Receiving the Edict of Huangtian from the Highest Vault, Dwelling in an Immortal Palace as Zu Liu

"Thirteen years through spring and autumn, sword in hand, I roamed beneath clear skies and leaned upon heaven.

"Tempering my cold edge, bearing violet lightning, I slew every evil god and wicked ghost."

Accompanied by the resonant Dao chant, the young Daoist in a bamboo crown and cloth robes rode away from Lonely Mountain.

Upon Lonely Mountain, a sword scar had appeared before the Mountain God Temple, cleaving straight through it.

The sword scar stretched three hundred zhang from end to end. It had not only split the Mountain God Temple in two, but had also slain with a single stroke the ferocious, blue-faced, fang-toothed evil ghost Mountain God worshipped within.

As for the divine register and divine office left behind after the Mountain God's fall, they too had vanished without a trace. Only that clear and pleasing voice echoed through the mountain forest, and the mountain folk of the nearby villages could not help but sigh. "As expected of True Person Jiang, who punishes evil and upholds good!"

Immortal Jiang, who punished evil and upheld good, was the name Jiang Sheng had made for himself in this world.

Across the vast continent lay mountains and rivers, ten kingdoms, more than ten thousand villages, and countless cities.

Jiang Sheng had remained in a mountain village for three years. Once he had barely refined a portion of the medicinal power of the Vast-Sea Scarlet-Gold Jujube and gained the preliminary ability to protect himself, he left the village and began his journey of travel.

Over ten years, Jiang Sheng traveled mountains and rivers, visited villages, towns, and cities, and saw many benevolent gods safeguarding favorable winds and timely rains for their regions. He also saw many evil gods oppressing the good and kind, their greed without bounds.

Jiang Sheng paid little attention