Arc 23The Thirty-Year Truce

Jiang Ping'an defended Great An Kingdom from the Celestial Race, first rallying demon reinforcements and later destroying its three-million-strong army and fighting its Saints. The Chaos Gourd secured a thirty-year reprieve, and Jiang Ping'an left for Zhong Sheng Temple to pursue his next target.

  • Jiang Ping'an brought lightning cultivators to Great An Kingdom, then fought to rescue Lin Zihan from Zhong Sheng Temple and helped her rebuild Yunshui Palace.
  • The Celestial Race invaded Great An Kingdom, and Jiang Ping'an gathered demon kings and emperors to reinforce its dwindling army until the enemy withdrew.
  • Jiang Ping'an attacked Zhong Sheng Temple, killed the Great Light Jade Buddha and other Buddhist forces, and obtained Saint Artifacts for the Creation Divine Furnace.
  • Jiang Ping'an returned to Great An Kingdom as the Celestial Race prepared a three-million-soldier invasion, then used hidden Saint-Slaying Cannons to destroy the army.
  • Jiang Ping'an fought the Celestial Race Saints and killed two of them before driving the survivors away with the Profound Emperor Armor.
  • The Chaos Gourd forced the Sky Gazing Mirror to bar the Celestial Race from invading for thirty years, while Jiang Ping'an arranged relief for Great An Kingdom and departed for Zhong Sheng Temple.
Chapters 551–575 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 551Home

Jiang Ping'an returned to the imperial palace, reunited with his family, and introduced Zhi Rou to his other partners. The next day, he visited Jiang Shuyue and Lan Yu, invited his mother to Ping'an City, and revealed that he had lost a fight and had to cultivate from the beginning.

  • Jiang Ping'an welcomed Ye Qingluan, Crown Prince Ye Feng, Hu Yunhua, Ye An'er, Liu Xixu, and Hu Yan'er after returning to the palace.
  • Jiang Ping'an invited Zhi Rou to a family banquet and introduced her to Ye Qingluan and the others, who accepted her.
  • Jiang Ping'an comforted Zhi Rou after she cried over sharing him with his other partners.
  • Jiang Ping'an rode the Golden-Winged Peng to Qingqiu City and reunited with Jiang Shuyue and Lan Yu.
  • Jiang Ping'an invited Jiang Shuyue to stay in Ping'an City, then told Lan Yu he had lost a fight and was cultivating again from the beginning.

Ch. 552Taking Lightning Cultivators Home

Jiang Ping'an returned to the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool to bring home the lightning cultivators he had left there over ten years earlier. He returned to Ping'an City with all 101 survivors, promising the Thunder Clan chief that he would bring another group in the future.

  • Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, where Great An Kingdom had grown to over sixty million people and occupied all of Azure Treasure Continent.
  • After spending half a month handling state affairs, Jiang Ping'an stayed in the imperial palace with his family and worked on advancing his Spiritual Sense.
  • Half a year later, Jiang Ping'an traveled to the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool and asked the Thunder Clan chief to gather the lightning cultivators he had brought there years earlier.
  • Jiang Ping'an found 101 surviving cultivators, learned that they had advanced by two or three realms, and gave them three days to say goodbye or choose to stay.
  • After none of the cultivators chose to remain, Jiang Ping'an took them into the Profound Yellow Pagoda and left for Ping'an City, promising to bring the Thunder Clan another group.

Ch. 553Hope of Returning to an Emperor Weapon

Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, arranged another trip for lightning-element cultivators to the Thunder Clan, and visited the Northern Ice Plains to seek Black-White Extreme Ice. The resentful senior gave him the ice on the condition that he refine it into an Apex Emperor Weapon and bring Ye Wuji to meet her, though Jiang Ping'an believed he could only make a Half-step Emperor Weapon.

  • The Profound Yellow Pagoda explained that Emperor Weapons consume Sacred Artifact origins as a substitute for their own apex origin, but refining more Sacred Artifacts would not restore its power.
  • Jiang Ping'an returned one hundred and one lightning-element cultivators to Ping'an City, reported the deaths of Shi Yuanhai and Zhao Kang to Zhong Wending, and ordered him to select three thousand cultivators for another trip.
  • Jiang Ping'an gave Zhong Wending Heavenly Lightning Fruits for talented children with poor innate foundations, then took the three thousand cultivators to the Thunder Clan palace at the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool.
  • Jiang Ping'an visited the Northern Ice Plains and told the resentful senior that Ye Wuji might come see her when the opportunity arose.
  • The senior offered Jiang Ping'an Black-White Extreme Ice if he would refine it into an Apex Emperor Weapon and bring Ye Wuji to meet her.
  • Jiang Ping'an entered the ice layer to retrieve the Black-White Extreme Ice, reasoning that he might refine it into a Half-step Emperor Weapon instead.

Ch. 554The Crimes of Emperor Yuan Zhao

Jiang Ping'an failed to claim the Black-White Extreme Ice and later nurtured the Profound Emperor Armor in his Divine Wheel. At Ye Qingluan’s grandfather’s birthday banquet, Ye Huitian recounted how Emperor Yuan Zhao’s choices helped the Celestial Race seize the Great Barrens, leaving Jiang Ping'an to consider the path needed to oppose a Great Emperor.

  • Jiang Ping'an tried to collect the Black-White Extreme Ice, but its Freezing Auroras destroyed his mana and Spiritual Sense before he could reach it.
  • The Profound Yellow Pagoda carried Jiang Ping'an out of the ice and gale, and he promised to return for the Black-White Extreme Ice when he was stronger.
  • After two or three years, Jiang Ping'an found that the Profound Emperor Armor’s chest had healed and placed it in his Divine Wheel to help restore its consciousness.
  • More than a year later, Jiang Ping'an, Ye Qingluan, and Ye Feng traveled to the Ye Clan Grotto-Heaven for Ye Qingluan’s grandfather’s three-hundredth birthday celebration.
  • At a banquet, Ye Huitian told Jiang Ping'an that Emperor Yuan Zhao’s refusal to eliminate threats to humanity let the Celestial Race claim the Emperor’s throne and dominate the Great Barrens.
  • Ye Huitian said the Celestial Race may have used Zhong Sheng Temple to beguile Emperor Yuan Zhao, while Jiang Ping'an concluded that he had to continue cultivating the Fleshly Primal Chaos Dao.

Ch. 555Rushing to Rescue Lin Zihan

Jiang Ping'an hurried to Yunmeng Continent with Palace Master Yunshui to rescue Lin Zihan, who was trapped by three Buddhas from Zhong Sheng Temple. After concealing his identity and choosing not to reveal his Ancient Sacred Body, he attacked the Human Race Buddha to create an opening for Lin Zihan to escape.

  • Palace Master Yunshui asked Jiang Ping'an to save her Master, Lin Zihan, who was trapped by three Buddhas from Zhong Sheng Temple, and he agreed.
  • Jiang Ping'an used the True Thunder Treasure Wings to carry Palace Master Yunshui to Yunmeng Continent, then left her behind the battlefield while he went to help Lin Zihan.
  • Jiang Ping'an summoned the Profound Yellow Pagoda and learned that using it to kill the Buddhas could expose his Ancient Sacred Body, so he decided to harass them instead.
  • Jiang Ping'an disguised himself as a rugged middle-aged man and summoned the half-Saint Divine Sword Gan Jiang.
  • Jiang Ping'an reached the battle at the lake, where three Buddhas attacked Lin Zihan, and sent his nine-colored Divine Wheel toward the Human Race Buddha.

Ch. 556Leaving Lin Zihan

Jiang Ping'an helped Lin Zihan escape the three Buddhas of Zhong Sheng Temple and brought Palace Master Yunshui back to Ping'an City. Lin Zihan reunited with her disciple and agreed to settle at Blackwater Lake, where she vowed to repay Zhong Sheng Temple for destroying Yunshui Palace.

  • Jiang Ping'an attacked the Buddha, giving the lake a chance to restrain the other two Buddhas while Lin Zihan escaped.
  • Jiang Ping'an detonated the Divine Wheel to wound the Buddha, then used Void Escape to rescue Palace Master Yunshui and flee with her.
  • Palace Master Yunshui told Jiang Ping'an that Zhong Sheng Temple had attacked them after Yunshui Palace regained its prestige, leaving only her and Lin Zihan alive.
  • Jiang Ping'an and Palace Master Yunshui returned to Ping'an City, where Lin Zihan reunited with her disciple and thanked Jiang Ping'an for saving her.
  • Lin Zihan chose to live at Blackwater Lake and urged Palace Master Yunshui to become a Saint so they could avenge Yunshui Palace against Zhong Sheng Temple.

Ch. 557The Great War Begins

Jiang Ping'an advanced to the Dao Unification Realm, reunited with Lin Zihan, and helped her begin rebuilding Yunshui Palace at Abyss Water Lake. After years of growth for Great An Kingdom, he learned that the Celestial Race had sent a massive army to destroy it, leaving the kingdom on the brink of war.

  • Jiang Ping'an asked Lan Yu to protect him while he advanced to the Dao Unification Realm, and the two traveled overseas for his breakthrough.
  • Jiang Ping'an visited Lin Zihan at Abyss Water Lake, renewed their relationship, and promised to support her rebuilding Yunshui Palace and one day strike Zhong Sheng Temple.
  • Jiang Ping'an ordered Prime Minister Zhang Zhe to assist Yunshui Palace's reconstruction, then entered seclusion as the Profound Emperor Armor regained its intelligence.
  • Over the following years, Jiang Ping'an recovered to the middle stage of the Dao Unification Realm, while Great An Kingdom prospered and thousands of lightning-element cultivators joined it.
  • Crown Prince Lin Feng, Prime Minister Zhang Zhe, Great General Feng Yihuan, and Tang Xiandong informed Jiang Ping'an that the Celestial Race was sending roughly three hundred thousand troops and at least five saints to attack Great An Kingdom.

Ch. 558Nationwide Preparations for Battle

Jiang Ping'an prepared Great An Kingdom to defend against a Celestial Race invasion, mobilizing troops and recruiting powerful allies. The two armies faced off near the kingdom’s border as the Celestial Race forces arrived.

  • Jiang Ping'an ordered the officials to prepare for war, sent Feng Yihuan to the border with one million soldiers, and ordered Ye Tieshi to recruit five million more.
  • Jiang Wuji reported that three hundred thousand Celestial Race troops were advancing toward Great An Kingdom, and Jiang Ping'an asked Lan Yu to join the kingdom's defense.
  • Jiang Ping'an persuaded Lin Zihan to fight alongside Great An Kingdom by giving her the Myriad Transformations Return to Emptiness Bottle, a Saint artifact she expected to refine within a month.
  • Liu Xixu told Jiang Ping'an that Great An Kingdom had stockpiled three thousand Array Cannons and one million shells, which he held back as a possible battlefield trump card.
  • After assembling one million soldiers in West Forest Prefecture and West River Prefecture, Jiang Ping'an, Lan Yu, and Lin Zihan stationed themselves with the army as the Celestial Race troops reached Ten Thousand Mirrors Continent near the border.

Ch. 559Restraint

Celestial Race commander John Qingyun expected an easy victory over the Great An Kingdom, but the Human Race army’s flying swords overwhelmed his specially prepared counters. The battle continued with the Celestial Race’s defensive weapons shattered and the flying swords still advancing.

  • John Qingyun told the other Celestial Race Saints that the Great An Kingdom had sent a million troops to fight at the border, and Brund warned that its flying swords were dangerous.
  • John Qingyun said his army had brought Spirit Magnetic Mountains to counter the flying swords and ordered the Saints not to risk their lives against the Human Race Saints.
  • After resting for two or three days, the three-hundred-thousand-strong Celestial Race army advanced and clashed with the Human Race army a day later.
  • The Human Race flying swords formed a Flying Sword Dragon and repeatedly struck the Spirit Magnetic Mountains until the weapons cracked and shattered.
  • John Qingyun watched most of his counters fall within a dozen breaths, while Balund noted that the Human Race had too many flying swords for the Spirit Magnetic Mountains to stop.

Ch. 560Formidable Flying Sword Dragons

The Human Race used Flying Sword Dragons to devastate the Celestial Race army, forcing it to retreat twice despite its numerical and cultivation advantages. John Qingyun rejected John Yey’s proposal to bypass the Human Race forces and insisted on crushing their army.

  • Li'er Junjie escaped a Flying Sword Dragon’s attack as it destroyed a Black Tortoise Spirit Shield and slaughtered the soldiers behind it, while John Qingyun held back from joining the battle.
  • After the Celestial Race army collapsed and fled, Jiang Ping'an stopped the Human Race’s pursuit before the fighting could escalate into a battle between saints.
  • A Celestial Race Venerable reported 13,074 casualties, and John Qingyun ordered John Yey to find a way to break the Flying Sword Formation.
  • When the Celestial Race attacked across a wider front, Feng Yihuan kept the Human Race’s formation intact, and its Flying Sword Dragons repelled the encirclement and inflicted heavy losses.
  • John Qingyun ordered another retreat after the Celestial Race lost 34,000 more soldiers, and John Yey proposed bypassing the Human Race army to attack its settlements.
  • John Qingyun rejected John Yey’s proposal and demanded that the Celestial Race crush the Human Race army.

Ch. 561Defeat and Retreat

Jiang Ping'an’s army endured the Celestial Race’s assault for three months before retreating, allowing Great An Kingdom to receive aid from the Ye Family Ancient Clan and other Human Race clans. After the Saints withdrew, the Celestial Race army invaded Great An Kingdom and began slaughtering its people.

  • Jiang Ping'an refused to surrender and committed his million cultivators to holding the Celestial Race army for three months while seeking aid from other Human Race powers.
  • After two months of battle, the Great An Kingdom army dwindled to about thirty thousand cultivators, and Jiang Ping'an ordered them to retreat when the three-month deadline passed.
  • Lan Yu and Lin Zihan deterred the Celestial Race army from pursuing the retreating survivors, while John Qingyun forbade the pursuit to avoid a war between Saints.
  • Ye Qingtian arrived with news that the Ye Family Ancient Clan had sent volunteers, including fifteen Venerables, two hundred Great Powers, and three thousand Law Manifestation Realm cultivators.
  • Other Ancient Clans sent volunteer armies, but Jiang Ping'an, Lan Yu, and Lin Zihan eventually withdrew, and the Celestial Race army entered Great An Kingdom in three routes and massacred its people.

Ch. 562Subduing Demons

With the Celestial Race invasion stalled at Great An Kingdom’s second line of defense, Jiang Ping'an sent Jiang Wuji to take his place and traveled to Shun Tian Continent to recruit powerful Foreign Race cultivators. He subdued the Golden Armored Demon Bull and began purifying its Demon Kings with Karma Cleansing Skyfire.

  • Jiang Ping'an merged souls with Jiang Wuji, exchanged disguises and artifacts with him, and left him to help Lin Zihan and Lan Yu hold the defense line.
  • Jiang Ping'an flew to Thunder Accumulation Mountain, where he offered the Golden Armored Demon Bull a chance to gain strength by helping Great An Kingdom resist the Celestial Race.
  • When the Golden Armored Demon Bull refused, Jiang Ping'an restrained it with his Divine Wheel and burned away its turbid aura with Karma Cleansing Skyfire until it submitted to him.
  • Jiang Ping'an healed the Golden Armored Demon Bull, explained that the purification could help it advance, and ordered it to summon its Demon Kings.
  • The Demon Kings tried to flee, but Jiang Ping'an trapped them with his Divine Wheel and set them burning with Karma Cleansing Skyfire.

Ch. 563Supporting the Front with Demon Beasts

Jiang Ping'an used Karma Cleansing Skyfire to subdue Demon Emperors and Demon Kings across Shun Tian Continent, then sent an initial group to reinforce Great An Kingdom against the Celestial Race. After subduing the demons of Tai Yu Mountain, he returned to learn that the first group had fought fiercely, and Feng Yihuan asked him to bring more.

  • Jiang Ping'an burned more than twenty Demon Kings with karmic fire, refined their Karma Cleansing Skyfire, and subdued the thirteen who survived fifty breaths.
  • Over three days, Jiang Ping'an subdued six Demon Emperors and eighty-seven Demon Kings, then brought two Demon Emperors and twenty-nine Demon Kings to Great An Kingdom's front lines.
  • Jiang Ping'an warned Feng Yihuan to treat the demon reinforcements equally, and the Golden Armored Demon Bull and the other demons joined the defense against the Celestial Race.
  • Jiang Ping'an spent more than ten days subduing most of Shun Tian Continent's demons, fought the Candle Dragon Demon Emperor at Tai Yu Mountain for three days, and let it escape before subduing the mountain's remaining demons.
  • Feng Yihuan told Jiang Ping'an that the demon reinforcements had fought bravely, though six Demon Kings died, and asked him to bring more demons to the front lines.

Ch. 564Temporary Withdrawal

Jiang Ping'an used the Karma Cleansing Skyfire to enlist demon emperors and demon kings, helping Great An Kingdom drive back the Celestial Race army. After suffering devastating losses, John Qingyun halted the campaign and ordered a retreat while seeking more troops from Celestial Continent.

  • Jiang Ping'an sent subdued demon emperors and demon kings to reinforce Great An Kingdom while continuing to recruit more on You Yun Continent.
  • John Qingyun questioned why demon beasts were helping Great An Kingdom, and John Yey reported that they feared the Celestial Race would attack them next.
  • The growing demon-beast reinforcements helped Great An Kingdom push the front back, and John Qingyun eventually withdrew the Celestial Race army after its losses mounted.
  • John Qingyun asked Brund to request one million reinforcements, but Brund and the other Saints warned against provoking a Saint war because the Human Race's Ancient Calamity Body might be nearby.
  • John Qingyun ordered John Yey to retreat three thousand li from Great An Kingdom.

Ch. 565Anti-War Is Useless

Bart Yu Yu and Lati Feiyan joined an anti-war march in Eastern Source City, but a Saint ordered every demonstrator drafted. After Great An Kingdom celebrated driving back the Celestial Race army, Jiang Ping'an warned his officials that a stronger invasion was coming and left to seek Saint artifacts to restore his cultivation.

  • Bart Yu Yu and Lati Feiyan protested the war, then learned the Saints planned to conscript another three million troops.
  • Bart Yu Yu suggested Lati Feiyan get pregnant to avoid conscription, but a Saint forced the marchers to their knees and ordered them all drafted.
  • Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City after the Celestial Race army withdrew, and Great An Kingdom celebrated its preliminary victory.
  • Jiang Ping'an told Lan Yu and Lin Zihan he would leave for about three months, then warned the kingdom's officials that the Celestial Race would return in force.
  • Jiang Ping'an left Great An Kingdom and flew toward Zhong Sheng Temple to borrow Saint artifacts for the Creation Divine Furnace.

Ch. 566Kill

Jiang Ping'an helped a dying pilgrim enter Baoguang City, then challenged and killed the Great Light Jade Buddha. His final attack erased the Buddha from everyone’s memories and severed all traces of his existence, leaving only Jiang Ping'an aware of the killing.

  • A dying devotee made prostrations toward Baoguang City with his daughter, hoping the Great Light Jade Buddha would bless her.
  • City guards demanded an entry fee and shoved the old man aside, so he tried to kill himself by crashing into a bloodstained boulder.
  • Jiang Ping'an stopped the old man, carried him through the gate, and then called the Great Light Jade Buddha out to die.
  • Jiang Ping'an fought the Great Light Jade Buddha, using the Profound Yellow Pagoda and Heaven Flipping Seal to break through his defenses.
  • Jiang Ping'an killed the Great Light Jade Buddha with Karmic Return to Nothingness, erasing him from everyone’s memories except his own.

Ch. 567Who Is the Hunter

Jiang Ping'an hunted down Buddhas, destroyed Baoguang City's arrays to restore the land, and headed into a trap set by Zhong Sheng Temple. The chapter ended as he attacked one of the nine Buddhas waiting for him at Mo Mi Mountain.

  • The Profound Yellow Pagoda trapped the Thousand-Zhang Golden Pagoda, then killed more than a dozen Bodhisattvas and over two hundred Arhats at Jiang Ping'an's command.
  • Jiang Ping'an destroyed Baoguang City's great arrays, releasing Heavenly Essence across the surrounding land and restoring its vitality.
  • Jiang Ping'an killed three Buddhas, collected two sacred artifacts, and stored the corpses of two former beasts for refining.
  • Zhong Sheng Temple predicted Jiang Ping'an's next target and arranged for nine Buddhas to ambush him with the Twelve Layers of Wrathful Buddha Light Array.
  • Jiang Ping'an entered Mo Mi Mountain, grew to five thousand zhang tall, and punched at one of the Buddhas outside the array.

Ch. 568Fully Restoring His Cultivation

Jiang Ping'an killed the Buddhas of Zhong Sheng Temple, escaped the Celestial Race’s pursuit, and visited the Xiao Family Ancient Clan to refine Buddhist Saint Artifacts and temper his body. After reaching perfection in the Dao Unification Realm, he hurried back to Great An Kingdom.

  • Jiang Ping'an trapped the Wrathful Buddhas, seized six Saint Artifacts, and led the pursuing Buddhas into a counterattack that killed all nine.
  • Jiang Ping'an fled the Central Wastelands, while news of his survival and attack on Zhong Sheng Temple alarmed the Celestial Race and sent John Tian searching for him with the Sky Gazing Mirror.
  • Jiang Ping'an returned to the Central Wastelands and brought the Buddhist Saint Artifacts to the Creation Divine Furnace, which refined five of them.
  • Jiang Ping'an asked the Profound Yellow Pagoda to wait until they returned to Great An Kingdom before refining the remaining Saint Artifacts.
  • The Creation Divine Furnace tempered Jiang Ping'an for nearly two months, bringing him to perfection in the Dao Unification Realm, and Jiang Ping'an then set off for Great An Kingdom.

Ch. 569On the Eve of the Great Battle

Jiang Ping'an prepared Great An Kingdom for the Celestial Race’s approaching army of three million, while accepting that he might have to reveal his Ancient Sacred Body to defend its people. As the invasion drew closer, he focused on protecting his family and strengthening his Divine Wheel, then discovered an unusual strand of Spiritual Sense.

  • Jiang Ping'an learned that the Celestial Race had conscripted three million troops and decided to use the Saint-Slaying Cannon, despite the danger of provoking the Celestial Race’s Saints.
  • Jiang Ping'an told Lan Yu and Lin Zihan that he would not abandon Great An Kingdom, and Lan Yu vowed not to retreat if he stayed.
  • Jiang Ping'an brought Jiang Shuyue to Ping'an City after she chose to face danger alongside her family, and he refused Ye Qingluan’s request to send Ye Feng to the Ye Clan Grotto-Heaven.
  • Jiang Ping'an concealed the Profound Yellow Pagoda beneath the Black Abyss River so it could refine a Saint artifact without causing a great disturbance.
  • Jiang Ping'an spent time with his family as the Celestial Race’s army advanced slowly, then focused on strengthening his Divine Wheel to withstand an imperial weapon’s strike.
  • Jiang Ping'an noticed that one strand of his Spiritual Sense was different from the others.

Ch. 570Comprehending Heart Force

Jiang Ping'an discovered Heart Force, a powerful energy born from the heart, and began cultivating it to strengthen his Divine Wheel and protect his loved ones. More than ten days later, the Profound Yellow Pagoda reported it could unleash a portion of an Apex Emperor Weapon’s power, while the Profound Emperor Armor and divine sword sought to be refined with Heart Force.

  • Jiang Ping'an failed to reproduce the resilient Spiritual Sense thread until he recalled the longing he had felt while refining it.
  • Jiang Ping'an walked with Jiang Shuyue and Ye An'er in the imperial garden, resolved to become like the sun, and demonstrated Heart Force by piercing Immortal Tear Green Gold.
  • Jiang Ping'an gave Ye An'er the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art and cultivated Heart Force, nearly exhausting his blood vitality and force before restoring them with a Divine Origin Crystal.
  • More than ten days later, the Profound Yellow Pagoda told Jiang Ping'an it could unleash twenty percent of an Apex Emperor Weapon’s power in suppression.
  • The Profound Emperor Armor asked Jiang Ping'an to refine it with Heart Force, and the divine sword also called for Heart Force.

Ch. 571"Meteor Summoning Technique"

Jiang Ping'an strengthened the Profound Emperor Armor with Heart Force as the Celestial Race's army advanced on Great An Kingdom. Saint-Slaying Cannons disguised as falling meteors destroyed the three-million-strong army and drove the Celestial Race Saints to retreat, while Jiang Ping'an prepared for a possible battle among Saints.

  • Jiang Ping'an decided to refine the Profound Emperor Armor with Heart Force until it could withstand several Celestial Race Saints attacking together.
  • Two months later, fifteen Celestial Race Saints and an army of three million reached Great An Kingdom's border, while three more Saints lay hidden nearby with the Guan Tian Realm.
  • Dozens of meteors struck the Celestial Race army, killing all three million soldiers as John Qingyun and the other Saints escaped.
  • John Qingyun, Brund, Bahomodo, and the other Celestial Race Saints mistook the attack for a powerful spell and withdrew to the Celestial Continent.
  • Jiang Ping'an told Incarnation Ye Bumei, Ye Xiake, and Jiang Wuji to hide the Saint-Slaying Cannons, then ordered Feng Yihuan to pull Great An Kingdom's troops back from the border.
  • Feng Yihuan announced the Celestial Race army's destruction, and the Great An Kingdom soldiers erupted in cheers.

Ch. 572An Inevitable Saint War

After the Celestial Race’s army was destroyed, Jiang Ping'an prepared for the Saints’ retaliation and secured Chaos Gourd’s help. He and his allies then confronted the fifteen Celestial Race Saints, leaving the battle poised to begin.

  • The Celestial Race erupted in protest over the deaths of three million soldiers, but unrest subsided after the Saints announced they would fight the Great An Kingdom themselves.
  • Brund learned he was among the fifteen Saints assigned to attack the Great An Kingdom and resented that the thirteen great families’ Saints were exempt.
  • Jiang Ping'an asked Chaos Gourd to protect him during the coming Saint war, and Chaos Gourd agreed to help for thirty years in exchange for ten Saint Artifacts.
  • Two months later, Jiang Ping'an, Ye Bumei, and Jiang Wuji joined Lan Yu and Lin Zihan after receiving warnings that the Celestial Race Saints had arrived.
  • Jiang Ping'an told Lan Yu and Lin Zihan to each face one Saint while he handled the rest, and the two sides met near the Great An Kingdom’s western border.

Ch. 573I'll Take On Ten

Jiang Ping'an challenged the Celestial Race Saints and fought off an expanding group of attackers with his Saint Artifact armor and sword. The chapter ended with ten Saints unleashing their ultimate moves against him, hoping his death would bring down Great An Kingdom.

  • Luo Suling cautiously confronted Jiang Ping'an, while Jiang Ping'an rejected his offer to spare the Human Race if they left Azure Treasure Continent.
  • Jiang Ping'an challenged the Celestial Race Saints and used Divine Sword Gan Jiang to strike Lan Nongjianlai, who fled after his defensive treasure was damaged.
  • Brund, Lan Nongjianlai, and Barton Kang attacked Jiang Ping'an from a distance but avoided fighting him directly, prompting Luo Suling to order reinforcements.
  • Jiang Ping'an laughed that he would take on ten Saints, and Luo Suling sent five more to join the attack.
  • The ten Celestial Race Saints stopped holding back and unleashed their ultimate moves together against Jiang Ping'an.

Ch. 574Temporarily Repelled

Jiang Ping'an used the Profound Emperor Armor to repel the Celestial Race Saints, killing one and badly wounding Teran Fuyuki before returning to Ping'an City. The surviving Saints abandoned their proposed guerrilla campaign and headed back to Celestial Continent to seek an imperial weapon or another counter to the armor.

  • Jiang Ping'an used the Divine Wheel and Divine Sword Gan Jiang to destroy Teran Fuyuki's body, but Teran Fuyuki escaped with his strength greatly diminished.
  • Jiang Ping'an killed a second Celestial Race Saint, then drove Luo Suling and the other Saints away with the Profound Emperor Armor.
  • Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City after asking Lan Yu and Lin Zihan to watch the Celestial Race Saints.
  • Luo Suling proposed splitting the Saints into fifteen groups to attack Great An Kingdom, but Brund and the others objected because they feared Jiang Ping'an would kill them one by one.
  • Luo Suling and the other surviving Saints decided to return to Celestial Continent and ask the council for an imperial weapon or someone who could counter the armor.

Ch. 575Thirty-Year Buffer Period

The Chaos Gourd drove the Celestial Race Saints away from Great An Kingdom and promised to protect it for thirty years, giving Jiang Ping'an time to pursue the Saint Realm. After Great An Kingdom celebrated its victory and aided survivors, Jiang Ping'an traveled to Zhong Sheng Temple to seek Bodhi Seeds and Saint Artifacts.

  • Jiang Ping'an joined Lan Yu and Lin Zihan to confront the returning Celestial Race Saints, but the Chaos Gourd appeared and forced back the Sky Gazing Mirror.
  • The Chaos Gourd ordered the Sky Gazing Mirror to forbid the Celestial Race from invading Great An Kingdom for thirty years, and John Qingyun led the Saints in retreat.
  • The Chaos Gourd told Jiang Ping'an that its protection would last thirty years and demanded ten Saint Artifacts; Jiang Ping'an resolved to gather the Proficiency Points needed to reach the Saint Realm.
  • After the Celestial Race refrained from attacking, Jiang Ping'an declared victory, ordered relief and compensation for the millions of casualties, and sent gifts to Great An Kingdom's supporters.
  • Jiang Ping'an left for Zhong Sheng Temple and approached its main temple on Zhong Sheng Mountain, unaffected by the mountain's powerful Buddhist chants.
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