Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An fled to Dao Beginning City after exposing the Enforcement Department’s collusion with the Black Essence Tribe in Void Light City. He learned that the next Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion test was two and a half years away and negotiated to buy information about past assessments.

• Zhou He repeatedly praised Jiang Ping An and asked whether they were heading to Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion, and Jiang Ping An confirmed they were.
• Jiang Ping An returned to Void Light City without triggering its detection arrays and sent an Energy Avatar to kill the Black Essence Tribe members at their Cultivation Room.
• Jiang Ping An’s avatar accused the Enforcement Department of framing cultivators and selling them into forced labor, then self-destructed as officers arrived.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He teleported to Dao Beginning City and settled into an inn, where Zhou He balked at the high food prices.
• Jiang Ping An asked the waiter when the next Heavenly Mansion test would begin, and Zhou He bargained for the waiter’s records of earlier assessments.

Jiang Ping An studied Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion’s deadly assessments and decided to enter before his time on the Fourth Floor ran out. After sharing a fortune in resources with Zhou He, he explored Dao Beginning City and found Zhou He arguing with a bird-headed humanoid.

• Jiang Ping An reviewed the assessments and told Zhou He he could not wait another thousand years to try for Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion.
• Zhou He worried about the dangerous trials, but Jiang Ping An silenced him and reassured him that they had time to prepare.
• Jiang Ping An gave Zhou He a Storage Ring containing five hundred thousand World Tree Seeds and piles of God Source Stones; Zhou He tried to offer himself in gratitude, and Jiang Ping An kicked him through a tavern window.
• Jiang Ping An sold strengthened divine weapons and treasures for cultivation resources while he and Zhou He explored Dao Beginning City.
• Zhou He argued with a bird-headed humanoid, repeatedly calling him a stinking bird.

Jiang Ping An defended Zhou He from Qingyun Taiyi, an arrogant Azure Cloud Luan Eagle, and reminded him that he had done nothing wrong. After two and a half years of cultivation, Jiang Ping An and Zhou He went to Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion as its assessment was about to begin.

• Qingyun Taiyi demanded that Zhou He kneel and apologize, but Jiang Ping An stopped him and led Zhou He away without responding to the bird's threats.
• Jiang Ping An told Zhou He that the world was wrong and that Zhou He had done nothing wrong, then kicked him after Zhou He made an inappropriate joke.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He settled in an inexpensive residence and waited two and a half years for the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion assessment while Jiang Ping An studied the Primordial Rule.
• Zhou He hurried Jiang Ping An to Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion, where they found countless God Kings gathered before the assessment began.
• God Kings at the entrance discussed the increasingly difficult trials and the slim chances of passing against the many talented Supremes.

Jiang Ping An and Zhou He waited outside the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion as the First Trial’s severe requirements were announced. The assessment began with challengers entering the palace, leaving Jiang Ping An’s chances unknown.

• Zhou He offered to sacrifice resources to improve Jiang Ping An’s luck, but Jiang Ping An chose to take the assessment once before deciding what to do.
• Qingyun Taiyi mocked Jiang Ping An and Zhou He and ordered them to move, but they ignored him and he walked around them.
• An expert announced that participants had to create a Divine Art from ten fragments within three years and defeat a same-level opponent using only that art.
• The expert warned that other Divine Runes, Divine Arts, inner worlds, Mystic Treasures, and Divine Weapons would be unusable, and that participants could die or be eliminated when time ran out.
• Some God Kings withdrew, while Zhou He worried about Jiang Ping An’s creative ability and hoped he would pass safely.
• The ancient palace opened, and the assessment officially began as the challengers entered.

Jiang Ping An entered the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion’s trial, where he had three years to create a Divine Art from damaged ancient techniques. Outside, Zhou He clashed verbally with Qingyun Taiyi, while Jiang Ping An began analyzing the Divine Runes and planning a technique of his own.

• Jiang Ping An entered the palace and was teleported to a sealed white room containing ten battered beast hides.
• Zhou He told Jiang Ping An to prioritize his safety, then traded insults with Qingyun Taiyi, who boasted about his brother Qingyun Pingbu.
• Qingyun Taiyi threatened Zhou He and predicted that Jiang Ping An would be eliminated within three years before turning to watch the screens.
• Jiang Ping An examined the damaged Divine Arts and learned that he had three years to create a technique capable of defeating an equal-level opponent.
• Jiang Ping An analyzed the Divine Runes’ structures in his Sea of Consciousness and began combining them into a new Divine Art he could use.

Jiang Ping An and the other God Kings struggled to create Divine Arts for the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion’s First Trial, while exceptional participants passed early and the announced Second Trial drove many to withdraw. Jiang Ping An remained motionless as Zhou He waited anxiously outside, taunted by Qingyun Taiyi over Qingyun Pingbu’s success.

• Many God Kings gave up on the First Trial after seeing how damaged and difficult the ten Divine Arts were to reconstruct.
• By the second year, thirty percent of the participants had withdrawn, while several God Kings finished their Divine Arts and began challenging opponents early.
• A God King defeated his opponent and passed the First Trial, prompting the examiner to announce that the Second Trial required enduring the Heart Demon Fire for two years.
• The danger of the Heart Demon Fire caused a wave of withdrawals, leaving fewer than thirty percent of the God Kings in the trial.
• Qingyun Taiyi told Zhou He that his brother, Qingyun Pingbu, had been the third to pass, then mocked Jiang Ping An for making no progress.
• Zhou He walked away from Qingyun Taiyi and waited for Jiang Ping An to emerge.

Jiang Ping An passed the First Trial by destroying his simulated opponent with a single move, stunning the onlookers and silencing Qingyun Taiyi’s mockery. Zhou He celebrated, while Qingyun Taiyi insisted his brother Qingyun Pingbu would excel in the harder Second Trial, which Jiang Ping An had yet to face.

• As the First Trial’s deadline approached, Zhou He worried that Jiang Ping An might not have created a powerful Divine Art, while Qingyun Taiyi mocked him.
• Jiang Ping An began the challenge and used his World Eye to see that the formation-simulated God King was a King-level Fifth-Order opponent with limited abilities.
• Jiang Ping An sent a tiny red orb at the charging opponent, and it unfolded into a Flame Blade Tornado that destroyed him in roughly thirty breaths.
• Spectators realized Jiang Ping An had defeated his opponent with one move, and Qingyun Taiyi stared in disbelief.
• Zhou He taunted Qingyun Taiyi and celebrated Jiang Ping An’s success, while Qingyun Taiyi argued that Qingyun Pingbu could match him and praised his progress in the Second Trial.
• Qingyun Taiyi warned that the Second Trial tested candidates in the Heart Demon Fire, and Zhou He privately believed Jiang Ping An’s Invincible Belief would carry him through.

Jiang Ping An passed the First Trial with his newly created Thousand Blade Finger and endured the Heart Demon Fire for two years. The Third Trial required challengers to survive five days against a God King one realm above them, and Jiang Ping An judged he could evade the opponent even if he could not win.

• Jiang Ping An defeated the First Trial’s simulated God King with a single strike and named his new technique Thousand Blade Finger.
• Jiang Ping An entered the Second Trial and refined his Divine Art while the Heart Demon Fire searched his soul for weaknesses.
• God Kings failed and died in the Heart Demon Fire, while Zhou He worried about Jiang Ping An but felt reassured by his calm expression.
• Jiang Ping An completed two years in the Second Trial as the Third Trial’s rules were announced.
• Jiang Ping An learned he had to survive five days against a God King one realm higher and decided Shadow Dodge and Shadow Transformation would keep him alive.

Jiang Ping An passed the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion’s Third Trial by using the enemy’s sword qi to destroy the simulated sun and create darkness for his shadow escapes. He received his Identity Token and was told to return in four years, while Zhou He celebrated his success.

• Jiang Ping An remained among the fewer than a thousand God Kings who advanced to the Third Trial, where he faced a female God King with the strength of a King-level Sixth-Order.
• Jiang Ping An flew into the open sky and baited the female God King into striking the simulated sun, plunging the battlefield into darkness.
• Jiang Ping An used the shadows and his Shadow Kill Technique to evade the female God King’s attacks for five days, passing the trial.
• The examiner registered Jiang Ping An and gave him an Identity Token to imprint with his divine soul and blood, telling him to return in four years.
• Zhou He rushed to embrace Jiang Ping An, who stopped him with a hand to the face and warned him not to follow if he was going to be disgusting.

Jiang Ping An gave Zhou He his remaining Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion slot to sell and focused on comprehending the Seventh Layer of the Primordial True Martial Scripture. Zhou He sold the slot for fourteen million World Tree Seeds and revealed that the buyer came from Mist Worm Valley.

• Zhou He told Jiang Ping An that his extra Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion slot could be worth at least ten million World Tree Seeds, and Jiang Ping An handed him the Command Token to arrange a sale.
• Jiang Ping An studied the Seventh Layer, [True Martial], which let its practitioner wield any Divine Weapon and martial power by using the Primordial Rule to grasp their essence.
• Zhou He arranged for an auction house to promote the slot, and factions and powerhouses competed for it after two years.
• Zhou He returned with the auction proceeds and told Jiang Ping An that the slot had sold for fourteen million World Tree Seeds.
• Zhou He revealed that the buyer was a powerhouse from Mist Worm Valley.

Jiang Ping An and Zhou He entered the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion, where they settled a brief dispute with Qingyun Taiyi’s brother before beginning their ten years of cultivation. Jiang Ping An hoped the mansion’s divine vein would help him master the Seventh Layer of the Primordial True Martial Scripture, though he knew passing every assessment would be difficult.

• Jiang Ping An gave Zhou He three million World Tree Seeds and encouraged him to buy cultivation resources and prepare to advance.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He met the Insectoid Race God King who had bought an entry place for his son, then entered the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion with him.
• Qingyun Taiyi challenged their right to enter, but Qingyun Pingbu stopped him and exchanged gifts with Jiang Ping An to settle the dispute.
• Jiang Ping An, Zhou He, and the Insectoid Race God King each entered a Cultivation Room and began their ten-year seclusion.
• Jiang Ping An used a comprehension pill and the divine vein’s power to work on the Seventh Layer of the Primordial True Martial Scripture.

Jiang Ping An used the Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion’s assessments to grow stronger and earned resources by selling entry spots, while he and Bai Jingqiu searched for a Fifth Level God King to challenge. In a restaurant, they learned that Lan Shi'er had been attacked in Eternal Sleep Swamp, and Jiang Ping An discovered the secret realm was in Fengyun Kingdom.

• Jiang Ping An passed ten Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion assessments in a row, sold entry spots, and invested his earnings in improving his comprehension and Soul Power.
• Jiang Ping An and Bai Jingqiu spent years searching for a Fifth Level God King but found no one willing to fight them.
• Jiang Ping An and Bai Jingqiu stopped at a busy restaurant, where they overheard two men discussing the Princess of Blue Sea Country.
• Bai Jingqiu confronted the men and learned they meant Lan Shi'er, who had reportedly been attacked by powerful experts in Eternal Sleep Swamp.
• Jiang Ping An paid the men for details, learned that Lan Shi'er had been identified by her Bai Family and Lan Clan bloodlines, and found out that Eternal Sleep Swamp was in Fengyun Kingdom.

Jiang Ping An and Bai Jingqiu followed reports that Lan Shi'er had been hunted to the Eternal Sleep Swamp, but found no sign of her. Jiang Ping An discovered the report was a trap meant to lure him out and caught the woman who had set it.

• Bai Jingqiu and Jiang Ping An bought intelligence confirming that Lan Shi'er had fought someone in the Eternal Sleep Swamp, then hurried there to search for her.
• Jiang Ping An and Bai Jingqiu explored the swamp and tried to contact Lan Shi'er, Tuanzi, and Little Lion, but received no response.
• Jiang Ping An and Bai Jingqiu split up to search, and Jiang Ping An returned to the swamp's Outer Area to question its visitors about Lan Shi'er.
• A woman in purple claimed she had seen Lan Shi'er in a Ghost Vine Forest and directed Jiang Ping An there.
• The woman in purple contacted accomplices and identified Jiang Ping An as their target, but Jiang Ping An seized her and revealed he knew the report was a lure.

Jiang Ping An uncovered a plot by the Golden Wing Mercenary Group to lure and kill him, but the woman he captured did not know who had hired them. He stayed in the Eternal Sleep Swamp to confront the three Fifth-Order God Kings and began fighting Dai Lin while Bai Jingqiu held off the other two.

• Jiang Ping An captured a woman in purple who had tried to lure him, killed her, and read her memories to learn she belonged to the Golden Wing Mercenary Group.
• Jiang Ping An discovered that the group had been hired to kill him using Lan Shi'er as bait, but the woman’s memories did not reveal the employer’s identity.
• Jiang Ping An asked Bai Jingqiu to hold back two Fifth-Order God Kings while he confronted the mercenaries.
• Three masked Fifth-Order God Kings arrived, and Bai Jingqiu drew two away as Jiang Ping An faced Dai Lin.
• Jiang Ping An used his Extreme Yin Dao Domain against Dai Lin, who broke free with his wind Dao Domain, and Jiang Ping An charged at him with his Bone Blade.

Jiang Ping An fought Dai Lin, a cautious Fifth-Order God King, while Bai Jingqiu held off two other Fifth-Order God Kings. Jiang Ping An revealed the legendary Shadow Kill Technique, but Dai Lin’s Purification Ring suppressed his Karmic Fire, and the fight continued with Dai Lin keeping his distance.

• Dai Lin attacked Jiang Ping An with wind-infused Sword Qi, but Jiang Ping An transformed into a shadow and slipped through the assault.
• Jiang Ping An’s shadow-formed Bone Blade pierced Dai Lin, who recognized that Jiang Ping An had learned the complete Shadow Kill Technique.
• Jiang Ping An used Hell of Illusory Suffering to draw out Dai Lin’s Karmic Fire, but Dai Lin’s Purification Ring suppressed it.
• Dai Lin kept retreating and striking from afar to prevent Jiang Ping An from reaching him, while their Dao Domains clashed across the swamp.
• Two Golden Wing Mercenary Group God Kings urged Bai Jingqiu to surrender and join them, but she refused and continued fighting to buy Jiang Ping An time.

Jiang Ping An endured Dai Lin and three Fifth-Order divine statues while concealing his Primordial Body, then revealed it to sever Dai Lin’s sword hand. He swallowed the hand and weapon before trapping Dai Lin in Karmic Fire and a blood sea.

• Dai Lin summoned three winged blood-red statues with Fifth-Order God King strength and joined them in attacking Jiang Ping An.
• Bai Jingqiu tried to reach Jiang Ping An, but two enemy God Kings stopped her; sensing his calm through their Mind Contract, she chose to trust him.
• Jiang Ping An let his Extreme Yin Dao Domain shrink, then fled toward the swamp’s depths as Dai Lin pursued and mocked him.
• Jiang Ping An’s Primordial Body emerged from his shadow and severed Dai Lin’s sword-wielding hand with a Bone Blade.
• Jiang Ping An’s Devouring Black Hole swallowed Dai Lin’s severed hand, ring, and sword, and Jiang Ping An engulfed him in Karmic Fire and a blood sea.

Jiang Ping An overcame Dai Lin’s statues and suppressed the Fifth-Order God King with his Primordial Dao Domain and Karmic Fire abilities. Dai Lin begged for mercy as Jiang Ping An drained his power, while the other two God Kings watched in shock.

• Jiang Ping An fused his normal body with his Primordial Body and attacked Dai Lin through the sea of blood and Demonic Karma Fire.
• Dai Lin sent his three beast statues after Jiang Ping An, but Jiang Ping An shattered the souls within them with a colossal eye and its tentacles.
• Jiang Ping An bound Dai Lin with a Karmic Fire Sin Chain and suppressed Dai Lin’s Wind Dao Domain with his Primordial Dao Domain.
• Jiang Ping An detonated Karmic Fire Red Lotuses throughout Dai Lin’s body, soul, and Origin Divine Spark, then pierced him with the Bone Blade and drained his life force.
• Dai Lin begged Jiang Ping An to spare him in exchange for the identity of his employer, but Jiang Ping An rejected the offer.
• The other two God Kings watched in disbelief as Jiang Ping An suppressed their Fifth-Order God King big brother.

Jiang Ping An killed Dai Lin and broke through to the Fifth Level God King, then pursued the fleeing Golden Wing Mercenary Group member. He encountered the group’s Sixth Level commander, Lü Xiao, and tried to lure him away from Bai Jingqiu as Lü Xiao attacked.

• Bai Jingqiu sealed the eagle-faced masked God King and killed him while the snake-faced masked God King fled.
• Jiang Ping An drained Dai Lin’s divine power, life force, and origin power with his Life Devouring Art, killing him.
• Jiang Ping An broke through and found his Yin Yang Divine Spark evolving into a black-and-white vortex, though its transformation remained incomplete.
• Jiang Ping An pursued the fleeing God King and spotted a Fifth Level and a Sixth Level God King from the Golden Wing Mercenary Group approaching.
• Jiang Ping An warned Bai Jingqiu to escape, then lured the newcomers toward the Eternal Sleep Swamp.
• Lü Xiao locked onto Jiang Ping An and attacked him with a giant hand filled with Rule Power.

Lü Xiao pursued Jiang Ping An through the Eternal Sleep Swamp, and Jiang used an ancient stone door to survive the Sixth Level God King's attacks. With the door shattered and Lü Xiao launching a powerful sword strike, Jiang Ping An remained in immediate danger.

• Lü Xiao's giant palm missed Jiang Ping An, who used Shadow Dodge to escape, and Bai Jingqiu worriedly fled to avoid becoming a burden.
• Jiang Ping An raced toward the depths of the Eternal Sleep Swamp, hoping Lü Xiao would not follow him into its deadly interior.
• Lü Xiao caught up and attacked Jiang Ping An with golden Sword Qi, but an ancient God Gate blocked the blow.
• Lü Xiao recognized the God Gate's Divine Runes and continued firing Sword Qi until the battered door shattered.
• Lü Xiao drew a top-grade King-level Sixth-Order divine sword and sent a powerful strike toward Jiang Ping An, threatening to drain his divine power and end his escape.

Jiang Ping An escaped Lü Xiao’s lethal strike by using the three statues and the Primordial Dao Domain to enter a Space Crack, which led into the depths of the Eternal Sleep Swamp. There, Lü Xiao and Jiang Ping An discovered two ancient Divine Beast corpses, and Lü Xiao attacked as Jiang Ping An approached the Three-Eyed White Wolf’s remains.

• Jiang Ping An controlled Dai Lin’s three blood-red statues to clash with Lü Xiao’s sword momentum, then used the Primordial Dao Domain to teleport through a Space Crack as Lü Xiao’s sword shattered the statues.
• Lü Xiao pursued Jiang Ping An through the Space Crack and found the enormous remains of a horned Barbaric Bear and a Three-eyed Wolf, both of which had died together.
• Lü Xiao recognized the corpses as immensely valuable Ninth Level God King Divine Beasts and realized they could help someone build a powerful family.
• Jiang Ping An flew toward the Three-Eyed White Wolf’s corpse, and Lü Xiao rushed after him, slashing at him with sword qi.