Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an exchanged his Supreme Martial Skill token for the Nine Suns Halberd Art, then used his talent to create a Mystic Grade halberd art and bought a powerful halberd. At Princess Bailing’s banquet, he drank nearly all her Purple Dawn Spirit Wine, refined its benefits, and left her realizing her prank had cost her three bottles.

• Jiang Ping'an chose the Nine Suns Halberd Art despite the lack of a halberd instructor at Taiwu Academy.
• Jiang Ping'an mastered the Nine Suns Halberd Art, created the Mystic Grade Dragon Abyss Void Piercing Halberd Art, and bought the Dragon Blood Halberd.
• Caixia invited Jiang Ping'an to Princess Bailing’s banquet celebrating her entry into the Divine Treasury Realm, and Jiang Ping'an accepted.
• Jiang Ping'an drank nearly all three bottles of Purple Dawn Spirit Wine at the banquet while the other guests only sipped theirs.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the wine and banquet delicacies overnight, expanding his Essence Sea by roughly three-thousandths.
• Caixia learned from Chen Donglai that Jiang Ping'an had not gotten drunk, and Princess Bailing realized he had taken advantage of her prank to drink her wine.

As the Second Genius Ranking Tournament approached, Zhao Zhenming revealed that he had entered the Divine Treasury Realm and prepared to challenge Jiang Ping'an. Jiang Ping'an led Team 68 to the team-battle final, where they faced Zhao Zhenming's team, and Zhao Jinglian anticipated Jiang Ping'an's defeat.

• At a gathering of the Zhennan Marquis Estate descendants, Zhao Zhenming said he would restore the estate's prestige at the tournament, then revealed he had entered the Divine Treasury Realm and asked them to keep it secret.
• Taiwu Academy announced the tournament rewards and drew teams; Jiang Ping'an joined Team 68 with Shen Qingqing, Chen Shouren, Wang Xuewei, and Li Lei, and became its temporary leader.
• Jiang Ping'an arranged for Team 68 to learn the Five Elements Formation and agreed to guide his teammates in their martial skills and spells.
• After guiding Shen Qingqing in the Tide-Born Elusive Steps, Jiang Ping'an used his panel to comprehend thirty Supreme Movement Techniques and create the Mystic Grade movement technique Phantom Flowing Light Movement.
• Jiang Ping'an led Team 68 through the tournament to the final round of team battles, where they faced Zhao Zhenming's team; Zhao Zhenming looked forward to revealing his strength, while Zhao Jinglian predicted Jiang Ping'an would fail to make the top hundred.

Jiang Ping'an defeated Zhao Zhenming with a sudden bolt of lightning during their arena match, then faced accusations of deliberate murder at the Hall of Law Enforcement. He was sent to the Detention Room while Zhao Zhenming's fate remained unknown.

• Zhennan Marquis Estate disciples jeered at Jiang Ping'an before the match, and spectators who respected him angrily defended him.
• Zhao Zhenming unleashed his Primordial Sea Phenomenon and challenged Jiang Ping'an, who struck him down with Wind Lightning Draw.
• Zhao Jinglian rushed at Jiang Ping'an after Zhao Zhenming was carried away, but an instructor intervened and the match ended.
• At the Hall of Law Enforcement, Cao Yunsheng questioned Jiang Ping'an and accused him of murdering Zhao Zhenming, but Jiang Ping'an argued that he had fought within the rules.
• Cao Yunsheng ordered Zheng Baifeng to take Jiang Ping'an to the Detention Room as spectators debated whether Zhao Zhenming would survive and whether Jiang Ping'an would be punished.

After Zhao Zhenming survived Jiang Ping'an's Thunder Art, his shattered Dao Heart and ruined reputation left him isolated while Zhao Haoran moved to claim influence in the Zhennan Marquis Estate. Jiang Ping'an won the Genius Ranking Tournament after Yan Ruyu conceded, and the chapter ended with Zhao Shipeng seeing Jiang Ping'an at the top of the updated Great Qian Prodigy List.

• Cao Yunsheng released Jiang Ping'an after Zhao Zhenming was saved, but banned him from using the Thunder Art during the tournament; Jiang Ping'an asked Taiwu Academy for compensation.
• Zhao Zhenming remained in despair despite his physical recovery, while Zhao Haoran accepted the other Zhennan Marquis Estate disciples' call to lead them.
• Students visited Zhao Zhenming and then withdrew their support after seeing his condition; Zhao Jinglian later fled her match after arguing with students who mocked her brother.
• Jiang Ping'an defeated his opponents on the way to the final, where Yan Ruyu conceded because she could not withstand his Thunder Art, giving him first place and the Chief Student position.
• Li Wenzheng announced another tournament in half a year and an academy training expedition in two months; the updated Great Qian Prodigy List kept Jiang Ping'an at the top.
• Zhao Shipeng read the new Great Qian Prodigy List while still facing punishment and saw Jiang Ping'an's name first.

Zhao Yingpeng learned that Zhao Zhenming had fallen to 185th place after Jiang Ping'an defeated him in one move, and he killed the servant who reported the details. Jiang Ping'an chose a halberd and new spells, then began planning how to earn Essence Stones quickly enough to advance his cultivation.

• Zhao Yingpeng discovered Jiang Ping'an still ranked first and that Zhao Zhenming had failed to enter the top hundred, then learned Jiang had knocked Zhao Zhenming unconscious with one Thunder Art strike.
• Zhao Yingpeng killed the servant who described the defeat, while Su Yingluo waited outside and blamed Jiang Ping'an for Zhao Zhenming's poor showing.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Jin Shilu to forge him a Superior Mystic Artifact halberd with Advanced Mystic Edge and Advanced Mystic Weight.
• Jiang Ping'an chose the Supreme Spell "Linked Fire Cannons" and comprehended the Mystic Grade "Phoenix Flame Samadhi Fire Formation."
• Jiang Ping'an decided he needed more Essence Stones to reach the Divine Treasury Realm and resolved to try a money-making plan that would cost Merit Points.

Jiang Ping'an bought the manual and materials for the costly Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talisman, hoping to turn his talisman-making skill into a new source of wealth. After using his proficiency panel to master it and invent a Mystic Talisman he could not yet draw, he prepared to test the venture with one hundred sets of materials.

• Jiang Ping'an visited Jiangyuan Treasure Pavilion, learned the Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talisman could sell for up to eight hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and decided to draw it for profit.
• Jiang Ping'an exchanged 1,500 Merit Points for the talisman manual and learned that Senior Yun Yujun in Shangqian District could offer instruction.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the manual, used his proficiency panel to master the talisman, and innovated the Five Elements Primal Chaos Golden Light Talisman, a Mystic Talisman he could not yet draw.
• Jiang Ping'an bought one hundred sets of materials for Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans for five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Jiang Ping'an produced high-quality Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans and arranged sales through Chen Donglai while avoiding in-person meetings with potential buyers. After earning Superior Spirit Stones, he used them to cultivate and moved closer to the Late Primordial Sea Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an prepared specialized ink and drew six Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans, producing five successes, four of them perfect quality.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Chen Donglai to seek prices from trading houses and a Spirit Talisman Pavilion, insisting that buyers deal with him through Chen Donglai rather than meet him.
• Jiang Ping'an drew six more talismans the next morning, all successfully, and kept one perfect-quality talisman for himself.
• Chen Donglai reached agreements with two buyers and returned with fifty-seven Superior Spirit Stones and fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones from the sale of ten talismans.
• Jiang Ping'an rewarded Chen Donglai with Superior Essence Pills, then spent the night cultivating until all fifty-seven Superior Spirit Stones were exhausted.

Jiang Ping'an quickly solved the formations instructor Liu Xixu's maze test and became one of only five students to pass, drawing attention across Taiwu Academy. As the class dwindled, Liu Xixu moved lessons to her residence for Jiang Ping'an and the two remaining students, Shangguan Xue and Li Tongya.

• Liu Xixu gave her formations students a maze diagram to test their aptitude, and Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to solve it almost instantly.
• Jiang Ping'an demonstrated the solution to Liu Xixu, who praised his ability and told him to return for class the day after tomorrow.
• Only five of more than a hundred students solved the maze, and news of Jiang Ping'an's speed spread throughout Taiwu Academy.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Chen Donglai several Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans to sell and considered how to handle future sales safely.
• At the next class, Liu Xixu distributed a Basic Formations book, and one student soon quit, leaving Jiang Ping'an, Shangguan Xue, and Li Tongya.
• Liu Xixu moved lessons to her residence in Upper Heaven Courtyard, Bingzi Sector, and Jiang Ping'an resolved to avoid offending the reserved Li Tongya.

Jiang Ping'an found a buyer for his Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talismans through Princess Bailing and the Seventh Prince, then used the sale proceeds to advance his cultivation. A month after Zhao Zhenming’s defeat, Su Yingluo arrived at Taiwu Academy, took him and Zhao Jinglian to Jia Chen Dorm, and called Zhao Ping'an out.

• Jiang Ping'an told Princess Bailing that he needed a safe buyer for his talismans, and she offered to connect him with her seventh brother.
• The Seventh Prince’s eunuch agreed to buy Jiang Ping'an’s talismans at generous prices, and Jiang Ping'an sold nearly all of his stock and received two hundred and thirty-seven Superior Spirit Stones.
• Zhao Jinglian told Su Yingluo that Zhao Zhenming remained despondent after his defeats, and Su Yingluo hurried to Yujing to see him.
• Su Yingluo encouraged Zhao Zhenming and told him that strength extended beyond cultivation, martial techniques, and spells.
• Su Yingluo took Zhao Zhenming and Zhao Jinglian to Jia Chen Dorm and called Zhao Ping'an out, drawing the attention of nearby students.

Su Yingluo came to Taiwu Academy to force Jiang Ping'an to acknowledge her as his mother, but he resisted her attacks and fled until the academy’s leaders intervened. She left after threatening to withdraw her two children, having failed to capture him and lost face before the watching students.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered Jiang Yiyi and Chen Donglai to stay inside, then went out to confront Su Yingluo, Zhao Zhenming, and Zhao Jinglian.
• Su Yingluo tried to force Jiang Ping'an to kneel with her Dragon Transformation Realm aura and Brahma Sound Transcendence, but he remained unaffected and mocked her in front of onlookers.
• Su Yingluo attacked Jiang Ping'an with a White Jade Giant Hand, but he dodged and flew into the air, then loudly accused her of bullying him over his arena victory against Zhao Zhenming.
• Su Yingluo used a White Jade Bottle to pull Jiang Ping'an toward her, but he unleashed the Phoenix Flame Samadhi Fire Formation and escaped toward the Academy Lord Hall.
• Cao Yunsheng blocked Su Yingluo, and Li Wenzheng backed him up; after Li Wenzheng warned her off, Su Yingluo threatened to withdraw her two children and flew away.

Su Yingluo failed to get Taiwu Academy to expel Jiang Ping'an and waited in Yujing for him to leave, while he stayed at the academy and received his newly forged Dragon Abyss Halberd. Taiwu Academy announced an expedition to the Ten Thousand Chess Islands, and Jiang Ping'an set his sights on winning first place to earn a month of cultivation at Mount Yulong.

• Su Yingluo took Zhao Zhenming and Zhao Jinglian to the Zhao Family Residence and tried unsuccessfully to restore Zhao Zhenming's Dao Heart.
• Su Yingluo asked Grandmaster Xuantong to have Taiwu Academy expel Zhao Ping'an, but Ji Wushang refused, and Xuantong's request failed.
• Su Yingluo remained in Yujing, counseling Zhao Zhenming and watching for Jiang Ping'an to leave Taiwu Academy, but he stayed inside to cultivate and avoid his enemies.
• Taiwu Academy forged Jiang Ping'an the Superior Mystic Artifact Dragon Abyss Halberd, which crushed a person-sized Basalt Stone when he activated its Mystic Weight power.
• Taiwu Academy announced an expedition to the Ten Thousand Chess Islands, with rewards based on Sea Apes slain, including a month of secluded cultivation at Mount Yulong for first place.
• Jiang Ping'an decided he would win first place so he could cultivate at Mount Yulong and pursue great completion in the Primordial Sea Realm.

Jiang Ping'an began the Sea Ape trial alone, using talismans and powerful attacks to kill thousands of beasts before rescuing Shangguan Xue and joining forces with her. As they collected their rewards on a strange submerged reef, a Fourth-Rank Sea Ape attacked Shangguan Xue.

• Jiang Ping'an declined offers to form a team, prepared for the trial, and brought only the Azure Feather Bird to scout for Sea Apes.
• Jiang Ping'an flew into the sea, used a Fire Rain Talisman and his Dragon Abyss Halberd to kill Sea Apes, and collected their left ears as proof.
• Jiang Ping'an spent seven or eight days hunting and killed more than six thousand Sea Apes before finding Shangguan Xue surrounded by Third-Order Sea Apes.
• Jiang Ping'an killed three attackers and accepted Shangguan Xue's invitation to join forces, then wiped out a reef crowded with Sea Apes using the Phoenix Flame Samadhi Fire Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue collected the Sea Ape left ears and noticed the reef's unusual features before a silver-furred Fourth-Rank Sea Ape burst from the sea and attacked Shangguan Xue.

Jiang Ping'an struggled to protect the unconscious Shangguan Xue from a Fourth-Order Sea Ape that drove them deep beneath the sea. He escaped through a crack in a towering stone gate and, believing they were temporarily safe, turned the Mystic Water Dragon against their pursuer.

• The Fourth-Order Sea Ape broke through Shangguan Xue's defenses, and Jiang Ping'an caught her before its next attack sent them crashing into the sea and a rocky slope.
• Jiang Ping'an carried the unconscious Shangguan Xue through repeated blows as the sea ape forced them hundreds of zhang toward the seabed.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned a Mystic Water Dragon to carry them away, but the sea ape quickly caught up and continued driving them around the undersea mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an spotted a huge stone gate, circled the mountain with the Mystic Water Dragon, then carried Shangguan Xue through a narrow crack between its doors.
• The sea ape struck the Mystic Water Dragon outside the gate, and Jiang Ping'an counterattacked while sheltering behind the stone doors.

Jiang Ping'an carried the injured Shangguan Xue through an underwater passage while escaping the Fourth-Order Sea Ape. They found a barrier that led into what Shangguan Xue believed was an Immortal's cave abode, and cautiously ventured inside.

• After the Mystic Water Dragon was shattered, Jiang Ping'an carried the unconscious Shangguan Xue through the stone gate and into a deep underwater passage.
• Shangguan Xue awoke, but the seawater pressure overwhelmed her protective shield, so Jiang Ping'an pulled her back into his Primal Chaos Body Protection True Qi.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Shangguan Xue a Greater Revitalizing Pill, which greatly improved her internal injuries.
• When Jiang Ping'an's protective barrier strained under the water pressure, Shangguan Xue stepped into his arms and he carried her farther into the passage.
• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue reached a deep-blue formation barrier, passed through it, and found refuge from the seawater.
• Shangguan Xue suspected they had entered an Immortal's cave abode, and she and Jiang Ping'an cautiously walked farther inside together.

Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue found a chamber filled with Liquified Worldly Energy in the abandoned cave abode. While Shangguan Xue searched the other chambers, Jiang Ping'an cultivated until his Essence Sea expanded to a hundred times its original size and began trying to enter the Divine Treasury Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue searched the empty hall and chose a passage that led to a chamber filled with Liquified Worldly Energy.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to cultivate in the pool, gave Shangguan Xue a powerful Lesser Primordial Golden Light Talisman, and sent her to search the other chambers.
• Jiang Ping'an submerged himself in the pool and refined the Liquified Worldly Energy, expanding his Essence Sea beyond its presumed limit.
• Jiang Ping'an expanded his Essence Sea to a hundred times its original size and filled it with True Essence, leaving only a shallow layer of Liquified Worldly Energy in the pool.
• Jiang Ping'an saw that Shangguan Xue had not returned and decided to attempt entering the Divine Treasury Realm.

Jiang Ping'an comprehended the third volume of the Dao Scripture, opened his Heart Divine Treasury, and told Shangguan Xue he had entered the Divine Treasury Realm. After they finished searching the cave abode, he prepared to face the Fourth-Order Sea Ape guarding their escape route.

• Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to master Dao Scripture Volume Three, opened his Heart Divine Treasury, and filled it with the remaining Liquified Worldly Energy.
• Shangguan Xue returned from searching the chambers, learned Jiang Ping'an had entered the Divine Treasury Realm, and agreed to keep it secret.
• Jiang Ping'an told Shangguan Xue he had used all the Liquified Worldly Energy, and she accepted his explanation and showed him a sword and two Mystic Jade Talismans she had found.
• Shangguan Xue gave Jiang Ping'an the two Mystic Jade Talismans to use against the Sea Ape, and they searched the last two doors without finding anything.
• Jiang Ping'an carried Shangguan Xue toward the underwater stone gate and explained how they would use a Mystic Water Dragon and protective talismans to escape the Fourth-Order Sea Ape.

Jiang Ping'an rescued Shangguan Xue from the cave abode and fought the Fourth-Order Sea Ape that had pursued them. After ensuring Shangguan Xue escaped, he killed the Sea Ape and recovered its corpse, then reunited with the Azure Feather Bird.

• Jiang Ping'an sent Shangguan Xue toward the surface inside a Mystic Water Dragon while drawing the pursuing Fourth-Order Sea Ape away from her.
• The Fourth-Order Sea Ape struck Jiang Ping'an toward the seabed, where he used the Dragon Abyss Void Piercing Halberd Art to keep it at bay as Shangguan Xue floated to the surface.
• Shangguan Xue feared Jiang Ping'an had died, but he emerged from the sea and ordered her to flee when the Fourth-Order Sea Ape followed him.
• Jiang Ping'an opened his Taiyang Meridian and Taiyin Meridian, increased the Dragon Abyss Halberd's weight, and cleaved the Fourth-Order Sea Ape in two.
• Jiang Ping'an sent a Mystic Water Dragon to retrieve the Sea Ape's corpse and fed two Spirit Feed Pills to the returning Azure Feather Bird.

Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue hunted Sea Apes together until the trial ended, while Zhao Zhenming struggled with the thought that Jiang Ping'an had surpassed him. The students returned toward the Expedition Airship, leaving Zhao Zhenming bitter as he watched Shangguan Xue speak warmly with Jiang Ping'an.

• Jiang Ping'an asked Shangguan Xue to keep secret that he had killed the Fourth-Order Sea Ape, then processed the corpse and shared its meat with her.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Shangguan Xue the Thunder Dragon Mystic Jade Talisman and agreed to team up with her to hunt Sea Apes.
• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue hunted for nearly two days, but found few Sea Apes before the trial-ending dharma conch sounded.
• Zhao Zhenming stopped pursuing a Sea Ape when Old Hai reminded him that the trial was over, then asked whether he could beat Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an and Shangguan Xue boarded an instructor's Flying Boat, which later picked up Zhao Zhenming and Old Hai.
• Zhao Zhenming watched Shangguan Xue speak gently with Jiang Ping'an and felt bitter as he remembered rumors of Jiang Ping'an's closeness to Taiwu Academy's beauties.

Jiang Ping'an returned to the Expedition Airship and submitted his Sea Ape tally after Princess Bailing and Zhao Zhenming. His result surpassed Zhao Zhenming’s by a wide margin, leaving Zhao Zhenming stunned and humiliated.

• Jiang Ping'an greeted Princess Bailing, who said she expected to take first place, while Shangguan Xue quietly went to submit her tally.
• Zhao Jinglian bragged that Zhao Zhenming had killed four or five thousand Sea Apes and provoked Jiang Ping'an, but Princess Bailing called her out for insulting him.
• The instructor announced that Shangguan Xue had killed the equivalent of 895 normal Sea Apes.
• The instructor announced that Zhao Zhenming had killed the equivalent of 4,947 normal Sea Apes, and Zhao Zhenming declared that this was true strength.
• The instructor announced that Jiang Ping'an had killed the equivalent of 6,634 normal Sea Apes, leaving Zhao Zhenming frozen and convinced he was worthless.

Jiang Ping'an won first place in Taiwu Academy’s training expedition and exchanged his rewards for military merit, earning the title of Senior Grand Master. After the court formally conferred the title, he gained recognized status, while the Zhao family grew more resentful of his success.

• Jiang Ping'an explained that he used Fire Rain Talismans and flying spirit pets to hunt Sea Apes, and Princess Bailing’s result fell five hundred short of his.
• Li Wenzheng announced Jiang Ping'an as the expedition’s first-place winner, and Jiang Ping'an chose secluded cultivation on Mount Yulong as his main reward.
• At Taiwu Academy, Jiang Ping'an exchanged his Sea Ape reward for military merit and automatically received the title of Senior Grand Master.
• Su Yingluo learned that Zhao Zhenming had placed third behind Jiang Ping'an, and Old Hai said Jiang Ping'an’s luck had thwarted their efforts.
• Jiang Ping'an told Jiang Shuyue and Jiang Yiyi about his new title, and three days later the imperial court formally conferred it on him and Princess Bailing.