Recaps

Heavenly Marsh Holy Land agreed to Liang Ping’s plan to withdraw troops from the Eastern Sea and provoke a crisis so Jiang Ping An would abandon his duel with Liang Xiaohong. Meanwhile, Meng Jing recruited Ning You as her maid by promising her a powerful axe technique and generous cultivation resources.

• Liang Ping urged Heavenly Marsh Holy Land’s leaders to withdraw their Eastern Sea troops, revealing that Liang Xiaohong had inherited a Great Emperor’s legacy and saying he wanted to protect his son from Jiang Ping An.
• Despite objections that the withdrawal could doom the Eastern Sea and disgrace the Holy Land, most leaders approved Liang Ping’s plan.
• Meng Jing urged Jiang Ping An to give up his life-and-death duel, but he insisted on defeating Liang Xiaohong before his rival grew stronger.
• Jiang Ping An entered the Spirit Beast Storage Bag and encountered Ning You, who was embarrassed that she had boasted to him about rejecting him without knowing his identity.
• After Ning You explained how Jiang Ping An had saved her, Meng Jing asked her to become a maid and offered her the Heavenly Lightning Axe Technique and half a law each month.
• Ning You accepted Meng Jing’s offer and knelt to serve her.

As war spread across the Eastern Region, Heavenly Marsh Holy Land withdrew its troops from the Eastern Sea, leaving humanity exposed to attacks by sea demons and the Heaven Swallowing Crocodile Race. Jiang Ping An was branded a coward after forfeiting his duel with Liang Xiaohong, while the Eastern Region’s defenders lost ground and hope.

• News spread that Jiang Ping An and Liang Xiaohong would fight a Life and Death Duel in three months, drawing cultivators eager to see who would become humanity’s spiritual leader.
• Heavenly Marsh Holy Land withdrew its forces from the Eastern Sea to reinforce the Starry Sky Battlefield, and the Sea Demon Race launched an attack that drove the defenders back from the coastline.
• The Heaven Swallowing Crocodile Race invaded the Eastern Region and destroyed three countries as the sea demons advanced, triggering war across the region.
• Lei Zang confronted Liang Ping over Heavenly Marsh Holy Land’s withdrawal, while Liang Ping said Jiang Ping An should prepare for the duel; Lei Zang replied that Jiang had forfeited.
• Heavenly Marsh Holy Land announced that Jiang Ping An had fled, and Liang Xiaohong gained renown as humanity’s spiritual leader before leading followers to the Starry Sky Battlefield.
• The demon armies overwhelmed the Eastern Region’s joint defenders, forcing cultivators to retreat as despair spread and vast territories fell.

Jiang Ping An returned to the Eastern Region and saved Xia Qing from Grand Ancestor Crocodile, then confronted the awakened monster on the battlefield. Their opening clash halted the fighting, leaving both armies watching a battle that would decide the war.

• Jiang XiaoXue and Song Hui watched the cultivators suffer heavy losses as Grand Ancestor Crocodile overwhelmed their defenders, and Jiang XiaoXue teleported the wounded Xia Qing to safety.
• Grand Ancestor Crocodile discovered Xia Qing's Taiyin Power and World Tree Seed, but she wounded him with an immortal artifact fragment before he overwhelmed her with Devouring Power.
• Jiang Ping An abandoned the Central Continent competition and returned to the Eastern Region, striking Grand Ancestor Crocodile just as Xia Qing faced death.
• Xia Qing threw herself into Jiang Ping An's arms, but he pushed her away after she bit his tongue.
• Grand Ancestor Crocodile revealed that he had comprehended the Battle Intent Law and attacked Jiang Ping An, who blocked a sneak attack with a punch.
• The force of Jiang Ping An and Grand Ancestor Crocodile's clash leveled nearby mountains and stopped the battlefield as both sides watched them face off.

Jiang Ping An fought Grand Ancestor Crocodile, whose Five Elements Secret Technique and Devouring Power overwhelmed him and left the human Cultivators fearing for his life. Jiang Ping An then revealed his Devouring Clone, replenished his energy, and began driving Grand Ancestor Crocodile back.

• Jiang Ping An attacked Grand Ancestor Crocodile with the Annihilation Fist, but Grand Ancestor Crocodile endured the blow and concealed his fractured bones.
• Jiang Ping An struck again with the Limitless Fist, but Grand Ancestor Crocodile used the Five Elements Secret Technique to blunt the attack and restore his energy by devouring energy from the surroundings.
• Grand Ancestor Crocodile clashed with Jiang Ping An again and declared that Jiang Ping An had run out of energy, prompting Xia Qing and the human powerhouses to prepare to rescue him.
• Jiang Ping An unleashed Devouring Power to refill his energy and smashed Grand Ancestor Crocodile in the head, then enlarged his body and attacked with the Barbarian Race Totem Markings and Battle God Art.
• Grand Ancestor Crocodile was stunned to discover Jiang Ping An possessed Devouring Power, while Jiang Ping An's clone was revealed to have gained it by replicating Grand Ancestor Crocodile's Essential Blood Essence with the Treasure Accumulation Basin.

Jiang Ping An turned the tide against Grand Ancestor Crocodile and rallied the human armies, then arrived in the Eastern Sea and devastated the Sea Demon Race with the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick and self-destructing Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms. The battle continued as the human forces remained outnumbered, but Jiang Ping An's reinforcements began inflicting heavy losses on the sea demons.

• Jiang Ping An used his newly acquired Devouring Power to fight Grand Ancestor Crocodile to a standstill, allowing Xia Qing to rally the human soldiers.
• Jiang Ping An arrived with reinforcements as Qian Zuo's Anti-Demon Army prepared to face the advancing sea demons in the Eastern Sea.
• The sea demons charged Jiang Ping An for a promised supreme treasure, but they panicked when he drew the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick and began slaughtering them.
• Jiang Ping An used Sealing Heaven to stop a fleeing Double Horned Swimming Dragon and killed it with one strike.
• Jiang Ping An released Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms, whose red Insect Soldiers began self-destructing and killing large numbers of sea demons.

While fighting the Sea Demon Race in the Eastern Region, Jiang Ping An learned that the Devil Race had attacked Heaven Severing Cliff and faced their newly awakened Demon Child. The Pure-Blooded Heavenly Demon challenged him to a three-move duel, and their battle began with the Demon Child forming a colossal finger of dark power.

• Jiang Ping An and the Insect Soldiers fought the Sea Demon Race in a prolonged, bloody battle.
• After hearing Jiang Ping An had returned to the Eastern Region, the Devil Race launched an offensive against Heaven Severing Cliff.
• Jiang Ping An confronted the goat-headed Demon Child, whose pure blood suppressed the Demonic Qi of those around him.
• Lü Dan warned Jiang Ping An that the Refining Void Middle Stage Demon Child was a powerful Pure-Blooded Heavenly Demon.
• Jiang Ping An mocked the Demon Child's offer to submit and accepted his challenge.
• The Demon Child raised a ten-thousand-meter finger of Demonic Qi as both sides watched the duel begin.

Jiang Ping An resisted the Demon Child’s Devil’s Eye and killed him after surviving two Heavenly Demon Finger strikes. The Devil Race was left stunned by Jiang Ping An’s overwhelming strength and possible Heavenly Demon Pure Blood.

• The Demon Child unleashed the Heavenly Demon Finger, but Jiang Ping An shattered it with a punch and demanded two more moves.
• The Demon Child used the Devil’s Eye to magnify Jiang Ping An’s desires, turning his hair white and unleashing his killing intent.
• Jiang Ping An declared that his deepest desire was to protect those around him, then broke the Demon Child’s second Heavenly Demon Finger with one punch.
• Jiang Ping An ignored the Demon Child’s pure-blooded darkness, struck him down, and killed him after his Substitute Death Talisman revived him once.
• The Devil Race stood in shock as Qian Huan Rou told Ye Wuqing that the Demon Child had been doomed.

Jiang Ping An led the fight against the Devil Race and its allied demonic forces, while the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land celebrated Liang Xiaohong’s victory at a banquet. The banquet collapsed as news spread that Jiang Ping An had prompted the departure of the Holy Land’s allies, leaving the Saint Lord to warn Liang Ping that he was the cause.

• The Devil Race experts grieved the Demon Child’s death, but Grand Elder Lü Dan ordered the Demon God Sect to attack, and Jiang Ping An slaughtered powerful enemies using his secret treasure gloves and Heavenly Demon Pure Blood.
• Jiang Ping An’s three bodies fought across the Eastern Sea, the Endless Mountain Range, and the Devil Race battlefield as his battle intent continued to grow.
• The Heavenly Marsh Holy Land held a banquet to celebrate Liang Xiaohong’s victory over the Three-Headed Golden Crow Race and his capture of a living planet.
• The Pill Refining Sect Saint Child and the Beast Taming Dynasty Prince abruptly left after receiving messages, and other guests soon followed.
• Zhang Yang told Liang Ping that the Ancient Thunder Clan, the Great Qian Dynasty, and the Demon God Sect had severed ties with the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, then departed to avoid being linked to it.
• The Heavenly Marsh Holy Land Saint Lord told Liang Ping that the guests had left because of Jiang Ping An.

After Jiang Ping An’s victories on three battlefields made him a celebrated hero, Heavenly Marsh Holy Land was isolated by other powers. Pang Heng and Liang Ping secretly plotted to kill him, and rumors spread that Jiang Ping An carried an immortal artifact.

• Pang Heng told Liang Ping that Jiang Ping An had held back Grand Ancestor Crocodile, slain the Demon Child, and killed half the Eastern Sea Sea Demons, all at the same time using three bodies.
• Liang Xiaohong chose to continue along the Emperor Road alone to temper himself and try to surpass Jiang Ping An.
• Pang Heng warned Liang Ping not to act rashly, then proposed using the Eastern Sea Demon Race’s method to kill Jiang Ping An.
• News of Jiang Ping An’s three victories spread, and cultivators praised him as humanity’s hero while condemning Heavenly Marsh Holy Land.
• The Lei Family, the Great Qian Dynasty, Great Xia, Vast Mist Sect, and other powers severed ties with Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, isolating it across the Eastern Region.
• A rumor spread that Jiang Ping An possessed an immortal artifact.

Rumors spread that Jiang Ping An possessed one of the Great Emperor’s hidden Immortal Artifacts, drawing the attention of powerful beings across the Cultivation World and the myriad races. After Ji Fei dragged him back to the sect and overwhelmed him, Jiang Ping An heard an ethereal voice in his mind saying, “Finally awake...”

• Ji Fei warned Jiang Ping An that the Immortal Artifact rumors had made him a target and escorted him back to the sect.
• Jiang Ping An realized the rumor’s accurate details suggested someone had deliberately exposed his Immortal Artifact.
• Ji Fei revealed she wanted Jiang Ping An and suppressed him after claiming his Primal Chaos Gold Stone had helped her break through to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• Powerful beings from the Three-Headed Golden Crow, Divine Winged Dragon Elephant, and Heaven Swallowing Crocodile Race vowed to seize the Immortal Artifact or kill Jiang Ping An.
• After Ji Fei apologized, Jiang Ping An tried to leave the Sect Leader’s residence and heard an ethereal voice in his mind say, “Finally awake...”

Jiang Ping An learned that the Treasure Accumulation Basin was a damaged artifact spirit that warned of an approaching world-ending crisis. He negotiated with Ji Fei over Fusion Pills and revealed he could duplicate them, leaving her stunned as he offered to sell them for nine Laws each.

• The Treasure Accumulation Basin Artifact Spirit revealed that it needed the equivalent of two supreme treasures to recover and warned Jiang Ping An that every living being in the world would die in an approaching crisis.
• Jiang Ping An decided to restore the Treasure Accumulation Basin quickly, then asked Ji Fei whether becoming Sect Leader would earn him a supreme treasure.
• Jiang Ping An offered to sell Ji Fei Fusion Pills, rejected her low bids, and settled on nine Laws per pill after she tried to bargain with promises of intimacy.
• Jiang Ping An claimed he had one hundred Fusion Pills, snatched Ji Fei's pill to duplicate it, and produced a handful of copies using the Treasure Accumulation Basin.
• Jiang Ping An returned Ji Fei's original Fusion Pill and asked how many she would buy at nine Laws each.

Jiang Ping An traded a hundred genuine Fusion Pills to the Nine-Tailed Fox clan for an Enlightenment Tree sapling, then prepared to cultivate it with the corpse of a Tribulation Realm tree demon. After the other clans learned of the fox clan’s sudden gains, Wu Feiyu visited Jiang Ping An seeking pills, but froze when he heard Jiang had Heavenly Demon Essential Blood Essence to sell.

• Ji Siyu confirmed Jiang Ping An’s hundred Fusion Pills were genuine and exchanged them for two hundred Laws and the Nine-Tailed Fox clan’s Enlightenment Tree sapling.
• Ji Siyu agreed to sell the sapling for seven hundred Laws after Jiang Ping An raised his offer, and she and Ji Fei left after discussing cultivation and his succession.
• Jiang Ping An placed the sapling in the Time Palace for his avatar to cultivate and planned to use a Tribulation Realm tree demon’s corpse to replicate crystals for it.
• Ji Siyu distributed the Fusion Pills, and within a month three Nine-Tailed Fox Body Integration Realm powerhouses advanced by a minor realm.
• Wu Feiyu visited Jiang Ping An hoping to buy Fusion Pills, but Jiang offered to sell Heavenly Demon Essential Blood Essence instead.
• Wu Feiyu stopped to wipe the floor when Jiang Ping An mentioned the blood essence.

After Jiang Ping An sold the Demon Child’s Essential Blood Essence to Wu Feiyu, the Demon God Sect prepared to install him as Sect Leader. Meanwhile, Pang Heng and Liang Ping plotted to use a sealed forbidden object to kill Jiang Ping An.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to sell the Demon Child’s Essential Blood Essence to Wu Feiyu for one thousand Laws and revealed that Wu Liang had failed to seize his body.
• Jiang Ping An offered to sell the Wu Clan more of his Heavenly Demon Essential Blood Essence over time, and Wu Feiyu pledged the clan’s support.
• Wu Feiyu told Jiang Ping An that the Demon God Sect would hold his Succession Ceremony in three months, while Jiang Ping An continued cultivating.
• The Demon God Sect invited major powers to the ceremony but excluded the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land and the Heavenly Dao Academy, its enemies.
• Pang Heng and Liang Ping visited the Level One forbidden zone and decided to unleash its sealed object against Jiang Ping An, fearing he would become too difficult to kill later.

Jiang Ping An learned from the Treasure Accumulation Basin’s artifact spirit that the Barren Realm was being raised for harvest by the Immortal Realm. The artifact spirit explained that the Ancient Emperor had altered the realm’s fate and prepared to lead humanity into war against the Immortal Realm.

• Jiang Ping An used the White Willow Tree Demon’s corpse to repair the Treasure Accumulation Basin and learned its artifact spirit could grow the Enlightenment Tree inside a Small World.
• The artifact spirit revealed that it was the world laws of the Origin Realm and explained that the Immortal Realm’s factions cultivated life in Small Worlds before plundering and devouring them.
• Jiang Ping An learned that the Eighteen-Claw Octopus and the other Three Great Forbidden Zones’ overlords had hidden themselves to escape repeated harvesting.
• The artifact spirit explained that the Ancient Emperor restricted the Barren Realm’s power to conceal it from the Immortal Realm, then decided to lead humanity’s experts into war against it.

The Treasure Accumulation Basin's artifact spirit revealed the Barren Realm's history, the Great Emperor's fate, and the vast disparity between the Barren Realm and the Origin Realm. Jiang Ping An resolved to ascend and revive his family, then prepared to cultivate toward a journey to the Origin Realm as Ji Fei brought Liu Yao into his room.

• The artifact spirit explained that the Great Emperor created the Treasure Accumulation Basin by fusing the resource-rich Origin Realm with the Barren Realm, and that a sneak attack on the Saint King had injured it and sent it to Jiang Ping An.
• The artifact spirit said the Great Emperor had likely faced a crisis in the Immortal Realm and closed the Path to Immortality, and Jiang Ping An connected this to the White Willow Tree Demon's warning.
• After learning that the Immortal Realm could revive the dead, Jiang Ping An resolved to become an immortal and revive his family.
• The artifact spirit offered to send Jiang Ping An to the Origin Realm once it recovered, warning that the intact continent's gravity and naturally powerful inhabitants would make cultivation there far more difficult.
• Jiang Ping An learned he needed resources for another supreme treasure within ten years to reach a sect with the Immortal Transformation Technique, then placed the Time Palace beside the Enlightenment Tree to cultivate.
• Ji Fei entered Jiang Ping An's room with Liu Yao and called him Sect Leader.

Jiang Ping An attended his Succession Ceremony as the new leader of the Demon God Sect, meeting powerful guests and receiving congratulatory gifts. When he opened the Eastern Sea Anti-Demon Army’s supreme treasure, a strange stone branded itself onto his hand.

• Ji Fei dressed Jiang Ping An in a grand black robe and prepared him for the ceremony.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at the decorated great hall, where leaders of major human powers praised him and he exchanged greetings with Xuan Yuanluori.
• The various powers presented gifts, and Ji Fei told Jiang Ping An that the Icefield Dynasty had fallen from the top tier after a forbidden object destroyed its immortal artifact.
• The Eastern Sea Anti-Demon Army presented Jiang Ping An with a supreme treasure, drawing envy and curiosity from the guests.
• When Jiang Ping An took the Storage Ring, it shattered, and a strange stone flew out and branded itself onto the back of his hand.

At Jiang Ping An's succession ceremony, a Time Ghost Stone marked his hand, and Bing Yang warned that the Ghost of Time would find and kill him within three days. The ceremony ended under a pall of fear as factions fled, while Jiang Ping An's allies faced the threat and blamed Heavenly Marsh Holy Land.

• The green stone fused briefly with Jiang Ping An's hand, leaving a strange mark that Bing Yang identified as the Time Ghost Stone.
• Bing Yang warned that the Ghost of Time would arrive within three days and could not be escaped or stopped, terrifying the gathered factions.
• Qian Huan Rou confirmed the Eastern Sea Anti-Demon Army had sent no gift, and Bing Yang revealed that Heavenly Marsh Holy Land had taken the stone after it nearly destroyed the Icefield Dynasty.
• The Demon God Sect denounced Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, but many factions fled, and Jiang Ping An stored the stone before his succession ceremony ended.
• Lei Yu offered Jiang Ping An the Lei Family's Heavenly Lightning Pool, while Qian Huan Rou chose to stay with Jiang Ping An and urged Qian Wan Shan to protect the Eastern Region.
• News of Jiang Ping An's mark spread across the Cultivation World, prompting outrage at Heavenly Marsh Holy Land and fears that the Demon Race would attack again.

With the Ghost of Time closing in on Jiang Ping An, Ye Wuqing and Qian Huan Rou chose to stay by his side. Jiang Ping An teleported himself, the two women, and the Ghost away, then unexpectedly returned to the Demon God Sect.

• Liang Ping dismissed the backlash against Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, while a strange green spirit emerged from a grave in the Time Forbidden Zone.
• Ye Wuqing planned to confront Liang Xiaohong, but Jiang Ping An warned her that he would survive; Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing stayed with him.
• Jiang Ping An learned from the Treasure Accumulation Basin's artifact spirit that the Ghost of Time was a dead spirit made from a powerful being's flesh, and that it would teleport the Ghost to the traitor's sect when it arrived.
• The Ghost of Time appeared at the Demon God Sect, and Jiang Ping An shouted "Teleport!" to vanish with it, Ye Wuqing, and Qian Huan Rou.
• The Demon God Sect mourned Jiang Ping An and blamed Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, until Jiang Ping An appeared at the Sect Leader Great Hall doors.

Jiang Ping An survived the Ghost of Time and brought Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing to the Origin Realm, where he warned them of the danger facing the Barren Realm. After killing a fake victim who was part of a trap, he and his companions confronted two Refining Void cultivators.

• Jiang Ping An announced that he had survived the Ghost of Time and promised to repay the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land for its attack.
• Liang Ping learned that Jiang Ping An was still alive and panicked over the threat he posed to the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land.
• Jiang Ping An, Qian Huan Rou, and Ye Wuqing arrived in the Origin Realm, where Jiang Ping An explained that Immortal Realm lifeforms might invade the Barren Realm.
• A wounded female cultivator begged Jiang Ping An and his companions for help, but Jiang Ping An sensed her killing intent and killed her.
• The two cultivators behind the woman revealed their Refining Void Middle Stage power and threatened Jiang Ping An and his companions.

After arriving in the Origin Realm, Qian Huan Rou regained much of her law power and killed two bandits who attacked Jiang Ping An and his companions. A dispute with Yang Danqing was interrupted by Liu Yun, who appeared righteous and offered to escort them to the city, but then suddenly attacked Qian Huan Rou.

• Qian Huan Rou's power returned in the Origin Realm, and she effortlessly killed two bandits who had attacked the group.
• Qian Huan Rou explained that the Origin Realm's Heavenly Dao rules had lifted some restrictions caused by her Slayed Origin, though she still could not surpass perfected Third-Order Law.
• Yang Danqing accused the group of ruining his bounty claim and attacked them, but Qian Huan Rou crushed his Blade Intent.
• Liu Yun arrived with an Image Recording Stone and stopped Yang Danqing from attacking the group by threatening to report him to the Ascension Pavilion.
• Liu Yun introduced himself as an Ascension Pavilion disciple and offered to escort Jiang Ping An and the others to the city, then suddenly stabbed at Qian Huan Rou.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou fought Liu Yun and Yang Danqing after the two revealed their ambush. Once they adapted to the restrictions of the realm, they swiftly defeated the bandits and considered selling their bodies and weapons for the benefit of the Eastern Region.

• Liu Yun attempted to kill Qian Huan Rou in a surprise attack, but a rising patch of ground threw him off course and left her with a bloody wound.
• Qian Huan Rou and Jiang Ping An realized Liu Yun and Yang Danqing had staged their earlier actions as part of a scheme, and they discussed acquiring the realm’s runes and weapons.
• Qian Huan Rou took on Liu Yun while Jiang Ping An fought Yang Danqing, and their opponents struggled against their unusual abilities.
• After adapting to the realm’s combat restrictions, Qian Huan Rou pierced Liu Yun’s brow and Primordial Spirit, killing him.
• Jiang Ping An caught Yang Danqing’s saber and stomped him into the ground, while Ye Wuqing admitted he had wrongly doubted his boss’s strength.

Jiang Ping An learned about the Ascension Pavilion’s Immortal Transformation Technique and traveled with Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing to seek entry despite being over the age limit. At the branch selection hall, the recruiter Kuang Zheng angrily rejected applicants who failed the requirements, but Jiang Ping An still wanted to try.

• Jiang Ping An questioned Yang Danqing about the Ascension Pavilion, then killed him after learning about its age requirements and the Immortal Transformation Technique.
• Jiang Ping An, Qian Huan Rou, and Ye Wuqing traveled to an Ascension Pavilion city, discussing the technique and their lack of eligibility due to age.
• The group arrived at the branch disciple selection hall and saw Kuang Zheng curse out applicants who failed the current standards.
• Qian Huan Rou urged Jiang Ping An to leave, but he insisted on trying to enter the Ascension Pavilion.

Jiang Ping An bribed Kuang Zheng to admit him, Qian Huan Rou, and Ye Wuqing into Ascension Pavilion, then learned that reaching the main pavilion and obtaining the Immortal Transformation Technique would be difficult. The chapter ended with Qian Huan Rou excited by the branch’s vastly cheaper treasures and its immortal artifacts.

• Jiang Ping An offered Kuang Zheng a high-grade Primal Crystal, then claimed to be his third brother and gave him crystals for Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing, securing Identity Tokens for all three.
• Kuang Zheng warned them to keep a low profile in Ascension Pavilion and explained that obtaining the Immortal Transformation Technique required reaching the main pavilion.
• Jiang Ping An and the others entered Ascension Pavilion through a Teleportation Array and saw its spectacular mountain range and central peak.
• Jiang Ping An learned that he could reach the main pavilion through a prodigy selection, a recommendation, or 100,000 Contribution Points, but he did not qualify for the first two options.
• Qian Huan Rou excitedly pointed out that supreme treasures cost far less than in the Barren Realm and that Ascension Pavilion also offered immortal artifacts.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou tried to settle on a residence at Ascension Pavilion, but Hu Xu Ran and his Dao Companion repeatedly claimed the hilltops and extorted them. Jiang Ping An retaliated when they demanded more Primal Crystals, and when the Discipline Hall arrived, he blamed the couple for the fight.

• Jiang Ping An discovered that Ascension Pavilion let disciples exchange Contribution Points for treasures, including supreme treasures and immortal artifacts, and he and Qian Huan Rou decided to find a mountain and earn points.
• Jiang Ping An chose an empty hilltop, but Hu Xu Ran and his Dao Companion drove the newcomers away and then claimed another hilltop as well.
• Jiang Ping An paid Hu Xu Ran two Water Law Primal Crystals, but Hu Xu Ran's Dao Companion persuaded him to demand two more.
• Hu Xu Ran covered the mountain in frost and threatened Jiang Ping An's group, so Jiang Ping An cleared the frost, reclaimed the crystals, and kicked Hu Xu Ran into a mountain.
• When the Discipline Hall arrived, Jiang Ping An claimed that Hu Xu Ran and his Dao Companion had fought over the spoils and that Hu Xu Ran had been sent flying in their quarrel.

Jiang Ping An exposed Hu Xu Ran and Fu Hui’s mountain-grabbing harassment, then used their attack to get them sent to the Black Dungeon. The Discipline Hall took Jiang Ping An too, and he learned about the dungeon’s dangers on the way there.

• The Discipline Hall fined Jiang Ping An, Hu Xu Ran, and Fu Hui for fighting, while Hu Xu Ran and Fu Hui threatened Jiang Ping An over the lost Primal Crystals.
• Jiang Ping An sent Ye Wuqing and Qian Huan Rou to settle on a neighboring mountain, then punched Hu Xu Ran into Qian Huan Rou’s array with Fu Hui.
• Jiang Ping An accused Hu Xu Ran and Fu Hui of attacking his mountain, and the Discipline Hall ordered the pair sent to the Black Dungeon for fifteen days.
• Hu Xu Ran implicated Jiang Ping An, so the Discipline Hall shackled him and took him along with the pair.
• Jiang Ping An explored the Identity Jade Slip during the carriage ride and read that the Black Dungeon drained years of life and trapped prisoners among Malevolent Spirits and violent inmates.
• Hu Xu Ran warned Jiang Ping An that he would suffer in the Black Dungeon.