Recaps

Jiang Ping'an gathered 417 cultivators willing to join his revenge campaign and supplied them with Spirit Pills. After arranging for Hu Yan'er to look after the Human Race in Qingqiu City, he went to Wangyue Mountain and borrowed 182 flying swords for the expedition.

• Jiang Ping'an gave the cultivators half an hour to decide whether to join him, and 417 volunteered, including three Law Manifestation Realm cultivators.
• He concealed the mountaintop with the Four Spirits Formation, vowed to bring back as many cultivators as possible, and distributed Spirit Pills so they could recover.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Hu Yan'er to look after his fellow clansmen while he was away, then flew from Qingqiu City toward Wangyue Mountain.
• At Wangyue Mountain, Jiang Ping'an told Peng Qingyang he planned to take revenge on the Foreign Races that had abducted Ping'an City's people and asked to borrow flying swords.
• Peng Qingyang agreed to support him and ordered the disciples to gather their swords; Jiang Ping'an borrowed 182 flying swords.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ping'an refines 200 more flying swords, totaling 456, to accompany him in seeking revenge.
• He returns to Qingqiu City, where Zhu Yan awaits, having advanced to the Seventh Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an gathers 417 cultivators willing to accompany him and departs for Ping'an City.
• After landing, Jiang Ping'an distributes the flying swords and begins refining Geng Metal Flying Swords for the Law Manifestation Realm cultivators.
• He successfully refines three Geng Metal Flying Swords and gifts them to ** Zhi, Jiang Yushun, and the other top Law Manifestation Realm experts.
• The next day, Jiang Ping'an leads over four hundred cultivators to begin their journey of revenge.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ping'an demonstrates his artifact-refining skills and generosity by gifting powerful flying swords to his companions.
• Zhu Yan advances to the Seventh Realm, showcasing growth under Jiang Ping'an's guidance.
• ** Zhi, Jiang Yushun, and the other Law Manifestation Realm cultivators receive powerful weapons, boosting their confidence and capabilities.

Significant Themes

• Power and its responsible use, as seen through Jiang Ping'an's artifact-refining and gifting of powerful weapons.
• Growth and advancement, exemplified by Zhu Yan's progress and the cultivators' eagerness to improve their skills with the new flying swords.
• Loyalty and camaraderie, as the cultivators unite under Jiang Ping'an to seek revenge together.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ping'an interacts with Zhu Yan, acknowledging his progress and entrusting him with waiting outside Qingqiu City.
• Jiang Ping'an meets with Hu Yan'er, asking her to continue watching over his clansmen while he's away.
• Jiang Ping'an gathers and interacts with the 417 cultivators, distributing flying swords and preparing them for their journey.
• Jiang Ping'an refines and gifts Geng Metal Flying Swords to ** Zhi, Jiang Yushun, and the other top Law Manifestation Realm experts, fostering a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect.

Jiang Ping'an led more than four hundred Human Race cultivators in a campaign of revenge, first exterminating the demonic beasts in Ping'an City and then attacking the Mountain-Pulling Apes at Da Luo Mountain. Zhu Yan battered the clan’s mountain-guarding barrier while Jiang Ping'an split it open, leaving the stronghold exposed for the assault.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered the ten treasure ships to sweep through Ping'an City, where the Human Race cultivators killed every demonic beast.
• Jiang Ping'an led the fleet toward Da Luo Mountain, where the Mountain-Pulling Apes gathered to defend their clan and pleaded with him to leave.
• Jiang Ping'an rejected the Mountain-Pulling Ape Demon Kings’ offer of compensation and declared that he would wipe out their clan for plundering Ping'an City.
• Zhu Yan revealed its seventh-rank true form and repeatedly rammed the mountain-guarding barrier as Jiang Yushun, Feng Yihuan, and the cultivators attacked the outskirts.
• Jiang Ping'an struck the barrier with the Dragon Abyss Halberd, tearing a huge gash in it, and Zhu Yan’s continued assault shattered it.

Jiang Ping'an exterminated the Basha Mountain Giant Ape Clan in the Great Luo Mountains, then collected its treasures and refined many of its corpses into Spirit Pills. After ordering the Human Race cultivators to regroup, he set course for Sangcao Mountain as their next target.

• Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Yan killed the fleeing Basha Mountain Giant Apes, with Zhu Yan defeating the two Demon Kings while Jiang Ping'an slaughtered the rest across the Great Luo Mountains.
• Jiang Ping'an collected the Demon Kings' Storage Flasks and Spirit Artifacts, gave one staff to Zhu Yan, and looted the clan's treasure vault.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhu Yan to sort the sixth-tier and fifth-tier corpses, then let Chen Pingzhi, Jiang Yushun, Feng Yihuan, and the returning cultivators loot the lair.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the two Demon Kings and the sixth-tier and fifth-tier Basha Mountain Giant Ape corpses into Spirit Pills, Storage Flasks, and Spirit Artifacts.
• Jiang Ping'an called the Human Race cultivators back and announced Sangcao Mountain as their next target before leading them there by ship.

Jiang Ping'an led an assault on Sangcao Mountain after finding a Xu Earth Spirit Pearl among the Basha Mountain Demon Kings’ belongings. He began slaughtering the mountain’s demon birds to draw out its strongest defenders, and a sixth-stage Golden-Winged Peng attacked him.

• Jiang Ping'an found a Xu Earth Spirit Pearl in the Giant Ape Demon Kings’ Storage Flasks and realized it could help him comprehend the Earth Law.
• Jiang Ping'an brought more than four hundred Human Race cultivators to Sangcao Mountain, then sent most of them to hide and told Zhu Yan to conceal its true form.
• Jiang Ping'an said he planned to lure out and kill the three Saint Realm ferocious birds and three sixth-stage Golden-Winged Pengs before attempting to topple the mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Yan killed the patrolling demon birds, prompting Sangcao Mountain’s alarm and drawing flocks toward them.
• Jiang Ping'an’s golden Law Manifestation used Jade Transformation Divine Light to kill swarms of demon birds, dodging a lightning strike with the Void Movement Technique.
• A sixth-stage Golden-Winged Peng swooped down and attacked Jiang Ping'an’s main body with its talons.

Jiang Ping'an attacked Sangcao Mountain to avenge Ping'an City's abducted people, killing the Golden-Winged Pengs and avian demon kings who confronted him. With Zhu Yan grounding the flying demons, Jiang Ping'an turned the battlefield to jade and began killing them all.

• Jiang Ping'an used his Three-Body Mystic Essence Movement and Jade Transformation Divine Light to turn a sixth-rank Golden-Winged Peng into jade, then beheaded it with his halberd.
• Three avian demon kings and two more sixth-rank Golden-Winged Pengs surrounded Jiang Ping'an, but he killed one Golden-Winged Peng with the Dragon Abyss Halberd while Zhu Yan killed the other.
• Old Golden-Winged Peng descended to attack Jiang Ping'an, and Zhu Yan used Sky Banishment to force the flying demons to fall from the sky.
• Jiang Ping'an escaped Sky Banishment with Void Escape and killed the three avian demon kings with his halberd.
• Zhu Yan pinned Old Golden-Winged Peng to the ground, while Jiang Ping'an's Law Manifestation turned the avian demons and both combatants into jade.
• Jiang Ping'an fired Burning Essence Sword Qi to kill the jade-transformed avian demons and pierce Old Golden-Winged Peng's head.

Jiang Ping'an wiped out the demonic birds of Sangcao Mountain, collected their treasures, and prepared to attack Green Haze Temple. Before the raid, he toppled Sangcao Mountain to prevent the birds from returning and uncovered a rare Billion-Year Tree Heart.

• Jiang Ping'an killed the demonic birds on Sangcao Mountain, searched its treasury, and ordered the Human Race cultivators to collect valuables and corpses.
• Jiang Ping'an took the Storage Bags and Spirit Artifacts from Zhu Yan, then refined the demonic birds into more than thirteen hundred Great Demon Spirit Pills and over two thousand Fifth-Order Demonic Bird Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an announced that Green Haze Temple was the next target, and led the Human Race cultivators toward it on treasure ships.
• Jiang Ping'an halted the fleet, returned to Sangcao Mountain, and destroyed it to keep the demonic birds from threatening Ping'an City again.
• Jiang Ping'an excavated a Billion-Year Tree Heart from the mountain's broken core and returned to the fleet, where Jiang Yushun, Chen Pingzhi, and Feng Yihuan greeted him.

Jiang Ping'an destroyed Green Haze Temple, rescued more than four thousand Human Race cultivators, and recruited over a thousand cultivators eager to join his revenge campaign. As they approached Taigong Mountain, Zhu Yan detected an ambush involving several demon kings, possibly a demon emperor and an Ancient Ferocious Beast, but Jiang Ping'an chose to press forward.

• Jiang Ping'an refined the Falling Treasure Golden Pearl into a Spirit Artifact and found no remarkable treasure in the old Golden-Winged Peng's storage pouch.
• Jiang Ping'an and his allies destroyed Green Haze Temple, rescued more than four thousand Human Race cultivator slaves, and sent them back to Ping'an City.
• Zhu Yan spotted over a thousand Human Race cultivators waiting along the route to Taigong Mountain, and Jiang Ping'an recognized Zhang Zhe among them.
• Zhang Zhe and the other cultivators asked to join Jiang Ping'an's revenge campaign, and he welcomed them into his force.
• Zhu Yan detected several demon kings and possibly a demon emperor and an Ancient Ferocious Beast lying in ambush near Taigong Mountain, but Jiang Ping'an decided to attack them.

Jiang Ping'an defeated a Demon Emperor’s ambush, killed seven Demon Kings, and continued avenging the raid on Ping'an City. After a month of attacks, the Azure Treasure Continent’s factions feared his campaign would reach them next.

• Jiang Ping'an detected the ambush and used the Magnetic Jade Bottle’s Purple Firmament Divine Lightning to grievously wound the Shadow Leopard Demon King.
• The Qiongqi Demon King and several others withdrew, but the Demonic Sheep Demon Emperor and seven Demon Kings attacked Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Yan.
• Jiang Ping'an turned all seven attacking Demon Kings to jade and killed them, while the Demonic Sheep Demon Emperor escaped after Zhu Yan fought it.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the seven Demon King corpses into Spirit Pills and led the Human Race cultivators to destroy Taigong Mountain.
• Over the next month, Jiang Ping'an and the Human Race cultivators slaughtered the factions and clans that had raided Ping'an City, spreading fear across the Azure Treasure Continent.

The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess Hu Yunhua traveled to Ping'an City to persuade Jiang Ping'an to end his vengeance, after frightened powers and races pleaded for the Heavenly Fox Race to intervene. Jiang Ping'an declared his revenge complete and his intent to rebuild Ping'an City, while the visiting representatives promised generous gifts.

• Representatives in Qingqiu City begged Princess Yunhua to stop Ye Chenzhou from continuing his campaign, and she agreed to meet him.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, welcomed the Human Race cultivators, and announced plans to rebuild the city larger and safer.
• Hu Yunhua and the representatives stopped outside Ping'an City as more than four hundred Human Race cultivators raised their flying swords; Jiang Ping'an ordered the weapons put away and welcomed her.
• Hu Yunhua asked why Jiang Ping'an had destroyed several powers, and he explained that they had abducted and plundered Ping'an City and that he had finished taking revenge.
• Hu Yunhua and the other representatives promised generous gifts to help rebuild Ping'an City, and Jiang Ping'an thanked them.

Jiang Ping'an negotiated with the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess over Qingqiu City's human slave trade, then planned Ping'an City's reconstruction and set terms for the people he had freed. He left for Qingqiu City to bring back its remaining residents while Zhu Yan stayed behind to guard Ping'an City.

• Jiang Ping'an repaid the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess for returning his ten High-Grade Spirit Artifacts and asked her to seek a ban on selling humans in Qingqiu City, but he refused to teach the Heavenly Fox Race how to forge flying swords.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the formation diagrams and used Proficiency Points to comprehend the Heaven Rank Azure Abyss Return to Ruins Defense Formation and All Heaven Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an decided he would rescue Liu Xixu from Celestial Continent before overseeing the construction of New Ping'an City, though he remained in Azure Treasure Continent for now.
• Chen Pingzhi, Jiang Yushun, and Feng Yihuan asked how Jiang Ping'an would arrange the freed cultivators, and he gave them two choices: repay what he spent on them or surrender their gains and become his disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Zhang Zhe to gather capable helpers and arrange food and supplies, then flew toward Qingqiu City with Zhang Zhe and several dozen cultivators while Zhu Yan stayed to guard Ping'an City.

Jiang Ping'an returned more than sixty thousand rescued Human Race cultivators to Ping'an City and began planning its reconstruction with support from Wangyue Mountain. As he recruited followers and settled the rescued people, he also called for the redemption of Ping'an City residents who had already been sold.

• Jiang Ping'an announced that Ping'an City was safe and invited the cultivators in Qingqiu City to return, then asked Zhang Zhe to publicize an offer to redeem sold residents for twice their price.
• Jiang Ping'an led more than sixty thousand people back to Ping'an City, where residents welcomed them and Peng Qingyang offered fifty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones toward rebuilding.
• Jiang Ping'an told Peng Qingyang he planned to build powerful new defensive and Spirit Gathering formations, while first repairing the existing Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Jiang Yushun and Feng Yihuan handed over their gains and became Jiang Ping'an's followers, while Chen Pingzhi chose to remain independent and repaid five million Low-Grade Spirit Stones toward his debt.
• After hearing from more than four hundred cultivators, Jiang Ping'an accepted 143 Dragon Transformation Realm cultivators and 121 Divine Treasury Realm Fifth Heaven cultivators as followers and gave other rescued cultivators Essence Stones to support themselves.

Jiang Ping'an established the Heaven's Mandate Sect, organized Ping'an City's relief and rebuilding efforts, and promised his followers generous stipends and weapons. After planning repairs to the city's formation, he inventoried his spoils and discovered vast stores of Spirit Stones, treasures, and Spirit Artifacts.

• Jiang Ping'an appointed Zhang Zhe, Jiang Yushun, and Feng Yihuan to oversee city reconstruction and patrols, and advanced them funds for their work.
• Jiang Ping'an began refining pills and forging flying swords at Ye Manor while the city's new offices recruited workers and guards.
• Jiang Ping'an founded the Heaven's Mandate Sect with 267 members, announced its purpose and benefits, and distributed resettlement allowances.
• Jiang Ping'an assessed damage to the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation and tasked Zhang Zhe with buying repair materials, hiring Formation Masters, and seeking talented disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an spent five days sorting his spoils and found over four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, treasures valued at over two billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and numerous Spirit Artifacts.

Jiang Ping'an outfitted the Heaven's Mandate Sect and ordered a continent-wide ban on keeping or abducting humans, threatening retaliation against those who defied it. Most forces complied, but the Serpentfolk of the Million Mountains continued enslaving more than a hundred thousand humans.

• Forces that had bought people from Ping'an City returned them, and Jiang Ping'an paid them twice the purchase price as promised.
• Jiang Ping'an distributed flying swords and Spirit Artifacts to the Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples, then ordered Feng Yihuan to announce the prohibition across the Azure Treasure Continent and give violators half a month to comply.
• Jiang Ping'an told the disciples to prepare for a campaign against forces that kept or abducted humans, then assigned Chen He, Chu Ningxiang, and Zhong Wending to establish a temporary sect base.
• As the prohibition spread, nearly all forces and races stopped keeping and abducting humans, fearing Jiang Ping'an's retaliation.
• The Million Mountains ignored the prohibition and continued enslaving more than a hundred thousand humans.

Jiang Ping'an organized efforts to rescue freed humans and began creating jade slips to make teaching Heaven's Mandate Sect's skills more efficient. After recording spells and martial skills, he turned to simplifying the Dao Scripture into cultivation methods suited to different aptitudes.

• Jiang Ping'an urged Heaven's Mandate Sect's disciples to grow stronger and prepare to destroy the Serpentfolk once Ping'an City was rebuilt.
• Jiang Ping'an assigned Feng Yihuan to rescue freed humans and Zhang Zhe to help settle them around Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an bought the Jade Slip Crafting Art and white jade, used his Proficiency Points to improve his understanding, and successfully crafted a jade slip that Ye Wenxing and Ye Xiangcao could read.
• Jiang Ping'an used jade slips to record the spells and martial skills he planned to teach, completing the work in two days.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to simplify the Dao Scripture into five cultivation methods suited to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth aptitudes, then deepened his comprehension of its first volume.

Jiang Ping'an refined the Dao Scripture into six cultivation arts for different spiritual roots and began recruiting children to test them. He selected and formally accepted seven Registered Disciples, planning to teach them their arts the next day.

• Jiang Ping'an adapted the Dao Scripture’s first six volumes into the universal Heaven's Mandate Scripture and five specialized Five Elements cultivation arts.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Ye Guangsheng to have Zhang Zhe gather every child aged eight to twelve in Ping'an City for disciple selection.
• Jiang Ping'an examined more than three thousand children at Ping'an Square and selected Shen Shui'er, Ye Tieshi, Jiang Er'niang, Lu Feiyu, Li Yichen, Ye Qiuyue, and Luo Xingchen.
• Jiang Ping'an questioned the seven children and their families, then formally accepted the children as Registered Disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an arranged for the new disciples to stay at Ye Manor and postponed teaching them their cultivation arts until the next day.

Jiang Ping'an taught his seven Registered Disciples cultivation arts and later checked their progress, then introduced the Heaven's Mandate Sect's martial skills and spells. The disciples argued over seniority as they trained, while the sect members eagerly chose new techniques.

• Jiang Ping'an taught the seven Registered Disciples six cultivation arts and gave them unlimited Flawless Hundred Herbs Pills.
• Ten days later, Shen Shui'er reported opening seven meridians, Ye Tieshi reported opening eight, and Jiang Er'niang, Lu Feiyu, and Li Yichen each reported opening one; Ye Qiuyue and Luo Xingchen had opened none.
• Jiang Ping'an encouraged Ye Qiuyue and Luo Xingchen, answered his disciples' cultivation questions, and sent them back to cultivate.
• Ye Tieshi and Shen Shui'er argued over who should be the eldest disciple, while Luo Xingchen also claimed the position; none of the seven settled the dispute.
• Jiang Ping'an announced the Heaven's Mandate Sect's martial skill and spell collection, explained the rules for choosing techniques, and prohibited members from privately passing them on.
• The sect members thanked Jiang Ping'an and rushed to choose martial skills and spells suited to their realms.

Jiang Ping'an arranged cultivation, resources, and defenses for Heaven's Mandate Sect and Ping'an City before leaving Azure Treasure Continent to rescue Liu Xixu. He departed quietly aboard his Top-Grade Treasure Ship for the Celestial Continent in the Central Wastelands.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Zhong Wending the first five volumes of the Heaven's Mandate Scripture and later asked him to guide Ye Qiuyue and Luo Xingchen.
• Jiang Ping'an checked the Registered Disciples' cultivation, returned 182 Mystic Iron Flying Swords to Wangyue Mountain, and repaired the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation, strengthening its effect by roughly ten percent.
• Jiang Ping'an declared the Great Luo Mountains his private property, ordered Zhang Zhe to announce restrictions on mining and non-human settlement, and tasked Zhong Wending with organizing patrols and gave him Purple Essence Pills for expenses.
• Jiang Ping'an inspected the seven Registered Disciples, gave five of them the second volumes of their cultivation arts, and placed five bottles of perfect quality Primordial Sea Pills with Zhong Wending for them to collect later.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhu Yan to help guard Ping'an City in emergencies and warned it not to repeat its past misconduct.
• Jiang Ping'an entered seclusion, secretly left Ping'an City, and flew toward the Celestial Continent in the Central Wastelands.

Jiang Ping'an reached the Celestial Continent and was denied entry as a Human Race member, whom the Celestial Race treated as a slave. After killing the gatekeeper and escaping the guards, he disguised himself as a Dragon Race member and entered with an Ascension Jade Token to search for Liu Xixu.

• Jiang Ping'an flew from Azure Treasure Continent to the Celestial Continent, selling Spirit Artifacts along the way and continuing to condense his Law Manifestation.
• At the entrance, Jiang Ping'an paid 5,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones, but the Celestial Race gatekeeper called him a slave and refused him entry.
• When the gatekeeper attacked, Jiang Ping'an used Void Escape and the Violet Lightning Divine Power to kill him, then recovered his Spirit Stones and evaded pursuing guards, including two Venerables.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled south toward Guangnan Prefecture, where Brunsy's family lived, and decided to enter the Celestial Continent disguised as a Dragon Race member.
• Jiang Ping'an changed his appearance, grew dragon horns, paid 5,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones at another entrance, and entered with an Ascension Jade Token.

Jiang Ping'an entered the Celestial Continent, paid to reach the third ring, and rented Black Tortoise Peak in Guangnan Prefecture to cultivate. After comprehending the Earth Law with the help of the Xu Earth Spirit Pearl, he advanced to the third layer of the Law Manifestation Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an bought a map and learned that Guangnan Prefecture lay in the second ring, beyond Yishui Prefecture.
• Jiang Ping'an paid to enter the fourth and third rings, spending thirty-five million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in total for a token that allowed him to stay in the third ring for one year.
• Jiang Ping'an reached Jade Forest City, rented Black Tortoise Peak, and concealed it with a Mystic Capital Illusion Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an meditated for ten days and ten nights and distinguished the Earth Law among the Five Elements Laws.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Xu Earth Spirit Pearl to deepen his comprehension of the Earth Law and advanced to the third layer of the Law Manifestation Realm.

Jiang Ping'an gathered information in Jade Forest City and learned that the Brun Family was recruiting Formation Masters to build a Saint-rank defensive formation. He answered the recruitment under the name Ao Guang and agreed to take an assessment in three days after negotiating for a higher salary.

• Jiang Ping'an visited Rao Liang Teahouse and listened to locals discuss Hu Die'er’s popular opera and life in Jade Forest City.
• After spending more than half a month at the teahouse, Jiang Ping'an learned that the Brun Family was recruiting Formation Masters for an Essence Stone Mine.
• Jiang Ping'an went to Starlight Talisman Pavilion and introduced himself to Brunke as the dragon Ao Guang, a Formation Grandmaster skilled in the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Brunke invited Jiang Ping'an to take a formation-setting assessment in three days and offered a monthly salary of one thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an demanded at least three thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones per month, and Brunke accepted the figure if he proved his ability.

Jiang Ping'an fully comprehended the Earth Law, then infiltrated the Brun Family by passing its formation assessment and signing a contract as Ao Guang. After reselling an Ascension Jade Token and subletting Black Tortoise Peak, he prepared to leave his old residence.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Xu Earth Spirit Pearl to comprehend the Earth Law, then absorbed earth essence and Immortal Qi to refine Earth Mana.
• Three days later, Jiang Ping'an joined more than a hundred Formation Masters traveling to Brun Family lands for an assessment overseen by Brunsy.
• After three days of assessments, Jiang Ping'an was among the thirty-six Formation Masters who passed and returned to Jade Forest City to sign contracts.
• Brunsy offered Jiang Ping'an a monthly salary of two thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and an Ascension Jade Token, and Jiang Ping'an accepted the contract after checking its restrictions.
• Jiang Ping'an resold his unregistered Ascension Jade Token and sublet Black Tortoise Peak at half price before the three-day deadline.

Jiang Ping'an settled into Wind Chime Valley as a newly recruited formation master and secretly reunited with Liu Xixu, who was under Brunsy's control. He began planning to make Brunsy remove the life-soul and slave-mark restraints, leaving the story with Jiang Ping'an intending to seek a soul-bewitching technique.

• Jiang Ping'an arrived at Wind Chime Valley, received cave abode Number Bingxu, and was assigned to refine ten Array Pillars within half a year.
• At White Jade Square, Brunsy addressed the thirty-six newly recruited Formation Masters, and Liu Xixu assigned Jiang Ping'an his task and gave him a Cosmos Sack.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the Array Pillar diagram, used Proficiency Points to understand it, and began cultivating before starting the work.
• Jiang Ping'an secretly revealed his identity as Ye Chenzhou to Liu Xixu, who warned him that Brunsy held her life soul and had placed a slave mark on her.
• Liu Xixu said she would seek a chance to go to an Essence Stone Mine, where Brunsy's influence might weaken, and warned Jiang Ping'an not to meet her unnecessarily.
• Jiang Ping'an concluded that he would need to make Brunsy remove Liu Xixu's restraints and planned to buy a soul-bewitching technique in Jade Forest City.

Jiang Ping'an bought spirit pill ingredients and spells in Jade Forest City, then used Proficiency Points to develop and learn stronger arts. He tested his new Summoning Command Spell on a White Tiger formation master and asked her an intimate question.

• Jiang Ping'an bought hundreds of sets of spirit herb ingredients and spent more than eighty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in Jade Forest City.
• Jiang Ping'an purchased the Soul Capture Slave Heart Art and four additional martial arts and spells to conceal his intentions.
• Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to comprehend the Earth Rank Summoning Command Spell, which made targets unknowingly obey commands.
• Jiang Ping'an learned the Void Rend Dragon Claw, Celestial Heart Sword Control Art, Mountain Suppressing Spirit Seal, and a stronger spell from Kun Earth Defense Armor.
• Jiang Ping'an went to a teahouse in Wind Chime Valley and secretly cast the Summoning Command Spell on a White Tiger formation master.
• Jiang Ping'an introduced himself as Ao Guang and asked the White Tiger formation master whether she had ever mated.

Jiang Ping'an tested his Summoning Command Spell on Bai Yuchan, then learned that the Celestial Race enslaved the Human Race to mine Essence Stones. He left with the Brun Family's formation masters for Swordfight Continent, furious but hiding his reaction as they traveled toward the mine.

• Jiang Ping'an publicly flirted with Bai Yuchan, who chased him in anger but could not find him.
• Bai Yuchan came to Jiang Ping'an's cave abode the next day, accepted an Essence Stone under the spell's influence, then accepted a Spirit Artifact after realizing what had happened and agreed not to trouble him again.
• Jiang Ping'an told Liu Xixu that a soul art he had learned might make Brunsy return her Life Soul and remove her slave mark.
• Brunsy announced that the formation masters would leave for Swordfight Continent, and the Brun Family's Expedition Airship departed Wind Chime Valley three days later with five Venerables aboard.
• At a banquet aboard the airship, Brunsy explained that the Celestial Race used Human Race slaves to mine Essence Stones, and Jiang Ping'an concealed his fury as he listened.