Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang brutalized a Long River Sect disciple to learn about the Light of the Divine Soul and how to leave the Chaotic Soul Secret Realm. The disciple revealed that the Chaotic Soul Ravine could provide an exit but was lethally dangerous, then recognized Ji Wuchang’s Xuan token and fell silent in fear.

• Ji Wuchang used the Soul-Illuminating Mirror and Divine Soul Spike against the Long River Sect disciple, then tore off and devoured his arms to recover his divine soul.
• Ji Wuchang threatened to swallow the disciple, who explained the uses of the Light of the Divine Soul.
• The disciple claimed that the Chaotic Soul Ravine could lead out of the Chaotic Soul Secret Realm, but Ji Wuchang sensed his malicious intent and learned the ravine’s abyss had devoured the Primordial Spirits of those who entered.
• Ji Wuchang asked why two people had entered the realm in their true bodies, and the disciple explained that physical bodies could enter but risked contamination, divine-soul chaos, and permanent death.
• Ji Wuchang showed the disciple a token marked “Xuan,” and the disciple recognized it and trembled without answering.

Ji Wuchang discovered that the assassins targeting him belonged to the Ancient Xuan Pavilion, while Jiang Yuanxiong broke through to the Six Spirits Realm. As Ji Wuchang continued killing pursuers in the Chaotic Soul Secret Realm, Gu Chengbao and the two remaining assassins split up to hunt him before they were forced to leave.

• Ji Wuchang learned through soul searching that the dead assassin was connected to the Ancient Xuan Pavilion and suspected the Jiang Clan or Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall had hired them.
• Yin Jinping awoke in the Long River Sect after dying in the secret realm and swore revenge on Ji Wuchang.
• Jiang Yuanxiong broke through to the Six Spirits Realm First Level, then realized Ji Wuchang was still in seclusion and felt jealous of his greater gains.
• Ji Wuchang killed two more black-clad men, bringing his total to nine, and arranged their bodies into the character for “death.”
• Gu Chengbao met Gu Hai and Gu Lin, learned they had only one day left in the secret realm, and ordered them to split up and pursue Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang ambushed Ancient Xuan Pavilion assassins in the forest, using Divine Soul Spikes and a staged retreat to wound Gu Hai and trap Gu Lin. Gu Hai escaped through a vortex, while Ji Wuchang struck Gu Lin with four Divine Soul Spikes and prepared to finish the fight.

• Ji Wuchang concealed himself in a forest ambush after sensing three Ancient Xuan Pavilion members nearby.
• Gu Hai fell for Ji Wuchang’s trap and was struck by three Divine Soul Spikes, but escaped through a vortex after Ji Wuchang severed his arm.
• Ji Wuchang took Gu Hai’s low-grade spirit weapon, erased its mark, and planted it in a rock as bait.
• Gu Lin arrived after hearing Gu Hai’s scream and chased Ji Wuchang through the forest, attacking him with sword strikes and Soul-Fixing Needles.
• Ji Wuchang blocked Gu Lin’s needles with a shield and hit him with four Divine Soul Spikes, leaving Gu Lin retreating in agony.

Ji Wuchang killed Gu Lin, but Gu Chengbao ambushed him and forced him into a desperate fight. Ji Wuchang shattered Gu Chengbao’s split soul, and Gu Chengbao suddenly recognized something about his opponent and reacted with fear.

• Ji Wuchang detonated a tree and killed Gu Lin with the Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art, then destroyed Gu Lin’s Primordial Spirit with Soul-Fixing Needles and the Soul-Illuminating Mirror.
• Gu Chengbao ambushed Ji Wuchang, shattered his shield, and blasted him away, but Ji Wuchang restored his left arm with divine soul power.
• Gu Chengbao and his split soul attacked together, while Ji Wuchang evaded their strikes and used exploding Spirit Artifacts to escape Gu Chengbao’s palm.
• Ji Wuchang fired six Divine Soul Spikes at Gu Chengbao and his split soul, then struck with two Azure Sparrow swords and shattered the split soul.
• Gu Chengbao recalled his split soul and realized something about Ji Wuchang, then looked at him with sudden fear.

Ji Wuchang fought Gu Chengbao with soul attacks, exploding weapons, and sword techniques, but Gu Chengbao unleashed supreme resentful demon blood that engulfed him. As his split soul faced destruction, Ji Wuchang sent a mark of the Light of the Divine Soul into Gu Chengbao before exploding his own divine soul.

• Gu Chengbao recognized Ji Wuchang's technique as a method of the Myriad Souls Hall and resolved to kill him.
• Ji Wuchang fled while Gu Chengbao pursued, and buried Spirit Artifacts exploded around Gu Chengbao, wounding him.
• Ji Wuchang detonated more weapons, shattered Gu Chengbao's shield, and attacked him and his split soul with Divine Soul Spikes, the Soul-Illuminating Mirror, and Azure Sparrow sword strikes.
• Gu Chengbao hurled a porcelain bottle containing supreme resentful demon blood, which burst into a bloody mist and trapped Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang sent the Light of the Divine Soul into Gu Chengbao, then caused his own divine soul to explode.

Ji Wuchang’s split soul survived inside the Soul-Illuminating Mirror after he destroyed Gu Chengbao, while Gu Hai died after taking the mirror and being consumed by supreme resentful demon blood. After enduring the trial for thirty-three days, Ji Wuchang received two Lights of the Divine Soul and was pulled from the Chaotic Soul Secret Realm.

• Ji Wuchang killed Gu Chengbao with the Light of the Divine Soul, then detonated his split soul and scattered supreme resentful demon blood across the area.
• Gu Hai found and took the Soul-Illuminating Mirror, but the blood mist dissolved his body and divine soul.
• The Soul-Illuminating Mirror absorbed remnants of Ji Wuchang’s split soul and protected it from the spreading blood mist.
• Ji Wuchang’s split soul regained strength by devouring remnant soul power inside the mirror and vowed to destroy the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall.
• After thirty-three days in the Chaotic Soul Secret Realm, Ji Wuchang received two Lights of the Divine Soul and vanished into a passage.

Ji Wuchang left the Chaotic Soul Secret Realm after lasting thirty-three days, then began a powerful Lightning Tribulation that his body and cultivation techniques absorbed. His Primordial Spirit emerged unharmed as the lightning continued to strengthen it.

• Ji Wuchang left the Chaotic Soul Secret Realm, and the old dean hurried him away when he realized Ji Wuchang was about to break through.
• The Long River Sect’s stone stele inscribed Ji Wuchang’s name after he lasted thirty-three days, and the sect master learned that the sect had missed a peerless genius.
• The old dean took Ji Wuchang to a remote place, where Ji Wuchang released his presence and drew in immense tribulation clouds.
• Ji Wuchang endured the lightning strikes as his Purple Mansion, body, divine soul, and other powers devoured the lightning.
• Ji Wuchang’s Primordial Spirit stepped out of his body and stood beside him on the Divine Soul Dao Platform, growing stronger under the lightning.

Ji Wuchang endured a devastating Lightning Tribulation and broke through to the Soul Splitting Realm, where he discovered he could form three Primordial Spirit avatars. After challenging the thunderclouds himself, he reached the Soul Splitting Realm Second Level, leaving Jiang Yuanxiong far behind.

• Ji Wuchang absorbed the Lightning Tribulation as it strengthened the lightning dragon in his Purple Mansion and condensed his Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang broke through to the Soul Splitting Realm First Level and formed three Primordial Spirit avatars, far more than ordinary cultivators could.
• Ji Wuchang flew into the thunderclouds and fought the lightning with Wind and Thunder Fist, resolving to believe in his own invincibility.
• After the tribulation lasted more than two hours, Ji Wuchang returned at the Soul Splitting Realm Second Level, while Jiang Yuanxiong realized he could not match him.

Ji Wuchang gained Fortune Points and reflected on the treasures he had obtained, while the Ancient Xuan Pavilion learned of Gu Haobo’s death and ordered six Class A assassins to hunt down his killer. Ji Wuchang continued toward Xinglong City, unaware of the threat and of Jiang Yuanxiong’s growing fear of him.

• Ji Wuchang received Fortune Points for killing Gu Chengbao, Gu Lin, and Gu Haobo, then checked his system panel and considered the Soul-Illuminating Mirror and the Light of the Divine Soul.
• An old man informed Gu Liuyang that his only son, Gu Haobo, and several members of his party had died.
• Gu Liuyang ordered an investigation and dispatched all six Class A assassins to bring back the killer’s head, threatening to destroy the killer’s sect if it was not powerful.
• Ji Wuchang traveled toward Xinglong City, used several Appearance Enhancement Cards, and hoped to reach the city so he could check in.
• Jiang Yuanxiong remained uneasy during the journey, sensing Ji Wuchang’s terrifying pressure despite having higher cultivation.

Ji Wuchang and the Yunchuan Academy group reached Xinglong City for the academy Dao discussion, where the old dean revealed his Dao Severing Realm cultivation to Lai Hama. They then arrived at Qian Wuguang’s home, and Qian confidently judged Jiang Yuanxiong a capable contender and Ji Wuchang a certain last-place finisher.

• Ji Wuchang checked in at Xinglong City's west gate and received five years of cultivation and five Fortune Points.
• Lai Hama mocked the Yunchuan Academy group, but the old dean shattered his pressure and shocked him by revealing he had entered the Dao Severing Realm.
• The old dean led Ji Wuchang, Bai Chongguang, and Jiang Yuanxiong through Xinglong City to visit Qian Wuguang, a former Yunchuan Academy teacher.
• Qian Wuguang examined the old dean and sensed a ferocious beast, while Ji Wuchang noticed Qian's death Qi and limited remaining lifespan.
• Qian Wuguang judged Jiang Yuanxiong's cultivation promising and declared Ji Wuchang would certainly finish last, then proudly offered to assess people for the old dean.

Monsters and powerful visitors converged on Xinglong City, while Ji Wuchang demonstrated his strength by defeating Qian Wuguang in a spar. The chapter left Qian Wuguang humiliated and Ji Wuchang surrounded by newcomers whose purposes included seeking him out.

• Two Dao Severing Realm elders from the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall entered Xinglong City to retrieve Ji Wuchang.
• Jia Yi arrived in the city, saw the numbers carved on a wall, and recognized that several top-ranked Jia assassins had gathered there.
• Venerable Purple Flame entered Xinglong City in Jiang Shifei's body, intending to settle a score and kill Ji Wuchang.
• An exhausted middle-aged man and a lame old man also arrived, with the old man hoping to find the young lady's child alive.
• Ji Wuchang sparred with Qian Wuguang and destroyed one of his split souls before the old dean stopped the fight.
• Qian Wuguang fled in embarrassment, then returned and glared at the old dean while regretting his boastful words.

Ji Wuchang and Qian Wuguang were ambushed in the courtyard by Ancient Xuan Pavilion assassins who had trapped them inside a formation. Ji Wuchang killed four attackers and their fleeing Primordial Spirits, then faced Jia Ba, the Six Spirits Realm leader.

• The old dean and Bai Chongguang left to visit Xinglong Academy, while Jiang Yuanxiong soon left the courtyard as well.
• After nearly two hours of playing chess with Qian Wuguang, Ji Wuchang saw the chess pieces fly as an alarm revealed an ambush.
• Black-clad assassins attacked Ji Wuchang and Qian Wuguang, while a formation sealed off the courtyard.
• Ji Wuchang recognized the attackers as members of the Ancient Xuan Pavilion and killed four of them, destroying their Primordial Spirits when they tried to escape.
• Jia Ba identified himself as an A-rank assassin and advanced on Ji Wuchang, declaring that he would take his head.

Ji Wuchang and Jia Ba fought fiercely in the courtyard, while Qian Wuguang defeated his opponents despite being wounded. Ji Wuchang shattered Jia Ba’s armor and left him gravely injured, and Jia Ba called for Jia Wu and Jia Qi to save him.

• Jia Ba attacked Ji Wuchang, who dodged with Heart-Treading Steps and countered with sword strikes that Jia Ba’s armor blocked.
• Jia Ba summoned five Primordial Spirit clones, while Ji Wuchang manifested three split souls to fight them and wounded Jia Ba with successive sword techniques.
• Ji Wuchang destroyed one of Jia Ba’s split-soul clones as Qian Wuguang crushed one opponent and killed two others with flying chess pieces.
• Jia Ba unleashed Chaotic Antiquity Shadowless Fist, and Ji Wuchang met it with his fourth sword and a blazing-sun punch.
• Ji Wuchang was thrown against the barrier, but his eight sword lights shattered Jia Ba’s armor and pierced his chest.
• Jia Ba crashed into the barrier and cried out for Jia Wu and Jia Qi to save him.

Ji Wuchang killed Jia Ba and, after Qian Wuguang sacrificed himself to protect him, borrowed Yaoyao’s power to raise his cultivation to the Six Spirits Realm Seventh Level. He killed three more assassins and pursued the last surviving attacker, Jia Wu.

• Ji Wuchang killed Jia Ba and destroyed his Primordial Spirit, but the red-robed woman wounded him with a poisoned sword.
• Qian Wuguang charged the attackers to buy Ji Wuchang time, but the saber-wielding man killed him before he could self-detonate.
• Ji Wuchang called on Yaoyao’s power, rose to the Six Spirits Realm Seventh Level, and saved Qian Wuguang’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang killed the saber-wielding man and the red-robed woman, then pursued and killed another fleeing assassin.
• Jia Wu fled in terror after Jia Er, Jia San, Jia Qi, and Jia Ba died, regretting that the group had underestimated Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang escaped after killing Jia Wu, but the poison on his back left him unconscious on an official road. Duandao and a sickly girl rescued him, and Duandao was stunned when Ji Wuchang’s wound healed before his soul sense was devoured.

• Ji Wuchang fled with Ji Yaoyao’s power, then collapsed from the poison and exhaustion on an official road.
• Ji Yaoyao checked his wound, found his body was slowly detoxifying itself, and returned to his storage ring when she sensed someone approaching.
• Duandao’s black ox refused to move near Ji Wuchang, and the girl in the carriage urged Duandao to save him.
• Duandao carried Ji Wuchang to the ox, identified the poison as the Poison of the Azure Heavens and Yellow Springs, and treated the wound with a powder.
• Purple Qi healed Ji Wuchang’s wound, and when Duandao sent soul sense into his body, a devouring force swallowed it.

Ji Wuchang recovered from poisoning after being rescued by Rongcheng Duandao, Rongcheng Yiyun, and their big black ox. He learned that Yiyun had been ill for years and longed to return home, while the group continued toward the southwest in search of the opportunity foretold by a Venerable.

• Duandao sensed that something terrifying had noticed him when his wisp of soul entered Ji Wuchang, then withdrew without explaining his reaction.
• Rongcheng Yiyun told Duandao she wanted to return home after nearly ten years of searching for a cure, but Duandao urged her to trust the Venerable's divination pointing toward the southwest.
• Ji Wuchang woke after two days and a night, cleared lingering poison from his meridians, dantian, and soul, and thanked Rongcheng Duandao, Rongcheng Yiyun, and the big black ox for saving him.
• Ji Wuchang ate three bowls of fifth-rank Golden Thread Snake meat and refined its energy until his spiritual power returned to its peak.
• Ji Wuchang learned the girl's name was Rongcheng Yiyun and the old man's was Rongcheng Duandao, but chose not to question their identities.

Ji Wuchang traveled toward Xinglong City with Rongcheng Duandao and Rongcheng Yiyun, whose dangerous cold Qi erupted during the journey. The cold Qi transformed Ji Wuchang’s cultivation and mark, and he used the spiritual power he absorbed to help the unconscious Rongcheng Yiyun.

• Ji Wuchang told Rongcheng Duandao he was also heading to Xinglong City for the academy Dao discussion and warned that an enemy might be waiting for him near the city.
• Rongcheng Yiyun’s cold Qi erupted, freezing the surroundings and engulfing Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang’s Divine Soul Dao Platform, mysterious mark, and Purple Mansion devoured the cold Qi, strengthening his Yin and Yang Qi and forming a rotating taiji pattern.
• After Rongcheng Yiyun lost consciousness and the eruption ended, Ji Wuchang’s Divine Soul Dao Platform released icy spiritual power that he feared would conflict with his cultivation art.
• Ji Wuchang poured the refined spiritual power into Rongcheng Yiyun, and Rongcheng Duandao stopped his attack after Ji Wuchang insisted he meant no harm.

Ji Wuchang channeled spiritual power into Rongcheng Yiyun, helping her temper her body and awaken to cultivation. As Rongcheng Duandao celebrated her recovery, Ji Wuchang discovered changes in his own cultivation and later concealed some details when Duandao asked about his abilities.

• Ji Wuchang channeled spiritual power into Rongcheng Yiyun, and Rongcheng Duandao realized she was absorbing it and tempering her body.
• Ji Wuchang examined his cultivation and found a rotating Yin-Yang and five-elements cycle, a snowflake pattern on his Divine Soul Dao Platform, and a thirty-percent increase in spiritual power.
• Rongcheng Yiyun awoke after sleeping through the night, tested her strength, and showed Rongcheng Duandao that she had reached roughly the Postnatal Third Level.
• Rongcheng Yiyun thanked Ji Wuchang for giving her a chance to cultivate, and the three continued their journey with greater trust.
• Rongcheng Duandao apologized for his earlier suspicion and asked whether Ji Wuchang had a special physique; Ji Wuchang denied it and attributed his resistance to Rongcheng Yiyun's cold Qi to his cultivation technique.

Rongcheng Duandao told Ji Wuchang how the Rongcheng Clan had fallen and how its members suffered a curse of cold poison, which threatened Rongcheng Yiyun’s life and the clan’s bloodline. Ji Wuchang agreed to travel with them and help when her poison flared, and the group sped toward Xinglong City.

• Rongcheng Duandao explained that wars and the Myriad Souls Hall’s curse had reduced the Rongcheng Clan to decline and condemned each generation’s most talented member to die from cold poison.
• Rongcheng Duandao’s own cold poison erupted and froze a nearby tree, while Rongcheng Yiyun watched anxiously from the carriage.
• Rongcheng Duandao asked Ji Wuchang to stay with the clan because he could suppress Rongcheng Yiyun’s cold poison.
• Ji Yaoyao urged Ji Wuchang to agree, telling him the Rongcheng Clan possessed a secret that could greatly advance his cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to travel with Rongcheng Duandao to Xinglong City for the academies’ Dao discussion and help Rongcheng Yiyun when her poison flared.
• The large black ox revealed the might of a sixth-rank ferocious beast and flew with the carriage toward Xinglong City.

The old dean investigated Bai Chongguang’s disappearance and learned that the bodies at the ruined courtyard belonged to the Ancient Xuan Pavilion. Ji Wuchang returned to Xinglong City in disguise to check Qian Wuguang’s courtyard, but fled when he sensed danger from a frail woman nearby.

• Chang Xiaowei told the old dean that the corpses belonged to the Ancient Xuan Pavilion and that Bai Chongguang had vanished after meeting a woman in black.
• The old dean chose to wait at the ruined courtyard for Ji Wuchang, while Jiang Yuanxiong left to find an inn.
• Rongcheng Duandao brought Ji Wuchang into Xinglong City inside a rune-protected spatial carriage to conceal him from probing souls.
• Ji Wuchang arranged a meeting place with Rongcheng Duandao, left the carriage in a deserted corner, and hurried toward Qian Wuguang’s courtyard.
• Ji Wuchang saw a frail woman near the courtyard, sensed overwhelming danger, and used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to disappear.