Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuchang killed Xiang Donghong, advanced to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Sixth Level, and revealed his mastery of the combined power of time and space. After driving off the Supreme Realm expert who tried to steal Xiang Donghong’s Primordial Spirit, he turned his attention to Liu Cigui, who begged to become his slave.

• Zhan Yun suggested that Zhan Wujiu seize the chance to attack, but Zhan Wujiu chose to watch.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Xiang Donghong, killed her, and advanced to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm Sixth Level.
• When a massive hand stole Xiang Donghong’s Primordial Spirit, Ji Wuchang used Spacetime Strangulation to force the hand to release it and destroy her Primordial Spirit.
• Xiao Xueguang and Zhen Xian recognized Ji Wuchang’s mastery of the combined power of time and space and were astonished by how quickly he had learned it.
• Ji Wuchang flew toward Liu Cigui, who begged for his life and offered to become Ji Wuchang’s slave and surrender the Great River Gang.

After defeating the people who sought his poison formula, Ji Wuchang made Liu Cigui his slave for a thousand years and demanded payment from the rest to spare their lives. He killed one man who refused, and the others paid before leaving.

• Liu Cigui opened his soul, and Ji Wuchang placed a controlling mark on his Primordial Spirit in exchange for a thousand years of service.
• Ji Wuchang challenged the crowd to step forward if they still wanted his poison formula, then told those who had advanced to pay five hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones each or die.
• When a Supreme Realm third-level man refused to pay, Ji Wuchang killed him and destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• The old man at the Supreme Realm fourth level paid first, and the other people who had advanced handed over their Spirit Stones to buy their lives.

Ji Wuchang defeated the poison masters and threatened whoever had spread rumors about his poison formula, then withdrew to recover after arranging new accommodations. As news of the battle spread through Illusory Sea City, Zhan Wujiu sought help from the Nine Nether Lineage, while Du Beibei grew more determined not to hand the Duandao Association to Ji Wuchang.

• Ji Wuchang offered a bounty for evidence about who spread word of his poison formula and watched Zhan Wujiu leave with the Swift Blade Sect.
• Guan Ping arranged new accommodations for Ji Wuchang and the other residents after the battle destroyed their courtyards.
• Ji Wuchang activated his new courtyard's barrier and cultivated to recover the spiritual and soul power he had spent fighting.
• Cultivators across Illusory Sea City discussed the battle, and Ji Yongming reported the events to his clan.
• Zhan Wujiu decided to seek aid from the Nine Nether Lineage, and Zhan Yun let him go.
• Du Beibei heard Yang Lujia's report and resolved not to hand the Duandao Association over to Ji Wuchang.

Shangguan Yan reported to Tranquil Heart Tower’s founders about the mysterious man who used Myriad Souls Hall techniques, and they tasked her with investigating him and considering an alliance. She agreed and returned to her room, where she removed her veil and revealed her face.

• Shangguan Yan entered Tranquil Heart Tower’s hidden headquarters beneath the teahouse and reported the mysterious man’s actions to Shangguan Jing, Shangguan Xin, and Shangguan Lou.
• Shangguan Lou suspected the man might belong to Myriad Souls Hall because he had used its iron chains and Divine Soul Spike.
• Shangguan Yan argued that the man’s methods and strength made his affiliation with Myriad Souls Hall unlikely, and suggested he might become an ally against it.
• Shangguan Jing assigned Shangguan Yan to approach the man, investigate his connection to Myriad Souls Hall, and learn his true appearance.
• Shangguan Yan left the founders’ room and removed her veil before a bronze mirror, revealing her alluring face.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Ji Wuchang learned that the Swift Blade Sect had attacked the Duandao Association while it was out at sea, but refused Zhao Weiwang’s plea for help. Suspecting the attack was a trap meant to draw him out, he sent Liu Cigui ahead to find the survivors and followed after him.

• Ji Wuchang renewed his lease for another month after spending ten days stabilizing his cultivation.
• Zhao Weiwang told Ji Wuchang that the Swift Blade Sect had attacked the Duandao Association at sea and begged him to save their eldest sister, but Ji Wuchang refused.
• Ji Wuchang realized Zhao Weiwang had likely been allowed to escape so the Swift Blade Sect could lure him out to sea.
• Ji Wuchang sent Liu Cigui and two Supreme Realm fourth-level experts to follow Zhao Weiwang and claim they had been sent to rescue the Duandao Association.
• Ji Wuchang left secretly to follow Liu Cigui, while Shangguan Yan and Zhen Xian followed him and Xiao Xueguang stayed behind.

Du Weiwei and the others fled across the sea after losing most of their companions, only to be surrounded by a vast force of sea demons. Du Weiwei stayed behind to hold off six eighth-tier sea demons while Du Beibei, Yang Lujia, and Yang Jiamang escaped toward an island, and she was quickly overwhelmed.

• Du Beibei admitted that she had hidden Ji Wuchang's return from Du Weiwei, while the four survivors continued fleeing the sea demons.
• Du Weiwei led Du Beibei, Yang Lujia, and Yang Jiamang toward a distant island after they had fled and fought for a day and night.
• Thousands of sea demons, including six eighth-tier demons, rose from the sea and surrounded the four.
• Du Weiwei ordered the others to escape, then sent out five Soul Division clones and fought the sea demons alone.
• Du Beibei, Yang Lujia, and Yang Jiamang broke through the encirclement and fled toward the island, while Du Beibei looked back and saw Du Weiwei being battered by the six eighth-tier sea demons.

Zhan Wujiu and his allies used Du Weiwei and the others as bait to lure Ji Wuchang into a trap, while Ji Wuchang recognized the unnatural calm at sea and prepared to flush out the hidden sea demons. The chapter left Ji Wuchang asking Thousand Poison Venerable to poison the ocean.

• Du Beibei, Yang Jiamang, and Yang Lujia turned back to rescue Du Weiwei and escaped with her to an island.
• Zhan Wujiu, Zhan Yun, Zhan Meifang, Bolangte, Crimson Dragon, and Thorn Turtle watched the rescue and planned to use the group as bait to kill Ji Wuchang.
• Zhao Weiwang traveled across the unusually quiet sea as Liu Cigui sent Qin Jiujin to follow him and report any danger.
• Ji Wuchang and Thousand Poison Venerable noticed the unnatural calm and suspected the Swift Blade Sect had allied with the sea demons.
• Ji Wuchang asked Thousand Poison Venerable to poison the ocean to force the hidden sea demons to react.

Ji Wuchang received Blood Demon Poison from Thousand Poison Venerable and confronted Shangguan Yan, who had been following him. Shangguan Yan offered information about his voyage in exchange for seeing his true appearance.

• Thousand Poison Venerable explained that Blood Demon Poison grew stronger with blood, had no antidote, and could kill anyone below the supreme realm seventh layer.
• Thousand Poison Venerable gave Ji Wuchang two bottles, each containing one drop of Blood Demon Poison, and warned him to use it carefully.
• Ji Wuchang said he would use the poison if the sea demons and Swift Blade Sect set him up, then sensed his pursuer and confronted her.
• Shangguan Yan revealed she belonged to Tranquil Heart Tower, and she guessed that Ji Wuchang was connected to the Ji Family.
• Shangguan Yan offered Ji Wuchang information about his voyage in exchange for seeing his true appearance.

Ji Wuchang discovered that the Nine Nether Lineage, the Swift Blade Sect, and the sea demons had joined forces, while Shangguan Yan escaped an ambush by the Swift Blade Sect. As vast numbers of sea demons drove them toward an island, Ji Wuchang accepted the battlefield and headed there, intent on striking back.

• Ji Wuchang refused Shangguan Yan's offer of information and left, warning her not to follow him.
• Qiu Youshan and other attackers ambushed Shangguan Yan, but she escaped using Flying Immortal from Beyond Heaven.
• Ji Wuchang saw Zhan Wujiu meet the male Crimson Dragon and concluded that the sea demons, Nine Nether Lineage, and Swift Blade Sect had allied.
• Shangguan Yan crushed a Jade Slip to arrange reinforcements, then found sea demons surrounding her and forcing her toward the island.
• Ji Wuchang found himself surrounded by more than a million sea demons and decided to head for the island to meet the battle on their chosen ground.

Du Weiwei and her companions fought their way deeper into Snake Island as venomous snakes attacked, while Zhao Weiwang, Qin Jiujin, Liu Cigui, Tian Gongming, and Shangguan Yan arrived. Concealed above the sea, Ji Wuchang released Blood Demon Poison among the gathered sea demons, and the poison rapidly spread through the water as they panicked and fled.

• Du Weiwei led Du Beibei, Yang Lujia, and Yang Jiamang deeper into Snake Island after sea demons blocked their way back, and the four fought off swarms of venomous snakes.
• Zhao Weiwang and Qin Jiujin landed on Snake Island, found snake corpses, and used a voice transmission stone to locate Big Sister and the others.
• Liu Cigui and Tian Gongming arrived and headed into the island to find the others despite Tian Gongming's warning about its many powerful venomous snakes.
• Shangguan Yan reached Snake Island and realized the Swift Blade Sect meant to trap them there.
• Ji Wuchang dropped a vial of Blood Demon Poison into the sea and slashed at the sea demons, triggering a spreading field of black water that dissolved the demons and drove them into a panicked flight.

Ji Wuchang used Blood Demon Poison to wipe out nearly all the sea demons gathered at sea, then struck down more than twenty eighth-rank sea demons as they fled. Crimson Dragon learned that millions of sea demons had died and flew toward Snake Island, swearing revenge on Ji Wuchang.

• Blood Demon Poison spread across a thousand miles of sea, killing tens of thousands of sea demons and forcing the survivors to flee.
• Ji Wuchang used Heaven-Treading Steps and the Demonic Dao Law-Disrupting Immobilization Art to knock more than twenty eighth-rank sea demons into the poisoned water.
• Zhan Wujiu, Zhan Meifang, Bolangte, Qiu Youshan, Crimson Dragon, and Thorn Turtle prepared to head for Snake Island, believing the human cultivators had been driven there.
• Fleeing sea demons reached Crimson Dragon and told him that a terrifying poison had destroyed nearly all of their forces.
• Crimson Dragon and the others flew toward Snake Island, where they found the sea black with poison and heard the dying demons below.
• Crimson Dragon learned that only a few thousand of the millions of sea demons remained and vowed to tear Ji Wuchang apart.

Du Weiwei and the others were overwhelmed by venomous snakes and eighth-tier giant pythons deep within Snake Island, and Du Beibei was bitten, poisoned, and reduced to her Primordial Spirit. As Du Weiwei struggled to protect her and urged Yang Lujia and Yang Jiamang to flee, Zhao Weiwang arrived with Senior Qin to help.

• Yang Jiamang lost a foot to an eighth-tier giant python, and the four companions tried to retreat as the snakes swarmed them.
• An eighth-tier giant python bit Du Beibei in half and knocked her into the snake pit, where venomous snakes repeatedly bit her.
• Du Beibei fled deeper into the island in a panic, and an eighth-tier giant python destroyed her physical body.
• Du Weiwei rescued Du Beibei's Primordial Spirit and fought off the giant pythons while telling Yang Lujia and Yang Jiamang to escape.
• Zhao Weiwang called out that he and Senior Qin had come to help Du Weiwei.

Ji Wuchang entered Venomous Snake Island in concealment and discovered that Zhan Wujiu, Crimson Dragon, and their forces had arrived. After Ji threatened Crimson Dragon over the poisoned sea demons, Crimson Dragon charged deeper into the island, leaving Liu Cigui and Du Weiwei's group facing fewer enemies.

• Ji Wuchang flew deeper into Venomous Snake Island while Thousand Poison Venerable left to collect venom, and he spotted Liu Cigui, Du Weiwei, and their companions safe.
• Ji Wuchang found a beautiful, snake-free stretch of the island, then sensed Zhan Wujiu and the Nine Nether Lineage approaching and turned back.
• Zhan Wujiu, Crimson Dragon, and several thousand sea demons confronted Liu Cigui and the others, while Crimson Dragon demanded that Ji Wuchang come out.
• Ji Wuchang's hidden voice warned Crimson Dragon that he had poisoned millions of sea demons and threatened to poison the waters near Crimson Dragon Island.
• Zhan Wujiu and Bolangte urged Crimson Dragon to stay and fight, and Crimson Dragon transformed into a flaming dragon and led the sea demons deeper into the island.
• Liu Cigui, Du Weiwei, and their companions breathed easier as the sea demons left and the imbalance in strength diminished.

Ji Wuchang and his allies used Venomous Snake Island’s venomous snakes and a surprise attack to target Bolangte. Bolangte was buried beneath a collapsed mountain peak, grievously wounded.

• A black-robed figure played a flute, rousing the venomous snakes on Venomous Snake Island to attack Zhan Wujiu, Bolangte, and the others.
• Zhan Wujiu and his allies fought the snakes while Liu Cigui led Du Weiwei and the others in an attack on the Swift Blade Sect.
• Bolangte used Void Confinement on the black-robed figure, but the figure broke free and attacked him with countless pitch-black flying needles.
• Shangguan Yan struck Bolangte’s throat with a surprise sword attack, and Ji Wuchang followed with an immobilizing technique and a stomp to his head.
• Ji Wuchang struck Bolangte with a coffin, and Thousand Poison Venerable’s final attack left Bolangte grievously wounded beneath the collapsed mountain peak.

Ji Wuchang, Thousand Poison Venerable, and Shangguan Yan teamed up to overwhelm Bolangte with poison, soul attacks, and repeated ambushes. They destroyed his body and devoured the remaining blood mist, killing him for good.

• Bolangte healed from his severe wounds and destroyed Thousand Poison Venerable’s six eighth-rank giant pythons in a few blows.
• Ji Wuchang’s Soul Division clone drew Bolangte’s attention while Shangguan Yan ambushed him and nearly severed his head.
• Ji Wuchang immobilized Bolangte as Thousand Poison Venerable smashed his head with the Heaven-Locking Coffin, and Ji Wuchang’s poison needles began rotting his body.
• Ji Wuchang struck Bolangte’s divine soul with the Thousand Illusions Soul-Shattering Eye, allowing the poison to overwhelm him as Shangguan Yan severed his head again.
• Thousand Poison Venerable smashed Bolangte’s body and head into blood mist, and Ji Wuchang’s Ice and Fire Samsara Palm dispersed most of it.
• Thousand Poison Venerable used the Heaven-Locking Coffin to devour the remaining blood mist, killing Bolangte for good.

After helping kill Bolangte, Ji Wuchang learned nothing of the crisis facing Liu Cigui and the others, who were struggling against Zhan Wujiu’s forces and the venomous snakes. As Crimson Dragon and Thorn Turtle arrived with their sea demons, Ji Wuchang and Shangguan Yan agreed to compete to see who could kill more of them.

• Liu Cigui held off Zhan Meifang and Qiu Youshan while Du Weiwei and Qin Jiujin struggled against Zhan Wujiu, and Zhan Yun blasted Yang Lujia into blood mist.
• Tian Gongming engaged Zhan Yun, giving Yang Lujia time to reform; Yang Lujia, Zhao Weiwang, and Yang Jiamang fled toward the venomous snakes to escape the Swift Blade Sect cultivators.
• Ji Wuchang gave Shangguan Yan Bolangte’s storage ring, and she concealed her face behind a new veil.
• Crimson Dragon and Thorn Turtle arrived with sea demons, furious that Ji Wuchang had tricked them.
• Ji Wuchang sent the Thousand Poison Venerable to help Liu Cigui’s group, then challenged Shangguan Yan to compete in killing the sea demons.
• Ji Wuchang and Shangguan Yan prepared to attack the sea demons’ followers first.

Ji Wuchang killed the Crimson Dragon after it attacked him, using his Soul Annihilation Technique to destroy its beast soul. Ji Yaoyao urged him to spare the dragon so he could subdue it and gain the support of the powerful Crimson Dragon Clan.

• Ji Wuchang and Shangguan Yan slaughtered more than two hundred seventh-tier sea demons.
• The Crimson Dragon and Thorn Turtle attacked Ji Wuchang and Shangguan Yan, and Ji Wuchang decapitated the Crimson Dragon with the Blood Wave Sword.
• Ji Wuchang absorbed the Crimson Dragon's flames and formed his Soul Annihilation Technique while the dragon threatened him with the wrath of its clan.
• Ji Wuchang drove the Soul Annihilation Spike into the Crimson Dragon's beast soul, leaving it close to shattering.
• Ji Yaoyao asked Ji Wuchang to spare the Crimson Dragon, explaining that its royal lineage could make it a powerful ally if subdued.

Ji Wuchang subdued Crimson Dragon and turned the sea demons against Zhan Wujiu and Qiu Youshan. With Thousand Poison Venerable and the others gaining the upper hand, Ji Wuchang poisoned the two enemies and left them terrified as their flesh began to decay.

• Ji Wuchang spared Crimson Dragon in exchange for its submission, marked its beast soul, and made it his mount.
• Shangguan Yan struggled against Thorn Turtle, then vanished after Ji Wuchang signaled her while the sea demons gathered around him.
• Thousand Poison Venerable killed Zhan Yun and several Nine Nether Lineage experts, then overwhelmed Zhan Wujiu and Qiu Youshan as Liu Cigui fought Zhan Meifang.
• Zhan Wujiu welcomed Crimson Dragon and Thorn Turtle, but the two sea demons attacked him and Qiu Youshan instead.
• Ji Wuchang struck Zhan Wujiu and Qiu Youshan with flying needles, and they realized his poison formula was making their flesh decay.

Ji Wuchang and Thousand Poison Venerable defeated the Zhan Clan and Nine Nether Lineage forces, but Zhan Meifang escaped through a jade token. Ji Wuchang captured Zhan Wujiu and Qiu Youshan’s Primordial Spirits in the Myriad Souls Banner and killed the remaining Swift Blade Sect members.

• Ji Wuchang told Zhan Wujiu and Qiu Youshan that their allies had killed a Supreme Realm Sixth Level cultivator, then watched as their poisoned bodies began to rot.
• Zhan Meifang blasted Liu Cigui away and tried to flee, but an enormous coffin struck her into the snake nest.
• Zhan Meifang used a jade token to withstand Liu Cigui’s saber and the coffin, then escaped through a void passage.
• Ji Wuchang trapped Zhan Wujiu’s Primordial Spirit with Threefold Space and sent it into the Myriad Souls Banner, while Thousand Poison Venerable captured Qiu Youshan’s Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang killed the remaining Swift Blade Sect members, whose Primordial Spirits also entered the Myriad Souls Banner.

Ji Wuchang sent the surviving sea demons and Duandao Association members away, then investigated a field of poisonous flowers on Snake Island with Thousand Poison Venerable. After learning about the snake flowers, he headed back toward Illusory Sea City, aware that a member of the Zhan Clan had escaped.

• Ji Wuchang ordered Crimson Dragon and Thorn Turtle to leave, then sent Liu Cigui and his companions back with Du Weiwei and the remaining Duandao Association members.
• Thousand Poison Venerable returned to the Heaven-Locking Coffin, while Ji Wuchang searched the island for Shangguan Yan and then went to inspect the flower field.
• Thousand Poison Venerable identified the flowers as snake flowers that absorbed spiritual power by day and released poison at night, attracting venomous snakes.
• Thousand Poison Venerable collected petals to make Hundred Flowers Pills and told Ji Wuchang there were likely many more venomous snakes elsewhere on the island.
• Ji Wuchang left Snake Island for Illusory Sea City, reflecting on his gains and the escaped Zhan Clan member.