Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an negotiated with the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess over Qingqiu City's human slave trade, then planned Ping'an City's reconstruction and set terms for the people he had freed. He left for Qingqiu City to bring back its remaining residents while Zhu Yan stayed behind to guard Ping'an City.

• Jiang Ping'an repaid the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess for returning his ten High-Grade Spirit Artifacts and asked her to seek a ban on selling humans in Qingqiu City, but he refused to teach the Heavenly Fox Race how to forge flying swords.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the formation diagrams and used Proficiency Points to comprehend the Heaven Rank Azure Abyss Return to Ruins Defense Formation and All Heaven Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an decided he would rescue Liu Xixu from Celestial Continent before overseeing the construction of New Ping'an City, though he remained in Azure Treasure Continent for now.
• Chen Pingzhi, Jiang Yushun, and Feng Yihuan asked how Jiang Ping'an would arrange the freed cultivators, and he gave them two choices: repay what he spent on them or surrender their gains and become his disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Zhang Zhe to gather capable helpers and arrange food and supplies, then flew toward Qingqiu City with Zhang Zhe and several dozen cultivators while Zhu Yan stayed to guard Ping'an City.

Jiang Ping'an returned more than sixty thousand rescued Human Race cultivators to Ping'an City and began planning its reconstruction with support from Wangyue Mountain. As he recruited followers and settled the rescued people, he also called for the redemption of Ping'an City residents who had already been sold.

• Jiang Ping'an announced that Ping'an City was safe and invited the cultivators in Qingqiu City to return, then asked Zhang Zhe to publicize an offer to redeem sold residents for twice their price.
• Jiang Ping'an led more than sixty thousand people back to Ping'an City, where residents welcomed them and Peng Qingyang offered fifty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones toward rebuilding.
• Jiang Ping'an told Peng Qingyang he planned to build powerful new defensive and Spirit Gathering formations, while first repairing the existing Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Jiang Yushun and Feng Yihuan handed over their gains and became Jiang Ping'an's followers, while Chen Pingzhi chose to remain independent and repaid five million Low-Grade Spirit Stones toward his debt.
• After hearing from more than four hundred cultivators, Jiang Ping'an accepted 143 Dragon Transformation Realm cultivators and 121 Divine Treasury Realm Fifth Heaven cultivators as followers and gave other rescued cultivators Essence Stones to support themselves.

Jiang Ping'an established the Heaven's Mandate Sect, organized Ping'an City's relief and rebuilding efforts, and promised his followers generous stipends and weapons. After planning repairs to the city's formation, he inventoried his spoils and discovered vast stores of Spirit Stones, treasures, and Spirit Artifacts.

• Jiang Ping'an appointed Zhang Zhe, Jiang Yushun, and Feng Yihuan to oversee city reconstruction and patrols, and advanced them funds for their work.
• Jiang Ping'an began refining pills and forging flying swords at Ye Manor while the city's new offices recruited workers and guards.
• Jiang Ping'an founded the Heaven's Mandate Sect with 267 members, announced its purpose and benefits, and distributed resettlement allowances.
• Jiang Ping'an assessed damage to the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation and tasked Zhang Zhe with buying repair materials, hiring Formation Masters, and seeking talented disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an spent five days sorting his spoils and found over four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, treasures valued at over two billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and numerous Spirit Artifacts.

Jiang Ping'an outfitted the Heaven's Mandate Sect and ordered a continent-wide ban on keeping or abducting humans, threatening retaliation against those who defied it. Most forces complied, but the Serpentfolk of the Million Mountains continued enslaving more than a hundred thousand humans.

• Forces that had bought people from Ping'an City returned them, and Jiang Ping'an paid them twice the purchase price as promised.
• Jiang Ping'an distributed flying swords and Spirit Artifacts to the Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples, then ordered Feng Yihuan to announce the prohibition across the Azure Treasure Continent and give violators half a month to comply.
• Jiang Ping'an told the disciples to prepare for a campaign against forces that kept or abducted humans, then assigned Chen He, Chu Ningxiang, and Zhong Wending to establish a temporary sect base.
• As the prohibition spread, nearly all forces and races stopped keeping and abducting humans, fearing Jiang Ping'an's retaliation.
• The Million Mountains ignored the prohibition and continued enslaving more than a hundred thousand humans.

Jiang Ping'an organized efforts to rescue freed humans and began creating jade slips to make teaching Heaven's Mandate Sect's skills more efficient. After recording spells and martial skills, he turned to simplifying the Dao Scripture into cultivation methods suited to different aptitudes.

• Jiang Ping'an urged Heaven's Mandate Sect's disciples to grow stronger and prepare to destroy the Serpentfolk once Ping'an City was rebuilt.
• Jiang Ping'an assigned Feng Yihuan to rescue freed humans and Zhang Zhe to help settle them around Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an bought the Jade Slip Crafting Art and white jade, used his Proficiency Points to improve his understanding, and successfully crafted a jade slip that Ye Wenxing and Ye Xiangcao could read.
• Jiang Ping'an used jade slips to record the spells and martial skills he planned to teach, completing the work in two days.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to simplify the Dao Scripture into five cultivation methods suited to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth aptitudes, then deepened his comprehension of its first volume.

Jiang Ping'an refined the Dao Scripture into six cultivation arts for different spiritual roots and began recruiting children to test them. He selected and formally accepted seven Registered Disciples, planning to teach them their arts the next day.

• Jiang Ping'an adapted the Dao Scripture’s first six volumes into the universal Heaven's Mandate Scripture and five specialized Five Elements cultivation arts.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Ye Guangsheng to have Zhang Zhe gather every child aged eight to twelve in Ping'an City for disciple selection.
• Jiang Ping'an examined more than three thousand children at Ping'an Square and selected Shen Shui'er, Ye Tieshi, Jiang Er'niang, Lu Feiyu, Li Yichen, Ye Qiuyue, and Luo Xingchen.
• Jiang Ping'an questioned the seven children and their families, then formally accepted the children as Registered Disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an arranged for the new disciples to stay at Ye Manor and postponed teaching them their cultivation arts until the next day.

Jiang Ping'an taught his seven Registered Disciples cultivation arts and later checked their progress, then introduced the Heaven's Mandate Sect's martial skills and spells. The disciples argued over seniority as they trained, while the sect members eagerly chose new techniques.

• Jiang Ping'an taught the seven Registered Disciples six cultivation arts and gave them unlimited Flawless Hundred Herbs Pills.
• Ten days later, Shen Shui'er reported opening seven meridians, Ye Tieshi reported opening eight, and Jiang Er'niang, Lu Feiyu, and Li Yichen each reported opening one; Ye Qiuyue and Luo Xingchen had opened none.
• Jiang Ping'an encouraged Ye Qiuyue and Luo Xingchen, answered his disciples' cultivation questions, and sent them back to cultivate.
• Ye Tieshi and Shen Shui'er argued over who should be the eldest disciple, while Luo Xingchen also claimed the position; none of the seven settled the dispute.
• Jiang Ping'an announced the Heaven's Mandate Sect's martial skill and spell collection, explained the rules for choosing techniques, and prohibited members from privately passing them on.
• The sect members thanked Jiang Ping'an and rushed to choose martial skills and spells suited to their realms.

Jiang Ping'an arranged cultivation, resources, and defenses for Heaven's Mandate Sect and Ping'an City before leaving Azure Treasure Continent to rescue Liu Xixu. He departed quietly aboard his Top-Grade Treasure Ship for the Celestial Continent in the Central Wastelands.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Zhong Wending the first five volumes of the Heaven's Mandate Scripture and later asked him to guide Ye Qiuyue and Luo Xingchen.
• Jiang Ping'an checked the Registered Disciples' cultivation, returned 182 Mystic Iron Flying Swords to Wangyue Mountain, and repaired the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation, strengthening its effect by roughly ten percent.
• Jiang Ping'an declared the Great Luo Mountains his private property, ordered Zhang Zhe to announce restrictions on mining and non-human settlement, and tasked Zhong Wending with organizing patrols and gave him Purple Essence Pills for expenses.
• Jiang Ping'an inspected the seven Registered Disciples, gave five of them the second volumes of their cultivation arts, and placed five bottles of perfect quality Primordial Sea Pills with Zhong Wending for them to collect later.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhu Yan to help guard Ping'an City in emergencies and warned it not to repeat its past misconduct.
• Jiang Ping'an entered seclusion, secretly left Ping'an City, and flew toward the Celestial Continent in the Central Wastelands.

Jiang Ping'an reached the Celestial Continent and was denied entry as a Human Race member, whom the Celestial Race treated as a slave. After killing the gatekeeper and escaping the guards, he disguised himself as a Dragon Race member and entered with an Ascension Jade Token to search for Liu Xixu.

• Jiang Ping'an flew from Azure Treasure Continent to the Celestial Continent, selling Spirit Artifacts along the way and continuing to condense his Law Manifestation.
• At the entrance, Jiang Ping'an paid 5,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones, but the Celestial Race gatekeeper called him a slave and refused him entry.
• When the gatekeeper attacked, Jiang Ping'an used Void Escape and the Violet Lightning Divine Power to kill him, then recovered his Spirit Stones and evaded pursuing guards, including two Venerables.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled south toward Guangnan Prefecture, where Brunsy's family lived, and decided to enter the Celestial Continent disguised as a Dragon Race member.
• Jiang Ping'an changed his appearance, grew dragon horns, paid 5,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones at another entrance, and entered with an Ascension Jade Token.

Jiang Ping'an entered the Celestial Continent, paid to reach the third ring, and rented Black Tortoise Peak in Guangnan Prefecture to cultivate. After comprehending the Earth Law with the help of the Xu Earth Spirit Pearl, he advanced to the third layer of the Law Manifestation Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an bought a map and learned that Guangnan Prefecture lay in the second ring, beyond Yishui Prefecture.
• Jiang Ping'an paid to enter the fourth and third rings, spending thirty-five million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in total for a token that allowed him to stay in the third ring for one year.
• Jiang Ping'an reached Jade Forest City, rented Black Tortoise Peak, and concealed it with a Mystic Capital Illusion Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an meditated for ten days and ten nights and distinguished the Earth Law among the Five Elements Laws.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Xu Earth Spirit Pearl to deepen his comprehension of the Earth Law and advanced to the third layer of the Law Manifestation Realm.

Jiang Ping'an gathered information in Jade Forest City and learned that the Brun Family was recruiting Formation Masters to build a Saint-rank defensive formation. He answered the recruitment under the name Ao Guang and agreed to take an assessment in three days after negotiating for a higher salary.

• Jiang Ping'an visited Rao Liang Teahouse and listened to locals discuss Hu Die'er’s popular opera and life in Jade Forest City.
• After spending more than half a month at the teahouse, Jiang Ping'an learned that the Brun Family was recruiting Formation Masters for an Essence Stone Mine.
• Jiang Ping'an went to Starlight Talisman Pavilion and introduced himself to Brunke as the dragon Ao Guang, a Formation Grandmaster skilled in the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Brunke invited Jiang Ping'an to take a formation-setting assessment in three days and offered a monthly salary of one thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an demanded at least three thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones per month, and Brunke accepted the figure if he proved his ability.

Jiang Ping'an fully comprehended the Earth Law, then infiltrated the Brun Family by passing its formation assessment and signing a contract as Ao Guang. After reselling an Ascension Jade Token and subletting Black Tortoise Peak, he prepared to leave his old residence.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Xu Earth Spirit Pearl to comprehend the Earth Law, then absorbed earth essence and Immortal Qi to refine Earth Mana.
• Three days later, Jiang Ping'an joined more than a hundred Formation Masters traveling to Brun Family lands for an assessment overseen by Brunsy.
• After three days of assessments, Jiang Ping'an was among the thirty-six Formation Masters who passed and returned to Jade Forest City to sign contracts.
• Brunsy offered Jiang Ping'an a monthly salary of two thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and an Ascension Jade Token, and Jiang Ping'an accepted the contract after checking its restrictions.
• Jiang Ping'an resold his unregistered Ascension Jade Token and sublet Black Tortoise Peak at half price before the three-day deadline.

Jiang Ping'an settled into Wind Chime Valley as a newly recruited formation master and secretly reunited with Liu Xixu, who was under Brunsy's control. He began planning to make Brunsy remove the life-soul and slave-mark restraints, leaving the story with Jiang Ping'an intending to seek a soul-bewitching technique.

• Jiang Ping'an arrived at Wind Chime Valley, received cave abode Number Bingxu, and was assigned to refine ten Array Pillars within half a year.
• At White Jade Square, Brunsy addressed the thirty-six newly recruited Formation Masters, and Liu Xixu assigned Jiang Ping'an his task and gave him a Cosmos Sack.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the Array Pillar diagram, used Proficiency Points to understand it, and began cultivating before starting the work.
• Jiang Ping'an secretly revealed his identity as Ye Chenzhou to Liu Xixu, who warned him that Brunsy held her life soul and had placed a slave mark on her.
• Liu Xixu said she would seek a chance to go to an Essence Stone Mine, where Brunsy's influence might weaken, and warned Jiang Ping'an not to meet her unnecessarily.
• Jiang Ping'an concluded that he would need to make Brunsy remove Liu Xixu's restraints and planned to buy a soul-bewitching technique in Jade Forest City.

Jiang Ping'an bought spirit pill ingredients and spells in Jade Forest City, then used Proficiency Points to develop and learn stronger arts. He tested his new Summoning Command Spell on a White Tiger formation master and asked her an intimate question.

• Jiang Ping'an bought hundreds of sets of spirit herb ingredients and spent more than eighty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in Jade Forest City.
• Jiang Ping'an purchased the Soul Capture Slave Heart Art and four additional martial arts and spells to conceal his intentions.
• Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to comprehend the Earth Rank Summoning Command Spell, which made targets unknowingly obey commands.
• Jiang Ping'an learned the Void Rend Dragon Claw, Celestial Heart Sword Control Art, Mountain Suppressing Spirit Seal, and a stronger spell from Kun Earth Defense Armor.
• Jiang Ping'an went to a teahouse in Wind Chime Valley and secretly cast the Summoning Command Spell on a White Tiger formation master.
• Jiang Ping'an introduced himself as Ao Guang and asked the White Tiger formation master whether she had ever mated.

Jiang Ping'an tested his Summoning Command Spell on Bai Yuchan, then learned that the Celestial Race enslaved the Human Race to mine Essence Stones. He left with the Brun Family's formation masters for Swordfight Continent, furious but hiding his reaction as they traveled toward the mine.

• Jiang Ping'an publicly flirted with Bai Yuchan, who chased him in anger but could not find him.
• Bai Yuchan came to Jiang Ping'an's cave abode the next day, accepted an Essence Stone under the spell's influence, then accepted a Spirit Artifact after realizing what had happened and agreed not to trouble him again.
• Jiang Ping'an told Liu Xixu that a soul art he had learned might make Brunsy return her Life Soul and remove her slave mark.
• Brunsy announced that the formation masters would leave for Swordfight Continent, and the Brun Family's Expedition Airship departed Wind Chime Valley three days later with five Venerables aboard.
• At a banquet aboard the airship, Brunsy explained that the Celestial Race used Human Race slaves to mine Essence Stones, and Jiang Ping'an concealed his fury as he listened.

Jiang Ping'an visited a Spirit Stone Mine and was enraged by the abuse of its Human Race miner slaves, then learned Bai Yuchan suspected his disguise. After sleeping with her, he agreed to join her in attacking the Brun Family guards and seizing the mine’s Essence Stones.

• Jiang Ping'an and the other Formation Masters arrived at the Spirit Stone Mine, where they were assigned cave abodes while Liu Xixu surveyed the site.
• Jiang Ping'an saw Human Race miner slaves suffering in the tunnels and left in anger after other Formation Masters mocked them.
• Bai Yuchan visited Jiang Ping'an with Monkey Emperor Wine and suggested that he was Human Race because he lacked the Dragon Race's fishy water scent.
• Jiang Ping'an and Bai Yuchan slept together, and afterward she asked to join his plan to take Essence Stones from the mine.
• Jiang Ping'an agreed to cooperate with Bai Yuchan in defeating the Brun Family guards and robbing the Spirit Stone Mine.

Jiang Ping'an freed Liu Xixu, then joined Bai Yuchan in attacking the Spirit Stone Mine and looting its formation materials and stored Essence Stones. After the Celestial Race Venerables were killed or driven off, Jiang Ping'an and Bai Yuchan fled before a Brun Family Saint could arrive.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Summoning Command Spell to make Brunsy remove Liu Xixu's life soul and slave mark, then gave her the Ever-Safe Vestment and sent her east to hide.
• After Liu Xixu confirmed she had escaped the grand formation, Jiang Ping'an killed Brunsy, transformed into a Zhu Yan, and destroyed the hall to make it seem Liu Xixu had died in the chaos.
• Jiang Ping'an and Bai Yuchan fought the Celestial Race Venerables; Jiang Ping'an killed one and drove off the others while Bai Yuchan held her opponents at bay.
• Jiang Ping'an seized the high-grade formation materials from the Golden Radiance Cave Abode, then joined Bai Yuchan in splitting the Essence Stones from the storehouse.
• Jiang Ping'an warned that a Brun Family Saint might arrive and flew away from the mine, while Bai Yuchan abandoned the remaining tunnels and followed him.

Jiang Ping'an escaped the Spirit Stone Mine with Liu Xixu and began the journey back to Ping'an City, where he cultivated and found valuable treasures in a slain Celestial Race Venerable’s Storage Ring. Upon returning, he discovered Lan Yu was still missing and feared she had met with disaster.

• Jiang Ping'an reunited with Liu Xixu, borrowed her Ever-Safe Vestment, and flew with her far from the Spirit Stone Mine before continuing toward the Eastern Wilderness aboard the Top-Grade Treasure Ship.
• Liu Xixu confessed that she wanted to be Jiang Ping'an's woman, and he accepted her embrace before entering seclusion to cultivate during the month-long journey.
• Jiang Ping'an found more than 1.13 million Top-Grade Spirit Stones, valuable treasures, high-grade formation materials, and a Geng Metal Source Crystal in the Celestial Race Venerable's Storage Ring.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Creation Furnace to refine Earth Dragon Vein Pills and swallowed one to strengthen his Earth Law cultivation.
• Jiang Ping'an secretly returned to Ye Manor in Ping'an City and discovered that Lan Yu had not come back, leaving him afraid that she had been harmed.

After emerging from seclusion and reassuring Ping'an City, Jiang Ping'an received reports and prepared to begin the city’s reconstruction. He also formally ranked his seven Registered Disciples by age, naming Luo Xingchen their eldest senior brother.

• Jiang Ping'an announced his emergence from seclusion, prompting Zhu Yan, his disciples, and the people of Ping'an City to gather and celebrate.
• Jiang Ping'an questioned Zhu Yan about the past year, then told Zhang Zhe to recruit workers and ten Formation Masters for Ping'an City's reconstruction.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that five children with talent for formations had been found and arranged to meet them the next morning.
• Jiang Ping'an received reports from Zhong Wending and learned that Liu Xixu had entered Ping'an City under another name to evade the Brun Family.
• Jiang Ping'an ranked his seven Registered Disciples by age and named Luo Xingchen their eldest senior brother, reminding him that the role carried responsibility.

Jiang Ping'an reviewed his disciples’ cultivation, accepted Han Jiang as a Registered Disciple and renamed him Han Yan, then considered how to improve his disciples’ combat power. Liu Xixu arrived disguised as Madam Ye, agreed to build two heaven-tier formations, and Jiang Ping'an asked her for advice on removing flying swords’ usage limit.

• Luo Xingchen, Li Yichen, Ye Tieshi, Jiang Er'niang, Shen Shui'er, Lu Feiyu, and Ye Qiuyue reported their cultivation progress to Jiang Ping'an, who encouraged the slower disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an taught Ye Tieshi and Shen Shui'er the third volumes of their cultivation arts after dismissing the other disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an accepted Han Jiang as a Registered Disciple to inherit his Flying Sword Forging Technique and gave him the name Han Yan.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to seek flying swords for his disciples and pondered how to remove their ten-thousand-breath usage limit.
• Zhang Zhe brought Liu Xixu to Jiang Ping'an, who recognized her disguised as Madam Ye and agreed to her terms for building a heaven-tier defensive grand formation and Spirit Gathering Array.
• After Zhang Zhe left, Jiang Ping'an asked Liu Xixu for advice on forging flying swords without a usage limit.