Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an and the Human Race forces annihilated Qingqiu City's army without losing a single cultivator, while the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess escaped to report the defeat. The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan Chief sent Yu Shan to verify the news and learned that Qingqiu City had lost much of its strength and core elites.

• Falling boulders crushed many of Qingqiu City's troops and killed or injured several Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Demon Emperors.
• Jiang Ping'an killed one wounded Demon Emperor, helped his allies defeat the others, and spared the fleeing Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess.
• Jiang Ping'an used Jade Transformation Divine Light and Burning Essence Sword Qi against Qingqiu City's surviving soldiers as Ping'an City's cultivators joined the battle.
• The Human Race annihilated Qingqiu City's army without suffering casualties, and Jiang Ping'an began refining the demon corpses into pills.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess told her father the army had been annihilated, and the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan Chief sent Yu Shan to investigate.
• Yu Shan returned with reports of Fox Race corpses and missing commanders, confirming that Qingqiu City had lost forty to fifty percent of its strength and sixty percent of its core elites.

After Qingqiu City’s army was destroyed at Ping'an City, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan debated revenge and tried unsuccessfully to summon its Old Ancestor. They decided to send the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and Hu Yan'er to negotiate, while Jiang Ping'an secured Ping'an City and counted the immense spoils.

• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan Chief gathered the elders and Supreme Elders, and Yu Shan confirmed that Qingqiu City’s army had been wiped out.
• The clan voted to ask the Old Ancestor to destroy Ping'an City, but received no response from his cave abode and suspected he was away.
• The elders chose the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and Hu Yan'er to negotiate for the eight Spirit Treasures and a share of the Spirit Stone Mine, while the Third Supreme Elder accused the Princess of colluding with Ye Chenzhou.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan Chief ordered the Princess to prepare for negotiations, and she reluctantly accepted the pressure to prove her loyalty.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Ping'an City’s people to stay inside and sent scouts toward Qingqiu City to watch for another attack.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the captured foxes into Spirit Pills and tallied spoils worth over 2.3 billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones, including eight Spirit Treasures and many other items.

Jiang Ping'an distributed battle rewards, refined the spoils, and honored the allies who had defended Ping'an City. A month later, Princess Yunhua and Hu Yan'er arrived to negotiate for Qingqiu City, leaving Jiang Ping'an to receive them at Midday Sun Pavilion.

• Jiang Ping'an awarded Spirit Treasures, Spirit Artifacts, stones, and pills to Lin Zihan, Palace Master Yunshui, Lan Yu, and Zhu Yan.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhang Zhe, Jiang Yushun, and Feng Yihuan to distribute rewards to Ping'an City's defenders, raising the city's morale.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the demon beast corpses, placed most of the Spirit Pills and Spirit Artifacts in the Heaven's Mandate Sect treasury, and cremated the humanoid Foreign Races.
• Jiang Ping'an rewarded Gui Henian, Black Gold, Platinum, and Side Hustle for joining Ping'an City's defense, and promised Gui Henian a monthly allowance.
• A month later, Zhang Zhe reported that Princess Yunhua and Hu Yan'er had come to negotiate for Qingqiu City, and Jiang Ping'an invited them to Midday Sun Pavilion.
• Princess Yunhua greeted Jiang Ping'an in human form, and Hu Yan'er assured him that Qingqiu City had not mistreated her.

Jiang Ping'an rejected Qingqiu City's demands, used prolonged negotiations to buy time to build the Heavenly Citadel Saint Formation, and later faced the Third Supreme Elder when she came to pressure him. As she attacked, Jiang Ping'an evaded her strike and counterattacked through her ship's barrier.

• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and Hu Yan'er demanded Qingqiu City's terms, but Jiang Ping'an refused them and later asked Lin Zihan to assess Qingqiu City's intentions.
• Lin Zihan advised Jiang Ping'an to judge Qingqiu City by its actions, and he ordered Liu Xixu, Li Chengfeng, and Zhu Yan to resume building the Heavenly Citadel Saint Formation at the Spirit Stone Mine.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and Hu Yan'er returned for repeated negotiations, which Jiang Ping'an used to stall for more than a year while pretending to consider returning a Spirit Treasure.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Third Supreme Elder arrived with three Top-Grade Treasure Ships to pressure Jiang Ping'an, who decided to kill her and flew out to meet her.
• The Third Supreme Elder launched her inner core at Jiang Ping'an, but he used Void Escape to dodge and struck her ship's defensive barrier with the Dragon Abyss Halberd.

Jiang Ping'an fought the Celestial Fox Third Elder, endured its attacks, and killed it after crushing it with the Hou Tu Suppressing God Art. He spared the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess, Hu Yan'er, and the other foxes, but barred the princess from taking the elder’s corpse.

• The Celestial Fox Third Elder attacked Jiang Ping'an with its nine tails and Spirit Treasure flying sword, but Jiang Ping'an blocked the sword and endured its lightning strikes.
• Jiang Ping'an seized one of the elder’s tails and slammed it into the ground, while Lin Zihan arrived and struck at the fox’s tails.
• The Celestial Fox Third Elder severed the tail Jiang Ping'an held and fled, but Jiang Ping'an used the Hou Tu Suppressing God Art to force it into a deep pit.
• The elder’s golden bell fell under the immense gravity and smashed its head, killing it, and Jiang Ping'an collected the bell.
• Jiang Ping'an spared the injured Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess, Hu Yan'er, and the other foxes, then stopped the princess from collecting the elder’s corpse.

Jiang Ping'an refined the Celestial Fox Third Elder’s treasures while Qingqiu City debated how to respond to the elder’s death. He rejected the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess’s peace terms, leaving negotiations unresolved as Ping'an City prepared for a possible future threat.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, ordered Zhang Zhe, Jiang Yushun, and Feng Yihuan to prepare for retaliation, and refined the Great Geng Metal Bell and Azure Nether Sword.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan Chief learned that Jiang Ping'an had killed the Third Supreme Elder and summoned the Heavenly Fox Race’s leaders to discuss a response.
• The Heavenly Fox Race’s leaders chose to pursue negotiations and seek compensation while postponing revenge until their Old Ancestor emerged from seclusion.
• After guarding Ping'an City for more than two months, Jiang Ping'an received the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess, who told him Hu Yan'er had been imprisoned.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess demanded the Third Supreme Elder’s remains and treasures, three more Spirit Treasures, and twenty percent of the Spirit Stone Mine’s profits, but Jiang Ping'an refused and the negotiations ended unresolved.

Jiang Ping'an learned that Pudu Mountain’s rebellion had brought Great Qian Kingdom to the brink of collapse and decided to return to protect his Mother. Before leaving, he ordered Zhang Zhe to reveal Ping'an City’s Saint-rank formation and demand a serious negotiator from Qingqiu City.

• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Clan Chief imprisoned the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Princess and forced the Fifteenth Elder to negotiate with Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Zhang Zhe to stall the talks, and the Heavenly Citadel Saint Formation was completed while the Spirit Stone Mine began operating.
• Shen Wantang told Jiang Ping'an that Pudu Mountain had allied with the Rakshasa Race and demonic beasts, and that Great Qian Kingdom was suffering devastating defeats.
• Jiang Ping'an worried that his Mother would be caught in the rebellion and decided to return to Great Qian Kingdom as quickly as possible.
• Zhang Zhe reported Qingqiu City's demands, and Jiang Ping'an ordered him to announce the Saint-rank formation and request a negotiator with real authority.

Jiang Ping'an arranged for Myriad Treasures Pavilion to broker a flying-sword deal with the Great Qian Kingdom in exchange for cultivation resources and talented people. He also asked Liu Xixu to build an emergency teleportation formation and help create an electromagnetic cannon for attacking Pudu Mountain.

• Jiang Ping'an offered to sell at least ten thousand flying swords to the Great Qian Kingdom in exchange for manuals, other resources, and talented people for Ping'an City.
• Shen Wantang agreed that Myriad Treasures Pavilion would broker the deal and arrange long-term purchases of flying swords, provided they were not sold to foreign races.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Liu Xixu and asked her to build a teleportation formation between Ping'an City and the Spirit Stone Mine for emergencies.
• Liu Xixu agreed to construct the formation, which would send people beside the Heavenly Citadel Saint Formation rather than inside it.
• Jiang Ping'an explained his electromagnetic cannon concept to Liu Xixu and asked her to help refine the new magic treasure for an attack on Pudu Mountain.

Jiang Ping'an and Liu Xixu tested the first Array Cannon, which damaged a distant mountain but had limited power and accuracy. They discussed changes to improve it, and Liu Xixu agreed to continue experimenting.

• Jiang Ping'an asked Liu Xixu to refine an Array Cannon, and the two shared an affectionate moment.
• Three Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox demon emperors attacked the Spirit Stone Mine, but its defensive formation held and they soon fled.
• Jiang Ping'an told Li Chengfeng and Zhu Yan that the attack was Qingqiu City's test and ordered them to continue as usual.
• Liu Xixu brought the completed Array Cannon to Jiang Ping'an, and they tested it from a mountaintop outside Ping'an City.
• The Array Cannon fired an iron ball that shattered part of a distant mountain, but Liu Xixu judged its power and accuracy inadequate.
• Jiang Ping'an proposed a longer, wider barrel, Mystic Iron Balls, a sectional barrel, and mana activation, and Liu Xixu agreed to further experimentation.

Jiang Ping'an met the Lord of Qingqiu City at Mount Cangyun, but rejected nearly all of Qingqiu City’s demands and the negotiations broke down. He returned to Ping'an City reassured that the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Ancestor could not currently intervene, while recognizing that he needed to grow stronger before it could act again.

• Zhang Zhe delivered Qingqiu City’s negotiation terms, and Jiang Ping'an scheduled a meeting for noon five days later.
• Jiang Ping'an traveled to Mount Cangyun with Lan Yu and Zhu Yan, who reported that five Nine-Tailed Celestial Foxes were present and no ambush was waiting.
• Jiang Ping'an met Princess Yunhua, the Lord of Qingqiu City, and three Demon Emperor Supreme Elders, then offered to return their spatial beast-hide pouches but refused the remaining demands.
• The Lord of Qingqiu City angrily left when Jiang Ping'an rejected the terms and threatened to counterattack, and Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City.
• Jiang Ping'an told Lan Yu that he believed the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Ancestor was absent or unable to act, but that he needed to strengthen himself before it could return.

Ji Zongze, Ji Tianyi, and the Seventh Prince arrived in Ping'an City to inspect Jiang Ping'an’s Thunderclap and Soulshock Flying Swords, which Great Qian urgently needed. After confirming how to use them, they prepared to test their power outside the city with help from Young Guards Disciples.

• Ji Zongze, Ji Tianyi, and Ji Baidao arrived at Ping'an City's gates and waited while Feng Yihuan reported their visit to Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an and Shen Wantang welcomed the Ji Imperial Clan members into the city, and Ji Zongze introduced Ji Tianyi and Ji Baidao.
• Jiang Ping'an presented the Thunderclap Flying Sword and Soulshock Flying Sword, and Ji Zongze and Ji Tianyi examined them and practiced controlling them.
• Ji Zongze asked to test the flying swords against demonic beasts, and Jiang Ping'an summoned two Primordial Sea Realm and two Tempering Realm Young Guards Disciples to assist.
• Jiang Ping'an introduced the four disciples, and Zhong Wending prepared to escort them and the Ji Imperial Clan members outside the city for the test.

Jiang Ping'an completed a major exchange with Great Qian Kingdom, trading eighteen thousand flying swords for secret manuals and a Heaven-Rank spell. After selling more swords to Shen Wantang, he learned the Hundred Tribulation Divine Thunder Incantation and advanced Falling Cloud Palm into Falling God Palm.

• Ji Zongze praised the flying swords after seeing them defeat powerful demonic beasts, then agreed to buy one thousand Thunderclap Flying Swords and seventeen thousand Soulshock Flying Swords for Great Qian Kingdom.
• Ji Zongze exchanged high-grade secret manuals, including the Heaven-Rank Hundred Tribulation Divine Thunder Incantation, for the eighteen thousand swords, and thanked Jiang Ping'an on behalf of Great Qian Kingdom.
• Jiang Ping'an escorted Ji Zongze, Ji Tianyi, and the Seventh Prince out of Ping'an City as they departed for Great Qian Kingdom on the Golden-Winged Peng.
• Jiang Ping'an sold Shen Wantang twenty Thunderclap Flying Swords and one hundred eighty Soulshock Flying Swords for one hundred twenty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an stored most of the secret manuals in Heaven's Mandate Sect's repository, then comprehended the Hundred Tribulation Divine Thunder Incantation and developed Falling Cloud Palm into Falling God Palm.

Liu Xixu tested her improved Array Cannon with Jiang Ping'an, whose destructive power impressed him and inspired her to refine it further. After learning its forging method, Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to comprehend the more powerful Saint-Slaying Cannon and began forging an Array Cannon.

• Liu Xixu brought Jiang Ping'an her improved Array Cannon, which used an Essence-Devouring Array and a pointed Mystic Iron cannonball with a Geng Metal tip.
• Jiang Ping'an and Liu Xixu tested the cannon, and it destroyed the upper half of a mountain more than thirty li away.
• Jiang Ping'an praised Liu Xixu and urged her to keep the weapon secret, while she proposed using it against Qingqiu City after further improvements.
• Two days later, Liu Xixu gave Jiang Ping'an the Array Cannon forging method, and he used Proficiency Points to comprehend it and the Saint-Slaying Cannon method.
• Jiang Ping'an began forging an Array Cannon himself.

Ji Wushuang received flying swords from Ji Tianyi and used them to repel the Rakshasa Army at Zhuxian Town. After the Human Race army won a decisive victory, Ji Wushuang believed the Rakshasa Race would not invade Great Qian Kingdom for at least thirty years.

• Ji Wushuang told Nangong You Rong to flee if Zhuxian Town fell, while he planned to risk his life against the Rakshasa Army.
• Ji Tianyi arrived with a Cosmos Sack containing five thousand flying swords and a sword-control art, and instructed Ji Wushuang to use them against the Rakshasa Army.
• Ji Wushuang quickly learned the sword-control art and tested a Thunderclap Flying Sword.
• When the Rakshasa Army attacked Zhuxian Town, Ji Wushuang sent three thousand flying swords against the Flying Rakshasa and ground forces, killing many and frightening the Rakshasa Kings into retreat.
• Ji Wushuang led the Human Race army in pursuit, then withdrew after the flying swords helped kill more than one hundred and eighty thousand Rakshasa.

Jiang Ping'an returned to the Great Qian Kingdom and fired the newly forged Saint-Slaying Cannon at Pudu Mountain from five thousand li away. The first shell injured the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, and another was already descending as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Ping'an left Ping'an City with the flying swords he had reserved for the Great Qian Kingdom and traveled back toward the border.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that the Great Qian Army had pushed back the Pudu Mountain Rebels and that the Rakshasa Army could not support them.
• Jiang Ping'an assembled the Saint-Slaying Cannon on a mountain five thousand li from Pudu Mountain and fired four shells before storing the cannon away.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord caught the first shell with his palm, but its explosion injured him as he calmed the frightened monks and believers.
• A second shell descended toward Pudu Mountain before thirty breaths had passed.

Jiang Ping'an’s cannon attacks crippled the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord and damaged a Sacred Buddhist Treasure, while the devastation weakened believers’ faith and the rebels’ morale. After waiting seven or eight days, Jiang Ping'an fired another cannonball, and Yuanjue pursued the attack’s source, leaving Jiang Ping'an discovered.

• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord blocked two more Mystic Iron Cannonballs, suffering injuries to both hands and his Sacred Buddhist Treasure as the blasts devastated the mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an watched from afar and concluded that the attacks had harmed the Buddha Lord, then withdrew with two cannonballs still in reserve.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord ordered Yuanjue and Yuankong to guard the skies and sent eight Golden Arhats to comfort the injured and frightened.
• Pilgrims fled Pudu Mountain, and reports of the attacks weakened believers’ faith and began to damage the Pudu Mountain Rebels’ morale.
• After waiting seven or eight days, Jiang Ping'an fired another Mystic Iron Cannonball at night, and Yuanjue pursued its source.
• Jiang Ping'an sensed Yuanjue’s Spiritual Sense sweeping toward him and realized he had been discovered.

Jiang Ping'an killed Yuanjue with the Mystic Abyss Return to Ruin Great Whirlpool Curse, then escaped with the Saint-Slaying Cannon and Yuanjue's treasures. The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord reached the battlefield too late and blamed the Saints and Zhang Daoran for the killing.

• Jiang Ping'an charged Yuanjue and used the Azure Nether Sword and Mystic Abyss Return to Ruin Great Whirlpool Curse while Yuanjue attacked him with the Demon Subduing Vajra.
• Jiang Ping'an resisted the Demon Subduing Vajra, trapped Yuanjue in the spiritual-water vortex, and crushed his body and Divine Soul.
• Jiang Ping'an collected the Azure Nether Sword and Yuanjue's two Spirit Treasures, stored the Saint-Slaying Cannon in the Creation Furnace, and fled.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord diverted an Extraterrestrial Fallen Star, sensed Yuanjue's aura vanish, and intercepted another falling cannonball before rushing to the battlefield.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord found no trace of Yuanjue and angrily accused the Black Emperor and Zhang Daoran, unaware that Jiang Ping'an had killed Yuanjue.

After the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord blamed a Saint or Demon Emperor for the attack and Yuanjue’s death, Jiang Ping'an recovered his strength and headed to the Black Mist Mountains to unleash the great evil sealed there against Pudu Mountain. The black mist engulfed him, and a mysterious woman warned that a Demon Emperor was waiting.

• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord told Bodhisattva Yuankong and the eight Golden Arhats that the Extraterrestrial Fallen Star was forged and Yuanjue had been killed, then ordered Yuankong to announce the attack.
• Yuankong informed Pudu Mountain’s disciples that a Saint or Demon Emperor had attacked, while news of Mugu City’s destruction spread and shook disciples from the city.
• Jiang Ping'an realized he could sacrifice the Purple-Gold Brocade Kasaya and Demon Subduing Vajra to create an Emperor Weapon Phantom, then restored his mana for more than a month.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that Pudu Mountain’s rebels had been pushed back and decided to destabilize their rear by releasing the great evil sealed in the Black Mist Mountains.
• Jiang Ping'an flew deep into the Black Mist Mountains, where the black mist surged around him and a woman warned that a Demon Emperor was lying in wait.

Jiang Ping'an escaped the Black Mist Mountains after Qiongqi discovered and attacked him, but the Demon Emperor and four Saints, including the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, pursued him. He reached the sea and used Void Escape to flee beneath the ocean, while his pursuers arrived too late to stop him.

• Jiang Ping'an left the Black Mist Mountains, but Qiongqi discovered him and pursued him with attacks that battered him despite his defenses.
• The great ferocious evil entity struck at Qiongqi with a hand of black mist, giving Jiang Ping'an time to escape as evil qi began eroding Qiongqi.
• The great ferocious evil entity announced that the Human Race Ancient Sacred Body had appeared, prompting four Saints and one Demon Emperor to hunt Jiang Ping'an.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord joined the pursuit, and Jiang Ping'an fled east toward the sea using his Heaven and Earth Avatar Realm and Kuafu Sun Chasing abilities.
• Jiang Ping'an plunged into the ocean, withdrew his giant form, and repeatedly used Void Escape to flee deep beneath the seabed as his five pursuers arrived above the waves.

Jiang Ping'an fled the Foreign Race Saints and Demon Emperor through the deep sea while the Black Emperor attacked Pudu Mountain to distract the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord. After Jiang Ping'an was detected near the surface, he escaped to an undersea mountain and carved out a hiding place inside Myriad Year Cold Iron.

• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord stayed behind as Landexiu and the other pursuers scattered to hunt Jiang Ping'an, while Demon Emperor Ying Zhao remained with him.
• The Black Emperor attacked Pudu Mountain, failed to break the main peak's barrier, then devoured the surrounding peaks before fleeing as the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord returned.
• Jiang Ping'an used Void Escape to travel over twenty thousand li beneath the sea, but a Foreign Race Saint detected him when he neared the surface.
• Landexiu alerted the other pursuers, who spread out from the location where Jiang Ping'an had surfaced.
• Jiang Ping'an found an undersea mountain and used Void Escape to reach its center, where he discovered Myriad Year Cold Iron and began widening a shelter with the Azure Nether Sword.