Chapter Summaries

Jiang Che cultivated the Bodhi Immaculate Art, learned to use the Void Traction Compass’s power, and gained the True Nirvana-Entering Might talent upon perfecting the art’s first layer. After his reputation spread for killing Yin Youxuan, he attacked Yelu Yan’s camp and was beaten to the brink of death, triggering the talent’s permanent boost to his strength and defense.

• Jiang Che used Weapon Dissolution on Yin Youxuan’s compass, discovered its Phantom Shadow Tracking ability, and considered integrating the spatial technique into Star Leap.
• Jiang Che cultivated the Bodhi Immaculate Art while Master Kurong treated Fang Zhenge and the others, then collected fifty thousand merit points for killing Yin Youxuan and spent them on breakthrough pills.
• News of Jiang Che’s victory spread, earning him recognition alongside Ye Wuchen, Bai Han, and Wunian as one of Great Chu’s Four Strongest of the Younger Generation.
• Bai Han welcomed the news of Jiang Che’s victory, Ye Wuchen resolved to test whether Jiang Che deserved his reputation, and Gu Canghai praised Daoist Wuwei’s disciple while Lei Wanjun resented Shen Yanjun’s death.
• Jiang Che perfected the Bodhi Immaculate Art’s first layer and unlocked True Nirvana-Entering Might, which permanently increased his physical strength and defense after near-fatal strikes.
• Jiang Che attacked Yelu Yan’s camp and fought the giant, but Yelu Yan overwhelmed him and broke his spine; as Jiang Che neared death, his new talent activated and increased his strength and base defense by 25%.

Jiang Che repeatedly fought Yelu Yan to near death to strengthen his body and advance his Bodhi Immaculate Art, then secluded himself at Baoguo Temple to break through. He reached the Fourth Realm, the Creation Realm, and emerged confident he could defeat Yelu Yan and challenge top prodigies.

• Jiang Che used the [Void Traction Compass], puppets, and invisibility to escape Yelu Yan after his body transformed.
• Jiang Che returned to Yelu Yan’s camp for five consecutive days, enduring near-fatal beatings that strengthened his body and improved his Bodhi Immaculate Art before escaping each time.
• Yelu Yan waited with a Half-Step Heavenly King companion on the sixth day, but Jiang Che did not return.
• Jiang Che’s five days of battles triggered [True Nirvana-Entering Might] five times and advanced the Bodhi Immaculate Art to the third layer, raising its near-death boost to 30%.
• Jiang Che secluded himself at Baoguo Temple, refined his power, and broke through the Law Seed’s shell to enter the Fourth Stage of Complete Truth, the Creation Realm.
• Jiang Che judged that he could now defeat Yelu Yan and was ready to face Ye Wuchen and Bai Han.

After breaking through to the Fourth Realm, Jiang Che tested his strength behind enemy lines, escaped a deadly encounter with Giant Spirit Heavenly King Tuoba Kuang, and received a powerful talisman from Master Kurong. He continued provoking the Giant Spirit Legion until four Heavenly Kings attacked him together, but he used his escape skills to evade their combined strike.

• Jiang Che emerged from seclusion in the Fourth Realm, thanked Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying for guarding him, then went to find Yelu Yan for a fight.
• Jiang Che defeated Yelu Yan, crushed the Giant Spirit Camp, and pursued him, but fled when Tuoba Kuang arrived with reinforcements and a vision warned that Tuoba could kill him.
• Jiang Che escaped Tuoba Kuang’s attack and returned to Baoguo Temple, where Master Kurong recognized his progress in the Bodhi Immaculate Art and gave him a protective talisman.
• Jiang Che dissolved Master Kurong’s talisman to gain a damage-reducing shield and short-range teleport, then used the abilities while fighting powerful Half-Step Heavenly Kings behind enemy lines.
• Four Giant Spirit Heavenly Kings cornered Jiang Che in a valley, but he used his decoys, Star Leap, and the talisman’s teleport to escape their combined attack.

Jiang Che completed the third layer of the Bodhi Immaculate Art, received the fourth and fifth layers from Master Kurong, and deduced their perilous cultivation methods. After collecting his military merits and preparing at Nanling City's Imperial Treasury, he realized Helian Zong's transformation cooldown was ending and the decisive battle for Great Chu was imminent.

• Jiang Che perfected the third layer of the Bodhi Immaculate Art, and Master Kurong gave him copies of the fourth and fifth layers while reminding him of their agreement concerning the Far-Western Buddhist Kingdom.
• Jiang Che reported his raids behind enemy lines to General Lin Xiao, who praised his achievements and promised to report his military merits.
• Jiang Che used the True Eye of Myriad Phenomena to deduce that the final layers required surviving volcanic heat and crushing deep-sea pressure and cold.
• A messenger told Jiang Che his merit points had been approved and Nanling City would be sealed the next day, leading him to suspect Helian Zong's transformation cooldown was ending.
• Jiang Che exchanged his merits for recovery pills, cultivation resources, and Heavenly King-level defensive items, then saw Nanling City under martial law as the decisive battle approached.

Jiang Che joined the battle at Great Chu’s border, rescuing Yan Juque and Luo Xing before killing a Half-Step Heavenly King Realm Giant Spirit and a spy disguised as Mo Li. He then faced Helian Ba and Ye Wuchen, whose fight continued as they reacted to Jiang Che’s overwhelming strength.

• Jiang Che arrived in the forest just in time to save Yan Juque and Luo Xing from a Half-Step Heavenly King Realm Giant Spirit, then beat the enemy to death and crushed nearby Giant Spirit Soldiers with his Prison-Suppressing Force Field.
• Jiang Che gave Yan Juque and Luo Xing recovery pills and sped off to support another part of the battlefield.
• Fake Mo Li ambushed Ye Wuchen with a poisoned concealed weapon while Helian Ba attacked him, leaving Ye Wuchen badly wounded and forced to use a jade talisman to hold Helian Ba off.
• Jiang Che recognized Fake Mo Li as the spy who had targeted him, used Star Leap to close the distance, and trapped him in Myriad Laws Return to Silence.
• Fake Mo Li transformed and attacked Jiang Che, but Jiang Che’s punch blasted away half his body before a second punch killed him.
• Helian Ba and Ye Wuchen turned toward Jiang Che, with Helian Ba sensing danger and Ye Wuchen realizing he could not have blocked Jiang Che’s punch even at his peak.

Jiang Che and Ye Wuchen fought Helian Ba after he entered the Pseudo-Heavenly King Realm, and Jiang Che ultimately killed him by enduring his attacks and exploiting his exhaustion. Jiang Che destroyed the bodies and signs of the battle, then left with the wounded Ye Wuchen before anyone could investigate.

• Helian Ba used Tyrant Demon Descent to enter the Pseudo-Heavenly King Realm and grievously wounded Ye Wuchen, who took a pill and burned his lifespan to keep fighting.
• Jiang Che stepped in to repay Ye Wuchen for once saving his life, and the two attacked Helian Ba together until his Heaven-Collapsing Earth-Splitting shockwave knocked Ye Wuchen out of the fight.
• Helian Ba pinned Jiang Che down and battered him, but Jiang Che used the assault to toughen his body, then turned the fight around and forced Helian Ba to unleash a devastating final strike.
• Jiang Che blocked Helian Ba’s final strike with the Bodhi Vajra Talisman’s Golden Bell Shield, canceled his apparent teleportation, and attacked Helian Ba while his strength was spent.
• Jiang Che pierced Helian Ba’s chest with Star-Burial spheres and pursued him as he fled, finally killing him after Helian Ba continued running even after losing his head.
• Jiang Che dissolved Helian Ba’s and Fake Mo Li’s bodies, cleared traces of the battle, shared a restorative pill with Ye Wuchen, and left the area with him.

Helian Zong transformed into a hundred-zhang giant and battled Great Chu’s three supreme experts, Gu Canghai, Nangong Jianxin, and Holy Monk Fanji. Their clash opened the Heavenly Gate, but Helian Zong destroyed the breakthrough opportunity, and both sides withdrew, leaving Great Chu’s army cheering while its leaders returned to camp grievously injured.

• Helian Zong appeared on the battlefield, transformed into a giant, and sent Great Chu’s soldiers fleeing in terror.
• Gu Canghai, Nangong Jianxin, and Holy Monk Fanji joined forces to stop Helian Zong and fought him across the battlefield.
• The Heavenly Gate appeared during the battle, but Helian Zong used a secret art to shatter it before the three Grandmasters could reach it.
• The three Great Chu experts refrained from killing the weakened Helian Zong, and both sides exchanged token blows before retreating.
• Helian Zong ordered the Giant Spirit army to withdraw, while Great Chu’s soldiers celebrated their victory and the three wounded experts returned to the rear camp.

After Great Chu repelled Helian Zong, Gu Canghai secretly revealed that the three Grandmasters were badly injured and ordered Lei Wanjun to prepare the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect to withdraw overseas. Jiang Che learned of the victory, received 100,000 contribution points for killing Helian Ba, and began choosing a supreme treasure from the Imperial Treasury.

• Chu Tiankuo learned from Gu Canghai that Helian Zong would need at least ten years to recover, while Gu Canghai privately admitted that the Heavenly Gate had appeared briefly before Helian Zong extinguished it.
• Gu Canghai told Lei Wanjun to keep the Grandmasters' injuries secret and secretly search overseas for a secure spiritual island where the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect could relocate its core disciples and inheritances.
• Jiang Che and Ye Wuchen learned that Great Chu had won, then showed Lin Xiao the recording of Jiang Che killing Helian Ba; Jiang Che declined a personal audience with Chu Tiankuo and requested contribution points instead.
• Jiang Che, Ye Wuchen, Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, and Suying spent several days in Nanling City before Jiang Che received 100,000 contribution points and browsed the Imperial Treasury's top treasures.
• Jiang Che considered the Heaven-Splitting Divine Bow, the Mysterious Nether Thunder Seal, and the Death-Substitution Spirit Puppet, which could absorb even fatal damage up to its limit.

Jiang Che acquired a Death-Substitution Spirit Puppet whose new secret skill let him transfer fatal damage, giving him a way to remove the dangerous Heart of the Black Abyss. After returning to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, he met Sect Master Gu Canghai, who praised his deeds and granted him the status of Dao Seed.

• Jiang Che exchanged merit points for the Death-Substitution Spirit Puppet and used Weapon Dissolution to obtain the Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Wood secret skill.
• Jiang Che decided to remove the Heart of the Black Abyss after returning to the sect, then departed the front lines with Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, Suying, and the others.
• News spread that Jiang Che and Ye Wuchen had killed Helian Ba, while outsiders mistakenly believed Ye Wuchen had been the main force.
• Jiang Che returned to Crimson Firmament Peak, reunited with his parents and Jiang Ling, and went to meet Sect Master Gu Canghai at Taixu Peak.
• Gu Canghai reassured Jiang Che that the sect would not interfere with his opportunities and offered him the Dao Child position.
• Jiang Che declined the Dao Child role, and Gu Canghai appointed him a Dao Seed with equal resources and treatment but no sect responsibilities.

After Jiang Che was named a Dao Seed of the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, Bai Han arrived from the Haotian Sword Sect to challenge him. Their match required approval from the sect’s leaders, while rumors spread that Bai Han meant to damage the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect’s reputation.

• Pei Jingshan told Bai Han that Jiang Che had killed Helian Ba, but assured him Jiang Che’s strength likely came from unstable outside methods; Bai Han resolved to fight him.
• The Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect granted Jiang Che Dao Seed status, tenfold monthly resources, and broad access to sect grounds, prompting congratulations and a crowd at his residence.
• Bai Han reached the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect and announced that he had come to challenge Jiang Che.
• Jiang Che met Bai Han, acknowledged killing Helian Ba, and led him to the Main Affairs Hall to submit their proposed battle for approval.
• News of the challenge swept through the sect, where disciples and elders speculated that Bai Han intended to humiliate the newly appointed Dao Seed and urged Jiang Che not to accept.

Jiang Che fought Bai Han in a sect-sanctioned duel and revealed that his strength surpassed the famed swordsman’s. After Jiang Che stopped Bai Han’s Grandmaster-level sword strike with his transformed hand, Bai Han conceded defeat.

• Elder Xiao asked Jiang Che to cancel the duel, but Jiang Che insisted on fighting; Lei Wanjun approved it after explaining that Jiang Che had independently helped kill Helian Ba and surpassed Bai Han and Ye Wuchen in combat strength.
• Elder Xiao arranged the duel, and Jiang Che and Bai Han faced each other before a huge crowd that included Fang Zhenge, Luo Qinghan, Suying, and Ye Wuchen.
• Bai Han opened with his Frost Sword Domain, but Jiang Che evaded his attacks with Phantom Shadow Tracking and endured his indiscriminate sword barrage without injury.
• Jiang Che slowed Bai Han with Prison-Suppressing Force Field, shattered his Snow Dragon sword art with a punch, and knocked him back after suppressing his next attack with Myriad Laws Return to Silence.
• Bai Han unleashed a sword strike that had reached the Grandmaster threshold, so Jiang Che activated his Thunder Giant form and caught the blade in his hand, forcing Bai Han to concede defeat.

After defeating Bai Han, Jiang Che became widely recognized as Great Chu’s strongest among the younger generation, then withdrew to prepare for the looming return of Great Yan. He began extracting the Heart of the Black Abyss from his chest, but discovered it had deeply rooted itself into his flesh and blood vessels.

• Jiang Che defeated Bai Han, who admitted defeat and vowed to challenge him again after reaching the Grandmaster Realm.
• Ye Wuchen accepted that Jiang Che had surpassed him, while rumors spread that Jiang Che had been the main force behind Helian Ba’s death.
• Jiang Che received congratulations from sects and the emperor, then shut himself away to plan for Great Yan’s return and cultivate against Helian Zong.
• Jiang Che decided to remove the Heart of the Black Abyss and blasted open his chest with repeated [Star-Burial] spheres despite his rapidly healing body.
• Jiang Che reached the Heart of the Black Abyss and found dozens of black roots connecting it to his flesh, including two major vessels linked to his original heart.
• Jiang Che began cutting one of the Heart of the Black Abyss’s thinner roots with condensed True Essence.

Jiang Che gradually severed the Heart of the Black Abyss’s blood vessels, nearly dying when he cut one of its main connections. After resisting the remnant soul’s temptation and surviving through the Death-Substitution Spirit Puppet, he prepared to retrieve the puppet and use its death-substitution trait to face the final vessel.

• Jiang Che stripped away four small blood vessels each day, using the Death-Substitution Spirit Puppet to absorb the damage until he had severed several dozen vessels.
• Jiang Che cut the weaker of the Heart of the Black Abyss’s two main blood vessels and collapsed into a near-death coma.
• Jiang Che encountered the Lord of the Black Abyss’s remnant soul in his consciousness and rejected its offer of power, shattering its illusory eyes with a blow from his Divine Soul.
• Jiang Che transferred his grievous injuries to the Death-Substitution Spirit Puppet, sealed the severed vessel, and found only the thickest main vessel still attached.
• Jiang Che decided to use the puppet’s Primordial death-substitution trait for the final cut and headed to the sect’s Main Affairs Hall to complete a preparatory task.

Jiang Che severed and sealed the Heart of the Black Abyss, sacrificing his right hand to stop it from taking root in him again before regenerating the limb. He entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower to test his strength without the Black Armor Form, cleared its first seventy-nine floors, and arrived at the eighthieth floor.

• Jiang Che bound the Death-Substitution Spirit Puppet and cut the final blood vessel connecting him to the Heart of the Black Abyss, surviving the deadly backlash when the puppet took the fatal damage in his place.
• As Jiang Che removed the Heart of the Black Abyss, it melted into black flesh and burrowed into his right hand, so he severed his wrist and sealed the heart and hand in the Evil-Suppressing Black Crow Box.
• Jiang Che regenerated his right hand, then went to Xuanwu Hall to arrange a challenge of the Demon-Suppressing Tower after learning that it was unavailable until the next day.
• The sect's disciples and elders debated whether Jiang Che could reach the tower's eightieth floor, which represented the Grandmaster Realm and the Founder's will inheritance.
• Jiang Che cleared the first seventy-nine floors in under half an hour, assessed that losing the Black Armor Form had reduced his strongest burst by about twenty percent, and stepped onto the formation for the eightieth floor.

Jiang Che defeated the Myriad Phenomena Founder’s Grandmaster-level projection on the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s eightieth floor and received the Grandmaster Volume of Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao. The Founder warned him that the Black Demon Calamity was approaching and urged him to reach the tower’s hundredth floor for a chance to obtain the Martial Saint inheritance; Jiang Che left the tower, intending to return after reaching Grandmaster.

• Jiang Che used Star Leap and his other abilities to evade the Founder’s enormous Dharma Image, then shattered it with a concentrated strike at its brow.
• The Founder’s remnant consciousness taught Jiang Che the Grandmaster-stage cultivation method, Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao: Grandmaster Volume.
• The Founder confirmed that the Lord of the Black Abyss was behind the Black Demon Calamity and said the Blood Spirit Cult showed that the invasion was nearing its full descent.
• The Founder told Jiang Che to reach the hundredth floor, where he had left his power inheritance and a cultivation method for the Martial Saint realm.
• Jiang Che returned to the eightieth floor, decided not to attempt the harder floors yet, and left the tower to pursue a breakthrough to Grandmaster.

After clearing the Demon-Suppressing Tower, Jiang Che searched for a volcano where he could advance the Bodhi Immaculate Art and learned that the Great Sun Furnace lay in the Far West Lands. Master Kurong agreed to test Jiang Che in the sect’s Karma Fire Golden Lotus Pond before deciding whether to take him there, while Buddha Sons Wunian and Wuzheng arrived to witness Jiang Che entering the flames.

• Jiang Che cleared the tower’s eightieth floor and resolved to improve his strength against the Black Demon Calamity and Helian Zong.
• Jiang Che searched Great Chu’s records for an active volcano, then found an ancient gazetteer at the Wutian Sword Sect identifying the Great Sun Furnace in the Far West Lands.
• Jiang Che traveled to the Prajna Zen Sect and asked Master Kurong about the volcano, explaining that magma could help him perfect the fourth layer of the Bodhi Immaculate Art.
• Master Kurong warned that the cultivation method seemed impossible, then offered to take Jiang Che to the Great Sun Furnace if he could endure the Karma Fire Golden Lotus Pond for an incense stick’s time.
• Wunian and Wuzheng learned that Jiang Che had gone to the forbidden fire pool and hurried there, where they saw him preparing to enter its flames.

Jiang Che endured the Karma Fire long enough to cultivate the Bodhi Immaculate Art, convincing Master Kurong to take him to the Far West Lands. On the journey, they found a village devastated by a strange, contagious evil aura; after Master Kurong treated the survivors and burned the infected corpses, he questioned the village leader about the disease’s origin.

• Jiang Che used the Thunder Source Dharma Orb and Titan Strength to withstand the Karma Fire, cultivate the Bodhi Immaculate Art, and impress Wunian, Wuzheng, and Master Kurong.
• Master Kurong and Jiang Che left the Prajna Zen Sect for the Far West Lands, traveling on the Fire Qilin and Cloud-Hidden Sky Wolf.
• Jiang Che and Master Kurong entered a silent village and learned from a sick farm woman that a plague had killed most of its residents.
• Jiang Che recognized the illness as the same chilling evil aura he had encountered in Yun Prefecture City, and Master Kurong concluded that someone was spreading it deliberately.
• Master Kurong cured the surviving villagers, burned the infected corpses, checked that the wells were safe, and asked the village leader whether outsiders had recently visited.

Jiang Che and Master Kurong traced a deadly plague to a white-eyed wild boar infected with icy evil qi, then continued toward the Buddhist Kingdom. Near its border, they killed a similarly corrupted beast and learned it had once been a guardian spirit beast of the Buddhist Kingdom.

• A villager told Jiang Che and Master Kurong that a strange white-haired, white-eyed wild boar had caused a deadly illness after villagers ate its meat.
• Jiang Che uncovered the boar’s bones and detected icy evil qi, while Master Kurong burned the remains and contaminated soil; Jiang Che urged the villager to alert the authorities and search for other infected beasts.
• Jiang Che and Master Kurong crossed Gumo and several small nations, then reached the mountains at the edge of the Far West Lands and began climbing on foot.
• Jiang Che and Master Kurong found a young monk fighting a powerful white-haired tiger-like beast and intervened, with Master Kurong restraining it while Jiang Che smashed its head.
• The young monk thanked Jiang Che and Master Kurong, then revealed that the beast had originally been a guardian spirit beast raised by the Buddhist Kingdom.

Jiang Che and Master Kurong entered the Buddhist Kingdom with Fahui after discovering a mutated white-furred spirit beast, and Chief Seat Puguan revealed that its transformation signaled the coming Black Demon Calamity. Puguan explained that the Sumeru Sacred Realm Trial was created to find the prophesied warrior who could oppose the calamity, while Jiang Che reached the Arhat Formation to challenge for access to the Great Sun Furnace.

• Fahui told Jiang Che and Master Kurong that the Buddhist Kingdom's missing mountain-guarding spirit beast had returned with white fur, white eyes, and greatly increased strength, and Jiang Che described the plague village and mutated wild boar.
• Fahui introduced himself as a personal disciple of the Deva Realm's chief seat and escorted Jiang Che and Master Kurong into the Buddhist Kingdom, explaining its regions and warning them about the dangers of the Return to Void Sea.
• Chief Seat Puguan asked Jiang Che about the Black Demon Calamity and revealed that Buddhist scripture identified white fur and white pupils as signs of its approach.
• Puguan explained that the Sumeru Sacred Realm Trial was established to find a prophesied warrior who would reach the fifth level of the Bodhi Immaculate Art, pass the trial, and lead humanity against the calamity.
• Fahui led Jiang Che and Master Kurong to the Arhat Formation, where eighteen mechanical Golden Arhats guarded the way to the Great Sun Furnace, and cultivators waited to challenge it.

Jiang Che entered the Arhat Formation and cleared all eighteen levels through overwhelming physical strength, defeating the final Grandmaster-level puppet with his bare fists. The crowd learned his name as the Great Chu cultivator who had passed the formation.

• Fawu cleared the first seventeen levels but was defeated by the eighteenth-level puppet and left injured.
• Jiang Che entered the formation and knocked down the first ten puppets with a single punch each, astonishing the spectators and Fahui.
• Jiang Che defeated the seventeenth-level puppet with two punches, while Fawu judged that Jiang Che was stronger than him.
• Jiang Che fought the eighteenth-level puppet head-on, endured its blows as his wounds rapidly healed, and shattered its body and array core.
• The presiding old monk announced that Jiang Che had cleared all eighteen levels.