Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang traveled toward Shujiu City seeking rare earth- and metal-attribute spiritual objects, but the Notables Auction House in Heavenly Passage City had none on hand. After buying admission to its auction a month later, he accepted Mai Wen's invitation to a rogue cultivators' private trading gathering that night, where someone might have an earth-attribute object.

• Meng Caihong watched Ji Wuchang leave for the Meng Lineage, while Ji Wuchang focused on finding the spiritual objects needed to obtain the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon's eyeball.
• Ji Wuchang traveled toward Shujiu City and stopped in Heavenly Passage City to rest after five days on the road.
• At the Notables Auction House, Ji Wuchang asked for innate metal- and earth-attribute spiritual objects and bought an invitation to its auction in a month.
• Mai Wen approached Ji Wuchang and invited him to a rogue cultivators' private trading gathering that night, saying a participant had an earth-attribute spiritual object.
• Ji Wuchang accepted Mai Wen's invitation and received the gathering's address and advice to disguise himself.

Ji Wuchang attended a private trading meeting hosted by Xiang Daoming, where he traded pills for a mysterious black sphere and an incomplete map. Although he found no earth- or metal-attribute innate spiritual objects at the meeting, a bamboo-hatted attendee offered to lead him to an earth-attribute object.

• Ji Wuchang entered the meeting at 1888 Xianghe Street and paid Xiang Daoming ten low-grade spirit stones to attend.
• Xiang Daoming explained the trading rules, and Ji Wuchang displayed several artifacts and pills while seeking earth- and metal-attribute innate spiritual objects.
• At Ji Yaoyao's urging, Ji Wuchang traded three third-grade Origin-Nurturing Pills for a pitch-black sphere and a damaged map.
• Ji Wuchang completed three more transactions, selling magical artifacts for spirit stones, and paid Xiang Daoming the transaction fees.
• As the meeting ended, a bamboo-hatted attendee told Ji Wuchang he could follow him to find an earth-attribute innate spiritual object, and Ji Wuchang agreed.

Ji Wuchang traded for an unusually powerful Earth Spirit Pearl in Heavenly Passage City, bringing him closer to gathering the five-element spiritual treasures he needed. He also discovered that the gathering had yielded a Soul Crystal for Ji Yaoyao, then gained four years of cultivation through a system check-in.

• Mai Wen offered Ji Wuchang an Earth Spirit Pearl in exchange for a low-grade spirit weapon, two thousand low-grade spirit stones, and two third-grade pills, explaining that he wanted to provide for his deceased companions' descendants.
• Ji Wuchang negotiated a reduced price of two high-grade artifacts, two thousand spirit stones, and one third-grade pill, and Mai Wen accepted the terms.
• Ji Wuchang exchanged the agreed items for Mai Wen's Earth Spirit Pearl, which Ji Yaoyao identified as unusually potent and capable of eventually producing earth-attribute origin power.
• Ji Yaoyao revealed that an item Ji Wuchang had obtained contained a Soul Crystal that could restore about ten percent of her divine soul, and Ji Wuchang realized he had gotten a valuable bargain.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at Heavenly Passage City and received four years of cultivation, then circulated the purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art to strengthen his body.

Ji Wuchang confronted Xiang Daoming and Mai Wen after they followed him out of Heavenly Passage City to rob him. He killed them both with a surprise attack, then looted their storage rings and discovered Xiang Daoming’s considerable wealth.

• Xiang Daoming and Mai Wen appeared and demanded Ji Wuchang’s spirit stones, storage ring, and Earth Spirit Pearl.
• Ji Wuchang showed them his Longevity Sect personal disciple token, then distracted them by calling out that his master had arrived.
• Ji Wuchang used the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique and Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps to kill Xiang Daoming and Mai Wen.
• Ji Wuchang collected the two storage rings and broke their divine soul restrictions.
• Ji Wuchang found his returned possessions and several hundred low-grade spirit stones in Mai Wen’s ring, and over twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones, more than five hundred mid-grade spirit stones, pills, and a low-grade spirit weapon in Xiang Daoming’s ring.

Ji Wuchang arrived in Shujiu City and checked in for three years of cultivation. The Meng Lineage faced a looming contest against the allied Cui and Zhou lineages, and the chapter ended with news that Ji Wuchang had come from the Longevity Sect on his master's orders.

• Ji Wuchang learned that the black object from Xiang Daoming's storage ring was a black nether stone, then burned the two men and left.
• Ji Wuchang reached Shujiu City's west gate, checked in, and received three years of cultivation.
• The Meng Lineage worried that it would lose a mine in the competition arranged by the Cui and Zhou lineages, whose younger members included Cui Luochen, Zhou Jinyi, and Liu Muchuan.
• Meng Zhiyi vowed that she would not lose to Zhou Jinyi, but Meng Yucheng warned that even victory over Zhou Jinyi would not let her defeat Cui Luochen.
• A man reported to Meng Nian that Ji Wuchang had arrived from the Longevity Sect on his master's orders.

Ji Wuchang arrived at the Meng Lineage estate to help resolve a dispute over resources and volunteered to represent the lineage in an upcoming competition. When Meng Yucheng doubted his ability, Ji Wuchang challenged him to a match, which began with Meng Yucheng launching a stronger palm strike.

• Ji Wuchang delivered Meng Caihong's jade slip to Meng Nian and learned that she had broken through to the Soul Splitting Realm.
• Meng Nian explained that the Meng Lineage would compete against the Cui and Zhou Lineages for control of a mine, with the competition scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
• Ji Wuchang offered to compete for the Meng Lineage, but Meng Yucheng questioned whether he could defeat Cui Luochen, a Foundation Establishment Realm First Layer cultivator.
• Ji Wuchang corrected Meng Yucheng's form of address and challenged him to exchange moves, prompting Meng Yucheng to accept.
• Meng Yucheng attacked with Scarlet Flame Palm, but Ji Wuchang dodged using Eight Trigrams Wandering Dragon Steps and told him to use his full strength.
• Meng Yucheng doubled the flames in his palm and struck at Ji Wuchang again, more than twice as fast as before.

Ji Wuchang defeated Meng Yucheng with a single punch, securing the Meng Lineage’s confidence in him, then followed Meng Nian underground to retrieve the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon’s eyeball. He learned the sealed eyeball had developed a consciousness and was growing more dangerous, and he eagerly faced the powerful artifact as its flames revealed a gigantic eye.

• Ji Wuchang struck Meng Yucheng down with one punch, and Meng Yucheng conceded after learning Ji Wuchang was at the peak of the Qi refining ninth layer.
• Meng Nian ordered the elders to keep the fight secret, then took Ji Wuchang to the Meng Lineage’s forbidden grounds to retrieve the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon’s eyeball.
• Meng Yunen relaxed when Meng Nian explained that Ji Wuchang had come on the ancestor’s orders to take the object away.
• Meng Nian told Ji Wuchang that the eyeball had developed a trace of consciousness twenty years earlier and that its growing heat might destroy the Meng Lineage if it escaped its seal.
• Ji Wuchang’s purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art absorbed the fire-attribute spiritual power as he and Meng Nian descended underground.
• Meng Nian opened the final stone door, and Ji Wuchang saw the eyeball reveal itself from within a fireball and felt delighted by its power.

Ji Wuchang secured the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon's eyeball and rewarded the Meng Lineage for helping him. After returning to his courtyard, he used his monthly draw and received only 100 Fortune Points, then learned more about special abilities from the system.

• Ji Yaoyao confirmed that the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon's eyeball contained a drop of blood essence, and Ji Wuchang sealed it inside a porcelain bottle with Meng Nian's help.
• Ji Wuchang asked Meng Nian about metal-attribute innate spiritual treasures, then gave him pills and offered the Meng Lineage a place for one disciple at the Longevity Sect.
• Ji Wuchang returned to the Meng Lineage's residence and dismissed the servants in his courtyard to make his monthly system draw.
• Ji Wuchang's draw yielded 100 Fortune Points, and the system explained that special abilities were individual or bloodline-related powers distinct from secret arts.

Ji Wuchang encountered Li Gubei in Shujiu City and learned that the young sect master was visiting Boyun Province ahead of a competition. At the Meng Lineage, Ji Wuchang agreed to take Meng Zhiyi and Meng Zhiyu to the Longevity Sect, provided they passed its assessment.

• Ji Wuchang recognized Li Gubei, the young sect master of the Clear Wind Sect, and recalled his future duel with Xiao Fan.
• Li Gubei noticed Ji Wuchang looking at him and decided to watch the competition taking place the next day.
• Meng Nian asked Ji Wuchang to take Meng Zhiyi and Meng Zhiyu to the Longevity Sect.
• Ji Wuchang consulted Meng Caihong, who left the decision to him.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to take both siblings, but told them they would have to pass the Longevity Sect's assessment.

Ji Wuchang represented the Meng Lineage in Shujiu City's competition and defeated Cui Hao with a single punch using only physical strength. Li Gubei saw the fight and became eager to test himself against Ji Wuchang.

• The Meng, Cui, and Zhou Lineages gathered with their affiliated lineages for the competition, and Ji Wuchang spotted Li Gubei among the crowd.
• Ji Wuchang drew the first match and faced Cui Hao, who wielded an enormous iron hammer and cultivated at the Qi Refining ninth layer middle stage.
• Cui Hao attacked with his hammer, but Ji Wuchang met it with a punch of pure physical strength, injuring Cui Hao's hand and sending him off the platform.
• Cui Hao acknowledged Ji Wuchang's mercy and returned to the Cui Lineage, leaving Cui Ruxing stunned and Cui Luochen wary.
• Li Gubei watched Ji Wuchang's display of physical strength and developed a fighting spirit, wanting to test himself against him.

Ji Wuchang faced four opponents alone in a group battle arranged to counter him and defeated them in rapid succession. Cui Luochen was the last to fall, leaving the competition stage clear and the match’s outcome apparent.

• Zhou Jinyi defeated Meng Zhiyi, who vowed to challenge her again in three years.
• The competition’s final match was changed to a group battle, forcing Ji Wuchang to face Cui Luochen, Zhou Jinyi, Liu Muchuan, and Luo Meng together.
• Luo Meng attacked Ji Wuchang with his iron staff, but Ji Wuchang knocked him off the stage with a punch.
• Ji Wuchang rammed Zhou Jinyi off the stage, then broke Liu Muchuan’s bones and kicked him down from the stage.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed Thunder Explosion Fist against Cui Luochen and sent him crashing to the ground.

After Ji Wuchang left Shujiu City with Meng Zhiyi and Meng Zhiyu, Li Gubei challenged him to a fight based on physical strength. They wagered the Earth Spirit Pearl against Li Gubei’s Vajra Vine, and prepared to fight.

• Ji Wuchang’s victory in Shujiu City won the Meng Lineage two mines, while Zhou Jinyi returned to the Flowing Cloud Sect and her engagement to Cui Luochen fell through.
• Ji Wuchang stopped on the road and revealed that Li Gubei had been following them, with two hidden Soul Splitting Realm Dao protectors nearby.
• Li Gubei demanded a physical-strength fight, but Ji Wuchang initially refused because he had nothing to gain.
• Ji Wuchang offered the Earth Spirit Pearl as a wager, and Li Gubei matched it with his metal-attribute innate spiritual item, the Vajra Vine.
• Meng Zhiyi and Meng Zhiyu retreated as Li Gubei and Ji Wuchang faced one another, their fighting spirits rising.

Ji Wuchang and Li Gubei tested their physical strength in a fierce spar without using spiritual power, until Ji Wuchang unleashed the power of his jade bones and defeated him. Li Gubei resorted to spiritual power to withstand Ji Wuchang’s final punch, while Ji Wuchang judged that his physical strength could overwhelm cultivators at the third or fourth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

• Li Gubei and Ji Wuchang exchanged punches and began a close-quarters spar, each displaying golden skin and powerful techniques.
• Li Gubei grew alarmed as Ji Wuchang matched him through more than a hundred exchanges, while Meng Zhiyu, Meng Zhiyi, and Li Gubei’s Dao protectors watched.
• Li Gubei unleashed the Clear Wind Fist, and Ji Wuchang answered with the Thunder Explosion Fist as their clashes shattered a boulder.
• Ji Wuchang revealed the glasslike radiance of his jade bones, doubled his speed, and struck Li Gubei hard enough to injure his arms and send him crashing into a tree.
• When Ji Wuchang attacked again, Li Gubei instinctively used spiritual power to block the punch and staggered backward, leaving Ji Wuchang to assess his physical strength.

Ji Wuchang defeated Li Gubei and returned to the Longevity Sect with Meng Zhiyi and Meng Zhiyu. At the sect gates, a new system mission tasked him with reaching Foundation Establishment and forming at least nine Dao platforms within a month.

• Ji Wuchang defeated Li Gubei, who accepted the loss, gave him the Vajra Vine, and resolved to strengthen his body refinement.
• The system rewarded Ji Wuchang with 200 fortune points and explained that Li Gubei gained 50 because the defeat strengthened his resolve.
• Ji Wuchang traveled with Meng Zhiyi and Meng Zhiyu through Heavenly Passage City and reached the Longevity Sect after eight more days.
• Checking in at the sect gates raised Ji Wuchang's cultivation to the peak of Qi Refining tenth layer, and the system issued him a one-month Foundation Establishment mission.
• Ji Wuchang brought Meng Zhiyi and Meng Zhiyu to Little Bamboo Peak, where they greeted Meng Caihong.

Ji Wuchang returned to the sect, reported his discoveries to Meng Caihong, and prepared to break through to Foundation Establishment. He learned about recent advances and Xiao Fan’s conflict with Cai Ping, then encouraged Cang Qing before heading to a cultivation chamber to begin seclusion.

• Ji Wuchang gave Meng Caihong the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon’s eye and asked for Foundation Establishment Pills; she gave him two.
• Zeng Linghong told Ji Wuchang that Wanqiu and Zuo Yan had reached Purple Mansion Realm First Stage, while Cai Ping, Chen Boyu, Duan Junsheng, and Fan Huajun had also advanced.
• Zeng Linghong explained that Xiao Fan had accused Cai Ping of causing his injuries, leading Cai Ping to strike him and the sect master to send Cai Ping into seclusion.
• Ji Wuchang learned that Xiao Fan was in seclusion with a Creation Pill to heal his dantian, though Meng Caihong expected lasting complications.
• Cang Qing thanked Ji Wuchang for helping her become Meng Caihong’s disciple, and he urged her to cultivate diligently.
• Ji Wuchang went to the sect’s cultivation chambers to enter seclusion and attempt Foundation Establishment.

Ji Wuchang entered the Longevity Tower to temper his body and complete the Divine Treasury. After absorbing the Vajra Vine, the Earth Spirit Pearl, and the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon's eyeball, he opened five grotto-heavens within his five viscera and completed his Divine Treasury.

• Ji Wuchang paid for a premium cultivation chamber and asked Ji Yaoyao to guard him as he prepared to reach Foundation Establishment.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed the Vajra Vine and used the purple qi Heaven-Burning Art to strengthen his lungs with metal-attribute spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang absorbed the Earth Spirit Pearl's earth-attribute spiritual power, tempering his spleen and nourishing his body.
• Ji Yaoyao extracted a drop of blood essence from the Blazing Fire Divine Dragon's eyeball for Ji Wuchang's future Soul Splitting Realm breakthrough.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed the eyeball and used its fire-attribute spiritual power to activate his heart and transform all five viscera.
• Ji Wuchang's five viscera opened five grotto-heavens, and he completed his Divine Treasury.

Ji Wuchang established his foundation and condensed ten Dao Platforms, including a divine soul Dao Platform. His achievement startled the cultivation tower, while Ji Yaoyao and Tang Yiyuan watched in disbelief.

• Ji Yaoyao realized that the Ji Clan's method for tempering the five viscera used the wrong cultivation stage after seeing Ji Wuchang's five-element power.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill and used a thousand mid-grade spirit stones to condense eight flawless Dao Platforms.
• Ji Wuchang absorbed the spirit stones' power and formed a ninth flawless Dao Platform, startling cultivators throughout the tower and drawing Tang Yiyuan's attention.
• Ji Wuchang endured agonizing pain and shed purple soul blood as he formed a tenth, purple Dao Platform.
• Ji Wuchang recognized the tenth Dao Platform as the divine soul Dao Platform, which entered his sea of consciousness and rapidly healed and strengthened his divine soul.

Ji Wuchang condensed nine flawless Dao Platforms, triggering a lightning tribulation that drew the Longevity Sect to the cultivation tower. He emerged to widespread amazement, while his hidden Divine Soul Dao Platform remained unknown to everyone.

• Ji Wuchang's nine Dao Platforms released a terrifying pressure, and thunderclouds gathered over the cultivation tower as the sect rushed to investigate.
• Tang Yiyuan ordered everyone inside the tower to evacuate, then waited outside for Ji Wuchang to emerge.
• Ji Wuchang recognized the lightning tribulation as a chance to temper his body and condense lightning power, sent Ji Yaoyao into his storage ring, and hurried out of the tower.
• The gathered disciples and elders saw Ji Wuchang's nine flawless Dao Platforms, and Zhen Yaotian congratulated Meng Caihong on her disciple's achievement.
• The elders realized Ji Wuchang had become a formidable rival for influence in the sect, unaware that he had also formed a hidden Divine Soul Dao Platform.

Ji Wuchang endured a fierce lightning tribulation while his Dao platforms absorbed the lightning and strengthened him. His tenth Dao platform revealed an innate Devouring ability, and the thunderclouds finally dissipated as onlookers cheered.

• Lightning struck Ji Wuchang repeatedly, while his golden skin healed and the Wind and Thunder Fist guided lightning into his dantian to form a lightning rune.
• Ji Wuchang’s nine Dao platforms each drew away part of the lightning’s force as the storm continued to intensify.
• Zhen Nanfeng appeared and praised Ji Wuchang’s nine flawless Dao platforms, while Xiao Fan watched with envy and murderous hatred.
• Ji Wuchang activated his tenth Dao platform, which drew the lightning into a vortex and devoured it through its innate divine ability, Devouring.
• The thunderclouds unleashed a final purple bolt before dissipating, and the gathered onlookers cheered.

After surviving the lightning tribulation, Ji Wuchang absorbed spiritual power and rapidly advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm third layer peak. His overwhelming pressure stunned the Longevity Sect, and he left the chapter recognized by everyone as a rising figure.

• Ji Wuchang recovered from the lightning tribulation as his ten Dao Platforms drew spiritual power from across a radius of ten thousand feet.
• Ji Wuchang divided the incoming power among his organs, body, dantian, and meridians, advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm second layer peak.
• Meng Caihong gave Ji Wuchang several thousand low-grade spirit stones, helping him reach the Foundation Establishment Realm third layer early stage and strengthen his body.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the Longevity Sect's Cultivation Tower and received eight years of cultivation, advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm third layer peak.
• Ji Wuchang released a pressure that awed Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion cultivators before his Dao Platforms vanished back inside him.