Chapter Summaries

Jiang Che learned that disciples could trade goods for contribution points at Spirit Mist Valley, then secretly focused on strengthening his weapon talents instead of cultivating the sect’s foundational technique. At the first monthly assessment, he displayed only first-layer progress and was dismissed by his peers, while he remained unmoved by their changed attitudes.

• Bao Da told Jiang Che, Lin Xiao, and Su Xiaoxiao about Spirit Mist Valley, and the four went there to sell their goods for contribution points.
• Jiang Che spotted a masked seller offering Essence-Melting Pulse-Protecting Pills and decided he could disguise himself to sell the bottle Daoist Wuwei had given him.
• Over the following month, Jiang Che cultivated weapon-type martial arts in secret and fed their talents into [True Nine Li Weapon Lord], giving little attention to Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao.
• At the monthly assessment, Long Yu'er and Liu Yunfei reached the third layer, Bao Da reached the second, and Jiang Che showed only the first layer.
• Elder Xuancheng praised Long Yu'er and Liu Yunfei, while Liu Yunfei mocked Jiang Che and Lin Xiao and Su Xiaoxiao distanced themselves from him.

Jiang Che opened his second soul slot, bonded the Illusion Truth Ancient Mirror, and rapidly advanced in the Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao while others believed he was falling behind. After learning that Great Yan Kingdom’s Giant Spirit Warriors resembled his Black Armor Form and were being hunted as spies, he realized transforming could expose him to deadly suspicion and resolved to grow stronger.

• Daoist Wuwei and Elder Xuancheng discussed Jiang Che’s slow progress, and Daoist Wuwei initially defended him before losing confidence after the next assessment.
• Jiang Che gathered neglected weapon techniques, and Bao Da gave him cultivation notes and encouraged him despite his own modest progress.
• Xu Qingshan visited Jiang Che with gifts from his family and the Azure Cloud Sect, and Jiang Che assured him he would pass the one-year assessment.
• Jiang Che completed the Hundred Refinements Saber Technique, opened his second soul slot, bonded the Illusion Truth Ancient Mirror, and created a clone with the Great Void Illusion Truth Art.
• Jiang Che converted his true qi, advanced through the fifth level, and learned that Long Yu'er and Liu Yunfei had reached the sixth level while Elder Xuancheng was away hunting Great Yan Kingdom spies.
• Bao Da described the Giant Spirit Warriors’ ability to transform into giant fighters, and Jiang Che realized their appearance resembled his Black Armor Form and resolved to avoid transforming and become stronger.

Jiang Che sold an Essence-Melting Pulse-Protecting Pill through his clone to fund his cultivation, then reached tenth-layer perfection in Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao and awakened the True-Grade Talent True Myriad Laws Return to Origin. The chapter left him eager to use his new ability to integrate martial arts and conceal his powers.

• Jiang Che ran out of pills and points, so he used his clone to sell Daoist Wuwei’s Essence-Melting Pulse-Protecting Pill for four thousand points in Spirit Mist Valley.
• Bao Da inspected the pill but declined to buy it, and Liu Yunfei bought it to improve his chances of taking first place in the assessment.
• Fifth Master sent a man to follow the black-robed seller, but Jiang Che’s clone escaped using its concealment ability.
• Jiang Che spent the four thousand points on cultivation resources and, after two months of seclusion, reached tenth-layer perfection and advanced to the initial stage of the True Person Realm Fourth Stage.
• Jiang Che awakened the True-Grade Talent True Myriad Laws Return to Origin, which let him integrate other cultivation arts into Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao and perfectly simulate martial arts auras and effects.

Jiang Che cultivated a low-grade True Art and a supreme skill, strengthening his true qi and core talent before the annual assessment began. On the way to the assessment, he revealed his Tenth-Layer Perfection Realm to Bao Da and used Myriad Phenomena Source Qi to help him break through to the Sixth Layer.

• Jiang Che learned that True Arts could improve his talents far more effectively than Blood-Qi Realm martial arts, then bought Crimson Flame Gold-Burning Art and Blood-Burning Secret Art.
• Jiang Che perfected Crimson Flame Gold-Burning Art, fused its burning trait into Myriad Phenomena True Qi, and raised True Infinite Battle Aura from twenty-fivefold to twenty-eightfold power.
• Jiang Che began mastering Blood-Burning Secret Art as the annual assessment arrived and the four courtyard residents set out for it.
• Lin Xiao and Su Xiaoxiao discussed seeking help from a Tenth-Layer Perfection Realm disciple in exchange for half their future points and obedience, while Jiang Che recognized his own Myriad Phenomena Source Qi.
• Jiang Che revealed his Tenth-Layer Perfection Realm to Bao Da and guided his true qi with Source Qi, helping him break through to the Sixth Layer before the assessment.

Jiang Che revealed tenth-level Great Perfection at the one-year assessment, won first place and chose Spirit Void Peak, then explained his slow progress to Elder Xuancheng. After the assessment, he auctioned his last available meridian-sorting treatment to an eliminated disciple, leaving Lin Xiao and Su Xiaoxiao to report to the outer sect.

• The direct disciples displayed strong results, including Feng Wuji reaching tenth-level perfection, while Liu Yunfei, Long Yu'er, and Bao Da passed from the Heavenly Strategy Guard group and Lin Xiao, Su Xiaoxiao, and Qin Wuya failed.
• Jiang Che shocked the arena by revealing tenth-level Great Perfection; Elder Xuancheng praised him, awarded him five thousand points, and announced the assessment rankings.
• Jiang Che selected Spirit Void Peak, and Elder Xuancheng questioned him privately before accepting his explanation that he had studied martial arts in the Scripture Repository to strengthen his foundation.
• Eliminated disciples crowded Jiang Che's courtyard seeking help, so Jiang Che had Bao Da auction his final meridian-sorting treatment; a Western Regions merchant-family disciple won with an eight-thousand-point bid.
• Lin Xiao and Su Xiaoxiao failed to obtain help and left to report to the outer sect, regretting that they had distanced themselves from Jiang Che.

Jiang Che was assigned to Spirit Void Peak after reaching tenth-layer Great Perfection, while the four Vein Masters divided the promising new disciples among their peaks. At his new residence, Jiang Che entered the Spirit Void Art in one night, leaving Senior Brother Song stunned but pretending the feat was ordinary.

• Elder Xuancheng told Daoist Wuwei that Jiang Che had reached tenth-layer Great Perfection and chosen Spirit Void Peak, and Daoist Wuwei privately celebrated his unexpected success.
• The four Vein Masters assigned Jiang Che to Spirit Void Peak, Feng Wuji to Heaven-Slaying Peak, Ye Guyun and Liu Yunfei to Coiling Dragon Peak, and Long Yu'er, Xiao Hongxiu, and Lin Muyang to Shadow Kill Peak.
• Jiang Che and Bao Da received transfer orders for Spirit Void Peak and Coiling Dragon Peak, respectively, and parted ways after Jiang Che reassured Bao Da.
• Song Yuan welcomed Jiang Che to Spirit Void Peak, showed him his private courtyard, and gave him the first-layer inheritance of the Spirit Void Art.
• Jiang Che entered the first layer of the Spirit Void Art after one night of cultivation, and Song Yuan concealed his shock by claiming the feat was merely acceptable.
• Jiang Che mistook Song Yuan's boast about matching his speed for proof of the senior brother's extraordinary talent and returned to cultivation with renewed determination.

Jiang Che mastered the Blood-Burning Secret Art and the Soul-Absorbing and Spirit-Detaining Art, then went to Black Mist Forest to capture beast souls. After killing several Exotic Beasts with ease, he returned for more sealing talismans and learned about the dangerous Blood-Scythe Demon Mantis.

• Jiang Che mastered the Blood-Burning Secret Art and discovered that his restorative talents replenished the essence blood it consumed, letting him maintain its strength boost.
• Song Yuan explained Spirit Void Peak’s battle path and taught Jiang Che the Soul-Absorbing and Spirit-Detaining Art, which Jiang Che mastered in two days.
• Song Yuan warned Jiang Che to hunt only in Black Mist Forest’s outskirts and explained how to capture, store, and attach beast souls.
• Jiang Che killed a Phantom Spotted Leopard, a Green Phosphorus Poison Python, and an Iron-Backed Demon Boar, then returned with all three souls sealed in his talisman.
• Song Yuan gave Jiang Che three more sealing talismans and warned him to flee if he encountered the powerful Blood-Scythe Demon Mantis.

Jiang Che slew two Blood-Scythe Demon Mantises, gained powerful armor-piercing and speed talents, and killed two Great Yan Kingdom assassins who mistook his Black Armor for the Black Gold Imperial Body. After discovering their plan to ambush the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s geniuses, he left to warn Song Yuan about a likely mole.

• Jiang Che defeated a Peak True Person Realm Sixth Stage Blood-Scythe Demon Mantis and sealed its Blood-Scythe Armor-Breaking ability in a jade talisman.
• A mutated True Person Realm Seventh Stage Blood-Scythe Demon Mantis attacked Jiang Che, but he killed it with repeated Twenty-Eightfold Strikes and gained its Purple Shadow Instant Kill ability.
• Two Great Yan Kingdom assassins revealed themselves after watching Jiang Che’s fight, then transformed into Giant Spirit Warriors at the Seventh and Eighth Stages.
• Jiang Che transformed into Black Armor, which the assassins mistook for the Black Gold Imperial Body, and killed them both in seconds.
• Jiang Che examined the assassins’ belongings and found intelligence about a planned ambush on Ye Guyun, Feng Wuji, Xiao Hongxiu, Lin Muyang, and other disciples in Black Mist Forest the next day.
• Jiang Che suspected a high-ranking mole inside the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect and hurried to Wind-Listening Pavilion to report the plot to Song Yuan.

Jiang Che reported Great Yan Kingdom assassins and a leak inside the sect, then revealed that he had killed a True Person Realm Seventh Stage Purple-Spotted Blood-Scythe Demon Mantis. Grandmaster Wu Wei promoted him to True Disciple Candidate, and after a successful Spirit Attachment, Jiang Che gained Purple Shadow Instant Kill as rivals reacted to his sudden rise.

• Jiang Che gave Song Yuan a notebook and letter taken from two Giant Spirit Warriors, revealing a mole’s information about the sect’s core disciples and training plans.
• Jiang Che showed Song Yuan the Purple-Spotted Blood-Scythe Demon Mantis’s beast soul, and Song Yuan reported Jiang Che’s battle record and cultivation achievements to Grandmaster Wu Wei.
• Grandmaster Wu Wei ordered Jiang Che to receive True Disciple Candidate status, and Song Yuan told Jiang Che the next morning and warned him about the rival candidates.
• The Great Yan Kingdom’s remaining infiltrators learned that two of their men had died and suspended their assassination plan while they searched for the person responsible.
• Song Yuan helped Jiang Che complete Spirit Attachment, and Jiang Che suppressed the beast soul and gained Purple Shadow Instant Kill.
• Feng Wuji grew jealous, Liu Yunfei felt powerless, Bao Da boasted of his connection to Jiang Che, and Qin Wuya vowed to reach his level; Xu Qingshan approached the sect’s mountain gate.

Xu Qingshan visited Jiang Che with the Azure Cloud Sect’s resources and learned that his disciple had become a True Disciple Candidate. After Jiang Che killed two Giant Spirit assassins and intercepted a message requesting reinforcements, he secluded himself, broke through to the True Person Realm Fifth Stage, and went to ask Senior Brother Song for the next level of his cultivation technique.

• Xu Qingshan brought Jiang Che a bundle of resources from the Azure Cloud Sect and learned of Jiang Che’s status and cultivation achievements.
• Jiang Che discovered two Giant Spirit assassins following Xu Qingshan, lured them into Black Mist Forest, and killed them after revealing his Black Armor form.
• The black-robed mole sent a Wind-Chasing Falcon with a request for powerful reinforcements, but Little Black intercepted the bird and Jiang Che read the letter.
• Jiang Che returned to seclusion and broke through to the True Person Realm Fifth Stage.
• Jiang Che left Listening to Waves Courtyard to ask Senior Brother Song for the second level of his cultivation technique.

Jiang Che received the second and third layers of the Spirit Void Art, devoted himself to cultivation, and observed several top True Disciple Candidates challenge the Demon-Suppressing Tower. After a year in seclusion, he reached the peak of the True Person Realm Sixth Stage but stalled at the barrier to the seventh stage, so he decided to leave his courtyard and see what had changed in the sect.

• Song Yuan warned Jiang Che that Giant Spirit Assassins were still suspected of lurking near the sect, then gave him the Spirit Void Art’s second and third layers after Jiang Che proved he had perfected the first layer.
• Jiang Che entered the second layer of the Spirit Void Art and decided to prioritize raising his realm over cultivating more passive abilities, using pills to fuel his training.
• Song Yuan brought Jiang Che to watch Ji Lingfeng clear the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s thirty-eighth floor; Jiang Che learned that Fu Yue had cleared the thirty-ninth floor but was severely injured challenging Cao Ge for the Ninth True Disciple’s position.
• Xing Lie and Chu Yun each cleared the thirty-eighth floor in later challenges, and Chu Yun encouraged Jiang Che to work hard at Spirit Void Peak.
• Jiang Che chose not to challenge the tower because his current strength and reputation could expose him to danger, and he returned to secluded cultivation.
• After a year of cultivation, Jiang Che reached the peak of the True Person Realm Sixth Stage but could not break through to the seventh; he decided to go out and learn how the sect had changed.

After a year of secluded cultivation, Jiang Che had reached the peak of the True Person Realm Sixth Stage but could not break through to the Seventh. Unable to find a quick method, he began searching for other opportunities, while Daoist Wuwei wondered why Jiang Che had never challenged the Demon-Suppressing Tower and decided to visit him.

• Jiang Che learned from Bao Da that the True Disciple Candidates were fiercely competing and that sect members mocked him as an undeserving candidate who would fail to pass the tower’s tenth floor.
• Jiang Che worried that his low cultivation left him vulnerable to sect trials and outside threats, so he asked Song Yuan for help breaking through to the True Person Realm Seventh Stage.
• Song Yuan discovered that Jiang Che was already at the Sixth Stage Peak and explained that liquefying True Qi usually required years of patient accumulation.
• Jiang Che searched the Scripture Repository and learned about the Seven-Pattern Spirit-Ascension Pill, but the elder told him the sect’s scarce supply was reserved for those with great merit or powerful connections.
• Jiang Che decided not to ask Daoist Wuwei for a pill and instead resolved to find another way to break through.
• At a meeting, Lei Wanjun and Gu Shan questioned Jiang Che’s lack of tower challenges, and Daoist Wuwei defended him; afterward, Wuwei decided to visit Jiang Che and find out what he was doing.

After receiving a Seven-Pattern Spirit-Ascension Pill from Daoist Wuwei, Jiang Che broke through to True Person Realm Seventh Stage and entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower to prove himself. He rapidly cleared the first nineteen floors, shocking the spectators as he reached the twentieth floor, where a True Person Realm Tenth Stage Exotic Beast awaited.

• Daoist Wuwei asked Song Yuan to persuade Jiang Che to challenge the tower and offered him a Seven-Pattern Spirit-Ascension Pill.
• Jiang Che agreed to challenge the tower but asked to receive the pill first so he could break through and achieve a stronger result.
• Daoist Wuwei approved Jiang Che's request, and Jiang Che swallowed the pill and successfully advanced to True Person Realm Seventh Stage.
• Jiang Che entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower as disciples questioned his strength, then instantly defeated the beasts on the opening floors.
• Jiang Che cleared the tenth through nineteenth floors without slowing down, including opponents above his realm, and reached the twentieth floor as the crowd watched in disbelief.

Jiang Che cleared the Demon-Suppressing Tower through its twenty-fourth floor before being invited into Spirit Void Peak’s True Disciple Candidate circle. Three days later, he arrived at Listen-to-Rain Pavilion and came face to face with Fang Zhenge, the fourth-ranked True Disciple.

• Jiang Che defeated a True Person Realm Tenth Stage Mystic Water Giant Python on the tower’s twenty-first floor and advanced through the twenty-fourth before leaving the tower injured-looking and unable to challenge the twenty-fifth.
• Chu Yun praised Jiang Che’s achievement and invited him to a gathering at Listen-to-Rain Pavilion, where Fang Zhenge would offer guidance; Jiang Che accepted.
• Jiang Che returned to Listening to Waves Courtyard, healed his wounds in secret, and judged that his normal combat strength was near its limit while considering how Black Armor Form might let him climb higher.
• Three days later, Jiang Che attended the gathering, where Chu Yun introduced him to the assembled True Disciple Candidates and Wang Tong explained the gathering’s exchanges and trading.
• Fang Zhenge entered Listen-to-Rain Pavilion, and the gathered candidates stood to welcome the high-level Complete Truth Realm True Disciple.

Jiang Che absorbed Fang Zhenge’s cultivation teachings, while news of his appointment as a True Disciple Candidate transformed the Azure Cloud Sect’s standing in Cang Prefecture. Two years later, having reached the True Person Realm Eighth-Stage Peak but exhausted his resources, Jiang Che went to the mission hall to seek points.

• Fang Zhenge explained the challenge rules for Cao Ge, promised to seek an examination of his injuries if he continued avoiding battle, and shared cultivation and tower-clearing advice with the candidates.
• Chu Yun welcomed Jiang Che into the monthly gathering, and Wang Tong exchanged identity-token contacts with him to offer information, resources, and assignments.
• Xu Qingshan told Xu Zhouzi that Jiang Che had become a True Disciple Candidate, prompting Azure Cloud Sect to celebrate and Qin Fuhu to end his suppression of the sect and send congratulations.
• Jiang Che cultivated for two years and reached the True Person Realm Eighth-Stage Peak, but ran out of pills and points.
• Jiang Che learned Cao Ge had cleared the fortieth floor and that Ji Lingfeng had been ambushed by the Great Yan Kingdom’s Giant Spirit War God, then decided to earn points by taking a mission.

Jiang Che sought safe, steady cultivation resources by applying for aristocratic patronage, and the wealthy Ye Family selected him despite other families favoring the injured Ji Lingfeng. Ye Tianhe offered Jiang Che a patronage contract worth ten thousand sect points a year, which Jiang Che had yet to accept or reject.

• Jiang Che rejected ordinary sect missions as too slow or dangerous, and Wang Tong advised him to seek sponsorship from a Great Chu aristocratic family.
• Jiang Che registered for patronage only at the External Affairs Hall and declined a marriage alliance.
• Ye Tianhe chose Jiang Che because his humble background made him seem inexpensive and easy for the Ye Family to cultivate, while other representatives competed to sponsor Ji Lingfeng.
• Ye Tianhe invited Jiang Che to a meeting, and Jiang Che learned that typical patronage for a candidate of his rank paid around five thousand points annually.
• Jiang Che impressed Ye Tianhe with his composure, and Ye Tianhe offered him ten thousand sect points per year to become a Ye Family patron.

After using the Ye Family’s ten thousand points to cultivate, Jiang Che reached the late phase of the True Person Realm Ninth Stage and returned to the Demon-Suppressing Tower to test his strength. He defeated the thirty-first floor’s Purple Lightning Thunder Lion and entered the thirty-second floor, while Chu Yun predicted that he could clear it.

• Ye Tianhe gave Jiang Che ten thousand points for a one-year patronage agreement, explaining afterward that he was investing in Jiang Che’s future.
• Over half a year, Jiang Che used the Ye Family’s points and other resources to advance to the late phase of the True Person Realm Ninth Stage, then decided to challenge the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
• Jiang Che registered for the challenge, and two days later the gathered disciples saw that he had reached the late phase of the Ninth Stage.
• Jiang Che cleared the early floors and destroyed the twenty-fifth floor’s Diamond Rock Demon with a single punch.
• Jiang Che used the Blood-Burning Secret Art and Purple Shadow Instant Kill to defeat the thirty-first floor’s Purple Lightning Thunder Lion, then entered the thirty-second floor.
• Song Yuan asked Chu Yun whether Jiang Che could clear the thirty-second floor, and Chu Yun said that he could.

Jiang Che defeated the Thirty-Third Floor’s mid-stage True Person Realm Thirteenth Stage beast and left the Demon-Suppressing Tower, earning recognition from the inner sect and top True Disciple Candidates. After news of his feat reached the Ye Family, Ye Linglong decided to invite him to their estate.

• Jiang Che defeated the Three-Headed Purgatory Hound on the Thirty-Second Floor, recovered, and entered the Thirty-Third Floor.
• Jiang Che killed the Six-Armed Vajra Demon Ape after a brutal half-hour battle, then withdrew instead of challenging the Thirty-Fourth Floor.
• The inner sect crowd recognized Jiang Che’s strength, and Song Yuan, Chu Yun, Luo Zhan, and other candidates congratulated him while Heaven-Slaying Peak candidates grew wary.
• Ye Tianhe hired Ji Lingfeng as a Ye Family consultant, and Ye Linglong considered whether she might marry him.
• A servant told Ye Tianhe and Ye Linglong that Jiang Che had cleared the Thirty-Third Floor, prompting Ye Linglong to send for him and invite him to the family estate.

Jiang Che politely declined Ye Linglong’s invitation to focus on cultivation, while Shen Yanjun ordered an investigation into him and maneuvered Ji Lingfeng toward the Ye Family. Daoist Wuwei rewarded Jiang Che with a Taiyi Soul-Nourishing Pill and moved to protect his secrets, leaving Jiang Che preparing to consume the pill.

• Jiang Che declined Ye Linglong’s invitation, saying he needed to enter seclusion, and Ye Linglong flew into a rage when she heard his refusal.
• Ye Tianhe calmed Ye Linglong and decided the Ye Family would need a long-term plan to win Jiang Che over.
• Shen Yanjun ordered his followers to investigate Jiang Che’s background, then encouraged Ji Lingfeng to pursue Ye Linglong and gain the Ye Family’s Star-Falling Iron resources.
• Daoist Wuwei gave Song Yuan a Taiyi Soul-Nourishing Pill for Jiang Che and instructed his masked disciple to warn Shen Yanjun and erase compromising traces in Jiang Che’s past.
• Daoist Wuwei revealed that his divination linked Jiang Che’s fate to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s future, and Jiang Che received the pill and entered the Cultivation Room to use it.

After strengthening his soul with the Taiyi Soul-Nourishing Pill, Jiang Che reached the peak of the True Person Realm Ninth Stage and focused on improving his techniques rather than rushing his cultivation. As he practiced a new sword art, Liu Yunfei arrived to apologize for his former arrogance.

• Jiang Che absorbed the Taiyi Soul-Nourishing Pill, increasing his soul strength and accelerating the circulation of his Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao.
• At the True Disciple Candidates’ gathering, Fang Zhenge urged Chu Yun to challenge Cao Ge before Cao Ge reached the Complete Truth Realm and gave Chu Yun a Mystic Origin Creation Pill.
• Shen Yanjun learned that Daoist Wuwei’s masked shadow had stopped his investigation into Jiang Che, so he withdrew his people and grew more curious about Jiang Che.
• Jiang Che reached the peak of the True Person Realm Ninth Stage, decided to pause his advancement, and searched for ways to conceal his Black Armor Form but found no suitable True Art.
• Jiang Che bought the Streamer True Sword Art and began cultivating it to strengthen his weapon-related talent and potentially open a third Soul Slot.
• Liu Yunfei came to Listening to Waves Courtyard, bowed to Jiang Che, and apologized for disrespecting him in the past.