Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan rejected Mu Zigui’s offer to have Lu Fusang injured and continued preparing to face him, while Tutor Little Nun revealed that Chen Yan had secretly been designated the First Order General Star. After training with Ji Daowu and failing to survive the ninth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation, Chen Yan asked about the Life and Death Post as Lu Fusang’s true self arrived in Xiaoyang City.

• Chen Yan refused Mu Zigui’s offer and insisted on fighting Lu Fusang himself, prompting an argument between Mu Zigui and Ji Daowu.
• Chen Yan’s Will Pressure subdued Mu Zigui, and Tutor Little Nun appeared to stop the confrontation and reveal that Chen Yan was the Xia Family’s long-designated First Order General Star.
• Ji Daowu and Mu Zigui paid their respects, and Tutor Little Nun made Mu Zigui accept the Wen Xin Stele’s seal to keep Chen Yan’s identity secret.
• Chen Yan asked Ji Daowu to fight him so he could improve his Fist Realm, then trained with him until he had stacked his Fist Intent ten times.
• Chen Yan entered the State Spirit Mirror and faced the Lightning Tribulation, but the ninth bolt killed him despite the Thunderous Treasure Land and Zhou Ming’s help.
• Chen Yan asked Ji Daowu about the Life and Death Post as Lu Fusang’s true self arrived above Xiaoyang City.

Lu Fusang arrived in Xiaoyang with Wushi City’s Military Martial Guard and the Lu Family’s support, while King Xia Chen tried to force General Stars to disarm Chen Yan’s allies. Ji Daowu defied him, and the chapter ended with Xiaoyang’s people answering the Lu Family’s boasts with a cry of support for Chen Yan.

• Lu Fusang arrived with Wushi City’s warships escorting him, prompting Zong Heng to confront Minister Ye Chen over supporting him.
• Ye Chen accused Zong Heng of stirring up civil strife, but Liu Hua and Cang Zhuo joined Zong Heng’s side, and Cang Zhuo charged at Ye Chen.
• King Xia Chen intervened, called Lu Fusang an honored guest, and ordered the General Stars to disarm Zong Heng and Cang Zhuo.
• Ji Daowu refused King Xia Chen’s order, declaring that the General Stars obeyed only the State Ruler and the First Order General Star.
• Lu Fusang’s supporters formed a Golden Lion phantom and proclaimed him unrivaled beneath heaven, while Lu Fusang planned to make Chen Yan sign a Life and Death Post.
• Shang Yunwu rallied Xiaoyang by shouting that Chen Yan was an undying prodigy, and the crowd joined him in praise of Chen Yan.

As King Xia Chen accused Chen Yan of betraying the Xia Family, a grieving grandfather pleaded for Chen Yan’s protection and revealed a booklet of victims harmed by the Chu Family. Chen Yan then overwhelmed Lu Fusang with his Will Pressure, forced him to his knees, and presented the Life and Death Post, demanding that he sign it.

• Ji Daowu praised Chen Yan, and the General Stars and hundreds of thousands of people joined in shouting his name.
• King Xia Chen roared at Chen Yan and accused him of inciting rebellion against the Xia Family.
• An old man knelt before the Xia Family and pleaded for Chen Yan’s protection, showing a booklet of blood-written names and explaining that Chen Yan had saved his granddaughter from the Chu Family.
• Chen Yan’s Will Pressure collided with Lu Fusang’s and crushed it, forcing Lu Fusang to kneel in midair.
• Chen Yan sent the Life and Death Post to Lu Fusang and ordered him to sign, declaring that he would prove a Fourth Order could kill the strongest Fifth Order.

Chen Yan accepted Lu Fusang’s Life and Death Post and trained himself to the brink of death, unlocking a more powerful form of Fist Intent as he prepared for their duel. Meanwhile, Lu Ming'an tried to secure Xia Hanzhou’s support for Lu Fusang’s rise, unaware that Xia Hanzhou recognized the threat to the Xia Family and harbored killing intent.

• Lu Fusang signed Chen Yan’s Life and Death Post, binding them to fight to the death, while Ji Daowu worried that Chen Yan faced the number one Fifth Order as a Fourth Order.
• Chen Yan pushed his [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit to ninety-seven percent, then fought the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder to drive his training further.
• Chen Yan formed a second [Yi] Character Saint Breaking Fruit and fused thirteen layers of Fist Intent into a punch that knocked back the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder.
• Lu Ming'an visited Xia Hanzhou and asked whether the Thunderous Treasure Land was connected to the First Order General Star selection.
• Lu Ming'an argued that Lu Fusang should become a First Order General Star to strengthen the Xia and Lu Families, while Xia Hanzhou concealed his growing hostility.

As Chen Yan prepared to fight Lu Fusang, King Xia Chen secured support to suppress the Military Martial Guard after the duel. Chen Yan shared a farewell meal with his loved ones, then killed Lu Fusang with a single finger strike when Lu interrupted them.

• King Xia Chen learned that the Military Martial Guard Ministers refused to withdraw their troops, then gave Lu Fusang a [Condensing Brilliance Style] imprint after discovering he had mastered its basics.
• King Xia Chen ordered Zhang Ting to suppress the Military Martial Guard after Chen Yan's death, while Zhang Ting condemned the Xia Family over Shi Ziqin's death.
• Fate Old Woman agreed to help King Xia Chen suppress any rebellion but warned him that Jin Prefecture would be in chaos.
• Chen Yan trained in the [Condensing Brilliance Style] and [Heaven Splitting Style], then gathered with friends and family for a meal before his duel with Lu Fusang.
• Chen Yu and Chen Yuxu arrived, and Chen Yan's [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit matured as his loved ones gathered around him.
• Lu Fusang called Chen Yan out to fight, but Chen Yan broke free from Chen Yu's embrace and killed him with one finger, saying he had been eating.

Lu Fusang accepted a Seventh Order Malice Crystal from Luo Feng before his life-and-death battle with Chen Yan, while the Chen Clan debated whether to intervene. At the last moment, Chen Qi chose to go to Xiaoyang and save Chen Yan as the battle drew near.

• Luo Feng gave Lu Fusang a Seventh Order Malice Crystal supplied by Invincible Son to help him kill Chen Yan, and Lu Fusang accepted it.
• Lu Jianxia told Lu Fusang that Lord Lu would arrange for him to become a First Order General Star after he defeated Chen Yan.
• Chen Musheng urged Chen Qi to destroy the Life and Death Post and save Chen Yan, but Chen Qi initially refused because Chen Yan seemed set on joining the Xia Family.
• After Chen Musheng argued that Chen Yan's talent made him worth supporting, Chen Qi reconsidered while Xiaoyang's crowds and powerful factions gathered for the battle.
• Chen Qi ordered Chen Musheng to hold the others off, then unleashed his Qi and Blood and rushed toward Xiaoyang to help Chen Yan.

Chen Yan defeated and killed Lu Fusang in Xiaoyang City, stunning Great Xia and its enemies. After returning home for stir-fried noodles, Chen Yan’s victory was broadcast across Lu Continent, where the Third Elder announced Lu Fusang’s death.

• Lu Fusang challenged Chen Yan and attacked with his golden lightning, but Chen Yan countered with his Fist Realm and killed him with a finger strike.
• The crowd in Xiaoyang City celebrated Chen Yan’s victory as the Military Martial Guard, Aristocratic Alliance, King Xia Chen, and General Stars reacted in shock.
• Chen Yan suppressed a Seventh Order Evil Intent Crystal, returned to the Military Martial Guard, comforted Chen Yu, and asked Chen Yuxu for stir-fried noodles.
• In Jin Prefecture, Xia Qi rejoiced that Chen Yan had survived but feared he might die before seeing him become a great general.
• The Lu Family’s Third Elder announced across Lu Continent that Lu Fusang had fallen in his fight against Chen Yan.

After defeating Lu Fusang, Chen Yan learned that his growing Will might be his only hope of surviving an increasingly powerful Lightning Tribulation. As the world celebrated his victory, Lord Chen ordered Chen Qi to secretly rescue him and hide him in Chen Prefecture.

• News spread across Great Xia that Chen Yan had crushed Lu Fusang, and people speculated that his mastery of the Will Path had decided the battle.
• Great Xia celebrated Chen Yan's victory, while public faith caused his [Shatter] Character Saint Breaking Fruit to grow and raised his Fist Intent to the third level of Fist Realm.
• Chen Yan discovered that Luo Feng's Malice Crystal was slowly eroding his mind, but he realized its malice could also strengthen his Will.
• Chen Yan tested postponing the Lightning Tribulation in the State Spirit Mirror and found that delaying it made the tribulation far more powerful, so he resolved to pursue his own plan without telling Xia Qi.
• Luo Feng told Chen Changyuan that the Seventh Order Malice Crystal had entered Chen Yan's body, and Chen Changyuan acknowledged the danger.
• Lord Chen ordered Chen Qi to secretly rescue Chen Yan, take him to Chen Prefecture, and keep him hidden until he reached the Seventh Order.

Xia Hanzhou’s plan to protect Chen Yan depended on a staged abduction, but King Xia Chen attacked first and carried off Blood Sword Saint disguised as Chen Yan. The city believed Chen Yan had been abducted, while the conspirators tried to keep their act convincing.

• Lord Chen told Chen Qi that Xia Qi’s silence had abandoned Chen Yan and ordered Chen Qi to bring him back without openly intervening.
• Xia Hanzhou distrusted King Xia Chen, then ordered Blood Sword Saint to carry out the plan to impersonate Chen Yan.
• Blood Sword Saint learned Chen Yan had already left Xiaoyang City with Little Fate, but still disguised himself as Chen Yan and entered the Tianbang Boxing Tournament.
• King Xia Chen tracked the disguised Blood Sword Saint out of Xiaoyang City and seized him, while Chen Musheng’s blade attack exposed the abduction.
• Ji Daowu, Zong Heng, and Tan Yishi publicly denounced King Xia Chen while privately trying to preserve the staged act.

King Xia Chen captured Chen Yan and hid from Chen Qi as the Thunderous Treasure Land appeared on silver screens across Great Xia. Chen Yan headed toward Yixian City with Jiang Yuan to seek Malice Crystals, while the Luo Family celebrated his supposed death.

• King Xia Chen told Lord Lu he had captured Chen Yan and arranged to deliver him at the border of Tie Prefecture in exchange for a promised reward.
• Chen Qi searched for King Xia Chen and demanded that he hand Chen Yan over, but the Thunderous Treasure Land appeared on screens throughout Great Xia and drew everyone's attention.
• Chen Yan told Jiang Yuan he planned to seek Malice Crystals from the Luo Family in Yixian City and asked about Lu Xunyang's tribulations.
• Luo Wensang and the Luo Family High Command celebrated Chen Yan's capture and presumed death, believing the Aristocratic Alliance was now free of its greatest enemy.

Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan attacked the Luo Family while the Lord Xia Sword appeared over Thunderous Treasure Land, drawing attention across Great Xia. After Chen Yan lured Luo Wensang and other Sixth Order warriors away and killed them, the Lord Xia Sword sensed him and locked onto him with a mysterious power.

• Luo Wensang ordered the Luo Family to kill the residents gathered outside, but the Lord Xia Sword appeared above Xiaoyang City and stunned Lu Jianxia and Lord Lu.
• Bing Yi and Jiang Yuan attacked the Luo Family, killing guards as the residents cheered, while Lu Jianxia recognized Bing Yi as a hidden Breaking Realm Heavenly Pride and considered recruiting both attackers.
• Chen Yan told Jiang Yuan he could not hold out, then flew away and drew Luo Wensang and several Sixth Order warriors after him.
• After flying five hundred li, Chen Yan unleashed his full strength, killed the pursuing Sixth Order warriors, and killed Luo Wensang after learning where the Luo Family kept its Malice Crystals and Malice Qi and Blood.
• As Chen Yan headed back toward the Luo Family, the Lord Xia Sword erupted with Sword Light, sensed him, and locked onto him with a mysterious power.

After King Xia Chen seized Chen Yan, furious General Stars turned against the Xia Family and set out to attack the Aristocratic Alliance. As Bing Yi, Chen Yan exposed the Luo Family’s corpse trafficking, killed its hostile members, and openly challenged anyone seeking revenge.

• Luo Feng learned that Bing Yi had attacked the Luo Family and flew toward Yixian City, while Li Muyun, Yin Youming, Jiang Miaoxuan, and other General Stars pursued him to avenge Chen Yan.
• Lord Xia Sword locked onto Chen Yan as Chen Yan headed for the Luo Family, where Lu Jianxia watched Bing Yi arrive.
• Chen Yan confronted the Luo Family survivors, while Jiang Yuan secretly collected the family’s treasure medicines and Chen Yan searched for drained Ancient God Beast corpses.
• Chen Yan discovered a vast underground chamber filled with human and beast corpses, collected the Ancient God Beast remains, and exposed the human bodies to the crowd outside.
• When Chen Yan sensed hatred among the Luo Family members, he killed those who harbored it and declared that anyone seeking revenge could come find Bing Yi.

Chen Yan escaped Lu Jianxia with Jiang Yuan, then strengthened his Will by enduring the Ancient God Beast’s Malice and survived the ninth Lightning Tribulation in a simulation. After realizing the tenth bolt would make a real Tribulation Crossing fatal, he chose to receive the General Bestowal and declared himself the General of Ten Thousand Generations.

• Chen Yan and Jiang Yuan used a teleportation Formation Disk to evade Lu Jianxia, who pursued them to the border of Xiaoyang City and gave them Communication Array Disks.
• At Jiang Yuan’s secret base, Chen Yan identified the Treasure Medicines taken from Luo Wensang and claimed half before cultivating with Malice from the Ancient God Beast’s corpse.
• Chen Yan endured the Malice for a day, strengthening his Will, then used the State Spirit Mirror to simulate a Lightning Tribulation.
• Chen Yan survived the simulation’s ninth bolt, but a tenth bolt formed and showed him that he would have no chance of surviving a real Tribulation Crossing.
• After spending the night considering his options, Chen Yan left the Training Room at dawn and announced that he would receive the General Bestowal as the General of Ten Thousand Generations.

As Thunderous Treasure Land emerged and the First Order General Star was summoned, Chen Yan appeared to answer the Lord Xia Sword’s trials. His declaration, “My red heart will never die; my will is immortal,” revealed his identity and left Great Xia stunned.

• Lu Ming'an worried that Chen Yan remained alive and ordered the Lu Family Fourth Elder to have Lord Lu kill him.
• Xia Qi decided to sacrifice his Vital Blood to weaken Chen Yan’s Lightning Tribulation, while the Green-robed Woman begged him to cancel the Worship General ceremony.
• Li Muyun, Yin Youming, Jiang Miaoxuan, and Mu Zigui fought Luo Feng, then returned through a spatial gate as Thunderous Treasure Land summoned the General Stars.
• The Blood Sword Saint escaped with King Xia Chen from a concealed cave and appeared near Xiaoyang City as the General Bestowal Ceremony began.
• The figure on the First Order General Seat answered the Lord Xia Sword’s questions about all living beings, despair, and divine power.
• The figure declared, “My red heart will never die; my will is immortal,” and the General Stars recognized Chen Yan.

Chen Yan was revealed as Great Xia’s long-hidden First Order General Star, and his appearance triggered a purge of the Aristocratic Alliance and the royal court. The chapter ended with King Xia Chen’s execution and the omen of an Eighth Order’s fall.

• Chen Yan’s identity as the long-chosen First Order General Star was revealed, shocking people across Great Xia and the Five Clans.
• Princess Shao An captured Lu Ming'an, while Lord Xia Sword destroyed Lord Lu’s incarnation after it attacked Great Xia.
• Chen Yan asked whether those who preyed on the people could be slain, and ordered the Aristocratic Alliance High Command executed; Ji Daowu killed Luo Feng.
• Chen Yan asked whether those who sowed chaos in the royal court could be slain, and Lord Xia Sword approved the killing of King Xia Chen.
• The Blood Sword Saint struck down King Xia Chen, and heaven and earth showed the omen of an Eighth Order’s fall.

After Chen Yan killed King Xia Chen and was recognized as a General Star, the Five Clans resolved to eliminate him while Chen Qi regretted failing to bring him back to the Chen Clan. Lu Jianxia identified the future God of Slaughter as Bing Yi, but before she could act, the Lord Xia Sword began asking Chen Yan the final question before his Worship General ceremony.

• The Five Clans’ experts feared Chen Yan’s talent and agreed that they had to kill him, while Chen Qi lashed out at a Ji Clan Eighth Order who blamed him for not bringing Chen Yan back.
• Lu Jianxia realized Chen Qi was asking about Bing Yi, and Chen Qi revealed that he had seen the spear-wielding figure with Pitch-Black Thunder slaughter hundreds of thousands in the future.
• Lu Jianxia tried to leave so she could meet Bing Yi and recruit him, but Ji Yanqing blocked her and demanded to know his identity.
• The Lord Xia Sword’s pressure spread from Great Xia as Chen Yan prepared to answer its final question before Worship General, leaving Chen Qi distressed that his clan’s prodigy was about to become its enemy.

Chen Yan asked to become a general for the sake of Great Xia and all living beings, and Xia Qi affirmed his choice before the Lord Xia Sword bestowed the title of Immortal General Star. As Chen Yan received the Thunderous Treasure Land’s power, the Eternal King of the Xia Family announced that he had slain Ji Chuanbei and begun a war to exterminate the Ji Clan.

• Chen Yan declared that his heart belonged to Great Xia and the Human Race, and asked the Lord Xia Sword if he could become a general.
• Xia Qi appeared and declared that Great Xia could be destroyed, but the Human Race could not; the Lord Xia Sword then named Chen Yan an Immortal General Star.
• The Thunderous Treasure Land poured pure Body Tempering Energy into Chen Yan, rapidly advancing his cultivation as witnesses across the land celebrated.
• Lu Jianxia revealed to the Five Clans that Bing Yi had destroyed the Luo Family and was the other Heaven’s Pride who had Broken Realm; Chen Qi wondered whether Bing Yi might become the future God of Slaughter he had seen.
• A pillar of light rose from the Ji Clan’s direction, and the Grand Marshal ordered Ji Yanqing and the other Ji Clan members to return.
• The Eternal King of the Xia Family announced that he had slain Ji Chuanbei, the Seventh Marshal of Ji Clan, and declared that the Xia Family’s Million Valiant Soldiers would begin a war to exterminate the Ji Clan.

Chen Yan absorbed the Thunderous Treasure Land’s energy and prepared to face a terrifying Lightning Tribulation, while Xia Qi, the Chen Clan, and observers watched his rise. As the Xia Family’s protection formed around him, Chen Yan declared that he needed no protection.

• The Eternal King of the Xia Family led his army into Ji Prefecture, prompting Chen Qi and Lu Jianxia to suspect Great Xia’s broader plans and Chen Qi to warn Lu Jianxia that Bing Yi might be Chen Yan.
• The Lord Chen ordered the Chen Clan to simulate Chen Yan’s Lightning Tribulation, and its system judged that Chen Yan’s strength matched Sixth Order fighter Chen Yuanxin, ranked four hundred and sixty-fifth.
• Chen Yan absorbed Body Tempering Energy, condensed more True Dragon Phases, and focused on advancing his Fist Realm and growing his [Intent] Character Saint Breaking Fruit.
• Xia Qi entrusted matters to King Xia Yue and reflected on his fading power as he watched Chen Yan, while the Green-robed Woman wept.
• Chen Yan’s Lightning Tribulation appeared over Xiaoyang City, and a simulation showed Chen Yuanxin could withstand only five bolts; the Xia Family’s Thunderous Treasure Land then formed a lightning barrier around Chen Yan.
• Chen Yan calmly announced that he needed no protection.

Chen Yan faced the Lightning Tribulation without protection, fighting through five bolts before the sixth descended. Xia Qi and Xia Hanzhou realized it was also a Worship General Tribulation for a Fourth Order Divine General, and Chen Yan’s Fist Realm rose in rank as he struck back against the sixth bolt.

• Chen Yan refused the Thunderous Treasure Land’s protection and used his fists to repel the first three lightning bolts, pushing the [Yi] Character Saint Breaking Fruit toward full ripeness.
• Chen Yan endured the fourth and fifth bolts while Xia Qi and Xia Hanzhou realized the tribulation combined the Mie Fa Realm trial with a Worship General Tribulation from the Zhou Ming of Jin Prefecture.
• Chen Yan understood that his own ambition to become a Divine General of Ten Thousand Generations had brought this trial, and the [Yi] Character Saint Breaking Fruit fully ripened.
• Chen Yu held back from rushing to Chen Yan, while Lord Chen ended Chen Yuanxin’s experiment and concluded that Chen Yan could not survive the sixth strike.
• The sixth Lightning Tribulation descended, but Chen Yan’s fist gathered into a towering mountain that blocked and shattered the lightning, and Lord Chen saw that his Fist Realm had risen in rank.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Yan breaks through to the Ninth Lightning Tribulation, shocking the Chen Lord and the Ji Empress.
• Ji Prefecture dispatches dark agents to assassinate Chen Yan, leading to a massive confrontation in Xiaoyang City.
• General Stars and other martial artists from various factions gather to protect Chen Yan, clashing with the assassins.

Character Developments

• Chen Yan's strength grows significantly, reaching the peak of the Fourth Order and surviving multiple Lightning Tribulations.
• The Chen Lord and the Ji Empress become aware of Chen Yan's threat and decide to eliminate him.
• Ji Prefecture's dark agents are exposed and activated, leading to their deaths and the exposure of Ji Prefecture's spies in Xiaoyang City.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for power and influence among the Five Clans and the Xia Family.
• The consequences of ambition and the lengths to which people will go to achieve their goals.
• The loyalty and sacrifice of the General Stars and their unwavering support for Chen Yan.

Character Interactions

• Chen Yan's interaction with the Chen Lord and the Ji Empress highlights their growing concern and determination to eliminate him.
• The clash between the General Stars and the Ji Clan assassins showcases the General Stars' loyalty and willingness to sacrifice for Chen Yan.
• The interaction between Tan Yishi and the other martial artists reveals the complex alliances and motivations of the various factions in Xiaoyang City.