Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chuan began condensing his Golden Core in a hidden Space Formation beneath the Public Security Bureau, despite Song Bin and Zhang Minghui urging him to wait. He unleashed an astonishing array of powers and started forging his core in Five-colored Divine Fire, with the outcome still uncertain.

• Zhang Minghui led Jiang Chuan to a hidden Space Formation beneath the Public Security Bureau, where Song Bin questioned his decision to condense his Golden Core before going to Northern Capital City.
• Jiang Chuan insisted on proceeding that day and asked Song Bin not to tell Meng Yifei, then sat down to prepare for the breakthrough.
• Jiang Chuan's Five Organs Divine Palace blazed with immense light, and five divine beasts, the Leaving Heaven Immortal Scripture's figure, and numerous weapons and abilities emerged from him.
• Song Bin and Zhang Minghui were stunned by Jiang Chuan's immense cultivation foundation and the many Scripture and Divine Abilities he had Cultivated to Completion.
• Jiang Chuan gathered his five qi and three flowers, ignited them with Five-colored Divine Fire, and the White Tiger charged into the flames as he began condensing his Golden Core.

Jiang Chuan condensed an Immortal Grade Golden Core, drawing multiple extraordinary heavenly anomalies that astonished Song Bin and Zhang Minghui. The Great Void Dao Diagram and Immortal Refining Pot appeared, and a third anomaly began to descend as they wondered whether Jiang Chuan’s damaged origin had healed.

• Jiang Chuan fused his powers into an Azure Gold Golden Core and sensed his strength had greatly increased.
• Song Bin and Zhang Minghui watched divine lights descend in response to Jiang Chuan’s Immortal Grade Golden Core.
• A Great Void Dao Diagram formed above Jiang Chuan, and Song Bin identified it as an anomaly once bestowed on One Heart Ancient Immortal.
• An Immortal Palace appeared and released a five-colored immortal pot, which Song Bin recognized as the legendary Immortal Refining Pot.
• A third anomaly began to form, prompting Song Bin and Zhang Minghui to speculate that Jiang Chuan’s damaged origin had recovered.

Jiang Chuan completed his Golden Core condensation and left the Public Security Bureau after discussing his future political ambitions with Song Bin. Qu Shi then called to tell him that Duan Hong would arrive that evening and that they would move against him to take control of Nandu City.

• A purple Immortal Light descended as Jiang Chuan completed his Golden Core, creating a phenomenon unknown to ancient records.
• Jiang Chuan urged Song Bin to support him as Deputy City Lord, but Song Bin refused and sent him away from the Public Security Bureau.
• Jiang Chuan met Zhang Yanfeng and Kang Bo, received the principal’s cultivation notes, and repaid the school 120,000 Merit Points.
• Qu Shi called Jiang Chuan and announced that Duan Hong’s plane would land at six that evening, urging him to help seize Nandu City.

Meng Nanxi and her companions discussed the coming confrontation between Qu Shi, Jiang Chuan, and Nandu City's rulers, while Jiang Chuan studied the Silk Cloth and realized the Five Great Seal Techniques might need to merge with the destructive power of the Five Elements. The chapter left him attempting to cultivate Fufeng True Immortal's Wind and Rain Summoning Technique.

• Meng Nanxi told Meng Yifei that Qu Shi was stronger than any Eighth Realm Cultivator she had seen, and learned the City Lord would arrive that evening.
• Song Zhiyan, Qiuyue Bai, Meng Nanxi, and Zhao Danqin discussed whether Qu Shi and Jiang Chuan could overcome Nandu City's leaders and the forces assembled for the coming war.
• Jiang Chuan used the Silk Cloth to revisit the battle between Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal and Fufeng True Immortal, then saw his Five Great Seal Techniques fail to break the Wind and Rain Summoning Technique.
• Jiang Chuan reasoned that Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal may have studied the destructive force of wind and rain to develop an even more powerful seal technique through the Five Elements' mutual restraint.
• Jiang Chuan decided to attempt cultivating the Wind and Rain Summoning Technique and immediately began forming its Hand Seals.

Jiang Chuan tested the Wind and Rain Summoning Technique, but without Fufeng True Immortal’s scripture it produced destructive golden wind and sword-like black rain. After studying the Heaven-Propping Immortal Scripture, he was summoned to the City Lord’s Mansion over Duan Hong’s exploded private jet and went there to await him and discuss his future office.

• Jiang Chuan left home to test the Wind and Rain Summoning Technique outside the city after Ji Xuan relayed Meng Nan’s order to stay away from Changcheng.
• Jiang Chuan’s wind technique created scorching golden gales that incinerated the landscape, while his rain technique produced black drops that pierced the mountains and earth.
• Jiang Chuan read the Heaven-Propping Immortal Scripture and learned about Qingtian Ancient Immortal’s Myriad Laws Undying Immortal Body.
• Qu Shi asked Jiang Chuan whether he had blown up Duan Hong’s private jet, and Jiang Chuan denied doing it.
• Qu Shi summoned Jiang Chuan to the City Lord’s Mansion, and Jiang Chuan went there to suggest renovations for his future office and wait for Duan Hong.

Qu Shi and Jiang Chuan challenged Sun Yanfeng and Duan Hong over control of Nandu City, but Duan Hong returned with a force of cultivators to suppress them. The battle began inside a protective array, with Qu Shi facing Sun Yanfeng and Jiang Chuan facing dozens of opponents.

• Qu Shi and Jiang Chuan criticized the City Lord's Mansion and told Sun Yanfeng to step down, while Sun Yanfeng mocked Qu Shi's ability to defeat him.
• Duan Hong returned with Meng Yifei, Song Bin, Wang Mi, Ji Xuan, Hou Ming, Lin Huai, and many other cultivators, and explained that the provincial governor had sent him to suppress Qu Shi and Jiang Chuan.
• Qu Shi demanded that Duan Hong hand over Nandu City and threatened him with the Immortal Sword Vermilion Bird, while Jiang Chuan agreed to fight after Qu Shi promised him Merit Points for each opponent he knocked down.
• Hou Ming, Lin Huai, and thirty-four cultivators formed a protective array around the City Lord's Mansion courtyard, while Sun Yanfeng confronted Qu Shi.
• Sun Yanfeng summoned his dharma image and shattered Qu Shi's sword strike, but Qu Shi answered with the Heavenly Star Sword Art and seven linked sword arrays.
• Duan Hong ordered the cultivators to attack Jiang Chuan and aim for his face, as Meng Nanxi and Qiuyue Bai watched and prepared to record the fight.

Jiang Chuan fought off Duan Hong’s forces, revealing an Immortal Grade Golden Core and the Great Void Dao Diagram as he overwhelmed the attackers. The chapter ended with Chi Lei sending a High-Grade Dao Tool pill furnace to smash the diagram and possibly suppress Jiang Chuan.

• Jiang Chuan knocked Ji Xuan away with Dragon Serpent Combined Attack, then charged the surrounding cultivators and blasted several of them aside.
• Jiang Chuan endured the attackers’ spells with the Demonic Embryo Life Seizing Art, while Ge Jun’s High-Grade Dao Tool sword was repelled by the Five Elements Five Qi Sword.
• Jiang Chuan revealed that he had formed an Immortal Grade Golden Core and unleashed Heaven’s Wrath Divine Fist against Ge Jun, Wang Mi, and the others.
• Jiang Chuan summoned the Great Void Dao Diagram, swallowed and suppressed more than ten charging cultivators, then drove the diagram toward Duan Hong’s group.
• Duan Hong ordered Chi Lei to attack, and Chi Lei sent his Nine Dragons Sea Refining Furnace crashing toward Jiang Chuan’s Great Void Dao Diagram.

Jiang Chuan fought Duan Hong, Meng Yifei, and the gathered cultivators, revealing immense strength after condensing an Immortal Grade Golden Core. As they pressed their attack, he summoned the legendary Immortal Refining Pot and vowed to fight for Nandu City.

• Jiang Chuan used his Flying Immortal Sword Art to combine the Purple Heaven Immortal Jade Sword with his five divine beasts, striking Meng Yifei’s Nine Dragons Sea Refining Furnace and sending it flying.
• Meng Yifei unleashed the Burning Heaven Calamity, but Jiang Chuan’s Leaving Heaven Immortal Scripture-powered punch broke through it and the Nirvana and Wither and Flourish Calamities.
• Meng Yifei froze Jiang Chuan with the Ice Heaven Calamity, but Jiang Chuan broke free and repelled Ge Jun’s Flying Sword with a punch as the cultivators attacked him.
• Duan Hong taunted Jiang Chuan while he struggled against the group’s magical treasures and divine abilities; Jiang Chuan declared he would fight for Nandu City and summoned the Five-Colored Immortal Refining Pot.
• Qiuyue Bai, Meng Nanxi, and Yan Hongwei were shocked by the Immortal Refining Pot’s appearance, while Duan Hong ordered everyone to attack Jiang Chuan and the phenomenon.

Jiang Chuan fought Meng Yifei, Duan Hong, and their allies, using the Immortal Refining Pot and Dragon Serpent Combined Attack to overpower them. After he broke free of Meng Yifei’s Void Calamity and challenged Duan Hong’s position, Sun Yanfeng intervened by sending his great seal crashing toward Jiang Chuan.

• Meng Yifei activated the Taiyuan Dao Bell, but Jiang Chuan’s Immortal Refining Pot swallowed it along with Ge Jun’s Flying Sword and Chi Lei’s Nine Dragons Sea Refining Furnace.
• Jiang Chuan struck Meng Yifei with Dragon Serpent Combined Attack, sending him flying despite his Xuan Yuan Body Protection Divine Light.
• Jiang Chuan charged Duan Hong, traded blows with Chi Lei, and battered Ge Jun, Wang Mi, and the others while shrugging off their attacks.
• Meng Yifei trapped Jiang Chuan with Void Calamity, but Jiang Chuan used Six Imperial Seals to shatter the frozen void.
• Jiang Chuan told Duan Hong to step down as Deputy City Lord, but Sun Yanfeng intervened and sent his great seal toward Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan was overwhelmed by Duan Hong’s array and the others’ attacks, while Qu Shi switched sides in exchange for a position in the City Lord’s Mansion. After accepting Merit Points from Duan Hong, Jiang Chuan was released and learned that a promised treasure and an unexpected letter had been sent for him.

• Meng Yifei used Void Power to ambush Jiang Chuan, and Jiang Chuan’s Taiji Diagram was broken by Sun Yanfeng’s arrow.
• Qu Shi and Sun Yanfeng clashed until Duan Hong activated the Thirty-Six Stars Demon Slaying Great Array and bound Jiang Chuan with its azure chains.
• Qu Shi announced her support for Duan Hong, and Sun Yanfeng revealed that she had been made Director Qu in charge of the air force.
• Jiang Chuan threatened to challenge Duan Hong again, but agreed to support his leadership in exchange for one million Merit Points.
• Duan Hong released Jiang Chuan and told him that Skybreaker King’s promised treasure and a letter from someone above had been entrusted to him.

Jiang Chuan received Chu Wan'er’s invitation to Northern Capital City and collected the divine fire and Heavenly Defect Stone from Duan Hong. After earning more Merit Points by renting out his treasures, he returned home and began cultivating the divine lamp with the three divine flames.

• Duan Hong gave Jiang Chuan Chu Wan'er’s letter inviting him to Northern Capital City in seven days, along with divine fire and a piece of Heavenly Defect Stone.
• Jiang Chuan learned from Song Bin that he had condensed an Immortal Grade Golden Core with three phenomena, including an unprecedented purple Immortal Light more powerful than the Immortal Refining Pot.
• Jiang Chuan rented the Great Void Dao Diagram and Immortal Refining Pot to Qiuyue Bai and the others for two hundred and fifty thousand Merit Points per day.
• Yan Yong called Jiang Chuan to demand repayment after he received two million Merit Points, but Jiang Chuan said he would repay the Border Defense Force once he had saved 2.6 million.
• Jiang Chuan decided to cultivate the Dao-Burning World-Scorching True-Self Supreme Divine Lamp and swallowed the three divine flames from the pill furnace.
• The flames stirred the Five Elements Yuan Qi in Jiang Chuan’s Five Organs Divine Palace, transforming it into a Five-Colored Divine Lamp.

Jiang Chuan fused Divine Fires into his divine lamp, studied the Candlelight Ancient Immortal’s method, and refined the Heavenly Defect Stone into a small sword. After preparing to fly to Northern Capital City, he froze as he boarded the City Lord’s Mansion’s private jet.

• Jiang Chuan fused the cyan Divine Fire into his divine lamp and studied the Ancient Scroll to understand the Candlelight Ancient Immortal’s method, but decided to ask Big Sister for advice before using it.
• Jiang Huai'an asked Jiang Chuan what Qu Shi liked as a gift, and Jiang Chuan said she wanted money and to become the Nandu City Lord.
• Jiang Chuan spent five days refining the Heavenly Defect Stone with the Great Beginning Dao Sword, forming a small black-and-white sword that entered his Azure Gold Golden Core.
• Jiang Chuan packed his belongings and boarded the City Lord’s Mansion’s private jet to Northern Capital City, where he froze as he stepped onto the plane.

Jiang Chuan traveled with Qu Shi to Northern Capital City and learned that advancing beyond the Seventh Realm required understanding and aligning his Dao with his true nature. After a long traffic jam, they reached their destination, but Jiang Chuan did not know where they were.

• Jiang Chuan questioned why Qu Shi had joined the trip, and Qu Shi said Duan Hong had sent her to protect him.
• Qu Shi explained that Enlightening the Dao meant understanding one's heart and will, then gave examples of how a person's nature aligned with their Dao.
• Jiang Chuan teased Qu Shi about being a money-grubber, and she angrily threatened to chop him apart.
• Jiang Chuan and Qu Shi landed in Northern Capital City, then sat through a traffic jam because cultivators could not fly within the Third Ring Road.
• Qu Shi gave Jiang Chuan an ancient book to study, and he pondered what kind of person he was before their car reached an unfamiliar destination.

Jiang Chuan met Chu Wan'er at the State Guest Hotel, where she asked him to join an expedition into Nether Ancient Immortal's tomb and borrow his good fortune. Before the Jade Immortal Pond opened, Feng Jiye warned Jiang Chuan that the Near Ancient Faction might target him, and Jiang Chuan asked Chu Wan'er if she dared to pull off something big.

• Feng Jiye led Jiang Chuan and Qu Shi to meet Chu Wan'er at the State Guest Hotel, where she was researching cultivation ideas online.
• Chu Wan'er explained that Great Xia had found Nether Ancient Immortal's tomb and wanted Jiang Chuan to join the team exploring it for treasures.
• Jiang Chuan asked whether Qu Shi could go in his place, provoking Qu Shi's anger, before Feng Jiye explained that the expedition had been delayed while Great Xia revised its roster.
• Feng Jiye warned Jiang Chuan that the Near Ancient Faction might make trouble for him when the Jade Immortal Pond opened the day after tomorrow.
• After Feng Jiye left, Jiang Chuan asked Chu Wan'er if she dared to pull off something big.

Jiang Chuan concluded that his Dao lay in reshaping a violent world, though he did not know how to accomplish it. He then went with Feng Jiye to Jade Immortal Pond, where he provoked He Xu and prepared for a possible fight once they entered the pond.

• Jiang Chuan urged Chu Wan'er to destroy Crystal Cave Heaven and Mountain Sea Dao Sect with him, but she kicked him out of the hall.
• Jiang Chuan reflected on his purpose and decided he wanted to reshape the world by wiping out the Ancient Sects, demon beasts, and other bloodthirsty forces.
• Feng Jiye and Qu Shi woke Jiang Chuan and took him to the military base where Jade Immortal Pond was located.
• Jiang Chuan traded insults with Li Wei and Liu Yuzhu, then watched Qu Shi and Shen Jing argue over Ancient Immortal Qianming's scripture.
• He Xu threatened Jiang Chuan, who challenged him and baited him into attacking first; Feng Jiye then led the assembled cultivators into Jade Immortal Pond.

Jiang Chuan entered the Jade Immortal Pond with the others and clashed with He Xu over his challenge to the Shame of Great Xia. After trading several attacks, Jiang Chuan’s punch sank into He Xu’s fist seal, leaving him facing an unexpected technique.

• Feng Jiye led Jiang Chuan and the others through a missile-filled underground passage to the Jade Immortal Pond.
• Jiang Chuan learned that the Jade Essence Immortal Liquid lay at the pond’s center, and Qu Shi mocked his lack of knowledge.
• He Xu challenged Jiang Chuan and attacked him with a golden handprint and the White Emperor Sky Blade.
• Jiang Chuan countered with Dragon Serpent Combined Attack and his five-colored giant sword, then taunted He Xu.
• He Xu charged with a punch, and Jiang Chuan’s fist sank into He Xu’s fist seal as He Xu smiled sinisterly.

Jiang Chuan destroyed He Xu’s Sky Dome Dao Soldiers with his Silver Azure Flame and forced He Xu to reveal the divine abilities he had learned from the Moon Gazing Ancient Immortal Orthodoxy. The battle continued as He Xu unleashed Vacuum Burial against Jiang Chuan.

• He Xu’s Flowing Gold Immortal Body repelled Jiang Chuan’s attack, but Jiang Chuan suffered only minor injuries.
• He Xu summoned Sky Dome Dao Soldiers that repeatedly attacked Jiang Chuan, while Shen Jing and Feng Jiye debated whether to intervene.
• Jiang Chuan used the Dao-Burning World-Scorching True-Self Supreme Divine Lamp to annihilate He Xu’s Sky Dome Dao Soldiers with Silver Azure Flame.
• He Xu revealed that the Moon Gazing Ancient Immortal Orthodoxy had drawn him back to Great Xia and used Pure and Turbid Refinement against Jiang Chuan.
• Jiang Chuan answered with Five Elements Divine Thunder, and He Xu then used Vacuum Burial to make the surrounding void surge toward him.

Jiang Chuan fought He Xu, who drew on the Jade Immortal Pond’s power to unleash a strike nearing the ninth realm. Jiang Chuan answered with the third phenomenon of his Immortal Grade Golden Core, and after their clash’s shockwave faded, he remained standing.

• Jiang Chuan broke through He Xu’s Void Power with Six Imperial Seals and charged at him.
• He Xu summoned Great Dao swords and a Five-Colored Phoenix, while Jiang Chuan’s saber strike shattered the swords but only wounded the phoenix before it pierced his chest.
• He Xu used Heaven and Earth Union to draw on the Jade Immortal Pond and form a green spear, prompting Qu Shi and Feng Jiye to rush toward the duel.
• He Xu charged Jiang Chuan with a strike near the ninth realm, but Jiang Chuan revealed his violet Immortal Light phenomenon and met the spear with his fist.
• The collision sent a devastating shockwave across the area, and Jiang Chuan’s figure appeared again after it dispersed.

Jiang Chuan defeated He Xu, who sacrificed himself by detonating his golden core, and then healed his injuries with Jade Essence Immortal Liquid. After Qu Shi intimidated the other cultivators into taking only a small share, Jiang Chuan stopped Feng Jiye as the group prepared to leave.

• Jiang Chuan broke He Xu’s Heaven and Earth Union and grievously wounded him.
• He Xu transformed into golden light and detonated his golden core, badly damaging Jiang Chuan.
• Jiang Chuan survived the blast, and Feng Jiye warned that the Near Ancient Faction would blame him for He Xu’s death.
• Qu Shi threatened Li Wei and the other cultivators with the Immortal Sword Vermilion Bird, so they took only small portions of the Jade Essence Immortal Liquid.
• Jiang Chuan absorbed the remaining Jade Essence Immortal Liquid and healed his injuries.
• Feng Jiye prepared to leave after the liquid was distributed, but Jiang Chuan stopped him.

After slaying He Xu, Jiang Chuan returned to the State Guest Hotel and cultivated the Myriad Laws Undying Immortal Body using Sunlight Divine Paste and Jade Essence Immortal Liquid. He completed its initial stage before Ji Heng called him.

• Jiang Chuan asked Feng Jiye to help search for He Xu’s scattered treasures, but Feng Jiye refused and said he would rather be struck by lightning than see him again.
• Jiang Chuan returned to the hotel, consumed the Sunlight Divine Paste, and circulated the Heaven-Propping Immortal Scripture to refine it and the Jade Essence Immortal Liquid.
• Jiang Chuan endured a day and night of destructive divine abilities tempering his body while Chu Wan'er rejected Great Xia’s request to take responsibility for hundreds of cultivators entering the Nether Ancient Immortal Tomb.
• Jiang Chuan emerged with his Myriad Laws Undying Body initially cultivated to completion, eight golden dragons circling him, and indestructible power beginning to form.
• Jiang Chuan received a call from Ji Heng and wondered whether Ji Heng had made further progress toward transforming into a dragon.