Chapter Summaries

Ji Xiu sold the remains of eight Long-Armed Ancient Apes for five hundred sixty taels, then completed Fish Dragon Transformation and reached silver bones while Cai Ling'er watched in disbelief. He learned that advancing to True Jiao Transformation would require rare, costly materials, and wondered whether Huang Xuan could use his Qi Path Demon Core to temper his twenty-four spinal bones.

• The White-Armed Ape King returned to find his father’s grave dug up and swore to catch whoever had robbed it.
• Ji Xiu brought two Skin Refinement and six Bone Tempering Long-Armed White Apes to Black Mountain Town and sold their remains to Song Chai for five hundred sixty taels.
• On the way back to Anning, Ji Xiu told Cai Ling'er that his master was Duan Chenzhou, leaving her shocked by the name.
• Ji Xiu used intelligent demon heart’s blood in medicine and completed Fish Dragon Transformation, cultivating Jade Marrow Silver Sand and advancing through two steps of Bone Tempering.
• Cai Ling'er realized Ji Xiu’s bones were already silver before Bone Tempering Great Completion and doubted she could defeat him.
• Ji Xiu examined the requirements for True Jiao Transformation and concluded that his next advances would demand demon cores, treasure pills, and other expensive materials.

Ji Xiu advanced True Jiao Transformation by entering sudden enlightenment, but the process nearly drained his blood marrow until he used demon cores to forge two Jiao Dragon Arms. Meanwhile, Ji Wei awakened a peerless immortal aptitude in another world and became a true disciple of the Flying Immortal Sect, while Wang Hongzu arrived in Anning County plotting against the Ji family.

• Ji Xiu advanced True Jiao Transformation and forged two sections of True Jiao Bone, but the effort exhausted his qi and blood and nearly killed him.
• Ji Xiu swallowed two Ancient Ape Demon Cores with Blood Marks, replenished his blood marrow, and gained powerful Jiao Dragon Arms that surpassed Cai Ling'er’s strength.
• Huang Xuan told Ji Xiu that a Qi Path Pill Master in Jiangyin Prefecture might refine a Seventh Grade Bone Tempering secret medicine from a demon core.
• Ji Wei dreamed of entering another world, shattered the Immortal-Seeking Stone with her aptitude, and was taken by Qin Wanfa to become a true disciple of the Flying Immortal Sect.
• Wang Hongzu, now a Qi Refining Expert, watched the Lin and Ji residences and vowed to destroy Ji Xiu’s family after dealing with his other target.

Lin Ruxue left Anning County for Jiangyin Prefecture but was attacked by Wang Hongzu and left near death. Wang Hongzu then died after his attack on Ji Wei was mysteriously turned back, while Ji Xiu found Lin Ruxue and brought her home; the chapter ended with Ji Wei telling him that a Qi Refining Expert had crashed into their wall and died.

• Lin Ruxue resolved to leave for Jiangyin Prefecture after comparing her progress with Ji Xiu's, but Wang Hongzu ambushed her and crushed her neck with his Ghost Hand.
• Wang Hongzu ignored a bolt of thunder and entered Ji Xiu's home, where his attack on Ji Wei vanished and an invisible counterattack destroyed his Qi Sea and killed him.
• Lin Du returned to the Lin Residence with two Skin Refinement guards, announced that Lin Ruxue would not return, and took control of the family estate.
• Ji Xiu found Lin Ruxue barely alive, treated her with a healing pill and spirit-beast antler powder, and carried her toward his courtyard.
• Ji Wei told Ji Xiu that a Qi Refining Expert had broken into their house and crashed into the wall until he died.

After a Qi Refining Expert died at the Ji Family doorstep, Ji Xiu learned the corpse was the wanted heterodox cultivator Wang Hongzu and sent it to Gu Baichuan. Ji Wei confessed that she had dreamed her way to another universe and become a Flying Immortal Sect true disciple, while Ji Xiu resolved to learn Dao arts through her; the chapter ended with Ji Wei revealing that the sect’s Great Xuan branches regarded her as their ancestor.

• Hong Jiang confirmed that the black-robed corpse at the Ji Family courtyard was a Qi Refining Expert, and Cai Ling'er identified him as the wanted Ghost Hand Judge Wang Hongzu.
• Lu Chengfeng recognized Wang Hongzu as a Central Yellow Sect cultivator believed to have been killed by Xue Shaobai, while Ji Xiu wondered why the man had died at his doorstep.
• Ji Xiu sent Wang Hongzu's corpse to Gu Baichuan, dismissed Cai Ling'er, and asked Ji Wei to explain what had happened.
• Ji Wei told Ji Xiu that she had dreamed of traveling to Crimson Firmament, joining the Flying Immortal Sect, and becoming a true disciple of the Myriad Laws True Venerable.
• Ji Xiu accepted Ji Wei's story and asked her to teach him Dao arts, and Ji Wei promised to share what she learned with him.
• Ji Wei revealed that Flying Immortal Sect branches across Great Xuan would seek her out and call her their Little Ancestor.

Han Ying returned wounded after turning against the Central Yellow Sect and brought Gu Baichuan evidence that earned him and Zhao Jiu merit. Grateful to Ji Xiu, Gu Baichuan and Zhao Jiu sent him cultivation resources, while a girl at Whale Severing Hall began forging Ji Xiu a powerful bow.

• Han Ying told Zhang Qing that the Central Yellow Sect had orchestrated the suffering it claimed to relieve, then took him to the Anning County Office to surrender and offer evidence against its local allies.
• Gu Baichuan learned that Duan Chenzhou had killed Wang Hongzu and that Ji Xiu had helped lure him out; Han Ying then offered to return to Jiangyin Prefecture and give Gu Baichuan another merit by exposing Central Yellow Sect collaborators.
• Zhao Jiu resolved to repay Ji Xiu for the list of Central Yellow Sect remnants by sending him a jar of Dragon Liver Phoenix Marrow spirit wine.
• Ji Xiu woke to receive Gu Baichuan's Jade Dew Medicine Powder and Zhao Jiu's spirit wine, then began refining the gifts with his Primordial Dao Talisman.
• A girl at Whale Severing Hall began forging Ji Xiu a seventh-grade treasure bow, while Liao Yuanhua lamented the materials she had taken from the storeroom.

Ji Xiu used the lavish spirit wine to advance his True Jiao Bone tempering, then learned that Lin Du had seized the Lin Residence and that Lin Zhenhai had entrusted the family’s deeds to him. Ji Xiu confronted Lin Du with County Soldiers and revealed his immense strength as the soldiers moved to eliminate the Central Yellow Sect fighters.

• Ji Xiu drank the sixth-rank Dragon Liver Phoenix Marrow Wine, which strengthened his body and advanced his True Jiao Bone progress to 6/24.
• Old Yao delivered Lin Zhenhai’s land deeds, account books, and shop documents to Ji Xiu, explaining that Lin Du had crippled his father and taken control of the Lin Residence.
• Ji Xiu suspected Lin Du had joined forces with the Central Yellow Sect and decided to use the county’s authority to seize the properties and deal with him.
• Lin Du claimed ownership of the Lin Residence and planned to consolidate his power, while Ji Xiu arrived with the official deeds and named himself Proprietor Ji.
• County Soldiers surrounded the Lin Residence, and Ji Xiu fired two arrows from his hundred-stone bow at Lin Du’s two Skin Refinement guards as the soldiers identified them as Central Yellow Sect vermin.

Ji Xiu used Cai Ling'er's newly forged bow and the county soldiers' heavy crossbows to defeat the Central Yellow Sect's attack on Lin Residence and kill Lin Du and two Skin Refinement martial artists. He claimed Lin Residence's estate from the crippled Lin Zhenhai, who asked him to give Ruyue authority over the household and its finances.

• Cai Ling'er revealed that she had forged the Seventh Grade bow Jade Shatterer, and Ji Xiu drew it with enough strength to astonish her.
• The two Skin Refinement protectors tried to seize Ji Xiu as a hostage, but his arrows pierced and drove them back.
• Ji Xiu's soldiers fired volleys of heavy crossbow bolts, killing the protectors and Lin Du and wiping out the attackers at Lin Residence.
• Cai Ling'er explained that a hundred-year Crimson Blood Python tendon could provide a stronger bowstring after Ji Xiu complained that Jade Shatterer's string had snapped.
• Old Yao brought Lin Zhenhai before Ji Xiu, and Lin Zhenhai honored his promise to transfer the Lin Residence estate to the Ji family while asking that Ruyue receive authority over the household and its finances.

Ji Xiu left the Lin Residence with its new proprietor title meant to protect Lin Ruyue’s control of the estate, then presented Zhao Jiu with the heads of two Skin Refinement protectors and Lin Du. Zhao Jiu rewarded him with authority over Anning County’s Eighteen Routes, triggering a major increase in Ji Xiu’s “Searching Mountains” progress and a new aptitude.

• Ji Xiu recalled rising from a stable hand and explained that the hardships and insults of his past had driven his martial progress; he left the Lin Residence without seeking revenge.
• Lin Zhenhai told Lin Ruyue that Ji Xiu could become her future support and urged her to manage the estate without forcing a relationship with him.
• Zhao Jiu berated the county’s martial leaders after Mad Lion Zhang Liechen and Azure Hawk Xu Xin escaped their purge of the Central Yellow remnants.
• Ji Xiu arrived with the heads of two Skin Refinement protectors and Lin Du, earning Zhao Jiu’s praise and recognition for the killings.
• Zhao Jiu named Ji Xiu Chief Head of the Eighteen Routes, and Ji Xiu’s “Searching Mountains” progress rose from 7% to 26%, granting him a new aptitude.

Ji Xiu gained the authority to oversee Anning County’s mountain-road trade and set out to prove his right to lead by hunting demons near Earth Dragon Cave. He arrived at his banquet with four hundred-year-old demonic creatures, silencing the skeptical town chiefs and manor lords, while his divine power and archery advanced.

• Ji Xiu’s Searching Mountains and Expelling Seas progress reached 26%, granting him Aura Sight, which revealed the origins and details of spiritual things he encountered.
• County Magistrate Zhao Jiu appointed Ji Xiu Chief Head over the trade of Anning County’s eighteen mountain towns and hunting settlements, replacing the Three Great Gangs.
• Ji Xiu recruited Lu Chengfeng, Liao Yuanhua, Wei Dingchang, and others to help organize the mountain trade, offering them shares of the profits and asking them to invite the local leaders to a banquet.
• When several town chiefs and manor lords rejected Ji Xiu’s appointment and prepared to leave, Ji Xiu arrived at Ji Family Hall dragging four hundred-year-old demonic creatures he had hunted near Earth Dragon Cave.
• Ji Xiu challenged the gathered leaders to judge whether his hunt made him worthy of the Chief Head title, while his divine-power progress rose to 37% and his Arrow Stance advanced into Heaven and Earth Darkened.

Ji Xiu displayed his power by hunting four century-old demons, winning the mountain towns and hunting manors’ allegiance and control of their trade. After resolving to rise beyond Anning County, he consumed demon pills and medicine powder, pushing True Jiao Transformation to 14/24.

• Ji Xiu hunted four century-old demons in Earth Dragon Cave and brought their corpses to the feast at his new residence.
• Liang Cheng swore loyalty to Ji Xiu, offered him half his manor’s trading profits, and presented Glass Jadeite as a gift.
• Song Chai and the other town chiefs and manor lords followed Liang Cheng’s lead and agreed to obey Ji Xiu and maintain the mountain trade.
• Ji Xiu reflected that becoming Chief Head of Anning County was only a beginning and resolved to earn the respect of Jiangyin’s great families.
• Ji Xiu consumed Jade Dew Medicine Powder and a century-old demon pill, raising True Jiao Transformation to 14/24 and strengthening his body.

Wei Changjiao planned to use demons from Earth Dragon Cave and the Central Yellow General to destroy Anning and take revenge on Ji Xiu, but the General manifested and reached toward Ji Xiu. As Ji Xiu encountered the deity’s offer of a scripture, Lin Ruxue awoke in another body and moved to confront the god.

• Wei Changjiao rejected Zhang Liechen and Xu Xin’s plan to kill Ji Xiu immediately and blamed Duan Chenzhou for Wang Hongzu’s death.
• Wei Changjiao laid out a plan to unleash Earth Dragon Cave’s demons on Anning during the New Year, then have Yang Daohan and the others kill Ji Xiu and his family.
• The Spirit Summoning Manifest Saint General opened its eyes in the Central Yellow Shrine and looked toward Anning.
• Ji Xiu returned home, prepared to move his family, and watched Ji Wei fall asleep as her body turned transparent before her dream journey.
• The Guardian God in the bloodstained shrine drew Ji Xiu into an illusory hall and offered him a scripture that could make him a Qi Refining Expert.
• Lin Ruxue awoke in another body, sensed the Immortal Ascension Method, and went to confront the god she believed was deceiving people.

Ji Xiu resisted the Spirit Summoning Manifest Saint General’s attempt to recruit him, and Jiang Li intervened before the god could damage his soul. After revealing that she was an ancient wandering ghost inhabiting Lin Ruxue’s body, Jiang Li began explaining Great Xuan’s Dao arts, but Ji Wei burst in and misunderstood their embrace.

• The Spirit Summoning Manifest Saint General offered Ji Xiu divine status and a path to Qi Refining, but Ji Xiu challenged its claims and refused to kneel.
• A woman’s voice and a golden “Edict” shattered the god’s illusion, forcing the Spirit Summoning Manifest Saint General to retreat and order Wei Changjiao to prepare for its Body Outside Body to descend in half a month.
• Ji Xiu woke to find Lin Ruxue connected to the broken shrine, then learned that the woman before him was Jiang Li, a wandering ghost inhabiting Lin Ruxue’s body.
• Jiang Li warned Ji Xiu that the god had tried to damage his soul and explained that Great Xuan’s Human Immortal Martial Path combined bodily cultivation with Dao arts and the cultivation of the soul.
• Ji Wei burst into the room to offer Ji Xiu Dao Seal Visualization Diagrams and explain the trials for Heavenly Ordination, then saw Jiang Li reclining in Ji Xiu’s arms and hurriedly left.

Ji Xiu learned how Jiang Li came to inhabit Lin Ruxue’s body, then used her help to perceive the Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Diagram and began comprehending it with the Primordial Dao Talisman. The chapter left him having rapidly advanced his divine-soul cultivation while Jiang Li worried that he had made an enemy of the Ten Thousand Methods Sect.

• Jiang Li explained that she had lived within Lin Ruxue’s jade talisman for years and borrowed Lin Ruxue’s body after the young woman died.
• Ji Xiu realized that Ji Wei’s copied Dao Seal diagram appeared blank to him, and Jiang Li explained that powerful inheritances concealed their contents from the uninitiated.
• Jiang Li used her damaged divine soul to help Ji Xiu perceive the Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Diagram, and Ji Xiu activated the Primordial Dao Talisman to comprehend it.
• Ji Wei marveled as Ji Xiu entered meditation immediately and strengthened his spirit, while Jiang Li worried that stealing the Ten Thousand Methods Sect’s inheritance would make him its enemy.
• Ji Xiu opened his eyes after reaching 37 of 800 progress in the Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Diagram and saw that it strengthened his spirit, divine intent, resistance to external arts, inner sight, hearing, and vision.

After Ji Xiu entered the first realm of Dao arts, Jiang Li explained how Dao cultivation complemented the Human Immortal Martial Path and revealed its ancient lineage. Meanwhile, Qin Wanfa inducted the Flying Immortal Temple Master into the Ten Thousand Methods Sect and ordered him to welcome Ji Xiu as an ancestor, prompting the temple master to set out for the prefecture’s ferry crossing.

• Ji Xiu comprehended the Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Diagram, entered Recognizing Scriptures and Receiving Ordination, and gained sharper senses and the ability to inspect himself.
• Jiang Li explained how the six faculties led to a divine soul and described Dao cultivation as a supplement to martial cultivation, then recounted the Human Immortal Martial Path’s dynastic history.
• Ji Xiu resolved to master the Dao Seals and pursue greater strength rather than wait for Old Man Huang’s pill master.
• The Flying Immortal Temple Master saw Qin Wanfa manifest through the temple’s statue and begged for mercy over selling Ten Thousand Methods Sect techniques.
• Qin Wanfa admitted the Flying Immortal Temple Master into the sect, bestowed methods upon him, and ordered him to treat his disciple as an ancestor and protect him.
• The Flying Immortal Temple Master ordered a procession to Thirteen Ferry Crossing, Fishing Dock Wharf, to welcome Ancestor Ji into the prefecture.

Ji Xiu settled into his new role as Anning County’s Mountain Road Chief Head, turning the former gangs’ gambling debts into labor for his business while reconnecting with allies and learning that Huang Xuan could be cured by the Jade Marrow Cold Lotus. After seeing Gu Baichuan and Zhang Qing depart for Jiangyin Prefecture, Ji Xiu resolved to seek the earth treasure, but a splendid ship crashed into Anning Wharf.

• Ji Xiu moved into the Ji Residence with Ji Wei and arranged for gambling-house debtors to work off their debts through the Mountain Dao Business.
• Ji Xiu postponed invitations from the mountain chiefs, businesses, and county authorities, and reunited Lin Zhenhai and Lin Ruyue with the woman presented as Lin Ruxue.
• Huang Xuan told Ji Xiu that the Jade Marrow Cold Lotus from Earth Dragon Cave could cure his chronic illness, and Ji Xiu promised to seek it for him.
• Ji Xiu inspected his Azure Horn Spirit Deer with Aura Sight and decided that his new strength made it the right time to search for the Jade Marrow Cold Lotus.
• Ji Xiu saw Gu Baichuan, Duan Chenzhou, Han Ying, and Zhang Qing off as they left for Jiangyin Prefecture, and he said he wanted to reach Skin Refinement before venturing out himself.
• A splendid sailing ship crashed into Anning Wharf, drawing Ji Xiu’s attention.

At Anning Wharf, Huang Xiuwen insulted the locals and Qing Tuan smashed his sedan chair, prompting Ji Xiu to intervene with an arrow. Aura Sight revealed that Qing Tuan was a clam maiden and Bai Shuo was dragonkind, and Ji Xiu saw a chance to gain dragon blood and break through his physical limits; the chapter ended with the Flying Immortal Temple Master reacting to Ji Xiu’s name.

• Qing Tuan and Bai Shuo disembarked at Anning Wharf, where Huang Xiuwen mocked the locals and treated them with contempt.
• Qing Tuan broke Huang Xiuwen’s sedan-chair support beam, and Feng Zhengming and Huang’s guards prepared to confront her.
• Ji Xiu shot an arrow before Huang Xiuwen and challenged him for bullying the weak.
• Ji Xiu’s Aura Sight identified Qing Tuan as a clam maiden and Bai Shuo as a dragon-blooded descendant, giving him hope of breaking through Quicksilver Blood Silver Marrow.
• Bai Shuo recognized Ji Xiu’s name and suspected a connection to a rumor, while Qing Tuan celebrated him as a storybook hero.
• In the ship’s cabin, the Flying Immortal Temple Master sprang up when he heard Ji Xiu’s name.

Ji Xiu was cornered by Huang Xiuwen’s men at the docks, but he withdrew and claimed his master Duan Chenzhou had become a Qi Refining Expert. His declaration drew the attention of powerful onlookers, and Fan Nansong recognized Ji Xiu as the ancestor of his lineage before intervening.

• Aboard the ship, Xu Li confronted Fan Nansong over following him to Anning County, and Fan said he had come for a different purpose.
• Bai Shuo considered helping Ji Xiu, but he attacked Huang Xiuwen first and then retreated from Feng Zhengming and the Huang Family’s old servant.
• Ji Xiu warned his attackers that Duan Chenzhou had broken through to become a Qi Refining Expert, startling the pursuers and drawing Qin Zhuo and Ye Ningzhi’s attention.
• Fan Nansong recognized Ji Xiu’s Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Visualization Diagram and declared him the ancestor of his lineage.
• Fan Nansong seized control of the dock with his Divine Soul and demanded that everyone stop making things difficult for Ancestor Ji.

Ji Xiu was mistaken for the ancestor of Fan Nansong’s lineage, and Fan punished Huang Xiuwen before forcing a powerful pill on him. The pill completed Ji Xiu’s True Jiao Transformation, while Fan realized at Ji Residence that he had mistaken Ji Xiu for Ji Wei.

• Di Yuan recognized Fan Nansong’s influence and quietly considered using his new connections to advance his own plans.
• Fan Nansong struck Huang Xiuwen and his old servant into the river, then treated Ji Xiu as his ancestor and ordered Qin Yu to pay respects.
• Fan Nansong took a Sixth Grade Foundation Establishment Treasure Pill from Qin Yu’s pouch and fed it to Ji Xiu, whose twenty-four-joint True Jiao Spine transformed into golden bones.
• Fan Nansong carried Ji Xiu to West Street Ji Residence and instructed Qin Yu to escort Bai Shuo and Qing Tuan there.
• Ji Xiu completed True Jiao Transformation as Fan Nansong praised his talent, then Fan saw Ji Wei and realized he had mistaken Ji Xiu for the true heir of the Ten Thousand Laws Dao Seal Visualization Diagram.

Bai Shuo decided to offer Ji Xiu dragonkind blood to help him break the Physical Body Great Limit in exchange for a future favor, while several factions moved toward the Ji Residence. Just as she made her proposal, a surge of violet energy announced that someone nearby had broken through to Qi Refining Expert.

• Bai Shuo recognized Ji Xiu’s formidable golden-bone foundation and decided to invest in him, offering dragonkind blood in exchange for a promise.
• Bai Shuo and Qing Tuan rode the Azure Horn Spirit Deer to the Ji Residence, while Qin Yu followed after them.
• Qin Zhuo and Ye Ningzhi recognized each other’s ties to Duan Chenzhou and Ye Luan, then left the wharf with Ye Ningzhi following Qin Zhuo to find Ji Xiu.
• Huang Xiuwen concealed his anger and sent Di Yuan with Feng Zhengming while he planned to visit the wine trade and County Magistrate Ninth Master.
• At the Ji Residence, Fan Nansong learned that Ji Wei, not Ji Xiu, had inherited the Myriad Laws True Venerable’s legacy.
• Bai Shuo offered Ji Xiu a way to reach Quicksilver Blood Silver Marrow, but a violet current rose from the rear courtyard, signaling someone’s breakthrough to Qi Refining Expert.

Duan Chenzhou opened a Second Grade Qi Sea and became a Qi Refining Expert, giving Ji Xiu hope of completing the Mortal Transformation Leaping Dragon Gate with dragon blood. Ji Xiu agreed to fight for Bai Shuo at the Dragon Lord Banquet, then began advancing the final volume of his cultivation method.

• Jiang Li explained that Duan Chenzhou's breakthrough could produce an Upper Three Grades Qi Sea, and Ji Xiu resolved to pursue the same level.
• Duan Chenzhou emerged from the East Courtyard as a Qi Refining Expert and promised to find a Wild Flood Dragon whose blood could help Ji Xiu advance.
• Bai Shuo asked Ji Xiu to fight for her at the Dragon Lord Banquet in the Eastern Cang Sea, and Ji Xiu accepted.
• Duan Chenzhou revealed that Ji Xiu's grandmaster had cultivated the Mortal Transformation Leaping Dragon Gate through a past Dragon Lord Banquet, and Bai Shuo realized the grandmaster was the Saber Sect prodigy her aunt had awaited.
• County Magistrate Zhao learned that Duan Chenzhou had advanced and dismissed Huang Qi's calling card rather than risk offending Ji Xiu's allies.
• Bai Shuo placed a drop of faintly golden blood in a cup, and Ji Xiu invoked the Primordial Dao Talisman to advance the final volume of Leaping Dragon Gate.