Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao used his Reserve Sun identity to verify his status and pay 100,000 Divine Hall points for the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow. After taking the treasure, he declined Su Qingxue’s banquet invitation and asked to borrow a cultivation room so he could enter seclusion.

• Jiang Hao presented his Identity Token, and the Starry Sky Instrument identified him as the Celestial River Divine Hall’s Fourth Reserve Sun.
• The deacon recognized Jiang Hao, bowed reverently, and transferred 100,000 Divine Hall points to the auction’s official account.
• Jiang Hao took the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow and stored it in his Personal Terminal.
• Su Qingxue invited Jiang Hao to a banquet, but he declined and asked whether the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce had a suitable cultivation room.

Jiang Hao refined the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow in a Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce cultivation room and broke through to Martial King Early Stage. Outside Tianheng Merchant Star, Tiansha Sanren remained furious over his defeat at the auction.

• Su Qingxue arranged a secure cultivation room for Jiang Hao at the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce.
• Jiang Hao swallowed the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow and used the to refine its power.
• Jiang Hao broke through the technique’s third revolution, and his qi and blood doubled to sixteen million.
• Jiang Hao advanced from Great Grandmaster Early Stage to Martial King Early Stage and tested his newfound strength.
• Tiansha Sanren sat on the wreckage of a Star Fortress outside Tianheng Merchant Star, brooding over his auction defeat to Jiang Hao.

Tiansha Sanren recruited Old Man Youyun and Withered Wood Venerable to help him seize Jiang Hao’s Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow, promising not to kill him. Meanwhile, Jiang Hao’s breakthrough in the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce astonished Su Qingxue and Zhao Yan with the power of his Blood Energy.

• After learning that Jiang Hao was alone and carried the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow, Tiansha Sanren decided to rob him despite the danger of provoking the Celestial River Divine Hall.
• Tiansha Sanren sent subordinates to watch the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce and summoned Old Man Youyun and Withered Wood Venerable.
• Old Man Youyun and Withered Wood Venerable initially refused to target a Reserve Sun, but accepted Tiansha Sanren’s offer of weapons and Life-Prolonging Pills to help seal Jiang Hao’s escape routes.
• The three men agreed that Tiansha Sanren would take the blame and would not harm Jiang Hao’s life.
• Outside the cultivation chamber, Su Qingxue and Zhao Yan felt the immense Blood Energy from Jiang Hao’s breakthrough, and Zhao Yan said even a hundred Martial Kings together would not equal half its depth.

After refining the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow, Jiang Hao broke through to the Martial King Early Stage and left the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce. As his battleship approached a Space Jump Node, a Martial Emperor’s trap formation sealed the area and disabled the ship’s jump device, leaving Jiang Hao ready to confront his ambushers.

• Jiang Hao refined the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow, reached the Martial King Early Stage, and raised his Blood Qi to sixteen million.
• Su Qingxue and Zhao Yan were shocked when Jiang Hao emerged from seclusion as a Martial King.
• Su Qingxue invited Jiang Hao to stay for a banquet, but he declined and left aboard a silver luxury battleship.
• A Martial Emperor’s Eight Desolations Heaven-Suppressing Trap Formation appeared near the Space Jump Node and disabled the battleship’s space-jump device.
• Jiang Hao calmly prepared to test his new strength and discover who had targeted him.

Jiang Hao confronted Old Man Youyun and Withered Wood Venerable, who had trapped him to seize the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow. He revealed overwhelming Blood Energy, killed Old Man Youyun with one spear thrust, and left Withered Wood Venerable fleeing.

• Jiang Hao left the battleship and called out Old Man Youyun and Withered Wood Venerable, who emerged from the Eight Desolations Heaven-Suppressing Trap Formation.
• Old Man Youyun and Withered Wood Venerable demanded that Jiang Hao hand over the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow in exchange for lifting the formation.
• Jiang Hao unleashed his immense Blood Energy, shocking the two Martial Emperor Late Stage opponents.
• Jiang Hao used Within Reach, Yet Worlds Apart to reach Old Man Youyun and struck him with Pierce Sky, shattering his defenses and killing him.
• Withered Wood Venerable panicked and fled toward the edge of the trap formation.

Jiang Hao killed Withered Wood Venerable and cornered Tiansha Sanren, the Martial Emperor Perfection expert who had ambushed him over the Nine Serenities Profound Yellow Marrow. After evading Tiansha Sanren’s attacks and overpowering him, Jiang Hao left him gravely wounded in the starry sky.

• Jiang Hao hurled the Star River Spear through Withered Wood Venerable, killing him after pinning him to a meteorite.
• Tiansha Sanren tried to escape, but Jiang Hao blocked his path and recognized him from the Shang Ming Super Auction.
• Tiansha Sanren unleashed his Sky Breaking Halberd in a desperate attack, but Jiang Hao evaded it with Lightning Shadow Step and struck him with the Star River Spear.
• Tiansha Sanren repeatedly attacked with his halberd and Law Domain, but Jiang Hao used his movement techniques to avoid every blow.
• Jiang Hao counterattacked with the Falling Star Spear Technique and Moon Tide Triple, then pierced Tiansha Sanren’s Law Domain and left a hole through his shoulder.

Jiang Hao killed Tiansha Sanren and looted the three Martial Emperors’ treasures, gaining at least 45 billion Spirit Energy Crystals before returning to the Celestial River Divine Hall. At Asura Peak, Jin Tianhai urged Prince Wushuang to ally with the prosperous Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce to strengthen his bid for the Blazing Sun position.

• Jiang Hao used the Sacrifice Spear Art to unleash an eight-ring Spear Soul and kill Tiansha Sanren with One Spear Piercing the Sun.
• Jiang Hao searched the three defeated Martial Emperors’ storage and found a fortune worth at least 45 billion Spirit Energy Crystals.
• Jiang Hao returned to his Silver Warship as Tiansha Sanren’s formation collapsed and the ship’s spatial-jump device resumed working.
• Jiang Hao piloted the Silver Warship back to the Celestial River Divine Hall.
• Jin Tianhai reported the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce’s success to Prince Wushuang and proposed that he make the chamber a powerful ally.

Xiu Wushuang ordered a blockade of the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce after it refused to align with him. Jiang Hao returned to the Celestial River Divine Hall as a Martial King, astonishing the Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor, then reviewed his improved status in seclusion.

• Xiu Wushuang ordered his allied factions to encircle the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce, cut off its trade routes, and sever its funds.
• Jiang Hao returned safely to the Celestial River Divine Hall and was summoned by the Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor.
• The Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor discovered that Jiang Hao had advanced from Great Grandmaster to Martial King Early Stage and marveled at his rapid progress.
• Jiang Hao told the Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor that he had gained a little something at the auction, then left to consolidate his realm.
• Jiang Hao reviewed his Information Panel in Haoran Cave and recognized that he could continue growing stronger by gaining proficiency.

Jiang Hao discovered that breaking the limit of the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Ancestral Dragon Technique greatly increased his qi and blood and Root Bone Proficiency, so he began a long retreat. Meanwhile, the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce faced a coordinated assault, and Su Qingxue refused to surrender or ask Jiang Hao for help, leaving the chamber surrounded by crisis.

• Jiang Hao broke the limit of the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Ancestral Dragon Technique and gained 5,000 qi and blood and 30,000 Root Bone Proficiency.
• Jiang Hao calculated that sustained cultivation could rapidly strengthen him and bring his Radiant Sun Grade Martial Bone closer to becoming Blazing Sun.
• Jiang Hao decided to cultivate in seclusion in his cave abode and began circulating his qi and blood again.
• Jin Tianhai rallied merchant groups aligned with Xiu Wushuang and unleashed attacks that crippled the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce's shipping, branches, and business ties.
• Su Qingxue rejected demands to apologize to the forces behind Xiu Wushuang and refused to ask Jiang Hao to intervene, fearing she would damage their relationship.

Suppression Prison Martial Emperor learned that Xiu Wushuang’s faction was besieging the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce and sent Jiang Hao the information. Jiang Hao arrived at the chamber’s headquarters as Jin Tianhai threatened to destroy it within three days, and challenged him to prove he dared.

• Suppression Prison Martial Emperor discovered that Xiu Wushuang’s faction had crippled the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce and sent Jiang Hao a report, hoping to win his favor.
• Jiang Hao read about the attacks on the chamber and realized Su Qingxue had not asked him for help.
• Jin Tianhai and Jin Wuyan pressured Su Qingxue to submit to Xiu Wushuang, and Jin Wuyan offered to make her his woman.
• Su Qingxue refused them, so Jin Tianhai threatened to destroy the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce within three days.
• Jiang Hao entered the conference room and asked Jin Tianhai whether he dared to carry out his threat.

Jiang Hao arrived at Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters and defeated Golden Tripod Chamber of Commerce’s five Martial King Attendants in a single exchange. As Jin Tianhai demanded to know who he was, Jiang Hao walked toward the terrified Jin Wuyan.

• Jin Tianhai’s Martial King elder assessed Jiang Hao as an early-stage Martial King, and Jin Wuyan ordered the five attendants to attack him.
• Su Qingxue recognized Jiang Hao and was delighted that he had appeared during the crisis.
• Jiang Hao used Lightning Shadow Step to evade the five attendants, then shattered their defenses and gravely wounded all of them with one exchange.
• Jin Tianhai questioned Jiang Hao, but Jiang Hao ignored him and approached Jin Wuyan, who was overcome with fear.

Jiang Hao crippled Jin Wuyan and killed Jin Tianhai after they threatened him with Xiu Wushuang and Asura Peak. He declared that he would protect the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce, ordered Su Qingxue to take over the Golden Tripod Chamber of Commerce’s assets, and prepared to confront Xiu Wushuang.

• Jiang Hao used a strike of blood energy to destroy Jin Wuyan’s ability to father children, and Jin Wuyan passed out from the pain.
• Jin Tianhai threatened Jiang Hao by invoking Xiu Wushuang and Asura Peak, but Jiang Hao grabbed him and carried him to the broken window.
• Jiang Hao asked what Xiu Wushuang amounted to, then dropped Jin Tianhai to his death far below.
• Jiang Hao announced that he would protect the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce and warned that anyone who attacked it would become his enemy.
• Jiang Hao ordered the five surviving Martial Kings to leave and told Su Qingxue to take over the Golden Tripod Chamber of Commerce’s assets.
• Jiang Hao resolved to face Xiu Wushuang at Asura Peak, and Su Qingxue agreed to gather her people and begin the takeover.

After Jiang Hao killed Jin Tianhai and crippled Jin Wuyan, Su Qingxue took over the Golden Tripod Chamber of Commerce and received resources from Jiang Hao. Xiu Wushuang learned that Jiang Hao had defied him and set out to confront him, unaware that Jiang Hao was already returning to the Celestial River Divine Hall.

• Su Qingxue ordered the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce to seize the Golden Tripod Chamber of Commerce’s assets and absorbed the rival organization within three days.
• Su Qingxue presented Jiang Hao with valuable martial resources, and Jiang Hao gave her twenty billion Spirit Energy Crystals as payment and an investment.
• Five battered Martial King Attendants reached Asura Peak and told Xiu Wushuang that Jiang Hao had killed Jin Tianhai and taken over the Golden Tripod Chamber of Commerce.
• Xiu Wushuang erupted in anger after hearing that Jiang Hao had dismissed him and prepared to go to Tianheng Merchant Star.
• Jiang Hao left Tianheng Merchant Star and piloted his warship back toward the Celestial River Divine Hall.

Jiang Hao went straight to Asura Peak and smashed its mountain gate to confront Xiu Wushuang. The two Reserve Suns met in the sky, setting the stage for a possible Battle of the Blazing Suns.

• Jiang Hao arrived at the Celestial River Divine Hall and flew directly to Asura Peak without returning to Haoran Cave.
• Asura Peak's guards tried to stop Jiang Hao and insulted him, so he unleashed his Qi and Blood and struck them aside with a punch.
• Jiang Hao's punch shattered Asura Peak's massive jade-bone mountain gate, drawing the attention of the Divine Hall's elders and disciples.
• Xiu Wushuang flew down from the summit in a fury, and his Blood Fiend Qi collided with Jiang Hao's dark gold aura above the mountain.
• The onlookers recognized Jiang Hao as the newly appointed fourth Reserve Sun and wondered whether the first Battle of the Blazing Suns would begin.
• Xiu Wushuang identified Jiang Hao and addressed him by name.

Jiang Hao countered Xiu Wushuang’s Martial Emperor Domain with his overwhelming Blood Qi, then used the Sacrifice Spear Art to pierce the domain and send Xiu Wushuang flying. The crowd’s certainty in Xiu Wushuang gave way to shock as Jiang Hao demonstrated strength far beyond his Martial King realm.

• Xiu Wushuang unleashed his Asura Hell Martial Emperor Domain and declared Jiang Hao no match for him.
• Jiang Hao’s Ancestral Dragon Phantom and immense Blood Qi burned away the Asura phantoms, astonishing the watching elders.
• Jiang Hao empowered his Four Ring Spear Soul with the Sacrifice Spear Art, raising it to the might of an Eight-Ring Spear Soul.
• Jiang Hao’s Pierce Sky strike tore a thousand-zhang fissure through Xiu Wushuang’s domain and forced him to block with the Asura Saber.
• The strike split Xiu Wushuang’s palms and hurled him thousands of meters away, leaving the crowd stunned and shifting support toward Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao fought Xiu Wushuang to a standstill despite the gap between their cultivation levels, forcing Xiu to unleash his Asura True Body. Jiang Hao answered Xiu’s devastating saber attack with Shatter Void Collapse Realm Strike, and their attacks collided.

• Xiu Wushuang, enraged after being forced onto the back foot, unleashed his full Martial Emperor at Perfection power and charged Jiang Hao.
• Jiang Hao met Xiu Wushuang in close combat, and the two fought evenly as their clashes shook the area around Asura Peak.
• The watching Divine Hall Elders, Deacons, and disciples were stunned that Jiang Hao could match Xiu Wushuang with his Martial King cultivation.
• Xiu Wushuang activated his Asura True Body, grew into a giant, and struck Jiang Hao with One Blade Asura.
• Jiang Hao used Shatter Void Collapse Realm Strike, compressing his qi and blood into the Star River Spear before thrusting it at Xiu Wushuang’s attack.

Jiang Hao gained the upper hand against Xiu Wushuang in a devastating clash, but Emperor Cang intervened before their fight could continue. When Xiu Wushuang accused Jiang Hao of attacking Asura Peak without cause, Jiang Hao publicly revealed that Xiu had targeted the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce.

• Jiang Hao and Xiu Wushuang exchanged devastating attacks, and Jiang Hao emerged with only minor strain while Xiu Wushuang's Asura True Body cracked and he was injured.
• Humiliated, Xiu Wushuang ignited blood-red flames to unleash a forbidden killing move, while Jiang Hao prepared to counter with his spear techniques.
• Emperor Cang appeared through a spatial rift and suppressed both fighters, ordering them to stop fighting and demanding an explanation.
• Xiu Wushuang accused Jiang Hao of destroying Asura Peak's gate and injuring its disciples without provocation.
• Jiang Hao told the crowd that Xiu Wushuang had used the Golden Tripod Chamber of Commerce to pressure and attack the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce, and said the ruined gate was only a warning.

Jiang Hao publicly claimed the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce’s protection after defeating Xiu Wushuang, and Emperor Cang ended their conflict. News of Jiang Hao’s strength stunned the Divine Hall and moved Su Qingxue to buy a costly treasure and travel to thank him in person.

• Jiang Hao declared the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce an exclusive force under his command, and Emperor Cang ordered both sides to end the matter and forbade private revenge.
• Jiang Hao left Asura Peak as news of his battle with Xiu Wushuang spread through the Celestial River Divine Hall and beyond.
• The Suppression Prison Martial Emperor, the Soaring Heaven Martial Emperor, Lin Xudao, and Luo Qingcheng were shocked by Jiang Hao’s strength.
• Su Qingxue, believing Jiang Hao had fought for her and the Chamber, agreed to pay an extra ten billion Spirit Energy Crystals for a Martial Venerable Grade Body Refining Supreme Treasure.
• The next day, Su Qingxue departed Tianheng Merchant Star aboard a luxurious spaceship to deliver the treasure and thank Jiang Hao in person.

Su Qingxue brought Jiang Hao Primordial Star Marrow and pledged the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce’s loyalty. Jiang Hao swallowed it to advance his Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Ancestral Dragon Technique, which broke through to the fourth turn as his body transformed and his blood energy surged.

• Su Qingxue arrived at Celestial Pivot Peak’s Star Port, where Divine Hall disciples speculated about her connection to Jiang Hao.
• Su Qingxue presented Jiang Hao with Primordial Star Marrow and said it was a gift from the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce.
• Jiang Hao promised to protect the Star Brilliance Chamber of Commerce, and Su Qingxue served him tea before leaving.
• Jiang Hao informed the Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor that he planned to enter seclusion, then returned to Haoran Cave.
• Jiang Hao swallowed the Primordial Star Marrow and broke through to the fourth turn of the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Ancestral Dragon Technique as a vast surge of energy gathered around Celestial Pivot Peak.

Jiang Hao’s vital energy doubled to over thirty-two million, advancing him to late-stage Martial King, before Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor summoned him to compete for a newly discovered Xuanhuang Secret Realm. After learning that three formidable Heavenly Dragon Clan Reserve Suns would oppose them, Jiang Hao prepared to depart and resolved to kill them.

• Jiang Hao’s vital energy surged past thirty-two million, and he advanced from early-stage to late-stage Martial King.
• Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor summoned Jiang Hao and revealed that the Celestial River Divine Hall’s Reserve Suns had to secure a newly discovered Xuanhuang Secret Realm.
• Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor explained that the Heavenly Dragon Clan would contest the realm and introduced its three Martial Emperor Perfection Reserve Suns: Ao Wuji, Long Zhanxing, and Ao You.
• Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor urged Jiang Hao to seize the secret realm’s opportunities and kill the three opponents if possible.
• Jiang Hao accepted the mission, viewed the Heavenly Dragon Reserve Suns as targets, and asked Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor when they would leave.