Chapter Summaries

The Longevity Sect’s statue crushed Qing Liu and Li Xiangya before dissolving under Wu Ming’s supreme resentful demon blood. Ji Wuchang devoured Li Xiangya’s Primordial Spirit, and Zhen Yaotian refused the Flowing Cloud Sect’s demand to withdraw peacefully, leaving the factions on the brink of battle.

• The statue struck Qing Liu and Li Xiangya, leaving Qing Liu gravely weakened and shattering Li Xiangya’s body.
• Wu Ming used his last drop of supreme resentful demon blood to dissolve the statue, which threw its hammers before breaking apart.
• Ji Wuchang appeared beside Li Xiangya’s Primordial Spirit and devoured it before Li Pei could stop him.
• Li Pei demanded that Zhen Yaotian return Li Xiangya’s Primordial Spirit in exchange for the Flowing Cloud Sect’s withdrawal.
• Zhen Yaotian refused and declared that the Longevity Sect would fight rather than let its enemies leave unpunished.

Wu Ming summoned three Soul Splitting Realm Eighth Level cultivators and a boy whose power rose to the Six Spirits Realm Fifth Level, threatening the Longevity Sect. When the Great Saber Pavilion arrived, the sect’s disciples learned that Zhao Zhen was serving the boy, and their relief turned to fury.

• Wu Ming crushed a jade slip, summoning three masked Soul Splitting Realm Eighth Level cultivators and a boy who was greeted as their lord.
• Ji Yaoyao warned Ji Wuchang that a Supreme's split soul inside the boy intended to possess him, and Ji Wuchang eagerly anticipated devouring it.
• The boy demanded the Longevity Sect surrender and raised his cultivation to the Six Spirits Realm Fifth Level, prompting Zhen Nanfeng to summon two statues that forced back his pressure.
• The Great Saber Pavilion arrived on an enormous saber, and the Longevity Sect's disciples initially celebrated its arrival as reinforcements.
• Zhao Zhen hurriedly apologized to the boy for arriving late, revealing the Great Saber Pavilion served him and filling the Longevity Sect with fury.

Zhen Yaotian used Zhen Miaoqing’s jade slip to summon a Supreme’s power, killing Zhao Zhen and the boy, whose split soul entered Ji Wuchang. Ji Wuchang devoured the split soul and rapidly formed a nascent soul, then prepared to kill everyone who had attacked the Longevity Sect.

• The Longevity Sect disciples cursed the Great Saber Pavilion for betraying them, while Zhao Sandao and the boy demanded the sect’s surrender.
• Zhen Yaotian crushed Zhen Miaoqing’s jade slip, releasing a golden sword that killed Zhao Zhen and pierced the boy.
• The boy’s body exploded, and his split soul fled into Ji Wuchang’s forehead.
• Ji Wuchang’s Divine Soul Dao Platform devoured the split soul, greatly strengthening his soul power and forming a nascent soul.
• After reassuring Meng Caihong that he was unharmed, Ji Wuchang vowed to kill everyone who had come to attack the Longevity Sect and asked Yaoyao to lend him her power.

Ji Wuchang absorbed a split soul’s power and surged to the Six Spirits Realm, then slaughtered the invading experts who had attacked the Longevity Sect. As the sect launched its counterattack, he continued hunting his enemies for their Fortune Points.

• Ji Wuchang’s cultivation rose to the Six Spirits Realm First Level, and he told the Longevity Sect leaders he would fight for the sect.
• Ji Wuchang killed Wu Ming and three other Soul Splitting Realm experts, absorbing their Primordial Spirits and earning Fortune Points.
• Zhen Nanfeng ordered the Longevity Sect disciples to attack the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall, Great Saber Pavilion, and Flowing Cloud Sect.
• Ji Wuchang killed Qing Liu with Heart-Treading Steps and absorbed her Primordial Spirit.
• Ji Wuchang appeared beside Li Pei and shattered his internal organs with a palm strike.

Ji Wuchang and the Longevity Sect defeated the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall, the Flowing Cloud Sect, and the Great Saber Pavilion, then prepared to seize the rival sects’ wealth. The Longevity Sect emerged as the sole ruler of Boyun Province.

• Ji Wuchang killed Li Pei, destroyed the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall’s flying boat, and split the Flowing Cloud Sect’s flying boat with his sword.
• Zhen Yaotian rejected Zhao Sandao’s plea for mercy and fought him, while Zhen Nanfeng and Ji Wuchang slaughtered the enemy forces.
• Ji Wuchang used a final sword strike to kill over a hundred fleeing enemies, gaining fortune points before his borrowed power faded.
• Zhen Yaotian killed Zhao Sandao, and the Longevity Sect pursued the fleeing enemies until the battle ended.
• Zhen Yaotian and Zhen Nanfeng led flying boats toward the Great Saber Pavilion and Flowing Cloud Sect to destroy them and claim their wealth.
• The Longevity Sect became the sole ruler of Boyun Province.

After the Longevity Sect’s victory, Ji Wuchang confronted Pei Yuanqing, who later died after passing his cultivation to Huang Wanqiu. Ji Wuchang confessed to Meng Caihong that he had killed An Kexin, then left the sect with Cai Ping to venture into the wider world.

• Pei Yuanqing asked Ji Wuchang whether he was responsible for the events in Mountain-Breaking Town, and Ji Wuchang admitted he had overheard Pei Yuanqing’s conversation with the man there.
• News of Ji Wuchang’s battle spread through the Longevity Sect, whose disciples hailed him as their eldest senior brother; Zhen Nanfeng and Zhen Yaotian returned with the sect’s gains, and the sixth elder was reported missing.
• Pei Yuanqing died after transferring his cultivation to Huang Wanqiu, raising her to the Purple Mansion Realm sixth level; Ji Wuchang visited Spirit Sword Peak to offer incense.
• The Longevity Sect promoted Zhou Yuan to grand elder and appointed Huang Wanqiu as its eighth elder to oversee Spirit Sword Peak.
• Ji Wuchang told Meng Caihong that he had killed An Kexin because she intended to kill him, and Meng Caihong accepted his decision and urged him to return if he grew weary of traveling.
• Zhen Yaotian gave Ji Wuchang one hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and Ji Wuchang and Cai Ping departed as the Longevity Sect’s members gathered to see them off.

Ji Wuchang, Cai Ping, and Tian Shuang discussed Jiangchuan Province’s factions and the city of Jiang He as they prepared for their journey. Ji Wuchang tested Tian Shuang’s knowledge of the destroyed Jiangchuan Pavilion, while privately knowing who had destroyed it.

• Tian Shuang said the Tiger-Leopard Beast could eventually reach the fifth tier, and Cai Ping offered to take it to the Longevity Sect.
• Ji Wuchang asked Tian Shuang how far Jiang He City was and had him describe Jiangchuan Province’s major factions and their rivalries.
• Tian Shuang explained that Jiang He City was protected by the Jiangchuan Saber King and attracted rogue cultivators, merchants, and visitors.
• Ji Wuchang asked about the Jiangchuan Pavilion, and Tian Shuang said it had been destroyed and that the Saber King was searching for its culprit.
• Ji Wuchang smiled, knowing who had destroyed the Jiangchuan Pavilion.

Ji Wuchang and his companions arrived in Jiang He City, where he gained ten years of cultivation in the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps and went to register for the Three Provinces Arena Trial. He and Cai Ping met the requirements, and Master Chen began assessing them.

• Ji Wuchang checked in at Jiang He City and used his ten years of cultivation to improve the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps.
• Jin Enting and Li Junxia arrived in Jiang He City, still recovering from their sects' destruction by the Longevity Sect.
• Ji Wuchang and his companions learned that registration was being held at the Jiangchuan Saber Academy, where applicants without Yunchuan Academy tokens would have to wait for a later selection.
• Ji Wuchang and Cai Ping presented their Yunchuan Academy tokens and entered the academy while Tian Shuang waited outside.
• Master Chen assessed Ji Wuchang as nineteen with Foundation Establishment Realm Seventh Layer cultivation and Cai Ping as twenty-four with Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer cultivation, declaring both eligible to register.

Ji Wuchang and Cai Ping planned to visit Jiang He City's famous attractions, including the full-moon Jiang He Statue and Paradise Street, where they could gamble on spirit-stone roughs. After cultivating, Ji Wuchang accepted Ji Yaoyao's offer to join the Ji Clan in exchange for the chance to learn its Great Sun Divine Fist.

• Ji Wuchang and Cai Ping received registration tokens numbered thirty-six and thirty-seven, while Jin Enting and Li Junxia registered as numbers thirty-eight and thirty-nine.
• Tian Shuang told Ji Wuchang and Cai Ping about the Jiangchuan Saber Academy's sentient Supreme-Grade Spirit Weapon and the Jiang He Statue's potential inheritances.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to visit the Jiang He Statue with Cai Ping on the full-moon night and to explore Paradise Street the next day.
• Ji Wuchang rested, then cultivated the purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art as he prepared to face the threat of a Supreme Realm cultivator.
• Ji Wuchang agreed to join the Ji Clan under Ji Yaoyao's lenient terms, accepting her offer of instruction in the Great Sun Divine Fist.

Ji Yaoyao taught Ji Wuchang the Great Sun Divine Fist, and Ji Wuchang wagered that he could grasp its basics within three days to win a heaven-tier sword technique from her. Ji Yaoyao accepted, while Ji Wuchang planned to use a sign-in opportunity to prove his claim.

• Ji Wuchang agreed to Ji Yaoyao's terms and accepted instruction in the Great Sun Divine Fist.
• Ji Yaoyao transmitted the fist technique and explained that she had spent twenty years grasping its basics and had cultivated only its fifth punch.
• Ji Wuchang boasted that he could grasp the basics within two or three days and wagered his Heart-Treading Steps against a heaven-tier sword technique.
• Ji Yaoyao accepted the wager, confident that Ji Wuchang would lose, then withdrew into the storage ring.
• Ji Wuchang celebrated the wager and resolved to find a good place to sign in so he could grasp the fist technique within two days.

Ji Wuchang and his companions visited Paradise Street, where Cai Ping lost most of his money buying a rough stone. Ji Wuchang then agreed to work with Ji Yaoyao, who could inspect the stones, and entered Elegant Stone Pavilion to search for valuable ones.

• Ji Wuchang examined a rough stone outside a shop but put it down after judging its price too high, while Cai Ping bought one for two hundred low-grade spirit stones.
• The shopkeeper cut open Cai Ping’s stone and revealed a shriveled first-tier White Silkworm, which Cai Ping sold for nine low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Yaoyao offered to cooperate with Ji Wuchang, saying she could inspect what was inside the rough stones, and he agreed to split their finds equally.
• Ji Wuchang brought Tian Shuang and Cai Ping into Elegant Stone Pavilion, where the three looked over its larger, more valuable rough stones.
• Ji Wuchang set his sights on the enormous rough stone in the center of the shop.

Ji Wuchang used Ji Yaoyao’s ability to sense what was inside raw stones and bought several valuable finds, including a Soul Pearl and a supreme-grade spirit weapon. He left Paradise Street eager to open his purchases, while Cai Ping lost his money on an empty stone.

• Ji Wuchang felt an enormous raw stone, learned it held a mid-grade ice-attribute spirit weapon, and refused to buy it because of its high price.
• Ji Wuchang examined more than twenty stones as Ji Yaoyao identified their contents, then bought a stone containing a Soul Pearl for twenty-six thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Wuchang bought another stone containing three Fire Spirit Pearls for twenty-one thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Yaoyao discovered a supreme-grade spirit weapon inside a fifty-two-thousand-spirit-stone raw stone, and Ji Wuchang bought it without hesitation.
• Cai Ping bought a raw stone for one thousand low-grade spirit stones, found it empty, and left Paradise Street with Ji Wuchang and Tian Shuang.

Ji Wuchang opened the four rough stones he had bought, revealing several valuable treasures and a supreme-grade spirit weapon. Meanwhile, Mo Bingyuan learned that Ji Wuchang had already bought a stone he believed contained a high-grade spirit weapon, leaving the Elegant Stone Pavilion’s Huang Yun distraught over its low sale price.

• Mo Bingyuan returned to the Elegant Stone Pavilion to inspect a rough stone, then learned Ji Wuchang had bought it and concluded it likely contained a high-grade spirit weapon.
• Ji Wuchang opened one rough stone and found a palm-sized piece of supreme-grade warm yang jade, which he wore as a pendant.
• Ji Wuchang opened another rough stone and found three large Fire Spirit Pearls, then found a Soul Pearl inside the third.
• Ji Wuchang sent the Soul Pearl and one Fire Spirit Pearl to Ji Yaoyao’s storage ring before carefully cutting open the final rough stone.
• Ji Wuchang revealed that the final stone contained a supreme-grade spirit weapon, shocking Tian Shuang and Cai Ping.

Ji Wuchang reunited with Li Gubei by the river, where they agreed to compete for insights from the submerged statue. Ji Wuchang repaid Li Gubei for his earlier help by giving him a Fire Spirit Pearl, which helped him break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm ninth layer.

• Ji Wuchang failed to probe the murky riverbed and spotted Li Gubei arriving with his two Dao protectors.
• Li Gubei greeted Ji Wuchang, and Ji Wuchang introduced him to Tian Shuang and Cai Ping as the young sect master of the Clear Wind Sect.
• Li Gubei proposed that he and Ji Wuchang compete to gain insights from the statue, with a thousand low-grade spirit stones as the stake.
• Ji Wuchang gave Li Gubei a Fire Spirit Pearl in return for the Vajra Vine Li Gubei had once provided him.
• Li Gubei swallowed the Fire Spirit Pearl and broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm ninth layer.

As Li Gubei tempered his body with the Fire Spirit Pearl’s remaining power, Ji Wuchang and the others gathered to witness a strange statue rise from the river. Ji Wuchang formed the statue’s seal and entered a vision that taught him the powerful technique “Grinding Yin and Yang,” leaving him with its cultivation formula.

• Li Gubei used the Fire Spirit Pearl’s remaining fire-attribute spiritual power to temper his body instead of breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm First Stage.
• Jin Enting, Li Junxia, Xiao Xueqing, and Xiao Xuan watched Ji Wuchang from afar as the crowd awaited Yunchuan Academy’s recruitment.
• A whirlpool opened in the river, and a towering black statue of an old man with one blue eye and one black eye rose from the water.
• Ji Wuchang formed the hand seal he saw on the statue and used his soul power to enter a mysterious state.
• An old man demonstrated “Grinding Yin and Yang,” using a vast yin-yang millstone to destroy the beasts in Ji Wuchang’s soul consciousness.
• The millstone burst into runes that branded the cultivation formula for “Grinding Yin and Yang” into Ji Wuchang’s sea of soul consciousness.

Ji Wuchang gained the Grinding Yin and Yang formula and thirty years of cultivation from checking in beside the river statue, then concealed his comprehension while Li Gubei earned public recognition for grasping saber intent. Back at the courtyard, Ji Wuchang used twenty years of cultivation to reach initial mastery of the Great Sun Divine Fist and began advancing toward minor mastery.

• Ji Wuchang checked in beside the river statue and received thirty years of cultivation and thirty Fortune Points.
• As the statue sank into the lake, Li Gubei told Ji Wuchang he had comprehended saber Qi and saber intent, while Ji Wuchang concealed his own gains and paid him a thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• The Jiangchuan Saber King praised Li Gubei and invited him to seek a gift after passing Yunchuan Academy's assessment.
• Ji Yaoyao questioned Ji Wuchang about the power she had sensed and wagered a mid-grade heaven-tier sword technique that he could not attain initial mastery of the Great Sun Divine Fist.
• Ji Wuchang spent twenty years of cultivation on the Great Sun Divine Fist, attaining initial mastery and progressing toward minor mastery.

Ji Wuchang absorbed a surge of heat that raised his cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer and helped him reach the introductory level of the Great Sun Divine Fist. On the day of Yunchuan Academy’s selection, he arrived at Jiang He Square and learned about the fierce competition and the candidates’ hopes of later entering Jiangshan Academy.

• A sudden heat overwhelmed Ji Wuchang, who used the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art and his five-element grotto-heavens to absorb it as his cultivation rose to the Foundation Establishment Realm Ninth Layer.
• Sun marks appeared on Ji Wuchang’s palms, revealing that he had reached the introductory level of the Great Sun Divine Fist, and Ji Yaoyao briefly emerged from his storage ring in astonishment.
• After recovering, Ji Wuchang checked his system panel, kept his accumulated cultivation unused, and decided to save it for advancing the Great Sun Divine Fist.
• Ji Wuchang and his two companions went to Jiang He Square for Yunchuan Academy’s selection and met Li Gubei among the crowd.
• Li Gubei told Ji Wuchang that 160 people had registered, including powerful candidates from Lingtai Province, and explained that many hoped to use Yunchuan Academy as a path to Jiangshan Academy.

Ji Wuchang learned that Jiang Hao of Lingtai Province, a powerful Purple Mansion Realm genius, had entered the Three Provinces Arena Trial and saw him arrive. Yunchuan Academy announced its thirty admissions and the elimination-match format, leaving Ji Wuchang poised to test himself against Jiang Hao.

• Li Gubei warned Ji Wuchang that Jiang Hao of Lingtai Province had reached the Purple Mansion Realm third level and could kill opponents far stronger than himself.
• Ji Wuchang greeted Jin Enting and Li Junxia, while Jin Enting recalled his past defeat to Ji Wuchang and realized how much Ji Wuchang had advanced.
• Jiang Hao arrived with dozens of followers, and Li Gubei identified him as the feared genius Ji Wuchang hoped to challenge.
• Three Six Spirits Realm experts arrived above the square, including the Jiangchuan Saber King.
• A Yunchuan Academy representative announced that thirty of the 160 registered participants would be admitted through three elimination rounds.

Ji Wuchang faced the Lingtai Province cultivator Jiang Chun in the selection’s elimination round after Jiang Chun threatened and mocked him. Ji Wuchang provoked Jiang Chun into attacking, and the chapter ended as Jiang Chun unleashed a powerful saber slash.

• Zhang Ming and Liu Fei won their opening matches, while Wang Chang and Bai Pu were thrown from the platforms.
• After more than thirty matches, Ji Wuchang was called to fight Jiang Chun, and Li Gubei wished him luck.
• Jiang Chun threatened Ji Wuchang and boasted that he would defeat him in ten moves, while spectators recognized Jiang Chun’s Purple Mansion Realm cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang told Jiang Chun to kneel and kowtow or risk losing his life, enraging him.
• Jiang Chun roared and swung his saber at Ji Wuchang with a strike powerful enough to rival an attack from a Purple Mansion Realm second-layer cultivator.

Ji Wuchang defeated Jiang Chun with a brutal display, crippling him before Jiang Hao could intervene. After the Jiangchuan Saber King declared him the winner, Ji Wuchang claimed his spoils and left Jiang Hao seething with murderous intent.

• Ji Wuchang dodged Jiang Chun's saber strike and broke his fist with a Wind and Thunder Fist before severing his right arm.
• Ji Wuchang kicked Jiang Chun into Jiang Hao's incoming punch, and the Jiangchuan Saber King intervened, saving Jiang Chun while sending Jiang Hao flying.
• The Jiangchuan Saber King discovered that Jiang Chun's dantian had been destroyed and handed him to Jiang Hao, who threatened Ji Wuchang with death in a later match.
• Ji Wuchang challenged Jiang Hao to fight immediately, while Xiao Xueqing, Jin Enting, Li Junxia, and Li Gubei reassessed his strength.
• The Jiangchuan Saber King declared Ji Wuchang the winner, and Ji Wuchang took Jiang Chun's storage ring and saber as spoils.