Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an and the other Human Race Immortals purged the Demonic Qi from Original God Palace City, rebuilt its defenses, and renamed it Lingxiao City. When a Chaos God Devil invaded Heavenly Court Island, Jiang Ping'an wounded it with one spear strike and warned other powers away, while Ao Li decided to let them test him first.

• Jiang Ping'an, the Yellow Emperor, the White Emperor, and Su Nü spent nearly three months clearing the Demonic Qi from Original God Palace City, and Jiang Ping'an asked the Yellow Emperor to recruit Taihao to rebuild its arrays.
• Jiang Ping'an offered Taihao a Creation Divine Artifact within a thousand years and ten percent of the taxes in his territory, and Taihao accepted and began work on the city's defenses.
• Jiang Ping'an brought the advance party into the city, organized its reconstruction and cultivation work, and renamed Original God Palace City Lingxiao City.
• After gods and devils gathered outside Heavenly Court Island, Jiang Ping'an ambushed a six-winged Chaos God Devil approaching the island, pierced its chest, and sent it fleeing with a warning.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered Su Nü to bring the next group of migrants and urge Taihao to accelerate the defensive array, while Ao Li ordered the Dragon Race to stay out of the conflict and let other forces test Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an rejected three neighboring clans’ demand to share the seas around Heavenly Court Island and then faced a coordinated invasion. He killed two attackers to drive off the rest, leaving the watchers to reconsider challenging the human race.

• Taihao completed Heavenly Court Island’s defensive grand formation, and a million more humans arrived with the Azure Emperor and the Flame Emperor.
• Jin Yi of the Winged Race, a Qilin Race expert, and a Kunpeng Race youth asked Jiang Ping'an to share the nearby sea’s resources, but he declared the waters within ten million li Heavenly Court Island territory.
• After the three visitors lingered nearby, eighteen Immortal Gods and Devils and Immortal Divine Beasts invaded from multiple directions, and Jiang Ping'an sent the Yellow Emperor, White Emperor, Su Nü, Azure Emperor, and Flame Emperor south while he handled the other attackers.
• Jiang Ping'an killed a peak Immortal God Devil with the Tribulation Extinction Divine Spear, frightening nearby invaders into fleeing.
• Jiang Ping'an teleported east and killed an Immortal Divine Turtle, prompting the remaining invaders and many watching factions to withdraw.

Jiang Ping'an cultivated the Primordial Myriad Phenomena Bell into a Creation Divine Artifact that could permanently suppress a top Chaos God Devil with regular energy, strengthening Heavenly Court Island's defenses. As Lingxiao City grew and more humans settled there, a top-tier Chaos God Devil and two late-stage Chaos divine beasts finally approached the island.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Creation God Wheel World to cultivate the Primordial Myriad Phenomena Bell for more than six thousand years until it became a Creation Divine Artifact.
• The Primordial Myriad Phenomena Bell told Jiang Ping'an it could trap a top Chaos God Devil indefinitely if supplied with energy, giving him a way to suppress rather than kill powerful enemies.
• Jiang Ping'an completed Lingxiao City's reconstruction, assigned territories to Yellow Emperor, White Emperor, and the other human Immortals, and offered extra tax revenue for developing their lands.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Su Nü to bring Nine Clouds, Feng Qing'er, Black Emperor, and the others from Human Emperor Cave to Lingxiao City, where Black Emperor became chief steward.
• Yellow Emperor, White Emperor, and the other human Immortals migrated more than one hundred and twenty million people to Heavenly Court Island over thirty years.
• A top-tier Chaos God Devil advanced toward Heavenly Court Island alongside a late-stage Chaos Kunpeng and a late-stage Chaos Qilin.

Jiang Ping'an confronted Tian Sha, a top-tier Chaos God Devil, and two late-stage allies who came to seize Heavenly Court Island. He defeated them, trapped Tian Sha in the Primordial Myriad Phenomena Bell, and declared he would suppress him for one million years.

• Jiang Ping'an left Heavenly Court Island to face Tian Sha, a Chaos Kunpeng, and a Chaos Qilin, while the Human Race Immortals stayed behind to guard the city.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Distance-Ignoring Wings and Tribulation Extinction Divine Spear to wound Tian Sha and the Chaos Kunpeng, then dodged their combined attacks.
• Jiang Ping'an summoned the Primordial Myriad Phenomena Bell and used Heart Force from his Creation God Wheel to trap Tian Sha inside it.
• Jiang Ping'an repelled the Chaos Qilin and Chaos Kunpeng, and both fled after the Chaos Qilin was wounded.
• Jiang Ping'an announced that he would suppress Tian Sha in the bell for one million years, frightening the watching experts into retreating.

After Jiang Ping'an suppressed the Heavenly Baleful God Devil, the Dragon Race feared the growing Human Race and decided to seek an alliance. Jiang Ping'an accepted the alliance and the Dragon Race’s gifts, while setting boundaries to protect both sides’ territories.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Primordial Myriad Phenomena Bell to suppress the Heavenly Baleful God Devil and returned to a respectful welcome on Heavenly Court Island.
• The Primordial Chaos True Dragon gathered the Dragon Race’s leaders and, after hearing Ao Zhen’s proposal, decided to ally with the Human Race rather than risk war.
• Ao Li prepared generous gifts and sent one thousand mixed-blood dragons, led by Ao Guang, to Heavenly Court Island as a gesture of sincerity.
• Ao Guang arrived at Lingxiao City and offered the Dragon Race’s gifts and a proposal of eternal friendship to Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an accepted the alliance on the condition that neither race encroach on the other’s territory, and agreed to keep the one thousand mixed dragons as workers.

Jiang Ping'an arranged for Taihao to build a formation that would bring Human Immortals ascending from lower realms to Heavenly Court Island. He also sent the Black Emperor into accelerated seclusion to help prepare for the threat of Great Black Heavenly Devil God.

• After Heavenly Court Island's population grew far beyond Human Emperor Cave's, Jiang Ping'an began refining Creation Divine Artifacts, planning an ascension route, and seeking to eliminate Great Black Heavenly Devil God.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Taihao to design a large reception formation so Human Immortals ascending from lower realms would arrive safely on Heavenly Court Island.
• Taihao presented the design, and Jiang Ping'an gave him twenty billion Source Crystals and a site three million li west of Lingxiao City to build the formation.
• Jiang Ping'an asked the Black Emperor to track Great Black Heavenly Devil God, but the Black Emperor said he might be able to do so after reaching the Immortal Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an gave the Black Emperor Chaos God Source Crystal and permission to cultivate in the Creation God Wheel World for tens of thousands of years.
• Jiang Ping'an brought the Black Emperor into the Creation God Wheel World and accelerated its time flow to nine thousand times faster.

Jiang Ping'an activated the Immortal Reception Array, which Taihao had spent five years constructing to bring cultivators from the lower realms directly to Heavenly Court Island. Its first arrival was Jiang Yun, a thirty-fifth-generation descendant of Jiang Ping'an's bloodline, leaving the Jade Emperor reunited with one of his descendants.

• Jiang Ping'an asked the Yellow Emperor and Azure Emperor how to locate the Great Black Heavenly Devil God's true body and avatars, but they said such abilities were rare and taboo.
• Jiang Ping'an decided he would have to create a tracking divine ability or refine a tracking Divine Artifact himself.
• The Black Emperor announced that he had reached perfection in the Dao Ancestor Realm, and Jiang Ping'an rewarded him with ten bottles of Enlightenment Pills.
• Five years later, Jiang Ping'an gathered the officials and immortals to witness the activation of the Immortal Reception Array Taihao had constructed.
• Jiang Ping'an activated the array, and it received Jiang Yun, a cultivator from the Great Barrens World who recognized him as the Jiang Clan's Great Ancestor.

Jiang Ping'an learned that more than twenty thousand years had passed since his ascension and that his old family ties in the Great Barrens were gone, then gave Jiang Yun resources and let him choose his own path. Black Emperor advanced to the Immortal Realm, and after a year-long celebration, he and Jiang Ping'an secretly left Heavenly Court Island to hunt the Great Black Heavenly Devil God.

• The Immortal Reception Array brought thirty-two cultivators from the lower realm, and Jiang Ping'an assigned Minister Ying to settle them.
• Jiang Yun told Jiang Ping'an that over twenty-one thousand years had passed in the Great Barrens, where the Great An Kingdom had split into five Jiang Clan-ruled countries.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Jiang Yun a Storage Celestial Ring filled with treasures and sent him to ask Ying Liang for a city to cultivate in.
• Black Emperor emerged from seclusion, broke through to the Immortal Realm, and received the Creation Divine Artifact Heaven Subduing Seal from Jiang Ping'an.
• Black Emperor revealed that his enhanced sense of smell could locate the Great Black Heavenly Devil God's true body and clones, and Jiang Ping'an warned him to keep this ability secret.
• Jiang Ping'an held a year-long immortality celebration for Black Emperor, then the two quietly left Heavenly Court Island to hunt the Great Black Heavenly Devil God.

Jiang Ping'an and Black Emperor hunted down and suppressed the Great Black Heavenly Devil God's avatars, then tracked his true body to God City. They hesitated to enter the city, whose immense pressure injured Jiang Ping'an and whose dangers could overwhelm them.

• Jiang Ping'an and Black Emperor agreed to capture the Great Black Heavenly Devil God's avatars alive so his true body would not be warned by their deaths.
• Black Emperor found and helped Jiang Ping'an suppress the first avatar, then later an Immortal avatar killed itself after recognizing Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an stayed hidden while Black Emperor captured another Immortal avatar, and Jiang Ping'an gave Black Emperor a Chaos God Source Crystal and forged it the Ninety-Nine Layer Exquisite Pagoda.
• Over two years, Black Emperor captured all of the Great Black Heavenly Devil God's avatars.
• Black Emperor located the Great Black Heavenly Devil God's true body inside God City, where the city's pressure shattered Jiang Ping'an's eyes and made them question whether they could enter.

Jiang Ping'an and Black Emperor entered God City to hunt down Great Black Heavenly Devil God, but learned that he was protected by the powerful Devil Venerable Xuanming. Ling Wei offered information and a chance to cooperate, leaving Jiang Ping'an weighing a risky plan to lure Great Black Heavenly Devil God out of the city.

• Jiang Ping'an paid the entry fee and entered God City with Black Emperor, where they rented a courtyard at Anshen Inn and explored the vast city.
• Black Emperor traced Great Black Heavenly Devil God's presence to Xuanming Palace and learned that Devil Venerable Xuanming, his powerful friend, had sheltered him.
• Jiang Ping'an and Black Emperor gathered information across God City while respecting its absolute ban on violence.
• Ling Wei approached Jiang Ping'an and offered details about Xuanming's movements, proposing they cooperate against him over an old grudge.
• Jiang Ping'an verified Ling Wei's information and planned to ambush Xuanming outside God City, then use him to lure Great Black Heavenly Devil God out, though Black Emperor warned the plan could fail.

Jiang Ping'an had Black Emperor verify Ling Wei’s identity and learned she was Yue Yinshuang, the last princess of the Silver Moon Divine Phoenix clan seeking revenge on Devil Venerable Xuanming. After securing her oath of cooperation, he arranged an ambush plan targeting Great Black Heavenly Devil God and began preparing for the operation twenty years later.

• Black Emperor investigated Xuanming’s history and learned that Devil Venerable Xuanming had nearly exterminated the Silver Moon Divine Phoenix clan to seize its Taiyin Source Core.
• Black Emperor confirmed that Ling Wei was Yue Yinshuang, the clan’s last princess, and reported that she had spent centuries waiting for a chance to avenge her family.
• Jiang Ping'an met Ling Wei at Heavenly Secret Pavilion, where she swore not to betray him or reveal their plan.
• Jiang Ping'an proposed trapping Devil Venerable Xuanming outside God City and forcing him to summon Great Black Heavenly Devil God, while Ling Wei would seek to kill Xuanming and recruit the spatial formation master Daoist Poxu.
• Jiang Ping'an refined his Creation Divine Artifacts and strengthened his Heart Force Divine Core as Black Emperor monitored Xuanming Palace and Great Black Heavenly Devil God's movements.

Jiang Ping'an ambushed Xuanming Devil God with the Void God-Trapping Array, hoping to force him to make Great Black Heavenly Devil God leave God City. After a fierce battle, Jiang Ping'an defeated him and pressured him into sending a message, leaving the ambush awaiting Great Black Heavenly Devil God’s response.

• Jiang Ping'an prepared his three Creation Divine Artifacts and traveled to the wasteland, where Daoist Poxu completed the Void God-Trapping Array.
• Xuanming Devil God sensed danger and confronted Jiang Ping'an before entering the array, then revealed a hidden Creation Divine Artifact and attacked him.
• Jiang Ping'an lured Xuanming Devil God into the array eye and activated the formation, gaining the advantage with the array and his three artifacts.
• After fighting for half a day, Xuanming Devil God admitted defeat, but refused to betray Great Black Heavenly Devil God at first.
• Jiang Ping'an warned Xuanming Devil God that killing him would cost him his strength and artifact, and Xuanming Devil God sent a message to God City.

Jiang Ping'an persuaded Xuanming Devil God to stop sheltering the Great Black Heavenly Devil God, but Ling Wei warned that Xuanming and Great Black were staging a betrayal to lure him into a trap. After confirming the scheme, Jiang Ping'an went to confront Xuanming Devil God, hinting that he had another plan.

• After the Great Black Heavenly Devil God failed to answer Xuanming Devil God's pleas for help, Jiang Ping'an convinced Xuanming to swear he would stop sheltering Great Black and force him out of God City.
• Ling Wei demanded Jiang Ping'an help her kill Xuanming Devil God and offered herself as his Cultivation Partner, but Jiang Ping'an refused to promise revenge and later accepted her advances without changing his position.
• Xuanming Devil God returned to Xuanming Palace and agreed with Great Black's plan to pretend to expel him, then lure Jiang Ping'an into a trap outside the city.
• Xuanming Palace announced that Xuanming had expelled Great Black, and Jiang Ping'an told Black Emperor to secretly watch him while Ling Wei warned that the expulsion was likely a ruse.
• After Black Emperor confirmed that Xuanming and Great Black were acting together, Jiang Ping'an went to Xuanming Palace to question Xuanming, saying he had another method.

Jiang Ping'an forced Xuanming Devil God to swear by his true name and Great Black Heaven’s true name, secretly obtaining the names he needed to use the Book of Life and Death. He and Ling Wei agreed to join forces against Xuanming Devil God, while Ling Wei went to contact his enemies and Jiang Ping'an waited in God City.

• Jiang Ping'an confronted Xuanming Devil God and demanded an oath by his true name and Great Black Heaven’s true name.
• Xuanming Devil God swore that he would no longer shelter Great Black Heaven and revealed their true names, Eming You and Moyuan Zhi.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Anshen Inn and told Black Emperor that he had gained something, but kept the secret of the Book of Life and Death to himself.
• Ling Wei arrived, and Jiang Ping'an brought her into the Creation God Wheel's world to discuss their plans and confirm her promise to become his Cultivation Partner after Xuanming Devil God's death.
• Ling Wei proposed recruiting Xuanming Devil God's enemies to ambush him, and Jiang Ping'an agreed to let her contact them.
• Ling Wei left to make contact while Jiang Ping'an returned to his cultivation room to nurture the Book of Life and Death and await her news.

Jiang Ping'an spent months cultivating the Book of Life and Death, then met Old Ancestor Cangming and the Burning Heaven Sword Master to verify their hatred of the Xuanming Devil God and arrange an alliance. The three agreed to ambush the Xuanming Devil God when he left the city to attack Jiang Ping'an.

• Jiang Ping'an poured Heart Force into the Book of Life and Death, but it still could not guarantee the death of a top-tier Chaos God Devil.
• Ling Wei returned with Old Ancestor Cangming and the Burning Heaven Sword Master, who both wanted revenge on the Xuanming Devil God.
• Jiang Ping'an met the two at the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, where they questioned his motives and cultivation.
• After three days of probing, the three confirmed they sincerely wanted to kill the Xuanming Devil God and agreed to auction his Creation Divine Artifact knife and divide the proceeds.
• Jiang Ping'an proposed that they surround and kill the Xuanming Devil God when he left the city to ambush him, and both allies agreed.

Jiang Ping'an and his allies ambushed Xuanming Devil God and destroyed his true body, while Old Ancestor Cangming stole his Creation Divine Blade. Jiang Ping'an used the Book of Life and Death to pursue Xuanming Devil God’s surviving avatars, and Great Black Heavenly Devil God betrayed him to ensure his complete death.

• Ling Wei returned with the location of Xuanming Devil God’s ambush, and Jiang Ping'an ordered her to alert Old Ancestor Cangming and Burning Heaven Sword Master.
• After Xuanming Devil God secretly left God City, Jiang Ping'an reached the valley first and confronted him as Old Ancestor Cangming and Burning Heaven Sword Master closed in.
• Jiang Ping'an, Old Ancestor Cangming, and Burning Heaven Sword Master overwhelmed Xuanming Devil God, and Jiang Ping'an pierced his Divine Core with the Tribulation Extinction Spear.
• Old Ancestor Cangming seized Xuanming Devil God’s Creation Divine Blade and fled, while Burning Heaven Sword Master pursued him.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Book of Life and Death to attack Xuanming Devil God’s surviving origin, and Great Black Heavenly Devil God’s avatar shattered it, killing Xuanming Devil God completely.
• Jiang Ping'an sensed that Xuanming Devil God had been fully obliterated and decided to leave Great Black Heavenly Devil God alive for now.

Jiang Ping'an killed the Great Black Heavenly Devil God with the Book of Life and Death, then returned to Heavenly Court Island with Ling Wei and Black Emperor. He married Ling Wei, gave her a Creation Divine Artifact, and tens of thousands of years later led humans to expand onto the mainland.

• Jiang Ping'an killed the Great Black Heavenly Devil God outside God City with the Book of Life and Death, while pretending he had died alongside Xuanming Devil God.
• Jiang Ping'an spent over a month in God City before taking Ling Wei and Black Emperor back to Heavenly Court Island.
• Jiang Ping'an offered Ling Wei an official place as his consort and promised her a Creation Divine Artifact, and Ling Wei agreed to marry him.
• Jiang Ping'an and Ling Wei held a grand wedding more than half a year later, and he gave her a Creation Divine Artifact.
• Jiang Ping'an protected the human race as it prospered on Heavenly Court Island, and tens of thousands of years later he led some humans to expand onto the mainland.