Chapter Summaries

Ye Tingnan and Zhou Anye defeated Huang Yuqi, then fought to a draw, costing the factions more contest slots. Zhang Zixu sent Qing Bingxia off the arena so Yang Chenchao and Gu Shouxin could fight without interference, while Ji Wuchang prepared for the next round.

• Ye Tingnan and Zhou Anye joined forces against Huang Yuqi, and Huang Congliang conceded and pulled the badly injured Huang Yuqi from the arena.
• Ye Tingnan and Zhou Anye continued fighting until Zhang Zixu accepted the Nine Nether Lineage's proposal to call their match a draw and split the slots.
• Yang Chenchao entered the next round, and Zhang Zixu sent Qing Bingxia out to face him and Gu Shouxin.
• Gu Shouxin and Yang Chenchao charged at each other and fought fiercely with their Dharma Aspects, Supreme Bone, Nine Nether Underworld Fire, and Quasi-Saint Weapon.
• Zhou Haotian told Ji Wuchang to fight in the next round without showing too much strength, and Ji Wuchang agreed.

Gu Shouxin and Yang Chenchao fought to a standstill after both revealed half-step Supreme strength. Gu Shouxin then unveiled the true Nine Nether Underworld Fire and sent it toward Yang Chenchao.

• Yang Chenchao and Gu Shouxin shattered each other’s Dharma Aspects, then Yang Chenchao revealed his half-step Supreme cultivation and drove Gu Shouxin back.
• Gu Shouxin revealed that he too was a half-step Supreme, and the two battled evenly until both were badly injured.
• Jiang Feiqiao’s group tried to negotiate cooperation with Jiangshan Academy, but Huang Congliang reported that Headmaster Zhang Zixu had refused.
• The middle-aged man from the Nine Nether Lineage rejected Jiang Feiqiao’s suggestion of a draw and ordered Gu Shouxin to show his methods.
• Gu Shouxin summoned the true Nine Nether Underworld Fire and flicked its flame toward Yang Chenchao, prompting a Supreme Realm elder to warn him.

Ji Wuchang entered the arena to face the Nine Nether Lineage after Gu Shouxin defeated Yang Chenchao with the Nine Nether Underworld Fire. He introduced himself, while Jiang Yue'er recalled that he had once refused to tell her his name.

• Gu Shouxin's Nine Nether Underworld Fire engulfed Yang Chenchao's Supreme Weapon, forcing him to abandon it and escape the arena with a shattered Jade Slip.
• The spectators and rival factions reacted to the Nine Nether Lineage's two victories and one draw, while Ji Wuchang told Zhou Haotian that he could handle Gu Shouxin's wisp of flame.
• Ji Wuchang stepped forward to represent Jiangshan Academy, surprising spectators with his Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Level cultivation.
• Jiang Feiqiao warned the other faction leaders that Ji Wuchang had defeated a Celestial Phenomenon Realm Eighth Level opponent in one exchange.
• Ji Wuchang entered the arena and announced his name, delighting Jiang Yue'er because he had once refused to tell her what it was.

Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Gu Shouxin and Zhu Yaocheng with a single punch, revealing strength far beyond his apparent cultivation. Gu Shouxin regenerated his arm and sent the Nine Nether Underworld Fire toward Ji Wuchang, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Gu Shouxin faced Ji Wuchang and Zhu Yaocheng on the competition platform and threatened to kill them if they did not leave.
• Zhu Yaocheng manifested an iron staff and attacked Gu Shouxin as Gu Shouxin charged Ji Wuchang with a flame-covered fist.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed his Sha Qi and struck Gu Shouxin with his Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body, shattering Gu Shouxin's Dharma Aspect and exploding his right fist.
• Zhu Yaocheng's staff hit the ground after Gu Shouxin was sent flying, and the crowd and Jiangshan Academy were shocked by Ji Wuchang's strength.
• Gu Shouxin regrew his arm, summoned the Nine Nether Underworld Fire, and flicked it toward Ji Wuchang as the onlookers watched anxiously.

Ji Wuchang used his eighth-rank Three-Legged Golden Crow to devour Gu Shouxin’s Nine Nether Underworld Fire, defeating him and causing his cultivation to collapse. Fang Chengjian and Lü Haoyang then stepped onto the platform to join forces against Ji Wuchang, though they immediately clashed over who would lead.

• Ji Wuchang summoned the Three-Legged Golden Crow, revealing its eighth-rank power and astonishing the gathered experts.
• The Three-Legged Golden Crow swallowed Gu Shouxin’s Nine Nether Underworld Fire, and its flames drove Gu Shouxin and Zhu Yaocheng off the platform.
• Gu Shouxin lost his connection to the fire, fell from half-step Supreme to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm ninth level, and fainted after Ji Wuchang thanked him for the gift.
• The five major factions sent Fang Chengjian, while the Nine Nether Lineage sent Lü Haoyang, to challenge Ji Wuchang together.
• Lü Haoyang rejected Fang Chengjian’s attempt to direct him, but both men released their Dharma Aspects and locked their presence onto Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang fought Fang Chengjian and Lü Haoyang after they joined forces against him, matching their powerful attacks and then overwhelming them with his techniques. He left Fang Chengjian driven into the arena and Lü Haoyang severely injured.

• Fang Chengjian and Lü Haoyang attacked Ji Wuchang together with their Supreme Weapon and white bone.
• Ji Wuchang countered with his iron chain and golden fist, shattering both attacks and forcing the two men back.
• Ji Wuchang sent Divine Soul Spikes into Fang Chengjian and Lü Haoyang, then used Heart-Treading Steps against Fang Chengjian.
• Fang Chengjian activated his Black Tortoise Bloodline, but Ji Wuchang's Heaven-Treading Steps knocked him out of the sky and onto the arena.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Lü Haoyang, tore off his left arm with the iron chain, and struck his chest with a punch.

Ji Wuchang defeated Fang Chengjian and Lü Haoyang in the competition, killing both and consuming Lü Haoyang’s nine nether underworld fire. He collected their storage rings, Fang Chengjian’s broken saber, and the Supreme Bone.

• Fang Chengjian unleashed his Black Tortoise Bloodline and attacked Ji Wuchang, but Ji Wuchang shattered his saber strike with a punch.
• Lü Haoyang transformed into a Devil Dragon and attacked with magma, but Ji Wuchang cut through the attack and wounded him with his sword.
• Fang Chengjian attacked again, and Ji Wuchang’s Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel split the Black Tortoise in two, leaving Fang Chengjian exposed.
• Fang Weijian shouted that they conceded and tried to reach the platform, but Ji Yongming blocked him while Ji Wuchang killed Fang Chengjian.
• Ji Wuchang used Heaven-Treading Steps and the Six Yang Soul-Splitting Instruction against Lü Haoyang, then crushed his head and cleaved him in two.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed and consumed the nine nether underworld fire, then collected two storage rings, the broken saber, and the Supreme Bone.

Ji Wuchang killed Fang Chengjian and Lü Haoyang, prompting the Nine Nether Lineage and Fang Family to demand that Jiangshan Academy hand him over. Zhang Zixu stood firm and protected Ji Wuchang, and the confrontation eased when Fang Weijian demanded the return of his family’s Supreme Weapon.

• A middle-aged man from the Nine Nether Lineage threatened Jiangshan Academy and demanded that Zhang Zixu hand over Ji Wuchang.
• Fang Weijian demanded an explanation for Fang Chengjian’s death, but Zhang Zixu argued that the fight had taken place on a competition platform after the other side joined forces.
• The Nine Nether Lineage’s middle-aged man revealed his Nine Nether Underworld Fire, and Zhang Zixu threatened retaliation while refusing to surrender Ji Wuchang.
• Zhu Lixin, Huang Congliang, Jiang Feiqiao, and Liu Ceji urged both sides to end the dispute and focus on the Saint King Secret Realm places.
• Fang Weijian agreed to let the matter end if his family’s broken saber was returned, and Zhou Haotian told Ji Wuchang to give it back.

Ji Wuchang revealed that he had secretly seized power and souls during the fights, then challenged Jiangshan Academy’s remaining opponents. When the Nine Nether Lineage proposed that he fight a Supreme Realm cultivator, he denounced the demand as shameless, leaving the gathering hostile and divided.

• Ji Wuchang returned the weakened broken saber to Fang Weijian and tossed the Supreme Bone to the Nine Nether Lineage’s middle-aged man.
• Ji Wuchang claimed he would fight all of Jiangshan Academy’s remaining matches alone and warned that he would kill anyone who ganged up on him.
• Zhu Lixin accused Zhang Zixu of being unfair, but Zhang Zixu listed the five major factions’ unfair actions and defended Jiangshan Academy.
• The middle-aged man from the Nine Nether Lineage challenged Ji Wuchang to fight a Supreme Realm First Level cultivator and offered to withdraw if Ji won.
• Ji Wuchang called the Nine Nether Lineage shameless for asking a Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Level cultivator to face a Supreme Realm expert, drawing hostile stares from its members.

Ji Wuchang offered to fight a first-level Supreme Realm expert from the Nine Nether Lineage under a death-match wager, and Jiangshan Academy approved. He faced Lü Yongsheng in the sky as the crowd watched, while Ji Wuchang used the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body to withstand Lü Yongsheng’s pressure.

• Ji Wuchang challenged the Nine Nether Lineage to send a first-level Supreme Realm fighter, stipulating that the battle would end in death and the winner would take the loser’s possessions.
• Zhang Zixu approved the match, and the Nine Nether Lineage middle-aged man swore a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Jiang Cunhe reported to Jiang Feiqiao that Ji Wuchang had killed Yuan Baishan, a first-level Supreme Realm expert, but Jiang Feiqiao kept the news to himself.
• Lü Yongsheng, Lü Haoyang’s uncle, stepped forward and challenged Ji Wuchang to fight in the sky.
• Ji Wuchang accepted and left the platform to face Lü Yongsheng, who attacked with powerful pressure.
• Ji Wuchang activated the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body to resist Lü Yongsheng’s pressure and vowed to kill him.

Ji Wuchang fought Lü Yongsheng to a standstill with his physical strength, then revealed his full spiritual power when Lü Yongsheng brought out a top-grade Supreme Weapon. The chapter left them facing off after Ji Wuchang used two rounds of sword techniques to extinguish the weapon’s beam.

• Lü Yongsheng attacked Ji Wuchang with an Evil Qi python and a rain of arrows, but Ji Wuchang met the assault with the Great Sun Divine Fist.
• Lü Yongsheng grew two additional arms and traded hundreds of blows with Ji Wuchang, while the spectators watched in shock.
• Ji Wuchang and Lü Yongsheng each landed a punch on the other and were sent flying, and Ji Wuchang judged that a Supreme Realm First Level opponent could no longer threaten him.
• Ji Wuchang released his full spiritual power, prompting Lü Yongsheng to attack with the Nine Nether Underworld Light from a top-grade Supreme Weapon.
• Ji Wuchang used the Six Swords of Fission twice to destroy Lü Yongsheng’s beam, though the force left his sword hand trembling.

Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Lü Yongsheng in their fight, countering his attacks and forcing him to sacrifice a clone before tearing off his arm and knocking away his oil lamp. The spectators marveled at Ji Wuchang’s strength, while the other factions grew uneasy about the matches ahead.

• Lü Yongsheng fired three devastating black beams, but Ji Wuchang used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to evade them.
• Ji Wuchang struck Lü Yongsheng with Heart-Treading Steps, Soul Annihilation Spike, and the Night Phantom Soul Severing Technique, injuring his Primordial Spirit.
• Lü Yongsheng unleashed the Nine Nether Demonic Palm, but Ji Wuchang’s Grinding Yin and Yang swallowed and broke it.
• Ji Wuchang blocked Lü Yongsheng’s oil-lamp beam with his Heavenly Eye and sent his Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel against Lü Yongsheng’s white bone.
• Ji Wuchang used his Lightning Wings to attack Lü Yongsheng, who sacrificed his clone to escape the Nameless Sword before Ji Wuchang tore off one of his arms.
• Ji Wuchang struck Lü Yongsheng’s oil lamp and sent it flying, leaving the spectators astonished and the other factions anxious about their upcoming matches.

Ji Wuchang turned Lü Yongsheng’s black-mist barrier against him by summoning the Myriad Souls Banner, then attacked with the Zhan Clan’s Battle Dragon Heaven-Overturning Seal. He immobilized Lü Yongsheng as two golden dragons struck, leaving Lü screaming.

• Lü Yongsheng recovered his severed arm and used the Nine Nether Lamp to spread black mist that trapped Ji Wuchang and unleashed vicious ghosts.
• Zhang Zixu worried about Ji Wuchang, but Zhou Haotian said Ji Wuchang had hidden strength and would prevail.
• Ji Wuchang summoned the Myriad Souls Banner and devoured the vicious ghosts, terrifying Lü Yongsheng.
• Ji Wuchang formed the Battle Dragon Heaven-Overturning Seal, and Lü Yongsheng recognized the Zhan Clan technique.
• Ji Wuchang used the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art to freeze Lü Yongsheng, and the golden dragons struck him.

Ji Wuchang killed Lü Yongsheng, captured his Primordial Spirit, and sealed the pitch-black oil lamp before devouring the Qi and Blood in Lü Yongsheng’s Supreme Bone. When the barrier broke, Ji Wuchang emerged alone, revealing his victory to the waiting onlookers.

• Lü Yongsheng repeatedly regenerated, but Ji Wuchang burned him with the Seven Feather Fan and shattered his head with the Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel.
• Ji Wuchang trapped Lü Yongsheng’s Primordial Spirit in the Myriad Souls Banner and sealed the escaping pitch-black oil lamp inside an earthenware jar.
• Ji Wuchang used the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities and the Heaven-Locking Coffin to consume the Supreme Bone’s Qi and Blood, then broke the bone.
• Jiang Yue'er anxiously waited with Jiang Feiqiao while Zhou Haotian, Ji Yongming, and the Nine Nether Lineage watched the barrier, unable to see inside.
• The barrier exploded, and Ji Wuchang stepped out alone.

Ji Wuchang’s victory over Lü Yongsheng brought the Nine Nether Lineage’s hostility to a head, while Ji Yongming summoned an old Ji Family powerhouse for help. The Supreme Realm Seventh Layer old man arrived and killed a Nine Nether Lineage expert, leaving the factions staring at his terrifying power.

• The crowd learned that Ji Wuchang had killed Lü Yongsheng, and Zhou Haotian marveled that his disciple had done so without injury.
• The Nine Nether Lineage’s middle-aged man demanded the Nine Nether Lamp, but Zhang Zixu, the elderly scholar, and Ji Yongming defended Ji Wuchang and challenged the demand.
• Ji Yongming crushed the Jade Slip, summoning an old man from beneath a mountain in Jiangshan Province.
• The old man arrived with Supreme Realm Seventh Layer pressure as the factions greeted him in awe.
• The old man struck down a Supreme Realm Third Level member of the Nine Nether Lineage and devoured his blood, visibly restoring some of his youth.

Ji Wuchang won first place in the contest for entry to the Saint King Secret Realm, and Jiangshan Academy secured half the slots after a powerful old man drove off the Nine Nether Lineage. After improving his Root Bone and spending three days at the academy, Ji Wuchang secretly left with Ji Yongming.

• An old man slaughtered several Nine Nether Lineage cultivators, then pursued their Supreme Realm leader into the shattered void.
• Ji Wuchang returned to Jiangshan Academy as the five major factions agreed to give the academy fifty percent of the slots.
• The system rewarded Ji Wuchang for winning the contest, raising his Root Bone to Heaven Rank High Grade and strengthening his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang and the academy left the contest site while the remaining factions prepared to divide their slots among themselves.
• Ji Wuchang spent three days speaking with Zhou Haotian and Ji Yongming, then left the academy with Ji Yongming on the fourth day.

On the day the Heavenly Dragon Ranking was released, Zhen Miaoqing learned that she ranked ninety-first and studied the list of prodigies with the Xia Family. She was startled to see Ji Wuchang ranked tenth, though she was unsure whether he was the person she knew.

• The Heavenly Harmony Hall prepared to announce the Heavenly Dragon Ranking, drawing attention from the Great Immortal Province’s leading lineages.
• Zhen Miaoqing trained with her sword at the Xia Family estate, where she practiced combining six sword strikes against a statue’s barrier.
• Xia Jianchang told the assembled Xia Family elders that Xia Wufeng ranked nineteenth and Zhen Miaoqing ranked ninety-first on the new list.
• Zhen Miaoqing read about Yu Ling, Zhan Manshan, Li Qinglian, Nan Lifeng, and Ji Zhiyi among the highest-ranked prodigies.
• Zhen Miaoqing reached the tenth-ranked name, Ji Wuchang, and wondered whether he was someone she knew.

Zhen Miaoqing and Xia Guojiang recognized Ji Wuchang on the Heavenly Dragon Ranking and discussed the ranking’s connection to Heavenly Chen Academy. Ji Wuchang arrived in Kaiyuan City with Ji Yongming, intending to learn whether Yu Ling had left for the academy while remaining wary of further assassination attempts.

• Zhen Miaoqing and Xia Guojiang read that Ji Wuchang ranked tenth on the Heavenly Dragon Ranking and qualified for the top three, and they suspected he was the junior she had once met.
• Xia Guojiang explained that Heavenly Chen Academy established the Heavenly Dragon Alliance and published the ranking, then offered to arrange Zhen Miaoqing’s admission; she decided to stay with the Xia Family.
• Ji Wuchang and Ji Yongming entered Kaiyuan City after months of travel, and Ji Yongming explained the city’s powerful clans and the Ji Family’s local shop.
• Ji Wuchang refused to stay at the Ji Family shop, citing repeated assassination attempts, and asked Ji Yongming to find out whether Yu Ling had gone to Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ji Yongming left to gather information while Ji Wuchang stayed behind in disguise and checked his surroundings.

Ji Wuchang entered Heavenly Harmony Hall and discovered that the newly released Heavenly Dragon Ranking placed him tenth, with an account of his feats that drew disbelief from the crowd. The ranking’s verified details made him suspect that someone had been investigating him.

• Ji Wuchang confirmed that no one was following him and considered whether the assassination attempts were tied to the Ji Family.
• Thousand Poison Venerable urged Ji Wuchang to use his deadly poison on flying needles, and Ji Wuchang recalled testing it on a Half-Step Supreme.
• Ji Wuchang entered Heavenly Harmony Hall, where a crowd had gathered to hear the Heavenly Dragon Ranking announced.
• An elder named Yu Ling first, Zhan Manshan second, and Ji Wuchang tenth, prompting the crowd to question his accomplishments.
• The elder defended the ranking’s verified information and released his Supreme Realm pressure, leaving the crowd curious about Ji Wuchang.

Yu Gang and the Yu Clan's ancestor confirmed that Ji Wuchang was the Ji Family patriarch's son and arranged to watch over him as political tensions grew. Ji Wuchang encountered Princess Aorou in Kaiyuan City and then entered the Ji Family Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

• Yu Gang told the Yu Clan's ancestor that Ji Wuchang was the Ji Family patriarch's son and that Yu Ling cared about him.
• The Yu Clan's ancestor ordered people to protect Ji Wuchang, anticipating danger after his identity became known and as the Yu Clan faced a possible alliance between the Nan Family and the Nangong Family.
• Ji Wuchang left Heavenly Harmony Hall and saw a veiled woman riding a seventh-rank ferocious beast through the street.
• A passerby identified the woman as Princess Aorou of the Great Immortal Dynasty and warned Ji Wuchang not to offend her.
• Ji Wuchang found the Ji Family Hundred Treasures Pavilion and went inside to see what it sold.