Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang discovered that the secret realm’s pressure did not affect him and suspected it favored the Ji Family bloodline, while his cultivation technique seemed connected to its millstone and hall. After Yuchi Lingling and her companions were blasted away from the hall, she decided to leave the secret realm, regretting that she had once revealed its existence to Nan Cai'er.

• Wengu Longping and Zhan Xuetu were forced down by the secret realm’s immense gravity, while Ji Wuchang felt no pressure and suspected that only those without Ji Family blood were suppressed.
• Ji Wuchang began circulating the World-Destroying Millstone Technique, causing the plaza’s enormous millstone to light up with runes and release a terrifying pressure, so he quickly stopped.
• Yuchi Lingling and her three companions were hurled away from the hall doors by a backlash, suffering severe injuries before regrowing their severed arms.
• Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping threatened Yuchi Lingling and her companions as they entered the plaza, leaving the four of them afraid to face either one.
• Yuchi Lingling decided that she and her companions should leave, and regretted revealing the secret realm to Nan Cai'er, which might have drawn the Nan Family, Myriad Souls Hall, and the Zhan Clan into it.

Ji Wuchang poisoned Zhan Gu'an with two concealed needles while the World-Destroying Millstone Technique shook the square. Zhan Xuetu rushed to save Zhan Gu'an, who survived after taking pills, and demanded that the unknown attacker be found.

• Yuchi Weida and Yuchi Lingling began preparing to leave, but the millstone's pressure shattered their half-built formation as Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping approached.
• Ji Wuchang entered the square and secretly launched two poisoned needles at Zhan Gu'an, striking his waist and thigh.
• Zhan Gu'an's flesh began rotting as the poison spread, and his panicked strike killed a man who tried to attack him but shattered his own palm.
• Zhan Xuetu reached Zhan Gu'an, withdrew from touching his rotting flesh, and fed him pills that stopped it from sloughing away.
• Zhan Xuetu threatened everyone in the square and demanded that they identify the attacker, while onlookers stared at the dead man's remains.

Ji Wuchang disrupted Zhan Xuetu’s attempt to save Zhan Gu'an, and the enormous millstone awakened a remnant soul of a Ji Family expert. The old man’s appearance stunned everyone, while Ji Jingxi and Ji Liangliang revealed their Ji Family identities and Ji Wuchang feared they had made themselves targets.

• Zhan Gu'an’s injuries worsened, so Zhan Xuetu used his precious Great Restoration Pill to try to save him.
• Ji Wuchang activated the World-Destroying Millstone Technique, sent the pill flying, and secretly pocketed it as the millstone blasted people across the square.
• The enormous millstone rose and formed a gaunt old man’s remnant soul from its runes, leaving the gathered experts stunned.
• Zhan Gu'an’s primordial spirit shattered and his body turned to ash while Zhan Xuetu restrained himself beneath the remnant soul’s presence.
• Wengu Longping joined Zhan Xuetu, and the two silently agreed to cooperate as the crowd feared the old man’s power.
• Ji Jingxi and Ji Liangliang announced themselves as Ji Family descendants and bowed to the old man, while Ji Wuchang worried that they had exposed themselves to their enemies.

Ji Yaoguang rejected Ji Jingxi and Ji Liangliang’s claim to the Ji Family, then fought Wengu Longping when she attacked them. After testing his strength, Wengu Longping and Zhan Xuetu agreed to join forces with the other Supreme Realm experts to destroy his remnant soul.

• Ji Yaoguang asked Ji Wuchang which branch of the Ji Family he belonged to, while Xiao Xueguang realized the old man had detected him.
• Ji Jingxi told Ji Yaoguang that she and Ji Liangliang came from a branch under the seventh lineage, but he denied that they were still members of his family.
• Wengu Longping attacked Ji Jingxi and Ji Liangliang with her Resentful Soul Banner, prompting Ji Yaoguang to defend them with his millstone.
• Ji Yaoguang and Wengu Longping clashed, and the resulting force killed several people while injuring Wengu Longping, Ji Jingxi, and Ji Liangliang.
• Zhan Xuetu proposed that everyone at the Supreme Realm fourth level or above join forces to wear down Ji Yaoguang, and Wengu Longping agreed.

Zhan Xuetu and six other Supreme Realm experts attacked Ji Yaoguang together, using the Four Symbols Great Seal to suppress the crushing pressure. Ji Yaoguang devoured Wengu Longping’s resentful souls and effortlessly destroyed all seven attacks, leaving the battle’s outcome poised to turn.

• Nan Shanyang and the two Yuchi Household elders joined Zhan Xuetu’s side, surrounding Ji Yaoguang with seven Supreme Realm experts.
• Zhan Xuetu activated the Four Symbols Great Seal, removing the crushing pressure from the square and allowing the attackers to strike.
• Wengu Longping sent thousands of resentful souls at Ji Yaoguang while Zhan Xuetu and the other five experts launched their attacks.
• Ji Yaoguang inhaled and devoured all the resentful souls, including one with a Supreme Realm fifth-level presence.
• Ji Yaoguang’s presence surged, and a terrifying force shattered Zhan Xuetu’s blood-red dragon and all the incoming sword light.

Ji Yaoguang unleashed the millstone’s devastating Yin-Yang attack, killing two Supremes and severely wounding five. As the survivors reeled from the loss, Yuchi Lingling urged her brother to prepare an escape while Wengu Wuhua begged Wengu Longping to save him.

• Ji Yaoguang expanded the millstone over the square and crushed the seven Supremes’ attacks beneath its terrifying pressure.
• Ji Wuchang used two flying needles to pierce Wengu Wuhua’s neck while the millstone ground through the attackers’ defenses.
• The millstone killed two Supremes, including a Yuchi Household elder, and severely wounded Zhan Xuetu, Wengu Longping, and three others.
• Yuchi Weida blamed himself for the elder’s death, while Yuchi Lingling urged him to prepare a formation for their escape.
• Nan Cai'er secretly welcomed Nan Shanyang’s possible death after realizing he was loyal to her father rather than her.
• Wengu Wuhua cried out to Wengu Longping for help as his neck continued to shed flesh despite the pills he had taken.

Ji Yaoguang unleashed Grinding the Five Elements, killing Wengu Wuhua and several other powerful fighters while Zhan Xuetu barely escaped. Ji Wuchang copied the technique with the system and left the battle eager to master it.

• Wengu Wuhua's flesh fell away, and Ji Yaoguang attacked with Grinding the Five Elements as Wengu Longping and the others prepared to fight back.
• Wengu Longping summoned eight resentful souls, while Zhan Xuetu and three others launched their attacks against the millstone.
• Wengu Wuhua accused Ji Wuchang of striking from the shadows before his Primordial Spirit dissipated.
• The millstone shattered the formation and crushed Wengu Longping's forces, killing Wengu Longping, Nan Shanyang, and three others while Zhan Xuetu escaped with half his body.
• Ji Wuchang copied Grinding the Five Elements through the system for 2,000 Fortune Points and resolved to master the move.

Ji Yaoguang unleashed his final technique, Grinding Life and Death, against Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping, who sacrificed their Supreme Weapons to resist. The millstone swallowed and crushed them before breaking apart, and their blood mists began to reform into human figures.

• Ji Liangliang declared his admiration for Ji Yaoguang while plotting to seize his inheritance, and Ji Wuchang regarded him as foolish.
• Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping realized their strength had been greatly weakened and suspected they had been poisoned.
• Ji Yaoguang warned Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping that they would gain nothing from his inheritance, then turned into light and entered the millstone.
• Ji Yaoguang's millstone transformed into a life-and-death diagram and bore down on Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping.
• Wengu Longping detonated the Resentful Soul Banner, and Zhan Xuetu detonated the Four Symbols Great Seal to attack the millstone.
• The millstone swallowed Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping and crushed them into blood mist, then shattered as their blood mists began gathering into figures.

The Thousand Poison Venerable ambushed Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping with Ji Wuchang’s help, repeatedly destroying their bodies and trapping them in the Heaven-Locking Coffin. He poisoned the weakened pair and left Wengu Longping fearing that another hidden expert was waiting to strike.

• A giant coffin and Grinding Thunder and Fire attacked Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping as they tried to escape, repeatedly smashing apart their bodies.
• Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping demanded to know who was attacking them and offered to leave the Ji Family secret realm, but the Thousand Star Flame burned away part of their blood mist.
• The Thousand Poison Venerable appeared and sealed the weakened pair inside a barrier, revealing himself as the attacker behind the Heaven-Locking Coffin.
• Wengu Longping accused the Thousand Poison Venerable of killing Wengu Wuhua, but he denied it and mocked her for the Myriad Souls Hall’s earlier slaughter.
• The Thousand Poison Venerable revealed his intent to test a new deadly poison on them, while Wengu Longping realized another expert might still be hiding nearby.

Thousand Poison Venerable poisoned Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping while the others outside debated whether to flee or enter the secret realm. Ji Jingxi and Ji Liangliang rushed toward the building containing the Ji Family ancestor’s inheritance, and Ji Jingxi moved to hold off the crowd as Ji Liangliang ran inside.

• Thousand Poison Venerable revealed that his poison had been drawn into Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping as they absorbed spiritual power, then inflicted agonizing damage on their bodies, Dantians, meridians, and souls.
• Yuchi Lingling and Yuchi Weida used a spatial passage to leave the secret realm, and Nan Cai'er followed after them.
• Ji Wuchang watched Nan Cai'er depart and considered the losses suffered by the Nan Family and the Yuchi Household.
• Ji Jingxi and Ji Liangliang charged toward the nearby building, and Ji Liangliang warned the other cultivators away from the Ji Family ancestor’s inheritance.
• Ji Jingxi killed two Half-Step Supremes, but other cultivators rallied to attack her and Ji Liangliang together.
• Ji Jingxi told Ji Liangliang to enter the building while she held off the attackers, and he hurried toward its entrance without concern for her fate.

Thousand Poison Venerable defeated Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping, and Ji Wuchang trapped their Primordial Spirits in the Myriad Souls Banner. Outside the barrier, Ji Jingxi struggled against eight Supreme Realm cultivators whose strength had mysteriously weakened.

• Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping attacked Thousand Poison Venerable, but he crushed their attacks and struck them down while they were weakened by poison and earlier injuries.
• Thousand Poison Venerable's poison prevented Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping from rebuilding their bodies, and Ji Wuchang appeared with the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Ji Wuchang used the banner to draw in Zhan Xuetu and Wengu Longping's Primordial Spirits, strengthening the banner with the two Supreme Realm sixth level experts.
• Thousand Poison Venerable and the concealed Xiao Xueguang reacted with shock to Ji Wuchang possessing the Myriad Souls Banner's auxiliary banner, while Xiao Xueguang realized he had also been exposed to the poison.
• Eight Supreme Realm first level cultivators attacked Ji Jingxi, who struggled to hold them off as their attacks and her own strength seemed greatly reduced.

Ji Jingxi fought off Supreme Realm cultivators while Ji Liangliang tried to open the building's doors, but Ji Wuchang slaughtered the attackers at the entrance and was pulled inside by a vortex. The doors then opened, drawing the remaining cultivators toward the building.

• Ji Jingxi sent out her five Soul Division clones to defend Ji Liangliang and fought the Supreme Realm First Level cultivators, losing clones and suffering injuries while killing one enemy.
• Half-Step Supreme cultivators broke past Ji Jingxi and attacked Ji Liangliang as he struggled to open the doors.
• Ji Wuchang approached the building, killed the cultivators at its entrance, and took their storage rings.
• A vortex pulled Ji Wuchang through the doors and into the building.
• The Supreme Realm cultivators stopped fighting Ji Jingxi, and the doors lit with runes before slowly opening.

Ji Wuchang confronted Ji Yaoguang’s remnant soul in the Black Tower and learned that an evil presence inside a small black tower had caused Ji Yaoguang’s death. Ji Yaoguang entrusted the sealed tower to Ji Wuchang, warning that its seal would last only ten more years.

• Ji Wuchang sensed that Ji Yaoguang’s remnant soul remained in the hall and threatened to destroy the skeleton, prompting Ji Yaoguang to appear and absorb his attack.
• Ji Yaoguang asked how Ji Wuchang had found him, and Ji Wuchang said he had acted on intuition and suspected Ji Yaoguang had brought him there deliberately.
• Ji Wuchang relaxed after Thousand Poison Venerable offered to destroy the weakened remnant soul, then introduced himself and removed his human-skin mask at Ji Yaoguang’s request.
• Ji Yaoguang revealed that a strange, evil presence in a small black tower had tainted him and caused his death despite his attempts to destroy it.
• Ji Yaoguang warned that the seal around the tower would last at most ten more years and entrusted it to Ji Wuchang, asking whether he dared accept it.

Ji Wuchang saw visions of the Nine Nether Tower fighting several legendary treasures, then learned from Ji Yaoguang how the tower had destroyed him and why it threatened the Ji Family. He accepted that he could not let the tower fall into enemy hands, though its seal might fail sooner than expected.

• Ji Wuchang’s Thousand Illusion Spirit Pupil revealed visions of the Nine Nether Tower battling the World-Destroying Millstone, Heavenly Chen Cauldron, Heaven-Devouring Jar, and Myriad Souls Banner.
• The Divine Soul Dao Platform swallowed a wisp of black presence from the tower and transformed it into pure divine soul power, which Ji Wuchang’s Primordial Spirit devoured.
• Ji Yaoguang explained that he had taken the Nine Nether Tower from an old battlefield, endured its black mist for a century, and ultimately sacrificed his flesh to seal it underground.
• Ji Yaoguang warned Ji Wuchang that the tower was growing stronger and entrusted it to him, fearing it might fall into the hands of the Ji Family’s enemies.
• Ji Wuchang decided he had no choice but to keep the dangerous Nine Nether Tower from the Myriad Souls Hall or the Zhan Clan.

Ji Wuchang agreed to take the Nine Nether Tower back to the Ji Family, and Ji Yaoguang gave him his supreme bone marrow before sacrificing his remnant soul to reinforce the tower's seal. Ji Wuchang stored the tower and escaped as black mist began to break free, only to be confronted by two supreme realm cultivators.

• Ji Wuchang agreed to take the Nine Nether Tower back to the Ji Family, and Ji Yaoguang promised to strengthen its seal for ten years by sacrificing his remnant soul.
• Ji Yaoguang gave Ji Wuchang two drops of his supreme bone marrow and asked him to consider supporting the Seventh Lineage in the future.
• Ji Yaoguang warned Ji Wuchang to leave immediately, avoid touching his remains, and beware of the black mist that would turn the area into a death zone.
• Ji Yaoguang became a rune and merged with the barrier, reinforcing the seal as the Nine Nether Tower grew indistinct.
• Ji Wuchang stored the Nine Nether Tower in his System Space and fled the hall as black Qi broke through the weakening barrier around Ji Yaoguang's remains.
• Two supreme realm first level cultivators spotted Ji Wuchang outside the hall, and one reached out to seize him.

Ji Wuchang killed a Supreme Realm First Level cultivator in the secret realm, then left as black mist destroyed the realm and killed nearly everyone inside. Unable to find Zhou Xiaoxiao, he went to Heavenly Chen Academy, completed another mission, and returned to the inner academy.

• Ji Wuchang used Heaven-Treading Steps to kill a Supreme Realm First Level cultivator, destroyed the man's blood mist, and took his storage ring.
• The cultivator entered the hall after Ji Wuchang left, but black wisps drained his vitality and spread into a deadly mist.
• Xiao Xueguang warned everyone to leave the secret realm, but the hall exploded and the black mist overwhelmed the realm.
• Ji Jingxi escaped the spreading mist, while Ji Liangliang and many others died; only five people escaped in the end.
• Ji Wuchang searched for Zhou Xiaoxiao, found no trace of her, and traveled to Five Plains City before heading to Heavenly Chen Academy.
• Ji Wuchang accepted a mission to kill a ferocious beast near the eighth rank, completed it without trouble, and returned to the inner academy three days later.

Ji Wuchang perfected Grinding the Five Elements and cultivated Grinding Life and Death while the academy’s leaders discussed testing his strength by sending him with Xiao Xueguang to help the embattled Xiao Family. The chapter left the Xiao Family on the brink of annihilation and the academy preparing for a critical matter involving the Heavenly Chen Cauldron.

• Ji Wuchang used nine years of cultivation to perfect Grinding the Five Elements, then spent fifteen years cultivating Grinding Life and Death.
• Leng Si shielded Ji Wuchang’s courtyard while he cultivated, and later joined Chu Tianheng, Qin Longhai, and Yu Shixiong by a lake to discuss the academy’s plans.
• Xiao Xueguang reported that Ji Wuchang could instantly kill a Supreme Realm First Level opponent and estimated his strength was at least that of a Supreme Realm Third Level cultivator.
• Qin Longhai and Chu Tianheng proposed that Xiao Xueguang take Ji Wuchang to help the Xiao Family and assess his full combat strength.
• Chu Tianheng recalled how the Xiao Family had stolen Xiao Xueguang’s Supreme Bone, and how Xiao Xueguang later defeated the family’s prodigy and destroyed the bone he recovered.
• The Xiao Family faced annihilation after years of worsening fortunes and renewed attacks from its enemies.

Xiao Xueguang refused to help the Xiao Family and suggested sending Ji Wuchang to Illusory Sea City, while the deans discussed the Nine Nether Tower and their coming mission in the Heavenly Chen Cauldron. At the academy library, Ji Wuchang met Zhou Xiaoxiao again and refused to tell her what had happened between Cai'er and Lingling.

• Xiao Xueguang refused to intervene in the Xiao Family's destruction and recommended that the deans send Ji Wuchang to Illusory Sea City to test his strength.
• Chu Tianheng agreed to send Ji Wuchang to Illusory Sea City, while Qin Longhai worried about the danger to the Ji Family heir.
• Leng Si revealed that she had sensed the Nine Nether Tower at the Five Origins Peak Abyss, and the deans discussed whether Ji Wuchang might have it and prepared to enter the Heavenly Chen Cauldron.
• Ji Wuchang visited the academy library, where Li Guorui explained the reading fees and rules for its two floors.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao asked Ji Wuchang what had happened between Cai'er and Lingling at the Five Origins Peak Abyss, but he refused to answer and told her not to approach him again.

Ji Wuchang studied the library scrolls and learned about the Nan Family’s split from the Nangong Family, the secretive Myriad Souls Hall, the Ji Family’s origins, and the histories of other lineages. When he left after nightfall, he encountered Nan Cai'er and coldly walked away, while she watched him and considered his suspicions.

• Ji Wuchang read that the Nan Family had split from the Nangong Family after two brothers fought over succession and the elder brother left with his supporters.
• Ji Wuchang found the Myriad Souls Hall’s history sparse and grew more suspicious of its secretive soul collecting and unclear origins.
• Ji Wuchang learned that the Ji Family was not native to the Heavenly Chen Continent and had risen to power with the World-Destroying Millstone.
• Ji Wuchang read about the Yu Clan’s ancient history and its Great Emperor’s battle with a Great Emperor of the Nine Nether Lineage, then studied other lineages before leaving the library.
• Ji Wuchang encountered Nan Cai'er outside the library and walked away coldly; Nan Cai'er watched him, suspecting that he had begun to doubt her and her companion.

Xiao Xueguang explained that the damaged Heavenly Chen Cauldron still contained surviving members of the Nine Nether Lineage, and that the academy planned another purge when the hundred-year mark arrived. He told Ji Wuchang to go to Illusory Sea City with three others for a trial to decide who would enter the cauldron, and Ji Wuchang saw a chance to obtain the academy’s five aggregates precious blood.

• Ji Wuchang returned from the library pavilion and found Xiao Xueguang waiting to tell him to prepare for a trip to Illusory Sea City.
• Xiao Xueguang explained that the Nine Nether Lineage had survived inside the damaged Heavenly Chen Cauldron and attacked it every hundred years in an effort to escape.
• Xiao Xueguang said the academy planned to send teams into the cauldron to kill the Nine Nether Lineage, but some areas could only be entered by younger people.
• Xiao Xueguang told Ji Wuchang that he would travel to Illusory Sea City with Yu Qinghe, Cai Jianfeng, and Ling Yun, accompanied by Teacher Zhen Xian as their Dao protector.
• Xiao Xueguang said the two strongest performers would be chosen to enter the cauldron and could each make one request of the academy.
• Ji Wuchang realized he could request the academy’s drop of five aggregates precious blood and decided he needed to make the trip.