Chapter Summaries

Ji An broke through to the Thunderfire Dao Domain and used its power to defeat the corridor’s trials, ultimately drawing blood from the black-haired monster. After reaching the great hall, he was named the fifth master of the Water Manor.

• Under life-or-death pressure, Ji An comprehended the Thunderfire Dao Domain and destroyed all eighty-one golden-armored heavenly soldiers.
• Ji An used his domain to overwhelm nine Xiantian Dao Soldiers, shattering their formation and reducing them to ash.
• Ji An collected the corridor’s remaining treasures and faced a black-haired monster who said he could pass by injuring him and drawing blood.
• Ji An concentrated his Thunderfire Domain into a sword strike that wounded the monster, freeing him; the monster called Ji An his new master and urged him to refine the Immortal Manor.
• Ji An reached the great hall, where an old black ox congratulated him on becoming the fifth master of the Water Manor.

Ji An received the Star-Seizing Manor’s Communication Talisman from the black ox and gained the Sun-Moon Radiance Buddha visualization method and the Divinefiend Blood-Refinement Art. When he began visualizing the Buddha, the silver book Universe disrupted the image and caused him to visualize Qie Qiong instead, leaving Ji An wondering what the change meant.

• Ji An asked the black ox about the immortal estate and learned its history, its limits, and that he could invite his blood brother to challenge the trials.
• The black ox gave Ji An a Communication Talisman and painted him the Sun-Moon Radiance Buddha image for a visualization method.
• The black ox taught Ji An the Divinefiend Blood-Refinement Art, and Ji An completed its ritual to refine the Universe sword with his blood.
• The black ox sent Ji An back to the island in Winged Serpent Lake, where Ji An began practicing Inner Contemplation of the Sun-Moon Radiance Buddha.
• Universe released silver light, shattered the Buddha’s forming phantom, and made Ji An visualize Qie Qiong, an adult version of himself wearing Silver Battle Armor and holding a Star Compass.

Ji An completed the visualization method, awakened Divine Sense, and reunited with his worried family after they learned the jade sword had gone out of their range. He revealed that he had slain the Winged Serpent and comprehended a thunder-and-fire Dao Domain, then offered to demonstrate his strength against Ji Yichuan.

• Ji An visualized the silver-armored phantom, strengthening his soul and awakening Divine Sense.
• At the Ji Clan West Prefecture, Ji Yichuan lost his sense of the jade sword and feared Ji An had vanished into danger or ruins; he set out with Yuchi Xue and Ji Ning for Winged Serpent Lake.
• Ji An saw his family approaching on the Azureflame Bird, remembered the jade sword, and went to meet them across the lake.
• Ji An reassured his family, revealed that he had slain the Winged Serpent, and explained that he had lured it onto shore to fight it.
• Ji An told his family he had comprehended the thunder-and-fire Dao Domain and demonstrated it, astonishing them with his claim that his strength rivaled a peak Violet Palace Cultivator.
• Ji An asked Ji Yichuan to spar so he could show how much stronger he had become.

Ji An revealed the strength of his Thunderfire Dao Domain by overwhelming Ji Yichuan in a spar, then shared treasures from a hidden place and learned about Yuchi Xue’s hidden injury and the Snow Dragon Mountain disciple responsible for it. He promised to find a way to save his mother and eventually make the culprit answer for what he did.

• Ji An admitted he had special methods for identifying Ji Yichuan’s Violet Palace cultivation, and Ji Yichuan invited him to spar after they returned to the estate.
• Ji An used his Thunderfire Domain to suppress Ji Yichuan’s sword techniques, astonishing Yuchi Xue and Ji Ning before Ji Yichuan praised his strength as comparable to Violet Palace Complete.
• Ji An gave Ji Yichuan numerous storage treasures to refine, revealing they contained nearly ten thousand magic treasures, and presented the Inner Contemplation of the Sun-Moon Radiance Buddha.
• Ji An noticed Yuchi Xue’s hidden injury and asked about it, prompting Ji Yichuan to explain that Yuchi Shan had died protecting their family and that a Snow Dragon Mountain disciple had caused her injury.
• Ji An promised to deal with the Snow Dragon Mountain disciple, whose grandfather was a Primordial Spirit Daoist, and told Yuchi Xue to wait while he found a way to save her.

Ji An persuaded Yuchi Xue to cultivate a visualization method to help her survive, then gave Ji Ning a secret art for forging blood-refined weapons. Two years later, Ji An became a Violet Palace godfiend and Ji Ning reached the Xiantian godfiend realm, leaving Ji An ready to travel after handling one more matter.

• Ji An gave Yuchi Xue the Inner Contemplation of the Sun-Moon Radiance Buddha visualization method, and she agreed to cultivate it in hopes of easing her hidden injuries.
• Ji An gave Ji Ning the Divinefiend Blood-Refinement Art and persuaded Ji Yichuan to keep the specialized inheritance out of the clan treasury.
• After two years of cultivation, Ji An drew power from the Lunar Star and Solar Star and broke through to the seventh layer of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram.
• Ji Ning comprehended the True Meaning of the Dao of thunder and fire, then broke through to the Xiantian godfiend realm on the same day as Ji An.
• Ji An sensed Ji Ning's breakthrough and prepared to leave Yan Mountain to gain experience, though he still had one matter to settle first.

Ji An announced that he would leave Yan Mountain to train, then visited the Water Manor after reaching the Violet Palace level. The estate spirit showed him the halls he could enter and explained their trials and opportunities, and Ji An chose to explore the Stars Hall first.

• At dinner, Ji An told Ji Yichuan, Yuchi Xue, and Ji Ning that he planned to leave Yan Mountain and train elsewhere.
• Ji Yichuan warned Ji An to beware of people and schemes, while Yuchi Xue urged him to stay cautious and Ji Ning asked him to return safely.
• The next morning, Ji An used the Communication Talisman to enter the Water Manor at Winged Serpent Lake and met the yellow bear estate spirit.
• The yellow bear led Ji An through the Treasure Hall, Divine Ability Hall, War God Hall, and Stars Hall, explaining what he could access and the dangers and opportunities each held.
• After the yellow bear vanished, Ji An told the old black bull that he wanted to enter the Stars Hall.

Ji An entered the Water Manor’s Stars Hall and, through sudden enlightenment, greatly advanced his comprehension of the Dao of Sharp Metal and other Daos. In the Treasure Hall, he found no suitable remedy for his mother and chose the Three Talents Demon-Slaying Sword Formation instead.

• Ji An read the first two volumes of Stars and entered a state of Dao comprehension beneath the stars.
• Ji An’s sword practice revealed the Dao of Sharp Metal, which advanced to the Dao Domain level alongside his improved Thunderfire comprehension.
• Ji An and the old black ox returned to the Treasure Hall, where the great yellow bear offered him his first Human Rank treasure selection.
• Ji An searched the treasure catalogue for a mild healing pill for his mortal mother but found none.
• Ji An chose the top-grade Human Rank Three Talents Demon-Slaying Sword Formation, and three swords descended from above.

Ji An chose the second level of the War God Hall and defeated a Myriad Phenomena Godfiend through his Dao Domains, swordsmanship, and evasive movement. He declined to attempt the third level and went with the giant yellow bear to the Treasure Hall, where he began considering higher-grade treasures before visiting the Divine Ability Hall.

• Ji An stored the Three Talents Demon-Slaying Sword in its nurturing case and chose to visit the War God Hall before the Divine Ability Hall.
• The giant yellow bear explained the War God Hall’s rules, and Ji An chose its second level rather than risk the third.
• Ji An evaded the Xiantian Godfiend’s attacks and combined his Sharp Metal and Thunderfire Dao Domains to wear it down.
• Ji An used Heaven and Earth Shift and a powerful sword strike to pierce the Godfiend’s brow and defeat it.
• Ji An declined to challenge the third level and traveled with the giant yellow bear to the Treasure Hall, where he saw a selection of higher-grade treasures.

Ji An chose the Void-Escaping Boat and entered the Divine Ability Hall’s trial, where he fought through waves of increasingly powerful warriors. After killing more than a hundred thousand, he deliberately let them defeat him so the Star Seizing Hand would remain available for Ji Ning, then emerged from the trial without explaining his choice.

• Ji An selected the Void-Escaping Boat, which the yellow bear said could help him escape even a Primordial Spirit Daoist under the right conditions.
• Ji An entered the Divine Ability Hall trial despite the yellow bear urging him to wait, and chose a longsword before the warriors appeared.
• Ji An used his Sharp Metal and Thunderfire domains to slaughter successive waves of warriors, then fought them with Windwing Evasion and his sword as they grew stronger.
• After slaying more than a hundred thousand warriors, Ji An decided he had reached the threshold for the second divine ability and left the Star Seizing Hand for Ji Ning.
• Ji An stopped resisting and let the warriors kill him; the yellow bear was astonished when Ji An reappeared outside the hall and offered no explanation.

Ji An declined the Water Manor’s first divine ability and inherited the Thunder God Eye, then learned more about its origins and the ancient godfiends behind it. After returning to the Ji Clan, he told Ji Ning to enter the Water Manor when he reached the required cultivation level and departed to gain experience.

• Ji An told the great yellow bear he would not take the first divine ability and recommended someone else as a more suitable successor.
• Ji An climbed the inheritance altar and received the Thunder God Eye, then manifested its First Tribulation and learned how its three stages worked.
• The great yellow bear explained the origins of the two figures Ji An had seen and described the different origins of godfiends.
• Ji An asked the great yellow bear to prepare a trial for a future Xiantian Godfiend who cultivated the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, then returned to the Ji Clan.
• Ji An told Ji Ning to enter the immortal manor at Winged Serpent Lake after reaching the sixth stage of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram and peak Xiantian realm, and said he would return in eight years.

Ji An left the Ji Clan West Prefecture for Anchan City, carrying plans to find a cure for his mother and pursue greater cultivation. On the road, two cultivators ambushed him, and he revealed the Thunder God Eye to kill one and confront the other.

• Ji An gave Ji Ning his Thunderfire Scripture and urged him to keep cultivating the Dripping Water Scripture.
• Ji An bid farewell to his parents and departed by boat, planning to capture Dong Qi, Yu Dong, and Shui Yi and find an immortal pill to cure his mother.
• While traveling toward Anchan City, Ji An decided to cultivate before joining the Raindragon Guard and planned to sell the Three Talents Demon-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Daoist Yunsong asked Ji An for a lift, then joined a red-robed Wanxiang Adept in ambushing him aboard the boat.
• Ji An evaded their attacks, killed Daoist Yunsong instantly with the Thunder God Eye, and faced the red-robed cultivator after he used Law of Heaven and Earth.
• Ji An fired three purple-gold bolts at the transformed red-robed cultivator, who answered with a magic-treasure-covered fist.

Ji An killed the red-robed cultivator with the Thunder God Eye and found a copy of Law of Heaven and Earth among his spoils. After mastering the divine ability during his journey, Ji An arrived in Anchan City and headed for Heavenly Treasure Mountain.

• Ji An evaded the red-robed cultivator’s giant fist and killed him with three bolts of Thunder God Eye lightning, then collected his and Daoist Yunsong’s storage treasures.
• Ji An broke open the storage treasures and found Essence Liquid, a magic treasure, and a manual for Law of Heaven and Earth among the red-robed cultivator’s belongings.
• Ji An studied Law of Heaven and Earth during the month-long journey to Anchan City and saw how the ability could help him reach the combat strength needed to join the Yinglong Guard.
• Ji An entered Anchan City after paying the entrance fee and read about its districts, then made his way toward Heavenly Treasure Mountain in the western district.
• A Xiantian Lifeform greeted Ji An at the foot of Heavenly Treasure Mountain and offered to guide him for five high-grade essence stones.

Ji An sold the Three Talents Demon-Slaying Sword Formation and other spoils at Heavenly Treasure Mountain for 275 jin of elemental liquid. After Venerable Profound Fire realized Ji An had likely killed the formidable Redflame Old Devil, he warned his disciple not to underestimate him and sent for a more powerful accomplice to intercept him.

• Lin Feng guided Ji An through Heavenly Treasure Mountain to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in the Fifth Heaven Realm.
• Venerable Profound Fire appraised Ji An’s Three Talents Demon-Slaying Sword Formation and bought it for 200 jin of elemental liquid.
• Ji An sold Daoist Yunsong’s belongings and the red-robed cultivator’s treasure banner and other items for another 75 jin of elemental liquid.
• After Ji An left, Venerable Profound Fire grew greedy and ordered Zhao Qian to contact Jinchenzi and arrange to intercept him.
• Zhao Qian offered to pursue Ji An himself, but Venerable Profound Fire rebuked him and identified the sold banner as Redflame Old Devil’s lifebound treasure, warning that Ji An had likely killed its former owner.

Ji An read the Sinful Deeds Ranking, recognized the Crimson Flame Old Demon, and detected Venerable Profound Fire tracking him before heading to the Red Dragon Mountain Range to join the Yinglong Guard. After settling on Guest-Welcoming Peak, he discovered that Jinchenzi had followed him there and found his house.

• Ji An studied the wanted criminals in the Sinful Deeds Ranking and noted the bounty on the Crimson Flame Old Demon.
• Ji An sensed a late-Wanxiang pursuer, identified the aura as Venerable Profound Fire, and led him out of Anchan City toward the Red Dragon Mountain Range.
• Ji An arrived at Guest-Welcoming Peak, said he had come to join the Yinglong Guard, and learned the rules for prospective recruits.
• Ji An chose an empty wooden house and began cultivating the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram while waiting for the trial.
• Jinchenzi arrived on Guest-Welcoming Peak disguised as an early Wanxiang cultivator and located Ji An's house.

Ji An joined the Raindragon Guard trial and was sent with ninety-nine other cultivators to the Prison Mountain Great Marsh, where they had to survive for three months and return with a Myriad Phenomena greater demon’s head. After setting out alone in the Void-Escaping Boat, Ji An heard someone urgently call for him to wait.

• Jinchenzi decided that Ji An’s elemental liquid and flying boat made him a valuable target.
• The silver-haired elder checked the cultivators’ backgrounds and confirmed Ji An had reached the seventh level of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, then offered him a chance to delay the trial; Ji An refused.
• The silver-haired elder gave the cultivators Communication Talismans and sent them through a teleportation array to the Prison Mountain Great Marsh, explaining the trial’s conditions.
• Two hemp-robed elders explained the marsh’s four iron rules, and the cultivators scattered to hunt for Myriad Phenomena greater demons.
• Ji An chose to travel alone in the Void-Escaping Boat, but an unseen pursuer called, “Young friend Ji An, please wait!”

Ji An and Jinchenzi joined forces to hunt demons in the Prison Mountain Great Marsh, each secretly planning to kill the other and take his treasures. They killed the Azure-Scaled King together, and Jinchenzi began preparing to turn on Ji An.

• Jinchenzi caught up with Ji An and proposed they hunt demons together, and Ji An accepted while concealing his suspicions.
• Ji An showed off the Void-Escaping Boat as they traveled, while both men probed each other and hid their greed.
• Ji An and Jinchenzi scouted the Azure-Scaled King's mountain and found the demon king feasting with his followers.
• Jinchenzi attacked the Azure-Scaled King with nine flying swords, while Ji An used his Fiendgod form and Thunderfire Dao Domain to suppress him.
• Jinchenzi's nine swords pierced the Azure-Scaled King's chest, and Ji An's thunderfire destroyed the demon king's life force.
• Jinchenzi celebrated the victory inwardly and began plotting to kill Ji An and seize his Void-Escaping Boat and Essence Liquid.

Ji An killed Jinchenzi and spent the next three months hunting Demon Kings in the Prison Mountain Great Marsh, earning the name Void Sword Demon. After completing his trial and gathering enough spoils to support a breakthrough, he returned to the Yinglong Guard base, where only a small number of participants had survived so far.

• Ji An used Heaven and Earth · Distance-less and the Universe Sword to kill Jinchenzi, then took Jinchenzi’s storage treasure and nine flying ice swords.
• Venerable Profound Fire discovered that Jinchenzi’s life jade plaque had shattered and feared Ji An, realizing his junior apprentice-brother had likely been killed.
• Ji An collected Azure-Scaled King’s head and planned to hide in the Great Marsh until the trial period ended.
• Three months later, Ji An appeared beside Green Blade King and killed him before Blackfang King and Blood-Eyed Demon King could intervene, then escaped in the Void-Escaping Boat.
• Ji An counted the spoils from eight Myriad Phenomena experts and headed back to the Yinglong Guard base after the trial ended.
• Ji An returned to the base and found only eleven Immortal cultivators there, with more than ten participants still unaccounted for.

Ji An and the other twenty-nine survivors passed the trial and officially became Yinglong Guards. After learning about the Guard’s privileges and vast resources, none of the newcomers joined the Inner Guard, while Yu Lan Daoist recognized Ji An’s exceptional strength and steadfast Dao heart.

• The thirty surviving cultivators returned to the Red Dragon Mountain Range, where Yu Lan Daoist verified their Myriad Phenomena greater demon heads and welcomed them as new Yinglong Guards.
• Yu Lan Daoist gave the newcomers books detailing the Guard’s ranks, duties, privileges, and the Inner Guard’s offer of intensive support, but no one accepted the offer.
• Ji An received a Yinglong Guard token and explored the Daoist Repository Palace, where he found the Golden Origin Scripture and calculated how quickly he could earn the merit to obtain it.
• The newcomers toured the Palace’s divine abilities, secret arts, and treasure catalogues, then again declined to join the Inner Guard.
• Yu Lan Daoist recalled her superior’s instructions to recruit Ji An and noted that he had slain the Green Blade King and possessed unusually strong Dao comprehension.

Ji An accepted five high-risk hunting tasks, arranged for a Ying Dragon Guard protection token to be delivered to his clan, and began secluded cultivation in Anchan City. Three months later, Xuanfengzi arrived at the Ji Clan West Prefecture with the token and a letter from Ji An.

• Yu Lan Daoist told the newly inducted Ying Dragon Guards to designate protected territory, and Ji An registered protection for the area around Myriad Swords City.
• Ji An chose five tasks to hunt Wanxiang Complete sinners, then returned to Anchan City and posted a three-month escort task to deliver his clan's protection token to Ji Yichuan.
• Ji An rented Cave Residence A-3 and cultivated in seclusion, aiming to advance the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram to its eighth stage.
• After three months, Xuanfengzi arrived at the Ji Clan West Prefecture and identified himself as the person delivering two items from Ji An.
• Xuanfengzi withdrew his pressure and presented Ji Yichuan with the Ying Dragon Guard token and a letter.

Ji An’s Yinglong Guard token brought the Ji Clan protection across ten thousand li and transformed its standing in Yan Mountain. A year and eight months later, Ji Ning broke through to the sixth stage of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, reaching Xiantian Complete.

• Xuanfengzi delivered Ji An’s letter and Yinglong Guard protection token to Ji Yichuan, revealing that Ji An had passed the trials and joined the Guard.
• Ji Yichuan explained the Yinglong Guard and Anchan Commandery’s supreme powers to Ji Ning, inspiring him to train harder.
• Ji Yichuan brought the token to Ji Jiuhuo, who refined it and hung it above Myriad Swords City’s main gate to protect the Ji Clan’s territory.
• Snow Dragon Mountain’s Yan Mountain outpost recognized the token, reported it to the sect, and restrained its cultivators from provoking the Ji Clan.
• Over the next year and eight months, Yan Mountain’s powers treated the Ji Clan’s territory as forbidden land, while Ji Ning cultivated in seclusion.
• Ji Ning’s aura surged as he reached the sixth stage of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, Xiantian Complete.