Master of Divine Power
Chu Feng, a young man from the deep mountains, once known as Bitterleaf, rebels against the bandit organization known as the Gate of Terror and sets out alone across the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Ridges. He unveils a saga of blood and fire in the martial arts world, embarking on the path of mystical cultivation. In the martial realm, heroes arise in droves and talents flourish. In the domain of mystical arts, powerful cultivators from all corners wield their unique abilities, with fortune and peril intertwined. Lone wanderers traverse a thousand miles, deadly assassins emerge from the shadows, enigmatic masters hide their brilliance, and merchant alliances command influence that reaches the heavens. Noble families burn with ambition, imperial dynasties wage both open and covert wars, and ancient sects battle against fate and the elements. Arcane breathing techniques, ghost-catching and soul-refining, curses of light and shadow, the nurturing of venomous insects, illusory arrays and spiritual realms—methods of cultivation encompass all wonders. To wield the power of heaven and earth, to transcend the ordinary and attain sainthood, all is revealed in the hands of the Sage of the Universe.
Master of Divine Power
In the deep of night, thunder rolled endlessly as wind and rain lashed the land.
Halfway up the slopes of Mount Terror, mudslides raged and stones were hurled through the air. A ragged youth in tattered grey robes, after crossing mountains and valleys in desperate flight, had reached this place, only to be blocked by a torrent of floodwater ahead. He could go no further.
His name was Chu Feng—the only one ever to defect from the Gate of Terror for ten days and live.
Yet with floodwaters before him and pursuers behind, Chu Feng found himself in a dire predicament.
“Chu Feng, keep running! Why did you stop?”
A youth with a gilded folding fan and a sullen face stepped closer and closer. “Chu Feng! For the sake of your former status as a menial of our Gate, I’ll give you one last chance. Hand over your sister Xinlian to my elder brother, and I, Xiong Wu, will erase your crimes of arson and betrayal. Refuse, and I’ll let you taste the agony of being skinned and stuffed alive!”
“Chu Feng, be smart! Offer your sister to Young Master Xiong, and you’ll be one of us, free to stride across the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Ridges. Otherwise, you’re less than an ant!”
“Damn it, it’s just your sister! It’s not like we’re sending her to execution—she’ll marry into the Xiong family and want for nothing! Why can’t you give her to Young Master Xiong?”
Behind Xiong Wu, a band of fierce men armed with blades and spears closed in, threatening Chu Feng from all sides.
Chu Feng gazed at this pack of “beasts and birds,” wishing he could plu
