Chapter Summaries

As Dongyao City’s defenders faced annihilation, Zheng Qifan and Shen Zhiqin’s forces overwhelmed Pei Xiu, Zhou Yunnan, Wen Shiqing, Cheng Poyue, and Xiao Zhantian. Just as Pei Xiu and Zhou Yunnan were about to be killed, Jiang Bei emerged from seclusion with a tremendous aura.

• Pei Xiu, Zhou Yunnan, Wen Shiqing, Cheng Poyue, and Xiao Zhantian charged beyond the city formation and fought to halt the enemy’s assault.
• Zheng Qifan appeared, struck Pei Xiu, and revealed himself as a Half-step Reincarnation Realm expert serving Shen Zhiqin.
• Zheng Qifan ordered the attack, and the five defenders were surrounded and gravely wounded by his forces and several Creation Immortal leaders.
• Zheng Qifan sent Pei Xiu and Zhou Yunnan flying, leaving them exposed to a hundred elite soldiers’ weapons.
• A powerful aura erupted from Dongyao City, immobilizing the attackers, and Wen Shiqing recognized that Jiang Bei had emerged from seclusion.

Jiang Bei returned to Dongyao City with the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber and annihilated Shen Zhiqin’s attacking forces, including Half-Step Reincarnation Zheng Qifan. After treating the wounded, Jiang Bei led the group back to the City Lord’s Mansion, aware that Shen Zhiqin’s forces posed a greater threat ahead.

• Jiang Bei emerged from the City Lord’s Mansion and killed more than five hundred enemy soldiers and several Creation Immortal leaders with two saber strikes.
• Zheng Qifan recognized the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber as a Supreme Dao Emperor Weapon, while Wen Shiqing realized Jiang Bei had passed the ancient sage’s trial and received the inheritance.
• Jiang Bei defeated Zheng Qifan, severed his arm, and killed him with a final upward slash after threatening to take Shen Zhiqin’s head.
• Jiang Bei treated Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and Pei Xiu, who had been injured in the battle.
• Jiang Bei carried the wounded group back to the Dongyao City Lord’s Mansion.

Jiang Bei obtained the Ancient Saint's inheritance and used the complete Yin-Yang Reincarnation Scripture to break through to the Reincarnation Immortal realm. Shen Zhiqin learned that Jiang Bei had destroyed his army and planned to lure him into the Divine Punishment Mountain array using Qin Tianhong and the others, but Qin Tianhong tried to kill himself to protect his disciple.

• Wen Shiqing learned that Jiang Bei had passed the Ancient Saint's trial and acquired a Supreme Dao Emperor Weapon and the complete Yin-Yang Reincarnation Scripture.
• Jiang Bei spent 1.2 billion Merit Points to enhance the scripture and broke through to the Reincarnation Immortal Minor Refinement realm.
• A messenger told Shen Zhiqin that Jiang Bei had killed Zheng Qifan and wiped out the army with his Supreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
• Shen Zhiqin realized Jiang Bei had obtained the Ancient Saint's inheritance and ordered his Senior Elder to prepare the Divine Punishment Absolute Array.
• Shen Zhiqin brought Qin Tianhong, Fan Chen, Lin Feng, Lu Xuewei, Yun Yao, and Old Mo into the hall and planned to use them as bait to lure Jiang Bei to Divine Punishment Mountain.
• Qin Tianhong broke part of his restraint, denounced Shen Zhiqin, and tried to smash his head against a pillar rather than become bait for Jiang Bei.

Shen Zhiqin brutalized Qin Tianhong and used him and Old Mo as bait to lure Jiang Bei to Divine Punishment Mountain. Jiang Bei received Qin Tianhong’s severed arm and a message revealing the trap, leaving his allies furious and shaken.

• Shen Zhiqin stopped Qin Tianhong from killing himself, ordered soldiers to beat him, and planned to keep him alive for the journey to Divine Punishment Mountain.
• Shen Zhiqin told Old Mo that his role in saving Qin Tianhong made him useful as bait to draw Jiang Bei into a deadly trap.
• The next day, Xiao Zhantian brought Jiang Bei a box from Shen Zhiqin, and Jiang Bei opened it with a dragon’s roar.
• Jiang Bei and his allies found Qin Tianhong’s severed arm inside the box, and Jiang Bei erupted with fury.
• Jiang Bei read Shen Zhiqin’s message, and Pei Xiu tried to rush to the Tianyao Alliance before Zhou Yunnan stopped him from walking into a trap.
• Wen Shiqing said the message showed Shen Zhiqin intended to drag everyone connected to Jiang Bei into hell, leaving Cheng Poyue demanding to know what it said.

Jiang Bei learned that Shen Zhiqin planned to lure him and his allies into the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array on Divine Punishment Mountain while holding his master and others hostage. He rejected an immediate assault and considered stealing the formation disk, but Wen Shiqing explained why that would not save the hostages, leaving Jiang Bei to search for another way to break the deadlock.

• Wen Shiqing revealed that Shen Zhiqin demanded Jiang Bei bring the ancient saint's inheritance to Divine Punishment Mountain in two days or he would kill the hostages one by one.
• Wen Shiqing explained that Shen Zhiqin had the formation disk for the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array, a killing formation capable of destroying even Reincarnation Immortals.
• Jiang Bei realized Shen Zhiqin intended to lure him into the array and kill him and his allies, while the others debated whether to fight or wait.
• Jiang Bei said he would not storm the mountain or attack Tianyao Alliance immediately, and asked everyone to give him time to find a way to save the hostages.
• Jiang Bei asked Wen Shiqing whether seizing the formation disk could turn the situation around, but Wen Shiqing explained that Jiang Bei would have to escape the array with the hostages and trap his enemies before they overwhelmed him.
• Jiang Bei fell silent as he realized that taking the formation disk alone would not resolve the danger to the hostages.

With the deadline to face Shen Zhiqin at Divine Punishment Mountain looming, Wen Shiqing and Jiang Bei traveled to the Qingyang Domain to seek help from Liang Tiankuo and Feng Hai. Liang Tiankuo refused to intervene, citing the overwhelming forces awaiting them and revealing that Feng Hai had already pledged himself to Shen Zhiqin.

• Pei Xiu lost his temper as the alliance failed to find a way to rescue Qin Tianhong and the others or break Shen Zhiqin’s trap.
• Wen Shiqing proposed asking Liang Tiankuo and Feng Hai for help, and Jiang Bei offered to accompany him, using Pei Xiu’s Thousand Illusions Mask to conceal his identity.
• Jiang Bei and Wen Shiqing reached Changtian Sect in two hours, where Liang Tiankuo welcomed Wen Shiqing as an old friend.
• Wen Shiqing explained that Shen Zhiqin had reactivated the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array and was forcing Jiang Bei into a deadly confrontation.
• Liang Tiankuo refused to help, warning that Shen Zhiqin had gathered numerous powerful experts and that the Devil Master had recovered his peak strength.
• Liang Tiankuo revealed that Feng Hai had already bowed to Shen Zhiqin and pledged himself to him.

Wen Shiqing and Jiang Bei failed to secure support from Changtian Sect, while Feng Hai had joined Shen Zhiqin. Just as their allies lost hope ahead of the confrontation at Divine Punishment Mountain, Lu Yuan, the personal guard of Wancang Prefecture’s Gao Wanfeng, arrived in Dongyao City, and Wen Shiqing believed he had come to help them.

• Liang Tiankuo told Wen Shiqing that Feng Hai had defected to Shen Zhiqin and urged him to flee rather than face the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array.
• Wen Shiqing and Jiang Bei returned to Dongyao City, where Wen reported that Feng Hai had joined Shen Zhiqin and Liang Tiankuo would remain neutral.
• Pei Xiu, Zhou Yunnan, Cheng Poyue, and Xiao Zhantian despaired over their lack of reinforcements before the coming confrontation.
• Lu Wu reported that Lu Yuan of Wancang Prefecture had arrived and requested to see Wen Shiqing and Jiang Bei.
• Wen Shiqing recognized Lu Yuan as Gao Wanfeng’s personal guard and excitedly declared that Gao had sent help, leaving Jiang Bei and the others astonished.

Wen Shiqing revealed that Gao Wanfeng had once nurtured Alliance Leader Gu, and Lu Yuan arrived in Dongyao City claiming to have crushed Shen Zhiqin’s rebellion and rescued the hostages. Jiang Bei refused to leave with Lu Yuan that night, and after the carriage departed, his expression turned cold.

• Wen Shiqing told the group that Alliance Leader Gu had been Gao Wanfeng’s disciple and that Gao had sent Lu Yuan to avenge him and save Dongyao City.
• Jiang Bei and the others went to the city gates, where Lu Yuan announced that he had captured Shen Zhiqin, suppressed his followers, and rescued Qin Tianhong, his disciples, and Old Mo.
• Lu Yuan urged the group to return with him to the Tianyao Alliance, but Jiang Bei argued they should stay to settle Dongyao City’s civilians and aftermath, then travel the next day.
• Lu Yuan agreed to leave without them and departed in his carriage; once it was out of sight, Jiang Bei’s gaze turned cold.

Jiang Bei exposed Lu Yuan’s offer to escort the survivors as a likely trap and planned to face Shen Zhiqin at Divine Punishment Mountain while others escaped. Lu Yuan admitted he expected Jiang Bei to refuse and anticipated his death beneath the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array.

• Jiang Bei explained that Gu’s lost contact with Gao Wanfeng, the Alliance Leader’s final actions, and Shen Zhiqin’s active spies showed Lu Yuan had lied about defeating Shen Zhiqin.
• Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and Pei Xiu realized they had nearly left the Yuxuan Great Formation and suspected Lu Yuan wanted the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber.
• Jiang Bei told Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and Pei Xiu to escort Qin Tianhong, Fan Chen, Lin Feng, Lei Lie, Lu, Yun, Old Mo, and the others away from Divine Punishment Mountain during his trade with Shen Zhiqin.
• Jiang Bei refused to flee with them, saying he would draw Shen Zhiqin and the Devil Master’s attention so the wounded could escape.
• Lu Yuan told his coachman that Jiang Bei had likely seen through his deception and would not go with them, but said there was no need to intervene before the confrontation.
• Lu Yuan revealed that Shen Zhiqin planned to reactivate the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array, also called the Reincarnation Immortal Tomb, to kill Jiang Bei.

As the Holy Dynasty gathered at Divine Punishment Mountain to witness Shen Zhiqin’s plan to use the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array against Jiang Bei, Liang Tiankuo sent Fan Mu to observe the confrontation. Jiang Bei had not yet arrived, and Shen Zhiqin’s allies threatened his captured companions while the Devil Master ordered Feng Hai to attack him first.

• News of the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array’s second activation spread across the Holy Dynasty, drawing crowds toward Divine Punishment Mountain.
• Liang Tiankuo sent Fan Mu to watch from a distance and report what happened to Jiang Bei.
• Fan Mu arrived to find thousands gathered below the mountain, where Shen Zhiqin, the restored Devil Master, and numerous allied Reincarnation Immortals awaited Jiang Bei.
• The gathered spectators speculated that Jiang Bei might be too afraid to come, while the Devil Master and Shen Zhiqin’s allies threatened the kneeling Qin Tianhong and his companions to force Jiang Bei’s arrival.
• The Devil Master accused Feng Hai of possible disloyalty and ordered him to stab Jiang Bei when he arrived, threatening to punish him if he failed.

Shen Zhiqin prepared the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array and mocked his battered prisoners before Jiang Bei arrived at Divine Punishment Mountain with Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, Pei Xiu, Cheng Poyue, and Xiao Zhantian. Facing Shen Zhiqin and the Devil Master, Jiang Bei asked whether their deal was still happening.

• Shen Zhiqin distributed Biejie Shenjing to his allies and revealed that the crystals would protect them only while he controlled the formation disk.
• Shen Zhiqin taunted Qin Tianhong and threatened to kill him alongside Jiang Bei, while Qin Tianhong and the other captives despaired.
• Jiang Bei arrived with his companions as thousands watched, and his allies saw Qin Tianhong and the others beaten and bound.
• Jiang Bei accused Shen Zhiqin of murdering his master and persecuting the Wu Family remnants, prompting Shen Zhiqin to reveal that Jiang Bei had found them and obtained the final Ancient Saint Fragment.
• The Devil Master challenged Jiang Bei over their past fight, but Jiang Bei said he had come to address Shen Zhiqin and asked whether their deal was still on.

Jiang Bei traded the Ancient Saint Fragments for his master and allies’ safe departure, then remained alone to face Shen Zhiqin and the Devil Master. As his friends turned back to help, Shen Zhiqin’s forces sealed Divine Punishment Mountain, leaving Jiang Bei surrounded and demanding the fragments.

• Jiang Bei denied possessing the Ancient Saint inheritance and offered Shen Zhiqin the three fragments in exchange for his captives’ release.
• Shen Zhiqin agreed to let Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and the others escort Qin Tianhong and the injured away while Jiang Bei stayed behind.
• Wen Shiqing and Zhou Yunnan led the group away as Jiang Bei urged them not to look back.
• Pei Xiu, Wen Shiqing, and Zhou Yunnan decided to return for Jiang Bei, but found Shen Zhiqin’s forces encircling Divine Punishment Mountain.
• The Devil Master and Shen Zhiqin concluded Jiang Bei could not escape the sealed area, and Shen Zhiqin demanded that he hand over the fragments.

Jiang Bei was trapped inside the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array and struck by Shen Zhiqin and the array’s deadly streams. As Shen Zhiqin and the Devil Master declared him dead, the Devil Master noticed that Jiang Bei had not bled.

• Jiang Bei threw the three Ancient Saint Fragments away and tried to escape, but Shen Zhiqin’s Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array enclosed the mountain and everyone nearby.
• Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and Pei Xiu attacked the barrier from outside, while Shen Zhiqin ignored them and prepared to demonstrate the array’s power.
• Shen Zhiqin activated the array’s destructive streams, and the Devil Master and Shen Zhiqin struck Jiang Bei as he tried to evade them.
• The streams pierced Jiang Bei’s body, and onlookers and his allies believed he had been killed.
• Pei Xiu furiously battered the barrier while Shen Zhiqin mocked Jiang Bei, but the Devil Master noticed there was no blood on Jiang Bei’s pierced body.

Jiang Bei's spiritual-energy clone was destroyed by the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array, revealing that the Tianyao Alliance had been deceived. When Shen Zhiqin's forces turned to capture Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and Pei Xiu, Jiang Bei returned and used an ancient array disk to reverse the array, trapping his enemies inside as it attacked them.

• The Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array pierced Jiang Bei, but his body burst into spiritual energy, revealing it had been a flawless clone.
• Shen Zhiqin and the Devil Master realized Jiang Bei had tricked them, and Shen ordered his forces to seize Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and Pei Xiu.
• Jiang Bei appeared through a spatial rift, drawing Shen Zhiqin's forces away from the three allies as they charged at him.
• Jiang Bei used an ancient array disk and shouted "Divine Punishment World Annihilation—Reverse!" to seize control of the array.
• The array sealed Shen Zhiqin, the Devil Master, and the other attackers inside, extinguished their Biejie Shenjing barriers, and unleashed deadly crimson streaks upon them.

Jiang Bei used the Disk of Reversal to seize control of the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array and turn it against Shen Zhiqin, the Devil Master, and their allies. The trapped enemies suffered heavy casualties, while Jiang Bei remained solemn as the array continued attacking.

• The Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array fired after the Biejie Shenjing failed, killing several experts inside.
• Jiang Bei revealed the Disk of Reversal and used it to take control of the array, leaving Shen Zhiqin and his allies trapped.
• Shen Zhiqin recognized the Disk of Reversal and explained that it could reverse control of any great array, while the Devil Master demanded to know how to escape.
• Shen Zhiqin said the fully activated array could not be broken from outside and would stop only if its controller shut it down.
• The array killed or wounded more than half of the gathered experts, including Ye Gu, Liu Chuan, and Feng Hai.
• Pei Xiu, Zhou Yunnan, and Wen Shiqing celebrated the reversal, but Jiang Bei remained solemn as he controlled the array.

Jiang Bei’s trap failed when Shen Zhiqin revealed that the figure inside the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array had been a clone, and his true body arrived to confront him. Jiang Bei drew the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber and damaged Shen Zhiqin’s weapon, but Shen Zhiqin answered by unleashing the Five Elements Dharma Wheels.

• Jiang Bei realized Shen Zhiqin inside the formation was behaving strangely, then watched Shen Zhiqin’s clone explode and the true body arrive outside the array.
• Shen Zhiqin attacked Jiang Bei, and Wen Shiqing, Zhou Yunnan, and Pei Xiu charged in to help before Shen Zhiqin blasted them away.
• Jiang Bei blocked Shen Zhiqin and drew the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber, shattering the opponent’s saber in their first clash.
• Shen Zhiqin recognized the Emperor Weapon and accused Jiang Bei of taking Ancient Sage’s inheritance, while Jiang Bei mocked him over the worthless bone fragments.
• Shen Zhiqin summoned the Five Elements Dharma Wheels and formed a killing array against Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei revealed complete Yin-Yang Immortal Power, broke Shen Zhiqin’s Five Elements Dharma Wheels, and severed one of Shen’s hands. A powerful Sullen Man intervened, and Jiang Bei was left fighting both Reincarnation peak experts at once.

• Jiang Bei unleashed Yin-Yang Immortal Power and struck Shen Zhiqin’s reaching hand, destroying his palm and sending him flying.
• Jiang Bei pursued Shen Zhiqin, but an unfamiliar Sullen Man arrived and intercepted his attack with a powerful palm strike.
• The Sullen Man attacked Jiang Bei, who fought back with the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber as their clash shook the surrounding mountains.
• The Sullen Man called Shen Zhiqin into the fight, and the two Reincarnation peak experts joined forces to besiege Jiang Bei.
• Jiang Bei continued fighting both experts head-on as their battle devastated the sky and the land below.

Jiang Bei unleashed his dragon power, overwhelmed Shen Zhiqin and the Sullen Man, and killed Shen Zhiqin with a slash. As the Sullen Man tried to escape, a hidden attacker struck Jiang Bei from the shattered void, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jiang Bei revealed dragon patterns and a dragon phantom, causing his strength and aura to surge.
• Jiang Bei wounded Shen Zhiqin with the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber and blasted the Sullen Man into a mountain wall with a punch.
• Jiang Bei pursued Shen Zhiqin and split him in two with a slash, killing him.
• The Sullen Man opened a spatial rift and tried to flee while Jiang Bei gave chase.
• A hidden attacker struck Jiang Bei's saber with a withered hand from the shattered void, then sent another hand toward his chest.

Jiang Bei drove back a mysterious gray-robed elder but learned the elder had secretly planted something inside him and demanded he go to Yellow Maple Valley in seven days. Meanwhile, the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array killed the Devil Master and the last of Shen Zhiqin’s forces, leaving Jiang Bei victorious as witnesses departed to spread the news.

• Jiang Bei clashed with the gray-robed elder, who proved overwhelmingly powerful and allowed the sullen man to escape through a spatial crack.
• The elder told Jiang Bei that he had planted a hidden “fresh toy” inside him and ordered him to meet at Yellow Maple Valley in seven days before vanishing.
• Jiang Bei searched his body with divine sense but found no foreign energy, seal, or restriction, and grew uneasy about the elder’s warning.
• Trapped in the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array, the Devil Master raged and repeatedly attacked the barrier, triggering even more destructive streams.
• The array’s destructive streams killed the Devil Master and the two remaining Reincarnation Immortals, wiping out Shen Zhiqin’s forces.
• Witnesses praised and feared Jiang Bei, then left Divine Punishment Mountain to spread news of the battle across the Holy Dynasty.

Jiang Bei discovered that Shen Zhiqin had survived by shedding his golden garment like a cicada, despite the victory at Divine Punishment Mountain. News of Jiang Bei’s triumph spread throughout the Holy Dynasty, while Liang Tiankuo learned that Shen Zhiqin and his forces had been wiped out.

• Jiang Bei noticed that Shen Zhiqin had earned no Merit Points and realized the enemy might still be alive.
• Shen Zhiqin’s corpse and robe vanished, leaving a golden garment that Jiang Bei suspected had let him escape with the sullen man.
• Jiang Bei took Shen Zhiqin’s Five Elements Dharma Wheels and golden garment, then returned to the Tianyao Alliance with Wen Shiqing and the others.
• News of the battle spread across the Holy Dynasty, making Jiang Bei’s name known throughout the land.
• Liang Tiankuo lamented that he had not risked the Changtian Sect to help Old Gu, until Fan Mu revealed that Shen Zhiqin and his forces had been killed.