Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An fought Qiu Feng's projection through the night at Wall-Facing Cliff, matching its rare techniques and surviving its One-Word Killing Art. At dawn, he used the Saint Demon Body to destroy the projection, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Jiang Ping An exchanged powerful blows with Qiu Feng's projection and countered its Judgment Fist and Samadhi True Fire with his own techniques.
• Qiu Feng's projection used the One-Word Killing Art to blast Jiang Ping An to the ground, but Jiang Ping An recovered and resumed the fight with the Battle God Art.
• Jiang Ping An and the projection fought until dawn without a victor, while the Cultivators at Wall-Facing Cliff watched in astonishment.
• Jiang Ping An restrained the projection with Sealing Heaven and the Star Guiding Art, then sent out his Saint Demon Body to destroy it with the Annihilation Fist.
• Jiang Ping An remarked that Qiu Feng's main body must be stronger than the projection as the sun rose and the onlookers stood stunned.

Jiang Ping An learned that his transformed Sea of Consciousness let him manifest opponents and practice against them, then used the ability to study Qiu Feng’s Fist Intent. Elsewhere, Qiu Feng secretly gave his son Qiu Pingsheng advance access to the Immortal Transformation Technique examination questions, revealing that several places had already been arranged for powerful families.

• Jiang Ping An discovered the Pavilion Master's projection in his Sea of Consciousness and asked the Ancient Emperor about it.
• The Ancient Emperor explained that Jiang Ping An had grasped Manifestation Power, which let him simulate battles against people he had seen and study their techniques.
• Jiang Ping An manifested Qiu Feng's projection to practice against its Judgment Fist, while disciples at Wall-Facing Cliff watched him from afar.
• A disciple posted that someone had defeated Qiu Feng's younger projection, but Qiu Pingsheng threatened him until he deleted the message.
• Qiu Feng gave Qiu Pingsheng the examination questions for the Immortal Transformation Technique five years early and promised him a place, along with places for descendants of the Sixth and Seventh Pavilion Lords.

Jiang Ping An spent five years studying the projections at Wall-Facing Cliff and created the second move of the Annihilation Fist, “Chaotic Antiquity.” As the competition for the Immortal Transformation Technique began, he joined the others, determined to compete despite warnings that the winner was effectively predetermined.

• Jiang Ping An remained at Wall-Facing Cliff past the end of his sentence, studying ancient experts and simulating battles until he found the basis for his second Annihilation Fist move.
• Qian Huan Rou, Ye Wuqing, and others urged Jiang Ping An to leave for other Cultivation Grounds, but he continued cultivating at the cliff and sometimes sent a body back to the Barren Realm to visit Miao Yi and the others.
• You Qianqiu told Shen Tu Yi, Ran Hong Chen, and the other Cultivators that the Immortal Transformation Technique competition would consist of three randomly selected questions set by the main pavilion’s ten Pavilion Masters.
• Qian Huan Rou and the others found Jiang Ping An at Wall-Facing Cliff after five years and learned that he had created the Annihilation Fist’s second move, “Chaotic Antiquity.”
• When the competition began, Jiang Ping An set out to compete for the Immortal Transformation Technique despite Luo Yi warning him that the place was nearly predetermined.

At the Ascension Pavilion, the competition for the Immortal Transformation Technique began with a spell-creation assessment using randomly selected runes. Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou stayed to compete, confident they could make the top hundred, while Luo Yi and Shen Tu Yi doubted their chances.

• Ten Immortals appeared above the pavilion and announced the start of the competition, explaining that three questions would be chosen from ten pavilion masters’ submissions.
• A disciple randomly selected the question requiring competitors to create a spell from provided runes within one month, and Qiu Pingsheng was pleased because he had prepared for it in advance.
• Qiu Feng announced that the spells would be scored out of ten, only one hundred disciples would advance, and outside assistance was forbidden.
• Many disciples gave up and left, while the remaining competitors memorized the runes; Luo Yi also withdrew from the assessment.
• Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou sat down to create techniques, and Ye Wuqing told Luo Yi to stop disturbing them as Shen Tu Yi and the others questioned their confidence.

Jiang Ping An, Qian Huan Rou, and the remaining examinees completed the spell-creation assessment, and the Immortals began scoring their work. Two spells received perfect scores, leaving the examinees eager to learn whose they were.

• As the month-long trial ended, the examinees activated their spells, and those whose spells failed or injured them were eliminated until only one-tenth remained.
• The Female Pavilion Lord gave each survivor a golden sphere to imprint with their spell, then mixed the spheres for a blind review.
• Jiang Ping An said he had reached the perfected level of the Third-Order Law, while Qian Huan Rou said she had incorporated the Star Guiding Art; nearby Cultivators mocked their confidence.
• The Immortals scored the spells, mostly giving one or two points, until the Sixth Pavilion Lord awarded one spell ten points and suspected the Fourth Pavilion Lord and Seventh Pavilion Lord had helped refine it.
• The First Pavilion Lord also awarded a spell ten points and questioned the Fourth Pavilion Lord, Sixth Pavilion Lord, and Seventh Pavilion Lord about whether they had modified techniques.

The spell-technique scores were revealed, and Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou received perfect marks despite being Refining Void Cultivators. Their unexpected results sparked accusations of cheating from the crowd.

• The ten Pavilion Masters finished reviewing the techniques, leaving six scores above five undistributed.
• You Qianqiu received five points, while Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou remained without scores and drew the crowd’s attention.
• The First Pavilion Lord called the six high-scoring cultivators forward, including Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou.
• Qiu Pingsheng received nine points and saw that Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou had earned the two perfect scores.
• The crowd erupted, with several cultivators accusing Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou of cheating.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou demonstrated their perfect-score spells, impressing the Immortal Pavilion Lords and defeating Qiu Pingsheng’s attacks. After 113 cultivators were selected to continue, Jiang Ping An discovered that all nine question spheres for the Second Trial contained the same question.

• The First Pavilion Lord asked Qian Huan Rou and Jiang Ping An to identify themselves, and a Female Pavilion Lord revealed that Qian Huan Rou had created her own cultivation system.
• Qiu Pingsheng questioned why Jiang Ping An had earned a perfect score, then attacked him with a fire dragon during his spell demonstration.
• Jiang Ping An rebounded Qiu Pingsheng’s fire dragon with a spell that used the Strength Law, knocking Qiu Feng down.
• Qian Huan Rou dispersed Qiu Pingsheng’s Samadhi True Fire with her Gravity Law spell, then fused it back together and sent it striking him.
• The First Pavilion Lord selected 113 cultivators to proceed to the Second Trial, and Jiang Ping An saw that all nine question spheres contained the same question.

Jiang Ping An and the other examinees began the Second Trial, where they had to face the opponents they feared most. Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou emerged immediately because neither feared an opponent at their own cultivation level, stunning the crowd.

• Jiang Ping An chose a golden sphere and revealed that the Second Trial required examinees to fight their greatest fear inside the Soul Severing Array.
• The examinees entered their formations, where the Soul Severing Array manifested their feared opponents at the same cultivation level.
• Qiu Pingsheng entered confidently, intending to defeat the image of his elder brother after years of training against him.
• The crowd watched You Qianqiu face Shen Tu Yi, while Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou had no opponents appear in their formations.
• Qian Huan Rou and Jiang Ping An left their formations simultaneously, and the crowd speculated that they possessed invincible hearts or walked the Invincible Path.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou passed the Second Trial first, alarming the Pavilion Lords because their success threatened the plans for Qiu Pingsheng to obtain the Immortal Transformation Technique. The ten remaining contestants prepared to choose questions for the final trial.

• Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou emerged from the formation without encountering opponents, and the First Pavilion Lord confirmed they scored ten points each.
• Qiu Feng urged the Pavilion Lords to change the Third Trial, while the First Pavilion Lord warned him not to make the manipulation obvious.
• Qiu Pingsheng emerged after half an hour and learned he had placed third behind Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou, then received reassurance from Qiu Feng that the technique would still be his.
• You Qianqiu was eliminated and encouraged Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou to win honor for the Azure Wave Province Branch Pavilion.
• The Second Trial ended with ten contestants remaining, and the First Pavilion Lord announced that the final trial would begin as eight question spheres appeared before them.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou discovered that the final attack-power trial was rigged after their scores fell short of the Immortal Transformation Technique. They left the assessment, while Qiu Pingsheng mocked them and claimed the slots had been decided in advance.

• The final trial required participants with suppressed cultivation to attack twenty walls, with points awarded for each wall destroyed.
• Jiang Ping An unleashed the Annihilation Fist and destroyed six walls, but Qiu Feng called his attack power unimpressive and awarded him six points.
• Qiu Pingsheng destroyed thirteen walls with Samadhi True Fire, surpassed Jiang Ping An's total, and arrogantly taunted him.
• Qian Huan Rou used the Great Expanse Stellar Fist but destroyed only six walls, and later scores pushed both her and Jiang Ping An out of contention for the Immortal Transformation Technique.
• Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou left the assessment, and Qiu Pingsheng mocked them while claiming the slots had been predetermined.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou humiliated Qiu Pingsheng by breaking through his Samadhi True Fire and destroying twenty walls with their attacks. They left the Main Pavilion, while Qiu Feng decided Jiang Ping An could help his son grow through adversity.

• Qiu Pingsheng mocked Jiang Ping An, who insulted him and refused his challenge to a Life and Death Battle, citing Qiu Pingsheng’s immortal father.
• Qiu Pingsheng attacked Jiang Ping An with Samadhi True Fire, but Jiang Ping An’s Chaotic Antiquity punch shredded the flames and destroyed twenty walls.
• Qiu Pingsheng attacked again, and Qian Huan Rou’s Great Expanse Stellar Fist shredded his flames and shattered the restored twenty walls.
• Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou declined a pavilion master’s offer to stay and left the Main Pavilion.
• Qiu Feng claimed the wall formation had malfunctioned, and he privately regarded Jiang Ping An as a useful challenge for Qiu Pingsheng.

Luo Su gave Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou alternative cultivation systems to study and told them about ancient Immortal Remains near Moon God City. While examining the Life Evolution System, Jiang Ping An suspected it could help him create a Fourth Realm, just as Qian Huan Rou dressed in bridal robes and prepared to experiment on him.

• Luo Su handed Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou jade slips describing three cultivation systems and offered to protect and guide them.
• Luo Su explained that ancient Immortal Remains might be found near Moon God City, but Jiang Ping An dismissed the search as relying on luck.
• Jiang Ping An studied Faith Power, witchcraft, and the Life Evolution System, and became fascinated by the latter's understanding of the human body.
• Jiang Ping An suspected the Life Evolution System held the key to creating a Fourth Realm.
• Qian Huan Rou appeared in bridal robes and told Jiang Ping An to lie down while she experimented on him.

Jiang Ping An studied the Life Evolution System while Qian Huan Rou went searching for the Immortal Remains. Months later, he learned that a spreading aberration had devastated Moon God City and nearby cities, and an infected cultivator transformed inside Ascension Pavilion just as reports arrived of an aberrant Great Ascension Realm cultivator nearby.

• Jiang Ping An examined the Life Evolution System and used his Primordial Spirit clone to research a path toward the Fourth Realm.
• Qian Huan Rou went to search for the Immortal Remains near Moon God City, while Jiang Ping An remained at Ascension Pavilion.
• Luo Su ordered the Teleportation Arrays closed and summoned everyone who had returned from Moon God City to the Martial Arts Arena.
• Jiang Ping An learned that cultivators in Moon God City and hundreds of nearby cities had gone mad and attacked others, spreading the condition through injuries.
• An injured Integrated Body Late Stage cultivator transformed into a grotesque aberration and gained Great Ascension Realm aura before Luo Su restrained him.
• An elder reported that aberrant cultivators, including an aberrant Great Ascension Realm cultivator, had appeared near Ascension Pavilion.

Jiang Ping An rushed into the ruined Moon God City to find Qian Huan Rou amid a terrifying outbreak of mutations. He reached her as Tian Xi trapped them beneath a supreme treasure, leaving them surrounded and facing a deadly fight.

• As Ascension Pavilion ordered its disciples to resist the mutated Cultivators, Jiang Ping An used their linked Identity Tokens to locate Qian Huan Rou and teleported to Moon God City.
• Jiang Ping An found Moon God City in ruins, fought off a mutated Cultivator, and raced toward Qian Huan Rou's location.
• Qian Huan Rou struggled against Tian Xi and more than a dozen mutated Cultivators while trapped inside an array, as Tian Xi demanded that she call Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An shattered the barrier with the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick, allowing Qian Huan Rou to escape the encirclement with a Teleportation Talisman.
• Tian Xi trapped Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou beneath a huge black bell, and Jiang Ping An's staff struck it with enough force to nearly shatter his arms.

Jiang Ping An fought Tian Xi and the mutated Moon God Residence cultivators after the Black Bell sealed the space around them. As Tian Xi’s sinister power began turning him gray, Jiang Ping An realized it had entered his body through his Devouring Power.

• Jiang Ping An discovered the Black Bell had sealed the space and prevented escape or communication, while Tian Xi challenged him to fight.
• Tian Xi attacked with Moon Wheel, and Jiang Ping An was thrown against the Black Bell; he severed his right arm when her gray power began assimilating his body and Demonic Qi.
• Tian Xi strengthened herself with Moon Radiance and struck again, but Jiang Ping An disrupted Moon Wheel with Chaotic Antiquity and briefly sealed it with Sealing Heaven.
• Tian Xi tried to banish Jiang Ping An with Void Exile, but the Black Bell’s spatial seal blocked the technique, and Jiang Ping An fought back using Battle Intent Armor and his full power.
• Tian Xi shattered Jiang Ping An’s Battle Intent Armor with a strengthened punch and claimed her power came from immortals, while Jiang Ping An suspected it was a mutation.
• Jiang Ping An realized the strange power had entered his body through Devouring Power and was turning him gray.

Jiang Ping An overcame the spreading evil power by awakening pure Immortal Power through the Hidden Universe Art and took the fourth step of cultivation. He defeated Tian Xi and rescued Qian Huan Rou, then left without killing Tian Xi to avoid triggering her father's Immortal soul thought.

• Tian Xi transformed into a massive gray monster and attacked Jiang Ping An as Qian Huan Rou prepared a sneak attack.
• Jiang Ping An shattered his acupoints and fell to the Nascent Soul Realm, while Qian Huan Rou fought off the mutated cultivators blocking her.
• Heaven-shaking heartbeats restored Jiang Ping An's spiritual energy, turned it into pure Immortal Power, and annihilated the evil power inside him.
• Jiang Ping An completed his transformation, took the fourth step, and pierced Tian Xi's body with an empowered Annihilation Fist.
• Jiang Ping An incapacitated the cultivators attacking Qian Huan Rou, lifted the Black Bell, and escaped with her while leaving Tian Xi alive.

Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou hid underground while she attempted to enter the newly named Dao One Realm, but her breakthrough unleashed a vast disturbance. The Moon God Residence Master, Tian BoNing, arrived and accused them of stealing his treasure.

• Jiang Ping An and Qian Huan Rou discussed God Void Daoist's mysterious power and decided not to return to the Ascension Pavilion while Qian Huan Rou prepared to break through.
• Jiang Ping An explained the Dao One Realm and helped Qian Huan Rou begin dissolving her acupoints, but she could not do it herself and tried to get him to inject Immortal Power into her.
• Qiu Pingsheng absorbed Immortal Power and vowed to defeat Jiang Ping An at the Azure Wave Province Branch Pavilion.
• Qian Huan Rou began her breakthrough underground, but its immense radiance pierced the sky despite Jiang Ping An's barrier and the Black Bell.
• Tian BoNing appeared, halted the Heavenly Dao laws, and demanded that they return his stolen treasure, leaving Jiang Ping An in despair.

Jiang Ping An was trapped by Tian BoNing after the Black Bell revealed his location, but Qian Huan Rou broke through to the Human Immortal Realm and drove Tian away. The group learned that Evil-warding Pills could restrain the spreading mutations, and Jiang Ping An revealed that he had one.

• Tian BoNing tracked the Black Bell to Jiang Ping An, uncovered his hiding place, and retrieved the treasure.
• Qian Huan Rou completed her breakthrough to the Human Immortal Realm, and Tian BoNing tried to stop her.
• Luo Su blocked Tian BoNing, who mistook the events for a scheme by Ascension Pavilion and left.
• Qian Huan Rou explained her past cultivation and breakthrough to Luo Su, who welcomed her as a sister and made her Deputy Pavilion Master.
• Qian Huan Rou told Luo Su about Tian Xi and the mutations, and Luo Su said Evil-warding Pills could restrain them but were scarce.
• Jiang Ping An said he had an Evil-warding Pill, and Luo Su warned him to keep it for his own protection.

Jiang Ping An returned to the Ascension Pavilion as Cultivator mutations spread and Evil-warding Pills became scarce. The Main Pavilion arrived to investigate, while Qiu Pingsheng stayed behind to challenge Jiang Ping An.

• Jiang Ping An offered to acquire as many Evil-warding Pills as needed, but Luo Su asked him to obtain a hundred first.
• The Main Pavilion told Luo Su it would arrive in three days and that Qiu Pingsheng would challenge Qian Huan Rou and Jiang Ping An; Luo Su warned of the danger and urged Jiang Ping An to enter seclusion.
• Jiang Ping An returned to the Ascension Pavilion and studied the Hidden Universe Art as his cultivation and abilities continued to improve.
• Cultivator mutations worsened, causing fear and driving Evil-warding Pill prices sharply upward.
• The Main Pavilion's experts arrived, doubted Luo Su's warning, and received one million Evil-warding Pills in exchange for an immortal artifact before heading out to investigate.
• Qiu Pingsheng remained behind and demanded that Jiang Ping An come out to face his challenge.

Jiang Ping An faced Qiu Pingsheng’s challenge despite Luo Su’s warnings about his opponent’s immortal energy. After Qiu Pingsheng appeared to kill him with the One-Word Killing Art, Jiang Ping An struck from behind and revealed that the technique did not work on him.

• Qiu Pingsheng tried to challenge Jiang Ping An, but Qian Huan Rou revealed herself as an immortal and forced him to his knees.
• Jiang Ping An left seclusion and followed Qiu Pingsheng to the Martial Arts Arena, determined to accept the fight.
• Qiu Pingsheng introduced himself as the Fourth Pavilion Lord’s son and displayed the power granted by the Immortal Transformation Technique.
• Qiu Pingsheng’s Samadhi True Fire overwhelmed Jiang Ping An’s Sun God Body, but Jiang Ping An used Thunder Flash to close in and attack.
• Qiu Pingsheng struck Jiang Ping An with the One-Word Killing Art, making the onlookers believe he had killed him.
• Jiang Ping An appeared behind Qiu Pingsheng, punched him through several mountains, and said he had already seen the technique used by Qiu Pingsheng’s father.