Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Divine Origin Ruins, Jiang Ping'an forced Zhu Yan to surrender its Life Soul and made it his servant. He used Enlightenment Tea Leaves to gain 1.5 billion Proficiency Points, perfected his Heavenly Punishment Sacred Eye into the Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye, and discovered it could kill even Saint Realm beings.

• Jiang Ping'an refused Zhu Yan’s offer to become his little brother and demanded its Life Soul, but Zhu Yan tried to flee.
• Jiang Ping'an caught Zhu Yan, beat it into submission, extracted a thread of its Life Soul, and made it follow him.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Lan Yu three Enlightenment Tea Leaves, then refined the rest to raise his Proficiency Points to 1.5461 billion.
• Jiang Ping'an spent 99 million Proficiency Points to perfect the Heavenly Punishment Sacred Eye and created the Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye, which could summon Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.

Jiang Ping'an advanced his cultivation, helped Zhang Yijie become a Saint, and traveled with Lan Yu toward Zhong Sheng Temple to lure out and kill the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord. After reaching Yunmeng Continent, they paused to enjoy its Silver Spirit Flying Fish while Lan Yu warned Jiang Ping'an not to reveal his Creation Furnace.

• Jiang Ping'an comprehended the fifth volume of the Dao Scripture, learned the Law Manifestation Realm’s stages, and returned to Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an helped distribute the land-sale proceeds, gifted Zhang Yijie an Enlightenment Tea Leaf, and Zhang Yijie later survived his Heavenly Tribulation and became a Saint.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu left Ping'an City for the Central Wastelands, while Zhu Yan went ahead to infiltrate Zhong Sheng Temple and lure out the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu reached Yunmeng Continent and shared Silver Spirit Flying Fish sashimi aboard their Flying Boat.
• Lan Yu said the former Saint Lan Yu had been gravely injured by a stronger existence and warned Jiang Ping'an not to let others see him use the Creation Furnace.

Jiang Ping'an prepared to assassinate the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, Fang Sheng, while arranging to meet Lan Yu later in Celestial City. After Zhu Yan claimed to have gained Fang Sheng's trust, Jiang Ping'an learned that Zhu Yan was conspiring with Zhong Sheng Temple to lure him out and kill him.

• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu reached Sky Turtle City, bought supplies, and settled on a misty lake island where Jiang Ping'an cultivated for a year.
• Jiang Ping'an left Lan Yu behind and traveled to Rama City on Twin Continent to target Fang Sheng, the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord.
• Jiang Ping'an hid outside Rama City and instructed Zhu Yan to bring Fang Sheng to Great Wrath Mountain within a month.
• Jiang Ping'an grew suspicious of Zhu Yan's smooth progress and secretly watched Rama City from a mountain summit.
• Zhu Yan revealed that it had joined forces with Hui Hai to find Jiang Ping'an, and the two planned to use Fang Sheng as bait at Great Wrath Mountain.

Jiang Ping'an prepared an escape route and a devastating trump card while waiting to ambush Zhu Yan and the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord. When they flew past his mountain, he destroyed Zhu Yan’s Life Soul Origin and crushed their flying boat, trapping them in his embrace.

• Jiang Ping'an traveled to a mountain between Great Wrath Mountain and Zhong Sheng Temple to intercept Zhu Yan and the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord.
• Jiang Ping'an advanced Kuafu Sun Chasing into Divine Ghostly Shadow, though he could not yet cast it, and spent one billion Proficiency Points to create the Saint-Rank spell Silent Winter Night.
• Jiang Ping'an watched Zhu Yan approach with the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord and saw Hui Hai and an elderly Zhu Yan separate from their group.
• Jiang Ping'an hovered in the flying boat’s path, destroyed Zhu Yan’s Life Soul Origin, and transformed into a three-hundred-and-fifty-zhang giant.
• Jiang Ping'an crushed the Top-Grade Flying Boat against his chest, trapping Zhu Yan and the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord in his embrace.

Jiang Ping'an killed Zhu Yan and the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, then fled Hui Hai and an elderly Zhu Yan across thousands of li. A Saint Realm Golden-Winged Peng pursued him to Yunmeng Continent, where a sealed void and a Purple-Gold Alms Bowl trapped him before a golden palm struck him away.

• Jiang Ping'an crushed Zhu Yan to death, then broke the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord's golden body and captured and destroyed his soul.
• Hui Hai and the elderly Zhu Yan arrived too late to save the pair, and Jiang Ping'an escaped their pursuit using Void Movement Technique and Divine Ghostly Shadow.
• A Saint Realm Golden-Winged Peng pursued Jiang Ping'an, who conserved his mana and flew toward Yunmeng Continent with Divine Ghostly Shadow.
• As Jiang Ping'an neared Yunmeng Continent, someone sealed the void and tried to capture him with a Purple-Gold Alms Bowl.
• Jiang Ping'an grew to three or four hundred Zhang tall and hurled the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl into a mountain, but a golden palm struck him through several peaks.

Jiang Ping'an fought off Hui Neng and the Golden-Winged Peng while fleeing toward Yunmeng Continent, then endured Karma Cleansing Skyfire long enough to escape into the clouds. He reached a lake and lost consciousness, still burning.

• Jiang Ping'an evaded Hui Neng's attacks and used Jade Transformation Divine Light to drive off the Golden-Winged Peng, but it shattered his manifestation in a later dive.
• Hui Neng cast Karma Cleansing Skyfire on Jiang Ping'an, and Hui Hai and the old Zhu Yan arrived but refused to approach the flames.
• Jiang Ping'an's Soul Roar triggered Annihilation Winter Night, freezing the Golden-Winged Peng, which he killed before fleeing toward Yunmeng Continent.
• Jiang Ping'an entered the clouds while still ablaze, and creatures that touched the Karma Cleansing Skyfire were burned to ashes.
• Jiang Ping'an ran deeper into the clouds until he plunged into a lake and lost consciousness.

Jiang Ping'an woke on a mudflat after the Karma Cleansing Skyfire burned away his karma and left him unable to restore his mana. Palace Master Yunshui rescued him from powerful creatures seeking the flame and brought him to Yunshui Palace, where men were forbidden to enter.

• Jiang Ping'an woke surrounded by ashes, withdrew the Karma Cleansing Skyfire into his palms, and discovered it burned away the mana and energy he tried to recover from a Spirit Pill.
• Palace Master Yunshui told Jiang Ping'an she had not guarded him and warned that powerful creatures nearby wanted his flame.
• An Azure Dragon and other creatures confronted Palace Master Yunshui, but Jiang Ping'an used the Magnetic Jade Bottle to strike down two attackers and help her escape with him.
• Palace Master Yunshui flew with Jiang Ping'an to Yunshui Palace and brought him through its cloud-suspended gate despite the palace's rule forbidding men to enter.

Jiang Ping'an discovered that he could restore his mana with Heavenly Essence and Essence Stones, though food and wine still triggered the Karma Cleansing Skyfire. Palace Master Lin Qiushui asked him to stay at Yunshui Palace and eventually use the fire to cure her master, while Jiang requested spirit stones to regain his strength.

• Jiang Ping'an tested his cultivation and learned that mana refined from Heavenly Essence and Top-Grade Spirit Stones was not burned by the Karma Cleansing Skyfire.
• A Yunshui Palace disciple sneaked into Jiang Ping'an's room offering to warm his bed, but he refused and let her hide beneath the bed until another disciple left.
• Lin Qiushui hosted Jiang Ping'an the next morning, and Spirit Wine triggered the Karma Cleansing Skyfire, which burned away his clothes before he subdued it.
• Lin Qiushui identified the flames as Karma Cleansing Skyfire, explained their connection to Zhong Sheng Temple, and said she did not know how to remove them.
• Lin Qiushui asked Jiang Ping'an to use the fire to burn the poison afflicting her master; he agreed to help if he learned to control it and accepted her request to stay.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Lin Qiushui for one hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones to restore his mana, and she agreed.

Jiang Ping'an tested his Karma Cleansing Skyfire on spirit beasts and discovered he could draw it out of a powerful target, though the process burned him as well. Palace Master Yunshui confirmed he could help her Master, and six months later Jiang Ping'an had recovered more mana while continuing to refuse Yunshui Palace’s female disciples.

• Jiang Ping'an used up his spirit stones restoring his mana, then agreed to test his control over the Karma Cleansing Skyfire for Palace Master Yunshui.
• The Karma Cleansing Skyfire burned several weaker spirit beasts to ashes almost instantly.
• Jiang Ping'an drew the fire out of the Black Tortoise Demon King, endured the flames burning inside him, and extinguished them without killing the Demon King.
• Palace Master Yunshui agreed to give Jiang Ping'an another two hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and he asked her to release the Black Tortoise Demon King.
• Six months later, Jiang Ping'an had used up the stones and recovered his mana to fifty-five percent, while continuing to refuse the female disciples who secretly approached him.

Palace Master Yunshui brought Jiang Ping'an to meet her poisoned master, a Serpent Woman imprisoned beneath a Violet Lightning Barrier, so he could purge her poison. As Zhong Sheng Temple attacked Yunshui Palace, Palace Master Yunshui left Jiang Ping'an inside the barrier with her master.

• Palace Master Yunshui told her master that Jiang Ping'an’s Karma Cleansing Skyfire might purge the poison and leave her reborn, possibly able to become a Great Emperor.
• Hui Hai, Hui Neng, and an old Zhu Yan demanded that Palace Master Yunshui hand over Jiang Ping'an and threatened to search Yunshui Palace.
• Palace Master Yunshui refused to let them enter, activated the defensive formation, and ordered the palace elders and disciples to defend against Zhong Sheng Temple.
• Palace Master Yunshui asked Jiang Ping'an to help purge her master’s poison, and he agreed after recovering his mana.
• Jiang Ping'an saw the Serpent Woman reveal herself and become excited at the sight of a man, while attacks on Yunshui Palace shook the pond and its surroundings.
• Palace Master Yunshui opened the Violet Lightning Barrier for Jiang Ping'an, then hurried away as the attack intensified, leaving him with her master.

Jiang Ping'an used Karma Cleansing Skyfire to burn away part of the poison afflicting Lin Zihan, then endured her karmic fire himself. Afterward, he found himself trapped inside the Violet Lightning Barrier as Yunshui Palace continued to shake.

• Lin Zihan pounced on Jiang Ping'an, and he used Karma Cleansing Skyfire to burn away the poison in her body.
• Jiang Ping'an drew out Lin Zihan's karmic fire and endured its flames until they were extinguished, while Lin Zihan recovered.
• Lin Zihan said the treatment had removed about one-third of the poison, so Jiang Ping'an prepared to help her again after she recovered.
• Jiang Ping'an left the pool but could not pass through the Violet Lightning Barrier, and he noticed golden cracks appearing in the sky above the trembling Yunshui Palace.

Lin Zihan and Jiang Ping'an escaped Yunshui Palace through its Secret Passage as Zhong Sheng Temple attacked, then traveled toward Celestial City. After Lin Zihan briefly lost control aboard their Flying Boat, they found a secluded mountain cave to continue removing her poison.

• Palace Master Yunshui told Lin Zihan that Zhong Sheng Temple had attacked Yunshui Palace for Jiang Ping'an, and Lin Zihan decided they would leave together through the Secret Passage.
• Palace Master Yunshui lowered the Violet Thunder Profound Astral Barrier, and Lin Zihan retrieved her possessions before leaving with Jiang Ping'an.
• Lin Zihan and Jiang Ping'an used Yunshui Palace's one-way teleportation array to travel five thousand li away, then set out aboard Jiang Ping'an's Flying Boat for Celestial City.
• After more than ten days of travel, Lin Zihan lost control and embraced Jiang Ping'an, but she regained her reason when he threatened to use the Karma Cleansing Skyfire.
• Lin Zihan said her vitality had recovered but the poison had returned somewhat, so Jiang Ping'an landed at a mountain and she carved a concealed cave for them to continue removing it.

Jiang Ping'an used Karma Cleansing Skyfire to remove much of Lin Zihan’s poison, suffering the karmic flames in her place. After recovering, they set out for Black Peak Mountain to obtain Essence Stones and prepare for another treatment, while Lin Zihan realized the cleansing had greatly eased the burdens on her cultivation.

• Lin Zihan prepared a cavern and endured Jiang Ping'an’s Karma Cleansing Skyfire as it burned away most of the poison in her body.
• Jiang Ping'an absorbed the remaining karmic fire from Lin Zihan and suffered through its transformation into Karma Cleansing Skyfire.
• Lin Zihan recovered over three days and said that less than twenty percent of the poison remained, while Jiang Ping'an asked for Essence Stones to restore his mana.
• Lin Zihan gave Jiang Ping'an twenty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and proposed that they travel to Black Peak Mountain for more.
• Jiang Ping'an piloted the Flying Boat toward Black Peak Mountain as Lin Zihan and he recovered during the journey.
• After six or seven days, Lin Zihan recovered and felt that the cleansing had removed most of her karmic burdens, making her cultivation more effective.

Jiang Ping'an learned about the Human Race slaves mining Black Peak Mountain and vowed to overturn the world, while Lin Zihan attacked the Black Cipher Society there. After she returned with over six hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, they traveled toward Celestial City and stopped in a valley so Jiang Ping'an could restore his mana before removing her poison.

• Lin Zihan told Jiang Ping'an that the Celestial Race and Black Cipher Society had enslaved generations of Human Race miners at Black Peak Mountain, and Jiang Ping'an vowed to overturn the world.
• Lin Zihan flew to Black Peak Mountain to take revenge on the Black Cipher Society while Jiang Ping'an stayed behind to cultivate.
• After about two days, Lin Zihan returned and gave Jiang Ping'an more than six hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, then urged him to leave before the Black Cipher Society arrived.
• Jiang Ping'an piloted the Flying Boat away from Black Peak Mountain, and after a day of travel he landed in a secluded valley to prepare to remove Lin Zihan's poison.
• Jiang Ping'an set up an array with two hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and began restoring his mana.

Jiang Ping'an helped Lin Zihan suppress nearly all the poison in her body, and they traveled to Celestial City. At the entrance, guards barred them from entering because they were human, so Jiang Ping'an vowed to find another way onto the Celestial Continent.

• Jiang Ping'an used Karma Cleansing Skyfire to remove most of Lin Zihan's poison, and she said she could suppress the tiny trace that remained.
• Lin Zihan proposed that intimacy might eliminate or transfer the last trace of poison, but Jiang Ping'an refused.
• After recovering, Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan traveled for more than three months to the Celestial Continent and queued to enter Celestial City.
• A Mountain-Pulling Ape guard took their entry fee, called them human slaves, and attacked Jiang Ping'an when they challenged the refusal.
• Lin Zihan stopped Jiang Ping'an from retaliating and led him away from the gate, while Jiang Ping'an vowed to enter the Celestial Continent and repay the humiliation.

Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan entered the Celestial Continent and settled in the Fourth Ring, where Jiang Ping'an cultivated to the peak of the Law Manifestation Realm Second Heaven. After failing to reach Lan Yu, he sought fire-attributed Top-Grade Spirit Stones and reconsidered how to earn them without aiding the Celestial Race or attracting danger.

• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan slipped into the Celestial Continent, learned its ring system from Berk, and paid to enter the Fourth Ring.
• Jiang Ping'an tried repeatedly to contact Lan Yu near Celestial City's eastern gate but received no response, then rented a mountain near the city with Lin Zihan.
• Jiang Ping'an cultivated for three months, solidified his Law Manifestation, and reached the perfected Law Manifestation Realm Second Heaven.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that Lin Zihan had been gathering intelligence about Celestial City and the Celestial Race while disguised as a Law Manifestation Realm cultivator.
• Jiang Ping'an considered selling treasures or refining Spirit Pills to obtain fire-attributed Top-Grade Spirit Stones, but rejected both options and decided he needed a different approach.

Jiang Ping'an killed the Mountain-Pulling Ape Demon King and its patrol squad after recognizing the demon as the guard who had stolen his spirit stones. Lin Zihan advised him to leave Jade Forest City temporarily, and he planned to rob a Celestial Race Essence Stone Mine with her.

• Jiang Ping'an recognized the Mountain-Pulling Ape Demon King, fled Jade Forest City, then used Jade Transformation Divine Light and Burning Essence Sword Qi to kill the patrol squad.
• Jiang Ping'an killed the Mountain-Pulling Ape Demon King, took its belongings, refined its corpse into Spirit Pills, and searched its Cosmos Sack.
• Jiang Ping'an contacted Lin Zihan, who told him to avoid Jade Forest City and return to his cave abode.
• Lin Zihan explained that the Celestial Race left the outer rings in chaos and advised Jiang Ping'an to stay beyond five hundred li of Jade Forest City for about a month.
• Jiang Ping'an told Lin Zihan he planned to rob a Celestial Race Essence Stone Mine for fire-element Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and Lin Zihan offered to go with him using intelligence she had gathered.

Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan received a late-night visit from Ji Wudao, who offered his friendship and hinted at an extensive network of contacts. The next day they left the Celestial Continent and reached a Celestial Race essence stone mine at Fire Lotus Mountain, which Lin Zihan believed they could seize.

• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan agreed to meet Ji Wudao after he requested a late-night audience.
• Ji Wudao offered Jiang Ping'an two bottles of Nine Revolutions Soul Nurturing Pills and proposed friendship, but Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan remained cautious about his motives.
• After Ji Wudao left, Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan suspected he knew about Jiang Ping'an killing the patrol squad and might have a hidden purpose.
• The next morning, Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan departed aboard a Top-Grade Flying Boat, then slipped out of the Celestial Continent two days later.
• After traveling more than two hundred thousand li, Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan reached the Celestial Race essence stone mine at Fire Lotus Mountain, where Lin Zihan said they should be able to take it.

Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan attacked a Spirit Stone Mine in Red Lotus Mountain, using severed mountain peaks to smash its defensive formation. Lin Zihan fought the guards while Jiang Ping'an chased the fleeing Bahodolei and struck him into a deep crater.

• Jiang Ping'an proposed hurling mountain peaks at the mine’s defensive formation, and Lin Zihan agreed to cut them loose.
• Lin Zihan transformed, severed several mountain peaks with Cloud Water Sword Qi, and attacked the barrier with ice spikes while Jiang Ping'an grew into a five-hundred-zhang ape.
• Jiang Ping'an hurled five half-peaks at the barrier, shattering it and killing or injuring many of the guards.
• Lin Zihan attacked the guards and pursued Bahodolei as he fled, but he blocked her strike with a defensive Spirit Treasure and escaped at high speed.
• Jiang Ping'an chased Bahodolei with Divine Ghostly Shadow, caught up to him, and struck him into a crater over one hundred zhang deep.

Jiang Ping'an killed Bahodolei, helped Lin Zihan loot a vast Spirit Stone Mine, and was horrified by the enslaved Human Race miners. After leaving the mine, he and Lin Zihan spotted a fire-element exotic treasure in the magma, and Jiang Ping'an descended to retrieve it.

• Jiang Ping'an pursued Bahodolei through the void, overcame his defenses with Karma Cleansing Skyfire, and took his Storage Ring and Demon Slayer Sword.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Lin Zihan, who had defeated or driven off the mine's defenders, and they collected millions of Top-Grade Spirit Stones and many other Essence Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an found Human Race miner slaves deep inside the mine and was overcome with grief and fury at their suffering.
• Jiang Ping'an vowed to destroy the Celestial Race, and Lin Zihan took him away from the mine.
• Lin Zihan spotted a fire-element exotic treasure erupting from the magma, and Jiang Ping'an flew down into the magma to retrieve it.