Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bei defied the court’s order to withdraw from the five prefectures, vowed to kill the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord, and left the Golden Hall. After Li Yuanfu ordered Yang Ding Tian to suppress the Heavenly Army Division, Jiang Bei realized the policy was already being enforced and rushed to Qingzhou while Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao headed for the Yun Tian River.

• Li Yuanfu condemned Jiang Bei and the Heavenly Army Division for refusing to withdraw, but Jiang Bei declared that he and Duan Qingcang would kill the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord.
• Jiang Bei forced his way out of the Golden Hall, and Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao left with him.
• Cao Xuan warned Li Yuanfu that the Heavenly Army Division’s resistance could provoke the dragon, but Li Yuanfu insisted the five prefectures must be ceded and ordered Yang Ding Tian to crush opposition.
• Yang Ding Tian agreed to go to the Yun Tian River and capture Duan Qingcang, while claiming that Qingzhou had forces capable of dealing with Jiang Bei.
• Jiang Bei concluded that the court had already begun enforcing the policy in the five prefectures and sent Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao to aid Duan Qingcang.
• Jiang Bei used Spatial Force to hurry to Qingzhou, vowing to stop the Da Qian Guards from harming its people.

Jiang Bei returned to Qingzhou and found Da Qian Guards commanders Huo Xiong and Deng Xiao preparing to hand thousands of residents, prisoners, and wounded soldiers over to demons. After Wei Qing tried to stop them and was nearly killed, Jiang Bei arrived and tore Huo Xiong apart, declaring that he would kill every Da Qian Guards lackey who came.

• Jiang Bei sensed that the crisis in Qingzhou had begun and rushed toward the city.
• Wei Qing delivered 2,358 people to Huo Xiong and Deng Xiao as offerings for two demons, while Qingzhou Camp’s injured core generals knelt nearby.
• Wei Qing attacked Huo Xiong and Deng Xiao, but they repelled him and beat him nearly to death.
• Huo Xiong and Deng Xiao told Wei Qing that the court had ordered the sacrifice to appease the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord and dismissed his hopes of help from Duan Tianjun or Jiang Bei.
• Wei Qing refused to submit and charged Huo Xiong, who moved to kill him.
• Jiang Bei appeared, tore Huo Xiong apart, and vowed to kill every Da Qian Guards lackey who came.

Jiang Bei arrived in Qingzhou, killed the two Da Qian Guards commanders and two demon saints, and rescued the people from the Guards. After condemning the court’s decision to surrender five prefectures, he set out for the Yun Tian River to kill the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord.

• Jiang Bei appeared in the plaza and killed Huo Xiong and Deng Xiao after they enforced the court’s national policy.
• Jiang Bei killed the bear demon and tiger demon when they mocked him and threatened Da Qian.
• Jiang Bei slaughtered the Da Qian Guards soldiers pinning down the people, then helped Wei Qing to his feet.
• Jiang Bei confirmed to Wei Qing and Xue Changsheng that the court had agreed to cede five prefectures to the demons in exchange for peace.
• Jiang Bei announced that he would go to the Yun Tian River to kill the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord and stop his dragon transformation.

Duan Qingcang led Xiao Pojun, Lei Tao, and the Heavenly Army Division to the Yun Tian River to stop the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord from completing its Dragon Transformation, while refusing to risk Jiang Bei’s life. The Dragon Lord overwhelmed them and returned to the river to transform, leaving Duan Qingcang and his wounded forces surrounded by dozens of Demon Saints with no apparent way out.

• Duan Qingcang decided to attack the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord without waiting for Jiang Bei, hoping to protect the young warrior from the deadly battle.
• Duan Qingcang, Xiao Pojun, Lei Tao, and the others arrived at the Yun Tian River and attacked the Dragon Lord as it began its Dragon Transformation.
• The Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord blocked Duan Qingcang’s halberd and blasted Xiao Pojun, Lei Tao, and the other fighters away, leaving them badly injured.
• The Dragon Lord returned to the river and vowed to annihilate its enemies after completing its transformation.
• Thirty to forty Demon Saints emerged from the surrounding Demon Veins and encircled Duan Qingcang and the wounded Heavenly Army Division, leaving them trapped.

Duan Qingcang fought the Demon Saints at Yun Tian River and was then attacked by Yang Ding Tian and the Da Gan Guard for defying the National Policy. As Yang Ding Tian’s killing strike closed in, Jiang Bei arrived through a rift in space and shattered it with a blade slash.

• Duan Qingcang broke through the Demon Saints’ encirclement, killing several and charging toward the riverbed to stop the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord’s transformation.
• Yang Ding Tian and the Da Gan Guard appeared and attacked Duan Qingcang, declaring that they would enforce the National Policy and prevent him from reaching the river.
• Duan Qingcang fought Yang Ding Tian and the Demon Saints while Xiao Pojun, Lei Tao, and the others were held back; Yang Ding Tian claimed Jiang Bei had likely been killed in Qingzhou.
• Duan Qingcang burned his Spiritual Energy and charged Yang Ding Tian after learning that Jiang Bei faced two Demon Saints and two Da Gan Guard commanders.
• Yang Ding Tian overpowered Duan Qingcang and thrust a killing spear at him, but Jiang Bei arrived through a void rift and shattered the strike with a blade slash.

Jiang Bei arrived at Yun Tian River and plunged into its depths to stop the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord’s Dragon Transformation. As Duan Qingcang’s forces were nearly overwhelmed, Jiang Bei burst from the river holding the badly wounded Dragon Lord by its horn.

• Jiang Bei saved Duan Qingcang from Yang Ding Tian’s attack with a sudden slash.
• The Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord’s transformation neared completion, and Jiang Bei told Duan Qingcang to hold off the enemies before diving into the river.
• Yang Ding Tian, Luo Yan, and the Demon Saints mocked Jiang Bei and renewed their assault on Duan Qingcang and the Da Gan forces.
• As Duan Qingcang weakened toward unconsciousness, a pained dragon roar erupted from the depths of Yun Tian River.
• Jiang Bei burst from the river gripping the horn of the bloodied Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord, whose life was fading.

Jiang Bei emerged from the Yun Tian River with the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord’s corpse, then slaughtered the Demon Saints and confronted Yang Ding Tian over his betrayal and defense of the court’s National Policy. After killing Luo Yan and the Martial Saints who charged him, Jiang Bei turned to finish Yang Ding Tian.

• Jiang Bei revealed that he had killed the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord and smashed its head before throwing its corpse onto the battlefield.
• Jiang Bei cut down around twenty Demon Saints with the Heaven-Robbing Saber, then crushed the fleeing survivors with a single grasp.
• Jiang Bei condemned Yang Ding Tian for colluding with demons and upholding the National Policy, while Yang Ding Tian insisted he had only obeyed imperial orders.
• Jiang Bei charged Yang Ding Tian, and Luo Yan and the Da Gan Guard Martial Saints attacked him under Yang Ding Tian’s orders.
• Jiang Bei killed Luo Yan and the other Martial Saints with one strike, then fixed his murderous gaze on Yang Ding Tian.

Jiang Bei killed Yang Ding Tian and stopped a powerful golden palm from an unknown distant attacker, then led the Heavenly Army Division away from Yun Tian River. The group discovered that people had vanished from cities across the Five Continents, and Jiang Bei returned to investigate while Duan Qingcang headed for the Imperial City.

• Jiang Bei defeated Yang Ding Tian, blocked the golden palm that emerged from a rift, and killed Yang Ding Tian.
• Jiang Bei credited Duan Qingcang and the Heavenly Army Division for helping defeat the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord and its allies.
• Jiang Bei and the others found Great Xuanzhou, Canglin Province, and Quanzhou empty, and discovered that some cities in Yunzhou and Qingzhou were also deserted.
• Duan Qingcang suspected demons had abducted the people of the Five Continents, and Jiang Bei flew back to Yun Tian River to inspect the Demon Veins.
• Duan Qingcang led the remaining group toward the Imperial City, fearing the disappearances had a more troubling cause.

Jiang Bei upgraded the Limitless Sacred Canon to Second-Rank Major Refinement, then searched the demon veins for the missing people of the Five Continents and found no trace of them. Back in the Imperial City, Duan Qingcang and the others were urgently summoned before Li Yuanfu, who accused Duan Qingcang of committing a monstrous crime.

• Jiang Bei spent 230,400 Merit Points to upgrade the Limitless Sacred Canon and broke through to Second-Rank Major Refinement.
• Jiang Bei searched the demon veins and questioned surviving Half-Saints, but found no people from the Five Continents and began suspecting the Da Gan Dynasty hid a deeper secret.
• Duan Qingcang returned to the Heavenly Army Division with Xiao Pojun and the others, still worried about the disappearance of the Five Continents' people.
• Gao Jinzhong delivered Li Yuanfu's urgent summons, and Duan Qingcang and his companions went to the Golden Hall despite their injuries and exhaustion.
• Li Yuanfu angrily confronted Duan Qingcang and demanded to know what monstrous crime he had committed.

Duan Qingcang defended the Heavenly Army Division’s actions and challenged Li Yuanfu over the court’s cession policy and the disappearance of the Five Continents’ people. As Li Yuanfu attacked Duan Qingcang and his allies, Jiang Bei arrived, crushed Li Yuanfu’s hand, and killed Cao Xuan.

• Duan Qingcang accused Li Yuanfu of condemning the Heavenly Army Division despite its victory over the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord and defended Jiang Bei’s killing of Yang Ding Tian.
• Duan Qingcang challenged Li Yuanfu to explain the disappearance of the Five Continents’ people, but Li Yuanfu ordered him seized and killed.
• Li Yuanfu attacked Duan Qingcang, Xiao Pojun, Lei Tao, and the others, forcing them to their knees and preparing a killing blow.
• Jiang Bei burst into the Golden Palace and crushed Li Yuanfu’s hand as he caught the attack.
• Cao Xuan shouted at Jiang Bei, and Jiang Bei killed him with a casual wave of his hand.

Jiang Bei stormed into the Golden Palace, killed Cao Xuan, and demanded that Li Yuanfu explain the disappearance of tens of millions of people. As Jiang Bei prepared to strike Li Yuanfu again, Emperor Jing Xuan appeared on the Dragon Throne and addressed him.

• Jiang Bei subdued Li Yuanfu and killed Cao Xuan with a single slap, then demanded proof that demons had abducted the people of the Five Continents.
• Li Yuanfu threatened the officials with the extermination of their clans and ordered them to attack Jiang Bei, but Jiang Bei's roar knocked down those who rushed him.
• Jiang Bei said he had searched Yun Tian River's demon veins and found no humans, then crushed Li Yuanfu to the floor and demanded to know who had taken the missing people.
• A powerful force struck Jiang Bei, and his punch collided with it, cracking the Golden Palace's floor, pillars, and walls.
• Emperor Jing Xuan appeared on the Dragon Throne, and the officials bowed while Jiang Bei remained standing.
• Emperor Jing Xuan surveyed the ruined hall, fixed his gaze on Jiang Bei, and asked whether he was Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei defied Emperor Jing Xuan’s accusations, challenged him over the vanished people and soldiers of the Five Continents, and denounced him as an unworthy ruler. The chapter ended with Jiang Bei charging at the Emperor in a crimson-gold flash.

• Emperor Jing Xuan accused Jiang Bei of defying the National Policy, killing court officials, and attacking the Golden Palace, then demanded to know if he planned to rebel.
• Li Yuanfu pleaded with the Emperor to punish Jiang Bei, while Duan Qingcang tried to speak in Jiang Bei’s defense and was silenced.
• Jiang Bei refused to admit guilt for opposing the policy and killing officials he said had colluded with demons and monsters.
• Jiang Bei demanded that Emperor Jing Xuan explain where the people, soldiers, martial artists, and citizens of the Five Continents had gone.
• Emperor Jing Xuan ordered the guards to seize Jiang Bei and threatened to destroy his clans, but Jiang Bei denounced the Emperor and charged at him.

Jiang Bei exposed Emperor Jing Xuan as an avatar and defeated it in the Golden Palace after accusing the emperor of abandoning the people and trying to silence witnesses. After Li Yuanfu died without revealing the true body’s location, Jiang Bei led Duan Qingcang and the others toward the inner palace to find and kill the emperor.

• Jiang Bei recognized Emperor Jing Xuan’s aura from the attack at the Yun Tian River, provoked him, and confirmed that the emperor in the Golden Palace was an avatar.
• Jiang Bei revealed that Emperor Jing Xuan had tried to kill him and Yang Ding Tian, then condemned the emperor for abandoning the people to the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord.
• Emperor Jing Xuan attacked Jiang Bei with golden palm imprints, but Jiang Bei shattered them and punched the avatar out of the Golden Palace.
• Emperor Jing Xuan’s avatar threatened Jiang Bei before exploding into golden motes, and Jiang Bei realized he still had to find the true body.
• Jiang Bei caught Li Yuanfu as he fled and demanded the true body’s location, but Li Yuanfu refused and died after Jiang Bei crushed him.
• Jiang Bei ordered Duan Qingcang, Xiao Pojun, and the others to the inner palace to search for Emperor Jing Xuan’s true body.

Jiang Bei and the Heavenly Army Division found Emperor Jing Xuan absent from the inner palace, but Qin Cang revealed that the emperor was pursuing immortality through mass murder and had orchestrated the crisis involving the five provinces. Qin Cang identified Mount Jingquan as the emperor’s true stronghold and urged them to attack it.

• Jiang Bei knocked out the Imperial Guard with a shout, but he and his companions found no sign of Emperor Jing Xuan in the inner palace.
• Qin Cang told Jiang Bei and Duan Qingcang that he hated Emperor Jing Xuan for murdering his wife and children and offered to help bring him down.
• Qin Cang revealed that Emperor Jing Xuan pursued the Immortal Realm using the Heavenly Anomaly Profound Technique, which consumed the essence, souls, and vitality of living people.
• Qin Cang explained that Emperor Jing Xuan and Li Yuanfu had blamed demons and barbarians for abductions and had secretly stolen the people of five provinces to fuel the emperor’s cultivation.
• Qin Cang said Emperor Jing Xuan’s true stronghold was at Mount Jingquan, where he was using the abducted people in a massive blood sacrifice.
• Qin Cang knelt before Jiang Bei, Duan Qingcang, and the Heavenly Army Division and begged them to take him to Mount Jingquan to kill Emperor Jing Xuan.

Jiang Bei headed for the Heavenly Army Division to obtain its Heavenly Venerate cultivation method before storming Mount Jingquan, where Emperor Jing Xuan was refining millions of souls. After slaughtering the four protectors sent to intercept him, Jiang Bei entered the forbidden hall and prepared to break through to the First-grade Heavenly Venerate Realm.

• Jiang Bei decided to retrieve the Heavenly Army Division’s Heavenly Venerate method before attacking Mount Jingquan, despite Duan Qingcang and Qin Cang warning that a breakthrough would be dangerous.
• Four Fierce Guards intercepted Jiang Bei and his companions, and Qin Cang revealed that Emperor Jing Xuan had sent the veteran Heavenly Venerates to kill Jiang Bei.
• Jiang Bei killed all four protectors within a few breaths, then continued with the others to the Heavenly Army Division.
• Duan Qingcang led Jiang Bei to the forbidden hall, where the Heavenly Venerate method was carved into the walls.
• After the others left, Jiang Bei studied the method and opened his panel to begin breaking through to the First-grade Heavenly Venerate Realm.

Jiang Bei used his Merit Points to break through to the First-grade Heavenly Venerate Realm, then attacked Mount Jingquan. There, Emperor Jing Xuan planned to sacrifice the people of eight provinces to reach the Immortal Realm, but Jiang Bei shattered the mountain’s protective formation and called him out.

• Jiang Bei spent 460,800 Merit Points to upgrade Myriad Manifestations Return to Origin Art and broke through to First-grade Minor Refinement, the Heavenly Venerate Realm.
• At Mount Jingquan, Emperor Jing Xuan completed a blood refinement fueled by the essence of half the living beings of the Five Continents.
• True Master Qingyang told Emperor Jing Xuan that sacrificing the people of eight provinces could help him advance beyond the Immortal Realm, and Emperor Jing Xuan agreed to proceed.
• Emperor Jing Xuan ordered the Four Protectors to capture Jiang Bei alive so he could refine him, believing the Four Protectors had already killed him.
• Jiang Bei struck Mount Jingquan’s protective formation twice, shattered it, and challenged Emperor Jing Xuan to face his death.

Jiang Bei and the Heavenly Army Division confronted Emperor Jing Xuan at Mount Jingquan after discovering his plan to sacrifice the Five Continents and the entire Da Gan Dynasty for immortality. Qin Cang was gravely injured, but Jiang Bei revealed he had become a First-grade Heavenly Venerate and met Emperor Jing Xuan’s Half-step Immortal punch head-on.

• Jiang Bei arrived at Mount Jingquan with Duan Qingcang, Qin Cang, Xiao Pojun, Lei Tao, and the Heavenly Army Division’s forces.
• Duan Qingcang saw the people of the Five Continents trapped above the Blood Pool, and Emperor Jing Xuan declared he would sacrifice the entire Da Gan Dynasty the next day.
• Qin Cang charged Emperor Jing Xuan after he taunted him about killing his wife and child, but Emperor Jing Xuan struck him unconscious with one casual blow.
• True Master Qingyang predicted Jiang Bei would fall within five breaths, but Jiang Bei launched himself at Emperor Jing Xuan before he could finish speaking.
• Jiang Bei and Emperor Jing Xuan exchanged punches, and the collision revealed that Jiang Bei had broken through to the First-grade Heavenly Venerate Realm.
• Emperor Jing Xuan was shocked when Jiang Bei’s fist stopped and drove back his Half-step Immortal power.

Jiang Bei overwhelmed Emperor Jing Xuan, forced him to his knees, and brutally punished him for sacrificing the people of Da Gan. When True Master Qingyang intervened on behalf of the Azure Demon Sect, Jiang Bei tore off half his body and killed his two Daoist boys, leaving the survivors stunned by his power.

• Jiang Bei denounced Emperor Jing Xuan's atrocities and struck him down, then forced him to kneel in midair.
• Jiang Bei battered Emperor Jing Xuan with punches for the victims of his crimes, including Qin Cang's family.
• True Master Qingyang threatened Jiang Bei and attacked him with his fly-whisk to rescue Emperor Jing Xuan.
• Jiang Bei destroyed True Master Qingyang's fly-whisk and tore off his right arm along with half his shoulder and chest.
• Jiang Bei killed the two Daoist boys with a shout while Duan Qingcang, Qin Cang, and the others watched in shock.

Jiang Bei killed True Master Qingyang and Emperor Jing Xuan, ending the dynasty’s bloodshed and freeing tens of millions of captives. As Da Gan celebrated and Duan Qingcang and Qin Cang prepared to discuss the dynasty’s future with Jiang Bei, a strange mark from Qingyang’s black qi appeared on Jiang Bei’s arm.

• Jiang Bei tore True Master Qingyang apart, then killed the dying Emperor Jing Xuan with a single slash.
• Duan Qingcang and the Heavenly Army Division commanders mourned the dead and rejoiced that Da Gan’s oppression had ended, while Qin Cang celebrated his family’s revenge.
• Jiang Bei seized True Master Qingyang’s shrinking sack and gave it to Duan Qingcang so the tens of millions inside could return home.
• Duan Qingcang publicized Emperor Jing Xuan’s crimes and Jiang Bei’s victory, prompting celebration and gratitude across Da Gan’s thirteen provinces.
• Jiang Bei discovered that black qi from True Master Qingyang had left a dark, icy mark on his right arm.
• Duan Qingcang told Jiang Bei that people were traveling to thank him, then raised a matter concerning Da Gan’s future, and Jiang Bei asked him to continue.

Jiang Bei accepted the throne after Duan Qingcang, Qin Cang, and the generals urged him to lead the realm, and the Great Yun Dynasty was founded with him as Emperor Bei Yun. After he purged corrupt officials and began rebuilding the government, Qin Cang identified a dangerous Azure Demon Seal on Jiang Bei that could destroy his body and reveal his location to the Azure Demon Sect; Jiang Bei planned to use his Merit Points to break through and suppress it.

• Duan Qingcang, Qin Cang, and the assembled generals knelt before Jiang Bei and asked him to become ruler, and Jiang Bei agreed to shoulder the burden.
• The Heavenly Army Division and former officials proclaimed the founding of Great Yun, and Jiang Bei ascended the throne as Emperor Bei Yun.
• Jiang Bei vowed to punish oppressors, demon collaborators, corrupt officials, and idle officeholders, then ordered an investigation and began replacing the old administration.
• Jiang Bei ordered the former imperial palaces demolished and summoned Duan Qingcang and Qin Cang to examine the mark on his arm.
• Qin Cang identified the mark as the Azure Demon Seal, warned that it could destroy Jiang Bei and let the Azure Demon Sect track him, and said it was nearly impossible to remove.
• Jiang Bei considered using his accumulated Merit Points to break through to Major Refinement of the Celestial Venerable realm and suppress the seal.