Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang found a hidden cave beneath a dry well and uncovered the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique. After burying the remains of the cave’s owner, he learned the secret art’s power and its severe cost, while a second, undetectable box remained unopened.

• Ji Wuchang traveled alone through the mountain range and spent the night in a black bear’s cave without disturbance.
• He reached the valley marked on the silk cloth but found no secret-realm entrance, so he searched the valley and discovered a dry well.
• Ji Wuchang tested the well with a demonic rabbit, then followed a hidden passage into a cave containing a skeleton and a wooden box.
• He buried the skeleton as requested and discovered a second box beneath where it had been sitting, but could not detect it with his divine soul.
• Ji Wuchang opened the first box and read the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique, which could multiply his power at the risk of draining him and straining his meridians.

Ji Wuchang obtained Supreme Fengxing’s secret art and accepted the karmic duty of killing Zhan Wuyuan, then returned to the Longevity Sect and gained more cultivation through system check-ins. He reunited with Zeng Linghong, and An Kexin and Tai Yujie arrived as Ji Wuchang’s expression turned cold.

• Ji Wuchang read Supreme Fengxing’s blood-written request to kill Zhan Wuyuan and promised to fulfill it when strong enough.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at Supreme Fengxing’s remains, gained ten years of cultivation, and tempered his internal organs with the spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang buried the dry well, released the rabbit, and returned safely to the sect two days later.
• Ji Wuchang submitted hunting foxes and beast carcasses at the Mission Hall, where Jing Fengcheng credited him with two months of missions.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the Mission Hall for five more years of cultivation, then visited Zeng Linghong and asked about his injuries.
• An Kexin and Tai Yujie arrived at Zeng Linghong’s residence, and Ji Wuchang’s smile disappeared.

Ji Wuchang left after An Kexin and Tai Yujie blamed him for taking Zeng Linghong to the dangerous back mountain, then opened the box and summoned the remnant soul hidden in the storage ring. Ji Yaoyao revealed that Venerable Fengxing had been her guard and proposed a deal, while withholding her true identity.

• An Kexin and Tai Yujie criticized Ji Wuchang over Zeng Linghong’s trip and injuries, and Ji Wuchang left without accepting their blame.
• Zeng Linghong defended Ji Wuchang, but Tai Yujie complained that their master had given him a treasured longsword, and An Kexin grew more annoyed with him.
• Ji Wuchang returned to his quarters, opened the box, and called out the remnant soul hidden in the storage ring.
• Ji Yaoyao emerged from the ring and asked how Ji Wuchang knew she was there and what had happened to Venerable Fengxing.
• Ji Wuchang said Venerable Fengxing was dead, and Ji Yaoyao grieved for him before proposing a deal.
• Ji Yaoyao said Venerable Fengxing had been her guard, withheld her true identity, and told Ji Wuchang to call her Ji Yaoyao.

Ji Wuchang made a deal with Ji Yaoyao, binding their fates with a Shared Life Curse in exchange for her cultivation guidance and combat techniques. After using his system rewards to strengthen her soul, he mastered the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique, leaving Ji Yaoyao convinced his future would be extraordinary.

• Ji Wuchang agreed to let Ji Yaoyao absorb half his daily spiritual power and help restore her body, but required her to aid him in danger and enter a Shared Life Curse.
• Ji Yaoyao accepted the Shared Life Curse, and Ji Wuchang gave her permission to absorb his spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the Longevity Sect's Scripture Pavilion and received eight years of cultivation, which Ji Yaoyao absorbed to strengthen her soul.
• Ji Wuchang practiced the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique while visiting various peaks and giving Ji Yaoyao his cultivation rewards.
• Ji Wuchang mastered the secret art within days, and Ji Yaoyao recognized his unusual affinity for it.

After Meng Caihong broke through to the Soul Splitting Realm, Ji Wuchang resolved to protect her and prepare for the coming secret realm trial. She gave him the Jade Shattering Finger, a life-or-death combat technique.

• Meng Caihong emerged from seclusion after reaching the Soul Splitting Realm, and Little Bamboo Peak welcomed the congratulating peak masters.
• Ji Wuchang recalled Meng Caihong's kindness in his previous life and vowed to prevent her death.
• Meng Caihong praised Ji Wuchang's rapid cultivation; he attributed it to sudden enlightenment, while An Kexin and Tai Yujie grew jealous.
• Ji Wuchang remembered the upcoming secret realm trial and planned to use it to deal with An Kexin, Tai Yujie, and Xiao Fan.
• Meng Caihong guided her four disciples and gave Ji Wuchang a jade slip containing the Jade Shattering Finger technique.

Ji Wuchang practiced the Jade Shattering Finger and used his system to check in, then spent his lottery draw on a sudden-enlightenment opportunity. The chapter ended as he examined his body and discovered many flaws.

• An Kexin and Tai Yujie grew jealous after Meng Caihong taught Ji Wuchang the Jade Shattering Finger, while Ji Wuchang recalled how the technique had shaped the fates of Zeng Linghong and Tai Yujie in his previous life.
• Ji Wuchang studied the Jade Shattering Finger’s principles and began practicing it.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at Little Cloud Peak, gained a year of cultivation, and reached the peak of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Ji Wuchang asked whether he could use Fortune Points to cultivate the Jade Shattering Finger, but the system advised him to save his points and reminded him of an unused lottery draw.
• Ji Wuchang used the draw and received an opportunity for sudden enlightenment, then scanned his body and discovered many problems.

Ji Wuchang used his state of enlightenment to find and purge impurities from his skin, flesh, meridians, and bones while spiritual power gathered around him. Ji Yaoyao, impressed by his potential, decided to observe his character before possibly teaching him the Ji Clan’s Great Sun Divine Fist.

• Ji Wuchang entered enlightenment and used the heightened insight to temper his body and clear impurities from his bones and meridians.
• Spiritual power across Little Bamboo Peak surged into Ji Wuchang’s courtyard, drawing Meng Caihong, An Kexin, Zeng Linghong, and Tai Yujie to witness his enlightenment.
• Meng Caihong explained that Ji Wuchang was using enlightenment to refine his body, praised his determination, and urged her other disciples to get along with him.
• An Kexin and Tai Yujie grew resentful of Ji Wuchang, believing that he had taken their master's favor from them.
• Ji Yaoyao recalled her past, her revenge vow against Zhan Wuyuan and the Ji Clan traitors, and Venerable Fengxing’s sacrifice.
• Ji Yaoyao decided to watch Ji Wuchang longer and, if his character proved good, teach him the Great Sun Divine Fist.

After a sudden enlightenment improved Ji Wuchang’s body and possibly his aptitude, he gained permission to enter Wind Thunder Valley for a trial. The chapter ended as he spotted a formidable woman cultivating on the valley’s highest platform.

• Ji Wuchang cleared more black impurities from his bones during sudden enlightenment, then received praise from Meng Caihong and congratulations from Zeng Linghong, An Kexin, and Tai Yujie.
• Ji Wuchang discovered that his physical strength and perception of spiritual power had improved, and spent the next three days practicing the Jade Shattering Finger without reaching the introductory stage.
• Ji Wuchang obtained Meng Caihong’s permission to enter Wind Thunder Valley despite being at the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
• Jia Yuanliang warned Ji Wuchang to stay at the lightning pool’s edge, then opened the barrier and let him enter.
• Ji Wuchang saw cultivators enduring lightning on platforms along the cliffs and recognized the woman seated on the highest platform with a longsword across her knees.

Ji Wuchang entered Wind Thunder Valley, checked in for ten years of cultivation, and used the valley’s lightning to strengthen his body and cultivate the Wind and Thunder Fist. He stunned the disciples by enduring the third stone platform’s powerful lightning for more than two hours.

• Ji Wuchang checked in at Wind Thunder Valley and used his reward to temper his internal organs, strengthening his foundation.
• Ji Wuchang sat on the lowest stone platform and gathered lightning with the Wind and Thunder Fist while nearby disciples doubted he could endure it.
• After lasting around five hundred breaths, Ji Wuchang moved up to the third platform despite a senior brother’s warning.
• Ji Wuchang endured the stronger lightning on the third platform for more than two hours, causing Wind Thunder Valley to erupt into an uproar.

An Kexin and Tai Yujie discovered that Ji Wuchang had astonished the disciples of Wind Thunder Valley by enduring its lightning for three hours. As Zhen Miaoqing's old promise to become the Dao companion of anyone who surpassed all her records resurfaced, An Kexin plotted to use Guo Gang to disrupt Ji Wuchang.

• An Kexin and Tai Yujie entered Wind Thunder Valley and learned that a Qi Refining seventh-layer junior brother had endured its third stone platform for over two hours.
• An Kexin and Tai Yujie pushed through the crowd and realized the celebrated junior brother was Ji Wuchang, prompting jealousy and a flash of killing intent.
• Zhen Miaoqing arrived, and Huang Wanqiu told her Ji Wuchang had lasted three hours and recalled Zhen Miaoqing's promise to take as her Dao companion anyone who broke all her records.
• An Kexin urged Tai Yujie to wait, then spotted Guo Gang of Nine Yang Peak and decided to use him to interfere with Ji Wuchang.
• An Kexin loudly praised Ji Wuchang's talent and suggested that Meng Caihong would be delighted by the news.

Ji Wuchang condensed a lightning pearl while tempering his bones on the third platform in Wind Thunder Valley. Guo Gang tried to knock him off, but Zhen Miaoqing stopped him and barred anyone from climbing above the third level until Ji Wuchang woke.

• An Kexin revealed Ji Wuchang was from Little Bamboo Peak, prompting Guo Gang to scheme to make him fall from the third platform.
• Ji Wuchang continued condensing lightning into a pearl and using it to temper his bones, unaware of the danger above him.
• Guo Gang fell from the fourth platform toward Ji Wuchang, but Zhen Miaoqing flicked him away and sent him into the lightning pool.
• Zhen Miaoqing ordered everyone to stay off the platforms above the third level until Ji Wuchang woke, and later pulled Guo Gang from the pool.
• Huang Wanqiu asked how long Ji Wuchang might last, and Zhen Miaoqing said six hours would match the four hours she had endured on the stronger fourth platform.

Ji Wuchang remained in Wind Thunder Valley as Zhen Miaoqing acknowledged his strength, while the Great Saber Pavilion arrived at the Longevity Sect for friendly matches tied to a redistribution of resources. The sect leaders assigned Zhen Miaoqing to the Purple Mansion match and began choosing Foundation Establishment contestants.

• After Ji Wuchang sat for more than six hours, Zhen Miaoqing told Huang Wanqiu that he was stronger than she was, and Jia Yuanliang arrived to watch him.
• Zhen Miaoqing and An Kexin left Wind Thunder Valley, while Huang Wanqiu stayed to cultivate and Jia Yuanliang kept watch over Ji Wuchang.
• Zhao Sandao arrived at the Longevity Sect with Great Saber Pavilion disciples and exchanged attacks with Zhen Yaotian before agreeing to stop.
• Zhen Yaotian told the elders that the coming matches would redistribute resources and assigned Zhen Miaoqing to the Purple Mansion match.
• Zhen Yaotian tentatively selected Huang Wanqiu and Zuo Yan for the Foundation Establishment matches, and Meng Caihong recommended Cai Ping, angering Zhen Miaoqing.

The Longevity Sect elders selected candidates for the spirit stone mine competition, and Zhen Miaoqing recommended Ji Wuchang for the final Qi Refining spot. After Ji Wuchang endured eight hours on the third-level stone platform in Wind Thunder Valley, he stood and began walking upward.

• Zhen Yaotian and the elders chose the Foundation Establishment candidates, including Cai Ping, then turned to the more important Qi Refining competition.
• The elders selected Chen Boyu, Duan Junsheng, Fan Huajun, and Huang Guangwen for four Qi Refining spots.
• Zhen Miaoqing recommended Meng Caihong's disciple, Ji Wuchang, for the final spot, and Jia Yuanliang described Ji Wuchang's feats in Wind Thunder Valley.
• Zhen Yaotian approved a trial in which Ji Wuchang would have to defeat a Qi Refining eighth-layer opponent to earn the spot.
• After enduring eight hours on the third-level stone platform, Ji Wuchang stood and started walking toward a higher platform.

Ji Wuchang formed jade bones while training in Wind Thunder Valley, then was summoned to meet the sect master. Zhen Yaotian offered him a chance to earn a place in the Longevity Sect’s contest against the Great Saber Pavilion, and the system issued a mission to accept and win the challenge.

• Ji Wuchang sat on the fourth platform in Wind Thunder Valley and endured its stronger lightning as it tempered his bones.
• Ji Wuchang achieved bone resonance, formed jade bones, and gained enough physical strength to defeat a Qi Refining ninth layer cultivator with his body alone.
• Ji Wuchang left Wind Thunder Valley, where Eighth Elder Jia Yuanliang stopped him and escorted him to the main peak to see the sect master.
• Zhen Yaotian explained that Zhen Miaoqing had recommended Ji Wuchang for the contest against the Great Saber Pavilion and offered him the spot if he defeated a Qi Refining eighth layer opponent.
• The system issued Ji Wuchang a mission to accept the challenge and defeat the Great Saber Pavilion’s people.

Ji Wuchang accepted the chance to represent the Longevity Sect against the Great Saber Pavilion and defeated Li Jiwen in a strength test, earning ten mid-grade spirit stones. After returning to Little Bamboo Peak, he assured Meng Caihong that he would not lose tomorrow’s match.

• Zhen Yaotian arranged a fight between Ji Wuchang and Li Jiwen to choose the sect’s representative, offering ten mid-grade spirit stones to the winner.
• Li Jiwen attacked Ji Wuchang with Python Bull Fist, but Ji Wuchang blocked him with his physical strength and knocked him down with a second punch.
• Zhen Yaotian awarded Ji Wuchang ten mid-grade spirit stones and told Meng Caihong to nurture him.
• Ji Wuchang thanked Zhen Miaoqing, then returned to Little Bamboo Peak with Meng Caihong.
• Meng Caihong offered to teach Ji Wuchang another technique, but he said he would rest and assured her he would not lose to a Qi Refining Realm opponent.

Ji Wuchang practiced the first punch of the Wind and Thunder Fist, whose power shocked him and his fellow disciples. At the Longevity Sect’s packed match venue, he remembered how Fang Xue'ao’s devotion to An Kexin would eventually ruin him, but he had not decided to help the little fatty.

• Ji Wuchang resolved to cultivate diligently after Meng Caihong reassured him, then reviewed and practiced Wind and Thunder Transformation.
• Ji Wuchang’s punch shattered a massive boulder, and he told Ji Yaoyao that he had used the Wind and Thunder Fist.
• Meng Caihong, An Kexin, Zeng Linghong, and Tai Yujie arrived; Meng Caihong reassured herself that Ji Wuchang was unharmed, while An Kexin and Tai Yujie grew more resentful of him.
• At the next day’s matches, Meng Caihong kept Ji Wuchang beside her, angering An Kexin and Tai Yujie.
• Ji Wuchang recognized Fang Xue'ao and recalled that the little fatty would become crippled while protecting An Kexin, then leave the sect in despair.

The Longevity Sect’s elders and prominent disciples gathered at the viewing platform, where Ji Wuchang recalled Yue Zhen’s past abuses and watched the arrivals. The sect master and the Great Saber Pavilion’s pavilion master arrived, and Ji Wuchang noticed Cai Ping’s fervent attention to Zhen Miaoqing.

• Tai Yujie complained that Master had unfairly chosen someone else to stand beside her, while An Kexin and Zeng Linghong defended Master’s decision and Fang Xue'ao eased the tension.
• Ji Wuchang saw Yue Zhen arrive and recalled how he had punished Ji Wuchang unfairly and later seized Little Bamboo Peak, placing Yue Zhen on his must-kill list.
• Zhou Yuan arrived with Zuo Yan, who exchanged a brief glance with Ji Wuchang before turning away.
• Zhen Miaoqing and Huang Wanqiu arrived on a longsword, drawing cheers from the Longevity Sect disciples and admiration from the elders.
• The sect master Zhen Yaotian and his disciple Cai Ping arrived as Zhao Sandao led the Great Saber Pavilion delegation, and Ji Wuchang noticed Cai Ping staring intensely at Zhen Miaoqing.

The Longevity Sect and Great Saber Pavilion began their competition, with Zhao Sandao proposing a winner-stays-on format for the Qi Refining Realm matches. Ji Wuchang was chosen to represent the Longevity Sect despite his lower cultivation, and the chapter ended as Li Hao stepped onto the platform to challenge them.

• Zhao Sandao proposed that each sect send five Qi Refining disciples, with the winning side receiving a larger share of the resources, and Zhen Yaotian accepted.
• Zhao Sandao named Jin Enting, Qian Zuo, Li Hao, Lin Yuzhen, and Liu Yongzhan as Great Saber Pavilion's contestants; Zhen Yaotian praised their cultivation and potential.
• Zhou Yuan selected Chen Boyu, Duan Junsheng, Fan Huajun, Huang Guangwen, and Ji Wuchang to represent the Longevity Sect, prompting disciples to question Ji Wuchang's Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivation.
• Zhao Sandao recognized Ji Wuchang's formidable physical strength but felt his cultivation level was still too low to challenge Jin Enting.
• Zhen Yaotian ordered the competition to begin, and Li Hao stepped onto the platform, drew his cleaver, and called for a Longevity Sect disciple to face him.

Li Hao defeated Duan Junsheng of the Longevity Sect in the first match, then faced Huang Guangwen in a second bout. Huang Guangwen drove Li Hao to the edge of the fighting platform, where Li Hao realized he was outmatched but resolved not to make the fight easy.

• Duan Junsheng and Li Hao exchanged sword and saber attacks, and Duan Junsheng struck Li Hao with the Azure Sand Palm and wounded his shoulder.
• Li Hao counterattacked with Gale Eighteen Slashes, broke Duan Junsheng's sword, and kicked him off the fighting platform while sparing his life.
• Chen Boyu chose Huang Guangwen to challenge Li Hao, and Huang Guangwen entered the platform wielding twin axes.
• Huang Guangwen unleashed Mad Demon Thirteen Axe Strikes and forced the exhausted Li Hao back to the platform's edge.
• Li Hao recognized that he could not defeat Huang Guangwen but resolved to make him pay for the victory.

Li Hao lost to Huang Guangwen in a brutal clash, and Lin Yuzhen then defeated the injured Huang Guangwen before drawing with Fan Huajun. With the Longevity Sect falling behind in the Qi Refining Realm competition, Chen Boyu faced Qian Zuo as Ji Wuchang became the sect leaders’ potential source of hope.

• Li Hao and Huang Guangwen exchanged a final saber-and-axes clash that left both badly injured, but Huang Guangwen remained on the platform and won.
• Lin Yuzhen defeated Huang Guangwen with a palm strike that sent him off the fighting platform.
• Fan Huajun and Lin Yuzhen fought for more than two hundred moves, then both unleashed their strongest techniques and withdrew after collapsing near exhaustion.
• Qian Zuo entered the platform, and Chen Boyu stepped forward to face him despite sensing that Qian Zuo might be stronger.
• Zhen Yaotian looked toward Ji Wuchang, wondering whether he could provide a surprise for the Longevity Sect.