Arc 22Return from Wangui Village

Jiang Ping'an entered Wangui Village to find a way to restore the Profound Yellow Pagoda, where he and Zhi Rou survived its horrors, destroyed Xuan Kong Sect, and found a route back to the Great Barrens. After restoring their strength and building a life together, they traveled to Ping'an City, where Jiang Ping'an was welcomed as its emperor.

  • Jiang Ping'an escaped the Northern Ice Plains, entered Wangui Village as a child with no cultivation, and began seeking a way to recover the Profound Yellow Pagoda.
  • Jiang Ping'an developed new cultivation arts, taught Zhi Rou, and fled Xuan Kong Mountain with her after unknown creatures threatened them.
  • Jiang Ping'an seized Myriad Essence Sacred Soil, met Ye Wuji, and returned with Zhi Rou to Three Sheep Town, where they married.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou destroyed Xuan Kong Sect and uncovered the Profound Yellow Pagoda’s lost tower body beneath Xuan Kong Mountain.
  • After repairing the pagoda, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou broke through Wangui Village’s limit and entered the Great Barrens together.
  • Jiang Ping'an escaped Celestial Race captors with Zhi Rou, restored his cultivation, and helped her master the Heaven's Mandate Scripture and advance through the realms.
  • Jiang Ping'an perfected the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art, formed a Divine Wheel, and then left seclusion with Zhi Rou for Ping'an City.
  • Jiang Ping'an entered Ping'an City disguised as Ye Chenzhou, and palace guards knelt and hailed him as Your Majesty.
Chapters 526–550 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 526Blood Rebirth

Jiang Ping'an used Blood Rebirth in the Northern Ice Plains, restoring his body but falling to the Body Tempering Realm. He mourned the severe damage to the Profound Yellow Pagoda and Profound Emperor Armor, then was sent to seek the Enlightenment Tea Tree for a way to repair them.

  • Jiang Ping'an's first drop of vital blood froze in the Northern Ice Plains, so he used the Eternal Soul Suppression Bell for protection and successfully performed Blood Rebirth with a second drop.
  • Jiang Ping'an emerged with Body Tempering Realm cultivation, dressed in a Magic Robe, and discovered that the Profound Yellow Pagoda was badly damaged and unresponsive.
  • The Heaven Flipping Seal told Jiang Ping'an that the Profound Yellow Pagoda's spiritual sense was asleep and might dissipate within a dozen years; Jiang Ping'an poured True Essence into it to sustain it.
  • Jiang Ping'an learned that the Profound Yellow Pagoda might recover only as a Spirit Artifact and that the Profound Emperor Armor might fall to the Spirit Treasure rank; he vowed to restore both.
  • The resentful voice offered Jiang Ping'an two sacred artifacts if he regained the Dao Unification Realm, but Jiang Ping'an refused and was sent with the Eternal Soul Suppression Bell to ask the Enlightenment Tea Tree for help.

Ch. 527A Method to Repair the Profound Yellow Pagoda

Jiang Ping'an learned that the Profound Yellow Pagoda could be restored in Wangui Village, though entering the village might trap him there forever. Unable to leave the Northern Ice Plains past the waiting Celestial Race forces, he escaped beneath the seabed and began rebuilding his cultivation with Divine Origin Qi.

  • Jiang Ping'an traded a Divine Origin Crystal to the Enlightenment Tea Tree for directions to Wangui Village and learned that Myriad Essence Divine Soil could restore the Profound Yellow Pagoda over eight or ten years.
  • The Enlightenment Tea Tree warned Jiang Ping'an that Wangui Village was a strange place from which people might never return, and explained how to enter through the Heavenly Rift.
  • The Eternal Soul Suppression Bell warned Jiang Ping'an that Saints, Demon Emperors, and an Emperor Weapon were waiting outside the Northern Ice Plains, so he decided to escape through the seabed.
  • Jiang Ping'an used the Dragon Abyss Halberd to break through the ice, then had the Eternal Soul Suppression Bell carry him beneath the sea while Divine Origin Crystals replenished its power.
  • After cultivating with Divine Origin Qi for three days, Jiang Ping'an finished tempering his meridians and realized his body had become tougher and stronger than before.

Ch. 528Wangui Village

After reaching the Dao Inquiry Realm, Jiang Ping'an entered Wangui Village with three lambs. There, he was mistaken for a local child named Jiang Ping'an, stripped of his strength, and forced to go home with a group of villagers.

  • Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City for an item connected to home, then searched for Wangui Village’s entrance.
  • He cultivated in seclusion, reached the Dao Inquiry Realm, and arrived at the Heavenly Rift on the night of July fourteenth.
  • At midnight, Jiang Ping'an sacrificed the item and entered the mirage with three lambs, which vanished as he crossed into Wangui Village.
  • A torch-bearing group called for Jiang Ping'an, spotted him despite his invisibility, and treated him as a child who had run away from home.
  • Jiang Ping'an found that he had shrunk and lost his strength, and he was forced to follow the villagers after confirming he was Jiang Ping'an.

Ch. 529Effortlessly Obtained

Jiang Ping'an was brought safely back to Wangui Village and reunited with his family, but he discovered that he could not sense Heavenly Essence or cultivate. His father then showed him Myriad Essence Soil and ordered him to plant the human seed, while allowing him another wife on the condition that he did not dislike Zhi Rou.

  • Old Chen screened Jiang Ping'an and the others with a red lantern, then let them enter the town.
  • Jiang Ping'an returned home with his parents and met Zhi Rou, who brought him to their shared room and slept beside him.
  • The next morning, Jiang Ping'an tried to cultivate but could not sense Heavenly Essence, and he realized he had lost his cultivation.
  • Jiang Ping'an's father summoned him to the backyard, showed him the Myriad Essence Soil, and told him to plant the human seed.
  • Jiang Ping'an's father said he could have another wife but must not dislike Zhi Rou.

Ch. 530Martial God

Jiang Ping'an avoided a beating by telling his family he wanted to plant a divine sword with the Myriad Essence Soil, then went to the Martial Training Hall to learn martial arts. He joined the trainees after his instructor Wang Heihu stopped himself from striking him.

  • Jiang Ping'an refused to plant Zhi Rou, so he told his parents he wanted to plant a divine sword instead.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou left for the Martial Training Hall, and she told him about Three Sheep Town and its martial arts ranks.
  • Jiang Ping'an learned that the town's able-bodied men trained to defend against vicious creatures and wondered whether reaching the Martial God realm could help him escape Wangui Village.
  • Jiang Ping'an arrived at the Martial Training Hall and parted from Zhi Rou, who went to the women's hall.
  • Wang Heihu raised his staff to strike Jiang Ping'an, then remembered his run into the wilderness and ordered him to join the trainees.

Ch. 531Panel Available

Jiang Ping'an trained in Wangui Village, discovered that practicing a fist routine let him absorb mysterious energy, and received a Sword Seed from Jiang Tieshan. After confirming his panel still worked, he used Proficiency Points to transform the routine into a stronger body-tempering fist technique.

  • Jiang Ping'an learned the youths' fist routine and absorbed threads of heavenly energy as he practiced it.
  • Wang Heihu dismissed the trainees and made Jiang Ping'an continue practicing before sending him home for lunch.
  • Jiang Ping'an ate with Jiang Xiuying and Zhi Rou, then returned with Zhi Rou to the Martial Training Hall, where saber practice yielded no mysterious energy.
  • Jiang Tieshan gave Jiang Ping'an a third-grade Sword Seed and warned that he would kill him if he failed to improve within three years.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou planted the Sword Seed, and Zhi Rou explained how higher grades of Myriad Essence Soil could hasten its growth and improve the sword.
  • Jiang Ping'an opened his panel and spent ten thousand Proficiency Points to create the mid-grade Jiang Clan Body Tempering Fist.

Ch. 532Starting to Lose Memories and Forget

Jiang Ping'an discovered that absorbing Wangui Village’s mysterious energy caused him to lose memories, so he planned to develop a different cultivation path and help Zhi Rou become strong enough to take him away. He taught her the Jiang Clan Body Tempering Fist and learned that Xuan Kong Sect would soon select martial seedlings in Three Sheep Town.

  • Jiang Ping'an realized he had lost memories after absorbing mysterious energy and worried that growing stronger would make him forget his identity and his way back to the Great Barrens.
  • Jiang Ping'an decided to create a cultivation system that avoided the mysterious energy and to help Zhi Rou become a Martial God; Zhi Rou promised to follow him wherever he went.
  • Jiang Ping'an demonstrated the Jiang Clan Body Tempering Fist to Zhi Rou, taught her its movements, and was pleased when she learned and practiced it successfully.
  • Zhi Rou told Jiang Ping'an that Xuan Kong Sect would arrive in Three Sheep Town within a month to select martial seedlings, and Jiang Ping'an said they would go together.

Ch. 533Entering the Demon Den

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou were recruited by Xuan Kong Sect and taken to its mountain stronghold, where a terrifying trial revealed the sect’s brutal nature. After surviving the first trial as Superior Grade Disciples, they arrived at Little Fragrant Sprouts, where other youths immediately tried to steal their Qi Blood Pills.

  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou became Martial Warriors and were selected when Xuan Kong Sect recruited disciples in Three Sheep Town.
  • Xuan Kong Sect transported more than two hundred youths in a giant flying crate to its mountain headquarters.
  • A scarred middle-aged man used a blood tiger’s roar to knock out most of the youths, while Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou remained standing and qualified as Superior Grade Disciples.
  • Chen Tu led the survivors to Little Fragrant Sprouts, gave them the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art and Qi Blood Pills, and left them to find rooms.
  • The resident youths rushed to snatch the newcomers’ Qi Blood Pills before Chen Tu had left the gatehouse.

Ch. 534Terror and Strangeness

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou settled into Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard, where terrifying creatures prowled at night and killed a young girl. After learning the courtyard’s rules, Jiang Ping'an examined the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art and discovered his panel classified it as a Saint Tier martial art.

  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou fought off youths robbing new disciples of their Qi Blood Pills, then chose a stone chamber and shared it.
  • After the doors were shut for the night, several unknown creatures entered the courtyard, and one broke into a chamber and ate a young girl.
  • At dawn, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou saw blood near the girl’s chamber and agreed they needed to grow stronger to survive.
  • Zhi Rou learned that meals were served twice daily and that the disciples could not stray more than a hundred zhang from the courtyard.
  • Jiang Ping'an studied the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art and saw that his panel rated it Saint Tier, leaving him shocked by the sect’s choice to give it to new disciples.

Ch. 535"Jiang Clan Body Refining Divine Art"

Jiang Ping'an fully comprehended the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art, then used vastly more proficiency to create the Divine Rank Jiang Clan Body Refining Divine Art. After surviving another night in Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard, he began teaching its first level to Zhi Rou.

  • Jiang Ping'an spent a million Proficiency Points to comprehend the eight-level Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art, which could lead to becoming a Martial Saint.
  • Jiang Ping'an kept Zhi Rou from leaving their chamber as horrifying cries and sounds of people being eaten filled Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard through the night.
  • After the courtyard bells rang, Jiang Ping'an learned he had meditated for two days and noticed that more young men and women had arrived.
  • Jiang Ping'an spent ninety-nine million more Proficiency Points to create the nine-level Divine Rank Jiang Clan Body Refining Divine Art, capable of leading to becoming a Martial God.
  • Jiang Ping'an gave Zhi Rou his Qi Blood Pills, told her to keep his new technique secret, and began teaching her its first level.

Ch. 536Zhi Rou Kills

Jiang Ping'an continued avoiding cultivation while Zhi Rou grew into the strongest resident of Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard. When boys tried to displace him and insulted him, Zhi Rou killed one and forced the others to punish themselves, then returned to Jiang Ping'an, who forgave her.

  • Zhi Rou cultivated the Jiang Clan Body Refining Divine Art and later became the first resident of Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard to advance to Martial Master.
  • Jiang Ping'an continued researching a cultivation system that did not rely on Wangui Village's mysterious energy while Zhi Rou protected him from gossiping residents.
  • Four boys tried to sit beside Zhi Rou and push Jiang Ping'an away, so Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou that they were bullying him.
  • Zhi Rou attacked the four boys, killed one who questioned her loyalty to Jiang Ping'an, and forced the other three to break a leg and castrate themselves.
  • Zhi Rou warned everyone not to speak ill of Jiang Ping'an, and Jiang Ping'an comforted her and shared his roasted meat with her.

Ch. 537Creating a New Cultivation System

Jiang Ping'an taught Wang Shui-sheng the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art and a mind-powered technique that could produce flames, beginning to test the new cultivation system he had created. Wang Shui-sheng gained protection and a powerful means of self-defense, while Jiang Ping'an saw the system’s first results as a step toward returning to the Great Barrens.

  • Jiang Ping'an offered to teach the battered Wang Shui-sheng a dangerous cultivation method, and Wang Shui-sheng agreed and memorized its formula and sun visualization.
  • Jiang Ping'an guided Wang Shui-sheng through his first cultivation session, gave him a Qi Blood Pill, and told him to use Jiang Ping'an's name if anyone bullied him.
  • Jiang Ping'an adjusted Wang Shui-sheng's formula over the following days, gave him Qi Blood Pills, and taught him a technique using paintings and the mind to defeat enemies.
  • Wang Shui-sheng spent five days learning the technique, then practiced it under Jiang Ping'an's guidance and produced a mass of flames before suffering backlash.
  • Jiang Ping'an warned Wang Shui-sheng to rest for three days, and Wang Shui-sheng kowtowed in gratitude as Jiang Ping'an recognized the first results of his spirit-refining system.

Ch. 538Escape

After the Gate Master singled out Zhi Rou for special cultivation, Jiang Ping'an suspected that her rapid advancement had put her in danger and used her Spirit Pills to strengthen himself. When unknown things emerged from Xuan Kong Mountain and pursued them during their escape, Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou to flee at full speed and leave the pursuers to him.

  • After the Gate Master gave Zhi Rou Spirit Pills and supreme arts, Jiang Ping'an suspected he was warning her about the danger of advancing too quickly.
  • Jiang Ping'an examined the gifts, told Zhi Rou to study two manuals to slow her apparent progress, and consumed the Spirit Pills to cultivate the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art.
  • Jiang Ping'an had Zhi Rou request more Spirit Pills, and the Gate Master arranged a regular monthly supply after she explained her slow progress.
  • After sensing a greedy gaze on Zhi Rou, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou secretly descended Xuan Kong Mountain before nightfall.
  • When darkness fell, the Nine-Headed Monster and other unknown things pursued them, so Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou to run at full strength and leave the pursuers to him.

Ch. 539Jiang Ping'an Takes Action

Jiang Ping'an protected Zhi Rou from five pursuing monsters and quickly killed the Nine-Headed Infant Serpent before trapping the other four in a shrinking prison of flames. The chapter left the four monsters burning inside the prison as Jiang Ping'an continued to attack them.

  • Zhi Rou carried Jiang Ping'an roughly two hundred li before five unknown things caught up and blocked their path.
  • Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou to set him down and protect him, then bound and killed the Nine-Headed Infant Serpent with lightning chains and golden swords.
  • Four more unknown things attacked Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou, but Jiang Ping'an shielded them with a golden barrier.
  • Jiang Ping'an trapped the four monsters in a prison of flames, which burned them and rapidly shrank.

Ch. 540Myriad Essence Sacred Soil

After escaping Xuan Kong Sect, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou reached Moonrise City and settled there while searching for Myriad Essence Divine Soil. Jiang Ping'an learned that Myriad Essence Sacred Soil was about to emerge and planned to claim some for growing Spirit Medicine.

  • Jiang Ping'an burned four monsters to ash, then gave Zhi Rou a Spirit Pill and continued fleeing with her through the night.
  • After resting, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou traveled more than a thousand li to Moonrise City, where he told her about the Great Barrens World and its moon.
  • Jiang Ping'an postponed meeting Moonrise City's lord and decided to first grow stronger and seek Myriad Essence Divine Soil.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou explored Moonrise City, then rented a courtyard and settled there temporarily.
  • After more than a month of searching, Jiang Ping'an learned that Myriad Essence Sacred Soil was about to emerge and resolved to seize some to grow Spirit Medicine.

Ch. 541Snatching Chestnuts from the Fire

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou reached the canyon where the Myriad Essence Sacred Soil was emerging and waited until the battle among the factions created an opening. Jiang Ping'an used lightning to force five Martial Saints to yield forty percent of the soil, then flew away with Zhi Rou as they guarded the remainder.

  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou arrived at the canyon and waited outside while Moonrise City, Carefree Mountain, and Seven Sins Palace controlled the site.
  • When sacred light appeared, the gathered cultivators charged into the canyon, and Xuan Kong Sect's arrival threw the battle into chaos.
  • Zhi Rou threw Jiang Ping'an onto a cliff ledge, where he watched the sacred soil rise and summoned lightning that drove most cultivators away.
  • Jiang Ping'an negotiated with the five remaining Martial Saints and secured forty percent of the Myriad Essence Sacred Soil for Zhi Rou.
  • Jiang Ping'an stopped the lightning and flew away with Zhi Rou while the five Martial Saints guarded the remaining soil from one another.

Ch. 542Encountering Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin Again

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou settled in a small city, where she cultivated to the peak of Martial Saint, before they traveled to Forgetful Words City. There, Jiang Ping'an encountered Ye Wuji and obtained the Myriad Essence Divine Soil, but still did not know how to leave Wangui Village.

  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou escaped their pursuers with the Myriad Essence Sacred Soil and moved to a small city, where Jiang Ping'an buried the Profound Yellow Pagoda in the soil and saw it recover.
  • Zhi Rou advanced to the great perfection of Martial Saint, then chose to postpone becoming a Martial God and said she wanted to bear Jiang Ping'an children.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou left for Forgetful Words City, where they found nine black dragons pulling a Bronze Coffin as the city came under attack.
  • Jiang Ping'an called out to Ye Wuji and claimed he had been searching for him on behalf of someone waiting on the Northern Ice Plains.
  • Ye Wuji gave Jiang Ping'an the Myriad Essence Divine Soil and ordered him to leave Wangui Village, but Jiang Ping'an admitted he did not know how to return and asked why Ye Wuji did not attack the Celestial Race.

Ch. 543Returning to Three Sheep Town

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou returned to Three Sheep Town, where they married before setting out to destroy Xuan Kong Sect. Jiang Ping'an also searched for a way back to the Great Barrens, but found no clue at the place where he had first entered Wangui Village.

  • Ye Wuji told Jiang Ping'an to return to the place where he had first entered Wangui Village to find a way back to the Great Barrens, then sent him away.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou returned to Three Sheep Town, where Jiang Tieshan gave Jiang Ping'an a treasured sword and Zhi Rou revealed that she wanted to destroy Xuan Kong Sect.
  • Jiang Ping'an gave gifts to the families of the young people taken by Xuan Kong Sect, then quietly visited the place where Jiang Tieshan and Jiang Xiuying had found him but discovered nothing unusual.
  • Jiang Xiuying arranged Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou's wedding, and the couple married in a grand ceremony attended by the whole town.
  • More than ten days after their wedding, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou left Three Sheep Town to prepare to attack Xuan Kong Sect.

Ch. 544Attack on Xuan Kong Sect

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou attacked Xuan Kong Sect, killing its man-eating monsters and inspiring the sect’s human captives to fight back. As a black cloud vortex formed over the mountain, Jiang Ping'an burned the monsters’ remains before they could be absorbed, provoking the hidden monster to roar at him.

  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou began killing Xuan Kong Sect’s monsters in waves, with Zhi Rou fighting openly while Jiang Ping'an saved his strength.
  • Jiang Ping'an used Hellfire to burn a large group of monsters, then he and Zhi Rou lured away and killed another pursuing wave.
  • Three days later, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou fought their way up Xuan Kong Mountain as its monsters attacked them.
  • A sect member rallied the human powerhouses, who joined the battle and helped slaughter the monsters.
  • A black cloud vortex formed over the summit, and Jiang Ping'an burned the monsters’ rising corpses and fragments before they could reach it.
  • The hidden monster roared from the mountaintop and demanded to know who Jiang Ping'an was.

Ch. 545Finding the Profound Yellow Pagoda's Tower Body

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou destroyed Xuan Kong Sect and uncovered the Profound Yellow Pagoda’s lost tower body beneath Xuan Kong Mountain. After returning to Three Sheep Town and settling there with their parents, Jiang Ping'an began cultivating the pagoda while seeking a way back to the Great Barrens.

  • Jiang Ping'an killed the humanoid monster behind Xuan Kong Sect, and he and Zhi Rou dissolved the sect and divided its treasures.
  • Zhi Rou tried to destroy Xuan Kong Mountain, but its covering stones fell away to reveal the Profound Yellow Pagoda’s lost tower body, which merged with Jiang Ping'an’s pagoda.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou returned to Three Sheep Town, but Jiang Tieshan drove them away to make their way in the world.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou settled in the county town, hosted a lavish feast for the people of Three Sheep Town, and later returned to live near Jiang Tieshan and Jiang Xiuying.
  • Jiang Ping'an began cultivating the Profound Yellow Pagoda with Myriad Essence Divine Soil and planted two Ninth-Grade Sword Seeds as he considered how to return to the Great Barrens.

Ch. 546Returning to the Great Barrens

After years of searching for a way home, Jiang Ping'an watched Zhi Rou undergo Heavenly Tribulation and tear open a rift to the Great Barrens. The two were drawn through the rift together, and Jiang Ping'an’s powerful cultivation returned.

  • Three years after the Ninth-Grade Sword Seeds matured into divine swords, Zhi Rou struck at the sky but could not cleave open the void.
  • Jiang Ping'an repaired the Profound Yellow Pagoda but, unable to find a sure path home, decided to break through Wangui Village’s cultivation limit.
  • Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou he planned to continue breaking through, and she insisted on going with him.
  • After they left Three Sheep Town, Zhi Rou began her breakthrough and endured the Heavenly Tribulation’s lightning strikes.
  • Zhi Rou used her remaining primordial blood qi to tear open the void, and Jiang Ping'an recognized the Great Barrens beyond the rift.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou entered the rift together, and Jiang Ping'an felt his cultivation return.

Ch. 547Leaping the Dragon Gate Was Like Jumping into a Fish Cage

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou ascended into a cage designed to capture Martial Gods, but Jiang Ping'an broke them free and learned the Celestial Race intended to refine their victims’ Divine Souls into Spirit Treasures. As they escaped, he helped Zhi Rou begin adapting to the Great Barrens, then found the Profound Yellow Pagoda unresponsive.

  • Jiang Ping'an explained the barrier to Zhi Rou as three Celestial Race members arrived and revealed their plan to capture the ascenders and refine their Divine Souls into Spirit Treasures.
  • Jiang Ping'an used the Dragon Abyss Halberd to destroy the cage, then seized the fleeing Celestial Race members with his Spiritual Sense and questioned them.
  • Zhi Rou killed the three captors with her divine sword, and Jiang Ping'an took her away aboard the Top-Grade Treasure Ship to avoid fighting the Celestial Race while his strength remained weakened.
  • Jiang Ping'an confirmed that his and Zhi Rou's divine swords had newly born Spirits of the Artifact, then gave her the Heaven's Mandate Scripture so she could learn to cultivate in the Great Barrens.
  • After Zhi Rou went to study the scripture, Jiang Ping'an took out the Profound Yellow Pagoda and found that it showed no reaction in the Great Barrens.

Ch. 548Astonishing Comprehension

Jiang Ping'an awakened the Profound Yellow Pagoda, then stopped at a scenic mountain with Zhi Rou so they could cultivate and establish a residence. After Zhi Rou read the Heaven's Mandate Scripture, one cup of Jiang Ping'an's Enlightenment Tea let her comprehend it completely, leaving him astonished at how effective the tea had been for her.

  • Jiang Ping'an awakened the Profound Yellow Pagoda by supplying magical power, but discovered that the last of his Myriad Essence Divine Soil had lost most of its divine properties.
  • After two days of travel, Jiang Ping'an chose a mountain as a place for himself and Zhi Rou to cultivate, then subdued three transformed great demons and made them serve Zhi Rou.
  • Zhi Rou renamed the Three-Tailed Fox Fox Qing'er, accepted a Cosmos Sack of spending money from Jiang Ping'an, and directed the three demons as they built their cave abode.
  • Zhi Rou finished reading the Heaven's Mandate Scripture and told Jiang Ping'an that its later levels were difficult to understand.
  • Jiang Ping'an brewed Enlightenment Tea for Zhi Rou, and she entered sudden enlightenment after drinking it.
  • Two days later, Zhi Rou told Jiang Ping'an she had completely comprehended the Heaven's Mandate Scripture, and he realized how powerfully the tea had worked for her.

Ch. 549Another Path

Zhi Rou rapidly advanced to the Dao Inquiry Realm while Jiang Ping'an restored his cultivation and sought a new path by cultivating the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art. After overcoming a Soul Tribulation and reaching great perfection in the art, his overflowing Spiritual Sense began affecting reality, leaving him to discover that it had destroyed the mountain peak and pulled Zhi Rou into his arms.

  • Jiang Ping'an gave Zhi Rou a Divine Origin Crystal and urged her to cultivate before they left the place in about a year.
  • Zhi Rou quickly advanced through the realms, reaching the Dao Inquiry Realm, while Jiang Ping'an restored his cultivation to the great perfection of the Dao Inquiry Realm.
  • Jiang Ping'an decided to cultivate the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art instead of immediately advancing into the Dao Unification Realm.
  • Jiang Ping'an reached the art's ninth level and passed a Soul Tribulation by blocking six bolts of pink heavenly lightning with Spiritual Sense.
  • Jiang Ping'an cultivated the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art to great perfection in one month, causing his Divine Soul to grow more than tenfold and his Spiritual Sense to overflow.
  • Jiang Ping'an woke to find his Spiritual Sense had removed the mountain peak, then accidentally pulled Zhi Rou into his arms with a thought.

Ch. 550Divine Wheel

Jiang Ping'an created a Divine Wheel to store excess Spiritual Sense, then spent half a year seeking a way to transform Spiritual Sense into a higher-level power. He brought Zhi Rou to Ping'an City in disguise, and the chapter ended with palace guards recognizing him as their emperor.

  • Jiang Ping'an condensed excess Spiritual Sense into a Divine Wheel and tested its ability to cleave and lift a mountain.
  • Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou the Divine Wheel consumed too much Spiritual Sense for her to use, then continued working on a spirit-refining cultivation art.
  • After half a year without finding a way to transform Spiritual Sense, Jiang Ping'an ended his and Zhi Rou's seclusion and set out with her for Ping'an City.
  • Jiang Ping'an arrived at Ping'an City disguised as Ye Chenzhou, and a deputy commander recognized him while helping Zhi Rou enter the city.
  • Jiang Ping'an toured the city with Zhi Rou before reaching the imperial palace, where the guards knelt and hailed him as Your Majesty.
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