Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang killed the second-tier black wolf with the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique, then used a check-in reward and a fifth-grade pill to advance his cultivation. As he endured the pill’s effects, he condensed eight Dao platforms, astonishing Ji Yaoyao.

• Ji Wuchang fought off the black wolves, using a first-tier wolf’s corpse to shield himself from the second-tier wolf’s attack.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique and cleaved the second-tier black wolf in two, impressing Ji Yaoyao.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the trial grounds and received six years of cultivation, restoring his spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang circulated the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art, advanced to the peak of the Qi Refining ninth layer, and collected the five black wolf corpses.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed a fifth-grade Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing Pill and endured its violent effects as eight Dao platforms formed behind him.
• Ji Yaoyao marveled that Ji Wuchang had condensed eight Dao platforms despite having only middle-grade earth-tier root bones.

Ji Wuchang destroyed his eight Dao platforms and used the Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing Pill to break through to the late Qi Refining tenth layer by shattering the shackles of the Heavenly Dao. Ji Yaoyao was left astonished and questioning how he knew the tenth layer existed.

• Ji Wuchang shattered his eight Dao platforms, suffering backlash that damaged his meridians and dantian and lowered his cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang used the pill’s medicinal power to heal himself and climbed back to the peak of the Qi Refining ninth layer.
• Ji Wuchang activated the purple qi Heaven-Burning Art, forming a purple pill furnace and manifesting extraordinary beasts around himself.
• Ji Wuchang roared through his breakthrough, shattered an illusory iron chain attached to his soul, and reached the late Qi Refining tenth layer.
• Ji Yaoyao asked how Ji Wuchang knew about the tenth layer, but he told her to guess, and she swore at him before returning to the storage ring.

Xiao Fan found treasures in the secret realm and advanced his cultivation, while his master's remnant soul encouraged him to kill Ji Wuchang. Ji Wuchang ambushed and defeated Xiao Fan, plundered his storage ring, and left him tied to a tree after mutilating him.

• Xiao Fan found intact storage rings and a Primordial Qi Pill in a cave, then advanced to the early stage of Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
• Xiao Fan told his master he wanted to kill Ji Wuchang, and the old man promised to lend him power.
• Ji Wuchang learned from Ji Yaoyao that Xiao Fan's master had placed an Assimilation Seal on him and planned to possess him.
• Ji Wuchang suppressed the old man's remnant soul and ambushed Xiao Fan, breaking his ribs and crushing his left arm before knocking him unconscious.
• Ji Wuchang plundered Xiao Fan's storage ring, had Ji Yaoyao restrict the old man's soul, and tied the bloodied Xiao Fan to a tree.
• Ji Wuchang cut away two taels of flesh from Xiao Fan while the old man's remnant soul watched in horror.

After earning more fortune points by defeating Xiao Fan, Ji Wuchang arranged for Xiao Fan to blame Cai Ping for the attack and set the two disciples against each other. Ji Wuchang then went to investigate a fight in the secret realm, where he recognized five Foundation Establishment disciples from rival peaks.

• The system told Ji Wuchang that defeating people with more than 300 fortune points earned rewards, and that the system shop would unlock at 10,000 points.
• Ji Wuchang explained to Ji Yaoyao that he planned to weaken Xiao Fan’s fortune before killing him, while relying on a spy and Zhen Miaoqing’s jade token to keep Xiao Fan in check.
• Xiao Fan woke with a crippled arm and severe injuries, and his master claimed Cai Ping had attacked him and stolen his belongings, as Ji Wuchang had instructed.
• Xiao Fan swore vengeance on Cai Ping, then killed a passing Qi Refining cultivator and took the dead man’s clothes.
• Ji Wuchang heard fighting, went to investigate, and recognized Li Zhao'en, Lian Hongying, Liu Jinming, Pan Xibin, and Ma Mengnan facing off near a corpse.

Pan Xibin tried to force Li Zhao'en and Liu Jinming to surrender a map fragment linked to a Purple Mansion Realm expert's cave abode. As their group fought, a mysterious figure stole the box and escaped into the forest, leaving everyone searching in vain.

• Ma Mengnan told Pan Xibin that Junior Brother Bai had killed two Hundred Azure Peak disciples over a map fragment, which Li Zhao'en's group had seized.
• Pan Xibin demanded the item, then attacked Li Zhao'en and Liu Jinming when they refused to hand it over.
• Pan Xibin defeated their combined sword technique and shattered their shield, leaving Li Zhao'en and Liu Jinming badly injured.
• Li Zhao'en produced the box, but a mysterious figure snatched it and fled into the dense forest.
• Pan Xibin, Li Zhao'en, and Liu Jinming pursued the thief but returned empty-handed, and Pan Xibin vowed revenge.

Ji Wuchang spread a map of a Purple Mansion Realm cave abode throughout the secret realm, drawing Pan Xibin and many others toward it. An Kexin recovered memories of her previous life and went to seek the cave, determined to test whether they were true and increasingly hostile toward Xiao Fan, Ji Wuchang, and Tai Yujie.

• Ji Wuchang followed the map toward the cave abode and, rather than crossing a dangerous valley himself, copied the map and secretly distributed it to other disciples.
• Three Longevity Sect disciples found a jade slip bearing news of the cave after killing a leopard, and similar slips spread the rumor throughout the secret realm.
• Pan Xibin learned that the cave's location had been made public and angrily blamed the thief who had taken his map.
• An Kexin recovered memories of her previous life, in which Xiao Fan betrayed her and Ji Wuchang later killed her, and she remembered that the cave held a valuable small cauldron.
• An Kexin agreed to go to the cave with Tai Yujie to verify her memories, while secretly considering killing Tai Yujie if the memories proved true.

Ji Wuchang disguised himself and joined Huang Wanqiu’s team as the sect disciples entered the valley to hunt ferocious beasts. The disciples became embroiled in a fierce battle against hundreds of black apes, while Zuo Yan joined Huang Wanqiu to fight their powerful leader.

• Ji Wuchang returned to the valley in disguise and noticed An Kexin seemed changed when she arrived with Tai Yujie.
• Zuo Yan divided the gathered disciples into three teams, and Ji Wuchang joined Huang Wanqiu’s group while An Kexin and Tai Yujie joined Cai Ping’s.
• Huang Wanqiu led her team into the valley, where a black ape warned the humans to leave and then attacked when they refused to retreat.
• Huang Wanqiu fought the black ape leader while Huang Jinwei and the other disciples battled hundreds of apes emerging from cliffside caves.
• Ji Wuchang killed a black ape with his sword as the melee claimed at least one disciple’s life.
• When the black ape gained the upper hand against Huang Wanqiu, Zuo Yan and Cai Ping brought their teams to help, and Zuo Yan warned that the beast could become a third-tier ferocious beast within ten years.

During the battle against the black apes, Ji Wuchang secretly caused Tai Yujie's death and realized An Kexin might possess memories of a previous life. After the black ape leader fell and the survivors buried Tai Yujie, An Kexin looked at Zeng Linghong with guilt.

• Ji Wuchang noticed Tai Yujie was isolated from An Kexin and saw her surrounded by three black apes.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps on Tai Yujie, leaving her unable to defend herself as a black ape smashed her head.
• An Kexin killed a second-rank black ape with Silent Extinction Netherlight Slash, making Ji Wuchang suspect she had been reborn or regained past-life memories.
• Zuo Yan and Huang Wanqiu killed the black ape leader, and the remaining black apes fled into the caves.
• Zeng Linghong buried Tai Yujie while An Kexin helped and felt guilty about how she had treated him in her previous life.

After the group found Spirit-Nurturing Fruits, Ji Wuchang discovered warm yang jade and a spiritual vein beneath the tree. He killed An Kexin, destroyed her soul, and left her possessions behind before returning to the trial.

• The group collected the Spirit-Nurturing Fruits, while Ji Wuchang stayed behind and uncovered warm yang jade above a branch of a spiritual vein.
• An Kexin demanded the jade, and Ji Wuchang offered to sell it to her for five thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Wuchang used his strongest techniques to kill An Kexin and gained 150 Fortune Points from the system.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the trial grounds, received three years of cultivation, and took useful items from An Kexin's storage ring.
• Ji Wuchang burned An Kexin's corpse, summoned and destroyed her soul, then hid her possessions among scattered rocks.

Ji Wuchang crossed a snake-infested valley and joined the crowd attacking a barrier that guarded a Purple Mansion Realm expert’s cave abode. As the barrier neared collapse, two powerful divine souls searched him, leaving him on guard.

• Ji Wuchang used fireballs to clear the remaining snakes and reached the crowd gathered before the cave abode’s defensive barrier.
• Zuo Yan organized the gathered disciples into three teams that took turns attacking the barrier.
• Xiao Fan arrived with an empty left sleeve and a gloomy expression, and Ji Wuchang noticed him staring at Cai Ping.
• Around a hundred and fifty people gathered as the teams attacked the barrier continuously, thinning it until it was close to shattering.
• Two divine souls swept over Ji Wuchang, and he realized that someone much stronger than him had taken an interest in him.

Ji Wuchang entered the Longevity Sect cave abode, collected medicinal herbs, and killed a Foundation Establishment disciple who attacked him. After finding a mysterious intact cauldron in a deserted supply hut, he reached the houses where cultivators were fighting over pills, only to discover that most had already been taken.

• The Longevity Sect disciples broke through the light barrier and rushed into the cave abode, where they began gathering century-old herbs.
• When a Foundation Establishment Realm First Layer disciple attacked him over a Nine-Leaf Grass, Ji Wuchang killed him, took his storage ring, and frightened nearby cultivators into giving him space.
• Ji Wuchang collected more medicinal herbs in secluded fields while Xiao Fan headed deeper into the cave abode to pursue greater opportunities.
• Rather than join the crowd rushing toward the houses, Ji Wuchang searched a dilapidated hut and found an intact black cauldron, which he stored away for later inspection by Ji Yaoyao.
• Ji Wuchang reached the houses and found cultivators battling over preserved second-grade and third-grade pills, with most of the pills already claimed.

Ji Wuchang discovered Xiao Fan had claimed the cave abode’s final secret realm, then was ambushed while leaving the gorge. He borrowed Ji Yaoyao’s power to kill both attackers and began wondering who had sent them after him.

• Ji Wuchang found Huang Wanqiu, Zuo Yan, and Cai Ping fighting over the cave abode’s final inheritance, but Xiao Fan appeared in a pillar of light after entering the secret realm first.
• Xiao Fan entered a house in the secret realm, while the others left the cave abode and Ji Wuchang set off through the mountain forest.
• Two black-clad men attacked Ji Wuchang with sword strikes, but he evaded them after contacting Ji Yaoyao and borrowing her power.
• Ji Wuchang’s cultivation rose to the third level of the Purple Mansion Realm, and he killed both men before his borrowed power faded.
• Ji Wuchang explained that his meridians could not withstand the full amplification of the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique, then wondered who wanted him dead.

Ji Wuchang investigated the two assassins’ belongings but found no explanation for their attack, then encountered Xiao Fan after his recovery and ambushed him. He robbed Xiao Fan, tore off his arm, and damaged his dantian before leaving with another victory rewarded by the system.

• Ji Wuchang searched the assassins’ storage rings and found Longevity Sect disciple tokens belonging to Wang Kuo and Wang Xiang, along with unfamiliar numbered tokens.
• Ji Wuchang suspected the assassins were inner disciples serving a guest elder but could not understand why they had targeted him.
• After hunting beasts for three days, Ji Wuchang returned to the Purple Mansion Realm cave abode and encountered Xiao Fan, whose arm had regrown and whose cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Realm ninth layer peak.
• Ji Wuchang used a hood to conceal himself, then ambushed Xiao Fan with Heart-Treading Steps and the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique.
• Ji Wuchang beat Xiao Fan unconscious, tore off his right arm, plundered his storage ring, and severely damaged his dantian.
• The system awarded Ji Wuchang 400 Fortune Points for defeating Xiao Fan for the third time, while Xiao Fan lost 400 Fortune Points.

Ji Wuchang escaped an attempted robbery by Li Zhao'en, Lian Hongying, and Liu Jinming, then encountered other disciples being robbed and fled from them. He later arrived as Zuo Yan and Huang Jinwei fought, and Huang Jinwei’s storage ring flew toward him.

• Li Zhao'en, Lian Hongying, and Liu Jinming tried to rob Ji Wuchang, but he tricked them and escaped.
• After failing to catch Ji Wuchang, the three disciples crushed their jade tokens and left the secret realm.
• Pan Xibin robbed half the ferocious beast carcasses from Chen Boyu, Duan Junsheng, Fan Huajun, and Huang Guangwen.
• When Ji Wuchang approached the four disciples, they mistook his shout for a robbery and immediately left the secret realm.
• Zuo Yan suppressed Huang Jinwei in a fight, but Huang Jinwei surged in power and sent his storage ring flying toward Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang fled from Zuo Yan with Huang Jinwei’s storage ring and learned the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps from Ji Yaoyao, using Fortune Points to master its beginner level. He escaped Zuo Yan and realized the technique’s first stage would greatly boost his speed and combat strength.

• Huang Jinwei gave Ji Wuchang his storage ring before escaping, and Ji Wuchang ran off with it as Zuo Yan pursued him.
• Ji Yaoyao offered to kill Zuo Yan, but Ji Wuchang refused and asked her to teach him a flying movement technique instead.
• Ji Yaoyao taught Ji Wuchang the formula for the high-grade heaven-tier Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps, which complemented his Wind and Thunder Fist.
• Ji Wuchang spent 2,400 Fortune Points to gain minor mastery of the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps and immediately used it to accelerate away.
• Zuo Yan mistook Ji Wuchang’s speed for a temporary secret art, but Ji Wuchang pulled out of sight and recognized the technique’s first stage.

Ji Wuchang used his newly mastered Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps to rob Jiang Bin after Jiang Bin had robbed Pan Xibin and Ma Mengnan. Pan Xibin and Ma Mengnan left the secret realm, while Ji Wuchang escaped with Jiang Bin’s storage ring.

• Ji Wuchang discovered that mastering the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps had consumed forty percent of his spiritual power, then swallowed a pill to replenish it.
• Ji Wuchang disguised himself and set out to rob other cultivators.
• Jiang Bin attacked Pan Xibin and Ma Mengnan, took half their ferocious beast corpses, and returned Pan Xibin’s storage ring.
• Pan Xibin and Ma Mengnan encountered Jiang Bin again and learned that someone in the Qi Refining Realm had robbed him.
• Pan Xibin and Ma Mengnan crushed their jade tokens and left the secret realm.
• Ji Wuchang revealed that he had followed Jiang Bin and used his speed to steal Jiang Bin’s storage ring.

After emerging from the Longevity Sect's secret realm, Ji Wuchang concealed that he had robbed several Foundation Establishment cultivators. Meng Caihong discovered the truth when he gave her his loot to submit to the sect, leaving her shocked that a Qi Refining Realm disciple had been behind the robberies.

• Meng Caihong learned that An Kexin and Tai Yujie had died, then questioned Zeng Linghong after he left the secret realm; he knew Tai Yujie had been killed by a beast but did not know what had happened to An Kexin.
• Jiang Bin emerged and reported that a Qi Refining Realm cultivator had robbed him, and two more Foundation Establishment cultivators soon reported being robbed by someone at the same realm.
• The elders suspected Zuo Yan, but Ji Wuchang emerged and claimed he had gained little, causing them to dismiss the possibility that he was the robber.
• After leaving the entrance, Ji Wuchang admitted to Meng Caihong that he had robbed several cultivators and gave her a storage ring to submit to the sect.
• Meng Caihong examined the ring and realized Ji Wuchang had robbed Jiang Bin and the others, leaving her astonished.

Ji Wuchang returned from the secret realm trial, submitted his spoils, and advanced to the peak of Qi Refining tenth layer after a system check-in. The trial ended with heavy losses, Xiao Fan badly injured, and Ji Wuchang widely regarded as the strongest Qi Refining Realm disciple, though most people did not suspect him of being the secret realm robber.

• Ji Wuchang handed in six second-tier ferocious beasts, twenty-three first-tier ferocious beasts, and numerous herbs, then checked in at the Longevity Sect's main peak and received five years of cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang reached the peak of Qi Refining tenth layer and worried that he still lacked three five-element spiritual items needed for Foundation Establishment.
• Zeng Linghong submitted a huge haul of ferocious beasts, drawing the attention and admiration of the disciples.
• Xiao Fan appeared drenched in blood, missing his right arm, and gravely weakened, so Zhen Yaotian took him away.
• Huang Wanqiu and Zuo Yan submitted the largest hauls after Ji Wuchang, while Cai Ping placed fourth and glared at Zeng Linghong.
• The elders confirmed the trial had ended with around three-tenths of entrants lost, and Ji Wuchang returned home with a high-grade spiritual weapon as his reward.

Zhen Yaotian questioned Xiao Fan and Cai Ping about the secret realm, where Xiao Fan accused an unknown attacker of crippling his dantian. Meanwhile, Meng Caihong activated a jade plaque and saw Ji Wuchang kill An Kexin.

• Cai Ping told Zhen Yaotian that the secret realm trial had caused heavy losses and claimed Xiao Fan appeared only at the Purple Mansion cave abode, where he took its inheritance.
• Xiao Fan said an attacker at or above the Foundation Establishment Realm sixth layer had ambushed him twice and damaged his dantian, but he did not name Cai Ping.
• Zhen Yaotian said the sect would hold no one accountable under its rules and promised to seek medicine to repair Xiao Fan's dantian.
• Cai Ping offered to help Xiao Fan identify the attacker and patted his empty right sleeve, which Xiao Fan took as a warning.
• Zhou Yuan asked Zuo Yan who had injured Xiao Fan, and Zuo Yan denied knowing while ruling out himself and Wanqiu.
• Meng Caihong activated the Mother Jade Plaque and saw an image of Ji Wuchang killing An Kexin in the valley.

Meng Caihong concealed what she had learned about Ji Wuchang's killings in the secret realm and sent him to fulfill her lineage's final request in Shujiu City. Ji Wuchang learned that the trip also offered a Blazing Fire Divine Dragon's eyeball, a fire-attribute spiritual object that had strengthened An Kexin in his previous life.

• Meng Caihong destroyed the parent jade token and decided to keep Ji Wuchang's actions in the secret realm secret.
• Ji Wuchang sorted his spoils, set aside pills for Meng Caihong's new disciples, and resolved to keep suppressing Xiao Fan's growing providence.
• Ji Wuchang visited Meng Caihong and gave her a storage ring containing resources for her disciples.
• Meng Caihong asked Ji Wuchang to visit the Meng Lineage in Shujiu City, assess a child for discipleship, and help resolve their trouble.
• Meng Caihong told Ji Wuchang to obtain the Meng Lineage's Blazing Fire Divine Dragon eyeball for his body tempering and compensate them with spirit stones.
• Ji Wuchang recalled that the eyeball contained blood essence that had greatly increased An Kexin's cultivation in his previous life and welcomed the opportunity.