Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an secured the Great An Kingdom from the Qi Clan Ancient Clan and built up its forces in the Divine Origin Ruins. After Chen Qiuming survived an ordinary Heavenly Tribulation without it growing stronger, Jiang Ping'an ordered cultivators to advance without fear.

• Jiang Ping'an announced that evil entities had wiped out the Qi Clan Ancient Clan inside its grotto-heaven, and Great An Kingdom celebrated its enemy's destruction.
• Over the next dozen years, Jiang Ping'an sent more than five million cultivators to train in the Divine Origin Ruins, where they advanced without triggering Heavenly Tribulations.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Ye Tieshi a top-grade defensive Spirit Artifact and arranged for Chen Qiuming to test whether leaving the ruins triggered a stronger tribulation.
• After Chen Qiuming left the Divine Origin Ruins, a Heavenly Tribulation formed, but he survived it with the Spirit Artifact's protection and Ye Tieshi confirmed it had not grown stronger.
• Jiang Ping'an told Ye Tieshi to spread the news, and cultivators in the Divine Origin Ruins began pursuing breakthroughs without fear of Heavenly Tribulations.

Jiang Ping'an gathered Chaos Dao Yin Thunders from three cultivation sects and tested their power as the Celestial Race army advanced toward Great An Kingdom. He mobilized Great An's soldiers for the coming war and learned that Great Gan Kingdom had sent reinforcements expected in five months.

• Jiang Ping'an arrived at Tian Yuan Sect, where Yang Guizong, Gu Yaoguang, and Shangguan Hong welcomed him and arranged for Hunyuan Sect and Guiyi Sect to join the handover of their Chaos Dao Yin Thunders.
• The three sects gave Jiang Ping'an a total of 1,446 Chaos Dao Yin Thunders, including 91 high-grade and 425 mid-grade ones.
• Jiang Ping'an tested a low-grade Chaos Dao Yin Thunder on a Demon Emperor-level Zhu Huai and killed it after the blast destroyed its Dark Light Divine Armor.
• The Celestial Race sent a million-strong army, including at least twelve Saints and the Sky Gazing Mirror, toward Great An Kingdom, while Jiang Ping'an released 1.5 million soldiers from the Divine Origin Ruins and distributed half of his Chaos Dao Yin Thunders.
• A Great Gan Kingdom envoy told Jiang Ping'an that 100,000 troops were on their way and expected to arrive in five months to help Great An Kingdom resist the Celestial Race.

As the Celestial Race invaded Great An Kingdom, John Yucheng discovered corruption in the army’s jade talisman supplies but was intimidated into silence by Nolan Bufan. The battle began with Ye Yanran’s Thunderclap Flying Swords cutting through the Celestial Race forces, while Jiang Ping'an, Lan Yu, and Lin Zihan watched from above and kept the source of the many flying swords secret.

• John Yucheng found that most of his jade talismans were fakes and confronted Nolan Bufan, who threatened him into leaving without exposing the corruption.
• Ye Yanran assembled with Great An Kingdom’s defenders when the horns sounded and prepared her Thunderclap Flying Swords for battle.
• John Yucheng was assigned to lead the Celestial Race’s first charge and was killed by Ye Yanran’s flying sword formation.
• Ye Yanran continued her attack and killed another Celestial Race Law Manifestation Realm cultivator as the flying swords devastated the invading army.
• Jiang Ping'an, Lan Yu, and Lin Zihan watched the battle from the clouds, and Jiang Ping'an concealed the source of the flying swords by saying they had been forged.

Jiang Ping'an’s forces used Chaos Dao Yin Thunders to annihilate nearly seven hundred thousand Celestial Race troops, giving the Great An Kingdom its first major victory. The Celestial Race retreated and began seeking reinforcements while Jiang Ping'an kept his army in its defensive positions.

• Bas Youguang ordered the Celestial Race servant army to wear down the Great An Kingdom’s defenders, but it failed to break through their positions.
• After more than half a month, the Celestial Race committed seven hundred thousand troops to a massive assault on the Great An Kingdom.
• Forty Dao Unification Realm Venerables detonated ten superior and thirty medium Chaos Dao Yin Thunders, destroying nearly all seven hundred thousand Celestial Race troops.
• Jiang Ping'an explained to Lan Yu and Lin Zihan that the weapons came from the Chaos Abyss, then refused Feng Yihuan’s request to pursue the retreating enemy.
• Bas Youguang ordered the remaining Celestial Race army to retreat three hundred miles and sent Brund and Bu Langliuyun to request another one million five hundred thousand troops.

Jiang Ping'an welcomed Ji Wushuang and Great Gan Kingdom’s reinforcements, then reunited privately with Ji Wushuang and Nangong You Rong. After Ji Wushuang realized Jiang Ping'an’s hidden identity, she agreed to keep it secret until he could ambush Celestial Race Saints, on the condition that she try to have a child with him.

• Jiang Ping'an personally received Ji Wushuang and one hundred thousand Great Gan reinforcements at Moonrise City after learning Nangong You Rong had accompanied them.
• Jiang Ping'an sealed a private room, where Ji Wushuang changed into a woman’s attire using a Spirit Artifact while he and Nangong You Rong chatted.
• Ji Wushuang joined them, and Jiang Ping'an praised her appearance before she asked about the conversation she had overheard.
• Ji Wushuang guessed that Jiang Ping'an was Ye Chenzhou, and he confirmed that he had another important identity but asked her not to reveal it yet.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Ji Wushuang to keep his secret until he could lure and kill Celestial Race Saints, and she agreed on the condition that she have a child with him.

Jiang Ping'an learned that the Celestial Race was advancing on Great An Kingdom from three directions and devised a plan to draw out and kill its Saints. He secretly attacked the northern army, crushing its flying ship and killing the five Celestial Race Saints aboard.

• Two Venerable-level scouts warned Jiang Ping'an that Celestial Race armies, each accompanied by a Saint, were advancing toward Eastern Hua Continent and Purple Treasure Continent.
• Jiang Ping'an told Lan Yu and Lin Zihan to remain aboard the treasure ship as decoys while he went alone to attack the northern and southern armies.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Feng Yihuan and the other generals to send one million troops from the western front to reinforce the northern and southern fronts.
• Jiang Ping'an secretly reached the northern army and sensed that its five Celestial Race Saints were gathered aboard one flying ship.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Primordial Bell to freeze time, then crushed the flying ship and killed the five Celestial Race Saints aboard it.

Jiang Ping'an destroyed the Celestial Race’s northern and southern armies, seized Saint Artifacts, and gave Lan Yu and Lin Zihan one each before leading them against the remaining Celestial Race Saints. He began the battle by attacking Bas Youguang with the Karmic Cataclysm Fist, whose hidden Heart Force struck through Bas Youguang’s defense and hit his source.

• Jiang Ping'an annihilated the Celestial Race’s northern army and subdued three Saint Artifacts, then returned to the western front before secretly attacking the southern army.
• Jiang Ping'an killed or captured the southern army’s five Saints, destroyed its five hundred thousand troops, and obtained three Saint Artifacts.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Lan Yu and Lin Zihan a Saint Artifact each, and they made the weapons acknowledge them as masters.
• Jiang Ping'an led Lan Yu and Lin Zihan to confront Bas Youguang and the five other Celestial Race Saints, while the Chaos Gourd kept the Sky Gazing Mirror from intervening.
• Jiang Ping'an struck Bas Youguang with Causality Soul Lock, and a concealed twelve-colored Heart Force imprint pierced his Saint Artifact and hit his source.

Jiang Ping'an killed the Celestial Race Saints and pursued the Sky Gazing Mirror, battering the Apex Emperor Weapon until he captured it. He asked the Profound Yellow Pagoda whether it could devour the mirror’s origin and regain its former rank.

• Jiang Ping'an killed Bas Youguang with a punch, then slew more Celestial Race Saints as Lan Yu, Lin Zihan, and Ganjiang hunted the fleeing survivors.
• Jiang Ping'an sent Lan Yu and Lin Zihan after the scattered Celestial Race army before pursuing the Sky Gazing Mirror, which recognized him as the Ancient Calamity Body.
• The Sky Gazing Mirror fled toward the Celestial Continent, but Jiang Ping'an caught it and repeatedly struck it with Karmic Cataclysm Fist until its surface cracked.
• The Sky Gazing Mirror begged Jiang Ping'an to spare it and offered to become his master, but he refused and captured it in his hand.
• The Profound Yellow Pagoda condemned the Sky Gazing Mirror for betraying the Human Race, and Jiang Ping'an asked whether it could devour the mirror’s origin and become an Apex Emperor Weapon again.

After destroying the Sky Gazing Mirror, Jiang Ping'an followed the Chaos Gourd's advice and set out to attack the Celestial Continent before the Celestial Race could strike. He reached its gates determined to destroy the continent and prevent the Celestial Race from rising again.

• Jiang Ping'an crushed the Sky Gazing Mirror after it pleaded for its life, while the Gan Jiang Sword and Primordial Bell returned from killing Celestial Race Saints.
• The Primordial Bell refined and devoured a captured Celestial Race Saint Artifact, and the Chaos Gourd urged Jiang Ping'an to attack the Celestial Continent before the Celestial Race Great Emperor could retaliate.
• Jiang Ping'an told Lan Yu and Lin Zihan to protect the Great An Kingdom, then flew toward the Celestial Continent with the Chaos Gourd.
• Jiang Ping'an considered moving his family into the Divine Origin Ruins but decided against it, fearing they might not be safe there if he died.
• Jiang Ping'an arrived at the Celestial Continent and declared that he would destroy it, blaming it for enabling the Celestial Race to suppress the Human Race.

Jiang Ping'an invaded Celestial Continent, killed its guards and Saints, and challenged the Celestial Race Great Emperor. The Great Emperor answered by appearing with an overwhelming aura and vowing to eliminate Jiang Ping'an.

• Jiang Ping'an killed the Celestial Race guards and destroyed the city gate after breaking its defensive barrier.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Primordial Bell to freeze three Celestial Race Saints and cut them down with the Gan Jiang Sword.
• John Tian recognized Jiang Ping'an as the Human Race's Ancient Calamity Body, and Jiang Ping'an transformed and killed twenty-one Celestial Race Saints as the others fled.
• Jiang Ping'an shook Celestial Continent with a stomp and called on the Celestial Race Great Emperor to fight him.
• The Celestial Race Great Emperor's aura spread across the continent, and he declared that he would eliminate Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an fought the Celestial Race Great Emperor, overpowering him and then breaking his Apex Emperor Weapon, the Spear of Judgment. The Great Emperor’s fate remained unresolved as Jiang Ping'an stood unharmed after swallowing Primordial Immortal Extermination Lightning.

• Jiang Ping'an smashed the Celestial Race Great Emperor’s law spike with a punch and forced him to evade.
• Jiang Ping'an struck the Great Emperor with Karmic Cataclysm Fist: Causality Soul Lock, sending him flying and spraying Emperor blood.
• Jiang Ping'an broke free of the Great Emperor’s law chains and attacked again, prompting the Great Emperor to summon the Spear of Judgment.
• The Great Emperor hurled the Spear of Judgment toward Jiang Ping'an’s soul, but Jiang Ping'an caught it after it pierced his palm.
• Jiang Ping'an swallowed the Great Emperor’s Primordial Immortal Extermination Lightning and snapped the Spear of Judgment in two.

Jiang Ping'an broke the Celestial Race Great Emperor’s Spear of Judgment and repeatedly battered him, cutting away part of his lifespan with Instant Eternal Slash. When four ancient Celestial Race Great Emperors emerged, Jiang Ping'an fled and wondered how the decaying creatures had survived so long.

• Jiang Ping'an used Instant Eternal Slash and Causality Soul Lock against the injured Celestial Race Great Emperor, cutting away more than sixteen hundred years of his lifespan and preventing him from recovering instantly.
• The Celestial Race Great Emperor called for help, and four aged Celestial Race members emerged from the depths of the Celestial Continent carrying Apex Emperor Weapons and bearing weakened Great Emperor auras.
• Jiang Ping'an fled the Celestial Continent while the Celestial Race Great Emperor pursued him, but the four creatures stayed behind.
• Jiang Ping'an stopped hundreds of thousands of miles away and wondered whether the four sinister, decaying creatures explained the Celestial Race Great Emperor's weakness and how they had lived so long.

Jiang Ping'an returned to Great An Kingdom after overpowering the Celestial Race Great Emperor, though he had not killed him. He reunited with his family and revealed his true identity to the bewildered court, leaving the officials to learn that their emperor was Jiang Ping'an, the Ancient Sacred Body.

• The Chaos Gourd warned Jiang Ping'an that the Celestial Race Great Emperor could recover with the Great Wasteland Heavenly Dao's support, and Jiang Ping'an agreed to stay vigilant.
• Jiang Ping'an flew back to Great An Kingdom with his Saintly aura on display, and Lan Yu and Lin Zihan greeted him near the western border.
• Jiang Ping'an reunited with Jiang Shuyue, Ye Qingluan, and his family in Ping'an City, telling them that he had beaten the Celestial Race Great Emperor.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned Great An Kingdom's civil and military officials, who mistook him for an impostor when he appeared in his true form on the throne.
• Jiang Ping'an told the court that Ye Chenzhou had been an alias and that his true name was Jiang Ping'an, the Ancient Sacred Body.

Jiang Ping'an revealed his identity as the Ancient Sacred Body, urged the Human Race to unite against the Celestial Race, and met with Ye Linyuan. Ye Linyuan confirmed that Human Race powers had learned of Jiang Ping'an’s attack and were likely to seek an audience with him.

• Jiang Ping'an told his ministers that he had beaten the Great Emperor of the Celestial Race and called for the Human Race to join forces against their oppressors.
• News spread through Ping'an City that Emperor Ye Chenzhou was Jiang Ping'an, the Ancient Sacred Body, prompting the people to celebrate and worship him.
• Jiang Ping'an recovered his strength in the Bronze Immortal Hall and returned to Ping'an City, where he sensed a powerful Saint's aura.
• Ye Qingluan apologized for admitting her great-grandfather, Ye Linyuan, into the city, but Jiang Ping'an reassured her and went with her to visit him.
• Ye Linyuan praised Jiang Ping'an for killing twenty-one Saints and defeating the Celestial Race's Great Emperor, then said other Human Race powers would likely send Saints to meet him.

Jiang Ping'an secured support from the Ye Family Ancient Clan and received visits from other Human Race powers before resettling two million former mine slaves across four commanderies. After overseeing their settlement, he left Ping'an City for Great Continent Island to invite its Human Race to join the fight against the Celestial Race.

• Jiang Ping'an won Ye Linyuan's support for making Great An Kingdom the center of a Human Race counteroffensive, and promised to defend the Ye Clan Grotto-Heaven.
• Yang Dingtian and other Saints visited Jiang Ping'an to confirm his Ancient Sacred Body and learn his intentions.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Gaoyang Commandery and transferred two hundred thousand former mine slaves into its Settlement City, entrusting Wei Ziyuan with their care.
• Jiang Ping'an distributed another three hundred thousand people among ten Settlement Towns, then completed the resettlement of all two million former mine slaves over three days.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City, handled government affairs, and then set out for Great Continent Island to invite its Human Race ashore.

Jiang Ping'an brought Great Continent Island into the Human Race’s fight against the Celestial Race and transported its two million cultivators to the Eastern Wilderness. The first force set out to seize a Celestial Race Essence Stone Mine and rescue the enslaved Human Race mine workers.

• Jiang Ping'an told Yang Guanghai, Shi Zhongjian, and the other Five Sages about his battle with the Great Emperor of the Celestial Race and invited Great Continent Island to join the uprising; they agreed.
• Two days later, Yang Guanghai urged two million cultivators to enter the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting, and Jiang Ping'an carried them away from Great Continent Island.
• Jiang Ping'an and five Saints landed in Shun Yuan Continent, where he identified a nearby Celestial Race Essence Stone Mine and warned Shi Zhongjian to protect the Human Race mine slaves.
• Shi Zhongjian led five hundred thousand cultivators toward the mine while Jiang Ping'an and Yang Guanghai, Huang Jisheng, and Shen Younian flew toward another Celestial Race mine.

Jiang Ping'an helped Shi Zhongjian and Huang Jisheng’s groups take possession of two Celestial Race Spirit Stone Mines and rescued the Human Race miners. After three Celestial Race Saints fled at the sight of Jiang Ping'an, Shi Zhongjian warned his cultivators about the danger of challenging the Celestial Race and urged them to unite with the Great Barrens Human Race; Huang Jisheng then asked to settle the rescued miners and keep the second mine.

• Shi Zhongjian’s five hundred thousand cultivators attacked a large Spirit Stone Mine while Jiang Ping'an left them to break its defensive formation themselves.
• After the cultivators captured the mine, Shi Zhongjian asked to keep it, and Jiang Ping'an agreed on the condition that the enslaved Human Race miners would be freed and resettled.
• Three Saints sent by the Baho Family approached the mine, recognized Jiang Ping'an, and fled before he could pursue them.
• Jiang Ping'an took more than five hundred thousand rescued miners into the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting, while Shi Zhongjian distributed the mine’s Essence Stones and warned his cultivators about the Celestial Race.
• Shi Zhongjian called for the Great Continent Island cultivators to unite with the Great Barrens Human Race and resist the Celestial Race.
• At the second captured mine, Huang Jisheng offered to build a city for the freed miners and asked to possess the mine, and Jiang Ping'an permitted it.

Jiang Ping'an organized the Human Race into an alliance against the Celestial Race and assigned its factions targets among the Celestial Race’s Spirit Stone Mines. The alliance chose eight mines in the Central Wastelands for its first operation, and Jiang Ping'an left his family in the Divine Origin Ruins before the planned raid.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Great Continent Island’s people territory around the Eastern Wilderness mines and arranged for them to settle hundreds of thousands of freed Human Race miners.
• Jiang Ping'an explained to Old Black and the Dao Lord of Jingdao Palace that the Human Race should weaken the Celestial Race by capturing its Spirit Stone Mines and relocating the enslaved miners.
• The Human Race powers formed an alliance, chose Jiang Ping'an as their leader, and agreed to divide the Celestial Race’s mines among the participating factions.
• Jiang Ping'an and the Saints selected eight large Spirit Stone Mines near the Central Wastelands’ five Ancient Clans and three sacred cultivation grounds for their first raid.
• Jiang Ping'an placed his family in the Thousand Mile Landscape Painting and settled them in the Divine Origin Ruins before the operation.

Jiang Ping'an led Saints in raiding eight Celestial Race Essence Stone Mines, then helped the Great Gan Kingdom and Jingdao Palace seize two more and resettle their Human Race mining slaves. The Celestial Race Council decided to threaten the Great An Kingdom to deter him, while Jiang Ping'an returned to Ping'an City after completing the two raids.

• Jiang Ping'an and more than a dozen Saints raided eight Celestial Race Essence Stone Mines in the Central Wastelands, slaughtered the guards, seized the Essence Stones, and moved the Human Race mining slaves to the Ye Clan Grotto-Heaven.
• Jiang Ping'an divided the spoils among the Saints, then agreed to help Old Black and the Dao Lord of Jingdao Palace capture one mine each for the Great Gan Kingdom and Jingdao Palace.
• The Celestial Race Council of Saints blamed Jiang Ping'an for the raids and agreed to warn him that the Celestial Race would destroy the Great An Kingdom if he kept robbing mines.
• Jiang Ping'an visited the Great Gan Kingdom, learned that Princess Bailing was in seclusion, and gathered five hundred thousand people each from the Ji Clan Imperial Family and Jingdao Palace to take over the mines.
• Jiang Ping'an, Old Black, and the Dao Lord of Jingdao Palace captured two large Celestial Race Essence Stone Mines, killed their guards, collected the treasure, and relocated the Human Race mining slaves.
• Jiang Ping'an delivered the mining slaves to the Great Gan Kingdom and Jingdao Palace, then returned to Ping'an City.

Lu Feiyu killed the Celestial Race envoy after Jiang Ping'an refused to meet him, prompting John Yuan and the Celestial Race Saints to plan an attack on a Human Race faction using the Qi Clan as insiders. At the Qi Clan Grotto-Heaven, a Celestial Race visitor claimed to know who caused the Evil Spirit Calamity, and Qi Tianwei was told of the claim.

• Lu Feiyu stopped the Celestial Race envoy at the border, and Jiang Ping'an refused to receive him.
• After the envoy insulted Jiang Ping'an, Lu Feiyu and the Golden-Winged Peng attacked; Lu Feiyu killed the envoy with his lightning-charged sword.
• John Yuan convened the Celestial Race Saints, who agreed to destroy a Human Race faction and use the Qi Clan as insiders.
• Qi Tianwei brooded over losing his descendants and regretted trusting the Celestial Race's promise of a longevity method.
• Qi Tianwei rejected the Celestial Race visitor and punished the Qi Clan Grand Elder for pressing him to meet the visitor.
• The Qi Clan Grand Elder returned and said the Celestial Race visitor knew the mastermind behind the Evil Spirit Calamity.