Chapter Summaries

Zhao Bufan killed Jiang Zhirou, while Ming Hao, Jie Kong, Qing Yu, and Lin Zihan turned the battle against Xu Hu’s forces. Fatty Zhang continued holding off Zhao Mei and the remaining Void Insight Realm disciples as the observers outside the arena feared the consequences of their losses.

• Jiang Zhirou tried to break through her limits, but Zhao Bufan struck her heart with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and killed her.
• Lin Zihan shot down a disciple who tried to ambush Zhao Bufan, while the enemy forces faltered after witnessing the deaths.
• Qing Yu and Ming Hao broke apart the disciples surrounding Jie Kong, who killed Xu Hu and raised his head in victory.
• The remaining enemies fled toward the formation’s edge, but Lin Zihan shot them while Ming Hao attacked from Qing Yu’s back.
• Fatty Zhang killed several peak Body Integration Realm disciples and held off Zhao Mei’s remaining forces with Lin Zihan’s support.
• Outside the arena, Zhao Yuan, Su Mei, and the other observers feared the losses and hoped Zhao Mei would kill Fatty Zhang and capture Ming Hao’s group.

Ming Hao and his companions cleared the Spirit Transformation and Out-of-Body Realm opponents, then used a Combined Strike Formation and ranged attacks to turn the battle against Zhao Mei and the remaining powerful disciples. Their advantage left the spectators, relatives, elders, and heavily indebted bettors anxiously watching as Fatty Zhang fought Zhao Mei’s group.

• Ming Hao and his companions killed the remaining Spirit Transformation and Out-of-Body Realm disciples, while relatives and supporters swore vengeance and bettors feared losing their stakes.
• Lin Yong warned Ming Hao that the Void Insight and Body Integration Realm opponents were too strong, so Ming Hao gathered bows and arrows to support Fatty Zhang.
• Ming Hao and his companions joined Fatty Zhang in activating the Combined Strike Formation, boosting their power, resilience, and spiritual energy.
• Ming Hao, Lin Yong, and the others fired arrows at Zhao Mei and her companions while Fatty Zhang blocked their escape and fought them head-on.
• Spectators and the relatives and elders of Zhao Mei’s group watched in alarm as the battle shifted in Ming Hao’s favor.

The battle in the Life-and-Death Arena remained evenly matched until Su He immobilized Fatty Zhang with an illusion, giving the opposing team an opening to attack him. Zhang Ze then killed Su He with a spear, easing the pressure on Ming Hao’s team as furious Fox Tribe elders prepared to storm the arena.

• Ying Ming Hao, Lin Zihan, Qing Yu, Zhao Bufan, and their allies attacked Zhao Mei, Su He, and the opposing disciples while resisting lightning, illusions, and other saint-body techniques.
• Jie Kong and Lin Hao helped defend their allies against Su He’s illusions as the two teams fought to a standstill for more than ten minutes.
• Su He caught Fatty Zhang with a surprise illusion, allowing Zhao Mei, Long Ji, and others to injure and knock him to the ground.
• Ying Ming Hao, Lin Zihan, and their allies struck Su He with poisoned arrows and follow-up attacks, but her companions intercepted some of the blows.
• Zhang Ze burned his essence blood and pierced Su He through the chest after her protective shield broke, killing her.
• Fatty Zhang recovered with help from his armor and Lin Zihan’s healing, while Elder Su Huai, the Fox Tribe elders, and Su He’s Master moved to charge into the arena.

Elder Su Huai, Zhao Fei, and nearly two hundred elders tried to halt Ming Hao and his companions’ Life-and-Death Arena battle, accusing them of being enemy spies. Elder Zhong refused to interrupt the death match, leaving the elders furious and unable to act as the disciples openly condemned them.

• Su Huai and the other elders rushed to the arena, intent on stopping Ming Hao and his companions from killing more disciples.
• Su Huai accused Ming Hao and the others of being enemy agents and demanded that they be taken away for questioning.
• The disciples debated the accusations, with many defending Ming Hao and recalling how Su Huai and Zhao Fei had treated him and his companions unfairly before.
• Elder Zhong declared that the battle could not be interrupted and ordered the elders to leave or bring evidence to the Enforcement Hall after it ended.
• Elder Zhong and the Law-Enforcement Elders blocked the elders, who were left standing aside in anger and helplessness.

Ying Ming Hao’s side gained the advantage in the Life-and-Death Arena, but Zhao Mei and the other disciples unleashed powerful trump cards and received support from their elders, turning the battle into a stalemate. Ying Ming Hao summoned a mysterious woman from the antique jade bangle, while his attempt to drain the jade ring continued as the woman’s power began to fade.

• Ying Ming Hao and his allies killed Su He and several other wounded disciples, while Fatty Zhang killed another, leaving Zhao Mei’s group with fewer fighters.
• Zhao Mei, Long Ji, Luo Kai, Xu Yu, and the others unleashed their Divine Sense and divine-object trump cards, forcing Fatty Zhang’s group back.
• Ying Ming Hao summoned a powerful woman from the antique jade bangle, and she drove back the enemy’s trump cards; he also used the Devouring Great Art to drain the jade ring and the soul inside it.
• Zhao Mei summoned Elder Zhao Fei’s Divine Sense, and Zhao Fei, Elder Xu Fei, and other elders strengthened their summoned powers from outside the arena.
• Fatty Zhang’s master and the masters of Lin Zihan and the others joined the remote battle, forcing both groups to regroup and recover as the mysterious woman weakened and Elder Zhao Fei began matching her.

The divine-sense clash on the Life-and-Death Arena ended in explosions, and Ming Hao's group seized the advantage to launch a coordinated assault against Zhao Mei and her companions. Xu Yu was stabbed through the chest and thrown aside as the battle continued, leaving the watching lineages horrified.

• Zhao Fei, Xu Fei, and the others detonated their divine senses, and the resulting blasts injured both sides while the mysterious woman retreated into the Jade Bangle.
• Ming Hao gave the spirit stones and pills he had collected to the mysterious woman, while Zhao Mei and her companions prepared to heal their injuries.
• Fatty Zhang, Ying Ming Hao, and their companions ambushed Zhao Mei and her group, and Ming Hao emerged from the dust holding Xu Yu, who had been stabbed through the chest.
• Fatty Zhang and Zhang Ze battered one disciple while Lin Yong, Qi Qing, and the others attacked Body Integration Realm disciples.
• Lin Zihan and Qing Yu attacked Zhao Mei's group from behind as Ming Hao and the others continued their assault, leaving Zhao Mei and her companions trapped under attacks from every side.
• Xu Fei, Elder Zhao Fei, Xu Bai, Su Mei, and Zhao Yuan watched in distress as Xu Yu lay dead and the battle turned against their relatives.

Fatty Zhang and Ming Hao’s group fought Zhao Mei, Long Ji, and Luo Kai’s side, killing two of their wounded disciples. Ming Hao and the others then overwhelmed the last disciple despite his shield and greater strength, leaving Zhao Mei and her two companions terrified.

• Fatty Zhang killed one wounded disciple with his Space-Shattering Hammers, but Long Ji knocked him away before he could finish off another.
• Ming Hao and his companions concentrated their attacks on the remaining disciple, who used a shield and Halberd-Spear to fight them off.
• The disciple sent Ming Hao, Lin Yong, and Qi Qing flying, but the group pressed their assault while Lin Zihan wounded him with an arrow.
• Ming Hao drove the Burial Life Blade through the disciple’s chest, severed his head, and raised it overhead.
• The watching disciples fell silent as Zhao Mei, Long Ji, and Luo Kai were overcome with terror.

Ying Ming Hao and his companions pressed their advantage in the Life-and-Death Arena as Zhao Mei, Long Ji, and Luo Kai weakened. Zhao Mei died in a self-detonation that engulfed Fatty Zhang and the two remaining opponents, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Ying Ming Hao and his companions overwhelmed Zhao Mei, Long Ji, and Luo Kai while spectators and sect leaders watched and prepared for the likely victory and wager payouts.
• Lin Zihan shot Zhao Mei in the thigh, further weakening her as she considered detonating herself.
• Zhao Mei told Long Ji and Luo Kai to flee while she charged Fatty Zhang, but Fatty Zhang kept them from escaping.
• Zhao Mei chased after the group and detonated herself, engulfing Fatty Zhang, Long Ji, and Luo Kai in a blast that sent Ying Ming Hao and the others flying.
• Zhao Mei, ranked sixty-sixth on the Inner-Sect Beauty Rankings, died.

After Zhao Mei’s self-detonation left both sides battered, Ying Ming Hao and his companions killed Long Ji, Luo Kai, and all three hundred and twelve opposing disciples without losing anyone. Ying Ming Hao treated the wounded and looted the corpses as the formation fell, while the opposing families mourned their dead.

• Ming Hao, Lin Zihan, and Qing Yu rushed through the dust as Luo Kai found the helpless Fatty Zhang and began smashing his faceplate with a stone.
• Ming Hao appeared behind Luo Kai and cut him in half, then fed Fatty Zhang healing pills and spirit liquid before hurrying away.
• When the dust cleared, Ying Ming Hao stood atop Long Ji’s corpse holding its head, with Lin Zihan and Qing Yu beside him, and the crowd erupted in cheers.
• The battle ended with Long Ji, Luo Kai, and all three hundred and twelve opposing disciples dead, while all twelve of Ying Ming Hao’s companions survived, though several were seriously injured.
• Ming Hao treated Lin Yong and the other wounded, then stripped the corpses of their belongings as Zhao Fei, Elder Su Huai, and others glared and left.
• Zhao Yuan, Su Mei, and the others rushed to embrace their dead sisters and wept.

Ying Ming Hao returned the stakes and shared his spoils with his companions before they went to collect their betting winnings. The group reaped enormous payouts, and Ying Ming Hao remained the last to cash in.

• Elder Zhong returned Ying Ming Hao's held stakes, and Ying Ming Hao thanked him and discreetly gave him a Storage Ring.
• Ying Ming Hao divided the stakes, weapons, and most of his plunder among Lin Zihan, Fatty Zhang, and the others, then secretly sent them a message through his divine sense.
• Ying Ming Hao's group headed to the betting stalls, where Liu Ruyan, Senior Sister Ye, and others paid out the winners while losing heavily.
• Miss Shui and her companions collected over forty-seven million lower-grade spirit stones, and Lin Qinqin collected nearly thirty million; both women returned to hug Ying Ming Hao's arm.
• Qing Yun, Wang Yong, and their companions collected huge payouts, while Lin Yong, Fatty Zhang, Lin Zihan, and the others also received their winnings.
• Everyone finished collecting except Ying Ming Hao, whom the crowd eagerly awaited as the main event.

Ying Ming Hao collected his enormous betting payout, then accepted gifts from disciples seeking to make peace after his victories in the Life-and-Death Arena. He shared his wealth with his companions before most of them departed, leaving him with Zhao Bufan, Jie Kong, and Xuan Chengzi.

• Liu Ruyan announced Ying Ming Hao’s thirty-to-one payout, and he and his companions spent nearly half an hour verifying the Storage Rings before taking them.
• As Ying Ming Hao returned, Miss Shui and Lin Qinqin pinched his waist when senior sisters tried to approach him, and Xu Shu arrived to apologize and offer gifts.
• Ying Ming Hao accepted Xu Shu’s gifts and then Luo Junhang’s, while other disciples also brought gifts; hostile spectators, including Wang Baishun’s group and the bereaved relatives, watched angrily.
• Ying Ming Hao distributed Storage Rings among Lin Zihan, Fatty Zhang, Miss Shui, Lin Qinqin, Lin Qi, Qing Yun, Wang Yong, and the others before they left with their fellow disciples.
• Ying Ming Hao remained with Zhao Bufan, Jie Kong, and Xuan Chengzi, then sent the three a detailed voice transmission that left them silently nodding.

Ying Ming Hao and the others survived an attempted robbery by self-destructing their clones, prompting the Enforcement Hall to investigate the attack. After Ying Ming Hao presented recordings of the culprit stealing his Storage Ring, Elder Zhong ordered the elders involved in the earlier disturbance to be summoned, by force if necessary.

• A mysterious figure attacked Ying Ming Hao in his residence, but Ying Ming Hao’s clone self-destructed and the attacker fled with his Storage Ring.
• Zhao Bufan, Jie Kong, Xuan Chengzi, and the others also faced attackers and chose to self-destruct their clones.
• Law-Enforcement Elders arrived at the devastated residences and escorted Ying Ming Hao to the Enforcement Hall for questioning.
• Ying Ming Hao reunited with Zhao Bufan and the others and showed Elder Zhong and the elders Image-Recording Stones of the attack.
• Elder Zhong ordered Zhao Fei, Su Huai, Xu Bai, and the elders who had caused trouble earlier to be brought to the Enforcement Hall, by force if needed.

The Enforcement Hall summoned Elder Zhao Fei, Elder Su Huai, and others for questioning after four Inner Disciples were attacked and robbed. The summons exposed Zhao Fei, Su Huai, and Bai Ling in an embarrassing scene, and the Elders escorted them to the Enforcement Hall as rumors spread through the Misty Sect.

• Law-Enforcement Elders tried to summon Su Huai and Xu Fei, but got no answer at their residences.
• Zhao Fei, Su Huai, and Bai Ling hid inside Zhao Fei's residence when an Enforcement Hall Elder called for them to cooperate.
• Elder Zhong arrived with dozens of Law-Enforcement Elders, who broke the Protective Array and exposed the group inside.
• Elder Zhong accused Zhao Fei and the others of being suspects in the attacks on Ying Ming Hao, Zhao Bufan, Jie Kong, and Xuan Chengzi, whose Storage Rings were stolen.
• Zhao Fei and the others celebrated, mistakenly believing the four disciples were dead, before Elder Zhong clarified they were only injured and escorted them to the Enforcement Hall.
• Other summons produced more embarrassing incidents, and spectators spread the gossip throughout the Misty Sect before dawn.

Elder Zhong interrogated the elders suspected of attacking Ying Ming Hao and the others, but the investigation made no progress. As rumors about the elders’ scandal spread through the sect, Ying Ming Hao’s group left for the Dining Hall.

• Elder Zhong questioned Zhao Fei, Xu Fei, Su Huai, and Bai Ling about their whereabouts, and their evasive answers prompted him to list them as prime suspects.
• Elder Zhong questioned the other elders until daybreak, then ordered everyone to remain in the sect while the investigation continued.
• Ying Ming Hao secretly gave Storage Rings to Elder Zhong and other influential elders, who promised extra patrols and told his group to carry on as usual.
• Qing Yun, Fatty Zhang, and the others met Ying Ming Hao’s group outside the Enforcement Hall and heard disciples gossiping about the attack and the elders’ scandal.
• Ying Ming Hao offered to show Image-Recording Stones, but the women beat him; he then led the hungry group toward the Dining Hall.

Ying Ming Hao and his companions discussed plans to explore the Secret Realms opening near Qingfeng City, while Ying Ming Hao decided to stay behind because of the danger to him. After the group made plans to team up, he spent time with Lin Zihan at his repaired residence and shared a meal she cooked.

• Fatty Zhang told the group that several Secret Realms near Qingfeng City would open in a little over half a month and invited Lin Yong and the others to explore with him.
• Lin Yong, Qi Qing, Lin Zihan, and others said they would consult their fellow disciples before deciding, while Jie Kong and his companions readily accepted Fatty Zhang's invitation.
• Ying Ming Hao refused to enter a Secret Realm because enemies might ambush him, and the group agreed to bring him a share of any opportunities they found.
• Qing Yun, Wang Yong, and their companions planned to enter a Taiyi Realm-level Secret Realm, while Miss Shui, Lin Qinqin, Lin Qi, Fatty Zhang, and Lin Yong planned to explore a Heavenly Immortal Realm-level Secret Realm.
• Ying Ming Hao returned to his repaired residence with Lin Zihan, received a new array token, and spent time with her on the swing beneath the old tree.
• Ying Ming Hao burned several steaks while cooking for Lin Zihan, so she took over and prepared the meal, then confessed that she had mistaken salt for sugar.

Ying Ming Hao spent a quiet day with Lin Zihan before a mysterious attacker struck his home again, setting off an even more destructive talisman blast. At the Enforcement Hall, Deputy Hall Master Liu questioned the witnesses and arranged protection for Ying Ming Hao and the others while investigating the attack.

• Ying Ming Hao ate Lin Zihan's cooking, rested beside her beneath a tree, and watched the sunset with her before she left.
• A mysterious figure shattered Ying Ming Hao's protective formation and seized him, but Ying Ming Hao's talismans detonated, destroying his residence and nearby homes and injuring several disciples.
• The attacker vanished, and law-enforcement elders arrived but found no trace of him before taking Ying Ming Hao to the Enforcement Hall.
• Deputy Hall Master Liu questioned Ying Ming Hao and the others, reviewed their Image-Recording Stones, and promised to secretly assign elders to protect them.
• Deputy Hall Master Liu questioned the injured disciples and Zhao Fei, Su Huai, and the others, arranged new residences for the injured, and continued his investigation.

After a third attack on Ying Ming Hao, Deputy Hall Master Liu and the elders failed to capture the mysterious attackers, while Ying Ming Hao revealed that the body they had seized was a clone. The assault left dozens of disciples dead, and the Formation Hall began rebuilding an even larger residence for him.

• Qing Yun, Fatty Zhang, and the others urged Ying Ming Hao to stay at his cultivation grounds, but he refused and returned to his newly expanded residence.
• The mysterious attackers broke the residence’s protective formation, seized Ying Ming Hao, and fought the elders who had been guarding him.
• Deputy Hall Master Liu wounded the attacker holding Ying Ming Hao, but the attackers plastered him with Detonation Talismans and hurled him at Deputy Hall Master Liu, causing a massive explosion.
• Deputy Hall Master Liu ordered aid for the casualties and an investigation; thirty-seven Inner Disciples had died and over a hundred were gravely injured.
• At the Enforcement Hall, Ying Ming Hao revealed that his thunderclap clone had remained there throughout the attacks, while another night of interrogation produced no results.
• Formation Hall disciples began combining nearby properties and damaged areas into an elaborate, enlarged residence for Ying Ming Hao on orders from Deputy Hall Master Liu and Elder Zhong.

Ying Ming Hao returned to find his residence transformed into a lavish, formation-protected palace, then hosted a farewell barbecue before his companions departed for the Secret Realms near Clearwind City. Meanwhile, the Misty Sect’s Elders failed to catch the mysterious attacker, and the chapter ended with Ying Ming Hao alone after the feast.

• Ying Ming Hao admired Ming Hao Palace, accepted its formation Jade Slip from Senior Brother Fang, and paid him with a Storage Ring.
• The Misty Sect’s disciples criticized the Enforcement Hall after its failure to find the mysterious figure, while Elders kept watch for several nights without spotting him.
• Disciples flocked to the Hall of Missions to form teams for the five Secret Realms near Clearwind City.
• Ying Ming Hao hosted more than a hundred guests at a barbecue using Long Ji’s flood dragon body and other Demon Race corpses.
• Qing Yun, Lin Qinqin, and the others prepared to leave for Clearwind City the next day, and Ying Ming Hao remained alone after everyone departed.

Ying Ming Hao watched the Misty Sect disciples depart for the Secret Realms before returning to cultivate, while a hidden watcher tracked their movements. Qing Yun, Lin Zihan, and the other cultivators gathered outside Clearwind City, where rival groups prepared to enter the Secret Realms and old antagonisms resurfaced.

• Ying Ming Hao bid farewell to Qing Yun, Lin Zihan, Miss Shui, and the others as they left, then watched ordinary disciples board Flying Boats for the Secret Realms.
• Ying Ming Hao returned to his Cultivation Chamber, while a hidden figure used a jade tray to track twelve points of light moving away from the Misty Sect.
• Qing Yun, Lin Zihan, and their companions arrived at Clearwind City and studied the rules and restrictions of its five Secret Realms.
• The Clearwind Sect, Misty Sect, Corpse Puppet Sect, and other powers assembled outside the Secret Realms, while groups of disciples chose which entrances to explore together.
• Luo Bai, Wang Baishun, and Hao Wu vowed to surpass Ying Ming Hao, while Zhao Yuan and Su Mei glared at Fatty Zhang, Lin Zihan, and their companions as the groups awaited the entrances opening.

Ying Ming Hao used six disguised avatars to blend into cultivator groups gathered outside Clearwind City as the five Secret Realms opened. The three great sects entered first, while the remaining factions and rogue cultivators waited days for their turn.

• Ying Ming Hao's avatars infiltrated groups at the spirit division and heavenly immortal realm Secret Realms under assumed identities, while his other avatars mingled among cultivators north of the city.
• After two days, the five Secret Realms opened passages that drew in spiritual energy and released the fragrance of spirit herbs.
• The Clearwind Sect ordered its disciples into the Secret Realms, followed by the Misty Sect and the Corpse Puppet Sect.
• A Clearwind Sect powerhouse killed several hundred cultivators who tried to push past the three sects, forcing the others to wait.
• The three great sects took hours or days to enter, after which major factions, smaller groups, and rogue cultivators followed.