Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang accepted a mission to travel with Nan Cai'er, Yuchi Lingling, and Zhou Xiaoxiao to Han Mountain City and slay an eighth-rank Demon Beast. Yu Ling warned him that the route passed through Heavenly Water City, where hostile lineages might ambush him, but he remained prepared to go.

• Yu Ling offered to help Ji Wuchang find veteran disciples for a mission, but Zhou Xiaoxiao invited him to join the women's four-person mission to Han Mountain City.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to travel with Nan Cai'er, Yuchi Lingling, and Zhou Xiaoxiao, who planned to leave the next morning with Master Ling.
• Wengu Wuhua and Zhan Gu'an learned that Ji Wuchang would leave the academy and separately sent orders to have him killed.
• Yu Ling warned Ji Wuchang that the Dao protectors of Myriad Souls Hall and the Zhan Clan were stationed in Heavenly Water City and might target him.
• Ji Wuchang considered his approaching chance to free Thousand Poison Venerable and trusted his own abilities to escape if he could not defeat his enemies.

Ji Wuchang cultivated to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Third Level, then agreed to help Xiao Cheng and the other newcomers challenge Bai Linfei for the inner courtyard’s points. The chapter left Ji Wuchang heading to the arena as veterans mocked the newcomers and questioned whether Chai Wudi was any good.

• Ji Wuchang reassured Yu Ling that he could protect himself, and she went into seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• Ji Wuchang used three years' worth of cultivation to advance to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Third Level and strengthen his Dharma Aspect.
• Xiao Cheng visited Ji Wuchang to thank him for helping him enter the inner courtyard, then asked him for help against Bai Linfei.
• Xiao Cheng explained that Bai Linfei had defeated eight newcomers in an arena challenge, offering six hundred points to anyone who could beat him.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to fight Bai Linfei for the points and followed Xiao Cheng to the arena.
• Inner courtyard veterans mocked the defeated newcomers and doubted that Chai Wudi, the top-ranked entrant from the outer courtyards, would be worth much.

Ji Wuchang arrived at the inner courtyard sparring platform with Xiao Cheng to face Bai Linfei’s challenge and claim 600 points. Their match had not yet begun, but Xiao Xueguang and Zhen Xian had wagered that if Ji Wuchang won, Zhen Xian would teach him the Law of Time.

• The crowd mocked the newcomers and doubted that Ji Wuchang would come, while Tian Ming and Zhang Zhenke waited for his arrival.
• Xiao Xueguang explained his wager with Zhen Xian: if Ji Wuchang won, Zhen Xian would teach him the Law of Time.
• Bai Linfei grew impatient and urged the newcomers to admit Ji Wuchang was too afraid to appear.
• Ji Wuchang and Xiao Cheng arrived, and Ji Wuchang challenged the crowd’s claims that his first-place finish had been mere hot air.
• Ji Wuchang asked Bai Linfei about the promised 600 points, and Bai Linfei mocked him as the surrounding disciples laughed.

Ji Wuchang provoked the inner court disciples into accepting a series of point-stake duels, then faced Bai Linfei first. The chapter ended as Bai Linfei manifested his Dharma Aspect and drew his Supreme Weapon, ready to fight.

• Ji Wuchang challenged every inner court disciple present to a match for 600 points and demanded that anyone who backed out apologize to the outer court.
• Bai Linfei insisted Ji Wuchang defeat him before challenging the others, while Zou Zhiming and Qiu Yongqiang agreed to fight if he won.
• Ji Wuchang threatened to ruin the reputations of anyone who fled, and Xiao Cheng reassured Tian Ming, Zhang Zhenke, and the others that he could win.
• Ji Wuchang entered the dueling platform, discovered its interior was far larger than it looked, and told Bai Linfei he would defeat him in ten moves.
• Bai Linfei manifested his Dharma Aspect and drew his Supreme Weapon, surprising the spectators who had never seen him use it in earlier matches.

Ji Wuchang shattered Bai Linfei’s Dharma Aspect with a single Heaven-Treading Steps attack, but Bai Linfei escaped using Startled Swan Shadowless Steps. The fight continued as both fighters displayed astonishing movement techniques, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Bai Linfei attacked Ji Wuchang with White Wave Thousandfold Slash and a second Heaven Rank combat technique that turned the arena into a surging sea.
• Ji Wuchang used Threefold Space to evade the attack, then struck Bai Linfei’s Dharma Aspect with Heaven-Treading Steps and shattered it.
• Bai Linfei vanished with Startled Swan Shadowless Steps before Ji Wuchang’s follow-up stomp could hit him, shocking the spectators.
• Zhen Xian learned from Xiao Xueguang that Ji Wuchang had studied Threefold Space for only six days and had passed the spatial trial.
• Ji Wuchang and Bai Linfei raced across the arena using Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps and Startled Swan Shadowless Steps, respectively.

Ji Wuchang defeated Bai Linfei after overwhelming him in a duel, then survived Bai Linfei’s desperate counterattack and took 600 points from his token. He left Bai Linfei charred on the arena as Nan Cai'er and Zhou Xiaoxiao watched.

• Ji Wuchang copied the Bai Family's Startled Swan Shadowless Steps, while Bai Linfei challenged him to finish the fight within ten moves.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Bai Linfei and broke his chest and legs with a series of punches, but Bai Linfei healed and refused to admit defeat.
• Bai Linfei unleashed Blood Moon, Sea Vortex, turning the arena into a deadly ocean beneath a blood-red moon.
• Ji Wuchang used the purple qi Heaven-Burning Art to engulf Bai Linfei’s attack and reduce him to a charred body.
• Ji Wuchang took 600 points from Bai Linfei’s inner disciple token and tossed the token back to him.

Ji Wuchang defeated Bai Linfei and challenged the Inner Court disciples who had mocked the Outer Court, provoking one of them into spitting blood. As the disciples rallied to fight him in successive bouts, Qiu Yongqiang ordered Li Ning and Xiao Yuan to take him on.

• Ji Wuchang defeated Bai Linfei with his strongest technique, and an old man appeared to heal Bai Linfei before he withdrew from the platform.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao and Zhang Zhenke praised Ji Wuchang, while Ji Wuchang challenged two Inner Court disciples to fight him or surrender six hundred points.
• Ji Wuchang berated the Inner Court disciples for their earlier insults and angered one of the men into spitting blood.
• Zhan Gu'an and Wengu Wuhua watched Ji Wuchang with murderous intent, while Zhen Xian and Xiao Xueguang discussed his strength.
• Qiu Yongqiang ordered Li Ning and Xiao Yuan to fight Ji Wuchang, and the other Inner Court disciples agreed to send fighters against him in succession.

Ji Wuchang defeated Li Ning and Xiao Yuan with devastating force on the combat platform, then took 600 points from each of them. His display of the Myriad Souls Hall’s Divine Soul Spike alarmed Wengu Wuhua, who resolved to kill him and obtain the complete cultivation method.

• Li Ning and Xiao Yuan attacked Ji Wuchang together with their Supreme Weapons, but his Divine Soul Spikes disrupted their strikes.
• Ji Wuchang vanished through layers of space, summoned Thousand Thunder Kill, and blasted Li Ning and Xiao Yuan until only their heads remained intact.
• Ji Wuchang crushed their bodies beneath his foot and transferred 600 points from each of their inner disciple tokens.
• Li Ning and Xiao Yuan regenerated, took back their tokens, and left the combat platform in fear.
• Zhan Gu'an recognized Ji Wuchang as a threat but postponed confronting him, while Wengu Wuhua resolved to kill Ji Wuchang and seize the complete Divine Soul Spike method.

Ji Wuchang forced the inner-court disciples who had targeted Xiao Cheng and the others to surrender points or withdraw, while calling out Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming for bullying weaker newcomers. The three remaining opponents yielded their tokens, leaving Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming to face Ji Wuchang next.

• Zou Zhiming sent Zhang Wei and Chen Bohai to fight Ji Wuchang, but they surrendered 600 points each and left the platform.
• Ji Wuchang called six more disciples onto the platform, including three at the supreme realm first level and three half-step supremes.
• Qiu Yongqiang claimed responsibility for leading the incident and challenged Ji Wuchang, who condemned him for targeting weaker disciples.
• Three half-step supremes said they lacked 600 points, so Ji Wuchang ordered them to give 100 points each to Xiao Cheng, Zhang Zhenke, and the others.
• The three remaining supreme realm first-level disciples surrendered their tokens to Ji Wuchang without fighting.

Ji Wuchang challenged Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming to fight him together, wagering 1,200 points from each of their tokens. As the two veterans unleashed their bloodlines and charged, the battle was about to begin.

• Ji Wuchang challenged Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming to attack together and wagered 1,200 points from each of their tokens.
• Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming accepted, while Zhou Xiaoxiao, Nan Cai'er, and Yuchi Lingling discussed Ji Wuchang's chances.
• The instructors watched without intervening, and Xiao Xueguang reflected on the Ji Family's power and the academy dean's interest in Ji Wuchang.
• Zou Zhiming activated his flood dragon bloodline, forming scales and a flood dragon Dharma Aspect.
• Qiu Yongqiang transformed through his bloodline power, and both men lunged at Ji Wuchang together.

Ji Wuchang activated the Ice Barbarian Battle Body Instruction and fought Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming in a brutal contest of strength. Wengu Wuhua recognized a clue linking Chai Wudi to Mang Province and began plotting to recover the Myriad Souls Banner Auxiliary Banner.

• Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming attacked Ji Wuchang together with their bloodline powers, and he transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang giant using the Ice Barbarian Battle Body Instruction.
• Wengu Wuhua recognized Ji Wuchang's giant form from a recording of a battle in Mang Province and suspected he possessed the Myriad Souls Banner Auxiliary Banner.
• Ji Wuchang shattered the attackers' first strikes and sent Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming flying, then met their next attacks head-on.
• Ji Wuchang, Qiu Yongqiang, and Zou Zhiming traded dozens of blows in a fierce contest of strength that shocked the spectators.
• Nan Cai'er reconsidered her pride after seeing Ji Wuchang's combat strength and reflected on the difference between the Nan Family and Heavenly Chen Academy.

Ji Wuchang battled Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming until they unleashed their bloodline transformations and overwhelmed his Ice Barbarian Battle Body. Injured but still calm, he faced their renewed attack as they charged to finish him.

• Ji Wuchang exchanged heavy blows with Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming, cracking his Ice Barbarian Battle Body while using the fight to stabilize his foundation.
• Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming released their suppressed bloodlines, transforming into a giant single-horned beast and a six-thousand-zhang flood dragon.
• Qiu Yongqiang blasted Ji Wuchang with magma and magma arrows while Zou Zhiming struck with the flood dragon's claw, shattering Ji Wuchang's battle body and leaving him injured.
• Qiu Yongqiang and Zou Zhiming charged at Ji Wuchang again with magma and a massive fist, while spectators and Ji Wuchang's allies watched anxiously.

Ji Wuchang overwhelmed Zou Zhiming and Qiu Yongqiang with his spatial, soul, and combat techniques, then unleashed a Void Storm against their combined attack. The storm destroyed Zou Zhiming’s trapping formation and swept toward both opponents, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Ji Wuchang vanished through Threefold Space, struck both opponents with Divine Soul Spikes, and used Heart-Treading Steps against Qiu Yongqiang.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Qiu Yongqiang and hit him with lightning and fire primal wheels, splitting his skull and injuring his horn.
• Ji Wuchang stomped Zou Zhiming’s flood dragon form and battered its head with his fists before Zou Zhiming blasted him away.
• Zou Zhiming transformed into nine flood dragons and trapped Ji Wuchang in a shrinking barrier filled with lava.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed a Void Storm that destroyed the lava and tore apart eight flood dragons, while the surviving Zou Zhiming escaped and vomited blood.
• The barrier exploded, and Ji Wuchang’s Void Storm swept toward Zou Zhiming and Qiu Yongqiang.

Ji Wuchang defeated Zou Zhiming and Qiu Yongqiang, forcing them to concede and surrender points, while his display alarmed enemies and drew suspicion about his identity. After reassuring the students he had defended, he headed to the Treasure Storing Pavilion.

• Ji Wuchang stopped his Void Storm after Zou Zhiming and Qiu Yongqiang conceded, then took 1,200 points from each of their tokens.
• Zhan Gu'an decided to hire rogue cultivators or assassins to kill Chai Wudi, while Wengu Wuhua planned to find a way to kill him and shift the blame.
• Zhen Xian questioned Xiao Xueguang about Chai Wudi's identity, and Xiao warned him not to probe the young man's past because it could trigger the Ji Family's protections.
• Ji Wuchang greeted Zhou Xiaoxiao, received thanks from Xiao Cheng and the others, and urged them to cultivate diligently.
• Ji Wuchang left for the Treasure Storing Pavilion.

After his victory spread through the inner court, Ji Wuchang visited the Treasure Storing Pavilion to see what he could obtain with his 7,300 academy points. He learned how the pavilion’s point-based viewing system worked and began browsing its pill formulas and cultivation methods.

• News of Ji Wuchang defeating more than ten inner court disciples spread through the inner court and reached the eight outer courts.
• Ji Wuchang arrived at the Treasure Storing Pavilion, where a woman at the Supreme Realm third level invited him inside after greeting the white-robed eldest senior brother.
• The woman explained that Ji Wuchang could browse the first two floors, exchange points for items, or sell unwanted possessions for points.
• Ji Wuchang spent one point to read a grade-one Beast Soul Pill formula, then returned the jade slip and saw that his balance had fallen to 7,299 points.
• Ji Wuchang examined the prices for higher-grade pill formulas and yellow-tier cultivation methods, choosing not to spend points on them.

Ji Wuchang explored the Treasure Storing Pavilion and spent his points collecting unknown-grade combat techniques, including one that complemented his Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body. Unable to enter the third floor because he was below the Supreme Realm, he left with his new jade slips and returned to his courtyard.

• Ji Wuchang surveyed the first floor’s foundational materials and exchanged 1,000 points for the Thunder Explosion Fist and the nine other unknown-grade combat techniques there.
• Ji Wuchang found that the second floor offered higher-grade materials and spent 200 points to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Vajra Finger.
• Ji Wuchang learned that the finger technique could work with his Mysterious Heaven Vajra Body and judged it might rival the Primordial Jade Shattering Finger.
• A senior sister warned Ji Wuchang that the unknown combat techniques often required special conditions, but he exchanged another 2,000 points for ten jade slips.
• Ji Wuchang found that only those at the Supreme Realm or above could enter the third floor, then left the pavilion and headed to his courtyard.

Ji Wuchang examined the Jade Slips he had obtained and discovered the powerful Thousand Illusions Soul-Shattering Eye and Ice and Fire Samsara Palm, adding to his growing arsenal of killing moves. After cultivating through the evening, he checked in at the Treasure Storing Pavilion at midnight and received twenty years of cultivation and 20 Fortune Points.

• Ji Wuchang rejected several Jade Slip techniques that were too costly or unsuitable for him.
• Ji Wuchang discovered the Thousand Illusions Soul-Shattering Eye, a powerful technique he could use by sacrificing a Supreme Weapon, though it required a month of recovery afterward.
• Ji Wuchang found the Ice and Fire Samsara Palm and realized his Thousand Star Flame and Glacial Glazed Fire might let him cultivate it.
• Ji Wuchang memorized the techniques, considered his coming mission in Han Mountain City, and cultivated in his room until midnight.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the Heavenly Chen Academy Inner Court Treasure Storing Pavilion and received twenty years of cultivation and 20 Fortune Points.

Ji Wuchang joined Nan Cai'er, Yuchi Lingling, and Zhou Xiaoxiao on a mission detour to rescue Yuchi Lingling’s brother in Five Plains City. As the group headed out, an unseen Xiao Xueguang followed to protect Ji Wuchang and assess his combat strength.

• Ji Wuchang arrived early at the mission hall, unaware that Wengu Wuhua and Zhan Gu'an had already left on a mission to prepare an ambush for him.
• Nan Cai'er told Ji Wuchang that Yuchi Lingling’s brother needed rescuing in Five Plains City, and Ji Wuchang agreed to accompany them.
• Ji Wuchang, Nan Cai'er, Yuchi Lingling, and Zhou Xiaoxiao left Heavenly Chen Academy, while servants sent word of their departure and Xiao Xueguang followed secretly.
• Nan Cai'er gave Ji Wuchang a Jade Slip for emergencies as the group changed course toward Five Plains City.
• Yuchi Lingling explained that her brother was trapped in an abyss after encountering a Supreme Realm Second Layer Peak Evil Cultivator and being wounded by a ferocious beast.
• Ji Wuchang asked how the academy handled endangered disciples, and Nan Cai'er explained that rescuers could use an instructor Jade Slip to summon help.

Ji Wuchang grew suspicious of Yuchi Lingling and Nan Cai'er after they left him in Five Plains City with Zhou Xiaoxiao, who explained the city’s child trafficking trade and the powerful factions protecting it. The chapter ended with Ji Wuchang learning why the academy had stopped intervening, as traffickers openly displayed seven children for sale nearby.

• Yuchi Lingling and Nan Cai'er left the inn to handle their business, while Zhou Xiaoxiao took Ji Wuchang out to explore Five Plains City.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao described the city as a gathering place for rogue cultivators and warned Ji Wuchang that massacres and evil cultivators were common there.
• Ji Wuchang and Zhou Xiaoxiao found three men displaying seven young children, and Zhou Xiaoxiao identified the men as child traffickers.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao explained that traffickers drugged children into reaching the first Qi Refining level before selling them, often leaving them with damaged meridians and Dantians.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao said powerful factions, including the Zhan Clan and Myriad Souls Hall, backed the trade and that the academy had stopped intervening after its disciples suffered heavy casualties.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao recounted how Feng Xiuting, whom the academy had once rescued but refused to take in, reached the Supreme Realm Seventh Layer and hunted academy members until Master Leng Si killed him.

Ji Wuchang learned more about the academy library while witnessing the sale of seven kidnapped children in Five Plains City. The Thousand Poison Venerable identified one of the girls as having an innate poison physique and asked Ji Wuchang to buy her as a possible successor.

• Zhou Xiaoxiao told Ji Wuchang that the inner court library held valuable information about cultivation techniques and powerful lineages.
• A Celestial Phenomenon Realm sixth-level man presented seven children for sale, and the crowd discussed their ages and cultivation potential.
• Lu Bingliang asked the seller to name his prices, and the man quoted costs ranging from fifty thousand to five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Wuchang felt furious but hesitated to intervene because he did not know how he could protect or care for the children afterward.
• The Thousand Poison Venerable told Ji Wuchang that the little girl on the left had an innate poison physique and asked him to buy her as a potential successor.