Recaps

Jiang Ping'an brought Ye An'er to the Divine Origin Ruins after assembling a large force to secure the wilderness around them. He accelerated time with the Primordial Bell until the ruins’ barrier loosened, then punched open an entrance and revealed the flourishing land within.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Ye An'er Enlightenment Tea Leaves and promised to take her somewhere fun.
• Ye Tieshi, Zhou Yuanyao, and Zhong Wending led troops and disciples toward Qingqiu City to seal off the Divine Origin Ruins.
• Jiang Ping'an later traveled to the wilderness with Lan Yu, Ye An'er, and Ye Bumei aboard the Top-Grade Treasure Ship.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered everyone else out of the wilderness, then used the Primordial Bell to accelerate time until the Divine Origin Ruins appeared through the loosened barrier.
• Jiang Ping'an stopped the time acceleration and punched open the mist, creating an entrance through which dense Heavenly Essence poured out and revived the wilderness.

Jiang Ping'an led his disciples and daughter into the Divine Origin Ruins, then entered the Chaos Maze Formation and discovered its ancient servants and the colossal Immortal Hall. He stood before its sealed gates, where Miao Zhi told him to push them open so the Immortal Hall could acknowledge him as its Master.

• Jiang Ping'an sent the Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples, the Young Guards disciples, Ye An'er, and Ye Mie into the Divine Origin Ruins before entering himself.
• Jiang Ping'an tore through the ruins' repelling barrier, reunited with Ye An'er, and then flew toward the deepest part of the ruins.
• Jiang Ping'an encountered a True Dragon Corpse that called itself Black Dragon and bowed to him as its new Master.
• Diu Na-Xing and the souls Miao Zhi, Miao An, and Miao Yu welcomed Jiang Ping'an back to the Immortal Hall and led him through the Chaos Maze Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an reached the colossal bronze Immortal Hall and flew to its sealed gates.
• Miao Zhi instructed Jiang Ping'an to push open the Immortal Hall's gates with both hands so it could acknowledge him as its Master.

Jiang Ping'an opened the Bronze Immortal Hall and became its master, gaining the key to the Divine Origin Ruins. He could explore only its empty main hall while the hall’s spirit remained asleep, and he left the guardians hidden in the Chaos Maze Formation.

• Jiang Ping'an enlarged himself and used his Sacred Body blood to open the Bronze Gates, establishing a connection that made him the Bronze Immortal Hall’s master.
• Miao Zhi told Jiang Ping'an that the hall’s spirit had long been asleep and that the previous master had said an Ancient Sacred Body of the Human Race could inherit the hall.
• Jiang Ping'an explored the main hall and took a Bronze Talisman from the throne, learning that it was the key to the entire Divine Origin Ruins.
• Miao Zhi explained that Jiang Ping'an could not leave the main hall through its side doors unless he awakened the hall’s spirit, but she did not know how to wake it.
• Jiang Ping'an closed the Bronze Gates and ordered the three ghosts, the True Dragon Corpse, and the Red-Haired Fiend to hide in the Chaos Maze Formation and lead intruders away without killing them.

Jiang Ping'an considered how to upgrade the Creation Furnace into a pill-refining sacred artifact, then returned to find Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples besieged by Great Demons. He used his Saint's might to turn the battle around, leaving some beasts alive as livestock for future pill refinement.

• Jiang Ping'an learned that Miao Zhi and the other servant girls had been eliminating Demon Kings in the Divine Origin Ruins and ordered them to stop for now.
• Jiang Ping'an asked the Profound Yellow Pagoda and Profound Emperor Armor how to quickly elevate the Creation Furnace into a sacred artifact, but neither knew a suitable fast method.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to find three thousand Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples fighting countless Great Demons while Ye Bumei protected Ye An'er and the Young Guards disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an released his Saint's might, suppressing the beasts and birds and giving the Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples an opening to counterattack.
• The Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples killed many attackers, while Jiang Ping'an let roughly one-third escape so the Creation Furnace would not be overwhelmed with creatures to refine.
• Ye An'er flew to Jiang Ping'an and excitedly praised him.

Jiang Ping'an brought the Heaven's Mandate Garrison into the Divine Origin Ruins, concealed the ruins, and took Ye An'er and Lan Yu to see the Enlightenment Tea Tree. He left after Ye An'er chose not to pick its leaves, promising to find her two Ginseng Dolls to raise.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhou Yuanyao to bring the twenty thousand Heaven's Mandate Garrison troops into the Divine Origin Ruins after he took control of it.
• Jiang Ping'an had the Primordial Bell restore time in the wilderness, causing the Divine Origin Ruins to vanish from view, then used the Bronze Talisman to return inside.
• Jiang Ping'an took Ye An'er and Lan Yu aboard the Top-Grade Treasure Ship to the Chaos Maze Formation and revealed the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• The Enlightenment Tea Tree fled and bargained when Jiang Ping'an let Ye An'er pick its leaves, but Ye An'er pitied it and declined to take any.
• Jiang Ping'an promised to take Ye An'er to catch two Ginseng Dolls to raise.

Jiang Ping'an took Lan Yu and Ye An'er into the Divine Origin Ruins, where they caught Ginseng Dolls and collected Longevity Peaches before returning to Ping'an City. As his Saint ceremony approached, he kept the ruins' location secret and considered asking Ye Qingluan how to upgrade the Creation Furnace.

• Ye An'er tried to catch the Ginseng Dolls, and Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu helped her capture three without harming them.
• Jiang Ping'an picked the two ripe Longevity Peaches and gave them to Lan Yu, then warned Ye An'er to keep them secret.
• Jiang Ping'an checked on the Heaven's Mandate Sect Disciples, the Heaven's Mandate Garrison, and the Young Guards in the Divine Origin Ruins, and Ye An'er asked to cultivate there after his Saint ceremony.
• Jiang Ping'an led Lan Yu and Ye An'er out of the ruins and returned with them to the imperial palace in Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an kept others from entering the Divine Origin Ruins to protect its secrecy, then decided to ask Ye Qingluan how to upgrade the Creation Furnace.

Jiang Ping'an sought a way to upgrade the Creation Furnace into a Sacred Artifact and found a promising catalyst in the Heart of Time. After collecting Myriad Mother Qi and recovering his strength, he took the furnace from Ye Mie and left the Divine Origin Ruins to upgrade it in Celestial Fox City.

• Ye Qingluan explained three methods for advancing the Creation Furnace and advised that nurturing its artifact spirit was the key.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to use Myriad Mother Qi and more than a dozen Spirit Treasures to nourish the Creation Furnace’s artifact spirit.
• Jiang Ping'an entered the Bronze Immortal Hall, learned that seven portions of Myriad Mother Qi remained, and had Miao Zhi bring him three.
• The Profound Yellow Pagoda gave Jiang Ping'an the Heart of Time, a treasure that could likely be used to forge a Sacred Artifact.
• Jiang Ping'an restored his vitality on the throne, then took the Creation Furnace from Ye Mie after it finished refining Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an left the Divine Origin Ruins and headed for Celestial Fox City to upgrade the Creation Furnace outside the ruins.

Jiang Ping'an used Myriad Mother Qi and the Heart of Time to advance the Creation Furnace into a Saint Artifact, then prepared to test its improved pill-refining abilities in the Divine Origin Ruins.

• Jiang Ping'an refined the Heart of Time into the Creation Furnace, awakening and strengthening its Spirit of the Artifact.
• Jiang Ping'an released the furnace's aura, triggering a Heavenly Tribulation, and took it away from Qingqiu City to face the lightning.
• The Creation Furnace swallowed and endured the tribulation lightning, completing its transformation into a Saint Artifact with the power to regulate time inside it.
• The Creation Furnace thanked Jiang Ping'an and the Profound Yellow Pagoda, while the pagoda proudly claimed credit for refining the Heart of Time.
• Jiang Ping'an nurtured the Creation Furnace with Original Essence Blood for several days, then returned to the Divine Origin Ruins to test its pill-refining abilities.

Jiang Ping'an used the Creation Furnace to refine two batches of a million Spirit Pills each from demonic beast corpses and rare medicinal ingredients in the Divine Origin Ruins. After distributing a portion for cultivation and keeping most for himself, he left the ruins and entrusted Ye Mie with the furnace.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered Ye Tieshi and Zhou Yuanyao to gather the hunted demonic beasts and medicinal ingredients and prepare people to bottle Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Creation Furnace to refine one million flawless Spirit Pills in three grades, and he held them suspended while three thousand bottlers sorted them into bottles.
• After the crowd praised him, Jiang Ping'an refined a second batch of one million Spirit Pills with ten thousand bottlers ready to collect them.
• Jiang Ping'an handed the Creation Furnace to Incarnation Ye Bumei, who agreed to take over pill refining.
• Ye Tieshi and Zhou Yuanyao delivered two hundred thousand bottles of Spirit Pills, and Jiang Ping'an kept ninety percent while instructing them to distribute the rest and continue cultivating.
• Jiang Ping'an departed the Divine Origin Ruins.

Jiang Ping'an prepared for his Saint celebration as Human Race delegations arrived, then secretly discussed resisting the Celestial Race with Old Black. Afterward, he met Princess Bailing in private, where they rekindled their affection.

• Jiang Ping'an collected three million Spirit Pills from the Divine Origin Ruins and saved them for his Saint celebration.
• Human Race factions sent lavish gifts and delegations to Ping'an City, including the Ye Family Ancient Clan and Great Gan Kingdom.
• Jiang Ping'an and Old Black agreed that Great An Kingdom should judge other factions by their support and secretly target Celestial Race Saints; Old Black promised at least one hundred thousand Great Gan troops.
• Old Black asked Jiang Ping'an to give Ji Bailing more Enlightenment Tea Leaves so she could become a Saint.
• Jiang Ping'an used a divine art to enter Princess Bailing's bedroom, and they embraced after playfully exchanging flirtatious remarks.

Jiang Ping'an celebrated his ascension to sainthood with a grand banquet, where Old Black killed a Qi Clan Ancient Clan elder who publicly questioned his sainthood. As the celebration ended, Ye Huitian warned Jiang Ping'an that the Qi Clan Ancient Clan had secret dealings with the Celestial Race.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Princess Bailing three Enlightenment Tea Leaves to help her become a saint before returning to the imperial palace.
• Great An Kingdom held a lavish celebration for Jiang Ping'an, and he rewarded its people, officials, and army.
• At the state banquet, a Qi Clan Ancient Clan venerable questioned Jiang Ping'an's sainthood, and Old Black killed him with a single strike.
• Jiang Ping'an insulted the Qi Clan Ancient Clan by offering compensation on the condition that their dead elder had been an idiot, then ordered them to leave.
• Jiang Ping'an suspected the Qi Clan Ancient Clan might be aiding the Celestial Race and did not send them the promised compensation.
• Ye Huitian warned Jiang Ping'an that the Qi Clan Ancient Clan had secret dealings with the Celestial Race, and Jiang Ping'an said he would be careful.

Jiang Ping'an arranged for Great An Kingdom's troops to secretly cultivate in the Divine Origin Ruins by building a military camp around the wilderness. After sending two million soldiers inside, he visited Lan Yu in Qingqiu City, where they entered Spiritual Union again.

• Jiang Ping'an told Feng Yihuan that the Divine Origin Ruins were under his control and ordered him to secretly bring Great An Kingdom's elite troops there to cultivate.
• Feng Yihuan proposed building a major military camp in the wilderness as cover, and Jiang Ping'an approved the plan and ordered the departments to cooperate.
• After the camp was completed, Jiang Ping'an sent two million soldiers into the Divine Origin Ruins, where they were astonished by the cultivation environment and quickly made progress.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Lan Yu to monitor the Divine Origin Ruins wilderness, and she agreed.
• Lan Yu asked Jiang Ping'an to enter Spiritual Union with her again, and the two went to her Cultivation Chamber.

Jiang Ping'an’s divine sword Gan Jiang survived its Heavenly Tribulation and became a Saint Artifact, then helped him counter Qi Tianxin’s attack on Ping'an City. The chapter ended with Qi Tianxin shocked that Jiang Ping'an had severed the causal line of his divine ability.

• Gan Jiang absorbed Jiang Ping'an’s Heart Force, awakened, and underwent a Heavenly Tribulation outside Ping'an City.
• Gan Jiang endured nine lightning bolts and became a Saint Artifact with the powers Sever Cause and Effect and Withering Sword Domain.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, where Qi Tianxin arrived seeking revenge for his great-great-grandson.
• Qi Tianxin attacked Jiang Ping'an with his decay-based divine ability Eternal Sorrow.
• Jiang Ping'an used Gan Jiang’s Sever Cause and Effect to make Eternal Sorrow vanish, shocking Qi Tianxin.

Jiang Ping'an fought Qi Tianxin, whose decaying Saint body and desperate attacks were countered by the Gan Jiang Sword and Profound Emperor Armor. When Qi Tianxin threatened Ping'an City with a life-ending strike, Jiang Ping'an used the Primordial Bell to freeze time and prepared to attack him.

• Jiang Ping'an struck Qi Tianxin with the Gan Jiang Sword, severing two of his nails and forcing him to retreat behind a barrier of resentful souls.
• Qi Tianxin burned his life essence to restore his Saint body and traded blows with Jiang Ping'an, but the Profound Emperor Armor absorbed his fist while the sword disrupted his power and accelerated his decay.
• Jiang Ping'an retreated rather than kill Qi Tianxin, wary of a hidden Saint artifact and the risk of provoking the Qi Clan Ancient Clan into war with Great An Kingdom.
• Qi Tianxin unleashed his Decaying Finale and charged toward Ping'an City, prompting Jiang Ping'an to block his path and then face his renewed attack.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned the Primordial Bell, freezing Qi Tianxin and his attack in time, then shifted toward Qi Tianxin with his blade aimed at his head.

Jiang Ping'an killed Qi Tianxin, who had attacked him intending to die together, and then discussed how to prevent the Qi Clan Ancient Clan from retaliating against Great An Kingdom. He decided to seek mediation from the Ye Family Ancient Clan and sent Lu Feiyu with lavish gifts to learn the Qi Clan’s true stance.

• Qi Tianxin broke free from frozen time but Jiang Ping'an's sword qi pierced his head and destroyed his immortal platform and true spirit.
• Jiang Ping'an burned Qi Tianxin's corpse, reassured Ping'an City's citizens, and returned to the imperial palace.
• Jiang Ping'an and Ye Qingluan discussed the threat of the Qi Clan Ancient Clan, while Ye Qingluan warned that it might be acting on the Celestial Race's orders.
• Jiang Ping'an considered using demon emperors and a beast tide to besiege the Qi Clan Grotto-Heaven, but kept the idea as a possible plan.
• Ye Qingluan suggested asking the Ye Family Ancient Clan to mediate and test the Qi Clan's attitude, and Jiang Ping'an agreed.
• Jiang Ping'an sent his disciple Lu Feiyu with gifts worth thirty million spirit stones to visit the Ye Family Ancient Clan.

Jiang Ping'an captured three Golden-Winged Pengs for the Heaven's Mandate Sect and learned that the Qi Clan Ancient Clan planned to attack Great An Kingdom. He and Ye Qingluan agreed that besieging the Ye Clan Grotto-Heaven with demon beasts could give the Qi Clan an excuse to avoid the expedition.

• Jiang Ping'an went to the Divine Origin Ruins, tested Golden-Winged Pengs with Karma Cleansing Skyfire, and took in three that endured the trial.
• Jiang Ping'an brought the three Golden-Winged Pengs to Ping'an City, where they soon advanced to Demon King realm.
• Lu Feiyu returned and reported that the Qi Clan Ancient Clan insisted on vengeance and appeared ready to send an army against Great An Kingdom.
• Ye Qingluan suspected the Celestial Race had directed the Qi Clan to attack, and Jiang Ping'an revealed his plan to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao.
• Ye Qingluan reasoned that a demon-beast siege on the Ye Clan Grotto-Heaven could let the Qi Clan avoid attacking Great An Kingdom, and Jiang Ping'an agreed.

Jiang Ping'an delayed the Qi Clan Ancient Clan’s planned invasion by arranging a demonic beast siege of its grotto-heaven, then returned to Great An Kingdom to review preparations. He left the court focused on monitoring the enemy army and gave Ye Feng an Enlightenment Tea Leaf while preparing to take the Spirit Talisman materials away.

• Jiang Ping'an told the court that the Qi Clan Ancient Clan was preparing to attack and instructed Zhang Zhe to gather plans while he entered seclusion.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled to Evergreen Continent and used the Annihilating Heavenly Flame to control demon emperors, who led demonic beasts in besieging the Qi Clan Grotto-Heaven.
• Jiang Ping'an observed that the Qi Clan Ancient Clan was using the beast siege to delay sending troops, then returned to Ping'an City and heard Ye Qingluan report the ministers' ineffective proposals.
• Jiang Ping'an rejected the ministers' proposals and directed them to monitor the Qi Clan Ancient Clan's invading army and plan a response.
• Ye Feng reported that he had purchased Spirit Talisman materials, and Jiang Ping'an rewarded him with an Enlightenment Tea Leaf and asked him to pack the materials.

Jiang Ping'an visited Great Continent Island, where he witnessed the island’s scarcity and internal conflict, then healed and supplied thousands of cultivators. He traveled with Yang Guanghai, Shi Zhongjian, and Huang Jisheng to the Immeasurable Sect.

• Jiang Ping'an entered Great Continent Island with Yang Guanghai, Shi Zhongjian, and Huang Jisheng and saw its thin Heavenly Essence and extensive terraced farmland.
• Jiang Ping'an stopped a battle between more than ten thousand cultivators, healed them with spirit rain, and gave each three Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an asked the cultivators to stop fighting for thirty years, and the Bixuan Sect and Baiyue Mountain agreed to obey.
• The cultivators concluded Jiang Ping'an was a Saint and knelt in gratitude after he departed with the three island Saints.
• Jiang Ping'an and the three Saints flew to the Immeasurable Sect, Yang Guanghai’s immortal sect.

Jiang Ping'an met with the Saints of Great Continent Island to discuss resisting the Celestial Race, and his Monkey Emperor Wine first eased the gathering before the Saints debated his claims. The chapter leaves Jiang Ping'an describing the horrific enslavement of humans in Celestial Race mines as Chen Wangshan and Shen Younian questioned the cost of resistance.

• Jiang Ping'an shared Monkey Emperor Wine with Yang Guanghai, Shi Zhongjian, and Huang Jisheng, enlivening their gathering.
• Chen Wangshan and Shen Younian arrived but refused the wine, cooling the mood before Yang Guanghai opened the discussion.
• Chen Wangshan questioned whether Jiang Ping'an could defeat a Celestial Race Great Emperor, and Jiang Ping'an claimed he could with a specially refined Saint Artifact.
• Shen Younian warned that the Celestial Race's strength made resistance dangerous and could expose Great Continent Island's people to extermination.
• Jiang Ping'an said Great Continent Island was free to refuse, then argued that humans must resist rather than accept slaughter and enslavement.
• Jiang Ping'an described finding hundreds of thousands of abused human mining slaves in each Celestial Race Spirit Stone Mine he had seized.

Jiang Ping'an recounted the Celestial Race’s oppression of humanity and how he founded the Great An Kingdom by rescuing and resettling enslaved people. The Five Sages of Great Continent Island agreed to oppose the Celestial Race and pledged their support to him.

• Jiang Ping'an argued that humanity had to fight for its survival and explained that the Celestial Race’s internal decay made it vulnerable.
• Jiang Ping'an described founding the Great An Kingdom and rescuing humans from oppression across Azure Treasure Continent.
• Jiang Ping'an told the Five Sages how he freed people imprisoned by the Winged Race, though many could not ultimately be brought to safety.
• Shen Younian and Chen Wangshan agreed that Great Continent Island should join Jiang Ping'an in opposing the Celestial Race.
• Shi Zhongjian pledged to serve Jiang Ping'an even at the cost of his life, and the Five Sages toasted him in turn.

Jiang Ping'an arranged for the Five Sages of Great Continent Island to forge flying swords and make jade talismans, then rewarded them with God Source Crystals. After returning to Ping'an City with the completed swords, he began cultivating in the Divine Origin Ruins and traded five God Source Crystals for five Enlightenment Tea Leaves.

• Yang Guanghai reported that Great Continent Island had forged more than sixty-four thousand Soulshock Flying Swords and fifteen thousand Thunderclap Flying Swords, and Jiang Ping'an supplied more materials and funding.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Shi Zhongjian, Huang Jisheng, Chen Wangshan, and Shen Younian to oversee the production of fifty million Mystic Grade jade talismans and ten million Spirit Grade jade talismans, and gave them materials and payment for the artisans.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Yang Guanghai and the four other Saints God Source Crystals, strengthening their resolve to follow him and resist the Celestial Race.
• A few days later, Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City with eighty thousand Soulshock Flying Swords and twenty thousand Thunderclap Flying Swords, then began cultivating in the Divine Origin Ruins while working to comprehend Volume Nine of the Dao Scripture.
• Jiang Ping'an traded five God Source Crystals with the Enlightenment Tea Tree for five Enlightenment Tea Leaves, while the tree secretly believed he had overpaid.

Jiang Ping'an comprehended the early cultivation path of the Celestial Realm and learned that John Zhao of the John Family possessed the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting. He began a difficult fishing plan to draw John Zhao out, but moved to find a safer place when the Immeasurable Fishing Rod estimated the attempt would take years.

• Jiang Ping'an used Enlightenment Tea Leaves to comprehend the ninth volume of the Dao Scripture and began cultivating the five Divine Treasuries as the foundation of the Celestial Realm.
• After more than a year, Jiang Ping'an reunited with Jiang Wuji and learned that John Zhao of the Celestial Race's John Family had taken the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled toward the Celestial Continent, checked that the Qi Clan Grotto-Heaven remained under siege, and concealed himself nearby.
• Jiang Ping'an and the Immeasurable Fishing Rod chose his remaining Longevity Peach as bait to lure John Zhao from the Celestial Continent.
• The Immeasurable Fishing Rod warned that the deep catch would take at least two or three years and require uninterrupted support, so Jiang Ping'an put it away and flew toward a nearby mountain peak.

Jiang Ping'an lured John Zhao away from the Celestial Continent and trapped him inside the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting, but could not seize the artifact without risking its destruction. Back in Ping'an City, he posed a riddle to his family and allies about how to kill John Zhao and obtain the painting within two or three years.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Longevity Peach as bait to lure John Zhao to his mountain, then froze him with the Primordial Bell and captured him in the Profound Yellow Pagoda.
• John Zhao hid inside the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting, recognized Jiang Ping'an as an Ancient Calamity Body, and threatened to destroy the artifact rather than surrender it.
• Jiang Ping'an and his treasures could not find a way to extract John Zhao safely, so Jiang Ping'an left him trapped and returned to Ping'an City.
• After announcing the end of his seclusion, Jiang Ping'an gathered his family and asked how Saint A could kill Saint B inside a spatial Saint artifact while obtaining the artifact within two or three years.

Jiang Ping'an searched for a way to force John Zhao out of the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting without letting him destroy it. He discovered that Miao Yu could parasitize John through her voice, leaving her to gradually take control of the Saint inside the painting.

• Hu Yuhua suggested using vocal enchantment to lure Saint B out of a spatial sacred artifact, while Ye Feng proposed accelerating time until the Saint died; Jiang Ping'an explained why neither plan would secure the artifact.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that Hu Yuhua could not teach him her bloodline-bound vocal enchantment, then set the problem aside and went to the Divine Origin Ruins to cultivate.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned Miao Zhi, Miao An, and Miao Yu at the Bronze Immortal Hall and learned about their frightening abilities as Evil Spirits.
• Miao Yu revealed that anyone who heard her voice could be parasitized, so Jiang Ping'an had the Profound Yellow Pagoda release the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting and then retrieve it.
• Miao Yu told Jiang Ping'an she had already parasitized John Zhao, though it would take time to fully affect the Saint.

Jiang Ping'an killed John Zhao after Miao Yu parasitized him, then claimed the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting as his own. Inside, he discovered Celestial Race captives who celebrated John Zhao’s death and revealed that he had eaten their children to extend his lifespan.

• Miao Yu reported that she had parasitized John Zhao and warned Jiang Ping'an to kill him as soon as he emerged from the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting.
• Jiang Ping'an released the painting, and when John Zhao flew out, he smashed John Zhao’s head with a punch, accidentally killing Miao Yu’s avatar as well.
• Jiang Ping'an made the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting acknowledge him as its master and entered the land inside it.
• Jiang Ping'an found many Celestial Race women, Infants, and men living inside the painting, and they welcomed John Zhao’s death with relief and grief.
• The Celestial Race captives told Jiang Ping'an that John Zhao had eaten their children to extend his lifespan and had imprisoned them so they would keep having children for him.