Chapter Summaries

Jiang Che challenged the Demon-Suppressing Tower and defeated its guardians through the fortieth floor, tying the highest record and reaching joint first place. After uncovering Cao Ge’s hidden strength, he stopped before the next floor to keep his own trump cards concealed.

• Rumors spread through the sect about Jiang Che’s tower challenge, while Cao Ge decided not to attend and sent a trusted disciple to watch for him.
• Jiang Che entered the tower and cleared the first thirty-eight floors at remarkable speed using his ordinary combat strength.
• Jiang Che defeated the Nether Ghost Tiger on the thirty-ninth floor by combining Myriad Phenomena True Essence with the Star-Falling Sword’s Star Edge Blade.
• Jiang Che used Star-Crushing and Twenty-Eightfold Strike to break the Space-Rending Silver Wolf’s spatial law and defeat it on the fortieth floor.
• Jiang Che concluded that Cao Ge had concealed strength behind his fortieth-floor record and chose not to continue, preserving his trump cards after tying the highest record.

Jiang Che cleared the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s fortieth floor without relying on his Gravity Field, alarming Cao Ge and earning Spirit Void Peak’s support and precious medicines. After studying the power of laws and receiving Fang Zhenge’s advice to cultivate in seclusion, Jiang Che instead decided to challenge Cao Ge, the Ninth True Disciple.

• Jiang Che cleared the thirty-ninth and fortieth floors, proving his strength without the Gravity Field and leaving Ji Lingfeng devastated.
• The disciples and elders celebrated Jiang Che’s achievement, while Heaven-Slaying Peak disciples hurried to warn Shen Yanjun and Cao Ge.
• Chu Yun and Fu Yue discussed whether Jiang Che would challenge Cao Ge, while Cao Ge grew wary of Jiang Che but trusted his Space-Rending Sword Intent.
• Jiang Che reflected on the laws wielded by Complete Truth Realm opponents and resolved to study their weaknesses in future battles.
• Fang Zhenge delivered supreme-grade medicinal pills from Spirit Void Peak’s treasury and advised Jiang Che to cultivate toward the Complete Truth Realm.
• Jiang Che told Fang Zhenge that he would not enter secluded cultivation and planned to challenge Cao Ge directly.

Jiang Che developed Star-Burial, a devastating gravity technique, and formally challenged Cao Ge for the Ninth True Disciple seat. Cao Ge accepted a duel three days later, while Shen Yanjun ordered him not to show mercy.

• Jiang Che persuaded Fang Zhenge to support his challenge, then concluded his confidence came from his strength and the need to protect his family.
• Sect disciples discussed Jiang Che's age and talent, while most doubted he could defeat Cao Ge so soon.
• Jiang Che compressed his Gravity Field into a black sphere and named the destructive technique Star-Burial.
• Jiang Che submitted a challenge letter to Cao Ge at Xuanwu Hall, and the steward registered it under sect rules.
• Cao Ge set the duel for three days later and went to meet Shen Yanjun.
• Shen Yanjun told Cao Ge not to show mercy, and Cao Ge promised to follow his orders.

As word spread that Jiang Che had challenged Cao Ge for the Ninth True Disciple seat, Ye Tianhe, Luo Qinghan, and disciples across the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect reacted with alarm and doubt. Daoist Wuwei and a few who knew Jiang Che’s habits trusted that he had a plan, leaving the sect awaiting their match in three days.

• Ye Zong rejected Ye Tianhe’s request to give Jiang Che forty percent of the Crimson Star-Falling Iron Vein shares, but agreed to assess him by watching his challenge match against Cao Ge.
• Luo Qinghan returned to Cold Moon Peak, learned of Jiang Che’s challenge, withdrew her plan to give him a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, and decided to watch the fight.
• Fang Zhenge told Daoist Wuwei about the challenge, but Daoist Wuwei said Jiang Che would not risk the fight without confidence and predicted Cao Ge was in trouble.
• Chu Yun, Fu Yue, and Xing Lie heard that Jiang Che had challenged Cao Ge; after Chu Yun argued Jiang Che must have a trump card, they decided to attend the match.
• Qin Wuya defended Jiang Che’s decision to fellow Coiling Dragon Peak disciples, saying his former opponent was meticulous and possessed a reason to expect victory.
• As the match drew near, most of the sect remained pessimistic about Jiang Che’s chances, while the disciples and elders waited for the fight three days later.

Jiang Che challenged Ninth True Disciple Cao Ge and overcame his sword techniques with overwhelming strength, then countered Cao Ge’s Space-Rending Sword Intent with his own Star-Burial divine technique. Elder Liu intervened to save Cao Ge, leaving the plaza stunned and the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Luo Qinghan questioned Jiang Che’s decision to challenge Cao Ge, while Fang Zhenge said their master believed Jiang Che’s victory was certain.
• Cao Ge and Jiang Che exchanged attacks, and Jiang Che held off Cao Ge’s sword strikes before using his Prison-Suppressing Force Field and Star-Crushing power to shatter Cao Ge’s greatsword and wound him.
• Cao Ge unleashed Space-Rending Sword Intent, but Jiang Che’s Star-Burial technique swallowed it and continued toward him.
• Elder Liu blocked Star-Burial before it struck Cao Ge, and the defeated Cao Ge collapsed as the plaza fell silent.

Jiang Che defeated Cao Ge and was promoted to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s Ninth True Disciple, drawing praise, new allies, and the attention of the Great Yan Kingdom’s conspirators. The chapter ended with Shen Yanjun urging Cao Ge to cultivate for a rematch, while Ye Linglong questioned whether she was worthy of Jiang Che.

• Jiang Che defeated Cao Ge, and Elder Liu declared him the Ninth True Disciple; Cao Ge was carried away in despair while the sect’s disciples and guests celebrated.
• Fang Zhenge and Luo Qinghan congratulated Jiang Che, and Ye Zong offered to make him a Ye Family guest elder with doubled benefits; Jiang Che asked for time to consider.
• A hidden steward reported Jiang Che’s victory to a black-robed conspirator, who raised Jiang Che’s threat level to the highest and sent a secret message requesting a Giant Spirit War God.
• Shen Yanjun gave Cao Ge a Nine-Leaf Blood Ganoderma and encouraged him to break through to the Complete Truth Realm and challenge Jiang Che again, while privately dismissing him as a last resort.
• Ye Zong approved transferring forty percent of the Crimson Star-Falling Iron Vein shares and ordered Ye Tianhe to recruit Jiang Che; Ye Linglong asked her father whether she was worthy of Jiang Che.

Jiang Che became Daoist Wuwei’s personal disciple and learned how the Complete Truth Realm drew power from the dangerous Reality Realm. As Fang Zhenge took him to register as the Ninth True Disciple, Jiang Che learned about his new privileges, rivals, and the need to break through quickly to defend his position.

• Daoist Wuwei accepted Jiang Che as his personal disciple and gave him a token to choose one treasure from the sect’s Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Daoist Wuwei explained the Reality Realm, the four stages of the Complete Truth Realm, the Grandmaster Realm’s Dharma Image, and the dangers and preparations involved in breaking through.
• Jiang Che realized his previous encounter with the Reality Realm could give him an advantage in sensing it, then left with Fang Zhenge to complete his True Disciple registration.
• Fang Zhenge explained Jiang Che’s new spirit peak, family privileges, resources, authority, and monthly access to the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land.
• Fang Zhenge introduced the other True Disciples and warned Jiang Che that rivals might challenge his Ninth True Disciple seat if he failed to reach the Complete Truth Realm soon.
• Jiang Che and Fang Zhenge arrived at the True Disciple Hall to finalize his new status.

Jiang Che became the Ninth True Disciple and chose the Thunder Source Dharma Orb, discovering that its Thunder God Dharma Image concealed his Black Armor Form. After testing its powers and weighing the limits of his three Soul Slots, he kept the Star-Falling Sword equipped and resolved to unlock a fourth slot.

• Jiang Che registered as the Ninth True Disciple, received his token, and learned that he would have to wait several days before moving into Crimson Firmament Peak.
• Jiang Che visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and chose the Thunder Source Dharma Orb after seeing that its four-meter Thunder God Dharma Image could hide his Black Armor Form and mask his aura.
• Jiang Che tested the orb at Listening to Waves Courtyard and confirmed that the Thunder God Dharma Image concealed his transformed body from sight and detection.
• Jiang Che used Weapon Dissolution on the orb and gained Heart of Thunder and Thunder Escape, then discovered that repeated Thunder Escape uses rapidly consumed his true essence.
• Jiang Che returned the Thunder Source Dharma Orb to his hand and kept the Star-Falling Sword in his third Soul Slot, deciding that its combat skills were more valuable against the Great Yan Kingdom's Giant Spirit War Gods.
• Jiang Che resolved to pursue the Complete Truth Realm and search the Scripture Repository for low-tier True Arts so he could unlock a fourth Soul Slot.

Jiang Che settled into his new position as a Ninth True Disciple, chose the Ye Family as his sole patron, and prepared to bring his parents and sister to the sect under Suying’s protection. In Cang Prefecture, his family learned of his rise, while Xu Zhouzi decided Jiang Che might be destined to uncover the secret of the Heavenly Heart Order.

• Jiang Che rejected offers from Great Chu’s aristocratic families except the Ye Family, honoring Ye Tianhe’s earlier support and accepting the post of guest elder.
• Jiang Che signed the agreement with the Ye Family, received one hundred thousand sect points, and moved to Crimson Firmament Peak, where he set rules for six servant disciples.
• Jiang Che asked Daoist Wuwei to help protect his family during the journey to Cang Prefecture, and Wuwei sent Suying with him as an escort.
• Azure Cloud Sect rang its Cloud-Shaking Bell nine times to celebrate Jiang Che’s promotion, and Xu Qingshan told Jiang Dawu, Madam Zhou, and Jiang Ling about his new status.
• Xu Zhouzi took out the Heavenly Heart Order and resolved to place it in Jiang Che’s hands, believing he might reveal its hidden secret.

Jiang Che returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, reunited with his family, and brought his parents and sister along toward the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect. On the journey, he identified Xu Zhouzi’s Heavenly Heart Order as a fragmented Key of Origin tied to the Titan God Clan and the Tower of Origin.

• Jiang Che and Suying heard that Giant Spirit Warriors had slaughtered the Iron Fist Sect, then reached Azure Cloud Mountain without encountering any assassins.
• Jiang Che reunited with Jiang Dawu, Madam Zhou, and Jiang Ling, gave his parents medicinal pills, and invited them to live with him at the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect.
• Jiang Che greeted Xu Qingshan and Ye Lianzhen, then received the Heavenly Heart Order from Xu Zhouzi, who asked him to help the Azure Cloud Sect if it ever faced disaster.
• Jiang Che left the Azure Cloud Sect with his family while Xu Qingshan stayed behind, and Suying accompanied them on the journey.
• At a nighttime camp, Jiang Che used [True Nine Li Weapon Lord] to appraise the Heavenly Heart Order and discovered it was a fragmented Key of Origin containing Titan Strength and True Spirit Body abilities.

After uncovering clues linking the Heavenly Heart Order, the Titan God Clan, and the Great Yan Kingdom’s Giant Spirit martial arts, Jiang Che continued toward Ling Prefecture with his family. At a ruined temple, two Great Yan giants exposed his identity as the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s Ninth True Disciple and prepared to attack.

• Jiang Che suspected the Origin Key, the Lord of the Black Abyss, and the Giant Spirit martial arts were connected, then stored the key in his Soul Slot and resolved to grow stronger to protect his family.
• Jiang Ling brought food to Suying outside the temple, and Jiang Che’s family later shared the shelter with Lin Wei, Zhong Bo, and Luo Lie.
• Zhao Tianba tracked Lin Wei to the temple, and Zhong Bo revealed his betrayal by striking Luo Lie from behind and admitting he had left secret marks for Zhao Tianba.
• Zhao Tianba ordered his men to kill Jiang Che’s family, but a stranger outside the temple identified Jiang Che as the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s Ninth True Disciple.
• One of the disguised Great Yan men killed Zhao Tianba’s approaching underling with a single blow, and both men transformed into towering giants as Jiang Che shielded his family.

Jiang Che drew a Giant Spirit War God away from the ruined temple and used his trump cards to defeat the seemingly unstoppable enemy. After activating Titan Strength, he unleashed two-hundredfold blows and killed the war god, while Suying remained engaged with the more powerful giant.

• Suying intercepted the two Giant Spirit War Gods, but the taller one blocked her sword and forced her into battle while the shorter one pursued Jiang Che.
• Jiang Che killed Zhao Tianba, Zhong Bo, and the other lackeys, sealed Luo Lie and Lin Wei's acupoints, then lured the shorter giant into a deserted forest.
• Jiang Che combined Ten-Percent Star-Crushing, the Gravity Field, the Thunder God Dharma Image, Black Armor, and Star-Burial to wound the Giant Spirit War God, but the enemy's regeneration proved formidable.
• Jiang Che activated Titan Strength and shattered the giant's arms and crushed his head with two-hundredfold attacks.
• Jiang Che struck the giant through the chest and destroyed his heart, killing him.

Jiang Che tested Titan Strength and discovered that combining it with Black Armor Form caused a vast increase in power, then concealed evidence that he had killed a Giant Spirit War God. After Lin Wei offered him her family’s Bronze Fragment, he agreed to bring her and Luo Lie to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, while Suying uncovered the truth about the fight and erased its traces to protect him.

• Jiang Che tested Titan Strength alone, concluded that it was weaker than his Black Armor Form, and suspected that the two powers fused into a far stronger form.
• Jiang Che found no Heart of the Black Abyss in the Giant Spirit War God’s corpse, dissolved the body, and returned to the temple after Suying killed the other giant.
• Jiang Che reassured his family, freed Luo Lie and Lin Wei, and invited Luo Lie to take the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s Outer Sect assessment.
• Lin Wei offered Jiang Che her family’s Bronze Fragment and asked for shelter; he accepted the treasure and agreed to let her and Luo Lie serve at Crimson Firmament Peak after registering with the Outer Sect.
• Suying used Manifestation Dust to discover that Jiang Che had slaughtered the Giant Spirit War God, then destroyed the battlefield traces so no one could uncover his strength.

Jiang Che returned to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, discovered that the Bronze Seal of Merit Transmission could imprint power and loyalty onto suitable retainers, and learned that Great Yan had conquered Xiling Prefecture. With border conscription looming and Cao Ge seeking a breakthrough, Jiang Che entered the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land to cultivate and began sensing the Reality Realm through the Key of Origin.

• Jiang Che used Weapon Dissolution on the Bronze Fragment and discovered that its Soul Imprint: Retainer could grant qualified retainers part of his cultivation while binding them to absolute loyalty.
• Jiang Che heard that Helian Zong had destroyed Xiling Pass and conquered Xiling Prefecture, then brought his family and retainers safely to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect.
• Jiang Che registered Luo Lie and Lin Wei as sect disciples under Crimson Firmament Peak and entrusted Jiang Ling with managing the household.
• Bao Da told Jiang Che that Heavenly Strategy Guard recruits might be conscripted and that Cao Ge and other candidates had entered death seclusion to pursue the Complete Truth Realm.
• Jiang Che entered the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, avoided its dangerous inner layer, and sensed the Key of Origin as he prepared to experience the Reality Realm.

Jiang Che contacted a being in the Reality Realm and received law power that strengthened Star-Burial, but refused to trade away part of his soul. When Shen Yanjun tried to keep him past the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land’s time limit, Fang Zhenge rescued him, and Daoist Yunhe recognized that Jiang Che had sensed Law Power.

• Jiang Che used the Key of Origin, True Spirit Body, and True Myriad Phenomena Eye to locate the Reality Realm beyond a world barrier and decipher a being’s distorted speech.
• The being offered Jiang Che law power in exchange for a fragment of his soul, and Jiang Che accepted a small deposit after checking it was safe, then cut off contact and refused the bargain.
• After twenty-four hours of cultivation, Jiang Che encountered Shen Yanjun, who suppressed him and deliberately delayed him to keep him from leaving on time.
• Fang Zhenge arrived, released Jiang Che from Shen Yanjun’s pressure, and helped him leave the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land before Shen Yanjun could delay him further.
• Jiang Che admitted to Daoist Yunhe that he had sensed Law Power, and Daoist Yunhe praised his extraordinary comprehension and let his minor lateness pass.

Jiang Che learned that True Spirits lived beyond the World Barrier and resolved to keep gaining law power without sacrificing his soul. He used his standing and the Ye Family’s Crimson Star-Falling Iron contract to secure Song Yuan a powerful post that would inconvenience Heaven-Slaying Peak, and Song Yuan hurried to visit him.

• Jiang Che told Daoist Wuwei that a True Spirit had given him law power and a soul-splitting technique, while concealing that he had tricked it; Daoist Wuwei explained how True Spirit transactions and the World Barrier worked.
• Jiang Che learned that the outer region was safer for transactions and secretly planned to keep collecting law power without paying with his soul.
• A Ye Family servant asked Jiang Che to advise Ye Tianhe about a long-term Crimson Star-Falling Iron contract with Heaven-Slaying Peak, and Jiang Che told Ye Tianhe to come to Crimson Firmament Peak.
• Jiang Che agreed to the contract only if Song Yuan became the sect’s exclusive coordinator for the ore, using the deal to retaliate against Shen Yanjun for harming Song Yuan’s prospects.
• The sect appointed Song Yuan to the coordination post, and Song Yuan realized Jiang Che had arranged it before rushing to Crimson Firmament Peak.

Jiang Che hosted a banquet to celebrate Song Yuan's new post, then secluded himself to break through to the mid-stage of the Thirteenth Stage. After receiving the sect's summons to help purge Giant Spirit spies in Lan Prefecture, he began planning to secure his home and claim a Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land reward.

• Jiang Che told Song Yuan that he had helped arrange the Crimson Star-Falling Iron liaison post, while privately resolving to punish Heaven-Slaying Peak if it provoked Spirit Void Peak again.
• Jiang Che hosted Song Yuan, his family, and several sect figures at a banquet, where Madam Zhou tried to discuss potential husbands for Jiang Ling and Jiang Che fled to his Cultivation Room.
• Jiang Che bought high-grade pills with his 110,000 points and, after twelve days of cultivation, broke through to the mid-stage of the Thirteenth Stage.
• Liu Guannan summoned the Heavenly Strategy Guard and assigned Jiang Che and the others to Lan Prefecture to help the Demon-Suppressing Division hunt Giant Spirit spies.
• Jiang Che learned that killing a First-Rank Giant Spirit War God would earn twenty thousand points and access to the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, then decided to recruit his first retainer before departing.

Jiang Che empowered Luo Lie with a soul imprint, making him a powerful retainer to guard Crimson Firmament Peak and Jiang Che’s family while he was away. As Jiang Che prepared to travel to Lan Prefecture, an enemy arranged an ambush, and Jiang Che bought a Cloud-Hidden Sky Wolf for the journey and his family’s protection.

• Jiang Che assessed Luo Lie’s aptitude, offered to imprint part of his cultivation on him with a loyalty seal, and Luo Lie accepted.
• Jiang Che transferred his power to Luo Lie, raising him to the True Person Realm Tenth Stage, then appointed him commander of Crimson Firmament Peak’s personal guards.
• Jiang Che found that the six menial disciples and Lin Wei could not withstand a cultivation imprint, and he decided to save his limited imprint slots for promising candidates rather than Liu Yunfei.
• A black-robed enemy learned Jiang Che would travel to Lan Prefecture in three days and sent headquarters a request for Giant Spirit War Gods to intercept and kill him.
• Jiang Che bought the Cloud-Hidden Sky Wolf at a discounted price of sixty-four thousand points and rode it back to Crimson Firmament Peak.
• Jiang Che introduced the Cloud-Hidden Sky Wolf to Jiang Dawu, Madam Zhou, and Jiang Ling, explaining that it could help protect the family and carry them to safety.

Jiang Che’s group traveled to Lan Prefecture, where an encounter with returning survivors revealed how deadly the war against the Giant Spirit Monsters had become. In Changping Town, Liu Yunfei drove off True Mother Cult attackers, and the group left as the threatened innkeeper and his daughter fled.

• Jiang Che left home for Lan Prefecture on his Cloud-Hidden Sky Wolf, joined Liu Guannan’s party, and traveled with them on a Black-Scaled Flood Dragon.
• The group encountered a battered team returning from a failed mission; Elder Gu reported that Giant Spirit Assassins and a High-Tier War God had killed most of his fifty people.
• In Feng Prefecture, Zhao Chengming died trying to protect his disciples from three Giant Spirit War Gods, while Ji Lingfeng escaped by sacrificing a fellow disciple and later fled the battlefield.
• Jiang Che’s group reached Changping Town and learned that the True Mother Cult was exploiting local fear of the approaching Giant Spirit Monsters.
• Liu Yunfei defeated the cult leader and his followers when they attacked diners at the Heavenly Fortune Inn, then learned that a Complete Truth Realm protector might retaliate.
• Liu Guannan compensated the innkeeper for the damage and led the group onward; the innkeeper and his daughter fled town.

Liu Yunfei's group killed Blood Vulture Master and his Mother Cult followers before reaching a secret Demon-Suppressing Division stronghold in Lan Prefecture. Jiang Che sensed a fleeting danger in the forest, where Suying had just slain two First-Rank War Gods, and the chapter ended as the three sects' teams gathered.

• Blood Vulture Master recognized Liu Yunfei, but sensed Liu Guannan and Jiang Che's strength and tried to flee before Liu Guannan immobilized and killed him.
• Qin Wuya and Liu Yunfei slaughtered the fleeing Mother Cult disciples while Jiang Che watched; his True Eye of Myriad Phenomena warned him of danger in the forest, but the threat vanished.
• Suying stood beside two headless First-Rank War Gods and worried that Lan Prefecture was not as safe as it seemed before she followed Jiang Che's group.
• Liu Guannan led the party to a secret stronghold and met Wan Tongnian, deputy commander of the Demon-Suppressing Division in Lan Prefecture.
• Jiang Che entered the main hall and recognized former Heavenly Strategy Guard candidates Xiong Tong, Qin Xuange, Nalan Ruoshui, and Lei Kuang among the Prajna Zen Sect and Haotian Sword Sect teams.