Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An won the stone-cutting contest after Lu Dong’s final stone yielded nothing, but his last casual strike shattered a Mother Stone and revealed a terrifying man from another era. The man asked where his master was and identified that master as the Saint, prompting the Treasure Appraisal Elder to recognize him as Saint King.

• Lu Dong cut apart his stone and found no treasure, leaving him with zero points and giving Jiang Ping An the victory.
• Wan Ning returned the won treasures to Jiang Ping An, while Xia Qing claimed the Rivers and Mountains Picture and the cone-shaped supreme treasure for Xia Yuanhao.
• Jiang Ping An struck his remaining Mother Stone, releasing a terrifying aura that awakened hidden powerhouses across several nations.
• A black-armored man emerged from the shattered stone, asked where he was and where his master was, and named his master the Saint.
• The Treasure Appraisal Elder realized the man’s master was Saint King.

Jiang Ping An freed Shen Feng, the Saint King's legendary disciple, who rewarded him with three powerful talisman techniques before leaving. After news of Shen Feng's return shook the Cultivation World and Chu ShuJiang renewed his efforts to kill Jiang Ping An, Jiang Ping An learned the talismans' costs and prepared for the Heavenly Dao Academy assessment.

• Shen Feng revealed that he was the Saint King's disciple, gave Jiang Ping An knowledge of three talismans, and left after Jiang Ping An freed him from Restricted Area Ore.
• The Treasure Appraisal Elder identified Shen Feng as the creator of the Substitute Death Talisman, the Shared Fate Talisman, and the Life Exchange Talisman, and the news spread across the Cultivation World.
• Xia Qing carried the unconscious Jiang Ping An back to the Royal Secret Realm while Lu Dong was left defeated and near the end of his life.
• Chu ShuJiang raged over his failures to kill Jiang Ping An and hired Heavenly Dao Academy geniuses to target Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang.
• Jiang Ping An woke and learned that making Shen Feng's talismans required sacrificing lifespan and years of difficult work.
• Xia Qing warned Jiang Ping An to prepare for the Heavenly Dao Academy assessment, but he ignored her and began comprehending the Wood Law.

Jiang Ping An studied the golden staff and Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worm, then continued comprehending Laws while the Great Emperor Relic opened to cultivators across the Eastern Region. As Xia Qing prepared to seek opportunities there, she gave Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang parting instructions before their return to Heavenly Dao Academy.

• Jiang Ping An branded the golden staff, resisted its violent Demonic Qi, and kept it as a trump card before controlling the Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worm and naming it Little Nine.
• The Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worm laid an egg, and Jiang Ping An fed it the severed arm of the Spirit Transformation cultivator who had tried to assassinate him.
• Little White revealed startling speed accompanied by unfamiliar Law fluctuations, refused to leave the Spirit Beast Storage Bag, and continued reading its storybooks.
• Jiang Ping An resumed comprehending Gravity Law and resolved to grow stronger before seeking revenge against Chu Kingdom and pursuing the immortal path.
• The Great Qian Dynasty, Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, and Ancient Thunder Clan opened the Great Emperor Relic as a cultivation secret realm, drawing cultivators seeking its remaining opportunities.
• Xia Qing prepared to enter the Great Emperor Relic and told Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang to bring back children from Heavenly Dao Academy, embarrassing Yun Huang while Jiang Ping An remained focused on Wood Law.

Xia Qing sent Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang off toward Heavenly Dao Academy after giving them resources and advice, and they continued training together until the envoys arrived. The envoys demanded Laws as payment, and Teng Yuan threatened to deny Yun Huang entry unless she slept with him.

• Xia Qing gave Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang Storage Rings, warned them about Heavenly Dao Academy’s envoys, and left for the Great Emperor Relic with Great Xia’s powerful figures and prodigies.
• Yun Huang fought Jiang Ping An’s clone repeatedly for over a month, improving until she could draw with it, though she never won.
• Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang left the secret realm, and Xia Yuanhao urged Jiang Ping An to leave his demonic artifact with him before the Reception Rune brought the envoys to the palace plaza.
• Cui Yu complained that Yun Huang had offered only one Law each, so Xia Yuanhao gave Jiang Ping An four more sealed Laws for the envoys.
• After accepting the additional Laws, Teng Yuan demanded that Yun Huang sleep with him in exchange for taking her to Heavenly Dao Academy.

Jiang Ping An confronted the Heavenly Dao Academy envoys after Teng Yuan tried to extort Yun Huang, then beat and maimed Teng Yuan. Bu Si appeared to claim he had come to collect corpses, but Teng Yuan attacked Jiang Ping An again with his Phantom Body Technique, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Teng Yuan demanded Yun Huang sleep with him or surrender more Laws, and Yun Huang refused to enter Heavenly Dao Academy.
• Jiang Ping An challenged Teng Yuan as Yun Huang's Dao Protector and easily seized him, slammed him into the ground, tore off his arm, and took his Storage Ring.
• Bu Si appeared in the forbidden area, explained that he had come to collect corpses, and was identified by Jiang Ping An as a possible assassin.
• Teng Yuan unleashed his Phantom Body Technique, and Yun Huang managed to stop only two of his eight attacking phantoms before they reached Jiang Ping An.

Jiang Ping An killed Heavenly Dao Academy reception envoys Teng Yuan and Cui Yu after they tried to stop him and Yun Huang from entering the academy. With that path closed, Yun Huang gave up on attending, and Jiang Ping An turned to Bu Si, suspecting he had come to kill him.

• Jiang Ping An caught Teng Yuan despite his extreme speed and killed him when Teng Yuan tried to attack with his wings.
• Cui Yu poisoned Jiang Ping An with her vines, but he proved immune, took her storage necklace, and killed her after spotting her planned sneak attack.
• Jiang Ping An crushed Cui Yu's fleeing Nascent Soul after she threatened him with her brother, who had a Sacred Body.
• Jiang Ping An apologized to Yun Huang for making entry to Heavenly Dao Academy impossible, but she said she no longer wanted to go.
• Jiang Ping An suggested going to the Great Emperor Relic instead, then asked Bu Si if he had come to kill him.

Bu Si revealed his ties to the Corpse Herding Sect and vanished, while Xia Qing announced that she had obtained a Great Emperor Technique and summoned Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang to the Great Emperor Relic. As they set off, Chu ShuJiang arranged for Heavenly Dao Academy prodigies to kill them.

• Bu Si denied being an assassin, identified himself as a member of the Corpse Herding Sect, and vanished with Ground Shrinking Step after asking Jiang Ping An to preserve divine-body corpses for him.
• A eunuch reported that the Saint Child of Heavenly Marsh Holy Land and the Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty had come to propose marriage to Xia Qing with lavish gifts.
• Xia Qing told Xia Yuanhao that she had obtained a Great Emperor Technique, then ordered Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang to come to the Great Emperor Relic and face the geniuses from Chu Kingdom.
• Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang set off for the Great Emperor Relic, while Xia Yuanhao tried to trade treasures for the demonic artifact Jiang Ping An had taken.
• Chu ShuJiang revealed that he had hired elite Heavenly Dao Academy prodigies through the Wealth Source Commerce Association to kill Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang.

Jiang Ping An tested Little White’s speed and discovered that the late Golden Core Stage beast had mastered the Law of Light. After continuing toward the Great Emperor Relic, he was confronted by a Flying Boat whose passengers claimed he carried a treasure.

• Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang split up, and Yun Huang gave him a Disguise Technique manual before flying toward the Great Emperor Relic.
• Jiang Ping An learned the Disguise Technique, disguised himself, and summoned Little White to test its speed.
• After Jiang Ping An offered a Heavenly Profound Pill, Little White unleashed incredible speed, revealing its mastery of the Law of Light.
• Jiang Ping An fed Little White the pill, then put it away when its rainbow light attracted three Golden Core Cultivators, whom he drove off by releasing his Nascent Soul Stage aura.
• Jiang Ping An continued toward the Spirit Sea Kingdom, hoping to find a way to take the second step in cultivation, but a black Flying Boat pursued him and its passengers called out to Elder Wu that Jiang Ping An had a treasure.

Jiang Ping An killed Wu Qianyun and three Heaven Axe Sect Cultivators who tried to rob him, then claimed their flying boat and searched their Storage Treasures. As he began cultivating aboard the boat, a terrifying Spirit Transformation expert’s aura enveloped it.

• Wu Qianyun demanded that Jiang Ping An hand over the Heaven Axe Sect’s supposed lost treasure, then attacked after Jiang Ping An appeared to flee.
• Jiang Ping An killed Wu Qianyun before he could self-detonate, saying he did not want the flying boat blown up.
• Jiang Ping An killed one Golden Core Cultivator who attacked him and killed the other two after they begged for mercy.
• Jiang Ping An took control of the flying boat, fed the corpses to the Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worm, and considered giving the boat to Meng Jing.
• Jiang Ping An searched the Storage Treasures, gave poison to Little Seven, and began comprehending Wood Law before a Spirit Transformation expert’s aura enveloped the flying boat.

Jiang Ping An disguised himself as Elder Wu to deceive the Heaven Axe Sect after its members arrived, then joined their meeting about entering the Great Emperor Relic. He remained undercover as the sect prepared to mine a crystal stone deposit, while Sect Master Ning You complained that Shu Mountain had rejected her marriage proposal.

• Jiang Ping An saw the Heaven Axe Sect approaching and disguised himself as Elder Wu before greeting Sect Master Ning You.
• Jiang Ping An claimed an unknown assassin had killed three disciples, and the sect elders blamed Black Tiger Valley.
• Ning You gathered the elders to discuss mining a swamp crystal stone deposit in the Great Emperor Relic, where High-Grade Crystal Stones had reportedly been found.
• The elders discussed the risks of mining and the bounty on Jiang Ping An, while Ning You dismissed their hopes of killing him.
• Ning You learned that Shu Mountain's sect master had refused her marriage proposal and angrily complained about being rejected.

Jiang Ping An failed to escape Heaven Axe Sect’s watch and entered the Great Emperor Relic with the sect. At a mining site, Black Tiger Valley ambushed them in a Four Elephants Killing Array, and its leader accused Jiang Ping An of betraying the sect.

• Ning You caught Jiang Ping An trying to leave the flying boat and kept Divine Sense on him, forcing him to wait until they entered the Great Emperor Relic.
• During the half-month journey, Jiang Ping An advanced the second layer of Endless Life to the introductory level and saw powerful cultivators gathering near the relic.
• Heaven Axe Sect waited three days to enter the relic, then traveled to a western swamp to mine crystal stones.
• Ning You’s group began mining, but Black Tiger Valley’s Yang Chaoming trapped them in a Four Elephants Killing Array.
• Yang Chaoming called Jiang Ping An over, and Heaven Axe Sect members accused him of being the traitor who had revealed their movements.

Jiang Ping An was mistaken for the traitor Wu Qianyun and caught in Black Tiger Valley’s ambush against the Heaven Axe Sect. He found and seized the array’s Formation Banner, opened the barrier, and the chapter ended as powerful cultivators from Sword Casting Villa arrived.

• Jiang Ping An revealed that he had killed Wu Qianyun, but Black Tiger Valley attacked the Heaven Axe Sect and trapped him inside the Four Elephants Killing Array.
• The array drained the Heaven Axe Sect’s spiritual energy, while Black Tiger Valley’s fighters pressed their attack and Second Elder could not locate the Array Master.
• Jiang Ping An killed the two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who attacked him, used the Power of the Pupil to find the hidden Array Master, and killed him to take the Formation Banner.
• Ning You held off Yang Chaoming while Jiang Ping An erased the banner’s Divine Sense imprint and opened the barrier almost instantly.
• Two Spirit Transformation powerhouses and a group of sword-wielding cultivators from Sword Casting Villa arrived, startling Yang Chaoming and Ning You.

Hu Yun of the Sword Casting Villa claimed the swamp and demanded Jiang Ping An surrender the Formation Banners and die, but Jiang challenged Hu Hongtian to a Life and Death Battle. The battle began with Hu Hongtian drawing his sword as the gathered factions watched.

• Hu Yun announced that the Sword Casting Villa would claim the swamp through a match against Hu Hongtian, then demanded Jiang Ping An hand over the Formation Banners and take his own life.
• Yang Chaoming protested that Black Tiger Valley owned the Formation Banners, but Hu Yun threatened him with the power of two Spirit Transformation experts.
• Ning You offered Hu Yun two laws and ten High-Grade Crystal Stones to spare Jiang Ping An, but Hu Yun still demanded the banners and Jiang's crippled cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An challenged Hu Hongtian instead, and Hu Hongtian accepted a Life and Death Battle despite Ning You's protests.
• Hu Hongtian drew his sword, summoning lightning and thunder, while the spectators retreated and watched.

Jiang Ping An captured Hu Hongtian and forced Sword Casting Villa to hand over five laws, then fled toward the Ascension Road with the villa’s experts in pursuit. He reached the Great Qian Dynasty’s Emperor-forged mountain, where cultivators noticed the chase approaching.

• Jiang Ping An vanished behind Hu Hongtian, seized him, and threatened to kill him when Hu Yun and another Spirit Transformation Realm expert moved to intervene.
• Jiang Ping An tore off Hu Hongtian’s arms and shattered his right foot, then demanded five laws from Hu Yun in exchange for his hostage’s life.
• Hu Yun handed over five boxes of laws, but Jiang Ping An refused to release Hu Hongtian there and retreated with him as Hu Yun and Sword Casting Villa pursued.
• Ning You led Heaven Axe Sect after Jiang Ping An, while Yang Chaoming followed in hopes of recovering the Four Elephants Killing Array.
• Jiang Ping An headed for the Ascension Road, hoping to find safety in a cultivation area restricted to Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at the Great Emperor’s mountain as cultivators at its base noticed him approaching with the battered Hu Hongtian.

Jiang Ping An killed Hu Hongtian and fled onto the Ascension Road, where Spirit Transformation cultivators could not follow. He used Limitless Fist to turn Sword Casting Villa’s Nascent Soul pursuers’ attacks back on them, killing one, and fought the remaining nine to perfect his technique.

• Jiang Ping An paid to enter the Ascension Road and smashed Hu Hongtian into a cloud of blood.
• Hu Yun tried to pursue Jiang Ping An but was stopped by the Great Qian Dynasty gatekeeper, so he paid for ten Nascent Soul Cultivators to go after him.
• Jiang Ping An ignored Ning You’s offer of help and waited for the ten pursuers at the Fifth Heaven.
• Jiang Ping An used Limitless Fist to return their sword attacks, killing one Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator with his own Sword Intent.
• Jiang Ping An fought the remaining nine Sword Casting Villa Cultivators on the Ascension Road, using the battle to temper the third level of Limitless Fist.

Jiang Ping An fought off a growing force of Nascent Soul Cultivators on the Ascension Road, refining the Limitless Fist until he could overwhelm them. The Heaven Axe Sect sided with him against Black Tiger Valley, and he ended the battle by killing sixteen Nascent Soul Cultivators in moments.

• Jiang Ping An held off nine Nascent Soul Cultivators with the Limitless Fist, and Hu Yun offered ten Law Fragments to whoever killed him.
• Jiang Ping An survived a full-power sword strike, killed his attacker, and kept fighting until the eight remaining opponents began to weaken.
• Hu Yun ordered Yang Chaoming and Ning You to send more Nascent Soul Cultivators against Jiang Ping An, and Ning You secretly told her five elders to help him.
• The Heaven Axe Sect elders ambushed Black Tiger Valley’s eight Nascent Soul Cultivators, wounding two and provoking a fight between the sects.
• Jiang Ping An activated the Battle God Art, killed the eight Cultivators facing him, then used Instant Flash to kill Black Tiger Valley’s eight reinforcements.

Jiang Ping An killed the Nascent Soul Realm experts sent against him, prompting Hu Yun to offer laws as a bounty for his death. Yan Chenxing recognized Jiang Ping An’s reputation and fled, while Jiang Ping An continued climbing Ascension Road.

• Jiang Ping An collected the Storage Treasures and corpses of the fallen experts as Hu Yun offered one law to anyone who killed him.
• Yan Chenxing of the Great Yan Dynasty accepted a bounty of two laws, with Yang Chaoming adding another law to the reward.
• An old man from the Great Qian Dynasty recognized Jiang Ping An’s techniques, and Yan Chenxing overheard him and realized who Jiang Ping An was.
• Yan Chenxing fled after recognizing Jiang Ping An, leaving Hu Yun and Yang Chaoming stunned and the crowd unwilling to take the bounty.
• Jiang Ping An ignored Hu Yun’s threats and continued climbing Ascension Road to test the limits of his will.

Jiang Ping An climbed the Ascension Road, enduring its tests of will without stopping as Cultivators watched in disbelief. He reached the Eightieth Heaven and continued upward, while Hu Yun and Yang Chaoming waited below with hatred.

• Hu Yun guarded the mountain with another Spirit Transformation powerhouse, determined to kill Jiang Ping An when he descended.
• Jiang Ping An began climbing the Ascension Road and answered its questions about his reasons for cultivation with thoughts of immortality, his parents, and protecting his loved ones.
• Jiang Ping An passed the Fiftieth Heaven without stopping, astonishing Ning You and the other onlookers.
• Jiang Ping An passed Ye Wuqing at the Sixtieth Heaven and continued climbing, leaving Ye Wuqing consumed by frustration at the difference between their wills.
• Jiang Ping An reached the Seventieth and then the Eightieth Heaven without pausing, drawing crowds and spreading news of his climb.
• Jiang Ping An continued upward beyond the Eightieth Heaven as the Cultivators below wondered where he would stop.

Jiang Ping An climbed the Ascension Road to its summit, overcoming fears that he might fail to become immortal or revive his parents. His achievement stunned the cultivators in the Great Emperor Relic, while Hu Yun remained determined to kill him.

• Hu Yun rejected Jiang Ping An’s progress as fake and feared the revenge he expected, while Yang Chaoming fled with the remaining Black Tiger Valley cultivators.
• Jiang Ping An climbed past the ninetieth heaven and pressed onward despite exhaustion and a voice urging him to rest.
• At the Ninety-Third Heaven, an old man recognized Jiang Ping An’s Innocent Heart but warned that his stubbornness could lead him astray.
• Jiang Ping An reached the Ninety-Ninth Heaven, faltered before the final step as doubts overwhelmed him, then declared he would forge a way to immortality and resurrection if none existed.
• Jiang Ping An stepped onto the summit, triggering dazzling divine light across the mountain and leaving cultivators astonished and questioning whether he had cheated.

Jiang Ping An descended from the mountain after reaching its summit, challenged Ye Wuqing’s Ruthless Path, and claimed the summit reward. When two Spirit Transformation powerhouses attacked him, he killed them both with the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick, leaving the watching Cultivators terrified.

• Jiang Ping An reached the summit without receiving a Great Emperor secret art and forged confidence in his own path.
• Jiang Ping An told Ye Wuqing to find people worth protecting, causing Ye Wuqing’s faith in the Ruthless Path to crack.
• Jiang Ping An received one hundred laws as the reward for reaching the summit and prepared to leave the Ascension Road.
• Hu Yun and another Spirit Transformation powerhouse ambushed Jiang Ping An as he departed.
• Jiang Ping An struck down the Transformation God Middle Stage powerhouse and Hu Yun with the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick, exhausting his strength and leaving the crowd in fear.