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Jiang Ping'an gathered resources, refined arrays and pills, and became entangled with Yue Qingning, Yin Suhun, and Dongfang Jintang while hiding his dealings. He secretly sold Youth Preserving Pills and prepared to bid on the Mysterious Yin Spirit-Guarding Banner.

• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua hunted Seven Emotions Nightmare Spider Silk in Vengeful Sword Valley, survived Sword Wraiths, and discovered the black mist could become Nether True Qi.
• Jiang Ping'an rescued Yin Suhun from Sword Wraiths, accepted Su Xiaodie as payment for a debt, and later helped Yin Suhun turn Ghost Cry Saber’s soul into a Yin spirit.
• Jiang Ping'an sold an Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array to Shen Jing and obtained the Youth Preserving Pill recipe for Ziling’s sake.
• Jiang Ping'an met Yue Qingning at Colorful Cloud Waterfall, but their staged disagreement ended with him fleeing her attack as onlookers accused him of molesting her.
• Jiang Ping'an refined perfect-quality Youth Preserving Pills, gave pills to Yu Lianhua and Ziling, and secretly kept most of his batches for sale.
• Jiang Ping'an persuaded Dongfang Jintang to discreetly sell his Youth Preserving Pills, then gave Bai Ruoxue pills and instructions to help Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang leave Azure Origin City.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Xie Zhijing a Youth Preserving Pill for her elder sister and bought an Auction Token after spotting the Mysterious Yin Spirit-Guarding Banner on the auction list.
• Jiang Ping'an collected 1,140 Spirit Stones from Dongfang Jintang’s first batch of sales and entrusted her with five more bottles.

Jiang Ping'an built up his Sword Wraith forces while supporting Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang and investing in a Cloud Pattern Steel Mine. After robbers attacked the mine, he traced the betrayal to the Qin Family and returned to cultivation once the stolen goods were recovered and the defenses repaired.

• Jiang Ping'an reunited with Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, arranged a safe cave abode for them, and taught them the Myriad Gu Azure Origin Scripture.
• Jiang Ping'an bought the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner, joined Zhu Junchen and He Zudao's Cloud Pattern Steel Mine venture, and later left its guard shifts to cultivate at Vengeful Sword Valley.
• Jiang Ping'an captured and refined Sword Wraiths in Vengeful Sword Valley, rescued Yin Suhun, and eventually made Xiao Duanyu and Zhang Kaifeng powerful souls in his banner.
• Jiang Ping'an helped Xuan Shuang earn merit points, exchange for Xuan Yuan Cang Ming True Qi, and enter the Qi Refining Realm, while she refused to leave him.
• Robbers stole Cloud Pattern Steel and workers' Storage Bags, and Jiang Ping'an uncovered seven spies before pursuing the missing miners Jiang Yifan and Ye Yongnan to the Qin Family.
• Jiang Ping'an confronted the Qin Family, which confirmed it had guaranteed Jiang Yifan and Ye Yongnan, and ordered the clan to find the traitors.
• Wang Zhongyou killed more than half of the Robbing Cultivators and recovered the stolen goods, and Jiang Ping'an returned the Storage Bags after the mine's Defense Formation was repaired.

Jiang Ping'an strengthened his spirit forces, arranged for Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to leave the sect, and gathered the materials for his Foundation Establishment. After enduring three lives in an illusion, he established his Mysterious Nether Reincarnation Dao Foundation and fled the Azure Origin Sect with Wang Zhongyou as True Lord Xuan Luo appeared.

• Jiang Ping'an advanced Su Xiaodie into a Charm Mistress, helped her craft a powerful Wood Element Formation, and later guided her advancement into Su Wanying, who revealed her past as a former sect master.
• Jiang Ping'an subdued the spirits in Vengeful Sword Valley, gathered materials for the Nine Nether Ghost King Soul Devouring Array, and developed three True Sword Spirits while Tang Zhanfei died in a tribulation.
• Jiang Ping'an arranged for Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to fake their deaths and leave the Azure Origin Sect, then reached Qi Refining Realm perfection and received the treasures for his Foundation Establishment.
• Jiang Ping'an experienced an illusion in which Bai Li and their children were killed, then lived a second life as Emperor of Great Yan before recognizing the third life as the true trial.
• Jiang Ping'an shattered the past-life illusions, established the Mysterious Nether Reincarnation Dao Foundation, and mastered new reincarnation abilities.
• Jiang Ping'an used Su Wanying's charm to bring Wang Zhongyou along as they fled the Azure Origin Sect, then drew True Lord Xuan Luo out by discarding his Protective Jade Token.

Jiang Ping'an left the Azure Origin Sect, settled at the Mystic Weight Sect, and gained power through spirit battles and his bond with Mo Ruyan. He completed the Merit List by restoring dead lands, leaving Yellow Springs Water as the last treasure he needed for Core Formation.

• Jiang Ping'an killed True Lord Xuan Luo with help from his spirit army, took his treasures, and left the Azure Origin Sect with Dongfang Jintang, Bai Ruoxue, and Su Wanying.
• Jiang Ping'an crossed the Shattered Star Ocean, reached the Tianmu Continent, and joined the Mystic Weight Sect as Vice Sect Master after defeating its cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an captured spirits at Black Yin Mountain, where Mo Ruyan forced him into marriage, then helped him advance to late Foundation Establishment and strengthen his Divine Soul.
• Jiang Ping'an bought high-grade sword qi and hunted Mirage Beasts with Mo Ruyan and the Sword Souls, obtaining a fifth-stage Mirage Beast Crystal.
• Jiang Ping'an refined Killing Intent at Ten Mile Gobi Beach into Sha Thunder Orbs and recruited Dongfang Jintang, Xuan Shuang, and seven cultivators to help restore the land.
• Jiang Ping'an revived Ten Mile Gobi Beach and another dead land, completed the Merit List, and learned that Yellow Springs Water was his only remaining Core Formation Treasure.