Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang entered the volcano and devoured its fire-attribute spiritual power, breaking through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Second Level while empowering several Supreme Weapons. Outside, Master Chen realized Ji Wuchang’s consumption was weakening the volcano’s flames and feared it could destabilize the power flowing through Li Courtyard.

• Ji Wuchang checked in inside the volcano and received eighteen years of cultivation and eighteen Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang used the purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art to absorb the flames as his fire-aligned spirits and mysterious mark devoured their power.
• Ji Wuchang broke through from the Celestial Phenomenon Realm First Level to the Second Level.
• Ji Wuchang brought out the Seven Feather Fan, Sun-Blazing Bow, Vermilion Bird Arrow, and Nine Nether Lamp, which began absorbing the volcano’s fire-attribute spiritual power.
• Master Chen noticed the flames erupting from the volcano had nearly stopped and realized that Ji Wuchang was devouring them.
• Master Chen worried that Ji Wuchang’s absorption could upset the balance of power and cause the volcano’s flames to erupt with far greater force.

Ji Wuchang slaughtered successive waves of Fire Qilin Beasts in the magma caverns while waiting for the eighth-tier beast to appear. After replenishing his spiritual power, he advanced into the cavern and continued fighting, intent on taking the beast’s Essence Blood for the Three-Legged Golden Crow.

• Ji Wuchang sensed hundreds of fifth- and sixth-tier Fire Qilin Beasts emerging with the magma and slaughtered them, storing their corpses in the Space Pearl.
• Ji Wuchang sensed a powerful eighth-tier Fire Qilin Beast deeper in the caverns, while it remained wary and out of sight.
• Ji Wuchang replenished his Dantian and meridians, then entered the cavern to hunt the eighth-tier Fire Qilin Beast.
• Ji Wuchang used an Azure Sparrow and transformed Vajra Sword Art to destroy more Fire Qilin Beasts and collect their Essence Blood.

Song Qianshang and Chen Qirong tried to break the barrier over the volcanic crater, unaware that Ji Wuchang had descended into the magma. There, Ji Wuchang encountered dozens of seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and began fighting them with his Golden Body.

• Song Qianshang arrived at the crater, learned that Chai Wudi was trapped inside, and asked Chen Qirong to help open the barrier.
• Chen Qirong initially refused to break academy rules, but joined Song Qianshang after Song ordered him to cooperate as dean of Li Courtyard.
• Song Qianshang and Chen Qirong attacked the fiery barrier, but its flames grew stronger as Ji Wuchang moved deeper into the volcano.
• Ji Wuchang reached a vast magma pool containing dozens of seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and prepared to test his strength against them.
• Ji Wuchang smashed one Fire Qilin Beast with a punch, then used the Great Sun Divine Fist to send a dozen more flying and shatter their claws.

Ji Wuchang slaughtered the seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and forced the eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast out of the lava pool. Their battle left Ji Wuchang wounded when the beast’s red beam pierced his left shoulder.

• Ji Wuchang killed dozens of seventh-rank Fire Qilin Beasts and threatened to kill the survivors unless their leader came out.
• The eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast emerged from the lava, and Ji Wuchang demanded half its Essence Blood in exchange for sparing its life.
• Ji Wuchang attacked with the Thunder-Burning Life and Death Wheel and Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art, but the Fire Qilin Beast broke free and retaliated with lava and a soul attack.
• Ji Wuchang absorbed the beast’s phantom into his Divine Soul Dao Platform and cut through the lava with Slash Wind and Thunder, but the beast’s claw struck him and threw him into the cavern wall.
• Ji Wuchang’s Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body withstood most of the claw strike, but the Fire Qilin Beast pierced his left shoulder with a red beam.

Ji Wuchang fought the eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast in the volcano and forced it to surrender a third of its Essence Blood. He left with the blood, while the weakened beast and the other Fire Qilin Beasts withdrew into the magma.

• Ji Wuchang blocked the Fire Qilin Beast’s magma and scales with the Great Seal of Ten Thousand Ferocities, then struck back with his Dharma Aspect.
• Ji Wuchang fired the Vermilion Bird Arrow, piercing the eighth-rank Fire Qilin Beast despite its attempt to defend itself with fiery-red sabers.
• The Fire Qilin Beast warned Ji Wuchang that killing it could damage the volcano’s spiritual power and provoke the elders of Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ji Wuchang lowered his bow and agreed to accept a third of the beast’s Essence Blood instead of killing it.
• The Fire Qilin Beast gave Ji Wuchang its Essence Blood, and he stored it in a porcelain bottle before returning through the cave.
• After Ji Wuchang left, the Fire Qilin Beast and the others sank into the magma pool.

Ji Wuchang emerged from the volcanic space after breaking through and joined Li Courtyard, choosing Chen Qirong as his master instead of Song Qianshang. Chen Qirong assigned him to represent them in the coming grand competition and warned him to expect challengers.

• Song Qianshang and Chen Qirong broke through the barrier to retrieve Ji Wuchang, who emerged unharmed and had advanced in cultivation.
• Song Qianshang welcomed Ji Wuchang into Li Courtyard and invited him to choose a master.
• Ji Wuchang chose Chen Qirong, angering Song Qianshang, who left after saying he had repaid his debt to the Chai Family.
• Chen Qirong accepted Ji Wuchang and told him he would represent them in the upcoming competition among the eight outer courtyards.
• Chen Qirong warned Ji Wuchang that others would challenge him and told him not to hold back if anyone tried to kill him.

Ji Wuchang learned about the dangers, rivalries, and competition within Heavenly Chen Academy as Chen Qirong showed him around Li Courtyard. Chen brought him to Master Zhao to obtain his Li Courtyard identity token, and Ji Wuchang introduced himself.

• Ji Wuchang asked Chen Qirong whether the academy restricted killing, and Chen explained that students often died and should stand up for themselves when provoked.
• Chen Qirong showed Ji Wuchang Li Courtyard’s volcanoes and facilities, and explained its students, dean, and the Eight Courtyards Grand Competition.
• Chen Qirong told Ji Wuchang that the competition’s top ten could enter the inner court and offered rewards for reaching the top fifty.
• Chen Qirong took Ji Wuchang to meet Master Zhao, where the two masters briefly exchanged blows before Chen asked Zhao to issue Ji’s identity token.
• Chen Qirong introduced Master Zhao to Ji Wuchang, who greeted him respectfully.

Ji Wuchang received a Li Courtyard token bearing the name Chai Wudi, but Master Zhao and Chen Qirong told him he first had to win a cave abode to become a true student. After learning that one of Li Courtyard’s twelve elite buildings had belonged to Chen Qirong, Ji Wuchang flew to challenge for a nearby cave abode.

• Master Zhao questioned whether Chen Qirong had stolen Ji Wuchang from Old Song, and Chen insisted Ji Wuchang had chosen him and survived two days inside his volcano.
• Master Zhao gave Ji Wuchang a Li Courtyard token inscribed with the name Chai Wudi and warned him to claim a cave abode within two days or lose it.
• Master Zhao showed Ji Wuchang the twelve elite buildings, explaining that Half-Step Supremes occupied them and one had once been under Chen Qirong’s control.
• Chen Qirong told Ji Wuchang to claim a cave abode by challenging its occupant, while Master Zhao egged him on and warned Chen he would mock him if Ji failed.
• Ji Wuchang flew toward a nearby volcano, and Chen Qirong and Master Zhao followed to watch what he did next.

Ji Wuchang challenged Xiao Dong for his cave abode and met the burly cultivator’s iron-staff strike with a single bare-fisted punch. Xiao Dong was sent staggering back with a bleeding hand, while Ji Wuchang remained completely still.

• Ji Wuchang arrived at Xiao Dong’s cave abode and ordered him to leave, using his Celestial Phenomenon Realm second-level pressure to injure an attendant.
• Onlookers gathered as Xiao Dong emerged and accused Ji Wuchang of trying to seize his cave abode.
• Xiao Dong charged at Ji Wuchang and swung his enormous iron staff down at him.
• Ji Wuchang punched the staff without using spiritual power, stopping it and sending it flying back.
• Xiao Dong staggered backward with blood dripping from his hand, while the crowd looked at Ji Wuchang with solemn expressions.

Ji Wuchang, disguised as Chai Wudi, overwhelmed Xiao Dong’s staff strike with physical strength and answered with a golden sun powered by the Great Sun Divine Fist. The golden sun raced toward Xiao Dong as Yan Liang and Yang He warned that Xiao Cheng might retaliate if Xiao Dong lost.

• Xiao Dong summoned his Dharma Aspect and Mad Bull Bloodline, then attacked Ji Wuchang with a giant bull formed from his iron staff.
• Ji Wuchang punched the giant bull, shattering it and Xiao Dong’s Dharma Aspect hands and sending Xiao Dong flying.
• Ji Wuchang appeared near Xiao Dong and announced he would return one punch before unleashing the Great Sun Divine Fist.
• Ji Wuchang’s golden sun surged toward Xiao Dong, alarming the onlookers.
• Yan Liang told Yang He that Xiao Cheng, whose strength was at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Ninth Level, would not let Xiao Dong’s defeat go unanswered.

Ji Wuchang defeated Xiao Dong after their attacks collided and caused a devastating explosion. The spectators praised Ji Wuchang’s strength, while Chen Qirong and Master Zhao recognized his use of the Ji Clan’s Great Sun Divine Fist and anticipated trouble from the Ji Clan.

• Xiao Dong transformed into a gigantic mad bull and charged at Ji Wuchang’s golden sun with his Mad Bull Howls at the Heavens technique.
• Xiao Dong’s bull and Ji Wuchang’s golden sun collided and exploded, leaving a hole in the void and concealing the outcome from the spectators.
• Xiao Dong fell from the golden light severely wounded, and Yan Liang healed his limbs before Xiao Dong was left to recover from his injuries.
• Ji Wuchang emerged unharmed, and the spectators recognized that he had defeated Xiao Dong despite their difference in cultivation levels.
• Chen Qirong and Master Zhao identified Ji Wuchang’s technique as the Ji Clan’s Great Sun Divine Fist, and Master Zhao realized the Ji Clan might come after him.

After defeating Xiao Dong and claiming his cave abode, Ji Wuchang exposed Yan Liang and Yang He’s mistreatment of him during his assessment, turning the Li Courtyard against them. Yan Liang and Yang He left with murderous intent, while Master Zhao praised Ji Wuchang and Chen Qirong refused to let him go.

• Song Qianshang decided to have Xiao Cheng leave seclusion after learning that Ji Wuchang had chosen Chen Qirong as his master.
• Xiao Dong admitted defeat, handed Ji Wuchang the jade token controlling the cave abode, and left with his followers.
• Yan Liang congratulated Ji Wuchang publicly, and Ji Wuchang answered by recounting how Yan Liang and Yang He had taken him to Chen Qirong’s volcano for his assessment.
• The spectators turned hostile toward Yan Liang and Yang He as Ji Wuchang’s account stirred anger across the Li Courtyard.
• Yan Liang and Yang He left with murderous intent toward Ji Wuchang, while Master Zhao praised him and Chen Qirong rejected Zhao’s request to take him as a disciple.

Ji Wuchang inspected his new cave abode after marking its jade token, while news of Xiao Dong’s defeat spread through Li Courtyard. Xiao Cheng refused to retaliate against Chai Wudi, and Yan Liang and Yang He decided to set their second plan in motion.

• Ji Wuchang entered the cave abode and discovered its hot cultivation chamber, cold jade bed, and spaces for Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Dong went to Xiao Cheng’s cave abode seeking help, but Xiao Cheng told him he would not stand up for him and admitted he could not confidently defeat Chai Wudi.
• Xiao Cheng revealed that Dean Song Qianshang had hinted he should deal with Chai Wudi, but he chose not to get involved in the conflict between the academy’s masters.
• Xiao Dong accepted Xiao Cheng’s advice and began recovering in his cultivation chamber.
• Yan Liang and Yang He saw that Xiao Cheng would not act and agreed to follow the dean’s instructions by setting their second plan in motion.

Zhan Yanlong confronted Ji Wuchang to seize his cave abode, but Ji Wuchang challenged him to a life-and-death fight in the Void Arena. After Master Zhao explained the rules, Ji Wuchang declared that anyone who provoked him would have to fight him to the death.

• Zhan Yanlong arrived at Ji Wuchang's cave abode and demanded that he leave, while onlookers suspected someone had hired Zhan Yanlong to target him.
• Ji Wuchang asked Master Zhao and Chen Qirong how the academy would handle a death during a fight.
• Master Zhao said students who fought to the death had to enter the Void Arena, where only one person could emerge alive.
• Ji Wuchang challenged anyone seeking his cave abode to face him in the Void Arena and accused hidden schemers of avoiding a direct fight.

Ji Wuchang and Zhan Yanlong entered the Void Arena for a fight to the death after both agreed to the masters’ challenge. As the arena sealed them from view, Ji Wuchang revealed his killing intent, and Zhan Yanlong prepared to face what he sensed was a formidable opponent.

• Zhan Yanlong demanded that the masters open the Void Arena, and Ji Wuchang agreed to fight him to the death.
• Master Zhao and Chen Qirong opened the arena and warned that only one fighter would leave alive.
• Ji Wuchang and Zhan Yanlong entered the arena, whose barrier sealed behind them and hid the fight from everyone outside.
• Song Qianshang regretted setting events in motion as onlookers suspected Yan Liang and Yang He had orchestrated the conflict.
• Inside the arena, Ji Wuchang taunted Zhan Yanlong and unleashed his presence, while Zhan Yanlong summoned his Dharma Aspect and readied his Supreme Weapon.

Ji Wuchang fought Zhan Yanlong, overwhelming him with copied Zhan Clan techniques and killing him after destroying his Dharma Aspect. As Zhan Yanlong’s body began to regenerate, Ji Wuchang crushed him again but remained wary that the Zhan Clan warrior might not be dead.

• Ji Wuchang attacked Zhan Yanlong with Divine Soul Spikes and a black chain, but Zhan Yanlong’s golden soul-protecting scale blocked the spikes and his club smashed the chain’s python form.
• Ji Wuchang countered Zhan Yanlong’s Battle Dragon Heaven-Overturning Seal with the same technique, shocking Zhan Yanlong by revealing that he knew the Zhan Clan secret art.
• Ji Wuchang stamped on Zhan Yanlong’s Dharma Aspect, then used the World-Destroying King Yu’s Heavenly Eye to destroy it and pierce Zhan Yanlong’s chest.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Zhan Yanlong with the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art, severed his head, seized his storage ring and club, and punched his body into blood mist.
• Zhan Yanlong’s golden scale exploded as his body regenerated, but Ji Wuchang returned and smashed his head and body with the spiked club.
• Ji Wuchang watched the blood mist with murderous caution, knowing that members of the Zhan Clan were difficult to kill.

Ji Wuchang killed Zhan Yanlong after he revived using the Zhan Clan Three Lives Technique, then emerged victorious from the void arena. He publicly challenged Yan Liang and Yang He to fight him, threatening to wipe out their households if they refused.

• Ji Wuchang burned Zhan Yanlong's revived body and soul to nothing with the Thousand Star Flame.
• Master Zhao blamed the hidden schemers for the fight, while onlookers looked with contempt at Yan Liang and Yang He.
• The mist cleared to reveal Ji Wuchang alive and victorious, leaving Yan Liang and Yang He fearful that the Zhan Clan would uncover their role.
• Xiao Cheng and Xiao Dong reacted with alarm, while Song Qianshang worried that the conflict would implicate his Lineage.
• Ji Wuchang called Yan Liang and Yang He into the void arena and threatened their households if they refused to face him.

Ji Wuchang faced Yan Liang and Yang He on the Void Arena after they challenged him together, while the academy masters could not stop the match. He revealed that he belonged to the Ji Family and that his real name was Ji Wuchang, leaving both opponents shaken with fear.

• Yan Liang and Yang He entered the Void Arena together without waiting for the masters’ approval, and its barrier closed around them.
• The crowd debated the fight’s outcome as Master Zhao and the other academy masters admitted they could not stop the match without the inner courtyard’s intervention.
• Yan Liang and Yang He threatened Ji Wuchang and drew their Supreme Weapons, the Blood Wave sword and the Red Flame Saber.
• Ji Wuchang declared that he would wipe out the Yan and Yang Households, revealed his identity as a member of the Ji Family, and told them his original name was Ji Wuchang.
• Yang He denied that Ji Wuchang could be telling the truth, while he and Yan Liang turned pale at the name of the Ji Family.

Ji Wuchang fought Yan Liang and Yang He after they launched their strongest attacks against him. He overwhelmed them with his World-Destroying Millstone Fist and purple flames, leaving them gravely injured and bound by iron chains.

• Yan Liang and Yang He attacked Ji Wuchang with their sword and saber techniques, but he dodged their first strikes.
• Ji Wuchang activated the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and stirred his Bloodline Power before meeting their next attacks head-on.
• Ji Wuchang’s golden millstones overpowered the sword and saber lights, and he told Yan Liang that he had killed Supreme Realm experts before.
• Ji Wuchang sent purple fire dragons into Yan Liang and Yang He, breaking their Dharma Aspects and crushing their bodies with the millstones.
• Yan Liang and Yang He fell into a crater, and two iron chains coiled around their necks.

Ji Wuchang killed Yan Liang and Yang He, but their protective Jade Slips summoned their ancestors, who restored them and attacked him. When Ji Wuchang revealed the Myriad Souls Banner and its powerful Primordial Spirits, the ancestors recognized his identity and begged him to spare their households.

• Ji Wuchang strangled Yan Liang and Yang He with iron chains, then killed them by severing their heads.
• Jade Slips burst from the two heads, summoning the Yang Household and Yan Household ancestors, whose remnant souls restored Yan Liang and Yang He.
• The two ancestors attacked Ji Wuchang with enormous palm strikes while Yan Liang and Yang He watched with venomous satisfaction.
• Ji Wuchang summoned the Myriad Souls Banner, and its Primordial Spirits shattered the ancestors' attacks.
• Yang He and Yan Liang revealed that Ji Wuchang was from the Ji Family, prompting both ancestors to beg for mercy and abandon their juniors.
• The Yan Household ancestor offered half his household's resources and even his service as a slave to appease Ji Wuchang.