Chapter Summaries

Rumors spread through Jiangshan Academy that Ji Wuchang had won a competition spot through connections, while Feng Yindong confronted the disciples behind the rumors. Ji Wuchang learned that the system mission required him to take first place in the Saint King Secret Realm entrance competition and began preparing to use his newly unlocked techniques.

• Academy disciples criticized Ji Wuchang's selection and anticipated the return of Senior Brother Yuan, who wanted his sister to compete for a place.
• Feng Yindong accused Ye Tingnan, Zhang Anhan, Chen Feiping, and Zhou Huashan of spreading rumors at Eldest Senior Brother's request, then warned them to stop.
• Ye Tingnan and the others decided to continue their plan, hoping to secure support for Eldest Senior Brother and themselves at Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ji Wuchang relaxed in Zhou Haotian's courtyard while Jiang Qiye practiced spear techniques, and Ji's cultivation stabilized at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Level.
• Ji Wuchang discovered the system mission to take first place in the competition, with success raising his Root Bone by one grade and failure lowering it.
• Ji Wuchang prepared to practice the new killing moves of Wind and Thunder Fist and Heart-Treading Steps, whose latest step could burst the heart of a Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level opponent.

Ji Wuchang cultivated the Mysterious Yang Heaven-Slaying Technique while tensions at Jiangshan Academy rose over the return of its eldest senior brother. As that man faced a Lightning Tribulation to break through to the Supreme Realm, Ji Wuchang remained in seclusion, his golden light growing stronger.

• Ji Wuchang brought Endless Wind and Thunder to great perfection, then began cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and the Six Yang Soul-Splitting Instruction.
• Jiang Qiye heard people discussing Ji Wuchang at Jiangshan Academy and told Zhou Haotian, who advised him to ignore them and predicted the headmaster would soon intervene.
• Zhang Zixu scolded Feng Yindong for failing to stop the unrest and ordered her to prevent the eldest senior brother from coming to Jiangshan Academy and tell Ye Tingnan, Zhang Anhan, and the others to stop.
• Thunderclouds filled the sky as the eldest senior brother returned, and Zhang Zixu told Feng Yindong to leave the matter alone.
• The eldest senior brother faced a Lightning Tribulation as academy students watched, while Ji Wuchang continued cultivating inside the tower and the golden light within him intensified.

Ji Wuchang perfected the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and the Six Yang Soul-Splitting Instruction, then left seclusion as Yuan Baishan returned to Jiangshan Academy with Yuan Yaqing. Yuan Baishan learned the dean would not help him, while Ye Tingnan suggested a way to resolve the matter through the academy’s challenge platform.

• Ji Wuchang perfected the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and condensed thirteen blazing suns while cultivating the Six Yang Soul-Splitting Instruction.
• Ji Wuchang realized he would need to draw down lightning outside to cultivate the Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel, then left his secluded chamber.
• Yuan Baishan returned to Jiangshan Academy with Yuan Yaqing, whose beauty attracted Ye Tingnan, Zhang Anhan, Chen Feiping, and the others.
• Feng Yindong told Yuan Baishan that the dean considered the matter settled and had ordered it to end, but Yuan Baishan remained determined to send Yuan Yaqing to Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ye Tingnan suggested that Yuan Yaqing’s lack of a master meant she could not yet use the academy’s annual challenge-platform opportunity.

Ji Wuchang learned from Ji Zhiyi’s jade slip that she was pregnant with their daughter, and Ji Yongming activated a protective jade token for him. Ji Yongming also revealed that the Imperial Preceptor had divined two possible fates for Ji Wuchang, leaving him wary of what lay ahead.

• Ye Tingnan reminded Yuan Baishan of another way to help Yuan Yaqing become his master’s disciple, and Yuan Baishan left with her.
• Ji Yongming met Ji Wuchang in Zhou Haotian’s courtyard and gave him a jade slip from Ji Zhiyi.
• Ji Wuchang learned that Ji Zhiyi was pregnant with their daughter and that she was waiting for him at the Ji Family.
• Ji Yongming activated Ji Wuchang’s jade token, revealing that it held three attacks from the family head to protect him from powerful enemies.
• Ji Yongming told Ji Wuchang that the Imperial Preceptor had divined two conflicting possible fates for him, and Ji Wuchang wore the token for added protection.

Ji Wuchang learned about the Ji Family’s internal strife and the threats surrounding it, then faced a challenge at Jiangshan Academy after Chen Feiping injured Jiang Qiye. With Ji Yongming agreeing to hold off the academy head, Ji Wuchang prepared to fight in the life-and-death arena.

• Ji Yongming told Ji Wuchang that the Ji Family had purged rebellious branches but still faced hidden enemies and possible attacks against Ji Wuchang.
• Jiang Qiye told Ji Wuchang that Yuan Yaqing had become Liu Qinhong’s disciple and that she had challenged him to fight.
• Ji Wuchang sent Jiang Qiye to tell the challengers to stop provoking him or meet him in the life-and-death arena.
• Ji Yongming suspected Zhang Zixu had orchestrated the dispute to let Ji Wuchang purge Jiangshan Academy.
• Chen Feiping injured Jiang Qiye and demanded that Ji Wuchang fight or surrender his place in the contest for entry to the Saint King Secret Realm.
• Ji Yongming promised he could hold off the academy head, and Ji Wuchang agreed to meet his opponents without mercy.

Ji Wuchang arrived at the Life and Death Arena with Ji Yongming and Jiang Qiye to confront the people who had injured his junior brother. As the academy masters watched, Qin Qi warned Liu Qinhong’s group that the arena had not yet opened and urged them to reconsider.

• Hundreds of students gathered at the Life and Death Arena as Liu Qinhong, Yuan Baishan, and their allies waited for Ji Wuchang.
• Chen Feiping admitted injuring Jiang Qiye, while Ye Tingnan and the others laughed and questioned whether Ji Wuchang would dare to appear.
• Ji Wuchang arrived with Ji Yongming and Jiang Qiye, and the crowd fell silent as academy masters watched through their divine souls.
• Ji Wuchang demanded that the person who injured his junior brother step forward.
• Qin Qi appeared, greeted Ji Yongming and Liu Qinhong, and urged Liu Qinhong’s group to discuss the matter before the arena opened.

Ji Wuchang rejected Liu Qinhong’s offer to surrender his contest place and demanded a life-and-death fight with Chen Feiping, who had injured Jiang. He also called Yuan Yaqing onto the arena, leaving him to face two ninth-level Celestial Phenomenon Realm opponents as Zhou Haotian and Chen Hetian watched.

• Liu Qinhong offered Ji Wuchang a million low-grade spirit stones to give up his place, but he ignored her and confronted Chen Feiping over Jiang’s injury.
• Ji Wuchang demanded that Qin Qi open the life-and-death arena, entered it, and challenged Chen Feiping to a fight to the death.
• Chen Feiping entered the arena after Liu Qinhong nodded to him, and Ji Wuchang then called the earlier challenger, Yuan Yaqing, to join them.
• Yuan Yaqing entered the arena, and its barrier closed with Ji Wuchang facing two Celestial Phenomenon Realm ninth level cultivators.
• Zhou Haotian and Chen Hetian arrived; Zhou warned that Ji Wuchang struck ruthlessly, while Chen Hetian remained confident he could not win.

Ji Wuchang revealed the power of his Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and defeated Chen Feiping in the life-and-death arena. As Chen Hetian tried to intervene, Zhou Haotian blocked him, and Ji Wuchang killed Chen Feiping with a black iron chain.

• Ji Wuchang faced Chen Feiping and Yuan Yaqing in the life-and-death arena as the academy's factional conflict loomed behind their dispute.
• Ji Wuchang's golden Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body withstood Chen Feiping's attack and blasted him into the barrier.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps to shatter Chen Feiping's heart and Dharma Aspect, then sent a black iron chain toward him.
• Chen Hetian charged to interfere, but Zhou Haotian blocked him and forced him back with a strike.
• Ji Wuchang's black iron chain pierced Chen Feiping's brow and emerged from the back of his head.

Ji Wuchang killed Chen Feiping and Yuan Yaqing in the life-and-death arena, while Zhou Haotian fought Chen Hetian outside it. Yuan Baishan was driven back from the arena and, after his sister’s death, vowed to kill Ji Wuchang.

• Ji Wuchang destroyed Chen Feiping’s Primordial Spirit as Zhou Haotian attacked Chen Hetian, transforming into an azure dragon and striking him with the Azure Dragon Tyrant Leg Art.
• Ji Yongming blocked Yuan Baishan from opening the arena barrier, then Zhou Haotian’s attack overwhelmed Chen Hetian and sent him flying.
• Ji Wuchang used the Six Yang Soul-Splitting Instruction to destroy Yuan Yaqing’s Primordial Spirit, then severed her head with his iron chain.
• Yuan Baishan watched his sister die and swore to kill Ji Wuchang, while onlookers recoiled at Ji Wuchang’s strength and ruthlessness.

Ji Wuchang demanded a fight with Yuan Baishan while Zhou Haotian battled Chen Hetian. Zhou Haotian killed Chen Hetian and captured his divided primordial spirit, then confronted Long Heyuan as the threat of war between their lineages loomed.

• Ji Wuchang challenged Yuan Baishan to the life-and-death arena, and Qin Qi opened the barrier after Ji Yongming and Liu Qinhong insisted the duel proceed.
• Yuan Baishan entered the arena while Zhou Haotian continued fighting Chen Hetian and declared he would kill him for harming his disciple and plotting against him.
• Zhou Haotian unleashed One Sword Severing the Heavenly River, split Chen Hetian and his primordial spirit in two, then seized both halves before they could escape.
• Long Heyuan approached Zhou Haotian and asked him to show mercy, but Zhou Haotian demanded to know what he had said as murderous intent made Long Heyuan tense.

Zhou Haotian revealed that the Chen Household had been exterminated and warned Jiangshan Academy’s lineages against scheming against him or his disciple. On the life-and-death arena, Ji Wuchang attacked Yuan Baishan, whose Supreme Realm laws temporarily protected his soul from being torn apart.

• A Ji Family Army soldier delivered a storage ring containing the heads of 3,357 Chen Household members, and Zhou Haotian displayed them before the academy.
• Zhou Haotian threatened to exterminate the clans of anyone who plotted against him or his disciple, while the Ji Family Army’s role in the massacre was revealed.
• Yuan Baishan entered the life-and-death arena, grieving his sister and blaming Ji Wuchang, unaware that Zhang Zixu had learned Yuan Baishan ordered Zhang Changsheng’s death.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps to strike Yuan Baishan’s heart, but a jade token blocked the attack.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed Six Yang Soul-Splitting Instruction, and its twelve blazing suns attacked Yuan Baishan’s Primordial Spirit until his power of laws held back the tearing force.

Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Yuan Baishan in the life-and-death arena, despite the gap between their realms. After breaking Yuan Baishan’s defense and disrupting his divine soul, Ji Wuchang struck him with a devastating final attack.

• Yuan Baishan used the Thunder Principle to attack Ji Wuchang with a lightning-wreathed palm strike.
• Ji Wuchang countered with the World-Destroying Millstone Fist, which absorbed and shattered Yuan Baishan’s attack and sent him crashing into the arena barrier.
• The crowd watched in shock as Ji Wuchang gained the upper hand, while Zhou Haotian and Ji Yongming relaxed and his former adversaries grew fearful.
• Ji Wuchang fired Divine Soul Spikes into Yuan Baishan, breaking the precarious balance in Yuan Baishan’s consciousness and unleashing the twelve blazing suns.
• Ji Wuchang attacked with both fists, and the golden millstone shattered Yuan Baishan’s palms before blasting him backward.

Ji Wuchang repeatedly shattered Yuan Baishan’s body before destroying his Primordial Spirit, killing the Supreme realm expert in the life-and-death arena. After Ye Sheng offered compensation and Zhou Haotian accepted, Ji Wuchang left with Jiang Qiye, while the academy’s masters grew hopeful about their chances in the struggle over the Saint King Secret Realm’s entrance.

• Yuan Baishan repeatedly tried to recover as Ji Wuchang battered him, exhausting his Essence Blood and origin until he became a white-haired old man.
• Ji Wuchang activated the blazing suns in Yuan Baishan’s soul’s sea of consciousness, destroyed his Primordial Spirit, and burned his corpse to ashes.
• Ji Wuchang challenged anyone else to fight, leaving Ye Tingnan and the others terrified of facing him.
• Ye Sheng offered ten million mid-grade Spirit Stones as compensation, and Zhou Haotian agreed; Ji Wuchang accepted the proposal.
• Qin Qi opened the arena barrier, and Ji Wuchang left with Jiang Qiye as the onlookers watched in awe.
• The academy’s masters realized Ji Wuchang could give Jiangshan Academy a powerful advantage in the struggle over the Saint King Secret Realm’s entrance.

After the Life and Death Arena battle, Jiangshan Academy suppressed the news and tightened its admission rules while Ji Wuchang spent over a month mastering the Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel. As the Saint King Secret Realm entrance competition approached, Ji Wuchang emerged from seclusion with the technique completed, though most of his stored cultivation years had been spent.

• Zhang Zixu sealed Jiangshan Academy, gathered its masters, and announced stricter admissions, reassessments, and limits on how many disciples each lineage could enroll, with Zhou Haotian overseeing the review.
• Ji Wuchang cultivated the Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel under constant lightning, combining its powers of vitality and destruction with his other techniques.
• Zhou Haotian recognized Ji Wuchang's technique as the lost Mysterious Yang Heaven-Slaying Technique, and Ji Yongming stayed to guard him as Zhou left to attend to his duties.
• Over a month passed as Ji Wuchang remained in seclusion; Qing Bingxia received Chen Feiping's place in the Saint King Secret Realm entrance competition and advanced to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level.
• Zhou Haotian expelled nearly a hundred students who failed the academy's admission standards, while other students and masters avoided challenging his decisions.
• With the entrance competition approaching, Ji Wuchang opened his eyes and completed the Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel, discovering that only twenty-five years of stored cultivation remained.

Jiangshan Academy and five united factions gathered at Giant Bear Mountain for a tournament to decide entry quotas to the Saint King Secret Realm. Ji Wuchang arrived with the academy and spotted Jiang Yue'er and her grandfather among the opposing forces, while Jiang Yue'er resolved to teach him a lesson.

• The five factions and Jiangshan Academy prepared for an arena tournament that would determine who received entry slots to the Saint King Secret Realm.
• Jiang Yue'er rejected Yang Chenchao's gift of a Supreme Weapon, while he privately plotted to claim her and expand the Yang Household's power.
• Jiang Feiqiao assured Jiang Yue'er that he would not force her into a marriage alliance with Yang Chenchao.
• Zhang Zixu led Jiangshan Academy's group to Giant Bear Mountain, with Ji Wuchang among them after making progress in his cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang recognized Jiang Yue'er and Jiang Feiqiao among the opposing forces, and Jiang Yue'er spotted him and resolved to teach him a harsh lesson.

Ji Wuchang arrived with Jiangshan Academy as five provincial factions negotiated over the slots in the Saint King Secret Realm. The leaders agreed to a twenty-match format in which Jiangshan Academy could send students back into the arena after a loss, leaving Zhang Zixu confident that Ji Wuchang would turn the contest in their favor.

• Zhou Haotian introduced Jiang Feiqiao, Liu Ceji, Fang Weijian, Huang Congliang, and Zhu Lixin and explained their factions’ power.
• Ji Wuchang examined the Saint King barrier with his Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil, felt pain in his eyes, and stopped looking.
• Zhu Lixin and Huang Congliang proposed that Jiangshan Academy take a quarter of the secret-realm slots while the five provinces divided the rest.
• Zhang Zixu rejected their offer and proposed that Jiangshan Academy receive half the slots, prompting the factions to agree to compete.
• Liu Ceji suggested twenty matches instead of ten, and Zhang Zixu agreed on the condition that Jiangshan Academy’s students could keep fighting until defeated.
• Fang Weijian and the other leaders accepted Zhang Zixu’s terms, while Jiang Feiqiao worried that Ji Wuchang could give Jiangshan Academy an advantage.

The Nine Nether Lineage arrived to compete for places in the Saint King Secret Realm, and Ji Wuchang recognized its leader as the pursuer from the Heavenly Phoenix Mountain secret realm. The factions agreed to three-way free-for-all matches, and the first contest began with representatives from Jiangshan Academy, the five major factions, and the Nine Nether Lineage entering the arena.

• A supreme realm sixth level man arrived with twelve Nine Nether Lineage experts and demanded a share of the Saint King Secret Realm places.
• Ji Wuchang and Jiang Yue'er recognized the Nine Nether Lineage leader as the man who had pursued them in the Heavenly Phoenix Mountain secret realm, and Jiang Yue'er hid behind Jiang Feiqiao.
• Zhang Zixu proposed keeping the twenty matches but making each one a three-way free-for-all, with five percent at stake in each match.
• The Nine Nether Lineage leader accepted the proposal, raised cylindrical platforms from the ground, and took his place on one of them.
• Zhang Anhan, Liu Hongjia of Green Wolf Province, and Zhou Anye of the Nine Nether Lineage stepped into the arena to begin the first match.

Ji Wuchang watched Zhou Anye battle Zhang Anhan and Liu Hongjia, recognizing the powerful flame within Zhou Anye but not the Supreme Bone he later revealed. Zhou Anye overwhelmed both opponents with the bone’s Supreme presence, leaving the spectators and Ji Wuchang shocked.

• Ji Wuchang sensed Nine Nether Underworld Fire within Zhou Anye and noticed Jiang Yue'er watching him, while Yang Chenchao dismissed Ji Wuchang as weak.
• Zhang Anhan and Liu Hongjia manifested their Dharma Aspects and attacked Zhou Anye together, but he held them off with his bone club.
• Zhang Anhan unleashed his Sword Intent and Liu Hongjia unleashed his Saber Intent, combining their attacks against Zhou Anye.
• Zhou Anye infused his weapon with evil presence and revealed it was a Supreme Bone, whose power shattered both attacks and destroyed their Dharma Aspects.
• Zhou Anye sent Zhang Anhan and Liu Hongjia flying and coughing blood, while Ji Wuchang sensed that the bone carried power no weaker than a Supreme Realm First Level expert.

Zhou Anye’s Supreme Bone gave the Nine Nether Lineage the first-round victory, and Ye Tingnan and Huang Yuqi entered the next clash against him. Their combined ice and killing-aura attacks pushed Zhou Anye back, but he answered with the Nine Nether Underworld Fire as the battle continued.

• Zhou Anye used the Supreme Bone to defeat Zhang Anhan and Liu Hongjia, giving the Nine Nether Lineage the first-round win.
• Ye Sheng purged the Supreme presence from Zhang Anhan, while someone on Liu Ceji’s side treated Liu Hongjia.
• Ye Tingnan volunteered for the next round, but Huang Yuqi of Chonghe Province also stepped onto the arena to fight Zhou Anye.
• Huang Yuqi’s blood-red sabers and Ye Tingnan’s icy sword strike drove Zhou Anye back and unleashed a violent explosion.
• Huang Yuqi’s killing aura began affecting Zhou Anye and Ye Tingnan, but Ye Tingnan resisted it with cold Qi.
• Zhou Anye summoned the Nine Nether Underworld Fire and attacked both opponents as their clash continued.

Ji Wuchang learned that Zhou Haotian expected him to defeat the Nine Nether Lineage's remaining contestants after Zhou Anye's match. Huang Yuqi turned on Ye Tingnan while fighting Zhou Anye, but the two opponents joined forces against her and left her badly injured, regretting her choices.

• Ji Wuchang told Zhou Haotian he could last seven or eight matches, and Zhou Haotian ordered him to defeat the Nine Nether Lineage's contestants.
• Ye Tingnan and Zhou Anye fought Huang Yuqi after she attacked Ye Tingnan, and both were sent crashing into the defensive barrier.
• Ye Tingnan struck Huang Yuqi with a sword attack while Zhou Anye smashed her with his bone weapon, shattering her Dharma Aspect and caving in her chest.
• Huang Yuqi recovered enough to defend herself against both attacks, but Zhou Anye and Ye Tingnan blasted her backward and left her severely weakened.