Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang defeated Wang Shuofan with a single punch, then faced suspicion from Qin Meng and the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold after Huang Xingli introduced him as a prospective member. The chapter ended with a Celestial Phenomenon Realm Sixth Level cultivator threatening to stop Ji Wuchang from leaving.

• Wang Shuofan attacked Ji Wuchang with his Dharma Aspect, but Ji Wuchang shattered it and mangled Wang Shuofan's right arm with one punch.
• Qin Meng, the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold's fifth chief, emerged with several powerful cultivators and questioned Ji Wuchang's strength.
• Huang Xingli introduced Ji Wuchang as Jiang Qiye, a cultivator hoping to join the stronghold.
• Wang Shuofan accused Ji Wuchang of being a spy and claimed Huang Xingli might have defected, while Huang Xingli angrily defended himself.
• Qin Meng demanded Ji Wuchang reveal his faction and threatened to leave his corpse intact, but Ji Wuchang instead criticized the stronghold and said he would leave.
• A Celestial Phenomenon Realm Sixth Level cultivator stepped forward and threatened Ji Wuchang when he tried to depart.

Ji Wuchang killed Qin Helin with Heaven-Treading Steps and met Qin Meng’s attack, drawing the attention of Dragon-Tiger Stronghold’s half-step supremes. As Qin Meng unleashed the Qin Household’s Tiger Roar Technique, Ji Wuchang prepared to kill him and establish his might.

• Ji Wuchang provoked the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold fighters, and Qin Helin attacked him with his Dharma Aspect and a massive axe.
• Ji Wuchang bound Qin Helin with Heaven-Treading Steps and crushed his Dharma Aspect, body, and Primordial Spirit with a stomp.
• Ji Wuchang struck Qin Meng’s punch with his own, while the resulting Gang Qi hurled Wang Shuofan away and badly injured him.
• Ji Wuchang seized Qin Helin’s storage ring as the Heaven-Locking Coffin and Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities devoured Qi and Blood, remnant souls, and baleful Qi.
• The clash drew four half-step supremes—Lou Mengzhu, Zuo Chengming, Yun Changzhu, and Yue Zongtai—to the scene.
• Qin Meng charged Ji Wuchang with the Qin Household’s Tiger Roar Technique, and Ji Wuchang faced the fierce tiger without dodging.

Ji Wuchang used his Ice Barbarian Battle Body to overwhelm Qin Meng, but Lou Qihong intervened before Ji Wuchang could kill him. Lou Qihong then asked whether Ji Wuchang had come to join Dragon-Tiger Stronghold, leaving Ji Wuchang’s intentions under scrutiny.

• Ji Wuchang transformed into an enormous Ice Barbarian Battle Body and smashed apart Qin Meng’s tiger phantom with one punch.
• Ji Wuchang battered Qin Meng’s Dharma Aspect, then used Heart-Treading Steps and Heavenly Dipper Demon-Suppressing Claw to put him in mortal danger.
• Huang Xingli explained to Lou Mengzhu, Zuo Chengming, Yun Changzhu, and Yue Zongtai how he had met “Jiang Qiye,” and they concluded that he seemed unaffiliated with the three major powers.
• Lou Qihong appeared beside Qin Meng and used a rune formation to block Ji Wuchang’s claw, rescuing Qin Meng as the attack destroyed a mountain.
• Ji Wuchang dispersed his battle body and refrained from attacking again to avoid exposing himself, while Lou Qihong apologized and asked if he had come to join Dragon-Tiger Stronghold.

Ji Wuchang negotiated with Lou Qihong to help the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold against its enemies in exchange for clues about something he sought. When Lou Qihong questioned how they could face three Supreme experts, Ji Wuchang revealed his Supreme puppet, Venerable Qingyue.

• Ji Wuchang refused Lou Qihong's offer of a chief position and proposed making a deal instead.
• Lou Qihong invited Ji Wuchang into the stronghold's main hall, where Ji Wuchang revealed he was a student of Jiangshan Academy.
• Ji Wuchang offered to help the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold fight the Water Mirror Sect, Thunder Sound Sect, and Cloud Hidden Sect in return for clues about something he sought.
• Lou Qihong warned that the three sects had three Supreme experts and asked how Ji Wuchang would handle the two he could not tie down.
• Ji Wuchang summoned Venerable Qingyue, and Lou Qihong recognized her as a Supreme puppet.

Ji Wuchang demonstrated that he had a Supreme puppet, persuading Lou Qihong to ally with him against three hostile sects. After Ji Wuchang raised doubts about the sects’ motives, Lou Mengzhu connected their arrival to a dangerous secret, and Lou Qihong realized a remnant soul might have revealed it.

• Ji Wuchang summoned a white-robed Supreme puppet, and Lou Qihong agreed to the alliance, naming him the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold’s fourth chief.
• Lou Qihong explained that the Water Mirror Sect, Thunder Sound Sect, and Cloud Hidden Sect had seized territory in southwestern Jiangshan Province and threatened to return in three days.
• Ji Wuchang questioned whether the three sects had another reason for their actions, and Lou Mengzhu suggested they were connected to a certain matter.
• Lou Qihong asked Ji Wuchang to wait while the stronghold discussed the secret, then sent Lou Mengzhu to escort him to rest.
• Zuo Chengming warned that only a few people knew the secret, but Lou Qihong revealed that a missing remnant soul had also known everything about the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold.

Ji Wuchang discovered that the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold sat on a Dragon-Tiger Ravine and learned from Huang Xingli about its former chief, Jiang, and Chief Lou Qihong’s rise to power. He became convinced that something was wrong with Lou Qihong and advised Huang Xingli on how to break through his cultivation bottleneck.

• Ji Wuchang used his Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil to see that the mountain resembled a dragon facing a tiger-shaped boulder, and he suspected the Dragon-Tiger Ravine sheltered another Supreme.
• Huang Xingli arrived to serve Ji Wuchang, who thanked him and asked how long he had been at the stronghold.
• Huang Xingli explained that Chief Jiang had been killed by a powerful enemy and that Lou Qihong had slain the badly injured enemy before becoming chief.
• Huang Xingli recalled that Lou Qihong held a grand funeral for Jiang and fell gravely ill afterward, making Ji Wuchang certain that something was wrong with Lou Qihong.
• Ji Wuchang identified Huang Xingli’s weak physical body as the reason he was stuck at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm third level and told him to focus on tempering it.

Ji Wuchang forgave Wang Shuofan, then heard Lou Qihong explain why Dragon-Tiger Stronghold was preparing to attack the Water Mirror Sect, the Thunder Sound Sect, and the Cloud Hidden Sect. Ji Wuchang agreed to join the offensive while secretly planning to investigate Dragon-Tiger Ravine, and the force soon set out.

• Ji Wuchang pardoned Wang Shuofan after he stood outside all night, then gained twelve years of cultivation and twelve Fortune Points by checking in at Dragon-Tiger Stronghold.
• Lou Qihong told Ji Wuchang that Dragon-Tiger Ravine held the former chief’s body and remnant soul, and that his revival would be endangered if the site were disturbed.
• Lou Qihong revealed that Dragon-Tiger Stronghold would attack the Water Mirror Sect, the Thunder Sound Sect, and the Cloud Hidden Sect, and Ji Wuchang agreed while secretly intending to explore Dragon-Tiger Ravine.
• Lou Qihong assembled two thousand fighters, including one Supreme and five Half-Step Supremes, and urged them to cripple the three great powers.
• At Lou Qihong’s command, Ji Wuchang and the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold force left to attack the three great powers.

Lou Qihong and the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold attacked the three great sects on Gentle Wind Mountain, where the invaders had abused and killed Jiangshan Province’s female cultivators. Ji Wuchang and Venerable Qingyue joined the battle, and Lou Qihong gained the upper hand against Yang Ziqian.

• Lou Qihong confronted Yang Ziqian and demanded that the three great sects withdraw from Dragon-Tiger Stronghold territory, but Yang Ziqian mocked him and prepared to fight.
• Ji Wuchang saw the victims’ bodies and agreed to fight the other two Supremes while Lou Qihong faced Yang Ziqian.
• Lou Qihong charged Yang Ziqian as Ji Wuchang and Venerable Qingyue attacked Wang Xinsheng and Liu Yizhu, and Zuo Chengming led the stronghold’s forces into battle.
• Lou Qihong trapped Yang Ziqian in a swamp, but Yang Ziqian broke free with Thunder Sound Roar and wounded Lou Qihong’s soul.
• Lou Qihong struck Yang Ziqian with a yellow sphere that shattered his shield and damaged his Dharma Aspect, then pressed his advantage with a furious assault.

Ji Wuchang copied and mastered Thunder Sound Roar while negotiating with Wang Xinsheng, then fought him after refusing to trust his promise. Their first clash ended with Ji Wuchang’s icy mountain punch destroying Wang Xinsheng’s water dragon.

• Ji Wuchang endured the distant Thunder Sound Roar and used the system to copy and cultivate it to full mastery.
• Ji Wuchang demanded a Supreme Weapon and other rewards to leave the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold conflict, and Wang Xinsheng pretended to agree while planning to stall.
• Ji Wuchang asked Wang Xinsheng to hand over a Supreme Weapon first, prompting Wang Xinsheng to abandon negotiations and attack.
• Wang Xinsheng sent raindrop swords and a massive water dragon at Ji Wuchang, whose cold froze the swords and whose punch destroyed the water dragon.

Ji Wuchang fought Wang Xinsheng while absorbing the insights into Thunder Sound Roar, enduring Wang Xinsheng’s attacks until he could unleash his full strength. After breaking Wang Xinsheng’s Supreme Weapon and injuring him with soul attacks, Ji Wuchang turned the battle in his favor.

• Lou Qihong and the others saw Ji Wuchang fighting Wang Xinsheng and launched their attacks without fear of him switching sides.
• Wang Xinsheng used his deep-blue porcelain bottle to trap Ji Wuchang in a vortex and attack him with sword light, but Ji Wuchang broke the vortex with a void storm.
• Wang Xinsheng enlarged the bottle and sent a massive sword at Ji Wuchang, who destroyed it with World-Destroying Millstone Fist, damaging the bottle and injuring them both.
• Ji Wuchang finished absorbing the insights into Thunder Sound Roar and struck Wang Xinsheng with five Soul Annihilation Spikes.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps against Wang Xinsheng, splitting his heart and cracking his divine soul as fear filled his eyes.

Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Wang Xinsheng with his Azure Dragon Tyrant Leg Art, then used the clay jar in his soul sea to seize Wang Xinsheng’s Origin of Water. Wang Xinsheng lost his treasured power and stared at Ji Wuchang with boundless hatred.

• Ji Wuchang transformed his ice giant into an azure dragon and struck Wang Xinsheng, smashing his water river and porcelain bottle before sending him crashing into a mountain.
• Wang Xinsheng recovered and revealed his Origin of Water, forming a vast cage to trap Ji Wuchang.
• The clay jar in Ji Wuchang’s soul sea drew the cage’s chains into him, weakening Wang Xinsheng’s control over the Origin.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Wang Xinsheng and pulled the shrunken Origin of Water into the clay jar.
• Wang Xinsheng’s connection to the Origin vanished, and he looked at Ji Wuchang with venomous hatred.

Ji Wuchang fought Wang Xinsheng, overcoming his Supreme Realm strength and repeated attempts to survive. He struck down Wang Xinsheng’s Primordial Spirit, leaving the battle’s outcome on the verge of resolution.

• Ji Wuchang wounded Wang Xinsheng with his sword, then struck him down with Heaven-Treading Steps as he tried to flee.
• Ji Wuchang and Wang Xinsheng exchanged more than a hundred blows before Ji Wuchang’s World-Destroying Millstone Fist tore apart Wang Xinsheng’s arms and chest.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Wang Xinsheng and cleaved his body in two, but Wang Xinsheng used an exploding porcelain bottle to escape and restore himself.
• Wang Xinsheng sent five Soul Division clones after Ji Wuchang and drained a Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivator to replenish his strength.
• Ji Wuchang killed the five clones and struck Wang Xinsheng with World-Destroying King Yu’s Heavenly Eye, causing his head to explode and his Primordial Spirit to split apart.

Ji Wuchang killed Wang Xinsheng with his own strength, turning the battle in Dragon-Tiger Stronghold’s favor. When Liu Yizhu summoned a terrifying being through a black hole, Ji Wuchang used Ji Yaoyao’s power to escape the descending palm’s suppression.

• Ji Wuchang absorbed Wang Xinsheng’s Primordial Spirit into the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities, killed him, and took his storage ring.
• With Wang Xinsheng dead, Dragon-Tiger Stronghold rallied and drove the three great factions into a panicked retreat.
• Ji Wuchang attacked Liu Yizhu with two hundred Divine Soul Spikes, damaging his divine soul and destroying the bead between his brows.
• Liu Yizhu crushed a black jade token and called for his lord, opening a black hole in the sky.
• A voice from the black hole dismissed Liu Yizhu and sent down a vast black palm that immobilized everyone below.
• Ji Wuchang drew on Ji Yaoyao’s power from his storage ring and vanished with Shrinking the Ground to an Inch.

Ji Wuchang escaped a supreme realm eighth layer expert’s devastating attack on the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold, losing his Supreme puppet and learning from Ji Yaoyao how vast the gap between cultivation levels was. After resolving to investigate what the stronghold contained, he returned in secret and saw the enormous palm print left by the attack.

• Ji Wuchang fled the black strike, but its power grazed him and left him gravely injured.
• Lou Mengzhu used a Primordial Spirit and a bead to gather many people from the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold before the black palm destroyed the area.
• The attacker’s strike reduced Ji Wuchang’s Supreme puppet, Venerable Qingyue, and the Bright Moon Spear to ash.
• Ji Yaoyao told Ji Wuchang that the attacker was at supreme realm eighth layer and warned him about the power of higher Supreme Realm experts and Half-Saints.
• Ji Wuchang restored his body with the purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art, reflected on his loss, and decided to return to investigate the Dragon-Tiger Stronghold.
• Ji Wuchang concealed himself with the Great Void Phantom Technique and saw the hundreds-of-li-wide palm print that had flattened the mountain forest.

Ji Wuchang returned to Dragon-Tiger Stronghold and found it devastated by a mysterious attacker, then entered Dragon-Tiger Ravine as the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities absorbed its Sha Qi. Inside a thatched hut, he found an empty coffin and realized its former occupant had likely been a woman rather than Lou Qihong's clone.

• Ji Wuchang sensed the terrifying presence in the ravine and used it to temper his body before leaving when someone approached.
• Ji Wuchang returned to Dragon-Tiger Stronghold, found it reduced to ruins, and watched the Heaven-Locking Coffin absorb the bloody mist.
• Ji Wuchang entered Dragon-Tiger Ravine, where the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities drew in Sha Qi and passed a strange presence into his Purple Mansion and the Three-Legged Golden Crow.
• Ji Wuchang followed the Sha Qi to a thatched hut, where the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities absorbed more Sha Qi and began to awaken.
• Ji Wuchang found the hut's coffin empty and recognized a woman's fragrance, leading him to conclude that its former occupant had not been Lou Qihong's clone.

Ji Wuchang discovered that Dragon-Tiger Stronghold concealed a formation and a connection to Lou Mengzhu, while the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities absorbed the ravine’s Sha Qi. After Lou Mengzhu and a mysterious pursuer left the ruined stronghold, Ji Wuchang continued his search for Five Aggregates Precious Blood and found a new way to seek it.

• Ji Wuchang found a Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon bell beneath the coffin, recognized its resemblance to Lou Mengzhu’s ankle bells, and uncovered a formation where the dragon and tiger converged.
• The Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities entered the formation and emerged a day later with a terrifying presence, while most of Dragon-Tiger Ravine’s Sha Qi disappeared.
• Lou Mengzhu gathered her clansmen’s remnant souls, identified Ji Wuchang as Jiang Qiye through a mirror, and decided to go to Heavenly Chen Academy.
• A black-mist pursuer arrived too late to catch Lou Mengzhu and destroyed Dragon-Tiger Stronghold, leaving a deep pit that began filling with water.
• Survivors spread news of the stronghold’s destruction, and Ji Wuchang reflected on his losses before resolving to find Five Aggregates Precious Blood himself.
• Ji Wuchang entered the Treasured Relics Pavilion and learned that he could post a bounty to search for what he needed.

Ji Wuchang visited Heavenly Harmony Hall in Swan Crane City and paid ten million low-grade spirit stones for information on five aggregates precious blood. He left with a jade token and sound transmission stone, resolved to find the blood to help Ji Yaoyao recover.

• Ji Wuchang arrived at Heavenly Harmony Hall and sensed a Supreme Realm cultivator inside.
• Steward Cui explained the bounty tiers, payment rules, and two-year deadline with a double refund if the Hall failed.
• Ji Wuchang offered ten million low-grade spirit stones for information on five aggregates precious blood and received a jade token and sound transmission stone.
• After Ji Wuchang left, the Supreme Realm woman told Deacon Cui to post the bounty and warned him not to underestimate Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang checked that no one followed him and reaffirmed that he would do whatever it took to restore Ji Yaoyao.

Ji Wuchang joined the Beast Abyss Alliance and entered Heavenly Phoenix Mountain with a team to temper himself. Meanwhile, Ji Boshang arrived at Jiangshan Academy and revealed that Ji Wuchang was the Ji Family clan leader’s son, leaving Zhou Haotian and Qing Banshuang stunned.

• Ji Yaoyao recommended the Beast Abyss Alliance as a place for Ji Wuchang to temper himself in Jiangshan Province.
• Ji Wuchang traveled to Heavenly Phoenix City, joined the Beast Abyss Alliance, and accepted an invitation to join a team heading into Heavenly Phoenix Mountain.
• Ji Wuchang entered Heavenly Phoenix Mountain with eight other team members led by a Celestial Phenomenon Realm elder.
• Ji Boshang and Ji Yongming arrived at Jiangshan Academy, where Zhang Zixu and the others were alarmed by their presence.
• Ji Boshang told Zhou Haotian that Ji Wuchang was the Ji Family clan leader’s son and that the family shared a bond with him.
• Zhou Haotian realized his connection to Ji Wuchang could protect the Zhou Lineage, while Qing Banshuang feared that Ji Wuchang was the person lost in the void storm.

Ji Boshang told Zhou Haotian that the Ji Family intended Ji Wuchang to become its young patriarch and arranged for him to represent Jiangshan Academy in the Saint King Secret Realm entrance contest. Meanwhile, Ji Wuchang entered Heavenly Phoenix Mountain with an uneasy team of eight, most of whom saw him as a rival for the pills they hoped to win.

• Ji Boshang explained that Ji Wuchang was being groomed as the Ji Family’s young patriarch and asked Jiangshan Academy to send him to Heavenly Chen Academy after the contest.
• Ji Boshang left Ji Yongming at Jiangshan Academy, and Qing Banshuang told Zhou Haotian that Ji Wuchang had survived the void storm in Luohe City.
• Qing Banshuang told Qing Bingxia that Ji Wuchang had reached Jiangshan Province, but Qing Bingxia focused instead on her repeated defeats by Guiyi.
• Ji Wuchang entered Heavenly Phoenix Mountain with Zhu Shouzhen, Qin Zhiman, Zhao Zhiwu, Li Ziyi, Lin Jianya, Pu Jingyi, Li Duhua, and Zhang Yanding.
• The team’s members regarded Ji Wuchang as a competitor for the Celestial Phenomenon Pills, while he privately considered them useful guides.

Ji Wuchang joined Zhu Shouzhen and the others on a mission to capture two Fire Feather Phoenix young in Heavenly Phoenix Mountain. After provoking a Black Widow into attacking Pu Jingyi, the group continued to a cabin for the night, where Zhu Shouzhen killed a snake and everyone ate and refined its power.

• Ji Wuchang learned that the group was hunting Fire Feather Phoenix young for a seventh-grade Alchemist and heard Zhu Shouzhen warn everyone to stay together in Heavenly Phoenix Mountain.
• Pu Jingyi provoked Ji Wuchang, who stirred a hidden Black Widow into attacking him; Pu Jingyi severed his bitten arm before the venom spread, and a distant strike killed the snake.
• Lin Jianya, Li Duhua, and Zhang Yanding retreated from Pu Jingyi during the attack, then gathered around him afterward as the group resumed its journey.
• At dusk, Zhu Shouzhen led the group to a wooden cabin and killed a fifth-tier snake hiding nearby.
• The group cooked and ate the snake, then sat down to refine the Qi and Blood it contained.