Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An left Creation Mountain with Zhou He and traveled to Tongyou City to seek the Nether Ghost Mansion, the only faction that might break his soul-type curse. There, Zhou He revealed that the Evil Demons originated from an infection spreading across Creation Mountain’s Fifth Layer, and the chapter ended with Jiang Ping An seeing Nether Ghost Mansion members in the city.

• Jiang Ping An told Zhou He that a soul-type curse left him with less than ten years to live and that he needed the Nether Ghost Mansion to break it.
• Zhou He explained the Nether Ghost Mansion’s dangerous soul-based nature and vowed to leave Creation Mountain with Jiang Ping An.
• Zhou He revealed that the infected blood of a Half-step Main God’s corpse had spread across the Fifth Layer, creating the Evil Demons, and Jiang Ping An recognized them as the beings that would later destroy his Immortal Realm.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He left Creation Mountain and traveled for nearly half a year to Tongyou City in Great Wisdom State.
• Jiang Ping An saw the Nether Ghost Mansion’s semi-transparent members drifting through Tongyou City and learned that their touch drained vitality.

Jiang Ping An went to Tongyou City’s City Lord’s Mansion seeking help to break his Soul Sealing Curse, but the guards turned him away and directed him to the Sacred Blood Hall. With time running out, he offered to sell his vitality and soul in hopes of earning access to the Nether Ghost Mansion’s leadership, and revealed that he was a Sixth Level God King.

• Jiang Ping An and Zhou He failed to gain an audience with the City Lord because they had no letter of introduction.
• A guard told Jiang Ping An to seek missions at the Sacred Blood Hall for a chance to meet the City Lord.
• Jiang Ping An found a mission seeking the vitality and souls of God Kings, while Zhou He warned that selling them would damage his foundation.
• Jiang Ping An told a female ghost at the counter that he wanted to sell his vitality and soul, then revealed his Sixth Level God King cultivation.
• The female ghost, shocked by his cultivation, asked whether he was certain, and Jiang Ping An said the amount he sold would depend on her offer.

Jiang Ping An entered the Sacred Blood Hall to trade his vitality and Soul Power for a way to break the [Soul Sealing Curse], but the powerful Xing Nian mistook him for a Zhum Tribe spy. After Jiang Ping An convinced her of his true purpose, Xing Nian admitted she had not broken the curse and was about to die herself.

• The Female Ghost brought Jiang Ping An to a private room after agreeing to seek someone who could provide a way to break the [Soul Sealing Curse], while Zhou He waited outside.
• Jiang Ping An waited for several months, cultivating as he waited for a buyer to arrive.
• Xing Nian appeared and attacked Jiang Ping An with her ghost domain, accusing him of being a Zhum Tribe spy seeking information about the curse.
• Jiang Ping An swore he was from the Sacred Blood Tribe, explained his friend’s plight, and offered to fight the Zhum Tribe for a thousand years if Xing Nian helped him.
• After seeing Jiang Ping An’s Invincible Belief and Dao Domains, Xing Nian withdrew her attack and heard his request.
• Xing Nian admitted she had lied: she had not broken the [Soul Sealing Curse] and was about to die herself.

Jiang Ping An learned that Xing Nian’s dangerous method for breaking the Soul Sealing Curse used her Divine Soul Decomposition Method, but its trials had killed or crippled every subject. He asked to study the technique and refine it before they attempted the ritual.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to try Xing Nian’s method despite its one-in-ten-thousand chance of breaking the curse and its risk of death.
• Xing Nian explained that curses involved karma and said her Divine Soul Decomposition Method could make the Soul Sealing Curse believe its karma had been fulfilled.
• Xing Nian told Jiang Ping An that hundreds of death-row prisoners had tested the method, but none had succeeded.
• Jiang Ping An asked to examine the technique, and Xing Nian gave him an Information Jade Slip before preparing the altar for their ritual.
• Jiang Ping An read that the method had killed thirty percent of 724 test subjects, while the survivors had suffered memory loss, mental impairment, or damage to their cultivation and abilities.

Jiang Ping An used the Crystal Ball to perfect the Divine Soul Decomposition Method, then tested it on himself in the illusory Ancient God Realm. As his soul rapidly shattered under the art and Xing Nian’s curse, the test’s outcome remained unknown.

• Jiang Ping An gave the Crystal Ball the Divine Soul Decomposition Method, and it agreed to perfect the art in about three years.
• After the Crystal Ball returned the perfected art, Jiang Ping An spent two years mastering it.
• In the illusory Ancient God Realm, Xing Nian grew impatient with Jiang Ping An’s delay and urged him to begin testing the method.
• Jiang Ping An sat on Xing Nian’s altar and began using the Divine Soul Decomposition Method before she gave the signal.
• Xing Nian placed a similar curse on Jiang Ping An’s soul, and his soul shattered as his life force rapidly declined.

Jiang Ping An used the Divine Soul Decomposition Method to evade Xing Nian’s curse, and his soul fragments remained stable before returning to his body after about a year. After confirming the attempt worked, Xing Nian studied the perfected technique and began breaking her own Soul Sealing Curse while Jiang Ping An attempted the same in the real world.

• Jiang Ping An decomposed his soul to feign death, while Xing Nian watched in surprise as his soul fragments stayed stable instead of scattering.
• Xing Nian kept watch for about a year, until her curse on Jiang Ping An vanished and his soul fragments returned to his body on their own.
• Jiang Ping An awoke and confirmed that Xing Nian’s curse had lifted, proving his true body could break the Soul Sealing Curse.
• Jiang Ping An gave Xing Nian the complete Divine Soul Decomposition Method, which she read and recognized as a perfected version of her Divine Art.
• Xing Nian refused to let Jiang Ping An leave until she had lifted her own curse, then set up barriers and began using the method while Jiang Ping An started breaking the Soul Sealing Curse in the real world.

After Xing Nian lifted the Soul Sealing Curse, Jiang Ping An learned that Zhou He was caught in a war at the Hundred Refinements Sect and traveled there to help. He arrived as demons battered the sect’s protective array, with the wounded Zhou He inside and the sect on the brink of defeat.

• Xing Nian completed the Divine Soul Decomposition Method, survived the Soul Sealing Curse, and used a soul-nourishing incense candle to help heal Jiang Ping An.
• Xing Nian offered Jiang Ping An a place in the Nether Ghost Mansion, but he refused and returned to the Sacred Blood Hall with half the incense candle.
• Jiang Ping An read Zhou He's messages about the war and received a sealed golden box bearing Zhou He's aura from a ghost maid.
• After learning the Hundred Refinements Sect was under attack, Jiang Ping An traveled toward the fighting in the southwest of Great Wisdom State.
• Demons allied with the Zhum Tribe attacked the Hundred Refinements Sect's Gate Protection Array while the injured Zhou He despaired inside.

The Hundred Refinements Sect fell under attack, and Jiang Quan abandoned Zhou He after giving him the sect token. Jiang Ping An arrived in time to save Zhou He, then attacked the Myriad Monster Valley forces that tried to stop him.

• Jiang Quan handed Zhou He the sect master's token and said he would hold off the monsters while Zhou He escaped.
• The barrier broke, and the Hundred Refinements Sect fought the monsters as a winged great monster led a group of God Kings of the Same Level to attack Zhou He.
• Jiang Quan crushed a Teleportation Talisman and fled, leaving Zhou He to realize the sect master had used him as bait.
• Zhou He used the Primordial Calamity Light sealed in his Divine Sword to kill a great monster, but the others severely wounded him and prepared to finish him off.
• Jiang Ping An arrived, dismissed the Divine Art threatening Zhou He, and placed him in Devouring Space.
• Two Sixth Level great monsters attacked Jiang Ping An, who cut a lizard-like monster in two before it finished speaking.

Jiang Ping An killed two Sixth Level God Kings in battle and helped the Hundred Refinements Sect by igniting Karmic Fire among its enemies. Zhou He then warned him that the Zhum Tribe could read the dead demons’ memories and would likely target him for his talent.

• Jiang Ping An surprised the lizard-like great demon, wounded it with the Crystal Bone Blade, and ignited Karmic Fire on both demons.
• Jiang Ping An blocked the lizard demon’s hammer strike, doubled his strength with Invincible Belief, and killed it with its own weapon.
• The tiger-headed God King fled and called for help, but Jiang Ping An trapped it in the Extreme Yin Dao Domain and killed it after a prolonged fight.
• Jiang Ping An ignited Karmic Fire among the demons fighting the Hundred Refinements Sect, then left and stored the two corpses in his Devouring Space.
• Zhou He warned Jiang Ping An that the Zhum Tribe could read the demons’ memories after death and would likely take an interest in his talent.

After killing two Zhum-controlled demons, Jiang Ping An returned to Tongyou City to cultivate and study the Primordial Dharma Form technique. The Zhum Tribe discovered his rare abilities and ordered its spies across the God Realm to find him so it could seize his memories.

• Jiang Ping An destroyed the demons’ tracking tokens and belongings, then left the area to avoid attracting the Zhum Tribe’s attention.
• Jiang Ping An rented a Cultivation Room in Tongyou City and used a Primordial Origin Item and a World Tree Seed to aid his cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An began studying the eighth layer of the Primordial True Martial Scripture, [Primordial Dharma Form], while consolidating his Sixth Level God King Realm cultivation.
• A Zhum divided soul reported that Jiang Ping An had killed two great demons and wielded Karmic Fire, Invincible Belief, the Primordial Dao Domain, the Yin-Yang Dao Domain, and the Crystal Rule.
• Zhu Mu ordered every Zhum spy in the God Realm, especially informants and God Kings in Great Wisdom State, to search for Jiang Ping An so the tribe could capture his memories and replicate his powers.

Jiang Ping An learned that the Zhum Tribe had conquered more than half of Great Wisdom State and decided to flee Tongyou City with Zhou He. As they headed for the Teleportation Array to escape to Starfall Abyss, explosions rocked the city and destroyed the array.

• Zhu Mu mobilized its forces to search for Jiang Ping An while he cultivated in Tongyou City, deepening his understanding of the Primordial Rule and touching the eighth layer of the Primordial True Martial Scripture.
• Zhou He visited Jiang Ping An with wine and warned him that the Zhum Tribe had occupied more than half of Great Wisdom State, controlling or killing powerful experts.
• Jiang Ping An decided to leave Tongyou City immediately and explained that he feared the Zhum Tribe's coming war would engulf the God Realm.
• After dinner, Jiang Ping An checked out of the inn and told Zhou He they were going to Starfall Abyss, which he believed would be the safest place during the invasion.
• As Jiang Ping An and Zhou He approached the Teleportation Array, explosions devastated Tongyou City and destroyed the array.

The Zhum Tribe ambushed Tongyou City, trapping its residents and destroying the Teleportation Arrays. Jiang Ping An escaped with Zhou He but was intercepted by a hidden Seventh Level God King, who recognized him and demanded that he submit to the Zhum Tribe.

• The Zhum Tribe attacked Tongyou City, and Xing Nian led the city's soldiers against the invading army.
• Jiang Ping An spotted powerful enemies waiting around the battlefield while Zhou He regretted not leaving earlier.
• Jiang Ping An drew Zhou He into the Devouring Space and fled the battle in his Black Shadow form.
• A Golden Horned Giant Elephant ambushed Jiang Ping An as he neared the outskirts, but he dodged its attack.
• The Golden Horned Giant Elephant called Jiang Ping An by name and offered him a chance to submit to the Zhum Tribe.

Jiang Ping An was cornered by the Seventh Level God King Golden Horned Giant Elephant, which had found him through divination and demanded he join Lord Zhu Mu. Jiang Ping An freed Zhou He and fought back, but he was badly injured and remained trapped as the elephant prepared to stomp him again.

• The Golden Horned Giant Elephant used its Gravity Dao Domain to stop Jiang Ping An and explained that divination had revealed his location and that Lord Zhu Mu wanted him captured.
• Jiang Ping An warned the elephant that the Zhum Tribe would eventually devour its consciousness, then told Zhou He to flee while he created an opening in the domain.
• Jiang Ping An sent Zhou He away and struck the Golden Horned Giant Elephant with Hell of Illusory Suffering, setting its body ablaze with Karmic Fire.
• The Golden Horned Giant Elephant retaliated with a powerful stomp, but Jiang Ping An dodged and cut its leg, only injuring its skin.
• The elephant grazed Jiang Ping An with its foot, shattering his Crystal Armor and badly injuring him, then restrained him again and raised its foot to stomp him.

Jiang Ping An fought the Golden Horned Giant Elephant while Zhou He sacrificed his life and fortune to increase Jiang Ping An’s luck. Enraged by Zhou He’s death, Jiang Ping An unleashed [Primordial Dharma Form] and overpowered the elephant.

• Jiang Ping An used [Judgment] and [Shadow Dodge] to escape the Golden Horned Giant Elephant’s attacks, but the elephant trampled him and injured him.
• Zhou He stopped fleeing and used his secret technique to sacrifice his life and fortune for Jiang Ping An, telling him he had regarded him as a true big brother.
• Jiang Ping An watched Zhou He disintegrate into light that merged into him, then survived the Golden Horned Giant Elephant’s next stomp.
• Jiang Ping An activated [Primordial Dharma Form], grew to enormous size, lifted the elephant’s foot, and slammed its body into the ground.
• Jiang Ping An grabbed the Golden Horned Giant Elephant’s horn and pinned it down, leaving the elephant unable to rise.

Jiang Ping An exhausted his Primordial Qi fighting the Golden Horned Giant Elephant, but Xing Nian rescued him before it could kill him. After the invasion was driven off, he found no trace of Zhou He and asked Xing Nian whether an illusory being with independent consciousness counted as a person, leaving him consumed by vengeance.

• Jiang Ping An used the Primordial Dharma Form and Karmic Fire to grievously burn the Golden Horned Giant Elephant's soul, but the elephant depleted his Primordial Qi and knocked him away.
• Xing Nian rescued Jiang Ping An as the Golden Horned Giant Elephant prepared to kill him, then fled with him while three Seventh Level God Kings pursued them.
• Xing Nian brought Jiang Ping An aboard a Nether Ghost Mansion bone ship, and the pursuing God Kings and invading army withdrew.
• Jiang Ping An searched the ruins for Zhou He's remains but found no blood or soul because Zhou He had burned himself away completely.
• Jiang Ping An asked Xing Nian whether an illusory person with independent consciousness counted as a person, and she said consciousness made them real.

Jiang Ping An joined the Nether Ghost Mansion and urged Xing Nian to unite the God Realm against the Zhum Tribe, warning that it planned to devour every soul. After proving his exceptional abilities to the mansion’s leaders, he traveled with them to the Nether Ghost Mansion, where they would discuss whether he could enter its highest-level cultivation ground.

• Jiang Ping An told Xing Nian that the Nether Ghost Mansion needed to unite the God Realm’s factions and reveal Zhu Mu’s plan to devour every soul.
• Xing Nian agreed to discuss an alliance with the mansion’s leaders and brought Jiang Ping An aboard the bone ship.
• Xing Nian requested a [Tomb of the Nether God] cultivation quota for Jiang Ping An, but Jiang King and the old Ghost God doubted his worthiness.
• Jiang Ping An displayed his Dao Domains, Invincible Belief, and ability to invoke Karmic Fire, convincing Jiang King that he was an exceptional talent.
• Jiang Ping An pledged to fight the Zhum Tribe alongside the Nether Ghost Mansion, and the leaders took him there to discuss his cultivation request.

Jiang Ping An gained permission to cultivate in the Tomb of the Nether God while the Nether Ghost Mansion prepared to fight the Zhum Tribe. Inside the tomb, a powerful skull recognized his Invincible Belief and tested his will.

• Xing Nian sheltered Jiang Ping An and argued for the Nether Ghost Mansion to resist the Zhum Tribe instead of surrendering territory.
• The Mansion Lord decided to fight and granted Jiang Ping An a Command Token allowing him to enter the Tomb of the Nether God.
• Xing Nian escorted Jiang Ping An to the mausoleum and said she would return for him in a thousand years.
• A surge of Soul Power trapped Jiang Ping An inside the tomb as black mist formed a towering skull before him.
• The skull asked whether Jiang Ping An had mastered Invincible Belief, and Jiang Ping An denied knowing that name before the skull praised his resistance to its soul influence.

The Ming God revealed that it meant to seize Jiang Ping An’s body, and Jiang Ping An’s unusual World Eye soul began absorbing the Ming God’s power. The Ming God still had the advantage, so Jiang Ping An tried to bolster his trapped soul by sending power from the real world.

• The Ming God offered Jiang Ping An its legacy, then admitted it wanted to take his body and promised to return it after reaching the Lord God realm.
• Jiang Ping An tried to escape with the Primordial Dao Domain, but the Ming God restrained him with soul power and invaded his sea of consciousness.
• The Ming God discovered Jiang Ping An’s World Eye soul, shattered its ice shield, and swallowed it, while Jiang Ping An’s tentacles began siphoning the attacker’s soul power.
• The Ming God’s power overwhelmed Jiang Ping An’s absorption until new tentacles erupted from the World Eye and drained more of its soul power.
• In the real world, Jiang Ping An poured soul power from the Beast Hide World into his trapped self and took replenishment pills, but the aid was still insufficient.

Jiang Ping An fought Ming God's attempt to seize his body, consuming pills and resources as his soul steadily weakened. After years of resistance left only one-fifth of his soul, Tuanzi returned wounded with a treasure that might change his fate.

• Jiang Ping An asked Lan Shi'er, Bai Jingqiu, Little Lion, and Tuanzi for every Soul Power-restoring pill and resource they could provide.
• Lan Shi'er and Bai Jingqiu exchanged the group's resources for pills while Tuanzi recruited Little Lion to search the Order God Kingdom ruins using Feng Shui Geomancy.
• Jiang Ping An and Ming God continued fighting over his body, with Jiang Ping An's soul declining as the years passed despite the pills and support.
• After another year, Jiang Ping An had only one-fifth of his soul remaining and was close to losing consciousness.
• Tuanzi rushed in wounded, with part of its scales gone and its tail severed, and announced that it had brought back a treasure.

Tuanzi returned with a Divine Cicada that greatly replenished Jiang Ping An’s Soul Power, giving him a chance to resist the Ming God’s attempt to seize his body. Jiang Ping An revealed that their world was an illusion and used Karmic Fire and the World Eye to attack the Ming God, whose resolve began to falter.

• Tuanzi brought Jiang Ping An a half-black cicada and explained that it had been badly injured retrieving the treasure.
• Jiang Ping An recognized the cicada as the body that had once belonged to the Lord of Order’s Divine Cicada and used it to replenish his Soul Power.
• Inside the Beast Hide World, Jiang Ping An shared memories revealing to the Ming God that their world was an illusion and its inhabitants had died long ago.
• Jiang Ping An ignited Karmic Fire on the Ming God’s soul and used the World Eye’s tentacles to devour its Soul Power.
• Jiang Ping An told the Ming God that his real-world main body could provide endless Soul Power, causing the Ming God’s resolve to weaken as Jiang Ping An absorbed more of its strength.