Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an escaped the Divine Origin Ruins with a Zhu Yan captured as his pet, then reunited with the survivors and distributed their spoils. He left for Ping'an City with Lan Yu and the Zhu Yan, which begged to be his little brother instead of his pet.

• Zhang Ruoxu, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess, and the others helped Jiang Ping'an break through the creatures’ blockade and reach the exit.
• Jiang Ping'an turned back, seized a Zhu Yan, and carried it out of the Divine Origin Ruins while the other creatures attacked him.
• Outside, Jiang Ping'an made the Zhu Yan shrink and behave, then greeted the Human Race Great Powers and thanked those who had returned to save him.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and the other foxes gave Jiang Ping'an thirty percent of their gains, and he divided the treasures among the Human Race cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an departed for Ping'an City with Lan Yu and the Zhu Yan, which knelt and asked to be his little brother.

Jiang Ping'an subdued Zhu Yan and bound it through its Life Soul before returning to Ping'an City with Enlightenment Tea Leaves and advancing his understanding of the Law Manifestation Realm. He then oversaw a major land sale and the distribution of its proceeds, leaving Ping'an City’s residents celebrating and property prices climbing.

• Jiang Ping'an caught the fleeing Zhu Yan, beat it into submission, and took control of a strand of its Life Soul origin.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Lan Yu three Enlightenment Tea Leaves, and she thanked him and tended to him aboard the Flying Boat.
• Jiang Ping'an refined ten Enlightenment Tea Leaves, maxed out Volume Six of the "Dao Scripture," and comprehended the cultivation stages of the Law Manifestation Realm.
• Zhang Ruoxu, Wang Feisheng, and other distinguished visitors arrived at Jiang Manor, and Ping'an City completed a land sale for three hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an and the city’s leaders allocated the proceeds to the defensive formation, emergency funds, and residents; Jiang Ping'an received over ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones as property prices surged.

Jiang Ping'an welcomed Liu Xixu to stay in Ping'an City, gave her the city’s formation diagrams, and shared Enlightenment Tea with her. He then gifted Zhang Yijie an Enlightenment Tea Leaf, prompting him to enter seclusion to seek a breakthrough into the Dao Inquiry Realm.

• Ye Wenxing told Jiang Ping'an that Liu Xixu had come to see him, and he invited her to the pavilion.
• Liu Xixu told Jiang Ping'an she had declined to return to the Great Qian Kingdom and handed him the formation diagrams for Ping'an City's two formations.
• Jiang Ping'an served Liu Xixu Enlightenment Tea, and she entered deep meditation after drinking a cup.
• Jiang Ping'an reflected on his mother and his years away from home, resolving to return to the Great Qian Kingdom in a month.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Zhang Yijie an Enlightenment Tea Leaf in repayment for the Clarity Tea he had once offered.
• Zhang Yijie thanked Jiang Ping'an and hurried away to enter seclusion and seek a breakthrough into the Dao Inquiry Realm.

After taking stock of his gains from the Divine Origin Ruins and strengthening the Dragon Abyss Halberd, Jiang Ping'an prepared to return to the Great Qian Kingdom. He reached its border in secret and met Black Emperor, who warned him that powerful enemies were watching the kingdom.

• Liu Xixu thanked Jiang Ping'an for the Enlightenment Tea, then Shangguan Xue sent him a farewell letter instead of meeting him again.
• Jiang Ping'an reviewed his treasures from the Divine Origin Ruins and fed the Primordial Xuanhuang Energy to the Dragon Abyss Halberd, beginning to nourish its new Spirit of the Artifact.
• Zhang Yijie visited to bid Jiang Ping'an farewell before his Heavenly Tribulation, then later succeeded in advancing to the Dao Inquiry Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an left Ping'an City alone, traveled to the Great Qian Kingdom, and disguised himself as a Black Dog to contact Black Emperor's informant.
• Black Emperor found Jiang Ping'an by scent and warned him that two Saints and three Demon Emperors were watching the Great Qian Kingdom; Jiang Ping'an said he had returned because he missed his Mother.

Unable to visit his mother or relatives in Yujing because they were under surveillance, Jiang Ping'an gave Old Black gifts for his mother and several acquaintances before returning to Azure Treasure Continent. He found Ping'an City in ruins and roamed by demon beasts, and the chapter ended with him demanding to know who had destroyed it.

• Old Black told Jiang Ping'an that his mother and family were under close surveillance and warned him not to return to Yujing or Clear River Prefecture.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Old Black a Longevity Peach and three Enlightenment Tea Leaves to deliver to Princess Bailing, Nangong You Rong, and Shen Wantang.
• Jiang Ping'an offered his mother a Nine-Colored Ice Soul Gathering Pearl, but Old Black refused to pass it on to avoid revealing his return.
• Jiang Ping'an left Great Qian Kingdom and spent three months flying back to Azure Treasure Continent aboard his Top-Grade Treasure Ship.
• Jiang Ping'an arrived above Ping'an City and found it destroyed, occupied by demon beasts, and apparently empty of humans.

Jiang Ping'an learned that Zhong Sheng Temple destroyed Ping'an City and killed Zhang Yijie, while Lan Yu fled and Liu Xixu was taken by Brunsy. After hearing the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess’s account in Qingqiu City, he asked her to search for Slott, who might know where Brunsy took Liu Xixu.

• Jiang Ping'an found Zhu Yan hiding in the Great Luo Mountains and learned that Zhong Sheng Temple had attacked Ping'an City, though Zhu Yan had fled and knew little else.
• Jiang Ping'an nearly killed Zhu Yan for abandoning the city, but spared it after it promised to help him take revenge on the forces that looted Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled to Qingqiu City and asked the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess for information about Ping'an City's destruction.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess told Jiang Ping'an that Zhong Sheng Temple had killed Zhang Yijie, Lan Yu had fled, and Liu Xixu had been taken from Green Haze Temple by Brunsy.
• Jiang Ping'an asked the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess to find Slott, a Celestial Race formation master who might know where Brunsy had taken Liu Xixu.

Jiang Ping'an recruited Hu Yan'er to buy the imprisoned people from Ping'an City and received her detailed list of those who had plundered it. He then gave Zhu Yan an Enlightenment Tea Leaf and ordered it to reach the Seventh Realm within half a month before meeting him outside Qingqiu City.

• Jiang Ping'an visited Hu Yan'er and asked her to buy all the imprisoned Human Race members being sold in Qingqiu City, giving her one hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and a sound transmission talisman.
• Hu Yan'er gave Jiang Ping'an a booklet identifying the races and forces that had plundered Ping'an City, including Green Haze Temple, and he vowed to destroy them.
• Jiang Ping'an met Zhu Yan and asked why it had remained at the peak of the Sixth Realm for more than thirty years.
• Jiang Ping'an offered Zhu Yan an Enlightenment Tea Leaf and ordered it to reach the Seventh Realm within half a month, then wait outside Qingqiu City's gates.
• Zhu Yan accepted the tea leaf and flew toward the mountains to attempt its breakthrough.

Jiang Ping'an strengthened his movement and combat spells while waiting in Qingqiu City, then supplied Hu Yan'er with Essence Stones to continue rescuing trafficked members of the Human Race. He stayed near the rescued people to protect them as Hu Yan'er worked to buy the rest.

• Jiang Ping'an advanced Void Movement Technique into the Heaven-Rank Void Escape and transformed Winter Night's Roar into the forbidden spell Silent Winter Night.
• Jiang Ping'an spent ninety-nine million Proficiency Points improving Jade Transformation Divine Light, increasing its range and power, but failed to comprehend a Saint-Rank spell.
• Jiang Ping'an cultivated his Law Manifestation for three days while Hu Yan'er spent their Essence Stones purchasing members of the Human Race.
• Hu Yan'er told Jiang Ping'an she had rescued 34,037 people and needed another 115 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to buy the remaining captives.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Hu Yan'er Essence Stones equivalent to roughly 130 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones and instructed her to find spacious lodging and provide better food.
• Jiang Ping'an piloted his Top-Grade Treasure Ship near the mountain where the rescued people were gathered and secretly guarded them.

Jiang Ping'an found Slott and learned that Brunsy had taken Liu Xixu to the Brun Family in Guangnan County City on the Celestial Continent's Second Ring. He then borrowed one hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones from the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess to fund his planned retaliation against the forces that had plundered Ping'an City.

• Jiang Ping'an followed Su Yun to Slott's courtyard and used Void Escape to bypass its defenses and capture him.
• Slott told Jiang Ping'an that Brunsy had returned with Liu Xixu to his family in Guangnan County City on the Celestial Continent's Second Ring.
• Jiang Ping'an made Slott swear not to warn Brunsy, then forced him to take three Worry-Free Pills and left him unconscious.
• Jiang Ping'an met the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and asked to borrow one hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones against ten High-Grade Spirit Artifacts.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and Jiang Ping'an established a Heavenly Dao Contract, and Jiang Ping'an received the Spirit Stones.

Jiang Ping'an rescued the enslaved people of Ping'an City in Qingqiu City and secretly prepared to take revenge on the forces that had destroyed their home. After freeing them, he gathered the strongest cultivators and revealed his plan to wipe out every Foreign Race force involved.

• Jiang Ping'an bought ten Mid-Grade Treasure Ships and large quantities of ingredients, then refined thousands of perfect quality Azure Essence Pills and Purple Essence Pills.
• Hu Yan'er reported that she had bought all the Human Race members being sold in Qingqiu City, and Jiang Ping'an went to the three hills where they were held.
• Jiang Ping'an destroyed the slave-mark jade tokens, freeing the captives from their slave marks, and Hu Yan'er arranged for their shackles and restraint manacles to be removed.
• Jiang Ping'an told the freed cultivators they would stay temporarily before returning to rebuild Ping'an City, and they agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Jiang Ping'an gathered the strongest cultivators inside a concealed Four Symbols Formation and called for vengeance against every Foreign Race member, faction, and force that had plundered Ping'an City.

Jiang Ping'an gathered 417 cultivators willing to join his revenge campaign and supplied them with Spirit Pills. After arranging for Hu Yan'er to look after the Human Race in Qingqiu City, he went to Wangyue Mountain and borrowed 182 flying swords for the expedition.

• Jiang Ping'an gave the cultivators half an hour to decide whether to join him, and 417 volunteered, including three Law Manifestation Realm cultivators.
• He concealed the mountaintop with the Four Spirits Formation, vowed to bring back as many cultivators as possible, and distributed Spirit Pills so they could recover.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Hu Yan'er to look after his fellow clansmen while he was away, then flew from Qingqiu City toward Wangyue Mountain.
• At Wangyue Mountain, Jiang Ping'an told Peng Qingyang he planned to take revenge on the Foreign Races that had abducted Ping'an City's people and asked to borrow flying swords.
• Peng Qingyang agreed to support him and ordered the disciples to gather their swords; Jiang Ping'an borrowed 182 flying swords.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ping'an refines 200 more flying swords, totaling 456, to accompany him in seeking revenge.
• He returns to Qingqiu City, where Zhu Yan awaits, having advanced to the Seventh Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an gathers 417 cultivators willing to accompany him and departs for Ping'an City.
• After landing, Jiang Ping'an distributes the flying swords and begins refining Geng Metal Flying Swords for the Law Manifestation Realm cultivators.
• He successfully refines three Geng Metal Flying Swords and gifts them to ** Zhi, Jiang Yushun, and the other top Law Manifestation Realm experts.
• The next day, Jiang Ping'an leads over four hundred cultivators to begin their journey of revenge.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ping'an demonstrates his artifact-refining skills and generosity by gifting powerful flying swords to his companions.
• Zhu Yan advances to the Seventh Realm, showcasing growth under Jiang Ping'an's guidance.
• ** Zhi, Jiang Yushun, and the other Law Manifestation Realm cultivators receive powerful weapons, boosting their confidence and capabilities.

Significant Themes

• Power and its responsible use, as seen through Jiang Ping'an's artifact-refining and gifting of powerful weapons.
• Growth and advancement, exemplified by Zhu Yan's progress and the cultivators' eagerness to improve their skills with the new flying swords.
• Loyalty and camaraderie, as the cultivators unite under Jiang Ping'an to seek revenge together.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ping'an interacts with Zhu Yan, acknowledging his progress and entrusting him with waiting outside Qingqiu City.
• Jiang Ping'an meets with Hu Yan'er, asking her to continue watching over his clansmen while he's away.
• Jiang Ping'an gathers and interacts with the 417 cultivators, distributing flying swords and preparing them for their journey.
• Jiang Ping'an refines and gifts Geng Metal Flying Swords to ** Zhi, Jiang Yushun, and the other top Law Manifestation Realm experts, fostering a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect.

Jiang Ping'an led more than four hundred Human Race cultivators in a campaign of revenge, first exterminating the demonic beasts in Ping'an City and then attacking the Mountain-Pulling Apes at Da Luo Mountain. Zhu Yan battered the clan’s mountain-guarding barrier while Jiang Ping'an split it open, leaving the stronghold exposed for the assault.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered the ten treasure ships to sweep through Ping'an City, where the Human Race cultivators killed every demonic beast.
• Jiang Ping'an led the fleet toward Da Luo Mountain, where the Mountain-Pulling Apes gathered to defend their clan and pleaded with him to leave.
• Jiang Ping'an rejected the Mountain-Pulling Ape Demon Kings’ offer of compensation and declared that he would wipe out their clan for plundering Ping'an City.
• Zhu Yan revealed its seventh-rank true form and repeatedly rammed the mountain-guarding barrier as Jiang Yushun, Feng Yihuan, and the cultivators attacked the outskirts.
• Jiang Ping'an struck the barrier with the Dragon Abyss Halberd, tearing a huge gash in it, and Zhu Yan’s continued assault shattered it.

Jiang Ping'an exterminated the Basha Mountain Giant Ape Clan in the Great Luo Mountains, then collected its treasures and refined many of its corpses into Spirit Pills. After ordering the Human Race cultivators to regroup, he set course for Sangcao Mountain as their next target.

• Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Yan killed the fleeing Basha Mountain Giant Apes, with Zhu Yan defeating the two Demon Kings while Jiang Ping'an slaughtered the rest across the Great Luo Mountains.
• Jiang Ping'an collected the Demon Kings' Storage Flasks and Spirit Artifacts, gave one staff to Zhu Yan, and looted the clan's treasure vault.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhu Yan to sort the sixth-tier and fifth-tier corpses, then let Chen Pingzhi, Jiang Yushun, Feng Yihuan, and the returning cultivators loot the lair.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the two Demon Kings and the sixth-tier and fifth-tier Basha Mountain Giant Ape corpses into Spirit Pills, Storage Flasks, and Spirit Artifacts.
• Jiang Ping'an called the Human Race cultivators back and announced Sangcao Mountain as their next target before leading them there by ship.

Jiang Ping'an led an assault on Sangcao Mountain after finding a Xu Earth Spirit Pearl among the Basha Mountain Demon Kings’ belongings. He began slaughtering the mountain’s demon birds to draw out its strongest defenders, and a sixth-stage Golden-Winged Peng attacked him.

• Jiang Ping'an found a Xu Earth Spirit Pearl in the Giant Ape Demon Kings’ Storage Flasks and realized it could help him comprehend the Earth Law.
• Jiang Ping'an brought more than four hundred Human Race cultivators to Sangcao Mountain, then sent most of them to hide and told Zhu Yan to conceal its true form.
• Jiang Ping'an said he planned to lure out and kill the three Saint Realm ferocious birds and three sixth-stage Golden-Winged Pengs before attempting to topple the mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Yan killed the patrolling demon birds, prompting Sangcao Mountain’s alarm and drawing flocks toward them.
• Jiang Ping'an’s golden Law Manifestation used Jade Transformation Divine Light to kill swarms of demon birds, dodging a lightning strike with the Void Movement Technique.
• A sixth-stage Golden-Winged Peng swooped down and attacked Jiang Ping'an’s main body with its talons.

Jiang Ping'an attacked Sangcao Mountain to avenge Ping'an City's abducted people, killing the Golden-Winged Pengs and avian demon kings who confronted him. With Zhu Yan grounding the flying demons, Jiang Ping'an turned the battlefield to jade and began killing them all.

• Jiang Ping'an used his Three-Body Mystic Essence Movement and Jade Transformation Divine Light to turn a sixth-rank Golden-Winged Peng into jade, then beheaded it with his halberd.
• Three avian demon kings and two more sixth-rank Golden-Winged Pengs surrounded Jiang Ping'an, but he killed one Golden-Winged Peng with the Dragon Abyss Halberd while Zhu Yan killed the other.
• Old Golden-Winged Peng descended to attack Jiang Ping'an, and Zhu Yan used Sky Banishment to force the flying demons to fall from the sky.
• Jiang Ping'an escaped Sky Banishment with Void Escape and killed the three avian demon kings with his halberd.
• Zhu Yan pinned Old Golden-Winged Peng to the ground, while Jiang Ping'an's Law Manifestation turned the avian demons and both combatants into jade.
• Jiang Ping'an fired Burning Essence Sword Qi to kill the jade-transformed avian demons and pierce Old Golden-Winged Peng's head.

Jiang Ping'an wiped out the demonic birds of Sangcao Mountain, collected their treasures, and prepared to attack Green Haze Temple. Before the raid, he toppled Sangcao Mountain to prevent the birds from returning and uncovered a rare Billion-Year Tree Heart.

• Jiang Ping'an killed the demonic birds on Sangcao Mountain, searched its treasury, and ordered the Human Race cultivators to collect valuables and corpses.
• Jiang Ping'an took the Storage Bags and Spirit Artifacts from Zhu Yan, then refined the demonic birds into more than thirteen hundred Great Demon Spirit Pills and over two thousand Fifth-Order Demonic Bird Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an announced that Green Haze Temple was the next target, and led the Human Race cultivators toward it on treasure ships.
• Jiang Ping'an halted the fleet, returned to Sangcao Mountain, and destroyed it to keep the demonic birds from threatening Ping'an City again.
• Jiang Ping'an excavated a Billion-Year Tree Heart from the mountain's broken core and returned to the fleet, where Jiang Yushun, Chen Pingzhi, and Feng Yihuan greeted him.

Jiang Ping'an destroyed Green Haze Temple, rescued more than four thousand Human Race cultivators, and recruited over a thousand cultivators eager to join his revenge campaign. As they approached Taigong Mountain, Zhu Yan detected an ambush involving several demon kings, possibly a demon emperor and an Ancient Ferocious Beast, but Jiang Ping'an chose to press forward.

• Jiang Ping'an refined the Falling Treasure Golden Pearl into a Spirit Artifact and found no remarkable treasure in the old Golden-Winged Peng's storage pouch.
• Jiang Ping'an and his allies destroyed Green Haze Temple, rescued more than four thousand Human Race cultivator slaves, and sent them back to Ping'an City.
• Zhu Yan spotted over a thousand Human Race cultivators waiting along the route to Taigong Mountain, and Jiang Ping'an recognized Zhang Zhe among them.
• Zhang Zhe and the other cultivators asked to join Jiang Ping'an's revenge campaign, and he welcomed them into his force.
• Zhu Yan detected several demon kings and possibly a demon emperor and an Ancient Ferocious Beast lying in ambush near Taigong Mountain, but Jiang Ping'an decided to attack them.

Jiang Ping'an defeated a Demon Emperor’s ambush, killed seven Demon Kings, and continued avenging the raid on Ping'an City. After a month of attacks, the Azure Treasure Continent’s factions feared his campaign would reach them next.

• Jiang Ping'an detected the ambush and used the Magnetic Jade Bottle’s Purple Firmament Divine Lightning to grievously wound the Shadow Leopard Demon King.
• The Qiongqi Demon King and several others withdrew, but the Demonic Sheep Demon Emperor and seven Demon Kings attacked Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Yan.
• Jiang Ping'an turned all seven attacking Demon Kings to jade and killed them, while the Demonic Sheep Demon Emperor escaped after Zhu Yan fought it.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the seven Demon King corpses into Spirit Pills and led the Human Race cultivators to destroy Taigong Mountain.
• Over the next month, Jiang Ping'an and the Human Race cultivators slaughtered the factions and clans that had raided Ping'an City, spreading fear across the Azure Treasure Continent.

The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess Hu Yunhua traveled to Ping'an City to persuade Jiang Ping'an to end his vengeance, after frightened powers and races pleaded for the Heavenly Fox Race to intervene. Jiang Ping'an declared his revenge complete and his intent to rebuild Ping'an City, while the visiting representatives promised generous gifts.

• Representatives in Qingqiu City begged Princess Yunhua to stop Ye Chenzhou from continuing his campaign, and she agreed to meet him.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, welcomed the Human Race cultivators, and announced plans to rebuild the city larger and safer.
• Hu Yunhua and the representatives stopped outside Ping'an City as more than four hundred Human Race cultivators raised their flying swords; Jiang Ping'an ordered the weapons put away and welcomed her.
• Hu Yunhua asked why Jiang Ping'an had destroyed several powers, and he explained that they had abducted and plundered Ping'an City and that he had finished taking revenge.
• Hu Yunhua and the other representatives promised generous gifts to help rebuild Ping'an City, and Jiang Ping'an thanked them.