Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhen joined Yang Jian at Mount Hua to investigate the seal imprisoning Yang Chan and discovered it involved Nuwa’s Five-Colored Stone. He questioned Yang Chan’s belief that Liu Yanchang loved her and asked whether compassion-born Mana was truly required to activate the Lotus Lantern.

• Yang Jian agreed to Jiang Zhen’s help, returned to Mount Hua, and approved Jiang Zhen’s arrival through a rift.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye could not see through the New Heavenly Edict and followed him to the place where Yang Chan was imprisoned.
• Yang Chan said she had experienced the love her parents once shared, but Jiang Zhen challenged her belief that Liu Yanchang truly loved her.
• Jiang Zhen recognized the Five-Colored Stone sealing Yang Chan and told Yang Jian that the claim it could be smashed with the Sky-Opening Divine Axe was deception.
• Jiang Zhen speculated that the Queen Mother reincarnated to seek a way to restrain the New Heavenly Edict, then asked Yang Chan whether compassion-born Mana could activate the Lotus Lantern.

Jiang Zhen took the Lotus Lantern from Howling Celestial Dog and investigated its power, explaining its connection to Empress Nuwa and the Seven Treasures Marvelous Fire. He revealed that the lamp could be used by anyone recognized by its Lamp Spirit, then threatened it until it lit up.

• Jiang Zhen pulled the Lotus Lantern and Howling Celestial Dog out of the Void, and Yang Jian told Howling Celestial Dog to stop hunting Chenxiang.
• Jiang Zhen froze Yang Chan when she demanded to know what had happened to Chenxiang, then studied the Lotus Lantern.
• Yang Jian failed to open the pillar of light and found that the Five-Colored Stone absorbed his power.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Empress Nuwa had refined the Five-Colored Stone and Lotus Lantern, and that the lamp's flames could restrain beings with Seven Emotions and Six Desires.
• Jiang Zhen threatened the unresponsive Divine Lamp, and the Lotus Lantern trembled and began to glow.

Jiang Zhen questioned the Lotus Lantern's Lamp Spirit about its powers and Empress Nuwa's plans, while Yang Chan learned the Lantern disliked her and that her son Chenxiang had not come to rescue her. The Lamp Spirit explained that the coming end of Mana could let humanity flourish, then began claiming it could alter what was happening.

• The Lotus Lantern's Lamp Spirit appeared, admitted Yang Jian could wield its power, and said it disliked Yang Chan and did not need merciful Mana.
• The Lamp Spirit told Yang Chan that her beliefs about the Lantern's abilities were mistaken and criticized her for trying to reform enemies instead of killing them.
• Jiang Zhen mocked Yang Chan's husband and upbringing of Chenxiang, and the Howling Celestial Dog confirmed Chenxiang spent his days with a Little Fox and a small dragon instead of seeking his mother.
• Jiang Zhen asked whether Empress Nuwa's creation could bring about the end of Mana, and the Lamp Spirit argued that humanity's rise through the Human Path was appropriate because Nuwa had created humans.
• The Lamp Spirit said it could alter what was happening, but Jiang Zhen's question about its ability cut off its boast.

Jiang Zhen proposed changing the New Heavenly Edict and dividing the Three Realms to separate humans, immortals, and ghosts. The Lotus Lantern agreed to help, and Jiang Zhen planned to revive someone before meeting the Jade Emperor.

• The Lotus Lantern initially refused to alter the New Heavenly Edict, but Jiang Zhen explained that his plan would let humans and immortals live in separate realms without forcing the immortals to perish.
• Jiang Zhen proposed reforging Yang Jian's Mountain-splitting Axe into a World-breaking Axe and using it to divide the Heavenly Realm, Underworld, and Human World.
• Jiang Zhen explained that he would isolate the Three Realms with the Power of Space, allowing them to exchange resources through special passageways.
• Jiang Zhen clarified how the Lotus Lantern knew about Yang Jian killing Great Golden Crow and the others, and Yang Jian realized the treasure had witnessed his past actions.
• Jiang Zhen said their elder brother would split the mountain to trigger the New Heavenly Edict, and the Lotus Lantern agreed to help; Jiang Zhen then planned to revive someone and meet with the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother discussed the coming calamity and his plan to withdraw the Heavenly Court if he failed to break through. Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian arrived, and Yang Jian revealed they had an approach to the New Heavenly Edict with an eighty percent chance of success, though they still needed a few people.

• The Jade Emperor told the Queen Mother that the Heavenly Dao was driving the events forward and that he might move the Heavenly Court to a new God Realm if necessary.
• The Queen Mother vowed to remain in the Heavenly Court and help face the coming calamity, while the Jade Emperor planned to leave an incarnation behind and enter seclusion.
• Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian appeared in the Jade Pool, startling the Jade Emperor with Jiang Zhen's formidable power.
• Jiang Zhen introduced himself as a visitor from another world and explained that he had come to help Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian told the Jade Emperor that he and Jiang Zhen had a possible solution to the New Heavenly Edict, raising their confidence to eighty percent after learning information from the Lotus Lantern, but they still needed several people.

Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian persuaded the Jade Emperor to release Yang Jiao’s soul so he could save Yang Chan in Chenxiang’s place. The Jade Emperor and Yang Jian went to retrieve him, while Jiang Zhen waited in the Heavenly Court and reflected on his forgotten past life.

• The Jade Emperor praised Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian’s use of the Lotus Lantern to alter the New Heavenly Edict, and Jiang Zhen demonstrated his ability to split space.
• Yang Jian rejected Chenxiang as Yang Chan’s rescuer and asked the Jade Emperor for Yang Jiao’s soul.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Yang Jiao could use a body from another world to avoid detection and take Chenxiang’s place in splitting the mountain.
• The Jade Emperor revealed that he had secretly preserved and refined the Ten Golden Crows so they could one day emerge safely, and the Queen Mother learned that they were alive.
• Jiang Zhen gave Yang Jian a crystal sphere to contain Yang Jiao’s soul, then stayed behind to enjoy the Heavenly Court’s food and drink.
• The Jade Emperor and Yang Jian returned with Yang Jiao’s soul, which was wrapped around a fierce jiaolong, and Jiang Zhen recognized it as an Innate Flood Dragon Spirit.

Jiang Zhen learned that Yang Jiao’s soul carried an Innate Black Flood Dragon spirit formed from Innate Malevolent Energy, which could make resurrection dangerous without a suitable foundation. He searched for an Innate Spiritual Root on Fangzhang Island and found a Five Elements Pine Needle Fruit Tree.

• The Jade Emperor explained that Yang Jiao had been Golden Boy’s reincarnation and recounted how attempts to contain the trouble surrounding Yao Ji had failed.
• Jiang Zhen decided to find an innate foundation for Yang Jiao and asked the Jade Emperor to visit Primordial Heavenly Venerate while he searched.
• The Jade Emperor suggested the hidden islands of Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang, and Jiang Zhen used his mastery of spacetime to search for them.
• Jiang Zhen detected spatial fluctuations in the East Sea and entered Fangzhang Island through its formation.
• Jiang Zhen sent clones to collect ordinary innate plants and found and took the Five Elements Pine Needle Fruit Tree from the island’s center.

Jiang Zhen found Yingzhou Island and took its Innate White Lotuses, gaining new insight into his cultivation and finding a lotus for Yang Jiao. He returned to the Heavenly Court with Yang Jian, who agreed to travel to other worlds while the Jade Emperor handled Chenxiang’s fate.

• After planting his gains in his Inner World, Jiang Zhen sensed new vitality and traveled to the South Sea to search for Yingzhou Island.
• Jiang Zhen found a Twelfth Grade Innate White Lotus and collected a Ninth Grade lotus suited to nourish Yang Jiao’s primordial spirit.
• Jiang Zhen moved the lotus pond into his Inner World, triggering a surge in strength and a glimpse of the Level Seven Galaxy Realm, but he chose to delay breaking through.
• Jiang Zhen saw Guanyin Bodhisattva riding a white lotus and realized it was missing a seed from a Ninth Grade White Lotus before leaving without meeting her.
• Jiang Zhen returned to the Heavenly Court and showed Yang Jian the Ninth Grade Innate White Lotus, then invited him to travel to other worlds.
• The Jade Emperor told Yang Jian he would handle Chenxiang’s matter and leave the child mortal, and Yang Jian agreed to go with Jiang Zhen.

Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian returned to Little Stone's world, where Jiang Zhen explained the group's power levels and the history behind the Upper Realm's persecution of the descendants of the Seven Kings. Little Stone described his recent victories and said he had become too notorious to appear openly.

• Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian appeared in the Upper Realm, where Little Stone welcomed them and said the old immortals no longer dared confront him after Jiang Zhen's previous battle.
• Yang Jian asked about Little Stone's enemies, and Jiang Zhen explained how the group's levels corresponded to cultivation realms and why Level Three strength was common.
• Jiang Zhen described how darkness and the Foreign Domain had corrupted some of Little Stone's ancestors, while schemers branded the descendants of the Seven Kings as Sin Blood.
• Jiang Zhen recounted killing those who spread the false history, including refining three of the Four Remnant Immortals into pills, and asked how Little Stone had fared.
• Little Stone said he had been reborn through Nirvana, defeated many initial generation geniuses at a gathering, devoured the nonhumanoid ones, and taken the techniques and treasures of the humanoid ones.

Jiang Zhen explained why he would not intervene in the conflict Little Stone had provoked and encouraged him to stand by his conscience. After Little Stone pointed them toward the Primordial Treasure Realm as a possible source of a body for Yang Jiao, Jiang Zhen said he could take them there and gave Little Stone powerful Talismans before they left.

• Jiang Zhen told Yang Jian that Little Stone had killed or taken many heirs and would have to face the consequences himself, while Little Stone vowed to fight those who had persecuted the Sin Blood branches.
• Jiang Zhen asked Little Stone where they could find treasures suitable to replace Yang Jiao's physical body.
• Little Stone suggested the Primordial Treasure Realm, where he had once seen a Quasi-World Tree, a Divine Embryo, and other treasures.
• Jiang Zhen explained the Primordial Treasure Realm's Primordial Era origins and said it might contain a suitable vessel for Yang Jiao.
• Jiang Zhen said his space-time abilities would let him enter the Primordial Treasure Realm, then gave Little Stone Talismans with Immortal King-level attacks and defenses before leaving.

Jiang Zhen brought Yang Jian into the dangerous Primordial Treasure Realm to find a suitable body for Yang Jiao and warned him about the darkness infecting the world. After seven days of searching, Jiang Zhen discovered a living being forming inside Five Elements Immortal Gold.

• Jiang Zhen took Yang Jian into a world rich in Innate Spiritual Energy and explained that they would search for a Stone Embryo Immortal Seed or top-grade Immortal Gold for Yang Jiao’s body.
• Jiang Zhen gave Yang Jian a stone containing some of his power and warned him to avoid the darkness, which had infected powerful beings and killed the world’s first Immortal Emperor.
• Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian split up to search, each creating many clones; Jiang Zhen also sought treasures to support his own breakthrough.
• Seven days later, Jiang Zhen found a mountain filled with Innate Five Elements Qi and entered its heart.
• Jiang Zhen discovered Five Elements Immortal Gold absorbing the world’s Five Elements Ore Vein and nurturing a being with the potential to reach the Immortal King realm.

Jiang Zhen found an Innate Five Elements Immortal Gold Embryo for Yang Jiao’s soul and helped Yang Jian plan five Companion Treasures. Yang Jiao began fusing with the embryo while Jiang Zhen arranged a halberd, lamp, bow and arrows, seal, and armor from the Five Elements.

• Jiang Zhen called Yang Jian to the nearly gestated Immortal Gold Embryo, nourished by five Innate Five Elements Ore Veins.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Yang Jiao’s soul could enter the embryo, fuse with it, and turn the ore veins into treasures; Yang Jian placed his elder brother’s soul inside.
• Yang Jiao thanked them and began absorbing Five Elements Qi as Jiang Zhen offered to shape the ore veins into treasures.
• Yang Jiao chose a Great Halberd from the Gold Element and a lamp from the Fire Element, while Yang Jian suggested making the Wood Element into a bow and arrows.
• Yang Jiao agreed to Jiang Zhen’s plan for a Water Element Great Seal, and Jiang Zhen proposed using the Earth Element to make Yang Jiao armor.

After the Five Elements Immortal Gold Embryo was completed, Yang Jian returned to the World of Lotus Lantern with his brother, Yang Jiao, and sought a suitable teacher and cultivation technique for him. Jiang Zhen agreed to teach Yang Jiao without becoming his master, gave Little Stone the complete Indestructible Scripture, and departed to find a halberd technique.

• Jiang Zhen and Yang Jian saw that the Five Elements Immortal Gold Embryo had succeeded, then discussed who should teach Yang Jian’s brother, Yang Jiao.
• Yang Jian asked Jiang Zhen to teach Yang Jiao, and Jiang Zhen agreed to instruct him without taking him as a disciple or choosing his cultivation technique yet.
• Jiang Zhen visited Little Stone, gave him the complete Indestructible Scripture, and warned him to keep it secret.
• Jiang Zhen asked the Heavenly Desolation Halberd for a suitable halberd technique and left Little Stone’s world.
• Yang Jian returned to the World of Lotus Lantern, placed Yang Jiao in a place filled with all Five Elements, left him some information, and departed.

Jiang Zhen returned to Yang Jian with a revised Indestructible Scripture for Yang Jiao, combining bodily and spiritual cultivation to help him rapidly advance. They planned Yang Jiao’s training and a mysterious apprenticeship at Buzhou, while Yang Jian resolved to resume cultivating.

• Jiang Zhen told Yang Jian that he had adapted the Indestructible Scripture for Yang Jiao and strengthened it to make both body and soul indestructible.
• Jiang Zhen said the scripture and Yang Jiao’s accumulated Five Elements Immortal Gold could help Yang Jiao reach the True Immortal or Mysterious Immortal realm quickly, possibly advancing further.
• Yang Jian agreed to cultivate diligently again and said he would prepare people and arrangements for Yang Jiao.
• Jiang Zhen chose Buzhou as the place to teach Yang Jiao and suggested that Yang Jian guide him there by spreading stories about a powerful immortal and Pangu’s legacy.
• Yang Jian asked about Halberd Technique manuals, and Jiang Zhen said he had brought an advanced one back from that world.

Jiang Zhen invited group members to the Lotus Lantern world to help teach Yang Jiao and make the place livelier, while several members declined because of urgent conflicts in their own worlds. The chapter ended with Madara reporting that he and Hashirama were fighting powerful beings in the Universe.

• Jiang Zhen told Yang Jian about the Kun Peng's powerful Halberd Technique and asked him to guide his elder brother, which Yang Jian agreed to do.
• Jiang Zhen said Yang Jian's approval was needed to invite other group members, and Yang Jian gave his permission.
• A few days later, Jiang Zhen invited the group to the Lotus Lantern world, and Uncle Jiu, Zhang Chulan with his grandmaster and Sister Bao'er, Li Lianhua, and Sword God Li volunteered to come.
• Ace declined because he needed to help handle the crisis involving the Five Elders and a hidden figure, while Natsu stayed behind to fight the demons of Tartaros and the King of Hades.
• Madara told Jiang Zhen that he and Hashirama were battling powerful beings beyond the Otsutsuki clan and had no time to visit.

Jiang Zhen invited several group members to visit a Song Dynasty world, and Hong Hong of Tushan, Su Wuming, and Esdeath agreed for different reasons. Shi Potian revealed that he had Ascended into a strange, potentially dangerous world, while Daegu stayed behind because Lina was at a critical moment.

• Hong Hong of Tushan agreed to visit after explaining that the threat Outside the Circle had mostly been resolved and peace between humans and demons was being maintained.
• Su Wuming agreed to go with Cherry to explore the Song Dynasty world and see whether Bao Zheng was there.
• Esdeath decided to visit so Yang Jian could help her contact the West Sea Dragon Clan about advancing her Ice Dragon bloodline, and Jiang Zhen explained how simpler Laws could help Yang Jian approach becoming a Golden Immortal.
• Shi Potian told the group that he had successfully Ascended into a world where he heard legendary names, and Jiang Zhen advised him to investigate its dynasty and possible Dragon Island or Ancestor Dragon while remaining cautious.
• Shi Potian declined to visit because he was gaining insight into the Great Xuan Scripture, and Daegu also declined because Lina was at a critical moment, saying he had found the light.

Jiang Zhen explained to Daegu how Lina was being transformed into a Giant of Light and warned Long Kui that the Heavenly Emperor might be seeking Pangu’s power to break through his limits. The chapter left Zhang Chulan asking whether Fei Peng had absorbed a great deal of power from Pangu’s Heart.

• Daegu told Jiang Zhen that he had used the Light of Hope and a Plasma Spark to create artificial original light for Lina, who would need at least a year to finish gestating.
• Jiang Zhen warned Daegu to stay cautious and asked whether he would have to miss most upcoming activities while guarding Lina.
• Long Kui said she would stay behind to investigate Fei Peng’s situation, and Jiang Zhen warned that she was not strong enough to confront the Heavenly Emperor.
• Jiang Zhen explained that Fu Xi might be trying to replenish his Pangu-derived origin and refine heaven and earth so he could surpass his limits.
• Jiang Zhen suggested that Fei Peng may have been banished because his talent could rival the three great gods, and Zhang Chulan asked whether Fei Peng had absorbed much power from Pangu’s Heart.

Jiang Zhen warned Long Kui about the Heavenly Emperor’s possible motives and the danger posed by the Evil Sword Immortal, then discussed the Border Wasteland with Little Stone. Xiao Huo agreed to travel to Jiang Zhen’s world to train with Yang Jiao.

• Jiang Zhen explained how Chong Lou was born and why the Heavenly Emperor had Fei Peng demoted, then asked Long Kui to investigate the Divine Tree and call for help if the Heavenly Emperor proved dangerous.
• Jiang Zhen warned Long Kui that the Heavenly Emperor’s absence during the Evil Sword Immortal’s rise suggested a serious problem, and Long Kui promised to be careful and contact them if needed.
• Little Stone told Jiang Zhen he planned to visit an academy before heading to the Border Wasteland, despite not knowing whether he could withstand the Dark Power.
• Jiang Zhen urged Little Stone to carry the Talismans he had sent, and Little Stone insisted that no one could kill him.
• Jiang Zhen invited Xiao Huo to come train with Yang Jiao, and Xiao Huo agreed, eager to see the world’s Golden Crows and their Solar True Fire.

Jiang Zhen welcomed Zhang Chulan, the Old Celestial Master, Lin Jiu, and others to Mount Buzhou, then learned that Yang Jiao had been born and prepared to observe him. As Yang Jian went to guide his elder brother, Jiang Zhen and Zhang Chulan watched Yang Jiao face a White-Forehead Tiger and its clones.

• Jiang Zhen gave the Old Celestial Master a bolt of heavenly-tribulation Thunder when Zhang Chulan and the Old Celestial Master arrived at Mount Buzhou.
• Lin Jiu arrived and discussed the difficulty of finding the beings who had Ascended, while the other visitors soon appeared and Jiang Zhen sent them away because his house was too small.
• Jiang Zhen learned that Yang Jiao had been born and told Yang Jian to guide him, while Yang Jian questioned whether his elder brother would come to Jiang Zhen.
• Jiang Zhen projected Yang Jiao’s situation, and Zhang Chulan joined him to watch as Yang Jian’s powerful, confused-looking elder brother emerged from a valley.
• A White-Forehead Tiger attacked Yang Jiao with three Tiger Clones, and an illusory Flood Dragon Spirit appeared around Yang Jiao.

Yang Jiao was captured after the Meishan Six Monsters staged a monster attack, while Jiang Zhen explained his strange behavior to Zhang Chulan. After waking in a cave, Yang Jiao overheard the monsters planning to seek a powerful master at Mount Buzhou.

• Yang Jiao destroyed the tiger under the influence of Malevolent Energy, and Jiang Zhen told Zhang Chulan that his unusual behavior came from being a True Spirit consciousness.
• Yang Jian and the Jade Emperor decided to stage a crisis to capture Yang Jiao, so Yang Jian summoned the Meishan Six Monsters to cause havoc.
• A black-clad Monster knocked Yang Jiao unconscious, and Yang Jian signaled for the monsters to take him away.
• Yang Jiao woke in a cave and overheard the monsters criticize their allies and discuss finding a powerful master.
• The monsters agreed to visit the broken Mount Buzhou after eating a mortal with Spiritual Qi.