Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an rejected Huba Huo’s demand for payment to free the Human Race captives, then advanced his cultivation and crafted more than a thousand Thunderclap Flying Swords. After the rescued people reached Ping'an City, he rewarded Hu Yan'er and distributed flying swords to Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples.

• Jiang Ping'an refused to pay Huba Huo and demanded the Million Mountains release the Human Race captives unconditionally, so Huba Huo left without an agreement.
• Jiang Ping'an fully comprehended the Water Law, reached the fifth level of the Law Manifestation Realm, and crafted over a thousand Soulshock Flying Swords and over a thousand Thunderclap Flying Swords.
• Feng Yihuan brought the rescued people from Blackwater Lake to Ping'an City, where Jiang Ping'an ordered supplies and monthly Spirit Stone support for them.
• Jiang Ping'an rewarded Hu Yan'er with ten bottles of Great Demon Spirit Pills for her contribution to the attack on Blackwater Lake.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples Thunderclap Flying Swords and set an exchange price of three thousand sect contribution points for replacements.

Jiang Ping'an traveled from Ping'an City to Twin Continent to investigate Lan Yu's disappearance and gather information at Zhong Sheng Temple. After reaching Rama City in disguise, he witnessed the suffering and fervent devotion of pilgrims under the temple's influence.

• Jiang Ping'an organized the Young Guards and Heaven's Mandate Garrison, then announced a ban on Human Race trading and offered to redeem enslaved people.
• Jiang Ping'an negotiated Million Mountains' release of more than 160,000 enslaved people, and Ping'an City's population grew beyond 500,000.
• Jiang Ping'an filled his Kidney Divine Treasury with Water Mana, comprehended the Wood Law using the Billion-Year Tree Heart, and left Ping'an City for Zhong Sheng Temple.
• Jiang Ping'an crossed Yunmeng Continent aboard a Top-Grade Treasure Ship, caught Silver Spirit Flying Fish, and enjoyed them as sashimi during the journey.
• Jiang Ping'an transformed into a Basha Mountain Giant Ape and reached Rama City, where he saw pilgrims pay to enter and some die when they could not afford the fee.
• Jiang Ping'an checked into the finest inn in Rama City, but the constant wooden fish and sutra chanting left him distracted and agitated.

Jiang Ping'an captured Jue Chen and forced him to lure his master Vojji out of Guangji Temple, then prepared an ambush along their route. When Vojji and Jue Chen arrived, Jiang Ping'an crushed their Top-Grade Treasure Ship with them caught inside.

• Jiang Ping'an learned that Vojji's dojo was at Guangji Temple on Maso Mountain and followed Jue Chen after he left the temple.
• Jiang Ping'an overpowered Jue Chen, seized a thread of origin from his life soul, and learned that Jue Chen was Vojji's disciple.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Jue Chen to lure Vojji to Great Wrath Mountain within a month, threatening him with death if he failed.
• Jiang Ping'an concealed himself near the route to Great Wrath Mountain and waited for Jue Chen to bring Vojji past.
• Jiang Ping'an transformed into a giant ape and crushed Vojji and Jue Chen's Top-Grade Treasure Ship against his chest.

Jiang Ping'an tortured Fu Ji for Lan Yu's whereabouts, learned that she had fled into the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone, and killed him before escaping the pursuing Bodhisattvas. He reached Yunmeng Continent but was ambushed by a Golden-Winged Peng Demon Emperor and another attacker, leaving him flying through mountain peaks.

• Jue Chen created an opening for Fu Ji to escape Jiang Ping'an's embrace, but Jiang Ping'an struck Fu Ji down and then sent Jue Chen flying.
• Jiang Ping'an crushed Fu Ji's Bodhisattva Golden Body and questioned him, learning that Lan Yu had fled into the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone.
• Jiang Ping'an killed Fu Ji with the Dragon Abyss Halberd and fled the Bodhisattvas Hui Hai and another Bodhisattva using Void Escape and Kuafu Sun Chasing.
• A Golden-Winged Peng Demon Emperor pursued Jiang Ping'an as he fled tens of thousands of li toward Yunmeng Continent.
• Near Yunmeng Continent, a Purple-Gold Alms Bowl tried to capture Jiang Ping'an, but he hurled it into a mountain before a golden palm struck him through several mountain peaks.

Jiang Ping'an fought his way past Sage Yoke Bodhisattva and the Golden-Winged Peng, then endured the Karma Cleansing Skyfire long enough to escape into Yunmeng Continent. Still burning and pursued by the flames, he ran into the sea of clouds and collapsed unconscious in a lake.

• Jiang Ping'an used his spells and Dharma Manifestation to fend off Sage Yoke Bodhisattva and the Golden-Winged Peng while trying to flee toward Yunmeng Continent.
• Jiang Ping'an pierced Sage Yoke Bodhisattva's Tathagata Palm, but Sage Yoke struck him with Karma Cleansing Skyfire, which burned him from within.
• Jiang Ping'an endured the skyfire and used Silent Winter Night to freeze the Golden-Winged Peng to death while the Bodhisattvas were immobilized by the cold and despair.
• Jiang Ping'an escaped into Yunmeng Continent, but the Karma Cleansing Skyfire flared stronger after he withdrew his Sacred Body: Law, Heaven, and Earth ability.
• Jiang Ping'an ran deeper into the clouds as creatures that touched the flames burned to ashes, then plunged into a lake and lost consciousness.

Jiang Ping'an woke after the Karma Cleansing Skyfire burned away his karma and left him gravely weakened, then faced powerful creatures seeking the flames. Palace Master Yunshui, Lin Qiushui, brought him to Yunshui Palace, where he was welcomed as a guest despite the palace’s ban on men.

• Jiang Ping'an woke on a mudflat among the ashes of creatures burned by his Karma Cleansing Skyfire and reclaimed the flames into his palms.
• A crowd of powerful creatures gathered to seize the flames, and Jiang Ping'an revealed them while challenging anyone to take them.
• Palace Master Yunshui tried to carry Jiang Ping'an away, and he used the Magnetic Jade Bottle to strike down two attackers and help them escape.
• Palace Master Yunshui brought Jiang Ping'an to Yunshui Palace and introduced herself as Lin Qiushui.
• Jiang Ping'an was shown to a guest room by three female disciples, who watched him with fascination.

Jiang Ping'an recovered after gaining the Karma Cleansing Skyfire and learned that it was a powerful Divine Fire refined by Zhong Sheng Temple. Palace Master Yunshui asked him to use it to treat her poisoned master, and he agreed to stay while they tested whether he could withdraw the fire from another body.

• Jiang Ping'an discovered that the Karma Cleansing Skyfire had purified his body, then tested it on black iron and found it barely heated the metal.
• A Yunshui Palace female disciple sneaked into Jiang Ping'an's room and offered to warm his bed, but he refused and let her hide beneath the bed when another disciple came to his door.
• Palace Master Yunshui explained that Zhong Sheng Temple had refined the Karma Cleansing Skyfire and that Sage Yoke Bodhisattva was the only person she knew who could wield it.
• Palace Master Yunshui asked Jiang Ping'an to use the fire to burn the poison afflicting her master, and Jiang Ping'an agreed to help if he could first confirm that he could retrieve it from another body.
• Palace Master Yunshui asked Jiang Ping'an to remain at Yunshui Palace while they tested the fire on demon beasts.

Jiang Ping'an tested his Karma Cleansing Skyfire on spirit beasts and proved he could draw the flames from the surviving Black Tortoise Demon King, though the process caused him immense pain. Yunshui Palace's Palace Master brought him to the Spirit Jade Spring to recover, where he began absorbing its primal energy.

• Jiang Ping'an burned several spirit beasts to ashes with the Karma Cleansing Skyfire, while the fourth-rank beast lasted slightly longer.
• Jiang Ping'an drew the karmic flames from the Black Tortoise Demon King, endured them burning through his body, and extinguished them without killing the demon king.
• Jiang Ping'an burned away the flames within himself and discovered that the female disciples of Yunshui Palace had watched him naked; he put on clothes.
• Palace Master Yunshui concluded that Jiang Ping'an could remove her Master's poison and offered him the Spirit Jade Spring to ease his pain and restore his mana.
• Palace Master Yunshui took Jiang Ping'an to Jade Serenity Hall, and after she left, he entered the spring and began refining its primal energy into mana.

Jiang Ping'an recovered his mana in Yunshui Palace and agreed to treat Palace Master Yunshui’s poisoned master, while Zhong Sheng Temple attacked the palace demanding his surrender. As the battle shook Yunshui Palace, Jiang Ping'an entered the pool to begin treating the Serpent Woman, and Palace Master Yunshui rushed away to face the crisis.

• Palace Master Yunshui explained that she planned to use Karma Cleansing Skyfire to remove her master’s poison, while the Serpent Woman pleaded for a man and accepted the dangerous treatment.
• Jiang Ping'an left the Spirit Jade Spring, refused Palace Master Yunshui’s offered spirit stones, and rejected the Black Tortoise Demon King’s request to become his follower.
• Jiang Ping'an used Top-Grade Spirit Stones and a Billion-Year Tree Heart to restore his mana, discovering that the Karma Cleansing Skyfire had improved his cultivation speed and purified his mana.
• Sage Yoke Bodhisattva, Hui Hai Bodhisattva, and another Bodhisattva demanded that Palace Master Yunshui hand over Jiang Ping'an; she refused and activated Yunshui Palace’s defenses.
• Jiang Ping'an accepted the Black Tortoise Demon King as his subordinate after it surrendered its life soul, and it introduced itself as Gui Henian.
• Palace Master Yunshui brought Jiang Ping'an to the Serpent Woman, whose excitement at seeing him gave way to alarm as attacks shook Yunshui Palace; Jiang Ping'an entered the pool to treat her while Palace Master Yunshui hurried away.

Jiang Ping'an used Karma Cleansing Skyfire to burn away part of Lin Zihan's poison, then endured her sudden advances after taking her karmic fire into himself. He could not leave Yunshui Palace, whose trembling and widening cracks left him uneasy.

• Palace Master Yunshui's master tried to embrace Jiang Ping'an, but he used Karma Cleansing Skyfire to begin purging the poison in her body.
• Lin Zihan endured the fire until her strength faltered, and Jiang Ping'an drew out her karmic fire and bore its agony himself.
• After the fire was extinguished, Lin Zihan briefly lost control and attacked Jiang Ping'an, but he pushed her away and restored her reason with the Summoning Command Spell.
• Lin Zihan said the fire had burned away about one-third of the poison, and Jiang Ping'an prepared to help her purge it again after she recovered.
• Jiang Ping'an found that the Violet Lightning Barrier prevented him from leaving, so he rested by the pool as Yunshui Palace shook and golden cracks appeared overhead.

Lin Zihan and Jiang Ping'an escaped Yunshui Palace through its Secret Passage after Zhong Sheng Temple attacked, then traveled toward Celestial City so Lin Zihan could continue removing her poison. The poison worsened during their journey, and the chapter ended as Lin Zihan prepared to endure the Karma Cleansing Skyfire again in a hidden cavern.

• Palace Master Yunshui told Lin Zihan that Zhong Sheng Temple was attacking Yunshui Palace and demanded Jiang Ping'an, so Lin Zihan chose to leave with him through the Secret Passage.
• Lin Zihan and Jiang Ping'an used Yunshui Palace's one-way teleportation array to escape three thousand li away, then agreed to travel to Celestial City.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan boarded a Top-Grade Treasure Ship and traveled for more than ten days while recovering their mana.
• Lin Zihan lost control under the poison's influence and restrained Jiang Ping'an, but he invoked the Karma Cleansing Skyfire and she regained her senses.
• Lin Zihan said the poison was making it harder to recover her mana, so Jiang Ping'an found a concealed mountain cavern where they could continue removing it.
• Lin Zihan restored her enormous true form, removed her clothes, and told Jiang Ping'an to begin the poison removal.

Jiang Ping'an turned the karmic fire he endured while helping Lin Zihan remove her poison into fire magical power, easing his suffering and strengthening his Karma Cleansing Skyfire. After Lin Zihan recovered, they headed to Black Peak Mountain, where she planned to confront the Black Cipher Society and take Essence Stones.

• Jiang Ping'an postponed Lin Zihan's poison extraction to comprehend the law of fire, then fully mastered it and advanced to the seventh level of the Law Manifestation Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an drew karmic fire from Lin Zihan, refined it into fire magical power, and reduced her remaining poison to less than twenty percent.
• Lin Zihan recovered and told Jiang Ping'an that her legs could not be restored; she then asked to visit Black Peak Mountain for Essence Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan traveled toward Black Peak Mountain, where Lin Zihan explained that the Black Cipher Society controlled a mine worked by Human Race slaves and had helped ambush her.
• Lin Zihan went to confront the Black Cipher Society while Jiang Ping'an stayed behind to recover his magical power.

Jiang Ping'an helped Lin Zihan remove most of the deadly poison, and she proposed dual cultivation as a way to eliminate the last trace in exchange for helping him comprehend the Law of Yin. They sneaked into Celestial Continent, reached Mushen City, and Jiang Ping'an agreed to refine Nine Yin Profound Water Pills for Lin Zihan.

• Lin Zihan returned from Black Peak Mountain and gave Jiang Ping'an more than two hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to restore his spiritual power.
• Jiang Ping'an performed a third round of poison removal, after which Lin Zihan said only a tiny trace remained and she could suppress it.
• Lin Zihan proposed losing her virginity to remove or transfer the last trace of poison, and Jiang Ping'an agreed to consider dual cultivation if she helped him comprehend the Law of Yin.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan refused to buy Ascension Jade Tokens, sneaked into Celestial Continent, and traveled to Mushen City in the Fourth Ring.
• Jiang Ping'an bought large quantities of alchemy materials, and Lin Zihan asked him to refine Nine Yin Profound Water Pills from her recipe.

Jiang Ping'an learned three powerful techniques, refined pills for Lin Zihan, and reached the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone while searching for Lan Yu. After testing Karma Cleansing Skyfire against the forbidden zone’s demon birds, he chose to return to Ping'an City before attempting a rescue.

• Jiang Ping'an bought two Earth-Rank spells and an Earth-Rank fist technique, then used Proficiency Points to raise them to Heaven Rank.
• Jiang Ping'an refined pills for ten days, producing twenty-three perfect quality Nine Yin Profound Water Pills for Lin Zihan, who agreed to pay him later.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan arrived near the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone, where he insisted that Lan Yu might still be alive and said he would save her after becoming stronger.
• A swarm of demon birds emerged from the forbidden zone, and Jiang Ping'an burned about a third of them with Karma Cleansing Skyfire.
• Jiang Ping'an decided not to enter the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone yet and headed with Lin Zihan toward Ping'an City in Azure Treasure Continent.

After returning to Ping'an City under the alias Ye Chenzhou, Jiang Ping'an reviewed his disciples’ progress and heard reports on the city’s growth. He ordered generous childbirth rewards to boost the population, and Ping'an City's residents celebrated after Zhang Zhe publicly confirmed the policy required no repayment.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ye Manor with Lin Zihan, introduced her to his disciples and attendants, and heard reports on their cultivation, including Ye Tieshi and Shen Shui'er entering the Divine Treasury Realm.
• Zhang Zhe reported that Ping'an City was three-quarters rebuilt, its population had exceeded seven hundred thousand, and more than one hundred thousand people had been redeemed during Jiang Ping'an's seclusion.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered childbirth rewards for newborns and children born in the previous three years, set a goal of raising Ping'an City's population above ten million, and threatened severe punishment for anyone who withheld the aid.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Zhou Yuanyao a defensive Spirit Artifact and promoted her to Garrison Commander; he also ordered the Heaven's Mandate Garrison and Young Guards to recruit three thousand members each.
• Zhang Zhe announced the childbirth rewards, then explained at Ping'an Square that recipients would owe nothing; the residents welcomed the policy with excitement and gratitude toward Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an bought cultivation manuals, trained his disciples, and helped Lin Zihan find a suitable place to cultivate while advancing his own mastery of the laws. He left off tending to cultivation after three Jiaolong hatched, bonded with him, and became his Pet Beasts.

• Jiang Ping'an bought more than three thousand cultivation manuals from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and selected spells and martial skills for his disciples.
• Jiang Ping'an passed arts to Ye Tieshi and Shen Shui'er, catalogued the manuals for the sect, and took in two Art of Crafting disciples while Liu Xixu chose two formation disciples.
• Lin Zihan told Jiang Ping'an she planned to leave Ping'an City, and he suggested Sky Lake Mountain, where she later settled to cultivate.
• Jiang Ping'an perfected the five elements, comprehended the Law of Yang, and began refining his spiritual power into yang spiritual power.
• Jiang Ping'an gave essence blood to three Jiaolong Eggs, and Black Gold, Platinum, and Side Hustle hatched and bonded with him.
• Jiang Ping'an fed the three young jiaolong a fifth-rank Jiaolong Core, entrusted them to Ye Shisen, and returned to cultivating.

Jiang Ping'an brought Palace Master Yunshui to Sky Lake Mountain, where she reunited with Lin Zihan and revealed that Zhong Sheng Temple had nearly destroyed Yunshui Palace. Lin Zihan welcomed the surviving disciples into her Crystal Palace, while Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City to refine more Nine Yin Profound Water Pills.

• Jiang Ping'an met Palace Master Yunshui outside Ping'an City and learned that she had come seeking Lin Zihan, whom he had taken to Sky Lake Mountain.
• Gui Henian arrived to pledge himself to Jiang Ping'an, who sent him to the Black Abyss River to protect nearby humans from powerful Water Tribe members.
• Jiang Ping'an led Palace Master Yunshui and her disciples to Sky Lake Mountain, where Palace Master Yunshui reunited with Lin Zihan and told her Zhong Sheng Temple had slaughtered nearly all of Yunshui Palace.
• Lin Zihan comforted Palace Master Yunshui, vowed to make Zhong Sheng Temple pay, and invited the survivors to settle in the Crystal Palace beneath Sky Lake.
• Jiang Ping'an declined Palace Master Yunshui's offer of Spirit Stones for now and promised Lin Zihan he would bring her two more batches of Nine Yin Profound Water Pills in half a month.
• After returning to Ping'an City, Jiang Ping'an started refining a batch of Nine Yin Profound Water Pills and cultivated his mana while the Creation Furnace worked.

Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan dual cultivated, allowing him to comprehend the law of yin while weakening her poison, then he completed his Law Manifestation Realm cultivation and prepared to undergo a tribulation at sea. He left Ping'an City under the guise of secluded cultivation and met Lin Zihan, who had arranged to accompany him as he advanced toward the Dao Inquiry Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Lin Zihan three bottles of Nine Yin Profound Water Pills and agreed to dual cultivate with her, hoping to help remove her poison and comprehend the law of yin.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lin Zihan dual cultivated for three days and nights; he comprehended the law of yin and burned away the poison that transferred into him, while Lin Zihan's remaining poison weakened.
• Jiang Ping'an cultivated until his yin and yang powers balanced, completing the Law Manifestation Realm, then used one billion Proficiency Points to comprehend Volume Seven of the Dao Scripture and learned that the next realm required a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Jiang Ping'an chose the Primal Chaos Body Path and arranged for his departure to be disguised as secluded cultivation before quietly leaving Ping'an City for the ocean.
• Jiang Ping'an contacted Lin Zihan, who joined him aboard his treasure ship and confirmed that she had settled things with Lin Qiushui and was ready to accompany him during the tribulation.

Jiang Ping'an completed his breakthrough to the Dao Inquiry Realm by enduring lightning, fire, and wind tribulations, then set out for the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone to rescue Lan Yu. After parting with Lin Zihan, he overcame a giant whale attack and entered the forbidden zone.

• Jiang Ping'an began his breakthrough on a remote island, and his Law Manifestation merged into his body as the Heavenly Tribulation formed.
• Jiang Ping'an endured Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, Violet Meteor Skyfire, and Gale Wind, merging his mana and vitality as he advanced to the Dao Inquiry Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an thanked Lin Zihan for standing guard and left her to return to Azure Treasure Continent while he continued toward the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone.
• Jiang Ping'an reached the waters near the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone, escaped a giant whale that swallowed his ship, and burned it with Karma Cleansing Skyfire.
• Jiang Ping'an avoided flocks of ominous birds and landed inside the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone.

Jiang Ping'an entered the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone to search for Lan Yu, discovered that its boundary trapped those who tried to fly out, and escaped using his Kuafu Sun Chasing divine ability. He fought and destroyed evil dragons within the zone, then continued deeper to find Lan Yu.

• Jiang Ping'an found that his Spiritual Sense was suppressed inside the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone and that he could not fly across its boundary, even through the void.
• Jiang Ping'an used Kuafu Sun Chasing to cross the boundary, then circled the zone by ship and reentered near the direction Lan Yu had likely fled.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye to search for Lan Yu, but a colossal black-scaled dragon attacked him.
• Jiang Ping'an pierced the dragon’s tail and shattered its head with the Heaven Piercing Fist, then burned its body and soul with Karma Cleansing Skyfire.
• Jiang Ping'an collected the enlarged wisp of Karma Cleansing Skyfire and destroyed the evil dragon hatchlings that surrounded him.
• Jiang Ping'an continued deeper into the Dragonfall Forbidden Zone in search of Lan Yu.