Chapter Summaries

Yu Huatian returned to Great Qing and learned that hidden Heavenly Beings had changed the war’s balance, so he moved to bring the southern coalition under his control. Lu Wenzhao identified Chen Jialuo’s protector as the Heavenly Pool Strange Hero but could not identify the White Lotus Sect’s elder, whose martial arts resembled those of Ancient Qi Cultivators.

• Yu Huatian learned that Qing forces had repelled the northern coalition and that Chen Jialuo’s betrayal had left the southern coalition weakened and fighting under a new alliance leader, Wang Sanhuai.
• Yu Huatian suspected the White Lotus Sect had concealed its Heavenly Being to exploit the war, and decided to bring the southern coalition under his control.
• Yu Huatian summoned Lu Wenzhao and, three days later, met him at an inn in a southern city to ask about the Heavenly Beings backing Chen Jialuo and the White Lotus Sect.
• Lu Wenzhao reported that Chen Jialuo’s protector was the Heavenly Pool Strange Hero, whose Diamond Indestructible Divine Skill he had witnessed.
• Lu Wenzhao said the White Lotus Sect’s elder remained unidentified, but his unusual martial arts resembled those of the legendary Ancient Qi Cultivators.

Yu Huatian decided to make Su Can the next Coalition Alliance Leader and give him command of the southern coalition. Su Can accepted that his rise came at a price and prepared to use his new power to seek revenge against Zhao Wuji, while the faction leaders gathered to hear his proposal for a northern expedition.

• Lu Wenzhao described a mysterious fighter whose powers resembled those of a legendary Qi Refiner, and Yu Huatian resolved to meet him while pushing Su Can into power.
• Yu Huatian learned that Su Can had become a great grandmaster and ordered Lu Wenzhao to prepare him to lead the southern coalition.
• A messenger delivered Yu Huatian's order to Su Can, who resolved to follow the plan and avenge his family's ruin by killing Zhao Wuji.
• Su Can summoned the coalition leaders to discuss another northern expedition against the Qing, drawing skepticism from several faction leaders.
• Su Can arrived at the White Lotus Sect encampment with an old man in a five-colored robe and a saber-wielding man, then challenged Hong Antong for speaking against him.

Su Can challenged Wang Sanhuai for leadership of the coalition, backed by the Five Elements Ancestor, who revealed himself as a Heavenly Being. Elsewhere, Yu Huatian confronted the White Lotus Sect’s ancient master, who identified himself as a Qi cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm.

• Hong Antong rebuked Su Can for arriving late and bringing outsiders, but Su Can revealed he had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Su Can demanded that Wang Sanhuai step down as coalition alliance leader and offered to take his place as chief of the Beggar Gang.
• Wang Sanhuai attacked Su Can with his aura, but the Five Elements Ancestor stopped it and sent Wang Sanhuai flying with a single sweep of his sleeve.
• The Five Elements Ancestor declared that Su Can would lead the coalition and challenged anyone who objected to step forward.
• Yu Huatian met the White Lotus Sect’s ancient Heavenly Being and learned that the old man was a Qi cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm.

Yu Huatian challenged an arrogant Qi Refiner and shattered the elder’s flying sword, then allowed his Primordial Spirit to enter his mind. The elder found himself facing a gigantic, blood-eyed white-browed tiger.

• Yu Huatian judged the white-robed elder’s strength and dismissed his claims that Qi Refining was the sole orthodox path to immortality.
• Yu Huatian attacked with Nine Swords Stacked, and the elder summoned thunder to meet his sword strike.
• Yu Huatian pursued the elder through the air and shattered his flying sword with two strikes, leaving the elder badly injured.
• The elder attacked Yu Huatian with twisted gravity and sent his Primordial Spirit into Yu Huatian’s mind to subdue him.
• The elder’s Primordial Spirit encountered a gigantic white-browed tiger with blood-red eyes.

Yu Huatian defeated the White Lotus Sect’s senior elder and questioned him about his cultivation and ancient scrolls. After learning about the Immortal-Crossing Guide and the Qi Refiner realms, Yu Huatian forced the elder to work for him and learned that his name was Xu Hongru.

• White Tiger roared from Yu Huatian’s sea of consciousness, driving the elder’s Primordial Spirit from Yu Huatian’s mind and leaving it badly weakened.
• Yu Huatian shattered the elder’s fly whisk with Nine Swords Stacked and stopped his sword at the elder’s forehead when he surrendered.
• The elder revealed that he was not the White Lotus Sect’s founder and explained that he had learned qi-refining methods from an ancient scripture he found in a cave.
• Yu Huatian compared the elder’s scripture with his own ancient scroll, and the elder identified his method as the incomplete Immortal-Crossing Guide, which reached the Void Refinement Realm.
• The elder explained the Qi Refiner realms and said another scroll held an inferior method that reached only the Emptiness-Returning Realm.
• Yu Huatian ordered the elder to work for him, and the elder accepted and gave his real name as Xu Hongru.

After Yu Huatian defeated the White Lotus Sect's Heavenly Being, Xu Hongru appointed Su Can as Coalition Alliance Leader, and Su Can led the coalition north to confront the Qing Army. Yu Huatian and Xu Hongru reached Linjiang City, where Yu Huatian prepared to draw out Yuan Shixiao and obtain the Energy-Absorbing Great Method.

• Yu Huatian defeated the White Lotus Sect's old Heavenly Being, and Xu Hongru declared Su Can the Coalition Alliance Leader.
• Hong Antong and the other coalition leaders pledged allegiance to Su Can, and Wang Sanhuai reluctantly followed suit.
• Su Can reorganized the coalition and ordered hundreds of thousands of troops to march north from Zhenjiang Prefecture.
• Yu Huatian left with Xu Hongru, intending to deal with Yuan Shixiao and acquire the Energy-Absorbing Great Method.
• Yu Huatian and Xu Hongru arrived above Linjiang City, and Yu Hongru descended to lure Yuan Shixiao out while Yu Huatian waited in hiding.

After Zheng Keshuang and E'erdou pressured Chen Jialuo to march against the southern coalition, Xu Hongru arrived and challenged Yuan Shixiao, forcing him to protect Chen Jialuo. The confrontation shifted when Yu Huatian appeared beside Xu Hongru, leaving Yuan Shixiao facing two Heavenly Beings.

• E'erdou and the generals urged Chen Jialuo to march south, while Zheng Keshuang accused him of refusing because he could not command Yuan Shixiao.
• E'erdou insulted Chen Jialuo and the Red Flower Society leaders, and Zheng Keshuang challenged Chen Jialuo's authority.
• Xu Hongru appeared over Linjiang City and called for Yuan Shixiao to come out and die.
• Yuan Shixiao rose to face Xu Hongru and said he only wanted to protect Chen Jialuo, but Chen Jialuo provoked Xu Hongru into attacking him.
• Yuan Shixiao blocked Xu Hongru's lightning strike and refused to leave, while Chen Jialuo asked him to eliminate Xu Hongru.
• Yu Huatian descended beside Xu Hongru and identified himself as the Depot Eunuch of the Ming West Depot, alarming Yuan Shixiao and the Qing commanders.

Yu Huatian confronted Yuan Shixiao over the Energy-Absorbing Great Method and condemned him for protecting Chen Jialuo. After killing Yuan Shixiao without finding the technique, Yu Huatian pursued the fleeing Qing Army in a fury.

• Yu Huatian denounced Yuan Shixiao for sheltering Chen Jialuo, but Yuan Shixiao refused to abandon his disciple and offered no information beyond saying he had destroyed the Energy-Absorbing Great Method.
• Yu Huatian attacked Yuan Shixiao, and their battle devastated Linjiang City and killed many Qing soldiers as Chen Jialuo and the others fled with the army.
• Yu Huatian activated his White Tiger bloodline, broke through Yuan Shixiao's defenses, and demanded the Energy-Absorbing Great Method again.
• Yuan Shixiao refused to surrender the technique and accepted death, so Yu Huatian killed him with a sword strike.
• Yu Huatian searched Yuan Shixiao's body, found no copy of the technique, and chased after the Qing Army while Xu Hongru followed behind.

After defeating Yuan Shixiao, Yu Huatian captured Chen Jialuo and took the Energy-Absorbing Great Method manual in exchange for sparing him. E'erdou then killed Chen Jialuo and asked Yu Huatian to accept him as a follower.

• Chen Jialuo ordered the Qing Army to retreat when Yu Huatian and Yuan Shixiao's battle reached Linjiang City.
• Yu Huatian caught Chen Jialuo and threatened to kill him for betraying the allied army and causing Yuan Shixiao's death.
• Chen Jialuo offered the Energy-Absorbing Great Method manual, and Yu Huatian agreed not to kill him that day.
• Yu Huatian took the manual and prepared to leave, but E'erdou stabbed Chen Jialuo and killed him.
• E'erdou knelt before Yu Huatian and asked to become his follower, prompting Yu Huatian to respond with interest.

After Yu Huatian returned, four allied armies renewed their attacks on Great Qing’s Capital, leaving Dorgon facing imminent collapse. Dorgon decided to request aid from Great Yuan and confront the Qing Palace’s Heavenly Being guardian.

• Zheng Keshuang fled after the southern allied army routed the Qing Army and swept through the south.
• Ye Gucheng and the other allied leaders learned that Yu Huatian had returned, reorganized their forces, and attacked the Capital from four directions.
• Zheng Keshuang reported the defeat to Dorgon, who beat him and blamed him for abandoning two hundred thousand soldiers.
• Dorgon concluded that Yu Huatian was the key threat and that Great Qing could not withstand the allied armies without help.
• Dorgon ordered Sengge Rinchen to seek aid from Great Yuan and agreed to its demands, then set out to meet the guardian in the Qing Palace.

Dorgon urged Afanti to leave seclusion and hunt down the powerful enemy threatening the Great Qing, but Afanti refused after deciding the foe might be a Heaven’s Mandate Son. As Afanti prepared to leave the palace, Yu Huatian appeared, startling Dorgon.

• Xuanye greeted Dorgon in the palace, while Wei Xiaobao speculated about why the Regent Prince had come.
• Dorgon found Afanti cultivating in the courtyard where the Qing’s dragon veins and National Fortune converged, and asked him to repel the invading forces.
• Afanti learned that a Great Grandmaster who could challenge a Heavenly Being had defeated the Night Emperor and refused to seek him out, believing he might be a Son of Heaven’s Mandate.
• Dorgon threatened to cut Afanti off from the Great Qing’s National Fortune, but Afanti said he intended to leave regardless because he had reached a cultivation bottleneck.
• Afanti sensed someone overhead, and Yu Huatian descended from the clouds, prompting Dorgon to recognize him in alarm.

Yu Huatian challenged Afanti in the Qing Palace and discovered that the Great Qing’s national fortune could nullify even his strongest attacks. As the golden dragon’s power overwhelmed him, the system offered him a chance to devour the fortune.

• Dorgon recognized Yu Huatian and asked Afanti to kill him in repayment for the Great Qing’s help with his cultivation.
• Afanti attacked Yu Huatian, but Yu Huatian’s sword strikes wounded him despite Afanti’s confidence in the Qing Palace’s protection.
• Yu Huatian tried to destroy the palace, but its national fortune dispersed his attacks and halted his Fifteenth Sword.
• A golden dragon’s presence overwhelmed Yu Huatian, sending him plummeting as his sword qi and intent ran out of control.
• The system appeared and asked Yu Huatian whether he wanted to devour the detected fortune.

Yu Huatian devoured Great Qing's national fortune, unleashing disaster across the Qing Palace and leaving the dynasty's future in ruins. He killed Dorgon and stood laughing above the collapsing palace.

• Yu Huatian discovered that his system could devour national fortune and began absorbing Great Qing's fortune above the Qing Palace.
• As the national fortune drained away, people across Great Qing felt dread, and Xuanye collapsed before spitting blood and fainting.
• Afanti recognized what Yu Huatian was doing, warned Dorgon, and fled.
• Dorgon attacked Yu Huatian but was kicked back to the ground as Great Qing's earth veins shattered and the palace grounds collapsed.
• Dorgon attacked again, and Yu Huatian killed him with the Heavenly Fury Sword.
• Xuanye woke, saw Dorgon die, cried out, and fainted again while Yu Huatian laughed over the ruined palace.

Yu Huatian destroyed Great Qing by draining its National Fortune, killing Dorgon and the Little Emperor Aisin-Gioro Xuanye. Zhuo Donglai and Sima Chaoqun seized the chaos to launch the Central Wulin Coalition, while Yu Huatian left after completing his conquest.

• Great Qing's National Fortune dragon dissipated, and the Imperial Palace and Shengjing descended into chaos.
• Zhuo Donglai told Sima Chaoqun to act, and the Central Wulin Coalition attacked the Imperial Palace, princely residences, and officials' homes.
• Yu Huatian entered the ruined palace and killed Imperial Guards who tried to stop him.
• Yu Huatian killed Wei Xiaobao and told Aisin-Gioro Xuanye that Great Qing's destruction stemmed from the era and his birth.
• Yu Huatian killed Xuanye, gained 556235 fortune, and left the palace, declaring his journey to Great Qing over.

Yu Huatian organized Ming's takeover of Great Qing and declared that martial artists living under Ming rule would have to obey its laws. When Great Yuan sent two armies south to seize Great Qing, Yu Huatian dispatched reinforcements and prepared to confront its experts himself.

• After the allied armies conquered Great Qing, Yu Huatian ordered Ming to take over and offered the Jianghu forces the remaining spoils, while warning them not to harm ordinary people.
• Yu Huatian told the Jianghu leaders that everyone in Ming territory would have to obey Ming law, prompting the Night Emperor to predict that bringing the Imperial Court and Jianghu under one rule would cause chaos.
• The Night Emperor and other allies departed, while Yu Huatian promoted Lin Pingzhi and E'erdou and instructed Ye Gucheng and Su Can to maintain Jianghu influence for Ming.
• Ma Jinliang reported that Great Yuan had sent two armies south, one blocking Ming's forces and the other advancing into Great Qing, with Heavenly Being experts overseeing both.
• Yu Huatian ordered the Five Elements Ancestor and Xu Hongru to reinforce the Western Region and declared that he would personally face Great Yuan's experts in the Northern Region.

Great Yuan’s army advanced toward Great Qing under Si Hanfei, accompanied by Murong Chui, who sought revenge for Murong Longcheng and Murong Fu. Yu Huatian confronted them and fought Murong Chui in a battle that left the outcome uncertain.

• The Great Han and Great Sui attacked Great Yuan’s vassal states, forcing Great Yuan to divert troops while Si Hanfei led two hundred thousand cavalry south.
• Si Hanfei offered Murong Chui the chance to restore Great Yan, but Murong Chui refused and said he had come to avenge his descendants.
• Yu Huatian arrived above the Great Yuan army, and Murong Chui challenged him on behalf of Murong Longcheng and Murong Fu.
• Murong Chui attacked Yu Huatian with his Tyrant Spear, and the two fought across the sky, shattering the void.
• Si Hanfei ordered the cavalry to retreat from the spreading destruction as Yu Huatian and Murong Chui continued their fierce battle.

Yu Huatian fought Murong Chui to the brink, perfected his Invincible Sword Intent, and nearly killed him with the Fifteenth Sword before Si Hanfei intervened. Xie Xuan arrived to aid Yu Huatian, leaving two battles underway as Yu Huatian faced Si Hanfei and Xie Xuan confronted Murong Chui.

• Yu Huatian activated his White Tiger Bloodline during his battle with Murong Chui and perfected his Intent Sword realm.
• Yu Huatian wounded Murong Chui severely with the Fifteenth Sword, then continued attacking with Nine Swords Stacked.
• Murong Chui called Si Hanfei for help, and Si Hanfei stopped Yu Huatian from finishing Murong Chui.
• Si Hanfei claimed Yu Huatian had broken the rules and pursued him as he tried to retreat toward Ming.
• Xie Xuan suddenly arrived, knocked Si Hanfei and Murong Chui back, and joined forces with Yu Huatian.
• Yu Huatian fought and suppressed Si Hanfei while Xie Xuan began a duel with Murong Chui.

Yu Huatian and Xie Xuan defeated Great Yuan’s forces, with Xie Xuan killing Murong Chui, but Meng Chixing’s arrival forced them to let Si Hanfei retreat. Xie Xuan agreed to travel to Ming with Yu Huatian and join him later in seeking Dragon Essence, while Meng Chixing and Si Hanfei returned to Great Yuan and began considering how to eliminate Yu Huatian.

• Yu Huatian routed Great Yuan cavalry with a redirected Arrow Dragon and left Si Hanfei badly wounded.
• Xie Xuan defeated and killed Murong Chui, then joined Yu Huatian in confronting the retreating Si Hanfei.
• Meng Chixing appeared in the clouds, and Yu Huatian and Xie Xuan refrained from pursuing the Great Yuan army.
• Yu Huatian invited Xie Xuan to Ming, and Xie Xuan agreed to go and later seek Dragon Essence with him in the Eastern Sea.
• Si Hanfei resolved to eliminate Yu Huatian, but Meng Chixing ordered the army to retreat and proposed seeking Yan Fei’s help for the coming Dragon Slaying.

After Yu Huatian drove back Great Yuan’s army, its troops withdrew from Shanhai Pass, allowing Ming to advance into Great Qing and begin taking its territory. Back in the Capital, Yu Huatian made arrangements with Su Huirong and the ministers before entering seclusion to attempt his breakthrough to the Heavenly Being realm.

• Sun Chengzong and Yang Sichang watched Great Yuan’s army withdraw from Shanhai Pass after Ba Shiba received an order to return north.
• Xu Hongru confirmed the Yuan army had truly retreated, and Sun Chengzong led Ming’s troops into Great Qing with Xu Hongru and the Five Elements Ancestor accompanying them.
• The Ming Army joined forces with factions loyal to Yu Huatian and began occupying Great Qing’s territory.
• The nations learned that Yu Huatian had driven back Great Yuan’s forces, and the Yuan Emperor convened a court assembly to discuss eliminating him.
• Yu Huatian returned to Ming with Xie Xuan, met Su Huirong and the ministers in the Capital, and entered seclusion at the West Depot to pursue the Heavenly Being realm.

After six months in seclusion, Yu Huatian discovered that destroying Bodhidharma’s remains revealed the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Great Compassion Rhapsody, including a technique that could restore his body and let him advance to the Heavenly Realm. He mastered all seven arts and prepared to spend his remaining Fortune Points strengthening himself before attempting the breakthrough.

• Over half a year after Great Qing fell, Ming consolidated its rule while the Jianghu grew lively as martial artists from both former dynasties crossed paths.
• Yu Huatian concluded that studying Bodhidharma’s remains had revealed no secret, then crushed them to try his luck with the system’s lottery.
• The remains turned into black light and revealed the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Great Compassion Rhapsody, which Yu Huatian ordered the system to infuse.
• Yu Huatian learned that Bodhidharma had founded the Demonic Cult and created seven sinister martial arts, including techniques for restoring missing body parts and cultivating the Primordial Spirit.
• Yu Huatian spent over five hundred thousand Fortune Points to raise all seven arts to major accomplishment, then prepared to use his remaining fortune to strengthen his Sunflower Sword Canon before pursuing the Heavenly Realm.