Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an found and collected the Violet Starfall Divine Fire deep beneath Fire Lotus Mountain, then escaped the magma with Lin Zihan. On their journey away, he shared the spoils with her by giving her a defensive Spirit Treasure, and she teasingly asked whether he would offer himself to her in return.

• Jiang Ping'an drilled more than three thousand zhang beneath the surface and discovered the Violet Starfall Divine Fire suspended in a vaporized cavern.
• Jiang Ping'an collected the divine fire after mana failed to touch it, using his enlarged body to grasp it and Spiritual Sense to keep it from burning away the mana in his Essence Sea.
• Jiang Ping'an escaped through the magma and told Lin Zihan that he had found the Violet Starfall Divine Fire; she declined a share because her path was tied to water.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan flew far from Fire Lotus Mountain and continued their journey aboard a Top-Grade Flying Boat.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Lin Zihan the defensive Spirit Treasure they had taken from Bahodolei, and she asked whether he would offer himself to her in return.

Jiang Ping'an returned to the Celestial Continent, gained new techniques from Bahodolei’s Storage Ring, and began comprehending the Law of Fire. He could not yet cultivate the Saint-Rank Undying Phoenix Avatar, but his Law Manifestation sensed the Law of Fire for the first time.

• Jiang Ping'an promised Lin Zihan they would dual cultivate after he reached the fourth level of the Law Manifestation Realm, then restored his spiritual power.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan returned to the Celestial Continent by slipping through an unguarded section of the city wall.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the Six Yang True Sword Art from Bahodolei’s Storage Ring, used Proficiency Points to master it, and tested it with the Demon Slayer Sword.
• Jiang Ping'an comprehended the Undying Phoenix Avatar but learned he needed to reach the late Law Manifestation Realm before he could cultivate it.
• Jiang Ping'an used fire-element Top-Grade Spirit Stones to cultivate, and his Law Manifestation sensed the Law of Fire.

After returning to the Great Qian Kingdom, Jiang Ping'an reunited with Princess Bailing and visited his family before meeting Old Black. He ended the chapter hinting that he had brought Old Black a Longevity Peach, despite the dog’s dismissive attitude.

• Jiang Ping'an parted from Lin Zihan, told her to seek him in Ping'an City, and traveled back to the Great Qian Kingdom while keeping his whereabouts concealed.
• Jiang Ping'an surprised Princess Bailing at her residence, gave her a fire-essence rose and two Enlightenment Tea Leaves, and promised to comprehend the Law of Fire within three months.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Duke Jiang's Estate, reunited with Jiang Yiyi, and visited his sleeping mother, Jiang Shuyue, in the Underground Palace.
• Old Black invited Jiang Ping'an to drink at Mount Yulong's summit, dismissed his achievements, and heard Jiang Ping'an reveal that he had a Longevity Peach to give him.

Jiang Ping'an gave Old Black a Longevity Peach, reunited with his relatives, and learned that Princess Bailing had reached the Law Manifestation Realm. He invited Yan Ruyu to help govern Ping'an City in the future, and she agreed to visit.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Old Black a Longevity Peach, extending the Black Emperor's life by five hundred years.
• Emperor Qian hosted Jiang Ping'an, and Jiang Ping'an spent the night in Princess Bailing's bedchamber, resisting her advances until dawn.
• Jiang Ping'an welcomed his grandfather and other relatives from Clear River Prefecture, then began cultivating in semi-seclusion.
• Princess Bailing reached the Law Manifestation Realm and arranged for Jiang Ping'an to meet Yan Ruyu.
• Jiang Ping'an invited Yan Ruyu to visit Ping'an City and help govern it, and Yan Ruyu agreed to see the city for herself.

Jiang Ping'an completed his Fire Law cultivation, spent his nights with Princess Bailing, and continued visiting his comatose mother. Jiang Shuyue awakened, recovered, and welcomed Princess Bailing as family after Jiang Ping'an presented them with precious gifts.

• Jiang Ping'an comprehended the Fire Law, completed the third level of the Law Manifestation Realm, and began cultivating the Earth Law.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Princess Bailing each night, and after more than four months, he heard Jiang Shuyue stir in her Soul-Nurturing Jade Coffin.
• Jiang Shuyue awoke, recognized Jiang Ping'an, and remembered his visits during her coma before he helped her return to Duke Jiang's Estate.
• Princess Bailing visited to congratulate Jiang Shuyue, who warmly welcomed her and accepted her as family.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Shuyue three Enlightenment Tea Leaves and two Longevity Peaches, and Jiang Shuyue gave one peach to Princess Bailing.

Jiang Ping'an left the Great Qian Kingdom with Yan Ruyu and discovered Ping'an City in ruins, its people gone and demon beasts occupying it. He went to Qingqiu City to learn what had happened from the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and seek revenge.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Shuyue Enlightenment Tea Leaves and the Supreme Mystery Scripture, which she accepted and asked to share with Jiang Manor.
• Princess Bailing urged Jiang Ping'an to marry Yan Ruyu before he left the Great Qian Kingdom, but he said he had no romantic feelings for her.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yan Ruyu departed quietly, then flew past Qingqiu City toward Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an found Ping'an City destroyed and swarming with demon beasts, suppressed his urge to attack them, and turned back toward Qingqiu City to investigate.
• Jiang Ping'an arrived at Celestial Fox City and asked to see the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess, whose servant led him into a hall.

Jiang Ping'an learned that Zhong Sheng Temple’s attack had destroyed Ping'an City and that its survivors had been captured or killed. After arranging to buy the enslaved Humans and receiving intelligence on the plunderers, he traveled to Sky Lake Mountain to meet Lin Zihan and Palace Master Yunshui, suspecting Yunshui Palace had also been destroyed.

• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess told Jiang Ping'an that three Buddhas from Zhong Sheng Temple had destroyed Ping'an City, killed Saints Zhang Yijie and Peng Qingyang, and left its people vulnerable to further plundering.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess said Lin Zihan and another Human Saint had asked Jiang Ping'an to meet them at Sky Lake Mountain, and Jiang Ping'an decided to go there.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Hu Yan'er to buy all the Humans imprisoned and sold in Qingqiu City, gave her one hundred and fifty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and told her to work with Yan Ruyu.
• Hu Yan'er gave Jiang Ping'an a booklet identifying the races and powers that had plundered Ping'an City, and he thanked her before leaving Celestial Fox City.
• Jiang Ping'an met Yan Ruyu at Tengyuan Inn, instructed her to assist Hu Yan'er, then flew to Sky Lake Mountain and saw Lin Zihan and Palace Master Yunshui emerge from the lake.

Jiang Ping'an reunited with Lin Zihan and Palace Master Yunshui, learned that Zhong Sheng Temple had massacred Yunshui Palace, and agreed to join them in seeking revenge. He then prepared to purge Lin Zihan’s strengthened poison with Karma Cleansing Skyfire.

• The Black Tortoise Demon King arrived to acknowledge Jiang Ping'an as its master, and Jiang Ping'an told it to settle in Azure Treasure Continent.
• Palace Master Yunshui told Jiang Ping'an that Zhong Sheng Temple had slaughtered Yunshui Palace’s disciples after failing to find him.
• Lin Zihan and Jiang Ping'an agreed to join forces against Zhong Sheng Temple, and Jiang Ping'an asked Lin Zihan to help clear Foreign Races from the area around Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan traveled to a secluded valley, where Lin Zihan set up an array and prepared for him to purge her poison.
• Lin Zihan returned to her true form, and Jiang Ping'an flicked a wisp of Karma Cleansing Skyfire onto her.

Jiang Ping'an arranged shelter and funds to rescue Human Race cultivators being sold in Qingqiu City. He sold a Spirit Treasure to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess for three hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and stayed at Fox Fork Peak while she gathered the payment.

• Jiang Ping'an finished extracting the poison from Lin Zihan, took her back to Sky Lake Mountain, and then went to Qingqiu City.
• Jiang Ping'an told Hu Yan'er and Yan Ruyu to house rescued Human Race cultivators on rented mountain peaks, and learned that about two hundred thousand more Top-Grade Spirit Stones were needed.
• Jiang Ping'an met with the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and offered her an unused Spirit Treasure for Essence Stones.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess offered three hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, agreed to gather them within two days, and invited Jiang Ping'an to stay at Fox Fork Peak.

Jiang Ping'an freed the trafficked Human Race cultivators from their slave marks and led a group to seek revenge on the forces that had plundered Ping'an City. After recruiting Lin Zihan and Palace Master Yunshui, he arrived at the Great Luo Mountains and ordered an assault on the Mountain-Pulling Apes.

• Jiang Ping'an bought the slave-mark jade plaques from Hu Yan'er and destroyed them, freeing the Human Race cultivators gathered near Qingqiu City.
• Jiang Ping'an told the freed cultivators to settle in Qingqiu City, then led 116 Law Manifestation Realm and Dragon Transformation Realm cultivators to take revenge.
• Jiang Ping'an armed the group and recruited Lin Zihan and Palace Master Yunshui to join the campaign.
• Jiang Ping'an led the group past ruined Ping'an City to the Great Luo Mountains, where the Mountain-Pulling Apes had two Saint Realm beings.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan prepared to fight the two Saint Realm apes, while Palace Master Yunshui and the Human Race cultivators were ordered to kill the remaining Mountain-Pulling Apes.

Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan attacked the Mountain-Pulling Ape clan at Great Luo Peak, destroying its defenses and killing its leaders and Demon King-level members. Jiang Ping'an began refining pills from one Sacred Ape's corpse after Lin Zihan killed the other.

• The two Mountain-Pulling Sacred Apes activated Great Luo Peak's protective formation, but Jiang Ping'an declared he would wipe out their clan for plundering Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an's Phoenix Flame Samadhi Fire Formation weakened the barrier, and Lin Zihan turned the apes' water spells into a giant water dragon that shattered it and devastated Great Luo Peak.
• The two Sacred Apes charged Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan to cover their fleeing Demon King-level kin; Jiang Ping'an killed one with the Magnetic Jade Bottle and Demon Slayer Sword.
• Jiang Ping'an turned the fleeing Demon King-level Mountain-Pulling Apes to jade with Jade Transformation Divine Light, then shattered them with the Demon Slayer Sword.
• Jiang Ping'an placed the slain Sacred Ape's corpse in the Creation Furnace to refine pills, while Lin Zihan killed the other Sacred Ape.

After wiping out the Mountain-Pulling Apes in the Great Luo Mountains, Jiang Ping'an divided the spoils and led the cultivators toward Sangcao Mountain, their next target. On the journey, he found treasures that could help him comprehend the Earth Law and learn a Saint-grade fist technique, then began studying the technique aboard his Flying Boat.

• Jiang Ping'an and Palace Master Yunshui killed the Demon King–level and fourth-rank Mountain-Pulling Apes, and the other cultivators hunted down the rest within two days.
• Jiang Ping'an distributed the Mountain-Pulling Apes' spoils among himself, Lin Zihan, Yunshui Palace, Yuan Zhi, Jiang Yushun, and the other cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an announced that Sangcao Mountain was their next target and set off toward Yuhua Mountain with the cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an found sixty thousand earth-element Top-Grade Spirit Stones, a Xu Earth Spirit Pearl, and the Saint-grade Human Race martial skill Heaven Piercing Fist in a wine gourd.
• Jiang Ping'an traded Lin Zihan other elemental Spirit Stones for her earth-element stones, then handed her control of the Flying Boat and began studying Heaven Piercing Fist.

Jiang Ping'an searched the Chaos Maze Formation for the Enlightenment Tea Tree while refusing the many treasures along his path. A fairy phantom led him to the tree, where he demanded tea leaves, and another phantom appeared to answer him.

• Jiang Ping'an passed up Shapeshifting Ginseng and other heavenly treasures as he searched for the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Three human-shaped ghosts watched Jiang Ping'an from a hidden Immortal Abode and worried that he might find it.
• After walking the maze for more than a month, Jiang Ping'an recognized a familiar path and prepared to force his way through.
• A fairy phantom offered to guide Jiang Ping'an to treasures, but he rejected a Divine Source Stone and a Pure-Blooded True Dragon Egg.
• The fairy phantom led Jiang Ping'an to the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and he demanded that she pick him about a hundred leaves.
• When Jiang Ping'an challenged the fairy phantom to help him forge a good karmic bond, a second, warm and easygoing fairy phantom emerged from the mist.

Jiang Ping'an left the Divine Origin Ruins with treasures and learned that its spirits feared he might become the Immortal Hall’s next master. He used Enlightenment Tea Leaves to gain Proficiency Points, mastered Blood Rebirth, and upgraded his flight technique before setting out to settle scores with the Zhennan Marquis Estate and Pudu Mountain.

• Miao Zhi gave Jiang Ping'an forty Enlightenment Tea Leaves, and he later left the ruins with three Longevity Peaches and a wisp of Primordial Xuanhuang Energy.
• Miao Zhi warned Jiang Ping'an that five Enlightenment Tea Trees existed, while the spirits worried he might return or become the Immortal Hall’s master.
• Jiang Ping'an hid in a cave and refined fifteen Enlightenment Tea Leaves, gaining 1.5 billion Proficiency Points.
• Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to master Blood Rebirth and upgrade Wind-Thunder Wings into the Heaven Rank technique Wind-Thunder Violet Wings.
• Jiang Ping'an tested his new flight technique and decided to deal with the Zhennan Marquis Estate and Pudu Mountain.

Jiang Ping'an reunited with Princess Bailing and Yan Ruyu after returning to the Great Qian Kingdom, while Princess Bailing advanced to the Law Manifestation Realm. He invited Yan Ruyu to consider helping govern Ping'an City, where he hoped to build a Human Race nation.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Old Black a Longevity Peach, extending the Black Emperor’s life by five hundred years.
• Jiang Ping'an attended Emperor Qian’s banquet and spent the night with Princess Bailing, who teased and tempted him beneath the blankets.
• Jiang Ping'an welcomed his grandfather and other relatives from Clear River Prefecture, then cultivated in semi-seclusion for more than a month.
• Princess Bailing met Jiang Ping'an after advancing to the Law Manifestation Realm and arranged a reunion with Yan Ruyu.
• Jiang Ping'an invited Yan Ruyu to visit Ping'an City and help develop its government, and Yan Ruyu agreed to see it for herself.

Jiang Ping'an perfected the Fire Law, began cultivating the Earth Law, and spent his nights with Princess Bailing while visiting his comatose mother by day. Jiang Shuyue awakened with her memories intact, reunited with her son, and warmly welcomed Princess Bailing as family.

• Jiang Ping'an perfected the Fire Law with the Violetfall Divine Fire, entered the Law Manifestation Realm Fourth Heaven, and began cultivating the Earth Law.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Princess Bailing's bedchamber, and they spent the night together before he continued visiting her nightly.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Jiang Shuyue in the Underground Palace for months until she awakened and remembered him.
• Jiang Ping'an helped Jiang Shuyue recover and return to Duke Jiang's Estate, where she learned Princess Bailing had cared for her during her coma.
• Princess Bailing visited with gifts, and Jiang Ping'an presented Jiang Shuyue with Enlightenment Tea Leaves and Longevity Peaches.
• Jiang Shuyue gave a Longevity Peach to Princess Bailing and embraced her as a beloved future daughter-in-law.

Jiang Ping'an left the Great Qian Kingdom with Yan Ruyu and discovered that Ping'an City had been destroyed. The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess told him that Buddhist Lords from Zhong Sheng Temple had attacked the city and that Lin Zihan and another Saint had left word for him to meet them at Sky Lake Mountain.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Shuyue the Supreme Mystery Scripture and told her she could pass it on to Jiang Manor.
• Princess Bailing urged Jiang Ping'an to marry Yan Ruyu, but he said he had no romantic feelings for her.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yan Ruyu left the Great Qian Kingdom and found Ping'an City in ruins, overrun by demonic beasts.
• Jiang Ping'an went to Celestial Fox City and learned that three Buddhist Lords from Zhong Sheng Temple had attacked Ping'an City, killing Zhang Yijie and Saint Peng Qingyang.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess told Jiang Ping'an that Lin Zihan and another Human Race Saint had asked him to meet them at Sky Lake Mountain.

Jiang Ping'an gave Shangguan Xue five Enlightenment Tea Leaves, then hunted down and killed every Pudu Mountain monk in the Divine Origin Ruins. He returned to Hu Yan'er and headed with her toward the exit, where he reunited with human cultivators who recognized him as Ye Chenzhou, lord of Ping'an City.

• Jiang Ping'an left Hu Yan'er in a concealed cave and searched for Shangguan Xue, giving her five Enlightenment Tea Leaves to help her overcome a cultivation obstacle.
• Jiang Ping'an found three Pudu Mountain monks, used Purple Firmament Divine Lightning to weaken them, then killed the fleeing Buddhist Son with his Dragon Abyss Halberd.
• Jiang Ping'an later found and killed the other Pudu Mountain Buddhist Son, wiping out all the sect's monks inside the Divine Origin Ruins.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Hu Yan'er, and the two flew toward the exit after sensing battles nearby.
• Jiang Ping'an stopped Hu Yan'er from approaching the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and joined Zhang Ruoxu, Xuan Chongzi, and Feng Wanli near the exit.
• Zhang Ruoxu introduced Jiang Ping'an to the gathered human cultivators as Ye Chenzhou, lord of Ping'an City, and they greeted him with interest.

Jiang Ping'an arranged temporary shelter for rescued Human Race cultivators in Qingqiu City and sold a Spirit Treasure to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess to fund their rescue. With the transaction complete, he had three hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones to use for saving his kin.

• Jiang Ping'an finished treating Lin Zihan, returned her to Sky Lake Mountain, and then traveled to Qingqiu City.
• Jiang Ping'an told Hu Yan'er and Yan Ruyu to house the rescued Human Race cultivators on rented mountain peaks for three months and promised to gather more Essence Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an met the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and offered her a Spirit Treasure in exchange for Essence Stones.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess agreed to pay three hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and asked Jiang Ping'an to wait at Fox Fork Peak.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess delivered the stones the next day, and Jiang Ping'an exchanged the Spirit Treasure for them.

Jiang Ping'an used his Jade Transformation Divine Light, Magnetic Jade Bottle, and immense strength to help the humans and foxes break through the native creatures’ blockade at the Divine Origin Ruins’ exit. After he stayed behind to hold off the Zhu Yan, Devouring Sky Sparrows, and Chi Dragons, Zhang Ruoxu and the others turned back to rescue him.

• Seven Devouring Sky Sparrows attacked Jiang Ping'an's group with Poisonous Fiend Urgent Lightning, and the Magnetic Jade Bottle absorbed most of it.
• Three Zhu Yan and four Chi Dragons blocked the group, forcing the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess to shelter everyone with the Central Apricot Yellow Umbrella.
• Jiang Ping'an transformed with Sacred Body: Law, Heaven, and Earth, resisted the lightning and Nirvana Divine Water, and sent a Zhu Yan flying with a punch.
• Jiang Ping'an urged the humans and foxes to charge through as he held off the native creatures, allowing them to reach the exit.
• Zhang Ruoxu, Wang Feisheng, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Holy Son, Yang Xi, the Supreme Mystery Sect Holy Maiden, and the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess led a return charge to save Jiang Ping'an.