Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chuan and Zhong Ran led the defense against a rampaging horde of demon beasts, suspecting that the two beings who descended with the Immortal Light had driven them mad to open a path of escape. As the battle continued into dawn, a vast Immortal Might erupted from the Changqing Mountain Range.

• Jiang Chuan stopped Zhong Ran from wasting shells on the peaks and concluded that the descended beings were using demon beasts to break through the defenses.
• Zhong Ran ordered the armies to concentrate their fire as Seven Realm Demon Kings led the red-eyed beasts toward the southern front.
• A Silver Wolf and another Demon King detonated their Demon Cores, while Sun Yanfeng flew out to fight a Ninth Realm snake demon.
• Jiang Chuan and Zhong Ran argued about the Azure Martial King's strength and Jiang Chuan's tendency to drag others into trouble.
• Sun Yanfeng fought the snake demon as cultivators and demon beasts suffered heavy losses, and a vast Immortal Might erupted from the mountains at dawn.

Jiang Chuan and Zhong Ran watched the army advance while the Azure Martial King fought an ape and a green Immortal Light inside his Dao Manifestation Realm. When the ape escaped, Jiang Chuan intercepted it and recognized its Dragon Wrestling Divine Fist; he ended the chapter preparing to strike with the Vast Cold Condensing Yin Saber Chapter.

• Jiang Chuan and Zhong Ran concluded that the enemies were trying to force their way out, and Sun Yanfeng warned that the powerful one was emerging.
• The Azure Martial King trapped the ape and green Immortal Light in his Dao Manifestation Realm while Zhong Ran ordered the army to attack and divide the demon beasts with arrays.
• Jiang Chuan ordered the artillery soldiers and city defense armies to withdraw, but the Azure Martial King's battle continued for nearly half an hour.
• The ape burst from the battlefield and fled, so Jiang Chuan pursued it and struck with his Five Elements divine ability.
• Jiang Chuan recognized the ape's Dragon Wrestling Divine Fist, exchanged blows with it, and prepared the Vast Cold Condensing Yin Saber Chapter.

Jiang Chuan fought the ape, whose remnant revealed himself as War King Ancient Immortal, and overwhelmed him with divine techniques linked to Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal. War King Ancient Immortal was left wondering whether Great Scarlet had secretly been far more powerful than he had realized as Jiang Chuan struck again.

• The ape accused Jiang Chuan of trying to trick him, but Jiang Chuan countered his attacks and mocked his weakened body.
• Zhong Ran joined the fight as a roar from Azure Martial King's battlefield signaled that his battle was nearing its end.
• War King Ancient Immortal revealed his identity and unleashed the Heaven-Battling God-Fighting Technique against Jiang Chuan.
• Jiang Chuan used Wan Daoyi's Heaven and Earth Furnace and Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal's seventh seal technique to defeat War King Ancient Immortal's attack and send him flying.
• War King Ancient Immortal questioned whether Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal had concealed his strength and been behind the ancient headless cases as Jiang Chuan's next fist approached.

Jiang Chuan and Zhong Ran fought War King Ancient Immortal, who repeatedly self-destructed to destroy his flesh and evade capture. After Azure Martial King suppressed the other Ancient Immortal as well, the group prepared to proceed with the plan to exterminate the Two Energies Sacred Land, while Jiang Chuan went to heal and refine the Black Tortoise.

• War King Ancient Immortal rebuilt his body after self-destructing and attacked Jiang Chuan, who countered with the Yin Yang Returning to Void Scripture and asked why he had returned from the Immortal Realm.
• War King Ancient Immortal began to explain that ascension and apotheosis had been a grand dream, but self-destructed again as Jiang Chuan's Power of Nothingness consumed his arm.
• Zhong Ran trapped War King Ancient Immortal's remains in a dark ocean and bound him with holy chains, prompting War King Ancient Immortal to unleash the Heaven-Battling God-Fighting Technique and explode again.
• Sun Yanfeng explained to Song Zhiyan that War King Ancient Immortal was destroying his fleshly avatar because his strength was limited and he feared others could use his flesh against his true body.
• Jiang Chuan and Zhong Ran emerged from the blast injured, and Azure Martial King confirmed that the plan to exterminate the Two Energies Sacred Land would proceed as scheduled.
• Jiang Chuan agreed to enter secluded cultivation to heal and refine the Black Tortoise.

Jiang Chuan refined Black Tortoise into a treasure box and continued cultivating, but the Myriad Calamities Melting Dao Scripture brought him a looming threat of death. He left to seek advice and learned that Sun Yanfeng was beating up his father.

• Jiang Chuan poured Power of Nothingness into Black Tortoise for seven days and seven nights, refining it into a treasure box that could devour and refine nearly anything.
• Jiang Chuan judged that Black Tortoise might let him fight Azure Martial King, but he still needed to become a Void Immortal to challenge the President.
• A Three-legged Alchemy Furnace resonated with Jiang Chuan's Heaven Transformation Technique and entered his body, while he used the Taiji Gourd to comprehend Yin Yang Dao laws.
• Jiang Chuan increased the number of Golden Dragon Black Snakes around his Golden Sun Black Moon to two thousand nine hundred, then sensed a deadly tribulation from the Myriad Calamities Melting Dao Scripture.
• Jiang Chuan decided to consult Big Sister and Netherkill about the threat, but found Sun Yanfeng's office empty.
• Song Zhiyi told Jiang Chuan that Sun Yanfeng was beating up his father.

Jiang Chuan went to see the repaired Gate of the Underworld and the sealed immortal corpse after learning that Netherkill Ancient Immortal had re-formed his body. The group reached the corpse, where Jiang Chuan noticed that its fragment seemed strangely alive.

• Jiang Chuan found Jiang Huai'an bruised, but his father insisted Sun Yanfeng had only been teaching him saber techniques.
• Duan Hong gave Jiang Chuan resource-transport documents and reconstruction blueprints, then contacted the Central Committee at Jiang Chuan's request.
• Zhong Ran told Jiang Chuan that Chu Fairy was cultivating and Netherkill Ancient Immortal had resealed the corpse, so Ji Heng would bring the Gate of the Underworld to Nandu City.
• Ji Heng arrived with the Azure Lion, Zhao Zihao, Zheng Feiyang, and others, and opened the Gate of the Underworld for the group.
• The Azure Lion led Jiang Chuan and the others to Netherkill Ancient Immortal and the sealed corpse on a stone platform.
• Jiang Chuan saw a flawless palm on the corpse and sensed both death energy and a strong aura of life; Netherkill asked whether he found it peculiar.

Jiang Chuan confronted Netherkill Ancient Immortal, learned that his approaching tribulation could be controlled by initiating it against a nearby enemy, and chose the Two Energies Sacred Land despite warnings about Ancient Immortal Qianming’s Immortal Artifact. He then asked whether Netherkill had further perfected the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Smelting Scripture.

• Meng Nanxi and Song Zhiyan saw an immortal corpse healing itself, and Netherkill Ancient Immortal explained that Immortals of the Immortal Realm could cultivate along different paths.
• Jiang Chuan attacked Netherkill Ancient Immortal over the stolen Calamity Ancient Immortal's Immortal Palace, but Netherkill evaded him and used the Purple Gold cauldron to strike back.
• Jiang Chuan activated the Immortal Extermination Technique, then asked Netherkill Ancient Immortal how to handle the tribulation approaching because of his cultivation of the Myriad Calamities Melting Dao Scripture.
• Netherkill Ancient Immortal advised Jiang Chuan to initiate a tribulation against a nearby enemy rather than let the Heavenly Dao develop one, and Jiang Chuan chose the Two Energies Sacred Land and Ancient Immortal Qianming.
• Netherkill Ancient Immortal warned Jiang Chuan that Qianming's Sun and Moon Divine Banner could unleash several Ancient Immortal Strikes, but Jiang Chuan dismissed the danger.
• Jiang Chuan asked whether Netherkill Ancient Immortal had improved the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Smelting Scripture by studying Great Xia's Ancient Texts.

Jiang Chuan returned to Jiang's Pet Store, spent time with his family and friends, and considered Azure Martial King's hidden plans against the Two Energies Sacred Land. As he prepared to resume secluded cultivation, a world-shaking sword hum interrupted him.

• Netherkill Ancient Immortal refused to give Jiang Chuan the further-deduced Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Smelting Scripture, and Jiang Chuan left the Netherworld with Qiuyue Bai, Ji Heng, and the others.
• Jiang Chuan visited the enlarged Jiang's Pet Store with Meng Nanxi, Song Zhiyan, and Song Zhiyi, then waited with them for Ji Min to return.
• While playing cards, Jiang Chuan and Meng Nanxi discussed Azure Martial King's lack of visible preparations, and Meng Nanxi suggested his Dao of War might let him set up the array alone.
• Song Zhiyi bought groceries, Ji Min returned home, and the group shared dinner before Meng Nanxi and Song Zhiyan left.
• Ji Min asked Jiang Chuan which woman he liked, and Jiang Chuan dismissed the idea of pursuing his underage classmates before heading to his room to cultivate.
• A sword hum that shook heaven and earth rang out just as Jiang Chuan prepared to resume secluded cultivation.

Qu Shi broke through to become a Void Immortal and fought a Tenth Realm Black Dragon near the former Magic City, wielding her immortal sword against its Heavenly Might Horn. After she severed the Black Dragon’s tail, a Thunder Dragon emerged from the ocean and attacked her with a Seven-Colored Light Cluster.

• Jiang Chuan sensed Qu Shi’s breakthrough and flew toward the former Magic City, where he saw her battling a Black Dragon.
• Qu Shi’s sword qi tore through the Black Dragon’s scales, while Jiang Chuan and the arriving cultivators watched and discussed her strength.
• The Black Dragon summoned the Heavenly Might Horn, but Qu Shi’s Myriad Return Sword Art cleaved through its golden ripples and struck the horn.
• The Black Dragon called for help and attacked Qu Shi with its tail, which she severed with a single sword strike.
• A Thunder Dragon rose from the ocean and spat a Seven-Colored Light Cluster at Qu Shi.

Qu Shi fought the Thunder Dragon and Black Dragon, overpowering them and suppressing the Seven-Colored Immortal Palace. Jiang Chuan stopped the fleeing Thunder Dragon and claimed it to fund rebuilding devastated cities, then attacked Sun Yanfeng for beating his father.

• Jiang Chuan and Duan Hong discussed the treasures hidden in the oceans as the Thunder Dragon sent the Seven-Colored Immortal Palace and a sea of lightning at Qu Shi.
• Qu Shi unleashed her perfected sword art, battered the Seven-Colored Immortal Palace, and wounded the Thunder Dragon and Black Dragon with a sword-created world.
• The Black Dragon self-destructed, while Qu Shi left the Thunder Dragon behind and moved to suppress the Seven-Colored Immortal Palace.
• Jiang Chuan struck the fleeing Thunder Dragon, bound its body, and told Sun Yanfeng to arrange its sale to help rebuild cities like Magic City.
• Sun Yanfeng criticized Jiang Chuan's use of Dragon Serpent Combined Attack, so Jiang Chuan punched at him for having beaten Jiang Huai'an.

Jiang Chuan and his companions returned to Nandu City with the Thunder Dragon’s corpse and held a massive barbecue, while news of the world’s preparations for the ancient immortals and demon immortals reached them. The gathering continued as Jiang Chuan sampled dragon liver and marrow.

• Qu Shi demanded the Central Committee chairman position and flew off, while Jiang Chuan vowed to make Netherkill pay for taking his Immortal Palace.
• Jiang Chuan and the others brought the Thunder Dragon’s corpse to Nandu City and began preparing its meat for a barbecue.
• Xiang Taining arrived after seeing an invitation in the group chat and helped prepare food as more Cangwu Realm classmates gathered.
• The group discussed proposals from major nations to defend Earth Star and clear demonic beasts, and Jiang Chuan realized world leaders were preparing for the ancient immortals’ and demon immortals’ return.
• Jiang Chuan tasted grilled dragon meat and liver, then accepted a serving of dragon marrow from Song Zhiyan.

Jiang Chuan studied Old Man Buried Sword’s sword Dao before joining the Azure Martial King’s campaign against the Two Energies Sacred Land and Ancient Immortal Qianming’s avatar. The Azure Martial King warned that the Immortal God Palace and the unexplained absence of a cultivator tied to the Calamity Ancient Immortal Cave Mansion might conceal a threat to Northern Capital City.

• Jiang Chuan feasted on grilled dragon meat, then studied the Sword Key and cultivated Old Man Buried Sword’s sword Dao while his Deity Avatar refined techniques and the Cosmic Sword Pivot.
• Meng Nanxi summoned Jiang Chuan on July 31 because the Azure Martial King was preparing to attack the Two Energies Sacred Land and destroy Ancient Immortal Qianming’s avatar.
• Jiang Chuan learned that Zhong Ran had lost his vice chairman position after Qu Shi’s appointment, and he nearly fought Zhong Ran before the Seven Swords King stopped him with his Worlds Apart technique.
• The Azure Martial King told Jiang Chuan, Zhong Ran, and the Seven Swords King that elders from the Two Energies Sacred Land had visited the Immortal God Palace, a forbidden land where cultivators often vanished.
• The Azure Martial King and Zhong Ran suspected that events surrounding the Calamity Ancient Immortal Cave Mansion and the North Sea Realm could be drawing Northern Capital City’s experts away and leaving the President vulnerable.

The Azure Martial King ordered Jiang Chuan and the others to assemble a force for an attack on the Two Energies Sacred Land. After a night of preparation, Zhong Ran struck its mountain gate, exposing the sect’s blazing Cave Heaven as its cultivators gathered to defend it.

• The Azure Martial King approved the attack plan and assigned Jiang Chuan, Zhong Ran, and the Seven Swords King to assemble one hundred and eight cultivators.
• Gao Kang distributed Array Flags and explained the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends God-Slaying Immortal-Exterminating Grand Array, while the group discussed the Azure Martial King’s choices.
• Jiang Chuan’s overnight sword practice kept the gathered cultivators awake, and they assembled the next morning before setting out with the Azure Martial King.
• At Kula Kangri Divine Mountain, Sun Yanfeng explained why Peacock Country people worshipped the Two Energies Sacred Land.
• Zhong Ran attacked the mountain gate with a giant hand of divine light, destroying the Divine Palace and revealing the sect’s Cave Heaven, where its cultivators gathered to fight back.

The Azure Martial King and his allies invaded the Two Energies Sacred Land, where Jiang Chuan broke through its defenses and learned that Ancient Immortal Qianming might wield the power of his old Dao Fruit. As Qianming finally appeared to face the Azure Martial King, Jiang Chuan began condensing his own Dao Fruit to become a Void Immortal.

• The Azure Martial King led the attack on the Two Energies Sacred Land while Sun Yanfeng, Meng Nanxi, Ji Heng, and the others fought its cultivators.
• Jiang Chuan sensed treasures containing the Power of the Sun and the Power of the Taiyin, then shattered the sacred land’s immortal-array beasts with his Dragon Serpent Combined Attack 2900 Forms.
• Jiang Chuan pursued the fleeing cultivators into the sacred land as Zhao Danqin worried about the Sun and Moon Divine Banner and the Azure Lion warned that Qianming’s strength might have grown immensely over five thousand years.
• The Azure Martial King challenged Qianming, who blocked his palm strike with the Two Energies Two Extremes Qi Refining Technique.
• Jiang Chuan announced that his tribulation was his to overcome and began condensing his Dao Fruit to become a Void Immortal.

Jiang Chuan condensed his Heavenly Dao Fruit while the cultivators of the Two Energies Sacred Land tried to stop him and Ancient Immortal Qianming returned. With the Dao Fruit complete, Jiang Chuan gained a vastly greater ability to draw on the Heavenly Dao’s power and prepared to fight Qianming.

• Jiang Chuan began condensing his Dao Fruit as the Heavenly Dao’s many Great Dao powers gathered above him.
• Sun Yanfeng, Song Zhiyan, Ji Heng, Qiuyue Bai, and the others fought off the Two Energies Sacred Land cultivators while Jiang Chuan continued his tribulation.
• Jiang Chuan summoned the Five Divine Beasts and formed a living world to meet the Taiji Dao Diagram.
• Ancient Immortal Qianming returned and revealed that the Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal had mastered the Eight Seal Techniques before ascending.
• Jiang Chuan completed his Heavenly Dao Fruit and discovered he could draw on the Heavenly Dao’s power directly.

Jiang Chuan battled Ancient Immortal Qianming, countering his attacks with the Five Greats Wheel Calamity Scripture and a saber strike empowered by the Heavenly Dao Fruit. He unleashed the Myriad Return Sword Art and promised to reveal a supreme sword technique created by his senior sister as the two attacks collided.

• Ancient Immortal Qianming challenged Jiang Chuan's ability to kill him before Jiang Chuan could temper his body and nascent soul, and Jiang Chuan declared that he could still win.
• Jiang Chuan met Qianming's sun, moon, and star attack with the Five Greats Wheel Calamity Scripture, forming a wheel of reincarnation that collided with the heavens.
• Qianming struck Jiang Chuan with a golden saber light resembling Nature as Weapon, and Jiang Chuan countered with a saber strike empowered by his Heavenly Dao Fruit.
• Qianming burned away Jiang Chuan's saber light with golden Dao fire, and Jiang Chuan claimed he could defeat Qianming within five moves.
• Jiang Chuan drew the Flowing Cloud Sword and attacked with Azure Sky Ancient Immortal's Myriad Return Sword Art, which Qianming countered with a punch.
• After their attacks collided, Jiang Chuan told Qianming that he would show him the supreme sword technique his senior sister had created.

Jiang Chuan severely wounded Ancient Immortal Qianming with the Cosmic Sword Pivot and questioned him about the Immortal Realm and his plans. Qianming revealed that the Sun and Moon Divine Banner was at the Immortal God Palace, where he intended to summon his true body, and Jiang Chuan prepared to counterattack.

• Jiang Chuan used the Cosmic Sword Pivot to split Ancient Immortal Qianming's right arm and wound his chest and neck.
• Ancient Immortal Qianming recognized the sword art as one created by Azure Sky Ancient Immortal and speculated about the ancient immortals' origins and the collapse of the Ninth Heaven.
• Ancient Immortal Qianming said the place called the Immortal Realm was no longer the Immortal Realm and insisted that the Dao bone he had sent back must not fall into their hands.
• Ancient Immortal Qianming revealed that his grand-disciple had taken the Sun and Moon Divine Banner to the Immortal God Palace so he could use its power to summon his true body.
• Ancient Immortal Qianming sent his blood surging toward Jiang Chuan, who summoned a Chaos-Mist-wreathed Dharma form bearing the Chaos Heaven Jar's Dao laws.

Jiang Chuan fought Ancient Immortal Qianming, who destroyed the Two Energies Sacred Land with the blast of his Great Sun Refining World Furnace. Qianming then unleashed his immortal bone, but Jiang Chuan’s Taiji Gourd blocked it, leaving Qianming shocked and Jiang Chuan demanding his remaining treasures.

• Jiang Chuan swallowed Ancient Immortal Qianming’s Bloody Ocean with the Chaos Black Hole and pulled Qianming toward it.
• Ancient Immortal Qianming detonated the Great Sun Refining World Furnace, devastating the Two Energies Sacred Land and killing most of its cultivators caught in the blast.
• Jiang Chuan pursued the injured Qianming, whose incomplete Body Seizure prevented him from using his true forbidden methods.
• Ancient Immortal Qianming unleashed his immortal bone, and the Taiji Gourd blocked its strike despite being knocked back with Jiang Chuan.
• Jiang Chuan demanded that Ancient Immortal Qianming hand over his other treasures in exchange for a quick death.

Jiang Chuan defeated Ancient Immortal Qianming’s avatar, then prepared to cleanse and transform his body with the Heavenly Dao Fruit. He began secluded cultivation hoping to advance the Five Greats Wheel Calamity Scripture to its fourth layer.

• Jiang Chuan and his allies drove Ancient Immortal Qianming’s avatar to self-destruction, while Seven Swords King called for preparations to destroy the Twelve Heavenly Dipper Universe Immortal Array.
• Jiang Chuan had the surrendered Two Energies Sacred Land cultivators open their treasury, but learned its treasures had been destroyed in the Great Sun Refining World Furnace’s self-destruction.
• Seven Swords King agreed to have Old Xu rework the arrays on Jiang Chuan’s Purple Heaven Immortal Jade Sword, while Zhong Ran took Ancient Immortal Qianming’s immortal bone for study.
• Jiang Chuan began secluded cultivation, using the Heavenly Dao Fruit’s power to cleanse and temper his body as he hoped to reach the fourth layer of the Five Greats Wheel Calamity Scripture.

Meng Nanxi and her allies dismantled the Two Energies Sacred Land’s formation while Zhong Ran and the kings examined the Qianming Immortal Scripture and considered how to counter Ancient Immortal Qianming. Jiang Chuan completed his physical-body tempering, reached the Void Immortal realm, and wondered whether he was ready to shoulder Great Xia’s Two Capitals and Twenty-Three Provinces.

• Meng Nanxi, Song Zhiyan, and Zhao Danqin dismantled the formation left behind by Seven Swords King and discussed obtaining a copy of the Qianming Immortal Scripture.
• Zhong Ran compared the interrogated scripture with the copies held by Seven Swords King and Azure Martial King to ensure the prisoners had revealed the complete text.
• Azure Martial King identified Netherkill Ancient Immortal’s Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Smelting Scripture as a possible counter to Ancient Immortal Qianming, while Zhong Ran said Fairy Chu would return within three days.
• Jiang Chuan tempered his body with the Power of the Great Dao as his Flood Serpent Transformation Dragon Art formed nine True Dragons around him.
• Jiang Chuan opened his eyes, tore the void with his gaze, and realized he had reached the Void Immortal realm.
• Jiang Chuan judged that his body could shatter a Peak Grade Dao Tool and wondered whether he was ready to shoulder Great Xia’s Two Capitals and Twenty-Three Provinces.