Chapter Summaries

Jiang Wang led the Qinghuo Tribe through the Life and Death Chess Game, choosing to carry an exhausted warrior back to rest and teaching the team a breathing technique. As the Qinghuo Tribe surged forward the next day, Jiang Wang learned that Lei Zhangan and Li Fengyao were holding each other back near the center, leaving him impatient to catch up.

• When a Qinghuo Tribe warrior collapsed from exhaustion, Jiang Wang ordered the team to carry him back to their last Life Point instead of abandoning him.
• Jiang Wang taught the warriors a breathing technique to ease their fatigue, then spent the night tending to Heaven and Earth Isolated Island.
• By the end of the second day, the Qinghuo Tribe had advanced 295 positions and entered the competition’s middle ranks, while the Red Thunder Tribe remained ahead.
• The following day, Jiang Wang’s breathing technique helped the Qinghuo Tribe move faster than the other teams as they pressed on toward the center.
• Jiang Wang saw that Lei Zhangan and Li Fengyao had each advanced a little over 200 positions, and concluded that they had fought and held each other back.

Jiang Wang believed Lei Zhangan’s lead could still be challenged and urged the Qinghuo Tribe to keep advancing. At dusk, Jiang Wuxie and Fang Chong met Li Fengyao in secret to discuss a plan against Lei Zhangan, while admitting they had already lost to him.

• Jiang Wang checked the rivals’ positions, judged that a chance to challenge Lei Zhangan remained, and pushed the Qinghuo Tribe to race ahead.
• Li Fengyao froze and shattered twelve teams of Stone Cavalry, then ordered her soldiers not to stop the approaching Jiang Wuxie and Fang Chong.
• Jiang Wuxie arrived with Red Phoenix, and Fang Chong joined him before Li Fengyao’s forces.
• Li Fengyao recognized that Jiang Wuxie and Fang Chong had planned their approach to avoid Lei Zhangan learning of their meeting.
• Jiang Wuxie admitted that he could not bridge the cultivation gap with Lei Zhangan, and Fang Chong acknowledged that their two tribes had already been defeated by him.

Li Fengyao, Jiang Wuxie, and Fang Chong agreed to join forces against Lei Zhangan at daybreak, though Li Fengyao refused to let Fang Chong decide what happened to her tribespeople. Watching the teams’ progress that night, Jiang Wang realized Li Fengyao’s slower pace was deliberate and decided to wait for an opportunity at daybreak.

• Jiang Wuxie proposed that he, Fang Chong, and Li Fengyao ambush Lei Zhangan at daybreak and kill him.
• Fang Chong offered to eliminate the Original Earth and Pure Water tribes, but Li Fengyao rejected his assumption that her tribespeople were a burden.
• Jiang Wuxie explained that Li Fengyao had agreed to the ambush and would decide for herself how to use her tribe’s fighters.
• Fang Chong flew toward the Original Earth Tribe’s Life Point while Jiang Wuxie hurried back to his own Life Point.
• Jiang Wang noticed that the Pure Water Tribe had advanced more slowly than expected and concluded that Li Fengyao had deliberately created an opportunity.

Qinghuo Heng waited anxiously outside Wuzhi Earth Cave while its door remained shut, and Fang Chong prepared to pursue his own interests in the Seven Star Tower Secret Realm. In the Life and Death Chess Game, Lei Zhangan’s advance halted when Jiang Wuxie confronted the Red Thunder Tribe, and Lei Yan noticed a threatening woman approaching.

• Qinghuo Heng waited outside Wuzhi Earth Cave, fearing an accident after Qinghuo Gaochi and Jiang Wang failed to return and the door stayed closed.
• Fang Chong left his Life Point, reflected on his dissatisfaction with Qing Xi and Fu Miao, and planned to prioritize profit during the Seven Star Tower Secret Realm trip.
• Lei Zhangan led the Red Thunder Tribe through the game, defeating rival teams as Lei Yan believed they would win.
• A Chess Minister announced that Zuo Siyue had spotted an enemy, and Lei Zhangan stopped advancing.
• Jiang Wuxie dropped his scarlet spear before Lei Yan and challenged her, prompting her to call him a little minx.
• Lei Yan noticed Lei Zhangan watching a woman approaching from the left and felt threatened by her.

Li Fengyao confronted Lei Zhangan after he insulted her, and the dispute escalated into a three-way standoff with Jiang Wuxie and Fang Chong. Lei Zhangan apologized and ordered Lei Yan’s group to withdraw, but Jiang Wuxie attacked him before he could leave.

• Lei Yan insulted Li Fengyao, who warned Lei Zhangan to control his woman.
• Lei Zhangan joked about Li Fengyao being jealous, and Jiang Wuxie and Fang Chong joined the confrontation.
• Lei Zhangan threatened Fang Chong, and Li Fengyao shot an ice arrow at him, demanding an apology.
• Lei Zhangan apologized for his careless words and Lei Yan’s insult, then sent the Red Thunder Tribe warriors away.
• Jiang Wuxie charged Lei Zhangan with the Red Phoenix Spear as Lei Yan withdrew.

Lei Zhangan fought Jiang Wuxie, Li Fengyao, and Fang Chong at once, overwhelming them with lightning while Fang Chong escaped his trap and Li Fengyao wounded him. As Lei Zhangan attacked Fang Chong again, Li Fengyao launched her Frost Heart Arrow and Jiang Wuxie struck during the opening, leaving Lei Zhangan caught between their attacks.

• Lei Zhangan formed a lightning blade to meet Jiang Wuxie's Red Phoenix Spear, while Li Fengyao fired a Frost Arrow that his lightning shattered.
• Lei Zhangan attacked Fang Chong with a lightning whip and then trapped him in a cage, but Fang Chong used a golden ingot to escape.
• Lei Zhangan tore apart the lightning cage and punched through Li Fengyao's arrow, injuring his knuckles before pressing his attack on Fang Chong.
• Li Fengyao launched her Frost Heart Arrow as Lei Zhangan committed to attacking Fang Chong, slowing his thoughts with its killing intent.
• Jiang Wuxie seized Lei Zhangan's opening and attacked, and Lei Zhangan sensed a flash of red amid his slowed thoughts.

Jiang Wuxie revealed his mastery of the Heavenly Scripture and Earth Weft as he joined Li Fengyao and Fang Chong in attacking Lei Zhangan. Lei Zhangan unveiled his Thunder Seal and countered their combined assault, leaving them surrounded by lightning as he prepared a third punch.

• Jiang Wuxie thrust the Red Phoenix spear at Lei Zhangan in coordination with Li Fengyao's Frost Heart Arrow.
• Fang Chong used his genuine knife coin and the art “A Coin Can Stymie a Hero!” to trap Lei Zhangan.
• Lei Zhangan summoned his Thunder Seal, stopping all three attacks and revealing the power behind his status as the Lei Clan's heir.
• Lei Zhangan punched the sky and earth, dispelling the attacks and filling the Life and Death Chess Game with lightning.
• Li Fengyao, Jiang Wuxie, and Fang Chong were surrounded by lightning as Lei Zhangan raised his fist for a third punch.

Jiang Wang arrived at the Life and Death Chess Game’s final battle and defeated Lei Zhangan with a sword strike empowered by the Star Power he had gathered in Wuzhi Earth Cave. Lei Zhangan withdrew from the Dubhe World, forfeiting his bid for first place, while the others witnessed Jiang Wang’s astonishing victory.

• Lei Zhangan’s thunder attack nearly killed Fang Chong, overwhelmed Jiang Wuxie, and wiped out Li Fengyao’s Pure Water Tribe warriors.
• Jiang Wang ordered the Qinghuo Tribe warriors to stay behind and rushed alone toward the battlefield.
• Jiang Wang entered Lei Zhangan’s field of lightning and drew his sword to join the fight.
• The Star Power Jiang Wang had accumulated in Wuzhi Earth Cave poured into his sword, piercing Lei Zhangan’s thunder and striking his Thunder Seal.
• Lei Zhangan withdrew from the Dubhe World, ending his expedition in defeat, as Jiang Wang sheathed his sword before the stunned survivors.

Jiang Wang used a sword empowered by accumulated starlight to drive Lei Zhangan away, then claimed first place in the Life and Death Chess Game while Li Fengyao accepted second. He led the Qinghuo Tribe toward the secret realm’s center, where he reminded Qinghuo Yuanchen to remember Qinghuo Qiming as well.

• Jiang Wang’s sword stunned Li Fengyao and frightened the Red Thunder Tribe, while Lei Zhangan fled.
• Jiang Wang declared himself the victor and offered Li Fengyao second place, which she accepted.
• Jiang Wang ordered Qinghuo Yuanchen and the Qinghuo Tribe warriors to head for the center, and Fang Chong praised Jiang Wang while seeking news of Qing Xi.
• Jiang Wang left Li Fengyao and strode toward the center’s entrance, where Qinghuo Yuanchen thanked him for helping the tribe secure first place.
• Jiang Wang asked Qinghuo Yuanchen to remember Qinghuo Qiming, whose work on Jiang Wang’s Alienated Fire Totem had helped him defeat Lei Zhangan.

Jiang Wang emerged from the Life and Death Chess Game with a Big Dipper method for building his Four Saint Towers, while the Qinghuo Tribe received the Kingship Totem. The tribe’s victory was overshadowed by the slaughter of its defenders in the Wuzhi Earth Cave, and Qinghuo Heng could not explain why the Star Beasts had not escaped.

• The Kingship Totem declared that the Qinghuo Tribe would hold kingship over the Floating Continent for a hundred years, with Zhang Linchuan’s name written on the Covenant of Kingship.
• Jiang Wang returned to the Star River and gained a method to anchor his Four Saint Towers to four of the Big Dipper’s seven stars.
• Li Fengyao, Jiang Wuxie, Fang Chong, and the surviving cultivators emerged from the Dubhe World; Jiang Wang welcomed Li Fengyao, while Jiang Wuxie stayed beside her.
• Qinghuo Yuanchen returned to the Qinghuo Tribe and learned that Star Beasts had killed every defender in the Wuzhi Earth Cave, including Qinghuo Gaochi.
• Qinghuo Heng found Qinghuo Gaochi’s head by the Nether Heaven opening and wondered why the Star Beasts had not broken through after killing the defenders.

Jiang Wang returned to Seven Star Valley as the Seven Star Tower Secret Realm champion, drawing the crowd’s admiration and Tian Chang’s wariness. Lei Zhangan confronted him to repair his reputation, but Jiang Wang refused to back down and challenged him over his retreat.

• Jiang Wang, Li Fengyao, and Jiang Wuxie left the completed Seven Star World and returned to Seven Star Valley.
• The crowd recognized Jiang Wang as the champion, while Tian Chang watched him with wariness and Tian He kept his distance.
• Lei Zhangan confronted Jiang Wang and suggested the Chongxuan Family had supplied him with a hidden advantage.
• Lei Zhangan recalled how Jiang Wang’s sword strike had defeated him and decided to provoke a public fight to restore his reputation.
• Lei Zhangan accused Jiang Wang of winning through trickery, and Jiang Wang replied that he had already won and called him a runner.

Jiang Wang and Lei Zhangan nearly fought after trading threats, with Li Fengyao backing Jiang Wang. Tian Anping’s arrival halted the confrontation, and Lei Zhangan used Li Fengyao’s restraint over Lei Yan as a reason to leave.

• Lei Zhangan prepared to attack Jiang Wang after Jiang Wang challenged him, while Li Fengyao stepped forward to defend Jiang Wang.
• Tian Anping arrived in shackles and reminded the gathered cultivators that fighting was forbidden in Seven Star Valley.
• Li Fengyao told Lei Zhangan she had spared Lei Yan and asked him to restrain himself in return.
• Lei Zhangan dismissed his Thunder Seal, accepted Li Fengyao’s appeal, and left after giving Jiang Wang a long look.

Lei Zhangan withdrew from Seven Star Valley and ordered an investigation into Jiang Wang and the alias Zhang Linchuan. Tian Anping then cleared the valley and sentenced Tian Chang to a month in Lost Heart Valley for the Tian Family team's failure.

• Lei Zhangan left Seven Star Valley and ordered his subordinates to gather everything they could learn about Jiang Wang and investigate Zhang Linchuan.
• Tian Huanzhang questioned Tian Anping’s intervention, while Tian Anping asked the cultivators in the valley why they had not left.
• Jiang Wang departed with Li Fengyao as Jiang Wuxie followed them, while Tian Anping stayed behind with Tian Chang.
• Tian Chang knelt, claimed responsibility for the failed mission, and offered to show his wounds and explain what had happened.
• Tian Anping refused to examine Tian Chang’s injuries or hear his account, then ordered the surviving team members to Lost Heart Valley and sentenced Tian Chang to one month there.

Tian Anping sentenced Tian Chang and his companions to Lost Heart Valley, then confronted Tian Huanzhang for spreading a rumor about a life-extending treasure in the Seven Star Tower Secret Realm. The chapter ended with Tian Huanzhang backing down from Tian Anping’s challenge and leaving.

• Tian Huanzhang tried to persuade Tian Anping to reconsider Tian Chang’s sentence, but Tian Chang chose Lost Heart Valley rather than be killed on the spot.
• Tian He and Gongyang Lu followed Tian Chang, accepting their own sentences without betraying him.
• Tian Anping stopped Tian Huanzhang and questioned him about spreading news of a life-extending treasure in the Seven Star Tower Secret Realm.
• Tian Huanzhang admitted that Wen Lianmu had asked him to help Wang Yiwu spread a false rumor on behalf of the Nation-Protecting Marshal Mansion.
• Tian Anping warned Tian Huanzhang not to meddle again and challenged him to try killing him despite his Sinful Shackles.
• Tian Huanzhang refused the challenge and walked away, claiming he would not argue with a junior.

Tian Anping reflected on Tian Huanzhang’s choice and found the Seven Star Valley empty, while Jiang Wuxie tried to recruit Jiang Wang after his victory. Jiang Wang refused to decide without Chongxuan Sheng, and Li Fengyao prepared to head out to sea.

• Tian Anping considered Tian Huanzhang’s choice and mused that many powerful cultivators had become complacent, then remained alone in the empty Seven Star Valley.
• Xiaotong stared in surprise at Jiang Wang, and Jiang Wuxie teased her before asking Jiang Wang to work for him.
• Jiang Wuxie offered Jiang Wang cultivation resources, a possible place in the Jiang Clan genealogy, and future rewards if he reached the Divine Presence Realm.
• Jiang Wang thanked Jiang Wuxie but said Chongxuan Sheng’s stance was his own, explaining that keeping his word was how he made his own decisions.
• Li Fengyao said she was going out to sea and told Jiang Wang to return to Linzi without her; Jiang Wuxie tried to join her, but she rejected the idea and left.

Jiang Wang cultivated on his carriage ride back to Linzi, reclaimed his Great Void Six Directions ranking, and spoke with Jiang Yan about confronting the White Bone Holy Lord. When an intruder attacked him, Jiang Wang discovered it was Su Xiuxing, who was furious that Jiang Wang had broken his dagger.

• Jiang Wang gave Lian Shao the Beak of Yan Xiao and a letter for Lian Que, then hired a carriage to travel from Ji City to Linzi.
• Jiang Wang cultivated during the journey and won battles in the Great Void Illusion Realm until he reached third place in Six Directions.
• Jiang Yan told Jiang Wang that reaching the Inner Palace would give them a fifty percent chance of defeating the White Bone Holy Lord.
• An intruder entered Jiang Wang's carriage and threatened him, but Jiang Wang subdued him and demanded to know his purpose.
• Jiang Wang recognized the intruder as Su Xiuxing and snapped his dagger, prompting Su Xiuxing to attack and mourn the broken weapon.

Jiang Wang caught Su Xiuxing sneaking into his carriage and questioned him, but Su Xiuxing escaped after hinting that he was on a mission for Hell's Gate. Su Xiuxing then encountered King Wuguan, who pressed him about the fight and where it happened.

• Jiang Wang confronted Su Xiuxing for climbing into his carriage with a dagger, and Su Xiuxing tried to bluff him with threats about his powerful boss.
• Su Xiuxing escaped through the carriage window, leaving his Silent Array Disk behind, and decided to find another way to sneak into Linzi.
• King Wuguan appeared and asked Su Xiuxing why he was still there.
• Su Xiuxing admitted that someone had thrown him out of a carriage, and another voice asked where.

Su She ambushed Jiang Wang on the road and nearly killed him with his Merchant Dao. Yin Guan arrived in time to save Jiang Wang and confronted Su She, promising to kill him.

• Su She destroyed Jiang Wang's carriage and killed the driver and horse with a falling gold ingot.
• Jiang Wang attacked Su She, but Su She countered his sword and movement techniques and drove him into the ground.
• Su She used his three-coin technique to drain Jiang Wang's strength and entangle him in the misery of poverty, leaving his life in danger.
• Yin Guan arrived, absorbed the negativity afflicting Jiang Wang, and restored him.
• Su She asked Yin Guan who he was, and Yin Guan flew at him and declared that Su She was about to die.

Yin Guan fought Su She to protect Jiang Wang, while Su She used his Dao of commerce to plunder Yin Guan’s strength. King Wuguan struck from behind and helped Yin Guan kill Su She, after which Jiang Wang and Yin Guan reunited.

• Yin Guan matched Su She’s attacks and destroyed the golden ingot beneath Su She’s feet.
• Su She tried to plunder Yin Guan’s power, but Yin Guan answered with a flood of hatred, grievances, and curses.
• Jiang Wang tried to advance toward his Supernatural Inner Palace, but stopped when he saw King Wuguan appear behind Su She and hollow out his heart.
• Yin Guan punched through Su She’s head, and King Wuguan identified herself as the one who made his death easy.
• Yin Guan greeted Jiang Wang and explained that he had come to settle the score for a subordinate, while Su Xiuxing regretted his earlier threat to Jiang Wang.

Jiang Wang agreed to help Yin Guan bring Hell's Gate into Linzi after securing promises that they would avoid harming ordinary people and would not target Chongxuan Sheng. Yin Guan left Jiang Wang to make arrangements, while he and King Wuguan discussed why they were willing to trust him.

• Jiang Wang recognized that Yin Guan had come to Linzi for a larger purpose and agreed to repay his life-saving kindness if Hell's Gate would avoid harming ordinary people.
• Jiang Wang made Yin Guan promise not to target Chongxuan Sheng, and Yin Guan agreed that Chongxuan Sheng was not his target.
• Jiang Wang promised to make the arrangements within two days, and Yin Guan gave him a strand of hair to burn when he was ready.
• Yin Guan asked why Jiang Wang had delayed opening his Inner Palace, and Jiang Wang said he had been waiting for the right moment to build a more complete foundation.
• After leaving and sending Su Xiuxing away, Yin Guan told King Wuguan that he trusted Jiang Wang, while noting that a betrayal would not reveal Hell's Gate's target.