Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang endured a tense night after a mysterious girl saw through his human-skin mask, then faced accusations and threats from his companions when they learned about it. When Lin Jianya blocked his departure, Ji Wuchang killed him with a single punch, leaving the others stunned.

• A powerful old man and a mischievous girl arrived at the camp, and the girl recognized Ji Wuchang's human-skin mask.
• The old man and the girl left at daybreak, after which Lin Jianya accused Ji Wuchang of hiding his face from the group.
• Ji Wuchang rejected Lin Jianya's accusation and tried to leave, but Lin Jianya blocked his path.
• Li Duhua and Zhang Yanding joined Lin Jianya in confronting Ji Wuchang and demanding to see his true face.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed his killing aura and killed Lin Jianya with one punch before anyone could react.

Ji Wuchang killed Lin Jianya, Li Duhua, Zhang Yanding, and Zhu Shouzhen after they confronted him, then continued training alone in Heavenly Phoenix Mountain. He subdued a peak sixth-rank black bear and settled into its cave to cook meat, while an old man planned to use Ji Wuchang to temper his granddaughter.

• Ji Wuchang killed Zhu Shouzhen with Divine Soul Spikes and an iron chain, then smashed Li Duhua and Zhang Yanding into blood mist.
• Qin Zhiman, Zhao Zhiwu, Li Ziyi, and Pu Jingyi fled Heavenly Phoenix Mountain after Ji Wuchang warned them not to seek his true face.
• An old man and a young girl watched Ji Wuchang leave, and the old man decided to use him to temper his granddaughter.
• Ji Wuchang hunted ferocious beasts while heading toward the Fire Feather Phoenix’s location, and the old man followed his progress from a campfire.
• Ji Wuchang beat a peak sixth-rank black bear into submission, took over its cave, and began cooking meat.

Ji Wuchang shared a meal with a girl and her grandfather, but their gathering was interrupted by a massive beast tide. He fled with the girl while her grandfather remained behind to investigate.

• Ji Wuchang cooked a sixth-tier flying fierce beast and reluctantly shared the meat with a girl and her Supreme Realm grandfather.
• The girl ate greedily and broke through from Dao Severing Realm First Level to Dao Severing Realm Second Level.
• A huge flock of flying fierce beasts fled over them, and the black bear ran from its cave in fear.
• The grandfather vanished to investigate the disturbance, leaving Ji Wuchang to watch over the girl.
• Ji Wuchang recognized that a beast tide was approaching and hurried away with the girl as countless fierce beasts charged behind them.

Ji Wuchang saved the girl from a beast tide, but his escape brought them into a strange secret realm. As they searched the realm, they discovered an altar made of human skulls.

• Ji Wuchang used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to carry the girl away from the beast tide, while her grandfather watched and followed.
• Ji Wuchang and the girl appeared inside a secret realm beneath an enormous barrier of light, and her grandfather failed to find them.
• Ji Wuchang warned the girl to stay close as they ventured through the silent realm, and she clutched his robe.
• Ji Wuchang stopped at a corner, where the girl stumbled into him and then recoiled at the sight of an altar built from skulls.

Ji Wuchang and the girl entered a hall containing nine linked white-bone altars and discovered a peak seventh-tier Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast. Ji Wuchang prepared to fight the beast while the frightened girl retreated.

• Ji Wuchang walked toward the skull altar as the girl followed closely and clutched his clothing.
• Ji Wuchang and the girl entered a hall and found nine white-bone altars connected by a Nine Palaces Grand Formation.
• The girl explained that nine altars could serve a being of overwhelming cultivation, while Ji Wuchang detected an evil presence within them.
• A Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast emerged from the hall's depths, and the girl warned Ji Wuchang about its deadly flames.
• Ji Wuchang told the girl to retreat and raised a pitch-black iron chain as he prepared to fight.

Ji Wuchang battled the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast in the hall while the girl watched and defended herself from the clash’s shockwaves. After Ji Wuchang knocked the beast into the ground, it rose again with its presence surging and murderous fury in its eyes.

• The girl offered Ji Wuchang her defensive Supreme Weapon shield, but he ignored it as the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast attacked.
• Ji Wuchang dodged the beast’s flames and struck with a pitch-black iron chain, but its tail stopped the chain and injured his palm.
• The Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast attacked with flaming and sinister palm imprints, and Ji Wuchang countered with Divine Soul Spikes, a lightning saber, and his chain.
• Their clash sent Gang Qi and skulls across the hall, exposing an undamaged rune; the girl used her shield to protect herself.
• Ji Wuchang used Heaven-Treading Steps to slam the beast into the ground, but it leaped back up with its presence rising and its fury intensified.

Ji Wuchang fought the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast with sword, fist, soul, and lightning techniques, but the beast endured his attacks and healed. The beast’s presence grew far stronger after its pierced brain recovered, leaving Ji Wuchang shocked.

• Ji Wuchang wounded the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast with the Night Phantom Soul Severing Technique, then clashed with its lava, beam, and claw attacks.
• Ji Wuchang’s World-Destroying Millstone Fist failed to stop the beast’s enormous claw imprint, forcing him to retreat with burns and damaged clothes.
• Ji Wuchang struck the beast with the Primordial Jade Shattering Finger, then immobilized it, stomped its skull, and drove Soul Annihilation Spikes into its head.
• Ji Wuchang attacked the wounded beast with Thunder Dragon Shakes the Nine Heavens and pierced its head with a pitch-black iron chain after sensing a strange voice.
• The iron chain snapped as the beast’s skull and brain healed, and its presence surged to become far stronger, shocking Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang attacked the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast to stop it from breaking through, while a girl used her shield to survive its flames. As Ji Wuchang moved to finish the wounded beast, nine runes rushed toward it, and a terrifying presence blasted him away.

• The girl warned Ji Wuchang that the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast was about to break through to the Half-Step Supreme level.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed his Ice Barbarian Battle Body and attacked the beast with fists and Divine Soul Spikes, but the beast turned and engulfed the girl in flames.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized the beast, slashed it with the Nameless Sword, and struck its horn with the World-Destroying King Yu's Heavenly Eye, interrupting its breakthrough while the girl's shield blocked the flames.
• Ji Wuchang pursued the fleeing beast and attacked it with Grinding Yin and Yang, an icy fist, and two Qianji Poison-coated flying needles.
• Nine runes surged toward the beast, so Ji Wuchang tried to immobilize and kill it, but the beast spoke and unleashed a terrifying presence that blasted him away.

Ji Wuchang and the girl fled the cave after he severed the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast’s head, but its terrifying power emerged as a flame giant and pursued them. Ji Wuchang used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to escape with the girl, while the flame giant vanished after them.

• A rune empowered the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Beast, but Ji Wuchang immobilized it and cut off its head before fleeing with the girl into the cave.
• The beast’s head rejoined its body as the remaining runes entered it, and its Primordial Spirit vowed to kill Ji Wuchang.
• Ji Wuchang and the girl raced through the cave while deep blue flames surged after them, and she used talismans to increase their speed.
• They emerged into a plaza, where the flames formed a thousand-zhang flame giant that struck at them and shattered the girl’s shield.
• Ji Wuchang used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to vanish with the girl, and the flame giant disappeared in pursuit.

Ji Wuchang and Jiang Yue'er fled a powerful flaming enemy who pursued them across the forest and beyond, and Jiang Yue'er unleashed a sword attack sealed inside her by her grandfather. Though the sword cleaved the enemy’s flaming palm and struck into the flames, Ji Wuchang grabbed Jiang Yue'er and escaped before the outcome was clear.

• Ji Wuchang repeatedly used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to flee with Jiang Yue'er while the flaming enemy pursued them.
• Ji Wuchang told Jiang Yue'er that escaping into the void was their only chance to shake the Supreme Realm expert, but she asked to try her grandfather’s sealed move first.
• Jiang Yue'er summoned a small sword, empowered it with her blood, and launched it at the flaming enemy as he emerged from a rift in the sky.
• The sword cleaved the enemy’s flaming palm and slashed into the rolling flames, but Ji Wuchang seized Jiang Yue'er and vanished with her.

Ji Wuchang and Jiang Yue'er escaped the flame giant by entering the void with Jiang Yue'er's Supreme Weapon hairpin, then emerged on Heavenly Phoenix Mountain. When Jiang Yue'er's grandfather arrived, Ji Wuchang slipped away through the void without revealing his name.

• Ji Wuchang used three years of cultivation to restore his spiritual power, then insisted that Jiang Yue'er follow his plan after rescuing her from an underground eruption.
• Jiang Yue'er used her hairpin to tear open a spatial rift, and Ji Wuchang carried her through the void on his back with his Lightning Wings.
• The flame giant reached the void too late and abandoned the pursuit, unable to track them through its countless exits.
• Ji Wuchang and Jiang Yue'er emerged in a forest on Heavenly Phoenix Mountain, where Jiang Yue'er crushed a Jade Slip to contact her grandfather.
• When Jiang Yue'er's grandfather approached, Ji Wuchang waved goodbye and entered the void before she could learn his name.

Jiang Yue'er told her grandfather about Ji Wuchang and the Nine Nether Lineage, prompting him to abandon his plan to confront Ji Wuchang and take her deeper into Heavenly Phoenix Mountain. After returning to the mountain, Ji Wuchang found a cracked sword hilt engraved with “Ji” and decided to investigate its connection to the Ji Family.

• Jiang Yue'er told her grandfather that Ji Wuchang had not bullied her and that she had nearly been left alone in danger.
• Jiang Yue'er recounted her encounter with Ji Wuchang and the surviving Nine Nether Lineage, shocking her grandfather and making him wary of confronting Ji Wuchang.
• Jiang Yue'er's grandfather took her farther into Heavenly Phoenix Mountain to find a ferocious beast cub.
• Ji Wuchang returned through a marked void exit and continued exploring Heavenly Phoenix Mountain, where he subdued a seventh-rank ferocious tiger with the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities.
• One of the tiger cubs brought Ji Wuchang a cracked sword hilt engraved with “Ji,” and he recognized its Sword Intent and resolved to learn its origins.

Ji Wuchang examined the belongings of Ji Zhongtian, a Ji Family member who had died while investigating attacks on the family. He learned that the assassins included the Myriad Souls Hall, the Nine Nether Lineage, and a Ji Family traitor, and he discovered a sealed stone coffin whose secrets remained beyond his reach.

• Ji Wuchang rewarded the two little tigers with meat, and they and the seventh-rank tiger brought him a stone coffin, a meditation cushion, and a box.
• Ji Wuchang found a profound five-element formation inside the meditation cushion and rewarded the little tigers with pills.
• Ji Wuchang broke the seals on the box and found a token bearing the name Ji Zhongtian, a Jade Slip, and a storage ring.
• Ji Wuchang read Ji Zhongtian's message, learning that he had pursued the attackers of Ji Family disciples to Heavenly Phoenix Mountain and had been ambushed by people from the Myriad Souls Hall, the Nine Nether Lineage, and a Ji Family traitor.
• Ji Wuchang examined the stone coffin and saw that terrifying Power of Principle sealed it shut.
• Ji Wuchang searched Ji Zhongtian's storage ring and found a withered branch that still held a trace of life and a cracked golden bracelet that had once been a Supreme Weapon.

Ji Wuchang left Heavenly Phoenix Mountain after completing his training and headed toward Jiangshan Academy, while the academy prepared to select its representatives for the Saint King Secret Realm entrance contest. Zhang Zixu also announced a competition for Jiangshan Academy’s coveted places at Heavenly Chen Academy, drawing powerful hidden students into the coming struggle.

• Ji Wuchang collected Ji Zhongtian’s belongings, found a broken seal and a fragment of a sword in a cave, and fed the remaining python meat to the tigers before leaving Heavenly Phoenix Mountain.
• Ji Wuchang spent more than a dozen days training on the mountain, nearly reached great perfection in the Dao Severing Realm Ninth Level, and set out for Jiangshan Academy.
• At Jiangshan Academy, Chen Hetian urged Zhang Zixu to schedule the selection tournament for the Saint King Secret Realm contest, and Zhang Zixu set it for three days later with nine Celestial Phenomenon Realm contestants.
• Zhang Zixu announced that Jiangshan Academy would hold another competition in two months to award fifteen places at Heavenly Chen Academy, including automatic places for winners of the Saint King Secret Realm selection.
• Zhang Zixu revealed that he had announced the upcoming competitions partly to draw Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level cultivators out of seclusion to aid the academy.

Ji Wuchang returned to Jiangshan Academy and reunited with Guiyi, Zhou Haotian, and Jiang Qiye, then chose to enter seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. Zhou Haotian arranged for him to cultivate in the academy’s tower as Zhang Zixu, Ji Yongming, and Qing Banshuang arrived.

• Qing Bingxia challenged Guiyi again, but postponed their fight until the next day’s selection matches.
• Ji Wuchang appeared at Jiangshan Academy, and Guiyi recognized him and was surprised that he had survived a void storm.
• Zhou Haotian welcomed Ji Wuchang to his courtyard, where Ji Wuchang reunited with Jiang Qiye and recounted his recent exploits.
• Zhou Haotian offered Ji Wuchang a reserved spot in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm selection matches, but Ji Wuchang chose to enter seclusion and prepare for a breakthrough.
• Zhou Haotian arranged for Ji Wuchang to cultivate in the academy’s tower, while Zhang Zixu, Ji Yongming, and Qing Banshuang arrived.

Qing Bingxia asked Qing Banshuang to help her claim the dean’s reserved place, but Qing Banshuang refused and ordered her to cultivate instead. When Qing Bingxia arrogantly challenged Ji Wuchang’s entitlement to the spot, Qing Banshuang rebuked her and sent her into seclusion.

• Jiangshan Academy disciples discussed the nine selected fighters and Qing Bingxia’s defeat by Zuo Yuanyuan, while wondering who would receive the dean’s reserved spot.
• Qing Bingxia heard that the spot was reserved for Ji Wuchang and hurried to Qing Banshuang’s courtyard to ask her aunt to secure it for her.
• Qing Banshuang warned Qing Bingxia not to pursue the spot and urged her to focus on advancing her cultivation.
• Qing Bingxia insisted Ji Wuchang was weaker than her and threatened to publicize her complaint about the dean’s decision.
• Qing Banshuang rebuked Qing Bingxia, reminded her that Ji Wuchang had survived a void storm, and ordered her into seclusion until she reached the Celestial Phenomenon Realm ninth level.

Ji Wuchang emerged from seclusion at Jiangshan Academy and faced an unusually powerful Lightning Tribulation as he broke through toward the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. He revealed his Lightning Origin to withstand the lightning, then began forming his Dharma Aspect under its baptism.

• Qing Bingxia ran toward the cultivation tower in tears after Qing Banshuang spoke harshly to her, and tribulation clouds suddenly gathered overhead.
• Zhou Haotian, Ji Yongming, Zhang Zixu, and others recognized that the terrifying tribulation was likely connected to Zhou Haotian’s disciple, while Qing Bingxia, Yuan Ling, and Guiyi watched Ji Wuchang emerge from the tower.
• Ji Wuchang calmly faced the lightning strikes, astonishing the Jiangshan Academy students who noticed that he was only at the Dao Severing Realm Ninth Level.
• A Thunder Dragon emerged from Ji Wuchang and devoured the falling lightning, revealing his mastery of Lightning Origin.
• Ji Wuchang recalled the Thunder Dragon into his body, allowing the lightning to engulf him as his Dharma Aspect began to take shape.

Ji Wuchang underwent his Celestial Phenomenon Tribulation as his Dharma Aspect rapidly grew, drawing the attention of Zhou Haotian, Ji Yongming, and Jiangshan Academy’s top cultivators. His Dharma Aspect reached 165 zhang, surpassing Feng Yindong’s academy record and leaving the observers stunned.

• Ji Wuchang’s Divine Soul Dao Platform and two enormous leaves absorbed the tribulation lightning and sent purple Qi surging through his body.
• Ji Wuchang’s Dharma Aspect grew to 100 zhang within a few breaths, shocking the watching cultivators.
• Feng Yindong told Ye Tingnan and the others that Ji Wuchang was connected to Master Ji and was Zhou Haotian’s disciple, prompting Zhang Anhan, Chen Feiping, and Sun Ying'an to question his place among them.
• Ji Wuchang’s Dharma Aspect continued growing to 165 zhang, far beyond Feng Yindong’s 139-zhang Jiangshan Academy record.

Ji Wuchang endured the Lightning Tribulation until his spiritual power ran dry, then used five years of cultivation to grow his Dharma Aspect to the continental record of one hundred and eighty-eight zhang. As spectators wondered what blessing or Principle he would gain, two enormous leaves appeared behind his Dharma Aspect and rose toward the heavens.

• Ji Wuchang endured increasingly violent lightning as it strengthened his body and empowered the hidden void-storm acupoint, while his Dharma Aspect remained at one hundred and sixty-five zhang.
• The spectators and academy teachers thought Ji Wuchang was nearing his limit, but Zhou Haotian and Ji Yongming believed his Dharma Aspect could still grow.
• After his spiritual power ran dry, Ji Wuchang used five years of cultivation through the system to replenish himself and feed his Dharma Aspect.
• Ji Wuchang's Dharma Aspect grew to one hundred and eighty-eight zhang, matching the Heavenly Chen Continent's record for a Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Level cultivator.
• Ji Yongming explained that a Dharma Aspect exceeding one hundred and eighty zhang could grant early control of a Power of Principle, as two enormous leaves emerged behind Ji Wuchang's Dharma Aspect and rose toward the heavens.

Ji Wuchang broke through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, using the Nine-Leaf Immortal Herb’s nine-colored Qi to complete his Dharma Aspect and awaken mastery over the Void Principle. The chapter ended with his breakthrough complete and his power greatly increased, while the spectators remained unaware of what had happened inside the black mist.

• Ji Wuchang’s Dharma Aspect grew to 198 zhang before reaching a bottleneck, so he called upon the Nine-Leaf Immortal Herb in his sea of soul consciousness.
• The Nine-Leaf Immortal Herb released nine-colored Qi that strengthened Ji Wuchang’s Primordial Spirit to the Supreme Realm and flowed into his body and Dharma Aspect.
• Ji Wuchang’s Dharma Aspect reached its full height of 199 zhang, and black mist engulfed him as the enormous leaves disappeared.
• Ji Wuchang received mastery over the Void Principle, warped and tore open the void, and discovered he could use it without being harmed.
• Lightning dispersed the black mist, revealing Ji Wuchang after his Dharma Aspect had vanished; he completed his breakthrough as spiritual power poured into him.