Recaps

Jiang Ping An turned Xiao Hui’s attempt to buy his silence into a public scandal, prompting Lan Jie to apologize and privately threaten him over the Zhum Civilization beast hide. After Lan Jie left, Lan Shi'er learned what happened and vowed to protect Jiang Ping An as she grew stronger.

• Xiao Hui gave Jiang Ping An five thousand Spirit King Pills to stop the Sound Recording Stone, but Jiang Ping An publicly described the deal in a way that further exposed Xiao Hui’s threats.
• Lan Jie arrived, struck Xiao Hui away, and told the crowd that his subordinate had misunderstood his orders before apologizing to Jiang Ping An.
• Lan Jie privately demanded the beast hide and warned that restarting the Zhum Civilization jar could destroy the consciousness of whoever held it, but Jiang Ping An denied possessing it.
• Jiang Ping An refused Lan Jie’s banquet invitation and suggested compensation in Spirit King Pills, while Lan Jie left without agreeing to pay.
• Lan Shi'er heard Jiang Ping An’s account, condemned Lan Jie’s group, and promised to become strong enough to defend him.

Jiang Ping An learned how his companions were advancing and returned to cultivation as the war worsened. Meanwhile, Lan Jie killed Mo Xiu, revived Zhu Mu through the Heavenly Abyss Jar, and began activating a consciousness world centered on the beast hide.

• Jiang Ping An heard that Shi'er, Tuanzi, Little Lion, and Long Ya were progressing in their cultivation while the alliance lost ground in the war.
• Lan Shi'er received an order to return and cultivate, and Jiang Ping An went back to the Cultivation Room at Hua Miao Lou.
• Months later, Lan Jie demanded the jar from Zhang Yong and killed Mo Xiu even after Zhang Yong handed it over.
• Zhang Yong fled into the sea, while Lan Jie performed a ritual that awakened the Heavenly Abyss Jar and revived Zhu Mu within him.
• Zhu Mu activated the consciousness world left in the beast hide, intending to drag all living creatures within ten million miles into it.

Lan Jie used the Heavenly Abyss jar to awaken the beast skin, causing the consciousness world inside it to change beyond Jiang Ping An’s control. Jiang Ping An’s Second Soul faced a powerful spider, and the chapter ended as his strongest strike barely wounded it.

• Lan Jie awakened the beast skin with the Heavenly Abyss jar, hoping its power would help him ascend to Lord God.
• Jiang Ping An felt the beast skin tremble as strange patterns appeared and his connection to his Second Soul became unstable.
• The Second Soul’s blank world transformed into a landscape of mountains, rivers, plants, and ten suns, while Jiang Ping An lost control of it.
• Jiang Ping An spotted six eyes watching him from the mountains and tried to flee to protect his Second Soul.
• A giant green-black spider attacked, and Jiang Ping An’s purple-flaming blade cut its mouthparts but failed to seriously injure it.

Jiang Ping An discovered that he could absorb the Divine Power in the consciousness world and used it to wound a Six-Eyed Demon Spider from within. After primitive people appeared, he realized the world might be recreating the primordial era of the God Realm.

• Jiang Ping An opened Devouring Space to block the spider's attack and discovered that Divine Power in the consciousness world could be absorbed freely.
• Jiang Ping An used Instant Flash to reach the spider's head, pierced its carapace with a Bone Blade, and sent Bone Spikes into its internal organs.
• The spider hurled itself into the mountains to crush Jiang Ping An, but he remained attached and continued attacking it while absorbing its Divine Power.
• Several primitive people arrived and shouted in astonishment as they watched Jiang Ping An fight the Six-Eyed Demon Spider alone.
• Jiang Ping An recalled Lan Jie’s explanation of the beast hide and suspected the world was recreating the primordial era of the God Realm.

Jiang Ping An discovered that the Primordial God Realm recreated inside the Beast-Skin Consciousness World held simulated treasures whose soul-nourishing effects could reach his real body. After testing Golden Grain Soul Grass, he realized the uncontrolled world might still offer a powerful way to strengthen himself.

• A Black Mountain Tribe hunting party attacked the Six-Eyed Demon Spider and its leader swung a Chaos Primordial Stone axe at Jiang Ping An, who retreated to a nearby mountain.
• Jiang Ping An watched the Black Mountain Tribe fight the spider and marveled at their strength and the priceless materials in their weapons.
• A young man approached Jiang Ping An, offered him Golden Grain Soul Grass, and explained that it was supposed to improve his mind.
• Jiang Ping An recognized the herb, ate several seeds, and found that they nourished both his Second Soul in the consciousness world and his real soul at Hua Miao Lou.
• Jiang Ping An realized that simulated treasures that strengthened Soul Power could affect reality and reconsidered the value of the transformed world.

Jiang Ping An withdrew from the battlefield and found a secluded cave to refine the Golden Grain Soul Grass, learning that only part of its benefit reached his real body. Meanwhile, the Black Mountain Tribe discovered that the Six-Eyed Demon Spider’s meat had become dangerously corrosive and blamed the white-haired man who had poisoned it.

• Shi Da He returned to his father, Shi Da Hu, who scolded him for giving Golden Grain Soul Grass to a stranger and warned that the Black Mountain Tribe was hunting nearby.
• Jiang Ping An decided to repay Shi Da He later, then used the Shadow Kill Technique to leave the battlefield and head into the deep mountains.
• The Black Mountain Tribe killed the Six-Eyed Demon Spider, but its abdomen had turned to corrosive sludge that dissolved a warrior’s hand; the chief blamed the white-haired man and ordered the tribe to salvage the spider’s legs and mouthparts.
• Jiang Ping An traveled through the wilderness, avoided divine herbs guarded by powerful beasts, and carved a concealed cave into a cliff with high-grade God Source Stones inside.
• Jiang Ping An collected some God Source Stones, ate more Golden Grain Soul Grass seeds, and began refining their soul energy.
• Jiang Ping An found that his real body received roughly one-fifth of the herb’s benefit to his Second Soul, and he was encouraged by the abundance of divine herbs in the wilderness.

Jiang Ping An used the Golden Grain Soul Grass to strengthen his Second Soul and master Prison Suppressing, then searched for more herbs. He reached Great Lake Village to find Shi Da He, whose unexpected appearance exposed the villagers’ awkward denial.

• Jiang Ping An absorbed the Golden Grain Soul Grass, strengthened his soul, and achieved initial mastery of Prison Suppressing.
• Jiang Ping An left his cave, subdued two Lion-headed Golden Eagles with his Soul Power, and searched their memories for rare herbs.
• Jiang Ping An rode one Lion-headed Golden Eagle toward Great Lake Village and collected Fierce Beast corpses as gifts along the way.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at Great Lake Village and asked its wary villagers whether Shi Da He lived there.
• A limping villager denied knowing Shi Da He, but Shi Da He called out from the well and emerged, leaving the villagers in awkward silence.

Jiang Ping An arrived at the village to repay Shi Da He for giving him Golden Grain Soul Grass, but he also sought more of the herb. After bringing a mountain of Fierce Beast corpses as payment, he learned from Shi Da Hu that obtaining more might not be possible.

• A villager kicked Shi Da He back into the well, but Shi Da He climbed out again and went to meet Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An summoned a mountain of Fierce Beast corpses at the village entrance, astonishing Shi Da He and the villagers.
• Shi Da He refused the meat, and Shi Da Hu arrived and invited Jiang Ping An into his house to discuss the gift.
• Jiang Ping An told Shi Da Hu he wanted more Golden Grain Soul Grass and offered up to five hundred times as much Fierce Beast meat in trade.
• Shi Da Hu said he might have to disappoint Jiang Ping An, leaving the herb trade unresolved.

Jiang Ping An learned that the Black Mountain Tribe controlled the Golden Grain Soul Grass and that a more potent soul-nourishing herb grew in a dangerous canyon. After Shi Da He described the plant, Jiang Ping An identified it as a Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid, a rare herb worth many times more than the grass he had sought.

• Shi Da Hu explained that the Black Mountain Tribe had claimed the river valley where Golden Grain Soul Grass grew, then told Jiang Ping An about a stronger herb guarded by a fearsome Fierce Beast.
• Shi Da Hu arranged for Shi Da He to guide Jiang Ping An to the herb the next morning, hoping his son would learn from Jiang Ping An, and accepted the meat Jiang Ping An offered the village.
• Shi Da He told Jiang Ping An how tasting a glowing purple petal in a canyon had sharpened his senses and helped his hunting party escape a Mountain Armored Beast.
• Shi Da He described the flower's nine glossy purple petals and green-glowing center, and Jiang Ping An searched records through his Avatar.
• Jiang Ping An identified the herb as a Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid, a top-grade soul-nourishing herb far more valuable than Golden Grain Soul Grass.

Jiang Ping An taught Shi Da He a basic Qi Guiding Method and discovered that his apparent simplicity concealed an innocent heart that let him learn with remarkable speed. After Shi Da He mastered the method and demonstrated a Divine Power Light Blade, the villagers looked at him with newfound admiration.

• Jiang Ping An reflected on the village and asked Shi Da He why he had not started a family; Shi Da He admitted that people considered him foolish and no woman would choose him.
• Jiang Ping An passed Shi Da He a basic Qi Guiding Method, and Shi Da He immediately focused on learning it.
• Shi Da He quickly mastered the breathing method, impressing Jiang Ping An, who recognized his innocent heart and praised his talent to Shi Da Hu.
• Shi Da Hu found his son meditating, learned Jiang Ping An was teaching him, and quietly left after hearing the praise.
• At the village bonfire, Shi Da He formed a Divine Power Light Blade and used it to cut beast meat, astonishing the villagers and attracting the attention of young women.

Jiang Ping An took Shi Da He by Lion-headed Eagle to the valley where the Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid grew. After finding four orchids and beginning to harvest one, Jiang Ping An narrowly evaded a devastating black arrow.

• Jiang Ping An left the village feast so the villagers could relax and celebrate Shi Da He's new abilities and standing.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at the village the next morning and flew with Shi Da He on the tamed Lion-headed Eagle toward the distant valley.
• Jiang Ping An left Shi Da He at the valley entrance and stealthily entered the valley alone.
• Jiang Ping An found four Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids by a cave and began carefully harvesting one.
• A black arrow struck the ground near Jiang Ping An, and he avoided its explosive impact by entering shadow form.

Jiang Ping An stole one of three Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids before members of the Feather Soul Tribe took the other two and pursued him into a cave. Yu Shuang struck his shadow with a Soul Arrow that could target his divine soul.

• Two men and a woman from the Feather Soul Tribe attacked Jiang Ping An, who evaded their arrow by turning into a shadow.
• Jiang Ping An distracted the trio with a question and stole one Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid, while they collected the other two.
• Jiang Ping An fled into a cave, and the Feather Soul Tribe members pursued him, demanding that he surrender the herb.
• Yu Shuang fired a homing Soul Arrow at Jiang Ping An, and it struck his shadow in the back.

Jiang Ping An escaped the Feather Soul Tribe experts by using a Time Power clone while they were distracted by a Fierce Beast in the cave. He returned with two Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids, angry over losing the other two, and asked Shi Da He about the Feather Soul Tribe.

• Yu Shuang's Soul Arrow Technique exposed Jiang Ping An's apparent body, and Yu Lie's crimson arrow destroyed it.
• The three Feather Soul Tribe men discovered that the body was a divine-power clone and began searching for Jiang Ping An's true body.
• A guardian Fierce Beast charged from the cave, forcing the three men to abandon their search and fight it.
• Jiang Ping An escaped using Time Power and the Shadow Kill Technique, carrying two of the four Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids.
• Jiang Ping An met Shi Da He at the valley entrance, took him away on the Lion-headed Eagle, and learned that Shi Da He had never heard of the Feather Soul Tribe.

Jiang Ping An and Shi Da He returned to Great Lake Village and discovered that Shi Da Hu was near death after the Black Mountain Tribe attacked him. Shi Da He begged Jiang Ping An to save his father, and Jiang Ping An approached the bed.

• Jiang Ping An and Shi Da He arrived at Great Lake Village late at night and found the villagers gathered anxiously outside Shi Da He's home.
• Shi Da He's second uncle told him to go inside and see his father, and Shi Da He rushed into the cabin.
• Shi Da He found Shi Da Hu gravely wounded, while the Old Apothecary explained that the Black Mountain Tribe had attacked after Shi Da Hu refused their tribute demands.
• The Old Apothecary said a potent poison had reached Shi Da Hu's heart and that he could not save him.
• Shi Da Hu urged Shi Da He to follow Lord Jiang, and Shi Da He begged Jiang Ping An to save his father.
• Jiang Ping An calmly freed himself from Shi Da He's grasp and walked toward Shi Da Hu's bed.

Jiang Ping An healed Shi Da Hu and agreed to teach Shi Da He a Divine Art to help protect their village. Back in the real world, he bought the Indestructible Vajra Body for Shi Da He, accepting the cost because leaving the villagers without help would trouble his conscience.

• Jiang Ping An used Primordial Qi and Devouring Power to remove Shi Da Hu's poison and Rule Power, healing him completely.
• Shi Da Hu thanked Jiang Ping An, and Shi Da He pleaded for a powerful Divine Art so he could protect his father and village.
• Jiang Ping An agreed to bring Shi Da He a suitable Divine Art the next morning, then left to prepare a secluded cave for his Second Soul and the Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids.
• Jiang Ping An's original body left Hua Miao Lou and bought a jade slip containing the Indestructible Vajra Body, spending two-thirds of his Spirit King Pills.
• Jiang Ping An considered why he had spent real resources on the villagers and decided that helping them would let him keep his conscience and Dao heart clear.

Jiang Ping An discovered that Lan Jie had traced the beast hide through Heavenly Abyss and kept himself protected inside Hua Miao Lou while cultivating. Months later, his Second Soul reached God King Third Level, just as Black Mountain Tribe returned to threaten Great Lake Village.

• Jiang Ping An recognized a faint connection between Lan Jie’s Heavenly Abyss jar and the beast hide, then ignored Lan Jie’s demand and returned to Hua Miao Lou.
• Lan Jie resolved to kill Long Ping and reclaim the beast hide, while Jiang Ping An decided to remain in the imperial city and focus on cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An’s Second Soul fused the Cicada Eye into the World Eye and reached God King Third Level, greatly improving his perception and comprehension.
• A villager warned Jiang Ping An’s Energy Avatar and Shi Da He that Black Mountain Tribe had returned, and Shi Da He rushed toward the village.
• Hei Fengnian confronted Great Lake Village and was shocked to find Shi Da Hu healthy despite the severe injuries and poisoning he had inflicted months earlier.

Shi Da He rushed to defend Great Lake Village from the Black Mountain Tribe but was quickly defeated by Hei Fengnian. Jiang Ping An then killed the attacking tribe members without moving, leaving the village safe and Shi Da He chastened for charging at a stronger enemy.

• Hei Fengnian threatened to kill Great Lake Village’s men and take its women unless the villagers submitted to the Black Mountain Tribe, and Shi Da Hu refused.
• Shi Da He arrived to protect the village, but Hei Fengnian kicked him into a hillock.
• Jiang Ping An warned the Black Mountain Tribe to leave, then caused Da Zhuang to collapse and die with an unseen attack.
• The Black Mountain Tribe members charged, but they all fell dead before the villagers could join the fight.
• Shi Da He returned and found the battle over, and Jiang Ping An reprimanded him for facing a stronger opponent instead of retreating.

Jiang Ping An killed the Black Mountain Tribe’s attackers, strengthened Great Lake Village, and used the villagers’ help to cultivate until his real-world soul broke through to God King Third Level. After buying materials to improve his strength, he learned that someone else had stripped the Golden Grain Soul Grass valley of its herbs.

• Jiang Ping An wiped out the Black Mountain Tribe warriors and told Shi Da He to teach the villagers cultivation and organize herb-gathering trips.
• Great Lake Village grew stronger under Shi Da He’s instruction, while its people gathered soul-nourishing herbs for Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An’s real-world soul broke through to God King Third Level, and he reviewed his cultivation and divine arts.
• Jiang Ping An bought a Devouring Rules Book and divine materials for the Undying Demon Bone, spending nearly all his Spirit King Pills.
• Shi Da He reported that someone had been harvesting the Golden Grain Soul Grass valley, including its seedlings.

Jiang Ping An discovered that the Feather Soul Tribe's three God Kings were gathering Golden Grain Soul Grass and planning to attack nearby villages. He ambushed them to protect Great Lake Village, then fled with the three pursuing him.

• Villagers told Jiang Ping An that Golden Grain Soul Grass had vanished, and he ordered them to avoid the river valley and its flying strangers.
• Jiang Ping An went to the river valley and found Yu Shuang, Yu Lie, and Yu Ming searching for herbs.
• Yu Shuang proposed destroying nearby villages, and the three agreed before spotting a mature Golden Grain Soul Grass.
• Jiang Ping An ambushed Yu Shuang, seized the grass, and fled away from Great Lake Village to draw the attackers off.
• Yu Shuang recovered from her injuries, and she, Yu Lie, and Yu Ming chased Jiang Ping An.

Jiang Ping An outmaneuvered Yu Shuang, seized his bow, and learned the Feather Soul Tribe’s Soul Arrow Technique by devouring part of Yu Shuang’s soul memories. He faced Yu Lie and Yu Ming with his newly acquired technique and Karmic Fire, leaving the two Third Level God Kings retreating in alarm.

• Yu Shuang shot a Soul Arrow through Jiang Ping An’s fire wall, but Jiang Ping An’s apparent body was a decoy that lured Yu Shuang into a soul attack.
• Jiang Ping An wounded Yu Shuang, kicked him away, stole his exquisite bow, and escaped while Yu Lie and Yu Ming stopped to help their injured companion.
• Yu Lie and Yu Ming chased Jiang Ping An and fired Soul Arrows, but he evaded their attacks as he removed the bow’s Divine Soul Imprint and branded it as his own.
• Jiang Ping An used memories taken from Yu Shuang to fire the Soul Arrow Technique, shocking Yu Lie and Yu Ming.
• Jiang Ping An wrapped a Soul Arrow in Karmic Fire and shot it at Yu Lie and Yu Ming, forcing them to retreat.

Jiang Ping An fled Yu Ming, Yu Lie, and the recovering Yu Shuang, whose Soul Arrows could not harm him because of his powerful soul defenses. The three pursued him toward the ominous You Shui, and he reached its strange black lake without knowing their plan.

• Yu Ming distracted Jiang Ping An with Soul Arrows while Yu Lie tried to flank him, but Jiang Ping An escaped into the shadows.
• Yu Shuang caught up with Yu Ming and Yu Lie, and the three attacked Jiang Ping An together with Soul Arrows.
• Jiang Ping An emerged to counter their arrows, then survived their repeated attacks without slowing, revealing his soul’s formidable defenses.
• Yu Ming suggested ending the chase, but Yu Shuang ordered the others to drive Jiang Ping An into You Shui, where they believed he would die.
• After two more days of flight, Jiang Ping An reached a black lake that absorbed the light and filled him with unease.

Jiang Ping An was trapped in the You Shui, where a lake spirit’s Devouring Power threatened to consume him. He escaped the lake and turned the spirit against his attackers, but its power overwhelmed his Dao Domain as Yu Shuang fled and the spirit targeted him.

• The Feather Soul Tribe trio trapped Jiang Ping An’s Shadow Clone in the You Shui with an ancient barrier, expecting the lake to devour him.
• Jiang Ping An used his Origin Divine Spark, Devouring Power, and World Eye to resist the lake’s pull and discovered the spirit at the bottom.
• The Spirit of the Lake Water surged toward Jiang Ping An, who escaped the water as the trio’s barrier formed a giant hand to knock him back in.
• The spirit devoured the giant hand and drained the barrier, weakening the three attackers, who recognized it as a valuable spirit.
• Jiang Ping An used his Primordial Dao Domain to transfer the spirit onto Yu Ming and the other man, killing both, but the spirit’s Rule Power overwhelmed his domain.
• Yu Shuang escaped with a Teleportation Talisman, leaving Jiang Ping An alone as the Spirit of the Lake Water flew toward him.

Jiang Ping An destroyed the Spirit of the Lake Water’s fragile awareness with Soul Power and moved the entire lake into his inner world, though the spirit began draining his divine power. The Feather Soul Tribe arrived too late to claim it, and its leader ordered nearby tribes to join the war against the Blazing Sun Tribe after revealing they were descendants of the Strength God Clan.

• Jiang Ping An used his Soul Power to destroy the Spirit of the Lake Water’s awareness, escaped the lake, and recovered his strength.
• Jiang Ping An decided to keep the spirit, moved the lake into his inner world, and hurried off to find ferocious beasts to replenish the divine power it drained.
• Yu Shuang and the Feather Soul Tribe’s leader found the lake gone, and the leader concluded that the white-haired man had used Soul Power to take the spirit.
• The Feather Soul Tribe’s leader ordered nearby villages and tribes to join the war against the Blazing Sun Tribe.
• The leader revealed that many nearby tribes descended from the Strength God Clan, shocking the generals.

The Feather Soul Tribe's leader planned to recruit descendants of the Strength God Clan as expendable fighters against the Blazing Sun Tribe. Meanwhile, Jiang Ping An fed Fierce Beasts to the Spirit of the Lake Water until he encountered a rampaging Giant Elephant Herd and the cultivators who had tried to redirect its anger toward him.

• The Feather Soul Tribe's leader explained that the surviving Strength God Clan had scattered into tribes and villages, then left a divine ship behind to recruit them as soldiers.
• Jiang Ping An spent a month hunting Fierce Beasts and gathering divine herbs to weaken the Spirit of the Lake Water's Devouring Power.
• A Giant Elephant Herd charged toward Jiang Ping An as seven fleeing cultivators threw a stolen Elephant Bone toward him to divert the herd.
• Jiang Ping An ignored the Elephant Bone and attacked the cultivators, absorbing their strikes with a Yin Yang Diagram and swallowing four of them.
• Yan Hou Kong escaped with two companions and threatened Jiang Ping An on behalf of the Blazing Sun Tribe, but Jiang Ping An taunted them and fled.

Jiang Ping An fought off Yan Hou Kong while attempting to break through the Gate of Profound Dao. After shattering the gate with his third strike, he was met by a torrent of divine dao as powerful figures across the region sensed his breakthrough.

• Jiang Ping An fled Yan Hou Kong and blocked his Soul Arrow Technique with an ancient soul shield.
• Yan Hou Kong's greatsaber struck the immense Gate of Profound Dao that appeared between him and Jiang Ping An, and the rebound injured him.
• Jiang Ping An unleashed his powers and cracked the gate with two strikes from his purple Bone Blade while Yan Hou Kong attacked him.
• Yan Hou Kong thought he had killed Jiang Ping An, but the scene reset to the moment before his attack, revealing that the apparent death had been an illusion.
• Jiang Ping An struck the Gate of Profound Dao with Primordial Calamity Light and shattered it, drawing a torrent of divine dao as experts across the region sensed him.