Recaps

Li Xueqin recruited Ji Wuchang to fight in the upcoming Thousand-City Battle, and he negotiated payment and limits on his liability before agreeing. The chapter ended with him demanding that she seal her promises with a Heavenly Dao Oath.

• Li Xueqin asked Ji Wuchang to make the final appearance for her group in the Thousand-City Battle.
• Ji Wuchang initially refused, but Li Xueqin threatened to disqualify him and deny him access to the Thousand Star Flame.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to participate if Li Xueqin paid him three hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones for each match.
• Li Xueqin accepted Ji Wuchang's condition that she assume responsibility if he killed an opponent, provided he killed no more than one person.
• Ji Wuchang demanded that Li Xueqin swear a Heavenly Dao Oath, and she protested his distrust.

After Li Xueqin swore an oath and ordered an investigation into Ji Wuchang, he examined Li Chongshan’s storage ring and discovered its wealth and obscene contents. He learned that Reincarnation Dream Experience Cards now cost double, then agreed to join Gan Yue, Bu Yixian, and Xie Zhen in tomorrow’s contest.

• Li Xueqin swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, drove Ji Wuchang from her tent, and ordered her people to investigate his background.
• A soldier reported that Li Chongshan’s storage ring was missing, and Li Xueqin assumed Ji Wuchang had taken it.
• Ji Wuchang found spirit stones, pills, and obscene toys in Li Chongshan’s storage ring, burned the toys, and transferred the valuables to his System Space.
• Ji Wuchang discovered that the Reincarnation Dream Experience Card had risen from 5,000 to 10,000 Fortune Points after his trial-price purchases ended.
• Ji Wuchang inspected the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities but found he was not ready to wield it.
• Gan Yue, Bu Yixian, and Xie Zhen invited Ji Wuchang to tomorrow’s contest, and he agreed.

The two princesses began their arena-seizing contest, with Li Xueqin’s Jia Yi facing Li Muxin’s Lan Longwang in the first bout. Jia Yi defeated Lan Longwang decisively, giving Li Xueqin’s side the first victory.

• Li Muxin and Li Xueqin gathered their fighters and guards to watch the contest, while Ji Wuchang signed in at Star-Chasing Mountain.
• Zhao Lianpeng announced the contest’s rules and rewards, and the two sides prepared to send out their first fighters.
• Lan Longwang entered the arena for Li Muxin’s side, and Jia Yi stepped forward for Li Xueqin’s side.
• Jia Yi trapped Lan Longwang with a sword formation, broke through his shield, and wounded his throat.
• Jia Yi kicked Lan Longwang from the arena, winning the first bout for Li Xueqin’s side.

Jia Yi won the first match against Lan Longwang, then fought Han Guang in the second round. After her strongest attack failed to break his protective jade pendant, she conceded, leaving Han Guang badly weakened for the next match.

• Jia Yi defeated Lan Longwang and accepted his thanks for sparing him.
• Li Xueqin taunted Li Muxin over Jia Yi’s victory, while Li Muxin insisted her side had allowed the first match.
• Han Guang challenged Jia Yi and used his wind attribute, speed, and split-soul clones to pressure her on the restricted dueling platform.
• Jia Yi detonated Spirit Artifacts, destroying two of Han Guang’s split-soul clones, then struck him with six streaks of sword light.
• Han Guang’s jade pendant shield stopped Jia Yi’s final attack but cracked, and Jia Yi conceded the round.
• Ji Wuchang noted that Han Guang had spent so much spiritual power that he was likely to lose to their next fighter.

Xie Zhen defeated the weakened Han Guang, and Wei Feiluan entered the arena for the next bout. Ji Wuchang stepped in to replace Xie Zhen for fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, leaving him facing Wei Feiluan.

• Xie Zhen overwhelmed Han Guang and forced him to leave the arena, winning the second round.
• Wei Feiluan chose to fight next, while Zhang Meier agreed to take the final bout.
• Ji Wuchang recognized that Xie Zhen could not defeat Wei Feiluan and entered the arena to take his place for fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Xie Zhen accepted the offer and left the arena, relieved to avoid a dangerous fight.
• Li Xueqin allowed Ji Wuchang to fight, while Li Muxin objected to the apparent numbers advantage.
• Ji Wuchang and Wei Feiluan faced each other on the arena, with Wei Feiluan seething over his earlier humiliation.

Ji Wuchang faced Wei Feiluan in a contest that Li Xueqin and Li Muxin had declared would carry no consequences if either fighter died. After dodging Wei Feiluan’s powerful flood-dragon attacks, Ji Wuchang killed him with the Night Phantom Soul Severing Technique.

• Ji Wuchang asked Li Xueqin whether he would be held responsible if he killed Wei Feiluan, and Li Xueqin and Li Muxin both said they would not pursue it.
• Wei Feiluan attacked Ji Wuchang with the Flood Dragon Heaven Battling Technique, sending six flood dragons at him, but Ji Wuchang evaded them with his movement skills.
• Wei Feiluan launched Six Dragons Assemble, Heaven Battling Kill, trapping Ji Wuchang between six flood dragons and a larger one.
• Ji Wuchang used the Night Phantom Soul Severing Technique to strike between Wei Feiluan’s brows, causing his split souls and flood dragons to collapse as he fell backward.

Ji Wuchang killed Wei Feiluan with a single strike, prompting Wei Zhiping to attack him before Zhao Lianpeng intervened. Ji Wuchang challenged Zhang Meier and Zuo Shangfei, and Zhang Meier stepped forward to fight.

• Ji Wuchang killed Wei Feiluan and took his storage ring as the spectators and princesses reacted in shock.
• Wei Zhiping attacked Ji Wuchang to avenge his son, but Zhao Lianpeng blocked the strike and forced him to retreat with Wei Feiluan's corpse.
• Ji Wuchang challenged Zhang Meier and Zuo Shangfei to fight him.
• Zuo Shangfei backed away, while Zhang Meier overcame her hesitation and accepted Ji Wuchang's challenge.

Li Xueqin stopped Zhang Meier’s match against Li Xueqin’s side, and the princesses agreed to settle their rivalry in the Thousand-City Battle. Afterward, Ji Wuchang learned that the royal family might know where to find the Heavenly Pole Lingzhi, one of the medicinal ingredients Ji Yaoyao needed.

• Li Muxin conceded Zhang Meier’s match to protect her, then challenged Li Xueqin to settle their rivalry in the Thousand-City Battle.
• Li Muxin departed with Zhang Meier and the other selected fighters, while Li Xueqin’s group remained behind with their rewards.
• Li Xueqin gave Ji Wuchang nine hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones and warned him that the Wei Family would seek revenge for Wei Feiluan’s death.
• Ji Wuchang reminded Li Xueqin that he had killed Wei Feiluan with her permission, then asked whether she knew where to find a Heavenly Pole Lingzhi.
• Li Xueqin concealed what she knew but promised to pass along any information, leaving Ji Wuchang excited to have a lead on the rare ingredient.

Ji Wuchang used a Fifth-Grade Breakthrough Pill to reach the fifth level of the Six Spirits Realm, triggering a dangerous transformation of his Heavenly Eye. After recovering, he learned it was transforming into World-Destroying King Yu's Heavenly Eye, a set of Double Pupils, and joined the others as they prepared to leave for Yingtian City.

• Ji Wuchang took the Fifth-Grade Breakthrough Pill and broke through to the fifth level of the Six Spirits Realm.
• A vertical eye emerged between Ji Wuchang's brows and drained his spiritual power, forcing him to use spirit stones and Primordial Qi Pills while his Divine Soul Dao Platform helped stabilize him.
• By daybreak, Ji Wuchang had recovered some spiritual power and saw on his system panel that King Yu's Heavenly Eye was transforming into World-Destroying King Yu's Heavenly Eye, a set of Double Pupils.
• Zhao Lianpeng announced the Ninth Princess's order to assemble and set out for Yingtian City, and the gathered cultivators greeted Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang learned that the others had also advanced in cultivation and that Jia Yi had entered the Dao Severing Realm.

Ji Wuchang refused Li Xueqin’s offer to stay at her residence, insisting he could protect himself as he entered Yingtian City. Li Xueqin then considered how to win him over and accepted Zhao Lianpeng’s proposal to help him when he faced danger.

• Ji Wuchang checked in at Yingtian Prefecture’s Everlasting Heaven Gate and received ten years of cultivation and ten Fortune Points.
• Li Xiaohe told Ji Wuchang that Li Xueqin wanted him to stay at her residence, but he refused and said he could protect himself.
• Li Xueqin reflected that winning Ji Wuchang over could help her ambition to become the next queen, especially with Zhou Haotian’s arrival expected soon.
• Zhao Lianpeng advised Li Xueqin to help Ji Wuchang in a crisis rather than offer him shelter, and she ordered the procession into the city.

Ji Wuchang arrived at the Hall of Gathered Worthies ahead of the Thousand-City Battle while the Ji Family and Wei Family plotted against him. Zhao Lianpeng urged him to stay at Li Xueqin’s residence for safety, but Ji Wuchang refused to avoid rumors and trouble for Heavenly Star Peak.

• Li Xueqin accepted Zhao Lianpeng’s advice to handle the matter carefully and protect Ji Wuchang from harm.
• Ji Wuchang noticed two hostile Dao Severing Realm Third Level men watching him, then continued through the capital with Xie Zhen and the others.
• Ji Botong and Ji Bofu, cousins from the Ji Family, suspected Ji Wuchang was an important heir and planned to tell their leader, Ji Long, while considering helping the Wei Family attack him.
• Ji Wuchang and his companions reached the Hall of Gathered Worthies, where Zhao Lianpeng warned that Wei Family members were following them and advised Ji Wuchang to stay at Li Xueqin’s residence.
• Ji Wuchang refused Li Xueqin’s invitation because staying with her could spark rumors and bring trouble to Heavenly Star Peak.

Ji Wuchang settled into the Hall of Gathered Worthies and went out to explore Heavenly Treasure Street with Xie Zhen, Gan Yue, and Bu Yixian. While he was gone, Li Xiaoyuan appeared before Jia Yi during a dangerous flare-up of her poison, accepted her as his nominal disciple, and began treating her.

• Ji Wuchang reflected that he needed more Fortune Points and planned to gain them by defeating enemies in the Thousand-City Battle.
• Ji Wuchang joined Xie Zhen, Gan Yue, and Bu Yixian on a trip to Heavenly Treasure Street.
• Jia Yi's bloodline-depleting poison erupted, leaving her in agony as black threads spread from the mark between her brows.
• Li Xiaoyuan appeared beside Jia Yi and offered to save her and resolve her poison if she became his nominal disciple.
• Jia Yi accepted Li Xiaoyuan as her master, and he gave her a flood dragon's blood to strengthen her blood and Qi and temporarily suppress the poison.

Li Xiaoyuan cleansed Jia Yi of corrupted blood, helped her break through, and gave her the Ghost Sword Art to prepare for the Battle of a Thousand Cities. Meanwhile, Ji Wuchang and his companions explored the bustling market near Heavenly Treasure Street, where Ji Wuchang rejected a peddler’s overpriced hammers and was shown more items.

• Li Xiaoyuan drew the pitch-black blood from Jia Yi and burned it away, allowing her vitality to recover and her cultivation to break through to Dao Severing Realm Second Level.
• Li Xiaoyuan gave Jia Yi a jade slip containing the Ghost Sword Art, and she began comprehending the technique.
• Ji Wuchang, Xie Zhen, Bu Yixian, and Gan Yue arrived at the market square near Heavenly Treasure Street, where Ji Wuchang noticed they were being followed.
• An old peddler offered Ji Wuchang a pair of high-grade Spirit Artifact hammers for 150,000 low-grade spirit stones, but Ji Wuchang refused because the seller had offered him a discount.
• The peddler quickly recovered from the refusal and invited Ji Wuchang to inspect several dark objects he claimed had been dug from an ancient tomb.

Ji Wuchang bought four strange black items after the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities reacted to them, then entered Heavenly Treasure Street with Gan Yue and the others. At Li's Treasure Storing Pavilion, he encountered Zhang Meier and her companions, along with Zuo Yaohai, a Dao Severing Realm expert from the Zuo Family.

• Ji Wuchang noticed the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities reacting to four black items at an old man's stall and offered twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones for them and a pair of hammers.
• The old man accepted Ji Wuchang's offer, and Ji Wuchang put the hammers in System Space and tucked the four black items inside his robes, where the seal began drawing in their ferocious baleful Qi.
• Ji Wuchang, Gan Yue, Xie Zhen, and Bu Yixian crossed the square and entered Heavenly Treasure Street, where they chose the large Li's Treasure Storing Pavilion.
• An attendant directed Ji Wuchang and his companions to the pavilion's second floor, where they encountered Zhang Meier, Han Guang, Zuo Shangfei, and Lan Longwang.
• Zuo Yaohai, a Dao Severing Realm third-level member of the Zuo Family, asked Zhang Meier whether Ji Wuchang and his companions were her friends.

Zhang Meier provoked Zuo Yaohai into targeting Ji Wuchang, who ignored his threats while buying a Fire Rhinoceros Beast horn at a royal-owned display. The old attendant confirmed Ji Wuchang’s purchase and returned Zuo Yaohai’s payment, leaving Zuo Yaohai humiliated and furious.

• Zhang Meier told Zuo Yaohai that Ji Wuchang had tried to kill her, prompting him to promise to take Ji Wuchang’s head within three days.
• Zhang Meier cautioned Zuo Yaohai against acting before the Thousand-City Battle, but he insisted he would handle the matter without involving himself personally.
• Ji Wuchang examined a fifth-rank Fire Rhinoceros Beast horn, heard the old attendant explain its properties and drawbacks, and agreed to buy it for fifty-nine thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Zuo Yaohai arrived and claimed the horn, but Ji Wuchang paid for it and put it away before he could stop him.
• The old attendant confirmed Ji Wuchang’s payment and returned Zuo Yaohai’s storage ring, angering Zuo Yaohai.

Ji Wuchang killed Zuo Yaohai after the young man attacked him, then beheaded Zhang Meier and seized her Primordial Spirit. As elders rushed to contain the violence inside Li's Treasure Storing Pavilion, Ji Wuchang challenged his enemies to meet him outside and vanished.

• Zuo Yaohai attacked Ji Wuchang with the Blood Cloud Finger while his two Attendants restrained Gan Yue, Xie Zhen, and Bu Yixian.
• Ji Wuchang appeared above Zuo Yaohai and killed him with the Netherworld Sword, earning 890 Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang beheaded Zhang Meier and captured her Primordial Spirit as Zuo Yaohai's Attendants tried to intervene.
• Zhao Lianpeng and the pavilion's elders arrived, and Zhao Lianpeng crushed a jade slip to summon the Ninth Princess.
• A pavilion elder ordered everyone to take their fight outside, and Ji Wuchang challenged anyone seeking to kill him before disappearing with Zhang Meier's Primordial Spirit.

Ji Wuchang killed Zhang Meier after she begged for her life, while witnesses learned that Zuo Yaohai had died after attacking him. As the Zuo Family prepared to retaliate, Ji Boshang sent Ji Yongming to kill a Zuo Family elder at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm second level and leave the other enemies to Ji Wuchang.

• The Zuo Family elders fled with Zuo Yaohai's corpse, while Zhao Lianpeng sent Gan Yue, Xie Zhen, and Bu Yixian to the Ninth Princess's residence for safety.
• Ji Wuchang crushed Zhang Meier's Primordial Spirit and gained 1,120 Fortune Points.
• People in the square learned that Ji Wuchang had killed Zuo Yaohai, and some secretly rejoiced over the death of the man who had harmed them.
• Ji Boshang ordered Ji Yongming to kill the Zuo Family elder at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm second level and leave the rest for Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang killed Zuo Qianchang after the Zuo Family elder attacked him, then stood down the onlookers as the Royal City Imperial Guard arrived. After learning that Zhang Meier had been killed, the Seventh Princess Li Muxin and Ninth Princess Li Xueqin both set out for Heavenly Treasure Street.

• Zuo Qianchang attacked Ji Wuchang with the Zuo Family's Blood Cloud Palm, but Ji Wuchang vanished and struck back with Divine Soul Spikes and the Azure Dragon Tyrant Leg Art.
• Ji Wuchang killed Zuo Qianchang with a single blow, took his storage ring, and challenged anyone else to attack him.
• The Royal City Imperial Guard arrived at Heavenly Treasure Street as onlookers waited to see what would happen next.
• Mao Chenggong told Li Muxin that Zhang Meier had been killed, and Li Muxin hurried to hear the details from Han Guang and the others.
• Li Muxin and Li Xueqin each left their residence with a group and headed for Heavenly Treasure Street.

After Ji Wuchang killed Zhang Meier and Zuo Yaohai, the Zhang, Wei, and Zuo families prepared to retaliate. Ji Yongming confronted the Zuo Family and killed its ancestor, Zuo Xiangya, before warning them not to target his young master again.

• The Zhang Family and Wei Family sent cultivators toward Heavenly Treasure Street after learning of Zhang Meier's and Wei Feiluan's deaths.
• Zuo Mingli reported to Zuo Tianwei how Zuo Yaohai and Zhang Meier had died at Li's Treasure Storing Pavilion.
• Ji Yongming arrived at the Zuo Family and demanded that its ancestor come out or the family would be slaughtered.
• A seventh-level Dao Severing Realm cultivator attacked Ji Yongming, who killed him with a single strike.
• Zuo Xiangya appeared, but Ji Yongming crushed his throat and destroyed his vitality and soul.
• Ji Yongming took Zuo Xiangya's storage ring, warned the Zuo Family not to attack Ji Wuchang, and disappeared.

After Ji Wuchang killed Zuo Xiangya, Zuo Tianwei concealed the ancestor’s death and went to inform the Queen. At the square, the Royal City Imperial Guard and Wei Family confronted Ji Wuchang, and the Zhang Family arrived as tensions rose.

• Zuo Tianwei ordered the Zuo Family to shut its doors and keep Zuo Xiangya’s death secret, then headed to the royal palace to report it to the Queen.
• Commandant Fang Tai arrived at the square with the Royal City Imperial Guard and questioned Ji Wuchang after learning he had killed Zuo Yaohai and his Dao protector.
• Wei Haijing and the Wei Family appeared, urging Fang Tai to kill Ji Wuchang and hoping to provoke a clash with the Imperial Guard.
• Fang Tai rejected Wei Haijing’s pressure and said he had already reported the incident to his commander, while waiting for the Zuo and Zhang Families.
• The Zhang Family arrived at the square, led by Zhang Ziheng.

Ji Wuchang faced the Zhang and Wei Families after killing members of the Zhang and Zuo Families, while Zhao Lianpeng tried to delay a confrontation until the Ninth Princess arrived. The Seventh Princess Li Muxin appeared with armed forces, accused Ji Wuchang’s family of plotting rebellion, and left the square on the brink of a larger clash.

• Zhang Ziheng agreed to join Wei Haijing in attacking Ji Wuchang, but Zhao Lianpeng intervened and said Zhang Meier had incited Zuo Yaohai to attack first.
• Zhao Lianpeng urged the crowd to wait for the Ninth Princess, and the onlookers discussed Ji Wuchang’s strength and victory in the Hundred Cities Selection.
• Li Muxin arrived with Zhao Xiuya, Wei Zongyao, and an armed squad, then threatened Zhao Lianpeng for shielding Ji Wuchang.
• Li Xiaoyuan stepped forward from the crowd as Li Muxin fixed her killing intent on Ji Wuchang.
• Li Muxin demanded that Ji Wuchang surrender and accused his family of plotting rebellion.

Ji Wuchang defied Li Muxin’s accusation of rebellion and killed her guard commander, Miao Wuming, in front of the gathering. Li Muxin ordered Wei Zongyao’s Imperial Guards to attack him, and they rushed toward Ji Wuchang as Zhao Lianpeng was held back by Tao Zhi.

• Ji Wuchang mocked Li Muxin and declared that he would not fear a princess of the Heavenly Star Dynasty.
• When Miao Wuming threatened him, Ji Wuchang seized him at extraordinary speed and snapped his neck, absorbing his Primordial Spirit into the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities.
• Li Muxin accused Ji Wuchang of attacking her and demanded that Wei Zongyao seize him.
• Zhao Lianpeng urged Li Muxin to wait for the ninth princess, but Li Muxin ordered Tao Zhi to fight him.
• Tao Zhi engaged Zhao Lianpeng while Wei Zongyao and the Imperial Guards charged at Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang slaughtered the Royal City Imperial Guards who attacked him, killing several powerful cultivators while evading Wei Zongyao’s strikes. He left the remaining fighters facing his next attack after dodging five split-soul avatars.

• Wei Zongyao ordered the Royal City Imperial Guards to attack Ji Wuchang, and Ji Wuchang killed Bai Junyi, Cai Zhuoxin, and Chang Jiahe.
• Ji Wuchang used Divine Soul Spike and Heaven-Treading Steps to crush a Dao Severing Realm Fifth Level cultivator’s head and seize his Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang searched and devoured Lei Xingbo’s Primordial Spirit, then killed more than ten guards with his Netherworld Sword and palm.
• Ji Wuchang killed more guards with black needles that burst their heads, while Wei Zongyao launched his strongest saber strike.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps against another Dao Severing Realm Fifth Level cultivator, then evaded the five split-soul avatars’ attack.

Ji Wuchang slaughtered the Royal City Imperial Guards and confronted Wei Zongyao, who summoned the Wei Family’s hidden Celestial Phenomenon Realm ancestor. Li Xiaoyuan intervened and shattered the ancestor’s Dharma Aspect, forcing him to retreat.

• Ji Wuchang killed Feng Jingning and most of the Royal City Imperial Guards, leaving Wei Zongyao and Fang Tai alive.
• Wei Zongyao crushed a jade token and summoned the Wei Family’s Celestial Phenomenon Realm ancestor.
• Li Xiaoyuan sent a fierce tiger phantom against the ancestor’s thousand-foot Dharma Aspect and shattered it with one strike.
• The injured ancestor bowed to Li Xiaoyuan and vanished after he threatened to exterminate the Wei Family.

Li Xiaoyuan shattered the Wei Family ancestor’s Dharma manifestation and protected Ji Wuchang, while Li Xueqin arrived with a royal decree that confined Li Muxin and transferred her Thousand-City Battle duties. Li Muxin left disgraced, and Li Xueqin turned to consider how to deal with Ji Wuchang.

• Li Xiaoyuan struck down the Wei Family ancestor, shattered his Dharma manifestation, and warned other Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts not to interfere with Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang thanked Li Xiaoyuan, who assured him that he would protect him from further interference.
• Li Xueqin arrived with Hu Baojian after learning that Zuo Xiangya had been killed, and Li Xiaoyuan’s presence made Hu Baojian wary.
• Hu Baojian announced the queen’s decree confining Li Muxin to her residence for a year and transferring her Thousand-City Battle responsibilities to Li Xueqin.
• Li Muxin accused Li Xueqin of using underhanded methods and left, while Li Xueqin wondered how she could appease Ji Wuchang.