Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An reported Qiu SiPing for ordering Teng Chun to assassinate him, but learned Qiu SiPing had already disowned Teng Chun and escaped responsibility. As the Newcomer Assessment began, Jiang Ping An and Yang Luan headed for the competition, with Jiang Ping An advising his impulsive companion to keep a trump card hidden.

• Jiang Ping An showed the Law Enforcement Hall disciples an Image Recording Stone of Teng Chun attacking him and accused Qiu SiPing of arranging the assassination.
• The Law Enforcement Hall disciples told Jiang Ping An that Qiu SiPing had reported Teng Chun as a traitor two months earlier, making his accusation difficult to pursue.
• Jiang Ping An insulted Qiu SiPing through the Law Enforcement Hall, and Qiu SiPing responded with killing intent after learning of the report.
• Jiang Ping An returned to his mountain peak, cultivated while observing the Great Dao of Strength on an Immortal Bone, and Yang Luan practiced nearby.
• When the Newcomer Assessment began, Jiang Ping An warned Yang Luan to avoid drawing attention and keep a trump card in reserve, and Yang Luan claimed he had three.

Miao Jing arrived at the new disciples’ tournament intending to take Jiang Ping An as his disciple, while Qiu SiPing planned to have Jiang killed during the matches. Jiang Ping An exposed the suspected rigged draw before the tournament began.

• Miao Xia appeared drunk at the Martial Arts Arena, and the disciples recalled how her defeat three years earlier had left her despondent.
• Miao Jing joined the elders and announced that he had chosen a disciple, despite the sect’s order forbidding him from taking one.
• Miao Jing identified Jiang Ping An, a Lower Realm disciple accompanying Yang Luan, as the person he wanted to take in.
• Qiu SiPing recognized Jiang Ping An and resolved to use the tournament draw to arrange opponents who would kill him.
• As Qiu SiPing began the drawing, Jiang Ping An publicly accused the elder in charge of rigging the assessment and requested that another elder oversee it.

Jiang Ping An confronted Qiu SiPing over the attempted assassination and forced the elders to replace him as the competition's drawing official. Miao Xia wagered that Jiang Ping An would win first place, and his first match began with a bamboo-hatted opponent attacking him by surprise.

• Jiang Ping An accused Qiu SiPing of arranging Teng Chun's attempt to kill him, while Qiu SiPing denied it and threatened to report him for slander.
• An elder ordered both men to submit their evidence to the Law Enforcement Hall after the competition, and Jiang Ping An requested a different official to handle the draw.
• The Martial Arts Hall elder who had given Jiang Ping An the Immortal Bone took over the drawing, while Miao Jing warned Qiu SiPing not to harm Jiang Ping An if Miao Jing accepted him as a disciple.
• Miao Xia predicted Jiang Ping An would take first place and wagered supreme treasures with three elders, despite admitting to Miao Jing that she did not know whether he could win.
• Jiang Ping An entered his first spatial-barrier match, where a bamboo-hatted man mocked his recent breakthrough and then launched a sneak attack.

Jiang Ping An survived the conical-hat man's earth-domain attacks and defeated his opponent with the Soaring Dragon Twelve Staffs. The elders learned he had a Battle Body and believed he would still perform poorly in the Newcomer Assessment because he lacked a domain.

• The conical-hat man trapped Jiang Ping An in exploding earthen spheres, but Jiang Ping An's layers of Yin Thunder defense kept him unharmed.
• Jiang Ping An formed a staff from Yin Thunder and charged the conical-hat man, overpowering his sword with successive Soaring Dragon Twelve Staffs strikes.
• Jiang Ping An's strikes revealed his Destruction Law and Battle Intent Law, while the elders recognized his Battle Body and asked Miao Xia about his immortal-root talent.
• Miao Xia claimed Jiang Ping An had a six-star immortal root, concealing that it was eight-star, and kept his clone secret.
• Qiu SiPing grew more eager to kill Jiang Ping An, while the elders doubted Jiang Ping An could place highly in the Newcomer Assessment and joked that Miao Xia should prepare their prize.

Jiang Ping An defeated the man in the bamboo hat and was summoned by Miao Jing, who offered to take him as his personal disciple. Miao Jing revealed that Miao Xia would guide him, but father and daughter argued over whether Jiang Ping An should follow Miao Jing’s path of slaughter, ending with Miao Xia throwing her father out of the room.

• The man in the bamboo hat used Dark Sandstorm to hide his movements, but Jiang Ping An repeatedly found and struck him with his staff.
• Jiang Ping An kept up his attacks until he deduced the fourth strike of Soaring Dragon Twelve Staffs, and the man in the bamboo hat conceded.
• Miao Jing summoned Jiang Ping An backstage and offered to take him as his personal disciple, explaining that Miao Xia would guide him instead of teaching him Miao Jing’s cultivation art.
• Jiang Ping An accepted the offer, and Miao Jing said his steady temperament suited the path of Achieving Dao through Slaughter.
• Miao Xia objected to her father’s plan and insisted Jiang Ping An belonged with the Battle Body lineage, then threw Miao Jing out after he teased her about wanting a man.

Miao Xia offered Jiang Ping An an Immortal Origin Dao Fruit if he won first place in the newcomer assessment, prompting him to agree despite the odds. She then brought him to a time-accelerated cultivation secret realm to teach him how to use his Battle Soul, leaving him wondering why she was helping him so much.

• Miao Xia asked Jiang Ping An whether he could take first place, and he said the other disciples’ greater strength made it unlikely.
• Jiang Ping An asked for an Immortal Origin Dao Fruit as the price of trying to win, and Miao Xia promised to obtain one if he took first place.
• Jiang Ping An punched Miao Xia to sober her up, after which she repeated her promise and demanded a jug of Soul Nourishing Wine as compensation.
• Miao Xia offered to teach Jiang Ping An to control his Battle Soul, explaining that doing so could raise his combat strength by at least thirty percent.
• Miao Xia took Jiang Ping An to a secret realm where time passed ten times faster, and he asked why she was helping him so much.

Miao Xia taught Jiang Ping An how Battle Bodies entered the Selfless State, and he mastered it almost immediately. Their training fight awakened his battle intent and rapidly expanded his Domain, ending with his Annihilation Fist shredding Miao Xia’s clothes.

• Miao Xia explained that Battle Souls drew their power from the soul and taught Jiang Ping An to let battle instinct guide him into the Selfless State.
• Jiang Ping An entered the Selfless State as he instinctively dodged and countered Miao Xia’s Golden Battle Soul.
• Miao Xia withdrew her Battle Soul and fought Jiang Ping An herself, suppressing her strength to the Domain Realm Initial Stage.
• Jiang Ping An’s battle intent surged, his techniques shook the secret realm, and his small Domain rapidly expanded.
• Jiang Ping An struck Miao Xia with his Annihilation Fist, which could not injure her but shredded her clothes with its Destruction Law.

Jiang Ping An trained with Miao Xia and entered the second round of the Newcomer Assessment, where he drew a dangerous cultivator from the Divine Inscription Gold Clan. As the match was about to begin, Miao Xia wagered an Immortal Artifact on Jiang Ping An winning against Qiu SiPing’s planted opponent.

• Miao Xia struck Jiang Ping An during their training, and he entered the Selfless State to improve as they fought over the following six days.
• After the first round eliminated nearly half the newcomers, Yang Luan loudly claimed Jiang Ping An had gotten together with his senior sister, drawing hostile attention from the crowd.
• Jiang Ping An drew number seven hundred and twenty-five and recognized that his opponent’s killing intent had likely come from Qiu SiPing.
• The elders identified Jiang Ping An’s opponent as a talented cultivator from the Divine Inscription Gold Clan, and Miao Xia worried that he had drawn him too early.
• Miao Xia challenged the elders to wager an Immortal Artifact against an Immortal Origin Dao Fruit or another Immortal Artifact, and Qiu SiPing accepted.

Jiang Ping An fought Xue Jun in the spatial barrier, enduring his poison and initially being overwhelmed by his opponent’s Domain Law and empowered whip. He then entered the Selfless State and turned the battle around, leaving Xue Jun unable to defend himself.

• Xue Jun trapped Jiang Ping An with Poison Vines, but Jiang Ping An’s Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect talent made him immune to the poison.
• Jiang Ping An powered up with his Barbarian Race Totem Markings and Battle God Art, but Xue Jun used his Divine Inscription Gold Clan power to break Jiang Ping An’s staff and batter him with an enhanced whip.
• As Xue Jun appeared close to victory, Jiang Ping An attached a black battle soul to himself and entered the Selfless State.
• Jiang Ping An closed the distance and struck Xue Jun with Chaotic Antiquity and Demon Suppression, overwhelming him as the elders recognized the Selfless State.

Jiang Ping An fought Xue Jun for five days, gradually overcoming the stronger cultivator by growing during battle and awakening his Battle Intent Domain. After Xue Jun admitted defeat, Jiang Ping An continued advancing through the Newcomer Assessment and reached the top ten, prompting an elder to accuse Miao Xia of lying about his immortal root.

• Jiang Ping An entered the Selfless State, but Xue Jun damaged his body by driving his bloodline formation harder and restored his advantage.
• Despite taking wounds and fighting for days, Jiang Ping An grew stronger until his Battle Intent Domain emerged and weakened Xue Jun.
• Jiang Ping An outlasted Xue Jun, struck him down, and forced him to admit defeat; Miao Xia collected the immortal artifact she had wagered from Qiu SiPing.
• Jiang Ping An defeated subsequent opponents and sparred with Miao Xia in the Time Secret Realm, steadily improving his Battle Intent Domain.
• Jiang Ping An fought his way into the top ten, and an elder accused Miao Xia of lying about his having a six-star immortal root.

Jiang Ping An won the newcomer martial competition after defeating his quarterfinal opponent with the help of his nearly equal-strength main body and poison. Miao Jing declared him first after Yang Luan and Xiao Yue were badly injured, while Miao Xia promised to seek an Immortal Origin Dao Fruit and then caused a misunderstanding with her father.

• The elders marveled at Jiang Ping An’s rapid improvement and argued over his hidden talent, while Miao Jing refused to give him up as a disciple.
• Jiang Ping An’s main body joined his Battle Body in the quarterfinals, and his poison forced his opponent to concede.
• Jiang Ping An watched Yang Luan and Xiao Yue battle for five days until their final clash severely injured both of them.
• With no other newcomer left in the arena, Miao Jing declared Jiang Ping An the competition’s first-place winner.
• Miao Xia told Jiang Ping An she would seek an Immortal Origin Dao Fruit for him, then knocked him down when he said he wanted the fruit rather than her.
• Miao Jing arrived, saw Miao Xia on top of Jiang Ping An, and flew off laughing that he was going to be a grandfather.

Miao Xia agreed to investigate an anomaly in the Ancient God Small World and persuaded Jiang Ping An to accompany her, while planning to make him fall for her. In the Origin Realm, Luo Su learned that Jiang Ping An had passed the assessment in the Upper Realm.

• Miao Jing spread a rumor that Miao Xia was pregnant, angering her and stirring up the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect.
• Miao Jing told Miao Xia that the Chaos Fish had vanished and plants were withering in the Ancient God Small World, and asked her to investigate a suspected heavenly treasure.
• Miao Xia agreed to go, asked Miao Jing to obtain an Immortal Origin Dao Fruit for Jiang Ping An, and then persuaded Jiang Ping An to come with her by offering to help him cultivate.
• Miao Xia privately resolved to make Jiang Ping An fall in love with her and then treat him coldly.
• In the Origin Realm, Luo Su told Qian Huan Rou that many assessment candidates had died, then received word from the Main Pavilion that Jiang Ping An had passed.

Luo Su learned that Jiang Ping An had excelled in the Immortal Realm, entering an immortal sect’s Inner Sect and becoming an elder’s direct disciple. Jiang Ping An and Miao Xia arrived at the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect, where Wang Yang warned them that the great anomaly might signal a calamity rather than treasure.

• The old Pavilion Master told Luo Su that Jiang Ping An had passed the assessment, joined an immortal sect’s Inner Sect, and won the Newcomer Martial Competition as an elder’s direct disciple.
• The old Pavilion Master offered Luo Su’s branch pavilion an immortal artifact and resources for Jiang Ping An’s relatives, while Luo Su struggled to absorb the news and Qian Huan Rou rejoiced.
• Jiang Ping An and Miao Xia appeared at the Immortal Pagoda’s Teleportation Array in the Ancient God Small World.
• Wang Yang greeted Jiang Ping An and offered to help him, then warned that the anomaly might be a calamity rather than a treasure.

Wang Yang warned Miao Xia and Jiang Ping An that the energy of the Ancient God's corpse was mysteriously draining, possibly signaling its awakening, and Miao Xia joined him to investigate underground. While Jiang Ping An stayed to cultivate by the Black River, Qiu SiPing arrived intending to kill him and took his injured grandson Qiu Yuan along.

• Wang Yang told Miao Xia and Jiang Ping An that the Small World was built on an Ancient God's corpse and that its energy was rapidly diminishing, raising the possibility that it would awaken.
• Wang Yang explained that the sect had found no source for the energy loss and planned to investigate underground, while Miao Xia agreed to go with him despite the danger.
• Miao Xia told Jiang Ping An to return, but he stayed near the Black River to comprehend gravity laws and have his clone use the Devouring Heaven Bottle to absorb energy.
• Qiu SiPing entered the Ancient God Small World with the secret aim of eliminating Jiang Ping An, then found his badly injured grandson Qiu Yuan and healed him with an immortal pill.
• Qiu Yuan demanded to kill Jiang Ping An himself, and Qiu SiPing agreed to take him along.

Jiang Ping An hid his identity while studying gravity laws, but Qiu SiPing eventually found him and recruited him to protect Qiu Yuan. The chapter left Jiang Ping An posing as a loyal disciple while secretly remaining Qiu SiPing’s target.

• Jiang Ping An sensed danger, disguised himself, and continued comprehending gravity laws beside the Black River.
• Qiu SiPing’s divine sense searched the area repeatedly, and Jiang Ping An realized the Immortal was looking for him.
• Qiu SiPing arrived with Qiu Yuan, but Jiang Ping An’s disguise kept Qiu SiPing from recognizing him.
• Qiu SiPing offered Jiang Ping An a place as his nominal disciple and ordered him to protect Qiu Yuan on the battlefield.
• Qiu SiPing gave Jiang Ping An an Ancient God blood lump to help him comprehend gravity laws and threatened him if Qiu Yuan came to harm.

Jiang Ping An disguised himself as Qiu Yuan’s bodyguard and lured him toward the Black River by faking signs of an immortal artifact. Qiu Yuan’s protective talisman activated as he pursued it, and he found an intact artifact at the river’s bottom.

• Qiu SiPing left Qiu Yuan in Jiang Ping An’s care, unaware that the bodyguard was the very man they sought.
• Jiang Ping An released traces of immortal power from his clone beneath the Black River to lure Qiu Yuan toward danger.
• Qiu Yuan sealed the area with an array flag and tried to summon his grandfather, but Jiang Ping An crushed his Sound Transmission Talisman and convinced him to claim the artifact alone.
• Jiang Ping An pretended the artifact was about to be swept away, prompting Qiu Yuan to strike him aside and leap into the Black River.
• Qiu Yuan pursued the immortal power through the river, and his protective talisman activated when an Immortal Dao Law struck him.
• Qiu Yuan reached the bottom of the Black River and discovered an intact immortal artifact in the form of a glowing bottle.

Jiang Ping An killed Qiu Yuan with the Devouring Heaven Bottle, then used a clone and his time-pattern ability to evade Qiu SiPing’s pursuit. He remained on the run, changing his appearance and fleeing in a different direction while Qiu SiPing searched for him.

• Qiu Yuan obtained the Devouring Heaven Bottle and tried to kill Jiang Ping An, but the bottle swallowed Qiu Yuan, and Jiang Ping An killed him inside it.
• Jiang Ping An fled toward the Immortal Pagoda as Qiu SiPing learned of his grandson’s death and pursued him into the Black River.
• Jiang Ping An detonated a blue speed-type supreme treasure and appeared to die, while his main body used time patterns to restore itself ten breaths later.
• Qiu SiPing realized that Bu Si had been a clone and searched the Immortal Pagoda and the Black River but failed to find Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An changed his appearance and fled in another direction, wary that Qiu SiPing might return.

Jiang Ping An escaped Qiu SiPing by using the Devouring Heaven Bottle and crossing into the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode Territory, where Qiu SiPing was trapped by its experts. Injured and swept out of the Black River, Jiang Ping An was found by Bai Fan, who decided to kill him for his possessions.

• Jiang Ping An disguised himself and flew toward the front-line battlefield, but Qiu SiPing intercepted him with an Energy Avatar.
• Jiang Ping An opened his Small World and used the Devouring Heaven Bottle to capture Qiu SiPing's avatar, then crossed into the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode Territory with the Judge's Brush.
• Qiu SiPing recognized Jiang Ping An and pursued him with thousands of avatars, but Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode experts trapped Qiu SiPing in a grand formation.
• Jiang Ping An emerged from the Black River badly injured near Bai Fan, who chose to attack him and take his treasures.

After escaping Qiu SiPing by disguising himself as Bai Fan, Jiang Ping An reached the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode and learned its World Tree was dying. The sect summoned its Cultivators to respond, with rumors that selected disciples would receive some of the World Tree's Source.

• Jiang Ping An killed Bai Fan, took his appearance and memories, and learned he was near the battlefield between the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode and the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect.
• Jiang XinYi approached Jiang Ping An, but he rejected her advances; when Yu Shuai arrived, Jiang Ping An warned him about her, provoking Yu Shuai's anger.
• Three emergency drumbeats interrupted Yu Shuai before he could attack, and he left with Jiang XinYi for the assembly.
• Jiang Ping An followed the drums, planning to use Bai Fan's identity to return to the Immortal Realm and report Qiu SiPing's attack.
• At the World Tree, Jiang Ping An heard that an abnormal change had drained its energy and that the sect might grant some of its Source to outstanding disciples.

Jiang Ping An joined the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode’s contest for the World Tree Source while hiding his strength and secretly absorbing the World Tree’s energy. As the battle continued, elders watching from the palace learned that the Ancient God might be about to be reborn.

• A Cultivator explained that the World Tree Source could strengthen a cultivator’s body, talents, and foundation, while Yu Shuai and Jiang XinYi mocked Jiang Ping An for wanting to compete.
• An Immortal projection announced that disciples could fight for the limited World Tree Source, and distributed Origin Crystal Stones among leaves designated for different cultivation realms.
• Jiang Ping An descended onto a leaf but avoided fighting, secretly absorbing its energy while comprehending the Immortal Bone Zhou Shun had given him.
• Cultivators fought over the Origin Crystal Stones as the World Tree absorbed the fallen disciples’ blood and Jiang Ping An used the energy to nurture his immortal roots.
• An elder asked whether the Small World’s disappearing energy had been investigated, and another warned that the Ancient God might be about to be reborn.