Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang arrived in Long River Province seeking the Heavenly Dragon Mystic Lotus and decided to cross the dangerous Long River Ridge with the Wu Clan caravan. He joined under the borrowed name Jiang Qiye to avoid drawing the attention of the Hou Clan.

• Ji Wuchang reached Long River Province at the Dao Severing Realm second level, carrying 113 years of unused cultivation and pursuing the Heavenly Dragon Mystic Lotus for Ji Yaoyao.
• He learned that reaching Hundred Fragrances City required crossing Long River Ridge, where fierce beasts and recent deaths made travel perilous.
• At the ridge’s entrance, Ji Wuchang heard the Wu Clan caravan recruiting cultivators to cross the mountains.
• Ji Wuchang signed up with the caravan, introducing himself as Jiang Qiye so the Hou Clan would not discover his identity.

Ji Wuchang joined the Wu Clan caravan and traveled with it into Long River Ridge, where lingering laws suppressed the group’s cultivation. As the caravan camped near a waterfall, he grew suspicious of the Wu Clan’s plans and its decision to bring a young girl through the dangerous ridge.

• Ji Wuchang joined the Wu Clan caravan and met its leaders, including Wu Hongshu and the seventh-level celestial phenomenon cultivator Tang Pengye.
• Wu Hongshu, Tang Pengye, and the young Wu Clan miss set out toward Long River Ridge with the recruits.
• After the caravan departed, Jia Yi killed a dao severing realm cultivator who threatened her and Li Xiaoyuan, then continued toward the ridge with him.
• Wu Hongshu warned the caravan that lingering power of laws in Long River Ridge would suppress their cultivation as they traveled.
• The caravan stopped beside a waterfall at dusk, and Ji Wuchang went hunting with Wang Chengfu, who warned him about lethal areas of law power.
• Ji Wuchang watched the Wu Clan leaders confer and suspected their journey had a hidden purpose.

Ji Wuchang discovered that the young girl carried a Supreme Weapon and immense hidden power, while the Black Tiger Army claimed control of Long River Ridge. After secretly returning to their original route, Tang Pengye and the others came upon the Black Tiger Army fighting another group.

• A red glow lit the distant sky for nearly two hours, and Ji Wuchang suspected it came from the travelers' destination.
• Ji Wuchang used his Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil to find a Supreme Weapon, vast hidden power, and immense blood Qi inside the young girl.
• The Black Tiger Army ordered everyone to leave the area, and Wu Hongshu agreed before the group changed direction.
• After flying for an hour, Ji Wuchang noticed the group had secretly turned back toward Long River Ridge.
• The group landed in hiding and saw the Black Tiger Army fighting an old man's party, whose leader accused the Long River Sect of claiming the ridge and was met with a deadly saber attack.

Ji Wuchang discovered that Tang Pengye and Wu Hongshu had disguised themselves to attack the Black Tiger Army, while the Wu Clan had used the other cultivators as bait. After killing Wu Qiao and searching his soul, Ji Wuchang learned that Wu Yanxin was leading the group to a Supreme Realm expert’s cave abode in Long River Ridge, which she believed she could unseal.

• Tang Pengye and Wu Hongshu attacked the Black Tiger Army in disguise, turning the battle and slaughtering its forces.
• The old woman and Wu Qiao warned the gathered cultivators to flee, and Ji Wuchang realized the Wu Clan had recruited them as bait to draw the Black Tiger Army away.
• Ji Wuchang pursued Wu Qiao, cut off his head, captured his Primordial Spirit, and took his storage ring.
• The old woman and Wu Yanxin arrived at Wu Qiao’s corpse, suspected one of the recruited cultivators had killed him, and left before the Black Tiger Army arrived.
• Ji Wuchang searched Wu Qiao’s soul and learned the girl was Wu Yanxin, who had gained extraordinary cultivation talent after recovering from an illness three years earlier.
• Ji Wuchang learned that the Wu Clan’s destination was a Supreme Realm expert’s cave abode, whose seal Wu Yanxin believed she could break.

Ji Wuchang exposed Tang Pengye and the Wu Clan group to the Black Tiger Army, then followed Wu Jiu and Wu Yanxin as they fled. He recognized Xiao Xueqing aboard a flying boat, where she and a young man spotted two fugitives.

• Ji Wuchang suspected Wu Yanxin had been possessed and followed her and Wu Jiu into Long River Ridge.
• Ji Wuchang used Wu Qiao's blood to expose Tang Pengye, Wu Hongshu, Wu Jiu, and Wu Yanxin to the Black Tiger Army.
• The Black Tiger Army attacked the group, and Wu Hongshu struggled against a second-level Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivator while Tang Pengye fought a fifth-level expert.
• Wu Jiu took Wu Yanxin and fled, and Ji Wuchang pursued them while ignoring the battle.
• Ji Wuchang spotted Xiao Xueqing on a flying boat, where she and a young man noticed two fugitives.

Ji Wuchang pursued Wu Yanxin after suspecting that a Supreme’s soul fragment had taken over her body to use as a clone. Wu Yanxin fled into a passage through the void, unaware Ji Wuchang followed her, while Xiao Xueqing urged Ma Jianxiong to wait for her near the Supreme’s cave abode.

• Ma Jianxiong sent a Celestial Phenomenon Realm elder to attack Wu Jiu and Wu Yanxin, forcing them to flee as Ji Wuchang also left in pursuit.
• Wu Jiu drew the elder away so Wu Yanxin could escape, and Ji Wuchang followed Wu Yanxin while suspecting she was possessed by a Supreme’s soul fragment.
• Wu Yanxin sensed that Wu Jiu and Wu Hongshu had died, swore vengeance on the Long River Sect, and opened a passage through the void to escape a flying boat.
• Ji Wuchang slipped into the passage after Wu Yanxin, while Ma Jianxiong lost track of her and Xiao Xueqing advised him to wait near the Supreme’s cave abode.

Ji Wuchang discovered a recurring gap in the barrier and realized Wu Yanxin was waiting for a chance to reach it. The Long River Sect faced the arrival of a powerful Fire Phoenix Sect warship as Wu Yanxin moved toward the tigers.

• Ji Wuchang used his Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil to spot a brief gap in the barrier, where the tigers were absorbing a strange presence.
• Xiao Xueqing suggested that the intruders might be descendants of the cave abode's owner, and Ma Anshan prepared to search the area with the Long River Mirror.
• A warship bearing the Fire Phoenix Sect's emblem appeared, its pressure alarming Ma Anshan, Yuan Chaolang, and the others.
• As everyone watched the warship, Wu Yanxin swiftly approached the tigers, which rose and roared in response to the pressure.

Ji Wuchang watched a Half-Step Supreme from the Fire Phoenix Sect battle two peak seventh-rank tigers, while realizing Wu Yanxin was secretly strengthening them. He slipped through the barrier and sealed its opening, and the chapter ended with Wu Yanxin revealing herself as the tigers’ master.

• A Half-Step Supreme from the Fire Phoenix Sect arrived and asked the two tigers to follow him, then fought them when they attacked.
• Ji Wuchang observed the battle and recognized that the old man’s flames carried the power of laws.
• Ma Anshan and Yuan Chaolang shielded Long River Sect disciples when the tigers’ roars injured those nearby.
• Ji Wuchang noticed Wu Yanxin using runes to strengthen the tigers and deduced that they guarded her cave abode.
• Ji Wuchang silently passed through the defensive barrier and sealed its opening from inside.
• The old man spotted Wu Yanxin’s intervention, and she emerged atop one of the tigers, revealing herself as their master.

Ji Yaoyao discovered a supreme realm body hidden in the cave abode and explained how Ji Wuchang could control it. Ji Wuchang chose the riskier method, mastered the Eight Dipper Soul Control Array, and approached the body as Ji Yaoyao kept watch.

• Ji Yaoyao used her Primordial Spirit to scan the secret realm and found a supreme realm first level body containing a faint soul fragment.
• Ji Yaoyao explained that the injured woman's body had absorbed fire-attribute spiritual power, leaving her original Primordial Spirit elsewhere and her body mutated.
• Ji Wuchang chose to control the soul fragment directly rather than use one of his soul-fragment clones, accepting the risk of future backlash.
• Ji Yaoyao taught Ji Wuchang the Eight Dipper Soul Control Array, and he mastered it by expending three years of cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang walked through the pressure to within ten zhang of the body and sat down to begin, while Ji Yaoyao watched and hoped to revive herself with the Heavenly Dragon Mystic Lotus and Five Aggregates Precious Blood.

Ji Wuchang fought the Supreme’s spirit while Ji Yaoyao weakened her body, and Wu Yanxin unleashed a devastating beast explosion against the Long River Sect and Fire Phoenix Sect forces. Wu Yanxin sensed her true body was under attack, and the blast left several enemies dead or gravely wounded.

• Ji Yaoyao sealed the Supreme’s body with blazing runes as Ji Wuchang entered her sea of consciousness and battled her Primordial Spirit.
• Wu Yanxin drove her beasts into battle with flute music, while the Fire Phoenix Sect elder condemned her for using Blood Explosion Pills on the two peak seventh-rank tigers.
• Wu Yanxin realized her true body was under attack and blamed the others for keeping her from entering the barrier.
• Wu Yanxin commanded her beasts to explode, engulfing the square in a massive blast.
• Yuan Chaolang died after Ma Anshan used him as a shield; Ma Anshan and the Fire Phoenix Sect elder suffered severe injuries, and the warship and Ma Jianxiong’s flying boat were destroyed.

Ji Wuchang successfully controlled Supreme Qingyue’s Primordial Spirit while Wu Yanxin raced through the cave abode to reclaim her original body. The chapter revealed how Qingyue came to possess Wu Yanxin and left the intruders’ pursuit unresolved.

• Ma Anshan killed Wang Hechuan and pursued Xiao Xueqing to silence her, while Wu Yanxin and the Fire Phoenix Sect elder entered the cave abode through a damaged barrier.
• Wu Yanxin passed the first array but was caught when the modified second array activated.
• Ji Wuchang completed the Eight Dipper Soul Control Array and took control of Supreme Qingyue’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang collected Qingyue’s storage ring and the bell that had caused her predicament.
• Ji Wuchang learned that Qingyue had been betrayed by her Dao companion and closest friend, then possessed Wu Yanxin to transfer the fire-attribute spiritual power afflicting her original body.

Ji Wuchang ambushed Venerable Qingyue after she spent her remaining strength killing the Fire Phoenix Sect elder. He destroyed her Primordial Spirit and carefully checked that no remnant remained.

• Venerable Qingyue unleashed her sealed power and used a Supreme Realm strike to destroy the Fire Phoenix Sect elder’s body, though his Primordial Spirit escaped.
• After the strike exhausted her, Venerable Qingyue’s body exploded, leaving her weakened Primordial Spirit behind.
• Ji Wuchang attacked Venerable Qingyue with the Soul Annihilation Technique and Night Phantom Soul Severing Technique, but her Primordial Spirit began repairing itself with law power.
• Ji Wuchang used the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique and World-Destroying King Yu’s Heavenly Eye to dissolve Venerable Qingyue’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang searched the area with his divine soul and Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil, then set up a Soul Gathering Array to ensure no remnant soul remained.

Ji Wuchang defeated Li Shenkai’s attempt to possess his body, absorbed his Primordial Spirit, and turned the Fire Phoenix Mark into a hidden purple design within the World-Destroying King Yu’s Heavenly Eye. His Primordial Spirit grew stronger as he examined Li Shenkai’s and Venerable Qingyue’s storage rings, where he found a huge fortune and a Fire Phoenix warship.

• Ji Wuchang left Long River Ridge with Venerable Qingyue’s storage ring, while Tang Pengye arrived and fled from the pursuing Black Tiger Army.
• Li Shenkai tried to possess Ji Wuchang, but the Divine Soul Dao Platform devoured his Primordial Spirit after he branded Ji Wuchang with a Fire Phoenix Mark.
• The World-Destroying King Yu’s Heavenly Eye absorbed the mark and changed it into a purple design, concealing it from view.
• Ji Wuchang gained 2,690 Fortune Points and absorbed Li Shenkai’s pure soul power, strengthening his Primordial Spirit and the beings in his Purple Mansion.
• Ji Wuchang removed the soul imprints from Li Shenkai’s and Venerable Qingyue’s storage rings and discovered millions of spirit stones and a Fire Phoenix warship in Li Shenkai’s ring.

Ji Wuchang looted Li Shenkai’s treasures, including a mysterious piece of bone, then joined Wang Chengfu and Niu Ao on their journey toward Hundred Fragrances City. A Supreme expert emerged from a rift in the sky, and the Fire Phoenix marks within Ji Wuchang reacted to the figure’s arrival.

• Ji Wuchang found Fire Spirit Stones, the Seven Feather Fan, and a mysterious golden-lit piece of bone among Li Shenkai’s possessions, then stored the suspicious treasures away.
• Ji Wuchang searched Venerable Qingyue’s ring, erased the traces of the battle, and fled the area.
• Ji Wuchang encountered Wang Chengfu and Niu Ao, joined them on their way to Hundred Fragrances City, and concealed how he had escaped the Black Tiger Army.
• A Supreme expert in fiery armor emerged from a rift in the sky, frightening Wang Chengfu and injuring Niu Ao’s eyes with its oppressive presence.
• Ji Wuchang felt his Fire Phoenix marks grow hot when the expert appeared, then asked Wang Chengfu and Niu Ao whether they knew of the Fire Phoenix Sect.

Niu Ao explained the Fire Phoenix Sect’s power and revealed that he had grown up in Fire Phoenix Province, but a Supreme Realm expert returned and began searching Wang Chengfu’s memories. As Ji Yaoyao prepared to take over Ji Wuchang’s body, Li Xiaoyuan and Jia Yi arrived on a gigantic golden sword, and Ji Wuchang recognized the sword’s connection to the mysterious mark in his divine soul.

• Niu Ao explained that the Fire Phoenix Sect ruled Fire Phoenix Province with three Supreme Realm experts and an eighth-rank fire phoenix, then said he had grown up there.
• A flame-shrouded Supreme Realm expert returned and used divine soul power to search Wang Chengfu’s memories, leaving Wang Chengfu screaming and fallen from the air.
• Ji Wuchang asked Ji Yaoyao for help, and she told him to open his mind so she could temporarily take over his body.
• Li Xiaoyuan and Jia Yi arrived on a gigantic golden sword, prompting the Supreme Realm expert to withdraw his flames and reveal himself as an old man.
• Ji Wuchang recognized Li Xiaoyuan as the man who had helped him in Yingtian Prefecture and realized the golden sword matched the one within the mysterious mark in his divine soul.

Li Xiaoyuan drove off the Fire Phoenix Sect Supreme, gave Ji Wuchang a portable teleportation array, and departed with Jia Yi. Ji Wuchang learned more about the Li Family’s feud with the Ji Family, then continued toward Heavenly Fragrance City while planning to investigate the mysterious white bone at Jiangshan Academy.

• Li Xiaoyuan warned the Fire Phoenix Sect elder, who retreated rather than risk a confrontation.
• Li Xiaoyuan gave Ji Wuchang a jade token containing a portable teleportation array and left with Jia Yi.
• Ji Yaoyao told Ji Wuchang about the Li Family’s past war with the Ji Family, and he suspected his bloodline connected the two families.
• Ji Wuchang pretended to remain unconscious after Li Xiaoyuan erased a sliver of Wang Chengfu’s and Niu Ao’s memories, and the three continued their journey.
• Ji Wuchang avoided using recognizable items from Li Shenkai’s storage ring and resolved to study the white bone at Jiangshan Academy.

Ji Wuchang, Niu Ao, and Wang Chengfu emerged from Long River Ridge only to be caught in the Long River Sect’s search for a traitor. Xiao Xueqing escaped by creating chaos, and the three companions fled as the Black Tiger Army pursued them.

• Ji Wuchang and his companions were stopped by Long River Sect forces, who ordered everyone leaving Long River Ridge to be screened.
• Ji Wuchang recognized Xiao Xueqing in disguise among the crowd and suspected she was the traitor the sect was hunting.
• After a man fled and drew the Black Tiger Army away, Xiao Xueqing used talismans to send two people flying in opposite directions, then escaped through a passage opened by a jade slip.
• Ji Wuchang urged Niu Ao and Wang Chengfu to flee before they could be blamed for the chaos, and the three took off with the crowd.
• The Black Tiger Army ordered its fighters to pursue the fleeing people, and two pursuers went after Ji Wuchang’s group.

Ji Wuchang, Wang Chengfu, and Niu Ao stopped fleeing and fought their two pursuers, with Ji Wuchang killing the Dao Severing Realm Seventh Level leader while the others killed his companion. Ji Wuchang then destroyed the leader’s escaped Primordial Spirit and burned his corpse.

• Ji Wuchang told Wang Chengfu and Niu Ao that their only chance was to fight, and claimed he could kill the Dao Severing Realm Seventh Level pursuer once.
• Wang Chengfu and Niu Ao agreed to use their strongest attacks against the Dao Severing Realm Fifth Level pursuer while Ji Wuchang faced the stronger man.
• Niu Ao unleashed One Staff Levels Mountains and Seas, and Wang Chengfu used Snow Severing against the Fifth Level pursuer.
• Ji Wuchang used Night Phantom Soul Severing Technique to kill the Seventh Level pursuer, Qin Buxin, and took his storage ring.
• Wang Chengfu and Niu Ao killed the Fifth Level pursuer, while Ji Wuchang found and destroyed Bai Yaohe’s escaped Primordial Spirit before burning Qin Buxin’s corpse.

After escaping the Long River Sect with Niu Ao and Wang Chengfu, Ji Wuchang reached Heavenly Fragrance City and received his completed Supreme Realm puppet. While learning about the surrounding provinces at the Heavenly Phoenix Pavilion, he became interested in buying a thousand flying needles.

• Ji Wuchang and his companions escaped pursuit, traveled to Heavenly Fragrance City, and parted ways at the gates.
• Ji Wuchang entered the city, settled into an inn, and learned that Ji Yaoyao had finished his Supreme Realm puppet before she began a year of seclusion.
• Ji Wuchang stored the puppet in his System Space and explored the city, learning about nearby provinces and their powerful sects.
• At the Heavenly Phoenix Pavilion, Ji Wuchang examined a set of a thousand Spirit Artifact flying needles and asked whether the price could be lowered.
• The attendant went to the third floor to consult the shopkeeper about the flying needles.

Ji Wuchang bought a box of flying needles from the Heavenly Phoenix Pavilion after its veiled shopkeeper revealed that her group had witnessed his fight at Long River Ridge. After he left, the shopkeeper told her Martial Uncle she wanted to recruit him for a dangerous expedition, while the old man suggested watching him first.

• A woman invited Ji Wuchang to the Heavenly Phoenix Pavilion's third floor, where he met a veiled shopkeeper whose cultivation had reached Dao Severing Realm Ninth Level.
• The shopkeeper offered Ji Wuchang the flying needles in exchange for his help and revealed that her group had seen him kill a Long River Sect cultivator at Long River Ridge.
• Ji Wuchang denied knowing anything about the fight, paid five million low-grade spirit stones for the needles, and left the pavilion.
• The shopkeeper's Martial Uncle arrived and shared what he had learned about Niu Ao, Wang Chengfu, and Jiang Qiye.
• The shopkeeper recognized Ji Wuchang as Jiang Qiye and asked her Martial Uncle to help recruit him for their dangerous expedition.
• The old man proposed observing Jiang Qiye to discover his weaknesses or preferences, and the shopkeeper agreed.