Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an broke free from Zhao Yingpeng’s curse, killed him and destroyed Pudu Mountain, then prepared to meet the evil entity sealed in the Black Mist Mountains. His whereabouts had been exposed, so Jiang Shuyue and Lan Yu left for safety while Jiang Ping'an continued north.

• Jiang Ping'an summoned the Simuwu Mountain River Cauldron, suppressed Zhao Yingpeng’s Mountain-Sea Sutra, healed himself, and crippled Zhao Yingpeng’s cultivation.
• Jiang Ping'an killed four Buddhas and seized their sacred artifacts, while the surviving Buddha and two Celestial Race Saints escaped using the Spirit Severing Sky Escape Art.
• Jiang Shuyue stabbed Zhao Yingpeng through the head, and Jiang Ping'an destroyed Pudu Mountain with a single palm.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Jiang Shuyue and Lan Yu toward the Endless Ocean, then gave the Seven Wonders Staff to the old black dog.
• Jiang Ping'an exchanged the remaining Buddhist sacred artifacts for two more uses of the Simuwu Mountain River Cauldron and headed to the Black Mist Mountains to meet the sealed evil entity.

Jiang Ping'an released the Undying Bifang from its seal in the Black Mist Mountains and forced it to obey him. He sent it to ravage the Celestial Continent while he headed for the Celestial Race's Spirit Stone Mines.

• Jiang Ping'an descended into the Black Mist Mountains and learned that the black smoke was the sealed Undying Bifang.
• Jiang Ping'an released the Undying Bifang with a drop of his blood essence, then subdued it with the Karmic Cataclysm Fist and Karma Cleansing Skyfire when it refused to obey.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered the Undying Bifang to retract its aura and escorted it toward the Celestial Continent, warning it not to harm the Human Race or leave the continent.
• The Undying Bifang infiltrated a flying ship bound for the Celestial Continent, while Jiang Ping'an flew toward the Western Wastelands to target the Celestial Race's Spirit Stone Mines.

Jiang Ping'an destroyed more than thirty Celestial Race Spirit Stone Mines, killing Saints who came to investigate, until the Celestial Race and its allies surrounded him with an Imperial Weapon. He began fighting his way out through the southeast, ending as he punched toward two Celestial Race Saints.

• Jiang Ping'an broke a mine’s defensive formation, killed its Celestial Race guards, rescued the Human Race miners, and let the Profound Yellow Pagoda and Profound Emperor Armor consume the mine before collapsing it.
• Jiang Ping'an destroyed more than thirty Celestial Race Spirit Stone Mines and killed five investigating Celestial Race Saints as he changed locations.
• Celestial Race Saints, Foreign Race Saints, and Demon Emperors surrounded Jiang Ping'an, while the Profound Yellow Pagoda warned him that they had brought an Imperial Weapon.
• Jiang Ping'an chose the southeastern route and used the Sacred Body: Law, Heaven, and Earth to charge through the attacking forces.
• Jiang Ping'an ignored the incoming attacks and punched toward two Celestial Race Saints.

Jiang Ping'an escaped the pursuing Celestial Race and their allies by fleeing into the Northern Ice Plains, where Ye Wuji's old lover let him pass. When John Tian unleashed the Sky Gazing Mirror's attack, Jiang Ping'an summoned the Simuwu Mountain River Cauldron, but the mirror fired a world-destroying beam at him.

• Jiang Ping'an killed two Celestial Race Saints with one punch, broke through the encirclement, and fled as more than a hundred Saints and Demon Emperors pursued him.
• After a month of evading successive groups of pursuers, Jiang Ping'an entered the Northern Ice Plains and asked Ye Wuji's old lover not to intervene against them.
• John Tian agreed to pay the Sky Gazing Mirror twenty saint artifacts to attack Jiang Ping'an from outside the Northern Ice Plains.
• Jiang Ping'an sensed the Emperor Weapon's aura, expanded into his nine-thousand-zhang form, and called the Simuwu Mountain River Cauldron for help.
• The Sky Gazing Mirror threatened the Simuwu Mountain River Cauldron and then fired a World Destroying White Light at Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an survived the Sky Gazing Mirror's full-strength strike, though he was left gravely wounded, and the Northern Ice Plains' Black Gale Winds prevented his enemies from reaching him. A month later, John Tian's forces were still waiting outside, hoping Jiang Ping'an would emerge where they could kill him.

• Jiang Ping'an used his body, the Profound Yellow Pagoda, and the Profound Emperor Armor to withstand the Sky Gazing Mirror's World Destroying White Light until his Flame of Life and Black Gale Winds helped stop the attack.
• The Sky Gazing Mirror told John Tian that Jiang Ping'an was severely wounded and had less than one-tenth of his strength remaining, then allowed the Saints and Demon Emperor to enter the Northern Ice Plains and hunt him.
• Black Gale Winds swept up the first three pursuers, forcing John Tian's group to flee the Northern Ice Plains as the winds surged toward its edge.
• John Tian declined to spend ten Saint Artifacts to have the Sky Gazing Mirror check whether Jiang Ping'an was alive, and his own Spiritual Sense could not penetrate the gale winds.
• After a month without the winds calming, John Tian ordered his forces to scatter around the Northern Ice Plains and wait for Jiang Ping'an to emerge.

Jiang Ping'an used Blood Rebirth in the Northern Ice Plains, restoring his body but falling to the Body Tempering Realm. He mourned the severe damage to the Profound Yellow Pagoda and Profound Emperor Armor, then was sent to seek the Enlightenment Tea Tree for a way to repair them.

• Jiang Ping'an's first drop of vital blood froze in the Northern Ice Plains, so he used the Eternal Soul Suppression Bell for protection and successfully performed Blood Rebirth with a second drop.
• Jiang Ping'an emerged with Body Tempering Realm cultivation, dressed in a Magic Robe, and discovered that the Profound Yellow Pagoda was badly damaged and unresponsive.
• The Heaven Flipping Seal told Jiang Ping'an that the Profound Yellow Pagoda's spiritual sense was asleep and might dissipate within a dozen years; Jiang Ping'an poured True Essence into it to sustain it.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that the Profound Yellow Pagoda might recover only as a Spirit Artifact and that the Profound Emperor Armor might fall to the Spirit Treasure rank; he vowed to restore both.
• The resentful voice offered Jiang Ping'an two sacred artifacts if he regained the Dao Unification Realm, but Jiang Ping'an refused and was sent with the Eternal Soul Suppression Bell to ask the Enlightenment Tea Tree for help.

Jiang Ping'an learned that the Profound Yellow Pagoda could be restored in Wangui Village, though entering the village might trap him there forever. Unable to leave the Northern Ice Plains past the waiting Celestial Race forces, he escaped beneath the seabed and began rebuilding his cultivation with Divine Origin Qi.

• Jiang Ping'an traded a Divine Origin Crystal to the Enlightenment Tea Tree for directions to Wangui Village and learned that Myriad Essence Divine Soil could restore the Profound Yellow Pagoda over eight or ten years.
• The Enlightenment Tea Tree warned Jiang Ping'an that Wangui Village was a strange place from which people might never return, and explained how to enter through the Heavenly Rift.
• The Eternal Soul Suppression Bell warned Jiang Ping'an that Saints, Demon Emperors, and an Emperor Weapon were waiting outside the Northern Ice Plains, so he decided to escape through the seabed.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Dragon Abyss Halberd to break through the ice, then had the Eternal Soul Suppression Bell carry him beneath the sea while Divine Origin Crystals replenished its power.
• After cultivating with Divine Origin Qi for three days, Jiang Ping'an finished tempering his meridians and realized his body had become tougher and stronger than before.

After reaching the Dao Inquiry Realm, Jiang Ping'an entered Wangui Village with three lambs. There, he was mistaken for a local child named Jiang Ping'an, stripped of his strength, and forced to go home with a group of villagers.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City for an item connected to home, then searched for Wangui Village’s entrance.
• He cultivated in seclusion, reached the Dao Inquiry Realm, and arrived at the Heavenly Rift on the night of July fourteenth.
• At midnight, Jiang Ping'an sacrificed the item and entered the mirage with three lambs, which vanished as he crossed into Wangui Village.
• A torch-bearing group called for Jiang Ping'an, spotted him despite his invisibility, and treated him as a child who had run away from home.
• Jiang Ping'an found that he had shrunk and lost his strength, and he was forced to follow the villagers after confirming he was Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an was brought safely back to Wangui Village and reunited with his family, but he discovered that he could not sense Heavenly Essence or cultivate. His father then showed him Myriad Essence Soil and ordered him to plant the human seed, while allowing him another wife on the condition that he did not dislike Zhi Rou.

• Old Chen screened Jiang Ping'an and the others with a red lantern, then let them enter the town.
• Jiang Ping'an returned home with his parents and met Zhi Rou, who brought him to their shared room and slept beside him.
• The next morning, Jiang Ping'an tried to cultivate but could not sense Heavenly Essence, and he realized he had lost his cultivation.
• Jiang Ping'an's father summoned him to the backyard, showed him the Myriad Essence Soil, and told him to plant the human seed.
• Jiang Ping'an's father said he could have another wife but must not dislike Zhi Rou.

Jiang Ping'an avoided a beating by telling his family he wanted to plant a divine sword with the Myriad Essence Soil, then went to the Martial Training Hall to learn martial arts. He joined the trainees after his instructor Wang Heihu stopped himself from striking him.

• Jiang Ping'an refused to plant Zhi Rou, so he told his parents he wanted to plant a divine sword instead.
• Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou left for the Martial Training Hall, and she told him about Three Sheep Town and its martial arts ranks.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that the town's able-bodied men trained to defend against vicious creatures and wondered whether reaching the Martial God realm could help him escape Wangui Village.
• Jiang Ping'an arrived at the Martial Training Hall and parted from Zhi Rou, who went to the women's hall.
• Wang Heihu raised his staff to strike Jiang Ping'an, then remembered his run into the wilderness and ordered him to join the trainees.

Jiang Ping'an trained in Wangui Village, discovered that practicing a fist routine let him absorb mysterious energy, and received a Sword Seed from Jiang Tieshan. After confirming his panel still worked, he used Proficiency Points to transform the routine into a stronger body-tempering fist technique.

• Jiang Ping'an learned the youths' fist routine and absorbed threads of heavenly energy as he practiced it.
• Wang Heihu dismissed the trainees and made Jiang Ping'an continue practicing before sending him home for lunch.
• Jiang Ping'an ate with Jiang Xiuying and Zhi Rou, then returned with Zhi Rou to the Martial Training Hall, where saber practice yielded no mysterious energy.
• Jiang Tieshan gave Jiang Ping'an a third-grade Sword Seed and warned that he would kill him if he failed to improve within three years.
• Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou planted the Sword Seed, and Zhi Rou explained how higher grades of Myriad Essence Soil could hasten its growth and improve the sword.
• Jiang Ping'an opened his panel and spent ten thousand Proficiency Points to create the mid-grade Jiang Clan Body Tempering Fist.

Jiang Ping'an discovered that absorbing Wangui Village’s mysterious energy caused him to lose memories, so he planned to develop a different cultivation path and help Zhi Rou become strong enough to take him away. He taught her the Jiang Clan Body Tempering Fist and learned that Xuan Kong Sect would soon select martial seedlings in Three Sheep Town.

• Jiang Ping'an realized he had lost memories after absorbing mysterious energy and worried that growing stronger would make him forget his identity and his way back to the Great Barrens.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to create a cultivation system that avoided the mysterious energy and to help Zhi Rou become a Martial God; Zhi Rou promised to follow him wherever he went.
• Jiang Ping'an demonstrated the Jiang Clan Body Tempering Fist to Zhi Rou, taught her its movements, and was pleased when she learned and practiced it successfully.
• Zhi Rou told Jiang Ping'an that Xuan Kong Sect would arrive in Three Sheep Town within a month to select martial seedlings, and Jiang Ping'an said they would go together.

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou were recruited by Xuan Kong Sect and taken to its mountain stronghold, where a terrifying trial revealed the sect’s brutal nature. After surviving the first trial as Superior Grade Disciples, they arrived at Little Fragrant Sprouts, where other youths immediately tried to steal their Qi Blood Pills.

• Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou became Martial Warriors and were selected when Xuan Kong Sect recruited disciples in Three Sheep Town.
• Xuan Kong Sect transported more than two hundred youths in a giant flying crate to its mountain headquarters.
• A scarred middle-aged man used a blood tiger’s roar to knock out most of the youths, while Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou remained standing and qualified as Superior Grade Disciples.
• Chen Tu led the survivors to Little Fragrant Sprouts, gave them the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art and Qi Blood Pills, and left them to find rooms.
• The resident youths rushed to snatch the newcomers’ Qi Blood Pills before Chen Tu had left the gatehouse.

Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou settled into Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard, where terrifying creatures prowled at night and killed a young girl. After learning the courtyard’s rules, Jiang Ping'an examined the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art and discovered his panel classified it as a Saint Tier martial art.

• Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou fought off youths robbing new disciples of their Qi Blood Pills, then chose a stone chamber and shared it.
• After the doors were shut for the night, several unknown creatures entered the courtyard, and one broke into a chamber and ate a young girl.
• At dawn, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou saw blood near the girl’s chamber and agreed they needed to grow stronger to survive.
• Zhi Rou learned that meals were served twice daily and that the disciples could not stray more than a hundred zhang from the courtyard.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art and saw that his panel rated it Saint Tier, leaving him shocked by the sect’s choice to give it to new disciples.

Jiang Ping'an fully comprehended the Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art, then used vastly more proficiency to create the Divine Rank Jiang Clan Body Refining Divine Art. After surviving another night in Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard, he began teaching its first level to Zhi Rou.

• Jiang Ping'an spent a million Proficiency Points to comprehend the eight-level Xuan Kong Body Refining Divine Art, which could lead to becoming a Martial Saint.
• Jiang Ping'an kept Zhi Rou from leaving their chamber as horrifying cries and sounds of people being eaten filled Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard through the night.
• After the courtyard bells rang, Jiang Ping'an learned he had meditated for two days and noticed that more young men and women had arrived.
• Jiang Ping'an spent ninety-nine million more Proficiency Points to create the nine-level Divine Rank Jiang Clan Body Refining Divine Art, capable of leading to becoming a Martial God.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Zhi Rou his Qi Blood Pills, told her to keep his new technique secret, and began teaching her its first level.

Jiang Ping'an continued avoiding cultivation while Zhi Rou grew into the strongest resident of Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard. When boys tried to displace him and insulted him, Zhi Rou killed one and forced the others to punish themselves, then returned to Jiang Ping'an, who forgave her.

• Zhi Rou cultivated the Jiang Clan Body Refining Divine Art and later became the first resident of Little Fragrant Sprout Courtyard to advance to Martial Master.
• Jiang Ping'an continued researching a cultivation system that did not rely on Wangui Village's mysterious energy while Zhi Rou protected him from gossiping residents.
• Four boys tried to sit beside Zhi Rou and push Jiang Ping'an away, so Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou that they were bullying him.
• Zhi Rou attacked the four boys, killed one who questioned her loyalty to Jiang Ping'an, and forced the other three to break a leg and castrate themselves.
• Zhi Rou warned everyone not to speak ill of Jiang Ping'an, and Jiang Ping'an comforted her and shared his roasted meat with her.

Jiang Ping'an taught Wang Shui-sheng the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art and a mind-powered technique that could produce flames, beginning to test the new cultivation system he had created. Wang Shui-sheng gained protection and a powerful means of self-defense, while Jiang Ping'an saw the system’s first results as a step toward returning to the Great Barrens.

• Jiang Ping'an offered to teach the battered Wang Shui-sheng a dangerous cultivation method, and Wang Shui-sheng agreed and memorized its formula and sun visualization.
• Jiang Ping'an guided Wang Shui-sheng through his first cultivation session, gave him a Qi Blood Pill, and told him to use Jiang Ping'an's name if anyone bullied him.
• Jiang Ping'an adjusted Wang Shui-sheng's formula over the following days, gave him Qi Blood Pills, and taught him a technique using paintings and the mind to defeat enemies.
• Wang Shui-sheng spent five days learning the technique, then practiced it under Jiang Ping'an's guidance and produced a mass of flames before suffering backlash.
• Jiang Ping'an warned Wang Shui-sheng to rest for three days, and Wang Shui-sheng kowtowed in gratitude as Jiang Ping'an recognized the first results of his spirit-refining system.

After the Gate Master singled out Zhi Rou for special cultivation, Jiang Ping'an suspected that her rapid advancement had put her in danger and used her Spirit Pills to strengthen himself. When unknown things emerged from Xuan Kong Mountain and pursued them during their escape, Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou to flee at full speed and leave the pursuers to him.

• After the Gate Master gave Zhi Rou Spirit Pills and supreme arts, Jiang Ping'an suspected he was warning her about the danger of advancing too quickly.
• Jiang Ping'an examined the gifts, told Zhi Rou to study two manuals to slow her apparent progress, and consumed the Spirit Pills to cultivate the Great Sun Spirit Refining Art.
• Jiang Ping'an had Zhi Rou request more Spirit Pills, and the Gate Master arranged a regular monthly supply after she explained her slow progress.
• After sensing a greedy gaze on Zhi Rou, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou secretly descended Xuan Kong Mountain before nightfall.
• When darkness fell, the Nine-Headed Monster and other unknown things pursued them, so Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou to run at full strength and leave the pursuers to him.

Jiang Ping'an protected Zhi Rou from five pursuing monsters and quickly killed the Nine-Headed Infant Serpent before trapping the other four in a shrinking prison of flames. The chapter left the four monsters burning inside the prison as Jiang Ping'an continued to attack them.

• Zhi Rou carried Jiang Ping'an roughly two hundred li before five unknown things caught up and blocked their path.
• Jiang Ping'an told Zhi Rou to set him down and protect him, then bound and killed the Nine-Headed Infant Serpent with lightning chains and golden swords.
• Four more unknown things attacked Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou, but Jiang Ping'an shielded them with a golden barrier.
• Jiang Ping'an trapped the four monsters in a prison of flames, which burned them and rapidly shrank.

After escaping Xuan Kong Sect, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou reached Moonrise City and settled there while searching for Myriad Essence Divine Soil. Jiang Ping'an learned that Myriad Essence Sacred Soil was about to emerge and planned to claim some for growing Spirit Medicine.

• Jiang Ping'an burned four monsters to ash, then gave Zhi Rou a Spirit Pill and continued fleeing with her through the night.
• After resting, Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou traveled more than a thousand li to Moonrise City, where he told her about the Great Barrens World and its moon.
• Jiang Ping'an postponed meeting Moonrise City's lord and decided to first grow stronger and seek Myriad Essence Divine Soil.
• Jiang Ping'an and Zhi Rou explored Moonrise City, then rented a courtyard and settled there temporarily.
• After more than a month of searching, Jiang Ping'an learned that Myriad Essence Sacred Soil was about to emerge and resolved to seize some to grow Spirit Medicine.