Chapter Summaries

After recovering from his battle with Qin Tianyang, Ji Wuchang broke through to the Dao Severing Realm Sixth Level and strengthened two of his techniques. Meanwhile, Chi Qianzhu and Luo Suxing decided to leave Azure Sea Province, and Nian Yuandie received shocking news at the Nian Lineage.

• Chi Qianzhu told Luo Suxing she wanted to leave for Heavenly Sword Province before Ji Wuchang acted, and Luo agreed to approach her master with her.
• Ji Wuchang recovered from his injuries, broke through to the Dao Severing Realm Sixth Level, and cultivated the Heavenly Dipper Demon-Suppressing Claw to great perfection.
• Ji Wuchang spent Fortune Points to deduce the Divine Soul Spike's higher cultivation methods and then cultivated it to great perfection.
• Ji Wuchang examined an incomplete ancient map from Qin Tianyang's storage ring, stored it with the clay jar, and departed after checking his system status.
• Nian Yuandie broke through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Level, then crushed a jade slip after reading its contents.
• Nian Huaigu appeared before Nian Yuandie, and she bowed to the Supreme Realm ancestor of the Nian Lineage.

Nian Huaigu told Nian Yuandie that Ji Wuchang had killed Qin Tianyang and that several factions were preparing to target him, then offered to send her to Heavenly Chen Academy. He revealed that their branch came from Arrow Cloud Province and had fled after backing the losing candidate for Lineage head, and he planned to escort the family back before his strength failed.

• Nian Huaigu congratulated Nian Yuandie on reaching the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and warned her against arrogance.
• Nian Huaigu confirmed reports that Ji Wuchang had killed Qin Tianyang and said the Yuan Clan, Heavenly Phoenix Pavilion, Long River Sect, Fire Phoenix Sect, and Myriad Souls Hall were taking action or investigating him.
• Nian Huaigu offered to send Nian Yuandie to Heavenly Chen Academy, where a teacher owed her branch a favor.
• Nian Huaigu revealed that their Nian Lineage came from Arrow Cloud Province and was one of its three great divine archery Lineages.
• Nian Huaigu explained that his elder brother had led their branch away after backing the eldest young master, who lost the Lineage head position to the third young master with the Ji Family's support.
• Nian Huaigu said the main Lineage had agreed to let them return, and he would escort them to Arrow Cloud Province before the Fire Phoenix Sect could threaten Nian Yuandie.

Ji Wuchang arrived in Thousand Fires City seeking a hidden origin of fire, but the Fire Phoenix Sect sealed off the volcanoes and placed the city under watch. He hoped the rogue cultivators would challenge the restriction, giving him a chance to take the origin without confronting the sect directly.

• Ji Wuchang learned that Yu Ling had entered the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and killed a Supreme Realm expert from the Myriad Souls Hall.
• Ji Wuchang entered Thousand Fires City to find the origin of fire hidden beneath one of its volcanoes.
• A Supreme Realm expert from the Fire Phoenix Sect announced that no one could enter the volcanoes without the sect's permission, on the pretext of searching for a missing spirit beast.
• Five Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivators spread out around Thousand Fires City and watched the city.
• Ji Wuchang decided to wait for rogue cultivators to challenge the Fire Phoenix Sect's restrictions and use the ensuing disorder to pursue the origin of fire.

Ji Wuchang slipped into a volcano while the Fire Phoenix Sect fought off intruders and discovered the origin of fire deep within a hidden cave. The intelligent flame warned him to leave, but Ji Wuchang admitted he had come to claim it.

• Black-clad cultivators attacked the volcanoes, and a seventh-level Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivator wounded the Fire Phoenix Sect's fighters and drew their attention.
• Ji Wuchang used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to reach a volcanic crater and plunged into the magma.
• Ji Wuchang found a spiritual barrier deep in the magma, passed through it with the Great Void Phantom Technique, and evaded a savage beast concealed there.
• Ji Wuchang found and buried the bones of a fire-attribute cultivator, then continued deeper into the cave.
• Ji Wuchang encountered an intelligent origin of fire shaped like a monstrous beast and declared that he had come for it.
• The origin of fire threatened to reduce Ji Wuchang to ashes unless he left at once.

Ji Wuchang followed a wisp of the Origin of Fire to its true body, which was trapped in a vast formation deep beneath the cave. The Origin of Fire offered him half its power if he freed it, but warned that the formation’s creator might soon return to refine it.

• Ji Wuchang pressured the Origin of Fire to follow him, and it revealed that its true body was trapped underground.
• The Origin of Fire led Ji Wuchang through a magma pool to a formation where thirty-six iron chains fed power into its true body.
• Ji Wuchang saw the wisp merge with the flame held beneath the formation’s bowl-shaped center.
• The Origin of Fire offered Ji Wuchang half its power if he broke the formation and restored its freedom.
• The Origin of Fire said the formation’s creator visited every five hundred years, bore a seven-colored flame mark between his brows, and might soon return to refine it.

Ji Wuchang asked Thousand Poison Venerable to assess the Thirty-Six Earth Veins Grand Formation trapping the Origin of Fire. After learning that breaking it would alert a powerful cultivator, Ji Wuchang remained determined to claim the Origin of Fire, and Thousand Poison Venerable explained that escaping through the void was possible but perilous.

• Ji Wuchang unsealed the Heaven-Locking Coffin and asked Thousand Poison Venerable to examine the formation.
• Thousand Poison Venerable revealed that the artifact spirit had fallen asleep and he had broken through several restraints, bringing him closer to escaping the coffin.
• Thousand Poison Venerable identified the formation as the Thirty-Six Earth Veins Grand Formation and warned that breaking it would alert its formidable creator.
• Ji Wuchang refused to give up the Origin of Fire, and Thousand Poison Venerable said they could break the formation by severing more than six chains while making the Origin of Fire run wild.
• Thousand Poison Venerable warned that the formation's creator might arrive within half an incense stick and could be at least at the Supreme Realm Fifth Level.
• Ji Wuchang asked how to hide from pursuit, and Thousand Poison Venerable offered to tear open the void, warning that Ji Wuchang would face its deadly dangers alone.

Ji Wuchang and Thousand Poison Venerable unleashed the Origin of Fire to break the iron chains binding the Heaven-Locking Coffin, while Ji Wuchang left traces of rival sects’ techniques behind to cause trouble. Their actions triggered a catastrophic eruption across Thousand Fires City, and Thousand Poison Venerable began smashing the chains apart.

• Ji Wuchang decided to enter the void with Thousand Poison Venerable’s help and prepared to use the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art to imitate techniques from the Yuan Clan, the Long River Sect, and the Heavenly Phoenix Pavilion.
• Ji Wuchang promised Thousand Poison Venerable that he would help free him from the Heaven-Locking Coffin, then told the Origin of Fire to begin.
• The Origin of Fire surged, sending heat through the chains and shaking the underground space.
• Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivators clashed with the Fire Phoenix Sect in Thousand Fires City as all thirty-six volcanoes erupted, filling the sky with ash and magma.
• Ji Wuchang finished leaving traces of the rival factions’ arts underground, and Thousand Poison Venerable smashed four iron chains with the Heaven-Locking Coffin.

Ji Wuchang escaped with the Origin of Fire as a golden-armored figure arrived, but Thousand Poison Venerable had to enter a year-long slumber. The golden-armored figure killed the Fire Phoenix Sect’s Supreme Realm expert and consumed his blood mist.

• Thousand Poison Venerable broke the chains and freed the Origin of Fire while volcanic eruptions devastated the area.
• Ji Wuchang put the Origin of Fire into a porcelain bottle and fled as a Supreme Realm presence approached.
• Ji Wuchang saw the golden-armored figure emerge near Thousand Fires City and escaped through a void rift with Thousand Poison Venerable’s help.
• Thousand Poison Venerable warned Ji Wuchang not to use the Heaven-Locking Coffin while he slept, then vanished.
• The golden-armored figure arrived underground, crushed the Fire Phoenix Sect’s Supreme Realm expert, and consumed his blood mist.

A golden-armored figure pursued Ji Wuchang but lost his trail, then destroyed the Fire Phoenix Sect, reshaping the balance of power across the seven provinces. Trapped in the void for over a month, Ji Wuchang found a way through a barrier and emerged above a forest.

• The golden-armored figure searched for Ji Wuchang, failed to find him, and retrieved the remaining chains beneath Thousand Fires City.
• The golden-armored figure killed the Fire Phoenix Sect's two remaining Supremes, an aged fire phoenix, and many other experts with a single palm strike.
• The Heavenly Phoenix Pavilion withdrew after selling its businesses to the Yuan Clan, and the Nian Lineage announced it would leave Changgu Province.
• The Long River Sect, Yuan Clan, and White Wolf Sect expanded into two provinces each, while the Yuan Clan and Long River Sect issued Supreme decrees apologizing to Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang spent over a month lost in the void, found a compass among frozen remains, and used it to locate a barrier.
• Ji Wuchang used the Great Void Phantom Technique to pass through the barrier and appeared above a forest, where familiar spiritual power reached him.

Ji Wuchang escaped the Dragon Sealing Sect after defeating its Fourth Elder, then learned the sect feared a possible attack from the Snow Spear Gate. He left to discover where he was and prepared to claim his promised share of the origin of fire.

• Ji Wuchang struck down He Tongtai with a freezing punch and vanished when other Dragon Sealing Sect cultivators arrived.
• He Tongtai told Feng Yuanchuan and the elders that an intruder with concealed strength had defeated him, prompting them to suspect the Snow Spear Gate.
• Feng Yuanchuan ordered Jiang Jinluan to investigate the Snow Spear Gate and left Zhang Hubin to guard the forbidden grounds with He Tongtai.
• Ji Wuchang listened unseen with the Great Void Phantom Technique, then departed the Dragon Sealing Sect to find out where he was.
• Ji Wuchang brought out the origin of fire, and its voice divided the flame into portions of roughly sixty and forty percent.

Ji Wuchang absorbed forty percent of the origin of fire, transforming his flames and strengthening his cultivation. After reaching the Dao Severing Realm eighth level, he tested his power by destroying a mountain and vanished as Bai Ying Sword and others arrived to investigate.

• Ji Wuchang accepted forty percent of the origin of fire after the other portion left, then absorbed it into his body.
• The origin of fire transformed Ji Wuchang's Purple Mansion, strengthened his heavenly flames and other powers, and helped the white dragon grow stronger.
• Ji Wuchang broke through to the Dao Severing Realm seventh and then eighth levels before his rising cultivation slowed.
• Ji Wuchang tested his increased strength by punching a mountain and razing it to the ground.
• Ji Wuchang sensed figures approaching and vanished; Bai Ying Sword arrived with others, inspected the destroyed mountain, and suspected something was amiss.

Ji Wuchang arrived in Golden Source City in Mang Province, learned about its rival sects, and sought information about how to leave for Jiangshan Academy. Qi Hechang invited him to help explore a cave abode, and Ji Wuchang agreed to learn more about the province.

• Ji Wuchang entered Golden Source City and learned that a mine dispute between the Thousand Mortals Sect and the Ice and Snow Sect had drawn nearby powers into conflict.
• Ji Wuchang bought jade slips detailing Mang Province's map and major powers.
• Qi Hechang approached Ji Wuchang and invited him to join a group exploring a cave abode reportedly left by someone near the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Eighth Level.
• Qi Hechang explained that seven cultivators of at least Dao Severing Realm Fourth Level were needed to break the cave abode's formation and promised the group would divide gains by who obtained them.
• Ji Wuchang accepted Qi Hechang's invitation, hoping to learn more about Mang Province and find a way to leave.

Ji Wuchang joined Qi Hechang’s team after seeing through the risks behind Qi’s invitation, and the group set out from Golden Source City toward the Dragon Sealing Sect. He traveled beside Qi while keeping his own strength concealed and noticed that the scarred woman in the team was also disguised.

• Ji Wuchang pretended to hesitate before accepting Qi Hechang’s invitation to help break through a cave abode’s formation.
• Qi Hechang brought Ji Wuchang to his courtyard, where Zhong Ming and the other team members, including Zhao Shancheng, Sun Houfeng, Zhou Kaichang, and a woman surnamed Su, gathered.
• The team treated Ji Wuchang indifferently because he appeared to be only at the Dao Severing Realm fifth level.
• Qi Hechang and Zhao Shancheng decided the seven should leave at once, and they departed Golden Source City in separate pairs to avoid attention.
• The seven regrouped outside the city and traveled toward the Dragon Sealing Sect, with Ji Wuchang at the rear behind the silent woman.
• Ji Wuchang recognized that the scars on the woman’s face were a disguise, like the mask he wore himself.

Qi Hechang and Zhao Shancheng led the group to a cave abode guarded by the Seven Baleful Intent Formation, whose Sha Qi Ji Wuchang absorbed into the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities. When Zhou Kaichang lost control, Qi Hechang and several others escaped, leaving Ji Wuchang, Zhou Kaichang, and Sun Houfeng trapped inside the formation.

• Qi Hechang warned the group they had entered Dragon Sealing Sect territory and led them to a concealed cave abode.
• Zhao Shancheng opened the barrier, and Qi Hechang explained that seven people had to attack the stone figures simultaneously to break the Seven Baleful Intent Formation.
• Ji Wuchang recognized the formation's Sha Qi as a chance to replenish the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities and joined the others in attacking.
• The stone figures released Sha Qi and struck back, while the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities devoured the Sha Qi reaching Ji Wuchang.
• Zhou Kaichang succumbed to the Sha Qi and attacked Qi Hechang, who escaped the formation with Zhao Shancheng, Zhong Ming, and Miss Su.
• The formation sealed Ji Wuchang, Zhou Kaichang, and Sun Houfeng inside as Qi Hechang and the others believed the trapped men were doomed.

Ji Wuchang absorbed the Seven Baleful Intent Formation’s Sha Qi into the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities and was drawn into a cave abode after the formation collapsed. There, he discovered the legacy and final message of Qu Yang, the Seven Sha Venerable, including a warning about his treacherous adopted son Qu Xingtian and the terrifying Zhan Wuyuan.

• Qi Hechang, Zhao Shancheng, and the others entered the building, while Ji Wuchang killed Zhou Kaichang and Sun Houfeng with one punch.
• Ji Wuchang fought the seven stone figures while the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities devoured their Sha Qi.
• The seven stone figures cracked and shattered, breaking the formation and drawing Ji Wuchang through a passage beneath him.
• Ji Wuchang found Qu Yang’s skeleton and collected the seven Sha Qi beads, giving them to the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities.
• Ji Wuchang read Qu Yang’s account of his life, his betrayal by Qu Xingtian, and his warning that Zhan Wuyuan was too dangerous to confront without sufficient strength.

Ji Wuchang accepted Seven Sha Venerable Qu Yang’s karmic debt and gained full mastery of the Seven Sha Cloud-Severing Palm. After burying Qu Yang and destroying the cave abode, he returned to the place where he had vanished.

• Ji Wuchang remembered Zhan Wuyuan’s connection to Ji Yaoyao and promised Qu Yang to purge the traitors and kill those who attacked him.
• Ji Wuchang buried Qu Yang’s skeletal remains and took the jade slip and storage ring from the box.
• Ji Wuchang received the Seven Sha Cloud-Severing Palm and used the system’s cultivation to reach full mastery, forming three Sha-infused meridians.
• Ji Wuchang tested his ability to gather Sha Qi, checked his system panel, and found three unused years of cultivation remaining.
• Ji Wuchang erased the cave’s inscriptions, buried the cave abode with powerful gusts, and reappeared where he had vanished.

After escaping the collapsing Dragon Sealing Sect ruins, Ji Wuchang faced an ambush by Zhong Ming and Zhao Shancheng while Qi Hechang exploited his oath to avoid attacking directly. Ji Wuchang swiftly killed Zhong Ming and crushed Zhao Shancheng, while the woman surnamed Su fled and Qi Hechang watched.

• Ji Wuchang, Qi Hechang, Zhong Ming, Zhao Shancheng, and Miss Su escaped the collapsing building and fled the Dragon Sealing Sect barrier.
• Zhong Ming demanded Ji Wuchang's possessions, while Qi Hechang claimed his oath prevented him from attacking and blocked Miss Su from leaving to take her saber.
• Ji Wuchang warned Zhong Ming to let him go, but Zhong Ming attacked him with an iron staff.
• Ji Wuchang seized Zhong Ming and smashed him into Zhao Shancheng, killing Zhong Ming and severely injuring Zhao Shancheng.
• Ji Wuchang appeared beside Zhao Shancheng and stomped on his head.

Ji Wuchang killed Zhong Ming and Zhao Shancheng, then confronted Qi Hechang for breaking his Heavenly Dao Oath. Qi Hechang summoned the Snow Spear Gate, and the chapter ended with its three powerful members arriving to face Ji Wuchang.

• Ji Wuchang crushed Zhong Ming's and Zhao Shancheng's Primordial Spirits after searching their souls.
• Ji Wuchang condemned Qi Hechang for breaking his oath, and Qi Hechang crushed a jade slip to call for help.
• Qi Hechang's daughter Qi Feilan arrived with Snow Spear Gate elders Sun Huaiyao and Yi Fangbo.
• Qi Hechang urged Qi Feilan to kill Ji Wuchang and claim the cave abode's inheritance.
• The woman surnamed Su retreated, while Ji Wuchang calmly faced the three Snow Spear Gate experts.

The Dragon Sealing Sect revealed that the woman surnamed Su was its spy and confronted Sun Huaiyao and the Snow Spear Gate over their actions. When Chen Ying'an redirected the dispute toward Ji Wuchang, Ji refused to hand over his gains and threatened Sun Huaiyao, leaving the confrontation poised to turn violent.

• Qi Feilan called out the Dragon Sealing Sect, and Chen Ying'an, He Tongtai, and Jiang Nandong appeared with the woman surnamed Su, who greeted Chen Ying'an as her master.
• Chen Ying'an demanded that Sun Huaiyao surrender Qi Hechang’s storage ring, cripple his cultivation, and pay one million mid-grade spirit stones.
• Sun Huaiyao counteroffered to surrender Qi Hechang’s gains and pay one million low-grade spirit stones, while Qi Hechang claimed Ji Wuchang held the cave abode’s most valuable treasures.
• Chen Ying'an told Sun Huaiyao to make Ji Wuchang hand over the treasures, and Sun Huaiyao agreed and demanded them from him.
• Ji Wuchang refused Sun Huaiyao’s demand and threatened to kill her if she did not leave.

Ji Wuchang killed Sun Huaiyao with one punch and crushed Qi Hechang with a palm after they confronted him. He then turned his attention to Qi Feilan and Yi Fangbo, vowing to kill them too.

• Sun Huaiyao attacked Ji Wuchang with a hundred spear shadows, but he shattered them with a punch and killed her, destroying her Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang collected Sun Huaiyao's storage ring as the onlookers recoiled in shock and Chen Ying'an retreated with the Dragon Sealing Sect's people.
• Qi Feilan cried out as Yi Fangbo pulled her away, while Qi Hechang stood frozen in fear.
• Ji Wuchang appeared above Qi Hechang and killed him with a palm strike, leaving no trace of his soul.
• Ji Wuchang turned toward Qi Feilan and Yi Fangbo and said he would send them to reunite with Qi Hechang.