Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An publicly attacked Wu Guanzi after sensing his murderous intent, while Demon Illusion Fairy had He Xiufeng restrain the meeting room with his Gravity Dao Domain. As the God Kings demanded evidence and questioned the attack, Jiang Ping An began extracting something from Wu Guanzi’s brow, and He Xiufeng prepared to withdraw his Dao Domain before a sudden change occurred.

• Lü Biao, disguised as Wu Guanzi, tried to turn Demon Illusion Fairy against Jiang Ping An, but she asked He Xiufeng to cover the meeting room with his Gravity Dao Domain.
• Jiang Ping An walked through the crushing gravity, seized Wu Guanzi, and used the Life Devouring Art to drain his divine power and life force.
• Jiang Ping An said he had sensed Wu Guanzi’s killing intent, but Lü Biao denied being a mole and swore an oath to prove his loyalty.
• Demon Illusion Fairy and the other God Kings hesitated over Jiang Ping An’s lack of evidence as they urged him to justify his attack.
• Jiang Ping An placed his palm against Wu Guanzi’s brow and used a Black Hole vortex to extract something, while He Xiufeng began to consider withdrawing his Dao Domain.

Jiang Ping An exposed Lü Biao as the mole in Dark Night City and killed him, then learned from his memories that Lü Xiao and a powerful Seventh Level God King protected the Lü Clan. Dark Night City’s campaign against the Pirate Alliance prospered, while Demon Illusion Fairy’s senior martial brothers mistakenly believed she had deliberately deceived them in the First Trial.

• Jiang Ping An used Devouring Power to remove Lü Biao’s aura-concealing Mystic Treasure, revealing him as the Eternal Pirates’ leader and Dark Night City’s mole.
• Lü Biao claimed to be Lü Xiao’s son, so Jiang Ping An killed him, collected his belongings, and left the God Kings to resume their campaign against the Pirate Alliance.
• Demon Illusion Fairy ordered the God Kings to keep Lü Biao’s identity secret and launched a surprise attack on the Pirate Alliance.
• Jiang Ping An read Lü Biao’s memories and learned that Lü Xiao had a Seventh Level God King relative with influence in the Fengyun Kingdom, then returned to cultivation.
• With the mole gone, Dark Night City captured more territory, attracted God Kings seeking Dark Night Divine Flowers, and grew stronger.
• Lu Zhixing heard about Dark Night City’s rapid expansion and concluded that Demon Illusion Fairy had tricked her senior martial brothers by pretending to withdraw from the First Trial.

Demon Illusion Fairy advanced to the final trial after Si Xingxuan disqualified Xu Hao for his family's use of a Seventh Level God King. Si Xingxuan announced that she and Lu Zhixing would compete in a three-hundred-year reputation test, while he privately reflected on his dwindling lifespan and the role of an unknown variable in her rise.

• Si Xingxuan ranked Xu Hao, Lu Zhixing, and Demon Illusion Fairy by territory, then revealed that Xu Hao's family had violated the assessment rules by involving a Seventh Level God King.
• Si Xingxuan stripped Xu Hao of his qualification and advanced Lu Zhixing and Demon Illusion Fairy to the final trial, which would measure their reputations over three hundred years.
• Si Xingxuan ordered Fengyun Kingdom's troops to clear rival forces from the regions around the disciples' territories and reflected that Demon Illusion Fairy's rise had helped cause Xu Hao's downfall.
• Si Xingxuan chose not to deduce the cause of Demon Illusion Fairy's reversal, removed Xu Hao's bone tablet, and worried that he might die before his inheritor matured.
• Demon Illusion Fairy celebrated passing the trial, argued with Bai Jingqiu, and contacted Jiang Ping An, who immediately asked about the next assessment.

Demon Illusion Fairy struggled to raise her fame for the National Teacher’s Second Trial while Lu Zhixing and his family launched a publicity campaign that made him increasingly difficult to surpass. Jiang Ping An studied the dangerous Karmic Fire Nirvana technique, and Demon Illusion Fairy ended the chapter feeling unable to compete with her senior brother.

• Demon Illusion Fairy asked Jiang Ping An how to raise her fame, and he suggested defeating stronger opponents, challenging sect prodigies, or learning difficult Divine Arts.
• Jiang Ping An began studying Karmic Fire Nirvana and used the Lord of Order’s Origin Fragment to alter the Karmic Fire’s rules during cultivation.
• Demon Illusion Fairy checked the Intelligence Division’s information prices and learned that information about Lu Zhixing was worth five times as much as hers, while Jiang Ping An’s was worth twice hers.
• Lu Zhixing and his family spread sensational stories about him, including an announcement that he planned to marry the male Clan Leader of the Black Fishfolk.
• The Intelligence Division raised Lu Zhixing’s information price as his publicity campaign widened the gap between his fame and Demon Illusion Fairy’s.
• Demon Illusion Fairy concluded that she could not outspend or outshine Lu Zhixing and slumped into despair.

Lu Zhixing widened his fame lead over Demon Illusion Fairy, while she and Bai Jingqiu worried that she could not win the trial or summon help for Jiang Ping An's rescue plan. Jiang Ping An appeared with a risky way to raise her fame and asked whether she would reveal her talent.

• Lu Zhixing defeated a renowned Sword God and took comfort in his fame advantage over Demon Illusion Fairy.
• Bai Jingqiu interrupted Demon Illusion Fairy's cultivation and urged her to find a way to surpass Lu Zhixing.
• Demon Illusion Fairy offered to ask her master, the National Teacher, to help rescue the Primordial Body, but Bai Jingqiu refused because Jiang Ping An feared the National Teacher might kill everyone to conceal the treasures in Eternal Sleep Swamp.
• Demon Illusion Fairy explained that she could not summon a Seventh Level God King before becoming the direct lineage inheritor, leaving both women discouraged.
• Jiang Ping An appeared at the tea table and asked whether Demon Illusion Fairy would expose her talent for a chance to win the trial.

Jiang Ping An proposed using his secret art to strengthen Demon Illusion Fairy and help her earn the National Teacher’s direct-disciple status. She agreed to let him seal her soul, and he began the process, leaving her trapped before a Giant Eye.

• Jiang Ping An suggested that Demon Illusion Fairy build fame by appearing to guide him, but she doubted it would help much.
• Jiang Ping An offered to use his secret art to quadruple her talent and help her become a direct disciple of Fengyun Kingdom’s National Teacher.
• Demon Illusion Fairy feared he might control her while her soul was sealed, but agreed to take the risk for the inheritance and status.
• Jiang Ping An separated Demon Illusion Fairy’s soul from her body, leaving her unable to move or sense what was happening outside.
• Demon Illusion Fairy faced a Giant Eye filled with Soul Might and realized Jiang Ping An’s strength far exceeded her expectations.

Jiang Ping An used the Heaven Mending Art to increase Demon Illusion Fairy’s talent fourfold, and she later gained renown by killing a Fifth-Order God King. As her fame surpassed Lu Zhixing’s, the Lu Family ordered a campaign to discredit her achievement and protect Lu Zhixing’s chance to inherit the National Teacher’s legacy.

• Demon Illusion Fairy awakened in her Cultivation Room and discovered that her body, divine soul, and affinity with the rules of heaven and earth had all increased fourfold.
• Jiang Ping An warned Demon Illusion Fairy to consolidate her new talent, then left after she boasted that she would defeat him; she later found that he had taken some of her essence blood.
• In the one hundred fiftieth year of the Second Trial, Demon Illusion Fairy fought a Fifth-Order God King for three months and made him admit defeat, though rumors claimed he had surrendered to avoid angering Fengyun Kingdom.
• Thirty years later, Demon Illusion Fairy drove a Fifth-Order God King pirate leader away, and eighty years after that, she found and killed him, shaking the Chaos Sea.
• Demon Illusion Fairy’s fame surpassed Lu Zhixing’s, so the Lu Family ordered rumors spread that her victory was false.

After Demon Illusion Fairy’s victory earned her the chance to become Si Xingxuan’s direct disciple, Jiang Ping An accompanied her to Fengyun Kingdom while preparing to rescue the Primordial Body. As the imperial celebration began, Si Xingxuan appeared before Jiang Ping An and revealed that he knew Jiang had noticed him.

• News of Demon Illusion Fairy killing a Fifth-Order God King spread across the Chaos Sea, and Lu Zhixing withdrew from the trial after learning of her strength.
• Demon Illusion Fairy agreed to return to Fengyun Kingdom with Jiang Ping An and help him rescue his friend from Eternal Sleep Swamp; Jiang gave her mature Dark Night Divine Flowers before leaving Dark Night City.
• Jiang Ping An left Lan Shi'er and Bai Jingqiu behind and brought Tuanzi and Little Lion along for the dangerous rescue, despite Little Lion trying to avoid helping.
• After two years of waiting in the imperial city, Demon Illusion Fairy prepared for Si Xingxuan’s public announcement of his direct disciple, while Jiang Ping An sent Tuanzi and Little Lion away to buy Teleportation Talismans.
• Si Xingxuan appeared before Jiang Ping An and said that Jiang had noticed him earlier and had deliberately sent the two little ones away.

Fengyun Kingdom’s National Teacher Si Xingxuan visited Jiang Ping An, explained that Demon Illusion Fairy’s place as his heir was tied to fate and causality, and asked Jiang to join the kingdom. Jiang refused, while Si Xingxuan left troubled by the strange causal thread surrounding him.

• Si Xingxuan recognized Jiang Ping An by his mannerisms and explained that Demon Illusion Fairy had passed his trials with Jiang’s hidden help.
• Si Xingxuan revealed that the trials tested fortune and that Demon Illusion Fairy had been chosen as his heir by causality.
• Si Xingxuan said he was nearing death and asked Jiang to join Fengyun Kingdom so he could assist Demon Illusion Fairy, but Jiang refused.
• Si Xingxuan left, and Jiang returned to cultivating without understanding the visit.
• Back at the National Teacher’s Residence, Si Xingxuan wondered why Jiang remained alive despite having a causal thread that seemed to belong to someone already dead.

Si Xingxuan’s divination showed Jiang Ping An as a dead man, but he stopped before probing further. After Demon Illusion Fairy returned, she arranged two Seventh Level God King helpers to help Jiang Ping An rescue the Primordial Body, then watched him leave and faced the loneliness of his absence.

• Si Xingxuan divined that Jiang Ping An was dead and feared that probing the immense karma behind the result could kill him.
• After the succession ceremony, Demon Illusion Fairy returned and told Jiang Ping An that her master’s two Seventh Level God King subordinates, Wen Qi and He Yue Wan, had agreed to help.
• Demon Illusion Fairy revealed that she had told potential suitors they would have to defeat Jiang Ping An to win her favor, and warned him not to show his face in Fengyun Kingdom.
• Wen Qi and He Yue Wan agreed to hold back the two Seventh Level God King beasts in Eternal Sleep Swamp for an hour while Jiang Ping An rescued the Primordial Body.
• Jiang Ping An departed with Wen Qi, He Yue Wan, Tuanzi, and Little Lion, while Demon Illusion Fairy remained behind and resolved to cultivate until she could suppress him.

Jiang Ping An led Wen Qi and He Yue Wan to the two Ninth Level God King skeletons, where their greed drew them into battle with the Black-Haired Toad. Inside the Barbaric Bear, Jiang Ping An lured the toad’s avatar into his Black Hole and began draining its divine power, creating a chance for his Primordial Body to escape.

• Jiang Ping An warned Wen Qi and He Yue Wan not to covet the skeletons and explained that they needed to keep the Black-Haired Toad occupied.
• Wen Qi and He Yue Wan saw the Ninth Level God King skeletons, abandoned their rescue mission, and charged at them to claim the remains.
• The Black-Haired Toad confronted Wen Qi and He Yue Wan outside the Barbaric Bear, beginning a battle between Seventh Level God Kings.
• Jiang Ping An claimed he had run out of resources and offered to draw divine power from the Black-Haired Toad to strengthen his Primordial Dao Domain.
• The Black-Haired Toad entered Jiang Ping An’s Black Hole, and Jiang Ping An sealed it off and began draining its power.

Wen Qi and He Yue Wan fought the Black-Haired Toad and the Insectoid Race God King before withdrawing, while Jiang Ping An secretly took the palace and used the Barbaric Bear's Origin Divine Spark. The Black-Haired Toad discovered the theft too late, destroyed Jiang Ping An's Avatar, and sent out countless Avatars to hunt him.

• The Black-Haired Toad planned to seize Jiang Ping An's body, while his true body and the Insectoid Race God King battled Wen Qi and He Yue Wan.
• Wen Qi and He Yue Wan failed to defeat the two beasts, held them off for two hours, and then withdrew.
• The Black-Haired Toad returned to the Barbaric Bear's inner world and discovered that the palace inside the Crimson Barrier had vanished.
• Jiang Ping An admitted he had taken the palace and used the Origin Divine Spark, then revealed that the Black-Haired Toad had attacked only his Avatar.
• The furious Black-Haired Toad destroyed Jiang Ping An's Avatar and sent countless tiny toad Avatars to search for him.

Jiang Ping An escaped the Eternal Sleep Swamp after rescuing his Primordial Body and stealing the Barbaric Bear’s Origin Divine Spark. He returned to Fengyun City to reunite with Bai Jingqiu and Lan Shi'er, then opened the ancient palace and discovered a black heart containing a Ninth Level God King’s complete divine spark.

• Jiang Ping An used the Light Shadow Art to evade the Black-Haired Toad and rescued his Primordial Body from the Barbaric Bear’s inner world with Tuanzi.
• Jiang Ping An took the palace and the Barbaric Bear’s Origin Divine Spark, then fled the Eternal Sleep Swamp while wondering who had arranged the ambush against him.
• Jiang Ping An returned to Fengyun City, where Bai Jingqiu and Lan Shi'er joyfully welcomed him home.
• Jiang Ping An reunited with Bai Jingqiu and Lan Shi'er, released Little Lion and Tuanzi, and spent time tending the courtyard with them.
• Jiang Ping An examined the palace in his inner world and found a black heart containing the complete divine spark of a Ninth Level God King.

Jiang Ping An absorbed the Barbaric Bear’s Origin Divine Spark and continued cultivating until he had to leave Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion after breaking through to Fifth Level God King. As he emerged, dozens of powerful God Kings gathered around him.

• Jiang Ping An bowed to the Barbaric Bear’s heart, promised to help revive it if he became a Lord God, and absorbed its Origin Divine Spark after its lingering will withdrew its aura.
• Jiang Ping An used the Devouring Power to seize the Barbaric Bear’s Power Rule, choosing rapid growth over fully comprehending the Dao of Power.
• Jiang Ping An and his companions settled into peaceful days together while he focused on cultivation and closing the gap with Zhuo Shan.
• Jiang Ping An spent nearly two thousand years cultivating on the Fourth Floor of Creation Mountain and reached Fifth Level God King, forcing him to leave Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion.
• Jiang Ping An emerged from Dao Beginning Heavenly Mansion as onlookers praised his record, and several dozen Fifth and Sixth Level God Kings surrounded him.

Fifth Layer forces invited Jiang Ping An to join them and fight for possession of an Ancient Living Being’s corpse. After realizing their offers could put him in danger, Jiang Ping An accepted Cheng Yi’s Substitute Death Wood, leaving the choice of which force to join unresolved.

• Fifth Layer God Kings approached Jiang Ping An and offered him resources and cultivation techniques to join their clans.
• Jiang Ping An inferred that the God Kings had an urgent reason for recruiting him, and they explained that their forces planned to divide an Ancient Living Being’s corpse through duels.
• Zhou He warned Jiang Ping An that joining one force would make him a target of the others, but Jiang Ping An believed refusing all of them would put his life at risk.
• The various clans presented Jiang Ping An with treasures, but he showed little interest in their offers.
• Cheng Yi gave Jiang Ping An Substitute Death Wood that could save his life and transfer him far away, and Jiang Ping An accepted it.

Jiang Ping An chose the Immortal Wood Clan’s protection over the offers of other factions and traveled with Cheng Yi and Zhou He to the Fifth Layer. There, the clan’s Fifth-Order God King Ding Xin confronted him, wanting to see the talent who had taken his place.

• Jiang Ping An accepted the Immortal Wood Clan’s invitation, and Cheng Yi’s God Kings shielded him from the factions that had wanted to recruit him.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He agreed to travel to the Fifth Layer, while Cheng Yi promised the clan would protect Jiang Ping An and explained the dangerous tournament was still being negotiated.
• Jiang Ping An postponed discussing compensation until after the tournament, and Cheng Yi led the group through Teleportation Arrays to the Immortal Wood Clan’s territory.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He entered the clan’s life-force-rich city, where Fifth-Order God King Ding Xin confronted Jiang Ping An and asked to see the talent who had taken his place.

Ding Xin challenged Jiang Ping An to a stationary duel to judge whether he was worthy of representing the Immortal Wood Clan. Jiang Ping An overwhelmed him with the Primordial Dao Domain and Primordial Calamity Light, ending the match as Ding Xin fled the deadly attack.

• Ding Xin told Jiang Ping An he distrusted an outsider replacing him and demanded a duel to test his strength.
• Jiang Ping An accepted Ding Xin's challenge to a quick battle in which neither fighter could move first, and Cheng Yi escorted them to the Martial Arts Arena.
• Zhou He predicted Jiang Ping An would win within half a day, while Cheng Yi established rules to prevent either fighter from being killed.
• Ding Xin attacked Jiang Ping An with a storm of sword-qi leaves, but Jiang Ping An erased them with the Primordial Dao Domain and severed Ding Xin's connection to the Divine Dao Laws.
• Jiang Ping An sent Primordial Calamity Light toward Ding Xin, which began disintegrating his arm; Ding Xin retreated, and Jiang Ping An withdrew his powers and declared the duel over.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ding Xin in a duel, then stayed with the Immortal Wood Clan and cultivated while awaiting the faction contest. Several months later, Cheng Yi arrived to announce that the rules were settled and the fighting was about to begin.

• Jiang Ping An defeated Ding Xin with Primordial Calamity Light, and Ding Xin accepted the loss and invited him to a banquet.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He attended a welcome banquet hosted by the Immortal Wood Clan, whose members prepared a courtyard for Jiang Ping An.
• After drinking for days, Zhou He tearfully thanked Jiang Ping An for helping him reach the Fifth Level God King, then angered him with an overblown vow of loyalty.
• Jiang Ping An cultivated in the courtyard and reflected on mastering True Martial and preparing for the faction contest.
• Cheng Yi came to the courtyard and told Jiang Ping An that the contest rules had been set and the fighting was about to begin.

Jiang Ping An learned the rules for a five-level free-for-all duel over the pieces of a Half-step Main God's corpse, which had emerged from the Quicksand Sea. As the Immortal Wood Clan's warship carried him and Zhou He to the arena, Jiang Ping An began studying intelligence on his powerful opponents.

• Cheng Yi told Jiang Ping An that each faction would send one fighter for each God King level, and the last survivor in each arena would win one of the corpse's five portions.
• Cheng Yi explained that the corpse had surfaced after the Quicksand Sea expanded and that its power had affected the laws across much of the Fifth Layer.
• Ding Xin summoned Cheng Yi, Jiang Ping An, and Zhou He to gather at the tribe entrance and travel to the Quicksand Sea.
• Aboard the warship, Ding Xin gave Jiang Ping An intelligence on formidable God Kings and revealed that he had crippled his cultivation from Fifth Level to Fourth Level to compete in that division.
• Jiang Ping An studied the jade slip's records on powerful opponents, including Duan Qian Qiu, Yan Chuan Ye, and Hei Sha.

Jiang Ping An watched the First Level God Kings begin a deadly contest for the Ancient Being’s corpse in the Quicksand Sea. The Immortal Wood Clan’s contestant died early, leaving Jiang Ping An to study the survivors as the battlefield shrank.

• The Immortal Wood Clan’s warship reached the Quicksand Sea, where factions gathered around five sealed pieces of the Ancient Being’s corpse.
• The factions removed the barriers and began the First Trial, trapping roughly thirty-two First Level God Kings in a space that would shrink by half each day.
• The contestants unleashed their arts and abilities, and several God Kings died within moments.
• The Immortal Wood Clan’s contestant was killed by fire-type secret arts, ending the clan’s chance in the First Trial.
• Zhou He offered to bolster Jiang Ping An’s luck, but Jiang Ping An refused and continued studying the fighters’ abilities.
• After a day, the factions shrank the barrier, leaving fewer than ten God Kings to fight in the reduced space.