Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ding was ambushed and captured by two Golden Core cultivators seeking leverage against the Tushan Sword Cultivator, but he escaped through a hidden teleportation array. He set out to kill his would-be captors and take their heads as decorations for Tushan Immortal City.

• Huang Bao and Liu discussed using Jiang Ding as leverage to claim half of the Tushan Demon Country and settled on capturing him.
• Liu attacked Jiang Ding with his Heavenly Net sleeve while Huang Bao locked down the area with his divine sense.
• Jiang Ding resisted with his Silver-white Sword Lotuses and Sword Qi, but Liu’s sleeve swallowed him.
• Jiang Ding’s apparent body dissolved into silver-white light, leaving Huang Bao and Liu baffled when they found no trace of his escape.
• Jiang Ding reappeared beneath the Spiritless Gobi in a teleportation array, ruled out a Nascent Soul cultivator as the mastermind, and flew after the two Golden Core cultivators to kill them.

Jiang Ding intercepted Huang Bao and the long-bearded old man as they fled and defeated both Golden Core Cultivators. After killing the old man with one sword, he left Huang Bao fleeing toward Blood Transformation Hall.

• Huang Bao and the long-bearded old man complained about Jiang Ding while escaping toward the border between Chu Kingdom and Yue Kingdom.
• Jiang Ding appeared before them and rejected Huang Bao’s offer of two million Low-grade Spirit Stones, declaring that he would take their bodies and souls.
• Huang Bao transformed into a Golden Raging Ape and attacked Jiang Ding, but Jiang Ding’s Azure Flying Sword shattered his Rift-Gold Saber and sent him flying.
• The long-bearded old man tried to trap Jiang Ding with his All-Heaven Sleeve, but Jiang Ding broke through his defenses and destroyed his Golden Core and soul with one sword.
• Huang Bao lost his will to fight and burned his essence blood to flee toward Blood Transformation Hall.

Jiang Ding defeated and killed Huang Bao despite his appeal to the reputation of his sworn brother, Xue Liuyun, then searched Huang Bao’s soul and confirmed Xue Liuyun’s history. The chapter left Jiang Ding considering how education and cultivation foundations shaped the gulf between ordinary cultivators and Dao Children.

• Jiang Ding’s Supreme Clarity Flying Sword overwhelmed Huang Bao’s golden saber, and Huang Bao offered his storage bag and invoked his sworn brother Xue Liuyun to beg for his life.
• Jiang Ding praised Xue Liuyun’s conduct but refused to spare Huang Bao, hoping Xue Liuyun would come to confront him.
• Huang Bao burned his essence and blood for a final saber strike, but Jiang Ding’s flying sword shattered the saber and killed him.
• Jiang Ding captured Huang Bao’s Golden Core and fading soul, searched the soul, and verified Xue Liuyun’s rise from a groom slave to a renowned Northern Plains cultivator.
• Jiang Ding compared Xue Liuyun and the Six Paths Sect’s Holy Son with the Dao Children of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, explaining that careful cultivation and deep education created vastly different prospects.

Jiang Ding killed Huang Bao and the long-bearded elder, then returned to Tushan Immortal City carrying their bloodied treasures. The gathered cultivators recognized his victory and bowed to him as the Tushan Sword Ancestor.

• Jiang Ding found a hidden tracking mark in Huang Bao's Storage Bag and examined the two cultivators' spoils.
• Jiang Ding reflected on how Golden Core divine abilities were formed and compared them with sword cultivators' Natal Flying Swords.
• Jiang Ding destroyed Huang Bao and the long-bearded elder's bodies and flew toward Tushan Immortal City.
• Fa Zheng and the cultivators at the city gates waited anxiously for Jiang Ding's return, while his maids remained confident.
• Jiang Ding arrived carrying the bloodied robe and broken saber, and Fa Zheng led the gathered cultivators in paying respects to him.

Jiang Ding exposed Huang Bao’s plot to seize his foundation, killed him and his accomplice, and warned Tushan Immortal City against Calamity and Demonic Cultivators. He continued refining the Magneto-crystalline Core while settling into family life with Jiang Yuan, and three years passed.

• Jiang Ding showed the city scenes of Huang Bao conspiring with another Golden Core Cultivator to capture A Youth in Green Robes and claim half of the Tushan Demon Country, then revealed that both men had been beheaded.
• Jiang Ding condemned Huang Bao’s attempted murder of his disciple, declared that Tushan Immortal City would not welcome Calamity or Demonic Cultivators, and received the merchants’ pledge to help enforce the rule.
• Jiang Ding mounted Huang Bao’s broken golden saber and the long-bearded elder’s bloodstained Heavenly Robe on the city wall as warnings before returning to the demon palace with his disciples and attendants.
• Jiang Ding continued refining the Magneto-crystalline Core and estimated that perfecting it would take several more decades.
• Jiang Yuan began splitting her week between her brother’s home and her husband’s, and Jiang Ding and Lin Wanqiu welcomed her home for meals and family visits.
• Jiang Ding spent time with Jiang Yuan and their elders, and three years passed.

Jiang Yuan gave birth to twins at Banyan City First Hospital, where a Golden Core physician enhanced their martial aptitude. She waited for her brother to visit, but he never appeared before the twins' first day ended.

• Lin Zong Yun worried outside the delivery room and asked whether Jiang Yuan's brother could help, while Lin Yuanwang said a Foundation Establishment cultivator would already be aware of what was happening.
• Jiang Yuan gave birth to a boy and a girl, and a nurse explained the Immortal Sect's newborn care benefits.
• Lin Yuanwang asked Nong Jing, a Late Golden Core Cultivator, to provide the twins with specialized care.
• Nong Jing found that the twins had no spiritual roots and average martial aptitude, then used rare medicines to raise their martial aptitude to the highest tier below a Martial Saint Body.
• Jiang Yuan asked whether her brother had come, and Lin Wanqiu comforted her as she waited until nightfall without seeing him.

Jiang Ding kept Tushan Immortal City open to Golden Core refugees, taught his attendants to follow his principles, and refused to meet his young nephew and niece. The chapter ended with Jiang Yuan stunned after he warned her to focus on cultivation before her remaining time ran out.

• Monk Fa Zheng reported that Golden Core cultivators were seeking refuge in Tushan Immortal City, and Jiang Ding decided to welcome them rather than ban them.
• Chun Shi introduced Chun Jian, a candidate attendant with a Heavenly Wood Spirit Root, and Jiang Ding told her to advance through merit rather than special treatment.
• Jiang Ding taught the attendants that they must protect mortals and promptly confront or evade dangerous cultivators and monsters.
• Five years later, Jiang Yuan pleaded with Jiang Ding to meet Xiaolin and Xiaoling, but he refused and urged her to cultivate while she still had time to establish her foundation.

Jiang Ding spent a day with his elderly grandparents as they reflected on their ordinary but meaningful lives, then reunited with An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng. After dinner with his family, he quietly left with the two visitors.

• Jiang Ding accompanied Grandpa and Grandma as they watched the street, and Grandpa described his life as an inexhaustible treasure trove of memories.
• Grandma recalled choosing Grandpa because he was handsome, and she and the others joked about the family's looks and future partners.
• An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng approached Jiang Ding after ten years to make sure he was all right, then helped cheer up his grandparents.
• Jiang Ding returned home with them, where the children greeted the elders and the two visitors noticed they could not see the Youth in Green Robes.
• Jiang Ding's Supreme Clarity Flying Sword prepared dinner, impressing An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng with its cooking.
• After Grandpa and Grandma fell asleep, Jiang Ding, An Siyan, and Jin Lingfeng quietly left and flew away together.

Jiang Ding allowed Jin Lingfeng and An Siyan to stay in Banyan City for five years, then continued teaching and overseeing affairs in the Demon Palace. Years later, his grandfather and grandmother died after bidding him farewell, leaving Jiang Ding and his family grieving.

• Jiang Ding asked about An Siyan’s grandparents, and she explained that they had died before she was born because her parents had delayed having children until their cultivation paths stalled.
• Jin Lingfeng and An Siyan asked to remain in Banyan City for five years, and Jiang Ding reluctantly welcomed them despite warning them about the cost to their studies.
• Over five years, Jiang Ding taught the Demon Palace maids, whose ranks and cultivation advanced, and he permitted the Spirit Treasure Merchant Guild to hold a major auction in seven years.
• Five years later, Jiang Ding’s grandfather Lin Gang asked whether he was dying, and Jiang Ding silently held back his grief as Lin Gang wished him eternal life and died.
• Jiang Ding’s grandmother also died, and Lin Wanqiu and Lin Yong wept beside their parents.

After his grandparents died, Jiang Ding stayed home for a year to support Lin Wanqiu, then returned to school and resumed his cultivation and studies. He helped An Siyan plan for her parents’ longevity, and half a year later a kingfisher delivered two large boxes to his dormitory.

• Jiang Ding mourned his grandparents and urged Lin Wanqiu and Lin Yong to take care of themselves.
• Jiang Ding stayed home for a year until Lin Wanqiu's condition improved, then promised to visit weekly and returned to school.
• Jiang Ding offered An Siyan a high-interest loan so she would not have to form her Golden Core early to afford Longevity Pills for her parents.
• Jiang Ding resumed his classes, cultivation, and research while visiting home once a week.
• Sixteen years after the earlier events, Jiang Ding continued his routine in the mining district, and another half year passed.
• An elite kingfisher delivered two large boxes to Jiang Ding's dormitory and asked him to sign for them.

Jiang Ding watched the news, learned how Deity Transformation Policies shaped the Immortal Sect, and considered how he might use one to support sword cultivators and ascension immigrants. He then refined thirteen Heavenly Light Blazing Sun Electromagnetic Swords, preparing to strengthen Tushan Immortal City's public security.

• Jiang Ding received a television and watched news about the Ganghan Minor Realm's development, True Lord Mie Ri's seclusion, and the policies proposed by past Deity Transformation cultivators.
• Jiang Ding considered promoting sword cultivator inheritances and opening more ascension immigration quotas if he advanced to Spirit Transformation.
• Jiang Ding acknowledged the advantages of technological lineages but warned that allowing them to dominate every industry would bring ruin to themselves and the Immortal Sect.
• Jiang Ding opened a delivery box containing thirteen Quasi Third-grade Heavenly Light Blazing Sun Electromagnetic Swords and refined them with his Supreme Clarity Flying Sword for more than a month.
• Jiang Ding judged that the swords could let thirteen Foundation Establishment cultivators wield Quasi Third-grade strength and decided to improve public security in Tushan Immortal City.

Jiang Ding armed thirteen trusted maids with Heavenly Light Blazing Sun Dao Soldier Swords and sent them to patrol around Tushan Immortal City, where they swiftly wiped out nearby demonic and Calamity Cultivators. After the maids killed the Blood Bone Venerable, Peach Blossom Young Master and Vajra Monk discussed the danger Jiang Ding faced and the potential reward for avenging Huang Bao.

• Jiang Ding gave thirteen veteran maids Heavenly Light Blazing Sun Dao Soldier Swords, which recognized their masters and formed a powerful sword formation.
• Jiang Ding ordered the maids to patrol within five hundred kilometers of Tushan Immortal City and kill any demonic or Calamity Cultivators they found.
• The maids repeatedly ambushed their targets, killing hundreds of cultivators in about a month and earning the name Tushan Demonesses.
• The thirteen maids destroyed the Blood Bone Venerable and his Blood Bone Strange Snakes before leaving the battlefield.
• Peach Blossom Young Master and Vajra Monk watched the battle and discussed how Huang Bao’s allies and Xue Liuyun might seek revenge against Jiang Ding.

Jiang Ding received a warning from Zhou Sanyan about danger, then captured two disguised Golden Core Cultivators in Tushan Immortal City and discovered they were tied to a plot against him. He killed Peach Blossom Young Master and exposed Vajra Monk’s concealed late-stage Golden Core cultivation.

• Jiang Ding read Zhou Sanyan’s letter warning him to travel abroad and concluded that the Great Sun Sect or Six Paths Sect might be targeting him.
• Vajra Monk and Peach Blossom Young Master entered Tushan Immortal City disguised as Foundation Establishment Cultivators and headed to a secluded meeting place.
• Jiang Ding teleported the pair to his palace and confronted them, then struck Peach Blossom Young Master with his flying sword.
• Peach Blossom Young Master revealed that late Golden Core Cultivators planned to hunt Jiang Ding for a favor from Xue Liuyun, and Jiang Ding killed him after reading his memories.
• Jiang Ding identified Vajra Monk as a concealed late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, and Vajra Monk’s expression changed.

Jiang Ding confronted Vajra Monk, exposed him as the Blood Cloud Ninth General, Drum Hammer General, and easily damaged his ancient treasure. The chapter left them facing off as Vajra Monk prepared to fight in his transformed monstrous form.

• Jiang Ding searched Peach Blossom Young Master's memories and deduced that Vajra Monk had concealed his identity and cultivation.
• Jiang Ding's Azure Flying Sword pierced Vajra Monk's golden defenses and damaged the Submerging Water Drum despite its attacks and summoned cavalry.
• Jiang Ding sealed the area against Vajra Monk's attempts to send messages and offered to leave his corpse intact if he surrendered.
• Vajra Monk transformed into a golden, horned monster and threatened Jiang Ding's Household in revenge for the death of his sixteenth brother.
• Jiang Ding recognized Vajra Monk as the Blood Cloud Ninth General, Drum Hammer General, and mocked the Blood Cloud Riders for pursuing revenge while facing destruction.

Jiang Ding killed Vajra Monk after the monk tried to recruit him as an ally, then learned that Vajra Monk’s spirit soul was protected by a treasure tied to Xue Liuyun. He took the monk’s valuables and headed into the nearby house, intending to discover who else was hunting him.

• Vajra Monk attacked Jiang Ding with a giant hammer and the Leather-covered Vajra Drum, but Jiang Ding’s High-grade Magic Treasure sword shattered the hammer and struck him down.
• As Vajra Monk fled, he appealed to Jiang Ding to ally against the twenty-eight Aristocratic Clans, but Jiang Ding killed him and captured his spirit soul and Golden Core.
• Vajra Monk’s spirit soul resisted the Grade 3 Top-tier Soul Searching Talisman and destroyed it before Jiang Ding could search it.
• Jiang Ding searched Huang Bao’s memories and learned that Xue Liuyun possessed the Nine Sons United Heart Knot, which protected the souls of nine people from soul searches.
• Jiang Ding took Vajra Monk’s Storage Bag and Leather-covered Vajra Drum, then disguised himself as the Peach Blossom Young Master and walked toward the small house.

Jiang Ding entered an illegal underground auction beneath his house, where the Spirit Treasure Merchant Guild sold forbidden goods and slaves. The auction’s finale was announced as two girls with Heavenly Spirit Roots in exchange for Golden Core Pills or equivalent treasures.

• Jiang Ding followed a gray-clothed old man through a hidden tunnel beneath his house and entered the underground auction, where he recognized fifteen Golden Core cultivators among the attendees.
• Fatty Shang opened the auction and defended the guild’s thirty percent handling fee after Madam Thousand Snakes protested.
• The auction sold the Nine-Child Ghost Blades, a weapon made from tortured women and children, to a bidder for one hundred and fifty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Madam Thousand Snakes bought all the male slaves offered at the auction for over one hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The auction continued with forbidden slaves and low-grade magical treasures, then announced two Heavenly Spirit Root girls as a finale item for Golden Core Pills or equivalent goods.

At an auction, Golden Pagoda King won a secret art and then sought allies to attack Tushan Immortal City in exchange for Xue Liuyun’s favor. As he prepared a contract, a disguised attacker stabbed him with an Azure Sword, revealing that the assault had begun.

• Madam Thousand Snakes traded a Golden Core Pill for two girls with Heavenly Spirit Roots.
• Golden Pagoda King won the Bloodline Spirit Refining Secret Art for one hundred and twenty million Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The auction offered a stone token granting one favor from Xue Liuyun in exchange for the head of the Tushan Immortal City Lord.
• Golden Pagoda King urged the Golden Core cultivators to join him in attacking Tushan, and Peach Blossom Young Master proposed they sign a joint-governance contract.
• As Golden Pagoda King prepared the contract, a disguised figure stabbed him with an Azure Sword and vanished into spiritual light.

Jiang Ding destroyed the underground auction, judged its Golden Core attendees, and demanded fines from those who had participated in the crimes. He left the other cultivators free to go, but confronted Shang Chengye over the Spirit Treasure Merchant Guild’s neutrality rule.

• Jiang Ding killed Golden Pagoda King, collected his Golden Core and divine soul, and ordered Zhou Sanyan to leave unharmed.
• Jiang Ding sentenced Madam Thousand Snakes and Shang Chengye to die, and ordered the remaining Golden Core Cultivators to pay five million Low-grade Spirit Stones each.
• Jiang Ding killed a blue-robed Golden Core Cultivator who challenged the fine, while the Sky Sword Falling Stream Array blocked Madam Thousand Snakes’ sneak attack.
• The remaining Golden Core Cultivators paid their fines and fled, and Jiang Ding let them go.
• Shang Chengye invoked the Northern Plains Shang Clan’s Nascent Soul ancestor, but Jiang Ding explained that the clan’s neutrality rule would leave him without its protection.

Jiang Ding and Madam Thousand Snakes fought while Shang Chengye tried to attack him, and Jiang Ding revealed the Law-Breaking power of his Azure Flying Sword. The chapter ended with Madam Thousand Snakes reviving her snakes and unleashing the Thousand Snakes Poison King Array.

• Shang Chengye admitted he had broken the rules but invoked his Nascent Soul relatives, and Jiang Ding exposed his inability to claim membership in the Shang Clan's direct line.
• Madam Thousand Snakes taunted Jiang Ding and fought his Azure Flying Sword with her poisonous Golden Hairpin while Shang Chengye attacked him with twelve bronze coins.
• Jiang Ding summoned nine flaming meteor swords from the array to pursue Shang Chengye, while Madam Thousand Snakes used superior sword control to force back his flying sword.
• Jiang Ding's Azure Flying Sword revealed its Law-Breaking power, shattered the Golden Hairpin, and killed Madam Thousand Snakes's black and white pythons.
• Madam Thousand Snakes revived the snakes with essence blood and unleashed the Thousand Snakes Poison King Array, filling the area with poisonous mist.

Jiang Ding defeated Madam Thousand Snakes and Shang Chengye in the underground poison array, then buried the hidden site to conceal it again. He left with their belongings and reflected that Late Golden Core Cultivators remained dangerous.

• Madam Thousand Snakes sacrificed her essence blood and fused countless venomous snakes into her black-and-white spirit pet, which attacked Jiang Ding with poisonous dragon breath.
• Jiang Ding's Blue-Gold Flying Sword broke through the dragon breath and killed the giant snake, then destroyed Madam Thousand Snakes as she tried to flee in snake form.
• Jiang Ding joined the fight against Shang Chengye, whose copper-coin treasures and shield failed under the combined assault of the flying sword and nine flaming greatswords.
• Jiang Ding collected Madam Thousand Snakes's and Shang Chengye's Storage Bags and Magic Treasures, then collapsed the caves and concealment formation to bury the underground site.