Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an used Spirit Essence Fama Crystals to refine Thunderclap Flying Swords and designed Starlight Shields to equip his companions. By the time he had made six of each, he had prepared a new set of weapons and defenses for them.

• Liu Xixu suggested using Spirit Essence Fama Crystals to store and release energy, and Jiang Ping'an realized she had recognized his identity.
• Jiang Ping'an tested a Geng Metal Flying Sword fitted with Spirit Essence Fama Crystals and a Blast Rune, then named it the Thunderclap Flying Sword.
• Jiang Ping'an nourished the first Thunderclap Flying Sword with mana and refined six more.
• Jiang Ping'an designed a shield-type Magic Tool using Starry Profound Iron and refined one that formed a protective barrier and emitted blinding light.
• Jiang Ping'an named the shield the Starlight Shield and refined five more.

Jiang Ping'an equipped his disciples with powerful treasures before entering secluded cultivation, and Ye Tieshi joined Zhong Wending on patrol in the Great Luo Mountains to test his Thunderclap Flying Sword. After swiftly killing several rank-two Azure Wind Wolves, Ye Tieshi set his sights on hunting rank-five demon beasts.

• Jiang Ping'an entrusted Han Yan's introductory formation lessons to Liu Xixu and gave his seven Registered Disciples Thunderclap Flying Swords and Starlight Shields.
• Jiang Ping'an handed Liu Xixu two formations to oversee, then entered secluded cultivation.
• Ye Tieshi persuaded Zhong Wending to take him on patrol and demonstrated that he could ride his Thunderclap Flying Sword onto the treasure ship.
• Ye Tieshi explained that his Thunderclap Flying Sword had no usage limit, astonishing Zhong Wending.
• Ye Tieshi used the sword to kill several Azure Wind Wolves and then declared that he wanted to hunt rank-five demon beasts.

Ye Tieshi and Zhong Wending were ambushed by three fifth-tier Basha Mountain Giant Apes in the Great Luo Mountains, but Ye Tieshi used his Starlight Shield and Thunderclap Flying Sword to kill two and help Zhong Wending kill the last. Zhong Wending survived and resolved to ask Jiang Ping'an for a Thunderclap Flying Sword.

• Three fifth-tier Basha Mountain Giant Apes ambushed Zhong Wending and Ye Tieshi, knocking their treasure ship into a mountain and trapping them beneath a boulder.
• Ye Tieshi protected them with his Starlight Shield and used the Thunderclap Flying Sword to break the boulder apart.
• Ye Tieshi blinded one ape with Starlight and killed it with the Thunderclap Flying Sword despite being struck and sent flying.
• Ye Tieshi killed a second ape while Zhong Wending evaded the other two, then let Zhong Wending pursue and kill the final fleeing ape.
• Zhong Wending thanked Ye Tieshi and decided to ask Jiang Ping'an for a Thunderclap Flying Sword.

Jiang Ping'an ordered a sweep of the Great Luo Mountains after cultivators were attacked, then advanced to the fourth level of the Law Manifestation Realm while New Ping'an City expanded. When he learned that the Blackwater Lake Dragon-Serpent Clan had resumed raising humans for food, he prepared to lead the Heaven's Mandate Sect against them.

• Zhong Wending reported that three fifth-rank Basha Mountain Giant Apes had attacked him and Ye Tieshi in the Great Luo Mountains, and Ye Tieshi gave Jiang Ping'an two demon cores.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Ye Tieshi the first two levels of the Sword Heart Control Art and ordered Feng Yihuan to sweep the Great Luo Mountains with Zhu Yan and Zhong Wending.
• Jiang Ping'an comprehended the Metal Law and advanced to the fourth level of the Law Manifestation Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an emerged from seclusion and saw that New Ping'an City was expanding to three hundred li in both length and width.
• Feng Yihuan reported that the Blackwater Lake Dragon-Serpent Clan had resumed raising humans in captivity, so Jiang Ping'an ordered all Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples to gather.

Jiang Ping'an prepared the Heaven's Mandate Sect for an expedition against the Dragon-Serpent Clan at Blackwater Lake and bought ice-based spells and talismans in Qingqiu City. Hu Yan'er agreed to help in the campaign after offering to serve him for thirty years in exchange for cultivation funds, and Jiang Ping'an left their intimacy for another time.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered the sect's disciples to prepare for the Blackwater Lake expedition, leaving Zhang Zhe behind to oversee Ping'an City's reconstruction.
• Jiang Ping'an told Zhu Yan to train in water combat and summoned his seven Registered Disciples, teaching them the first level of the Sword Heart Control Art and a Water Manipulation Art.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Zhong Wending to teach his disciples martial skills and spells, then traveled to Qingqiu City to buy a Frost Art, Ice Seal Talismans, and a talisman manual.
• Jiang Ping'an met Hu Yan'er, browsed trading houses with her, and took her to a restaurant before they spoke privately aboard his treasure ship.
• Hu Yan'er asked for thirty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and offered to serve Jiang Ping'an for thirty years, including in bed; Jiang Ping'an gave her ten thousand and asked her to help attack Blackwater Lake in a month and a half.
• Hu Yan'er agreed to join the campaign and suggested going to an inn, but Jiang Ping'an declined and said he would have her another time.

Jiang Ping'an prepared Greater Freeze Talismans and tested his new Ice Seal spell in the Black Abyss River as he planned for the battle at Blackwater Lake. After freezing and defeating a Dragon Crocodile Demon King, he confirmed that his tactic worked and returned to Ping'an City.

• Jiang Ping'an comprehended the Supreme Greater Freeze Talisman, gave Hu Yan'er seven jade slips and one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and tasked her with hiring Talisman Art Grandmasters to produce as many talismans as possible within a month and a half.
• Jiang Ping'an bought materials for three thousand Greater Freeze Talismans in Qingqiu City and learned the Supreme spell Ice Seal on his way back to Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Zhu Yan to learn Ice Seal, but Zhu Yan estimated it would take five years, leaving Jiang Ping'an to plan how to fight Blackwater Lake's demons himself.
• Jiang Ping'an tested Ice Seal in the Black Abyss River, freezing the water and the fish demons that attacked him.
• Jiang Ping'an emerged with a still-living Dragon Crocodile Demon King, refined it into ten Spirit Pills, and returned to Ping'an City after confirming his tactic worked.

Jiang Ping'an prepared talismans and gathered forces for the attack on Blackwater Lake before reuniting with Shen Wantang, whose Myriad Treasures Pavilion sought to open a branch in Ping'an City. He approved the branch and placed major talisman orders with her pavilion, leaving their cooperation formalized by signed contracts.

• Jiang Ping'an drew ninety-seven Greater Freeze Talismans, then recovered his Divine Soul and arranged for the talismans to be stored in the rear garden.
• Chen Pingzhi and other cultivators asked to join the attack on Blackwater Lake, and Jiang Ping'an allowed Divine Treasury Realm cultivators and above to participate.
• Zhang Zhe told Jiang Ping'an that Shen Wantang had arrived to establish a Myriad Treasures Pavilion branch, and Jiang Ping'an went to meet her at the city office.
• Jiang Ping'an agreed to provide land and protection for the branch in exchange for thirty percent of its profits, and he signed a contract with Shen Wantang.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered one thousand Five Elements Primordial Golden Light Jade Talismans and sixty thousand other talismans from Shen Wantang, paid deposits, and signed contracts requiring delivery within twenty days.

Jiang Ping'an acquired a large shipment of spirit talismans to prepare for an assault on Blackwater Lake, then hosted Shen Wantang and learned that the Great Qian Kingdom was nearing civil war. He left the conversation deeply worried about his sleeping mother if the conflict reached the imperial city.

• Jiang Ping'an inspected and purchased thousands of spirit talismans from Shen Wantang for 8.645 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Elder Chen verified the payment and escorted most of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion party away while Shen Wantang stayed for Jiang Ping'an's banquet.
• Jiang Ping'an told Shen Wantang he intended to destroy the demons at Blackwater Lake, and she offered to help seek justice for the Human Race.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Shen Wantang about the Great Qian Kingdom, and she described Pudu Mountain's preparations to rebel and the growing divisions among southern powers.
• Jiang Ping'an feared that a civil war and the possible fall of Yujing would endanger his sleeping mother, but told Shen Wantang that the Human Race should not fight among itself.

Jiang Ping'an finalized preparations for the expedition to Blackwater Lake, gathering talismans, counting the volunteers, and requisitioning treasure ships. Worried that Ping'an City would be vulnerable while its forces were away, he asked Liu Xixu to establish a defensive illusion formation before the expedition began.

• Shen Wantang offered to buy Jiang Ping'an's Mystic Iron and Geng Metal Flying Swords, but he refused because he had no time to refine them.
• Hu Yan'er delivered 7,268 Greater Freeze Talismans and reported their negotiated prices; Jiang Ping'an compensated her with Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that 1,519 cultivators had signed up for the Blackwater Lake expedition and ordered them and the Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples to assemble the next day.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Feng Yihuan to requisition treasure ships, then decided to leave forces behind and defend Ping'an City while the expedition was away.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Liu Xixu Nine Revolutions Soul Nurturing Pills and asked her to build a Mystic Capital Illusion Formation and command the city's garrison.

Jiang Ping'an prepared 1,549 cultivators for the expedition against Blackwater Lake, organizing them into battle formations and supplying them with talismans, pills, and rewards. With Peng Qingyang agreeing to guard Ping'an City, the expedition departed to destroy Blackwater Lake and avenge the Human Race.

• Jiang Ping'an assigned Jiang Yushun and ten other disciples to guard Ping'an City, then began drilling the remaining Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples in battle formations.
• Peng Qingyang offered to guard Ping'an City and brought thirty Wangyue Mountain disciples to join the expedition against Blackwater Lake.
• Jiang Ping'an recalled Jiang Yushun and the other eleven disciples, then divided the 1,549 expedition cultivators into four units and drilled them for three days.
• Jiang Ping'an announced sect contribution rewards and gave Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples talismans, pills, and flying swords.
• Jiang Ping'an distributed talismans and pills to every expedition cultivator, promised them their spoils and additional Spirit Stone rewards, then ordered them to board the ships and depart.

Jiang Ping'an led the Human Race expedition to Blackwater Lake, where their first attack repelled the demon flood dragons and serpents. As Blackwater Lake's forces unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Array, Jiang Ping'an used the Magnetic Jade Bottle to absorb its lightning and asked Zhu Yan to strike back.

• Jiang Ping'an led twenty-one treasure ships on a circuitous route to Blackwater Lake and landed the expedition on a mountain peak outside the lake.
• Zhu Yan crushed an intercepted black flood dragon and more than twenty demon serpents, then gave Jiang Ping'an their demon cores.
• Jiang Ping'an set up a defensive grand array as Blackwater Lake gathered its forces, then the black flood dragon demon king ordered an attack.
• Jiang Yushun and Feng Yihuan directed the flying swords while the cultivators used Greater Freeze Talismans, killing many demons without suffering injuries.
• The black flood dragon demon king ordered the Heavenly Thunder Array, and Jiang Ping'an used the Magnetic Jade Bottle to absorb its lightning.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Zhu Yan if its Sky Banishment divine ability could reach the demons in the clouds, and Zhu Yan said it could, so Jiang Ping'an told it to use the ability.

Jiang Ping'an’s forces crushed the flood dragon serpents’ first attack, refined their spoils into Spirit Pills, and reached Blackwater Lake. The old black dragon tried to bargain, then launched a surprise assault on the Human Race cultivators, which Hu Yan'er blocked as the chapter ended.

• Zhu Yan grounded the flood dragon serpents with Sky Banishment, and Jiang Ping'an turned hundreds of them and their demon kings to jade before killing them with Burning Essence Sword Qi.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered a pursuit, and the Human Race cultivators slaughtered the ground-bound serpents before returning to the mountain peak with their spoils.
• Jiang Ping'an and the Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples refined the demon corpses into Spirit Pills over two days, then continued toward Blackwater Lake.
• At Blackwater Lake, the old black dragon offered to release its Human Race captives, but Jiang Ping'an rejected the offer and vowed to eliminate the remaining demon kings.
• Flood dragon serpents erupted from the lake and attacked the Human Race cultivators; Zhu Yan shattered their water dragon, and Hu Yan'er used Nine-Tails Sky-Covering Art to block their spells and hold back the demon kings.

Jiang Ping'an led the Human Race cultivators against the Black Dragon Demon Emperor’s forces at Blackwater Lake, then entered the lake to confront its defenders. He began hunting the flood dragon and Blackwater Xuan Snake demon kings underwater, where Void Escape made him impossible to outrun.

• Jiang Ping'an killed a gray flood dragon demon king and redirected a massive water dragon away from the retreating Human Race cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an used Void Escape to evade Profound Nether True Water, killed a Blackwater Xuan Snake Demon King, and returned safely to shore as the Black Dragon Demon Emperor ordered its forces to retreat.
• Jiang Ping'an sent the cultivators back more than three hundred li, left Hu Yan'er to protect them, and returned to Blackwater Lake with Zhu Yan and Shen Wantang.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Shen Wantang to guard the skies, then entered the lake with Zhu Yan and continued toward the hidden Dragon Den.
• Jiang Ping'an used Void Escape to evade an ambush by two flood dragon demon kings and three Blackwater Xuan Snakes, then killed one flood dragon demon king and pursued the others underwater.

Jiang Ping'an killed the Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor after surviving its traps and learned that its Jiaolong Core contained pure water laws. He summoned allies to finish clearing Blackwater Lake and planned to use the core to comprehend water laws.

• Jiang Ping'an killed the Blackwater Xuan Snake Demon Kings and the last Jiaolong Demon King while the Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor's Nine Yin Divine Water Lightning killed another snake demon king.
• The Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor trapped Jiang Ping'an in its Divine Dragon Constriction, but Jiang Ping'an expanded with Sacred Body: Law, Heaven, and Earth and burst its body apart.
• The Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor recognized Jiang Ping'an as a Human Race Ancient Sacred Body, so Jiang Ping'an killed it and the Dragon Abyss Halberd refined its resentful soul into the Eight Desolations Gathering Evil Array's primary array spirit.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned Zhu Yan and told Hu Yan'er to bring more than eighteen hundred cultivators to Blackwater Lake to kill the remaining jiaolongs and snakes.
• Jiang Ping'an found the Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor's Jiaolong Core and discovered that it contained pure water laws.

Jiang Ping'an led the cultivators of Ping'an City in destroying Blackwater Lake, killing Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor and the other major demons, and taking the lake's treasures. He returned to Ping'an City in triumph, where the expedition members received their shares of the spoils.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhu Yan to carry Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor's remains out of the lake and claim the kill, giving Shen Wantang a chance to wound and pursue Blackwater Xuan Snake Demon King.
• Jiang Ping'an collected the demon corpses, found three living Jiaolong Eggs, and emptied Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor's treasury of its Essence Stones and other treasures.
• Shen Wantang killed Blackwater Xuan Snake Demon King, while Jiang Ping'an searched the lake and helped purge its jiaolongs and snakes over ten days.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the corpses into Spirit Pills, set aside Jiaolong Cores for the three young jiaolongs, and led the expedition back toward Ping'an City.
• News of Blackwater Lake's destruction spread across the Azure Treasure Continent, and Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City with the fleet three days later.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Yushun and Feng Yihuan more than eighty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to distribute among the expedition cultivators according to the corpses they had turned in.

Jiang Ping'an arranged for the rescued captives to be brought to Ping'an City and expanded his efforts to protect and strengthen the Human Race. After inspecting his spoils from Blackwater Lake, he proposed a Young Guards force to Peng Qingyang, leaving Wangyue Mountain's youths an opportunity to join.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered Feng Yihuan to retrieve the captives from Blackwater Lake and told Zhang Zhe to prepare for their arrival and announce a ban on buying Human Race members as slaves, sacrifices, or food.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Shen Wantang to help establish a Myriad Sound Pavilion branch in Ping'an City and purchase cultivation and crafting books.
• Jiang Ping'an placed three jiaolong eggs in a formation and inspected the spoils from the Old Black Dragon Demon Emperor and sixteen jiaolong snake demon kings, then began refining Heavenly Water Myriad Swords.
• Peng Qingyang asked Jiang Ping'an to accept three talented descendants as disciples, but Jiang Ping'an declined because he lacked time to teach them.
• Jiang Ping'an proposed creating a Young Guards force for children aged eight to twelve and invited Peng Qingyang to send youths from Wangyue Mountain.

Jiang Ping'an limited sales of flying swords to Peng Qingyang and turned away other cultivators seeking weapons, while announcing plans for a Heaven's Mandate Garrison. He returned to consider how to refine swords more efficiently before training artifact refiners.

• Peng Qingyang bought twenty Geng Metal Flying Swords from Jiang Ping'an, received five free, and arranged to buy Mystic Iron Flying Swords later.
• Jiang Ping'an told Chen Pingzhi and two other cultivators that no flying swords would be available for at least two years and advised them to spend their Essence Stones on cultivation resources.
• When the cultivators asked to join the Heaven's Mandate Sect, Jiang Ping'an announced that he would establish a Heaven's Mandate Garrison and reveal its details within half a month.
• Chen Pingzhi informed the waiting crowd that flying swords were unavailable, and another cultivator shared the news about the planned garrison.
• Jiang Ping'an considered how to increase his sword-refining efficiency and decided to try using the panel.

Jiang Ping'an devised a faster Mystic Iron Flying Sword forging technique and organized recruitment for the Young Guards and Heaven's Mandate Garrison. He traveled to the Sunset Mountain Range seeking Earth Vein Core Fire, but accepted Swift Blaze True Fire from the Firehoof Primordial Wild Ox clan instead.

• Jiang Ping'an spent Proficiency Points to create and improve the Mystic Iron Flying Sword Forging Technique, learning to forge with high-temperature flame and spiritual power.
• Jiang Ping'an drafted rules for the Young Guards and Heaven's Mandate Garrison, and Zhang Zhe announced that recruitment would begin in one month.
• Jiang Ping'an flew to the Sunset Mountain Range and told the Firehoof Primordial Wild Oxen he wanted Earth Vein Core Fire.
• Niu Huosheng and the other Firehoof Primordial Wild Oxen begged Jiang Ping'an not to take the fire, warning that the volcano sustained their clan.
• Niu Huosheng offered Swift Blaze True Fire, Southern Li Fire, and Samadhi True Fire, and Jiang Ping'an confirmed that Swift Blaze True Fire could melt Mystic Iron.
• Jiang Ping'an accepted the Swift Blaze True Fire and agreed not to collect Earth Vein Core Fire.

Jiang Ping'an refined the Swift Blaze True Fire, tested its power by forging a faster, stronger Soulshock Flying Sword, and met with Qingqiu City’s envoy to negotiate a ban on trading Human Race slaves. He offered Qingqiu City thirty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in exchange for publicly prohibiting the trade.

• Jiang Ping'an used the power of his Divine Soul to refine the Swift Blaze True Fire and contain it in his Essence Sea.
• After leaving seclusion, Jiang Ping'an learned that Heavenly Foxes from Qingqiu City had waited to discuss the Human Race slave trade ban.
• Jiang Ping'an forged a Mystic Iron Flying Sword with the Swift Blaze True Fire and named the improved weapon the Soulshock Flying Sword.
• Jiang Ping'an met Hu Haoming and offered Qingqiu City thirty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to prohibit the trade of Human Race slaves.

Jiang Ping'an negotiated with Qingqiu City to ban human trafficking, then confronted Serpentfolk envoys from Million Mountains over their captive human population. He demanded the unconditional release of all humans and threatened to destroy the Serpentfolk if they refused.

• Jiang Ping'an refused Hu Haoming’s request to trade spirit stones for flying swords and bargained Qingqiu City’s proposed ban on human trafficking down to one hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an planned to use Qingqiu City’s ban to pressure other factions and races to stop selling humans, then cultivated and comprehended the Water Law.
• Zhang Zhe told Jiang Ping'an that Serpentfolk envoys from Million Mountains had arrived to discuss the humans they held captive.
• Huba Huo demanded two billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the release of roughly one hundred sixty thousand humans, and Jiang Ping'an rejected the demand.
• Jiang Ping'an demanded that Million Mountains unconditionally release all humans and offered three possible paths, including a future human attack or the Serpentfolk’s destruction within three years.