Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an reunited with his family at the Jiang Manor, then returned to Jade Capital City and joined Old Black and the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord to attack Pudu Mountain. The assault began with Jiang Ping'an’s Saint-Slaying Cannons while the Dao Lord fought the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, and another volley descended as the battle continued.

• Jiang Ping'an and Jiang Shuyue arrived at the Jiang Manor, where they reunited with Jiang Wen and their relatives after twenty years apart.
• Before leaving, Jiang Ping'an gave the Jiang Manor cultivation supplies and weapons, then brought Jiang Shuyue back to Jade Capital City and entrusted her to Princess Bailing.
• Jiang Ping'an, Old Black, and the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord flew to Pudu Mountain without asking Lin Zihan to join them.
• Jiang Ping'an positioned five Saint-Slaying Cannons on a mountain more than three hundred li away and fired three volleys toward Pudu Mountain.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord used his Tathagata Palm to knock away the first cannonballs while the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord pierced his palm and attacked his Buddha Light.
• The Buddha Lord threw a divine mountain at the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord as another five Mystic Iron Cannonballs fell toward Pudu Mountain.

Jiang Ping'an used the Saint-Slaying Cannons to draw the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord and two Zhong Sheng Temple Buddhas out of Pudu Mountain, then savagely overpowered the Buddha Lord in close combat. After tearing off one of his legs, Jiang Ping'an watched him regenerate it and retreat into the sky, where the Buddha Lord taunted him that his divine ability would soon end.

• Old Black and the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord fought Fang Tong and Fang Zheng while the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord charged Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an transformed with Law, Heaven, and Earth, caught the divine mountain, and hurled it back at the Buddha Lord before dragging him to the ground.
• Jiang Ping'an pummeled the Buddha Lord, buried his head in stone, and swung his body into mountains until Fang Zheng flew to intervene.
• Fang Zheng struck Jiang Ping'an with the Thousand Hand Buddha Palm, but Jiang Ping'an kept hold of the Buddha Lord and tore off one of his legs.
• The Buddha Lord regenerated his leg with Golden Body Nirvana, retreated into the sky, and warned Jiang Ping'an that his divine ability would not last much longer.

Jiang Ping'an drew the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord into attacking range by battering Pudu Mountain's main peak, then broke its defensive barrier with Old Black and the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord. After killing Xuan Shan and wounding Venerable Fang Zheng, he faced the Buddhist leaders as the battle continued.

• Jiang Ping'an struck Venerable Fang Zheng with the Heaven Flipping Seal and punched through the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord's Tathagata Palm, while the Buddhist leaders waited for his divine ability to fade.
• Jiang Ping'an charged Pudu Mountain's main peak, and Old Black and the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord joined him in attacking its defensive barrier.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord descended to use the Red Lotus Lightning Seal, but Jiang Ping'an dodged the lightning and continued ramming the peak until the barrier shattered.
• Jiang Ping'an's impact damaged the mountain and killed or injured its inhabitants, and he crushed Xuan Shan after catching him in his hand.
• Venerable Fang Zheng attacked Jiang Ping'an with the Thousand Hand Buddha Palm, but Jiang Ping'an struck back with Causality Soul Lock and sent him flying more than ten miles.

Jiang Ping'an resisted Venerable Fang Zheng’s illusion and fought the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord until Demon Emperor Kong Yu arrived to aid him. After Jiang Ping'an exposed their alliance and feigned an attack on Pudu Mountain, he counterattacked Kong Yu and knocked him unconscious with the Heaven Flipping Seal.

• Venerable Fang Zheng’s Soul-Calming Buddhist Chant failed to trap Jiang Ping'an, who seized Fang Zheng’s leg before he escaped by severing it and regrowing it with Golden Body Nirvana.
• Jiang Ping'an attacked the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, forcing him to abandon his fight with Old Black and block another charge at Pudu Mountain’s main peak.
• Demon Emperor Kong Yu arrived to help the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, and Old Black accused the Buddha Lord of colluding with him.
• Jiang Ping'an and his allies planned a retreat, but Jiang Ping'an feinted toward Pudu Mountain and then attacked Kong Yu through the Seven Wonders Staff and Five-Colored Poison Light.
• Jiang Ping'an broke through Kong Yu’s Peacock Flare: Myriad Feather Defense with a Heaven Piercing Fist, then struck him with the Heaven Flipping Seal and sent him falling unconscious.

Jiang Ping'an and his allies retreated from Pudu Mountain after discovering its alliance with demon beasts and Zhong Sheng Temple, then planned their next moves from Yujing. He traveled secretly to White Emperor City to threaten the Zhennan Marquis Dowager and expose her family’s crimes, leaving her terrified and hiding in a secret chamber.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Heaven Flipping Seal to drive back Demon Emperor Kong Yu and the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord, then escaped with Old Black and the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord.
• Jiang Ping'an told Jiang Shuyue that Pudu Mountain had allied with demon beasts and Zhong Sheng Temple, and decided to target the Zhennan Marquis Dowager while publicizing her family’s crimes.
• Princess Bailing arranged for fifty thousand flyers to be printed, and Jiang Ping'an flew toward White Emperor City with them.
• Jiang Ping'an secretly entered the city, sent the Zhennan Marquis Dowager a letter threatening that she would be struck by lightning, and scattered flyers accusing the Zhennan Marquis Estate of colluding with demon beasts.
• The Zhennan Marquis Dowager panicked and begged the Zhennan Marquis to send her to Pudu Mountain, but he assured her the city’s defenses would protect her.
• The Zhennan Marquis Dowager hid in an underground secret chamber and chanted scriptures to calm herself.

Jiang Ping'an repeatedly struck the Old Hag with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning inside the Zhennan Marquis Estate. The Old Hag died in the eighth strike, but the Zhennan Marquis and Zhao Yinglong also perished while trying to save or escape her.

• The Old Hag woke from a nightmare, fled the underground chamber, and panicked through the estate until the Zhennan Marquis restrained her.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye to strike the estate with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, breaking its defensive barrier and exhausting Bodhisattva Yuanwei's protections.
• The Zhennan Marquis caught the seventh lightning bolt with his body and threw the Old Hag away, dying as he saved her.
• The Old Hag clung to Zhao Yinglong while he and his family pleaded with her to let go.
• Jiang Ping'an struck a final time, killing the Old Hag and Zhao Yinglong.

White Emperor City learned that the Old Hag, the Zhennan Marquis, and Zhao Yinglong had died in a lightning strike, while Zhao Yingpeng inherited the marquis title and received a secret art from the Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord. Jiang Ping'an returned to Yujing, told Jiang Shuyue they had to leave the Great Qian Kingdom, and parted from Princess Bailing after giving her an Enlightenment Tea Leaf.

• White Emperor City residents spread rumors about the Old Hag dragging the Zhennan Marquis and Zhao Yinglong to their deaths, ruining the estate's reputation.
• Zhao Yingpeng inherited the marquis title, but Su Yingluo took control of the estate's real power.
• The Pudu Mountain Buddha Lord gave Zhao Yingpeng the Mountain-Sea Sutra, promising it could help him suppress Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to the Guangling Marquis Estate and told Jiang Shuyue that they had to leave the Great Qian Kingdom before Foreign Race Saints and Demon Emperors arrived.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Princess Bailing to move Jiang Manor's family to Yujing, and she explained she had to remain to fulfill her clan's hopes of cultivating a Saint.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Princess Bailing an Enlightenment Tea Leaf before leaving with Jiang Shuyue.

Jiang Ping'an took Jiang Shuyue out of the Great Qian Kingdom with Lin Zihan and gave his mother a Longevity Peach without telling her what it was. After Lin Zihan revealed its value, Jiang Shuyue returned the second peach to Jiang Ping'an, grateful but unwilling to accept more than one.

• Jiang Ping'an and Jiang Shuyue left the Great Qian Kingdom aboard his treasure ship, and Lin Zihan joined them.
• After days of travel across the Endless Ocean, Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Shuyue a Longevity Peach, which she ate and slept deeply after consuming.
• Jiang Shuyue offered her second Longevity Peach to Lin Zihan, who revealed that it could extend a person's lifespan and was coveted even by Saints.
• Jiang Shuyue confronted Jiang Ping'an about the peach and returned it, refusing to accept a second one despite his offer.

Jiang Ping'an refused to sell Lin Zihan his last Longevity Peach but promised to consider selling another if he found one. After returning to Ping'an City, he introduced his mother, Jiang Shuyue, to his household and gave her Enlightenment Tea Leaves to support her cultivation.

• Jiang Ping'an told Lin Zihan he would not sell his remaining Longevity Peach, and Lin Zihan offered to pay any condition for a future peach.
• Jiang Ping'an said he no longer needed Lin Zihan to guard the city or mine, leaving her to consider what deposit she could offer.
• A month and a half later, Jiang Ping'an and his companions returned to Ping'an City, where Jiang Shuyue was amazed by the city her son had built.
• Jiang Ping'an introduced Jiang Shuyue to Lan Yu, Princess Yunhua, and Hu Yan'er, and Jiang Shuyue welcomed Yunhua and gave her a top-grade Spirit Artifact.
• Jiang Ping'an arranged for Gui Henian, Zhu Yan, and the Golden-Winged Peng to meet Jiang Shuyue, then gave her five Enlightenment Tea Leaves to aid her cultivation.

Jiang Ping'an traveled to the Northern Ice Plains to search for the Enlightenment Tea Tree, enduring increasingly dangerous gale winds as he searched. Deep within the plains, he heard a mysterious woman’s voice address him and insist he was not someone else.

• Jiang Ping'an learned that the Golden-Winged Peng had advanced to the Demon King realm and prepared it to accompany him to the Northern Ice Plains.
• Jiang Ping'an gave the Golden-Winged Peng a Spirit Treasure, then left Ping'an City with it a few days later.
• After eight days of flight, Jiang Ping'an reached the Northern Ice Plains and ventured inside, testing the gale winds and finding that his Primal Chaos Body Protection True Qi could barely withstand them.
• More than four months later, Jiang Ping'an entered the depths, where black, corrosive gale winds repeatedly battered him and a woman’s voice spoke to him through the wind.
• Jiang Ping'an continued searching through the black gale winds, and the mysterious voice told him, "You are not him."

Jiang Ping'an encountered a resentful woman who had waited seventy or eighty thousand years for Ye Wuji, and promised to help her find him in exchange for her help locating the Enlightenment Tea Tree. He found and harvested the tree, then traded a Divine Origin Crystal for one of its branches.

• Jiang Ping'an endured the Black Gale Winds and learned that the resentful woman was waiting for Ye Wuji, a man she had not seen for seventy or eighty thousand years.
• Jiang Ping'an promised to find Ye Wuji, and the woman agreed to take him to the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• The Black Gale Winds carried Jiang Ping'an to the tree, which he grabbed before it could escape.
• Jiang Ping'an picked thirty-four Enlightenment Tea Leaves and proposed trading a Divine Origin Crystal for a branch.
• The Enlightenment Tea Tree accepted the crystal, and Jiang Ping'an broke off one of its branches.

Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, entrusted Princess Yunhua with cultivating the Enlightenment Tea Tree branch, and searched for information about Ye Wuji. After spending his Enlightenment Tea Leaves on insights into the eighth volume of the "Dao Scripture," he decided to delay cultivation until he had fully understood it.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City and learned that Jiang Shuyue had advanced to the Law Manifestation Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Princess Yunhua an Enlightenment Tea Tree branch to cultivate in Chenghe Courtyard, then stayed the night with her and Qian'er.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Palace Master Yunshui and Lan Yu about Ye Wuji, but neither knew of him; he decided to ask the Ye Family Ancient Clan.
• Jiang Ping'an converted his Enlightenment Tea Leaves into Proficiency Points and raised his eighth-volume "Dao Scripture" proficiency to seven billion.
• Jiang Ping'an absorbed the new insights, recognized a possible deviation in his cultivation method, and chose to wait until he fully comprehended the volume before cultivating.

Jiang Ping'an approved the construction of Moonrise City to ease Ping'an City's crowding and create jobs, then warned Shen Shui'er about the dangers of advancing to the Dao Inquiry Realm with her fast-track cultivation art. Concerned that several popular arts left cultivators vulnerable to Heavenly Tribulations, he summoned Zhang Zhe to help issue guidance on cultivating the Heaven's Mandate Scripture.

• Zhang Zhe told Jiang Ping'an that Ping'an City's population had neared five million, straining its Heavenly Essence and leaving many people without work, and proposed building a new city beside the Azure River.
• Jiang Ping'an assessed several candidates and appointed Song Siming to oversee the new city's construction.
• Jiang Ping'an named the city Moonrise City, organized investment and construction, and assigned Liu Xixu to build its defensive array and Spirit Gathering Array.
• Shen Shui'er told Jiang Ping'an she planned to advance to the Dao Inquiry Realm, and he advised her to temper herself outside the city or cultivate the Heaven's Mandate Scripture first.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned Zhang Zhe to help inform cultivators of five fast-track arts that they should cultivate the Heaven's Mandate Scripture before facing major Heavenly Tribulations.

Jiang Ping'an, Lan Yu, and the Golden-Winged Peng traveled to the Ye Family Ancient Clan’s Grotto-Heaven World to honor Ye Qingtian’s invitation. They reached Ye Clan City and were settled in Hongbin Courtyard to await Ye Qingtian, while Jiang Ping'an wondered why the Ancient Clans did not protect the wider Human Race.

• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu set out for the Ye Family Ancient Clan on the Golden-Winged Peng after more than half a year had passed since their return from the Northern Ice Plains.
• At Tianyuan Mountain, Jiang Ping'an introduced himself as Ye Chenzhou and explained that Ye Qingtian had invited him, so the patrol escorted the travelers to the Grotto-Heaven World.
• Jiang Ping'an, Lan Yu, and the Golden-Winged Peng entered the Ye Clan’s sunlit world and traveled for a day and a half to Ye Clan City.
• The guide warned Jiang Ping'an that the founding ancestor’s inscription above the city gate had never yielded enlightenment to anyone, though Jiang Ping'an believed his panel and Proficiency Points might help him understand it.
• The guide lodged Jiang Ping'an and his companions in Hongbin Courtyard and said Ye Qingtian would meet him in a few days.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu discussed why the Ancient Clans let the Human Race suffer, and Jiang Ping'an concluded that he still knew too little about the Great Barrens World to judge their circumstances.

Jiang Ping'an comprehended the Ye Clan divine power Instant Eternity Severance, which could consume an enemy's lifespan, then learned he was expected to attend a poetry meet. He arrived at Still Water Garden with Lan Yu, where a crowd awaited the poems composed there.

• Jiang Ping'an spent thirty million Proficiency Points to comprehend Ye Clan: Instant Eternity Severance, a divine power that could make an enemy expend one thousand years of lifespan.
• Lan Yu told Jiang Ping'an that the Ye Family Fifth Elder had postponed their meeting and invited him to a banquet five days later and the Still Water Poetry Meet the next day.
• Jiang Ping'an admitted he could not compose poetry himself but planned to borrow famous poems and lyrics he remembered.
• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu explored the streets, and Lan Yu enjoyed guessing lantern riddles until late at night.
• The Ye Family Fifth Elder sent someone to escort Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu to Still Water Garden, where the guide explained that successful poets could become famous throughout Ye Clan City.

At the Still Water Poetry Meet, Jiang Ping'an faced scorn from the gathered Ancient Clan youths, who doubted he could write poetry. As the first challenge neared its end, he copied Cao Cao’s “Guan Cang Hai,” leaving the crowd to see what they thought of his work.

• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu entered Still Water Garden, where guests whispered that he was too uncultured for the poetry meet.
• Jiang Ping'an surveyed the gathering and encountered Ye Gucheng, Ye Wang, Yang Tingyu, Xiao Pojun, and Zhou Qingyang.
• Ye Qingxuan greeted Jiang Ping'an, drawing jealous looks from men who knew he was to marry into the Ye Family Ancient Clan.
• A Ye Clan Elder announced water as the first poetry topic, and the other participants began composing while Jiang Ping'an snacked on Spirit Melon seeds.
• With the incense nearly burned out, Jiang Ping'an picked up his brush and wrote a poem about the vast sea, copying Cao Cao's “Guan Cang Hai.”

Jiang Ping'an stunned the Still Water Poetry Meet by writing “Guan Cang Hai,” winning the water theme and spreading his fame throughout Ye Clan City. As the moon theme began, the crowd watched expectantly while he waited until the incense had burned past halfway before raising his brush again.

• Jiang Ping'an wrote “Guan Cang Hai,” whose vast artistic conception shocked everyone at the Still Water Poetry Meet.
• Ye Wang praised the poem, and the elder declared Ye Chenzhou, Lord of Ping'an City, the winner of the water theme.
• Ye Gucheng was humiliated by his defeat, while Yang Tingyu grew resentful as he noticed Ye Qingxuan watching Jiang Ping'an.
• People copied and circulated “Guan Cang Hai” throughout Ye Clan City, where Ye Qingxuan regretted missing the poem's creation and considered Jiang Ping'an's talent.
• The elder announced the moon as the second theme, and the gathered poets fixed their attention on Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an leisurely drank his Spirit Tea, then raised his brush after the incense had burned past halfway.

Jiang Ping'an stunned the Still Water Poetry Meet with “Ba Jiu Wen Yue,” a poem that moved cultivators with its vision of the moon’s eternity and humanity’s fleeting lives. As the poem spread through Ye Clan City, Ye Qingxuan raced to Still Water Garden, hoping to witness Jiang Ping'an create another divine poem.

• Jiang Ping'an began “Ba Jiu Wen Yue” with plain-sounding lines, disappointing the crowd before his later verses restored their interest.
• Jiang Ping'an completed the poem with lines about people passing like water beneath the unchanging moon, leaving the pavilion silent and its guests shaken.
• Ye Wang praised the poem as a work of divine craftsmanship, and the crowd celebrated Jiang Ping'an while Ye Qingxuan and Lan Yu admired him.
• “Ba Jiu Wen Yue” spread rapidly through Ye Clan City, moving people across the city, including high-ranking Ye Clan members.
• After hearing the poem, Ye Qingxuan regretted missing the poetry meet and hurried toward Still Water Garden as others also gathered to see Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an’s poems drew the Ye Clan Third Elder and Seventeenth Elder to Still Water Garden, where the third topic, longevity, became his uncontested performance. He wrote four lines that challenged the pursuit of immortality and depicted time’s power over even the sun and moon, while the elders waited for his next line.

• The Ye Clan Third Elder and Ye Clan Seventeenth Elder arrived above Still Water Garden, and the Seventeenth Elder recited a poem that conjured a vision of time and the river of life.
• Ye Qingxuan and other members of the Ye Clan arrived to watch, while Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu reacted to the crowd gathering overhead.
• The venerable elder announced longevity as the third poetry topic, and the other participants gave up composing as they waited for Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an wrote that he laughed at fleeting life and questioned when the Dao of longevity could be attained.
• Jiang Ping'an wrote that the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit would sink and fall away, and the Ye Clan elders awaited his next line.

Jiang Ping'an finished a defiant poem, and the power released as he wrote its final line overwhelmed everyone at Still Water Garden. The Ye Clan elders apologized and brought him to Guanzhi Palace, where the clan patriarch offered him a meeting with Ye Qingxue.

• Jiang Ping'an wrote that people need not bow to heaven and earth and should split chaos to establish heaven and earth, while his aura blasted everyone from the pavilion.
• Ye Changtian praised the poem, apologized to Jiang Ping'an, and invited him to Guanzhi Palace; Ye Wentian and Lan Yu accompanied them.
• People across Ye Clan City discussed Jiang Ping'an's poem and strength, while Ye Gucheng, Yang Tingyu, and the others were left dejected.
• Ye Huitian offered for Jiang Ping'an to meet his unmarried daughter Ye Qingxue, and Jiang Ping'an agreed.