Chapter Summaries

Jiang Che accepted Liu Yunfei’s apology and support, perfected the Streamer True Sword Art, and watched Chu Yun clear the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s fortieth floor. Fu Yue then challenged Cao Ge for his True Disciple seat, and the sect gathered for their fight three days later.

• Liu Yunfei gave Jiang Che a Return to Truth Pill and five thousand points in exchange for public friendship, and Jiang Che accepted.
• After three months of cultivation, Jiang Che perfected the Streamer True Sword Art, gained the Streamer Sword Shadow talent, and chose the Gale Thunder-Galloping Blade to study next.
• Jiang Che watched Chu Yun clear the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s fortieth floor and noticed hostility from Shen Yanjun, the Third True Disciple.
• Fu Yue also cleared the fortieth floor and challenged Cao Ge for his True Disciple seat, setting their battle for three days later.
• Fang Zhenge told Chu Yun that Fu Yue’s fight would reveal Cao Ge’s abilities, while Chu Yun considered his own challenge.
• Several thousand disciples and many elders gathered at Xingdao Peak’s Martial Arts Grand Plaza for Fu Yue and Cao Ge’s battle.

Jiang Che watched Cao Ge defeat Fu Yue with Heaven-Slaying Peak’s forbidden Blood Sacrifice technique and began analyzing how to reproduce its explosive power. After Cao Ge’s victory discouraged Chu Yun and left Fang Zhenge doubtful about Spirit Void Peak’s prospects, Jiang Che used Formless Divine Simulation to imitate Cao Ge’s technique in his cultivation room.

• Jiang Che took in the gathered elders and True Disciples, then noticed Ji Lingfeng sitting beside Ye Linglong, who glared at him when she recognized him.
• Fu Yue challenged Cao Ge, using Shadow Kill: Illusionary Annihilation to attack him with three apparent copies.
• Cao Ge unleashed the Blood Sacrifice technique, swept the arena with a devastating sword strike, and defeated Fu Yue.
• Jiang Che studied Cao Ge’s burst of power and considered adapting its compression method to his own techniques, while Chu Yun realized he could not withstand the strike.
• Fang Zhenge advised Chu Yun not to challenge Cao Ge, then concluded that Chu Yun’s fear left Spirit Void Peak without a likely contender.
• Jiang Che activated Formless Divine Simulation in his cultivation room and imitated Cao Ge’s bloody aura and sword strike.

Jiang Che developed [Star-Crushing], testing its explosive power and discovering that his body limited the technique’s output, though his Black Armor Form raised that limit. Afterward, he perfected [Gale Thunder-Galloping Blade] and reached Level 9.

• Jiang Che spent a month adapting Cao Ge’s Blood Sacrifice concept into [Star-Crushing], a technique that compressed burned blood essence inside his body.
• Jiang Che combined [Star-Crushing] with [Twenty-Eightfold Strike] and found that his human body could release only fifty times his normal strength, while Black Armor Form raised the limit to about seventyfold.
• Suying reported Jiang Che’s clean background and hidden combat trump card to Daoist Wuwei, who accepted his secrets and told her to keep watching the sect’s traitors.
• Jiang Che spent the next two months cultivating [Gale Thunder-Galloping Blade] and reached Level 9, the Perfection Realm.

Jiang Che reached the True Person Realm Eleventh Stage, unlocked his third Soul Slot, and chose Nether Sting as a new weapon. After he refused a suspicious team mission, an enemy plotted to provoke Ji Lingfeng by spreading a false rumor that Ye Linglong had once pursued Jiang Che and settled for Ji Lingfeng; the rumor reached Ji Lingfeng, who flew into a rage.

• Jiang Che perfected Gale Thunder-Galloping Blade, gained Wind-Thunder Howling Kill, and absorbed its power into True Nine Li Weapon Lord, opening a third Soul Slot.
• Jiang Che chose Nether Sting over Seven-Star Dragon Abyss and installed it in his new Soul Slot for its hundred-meter spatial leap and soul-damaging attack.
• After a year of intense cultivation supported by the Ye Family of Central Prefecture, Jiang Che broke through to the True Person Realm Eleventh Stage.
• Wang Tong invited Jiang Che on a five-thousand-point mission to explore an ancient ruin, but Jiang Che declined because he feared a trap and exposure of his secrets.
• A black-robed figure ordered a green-robed disciple to spread rumors about Jiang Che and Ye Linglong to provoke Ji Lingfeng into attacking him.
• Jiang Che overheard the rumor at Myriad Medicine Pavilion and dismissed it, but Ji Lingfeng heard it and angrily destroyed a table, vowing that Jiang Che would not humiliate him.

Ji Lingfeng suppressed his anger and continued courting the Ye Family to pursue its Star-Falling Iron vein, while Jiang Che dismissed rumors about Ye Linglong and entered Demonic Suppressing Peak’s forbidden zone to hunt stronger beast souls. After killing a True Person Realm Thirteenth Stage Peak Golden-Winged Heaven-Rending Tiger and claiming its powerful beast soul, Jiang Che pressed toward the forbidden core.

• Ji Lingfeng swallowed his fury when Ye Linglong summoned him, deciding to endure the humiliation until he could obtain the Ye Family’s Star-Falling Iron vein and advance his ambitions.
• Song Yuan questioned Jiang Che about rumors that Ye Linglong had pursued him and been rejected; Jiang Che denied the story, and Song Yuan set out to correct it.
• Jiang Che reached the True Person Realm Eleventh Stage and asked Song Yuan where to find stronger beast souls; Song Yuan gave him a guide and a token granting access to Demonic Suppressing Peak’s forbidden zone.
• Jiang Che entered the forbidden zone, killed several beasts in the outer layer, then defeated an Earth-Splitting Iron-Armor Beast and a Golden-Winged Heaven-Rending Tiger in the middle zone.
• Jiang Che collected the Golden-Winged Heaven-Rending Tiger’s beast soul, judged its Golden Wing Space-Rending ability stronger and more versatile than his existing soul ability, and continued toward the core zone.

Jiang Che killed the Earth-Shattering Violent Bear and gained its Prison-Suppressing Force Field, then survived an encounter with the Complete Truth Realm Nether Void-Escaping Chi before Mo Changkong intervened. After attaching the bear soul, Jiang Che tested his enhanced body and found that his defense and explosive strength had increased substantially.

• Jiang Che activated Ten-Percent Star-Crushing and then Twenty-Eightfold Strike to defeat the Earth-Shattering Violent Bear, despite the strain that nearly destroyed his right arm.
• Jiang Che absorbed the bear's soul and obtained the Prison-Suppressing Force Field, but encountered the Nether Void-Escaping Chi before he could leave the forbidden zone.
• Jiang Che evaded the Nether Void-Escaping Chi's attacks and studied its law-like defenses, but Mo Changkong arrived and sealed the beast before it could strike seriously.
• Mo Changkong warned Jiang Che about the danger of the inner forbidden zone and escorted him out, after which Jiang Che went to the Spirit-Controlling Hall.
• Jiang Che removed the Mutated Blood-Scythe Demon Mantis soul and attached the Earth-Shattering Violent Bear soul using his own soul power.
• Jiang Che tested his new skill in Secluded Valley and found that his normal-state defense matched his former Black Armor Form, while his explosive strength reached about sixty times his normal state.

Jiang Che tested the immense power of his new beast soul, while Ji Lingfeng rose in the sect and was urged by Shen Yanjun to challenge Cao Ge. As Jiang Che resolved to prove himself for scarce resources, the Ye Family’s Star-Falling Iron mine failed and Ye Tianhe and Ye Linglong faced ruin under mounting debts.

• Jiang Che discovered that his new abilities could sustain up to 320-fold gravity and deliver a hundredfold explosive strike, then spent several days mastering his gains.
• Bao Da told Jiang Che that Ji Lingfeng had obtained the peak Spirit Grade Star-Falling Sword, and Ji Lingfeng broke the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s record by clearing its fortieth floor.
• Shen Yanjun offered Ji Lingfeng a chance at an Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill and encouraged him to challenge Cao Ge for the Ninth True Disciple position.
• Fang Zhenge awarded Spirit Void Peak’s sole candidate share of Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pills to Chu Yun, prompting Jiang Che to plan another Demon-Suppressing Tower challenge to earn recognition.
• A secret order sent a black-robed man to target Great Chu’s strategic resources, and the Ye Family’s Star-Falling Iron mine produced only worthless ore.
• Ye Tianhe struggled to repay creditors as the Ye Family’s fortune collapsed, and Ye Linglong agreed to sell her jewelry to keep their home.

Ji Lingfeng rejected the Ye Family after its mine collapsed, then ignored Ye Linglong when Great Yan assassins abducted her to lure him into a trap. Jiang Che traced the kidnappers to their hideout and confronted four Giant Spirit Assassins alone; they transformed into towering giants as the chapter ended.

• Ji Lingfeng refused to help the indebted Ye Family, and Ye Linglong confronted him at the sect gate before leaving in despair.
• Great Yan assassins abducted Ye Linglong, hoping to draw Ji Lingfeng into an ambush, but he ignored Ye Tianhe's pleas for help.
• Jiang Che agreed to find Ye Linglong, tracked the assassins' deliberately planted traces, and realized they had set a trap for Ji Lingfeng.
• Jiang Che followed the trail to a ruined temple, where the assassins held Ye Linglong and waited in vain for Ji Lingfeng.
• The assassins identified Jiang Che, and he faced them alone; after he urged them to transform, all four became towering Giant Spirit warriors.

Jiang Che defeated four Giant Spirit Warriors who had captured Ye Linglong, then rescued her and carried her back to Cloud Gathering Villa. He discovered a mission order suggesting the Great Yan Kingdom had sabotaged the Ye Family’s Star-Falling Iron Ore Vein, leaving him determined to investigate it.

• Jiang Che used his gravity field, movement techniques, and attacks to weaken the four Giant Spirit Warriors before unleashing 320-times gravity and killing them.
• The One-Eyed Leader struck Jiang Che and broke three of his ribs, but Jiang Che recovered quickly, transformed into Black Armor Form, and killed the leader and the remaining giants.
• Jiang Che searched the corpses and found supplies, a roster of undercover personnel, and a Great Yan Kingdom mission order instructing its agents to destroy the ore vein.
• Jiang Che entered the Mountain God Temple, freed Ye Linglong, and told her he had driven the attackers away.
• When Ye Linglong could not stand, Jiang Che carried her out of the forest and hurried with her to Cloud Gathering Villa.

Jiang Che rescued Ye Linglong and uncovered evidence that the Great Yan Kingdom had sabotaged the Ye Family’s mine. He destroyed the Mystic Gold Spirit-Devouring Ants beneath it and transformed the ruined vein into valuable Crimson Star-Falling Iron, then accepted Ye Tianhe’s offer of a forty-percent share.

• Jiang Che brought Ye Linglong back to Ye Tianhe, reuniting father and daughter, and gave Ye Tianhe a letter revealing the Great Yan Kingdom’s plot against the Ye Family’s mine.
• Jiang Che accompanied Ye Tianhe to the mine and used the True Myriad Phenomena Eye to find traces of the Giant Spirit Assassin’s True Qi and a passage leading underground.
• Jiang Che discovered that Mystic Gold Spirit-Devouring Ants were consuming the vein’s Geng Metal Spirit Qi, then burned the ants and their queen with his Myriad Phenomena True Qi.
• Jiang Che used his Prison-Suppressing Force Field and Crimson Flame Gold-Burning Art to force the released spirit qi into the ore, creating Crimson Star-Falling Iron capable of forging a Mystic Grade Divine Weapon.
• Ye Tianhe offered Jiang Che forty percent of the mineral vein’s shares, and Jiang Che accepted before joining him on the return to the residence.

Ye Tianhe revealed that his restored mine had become a Crimson Star-Falling Iron vein and traded ore to secure Jiang Che an Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill at Ji Lingfeng’s expense. Enraged, Ji Lingfeng confronted Jiang Che at Spirit Void Peak and challenged him to fight.

• Ye Tianhe proved the mine contained abundant Crimson Star-Falling Iron, credited Jiang Che with saving the Ye Family, and announced an auction.
• Ji Lingfeng learned the mine’s success had benefited Jiang Che and that rumors condemned him for abandoning Ye Linglong.
• Ye Tianhe cut off the Ye Family’s support for Ji Lingfeng and demanded that Heaven-Slaying Peak transfer Ji Lingfeng’s Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill to Jiang Che in exchange for ore.
• Xu Changfeng secured Shen Yanjun’s approval for the exchange, then told Ji Lingfeng that his pill allocation had gone to Jiang Che.
• Shen Yanjun urged Ji Lingfeng to win back what he wanted, and Ji Lingfeng went to Spirit Void Peak to confront Jiang Che.
• Jiang Che admitted that he had received the pill and accepted Ye Tianhe’s goodwill, prompting Ji Lingfeng to challenge him to a fight.

Jiang Che accepted Ji Lingfeng’s challenge and wagered his Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill and True Disciple Candidate position against Ji Lingfeng’s Star-Falling Sword and an apology to Song Yuan. As the sect doubted Jiang Che’s chances, he prepared calmly for the duel, confident in his strength.

• Song Yuan tried to stop Ji Lingfeng from provoking Jiang Che, but Jiang Che accepted the duel and raised the stakes to include his candidate position, Ji Lingfeng’s sword, and a public apology to Song Yuan.
• Daoist Wuwei learned that Jiang Che had likely killed the four Giant Spirit Warriors and chose not to interfere in the duel.
• Ye Tianhe and Ye Linglong worried about Jiang Che’s wager, while Shen Yanjun welcomed the chance for Ji Lingfeng to cripple a rival.
• Fang Zhenge decided Spirit Void Peak could not stop the widely publicized duel, though he suspected Jiang Che might have a hidden plan.
• Jiang Che cultivated in seclusion and planned to advance toward the Complete Truth Realm after the fight.
• Bao Da gave Jiang Che a booklet of information about Ji Lingfeng and the Star-Falling Sword, but Jiang Che set it aside, convinced the outcome was already decided.

Jiang Che fought Ji Lingfeng in a wagered duel and revealed his immense strength, using a hundredfold gravity field and a devastating Star-Crushing punch to defeat him. The crowd and True Disciples recognized Jiang Che as a formidable powerhouse, while Chu Yun accepted that he would no longer compete for Spirit Void Peak’s true disciple position.

• Ji Lingfeng challenged Jiang Che with the Star-Falling Sword, but Jiang Che blocked his attacks barehanded and answered with Weapon Lord Momentum.
• Ji Lingfeng activated the Star River Sword Body and overwhelmed Jiang Che with enhanced speed and power.
• Jiang Che used the Earth-Shattering Violent Bear’s Prison-Suppressing Force Field to trap Ji Lingfeng under one hundred times gravity.
• Ji Lingfeng unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique: Blood Sacrifice, but Jiang Che raised the force field to one hundred and sixty times gravity and struck him with a fifty-percent Star-Crushing punch.
• Jiang Che sent Ji Lingfeng crashing into a stone pillar, leaving his life and death unknown, and astonished the crowd and the True Disciples.
• Fang Zhenge praised Jiang Che’s combat strength, while Chu Yun accepted that he would stop competing for the true disciple position.

Jiang Che defeated Ji Lingfeng, forced him to surrender the Star-Falling Sword and kneel to Song Yuan in apology, and became Spirit Void Peak’s celebrated rising star. After hearing of his victory, Ye Linglong invited him to Pinya Residence for tea, and Jiang Che agreed to meet her the next day.

• Jiang Che defeated Ji Lingfeng, who surrendered the Star-Falling Sword and knelt to apologize to Song Yuan; Fang Zhenge praised Jiang Che for bringing honor to Spirit Void Peak.
• News of Jiang Che’s victory reached the Outer Sect, where Lin Xiao and Su Xiaoxiao regretted their earlier choices while Qin Wuya vowed to grow stronger and challenge him again.
• Ye Tianhe celebrated Jiang Che’s victory and sent him spirit herbs, while Ye Linglong asked a servant to invite Jiang Che to Pinya Residence for tea.
• Jiang Che received the Ye Family’s gift and accepted Ye Linglong’s invitation to meet her at noon the next day.

Jiang Che killed a Giant Spirit Warrior who attacked Pinya Residence, but a masked woman named Suying effortlessly slew the Complete Truth Realm Giant Spirit War God who arrived afterward. Back at the sect, Jiang Che replaced Nether Sting with the Star-Falling Sword to gain a powerful passive weapon skill and resolved to strengthen his techniques and advance toward the peak of the Person Realm.

• Jiang Che drank tea with Ye Linglong at Pinya Residence, where Zhao Yan introduced Chen Ao, who boasted about his cultivation and offered to instruct Jiang Che.
• A fugitive revealed himself as a Giant Spirit Warrior and stormed the teahouse, where Jiang Che killed him instantly after Chen Ao was badly wounded trying to fight him.
• An old man transformed into a Complete Truth Realm Giant Spirit War God and challenged Jiang Che, but Suying appeared and beheaded the giant with one sword.
• Jiang Che escorted Ye Linglong, Zhao Yan, and Chen Ao to the Ye Family villa, then returned to Listening to Waves Courtyard and reflected on the strength of the enemies he had encountered.
• Jiang Che dissolved the Star-Falling Sword into his third Soul Slot, replacing Nether Sting and gaining the passive Star Edge Blade ability.
• Jiang Che identified weaknesses in his gravity control and defenses, then began cultivating with the goal of reaching the Person Realm Thirteenth Stage Peak.

Jiang Che received recognition and resources from Spirit Void Peak after the Giant Spirit Warrior incident, while Grandmaster Wu Wei warned him to advance carefully and ordered Suying to protect his family in Cang Prefecture. As Jiang Che focused on cultivation, a crow underling sent a soul alarm from Cang Prefecture Capital, and he took control of its body to investigate.

• Jiang Che answered Elder Liu’s questions about the Giant Spirit Warrior and learned that Suying had killed it; Elder Liu awarded him contribution points and warned him that Great Yan assassins were targeting him.
• Fang Zhenge brought Jiang Che to meet Grandmaster Wu Wei, who encouraged him to pursue the True Disciple position but warned him not to take reckless risks.
• Wu Wei learned that Giant Spirit Warriors had infiltrated Cang Prefecture and sent Suying to protect Jiang Che’s family and eliminate the intruders.
• Fang Zhenge gave Jiang Che precious pills and explained that he could claim a True Disciple vacancy by remaining atop the candidate ranking; he also advised Jiang Che not to challenge Cao Ge without preparation.
• Jiang Che trained in seclusion while Bao Da reported that a wounded Great Yan Giant Spirit War God had escaped a purge, strengthening Jiang Che’s resolve to improve quickly.
• A crow underling in Cang Prefecture Capital sent Jiang Che a soul alarm, and Jiang Che took control of the crow to find out what had happened.

Jiang Che learned that Suying had killed the Giant Spirit Warriors threatening his family, then broke through to True Person Realm Twelfth Stage and obtained the final layer of the Spirit Void Art. As he anticipated receiving the Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill, Ji Lingfeng’s plea for help revealed Shen Yanjun’s ruthless true face.

• Jiang Che saw Suying kill seven or eight Giant Spirit Warriors before they could attack Azure Cloud Sect, and resolved to become a True Disciple so he could protect his family himself.
• After three days of cultivation, Jiang Che broke through to True Person Realm Twelfth Stage and collected the tenth layer of the Spirit Void Art from Song Yuan.
• Song Yuan told Jiang Che he would become chief of Xuanwu Hall’s Third Hall and that Jiang Che’s Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill was due to be distributed soon.
• Ji Lingfeng sold his treasured sword for points, learned that Jiang Che would receive the pill he had expected, and hurried to ask Shen Yanjun for another chance.
• Shen Yanjun rejected Ji Lingfeng, struck him into a rockery, and ordered him to stay away from Listen-to-Sword Peak.

Shen Yanjun secured the Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill for Cao Ge while plotting against Jiang Che and Spirit Void Peak after Ji Lingfeng’s defeat. Jiang Che received the pill and cultivation resources, then faced rumors and resentment over his rapid progress; the chapter ended with Song Yuan losing a sect appointment and meeting Jiang Che.

• Shen Yanjun promised Cao Ge the Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill, warned him to prove his worth, and heard Cao Ge vow to break through to the Complete Truth Realm.
• Shen Yanjun ordered a deacon to use connections at Xuanwu Hall against Song Yuan and spread rumors targeting Jiang Che.
• Fang Zhenge delivered Jiang Che the Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pill and Return to Truth Pills, which Jiang Che saved until he reached the peak of the True Person Realm Thirteenth Stage.
• Bao Da told Jiang Che that rumors accused him of using crooked methods, while Zhang Yuanshan and Li Xiu blamed him for reduced resources and planned to challenge his standing.
• Song Yuan discovered that Zhao Ming had received the Third Hall administrator post instead of him, learned someone influential had blocked his appointment, and encountered Jiang Che after returning to Spirit Void Peak.

After discovering that Shen Yanjun had arranged for Song Yuan to lose a coveted post, Jiang Che resolved to grow stronger before challenging Cao Ge, while Cao Ge emerged from the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land with a new sword intent that changed the true disciple race. The chapter ended with Chu Yun and Fu Yue entering seclusion and the Inner Sect doubting Jiang Che’s chances because of his lower cultivation realm.

• Jiang Che asked Bao Da to investigate Song Yuan’s transfer, and Bao Da traced it to Xuanwu Hall Deputy Hall Master Li Chongming and Shen Yanjun of Heaven-Slaying Peak.
• Bao Da also told Jiang Che that Zhao Meng had spread rumors about his foundation and demonic cultivation, while some Spirit Void Peak disciples resented his share of resources.
• Fang Zhenge confirmed that Song Yuan’s replacement followed sect procedure and advised Jiang Che to reach the Complete Truth Realm and claim a True Disciple seat to strengthen Spirit Void Peak.
• Jiang Che decided to raise his cultivation to the True Person Realm Thirteenth Stage before challenging Cao Ge, then swallowed several cultivation pills and began training.
• Cao Ge left the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land without breaking through but revealed that he had comprehended Space-Rending Sword Intent, while Elder Yunhe warned him about his heavy baleful aura.
• Chu Yun and Fu Yue began secluded cultivation with Ice Marrow Bone-Forging Pills, as Inner Sect disciples shifted their expectations toward candidates closer to the Complete Truth Realm and questioned Jiang Che’s chances.

Jiang Che used his remaining resources to break through to the True Person Realm Thirteenth Stage, then sought an immediate way to earn more points by challenging the Demon-Suppressing Tower. Ye Tianhe revealed that his family’s main branch had refused to approve Jiang Che’s promised forty-percent share of the mine, while the tower’s deacons doubted Jiang Che could advance far against soul-based beast souls.

• Jiang Che reached the peak of the True Person Realm Twelfth Stage, discovered his points and pills were exhausted, and visited Ye Tianhe to request an advance on his mine dividends.
• Ye Tianhe gave Jiang Che ten thousand points from his private account, then revealed that the Ye Family’s main branch had refused to approve the promised forty-percent share and sent them a demand to witness Jiang Che’s strength.
• Ye Linglong learned that Jiang Che had already left and complained that he cared only about cultivation.
• Jiang Che bought pills at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, returned to seclusion, and broke through to the True Person Realm Thirteenth Stage after half a month.
• Needing more points, Jiang Che registered to challenge the Demon-Suppressing Tower the next morning, while two deacons predicted his Gravity Field would be ineffective against the tower’s weightless beast souls.