Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chuan and his companions discovered that the force stirring on the barren star was the surviving roots of the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal, the Ancient Era’s foremost demonic immortal. After explaining that the Slaughtering Immortals Demonic Immortal’s Immortal Ascension Tribulation had awakened it, the Earth Emperor attacked by turning the star itself against the group, and Netherkill Ancient Immortal prepared to test a newly deduced sword technique.

• Moon Lotus Immortal Fairy identified the ochre mist as the remnants of the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal, and Jiang Chuan attacked with the Five Elements Heaven Evolution Seal.
• Jiang Chuan’s strike shattered the barren star’s surface and revealed the Earth Emperor’s enormous surviving roots.
• The Earth Emperor declared that it would use the humans as nourishment, then revealed that the Slaughtering Immortals Demonic Immortal’s Immortal Ascension Tribulation had awakened it.
• The Earth Emperor’s roots absorbed the Great Dao’s power and Transcendent Factors, then drove the star toward the Star-Piercing Divine Boat.
• Netherkill Ancient Immortal recognized the Earth Emperor’s growing strength, while Jiang Chuan said he would use a newly deduced sword technique to test it.

Jiang Chuan wounded the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal with his newly deduced Cosmic Sword Pivot, and his allies attacked as the foe tried to regenerate with the lost Divine Cicada Scripture. Netherkill Ancient Immortal burned the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal nearly to death before Wang Hong ordered him spared, while Jiang Chuan considered swallowing the great sun sooner.

• Jiang Chuan demonstrated the Cosmic Sword Pivot, a sword art created by Senior Sister Biluo, and split apart the star sheltering the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal.
• The sword qi pierced the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal’s true body, causing its roots to explode as it tried to suppress the damage.
• The Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal invoked the lost Divine Cicada Scripture to shed its body and regenerate, but Wang Hong struck it with a Void Annihilation Arrow.
• Jiang Chuan attacked the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal with Dragon Serpent Combined Attack 8200 Forms while Netherkill Ancient Immortal descended in immortal fire.
• Netherkill Ancient Immortal’s fire burned away the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal’s Nine-Colored Immortal Light, and Wang Hong told him not to refine the foe to death.
• Jiang Chuan looked at the great sun and considered moving up the time when he would swallow it.

Jiang Chuan and the others returned to Earth with the captured Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal, who revealed the Divine Cicada Scripture under Netherkill Ancient Immortal’s torture. After reporting their mission in Northern Capital City, Jiang Chuan was handed a folder before he could leave for Nandu City.

• Netherkill Ancient Immortal sealed the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal and discussed Ming Yu’s possible treasure and the damaged Dao of Reincarnation with Moon Lotus Immortal Fairy.
• Jiang Chuan and the others traveled back to Earth Star aboard the Star-Piercing Divine Boat while Netherkill Ancient Immortal tortured the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal.
• The Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal gave them the Divine Cicada Scripture, which transformed a cultivator’s origin through successive nirvanas.
• Moon Lotus Immortal Fairy warned Jiang Chuan that some ascended cultivators might have recovered their past-life fortunes and that Chu Wan’er’s enemies might have erased her remnant soul.
• Jiang Chuan and the others brought the Earth Emperor Demonic Immortal’s true body to the Central Committee Assembly Building and reported that the crisis had been a false alarm.
• As Jiang Chuan prepared to return to Nandu City, Azure Martial King handed him a folder.

Jiang Chuan was assigned to organize the Pacific War Zone but postponed the task until after the New Year, then returned home and cultivated. Three days before Lunar New Year's Eve, Meng Nanxi arrived with New Year's goods after completing her mission, having rapidly advanced her Three Primes Cosmos Scripture in the Indian Ocean Theater.

• Azure Martial King and Skybreaker King pressed Jiang Chuan to establish the Pacific War Zone, but Azure Martial King allowed him to delay the work until after the New Year.
• Jiang Chuan returned to Nandu City, found Ji Min already had New Year's goods arranged by Meng Nanxi, and began secluded cultivation.
• Silver Fox returned from the City Lord's Mansion and claimed eating cafeteria food improved its controls because it was finally getting glucose.
• Jiang Chuan used the Sword Key to study Old Man Buried Sword's sword Dao while his 128 Deity Avatars comprehended the Divine Cicada Scripture and other scriptures.
• On January 25, Meng Nanxi arrived with Song Zhiyi and Song Zhiyan, and Song Zhiyan fed blue dried meat to Director despite Jiang Chuan's warning about its Sword Intent and killing intent.
• Jiang Chuan noticed Meng Nanxi had completed the Three Primes Cosmos Scripture after gathering Calamity Qi in the Indian Ocean Theater, then saw something among her New Year's goods that made his expression change drastically.

Jiang Chuan struggled to keep up with the New Year goods brought by Meng Nanxi, Song Zhiyi, and Song Zhiyan while trying to avoid his mother's scolding. He agreed to discuss reducing patrols in Nandu City and planned to visit the new Ice Palace on Lunar New Year's Eve, while Meng Yifei angrily learned that Meng Nanxi had gone to Jiang Chuan's home.

• Meng Nanxi, Song Zhiyi, and Song Zhiyan filled Jiang Chuan's home with New Year goods, and Jiang Chuan hurriedly moved them upstairs to avoid Ji Min's complaints.
• Jiang Chuan found the Director eating Meng Nanxi's sea cucumbers, fed the rest to the Director, and carried the remaining goods upstairs.
• Song Zhiyan teased Jiang Chuan for not preparing New Year goods, and Meng Nanxi invited him to visit the Ice Palace with her and the Song sisters on Lunar New Year's Eve.
• Meng Yifei called Jiang Chuan to discuss a proposal to reduce patrol assignments, and Jiang Chuan said he would hold a meeting that afternoon.
• Song Zhiyan questioned the need for a meeting, but Song Zhiyi and Meng Nanxi supported discussing the plan for Nandu City.
• Meng Yifei learned that Meng Nanxi had gone to Jiang Chuan's home instead of visiting him and complained to Song Bin about Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan attended a tense City Lord’s Mansion meeting, then enjoyed Nandu City’s Spring Festival scenery with his companions. At the Ice Palace, Song Zhiyi asked whether his Heaven Illumination Technique could reveal the future, just as a man approached him.

• Song Bin learned that his daughters were at Jiang Chuan’s house and stormed off to confront Jiang Chuan’s father, while Meng Yifei urged him to bring the daughters home.
• Jiang Chuan took Song Zhiyi, Meng Nanxi, and Song Zhiyan to the City Lord’s Mansion, where Song Bin and Meng Yifei glared at him and Song Bin claimed he had beaten Jiang Chuan’s father.
• Jiang Chuan chaired a meeting on Nandu City’s affairs, but Song Bin left to use the restroom and never returned; afterward, Jiang Chuan signed a proposal reducing New Year security personnel.
• Over the next three days, Nandu City was covered in snow, and Jiang Chuan’s companions joined him to see the Ice Palace on Xuanwu Lake.
• Song Zhiyi asked Jiang Chuan whether he could use the Heaven Illumination Technique to glimpse the future, and a man approached him as he entered the Ice Palace.

Jiang Chuan confronted the Blood Sea Demonic Immortal, who threatened to destabilize Great Xia unless Jiang Chuan surrendered an Immortal Treasure. After celebrating New Year with his family and cultivating in seclusion, Jiang Chuan was summoned to the Nandu City Lord's Mansion.

• The Blood Sea Demonic Immortal asked Jiang Chuan to hand over an Immortal Treasure from the Peacock Country treasury and threatened to incite fear and disorder in Great Xia.
• Jiang Chuan challenged the Blood Sea Demonic Immortal's ability to carry out his threat, and the avatar left the Ice Palace as Jiang Chuan's Purple Heaven Immortal Jade Sword pursued it.
• Jiang Chuan toured the Ice Palace's sculptures with Meng Nanxi, Song Zhiyi, and the others, then returned home for a New Year's Eve barbecue and dumpling dinner with his family and artifact spirits.
• Jiang Chuan celebrated the end of the demonic beast threat with Jiang Huai'an, then resumed cultivation after helping Ji Min clean up.
• Jiang Chuan cultivated in seclusion until the tenth day of the New Year, when Meng Nanxi summoned him to the Nandu City Lord's Mansion.

Jiang Chuan learned that four beams of immortal light had descended into the Pacific and ordered the Pacific War Zone established to investigate. He suspected the arrivals were not demon immortals and considered making contact, but an immensely powerful Azure Dragon emerged from the ocean.

• Qu Shi asked Jiang Chuan whether he would lead the Pacific War Zone and confirm his plan to undergo Immortal Ascension Tribulation by March, and Jiang Chuan insisted he would not delay beyond then.
• Duan Hong reported that four beams of immortal light had descended into the Pacific, prompting the Central Committee to order Jiang Chuan to gather forces and deal with potentially hostile returnees.
• Jiang Chuan ordered the Pacific War Zone established, directed forces to seal the ocean, and summoned Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Realm Cultivators to Magic City.
• Jiang Chuan and his companions found four immortal-light-covered islands that appeared to form a Four Symbols formation, and Jiang Chuan suggested negotiating with their inhabitants if they were not demon immortals.
• After demonic beasts gathered around the islands, an enormous Azure Dragon emerged from the ocean, astonishing Jiang Chuan and Qu Shi with its power.

Jiang Chuan and the cultivators watched the Azure Dragon attack four mysterious islands, whose owner eventually bound and began to corrode it. The Azure Dragon revealed an Immortal Puppet Talisman, while Jiang Chuan and the Netherkill Ancient Immortal speculated about the islands’ ancient owner; the chapter ended as crimson magma erupted from another island.

• Jiang Chuan ordered cultivators below the peak of the ninth realm to retreat as the Azure Dragon and demonic beasts attacked the four islands.
• The Azure Dragon used True Dragon Embracing the Star, dimming the islands’ protective Immortal Light without damaging the islands themselves.
• The island’s owner bound the Azure Dragon with rivers, which began corroding its scales and flesh.
• An Immortal Puppet Talisman appeared on the Azure Dragon, and the Netherkill Ancient Immortal discussed ancient immortals who could control Four Symbols Power.
• Jiang Chuan threatened the Netherkill Ancient Immortal over a recording of his Big Sister being beaten up, then crimson magma erupted from another island.

Jiang Chuan and his companions confronted Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal on the four islands after the Azure Dragon’s sacrifice revealed the island master’s power. Beginning Bright demanded their Immortal Treasures and admitted he wanted Jiang Chuan’s flesh and blood essence, so Jiang Chuan attacked him, leaving their battle underway.

• The Azure Dragon burned its essence blood and used the Immortal Puppet Talisman to unleash the Heaven’s Descent Calamity Technique against the four islands, but the islands endured the blast.
• Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal emerged from the islands, and Netherkill Ancient Immortal recognized him as the Primeval Sacred Palace’s patriarch.
• Beginning Bright said Dragon Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor would return and ordered Jiang Chuan’s group to hand over their Immortal Treasures so he could fight them.
• Jiang Chuan realized Beginning Bright wanted his flesh and blood essence to reconstruct his body, then attacked him with Dragon Serpent Combined Attack 8200 Forms.
• Beginning Bright met Jiang Chuan’s punch with the Four Spirits Heaven Punishing Seal, acknowledged Jiang Chuan’s strength, and launched Heaven and Earth Creation.

Jiang Chuan battled Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal, countering his attacks with the Six Void Immortal Bell and Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal’s evolving seal techniques. Beginning Bright trapped Jiang Chuan in a Three-legged Immortal Furnace, where Jiang Chuan prepared to break free.

• Jiang Chuan used the Six Void Immortal Bell to shatter the turbulent Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire summoned by Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal, prompting Sun Yanfeng to flee and call Jiang Chuan the greatest danger.
• Jiang Chuan launched the Three Burials Great Immortal Technique, but Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal countered its torrent of Sun, Moon, and Stars with a Taiji Diagram and Chaos Power.
• Jiang Chuan revealed the seventh form of Great Scarlet Ancient Immortal’s seal techniques and drove his Heaven-Slaying Dao-Breaking Seal through Beginning Bright’s chaos wave.
• Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal let Jiang Chuan’s punch strike his body, then used immortal chains to bind him and move him above the four islands.
• Beginning Bright trapped Jiang Chuan in a Three-legged Immortal Furnace and attacked with the powers of earth, wind, and fire as Jiang Chuan declared himself the King of Jiangnan.

Jiang Chuan and Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal traded powerful divine abilities and fists in a battle that shook the Pacific. After their clash, the aftershocks subsided and both combatants appeared again, while observers questioned whether the Pacific Theater was still necessary.

• Jiang Chuan used the Five Greats Wheel Calamity Scripture to shatter Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal’s Windfire Continent and immortal furnace.
• Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal trapped Jiang Chuan in a dark ocean filled with Chaos Qi, but Jiang Chuan countered with his dharma form’s divine ability and broke free.
• Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal summoned four divine beasts and attacked with Chaos Opening Fist, while Jiang Chuan answered with the Three Treasures Immortal Slaying Seal.
• Song Zhiyan, Ji Heng, Zhao Danqin, and Meng Nanxi watched the battle’s waves devastate demon beasts and discussed whether the Pacific Theater should be established.
• The aftershocks faded, and Jiang Chuan and Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal appeared before the observers again.

Jiang Chuan battered Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal, then confronted Great Azure Ancient Immortal, who revealed that the ancient immortals had plans for dealing with the demon immortals without Great Xia. When Great Azure threatened Great Xia, Jiang Chuan unleashed the Immortal Extermination Technique and struck with a Heavenly Saber that sent Netherkill fleeing.

• Jiang Chuan defeated Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal's attack and hit him twice with Dragon Serpent Combined Attack 8200 Forms.
• Great Azure Ancient Immortal appeared and joined Netherkill Ancient Immortal, while Jiang Chuan deduced that he had returned an avatar after being alerted by the Immortal Puppet Talisman.
• Great Azure said the ancient immortals had already devised a plan against the demon immortals and did not consider Great Xia part of it, but Jiang Chuan demanded to know their designs on Great Xia.
• Great Azure dismissed Jiang Chuan's ability to protect Great Xia, prompting Jiang Chuan to declare that Great Xia belonged to him and activate the Immortal Extermination Technique.
• Jiang Chuan formed a Heavenly Saber blade from Great Dao Principles and slashed at Great Azure, while Netherkill fled to avoid the strike.

Jiang Chuan and his allies fought Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal, who fused with four immortal islands and resisted the Three Realms Scripture. After the islands were trapped in Netherkill Ancient Immortal’s cauldron, Beginning Bright warned that Dragon Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor would return to claim Earth Star, leaving their arrival time unanswered.

• Great Azure Ancient Immortal and Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal attacked together, but Jiang Chuan’s Heavenly Saber struck Great Azure and Qu Shi’s sword formation blocked the four islands.
• Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal merged with the four islands, and Jiang Chuan used the Three Realms Scripture to trap them in three evolved worlds.
• The four islands manifested the White Tiger, Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise and clashed with Jiang Chuan’s worlds, while their energy world limited Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal’s access to the Great Dao.
• Netherkill Ancient Immortal summoned his Purple Gold Great Cauldron and drew the shrinking islands inside as Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal warned that Dragon Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor would return to seize Earth Star.
• Netherkill Ancient Immortal asked Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal how soon the two ancestors would return, but the chapter ended without an answer.

Jiang Chuan learned that the ancient immortals and demon immortals might return soon, then discovered that the Taiji Gourd had evolved into an Immortal Artifact. After joking about leaving descendants and punching the big bird through his office wall, he heard an unfamiliar suggestion from a familiar voice.

• Beginning Bright Ancient Immortal said he had at most one and a half months before returning, while Netherkill Ancient Immortal said he would need at least two months.
• Qu Shi warned that Jiang Chuan’s planned March tribulation could coincide with the return of powerful demon immortals and ancient immortals, and Netherkill Ancient Immortal decided to cross tribulation early.
• Jiang Chuan returned to the City Lord’s Mansion and found that the Taiji Gourd had evolved into an Immortal Artifact after devouring damaged Immortal Artifacts and Peak Grade Dao Tools.
• Immortal Venerable Chen Xin warned Jiang Chuan that his immense Calamity Qi could threaten even an Immortal King and suggested he leave descendants.
• Jiang Chuan punched the big bird through his office wall after it teased him about having descendants, then heard a familiar voice offer him a suggestion.

Jiang Chuan rejected the Three Primes Seal’s offer to transfer some of his Calamity Qi to Meng Nanxi, insisting he was not afraid of the returning ancient immortals and demon immortals. The Three Primes Seal warned him that his enemies might wield multiple Great Daos, then brought Meng Nanxi and the others to his office, where the Heavenly Ruins Immortal Saber raised the prospect of giving Jiang Chuan an heir.

• The Three Primes Seal offered to draw some of Jiang Chuan’s Calamity Qi into Meng Nanxi, but Jiang Chuan refused to involve her.
• The Three Primes Seal warned Jiang Chuan that some returning enemies could wield multiple Great Daos, including a phoenix who might master three or four.
• The Three Primes Seal smashed through Jiang Chuan’s office wall, and Jiang Chuan called Duan Hong to arrange repairs.
• The Three Primes Seal later brought Meng Nanxi, Song Zhiyi, Song Zhiyan, and the big bird to Jiang Chuan’s office.
• The Heavenly Ruins Immortal Saber urged Jiang Chuan to leave an heir before his Immortal Ascension Tribulation, flustering Meng Nanxi and the others.
• The big bird questioned why none of the women had refused the idea of having Jiang Chuan’s children.

Jiang Chuan rejected Meng Nanxi’s offer to absorb his Calamity Qi and entered secluded cultivation, determined to face the returning immortals and demons himself. As Great Xia prepared for the crisis, Azure Martial King revealed he had broken through and announced he would Cross Immortal Ascension Tribulation in ten days, leaving Seven Swords King to ask what Great Xia’s future would look like.

• Jiang Chuan refused to let Meng Nanxi absorb his Calamity Qi and insisted he could face the ancient immortals and immortal demons with his Dragon Serpent Combined Attack.
• Song Zhiyan hinted at her feelings for Jiang Chuan before she left with Meng Nanxi and the Three Primes Seal.
• Jiang Chuan began Secluded Cultivation, using his Deity Avatars to study the Yin Yang Great Dao, the Edict of All Heavens for Rebirth Scripture, and the Sword Key.
• At the Central Committee Assembly Building, Seven Swords King and the others discussed the approaching return of the immortals and demons and prioritized evacuations, defensive formations, and international cooperation.
• Azure Martial King revealed that he had crossed the threshold and announced he would Cross Immortal Ascension Tribulation in ten days.
• Seven Swords King asked what Great Xia’s future would look like.

Jiang Chuan achieved initial mastery of the Edict of All Heavens for Rebirth Scripture and decided to cross the Immortal Ascension Tribulation in twenty days, despite warnings about the danger. He resumed secluded cultivation as Azure Martial King prepared to face his own tribulation.

• Zhong Ran and Jiang Dongchen discussed Great Xia's future after the meeting, and Zhong Ran joked that Jiang Chuan saw people as insects.
• After seven days of cultivation, Jiang Chuan initially mastered the Edict of All Heavens for Rebirth Scripture and estimated it would take another month or two to complete.
• Meng Nanxi summoned Jiang Chuan to discuss Azure Martial King's upcoming Immortal Ascension Tribulation, but Jiang Chuan refused to protect his Dao.
• Jiang Chuan said he planned to cross his own tribulation in twenty days, on March twelfth, and dismissed concerns about Dragon Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor.
• Jiang Chuan returned to secluded cultivation, and two earth-shaking booms sounded from his body ten days later.

Jiang Chuan mastered the Ten Thousand Styles of Dragon Serpent Combined Attack and the Three Realms Scripture while continuing to cultivate swordsmanship and deduce Wan Daoyi’s Fifth Blade. With his tribulation only two days away, he returned home to spend time with his family, then received Zhong Ran’s call asking where he planned to cross it.

• Jiang Chuan completed the Ten Thousand Styles of Dragon Serpent Combined Attack and believed its power could kill an Eleventh Realm demon immortal with one punch.
• Jiang Chuan mastered the Three Realms Scripture, while estimating that mastering the Eternal Immortal Scripture and deducing Wan Daoyi’s Fifth Blade would take three or four more months.
• Jiang Chuan noticed that his tribulation was approaching and decided to return home to spend time with his parents.
• Jiang Chuan found Ji Min scolding Silver Fox and the other artifact spirits for playing games, then ate a meal made from leftover New Year ingredients and did the housework.
• Zhong Ran called Jiang Chuan to ask where he planned to cross his tribulation, and Jiang Chuan looked toward the Great Sun.

Jiang Chuan discussed preparations for the returning immortals and demons with Zhong Ran and the Azure Martial King, including evacuations, international cooperation, and whether to inform the public. As his tribulation approached, the Azure Martial King proposed striking the demon immortals, while Jiang Chuan looked forward to devouring the great sun.

• Jiang Chuan asked Zhong Ran about preparations for his tribulation and learned that Great Xia had expanded cooperation with other countries and helped cultivators borrow powerful treasures.
• Zhong Ran explained that Great Xia had selected planets and Cave Heaven Worlds for relocation and prepared an evacuation plan for its cities and promising cultivators.
• Jiang Chuan warned Great Xia not to send its most promising people to Netherkill Ancient Immortal's chosen destinations and decided to keep the immortals' return secret until after his tribulation.
• The Azure Martial King proposed joining forces with his teacher, Netherkill Ancient Immortal, Fairy Chu, and others to attack the demon immortals and enlist Immortal Treasure artifact spirits.
• Jiang Chuan approved the plan and watched the great sun, eager to devour it.