Chapter Summaries

Chen Boyu defeated Qian Zuo in a fierce duel by unleashing his Rushing Thunder Eightfold Slash, but the final attack damaged his meridians and left him unable to fight. The victory could not decide the overall outcome, and Chen Boyu recognized that the Great Saber Pavilion still had stronger fighters.

• Qian Zuo opened the duel by attacking Chen Boyu with his iron staff, and the two exchanged more than a hundred blows.
• Chen Boyu struck Qian Zuo with Rushing Thunder Triple Slash, forcing him back and drawing blood.
• Qian Zuo countered with Mountain-Shattering Strike, sealing off Chen Boyu's escape routes with staff phantoms.
• Chen Boyu unleashed nine slashes with Rushing Thunder Eightfold Slash, breaking Qian Zuo's staff attack and sending him off the platform.
• Qian Zuo left after acknowledging Chen Boyu, while Chen Boyu realized his meridians were damaged and he could no longer fight.
• Chen Boyu looked at Ji Wuchang and bitterly acknowledged that his victory would not change the likely outcome.

Ji Wuchang took Chen Boyu’s place in the inter-sect contest and faced Liu Yongzhan of the Great Saber Pavilion. He dodged Liu Yongzhan’s opening strike and appeared behind him, launching a punch as Liu Yongzhan swung his saber back.

• Chen Boyu swallowed a Primordial Qi Pill but, with his spiritual power depleted and meridians injured, agreed to leave the platform after Ji Wuchang urged him to stop fighting.
• Ji Wuchang reassured Chen Boyu and took his place, while Meng Caihong watched anxiously and An Kexin and Tai Yujie hoped he would lose.
• Liu Yongzhan volunteered to fight Ji Wuchang, despite Jin Enting warning him not to underestimate his opponent.
• Liu Yongzhan unleashed a powerful saber strike, but Ji Wuchang used the Eight Trigrams Wandering Dragon Steps to vanish and appear behind him.
• Liu Yongzhan sensed the danger, stepped forward, and swept his saber behind him as Ji Wuchang punched.

Ji Wuchang swiftly defeated Liu Yongzhan, then faced Jin Enting in the decisive Qi Refining Realm match as both sect leaders offered major rewards. The chapter left the two opponents about to fight while Zhen Miaoqing’s mysterious master watched from the clouds.

• Ji Wuchang knocked Liu Yongzhan off the arena with a single punch, stunning the Longevity Sect disciples.
• Zhen Miaoqing explained that Ji Wuchang’s time in Wind Thunder Valley had shown his strength, while Zhao Sandao dismissed the victory as a result of his movement technique.
• Jin Enting walked toward the arena, and Sect Master Zhen Yaotian promised Ji Wuchang ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones if he won.
• Zhao Sandao promised Jin Enting a fourth-grade Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing Pill for victory, and Jin Enting accepted the challenge.
• An old man watching from high above the Longevity Sect revealed himself as Zhen Miaoqing’s master.

Ji Wuchang and Jin Enting began their match with a fierce contest of physical strength, then escalated to spiritual techniques as Jin Enting revealed his greater cultivation. Jin Enting’s barrage drove Ji Wuchang to the edge of the sparring platform, leaving the match on the brink of ending.

• Ji Wuchang and Jin Enting exchanged more than a hundred punches, and their equal physical strength impressed the spectators.
• Jin Enting revealed his peak Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivation and struck Ji Wuchang with the Hundred Beasts Fist.
• Ji Wuchang revealed his peak Qi Refining seventh-layer cultivation and used Thunder Explosion Fist against Jin Enting’s golden dragon and fire phoenix techniques.
• Jin Enting continued unleashing different Hundred Beasts Fist techniques until Ji Wuchang was forced to the edge of the sparring platform.

After being overwhelmed by Jin Enting, Ji Wuchang used a system check-in to gain twenty years of cultivation and raised his level during the match. He then turned the fight around and left Jin Enting badly wounded and close to falling off the arena.

• Ji Wuchang admitted Jin Enting had the cultivation advantage, then checked in at the Longevity Sect's main peak and received twenty years of cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang's cultivation rose to the early stage of the Qi Refining ninth layer, astonishing the spectators and elders.
• Cai Ping saw Zhen Miaoqing's interest in Ji Wuchang and secretly developed killing intent toward him.
• Jin Enting attacked Ji Wuchang with the Hundred Beasts Fist, but Ji Wuchang met him with the Thunder Explosion Fist.
• Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Jin Enting with punches, sending him nearly off the arena and leaving him spitting blood.

Ji Wuchang fought Jin Enting after Jin activated his Savage Bear Bloodline and displayed power approaching the Foundation Establishment Realm. Ji Wuchang defeated him with the Wind and Thunder Fist, leaving the crowd in awe as he stood on the verge of collapse.

• Jin Enting activated his Savage Bear Bloodline, increasing his strength and transforming his appearance as Zhen Miaoqing warned Ji Wuchang to attack before the power grew further.
• Jin Enting overpowered Ji Wuchang in their clashes, but Ji revealed his golden skin and held his ground with his physical strength and spiritual power.
• Jin Enting merged the giant bear phantom into himself, summoned seven illusory Dao platforms, and challenged Ji Wuchang to withstand his Giant Bear Slash.
• Ji Wuchang summoned a thundercloud, caught a lightning bolt in his palm, and struck Jin Enting's saber attack with the Wind and Thunder Fist.
• Ji Wuchang's punch overwhelmed Jin Enting, who was sent off the platform bleeding, while Ji remained standing but badly weakened.

After defeating Jin Enting, Ji Wuchang won the Longevity Sect’s acclaim and a major cultivation reward, while Cai Ping quietly grew to hate him. Ji Wuchang left the main peak claiming his final move had injured his meridians, intent on cultivating carefully.

• Zhen Yaotian announced that Ji Wuchang would receive the same priority treatment as Huang Wanqiu and Cai Ping after securing thirty-five percent of the sect’s resources for twenty years.
• Zhen Miaoqing said she would leave Boyun Province to seek challengers in the wider world, while Huang Wanqiu failed to persuade her to stay.
• The system rewarded Ji Wuchang with the Ancient Method of Organ Refining, five years of cultivation, and 300 Fortune Points after he made a name for himself in the sect.
• Chen Boyu, Duan Junsheng, Fan Huajun, Huang Guangwen, and other Qi Refining Realm disciples bowed to Ji Wuchang and recognized him as Senior Brother Ji.
• Cai Ping secretly developed killing intent toward Ji Wuchang and others as resentment over his own loss of status deepened.
• Ji Wuchang told Meng Caihong that his final move had damaged his meridians and left the main peak to recover.

Ji Wuchang returned to his courtyard and found the Supreme elder who was Zhen Miaoqing’s master waiting for him. After testing Ji Wuchang’s honesty with crushing pressure, the elder healed and strengthened his body, leaving Ji Wuchang with a far more powerful foundation.

• Ji Yaoyao warned Ji Wuchang that a peerless expert was in his room, but he entered anyway.
• Ji Wuchang recognized the old man as Zhen Miaoqing’s master and said he knew of him from his senior sister.
• The old man accused Ji Wuchang of lying and crushed dozens of his bones with his pressure, but Ji Wuchang refused to reveal the secret of his second life.
• The old man gave Ji Wuchang a pill and infused his body with golden blood, healing his injuries and strengthening his bones.
• The old man explained that Ji Wuchang had gained true golden skin and jade bones, and Ji Wuchang sincerely thanked him.

Ji Wuchang received a jade token from the old man, discovered that the man had transformed his body into Golden Skin and Jade Bones, and studied the Ancient Method of Organ Refining. After reviewing his fight with Jin Enting, Ji Wuchang chose three combat techniques to cultivate.

• The old man advised Ji Wuchang to temper his internal organs before attempting Foundation Establishment and gave him a jade token marked with "Xia" before vanishing.
• Ji Wuchang questioned Ji Yaoyao for not helping him, then discovered that his bones, flesh, meridians, and skin had been strengthened into Golden Skin and Jade Bones.
• Ji Wuchang read the Ancient Method of Organ Refining and learned that he needed five-element spiritual objects to fully temper his internal organs.
• Ji Wuchang recalled that the Longevity Sect's treasury might hold a Wood Spirit Pearl and considered asking the sect or his Master for help obtaining it.
• Ji Wuchang reviewed his battle against Jin Enting and decided that his current combat techniques were too limited.
• Ji Wuchang selected the Wheel of Blazing Flames, the Shadow Sword Art, and the Heart-Treading Steps to cultivate.

Ji Wuchang received his reward after the competition and learned that the Longevity Sect had secured a larger share of resources. He looked ahead to the sect’s upcoming recruitment, hoping to help Cang Qing join Little Bamboo Peak.

• Ji Wuchang cultivated the Wheel of Blazing Flames to minor mastery, then greeted Meng Caihong and her three disciples when they returned.
• Meng Caihong confirmed Ji Wuchang’s meridians were unharmed and gave him ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones and a third-grade Meridian-Warming Pill; she kept nine thousand spirit stones for him.
• Meng Caihong told Ji Wuchang that the competition ended with the Longevity Sect receiving sixty-five percent of the resources, while Zhen Miaoqing won the Purple Mansion Realm match.
• Ji Wuchang learned that Tang Yiyuan would return in two days and decided to watch the sect recruit disciples.
• Ji Wuchang recalled Cang Qing’s damaged Water Spirit Physique and her future rise, and resolved to have Meng Caihong take her as a disciple.

Ji Wuchang practiced Heart-Treading Steps and shared the technique with Zhen Miaoqing before she left the sect. She gave him a jade token containing her master's sealed strike, and she warned him that the technique was likely heaven-tier.

• Ji Wuchang practiced two steps of Heart-Treading Steps before stopping because the strain on his heart was too great.
• Zhen Miaoqing and her master visited Ji Wuchang, and she told him she was leaving the sect to say goodbye.
• Ji Wuchang gave Zhen Miaoqing a jade slip containing Heart-Treading Steps without asking for anything in return.
• Zhen Miaoqing gave Ji Wuchang a jade token containing her master's sealed strike as a protective gift.
• After examining the technique, Zhen Miaoqing judged it likely to be heaven-tier and warned Ji Wuchang not to reveal it to others.

Ji Wuchang learned that Heart-Treading Steps was a heaven-tier combat skill, then attended the Longevity Sect’s recruitment gathering with Meng Caihong. Fifth Elder Tang Yiyuan returned with the new recruits, including Xiao Fan, whom Ji Wuchang recognized as the story reached the moment before the entrance tests.

• Zhen Miaoqing assured Ji Wuchang she would keep Heart-Treading Steps secret, encouraged him to cultivate, and departed with the old man.
• Ji Wuchang joined Meng Caihong at the Longevity Sect’s recruitment gathering, where First Elder Pei Yuanqing praised him for his recent performance.
• Fifth Elder Tang Yiyuan returned on a flying boat carrying young recruits who still had to pass soul and heart-questioning tests.
• Ji Wuchang spotted Xiao Fan among the recruits and wondered why Tang Yiyuan was not accompanying him.

Xiao Fan concealed his true root bones until the Longevity Sect's entrance test, hoping to impress an elder and gain the resources to heal his meridians and take revenge on Ji Wuchang. The Jade Bones Dharma Wheel revealed Xiao Fan had heaven-tier root bones, astonishing the elders and angering Tang Yiyuan, who realized Xiao Fan had hidden his talent from him.

• Xiao Fan watched Ji Wuchang with hatred and resolved to become an elder's disciple so he could surpass him and restore his injured meridians.
• First Elder Pei Yuanqing explained the Jade Bones Dharma Wheel test and summoned the artifact above the gathering.
• The Jade Bones Dharma Wheel sent beams of light into the candidates, revealing their root-bone grades.
• A silver pillar rose from Xiao Fan, revealing his heaven-tier root bones and drawing the elders' attention.
• Tang Yiyuan realized Xiao Fan had concealed his true aptitude and grew hostile, while Ji Wuchang remained unsurprised by Xiao Fan's result.

Xiao Fan was accepted as Sect Leader Zhen Yaotian’s disciple, while Ji Wuchang planned to exploit the rivalry between Xiao Fan and Cai Ping. After the recruitment tests ended, Cang Qing, whose damaged physique left her with a gray pillar, begged the elders for a chance to cultivate, but they ignored her.

• Second Elder Zhou Yuan praised Tang Yiyuan for bringing Xiao Fan to the sect, and Sect Leader Zhen Yaotian appeared and took Xiao Fan as his disciple.
• Ji Wuchang suspected Cai Ping would resent sharing resources with Xiao Fan and considered using his Mind-Reading Rune against Xiao Fan.
• First Elder Pei Yuanqing dismissed the applicants with gray pillars, but Cang Qing stayed behind, determined to restore her damaged Water Spirit Physique and seek revenge on her relatives.
• The elders accepted the remaining green-pillar applicants, including Wang Ye and Wang Ping as Meng Caihong’s disciples and Ji Bing and Bai Yao as Li Genfeng’s disciples.
• Cang Qing knelt before the elders and begged for a chance to follow the immortal path, but they left without accepting her.

Ji Wuchang persuaded Meng Caihong to help Cang Qing and obtain imperial extreme true water by claiming Zhen Miaoqing had taught him a technique that could let him condense nine Dao platforms. After Cang Qing spent half a day kneeling, Ji Wuchang offered to bring her to his master and asked her to explain the forces inside her body.

• Ji Wuchang told Meng Caihong that Cang Qing had once possessed a Water Spirit Physique before consuming a fire-attribute spirit fruit, and Meng Caihong agreed to test Cang Qing's sincerity.
• Meng Caihong said Cang Qing's damaged physique could be restored with an innate spiritual treasure and offered to seek imperial extreme true water from the First Elder.
• Ji Wuchang asked Meng Caihong to obtain the other portion of imperial extreme true water for his own cultivation, claiming Zhen Miaoqing had taught him a technique to temper his organs and pursue nine Dao platforms.
• Meng Caihong agreed to gather five-element spiritual treasures for Ji Wuchang and warned him to keep Zhen Miaoqing's technique secret.
• After Cang Qing knelt through most of the day, Ji Wuchang sent away two Qi Refining Realm disciples and offered to take her to meet Meng Caihong.
• Ji Wuchang asked Cang Qing to truthfully explain the two forces battling inside her body before he brought her to his master.

Ji Wuchang brought Cang Qing to Little Bamboo Peak so Meng Caihong could assess her Water Spirit Physique and help resolve the conflicting forces in her body. Meng Caihong gave Ji Wuchang Imperial Extreme True Water and sent him to obtain a Wood Spirit Pearl, while Tai Yujie and An Kexin plotted against him during the upcoming secret realm trial.

• Cang Qing revealed that she had once possessed a Water Spirit Physique but had been made to swallow a fire-attribute substance, and Ji Wuchang agreed to take her to Meng Caihong.
• Ji Wuchang rebuked Tai Yujie when she mocked him for bringing Cang Qing, and Tai Yujie later complained to An Kexin, who suggested they wait for the secret realm trial to deal with him.
• Ji Wuchang advised Zeng Linghong to teach the new disciples the Evergreen Art and basic Qi-drawing before leaving advanced instruction to Meng Caihong.
• Meng Caihong examined Cang Qing, recognized her potential, and gave Ji Wuchang a bottle of Imperial Extreme True Water.
• Meng Caihong gave Ji Wuchang her token so he could request the Wood Spirit Pearl from the Treasure Pavilion, which might also help Xiao Fan's damaged meridians.

Xiao Fan went to the Treasure Pavilion to collect a Wood Spirit Pearl, but learned Ji Wuchang had already taken it. Cai Ping encouraged Xiao Fan to cultivate and surpass Ji Wuchang, while planning to use their grudge to his advantage in the coming secret realm expedition.

• Zhen Yaotian healed Xiao Fan's meridians, helped him break through to the mid Qi Refining sixth layer, and sent him to collect the Wood Spirit Pearl.
• Cai Ping accompanied Xiao Fan to the Treasure Pavilion while secretly planning to kill him during the sect training expedition.
• Yin Shuyao told Xiao Fan that Ji Wuchang had taken the Wood Spirit Pearl with the Third Elder's token.
• Xiao Fan grew furious with Ji Wuchang, and Cai Ping realized they had a conflict and decided to use it to his advantage.
• Cai Ping urged Xiao Fan to cultivate in seclusion for half a month so he could surpass Ji Wuchang before the secret realm trial.

Ji Wuchang refined his liver with the Wood Spirit Pearl, then replenished his spiritual power with a check-in at Spirit Sword Peak. Back on Little Bamboo Peak, he learned that Cang Qing had become Meng Caihong’s direct disciple and that the secret realm would open in five days.

• Ji Wuchang used the Wood Spirit Pearl and spirit stones to temper his liver, expelling black Qi as the process drained his spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang successfully tempered his liver, leaving it with a warm, jade-like luster.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at Spirit Sword Peak and gained ten years of cultivation, replenishing his depleted spiritual power before returning to Little Bamboo Peak.
• Zeng Linghong brought Ji Wuchang to Meng Caihong, who formally accepted Cang Qing as her direct disciple and taught her the Evergreen Art.
• Meng Caihong announced that the secret realm would open in five days and that Kexin, Linghong, Yujie, and Wuchang had been registered to enter.

Ji Wuchang absorbed the imperial extreme true water, checked in at Spirit Sword Peak, and prepared for the Longevity Sect’s dangerous secret realm trial. The trial began as Xiao Fan entered the teleportation gate with killing intent toward Ji Wuchang.

• Ji Wuchang used the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art to swallow the imperial extreme true water and guide it to his kidneys.
• After three days, Ji Wuchang checked in at Spirit Sword Peak and received five years of cultivation, which brought his cultivation to the Qi Refining ninth layer middle stage.
• Ji Wuchang joined Zeng Linghong and the other participants in the main square, where he noticed Xiao Fan was initially absent.
• Xiao Fan arrived with Cai Ping, having advanced to the Qi Refining seventh layer early stage, and glared at Ji Wuchang with killing intent.
• Zhou Yuan and Yue Zhen led the participants to the rear mountain, where Yue Zhen explained the trial’s ranking rules and distributed jade tokens that could teleport them out in a crisis.
• Xiao Fan entered the teleportation gate after giving Ji Wuchang a cold smile.

Ji Wuchang fought the black wolves that surrounded him after he was teleported into their den, while Ji Yaoyao urged him to accept her as his master. He killed three wolves, but the second-tier pack leader and two others remained.

• Ji Wuchang fled from the black wolves, having already killed two, while Ji Yaoyao offered to defeat the pack if he called her Master.
• Ji Wuchang refused, and the pack leader directed four wolves to surround him as he drew the Clear Water Sword.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps and the Shadow Sword Art to kill one wolf, then escaped the pack leader's attack.
• Ji Wuchang struck another wolf with Shadow Sword Kill and Wheel of Blazing Flames, killing it.
• A wolf lunged at Ji Wuchang, who slashed its belly with his sword and fatally wounded it, bringing his total kills to three.