Chapter Summaries

Qingyan, Qingyu, Qingyun, Qingzhao, and Qingfeng found Little Penglai while following Hewei, then were ambushed by Duobao. Duobao swiftly overwhelmed their coordinated assault, leaving the five alarmed and facing his challenge to reveal any remaining techniques.

• Qingyun agreed to accompany the others to Little Penglai, hoping they would see Jiang Sheng's realm and return to Weiyu World to cultivate.
• Qingyan and the others searched Liuyu Sea Realm for over a month before spotting Hewei and following her to Little Penglai.
• Qingyan's group admired Little Penglai's 108-island array and entered the archipelago.
• Duobao attacked the five on Jiang Sheng's orders, and they countered with flames, magic treasures, swords, and spears.
• Duobao blocked their combined assault, knocked Qingfeng into the sea, kicked Qingzhao away, and disarmed him.
• Duobao taunted the shaken group and challenged them to use any other tricks they had.

Duobao fought Qingyan and the other Green Phoenix Clan members outside Little Penglai, overwhelming them until Elder Green Phoenix arrived and suppressed him with Great Vehicle realm pressure. The Dragon Monarch revealed that he expected the trouble and trusted the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion to deal with the outsiders.

• Qingzhao, Qingyan, Qingyu, Qingyun, and Qingfeng attacked Duobao, but Duobao blocked their combined techniques and sent Qingfeng flying with a spear strike.
• Duobao continued fighting with the Crimson Flame Fire-Tip Spear and several magic treasures, while Lingyan and Hewei watched and discussed his excitement.
• Elder Green Phoenix learned the group was fighting outside Little Penglai and hurried from Kunlun Continent to Liuyu Sea Realm.
• Elder Green Phoenix found Qingfeng and Qingzhao badly injured and attacked Duobao, whose powers were suppressed by the elder's Great Vehicle realm pressure.
• The Dragon Monarch woke when Turtle Minister reported the battle, then returned to sleep, saying the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion had been watching and would handle the trouble.

Demon Venerable Zhuoyun Feihua’s pressure nearly overwhelmed Duobao as Qingyan, Qingyu, and Qingyun attacked him, while Lingyan explained why Duobao had to bear responsibility for delaying his mission. After Duobao fought back with Three Heads and Six Arms, Zhuoyun struck with a giant claw, but Jiang Sheng’s sword cut through his power and severed his arm, leaving Zhuoyun to realize the attack had come from Little Penglai.

• Demon Monarch Hewei recognized Qinghua as Demon Venerable Zhuoyun Feihua and feared that his Great Vehicle pressure would defeat Duobao.
• Lingyan told Demon Monarch Hewei that Duobao had ignored his orders to seize the Green Phoenix Clan members promptly and had to answer for the danger his delay brought to Little Penglai.
• Jiang Sheng used the battle outside Little Penglai to teach Tian Ming'an, Qiu Buyu, Li Jianchun, and Huang Ping'an to recognize their limits and know when to fight or flee.
• Duobao used Three Heads and Six Arms to wield six magical treasures, resist Zhuoyun’s pressure, and push Qingyan, Qingyu, and Qingyun back.
• Zhuoyun attacked Duobao with the Lock-Space Seal-God Claw, but Jiang Sheng’s sword shattered his Dharma Domain and severed his arm.
• Zhuoyun recognized the Three Calamities Destruction Sword Intent and looked toward Little Penglai, while Lingyan confirmed that his senior brother had acted.

Jiang Sheng confronted Demon Venerable Zhuoyun for causing trouble in the Liuyu Sea Realm, exposed his lack of standing in the Three Realms, and ordered him taken to the Heavenly Prison. Zhuoyun broke Jiang Sheng’s sealing palm with a full-force strike, alarming the South Heaven Gate, and Lingyan called for reinforcements to subdue him.

• Jiang Sheng’s sword broke Zhuoyun’s domain and severed his arm, while Duobao, Hewei, and Lingyan reacted to the display of his strength.
• Jiang Sheng appeared before Zhuoyun and challenged him for using pressure and claiming he had not disturbed Little Penglai.
• Jiang Sheng summoned Dragon Monarch Ao Cha, who confirmed that the Liuyu Sea Realm had been peaceful for 2,870 years.
• Jiang Sheng accused Zhuoyun of causing trouble and tried to seal him with a vast palm, ordering him sent to the Heavenly Prison.
• Zhuoyun broke through Jiang Sheng’s palm with a powerful demonic strike that reached the astral winds and shook the Sea of Void near the South Heaven Gate.
• Lingyan contacted Lingxuan and Ling Qiu to mobilize troops from three capitals and assist in subduing Zhuoyun.

Jiang Sheng overwhelmed Demon Venerable Zhuoyun after Zhuoyun underestimated his strength and tried to flee Little Penglai. With the Three Capitals of Eastern Heaven surrounding the South Sea, Jiang Sheng ordered Zhuoyun seized and taken to the Judicial Prison.

• Demon Venerable Zhuoyun dismissed Jiang Sheng's first technique and tried to leave Little Penglai with Qingyan, Qingyu, and Qingyun.
• Jiang Sheng struck Zhuoyun with the Five Elements Divine Thunder, then broke through his green phoenix demon fire with Heaven-Intercepting: Law-Breaking.
• Jiang Sheng destroyed Zhuoyun's feather weapons with the Blazing Sun Gold Striker and drove him to the brink of defeat, shattering his Dao heart.
• Lingxuan, Ling Qiu, Mingdong, Xuanxing, Suhua, and Zhenleizi led heavenly soldiers from the Three Capitals to surround Little Penglai.
• Jiang Sheng declared Zhuoyun guilty of causing trouble and resisting the law, then ordered the soldiers to escort him to the Judicial Prison.

Jiang Sheng defeated Demon Venerable Zhuoyun Qinghua and had him bound by the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion’s Heavenly Nets for violating heavenly law in Little Penglai. Qingming learned of the arrest and set out to intervene, but Moon Sword Fairy warned her that Jiang Sheng was using Zhuoyun to establish his might across the Three Realms.

• Jiang Sheng overwhelmed Demon Venerable Zhuoyun with his four swords, breaking his defenses and shattering his Dao heart.
• Lingxuan ordered the Daoist Soldiers to bind Zhuoyun with Demon-Binding Ropes, and the Heavenly Nets closed around him.
• Qingyan, Qingyu, and Qingyun protested Zhuoyun’s arrest but were bound and taken away with him.
• Qingming learned that Zhuoyun and the three disciples had been arrested, then hurried toward the teleportation formation to reach Liuyu Sea Realm.
• Moon Sword Fairy stopped Qingming and explained that Jiang Sheng’s massive operation was meant to establish his authority throughout the Three Realms.

Qingming struggled to find a way to save Demon Venerable Zhuoyun without endangering her clan or defying Yaochi, then visited him in the Judicial Prison and vowed to rescue him. Jiang Sheng allowed the visit while using Zhuoyun’s arrest to pressure Heavenly Feather Palace and draw Qingzhan Ravine toward Yaochi.

• Moon Sword Fairy warned Qingming that Qingzhan Ravine was at fault and urged her to seek mercy through Heavenly Feather Palace rather than invoke Yaochi’s authority or pressure Jiang Sheng.
• Qingming went to the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion and asked to visit Zhuoyun; Jiang Sheng permitted the visit because she had followed the rules.
• Jiang Sheng told Lingyan that Zhuoyun’s fate could demonstrate the consequences of having no powerful ally and help bring Qingzhan Ravine under Yaochi’s influence.
• A jailer escorted Qingming through the Judicial Prison to the seventh level, where she found Zhuoyun bound to a copper pillar and suffering from severe injuries and calamity.
• Qingming promised Zhuoyun that she would save him, then returned to Yaochi to have her clan prepare treasures to pay the cost of rescuing a Great Vehicle cultivator.

Qingzhan Ravine sent its elder Qing Zheng to the Three Realms Great Thousand World to seek terms from the Judicial Heavenly Monarch and save Qinghua. At the South Heaven Gate, Qing Zheng saw the Heavenly Court’s overwhelming resources and learned that reaching Jiang Sheng’s residence required further stamps and a jade pass.

• Qing Zhan and Qingyu Zhuangyan agreed that Qinghua had to be rescued quickly and that Qingzhan Ravine should accept whatever price the Judicial Heavenly Monarch demanded.
• Qing Zheng volunteered to negotiate, and Qing Zhan ordered him to bring one-tenth of the clan’s accumulated treasures as an offering.
• Qing Zheng arrived at the South Heaven Gate and was shaken by the thousands of powerful Battle Puppets and the Heavenly Court’s lavish construction.
• Qing Zheng told the gate’s heavenly general that he had come from Weiyu World to see the Judicial Heavenly Lord and secretly gave the general a gift.
• The heavenly general issued Qing Zheng a temporary bronze token and explained that he needed stamps and a jade pass to enter the Seven-Layered Heavenly Palace.

Qing Zheng struggled for weeks to obtain permission to reach the Seventh-Layered Heavenly Palace, learning that Heavenly Court procedures would not bend for his status or wealth. With Fairy Qingming’s help, he finally reached Jiang Sheng’s mansion to apologize to Lingyuan True Lord, but Jiang Sheng was away and his return date was unknown.

• Qing Zheng spent three days waiting for his pass at the third heavenly gate, while Immortal Clerk Huang and Deputy Director Zhang insisted that he follow procedure.
• After twenty-seven days, Qing Zheng received his pass, but he was delayed again at the fourth heavenly gate and asked Fairy Qingming for help.
• Fairy Qingming used her Yaochi standing to secure Qing Zheng passage to the Seventh-Layered Heavenly Palace and escorted him toward Jiang Sheng’s mansion.
• Fairy Qingming and Qing Zheng arrived at the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion, where Lingyan told them Jiang Sheng had left in a hurry and might not return for days.

Jiang Sheng traveled to Pingxiang World and reunited with Fengyue after more than two thousand years apart. After they caught up, Fengyue invited him to join an opportunity and asked whether he had heard of the Innate Gourd Vine.

• Lingyan told Qingming and Qing Zheng that Jiang Sheng had left the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion, so they stayed there awaiting his return.
• Jiang Sheng crossed the chaotic universe and arrived in Beiyan Continent, where he found Fengyue at Xuanyu Pavilion.
• Jiang Sheng and Fengyue spent seven days and nights recounting their experiences and discussing the changes in Pingxiang World and their lives.
• Jiang Sheng invited Fengyue to return to the Three Realms Great Thousand World, but she chose to remain in Pingxiang World until Xuanyu Pavilion had reached its full potential.
• Fengyue told Jiang Sheng she wanted to share an opportunity with him, then asked whether he had heard of the Innate Gourd Vine.

Jiang Sheng learned that Fengyue had found traces of the Crimson Joy Gourd and agreed they would wait until they were stronger before seeking it. After returning to the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion, he prepared to meet Qingming and Qing Zheng, who had come seeking help for Qinghua.

• Jiang Sheng explained the innate spirit roots and learned that Fengyue had traced evidence to the Crimson Joy Gourd, one of the Innate Gourd Vine's seven gourds.
• Fengyue proposed that she and Jiang Sheng seek the Dao Embryo once they were stronger, and Jiang Sheng urged her to seal the memory to keep its karmic traces hidden.
• Jiang Sheng left Pingxiang World and returned to the Three Realms Great Thousand World months later.
• Lingyan told Jiang Sheng that Qingming and Qing Zheng had arrived from Qingzhan Ravine, and Jiang Sheng ordered her to invite them without delay.
• Qingming and Qing Zheng followed Lingyan to the main hall, relieved that Jiang Sheng had returned and agreed to see them.

Qing Zheng met with Jiang Sheng to seek Qinghua’s return to Weiyu World, offering the Green Phoenix Clan’s apologies, tribute, and a congratulatory gift. Jiang Sheng noticed the gift included Time Sand and recalled how Fairy Fengyue planned to use it to retrieve the Crimson Joy Gourd from the past.

• Lingyan brought Qingming and Qing Zheng through the heavily guarded Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion to meet Jiang Sheng.
• Qing Zheng acknowledged Qinghua’s crimes and asked Jiang Sheng to let the Green Phoenix Clan punish him in Weiyu World.
• Qing Zheng offered compensation for the harm in Liuyu Sea Realm and presented gifts congratulating Jiang Sheng on his breakthrough and disciples’ ascensions.
• Jiang Sheng examined the Green Phoenix Clan’s lavish gift list and noticed it included a pot of Time Sand.
• Jiang Sheng recalled Fairy Fengyue’s claim that Time Sand could help return to the past, obtain the Crimson Joy Gourd, and bring it into the present.

Jiang Sheng negotiated the Green Phoenix Clan’s ransom for Qinghua and other prisoners, while the clan prepared to appease Yaochi. Qing Yan arrived at Langhuan Terrace and bowed before the Yaochi Queen Mother Emperor, leaving her audience with the powerful ruler just beginning.

• Jiang Sheng accepted Qing Zheng’s gifts and later agreed that the Green Phoenix Clan would pay compensation, send clansmen to Penglai, and redeem its prisoners.
• Qinghua told Qingming and Qing Zheng that he had failed to protect Qingyan and the others, and Qing Zheng assured him they were safe.
• Qing Zhan warned Qing Yan that the dispute remained unresolved with Yaochi, so Qing Yan decided to bring gifts and seek an audience with the Queen Mother Emperor.
• Months later, Qing Yan brought Green Phoenix Clan members and treasures to Kunlun, while Qing Zheng delivered the compensation to Jiang Sheng’s residence.
• Qingming escorted Qing Yan to Langhuan Terrace, where Qing Yan felt her cultivation overwhelmed by the Queen Mother Emperor’s presence and bowed in submission.

Qing Yan brought gifts from the Green Phoenix Clan to Golden Mother Primordial Lord, who refused them and ordered her to tell the injured Green Phoenix ancestor to attend the Yaochi Flat Peach Banquet. Jiang Sheng distributed the clan’s compensation among allies and subordinates, then arranged for Ye Gan to join the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion.

• Qing Yan presented the Green Phoenix Clan’s gifts to Golden Mother Primordial Lord, who revealed she knew of the clan’s schemes and the ancestor’s injuries.
• Golden Mother Primordial Lord sent Qing Yan back with the gifts and reserved the Green Phoenix ancestor a seat at the Yaochi Flat Peach Banquet, warning that she might not protect the clan otherwise.
• Jiang Sheng returned part of the Liuyu Sea compensation to its people and gave Shen Yao items for the Shenxiao Thunder Mansion.
• Jiang Sheng directed Lingyan to distribute the remaining gifts among the Heavenly Court capitals, Yaochi, Penglai elders, and other allies, and gave Ao Li a storage pouch of treasures.
• Lin Fan received Jiang Sheng’s message through Lingxuan and agreed to summon Ye Gan so Lingxuan could bring him to the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion.

Ye Gan investigated the corruption spreading through Dongyang World, where twisted Daoist evils polluted the land and its people, but his search was interrupted when Lin Fan summoned him to Penglai. After reviewing Ye Gan’s evidence, Lin Fan handed the investigation to Wensheng and sent Ye Gan to the Heavenly Court for a new task.

• Ye Gan and the Dongyang Sect Daoists Dong Zhen and Dong Zhuo encountered a three-winged, six-eyed beast in the Void-Reality Realm, and Ye Gan wounded it before Lin Fan’s message called him back.
• Ye Gan told Lin Fan that he had spent 175 years investigating Dongyang World’s strange Daoist evils, which resisted destruction and polluted those who came into contact with them.
• Ye Gan explained that the corrupted Daoists eventually worshipped something, and he suspected an unorthodox fiend was behind the outbreak.
• Lin Fan praised Ye Gan’s judgment and decided that Wensheng would take over the Dongyang World investigation.
• Lin Fan ordered Ye Gan to prepare to follow Lingxuan to the Heavenly Court, where Lingyuan was waiting at the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion.

Ye Gan reported the corruption in Dongyang World to Jiang Sheng, who identified it as Great Dao Corruption and ordered a further investigation. Jiang Sheng also sent Lingyan to negotiate with the Mystic Crane Clan and other clans, then contemplated the Heavenly Court’s Laws as he pursued the fortune and merit needed to ascend to Pure Yang.

• Lin Fan sent Ye Gan to meet Jiang Sheng and advised him to report what had happened in Dongyang World.
• Jiang Sheng gave Ye Gan a sealed jade slip and protective supplies, then learned the details of the corruption from Ye Gan’s account and Projection Stone.
• Jiang Sheng identified the corruption as an attack on Xuanmen by a Pure Yang-level existence and arranged for someone to investigate alongside Huang Wensheng.
• Jiang Sheng tasked Lingyan with approaching the Mystic Crane Clan and other clans about pledging themselves to the Eastern Heaven, with Demon Monarch Hewei accompanying him.
• After Lingyan departed, Jiang Sheng reflected on gathering fortune and merit, then used his Heavenly Court office to examine the Laws and statutes of the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion.

Jiang Sheng resisted the Heavenly Court’s Laws, learned how his office connected him to their power, and gained control over the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion, though he realized he was not ready to ascend to the Pure Yang Realm. He sent Ling Qiu and Huang Wensheng to assess corruption in Dongyang World and gave Ling Qiu a weapon for protection.

• Jiang Sheng used his cultivation and office as Judicial Heavenly Monarch to withstand the Heavenly Court’s Laws and perceive the net of Dao-traces governing the seventh layer.
• Jiang Sheng resonated with the Laws tied to his office, gained complete control over the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion, and nearly succumbed to the intoxicating sense of being all-knowing and all-powerful.
• Jiang Sheng recognized that he was not ready for the Pure Yang Realm and resolved to remain himself rather than become a puppet of the Great Dao.
• Jiang Sheng told Ling Qiu that Dongyang World might be suffering Great Dao Corruption and sent her with Huang Wensheng to assess its condition.
• Jiang Sheng gave Ling Qiu a Blazing Sun Gold Striker to protect herself on the mission.

Jiang Sheng received Ye Wenshu, who showed him evidence that Baiguo World had been ravaged by Great Dao Corruption. After he explained how the corruption might be cleansed or traced, Ye Wenshu revealed that other worlds were afflicted too and asked the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion for help investigating.

• With his mansion quiet, Jiang Sheng toured its gardens and prepared to refine pills before an attendant announced Ye Wenshu’s visit.
• Jiang Sheng welcomed Ye Wenshu and secured the hall against outside perception before she showed him a Projection Stone depicting Baiguo World’s corrupted lands and people.
• Ye Wenshu explained that Baiguo World’s harvests had failed and its living beings had transformed, while Star Lord Taibai judged the cause to be Great Dao Corruption.
• Jiang Sheng said a great emperor could cleanse and restore Baiguo World, or investigators could enter the corrupted land and use traces of the source to identify whoever was responsible.
• Ye Wenshu revealed that Baiguo World was not the only afflicted world and asked Jiang Sheng to assist the Xiaoyun Longevity Great Emperor in searching for traces.

Jiang Sheng agreed to help investigate the corruption afflicting Baiguo World and other medium-thousand worlds, sending Shen Yao with Ye Wenshu and Xiaogong. He warned them of dangers that could contaminate their Dao fruits and concluded that the widespread corruption might be Residual Poison of Dao Transformation.

• Ye Wenshu asked Jiang Sheng to lend Shen Yao for the investigation, and Jiang Sheng agreed despite relying on Shen Yao to manage the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion.
• Jiang Sheng, Ye Wenshu, and Shen Yao met Fuyun Immortal Monarch and Xiaogong at the Taibai Star Mansion, where they discussed corruption spreading across more than ten medium-thousand worlds.
• Jiang Sheng revealed that Dongyang World in the Eastern Heaven had also suffered Great Dao Corruption, suggesting the crisis was not confined to Zhenxiao Dao Sect's worlds.
• Jiang Sheng warned Ye Wenshu, Xiaogong, and Shen Yao to avoid corrupted lands' energy, laws, and medicines and to protect their souls and Dao Hearts.
• Jiang Sheng identified the widespread corruption as possibly Residual Poison of Dao Transformation.

Jiang Sheng warned Fuyun Immortal Monarch that the Great Dao Corruption might require intervention from Changsheng Great Emperor and urged him to recall Zhenxiao Dao Sect’s disciples. In Baiguo World, Ye Wenshu, Xiaogong, and Shen Yao confronted its horrifying corruption and continued their investigation, armed with Jiang Sheng’s powerful sword talismans.

• Fuyun Immortal Monarch asked Jiang Sheng whether the corruption might be the Residual Poison of Dao Transformation, and Jiang Sheng said the danger exceeded their ability to handle and should be reported to Changsheng Great Emperor.
• Jiang Sheng advised Fuyun Immortal Monarch to recall the sect’s scattered disciples and establish Surveillance Arrays and purification pools, so Fuyun ordered the recall and protective measures.
• Ye Wenshu, Xiaogong, and Shen Yao entered Baiguo World and encountered a corrupted Heavenly Dao whose assault shattered Ye Wenshu’s Black Bird Jade Pendant barrier.
• Ye Wenshu cleaved open the Void-Reality Realm, revealing monstrous, corruption-tainted creatures, and Shen Yao used Thunder Arts to seal the filth back inside.
• Xiaogong explained Baixian Sect’s origins and its connection to Zhenxiao Dao Sect, while Shen Yao noted that its plant spirits could not have foreseen a Pure Yang existence corrupting their world.
• Shen Yao gave Ye Wenshu and Xiaogong sword talismans drawn by Jiang Sheng, and Ye Wenshu was astonished by the immense sword power Jiang Sheng had infused into them.