Recaps

Jiang Ping'an prepared talismans and cultivated until he reached the second level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, but he continued to refuse becoming the Zhennan Marquis's Young Lord. He left the palace after rejecting Emperor Qian's offer, intending to prove he could stabilize the Southern Border himself.

• Jiang Ping'an collected the remaining Liquified Worldly Energy, began nurturing Mystic Grade Spirit Talismans in it, and continued refining talismans for the Southern Border.
• Jiang Ping'an broke through to the second level of the Dragon Transformation Realm and found that his tempered skin resisted the Crimson Sky Sword and its Southern Li Fire.
• Li Zaidao urged Jiang Ping'an to become the Zhennan Marquis's Young Lord, but Jiang Ping'an refused and said he would suppress the Southern Border by another path.
• Jiang Ping'an recruited Li Tongya for the Southern Border and gave him three Mystic Grade Spirit Talismans for protection.
• Jiang Ping'an staged a brief Dragon Transformation breakthrough to make Taiwu Academy believe he had advanced, then returned the Dragon Transformation Pill when Emperor Qian summoned him.
• Emperor Qian offered Princess Bailing's hand in marriage if Jiang Ping'an became the Young Lord, but Jiang Ping'an refused, and Emperor Qian angrily sent him away.

Jiang Ping'an collected Princess Bailing’s gifts for Jiang Shuyue and asked Yan Ruyu to join his Southern Border campaign as a political commissar. Yan Ruyu agreed to consider the role, while Princess Bailing continued waiting for the poem Jiang Ping'an had promised.

• Jiang Ping'an collected the Wind Thunder Sword, top-grade wind-element Essence Stones, and Flowing Light Cloud Shoes from Princess Bailing, then gave them to Jiang Shuyue to help her cultivate.
• Jiang Shuyue teased Jiang Ping'an about the young woman who had gifted her the shoes, and Jiang Ping'an accepted his mother’s low-grade Mystic Treasure Sword to sell for Essence Stones.
• Princess Bailing waited for Jiang Ping'an’s poem, but he could not compose one; meanwhile, Yan Ruyu advanced to the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Yan Ruyu and invited her to travel to the Southern Border to reason with soldiers and common people who might support Pudu Mountain.
• Yan Ruyu praised Jiang Ping'an’s plan and said she would consider his invitation before he left for the Southern Border.

Jiang Ping'an completed his coming-of-age ceremony, unsealed and mastered his divine abilities, then learned Bai Yuede had entered the Great Zhou Kingdom. Old Black appeared at the celebration and demanded repayment of a debt Jiang Ping'an had owed for more than ten years.

• Jiang Ping'an completed the three-crown coming-of-age rites and thanked his family and instructors.
• Jiang Ping'an's divine abilities unsealed, and he used his Proficiency Points to master them.
• Jiang Ping'an learned from Chen Donglai that Bai Yuede had entered the Great Zhou Kingdom and worried that he could not help Shangguan Xue.
• Old Black appeared at Jiang Ping'an's celebration and said he had come to collect a debt.

Jiang Ping'an learned that Old Black had helped the first Zhennan Marquis rise to power, then accepted Emperor Qian's order to lead only two thousand Imperial Guards to the Southern Border. After preparing his family and soldiers for the dangerous campaign, he entered the Demon Realm and used jade talismans to crush the first demon beast assault.

• Old Black refused extra Golden Buns, urged Jiang Ping'an to become the Young Lord of the Zhennan Marquis, revealed it had helped the first Zhennan Marquis rise to power, and left.
• Emperor Qian ordered Jiang Ping'an to take two thousand Imperial Guards to the Southern Border, and Jiang Ping'an accepted the decree despite the meager force.
• Jiang Ping'an persuaded Jiang Wen and the other relatives to relocate Jiang Manor from White Emperor City and gave them three hundred Superior Spirit Stones for the move.
• Jiang Ping'an left a poem beneath Princess Bailing's pillow, then departed Yujing with Jiang Shuyue, Yan Ruyu, Li Tongya, and the Imperial Guards.
• Yan Ruyu raised the soldiers' morale during the journey, and Jiang Ping'an led them through Sword Gate Pass into the Demon Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an, Jiang Shuyue, and Yan Ruyu used Heavenly Flame Meteor Jade Talismans to destroy a demon beast horde attacking their position, while Jiang Ping'an and Li Tongya worked to establish an array.

Jiang Ping'an and his forces annihilated more than a hundred thousand spirit beasts and birds outside Sword Gate Pass and killed the fifth-rank Mountain-Pulling Ape. Emperor Qian celebrated the victory, approved Jiang Ping'an's requests, and sent reinforcements, while Taiwu Academy prepared a voluntary expedition to the Southern Border.

• Jiang Ping'an and Li Tongya completed the Xuandu Vajra Grand Formation as Jiang Shuyue and Yan Ruyu organized the harvesting of spirit beast heads and meat.
• Jiang Ping'an, Jiang Shuyue, and Yan Ruyu repelled a massive beast attack, killing over a hundred thousand spirit beasts and birds and trapping the remaining third-rank attackers in the formation's mist.
• Jiang Ping'an used Heavenly Punishment Sacred Eye three times to kill the Mountain-Pulling Ape, while Zhao Yanshu watched from Sword Gate Pass and wondered what power Jiang Ping'an had used.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered his soldiers to collect the enemy remains, then meditated to recover his Divine Soul after Yan Ruyu left to report the victory.
• Emperor Qian approved Jiang Ping'an's requests for Liquified Worldly Energy and rewards for Jiang Shuyue, Yan Ruyu, and Li Tongya, and dispatched twenty thousand Imperial Guards to reinforce him.
• Li Zaidao proposed a voluntary Taiwu Academy expedition to help Jiang Ping'an in the Southern Border, and many students rushed to enroll.

Jiang Ping'an’s army drove the demon beasts back from the Southern Border while Jiang Shuyue reached the seventh level of the Dragon Transformation Realm and sought his help mastering a sword art. Meanwhile, the Buddha Lord ordered Zhao Yingpeng to bring Jiang Ping'an into the Zhennan Marquis Estate’s faction, leaving Su Yingluo furious and determined to push Zhao Zhenming to cultivate.

• Jiang Ping'an’s army defeated the demon beasts’ attempts to resist, forcing them to retreat more than a thousand li from Great Qian Kingdom’s Southern Border frontier.
• Jiang Shuyue told Jiang Ping'an that she had reached the seventh level of the Dragon Transformation Realm and returned some of his Top-Grade wind-element Spirit Stones, which he accepted.
• Jiang Shuyue demonstrated the Wind Breath Soul Severing Sword, and Jiang Ping'an used his panel to master it before guiding her.
• Master Xuan Ming ordered Zhao Yingpeng to persuade Jiang Ping'an to acknowledge his ancestry and join the Buddha Lord’s side, even if Zhao Yingpeng had to kneel and admit his wrongs.
• After Master Xuan Ming left, Zhao Yingpeng vented his hatred, then told Su Yingluo that the Buddha Lord wanted Jiang Ping'an invited back and promised the Young Lord position.
• Su Yingluo left the study in anger and resolved to make Zhao Zhenming cultivate desperately rather than let Jiang Ping'an take the estate’s future position.

Zhao Yingpeng visited Jiang Ping'an’s camp, claiming he had family business, but Jiang Ping'an and Jiang Shuyue rejected his attempts to reconcile and persuade his son to return to the Zhennan Marquis Estate. Under pressure to continue his appeal, Zhao Yingpeng knelt before Jiang Shuyue.

• Zhao Yingpeng arrived at Jiang Ping'an’s formation and was made to wait after a sentry rebuked him for addressing the Marquis of Guangling by name.
• Jiang Ping'an consulted Jiang Shuyue, who guessed Zhao Yingpeng had come to recruit him for Pudu Mountain; Jiang Ping'an agreed to receive him with precautions in place.
• Zhao Yingpeng asked to discuss a family matter, but Jiang Ping'an rejected the claim, and Jiang Shuyue confronted him over having sent people to kill their son.
• Zhao Yingpeng admitted he had been deceived by Su Yingluo and offered Jiang Ping'an the position of Young Lord if he returned and acknowledged his ancestry, but Jiang Ping'an refused.
• Jiang Ping'an told Zhao Yingpeng to kneel before Jiang Shuyue to repent, and Zhao Yingpeng finally knelt despite his humiliation.

Zhao Yingpeng tried to kill Jiang Ping'an after Jiang Shuyue refused to forgive him, but Jiang Ping'an overwhelmed him in a prolonged pursuit. The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord appeared to save Zhao Yingpeng, and Jiang Ping'an fled after realizing he had fallen into a trap.

• Zhao Yingpeng knelt before Jiang Shuyue and begged her forgiveness, but she firmly refused; Jiang Ping'an mocked him, prompting Zhao Yingpeng to attack.
• Jiang Ping'an blocked Zhao Yingpeng's punch and disarmed him in their weapon clash, then pursued him as Zhao Yingpeng fled and attacked with his Law Manifestation.
• Jiang Ping'an repeatedly struck Zhao Yingpeng through his protective treasure, while Zhao Yingpeng's Law Manifestation intervened and Zhao Yingpeng fled toward Pudu Mountain.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord appeared, and Zhao Yingpeng accused Jiang Ping'an of trying to murder his father.
• Jiang Ping'an stopped pursuing Zhao Yingpeng and used Rainbow Escape to flee after realizing he had fallen into a trap.

Jiang Ping'an fought the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord and Zhao Yingpeng, but Jiang Shuyue died after using a forbidden art to protect him. Surrounded by the Buddha Lord’s monks and driven by grief, Jiang Ping'an began cutting away his own flesh to fulfill Zhao Yingpeng’s demand that he return his father’s blood and flesh.

• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord pinned Jiang Ping'an beneath a divine mountain, then gave Zhao Yingpeng a golden hoop meant to control him.
• Jiang Shuyue attacked Zhao Yingpeng, but he used a forbidden escape art and unleashed his Law Manifestation, forcing her to use the fatal Soul Transformation Forbidden Art.
• The Black Emperor arrived and drew Jiang Shuyue’s Law Manifestation back into her body, but Jiang Ping'an believed she was dead and swore to kill Zhao Yingpeng.
• Xuan Ming, Xuan Zhen, and Xuan Hai blocked Jiang Ping'an from reaching Zhao Yingpeng, while the Black Emperor warned him that Jiang Shuyue still had one spirit remaining.
• Jiang Ping'an cut away his flesh piece by piece as Zhao Yingpeng demanded that he return all the flesh and blood he had inherited from his father.

Jiang Ping'an regenerated his body, rejected Zhao Yingpeng as his father, and killed him after the monks were prevented from interfering. After learning that his mother might be revived if he became a Great Emperor, Jiang Ping'an carried her body toward Yujing, where Senior Old Black asked whether the tragedies of the world would ever end.

• Jiang Ping'an used Blood Rebirth to restore his body after returning his flesh and blood to Zhao Yingpeng.
• Xuan Ming, Xuan Zhen, and Xuan Hai tried to protect Zhao Yingpeng, but the Black Emperor ordered Gao Xianzhi and two other Law Manifestation Realm cultivators to watch them.
• Jiang Ping'an caught Zhao Yingpeng as he fled and hacked him to pieces beside Jiang Shuyue's corpse.
• Senior Old Black told Jiang Ping'an that Jiang Shuyue retained one spirit fragment and that a Great Emperor might restore her by retrieving her scattered souls through the river of time and space.
• Jiang Ping'an placed Jiang Shuyue's body aboard the Flying Boat and headed for Yujing with Senior Old Black.
• Senior Old Black asked Jiang Ping'an whether the tragedies that had repeatedly unfolded across the land would ever end.

Jiang Ping'an sought Liu Xixu's help to enter Saint Lan Yu's Tomb and retrieve the Creation Furnace and a treasure that could preserve his mother's body. They reached the deep-sea entrance, where his protective qi shielded Liu Xixu from crushing water pressure as they continued downward.

• Jiang Ping'an mourned beside Jiang Shuyue's coffin, and Princess Bailing confessed her love while explaining that her duties to the Ji Clan kept her from marrying him.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Old Black for a way to evade the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, then said he would search for two items before returning to the Southern Border.
• Jiang Ping'an recruited Liu Xixu to explore Saint Lan Yu's Tomb, agreeing to give her half the treasures while keeping the two items he sought.
• Jiang Ping'an and Liu Xixu traveled by Flying Boat to the sea above the tomb and descended beneath the water with the help of his Mystic Water True Dragon.
• Liu Xixu's protective talismans began to fail beyond three thousand zhang, so Jiang Ping'an drew her into his Primal Chaos Body Protection True Qi as they continued toward the entrance about five thousand zhang below.

Jiang Ping'an and Liu Xixu entered Saint Lan Yu's Tomb and made their way to the tomb owner's chamber on the seventh level. As they paused outside its door, Jiang Ping'an heard a faint cry for help from within.

• Jiang Ping'an found the hidden entrance five thousand zhang beneath the sea and led Liu Xixu through the passage into the tomb.
• After learning it was a Saint's tomb, Liu Xixu asked to reduce her share to ten percent, and Jiang Ping'an agreed.
• Liu Xixu studied the tomb map, and Jiang Ping'an said they would head straight to the seventh-level chamber for the two items he needed.
• Over eight days, Liu Xixu broke the marked formations while Jiang Ping'an guarded her and killed the tomb's evil entities.
• As Liu Xixu rested outside the tomb owner's chamber, Jiang Ping'an heard a faint voice inside cry, "My lord, save me..."

Jiang Ping'an and Liu Xixu entered the Main Burial Chamber, where Jiang Ping'an freed Lan Yu from a possessing phantom and learned Saint Lan Yu's Corpse lay inside the Bronze Coffin. As the corpse began stirring, Jiang Ping'an sealed himself inside the chamber to face it while Lan Yu held Liu Xixu outside.

• Jiang Ping'an urged Liu Xixu to open the Main Burial Chamber after sensing something inside, and they found Lan Yu seated beside a Bronze Coffin.
• Jiang Ping'an struck Lan Yu and forced a foul phantom from her body into the Bronze Coffin, freeing her from possession.
• Lan Yu explained that a summons had drawn her back to the tomb and asked Jiang Ping'an to destroy Saint Lan Yu's Corpse and retrieve the alchemy furnace inside the coffin.
• Liu Xixu tried to speak with Jiang Ping'an privately, but strange sounds from the coffin interrupted them as the Saint's Corpse began to stir.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Lan Yu to protect Liu Xixu, then shut the heavy stone door behind himself as he prepared to confront the Saint's Corpse.

Jiang Ping'an defeated the Saint's Corpse after a seven-day battle, then recovered in an Essence-Strengthening Array while Liu Xixu and Lan Yu waited. Once he recovered, the three began dividing Saint Lan Yu's treasures, with Liu Xixu taking ten percent and Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu splitting the remainder.

• Lan Yu threatened Liu Xixu, but spared her after Liu Xixu swore to keep Lan Yu's origins secret and claimed she would become Jiang Ping'an's woman.
• Liu Xixu and Lan Yu waited anxiously for seven days and nights while Jiang Ping'an fought the Saint's Corpse inside the Main Burial Chamber.
• Jiang Ping'an emerged badly wounded, confirmed that the Nine-Colored Ice Soul Nurturing Pearl could help his Mother, and asked Liu Xixu to build an Essence-Strengthening Array.
• Jiang Ping'an cultivated for eight days, restored his strength, and returned to the second level of the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an insisted that Liu Xixu take ten percent of the treasures, then agreed to split the rest evenly with Lan Yu.

After the treasures from Saint Lan Yu's Tomb were divided, Liu Xixu tried to set Jiang Ping'an up with her younger sister, then followed Lan Yu's advice and pursued him herself. Jiang Ping'an resisted her advances, suspecting she might have been possessed by an evil entity.

• Jiang Ping'an received spells, manuals, a Spirit Soul True Crystal, and five thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones before leaving Saint Lan Yu's Tomb with Liu Xixu and Lan Yu.
• Liu Xixu asked Jiang Ping'an to meet her younger sister, but he said he already had someone in his heart and was not considering marriage.
• Lan Yu urged Liu Xixu to confess her feelings directly, then left the Flying Boat so Liu Xixu and Jiang Ping'an would be alone.
• Liu Xixu pounced on Jiang Ping'an and tried to undress him, but he used his Primal Chaos Body Protection True Qi to push her away.
• Jiang Ping'an asked whether Liu Xixu had been possessed by an evil entity, and she told him to examine her and help exorcise it.

Jiang Ping'an returned to Yujing, gave Jiang Shuyue the Nine-Colored Ice Soul Nurturing Pearl, and learned the Saint-Rank Spell "Domain of Jade." After agreeing to meet Liu Xixu's supposed younger sister, he arrived at Fragrant Spring Courtyard, where the maids admitted him and closed the gate behind him.

• Jiang Ping'an knocked Liu Xixu unconscious to spare her embarrassment, but she later tried to seduce him by pretending to cry and secured his promise to meet her younger sister in Yujing.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the Saint-Rank Spell "Domain of Jade" aboard the Flying Boat, returned to Great Qian, and piloted the boat to Yujing.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Shuyue the Nine-Colored Ice Soul Nurturing Pearl and promised to restore her other hun and po so she could awaken.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Taiwu Academy and used ten million Proficiency Points to comprehend "Domain of Jade," though he could not cast it without mana.
• Liu Xixu sent Jiang Ping'an a letter directing him to Fragrant Spring Courtyard at Longqing Inn, and he entered the courtyard after the maids welcomed him.

Jiang Ping'an saw through Lan Yu’s plan to make Liu Xixu approach him, then returned to Taiwu Academy and mastered three Heaven-Rank techniques. The next day, he left Yujing and returned to the Southern Border.

• Liu Xixu tried to draw Jiang Ping'an into a romantic encounter, but he realized Lan Yu had pressured her to keep her from revealing Lan Yu’s origins.
• Jiang Ping'an refused Liu Xixu’s advances, asked Lan Yu not to harm her, and left Fragrant Spring Courtyard.
• Lan Yu told Liu Xixu she would not kill her and explained that she would leave the Great Qian Kingdom within three to five years.
• Jiang Ping'an spent Proficiency Points mastering the Void Movement Technique, Jade Transformation Divine Light, and Emperor Weapon Phantom.
• Jiang Ping'an left Yujing and returned to the Southern Border.

Jiang Ping'an returned to Green Crest Mountain and broke the beast demons’ siege with the Jade Transformation Divine Light, killing the Primordial Wild Ox and routing the enemy. Yan Ruyu’s soldiers pursued the fleeing demons while Xiang Yun watched in astonishment at Jiang Ping'an’s mastery of a Heaven-Rank Spell.

• After more than half a month of siege left his army badly battered, Jiang Ping'an reached Green Crest Mountain and killed a Thunder Roc, refining its corpse into Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Mystic Water True Dragon and Jade Transformation Divine Light to clear the surrounding skies and ground of beast demons and demon birds.
• The Primordial Wild Ox attacked Jiang Ping'an, but he evaded its charge, turned it to jade, then severed its neck with the Dragon Abyss Halberd and stored its corpse in the Creation Furnace.
• Jiang Ping'an replenished his True Essence and used the Jade Transformation Divine Light to rout the remaining demons, while the other two fifth-order great demons fled.
• Yan Ruyu ordered the soldiers to leave the formation and pursue the fleeing enemy, and Xiang Yun recognized that Jiang Ping'an had perfected a Heaven-Rank Spell.

Jiang Ping'an exposed Pudu Mountain and the Zhennan Marquis Estate’s betrayal to his army, compensated the casualties, and cultivated with spirit pills while plotting revenge. In White Emperor City, his threatening letter and the spreading rumors left the Old Hag terrified and disgraced.

• Jiang Ping'an told his commanders that Pudu Mountain and the Zhennan Marquis Estate had ambushed him, then promised triple compensation for every soldier killed or wounded.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Yan Ruyu one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones to distribute, and soldiers spread letters exposing the betrayal across Great Qian.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the Primordial Wild Ox into Spirit Pills and cultivated with Thunder Roc and Ancient Mammoth Bull pills, strengthening his body.
• Jiang Ping'an sent the Old Hag a letter warning that Heaven’s retribution would strike her within a month.
• The Old Hag asked Su Yingluo for three peak Dragon Transformation Realm guards, but Su Yingluo assigned only one and mocked her fears.
• The Old Hag endured a terrifying nightmare and days of rumors until she was barely recognizable, while Su Yingluo ignored her distress.

Jiang Ping'an received the court’s military rewards, took control of twelve frontier passes, and used his Heavenly Punishment Sacred Eye to kill the Old Hag with lightning. The Old Hag’s death spread fear through White Emperor City, and after Jiang Ping'an threatened Su Yingluo with the same fate, she decided to flee to Pudu Mountain.

• Yan Ruyu returned Zhao Yingpeng’s Myriad Dragon Mystic Weight Spear to Jiang Ping'an, who recognized it as a top-grade Spirit Artifact and planned to use its flood dragon souls to upgrade his Dragon Abyss Halberd.
• Chief Eunuch Hu delivered imperial decrees rewarding Jiang Ping'an and his troops, naming Jiang Ping'an Commandery Marquis and Annan General, and granting Jiang Shuyue posthumous honors and benefits.
• Jiang Ping'an moved his army to Great Jade Pass, took control of twelve frontier passes, and ordered Yan Ruyu to win over the garrisons and remove commanders loyal to the Zhennan Marquis Estate.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Heavenly Punishment Sacred Eye to locate the Old Hag and struck her with a bolt of lightning that reduced her to ash and set her courtyard ablaze.
• Zhao Yanshu told Su Yingluo he suspected Jiang Ping'an had killed the Old Hag with his Thunder Art, and Su Yingluo realized she could be his next target.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Su Yingluo a death notice threatening her with lightning within three months, and she decided to flee to Pudu Mountain.

Jiang Ping'an advanced to Dragon Transformation Realm Third Heaven, upgraded Emperor Qian's Purple Essence Pills, and hunted fourth-order demonic beasts for stronger pills. After returning to Tianshui Town, he learned Liu Xixu had finished forging the Array Cannon he planned to use against Pudu Mountain.

• Jiang Ping'an refused to meet Xuan Ming of Pudu Mountain and burned his warning against harming Su Yingluo, dismissing the Buddha Lord's threat.
• After refining nineteen Ancient Mammoth Bull Spirit Pills, Jiang Ping'an completed muscle tempering and demonstrated his strength by tossing and catching a 125,000-jin iron lock with one hand.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Creation Furnace to turn normal quality Purple Essence Pills into 150 perfect quality pills, then left Tianshui Town to hunt fourth-order demonic beasts.
• Jiang Ping'an returned with pills refined from ten fourth-order demonic beasts and met Liu Xixu, who told him she had forged the Array Cannon.
• Jiang Ping'an praised Liu Xixu and looked forward to using the Array Cannon to blast Pudu Mountain flat.

Jiang Ping'an traveled to Yujing to have the Dragon Abyss Halberd upgraded, then sealed nine flood dragon souls inside it to make it a top-grade Spirit Artifact. After concealing the weapon’s true nature from Taiwu Academy’s Instructors, he returned to Tianshui Town and went to test its power.

• Liu Xixu demonstrated her Array Cannon, and Jiang Ping'an suggested enlarging it and using a huge iron sphere to greatly increase its power.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled with Liu Xixu to Yujing, where Jin Shilu introduced him to his artifact-refining Master, who agreed to upgrade the Dragon Abyss Halberd.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that Jiang Yiyi's family had left Yujing to find a prefectural city farther north, and he resolved to send them more Essence Stones and Golden Essence Pills.
• Jin Shilu's Master upgraded the Dragon Abyss Halberd with the Spirit Soul True Crystal and gave Jiang Ping'an the Soul Refining Seal manual.
• Jiang Ping'an subdued the nine flood dragon souls in the Myriad Dragon Mystic Weight Spear and sealed them into the Dragon Abyss Halberd, completing its transformation into a top-grade Spirit Artifact.
• When Instructors rushed to Jiang Ping'an's residence after hearing the dragon roars, he claimed he had been practicing a Dragon Roar Art, then returned to Tianshui Town to test the weapon.

Jiang Ping'an hunted fourth-tier demonic beasts in the Demon Realm, testing the Dragon Abyss Halberd and refining beasts with the Creation Furnace while removing their Demonic Qi. After finding several beasts becoming demonic, he suspected a wider Demonic Qi eruption and flew toward an abandoned Human Race city shrouded in black qi.

• Jiang Ping'an tested the Dragon Abyss Halberd’s binding, intimidation, and automatic attack powers by killing a Violet Flame Tiger.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled southwest into the Demon Realm and captured a peak fourth-tier Earth Golden Horned Rhinoceros that was nearing demonic transformation, refining it into Demonic-Qi-free Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an found a fully demonic Six-Tailed Demon Fox and left it behind, then refined another fourth-tier beast that was also becoming demonic.
• Jiang Ping'an grew wary after encountering three fourth-tier beasts affected by Demonic Qi and considered whether a major eruption was approaching.
• Jiang Ping'an spotted an abandoned Human Race city wrapped in black qi and flew toward it to investigate.

Jiang Ping'an explored an abandoned Human Race city filled with Demonic Qi, discovering that the Creation Furnace could refine demon heads into Spirit Pills. After a rational demon warned him away from the city, he left and continued hunting beasts on his return journey.

• Jiang Ping'an killed a demonized Gray-backed Giant Wolf King and used Thunderclap Guide to destroy its pursuing demon head.
• Jiang Ping'an killed the demonized beasts that surrounded him, then refined their demon heads into ten perfect-quality Spirit Pills with the Creation Furnace.
• Jiang Ping'an entered the abandoned city, refined several great demon heads, and met a rational demon youth who ordered him to leave and stop hunting the city's demonized beasts.
• Jiang Ping'an flew away from the city and found that beasts near it were scarce or demonized, then refined three normal fourth-tier beasts on his way back to the Great Qian Kingdom.
• Jiang Ping'an encountered a fifth-tier Great Demon but gave up hunting it to avoid alerting nearby beasts.

Jiang Ping'an’s hunting of fourth-tier demon beasts helped spur Pudu Mountain’s hidden leaders to set a date for their uprising, while a massive demon beast tide advanced toward the western front. Jiang Ping'an prepared to lead elite cavalry into the Demon Realm to stop the tide from joining forces with Pudu Mountain and the Zhennan Marquis Estate.

• After fourth-tier demon beasts pleaded for help, the Golden Haired Hou and Peacock King decided to use their disappearances to pressure Pudu Mountain into starting its uprising.
• Su Yingluo urged Xuan Kong to persuade their master to begin the uprising, and Xuan Kong told her the Zhennan Marquis Estate was not yet firmly under her control.
• After the Buddha Lord summoned Xuan Kong, he later told Su Yingluo that the uprising would begin in three days, and she hurried back to prepare.
• General Zhong reported that an unprecedented demon beast tide, including multiple fifth-tier great demons, was approaching the western defensive line.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered preparations to lead thirty thousand elite cavalry into the Demon Realm and intercept the tide before it joined forces with Pudu Mountain and the Zhennan Marquis Estate.