Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang took four cultivators’ tokens and belongings, then effortlessly defeated them when they attacked. He provoked Song Zhengjiang into a fight, and the chapter ended as Song Zhengjiang unleashed three sword strikes at him.

• Ji Wuchang swiftly took the four men’s storage rings, removed their tokens and valuables, and returned the emptied rings.
• When the four men attacked to reclaim their belongings, Ji Wuchang knocked them all from the sky with a single punch each.
• Song Zhengjiang confronted Ji Wuchang, who insulted and challenged him until Song Zhengjiang lunged forward with his sword.
• Song Zhengjiang slashed three times, sending three giant python-shaped sword lights toward Ji Wuchang as Song Zhengming, Bai Qianqian, and Qin Meng watched.

Ji Wuchang killed Song Zhengjiang and Song Zhengming, then took their storage rings and found three tokens inside. He announced that he would rob everyone at the gathering and gave them ten breaths to hand over their tokens.

• Ji Wuchang appeared beside Song Zhengjiang and beat him with two punches.
• Ji Wuchang stomped Song Zhengjiang into the ground, then seized and destroyed his fleeing Primordial Spirit.
• Song Zhengming attacked Ji Wuchang with his sword and split-soul clones, but Ji Wuchang vanished and stabbed him through the crown of his head.
• Ji Wuchang pulled the Netherworld Sword from Song Zhengming's skull and took both brothers' storage rings, finding three tokens inside.
• Ji Wuchang announced that everyone at the gathering had to hand over their tokens within ten breaths or face his attack.

Ji Wuchang forced the token holders at the Hundred-City Grand Battle to surrender their tokens, threatening to take their storage rings if they refused. After collecting seven more, he offered to sell them back for fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones each, leaving the crowd wary of being robbed again.

• Ji Wuchang gave the token holders five breaths to surrender their tokens, and Qi Changming reluctantly handed his over after Huang Wan urged him to choose his life over the token.
• When Ji Wuchang demanded to inspect a burly man's storage ring, Feng Tieniu named seven other token holders, including Qin Meng and Bai Qianqian.
• Ji Wuchang demanded that the newly identified token holders surrender their tokens, and they reluctantly tossed them to him.
• Ji Wuchang announced that he would sell some of the tokens for fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones apiece, while the crowd worried he might take them back after the sale.

Ji Wuchang sold the remaining Star-Chasing Mountain tokens and gained the respect of cultivators emerging from the secret realm. As the preliminary selection neared its end, the group flew toward the central region and spotted the competition platform.

• Qi Changming bought a token from Ji Wuchang for fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, and Ji Wuchang promised to protect its buyers.
• Qin Meng and the other waiting cultivators bought the rest of Ji Wuchang's seven tokens, earning him three hundred and fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Wuchang spent five thousand Fortune Points on a Reincarnation Dream Experience Card before a Dao Severing Realm cultivator emerged and respectfully greeted him.
• Cultivators returning from the secret realm collected their reserved tokens, and two more people bought tokens from Ji Wuchang.
• As the preliminary selection ended, the crowd traveled toward the central region of Star-Chasing Mountain, where they saw a large platform and waiting figures.

At the Hundred-City Grand Battle’s final venue, Li Xueqin and Li Muxin traded barbs over their contestants and the way tokens had been awarded. Li Muxin ordered corrupt guards seized after Li Xueqin exposed their bribery, while the rivalry between the sisters remained unresolved.

• Li Muxin taunted Li Xueqin about how many people remained on her side, and Li Xueqin suggested that Flying Flood Dragon City’s contestants had nearly been wiped out.
• Ji Wuchang noticed Zhou Guangrong among Li Xueqin’s group, then joined the contestants who had earned tokens when Li Chongshan called them forward.
• Li Muxin praised Ji Wuchang’s achievement, and Li Xueqin pointed out that contestants on her side had earned their tokens through their own abilities.
• Li Xueqin accused Li Muxin’s guards of taking gifts in exchange for tokens, prompting Li Muxin to order the guards seized and questioned.
• Li Xueqin further accused Li Muxin of accepting gifts herself, leaving Li Muxin furious and silent while Li Xueqin smiled at having embarrassed her.

Ji Wuchang waited as the token holders began fighting for places in the Thousand-City Battle, while Wei Feiluan and Zhang Meier discussed killing him in a later match. When Ji Wuchang’s turn came, Yang Yuanzheng conceded immediately, advancing him without a fight.

• Li Xueqin ordered the 186 token holders divided into five groups to fight in pairs, with winners advancing and losers leaving.
• Wei Feiluan identified Ji Wuchang to Zhang Meier and warned her about his speed and strength.
• Zhang Meier offered to fight Ji Wuchang, but Wei Feiluan accepted her offer rather than face him himself.
• Yang Yuanzheng conceded to Ji Wuchang before they took the platform, and Li Chongshan announced Ji Wuchang’s victory.
• Ji Wuchang expected he might not need to fight in the next round and showed no interest in competing for the top ten.

Ninth Princess Li Xueqin investigated Ji Wuchang and learned he was a disciple of Zhou Haotian, then sent an attendant to verify the information. Ji Wuchang entered his next fight against Zhang Weiying, who was stunned when Ji Wuchang suddenly appeared before him.

• Li Xueqin questioned Zhou Guangrong about Ji Wuchang, and Zhou Guangrong revealed Ji Wuchang was a disciple of Zhou Haotian from the Heavenly Star Sect.
• Li Xueqin ordered an attendant to investigate Ji Wuchang’s background, while Zhou Guangrong watched with a hidden sneer.
• Ji Wuchang found the fighting platforms dull until his turn came and he faced Zhang Weiying of Fushu City.
• Zhang Weiying looked down on Ji Wuchang’s lower cultivation and attacked with his spear and overwhelming spiritual pressure.
• Ji Wuchang moved like a phantom and appeared directly before Zhang Weiying, startling him into stumbling backward.

Ji Wuchang defeated Zhang Weiying with overwhelming speed, drawing the attention of the princesses and their attendants. After the second round ended, the fifty selected competitors were invited to fight for the top ten, but Ji Wuchang stayed seated as others stepped forward.

• Ji Wuchang struck Zhang Weiying hard enough to send him crashing into a crater, while Li Chongshan watched him with hostility and Yang Yuanzheng felt relieved he had conceded earlier.
• Li Xueqin admired Ji Wuchang's speed, while Zhao Xiuya told Li Muxin that Ji Wuchang was Zhou Wudi and had been responsible for the heavy losses suffered by Flying Flood Dragon City.
• Ji Wuchang received 300 Fortune Points for defeating Zhang Weiying, then returned to his seat as the second round concluded and Zhang Weiying was included among the fifty selected competitors.
• Li Chongshan announced that the fifty could compete for the top ten, with rewards including a sixth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill, an official position, and dynasty resources.
• Gan Yue, Bu Yixian, Xie Zhen, Jia Yi, and others stepped forward to compete, while Ji Wuchang remained seated.

Ji Wuchang used his accumulated cultivation to master the Azure Dragon Tyrant Leg Art, then took a pill that improved his body and triggered another breakthrough. As his body began to undergo a profound transformation, he remained at Star-Chasing Mountain while Gan Yue and Bu Yixian fought in the arena.

• Ji Wuchang ignored the lineage reward and Zhou Guangrong, then checked in at Star-Chasing Mountain and received four years of cultivation and four Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang spent all thirty-two years of accumulated cultivation to raise the Azure Dragon Tyrant Leg Art to great perfection.
• Ji Wuchang used two prize draws and obtained 150 Fortune Points and a High-Grade Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing Pill.
• While Gan Yue fought Bu Yixian in the arena, Ji Wuchang swallowed the pill and circulated the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art as it purged impurities from his body.
• Ji Wuchang broke through to the Six Spirits Realm Fourth Level, startling those nearby with his powerful presence, and felt his body beginning to undergo sublimation.

Ji Wuchang checked the System Shop’s new items and watched Zhang Meier defeat Wei Feiluan. Li Xueqin then challenged Li Muxin to settle their rivalry with a platform defense battle, and Li Muxin accepted.

• Ji Wuchang used his accumulated flash sales, gained a Supreme Summoning Card and Fortune Points, and reviewed his cultivation and system status.
• Ji Wuchang found three new System Shop items: Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil Fragments, a Mind-Reading Rune, and the Glazed Vajra Body.
• Ji Wuchang watched Zhang Meier suppress Wei Feiluan and sensed that she was holding back a special power.
• Li Muxin taunted Li Xueqin about the strength of their chosen competitors, and Li Xueqin proposed a platform defense battle with five fighters on each side.
• Zhang Meier struck Wei Feiluan down and won their match, while Li Muxin accepted Li Xueqin’s challenge.

Ji Wuchang used a Reincarnation Dream Experience Card and witnessed a giant kill a ferocious beast with Heaven-Treading Steps. After returning to his room, he understood how the technique related to Heart-Treading Steps and upgraded his own footwork.

• Ji Wuchang instructed Yaoyao to stand guard, set up warning barriers, and crushed the Reincarnation Dream Experience Card.
• Ji Wuchang wandered through mist and discovered that what he had mistaken for a mountain was the foot of a giant.
• Ji Wuchang watched the giant battle a massive ferocious beast, which tore flesh from the giant's arm.
• The giant used Heaven-Treading Steps to crush the beast in one blow, then began eating its flesh.
• Ji Wuchang studied the giant's step and realized that Heaven-Treading Steps drew on the momentum of heaven and earth and shared a root with Heart-Treading Steps.
• Ji Wuchang awakened in his room and understood that his Heart-Treading Steps would become several times more powerful.

Ji Wuchang celebrated the techniques he had gained from three Reincarnation Dream Experience Cards and looked forward to earning more Fortune Points at the Thousand-City Battle. Meanwhile, Zhao Lianpeng reported Ji Wuchang’s record to Li Xueqin, who decided to include him in her wager with her seventh sister.

• Ji Wuchang recalled gaining Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art, Grinding Thunder and Fire, and Heaven-Treading Steps from three Reincarnation Dream Experience Cards, and resolved to exchange for more.
• Zhao Lianpeng met Li Xueqin in her tent and reported Snow Net’s findings about Ji Wuchang.
• Zhao Lianpeng described how Ji Wuchang had fought off attackers at Xinglong City, won the Dao Discussion Competition, and become Zhou Haotian’s first disciple.
• Zhao Lianpeng recounted Ji Wuchang’s role in exposing the secret realm and defeating Flying Flood Dragon City’s cultivators, including forcing Wei Feiluan to flee.
• Li Xueqin ordered Zhao Lianpeng to keep the findings secret and decided to use Ji Wuchang in her wager with her seventh sister.

Ji Wuchang used ten years of cultivation to master Heaven-Treading Steps, enduring a painful transformation as he absorbed its power of laws. After the Ninth Princess summoned him, he finished cultivating and followed her maid to her tent, still unsure why she wanted to see him.

• Ji Wuchang spent ten years of cultivation on Heaven-Treading Steps and reached major accomplishment, learning that its single step drew on the power of laws to deliver a killing blow.
• As the power of laws transformed his feet, a maid arrived and announced that the Ninth Princess wanted to see Young Master Zhou Wudi.
• Ji Wuchang told the maid to wait while he completed his cultivation, and onlookers gathered outside his house and discussed his reputation.
• Gan Yue told Bu Yixian and Xie Zhen that Young Master Zhou Wudi was actually Ji Wuchang, a disciple of Peak Master Zhou of Heavenly Star Peak.
• Ji Wuchang finished cultivating, found that Heaven-Treading Steps had also strengthened his Heart-Treading Steps, then washed and followed the maid to the Ninth Princess's tent.

Ji Wuchang confronted Li Xueqin at her tent, where Li Chongshan tried to force him to kneel. Ji Wuchang killed Li Chongshan in a single devastating attack, leaving Li Xueqin, Zhao Lianpeng, and the maidservants stunned.

• Li Xueqin questioned Ji Wuchang about his identity and threatened him for disrupting the Heavenly Star Dynasty's talent selection ceremony.
• Li Xueqin signaled Li Chongshan to teach Ji Wuchang a lesson, and Li Chongshan used his Dao Severing Realm pressure to try to immobilize him.
• Ji Wuchang vanished with Heaven-Treading Steps and struck Li Chongshan with Divine Soul Spikes and the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique.
• Ji Wuchang stomped Li Chongshan into the ground, shattering his divine soul and killing him.
• Ji Wuchang returned to his seat and calmly drank tea while Li Xueqin, Zhao Lianpeng, and the maidservants stared in shock.

Ji Wuchang killed Li Chongshan after Li Xueqin ordered him to bully and threaten him, then concealed the strain his powerful technique had caused. Li Xueqin covered up the incident for the arriving city lords and guards, then confronted Ji Wuchang about his strength, but he refused to answer.

• Ji Boshang praised Ji Wuchang for killing Li Chongshan and privately wondered at the unknown techniques and rule power he had displayed.
• Ji Wuchang received 999 Fortune Points for killing Li Chongshan, then returned to the main tent while hiding his pain and loss of spiritual power.
• Li Xueqin told the arriving Li Qiankun and others that Li Chongshan had acted maliciously and that Attendant Zhao had killed him, so they withdrew with the corpse.
• Ji Wuchang apologized to Li Xueqin for failing to control his strength, though she doubted his excuse and asked what his cultivation level was.
• Ji Wuchang avoided answering Li Xueqin, who realized how dangerous he was and that she could not easily control him.

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.