Arc 35Chaos Star Domain Alliance

Gu Chenfeng entered the Chaos Star Domain, gained access to the Sky-Splitting King and Mountain-Slaying City, and helped secure a top-grade blood crystal vein. He allied with Yin Hongluan to counter the Yin Gui King and Heavenly Saint City, ending the arc with their forces driven into retreat while Gu Chenfeng blocked Tie Shan from pursuing them.

  • Gu Chenfeng learned that the Four Saints planned to help the Yin Gui King seize the Chaos Star Domain, then reached Great Stone City and defeated Hong Xiong before securing his cooperation and an assessment token.
  • Gu Chenfeng traveled to Mountain-Slaying City, passed Broken Spine Mountain, and was brought before the Sky-Splitting King, who tried to make him her royal consort.
  • Gu Chenfeng cultivated with the Sky-Splitting King's top-grade blood crystals, learned about the coming Chaos Star Assembly, and accompanied her to Ten Thousand Demons City.
  • At the assembly, Gu Chenfeng fought through the Myriad Demon Formation and helped Mountain-Slaying City claim all nine bronze pillars and the top-grade blood crystal vein.
  • After Yin Hongluan drove off the Yin Gui King, Gu Chenfeng returned with her to Mountain-Slaying City, where they revealed their identities and agreed to ally through a blood oath.
  • Gu Chenfeng and Yin Hongluan planned a trap for the Yin Gui King, and Nether River City's forces were caught in a blood-draining formation while meeting Heavenly Saint City.
  • Yin Hongluan and Gu Chenfeng led Mountain-Slaying City reinforcements to aid the Yin Gui King, and their combined forces routed Heavenly Saint City's troops before Gu Chenfeng stopped Tie Shan from leaving the gorge.
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Ch. 851Yin Gui King

Gu Chenfeng overheard a secret alliance between Heavenly Holy Mountain and the Yin Gui King, then headed toward the Chaos Star Domain to thwart their plans. He reached a city at the foot of a crimson mountain and prepared to seek information there.

  • Gu Chenfeng followed a Soul Devouring Beast expert to a cave, where he overheard the man meeting a Human Race agent and learning that the Sky-Splitting King was injured.
  • The Soul Devouring Beast expert promised that Heavenly Holy Mountain would help the Yin Gui King seize the Chaos Star Domain and said they would act within six months to a year.
  • Gu Chenfeng decided to stabilize the Chaos Star Domain before the Four Saints could carry out their plan, then traveled northwest through the Mist Forest.
  • Gu Chenfeng observed hunting parties, deadly disputes, and the use of blood crystals as he crossed the sparsely populated central region.
  • Gu Chenfeng entered the Chaos Star Domain and spotted a city beside a crimson mountain, deciding to go in and ask about the region.

Ch. 852What I say is the law

Gu Chenfeng entered Great Stone City and was taken to the Hong family head, Hong Xiong, who tried to claim him as a servant. Gu Chenfeng killed the guards and Hong Xiong’s daughter, then sat on the throne and asked whether his word was now the law.

  • Gu Chenfeng arrived in Great Stone City and noticed its human and demon inhabitants were marked and seemed enslaved.
  • Hong Family Fort soldiers escorted Gu Chenfeng to Hong Xiong after learning he had no master.
  • Hong Xiong and his daughter argued over who would take Gu Chenfeng as a concubine and later eat him.
  • Hong Xiong declared that his strength made him the law, and Gu Chenfeng attacked him.
  • Gu Chenfeng killed the guards and Hong Xiong’s daughter, then sat on the throne and asked the defeated Hong Xiong whether his word counted as law.

Ch. 853Three Kings and Eight Generals

Gu Chenfeng forced Hong Xiong to explain the Chaos Star Domain and learned that entering Mountain-Slaying City required a mine owner’s recommendation. He decided to secure a qualifying mine owner’s support before the assessment in two months.

  • Gu Chenfeng crippled Hong Xiong and made him answer questions in exchange for his life.
  • Hong Xiong explained that the Chaos Star Domain was ruled by the Three Kings and Eight Generals, and that his mines lay within the Sky-Splitting King's sphere of influence.
  • Gu Chenfeng planned to approach the Sky-Splitting King and ally with him against the Four Saints and Yin Gui King.
  • Hong Xiong told Gu Chenfeng that Mountain-Slaying City held assessments every three years, but candidates needed recommendations from mine owners with at least three low-grade veins.
  • Gu Chenfeng asked where the nearest low-grade vein was so he could obtain a recommendation before the assessment.

Ch. 854Super First-Rate Expert

After the Hong Family Fort defeated the Blood Fang Stronghold with Gu Chenfeng’s help, Hong Xiong presented him with an assessment token for Mountain-Slaying City. Gu Chenfeng planned to leave in three days, spared Hong Xiong on condition that he reform and keep Gu’s identity secret, and revealed power that marked him as a super first-rate expert.

  • The Hong Family Fort expanded across the southeastern border region after Gu Chenfeng killed the Blood Fang Stronghold’s old chief and routed his forces.
  • Hong Xiong visited Gu Chenfeng and presented him with a Mountain-Slaying City assessment token he had secured for the Hong Family Fort.
  • Gu Chenfeng planned to enter Mountain-Slaying City and seek a chance to contact the Sky-Splitting King.
  • Hong Xiong pleaded for his life and promised to serve Gu Chenfeng, saying the Hong Family Fort would be destroyed without his protection.
  • Gu Chenfeng spared Hong Xiong but ordered him to stop killing and cultivating by devouring people, and to keep Gu’s identity secret.
  • Gu Chenfeng demonstrated force projected beyond his body, and Hong Xiong recognized him as a super first-rate expert.

Ch. 855High-grade blood crystals

Gu Chenfeng traveled toward Mountain-Slaying City, using high-grade blood crystals to accelerate the refinement of Saint-level essence blood and practicing techniques along the way. After a month, the caravan reached the city, where Gu Chenfeng sensed powerful and dangerous figures ahead.

  • Gu Chenfeng tested a high-grade blood crystal and found that its energy helped him refine the resistant Saint-level essence blood faster, though it quickly ran out.
  • Gu Chenfeng used up the several dozen high-grade blood crystals Hong Xiong had given him and resolved to seek better supplies in Mountain-Slaying City.
  • During the month-long journey, Gu Chenfeng cultivated three techniques and practiced combat and divine-sense arts in the Phantom Martial Divine Ruins Space.
  • Gu Chenfeng repeatedly protected the caravan from bandits, demonic beasts, and hostile factions, earning the guards' awe.
  • The caravan reached the Core Region, and a guard told Gu Chenfeng that Mountain-Slaying City lay just ahead.
  • Gu Chenfeng surveyed Mountain-Slaying City, sensed a dangerous aura within it, and ordered the caravan to keep moving.

Ch. 856Ghost Crying General

Gu Chenfeng entered Mountain-Cleaving City's assessment, passed its deadly climbing trial, and discovered the city’s powerful formations and rulers. As the arena matches were about to begin, Ghost Crying General Yin Xiaohe ordered all candidates to remove their disguises, putting Gu Chenfeng’s concealed identity at risk.

  • Gu Chenfeng joined nearly a thousand candidates for Mountain-Cleaving City's assessment and learned that the second round would be arena combat overseen by the Ghost Crying General.
  • Gu Chenfeng climbed Broken Spine Mountain among concealed star beasts, reached the summit, and passed the first round with just over a hundred candidates surviving.
  • Gu Chenfeng entered Mountain-Cleaving City, sensed its Spirit Gathering Formation, and followed the candidates to the military camp for the second round.
  • Yin Xiaohe introduced herself as the Ghost Crying General and announced that winning three consecutive arena matches would raise a candidate's rank and grant entry to the Inner City.
  • Gu Chenfeng assembled his spear and planned to impress the Sky-Splitting King, but Yin Xiaohe suddenly ordered the candidates to reveal their true faces, forcing him to remove his Silver Mask.

Ch. 857Unspoken rules?

After the Ghost Crying General, Yin Xiaohe, noticed Gu Chenfeng’s exceptional appearance at the assessment, she excused him from the second round and escorted him to meet the Sky-Splitting King. The king summoned Gu Chenfeng and, after he entered the hall, ordered him to raise his head.

  • At Yin Xiaohe’s command, the assessment candidates shed their disguises, and the crowd and commanders noticed Gu Chenfeng’s striking appearance.
  • Yin Xiaohe identified Gu Chenfeng as Chen Feng of Hong Family Fort and let him skip the second round to enter the Inner City.
  • When a burly candidate challenged the decision, Yin Xiaohe struck him down with a burst of force and continued on with Gu Chenfeng.
  • Yin Xiaohe brought Gu Chenfeng to the palace, where Tie Shan sensed his Late Source Venerable Realm cultivation and allowed them inside.
  • Gu Chenfeng sensed the Sky-Splitting King’s Saint-level aura and prepared cautiously as Yin Xiaohe presented him to the king.
  • The Sky-Splitting King emerged from behind the gauze curtain and ordered Gu Chenfeng to raise his head.

Ch. 858The royal consort

Gu Chenfeng met the Sky-Splitting King, a formidable woman who had summoned him because she was attracted to his appearance. When he refused her demand to become her royal consort and bear her heir, she shut him alone in the hall and threatened to force him.

  • Gu Chenfeng saw that the Sky-Splitting King was a tall, imposing woman, and she took an immediate interest in his handsome face.
  • The Sky-Splitting King questioned Gu Chenfeng about his origins, and he claimed to be a martial artist from the Sea God Hall on the Tianxuan Continent.
  • Gu Chenfeng offered to help the Sky-Splitting King unite the Chaos Star Domain, but she laughed and said she was more interested in him.
  • The Sky-Splitting King revealed that she had arranged for Gu Chenfeng to be brought in so he could become her royal consort and give her an heir.
  • Gu Chenfeng refused, and the Sky-Splitting King sent Yin Xiaohe away, closed the hall doors, and threatened to force him to submit.

Ch. 859Set Dignity Aside

Gu Chenfeng avoided a fight with the injured Sky-Splitting King, who ordered him taken to her harem as her chosen Princess Consort. Enticed by her promise of unlimited top-grade blood crystals, he went along willingly and secretly listened as Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan discussed her injuries and the approaching Chaos Star Assembly.

  • Gu Chenfeng prepared to fight the Sky-Splitting King, but noticed her aura falter and realized she was injured.
  • The Sky-Splitting King gave Gu Chenfeng more time to consider serving her, then ordered Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan to take him to her harem.
  • Gu Chenfeng raised his spear against Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan, but paused when Yin Xiaohe showed him a tray of top-grade blood crystals.
  • After hearing that the crystals would be supplied without limit, Gu Chenfeng agreed to go to the harem and carried the crystals with him.
  • As Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan discussed the Sky-Splitting King's injuries and the Chaos Star Assembly, Gu Chenfeng secretly eavesdropped and planned to use his stay to grow stronger and gather information.

Ch. 860Easy to Get Hooked

Gu Chenfeng cultivated in the Sky-Splitting King's harem while gathering intelligence about the powers surrounding the Chaos Star Domain. He learned of the coming Chaos Star Assembly and continued to wait for the Sky-Splitting King's recovery, wary that warning her might expose him to danger.

  • Gu Chenfeng used the blood-powered Spirit Gathering Grand Formation and top-grade blood crystals to refine Saint Level essence blood and strengthen his body.
  • While the Sky-Splitting King recuperated, Gu Chenfeng questioned Yin Xiaohe about the Yin Gui King, the Heavenly Demon King, and Heavenly Saint City, learning that Heavenly Saint City had a hidden advantage and the Yin Gui King had secretly sided with it.
  • Gu Chenfeng asked about the mysterious expert at the Misty Deep Forest boundary and wondered whether the old man was connected to an expert above Saint Level.
  • Yin Xiaohe told Gu Chenfeng that the Chaos Star Assembly would take place in a few months in Ten Thousand Demons City, where the three kings would meet.
  • Gu Chenfeng suspected the Yin Gui King would use the assembly to test the Sky-Splitting King's condition, but chose not to reveal his suspicions and continued cultivating.

Ch. 861It would feel great

Three months into his cultivation in the Sky-Splitting King's palace, Gu Chenfeng accompanied her to the Chaos Star Assembly and tried to persuade her to cooperate against possible threats from Heavenly Saint City. He realized her injuries had not healed and hoped to contact the Chaos Star Domain's other two kings at the assembly.

  • The Sky-Splitting King emerged from seclusion, and Yin Xiaohe summoned Gu Chenfeng to accompany her to the Chaos Star Assembly.
  • Gu Chenfeng boarded the Sky-Splitting King's carriage and discussed becoming her royal consort and pursuing a broader alliance.
  • The Sky-Splitting King revealed that she expected the space seal to break soon and planned to return to the Upper Realm with Gu Chenfeng.
  • Gu Chenfeng warned that Heavenly Saint City might target the Sky-Splitting King, but she challenged him to explain what he could offer her.
  • Gu Chenfeng noticed the Sky-Splitting King's injuries still weakened her, and she postponed their discussion until after the assembly before resuming cultivation.

Ch. 862"Personal bodyguard"

Gu Chenfeng traveled with the injured Sky-Splitting King to Ten Thousand Demons City for the Chaos Star Assembly and met the Heavenly Demon King, Ji Qianqiu, and his daughter, Ji Yun. After presenting Gu Chenfeng as her personal bodyguard, the Sky-Splitting King carried him toward the city atop her enormous saber.

  • Gu Chenfeng cultivated during the journey and considered how to protect himself at the Chaos Star Assembly while the Sky-Splitting King concealed her unhealed injuries.
  • Ji Qianqiu and his party welcomed the Sky-Splitting King outside Ten Thousand Demons City, where Gu Chenfeng sensed Dragon Race bloodlines in Ji Qianqiu and Ji Yun.
  • Ji Yun stared at Gu Chenfeng, and the Sky-Splitting King introduced him as her personal bodyguard, prompting the others to suspect he was her male favorite.
  • Ji Qianqiu invited the party to the city, and the Sky-Splitting King had Tie Shan bring her huge saber before throwing it toward the mountaintop.
  • The Sky-Splitting King grabbed Gu Chenfeng and leaped onto the flying saber, carrying him toward Ten Thousand Demons City.

Ch. 863Chaos Star Assembly

Yin Hongluan attended the Chaos Star Assembly with Gu Chenfeng and used a show of force to rebuff Ming Nine Netherworlds’ attempt to probe whether she was injured. After the assembly settled the other factions’ disputes, Ming Nine Netherworlds raised a newly discovered top-grade blood crystal vein, setting up a struggle among the three royal cities over its shares.

  • Yin Hongluan arrived at the assembly with Mountain-Slaying City’s delegation, where Ming Nine Netherworlds mocked her lateness and questioned her condition after her visit to Five-Thunder Divine Mountain.
  • Yin Hongluan challenged Ming Nine Netherworlds to test whether she was injured, and their auras clashed, forcing him to stagger backward.
  • Ji Qianqiu intervened and calmed the two kings before formally beginning the Chaos Star Assembly.
  • The three royal cities mediated and settled the disputes brought forward by the attending powers.
  • Ming Nine Netherworlds proposed resolving the three sides’ shares in a newly discovered top-grade blood crystal vein, shocking the attendees and making the atmosphere tense.

Ch. 864A two-sided encirclement

At the Chaos Star Assembly, the three royal cities agreed to divide a valuable blood crystal vein through a contest inside Heavenly Demon City’s Myriad Demon Formation. Nether River City and Ten Thousand Demons City joined forces against Mountain-Slaying City’s Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan, leaving them in danger as Yin Hongluan watched.

  • Yin Xiaohe told Gu Chenfeng that the three royal cities had bought the same top-grade blood crystal vein from the Gnome Clan and were now deadlocked over it.
  • Yin Gui King, Heavenly Demon King, and Sky-Splitting King agreed to divide the vein according to a contest among their subordinates.
  • Ji Qianqiu activated the Myriad Demon Formation, where thirty-six fighters would compete for control of nine bronze pillars before the incense burned out.
  • Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan helped Mountain-Slaying City claim two pillars, but they abandoned their attempt to secure a third when their opponents attacked.
  • Evil Ghost General persuaded Ten Thousand Demons City’s fighters to join Nether River City in attacking Mountain-Slaying City’s two pillars.
  • Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan began to falter under the combined assault, and Yin Hongluan’s expression darkened as Heavenly Demon King apologized for the turn of events.

Ch. 865Sit Tight, Your Majesty

As Mountain-Slaying City struggled against Nether River City and Heavenly Demon City, the Yin Gui King used a staged spear attack to test the Sky-Splitting King through Gu Chenfeng. Gu Chenfeng stopped the attack and killed the assailant, revealing his strength as the battle continued.

  • Nether River City and Heavenly Demon City pressed Mountain-Slaying City’s fighters, leaving Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan outmatched as the incense continued to burn.
  • The Yin Gui King sent a concealed divine-sense signal, prompting a black-robed Nether River City fighter to stage an attack toward Yin Hongluan’s viewing seats.
  • Yin Hongluan prepared to intervene, but Gu Chenfeng caught her wrist and stopped the spear inches from his throat.
  • Gu Chenfeng crushed the spear, then drove its broken tip through the black-robed man’s skull, killing him.

Ch. 866Skill that stunned the crowd

Gu Chenfeng stunned the arena by defeating the Nether River City fighters and then overwhelming a combined group from Nether River City and Heavenly Demon City. He rescued Yin Xiaohe from the Evil Ghost General and Shadow Blade General and told her to help Tie Shan.

  • Gu Chenfeng entered the Ten Thousand Demon Grand Formation and killed a black-robed powerhouse with one strike, drawing attention from the combatants and spectators.
  • Four first-rate powerhouses from Nether River City surrounded Gu Chenfeng, but he assembled his spear, disarmed them, and pierced their Dantians.
  • The remaining Nether River City and Heavenly Demon City powerhouses joined forces against Gu Chenfeng, who vanished from their encirclement and swiftly incapacitated them all.
  • Gu Chenfeng rushed to Yin Xiaohe as the Evil Ghost General and Shadow Blade General attacked her, then blocked their blows and drove them back.
  • Gu Chenfeng stood before Yin Xiaohe and told her to leave the two generals to him and go help Tie Shan.

Ch. 867It Had to Be a Clean Sweep!

Gu Chenfeng defeated Nether River City's Evil Ghost General and Shadow Blade General after revealing his full strength, stunning the gathering. He then appeared before Ghost Hand General, who was guarding three bronze pillars, and ordered him aside.

  • Yin Xiaohe left Gu Chenfeng to help Tie Shan, who was being driven back by the Fierce Tiger General and Phantom Face General.
  • Gu Chenfeng told the Evil Ghost General and Shadow Blade General that Mountain-Slaying City would take the entire blood crystal vein, then blocked their attacks with his spear.
  • The Evil Ghost General and Shadow Blade General unleashed their ultimate techniques, but Gu Chenfeng powered up and broke through their assault with Heaven's Mandate Nine Strikes.
  • Gu Chenfeng struck both generals with the Starry Sky Divine Sense Art and sent them flying out of the square with a spear strike.
  • As the spectators watched in shock, Gu Chenfeng appeared before Ghost Hand General, guarding three bronze pillars, and told him to get out of the way.

Ch. 868A man of steel

Gu Chenfeng defeated the remaining generals in the contest, securing all nine bronze pillars for Mountain-Slaying City and earning Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan’s apologies. As the incense burned out, the Yin Gui King attacked him, but just as Gu Chenfeng faced a second blow, a fiery figure intervened.

  • Gu Chenfeng defeated the Poison Hand General, the Blood Slaughter General, and the two transformed Great Demons, marking all nine bronze pillars with Mountain-Slaying City's aura.
  • After the incense burned out, Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan apologized to Gu Chenfeng, and he accepted their words calmly.
  • Gu Chenfeng asked Yin Hongluan whether she was satisfied, and she praised him and promised him a reward.
  • The Yin Gui King attacked Gu Chenfeng with a ghost claw, destroying his spear, but Gu Chenfeng blocked the strike with his fist and resisted the invading energies.
  • As the Yin Gui King prepared another attack, a fiery figure swept in and challenged him to a move.

Ch. 869The balance was about to shift

Yin Hongluan drove Yin Gui King and Nether River City from the assembly, cementing Mountain-Slaying City's rise while offering Heavenly Demon City a share of the ore vein. At the farewell banquet, Ji Yun secretly slid her bare foot up Gu Chenfeng's leg, leaving him startled by her advances.

  • Yin Hongluan defeated Yin Gui King's attack, challenged him, and forced him to withdraw with his injured subordinates.
  • The assembled factions recognized that Mountain-Slaying City had upset the balance of power through its strength and sole claim to the top-grade blood crystal ore vein.
  • Ji Qianqiu conceded the vein to Mountain-Slaying City, but Yin Hongluan offered Heavenly Demon City a twenty-percent share and secured his pledge of support.
  • Heavenly Demon City hosted a farewell banquet where Gu Chenfeng drank and socialized with Ji Qianqiu's party and the demon generals.
  • Ji Yun secretly rubbed her bare foot up Gu Chenfeng's leg, and he used his Divine Sense to discover her advances.

Ch. 870Brother, you really are something

At the banquet, Yin Hongluan thwarted the Heavenly Demon King’s attempt to arrange a marriage between Gu Chenfeng and Ji Yun by claiming Gu was the father of her unborn child. After returning to Mountain-Slaying City, Yin Hongluan took Gu to the Harem and attacked him, demanding to know his real identity and purpose in the Saint-Seizing Land.

  • Ji Qianqiu praised Gu Chenfeng and proposed that he marry Ji Yun, but Yin Hongluan refused, claiming Gu was the father of her child.
  • Ji Yun secretly gave Gu Chenfeng her life-bound jade pendant so they could contact each other and meet again.
  • Yin Hongluan left the banquet and traveled back to Mountain-Slaying City with Gu Chenfeng and the others; Gu sensed a chaotic aura and chilling force in her body and stood guard while she cultivated.
  • Several days later, Yin Hongluan brought Gu Chenfeng to the Harem, sealed its entrances, and demanded to know who he was and why he had come to the Saint-Seizing Land.
  • Yin Hongluan attacked Gu Chenfeng with a powerful finger strike, but he blocked it with azure scales; both were surprised by what the exchange revealed about the other’s strength and condition.

Ch. 871An alliance

Gu Chenfeng and Yin Hongluan revealed their deceptions and agreed to ally against Heavenly Saint City after he showed her a Marquis Decree from the Feathered Ascension Divine Dynasty. They began planning to unite the Chaos Star Domain, learning that the Yin Gui King and Heavenly Saint City would attack Mountain-Slaying City in ten days.

  • Yin Hongluan revealed that she had faked her injuries with Seven-Extinction Meridian-Severing Grass, while Gu Chenfeng admitted he came from the Seven Star Continent.
  • Gu Chenfeng and Yin Hongluan discussed Heavenly Saint City's plans and her refusal to cooperate with the Four Great Clans because they had betrayed the Feathered Ascension Divine Dynasty.
  • Yin Hongluan proposed bearing Gu Chenfeng's child as a condition for cooperation, but he offered to help her unite the Chaos Star Domain instead.
  • Gu Chenfeng showed Yin Hongluan his Marquis Decree and promised to help restore her lineage, persuading her to form an alliance with him through a blood oath.
  • Gu Chenfeng and Yin Hongluan began planning to unite the Chaos Star Domain, and Yin Hongluan revealed that the Yin Gui King and Heavenly Saint City planned to attack Mountain-Slaying City in ten days.

Ch. 872Who Said Big Breasts Meant No Brains!

Yin Hongluan revealed the Yin Gui King’s plan to attack Mountain-Slaying City and worked with Gu Chenfeng to devise a counterplot. Three days later, a disguised meeting began in her palace, where the Shadow Blade General delivered a false proposal as a hidden spy watched.

  • Yin Hongluan told Gu Chenfeng that the Yin Gui King planned to attack Mountain-Slaying City with Heavenly Saint City in ten days, and she proposed striking Nether River City first.
  • Gu Chenfeng asked how messages were sent in the Saint-Seizing Land and secretly explained a counterplan to Yin Hongluan.
  • Yin Hongluan warned that the Shadow Blade General’s distinctive movement technique could expose their scheme, but Gu Chenfeng said he was confident.
  • Three days later, Yin Hongluan dismissed Yin Xiaohe and Tie Shan from the harem, then opened a gap in its defensive formation.
  • The Shadow Blade General slipped into Yin Hongluan’s bedchamber as a hidden spy followed and watched him present the Yin Gui King’s token.
  • The Shadow Blade General told Yin Hongluan that Nether River City would join Mountain-Slaying City in attacking Heavenly Saint City’s forces seven days later.

Ch. 873Rest assured, my king

Yin Hongluan plotted with a mysterious envoy to lure the Yin Gui King and Heavenly Saint City’s forces into an ambush, while a spy secretly watched their meeting. Seven days later, the Yin Gui King led Nether River City’s experts to the rendezvous, where a blood formation trapped them and revealed the ambush.

  • Yin Hongluan told the envoy that she would ambush the Yin Gui King’s forces two thousand li inside the Chaos Star Domain and attack alongside him when he led Heavenly Saint City’s troops into the trap.
  • The envoy left Mountain-Slaying City, and a hidden spy also vanished; Yin Hongluan resolved to follow Gu Chenfeng’s plan and force the Yin Gui King and Heavenly Demon King into submission.
  • On the seventh night, Ming Nine Netherworlds led the Evil Ghost General, the Shadow Blade General, the Poison Hand General, and Nether River City’s experts toward the southeastern border to meet Heavenly Saint City.
  • Ming Nine Netherworlds dismissed his unease after the Poison Hand General assured him the meeting arrangements were confirmed, then led the group into a fog-filled valley.
  • When Nether River City’s forces found the valley empty, a blood-colored formation sprang up beneath them and trapped them as cries of “Kill!” came from the fog.

Ch. 874I'll Fight You to the Death

Nether River City’s force was ambushed by Heavenly Saint City and trapped in a formation that drained their blood qi. As Yan Jin pressed Yin Gui King toward defeat, a familiar blade aura appeared and stopped the fatal blow.

  • Nether River City’s experts were attacked by Heavenly Saint City’s forces while a formation weakened them and drained their blood qi.
  • Yin Gui King tried to lead his generals out, but Yan Jin and three Half-Saints blocked them and forced them back into the formation.
  • Yin Gui King and Yan Jin accused each other of betrayal, then fought while the three generals battled Heavenly Saint City’s Half-Saints.
  • Yan Jin gained the advantage as the formation weakened Yin Gui King and his forces, leaving many Nether River City experts wounded or dead.
  • Yan Jin launched a killing blow at Yin Gui King, but a familiar blade aura struck the attack and drove Yan Jin backward.

Ch. 875Joining Forces Against the Enemy

Yin Hongluan arrived to save the Yin Gui King, and their forces joined with Mountain-Slaying City's reinforcements to defeat Heavenly Saint City’s ambush. Yan Jin escaped with a talisman, while Gu Chenfeng intercepted Tie Shan as he tried to flee the gorge.

  • Yin Hongluan arrived at the gorge and battled Yan Jin, forcing him onto the defensive.
  • Gu Chenfeng, Yin Xiaohe, and Tie Shan led Mountain-Slaying City's reinforcements to aid the Yin Gui King, who broke free of the formation and joined the fight.
  • The forces of Nether River City and Mountain-Slaying City drove Heavenly Saint City's experts into retreat.
  • Yin Hongluan and the Yin Gui King attacked Yan Jin together, but he used a talisman to escape despite their strikes.
  • Heavenly Saint City's experts fled with similar talismans, and Gu Chenfeng blocked Tie Shan at the gorge's exit as he tried to leave.
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