Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An learned that the Treasure Accumulation Basin was a damaged artifact spirit that warned of an approaching world-ending crisis. He negotiated with Ji Fei over Fusion Pills and revealed he could duplicate them, leaving her stunned as he offered to sell them for nine Laws each.

• The Treasure Accumulation Basin Artifact Spirit revealed that it needed the equivalent of two supreme treasures to recover and warned Jiang Ping An that every living being in the world would die in an approaching crisis.
• Jiang Ping An decided to restore the Treasure Accumulation Basin quickly, then asked Ji Fei whether becoming Sect Leader would earn him a supreme treasure.
• Jiang Ping An offered to sell Ji Fei Fusion Pills, rejected her low bids, and settled on nine Laws per pill after she tried to bargain with promises of intimacy.
• Jiang Ping An claimed he had one hundred Fusion Pills, snatched Ji Fei's pill to duplicate it, and produced a handful of copies using the Treasure Accumulation Basin.
• Jiang Ping An returned Ji Fei's original Fusion Pill and asked how many she would buy at nine Laws each.

Jiang Ping An traded a hundred genuine Fusion Pills to the Nine-Tailed Fox clan for an Enlightenment Tree sapling, then prepared to cultivate it with the corpse of a Tribulation Realm tree demon. After the other clans learned of the fox clan’s sudden gains, Wu Feiyu visited Jiang Ping An seeking pills, but froze when he heard Jiang had Heavenly Demon Essential Blood Essence to sell.

• Ji Siyu confirmed Jiang Ping An’s hundred Fusion Pills were genuine and exchanged them for two hundred Laws and the Nine-Tailed Fox clan’s Enlightenment Tree sapling.
• Ji Siyu agreed to sell the sapling for seven hundred Laws after Jiang Ping An raised his offer, and she and Ji Fei left after discussing cultivation and his succession.
• Jiang Ping An placed the sapling in the Time Palace for his avatar to cultivate and planned to use a Tribulation Realm tree demon’s corpse to replicate crystals for it.
• Ji Siyu distributed the Fusion Pills, and within a month three Nine-Tailed Fox Body Integration Realm powerhouses advanced by a minor realm.
• Wu Feiyu visited Jiang Ping An hoping to buy Fusion Pills, but Jiang offered to sell Heavenly Demon Essential Blood Essence instead.
• Wu Feiyu stopped to wipe the floor when Jiang Ping An mentioned the blood essence.

After Jiang Ping An sold the Demon Child’s Essential Blood Essence to Wu Feiyu, the Demon God Sect prepared to install him as Sect Leader. Meanwhile, Pang Heng and Liang Ping plotted to use a sealed forbidden object to kill Jiang Ping An.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to sell the Demon Child’s Essential Blood Essence to Wu Feiyu for one thousand Laws and revealed that Wu Liang had failed to seize his body.
• Jiang Ping An offered to sell the Wu Clan more of his Heavenly Demon Essential Blood Essence over time, and Wu Feiyu pledged the clan’s support.
• Wu Feiyu told Jiang Ping An that the Demon God Sect would hold his Succession Ceremony in three months, while Jiang Ping An continued cultivating.
• The Demon God Sect invited major powers to the ceremony but excluded the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land and the Heavenly Dao Academy, its enemies.
• Pang Heng and Liang Ping visited the Level One forbidden zone and decided to unleash its sealed object against Jiang Ping An, fearing he would become too difficult to kill later.

Jiang Ping An learned from the Treasure Accumulation Basin’s artifact spirit that the Barren Realm was being raised for harvest by the Immortal Realm. The artifact spirit explained that the Ancient Emperor had altered the realm’s fate and prepared to lead humanity into war against the Immortal Realm.

• Jiang Ping An used the White Willow Tree Demon’s corpse to repair the Treasure Accumulation Basin and learned its artifact spirit could grow the Enlightenment Tree inside a Small World.
• The artifact spirit revealed that it was the world laws of the Origin Realm and explained that the Immortal Realm’s factions cultivated life in Small Worlds before plundering and devouring them.
• Jiang Ping An learned that the Eighteen-Claw Octopus and the other Three Great Forbidden Zones’ overlords had hidden themselves to escape repeated harvesting.
• The artifact spirit explained that the Ancient Emperor restricted the Barren Realm’s power to conceal it from the Immortal Realm, then decided to lead humanity’s experts into war against it.

The Treasure Accumulation Basin's artifact spirit revealed the Barren Realm's history, the Great Emperor's fate, and the vast disparity between the Barren Realm and the Origin Realm. Jiang Ping An resolved to ascend and revive his family, then prepared to cultivate toward a journey to the Origin Realm as Ji Fei brought Liu Yao into his room.

• The artifact spirit explained that the Great Emperor created the Treasure Accumulation Basin by fusing the resource-rich Origin Realm with the Barren Realm, and that a sneak attack on the Saint King had injured it and sent it to Jiang Ping An.
• The artifact spirit said the Great Emperor had likely faced a crisis in the Immortal Realm and closed the Path to Immortality, and Jiang Ping An connected this to the White Willow Tree Demon's warning.
• After learning that the Immortal Realm could revive the dead, Jiang Ping An resolved to become an immortal and revive his family.
• The artifact spirit offered to send Jiang Ping An to the Origin Realm once it recovered, warning that the intact continent's gravity and naturally powerful inhabitants would make cultivation there far more difficult.
• Jiang Ping An learned he needed resources for another supreme treasure within ten years to reach a sect with the Immortal Transformation Technique, then placed the Time Palace beside the Enlightenment Tree to cultivate.
• Ji Fei entered Jiang Ping An's room with Liu Yao and called him Sect Leader.

Jiang Ping An attended his Succession Ceremony as the new leader of the Demon God Sect, meeting powerful guests and receiving congratulatory gifts. When he opened the Eastern Sea Anti-Demon Army’s supreme treasure, a strange stone branded itself onto his hand.

• Ji Fei dressed Jiang Ping An in a grand black robe and prepared him for the ceremony.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at the decorated great hall, where leaders of major human powers praised him and he exchanged greetings with Xuan Yuanluori.
• The various powers presented gifts, and Ji Fei told Jiang Ping An that the Icefield Dynasty had fallen from the top tier after a forbidden object destroyed its immortal artifact.
• The Eastern Sea Anti-Demon Army presented Jiang Ping An with a supreme treasure, drawing envy and curiosity from the guests.
• When Jiang Ping An took the Storage Ring, it shattered, and a strange stone flew out and branded itself onto the back of his hand.

At Jiang Ping An's succession ceremony, a Time Ghost Stone marked his hand, and Bing Yang warned that the Ghost of Time would find and kill him within three days. The ceremony ended under a pall of fear as factions fled, while Jiang Ping An's allies faced the threat and blamed Heavenly Marsh Holy Land.

• The green stone fused briefly with Jiang Ping An's hand, leaving a strange mark that Bing Yang identified as the Time Ghost Stone.
• Bing Yang warned that the Ghost of Time would arrive within three days and could not be escaped or stopped, terrifying the gathered factions.
• Qian Huan Rou confirmed the Eastern Sea Anti-Demon Army had sent no gift, and Bing Yang revealed that Heavenly Marsh Holy Land had taken the stone after it nearly destroyed the Icefield Dynasty.
• The Demon God Sect denounced Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, but many factions fled, and Jiang Ping An stored the stone before his succession ceremony ended.
• Lei Yu offered Jiang Ping An the Lei Family's Heavenly Lightning Pool, while Qian Huan Rou chose to stay with Jiang Ping An and urged Qian Wan Shan to protect the Eastern Region.
• News of Jiang Ping An's mark spread across the Cultivation World, prompting outrage at Heavenly Marsh Holy Land and fears that the Demon Race would attack again.

With the Ghost of Time closing in on Jiang Ping An, Ye Wuqing and Qian Huan Rou chose to stay by his side. Jiang Ping An teleported himself, the two women, and the Ghost away, then unexpectedly returned to the Demon God Sect.

• Liang Ping dismissed the backlash against Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, while a strange green spirit emerged from a grave in the Time Forbidden Zone.
• Ye Wuqing planned to confront Liang Xiaohong, but Jiang Ping An warned her that he would survive; Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing stayed with him.
• Jiang Ping An learned from the Treasure Accumulation Basin's artifact spirit that the Ghost of Time was a dead spirit made from a powerful being's flesh, and that it would teleport the Ghost to the traitor's sect when it arrived.
• The Ghost of Time appeared at the Demon God Sect, and Jiang Ping An shouted "Teleport!" to vanish with it, Ye Wuqing, and Qian Huan Rou.
• The Demon God Sect mourned Jiang Ping An and blamed Heavenly Marsh Holy Land, until Jiang Ping An appeared at the Sect Leader Great Hall doors.

Jiang Ping An survived the Ghost of Time and brought Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing to the Origin Realm, where he warned them of the danger facing the Barren Realm. After killing a fake victim who was part of a trap, he and his companions confronted two Refining Void cultivators.

• Jiang Ping An announced that he had survived the Ghost of Time and promised to repay the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land for its attack.
• Liang Ping learned that Jiang Ping An was still alive and panicked over the threat he posed to the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land.
• Jiang Ping An, Qian Huan Rou, and Ye Wuqing arrived in the Origin Realm, where Jiang Ping An explained that Immortal Realm lifeforms might invade the Barren Realm.
• A wounded female cultivator begged Jiang Ping An and his companions for help, but Jiang Ping An sensed her killing intent and killed her.
• The two cultivators behind the woman revealed their Refining Void Middle Stage power and threatened Jiang Ping An and his companions.

After arriving in the Origin Realm, Qian Huan Rou regained much of her law power and killed two bandits who attacked Jiang Ping An and his companions. A dispute with Yang Danqing was interrupted by Liu Yun, who appeared righteous and offered to escort them to the city, but then suddenly attacked Qian Huan Rou.

• Qian Huan Rou's power returned in the Origin Realm, and she effortlessly killed two bandits who had attacked the group.
• Qian Huan Rou explained that the Origin Realm's Heavenly Dao rules had lifted some restrictions caused by her Slayed Origin, though she still could not surpass perfected Third-Order Law.
• Yang Danqing accused the group of ruining his bounty claim and attacked them, but Qian Huan Rou crushed his Blade Intent.
• Liu Yun arrived with an Image Recording Stone and stopped Yang Danqing from attacking the group by threatening to report him to the Ascension Pavilion.
• Liu Yun introduced himself as an Ascension Pavilion disciple and offered to escort Jiang Ping An and the others to the city, then suddenly stabbed at Qian Huan Rou.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou fought Liu Yun and Yang Danqing after the two revealed their ambush. Once they adapted to the restrictions of the realm, they swiftly defeated the bandits and considered selling their bodies and weapons for the benefit of the Eastern Region.

• Liu Yun attempted to kill Qian Huan Rou in a surprise attack, but a rising patch of ground threw him off course and left her with a bloody wound.
• Qian Huan Rou and Jiang Ping An realized Liu Yun and Yang Danqing had staged their earlier actions as part of a scheme, and they discussed acquiring the realm’s runes and weapons.
• Qian Huan Rou took on Liu Yun while Jiang Ping An fought Yang Danqing, and their opponents struggled against their unusual abilities.
• After adapting to the realm’s combat restrictions, Qian Huan Rou pierced Liu Yun’s brow and Primordial Spirit, killing him.
• Jiang Ping An caught Yang Danqing’s saber and stomped him into the ground, while Ye Wuqing admitted he had wrongly doubted his boss’s strength.

Jiang Ping An learned about the Ascension Pavilion’s Immortal Transformation Technique and traveled with Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing to seek entry despite being over the age limit. At the branch selection hall, the recruiter Kuang Zheng angrily rejected applicants who failed the requirements, but Jiang Ping An still wanted to try.

• Jiang Ping An questioned Yang Danqing about the Ascension Pavilion, then killed him after learning about its age requirements and the Immortal Transformation Technique.
• Jiang Ping An, Qian Huan Rou, and Ye Wuqing traveled to an Ascension Pavilion city, discussing the technique and their lack of eligibility due to age.
• The group arrived at the branch disciple selection hall and saw Kuang Zheng curse out applicants who failed the current standards.
• Qian Huan Rou urged Jiang Ping An to leave, but he insisted on trying to enter the Ascension Pavilion.

Jiang Ping An bribed Kuang Zheng to admit him, Qian Huan Rou, and Ye Wuqing into Ascension Pavilion, then learned that reaching the main pavilion and obtaining the Immortal Transformation Technique would be difficult. The chapter ended with Qian Huan Rou excited by the branch’s vastly cheaper treasures and its immortal artifacts.

• Jiang Ping An offered Kuang Zheng a high-grade Primal Crystal, then claimed to be his third brother and gave him crystals for Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing, securing Identity Tokens for all three.
• Kuang Zheng warned them to keep a low profile in Ascension Pavilion and explained that obtaining the Immortal Transformation Technique required reaching the main pavilion.
• Jiang Ping An and the others entered Ascension Pavilion through a Teleportation Array and saw its spectacular mountain range and central peak.
• Jiang Ping An learned that he could reach the main pavilion through a prodigy selection, a recommendation, or 100,000 Contribution Points, but he did not qualify for the first two options.
• Qian Huan Rou excitedly pointed out that supreme treasures cost far less than in the Barren Realm and that Ascension Pavilion also offered immortal artifacts.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou tried to settle on a residence at Ascension Pavilion, but Hu Xu Ran and his Dao Companion repeatedly claimed the hilltops and extorted them. Jiang Ping An retaliated when they demanded more Primal Crystals, and when the Discipline Hall arrived, he blamed the couple for the fight.

• Jiang Ping An discovered that Ascension Pavilion let disciples exchange Contribution Points for treasures, including supreme treasures and immortal artifacts, and he and Qian Huan Rou decided to find a mountain and earn points.
• Jiang Ping An chose an empty hilltop, but Hu Xu Ran and his Dao Companion drove the newcomers away and then claimed another hilltop as well.
• Jiang Ping An paid Hu Xu Ran two Water Law Primal Crystals, but Hu Xu Ran's Dao Companion persuaded him to demand two more.
• Hu Xu Ran covered the mountain in frost and threatened Jiang Ping An's group, so Jiang Ping An cleared the frost, reclaimed the crystals, and kicked Hu Xu Ran into a mountain.
• When the Discipline Hall arrived, Jiang Ping An claimed that Hu Xu Ran and his Dao Companion had fought over the spoils and that Hu Xu Ran had been sent flying in their quarrel.

Jiang Ping An exposed Hu Xu Ran and Fu Hui’s mountain-grabbing harassment, then used their attack to get them sent to the Black Dungeon. The Discipline Hall took Jiang Ping An too, and he learned about the dungeon’s dangers on the way there.

• The Discipline Hall fined Jiang Ping An, Hu Xu Ran, and Fu Hui for fighting, while Hu Xu Ran and Fu Hui threatened Jiang Ping An over the lost Primal Crystals.
• Jiang Ping An sent Ye Wuqing and Qian Huan Rou to settle on a neighboring mountain, then punched Hu Xu Ran into Qian Huan Rou’s array with Fu Hui.
• Jiang Ping An accused Hu Xu Ran and Fu Hui of attacking his mountain, and the Discipline Hall ordered the pair sent to the Black Dungeon for fifteen days.
• Hu Xu Ran implicated Jiang Ping An, so the Discipline Hall shackled him and took him along with the pair.
• Jiang Ping An explored the Identity Jade Slip during the carriage ride and read that the Black Dungeon drained years of life and trapped prisoners among Malevolent Spirits and violent inmates.
• Hu Xu Ran warned Jiang Ping An that he would suffer in the Black Dungeon.

Jiang Ping An and his companions were taken to the Black Dungeon, where he found the dark sea’s demonic qi nourishing rather than tormenting. After Fu Hui summoned the powerful prisoner Cheng Han to extort him, Cheng Han attacked Jiang Ping An, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Hu Xu Ran secretly threatened Jiang Ping An, who told the Discipline Hall Enforcer that Hu Xu Ran had insulted them, prompting the enforcer to punch him.
• The Discipline Hall Enforcer brought Jiang Ping An, Hu Xu Ran, and Fu Hui through a Teleportation Array and into the Black Dungeon, where Jiang Ping An recognized the dark sea’s pure demonic qi.
• The Discipline Hall personnel placed the three on the third level, and Fu Hui hurried away to seek help while Jiang Ping An surveyed the prison.
• Cheng Han emerged from a black-water cell, and Fu Hui persuaded him that Jiang Ping An was worth robbing.
• Cheng Han demanded Primal Crystals from Jiang Ping An, but Jiang Ping An refused to show fear after reading Cheng Han’s record in his Identity Token.
• Cheng Han declared that strength decided everything and lunged at Jiang Ping An with a powerful punch.

Jiang Ping An fought Cheng Han in the Third Floor Dungeon, then extorted Fu Hui and Hu Xu Ran before settling near the Fourth Floor to cultivate and feed Malevolent Spirits to his evil spirit avatar. Half a day later, he heard that Fu Hui and Hu Xu Ran had been killed.

• Jiang Ping An used his Barbarian Race Totem Markings and Battle Intent Armor to fight Cheng Han to a standstill until the Slaughter Dao cultivator's killing intent forced them to stop.
• Cheng Han returned to his cell, leaving Fu Hui and Hu Xu Ran to face Jiang Ping An, who demanded one hundred Primal Crystals for a Qi Refining Pill and took their resources and a weapon.
• Jiang Ping An set up the Five Elements Killing Array near the entrance to the Fourth Floor and used the Treasure Accumulation Basin to collect black water as Malevolent Spirits entered his body and nourished his evil spirit avatar.
• About half a day later, Jiang Ping An heard cries that Fu Hui and Hu Xu Ran had been killed, leaving him with a bad feeling.

After two disciples were found dead in the Black Dungeon, Jin Di tried to frame Jiang Ping An for their deaths, but Cheng Han’s intervention forced an investigation. Jin Di later tortured Jiang Ping An anyway, leaving him injured and furious as he resolved to wait until he was strong enough to take revenge.

• Jin Di accused Jiang Ping An of killing the two dried corpses and struck him, but Cheng Han explained that Jiang Ping An had never left his cell and no one had seen the killer.
• Jin Di attempted to make the other disciples identify Jiang Ping An as the murderer, but Cheng Han threatened to record the unlawful accusation with an Image Recording Stone.
• The Discipline Hall investigated for two days without finding the killer, and Jin Di privately tried to trick Jiang Ping An into confessing by offering him a place in the Discipline Hall.
• Jiang Ping An denied killing the disciples, so Jin Di burned his face with tea and stabbed him in the eye before leaving.
• Cheng Han offered Jiang Ping An a pill and warned him about the Discipline Hall, but Jiang Ping An refused it and returned to his cell, suppressing his desire for revenge until he grew stronger.

After leaving prison, Jiang Ping An planned to hunt Ghost Face Flowers for Contribution Points, while Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing earned points through missions. Discipline Hall enforcers extorted him at the prison exit, and he challenged them to a Life and Death Battle.

• Jiang Ping An contacted Qian Huan Rou and Ye Wuqing, who were both carrying out missions to earn Contribution Points for him.
• Jiang Ping An searched the mission listings and chose to gather Ghost Face Flowers in Five Severance Ghost Forest after his release.
• Disciples in the Third Floor Dungeon noticed that Malevolent Spirits had gathered near Jiang Ping An's room and spread rumors about Qian Huan Rou's strength and beauty.
• Cheng Han saw Jiang Ping An off and advised him to avoid provoking the Discipline Hall and to seek help from his master on Third Mountain.
• At the prison exit, Discipline Hall enforcers demanded extra Contribution Points from Jiang Ping An, kicked him, and threatened to take all his points.
• Jiang Ping An challenged the enforcers to fight him in a Life and Death Battle, offering his possessions to whoever could kill him.

Jiang Ping An accepted a Life and Death Battle with the Discipline Hall and killed Zhang Dong with two punches, drawing a crowd to the Martial Arts Arena. The Discipline Hall prepared to send Tang Chen against him, while Jiang Ping An stood ready to face another challenge.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to a Life and Death Battle with Zhang Dong, and they signed a contract wagering their Contribution Points and resources.
• Zhang Dong underestimated Jiang Ping An, who killed him with two punches and collected his body and Contribution Points.
• Jiang Ping An challenged the Discipline Hall members to fight him at the same cultivation level, and Ascension Pavilion Disciples gathered to watch.
• Jin Di stopped a Discipline Hall prodigy from challenging Jiang Ping An and ordered the group to call Tang Chen.