Chapter Summaries

Chongxuan Chuliang’s army stormed the White Bone Holy Lord’s ritual before he could complete his incarnation of the Source of Calamity. Lu Yan revealed his betrayal and fled, leaving the Holy Lord to fight Chongxuan Chuliang.

• Chongxuan Chuliang recognized the changed verse in the Song of White Bone Without Life and ordered the army to form ranks.
• Chongxuan Chuliang charged into the pale smoke, dispersing it and exposing the White Bone Holy Lord, Lu Yan, and Rabbit Mask.
• Rabbit Mask fled as the White Bone Holy Lord met Chongxuan Chuliang’s attack with a punch.
• Lu Yan revealed that he had warned both armies, sabotaged the Life-Deathless Formation, and turned against the White Bone Holy Lord for breaking his promise to help him find his deceased wife.
• Lu Yan used his Nether Eyes to disrupt the White Bone Holy Lord, then refused his plea for help and left to search for his wife himself.

Chongxuan Chuliang summoned the Life-Cutting Blade and repeatedly hacked apart the White Bone Holy Lord, disrupting its attempt to complete the White Bone Saint Body. As the Holy Lord escaped in a flash of white light, Yang Jiande launched a surprise attack on Chongxuan Chuliang and challenged him to a decisive duel before both armies.

• Chongxuan Chuliang gave up waiting for Yang Jiande, summoned the Life-Cutting Blade, and split the White Bone Holy Lord apart.
• Jiang Wang recognized the Holy Lord’s regeneration as the Flesh-Regenerating Soul-Returning Technique, and Chongxuan Chuliang kept striking until he chopped it into pieces.
• The White Bone Holy Lord’s remains began gathering under a mysterious force, but Chongxuan Chuliang’s heavy blow dispelled it and destroyed a tiny lump of flesh while the main body escaped as white light.
• Ji Cheng used the Yang State army’s formation to shoot Yang Jiande through the air at Chongxuan Chuliang, who attacked with a golden spear and challenged him to settle their conflict before the armies.

Jiang Wang pursued the badly wounded White Bone Holy Lord, driven by his grudge over Maple Forest Territory and urged by Jiang Yan to seize the chance to take the White Bone Saint Body. The Holy Lord split himself with a secret art and fled toward two different gates, leaving Jiang Wang to choose which one to chase.

• Jiang Wang left Chongxuan Sheng’s army to pursue the White Bone Holy Lord, declaring that their grudge would last ten thousand ages.
• Jiang Yan urged Jiang Wang to catch the Holy Lord and offered to take the Underworld Candle out of the Heaven-Connecting Palace to help.
• The White Bone Holy Lord reflected on his failed refinement, his losses, and the danger posed by Chongxuan Chuliang’s lingering blade intent.
• The White Bone Holy Lord used the Flesh Puppet Body secret art to split himself into two bodies and flee in opposite directions toward separate White Bone Gates.
• Jiang Yan explained the secret art, and Jiang Wang immediately pursued the left-hand body, hoping to cut off at least one of the Holy Lord’s arms.

Jiang Wang caught up with the weakened White Bone Holy Lord but found only a White Bone Gate, where Miao Yu appeared and attacked him. He escaped after their clash, while Miao Yu erased the gate and watched him leave.

• Jiang Wang pursued the White Bone Holy Lord until the Holy Lord abandoned his Flesh Puppet Body beside a White Bone Gate.
• Miao Yu appeared above the gate, revealed her face, and attacked Jiang Wang.
• Jiang Wang defended himself with his sword and Daoist Arts, but Miao Yu broke through his attacks and kept him suppressed.
• Miao Yu's Phantom Sound Dream Entry failed when the Underworld Candle dispelled it, and she withdrew instead of pursuing Jiang Wang.
• Jiang Wang fled as a Flame Meteor, while Miao Yu restored her Night Veil and destroyed the White Bone Gate.

Jiang Wang learned that the White Bone Holy Lord feared Miao Yu because she could reverse their roles and devour him, while the White Bone Sect’s plans had collapsed. The Holy Lord escaped through a hidden third White Bone Gate, leaving his scheme delayed but not abandoned.

• Jiang Wang and Jiang Yan discussed the White Bone Holy Lord’s retreat and whether the White Bone Venerable God had been weakened or destroyed.
• The chapter revealed that Miao Yu was a Dao Fruit prepared for the White Bone Venerable God, but Wang Changji’s resistance and the loss of the White Bone True Pill left the God incomplete and vulnerable to her.
• Miao Yu’s knowledge of the secret, Lu Yan’s betrayal, Dragon Mask’s death, and the uncertain loyalty of Zhang Linchuan left the White Bone Cult’s forces in the Present World nearly ruined.
• The White Bone Holy Lord accepted that his plans had failed for now and resolved to begin again, confident that the coming Age of White Bone would overcome individual resistance.
• The White Bone Holy Lord escaped through a third White Bone Gate hidden in the Present World, a secret unknown to anyone still alive.

Zhang Linchuan revealed that he had spent years preparing a trap for the White Bone Holy Lord and unveiled the Nether Thunder Forbidden Method, a technique designed to overcome the White Bone Sect’s protection. The Holy Lord remained trapped in a prison of Nether Thunder that he could not break.

• The White Bone Holy Lord withdrew the White Bone Gates from Yang State and returned to a hidden cave in Zhuang Kingdom.
• Zhang Linchuan confronted the Holy Lord and explained that he had traced the cave through records and clues gathered over many years.
• Zhang Linchuan revealed that he had joined the White Bone Sect to gain strength and had created a method capable of harming its god.
• Zhang Linchuan trapped the Holy Lord in a lightning array, then attacked him with dark lightning from the Nether Thunder Forbidden Method.
• The Holy Lord survived the attack but found himself enclosed in a prison made entirely of Nether Thunder.
• The Holy Lord punched the prison with his divine power, but failed to break it open.

Zhang Linchuan trapped White Bone Holy Lord with the Nether Thunder Prison and the phantom of Ghost Gate Pass, but the White Bone Venerable God’s intervention disrupted the struggle. White Bone Holy Lord’s True Body was sealed, and Wang Changji appeared within him.

• White Bone Holy Lord revealed his White Bone True Body and broke free of Zhang Linchuan’s Nether Thunder Prison.
• Zhang Linchuan summoned Ghost Gate Pass, severed White Bone Holy Lord’s connection to the Netherworld, and struck him back into the prison.
• White Bone Holy Lord began sacrificing his True Body to summon the White Bone Venerable God’s power, while Zhang Linchuan fought to maintain his restraints.
• The White Bone Venerable God sent divine power through a crack in Ghost Gate Pass, but White Bone Holy Lord’s True Body was suddenly sealed and his flesh returned.
• One of White Bone Holy Lord’s eyes filled with terror while the other became calm, revealing Wang Changji.

Wang Changji finally seized control of the White Bone Saint Body after resisting the White Bone Holy Lord’s invasion, while Zhang Linchuan attempted to take the body for himself. Wang Changji and Zhang Linchuan switched bodies, and the chapter ended with Zhang Linchuan trapped by his own Nether Thunder Prison.

• Wang Changji’s resistance surged as he fought the White Bone Holy Lord for control of the nearly completed White Bone Saint Body, while Zhang Linchuan attacked from outside with Nether Thunder.
• The White Bone Holy Lord’s will broke apart, and Zhang Linchuan abandoned his own body to possess the White Bone Saint Body.
• Wang Changji unexpectedly moved his Divine Soul into Zhang Linchuan’s abandoned body, leaving Zhang Linchuan in his former body.
• Zhang Linchuan adapted to the White Bone Saint Body and prepared to attack his own body to drive Wang Changji out.
• Black lightning erupted and the Nether Thunder Prison trapped Zhang Linchuan.

Wang Changji left Zhang Linchuan trapped in the Nether Thunder Prison, promising to come for him, while the armies of Qi and Yang clashed in Chiwei Prefecture. Yang Jiande challenged Chongxuan Chuliang to a duel, but Chongxuan Chuliang refused and ordered the Autumn Killing Army to advance, leaving the two commanders watching each other across the battlefield.

• Zhang Linchuan copied Wang Changji's Nether Thunder Forbidden Method and sat refining the White Bone Saint Body inside the Nether Thunder Prison.
• Wang Changji removed the White Bone Mask, revealed Zhang Linchuan's original face, and left after saying he would come for him.
• Yang Jiande challenged Chongxuan Chuliang before both armies, but Chongxuan Chuliang retreated into the Autumn Killing Army's ranks and refused to fight him.
• Chongxuan Chuliang ordered all three armies to advance, and Yang Jiande returned to his own ranks while taunting him for avoiding the duel.
• The Autumn Killing Army's divisions broke into the larger Yang Army, while Ji Cheng shifted troops to keep its battle line from collapsing.
• Yang Jiande commanded ten thousand volunteers from Cangfeng City and watched Chongxuan Chuliang across the battlefield.

Jiang Wang returned to the battlefield and joined Chongxuan Sheng and Shi Si in breaking through part of the Yang Army’s line, but the enemy swiftly regrouped under Ji Cheng’s command. As the Autumn Killing Army continued its repeated assaults, Chongxuan Sheng pointed out Ji Cheng and proposed killing him to cripple the Yang Army.

• Jiang Wang flew back to the battlefield, spotted Chongxuan Sheng leading five thousand Autumn Killing Army soldiers, and entered the Yang Army’s ranks to aid him.
• Jiang Wang’s Sea of Flame Flowers disrupted the Yang soldiers, allowing Chongxuan Sheng, Shi Si, and Jiang Wang to break through their line together.
• Chongxuan Sheng seized and killed the enemy general as his soldiers roared that they had broken the formation, but fresh Yang Army troops quickly rallied under Ji Cheng’s command.
• Chongxuan Sheng withdrew and resumed his repeated attacks while Yang Jiande and Chongxuan Chuliang watched the battle from afar.
• Chongxuan Sheng pointed out Ji Cheng beneath the cyan flag and told Jiang Wang that killing the veteran general would leave the Yang Army without a commander worth fearing.

Chongxuan Sheng led Jiang Wang and Shi Si in a desperate charge through the Yang Army toward its General's Banner. Ji Cheng sent volunteers to slow them, and his widowed daughter-in-law and another general stepped forward as the charge continued.

• Chongxuan Sheng abandoned the reserve strategy and led the Autumn Killing Army through three Yang Army defensive lines as its other units attacked to support him.
• Ji Cheng called for a volunteer to seize the General's Banner, and a burly general charged Chongxuan Sheng with five hundred cavalry.
• Jiang Wang ensnared the burly general with Five-Qi Tiger Binding and killed him with a sword strike as the armies collided.
• Chongxuan Sheng's unit broke through the cavalry but was cut off again as Ji Cheng's soldiers closed ranks.
• Ji Cheng asked for more volunteers, and his remarried daughter-in-law offered to go, followed by another general who asked to die first.

Chongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang led the battered Autumn Killing Army through the Yang Army’s defenses and reached the General Platform. Ji Cheng’s arrow shattered their formation, but Jiang Wang, Chongxuan Sheng, Shi Si, and the surviving soldiers charged back up toward him.

• Chongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang drove their troops forward as the Autumn Killing Army fought through heavy losses and Yang State sent desperate riders to intercept them.
• Chongxuan Sheng unleashed the Autumn Killing Army’s Soldier Sha formation, sweeping aside the exhausted Yang soldiers and breaking through to the General Platform.
• With the Yang Army’s defenses breached, Chongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang confronted Ji Cheng, who was the last man remaining on the platform.
• Ji Cheng fired a powerful arrow that scattered the formation and sent the Autumn Killing Army tumbling from the platform.
• Jiang Wang charged back up, followed by Chongxuan Sheng, Shi Si, and the surviving soldiers.

The Qi Army overwhelmed the Yang Army after Ji Cheng lost control of the battle, but the veteran general continued to fight the attackers alone. As Jiang Wang, Chongxuan Sheng, and Shi Si coordinated a killing blow, Ji Cheng faced them calmly.

• Chongxuan Chuliang watched the Qi Army's advance and praised Chongxuan Sheng.
• Ji Cheng wounded Jiang Wang, Chongxuan Sheng, and Shi Si with three arrows, then used the Qiushan Bow to blast the Autumn Killing Army off the General Platform.
• Jiang Wang attacked with Exploding Flame Sparrows, but Ji Cheng dispersed them with the Qiushan Bow.
• Ji Cheng broke Chongxuan Sheng's stance and nearly struck him down, but Shi Si intercepted his bow before Jiang Wang returned.
• Chongxuan Sheng restrained Ji Cheng with Gravity Art as Shi Si slashed at his waist and Jiang Wang's sword descended toward his head.

Ji Cheng drew on the White Tiger Sacred Tower and overwhelmed Jiang Wang, Chongxuan Sheng, and Shi Si, but Jiang Yan’s soul attack gave them an opening to counter. Chongxuan Sheng formed a battle formation to engulf Ji Cheng, and Jiang Wang brought down the sky-blue banner on the General Platform.

• Ji Cheng used the White Tiger Sacred Tower’s starlight to break Chongxuan Sheng’s Gravity Art, cripple Shi Si with an arrow, and cut down nearby Autumn Killing Army soldiers.
• Ji Cheng attacked Jiang Wang, who defended with his sword techniques until Jiang Yan struck Ji Cheng’s soul and stopped his advance.
• Jiang Wang hit Ji Cheng with an Exploding Flame Sparrow and rushed to Chongxuan Sheng, who rallied the remaining Autumn Killing Army soldiers into a battle formation.
• Chongxuan Sheng’s battle formation engulfed Ji Cheng in Soldier Sha while Jiang Wang flew to the General Platform.
• Jiang Wang swept his sword through the sky-blue battle standard, bringing down Ji Cheng’s banner.

Chongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang seized the Yang Army’s general and banner, but Yang Jiande rallied his faltering troops and confronted Chongxuan Chuliang. As the armies met in a final clash, Yang Jiande sacrificed ten thousand volunteers to complete his Blood Demon Art and charged into battle with his newly awakened power.

• Chongxuan Sheng killed Ji Cheng, while Jiang Wang seized the Yang Army’s banner, leaving the Yang Army close to collapse.
• Yang Jiande charged from the rear with ten thousand volunteer soldiers from Cangfeng City and rallied the wavering Yang Army.
• Chongxuan Chuliang led his personal guards into battle to meet Yang Jiande’s charge, bringing the fight to the center and rear of the Yang Army.
• Yang Jiande used the Blood Demon Art of Extinguishing Emotion and Desire to consume the ten thousand volunteers, whose blood flames flowed into him.
• Yang Jiande declared that he would fight to defend Yang State and charged at Chongxuan Chuliang with his completed divine art.

Yang Jiande battled Chongxuan Chuliang and the Autumn Killing Army, using his Blood Demon Art to break Chongxuan Chuliang’s first strike and challenge the army’s formation. As Yang Jiande charged into the Kill of Decay-Shattering, the formation’s soldiers suddenly had their qi and blood ripped from their bodies.

• Yang Jiande absorbed the bloodflame and charged Chongxuan Chuliang, who met him with the Soldier Sha of ten thousand men.
• Chongxuan Chuliang ordered the Autumn Killing Army’s formations to gather their Soldier Sha and combined their strength into a Life-Cutting Blade.
• Yang Jiande used Extinguish Emotion and Sever Desire to shatter the blade, then began transforming his Blazing Sun War Spear with bloodlight.
• Chongxuan Chuliang unleashed the Kill of Withering, which transformed into the charging ranks of the Kill of Decay-Shattering.
• Yang Jiande charged the formation alone, and the Autumn Killing Army’s soldiers suddenly had their qi and blood forcibly ripped from their bodies.

Chongxuan Chuliang’s Autumn Killing Army beheaded Yang Jiande after his assault shattered the formation’s first defenses, then routed the Yang Army. Chuliang ordered the defeated soldiers massacred, and an elderly scholar flew in to plead with him as the killing continued.

• Yang Jiande used the Blood Demon Art of Extinguishing Emotion and Desire to break through the first stages of the Autumn Killing Army’s formation.
• Chongxuan Chuliang invoked the final killing, and the Soldier Sha formed the Ghost Head blade that beheaded Yang Jiande.
• Chongxuan Chuliang caught Yang Jiande’s head and announced his death, causing the Yang Army to collapse and flee or surrender.
• Chongxuan Chuliang ordered his troops to kill every Yang soldier who had fought against Qi, whether they surrendered or not.
• An elderly scholar flew toward Chongxuan Chuliang and begged him to stop the massacre, and Chuliang allowed him to approach.

Chongxuan Chuliang used the slaughter of Yang’s surrendered army to consolidate Qi’s rule, while Huang Yixing pleaded for the people and was promised a reputation as their savior. The massacre continued, and Chongxuan Chuliang sent Yang Jiande’s head to Linzi as a trophy.

• Huang Yixing confronted Chongxuan Chuliang and urged him to stop killing Yang’s surrendered soldiers, arguing that Yang’s people were now Qi’s subjects.
• Chongxuan Chuliang claimed a young friend had persuaded him to spare Yang’s people if they submitted, and Huang Yixing knelt to accept the order to deliver that message.
• Chongxuan Chuliang placed Yang Jiande’s head in a jade box and ordered it sent to Linzi.
• Chongxuan Sheng protested that only seven hundred of his five thousand soldiers survived, but Chongxuan Chuliang said Huang Yixing should be given the reputation he sought.
• Chongxuan Chuliang left without stopping the slaughter, intending to use Jiang Wang and Huang Yixing as banners to win the people of Yang Land.

After Qi’s victory over Yang, Chongxuan Chuliang explained why he had targeted Yang Jiande and warned Chongxuan Sheng that loyalty to principle might someday conflict with political necessity. Jiang Wang left the battlefield alone and received a letter addressed to him as “Brother.”

• Chongxuan Chuliang learned that Shi Si had survived but would need time to recover, and heard that Jiang Wang had returned to Green Sheep Town.
• Chongxuan Chuliang told Chongxuan Sheng that he had respected Yang Jiande, formerly known as Gu Han, but had sought his death to protect Qi and the Chongxuan Clan.
• Chongxuan Chuliang warned Chongxuan Sheng to choose correctly if Jiang Wang and he ever disagreed, and Chongxuan Sheng replied that he should support Chongxuan Zun if only the supposedly right choice mattered.
• Jiang Wang departed the battlefield and told A Ce that the Yang army had lost.
• After the formation sealing the state was lifted, Jiang Wang caught a Cloud Crane and opened its letter, smiling when he saw it began with “Brother.”

Jiang Wang received a hereditary barony with the fief of Green Sheep, along with a hundred Ten-Thousand Origin Stones and a secret Daoist Art, for his service in Yang State. Chongxuan Sheng then planned to secure him the post of Pacification Commissioner of Rizhao despite his cultivation rank.

• Chongxuan Sheng read the imperial decree naming Jiang Wang Baron of Green Sheep and granted him the fief.
• Jiang Wang’s allies celebrated his new title, while Zhang Hai tried to regain his favor through obsequiousness.
• Jiang Wang met privately with Chongxuan Sheng, who gave him a hundred Ten-Thousand Origin Stones and a secret Daoist Art from the national treasury.
• Jiang Wang transferred the reward into his own Storage Box and returned the court’s box after Chongxuan Sheng insisted it was not part of the grant.
• Chongxuan Sheng said he would seek the post of Pacification Commissioner of Rizhao for Jiang Wang and argued that his achievements and future cultivation justified it.
• Chongxuan Sheng contrasted Jiang Wang’s prospects with Huang Yixing, who had become Pacification Commissioner of Hengyang Prefecture after sacrificing himself to stop Slaughterer.