Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An confronted Chang Zhuang, a powerful Sun God Body cultivator, but trapped him in an illusion that made him relive his mother’s death. Chang Zhuang awoke in the spectator stands with his memories restored and terror at the illusion’s power.

• Luo Yi warned Jiang Ping An that Chang Zhuang had arrived and urged him to flee, but she prepared to hold Chang off.
• Chang Zhuang landed amid the Discipline Hall disciples and threatened to kill Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An vanished with the surrounding disciples, and Chang Zhuang found himself reliving his painful childhood in a thatched hut.
• Chang Zhuang repeatedly watched his mother die and suffered under the pockmarked man’s abuse, believing his life as a cultivator had been a dream.
• Chang Zhuang awoke in the spectator stands as his memories returned, then realized he had been caught in a terrifying illusion.

Jiang Ping An defeated the Discipline Hall Cultivators using his Reincarnation ability and the Rebirth technique, then publicly challenged the Discipline Hall. Elder Huo HaiZhou watched in anger as Luo Su and Qian Huan Rou reacted to Jiang Ping An’s power.

• Jiang Ping An trapped Chang Zhuang in Reincarnation, killing him in the illusion before the Ascension Pavilion Space teleported him away.
• Jiang Ping An sealed the battlefield with chains as the Discipline Hall Cultivators tried to flee, then used a projection of Jin Di to unleash the Judgment Fist and wipe them out.
• Luo Yi watched Jiang Ping An’s Rebirth technique summon Jin Di’s power and was stunned by his strength despite his injuries.
• Jiang Ping An told Huo HaiZhou that the Discipline Hall was nothing special, while Luo Su taunted Huo HaiZhou and asked Qian Huan Rou about Jiang Ping An’s technique.
• Jiang Ping An broadcast a challenge across the battlefield, telling the Discipline Hall to come kill him, and Luo Su stared at him in astonishment.

Jiang Ping An drew the Discipline Hall Cultivators to him and appeared to learn the zither as they attacked. He slaughtered the attackers with Soul Silkworm Silk while his music strengthened his spirit, drawing the attention of Ascension Pavilion leaders.

• Jiang Ping An challenged the Discipline Hall Cultivators, drawing a large crowd toward the mountain where he sat with Luo Yi.
• Jiang Ping An fashioned a zither and began learning a soul-nourishing score, while Luo Yi gave him her Contribution Points by eliminating herself.
• Jiang Ping An began killing the Discipline Hall Cultivators with Soul Silkworm Silk empowered by Destruction, lightning, Gravity, Strength, and poison.
• Jiang Ping An used his abilities to keep powerful attackers at bay as his Contribution Points climbed and the Cultivators struggled to approach him.
• Jiang Ping An mastered the zither and played different scores, merging his spirit with the music as Ascension Pavilion leaders watched and You Xiu praised his soul-cultivation talent.

Jiang Ping An played the zither through the Ascension Pavilion challenge, using its music to defeat attackers and deepen his understanding of the soul. As the final hour began, he played a battle song that drove the remaining cultivators back into combat.

• Luo Su defended Jiang Ping An's talent and taunted Huo HaiZhou, who crushed an armrest and left after hearing that her injuries had healed.
• Jiang Ping An's Soul Silkworm Silk killed Discipline Hall cultivators until they gave up and withdrew as the Ascension Pavilion Space began shrinking.
• While the other top competitors amassed Contribution Points, Jiang Ping An continued playing and defeated attackers who tried to steal his points.
• After the fifth shrink, a burly cultivator insulted Jiang Ping An's music, and Jiang Ping An made him weep and get teleported to the viewing platform.
• Jiang Ping An played a battle song that stirred the remaining cultivators into renewed fighting.

Jiang Ping An used his zither to stir the battlefield into a brutal frenzy, then drew Ran Hong Chen’s attention and shocked her when her Mirror Image power nearly drained her. The Immortal Pavilion Battle ended with You Qianqiu leading the points, while the champion remained to be named.

• Jiang Ping An’s zither and Mental Power pushed Cultivators to fight, rapidly increasing eliminations as Shen Tu Yi, Ran Hong Chen, and You Qianqiu amassed the highest scores.
• Qian Huan Rou told Luo Su she believed Jiang Ping An would win, though the Pavilion Master and other higher-ups doubted him.
• Ran Hong Chen tried to copy Jiang Ping An with her Mirror Image power, but the mirror cracked after nearly half her energy was drained, so she fled.
• The bell ended the battle with only a few hundred Cultivators remaining, and You Qianqiu held the highest score at 234,867.

Jiang Ping An used a group illusion to make the Immortal Pavilion Battle contestants leave, claiming the championship and breaking the record with more than 540,000 Contribution Points. Huo HaiZhou then declared the contest invalid and accused Jiang Ping An, Ye Wuqing, and Qian Huan Rou of being Moon God Residence spies, demanding permission to use Soul Searching on them.

• Jiang Ping An’s illusion fooled the contestants into withdrawing, transferring their Contribution Points to him; Ran Hong Chen and You Qianqiu realized the competition was still underway.
• You Qianqiu attacked Jiang Ping An to claim his points, but Jiang Ping An’s zither ended the battle and caused You Qianqiu and Ran Hong Chen to vanish.
• Luo Su announced Jiang Ping An as champion after he broke You Xiu’s 1,200-year-old record, prompting angry protests from the spectators.
• Huo HaiZhou declared the competition invalid and accused Jiang Ping An, Ye Wuqing, and Qian Huan Rou of entering Ascension Pavilion through bribery and spying for Moon God Residence.
• Luo Su challenged Huo HaiZhou to provide evidence, but he admitted he had none and demanded to use Soul Searching on the three.

Jiang Ping An turned Huo HaiZhou’s demand for a soul search back on him, forcing the Discipline Hall elder to abandon the search and leave. Jiang Ping An ended the confrontation openly accusing Huo HaiZhou of being a spy, while Luo Su and the other elders recognized his composure.

• Luo Su faced pressure from Huo HaiZhou and the disciples to allow a soul search, but she said she would conduct it herself to protect her disciples.
• Jiang Ping An volunteered for a soul search and demanded that Luo Su search Huo HaiZhou as well, accusing the elder of being a Moon God Residence spy.
• Luo Su backed Jiang Ping An’s demand, and Huo HaiZhou realized that searching Jiang Ping An would expose his own secrets.
• Huo HaiZhou dropped the soul search and demanded Jiang Ping An hand over his Mental Power cultivation technique, but Jiang Ping An said he had created his spiritual force himself.
• Jiang Ping An challenged Huo HaiZhou to search his soul and repeatedly called him a spy, so Huo HaiZhou angrily left without gaining anything.

After winning the Immortal Pavilion Battle and a huge haul of Contribution Points, Jiang Ping An met Ascension Pavilion Master Luo Su, who tested whether he and Qian Huan Rou were spies. Luo Su offered him a role overseeing the Discipline Hall, and he accepted after she promised rewards.

• Luo Su announced Jiang Ping An as the Immortal Pavilion Battle champion, and the disciples discovered he had won the betting pool by wagering on himself.
• Jiang Ping An entered a private room to meet Luo Su, mistook the pavilion master for a tea-serving attendant, and tried to bribe her for information.
• Luo Su revealed her identity and joked that Jiang Ping An could collect Great Emperor legends for her in the Barren Realm.
• Luo Su warned Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou that she would kill them if they were spies, and they proved their loyalty with a Heavenly Dao Contract.
• Luo Su gave Jiang Ping An a Nine Revolutions Qiankun Pill and offered him rewards to become the highest enforcer of her planned Surveillance Hall.
• Jiang Ping An refused the position at first, then accepted immediately when Luo Su promised a high-grade pill, transfer to the main pavilion in four years, and a secret treasure.

Luo Su rewarded Jiang Ping An, appointed him as a future Surveillance Envoy, and arranged for him to live with Qian Huan Rou while concealing the severity of her injuries. After copying and taking a Nine Revolutions Qiankun Pill, Jiang Ping An began healing as the Immortal Blood in his body awakened.

• Luo Su gave Jiang Ping An a Longevity Pill and a secret treasure, promised him access to the main pavilion in four years, and told him to become a Surveillance Envoy.
• Luo Su privately revealed that her injuries from high-level Immortal Power had not healed, while Huo HaiZhou learned this from his father and agreed to target Jiang Ping An.
• Qian Huan Rou brought Jiang Ping An to her palace, where he asked whether she would return with him to the Barren Realm; she declined for now and urged him to recover.
• Jiang Ping An used the Treasure Accumulation Basin and his resources, including Luo Su's secret treasure, to copy three Nine Revolutions Qiankun Pills and three Longevity Pills.
• Jiang Ping An swallowed a Nine Revolutions Qiankun Pill, and as his injuries healed, the Immortal Blood within him awakened and enveloped him in black flames.

After Immortal Blood fused with Jiang Ping An, it restored his lost lifespan and gave him the ability to absorb damage and heal. He returned to the Demon God Sect and arrived as Supreme Elder Lü Dan lay dying from a Great Dao backlash, then gave him a pill that the elders believed could not help.

• Jiang Ping An endured ten days of pain as Immortal Blood fused with his body, restoring his lifespan and granting him a talent that absorbed damage to heal injuries.
• Jiang Ping An sent a body back to the Demon God Sect to make money with the Nine Revolutions Qiankun Pill and the Longevity Pill.
• At the Demon God Sect, Jiang Ping An learned that Supreme Elder Lü Dan was dying after a failed breakthrough damaged his Origin.
• Jiang Ping An went to the Demon God Space, where Lü Dan reminisced with his senior brother and prepared to die.
• Jiang Ping An put a pill into Lü Dan's mouth, though the elders believed only a Creation Pill could heal his Great Dao injuries.

Jiang Ping An used a rare pill to heal Lü Dan, then offered Pang Han a pill that could extend his lifespan by three thousand years in exchange for a secret treasure. Pang Han took the pill as Lü Dan tried and failed to steal it.

• Jiang Ping An gave Lü Dan a Nine Revolutions Qiankun Pill, which completely healed the injuries to Lü Dan's life essence.
• Pang Han tried to avoid honoring his promise of a secret treasure, but Lü Dan presented a defensive treasure to Jiang Ping An in thanks for saving his life.
• Jiang Ping An asked Pang Han how much a pill extending one's life by three thousand years would be worth and offered to sell him one for a secret treasure.
• Jiang Ping An showed Pang Han a crimson Longevity Pill, and Pang Han reached to take it after hearing it could give him another three thousand years.
• Lü Dan shouted that the pill was fake and tried to grab it, but Pang Han kicked him into the pit and swallowed the pill.

Jiang Ping An sold Longevity Pills to Demon God Sect elders for secret treasures, then traded two more to Ji Fei for her clan. Ji Fei reported that fighting had halted across the battlefields as both sides prepared for a major war, while supplies of pills and magical treasures grew scarce.

• Pang Han swallowed a Longevity Pill, regained his youth, and gained three thousand years of lifespan.
• Jiang Ping An sold Longevity Pills to two elders and received secret treasures from them and Pang Han.
• Jiang Ping An returned to the main hall, copied two Nine Revolutions Qiankun Pills from a secret treasure, and learned why Pavilion Master Luo Su's secret treasure had copied more.
• Ji Fei asked Jiang Ping An to sell Longevity Pills to her clan, and he agreed to trade two for two secret treasures.
• Ji Fei told Jiang Ping An that the battlefields had fallen quiet as both sides prepared for war, while soaring demand made pills and magical treasures difficult to obtain.

Jiang Ping An tried to redirect the Demon God Sect’s resource purchases through a secret source, but Mo Chong and the Mo Clan opposed handing him the sect’s funds. The chapter ended with Mo Chong refusing to let Jiang Ping An take even a fraction of the resources.

• Jiang Ping An ordered Ji Fei to stop outside purchases and prepare a list of supplies, claiming he had a secret channel for high-quality goods.
• Jiang Ping An sold two Longevity Pills to the Wu Clan for two secret treasures and asked them to keep the deal private.
• Li YueYue warned Jiang Ping An that a vision predicted he would be besieged in the Central Continent in about thirty years, and he said he would stay away.
• Ji Fei summoned Jiang Ping An to a meeting after elders refused his order to control the sect’s resource purchases.
• Mo Chong questioned Jiang Ping An’s undisclosed source and blocked him from taking the resources, protecting the Mo Clan’s profits from outside purchases.
• Jiang Ping An offered to take half the resources and let the elders inspect the goods, but Mo Chong refused to give him even one spirit stone.

Jiang Ping An argued against the Demon God Sect spending a million laws on supplies, insisting he had a cheaper source and asking the elders to wait three months. After the elders agreed to wait, he went to the Origin Realm, where Ascension Pavilion disciples confronted him over the Immortal Pavilion Battle and tried to provoke him into a fight.

• Jiang Ping An objected to Mo Chong's proposed resource purchase and asked the Demon God Sect elders to wait three months for supplies from his source.
• Ji Fei, Wu Feiyu, and the other elders voted to wait, while Mo Chong panicked that Jiang Ping An might truly have another channel.
• Jiang Ping An exchanged secret treasures for resources, crossed into the Origin Realm, and found Ascension Pavilion Disciples gathered outside his hall.
• Chang Zhuang accused Jiang Ping An of cheating in the Immortal Pavilion Battle, and Jiang Ping An exposed their plan to lure him into the Martial Arts Arena with Chang Zhuang's sea-of-consciousness restriction.
• Chang Zhuang and the other disciples taunted Jiang Ping An to attack them, relying on the sect's ban on fighting.

Jiang Ping An killed the Discipline Hall members who came to provoke him, then feigned injury to frame Chang Zhuang and win Luo Su’s support. Appointed the first Surveillance Envoy, he escorted Chang Zhuang into the Black Dungeon, where Chang Zhuang trapped him on the empty Fourth Floor and attacked.

• Jiang Ping An killed the Discipline Hall members with Mixed Silkworm Silk, then staged an injury and accused Chang Zhuang of attacking him.
• Luo Su arrived, ordered Chang Zhuang and the surviving Discipline Hall members sent to the Black Dungeon, and established the Surveillance Hall with Jiang Ping An as its first Surveillance Envoy.
• Luo Su gave Jiang Ping An her Command Token and privately told him to cause trouble.
• Jiang Ping An escorted Chang Zhuang to the Black Dungeon’s Fourth Floor and found it empty before the entrance shut behind them.
• Chang Zhuang revealed that the Discipline Hall controlled the Black Dungeon and attacked Jiang Ping An, confident his mental restrictions would protect him.

Jiang Ping An fought Chang Zhuang, the Discipline Hall’s Sun God Body, on the Black Dungeon’s Fourth Floor and revealed his demonic power, projection technique, and extraordinary healing. As Cheng Han broke his chains and rushed to intervene, the fighting stopped, leaving him and the Discipline Hall disciples uncertain about Jiang Ping An’s fate.

• Chang Zhuang attacked Jiang Ping An, but Jiang Ping An withstood his blows and matched his strength before revealing his white hair and surging Demonic Qi.
• Jiang Ping An and Chang Zhuang traded powerful attacks, and Chang Zhuang gained the upper hand by exploiting his stronger fire Profound Meaning Power and Sun God Body.
• Jiang Ping An summoned Jin Di’s projection to fight Chang Zhuang, then absorbed the fire power in his wounds and rapidly healed himself.
• Jiang Ping An charged back into battle alongside Jin Di’s projection while Discipline Hall disciples on the Third Floor mocked his chances.
• Cheng Han learned Jiang Ping An was fighting Chang Zhuang, broke his chains, and rushed to demand that the Discipline Hall disciples open the door.
• The fighting on the Fourth Floor stopped before Cheng Han could intervene, and he feared Jiang Ping An had died.

Jiang Ping An survived Chang Zhuang’s attempt to kill him and learned that Cheng Han had been framed by the Discipline Hall. Armed with evidence of Cheng Han’s wife’s murder, they set out to bring the killer to justice, while Jiang Ping An continued confronting the Discipline Hall.

• Jiang Ping An emerged from the Black Dungeon alive, killed the Discipline Hall Cultivators who tried to stop him, and learned that Chang Zhuang had not returned.
• Cheng Han revealed that he had helped intensify the conflict with the Discipline Hall to support the pavilion master’s plan, and Jiang Ping An accepted the alliance without anger.
• Cheng Han gave Jiang Ping An recordings showing that Wang HuZhe had murdered his wife and framed him, and Jiang Ping An promised to pursue justice.
• Jiang Ping An gathered the dead Cultivators and led Cheng Han out of the dungeon to apprehend Wang HuZhe.
• Outside the Black Dungeon, Jiang Ping An killed a Discipline Hall Disciple who denied plotting against him and called it being forced to fight back.

Jiang Ping An learned that Ren Jun had arranged the attack on him and went to the Discipline Hall to confront him. When the guards refused to bring Ren Jun out, Jiang Ping An stormed the headquarters, and news of the unprecedented assault spread through the Ascension Pavilion.

• Jiang Ping An tortured a Discipline Hall Disciple at the Black Dungeon until he confessed that Ren Jun had planned the attack, then killed him and the other disciples who tried to flee.
• Cheng Han directed Jiang Ping An to the teleportation gate leading to the Discipline Hall.
• Discipline Hall guards boasted that Ren Jun’s plan had killed Jiang Ping An and discussed their hopes of gaining control of the Ascension Pavilion.
• Jiang Ping An demanded that the guards bring Ren Jun out, then killed guards who refused and announced that anyone obstructing a Surveillance Hall investigation would die.
• Discipline Hall cultivators rushed to confront Jiang Ping An as witnesses sent messages about the assault, drawing a crowd and shocking the Ascension Pavilion.

Jiang Ping An stormed the Discipline Hall, using a Sun God Body projection to defeat its disciples while accusing Ren Jun and Wang HuZhe of serious crimes. He killed Ren Jun and then falsely claimed Ren Jun had confessed that Elder Huo HaiZhou was a spy.

• Jiang Ping An used a Sun God Body projection to slaughter Discipline Hall cultivators as spectators speculated that the Pavilion Master was backing his actions.
• Jiang Ping An demanded that Ren Jun and the other accused offenders surrender, citing evidence against Ren Jun and Wang HuZhe.
• Ren Jun challenged Jiang Ping An to produce evidence and accused him of breaking the law, but Jiang Ping An struck him with secret treasure gloves.
• Jiang Ping An seized Ren Jun, beat him, and killed him while falsely claiming he had admitted Huo HaiZhou was a Moon God Residence spy.
• Jiang Ping An announced Ren Jun's supposed confession, leaving the Discipline Hall disciples and spectators bewildered.

Jiang Ping An’s confrontation helped bring about the sudden dissolution of the Discipline Hall, though Huo Ruan suspected their ties to the Moon God Residence had been discovered and changed his plans. After refusing Luo Su’s offer to lead a new Surveillance Hall or represent the Ascension Pavilion in a contest, Jiang Ping An received a jade slip from Qian Huan Rou.

• Cheng Han accused the Discipline Hall of persecuting disciples and urged the crowd to abolish it, prompting disciples to gather and shout their demands.
• Huo HaiZhou and Huo Ruan suspected Jiang Ping An knew of their connection to the Moon God Residence, and Huo Ruan announced that the Discipline Hall was dissolved.
• The Ascension Pavilion’s disciples celebrated, while Jiang Ping An left to handle his own affairs.
• Luo Su offered Jiang Ping An authority over a new Surveillance Hall and asked him to represent the Ascension Pavilion in a contest, but he refused both offers.
• Qian Huan Rou caught up with Jiang Ping An and gave him a jade slip containing a divine ability.