Chapter Summaries

Huo Han was attacked by Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan, who accused him of murdering members of their sects and stealing their treasures. Cheng Wu arrived and declared Huo Han had been framed, but Xue Wu Ya remained determined to search Huo Han’s Cosmic Bag.

• Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan confronted Huo Han and accused him of killing Ancient Demon Sect members and stealing the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass and Sacred Dry Bag.
• Huo Han fought the two God Vener Realm cultivators, but their combined attacks overwhelmed him as Long Cheng, Gu Cangsheng, and Huang Tiankuo watched below.
• A beam shot from a spatial fissure and wounded Old Daoist Bai Xuan, then Cheng Wu emerged and came to Huo Han’s aid.
• Cheng Wu identified Xue Wu Ya as the Blood Demon Sect’s sect master and said Huo Han had not committed the crimes, suggesting someone had used them to frame him.
• Xue Wu Ya rejected Cheng Wu’s explanation and insisted on killing Huo Han and searching his Cosmic Bag for the stolen items.

Cheng Wu and Huo Han fought Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan until Jiang Bei returned aboard the Dusk Ancient Clan’s Divine Void Spirit Boat. After Jiang Bei declared that he had come to kill Huo Han, Xue Wu Ya proposed that they join forces, and Jiang Bei asked whether he could trust him.

• Cheng Wu and Huo Han attacked Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan, and the four God Vener Realm experts battled fiercely above the Dusk Ancient Clan’s plaza.
• Huang Tiankuo and Long Cheng decided to lead the injured survivors toward the hidden passage while the combatants were distracted.
• The Divine Void Spirit Boat burst through a spatial rift, and Huang Tiankuo and Long Cheng realized that Jiang Bei had returned.
• Huo Han recognized Jiang Bei’s Spirit Boat and vowed to avenge himself, while Jiang Bei declared that he had come to kill Huo Han.
• Xue Wu Ya proposed joining forces with Jiang Bei against Huo Han and Cheng Wu, and Jiang Bei asked whether he could trust Xue Wu Ya.

Jiang Bei joined forces with Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan against Huo Han and Cheng Wu, then overpowered and killed Huo Han. The chapter ended with Jiang Bei and Bai Xuan preparing to help Xue Wu Ya defeat Cheng Wu.

• Xue Wu Ya told Jiang Bei that Huo Han had slaughtered members of the Blood Demon Sect and stolen its treasures, and Jiang Bei agreed to join forces with him and Old Daoist Bai Xuan.
• Huo Han attacked Jiang Bei, but Jiang Bei's punch sent the injured Divine Venerable flying and left him horrified by Jiang Bei's strength.
• Old Daoist Bai Xuan struck Huo Han with his whisk, and Jiang Bei followed with a punch that smashed him into a crater, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Jiang Bei ignored Huo Han's threats about the Divine Hall and beheaded him with the Vast Void Heavenly Blade before Cheng Wu could intervene.
• Jiang Bei agreed to help Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan finish off Cheng Wu.

Jiang Bei, Xue Wu Ya, and Old Daoist Bai Xuan killed Cheng Wu, but discovered Huo Han’s Cosmic Bag held neither the Sacred Dry Bag nor the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass. Jiang Bei revealed he had the stolen treasures and attacked the two survivors, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Jiang Bei, Xue Wu Ya, and Old Daoist Bai Xuan overwhelmed Cheng Wu, and Jiang Bei killed him with the Vast Void Heavenly Blade.
• Xue Wu Ya secretly ordered Old Daoist Bai Xuan to help ambush Jiang Bei after retrieving Huo Han’s Cosmic Bag.
• Old Daoist Bai Xuan found that the bag contained neither his Sacred Dry Bag nor Xue Wu Ya’s Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass.
• As Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan turned toward Jiang Bei, Jiang Bei stabbed Xue Wu Ya and slashed Old Daoist Bai Xuan, gravely wounding both.
• Jiang Bei revealed the three stalks of Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass and the Sacred Dry Bag, confirming that he had been the one who stole them.

Jiang Bei revealed that he had manipulated Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan, then killed them both and collected the four God Vener Realm experts’ Cosmic Bags. He discovered a shattered jade pendant bearing Cheng Wu’s life aura, then presented the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass to Long Cheng and Huang Tiankuo as the means to save Long Zhenhai.

• Jiang Bei admitted that he had killed Ancient Demon Sect members, taken their treasures, and used Xue Wu Ya and Old Daoist Bai Xuan to help eliminate Huo Han and Cheng Wu.
• Xue Wu Ya attacked Jiang Bei in despair, but Jiang Bei cut him apart with the Vast Void Heavenly Blade and killed him.
• Jiang Bei beheaded Old Daoist Bai Xuan, leaving all four God Vener Realm experts who came to the Dusk Ancient Clan dead, and collected their Cosmic Bags.
• Jiang Bei found a shattered jade pendant beside Cheng Wu’s corpse and sensed Cheng Wu’s life aura within it.
• Huang Tiankuo, Long Cheng, and the others thanked Jiang Bei for saving them, and Jiang Bei gave them the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass to save Long Zhenhai.

Jiang Bei saved Long Zhenhai with the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass, then persuaded the Dusk Ancient Clan to flee to the God Realm before the Divine Hall could retaliate. Cheng Tianhai learned of Cheng Wu’s death and set out for the Tiannan Realm, where several powerful figures soon arrived at the clan’s ruined square.

• Jiang Bei pulled the five Life-Extinguishing Nails from Long Zhenhai and used the Thousand Lives Returning Soul Grass to restore his life force.
• Jiang Bei warned that Cheng Wu’s father, Divine Hall Elder Cheng Tianhai, would seek revenge, and proposed that the Dusk Ancient Clan relocate to the God Realm.
• Huang Tiankuo agreed to evacuate the clan, and he ordered the Elders to gather its essential treasures, manuals, and inheritances.
• Cheng Tianhai learned that Cheng Wu’s soul plaque had shattered, seized the messenger, and rushed toward the Tiannan Realm to find his son’s killer.
• Several powerful figures arrived at the shattered Dusk Ancient Clan’s square, though they were not from the Divine Hall.

The Zuo Family arrived at Dusk Plaza and found four dead God Vener cultivators, including Cheng Wu and Huo Han. Zuo Songtao blamed Jiang Bei for the deaths, and when Cheng Tianhai arrived in fury, the Zuo Family persuaded him that Jiang Bei was responsible and had also killed their own Elder.

• Zuo Chenyuan and Zuo Songtao searched the ruined Dusk Plaza and confirmed that Jiang Bei was gone and four God Vener cultivators were dead.
• Zuo Songtao identified Huo Han and Cheng Wu among the corpses and concluded that Jiang Bei would be blamed for their deaths.
• Cheng Tianhai arrived with a Divine Hall deacon, saw Cheng Wu's head, and accused the Zuo Family of killing his son.
• Zuo Songtao denied the accusation and claimed Jiang Bei had killed the four cultivators, describing him as a powerful Sacred Hall disciple.
• Zuo Songtao pointed to Xue Wu Ya's corpse and claimed Jiang Bei had killed the Zuo Family Elder as well, while Zuo Chenyuan and the others pretended to grieve.

Zuo Songtao persuaded Cheng Tianhai to join forces against Jiang Bei while secretly planning to use him as a weapon against Jiang Bei and Huang Su. Jiang Bei returned to the God Realm, hid his allies in Cang City, and realized he needed more Merit Points to face the powerful Cheng Tianhai.

• Zuo Songtao convinced Cheng Tianhai that Jiang Bei had killed Cheng Wu and secured Cheng Tianhai's promise to pursue him with a Sound Transmission Jade.
• Zuo Songtao told Zuo Chenyuan that he intended to use Cheng Tianhai to draw Huang Su away and help kill Jiang Bei.
• Jiang Bei brought the Dusk Ancient Clan, Vast Void Dragon Clan, and Tianyao Alliance to Cang City, splitting them among three locations before returning to the Sacred Hall.
• Jiang Bei investigated Cheng Tianhai and learned that he was a powerful Divine Hall punishment overseer and Cheng Wu's protective father.
• Jiang Bei checked his Merit Points, found he remained far short of the amount needed to upgrade the Great Evolution Canon, and planned to seek suitable missions at the Task Hall.

Jiang Bei searched for a high-merit task while the Sacred Hall prepared an expedition to the Barren Domain against the Abyss Clan. With an injured Heavenly Saint Disciple leaving the roster one member short, Qi Jun recommended Jiang Bei as his replacement, sparking a fierce debate among the Elders.

• Jiang Bei failed to find a suitable task and heard disciples say the Heavenly Saint Disciples were being recalled to fight the Abyss Clan in the Barren Domain.
• Huo An told He Daoxuan that only nineteen Heavenly Saint Disciples could depart because Zuo Yuchuan was too badly injured.
• He Daoxuan insisted the operation required at least twenty disciples and proposed selecting an ordinary disciple if no Heavenly Saint Disciple could fill the vacancy.
• Qi Jun recommended Jiang Bei, citing his victory over Zuo Yuchuan despite their difference in cultivation.
• Elder Zhao opposed Jiang Bei's selection because he was only in the Divine Realm, while Qi Jun and a pot-bellied Elder defended him as a capable candidate.

He Daoxuan appointed Jiang Bei to fill the missing place among the Heavenly Saint Disciples on a dangerous mission to the Barren Domain, making the trip his test for possible promotion. After agreeing to go, Jiang Bei researched the Abyss Clan and learned how it originated from humans who cultivated an evil technique that absorbed the resentment of corpses.

• He Daoxuan settled the Elder Council’s dispute by ordering Jiang Bei to join the Barren Domain expedition and making his performance a test for promotion to Heavenly Saint Disciple.
• Huo An informed Jiang Bei that he had been chosen to fill the team’s vacancy, and Jiang Bei accepted the dangerous mission in hopes of earning Merit Points and rewards.
• Huo An told Jiang Bei to assemble at the plaza before the hall at noon two days later and warned him to prepare for the dangers ahead.
• Jiang Bei went to the Scripture Repository to study the Abyss Clan before departing for the Barren Domain.
• Jiang Bei learned that the Abyss Clan began when a human founder cultivated an evil technique that absorbed corpse resentment, attracting followers who later formed the clan.

Jiang Bei learned more about the Abyss Clan and searched the Treasure Pavilion for a talent useful against them, choosing Undead Absorption. Before his trip to the Barren Domain, Huang Su gave him a Divine Concealment Pearl and urged him to return alive.

• Jiang Bei read that the Abyss Clan cultivated through resentment and settled in places filled with corpses, but realized Ten Thousand Qi Blessing could not use that resentment.
• Jiang Bei searched the Treasure Pavilion’s beast pills and found the Soul Extinguishing Beast Pill, which would grant Undead Absorption.
• Jiang Bei spent 2,000 Merit Points to buy the pill, hoping to refine undead near the Abyss Clan and strengthen himself.
• Huang Su visited Jiang Bei and warned him about the dangers of the Barren Domain and the Abyss Clan.
• Huang Su gave Jiang Bei a Divine Concealment Pearl that could hide his figure and aura, and told him to return alive.

Jiang Bei refined the Soul Extinguishing Beast Pill and prepared to join the Sacred Hall’s expedition to the Barren Domain, while Huang Su promised to protect the relocated Dusk Ancient Clan. At the plaza, Wu Yufeng confronted Jiang Bei over Zuo Yuchuan, but three Elders intervened before the two could fight.

• Jiang Bei told Huang Su that the Dusk Ancient Clan had relocated to Cang City, and Huang Su promised to protect them while warning Jiang Bei about the Divine Hall.
• Jiang Bei refined the Soul Extinguishing Beast Pill, gaining the Undead Absorption talent, and two days later went to the Sacred Hall’s plaza for the Barren Domain expedition.
• Jiang Bei met Wu Yufeng, a Peak Divine Venerable Realm Heavenly Saint Disciple, who challenged his place in the expedition and accused him of injuring Zuo Yuchuan.
• Jiang Bei refused to back down, and Wu Yufeng erupted with killing intent and raised his hand to strike.
• Wang Kuo, Qi Jun, and Lin Yongnian arrived and reprimanded Wu Yufeng for provoking a fellow Sacred Hall disciple before the expedition.

The Sacred Hall elders led Jiang Bei and nineteen disciples into the Barren Domain, where they received assigned treasures before settling in Shangli City. Jiang Bei discovered his Immortal Elder Jade had been tampered with, and suspected the hidden negative effect might have been aimed specifically at him.

• Wang Kuo reprimanded Wu Yufeng, then led the disciples aboard Qi Jun's Spirit Boat toward the Barren Domain.
• After two days of travel, Lin Yongnian announced that the group would rest in Shangli City before beginning their operations the next day.
• Wang Kuo distributed named brocade boxes from the Elder Council, forbidding the disciples from exchanging their treasures.
• Fan Chao welcomed the group to Shangli City and reported that Abyss Clan raids had terrorized the surrounding region.
• Jiang Bei opened his box, found an Immortal Elder Jade, and wore it after reading that it could aid recovery and guard the mind.
• Jiang Bei's Mirror Reversal talent activated, revealing that the jade's hidden negative effect had been reversed; he suspected someone had tampered with it and planned to watch the other disciples.

After the battle in the Barren Domain, Jiang Bei upgraded the Great Evolution Canon and broke through to Minor God Vener, while worrying about the powerful enemies and Wang Kuo still threatening him. Back at the Sacred Hall, he received 3,000 Merit Points and was formally promoted to Heavenly Saint Disciple.

• Qi Jun and Lin Yongnian mourned Jin Hong, Cui Ming, and Liu Yun, acknowledged that Wu Yufeng's exposure had removed a threat, and led the group back to the Sacred Hall.
• Jiang Bei spent 6,000,000,000,000 Merit Points to upgrade the Great Evolution Canon and broke through to Minor God Vener.
• Jiang Bei considered the Abyss Clan, the Divine Hall, the Zuo Family, and Wang Kuo threats he would still need to face.
• After the Spirit Boat returned to Tianheng City, Jiang Bei found that his identity token had been credited with 3,000 Merit Points.
• Qi Jun reminded Jiang Bei of the Elder Council's promise, and the Registration Hall formally promoted him to Heavenly Saint Disciple.

Huang Su learned that Wu Yufeng had been an Abyss Clan spy and that everyone involved in the Barren Domain battle had died. Suspecting Jiang Bei had caused the enemies to turn on one another, he confronted him privately, and Jiang Bei admitted it.

• Huang Su told Chen Xu he had earned an opportunity to enter the Cangtian Waterfall but planned to give it to someone he considered more deserving.
• Chen Xu told Huang Su that Wu Yufeng had been the Abyss Clan's Young Master and had killed fellow disciples before a mysterious person killed everyone in the cave.
• Huang Su rushed to Jiang Bei's residence after hearing the report and asked whether Wu Yufeng had truly been an Abyss Clan spy.
• Jiang Bei confirmed the report and admitted that he had arranged for Cheng Tianhai and Zuo Songtao to fight Wu Yufeng and the Abyss Clan.

Jiang Bei told Huang Su how he had killed the enemies in the Barren Domain and exposed Wang Kuo as the traitor who had tampered with his Immortal Elder Jade. Huang Su gave Jiang Bei a Cangtian Token to enter the Cangtian Waterfall, and Jiang Bei set off to endure its dangerous training.

• Jiang Bei confessed to Huang Su that he had used the tampered Immortal Elder Jade to lead Cheng Tianhai and Zuo Songtao to Wu Yufeng, where he killed them and the Abyss Clan elites.
• Jiang Bei revealed that Zuo Songtao had identified Wang Kuo as the person who planted a tracking secret art in the jade for the Zuo Family.
• Huang Su promised to remember Wang Kuo's betrayal and gave Jiang Bei a Cangtian Token, urging him to train beneath the Cangtian Waterfall.
• Jiang Bei asked about the Dusk Ancient Clan and the Vast Void Dragon Clan, and Huang Su assured him they were safe in Cang City.
• Jiang Bei reached Cangtian Cliff and presented the token to its elderly guardian, who warned him that abandoning the waterfall's painful tempering could badly injure or kill him.
• Jiang Bei entered the cloud-covered path to the waterfall, while the old man wondered whether Huang Su had given up his long-held desire for revenge.

Jiang Bei endured his first day of tempering beneath the Cangtian Waterfall, and his body grew stronger. Meanwhile, Wang Kuo and Zuo Dai suspected Jiang Bei had killed their allies and plotted to eliminate Huang Su by targeting Jiang Bei’s acquaintances in Cang City.

• Jiang Bei sat beneath the Cangtian Waterfall and used his spiritual power to withstand its crushing force.
• After a day of tempering, Jiang Bei’s pain eased and his body began to develop a golden sheen and denser strength.
• Wang Kuo told Zuo Dai that Jiang Bei had disappeared before the final rendezvous in the Barren Domain and might have engineered the deaths of Cheng Tianhai and Zuo Songtao.
• Wang Kuo revealed that Huang Su had given Jiang Bei his hard-won opportunity to train at the Cangtian Waterfall, and the two suspected Huang Su knew Jiang Bei’s secrets.
• Wang Kuo and Zuo Dai learned that Jiang Bei’s acquaintances had been found in Cang City and planned to use them to eliminate Huang Su while Jiang Bei remained in secluded cultivation.

Gu Cangsheng told Huang Su that the Dusk Ancient Clan, the Vast Void Dragon Clan, and the Tianyao Alliance had been captured, and Huang Su went alone to Stone Buddha Valley to save them. There, he confronted Zuo Huaigu and Wang Kuo, and the three began a fierce battle.

• Huang Su reflected on giving Jiang Bei the Cangtian Waterfall opportunity and resolved to settle his affairs before seeking an answer for Tong'er.
• Gu Cangsheng arrived at Huang Su's estate and reported that the Dusk Ancient Clan, the Vast Void Dragon Clan, and the Tianyao Alliance had been captured.
• Huang Su learned that the kidnappers demanded he come alone to Stone Buddha Valley, and he refused Zhuang Xu's suggestion to alert Jiang Bei.
• Huang Su reached Stone Buddha Valley and discovered that Zuo Huaigu had arranged the trap, while Zuo Huaigu accused Jiang Bei of killing Zuo Songtao.
• Wang Kuo arrived and joined Zuo Huaigu in confronting Huang Su, who refused the Bone-Melting Pill and attacked them.
• Zuo Huaigu and Wang Kuo counterattacked, and a great battle erupted in Stone Buddha Valley.

Huang Su defeated Zuo Huaigu and Wang Kuo, but Zuo Huaigu summoned three demonic Peak God Kings and their forces, leaving Huang Su surrounded as battle erupted. After three days of tempering beneath Cangtian Waterfall, Jiang Bei emerged transformed and set out to thank Huang Su.

• Huang Su overpowered Wang Kuo and Zuo Huaigu in Stone Buddha Valley, sending both crashing into the surrounding ruins.
• Zuo Huaigu called in Qin Lu, Guo Yunting, Yue Tunhai, and more than twenty demonic-path fighters, who surrounded Huang Su.
• The four Peak God Kings and their allies attacked Huang Su, who charged into the battle despite being outnumbered.
• After three days at Cangtian Waterfall, Jiang Bei emerged with greatly enhanced physical strength and divine consciousness while remaining at Minor Refinement of the Divine Venerable Realm.
• Jiang Bei left the waterfall to find Huang Su and thank him.

After emerging from the Cangtian Waterfall, Jiang Bei learned that Huang Su had sacrificed decades of effort to secure his chance there, then discovered that Huang Su and the clans at Cang City had been kidnapped. He rushed alone to Yangjiao Ridge, where the captives were being drained of their life force for the Zuo Clan Ancestral Hall's Dengling Great Law.

• The old man told Jiang Bei that Huang Su had spent decades earning his Cangtian Waterfall opportunity before giving it to him, and urged Jiang Bei to help Huang Su overcome his obsession.
• Jiang Bei returned to the Sacred Hall, where Zhuang Xu and Gu Cangsheng reported that Huang Su, Huang Tiankuo, Long Cheng, and the others had been captured and that Lord Gao had vanished after going to meet their kidnappers.
• Jiang Bei suspected the Elder Council might be involved, rejected Zhuang Xu's plea to seek help, and flew alone toward Yangjiao Ridge.
• At Yangjiao Ridge, thousands of captives were bound to stakes as scarlet threads drained their blood essence and life force into the black-robed Zuo Clan Eldest Young Master.
• Zuo Huaigu stopped Qin Lu from approaching the altar, warning that any disturbance could disrupt the Eldest Young Master's cultivation of the Dengling Great Law.