Chapter Summaries

Ren Jie and his group ambushed their pursuing Avian Type Demon Beasts, killing the Giant Eagle and badly wounding the Red Bird, but the Golden Lion soon caught up with them. Ren Jie ordered everyone to stop, recover, and form a battle formation as the Golden Lion confronted them.

• Ren Jie detected a Shapeshifting Great Demon’s forces pursuing them and ordered Tong Qiang, Xiao Niao, and thirty guards to stay behind while the others changed course.
• Tong Qiang and Xie Jian led a sudden counterattack that wounded the Red Bird and disabled the Giant Eagle, while Ren Jie’s formation helped trap them.
• Xie Jian killed the Giant Eagle, and the wounded Red Bird escaped as Ren Jie’s group fled before the Golden Lion and its forces arrived.
• The Golden Lion found the ambush site, smashed through Ren Jie’s illusion formation, and pursued the group in a rage.
• Ren Jie identified the Golden Lion as the demon that had attacked Bright Jade Mountain Manor and ordered his group to keep moving until they could prepare a formation.
• When the Golden Lion’s forces closed to ten kilometers, Ren Jie ordered everyone to take medicine and set up the formation before the Golden Lion rose into the air and confronted them.

Ren Jie used the Guard Squad’s formation, blood mist, and potions to weaken and confuse Golden Lion’s Demon Beasts, then faced Golden Lion after it shattered their cover with Lion’s Roar. The squad could barely withstand the injured Shapeshifting Great Demon, and Ren Jie searched for a way to counter it.

• Ren Jie provoked Golden Lion into ordering its Demon Beasts to attack, while Tong Qiang and Xie Jian killed weaker beasts around the Guard Squad’s defensive formation.
• Ren Jie changed the formation and spread blood mist, illusions, and maze effects that poisoned the Demon Beasts and made some attack each other.
• Golden Lion blasted away the blood mist with Lion’s Roar, killing one guard and forcing Ren Jie’s group to regroup around the wounded.
• Golden Lion attacked the formation with five mana strikes, and Tong Qiang, Xie Jian, and the others blocked most of the blow as several guards were seriously injured.
• Ren Jie realized Golden Lion had come for the flood dragon’s severed horn and considered how they might counter it, since the formation could only hold it off.

Ren Jie drew Golden Lion away from the crumbling formation and activated the Nine Words Kill Seal, hoping to wound the Shapeshifting Great Demon. The seal’s crimson “Kill” character struck toward Golden Lion, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Golden Lion’s barrage weakened the formation, and guards sacrificed themselves to block his attacks while Di Shu and the others struggled to hold their positions.
• Tong Qiang and Xie Jian offered to risk their lives against Golden Lion, but Ren Jie decided to use his Top-Grade Spirit Artifact, the Nine Words Kill Seal.
• Ren Jie slipped away from the battlefield, and Tong Qiang and Xie Jian provoked Golden Lion to keep him distracted, aggravating his injuries with another Lion’s Roar.
• Ren Jie taunted Golden Lion with the Nine Headed Dragon King’s Flood Dragon Horn, drawing him into pursuit as the others tried to buy Ren Jie time.
• Golden Lion caught up and lunged at Ren Jie, who activated the Nine Words Kill Seal and sent its crimson “Kill” character blasting toward him.

Ren Jie used the Nine Words Kill Seal and ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jade pieces to kill Golden Lion, but Golden Lion’s self-detonation left Ren unable to escape. Fatty carried Ren through a mysterious light door, while the seal’s use triggered a race among Human Character Nine Kill assassins to find and kill its user.

• Ren Jie poured the spiritual energy of ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Jade pieces into the Nine Words Kill Seal, strengthening it enough to shatter Golden Lion’s Lion's Roar and pierce his body.
• Golden Lion activated his demon core as the seal drained his blood and life force, preparing to die with Ren Jie in an explosion.
• Ren Jie’s Jade Slip absorbed scattered spiritual energy, and Fatty rushed in, seized Ren Jie, and carried him through a door of light before Golden Lion exploded.
• Tong Qiang told Xie Jian that he had seen the same kind of light door appear ten years earlier when the Old Family Head was alive, and the survivors set out to find Ren Jie.
• Human Character Nine Kill announced that the Nine Words Kill Seal had been used and suspended its contests, ordering assassins to find and kill the user to claim the Nine Kill King position.

Ren Jie learned that the Ren Family Heads had visited the mysterious Stone Tablet every ten years and discovered that Ren Tianxing had once spoken to it. After a mysterious medicinal solution restored and strengthened him, Ren Jie found Fatty trembling nearby and realized his hand was passing through Fatty’s body to touch a woman.

• Ren Jie received memories of past Ren Family Heads asking the Stone Tablet whether it submitted, including Ren Tianxing saying he would return in ten years.
• A recorded voice warned that the ritual must be brief and promised the Ren Family a chance at invincible power, while threatening disaster for anyone who lingered or spoke carelessly.
• A familiar person kissed Ren Jie and gave him a powerful medicinal solution that healed him and raised his cultivation to the early fourth layer of the True Qi Realm.
• Ren Jie woke in the vast space beside the Stone Tablet and saw Fatty curled up and trembling.
• Ren Jie reached for Fatty, but his hand passed through Fatty’s visible body and touched a warm, soft female form underneath.

Ren Jie discovered that the fat guy was a woman and helped her absorb the medicinal power, raising her to the fifth level of the True Qi Realm while he reached the fourth. At the Stone Tablet, he learned that its imprisoned presence had been there for countless ages.

• Ren Jie found that the fat guy's injuries came from the medicinal power inside her and guided it through her body, raising her to the fifth level of the True Qi Realm.
• The fat guy woke, celebrated her new strength, and teased Ren Jie about surpassing him, but he revealed he could use Protective Qi and released True Qi.
• Ren Jie and the fat guy approached the Stone Tablet, where the characters "Unconvinced" appeared.
• Ren Jie asked whether the presence was imprisoned inside the Stone Tablet, and it answered yes.
• Ren Jie asked how long it had been imprisoned, and the Stone Tablet replied, "Countless ages, impossible to calculate."

Ren Jie investigated the enormous Stone Tablet with Sage Dao Discussion and discovered a tiny formation suppressing a fragment of the imprisoned being’s power. He released that fragment, and the burly man emerged in an avatar and immediately reached for Ren Jie and the chubby girl.

• Ren Jie questioned the being in the Stone Tablet, learned that the place was Outside of Heaven and Earth, and watched the chubby girl continue chatting with him.
• Ren Jie used Sage Dao Discussion to probe the Stone Tablet, spending most of his High-Grade Spirit Jade before sensing a faint strand of power being refined by the great formation.
• Ren Jie understood a small formation at the Stone Tablet’s edge and reached the peak of the second layer of the Yin Yang Realm Yin Soul before his Spirit Jade ran out.
• Ren Jie asked what the being would do if he released him, and the being said Ren Jie would never manage it.
• Ren Jie activated the small formation and released a fragment of the being’s power, which appeared as a burly man who reached for Ren Jie and the chubby girl.

Ren Jie repeatedly released and resealed the Stout Man until he agreed not to attack, then arranged for the powerful being to fight alongside him while Ren Jie worked toward freeing him. The Stout Man warned that dangerous newcomers had entered the place, so Ren Jie led Fatty and the Stout Man out.

• Ren Jie used the Stone Tablet’s formation to repeatedly trap the Stout Man whenever he emerged, while Fatty watched and eventually fell asleep.
• After many rounds, Ren Jie stopped asking whether the Stout Man submitted and made him promise not to attack.
• Ren Jie asked the Stout Man to explain why he had been imprisoned, and the Stout Man offered benefits and his fighting strength.
• Ren Jie proposed that the Stout Man accompany him and help him fight while Ren Jie sought a way to free him, and the Stout Man agreed.
• The Stout Man warned Ren Jie that troublesome newcomers had entered, so Ren Jie took Fatty and the Stout Man through the light doorway and left.

Ren Jie, the fatty, and the burly man mistakenly emerged at Nine Dragon Pool, where Ren Jie convinced the Nine Headed Dragon King to let them go by pretending to belong to a powerful Lineage. Black Eel recognized Ren Jie and exposed his identity just as they were leaving, putting them in danger again.

• Ren Jie and his companions emerged beside a beautiful lake, and the burly man mocked the scenery while recognizing that the fatty wore a disguise.
• Ren Jie realized the lake was unusually empty because it was the Nine Headed Dragon King's territory, and the Nine Headed Dragon King rose from the water to confront them.
• Ren Jie claimed that elders from his Lineage had accidentally sent them into the territory and implied that the burly man was a powerful protector.
• The Nine Headed Dragon King believed Ren Jie's story and allowed the three to leave, while the burly man criticized the Dragon King for backing down.
• Black Eel arrived and told the Nine Headed Dragon King that Ren Jie had saved Yu Wu Shuang and disrupted Mr. Mo's plans.

The big man transformed into a giant ape, struck down the Nine Headed Dragon King, and carried Ren Jie and Fatty deep into the Demon Beast Abyss. After they escaped, he rejected Ren Jie's comparison to Sun Wukong and named himself Qi Tian.

• The Nine Headed Dragon King attacked Ren Jie and Fatty, but the big man blocked his strike and then transformed into a giant ape.
• The giant ape punched the Nine Headed Dragon King into a distant waterfall and blasted Black Eel away before returning to human form.
• The big man carried Ren Jie and Fatty into the Demon Beast Abyss, while the enraged Nine Headed Dragon King searched for them and destroyed the surrounding area.
• Ren Jie reasoned that the Nine Headed Dragon King would not pursue them because he feared they were connected to Old Pill King Yu Changkong, and Fatty called the big man Chatterbox Unyielding.
• Ren Jie told Fatty and the big man the story of Sun Wukong, and the big man dismissed Sun Wukong as cowardly and chose the name Qi Tian.

Ren Jie and his companions reunited with Tong Qiang’s strengthened Guard Squad near Bright Jade Mountain Manor, only to be confronted by Bewitching Snake and her forces. Qi Tian defeated Bewitching Snake with overwhelming force, and the group prepared to return.

• Ren Jie told the fat girl and Qi Tian the story of Dragon Ball as they traveled through the Demon Beast Abyss.
• Tong Qiang ordered the Guard Squad to keep fighting and growing stronger, while Xie Jian took medicine to increase his strength.
• Yu Wu Shuang woke in a Spirit Beast Carriage on the way to Jade Capital City, and Yu Ren Long briefly apologized to her before riding away.
• Ren Jie crushed a location-locking spirit jade, allowing Tong Qiang, Xie Jian, and the Guard Squad to find and rejoin him.
• Bewitching Snake surrounded the reunited group with a sea of snakes and attacked, but Qi Tian seized her true form and swung her until she died.
• Ren Jie praised Qi Tian after the battle, and the group prepared to leave the Demon Beast Abyss.

Ren Jie’s convoy was ambushed by Fang Yuesong, who demanded an item and threatened to kill them. Ren Jie exposed Fang Yuesong’s threats, then ordered his Guard Squad to capture the entire Fang party alive, leaving Fang Yuesong beaten and in custody.

• Ren Junyang ordered the Ren Family to follow standard procedure while its intelligence personnel searched for and contacted Ren Jie.
• Fang Yuesong prepared an ambush on the road to Jade Capital City after waiting for Ren Jie’s convoy to arrive.
• Ren Jie ordered Tong Qiang to capture every attacker alive and record what happened.
• Fang Yuesong openly demanded the item and threatened Ren Jie, who accused him of being behind the earlier assassination and of defying the dynasty’s laws.
• Fang Yuesong attacked Ren Jie, but Tong Qiang struck him back, and the Guard Squad captured all the attackers alive.

Ren Jie’s Guard Squad captured Fang Yuesong and his men, and Ren Jie brought them to Jade Capital City. After Fang Qi’s attempts to negotiate through the Ren Family elders, news that Ren Jie planned to execute the captives at WuYang Tower sent the Fang Family mobilizing for a confrontation.

• Tong Qiang and the Guard Squad captured Fang Yuesong and all his followers alive, and Ren Jie ordered them taken to Jade Capital City.
• Fang Qi and the Fang Family elders discussed how to recover Fang Yuesong, deciding to approach the Ren Family elders first and prepare to negotiate or use force.
• The Ren Family elders agreed to learn what had happened before discussing the Fang Family’s proposed benefits.
• After Ren Jie arrived in Jade Capital City, the Fang Family learned he was taking the captives to the WuYang Tower Execution Ground to execute them.
• Fang Qi ordered the Ren Family elders to intervene, reported Ren Jie to the sovereign, and led the Fang Family forces toward WuYang Plaza.

Ren Jie staged the execution of Fang Yuesong and his men at WuYang Plaza, drawing a huge crowd and explaining his survival and sudden cultivation breakthrough. As his guards prepared to behead the prisoners, Fang Qi arrived with the Fang Family’s main force and threatened him.

• Ren Jie brought the bound Fang Yuesong and his men to WuYang Plaza, where thousands gathered to witness their execution.
• Gao Zhanyuan and Gao Peng watched from a private room, and Gao Peng warned that they could no longer underestimate Ren Jie.
• Ren Jie emerged from his carriage, paid supporters to clear hecklers from the inner rings, and told the crowd that an ancestral Supreme-Grade Spirit Pill had saved him and helped him reach the True Qi Realm Fourth Layer.
• Ren Jie accused Fang Yuesong’s group of plotting his assassination and ordered his guards to behead them.
• Fang Qi arrived at the head of the Fang Family’s main force and threatened Ren Jie if he harmed anyone from her family.

Ren Jie provoked the Fang Family and Fang Yan while holding Fang Yuesong at WuYang Tower, turning the confrontation into a standoff between the family and the army. As Fang Yan raised his hand to give an order, Ren Jie's Guard Squad stood ready to fight, leaving the clash on the brink of violence.

• Fang Qi arrived with three thousand Fang Family members and demanded that Ren Jie release Fang Yuesong, threatening to use force.
• Ren Jie ignored Fang Qi and taunted Fang Tianen about his authority as Family Head.
• Fang Yan arrived with twenty thousand Sharp Arrow Camp troops and declared that he would take control of the execution ground.
• Ren Jie praised Fang Yan in a way that drove a wedge between him and Fang Tianen, but Fang Yan insisted that official business came first and ordered Ren Jie to come with him.
• Ren Jie ordered his Guard Squad to kill anyone who advanced, and Fang Yan slowly raised his hand as his soldiers waited for an attack order.

Ren Jie exposed Fang Yuesong’s attempted interception and killing through a Memory Spirit Jade recording, turning public opinion against the Fang Family and silencing the Ren elders who had condemned him. An imperial decree summoned Ren Jie, Fang Tianen, and Fang Qi to the palace while Ren Junyang and the other elders were left to guard the prisoners.

• Ren Junyang, Ren Hanlin, and Ren Wenxu arrived and angrily ordered Ren Jie to stop causing trouble and return with them.
• Xie Jian projected the Memory Spirit Jade recording, revealing Fang Yuesong threatening Ren Jie and connecting the Fang Family to the earlier assassination attempt.
• Fang Yuesong recognized that Ren Jie had set him up, then spat blood and fainted, while Fang Tianen and Fang Qi realized the recording had trapped their family.
• Ren Jie rebuked the three Ren elders, ordered them to help guard the Fang prisoners, and demanded an explanation from Fang Tianen.
• Fang Qi threatened to fight if Ren Jie attacked, but Chief Steward An arrived with an imperial decree summoning Ren Jie, Fang Tianen, and Fang Qi to the palace.
• Ren Jie left the Ren elders in charge of the prisoners and warned them to execute the captives if he did not send an order within an hour.

Ren Jie confronted the emperor over the Fang Family’s attempt to capture him, using evidence and his position as Ren Family Head to turn the court against them. He left the Golden Luan Hall with Fang Yuesong and the others still held captive, demanding compensation and ransom from the Fang Family.

• The emperor angrily rebuked Fang Tianen and Fang Qi for causing trouble at WuYang Plaza, while Ren Jie refused to kneel and threatened to fight back if anyone tried to kill him again.
• Ren Jie showed the emperor a Memory Spirit Jade recording Fang Yuesong intercepting him, and Fang Qi blamed the incident on her own request to retrieve another recording.
• Ren Jie silenced Fang Qi and accused the Fang Family of trying to shift blame, while the emperor urged everyone to let the matter end for the Empress Dowager’s Birthday Celebration.
• Ren Jie promised not to make trouble before the celebration ended, then clarified that Fang Yuesong and the others would remain imprisoned and be dealt with later.
• Ren Jie demanded two million Jade Coins for the people who had welcomed him and told Fang Tianen to prepare compensation and ransom for the Fang Family captives before leaving the hall.

Ren Jie returned from the WuYang Tower Execution Ground and arranged for Fang Yuesong and the others to be guarded against Fang Qi. At Sixth Master Ren Tianzong’s residence, Ren Jie learned that the Heavenly Profound Cold Marrow was still missing and that the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl, which contained some of it, was being sent to Fang Qi; he ended the chapter promising to make her hand it over.

• The Emperor rebuked Fang Tianen for the Fang Family’s role in the assassination attempt and warned him to settle the matter quickly.
• Tong Qiang escorted Fang Yuesong and the others back to Ren Jie, while the three Ren Family elders avoided meeting Ren Jie.
• Ren Jie ordered Tong Qiang and Qi Tian to guard the prisoners against Fang Qi, then took Fatty to see Ren Tianzong.
• Ren Tianzong explained the benefits of Heavenly Profound Qilin Grass tea and said the search for Heavenly Profound Cold Marrow was still underway.
• Wan Hong reported that Blue Sky would deliver the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl to Fang Qi in three days, and Ren Jie decided to make her surrender it willingly.

Ren Jie promised to recover the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl within three days and began considering the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House as part of his plan. Meanwhile, Gao Peng revealed his Flying Heavens Merchant Group to Fang Yan and proposed an alliance against Ren Jie and Blue Sky, leaving Fang Yan to accept the first step of their deal.

• Ren Jie told Ren Tianzong that Fang Qi would not trade the Nine Stars Phoenix Pearl for Fang Yuesong and the others, but promised to bring it back within three days.
• Ren Jie considered using the Spirit Jade Essence Auction House as part of his plan.
• Gao Peng revealed that he controlled the Flying Heavens Merchant Group, a powerful merchant guild he had built in memory of his younger brother Gao Fei.
• Gao Peng offered to help Fang Yan build his own power and eventually control the Fang Family, with support from the Gao Family and the Flying Heavens Merchant Group.
• Gao Peng proposed that they work together against Ren Jie in the near term and Blue Sky in the future, and Fang Yan finally raised his cup to seal their agreement.

Fatty celebrated reaching the True Qi Realm Eighth Layer, then took Monkey to a tea house so he could talk with storyteller Zhang Tiezui while she shopped. An explosion soon erupted in the tea house, and someone crashed down onto a nearby stall.

• Fatty bragged about breaking through to the True Qi Realm Eighth Layer, and Ren Jie suggested that she take Monkey out to find someone else to talk with.
• Fatty told Ren Jie that Monkey had questioned a spirit-jade expert and an elderly architect so relentlessly that both had suffered serious consequences.
• Fatty brought Monkey to Zhang Tiezui's tea house, paid to reserve the venue, and left to shop on the street.
• An explosion shook the tea house, and someone fell from above and smashed a stall near Fatty.
• The startled onlookers discovered that the person who had fallen was Zhang Tiezui.