Golden Sun Main Peak.
• True Person Yu Yang informed True Person Yun Chang of Bi Changsheng's agreement, and the two sects began preparing for the counterattack and the South Sea mission.
• Bi Changsheng cultivated on Purple Bamboo Peak while waiting for the others to make arrangements.

Bi Changsheng led a team from the Golden Sun Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect toward the South Sea Cultivation World to recruit allies for a counterattack against the Blood God Sect. After receiving reliable news of the mission, True Person Xue He informed True Person Yue Fang and True Person Xue Chi that the Blood God Sect had discovered their plans.

• The Golden Sun Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect received welcoming replies from South Sea factions willing to discuss opposing the Blood God Sect.
• Bi Changsheng arrived at the mountain gate and met the assembled team, including Gao Taichu, Wen Yuhuan, Qian Junyan, Zhong Wenyao, and Li Mingjiang.
• Bi Changsheng confirmed the team was prepared, then led them aboard his Sword of Judgment toward the South Sea.
• True Person Xue He summoned True Person Yue Fang and True Person Xue Chi and told them the two sects planned to attack with South Sea allies.
• True Person Xue He said members of the Blood God Sect in the South Sea had provided reliable information about Bi Changsheng’s mission.

True Person Xue He learned that the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect planned to oppose the Blood God Sect and decided to target Bi Changsheng in the South Sea. True Person Yue Fang and True Person Xue Chi agreed to go after him while True Person Xue He distracted True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang.

• True Person Yue Fang learned that some South Sea forces had informed the Blood God Sect of the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect's plans and Bi Changsheng's upcoming visit.
• True Person Xue Chi suggested striking the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect first, but True Person Xue He proposed weakening them by targeting the South Sea Cultivation World.
• True Person Xue He proposed that True Person Yue Fang and True Person Xue Chi eliminate Bi Changsheng while he stayed behind to protect the Blood God Sect's larger plan.
• True Person Yue Fang and True Person Xue Chi agreed to travel to the South Sea and attack Bi Changsheng together.
• True Person Xue He promised to distract True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang so they could not discover the attack or reinforce Bi Changsheng.

Bi Changsheng and his group traveled across the South Sea to Jade Cloud Island to discuss an alliance against the Blood God Sect with the region’s four strongest forces. They arrived at the harbor to find the South Sea cultivators testing their strength, led by four peak Late Stage of Golden Core experts.

• Bi Changsheng and his group crossed the sea, where the Sword of Judgment’s aura drove the Demonic Beasts below into flight.
• After ten more days of travel, Bi Changsheng and his group reached Jade Cloud Island, headquarters of the Vast Sea Pavilion.
• More than a thousand cultivators from the Vast Sea Pavilion, Startled Dragon Palace, Surging Waves Sect, and Flying Rainbow Li Family gathered at the harbor to meet them.
• The four leaders released powerful cultivation auras to test Bi Changsheng and his group, but Bi Changsheng detected no hostility or killing intent.
• Bi Changsheng recognized the four leaders as peak Late Stage of Golden Core experts and learned that Zhuang Xinghe, master of the Vast Sea Pavilion, had mastered the embryonic form of Water Artistic Conception.

Bi Changsheng overwhelmed the four great South Sea forces after their leaders used their auras to pressure the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect. He left the cultivators subdued and ready to discuss joining forces against the Blood God Sect.

• The leaders of the four South Sea forces reinforced their auras and crushed the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect disciples beneath the pressure.
• Bi Changsheng spread his aura across the Sword of Judgment, shielding his allies and forcing the four opposing auras back.
• Bi Changsheng added his Thunder Punishment Artistic Conception to his aura and shattered the South Sea cultivators’ combined defenses.
• Zhuang Xinghe and the other leaders recognized their defeat, and Zhuang Xinghe asked Bi Changsheng to forgive their offense.
• Bi Changsheng withdrew his aura after the South Sea leaders yielded, while the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect disciples admired his strength even more.

Bi Changsheng arrived at Jade Cloud Island, overwhelmed the South Sea cultivators who had tested him, and secured their agreement to join the campaign against the Blood God Sect. That night, secret defectors from the South Sea factions prepared to help the Blood God Sect assassinate him during the negotiations the next day.

• Bi Changsheng displayed his formidable power by bringing the Sword of Judgment down to the harbor, frightening Zhuang Xinghe and the South Sea cultivators.
• Bi Changsheng greeted the South Sea cultivators, forgave their test, and said he had come to discuss a joint attack on the Blood God Sect.
• Zhuang Xinghe promised the South Sea Cultivation World would join the campaign and arranged a welcoming banquet before negotiations the next day.
• Bi Changsheng and his companions settled into the Vast Sea Pavilion under their hosts' hospitality.
• More than a dozen Golden Core cultivators from the four major South Sea factions secretly met and confirmed they had defected to the Blood God Sect.
• A Flying Rainbow Li Family cultivator said the Blood God Sect's emissaries planned to kill Bi Changsheng during the next day's negotiations, while the defectors voiced doubts about their gamble.

The Flying Rainbow Li Family cultivator steadied the rogue Golden Core Cultivators’ resolve to cooperate with the Blood God Sect’s envoy in killing Bi Changsheng. Meanwhile, Bi Changsheng agreed with Zhuang Xinghe and the four great South Sea forces to attack the Blood God Sect together in one month.

• The Flying Rainbow Li Family cultivator promised the wavering cultivators that the Blood God Sect’s envoy would kill Bi Changsheng and the Household Head, then threatened them into following the plan despite their fears.
• The next day, Bi Changsheng attended a banquet in Vast Sea and discussed a joint attack on the Blood God Sect with Zhuang Xinghe and the other leaders.
• The four great South Sea forces’ disciples sparred with disciples from the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect, and the Southern Border sect disciples won most of the matches.
• Qian Junyan defeated a False Core Realm disciple of the Vast Sea Pavilion, and Bi Changsheng gave him special rewards and guidance.
• Bi Changsheng and Zhuang Xinghe and the other leaders finalized an agreement for their forces to attack the Blood God Sect together one month later.

Bi Changsheng prepared to face the Blood God Sect leaders who stormed into the hall, but confirmed that the formidable True Person Xue He was not among them. The arrival also exposed members of the South Sea powers who had joined the Blood God Sect, including the Li Family patriarch’s son, Li Liangji.

• True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang led dozens of Blood God Sect figures into the hall and confronted Bi Changsheng.
• Bi Changsheng searched the crowd for True Person Xue He and kept his Minor Teleportation Talisman ready in case he needed to flee.
• After finding no sign of True Person Xue He, Bi Changsheng decided he could face True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang without escaping immediately.
• Zhuang Xinghe and the other South Sea leaders recognized members of their forces among the Blood God Sect ranks and demanded to know why they had joined.
• The Patriarch of the Flying Rainbow Li Family angrily confronted Li Liangji, his fourth son and the Li Family’s second-strongest expert.

Li Liangji revealed that he had joined the Blood God Sect and turned against the Li family because the South Sea’s four great powers had exploited and looked down on Left Path Golden Core cultivators. As True Person Xue Chi moved to attack Bi Changsheng, the confrontation was about to begin.

• Li Liangji admitted to Patriarch Li that he had defected to the Blood God Sect and was helping its envoy eliminate the powers’ opponents.
• Li Liangji accused Patriarch Li and the Li family of favoring his weaker Eighth Brother and never acknowledging his achievements because he had formed a Left Path Golden Core.
• Bi Changsheng recognized that Li Liangji’s Left Path Golden Core came from consuming a Pill Beast’s core, a method that limited cultivators to the Golden Core Realm and left them weaker than traditional cultivators.
• Patriarch Li defended the family’s preference for traditional Golden Cores, while Li Liangji argued that their promise of advancement was hollow and that Left Path cultivators had been exploited.
• True Person Xue Chi cut off their argument and prepared to attack Bi Changsheng, promising Li Liangji help against those who resisted him.

Bi Changsheng faced True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang, two Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Blood God Sect, as their auras overwhelmed his. After their first attacks shook the palace apart, Bi Changsheng rose above Jade Cloud Island to keep the others from being caught in the battle, and the two enemies followed him.

• True Person Xue Chi unleashed his Nascent Soul aura, and Bi Changsheng revealed more of his strength by releasing his Thunder Punishment Artistic Conception.
• True Person Yue Fang joined Xue Chi, and their combined auras forced Bi Changsheng's aura back, alarming his allies and the South Sea factions.
• True Person Xue Chi formed a sea of blood and attacked, while Bi Changsheng answered with a blue thunder dragon, and their clash destroyed the palace.
• Bi Changsheng flew above Jade Cloud Island to protect the others from the battle's shockwaves, and True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang pursued him.

Bi Changsheng used Jade Burn to strengthen the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation as True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang attacked him. The tribulation cloud reached Nascent Soul Late Stage power, and its third bolt blasted Yue Fang backward, though the fight continued.

• Bi Changsheng summoned the Nine Tribulations Thunder Pearl and formed a vast Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation cloud above Jade Cloud Island.
• True Person Xue Chi created a colossal Blood God with a blood-colored saber, while True Person Yue Fang manifested a divine mountain and charged with a powerful punch.
• Bi Changsheng activated Jade Burn, burned eight hundred years of lifespan, and expanded the tribulation cloud to a diameter of two thousand nine hundred ninety-nine meters.
• The strengthened cloud's first bolt collided with and destroyed Xue Chi's saber qi, while Yue Fang blasted apart its second bolt and pressed toward Bi Changsheng.
• Bi Changsheng sent a third bolt at Yue Fang, whose punch broke it apart but whose force sent him flying backward.