Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang and Ji Yaoyao used a formation to destroy Bai Long and sever a golden thread tied to him. Far away, the woman connected to the thread was struck by a heavenly millstone that threatened to crush her.

• Peng Duansheng brought ten black-clad figures to the Snow Spear Gate to join forces against Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang received a Jade Slip revealing the Spark Organization's headquarters and its alliance with the Snow Spear Gate, but focused on a more urgent task.
• Ji Yaoyao formed a barrier and formation with Ji Wuchang, whose soul had recovered to nearly its peak.
• Ji Wuchang seized Bai Long in his sea of consciousness and crushed him with the Heavenly Dipper Demon-Suppressing Claw.
• Ji Wuchang opened World-Destroying King Yu's Heavenly Eye and destroyed the golden thread that emerged from Bai Long.
• A distant golden-eyed woman vomited blood as lightning struck her, then faced an enormous millstone descending from the sky.

The Ji Family patriarch punished the woman who had schemed against Ji Wuchang, taking back the Nine-Leaf Immortal Herb leaf. Meanwhile, Ji Yaoyao removed a hidden formation from Ji Wuchang’s Dark Night Beast, revealing it as a peak seventh-tier beast that could soon reach the eighth tier.

• The Ji Family patriarch struck the woman with the World-Destroying Millstone, warned her not to scheme against his family again, and reclaimed the Nine-Leaf Immortal Herb leaf.
• After the patriarch left, the woman healed her severed arm and wondered who Ji Wuchang was, accepting the loss of the leaf as the end of their karmic entanglement.
• Ji Wuchang summoned the Dark Night Beast, and Ji Yaoyao began removing the seal hidden inside it.
• Ji Yaoyao identified the formation as a possible attempt by a Supreme Realm expert to merge a Soul Division with the beast, then destroyed the formation with her soul power.
• The freed Dark Night Beast grew to enormous size and revealed the strength of a peak seventh-tier beast.
• Ji Yaoyao told Ji Wuchang that the Dark Night Beast could reach the eighth tier within a year, and he was excited by the prospect of gaining a powerful helper.

Ji Wuchang met the Spark Organization’s four assassins, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, and agreed to work with them against the organization. They planned to strike the Spark forces at Snow Spear Gate, then use the opening to reach the organization’s headquarters and its teleportation array to Luohe Province.

• Ji Wuchang stopped his flying sword and confronted Jin Chun, Jin Xia, Jin Qiu, and Jin Dong, who revealed that they wanted to escape the Spark Organization and avenge their families.
• Ji Yaoyao told Ji Wuchang that the four women had been poisoned and offered to cure them if he brought them into his service.
• Jin Chun revealed that Zhang Mingzhi, the Dark Night Gate’s second elder, led the Spark Organization and that its headquarters held a teleportation array to Luohe Province.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to cooperate with the four women and promised to cure their poison if they reached Luohe Province.
• Jin Chun proposed attacking the Spark Organization’s forces at Snow Spear Gate to lure the rest of the organization out of its headquarters, and Ji Wuchang accepted the plan.

Ji Wuchang arrived at the Snow Spear Gate and, after spotting powerful cultivators among the spectators, devised a plan with Jin Chun and the other women. Rumors and staged appearances of Supreme Weapons stirred greed among the crowd, leaving the Snow Spear Gate surrounded by increasingly eager cultivators.

• Ji Wuchang found several Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivators among the spectators and reconsidered his plan to destroy the Snow Spear Gate immediately.
• Ji Wuchang met Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter at a Daoist temple and asked them to help carry out his plan.
• Jin Chun and the other women spread rumors that the Snow Spear Gate possessed seven Supreme Weapons and a Nine Phoenix Snow Cloud Pill.
• A longsword appeared above the Snow Spear Gate, and a figure seized it, convincing many spectators that the rumors about Supreme Weapons were true.
• A spear appeared and was taken by a ghostlike figure, after which the presence of another Supreme Weapon erupted and was quickly suppressed.

Ji Wuchang’s scheme sent black-clad attackers against the Snow Spear Gate, where they demanded the Nine Phoenix Snow Cloud Pill and seven Supreme Weapons. As the battle escalated, Ji Wuchang joined the fight and killed Bai Jin before attacking another Celestial Phenomenon Realm eighth-level cultivator.

• Peng Duansheng questioned the Snow Spear Gate’s ancestor about the Supreme Weapon presences, then hundreds of black-clad figures appeared and shattered the sect’s defensive barrier.
• A black-clad leader demanded the Nine Phoenix Snow Cloud Pill and seven Supreme Weapons, and the attackers began slaughtering the Snow Spear Gate’s disciples.
• Ji Wuchang watched from a distance, revealed that he had orchestrated the attack, and sent Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter away.
• Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting emerged from the Snow Spear Gate’s depths and turned the battle against the attackers.
• Ji Wuchang killed Bai Jin with the Great Sun Divine Fist and a sword strike, collected his storage ring, and then attacked a woman with a lightning saber as she created multiple fleeing figures.

Ji Wuchang killed Jin Shu and Jin Qin during the battle at Snow Spear Gate, then fought off attacks from the remaining assassins and evaded a deadly earthenware jar. As the fighting left Snow Spear Gate nearly destroyed, he identified the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level figure behind the jar ambush.

• Ji Wuchang searched Jin Shu's soul, killed her, and evaded a saber strike that split Snow Spear Gate in two.
• Two assassins attacked Ji Wuchang, and he wounded Jin Qin with the Primordial Jade Shattering Finger before immobilizing and killing her.
• The Heaven-Locking Coffin and the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities absorbed power from the battlefield as the remaining attackers assailed Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang used the World-Destroying Millstone Fist to crush incoming saber and sword strikes, then escaped the earthenware jar's suction with Star Movement.
• The battle devastated Snow Spear Gate, and Ji Wuchang spotted the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level black-clad figure controlling the jar.

Ji Wuchang killed Jin Qi and Peng Duansheng during the battle around Snow Spear Gate, while the gate faced attackers demanding its supposed treasures. The fighting paused when a Snow Spear Gate cultivator revealed half-step Supreme power.

• Ji Wuchang used a puppet clone to draw Jin Qi into a trap, killed her, and took her storage ring.
• After the saber-wielding man recognized Ji Wuchang, the man with the clay jar raised his cultivation to the half-step Supreme Realm.
• Dou Rude attacked the Snow Spear Gate ancestor over the Nine Phoenix Snow Cloud Pill and seven supreme weapons, while the ancestor threatened to destroy the Dou Household.
• Ji Wuchang bound Peng Duansheng with the Immortal-Binding Rope and killed him with a pitch-black iron chain.
• A powerful presence erupted from the Snow Spear Gate, forcing the fighters to withdraw as Dou Rude realized a half-step Supreme had joined the battle.

Zhao Rongyang revealed himself as a Half-Step Supreme and killed four black-clad cultivators with one punch before attacking Ji Wuchang. Ji Wuchang evaded him, killed a Celestial Phenomenon Realm Eighth Level opponent with his immobilization art and deadly poison, and left the surrounding cultivators shaken as Zhao Rongyang’s fight with him began.

• Zhao Rongyang erupted with Half-Step Supreme power and killed four black-clad cultivators with a single punch.
• Zhao Rongyang revealed his identities as Spark Organization grand elder and an expelled fourth elder of the Dark Night Gate, then attacked Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang evaded Zhao Rongyang and appeared beside a Celestial Phenomenon Realm Eighth Level saber wielder.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized the saber wielder, split his body with an iron chain, and used a poisoned flying needle to destroy his body and soul.
• Dou Rude and the other Ninth Level cultivators recognized the poison’s deadly power and felt relieved that Zhao Rongyang was engaging Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang lured Zhao Rongyang away from the battle and used Venerable Qingyue to mortally wound him. When Ji Wuchang’s earthenware jar collided with Zhao Rongyang’s, the two Supreme Weapons began merging, while Ji Wuchang captured Zhao Rongyang’s Primordial Spirit.

• Ji Wuchang fled from Zhao Rongyang’s sword attack, drawing Zhao Rongyang and the Snow Spear Gate elder away from the battlefield.
• Ji Wuchang led Zhao Rongyang to a forest and mocked his offer to make him the Spark Organization’s third elder.
• When Zhao Rongyang attacked, Venerable Qingyue appeared behind him, pierced his body with her spear, and struck through his head with her hair.
• Venerable Qingyue clashed with Zhao Rongyang’s earthenware jar as Ji Wuchang’s jar flew out and merged with it.
• Ji Wuchang seized Zhao Rongyang’s Primordial Spirit after the two jars began merging.

Ji Wuchang learned that Supreme Xionglong planned a final reincarnation through the Five Wheels Eight Desolations Instruction and found a second piece of an ancient map. After making the merged clay jar his own Supreme Weapon, he pursued two fleeing Spark Organization members and killed them.

• Ji Wuchang searched Zhao Rongyang's soul and discovered Supreme Xionglong's reincarnation scheme and plans to gain the Eight Desolations Supreme Physique.
• Ji Wuchang killed Zhao Rongyang, took his storage ring, and found a map fragment that joined with his own to form half a map.
• Ji Wuchang erased Zhao Rongyang's imprint on the merged clay jar and helped its first artifact spirit devour the second, turning the jar into a Supreme Weapon.
• Ji Wuchang saw the Snow Spear Gate's ancestor losing to three attackers as the black-clad figures overran the gate's people.
• Ji Wuchang recognized two fleeing figures as Spark Organization members, pursued them, and killed Bai Yin and Bai Tong.

Ji Wuchang heard that rumors about the Snow Spear Gate’s treasures had made him a target, while the Jade Slip from Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter had shattered and forced him to abandon his plan to visit the Spark Organization’s headquarters. News of the Ice and Snow Sect’s tournament offered him a way inside, and he headed to Snow River City to bid for a spectator spot.

• Ji Wuchang listened in disguise as cultivators discussed the Snow Spear Gate’s destruction and blamed him for taking its Nine Phoenix Snow Cloud Pill and seven Supreme Weapons.
• Ji Wuchang recalled that he had spread the treasure rumors to provoke an attack on the Snow Spear Gate, and he resolved to kill Dou Rude, He Longfeng, and Gong Xinhe if he encountered them.
• Ji Wuchang reconsidered his route after the Jade Slip from Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter shattered and he learned Supreme Xionglong was cultivating at the Spark Organization’s headquarters.
• A messenger announced that the Ice and Snow Sect would host the four top powers’ tournament and auction more than a hundred spectator spots to outsiders.
• Ji Wuchang decided to buy a spot in Snow River City and left the teahouse to head toward the Ice and Snow Sect.

The Ice and Snow Sect’s leaders accepted Ji Wuchang’s warning that Supreme Xionglong was tied to the Dark Night Gate, and their ancestor set out to consult the Cold Twin Gate and the Thousand Mortals Sect. Ji Wuchang reached Snow River City as rumors about him spread and Spark announced a personal hunt for him.

• Yin Zhiqing and the elders reviewed Ji Wuchang’s Jade Slip, and their ancestor ordered secrecy while sending a clone to confer with the other two sects.
• Yin Zhiqing explained Ji Wuchang’s role in crippling the Spark Organization and warned Yin Shaofan that the sect owed him a debt and should leave Qi Feilan’s death alone.
• The Cold Twin Gate and the Thousand Mortals Sect also discussed Ji Wuchang’s warning, and Mang Province’s peace was shaken by the three Jade Slips.
• Ji Wuchang arrived in Snow River City after deciding to expose Supreme Xionglong’s connection to the Dark Night Gate for his own protection.
• Rumors about Ji Wuchang multiplied, while Spark declared he would hunt him personally and offered five million low-grade Spirit Stones for information about him.

Ji Wuchang’s Dark Night Beast returned from the night with a Snow Fox, whose swallowed Heavenly Fox Essence Blood caught Ji Yaoyao’s interest. After the Ice and Snow Sect pursued them, the beast led Ji Wuchang to an empty house and brought him a sealed porcelain bottle, leaving him wary of opening it.

• Qin Xiaodong announced that the Ice and Snow Sect’s sixth-rank Snow Fox had escaped and asked Snow River City’s cultivators to report any leads.
• The Dark Night Beast returned to Ji Wuchang’s room with the Snow Fox, and Ji Yaoyao recognized that it had swallowed the Essence Blood of an eighth-rank Heavenly Fox.
• Ji Yaoyao took the Snow Fox into Ji Wuchang’s storage ring and warned him that the Ice and Snow Sect was coming, so Ji Wuchang fled with the Dark Night Beast.
• Qin Xiaodong and his companions arrived too late, learned only that the person in the room looked young, and searched the city without finding useful clues.
• The Dark Night Beast led Ji Wuchang to an unoccupied house and returned with a rune-sealed porcelain bottle, which Ji Wuchang carried to an empty inn room without opening.

Ji Wuchang opened the porcelain bottle and learned that its golden marrow could help the Dark Night Beast advance to the eighth tier. After Feng Taicang failed to locate the culprit in Snow River City, Ji Wuchang spotted Jin Qiu and followed her to a courtyard, where Jin Chun recognized him and asked that he be admitted.

• Ji Wuchang used Ji Yaoyao's formation to open the porcelain bottle and reveal golden marrow from a peak eighth-tier ferocious beast.
• Ji Yaoyao gave four-fifths of the marrow to the Dark Night Beast, which swallowed it and fell into a deep sleep.
• Feng Taicang searched Snow River City with the Ice and Snow Sect's Supreme Weapon but found no trace of the culprit.
• The Dragon Sealing Sect and other participating forces arrived in Snow River City, and the Ice and Snow Sect announced an auction for spectator seats.
• Ji Wuchang recognized Jin Qiu, followed her to a courtyard, and found Jin Dong and the wounded Jin Chun there.
• Jin Chun sensed Ji Wuchang and asked Jin Qiu to invite him inside.

Ji Wuchang learned how Jin Chun, Jin Qiu, and Jin Dong escaped the Spark Organization and agreed to help them leave Mang Province. The three entered a spatial Supreme Weapon that Ji Wuchang took into his System Space, and he set off with it concealed.

• Jin Chun explained that Jin Xia's sister exposed their plans to the Fourth Elder, and Jin Xia self-detonated to help Jin Chun, Jin Qiu, and Jin Dong escape.
• Jin Chun said the Spark Organization wanted to capture Ji Wuchang alive, and he suspected Supreme Xionglong was behind it.
• Jin Chun asked Ji Wuchang to take the three sisters out of Mang Province and offered a spatial Supreme Weapon as payment.
• Ji Wuchang agreed, and Jin Chun erased her soul imprint from the bead so he could claim control of it.
• Jin Qiu and Jin Dong agreed to the plan, entered the bead with Jin Chun, and Ji Wuchang stored it in his System Space before leaving.

Ji Wuchang entered the Ice and Snow Sect with the other auction guests, hoping the coming competition would create an opportunity to find the teleportation formation he sought. After receiving a secluded courtyard, he was left inside the sect as the competition approached.

• Ji Wuchang joined more than a hundred cultivators outside the Ice and Snow Sect, having paid 1.1 million low-grade Spirit Stones for admission.
• Jiang Tihe welcomed the visitors, explained the sect’s rules and facilities, and opened the defensive barrier for them to enter.
• Ji Wuchang entered the sect, where his Glacial Glazed Fire absorbed the cold Qi, and he suspected the main hall at the mountain summit concealed the teleportation formation.
• Zhu Guoping called Ji Wuchang by his assumed name, Jiang Qiye, and the two followed the group to their assigned accommodations.
• Jiang Tihe left the visitors with low-ranking disciples, and the cultivators accepted their room assignments, with Ji Wuchang and Zhu Guoping receiving a secluded courtyard.

Ji Wuchang and Zhu Guoping visited the Ice and Snow Sect's crowded trading square, where Zhu Guoping tried to buy a damaged High-Grade Spirit Weapon. Huang Rongcai tried to outbid him, but the veiled seller handed the sword to Zhu Guoping, who paid for it.

• Zhu Guoping took Ji Wuchang to the Ice and Snow Sect's trading square, where they surveyed the many cultivators and stalls.
• Ji Wuchang recalled that Zhu Guoping's depleted Qi and Blood and hidden injuries had kept his cultivation from advancing, but chose not to interfere.
• Zhu Guoping examined a cracked High-Grade Spirit Weapon at a veiled woman's stall and agreed to buy it for a hundred and thirty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Huang Rongcai appeared and offered a higher price to provoke Zhu Guoping, but the woman sent the sword to Zhu Guoping, who paid her and took it.

Ji Wuchang left a stall after the veiled woman drove off Huang Rongcai, then bought ten strange black objects from Lu Qingfeng, a Thousand Mortals Sect genius selling alleged ancient tomb finds. He left with the items despite Qiu Rumeng’s warning that they were useless.

• The veiled woman rejected Huang Rongcai’s higher offer, suppressed him with her Dao Severing Realm ninth-level presence, and watched him retreat after he glared at Zhu Guoping.
• Ji Wuchang worried Huang Rongcai might target Zhu Guoping, then noticed Lu Qingfeng loudly selling objects said to come from an ancient tomb.
• Qiu Rumeng identified Lu Qingfeng’s wares as useless and accused him of swindling people, while Lu Qingfeng insisted he was only trying to sell them off.
• Ji Wuchang offered twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones for up to ten items, and Lu Qingfeng accepted as Qiu Rumeng watched without stopping him.
• Ji Wuchang selected ten objects, stored them, and left while Lu Qingfeng smugly teased Qiu Rumeng.

Ji Wuchang bought a broken sword after sensing that it contained the presence of two Supremes, while Yi Zhenggang and Fang Yanlong watched him and wondered whether he knew the secret of the black objects he had purchased. He left the stall with the sword after giving its dying owner pills in exchange.

• Yi Zhenggang and Fang Yanlong watched Ji Wuchang and discussed why he had bought the black objects, while Yi Nixue agreed to help Fang Yanlong teach Lu Qingfeng a lesson.
• Ji Wuchang parted ways with Zhu Guoping and continued browsing the stalls.
• Ji Wuchang inspected a broken sword and sensed two Supreme presences hidden within it, stronger than the stall owner had realized.
• The stall owner asked for pills to strengthen his Qi and Blood instead of spirit stones, explaining that he had little time left and feared others would covet the sword.
• Ji Wuchang gave the old man a porcelain bottle of pills, took the broken sword, and left.

Ji Wuchang refused to hand over the broken sword to two Dark Night Gate cultivators and used his baleful Qi to turn them against each other. After they were injured, Ge Qinghua learned what happened and looked toward Ji Wuchang with murderous intent.

• Long Yanshuang told Ge Qinghua to offer Ji Wuchang double the price for the broken sword, but to let the matter go if he refused.
• Ge Qinghua sent two Dark Night Gate cultivators to intercept Ji Wuchang and request the sword.
• Ji Wuchang refused to sell the sword and told the cultivators to move aside despite their threats.
• Ji Wuchang’s baleful Qi overwhelmed the two men, causing them to attack each other and suffer serious injuries.
• Ge Qinghua questioned the injured cultivators, who blamed Ji Wuchang, and she resolved to pursue the matter.