Chapter Summaries

At Hall of Gold and Jade, Jiang Che and Yan Juque wagered precious pills on Jiang Che defeating Song Yushu in the Two Sects Martial Tournament, while the True Mother Cult’s Left Protector secretly arrived in Yun Prefecture City to hunt Jiang Che. On the tournament’s first day, Song Yushu and Jiang Che entered the arena, and Gu Qingxuan and Lin Qingyun recognized Jiang Che as their old acquaintance from Cang Prefecture Capital.

• Yan Juque and Jiang Che saw gamblers favoring Song Yushu, and the casino owner placed a bet on Jiang Che to cultivate a connection with him.
• Yan Juque staked precious pills on Jiang Che, who then bet more than a hundred pills on himself after learning the casino accepted valuable items.
• The True Mother Cult’s Left Protector entered Yun Prefecture City disguised as a schoolteacher and planned to attack Jiang Che after the tournament.
• The Two Sects Martial Tournament began at Sword Inquiry Plaza, and Song Yushu entered the arena, displaying sword intent that astonished the spectators.
• Jiang Che entered the arena, and Gu Qingxuan and Lin Qingyun recognized him as their old acquaintance from Cang Prefecture Capital.

Jiang Che defeated Song Yushu in the Day One, Third Seat Battle, revealing that his Myriad Laws Return to Silence could erase his opponent’s Law Power. After the Sword Sect celebrated his victory, Jiang Che left the arena with Yan Juque while the Sword Sect’s Sword Seeds reconsidered his strength.

• Jiang Che shattered Song Yushu’s protective Sword Qi with a punch, then endured Song Yushu’s Haoran Sword Domain and Sword Qi tsunami without immediately using his own Law Domain.
• Jiang Che activated Myriad Laws Return to Silence, extinguishing the laws sustaining Song Yushu’s attack and preventing him from mobilizing Law Power.
• Jiang Che used Star-Burial spheres to force Song Yushu to rely on a defensive treasure, then struck him with a punch and sent him flying, deliberately holding back most of its force.
• The presiding elder declared Jiang Che the winner, shocking the spectators and prompting Pei Jingshan and the Qi Sect delegation to leave in displeasure.
• The Sword Sect celebrated Jiang Che’s victory, while Luo Xing resolved to pursue a breakthrough and Qin Feng gave up his competitive confidence.
• Jiang Che exchanged congratulations with Yan Juque and the Sword Sect disciples, then left with Yan Juque under the pretext of regulating his breathing.

After defeating Song Yushu, Jiang Che collected his tournament winnings and watched the remaining matches, where Bai Han secured victory for the Qi Sect. As a reward for his win, Jiang Che entered the Sword Stele Garden and stood before the Haotian Sword Sect’s founder’s stele.

• At the Hall of Gold and Jade Casino, the clerk announced that Jiang Che had easily defeated Song Yushu, and the owner sent him a congratulatory gift and arranged delivery of his bet winnings.
• Jiang Che refused Yan Juque’s teasing offer to choose a maidservant and went to the Cultivation Room to recover.
• Jiang Che watched Lu Chengfeng defeat Luo Xing by using Fourth Stage power to turn Sword Qi into solid vines and break Luo Xing’s Law Domain.
• Bai Han defeated Leng Wufeng with a single sword strike, revealing that he had reached the Half-Step Grandmaster Realm and giving the Qi Sect two of the tournament’s three seats.
• Jiang Che received a body-tempering pill and permission to observe the Sword Stele, then followed an elder to the secluded garden and saw the founder’s enormous black stele.

Jiang Che absorbed the Haotian Sword Sect Founder’s Sword Intent, gained a fifth Soul Slot, and left the Sword Stele Garden before its shocked elder could question him. After collecting his gambling winnings, he reunited with Gu Qingxuan and Lin Qingyun, gave them pills and cultivation insights, and warned them about the looming threat from Great Yan Kingdom.

• Jiang Che used the True Eye of Myriad Phenomena to comprehend the Founder’s Sword Intent, which entered his Law Seed and caused his True Nine Li Weapon Lord talent to gain a fifth Soul Slot.
• The elder inspected the Sword Stele and discovered that Jiang Che had absorbed more Sword Intent than Bai Han had, so he hurried to report it to the sect.
• Yan Juque gave Jiang Che the treasures he had won at the gambling house, and Jiang Che asked him to find Gu Qingxuan and Lin Qingyun.
• Jiang Che visited Gu Qingxuan and Lin Qingyun, reunited with them, and gave them top-grade Return to Truth Pills and a jade talisman of his cultivation insights.
• Jiang Che warned Gu Qingxuan and Lin Qingyun that Great Yan Kingdom threatened the region, offered them help, and left for his sect.
• After Jiang Che departed, Gu Qingxuan and Lin Qingyun renewed their resolve to improve and began sparring with their swords.

Jiang Che left Heavenly Sword Peak and was ambushed on his way home by the True Mother Cult’s Left Protector. Though badly wounded in their fight, Jiang Che used his force field and Law Domain to overpower and crush the Fourth Stage expert, who was still alive at the end.

• Jiang Che bid farewell to Yan Juque and departed Heavenly Sword Peak on the Cloud-Hidden Sky Wolf.
• A report that Jiang Che had comprehended more sword intent from the Founder's Sword Stele than Bai Han shocked Pei Jingshan, Bai Han, Song Yushu, and Yan Juque.
• The True Mother Cult’s Left Protector ambushed Jiang Che above Yun Prefecture and pursued him after Jiang Che escaped his opening palm strike.
• Jiang Che fought back, but the Left Protector avoided his Law Domain and wounded him with a rain of tangible swords.
• Jiang Che used his Prison-Suppressing Force Field to drag the Left Protector close, endured his sword attacks in Black Armor Form, and trapped him inside his Law Domain.
• Jiang Che crushed the Left Protector’s body in two, but the badly mangled expert was still alive and crawling across the ground.

Jiang Che defeated the True Mother Cult’s Left Protector, extracted his soul power, and learned that the cult’s leader, Yin Youxuan, was nearby. After escaping Yin Youxuan’s fatal attack with the Void Nether Evasion Jade, Jiang Che returned to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, healed his injuries, and began cultivating to grow stronger.

• Jiang Che damaged the Left Protector’s brain with silver needles, extracted most of his Divine Soul power, and used Pupil Seal to search his memories, discovering that the man had ambushed Fang Zhenge and sent a distress signal to the True Mother Cult.
• Jiang Che killed the Left Protector, but Yin Youxuan arrived, tracked him using a hidden mark, and offered him the position of Left Protector if he joined the cult.
• Jiang Che rejected Yin Youxuan’s offer, and the cult leader attacked him with a devastating palm strike.
• The Void Nether Evasion Jade transported Jiang Che away from Yin Youxuan’s attack, and Jiang Che used Shadow Evasion to travel safely back to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect.
• Jiang Che healed his internal injuries at Crimson Firmament Peak, reviewed his new soul-slot equipment and gathered resources, then swallowed a body-tempering pill and resumed cultivation.

After news spread that Jiang Che had defeated Song Yushu with his Law-Forbidden Domain, Shen Yanjun and the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s leaders reacted to the news as war with the Great Yan Kingdom approached. Jiang Che studied spatial techniques and created Star Leap, a powerful but still inaccurate blinking skill.

• Rumors that Jiang Che defeated Song Yushu and possessed a Law-Forbidden Domain spread through the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, where Shen Yanjun heard the news and flew into a rage.
• Yue Ying warned Daoist Wuwei, Lei Wanjun, and Gu Shan that Helian Zong would lead a new Great Yan Kingdom offensive against New Capital, prompting preparations for an all-out war.
• Jiang Che decided to develop a long-range blink skill, dissolved Nether Sting to learn Nether Ghost Flash, and gathered spatial manuals from Elder Xu Zhiyuan at the Myriad Laws Tower.
• Jiang Che repeatedly tested spatial folding, enduring severe injuries as he studied and refined his calculations.
• Jiang Che successfully blinked up to a thousand meters and could repeat the technique, though its landing point remained inaccurate; he named the skill Star Leap.

Great Yan’s Giant Spirit Legion breached Great Chu’s border after Helian Zong crushed the fortress, leaving Nanling Province and the New Capital under threat. Jiang Che prepared to join the defense, entrusted his family’s safety to Luo Lie, and set out with his fellow disciples for the front lines.

• Helian Zong transformed into a hundred-zhang giant and destroyed Great Chu’s border wall with one stomp, allowing the Giant Spirit Legion to advance toward Nanling.
• Emperor Chu Tiankuo learned Helian Zong could use his transformation for only one hour and had to wait a month before transforming again, then called on the nation to resist and resolved to seek help from the Three Great Sects.
• Lei Wanjun ordered the Divine Strategy Alliance to assemble for battle in three days, while Daoist Wuwei warned his disciples about the dangers ahead and said he would lead them to the front.
• Jiang Che told Jiang Dawu, Madam Zhou, and Jiang Ling about the war, and they supported his decision to fight for the sect and the country.
• Jiang Che empowered Luo Lie to the Second Stage of Complete Truth and tasked him with defending Crimson Firmament Peak and protecting his family.
• Jiang Che said farewell to his family and departed with Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, Suying, and the others for Nanling Province.

Jiang Che and his companions infiltrated Great Yan Kingdom's territory to assassinate key Giant Spirit Legion forces, including War Gods and Blood Berserk Priests. After exceeding their targets and attracting a large-scale manhunt, they withdrew safely to Black Wind Pass Camp.

• Jiang Che, Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying scouted Black Wind Pass and learned that Helian Zong could threaten the natural barrier when his transformation cooldown ended.
• General Lin Xiao assigned the sect experts to infiltrate enemy territory and target Giant Spirit War Gods and Blood Berserk Priests before the coming offensive.
• Jiang Che's team crossed the mountains into enemy territory, where Suying eliminated sentries, Luo Qinghan sealed the camp in ice, and Jiang Che and Fang Zhenge killed a Third-Rank War God and two priests.
• Jiang Che secretly extracted the dying War God's soul, and Fang Zhenge agreed to help conceal his technique and leave him the final breath of future enemies.
• Over fewer than ten days, the team killed more than a dozen Second- and Third-Rank War Gods and nearly thirty Blood Berserk Priests, strengthening Jiang Che's soul force.
• When Fourth-Rank War Gods led a sweeping search, the team abandoned its mission and followed Jiang Che safely back to Black Wind Pass Camp.

After receiving praise for his team’s achievements, Jiang Che traveled to Nanling Province to exchange his merit points for a powerful talisman. He left the chapter with a newly unlocked, unlimited-use Weapon Soul ultimate art that could temporarily raise one of his abilities to early Fourth Stage.

• Lin Xiao praised Jiang Che and his teammates for their kills, then ordered them to pause operations and spend their merit points in the New Capital.
• Jiang Che and the others entered Nanling Province, where he overheard merchants say Great Yan’s rule might benefit commoners and considered the enemy’s strategy for winning popular support.
• At the Imperial Treasury, Jiang Che learned that no treasure could directly break his cultivation bottleneck, but bought a Creation Spirit-Ascension Talisman for 20,000 merit points.
• Back at the inn, Jiang Che used Weapon Dissolution on the talisman and gained an unlimited-use ultimate art that temporarily raised one chosen ability to early Fourth Stage once every three days.

Jiang Che and his companions rushed to Black Wind Pass Camp after receiving an urgent distress signal and found it under attack by Giant Spirit Assassins. Jiang Che held off the Fourth-Rank War God, but when the enemy broke free of his gravity field, he activated a Thunder Source Dharma Orb and transformed into a giant to face him.

• Jiang Che, Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying answered the camp's distress signal and sped to Black Wind Pass Camp.
• Lin Xiao and the defenders struggled against disguised Giant Spirit Assassins, including a Fourth-Rank War God, while the attackers destroyed the True Qi Cannons.
• Jiang Che ordered Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying to protect the cannons and deal with the Second-Rank War Gods, then confronted the Fourth-Rank War God alone.
• Jiang Che used the Creation Spirit-Ascension Talisman and Star-Crushing to pin the Fourth-Rank War God with four thousand times gravity, then killed several immobilized Third-Rank War Gods.
• The Fourth-Rank War God unleashed a berserk technique, broke free, and attacked Jiang Che, who crushed the Thunder Source Dharma Orb and transformed into a Thunder Giant.

Jiang Che defeated a Fourth-Rank Giant Spirit War God at Black Wind Pass, earning the soldiers’ acclaim as the War God of Great Chu. Days later, he led a surprise raid on an enemy camp, but a Half-Step Heavenly King appeared as the group tried to escape.

• Jiang Che used his lightning transformation to conceal his armor and fought the Fourth-Rank War God in a brutal exchange, healing faster than his opponent and killing him with three Star-Burial spheres.
• Lin Xiao and the survivors thanked Jiang Che, while the soldiers hailed him as the War God of Great Chu; news of his victory spread across Great Chu.
• After learning that the enemy camp lacked higher-ranking defenders, Lin Xiao sent Jiang Che, Fang Zhenge, Suying, and Luo Qinghan to launch a surprise attack.
• Jiang Che crushed the Blood Berserk Priests and killed five Third-Rank War Gods with his Prison-Suppressing Force Field and punches, then ordered the group to withdraw.
• A Half-Step Heavenly King caught up with the four, and Jiang Che suspected the reported weakness of the enemy camp had been a trap.

Jiang Che held off the Half-Step Heavenly King Yelu Yan so Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying could escape, then survived with Bai Han’s intervention. After reporting their victory to General Lin Xiao, the group paused their operations and traveled to Nanling Province to exchange their military merit for cultivation resources.

• Jiang Che sent Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying away with his Prison-Suppressing Force Field, then used his techniques to evade Yelu Yan’s attacks.
• Bai Han arrived and wounded Yelu Yan, forcing him to retreat; he told Jiang Che to grow stronger so they could fight someday.
• Jiang Che returned safely to Black Wind Pass Camp, reassured his companions, and joined them in reporting their victory and the encounter with Yelu Yan to General Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao praised the squad’s achievement, promised to investigate the unexpected pursuit, and said he would record their military merit.
• The group decided to suspend their raids and travel to Nanling Province, where Jiang Che was greeted as the War God of Great Chu and they went to exchange their merit for resources.

Jiang Che spent his abundant merit points on pills and body-tempering medicine to prepare for a breakthrough to the Fourth Stage, then entered seclusion at Black Wind Pass Camp. Meanwhile, Gu Canghai agreed to fight Helian Zong in hopes of reaching the Great Grandmaster realm, and Shen Yanjun began suspecting that Jiang Che was a Great Yan spy.

• Jiang Che exchanged merit points for Purple Gold Gathering Essence Pills and Dragon Blood Tribulation-Crossing Paste, then swallowed a handful of pills and began cultivating in seclusion.
• Chu Tiankuo and Great Chu's ministers pleaded with Gu Canghai to leave seclusion and save their nation, and Gu Canghai agreed to act.
• Gu Canghai told Lei Wanjun that a life-and-death battle with a world-strong opponent could break the laws restricting a Great Grandmaster breakthrough, and he identified Helian Zong as his intended opponent.
• Gu Canghai sensed that Nangong Jianxin and Holy Monk Fanji were also preparing to pursue the chance to become Great Grandmasters.
• After checking the merit rankings, Shen Yanjun saw how far Jiang Che had surpassed him and began suspecting Jiang Che was a Great Yan spy empowered by the enemy's resources.

The True Mother Cult’s Right Protector captured Shen Yanjun and brought him to Yin Youxuan, who forced him to accept a deadly Gu and recruited him to help kill Jiang Che. Shen Yanjun then used a Law-Sealing Absolute Method Nail to capture Fang Zhenge, while the Right Protector subdued Luo Qinghan, and the group headed for the cult’s hidden base.

• The Right Protector, disguised as Suying, captured Shen Yanjun and took him to a secret chamber where the real Suying was chained.
• Yin Youxuan offered Shen Yanjun a Law-Sealing Absolute Method Nail and forced him to swallow a Gu that would kill him without an antidote; Shen Yanjun promptly agreed to join the True Mother Cult and target Jiang Che.
• Disguised as Suying, the Right Protector warned Fang Zhenge and Luo Qinghan that Shen Yanjun planned to report Jiang Che as a Great Yan spy, and they went to intercept him.
• Shen Yanjun struck Fang Zhenge with the nail, sealing his Law Seed, then subdued him while the Right Protector seized Luo Qinghan.
• Fang Zhenge and Luo Qinghan realized Shen Yanjun had defected to the True Mother Cult as Shen Yanjun and the Right Protector carried them toward the cult’s hidden base.

Jiang Che followed the fake Suying to a hidden outpost to rescue Fang Zhenge and Luo Qinghan, only to discover a trap set by Shen Yanjun and the True Mother Cult. After his Law Seed was sealed, the Founder's Sword Intent shattered the sealing nail, allowing Jiang Che to cripple Shen Yanjun and attack the Right Protector.

• Jiang Che discovered Fang Zhenge and Luo Qinghan were missing, then followed the masked Suying to a concealed cave after learning Shen Yanjun had captured them.
• Shen Yanjun revealed that the apparent Suying was an impostor, who attacked Jiang Che and exposed herself as the True Mother Cult's mid-Fourth-Stage Right Protector.
• Shen Yanjun used a Law-Sealing Absolute Method Nail to seal Jiang Che's Law Seed, but the Founder's Sword Intent shattered the nail and Jiang Che's Law Seed devoured its fragments.
• Jiang Che used Star Leap and Myriad Laws Return to Silence to suppress Shen Yanjun's domain, then destroyed Shen Yanjun's dantian and Law Seed with a punch.
• The Right Protector tried to intervene, but Jiang Che appeared above her and struck toward her head as the chapter ended.

Jiang Che killed the Right Protector and Shen Yanjun after extracting their memories, then found Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying imprisoned in a True Mother Cult cave. He rescued them, but Yin Youxuan intercepted the group as they fled.

• Jiang Che defeated the Right Protector and kept her alive long enough to learn the captives’ location, then extracted Shen Yanjun’s memories and killed both prisoners.
• Jiang Che discovered that the Right Protector had replaced the real Suying and had tipped off Yelu Yan, then erased the bodies and headed for the hidden base.
• Jiang Che used a controlled cicada to scout the cave and saw Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying chained before Yin Youxuan.
• Yin Youxuan tried to make the captives submit and forced Bone-Devouring Heart-Drilling Gu pills on them before leaving to investigate the Right Protector and Shen Yanjun’s absence.
• Jiang Che entered the cave, freed Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying, and led them outside, where Yin Youxuan confronted them.

Jiang Che confronted Yin Youxuan to protect Fang Zhenge and the others, unleashing his trump cards to fight the Half-Step Grandmaster. He trapped Yin Youxuan briefly, but the battle continued as both men blinked around the wilderness and traded attacks.

• Yin Youxuan blocked Jiang Che and the others as they escaped the cave, and Jiang Che refused his offer to join the True Mother Cult.
• Jiang Che used the [Creation Spirit-Ascension Talisman] and the Thunder Source Dharma Orb to reach the Fourth Stage of Complete Truth and withstand Yin Youxuan's opening strike.
• Yin Youxuan evaded Jiang Che's attacks with a strange vanishing skill and used Wither of All Things to drain the life force of Jiang Che, Fang Zhenge, and the others.
• Jiang Che tricked Yin Youxuan, used Star Leap to seize him, and suppressed his domain, but Yin Youxuan escaped by spending blood essence and resumed attacking from a distance.
• Jiang Che slowed Yin Youxuan with [Prison-Suppressing Force Field] and bombarded him with [Star-Burial] black spheres as they pursued each other through the air using spatial blink skills.

Jiang Che fought Yin Youxuan, who used a forbidden secret art and Dharma Image power to attack his Divine Soul, but the Soul-Stabilizing Divine Bone protected him. After Yin Youxuan seized Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying to force Jiang Che to surrender, Jiang Che used a clone and a dust cloud to trap him and beat him to death.

• Yin Youxuan activated a forbidden secret art and struck Jiang Che with Dharma Image power, but the Soul-Stabilizing Divine Bone stabilized Jiang Che's Divine Soul.
• Yin Youxuan suspected Jiang Che possessed the Divine Bone and intensified his attacks, but his strength and essence steadily ran low.
• Yin Youxuan seized Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying and threatened to kill them unless Jiang Che surrendered.
• Jiang Che kicked up a dust cloud, used a clone to pose as the surrendered version of himself, and secretly moved behind Yin Youxuan.
• Jiang Che activated the Domain of All Laws Returning to Silence, sealed Yin Youxuan's Law Power, and restrained him before he could escape.
• Jiang Che repeatedly headbutted Yin Youxuan until he died, while Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying watched in shock.

Jiang Che concealed his clone, reported the Cult Leader’s death, and brought his poisoned companions to Master Kurong for treatment. After Kurong identified the false antidote and recognized Jiang Che’s Born Vajra Body, he taught him the first three levels of the Bodhi Immaculate Art in exchange for a future promise.

• Jiang Che killed Yin Youxuan, hid his clone, and found a jade bottle and a formation compass on the corpse.
• Fang Zhenge warned Jiang Che to conceal that he had killed Shen Yanjun, and the group reported Yin Youxuan’s death to General Lin Xiao.
• Jiang Che solved Master Kurong’s verse, and the monk identified the jade-bottle pill as a poison that would strengthen the Gu Worms while treating Fang Zhenge and the others.
• Master Kurong recognized Jiang Che’s Born Vajra Body and offered to teach him the Bodhi Immaculate Art if he would later accompany him to the Buddhist Kingdom and challenge the Sumeru Sacred Realm’s trials.
• Jiang Che accepted the terms, memorized the first three levels of the art with True Eye of Myriad Phenomena, and left Master Kurong’s meditation chamber.