Chapter Summaries

At the Nether Moon Palace celebration, Old Ancestor Yue Sha exposed that Jiang Ping An lacked the palace’s bloodline and offered him a choice: become Yue Liuying’s Dao Companion or face every Immortal of his level in the palace. Jiang Ping An chose the challenges, leaving Yue Liuying and the assembled experts stunned.

• Yue Sha revealed that Jiang Ping An did not carry the Nether Moon Palace bloodline, and the gathered experts suspected he had impersonated Yue Liuying’s son.
• Yue Liuying admitted she had asked Jiang Ping An to pretend to be her son and brought him to the banquet, then knelt to accept responsibility.
• Yue Sha said Jiang Ping An could either become Yue Liuying’s Dao Companion or accept challenges from every Nether Moon Palace Immortal at his level until he died or no one dared challenge him.
• Yue Jiuxiao objected to the Dao Companion option and offered to punish Yue Liuying, but Yue Sha ignored the objections and asked Jiang Ping An to choose.
• Jiang Ping An chose to accept the challenges, and Yue Liuying urged him to reconsider as the others stared at him in disbelief.

Jiang Ping An chose to fight Nether Moon Palace's Heavenly Immortals rather than take the first path, and Yue Sha arranged a challenge at the palace celebration. The contest began with Ming Chen facing Jiang Ping An, who surprised him with his speed.

• Jiang Ping An confirmed to Yue Sha that he chose the second path, and she created a barrier for a challenge against Nether Moon Palace's Heavenly Immortals.
• Yue Liuying pleaded with Yue Sha to spare Jiang Ping An, but Yue Sha restrained her and sent him to fight.
• Ming Chen raced into the barrier ahead of the other Heavenly Immortals and claimed the chance to challenge Jiang Ping An.
• Ming Chen urged Jiang Ping An to surrender, but Jiang Ping An asked for the referee to start the fight.
• Jiang Ping An rushed forward with his Divine Feather Wings and punched, surprising Ming Chen, who dodged and counterattacked with a Light Whip.

Jiang Ping An endured Ming Chen’s overwhelming speed after Ming Chen activated Radiant Bright Moon, then revealed the Battle God Art and Slaughter Scripture. When Ming Chen charged again, Jiang Ping An suddenly seized him by the throat.

• Jiang Ping An struck Ming Chen and sent him crashing into the barrier, revealing his speed-focused technique.
• Ming Chen activated Radiant Bright Moon and battered Jiang Ping An with a rapid series of Light Whip attacks.
• Jiang Ping An said Ming Chen’s speed could not defeat him, then unleashed overwhelming battle intent and killing intent.
• Ming Chen charged Jiang Ping An again, but Jiang Ping An seized him by the throat before he could swing his whip.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ming Chen in a contest of speed, then trapped him in Devouring Space to deter Nether Moon Palace from sending more challengers. The Old Ancestor insisted the challenges continue, leaving Jiang Ping An facing an enraged crowd while Ming Chen was held captive.

• Jiang Ping An caught Ming Chen by the throat, severed his arm, and told him his speed was greater.
• Ming Chen attacked again, but Jiang Ping An outmaneuvered and battered him until he crashed into the barrier.
• Jiang Ping An urged the Old Ancestor of Nether Moon Palace to end the fight, but the Old Ancestor demanded that he keep accepting challenges or fight to the death.
• Ming Chen charged again, and Jiang Ping An trapped him inside Devouring Space after activating the Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture.
• Jiang Ping An warned the crowd that he would drain Ming Chen’s immortal power in any further battles, enraging the Nether Moon Palace disciples.

Jiang Ping An ended the challenge by taking Ming Chen hostage, then watched the Old Ancestor of Nether Moon Palace reprimand his descendants and order them to spend far more time cultivating in Nether Moon Purgatory. As the celebration continued, Yue Liuying scolded Jiang Ping An for risking himself, and he reassured her that he had wanted to protect her reputation.

• Jiang Ping An used Ming Chen as a hostage to stop the fighting, declared the challenge over, and returned to the seats.
• The Old Ancestor of Nether Moon Palace criticized his descendants for wasting their opportunities and ordered those at the Heavenly Immortal Realm and below to cultivate in Nether Moon Purgatory for five hundred years out of every thousand.
• Nether Moon Palace’s descendants blamed Jiang Ping An for the punishment, while its higher-ups realized the sparring had given the Old Ancestor a reason to increase their training.
• Jiang Ping An felt the descendants’ angry gazes and decided to eat, despite worrying that he had offended them too much to visit again.
• Yue Liuying pinched Jiang Ping An and scolded him for risking his life; he said he had acted to protect her reputation, and she continued eating while lost in thought.

At the Nether Moon Palace celebration, Yue Sha privately summoned Jiang Ping An and explained that she had arranged the contest to humble arrogant juniors. She revealed that hidden evil demons remained within the sect and asked him to use his origin-attacking fist technique to help find them.

• Yue Sha sentenced Yue Liuying to guard merchant ships traveling to the Demon Domain for three thousand years, then took Jiang Ping An away for a private conversation.
• Yue Sha explained that she had intended the contest to teach arrogant juniors a lesson and create an excuse to extend their cultivation time, whatever Jiang Ping An chose.
• Yue Sha asked Jiang Ping An whether he could deal with evil demons, and he explained that his fist technique attacked their origins using the immortal art Thousand Refinements.
• At Yue Sha's request, Jiang Ping An struck her with his technique, and she identified its components and praised his talent.
• Yue Sha told Jiang Ping An that the Nether Moon Palace had found some evil demons but could not detect others hidden within the sect, even with her powers.

Yue Sha asked Jiang Ping An to follow the Demon Region Merchant Group and find the fiends’ nest, offering him protection and valuable rewards if he succeeded. She warned him to keep the mission secret, leaving Jiang Ping An to suspect that fiends might also be hiding among Nether Moon Palace’s higher-ups.

• Yue Sha explained that fiends parasitized many disciples after they returned from the Demon Region Merchant Group, and she asked Jiang Ping An to investigate the Merchant Route.
• Jiang Ping An hesitated over the unknown dangers and asked to refuse, but changed his mind when Yue Sha confronted him about accidentally punching her chest.
• Yue Sha gave Jiang Ping An a jade pendant that could erase even a Golden Immortal-level expert and promised Nether Moon Palace’s protection if he found the fiends’ nest.
• Yue Sha passed Jiang Ping An Nether Moon Palace’s fist technique records and analyses to help him develop his own fist techniques.
• Yue Sha ordered Jiang Ping An to keep the mission secret, and he wondered whether fiends had infiltrated Nether Moon Palace’s higher-ups.

Jiang Ping An accepted the Nether Moon Palace Old Ancestor’s secret assignment to investigate evil demons and joined Yue Liuying on a Merchant Ship bound for the Demon Domain. As the ship approached a route plagued by star pirates, Jiang Ping An suspected they might be connected to the demons and prepared to cultivate before a possible battle.

• Jiang Ping An told Yue Liuying that Old Ancestor had arranged his competition to give others more cultivation time, while keeping his investigation assignment secret.
• Yue Jiuxiao ordered Yue Liuying to escort a Merchant Ship to the Demon Domain, and she gave Jiang Ping An her spirit wine before agreeing to let him come along.
• Yue Liuying explained why cross-domain teleportation was impractical for commerce and warned that the ship might be attacked by the Wandering Immortal Star Pirates.
• Jiang Ping An wondered whether the star pirates were connected to the evil demons and entered his cabin to digest the banquet’s energy while cultivating his Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture.

Jiang Ping An guarded a merchant ship bound for the Demon Domain while investigating its crew for Hidden Fiends, and learned that the Nirvana Era was bringing forth powerful geniuses across many races. As the ship approached the Ruin Battlefield, a fleet of star pirates blocked its way.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to guard the ship’s main cabin and began learning the crew’s habits to identify anyone who had undergone Body Seizing.
• Jiang Ping An heard passengers discuss the Nirvana Era and its brutal contests, as well as reports of extraordinary geniuses emerging across the Immortal Realm and beyond.
• Ni Hong warned Jiang Ping An that the ship was about to enter the Ruin Battlefield, and the detection formation sounded an alarm.
• Ni Hong saw a dense fleet of Immortal Ships blocking their path and identified them as star pirates.

Jiang Ping An chose to fight a vastly larger Star Pirate force, using the clash to lure out evil demons he suspected were nearby. As Yue Liuying battled the pirate leader and Ni Hong faced two Heavenly Immortals, Jiang Ping An stunned both sides by swallowing one Heavenly Immortal and several warships with a Black Hole.

• Jiang Ping An refused to retreat and proposed that the crew hold off the Star Pirates while he and Ni Hong dealt with their Heavenly Immortals.
• Yue Liuying agreed to fight and ordered the crew to prepare for battle, then confronted the Star Pirate leader as the other immortals clashed.
• Ni Hong agreed to hold back two Heavenly Immortals while Jiang Ping An went after the other three.
• Jiang Ping An vanished and reappeared amid the Star Pirates, where a Black Hole swallowed one Heavenly Immortal and several warships.

Jiang Ping An overwhelmed the Star Pirates, killing three Heavenly Immortals and trapping a fourth despite exhausting his power. As the pirate leader attacked and ordered a counterattack, Jiang Ping An remained standing against the remaining foes.

• Jiang Ping An dodged the Star Pirates’ attacks, killed a Blade-Wielding Heavenly Immortal, and joined Ni Hong in fighting the others.
• Jiang Ping An used the Slaughter Scripture, Battle God Art, cold poison, and Reincarnation to kill and devour a second Heavenly Immortal.
• Jiang Ping An used the Human Emperor Fist to kill a fleeing Heavenly Immortal, leaving the Immortals stunned by his strength.
• The Star Pirate leader attacked Jiang Ping An, but Yue Liuying intercepted him as he ordered the remaining Heavenly Immortals to strike.
• A Star Pirate broke free from Ni Hong and struck Jiang Ping An, but Jiang Ping An’s True Immortal Body endured the blow and his demon bones trapped the attacker in a poison-filled cage.

Jiang Ping An defeated the Star Pirates’ Heavenly Immortals and used his apparent exhaustion to bait hidden evil demons into approaching him. As the immortal ship traveled toward the Demon Domain, no demons appeared, leaving him unsure whether they had failed to notice him or changed their plans.

• Jiang Ping An trapped and defeated the Star Pirate Heavenly Immortals, while the last one escaped, and Wei Feng ordered his Star Pirate army to retreat.
• Yue Liuying caught Jiang Ping An when he collapsed from exhausted Soul Force and carried him back to the immortal ship.
• Jiang Ping An reasoned that the Star Pirates were not evil demons and hoped his display of strength and weakness would draw the demons’ attention.
• Ni Hong brought Jiang Ping An pills, and Jiang Ping An told him he had accompanied Yue Liuying because he worried she would be bored.
• The immortal ship traveled through the Ruin Battlefield toward the Demon Domain, but no evil demons came for Jiang Ping An during several months of waiting.

Jiang Ping An mastered the Fourth Floor of the Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture during the Merchant Ship’s ten-year stop at Blood Region. After Ni Hong brought him to a room with Hong Yu, Jiang Ping An entered, unaware that Ni Hong was plotting to make his body the possession of the evil demon clan.

• The Merchant Ship arrived at Blood Region, where its crew received ten years of rest.
• Jiang Ping An declined Yue Liuying’s invitation to go out and continued cultivating in seclusion.
• Jiang Ping An perfected the Fourth Floor of the Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture, causing a disturbance that drew Ni Hong’s attention.
• Ni Hong led Jiang Ping An to another room and introduced Hong Yu, who had supposedly come to meet him.
• Jiang Ping An asked whether Hong Yu would pay to see him, then entered the room with her as Ni Hong secretly revealed his evil demon clan’s plan.

Ni Hong, an evil fiend disguised as Hong Yu, tried to seize Jiang Ping An’s body after luring him into a sealed room. Jiang Ping An exposed her and let her attack, then prepared to test whether his newly mastered Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture could consume her.

• Ni Hong revealed that he had spent years infiltrating the ship and targeting Jiang Ping An for his body.
• Ni Hong activated a powerful formation to trap Jiang Ping An and block messages to Yue Liuying.
• Hong Yu questioned Jiang Ping An about his strength, and he said he had defeated Zhu Wuhen.
• When Hong Yu tried to remove Jiang Ping An’s clothes, he smashed her head and revealed that he knew she was an evil fiend.
• Hong Yu’s black smoke entered Jiang Ping An’s body to assimilate it, and he paused before retaliating so he could test his Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture.

Jiang Ping An used the Fourth Floor of the Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture to expel and capture the demonic fiend inside him, then searched its memories. He learned that Ni Hong had orchestrated the body-seizure scheme and that demonic fiends had infiltrated powerful people across the Immortal Realm.

• Jiang Ping An activated the Fourth Floor of the Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture and drew the demonic fiend out of his body while Ni Hong guarded the sealed room, expecting the possession to take months.
• Jiang Ping An stopped himself from absorbing the demonic fiend's energy after he felt the Immortal Dao reject him, then confined the fiend in Devouring Space.
• Jiang Ping An attacked the demonic fiend with a Bone Blade coated in Destruction Power until it weakened, then used the Soul Searching Method to Read Memories.
• Jiang Ping An learned that Ni Hong had arranged for demonic fiends to possess Hong Yu and recruit hosts, and that Hong Yu had helped parasitize tens of thousands of talented people.
• Jiang Ping An realized that demonic fiends had likely spread throughout the Immortal Realm and infiltrated its major powers.

Jiang Ping An killed Hong Yu and Ni Hong, discovered the scale of fiend Body Seizing within Nether Moon Palace, and completed his five Immortal Dao comprehensions so he could begin condensing True Source. Yue Liuying then returned to the immortal ship seeking resources to bid on Ancient Origin Immortal Grass.

• Jiang Ping An killed Hong Yu and used the Immortal Dao reward to completely comprehend the Gravity Immortal Dao.
• Jiang Ping An waited until Ni Hong entered his room, then devoured him and searched his memories, learning that many Nether Moon Palace descendants had undergone Body Seizing and that three fiends had become True Immortals.
• Jiang Ping An extracted Ni Hong's memories to give to the Old Ancestor of Nether Moon Palace and comprehended the Battle Intent Immortal Dao, completing his five Immortal Dao Powers and preparing to condense True Source.
• Yue Liuying returned to the immortal ship and asked Jiang Ping An to lend her Heavenly Immortal Immortal Artifacts so she could bid on Ancient Origin Immortal Grass.

Jiang Ping An accompanied Yue Liuying to Blood Region City so she could attend River Pavilion’s auction and bid on Ancient Origin Immortal Grass. He discovered that the auction house shared a name with his own shop and brought a large collection of Immortal Artifacts to exchange, leaving the appraiser to assess them.

• Jiang Ping An lent Yue Liuying more than a dozen Heavenly Immortal Immortal Artifacts, and she hugged and kissed him in gratitude before changing the subject.
• Jiang Ping An told Yue Liuying that Ni Hong’s resources were with him and explained how he had helped resolve the evil demon problem in Nether Moon Palace.
• Yue Liuying took Jiang Ping An to Blood Region City and said they could exchange his Immortal Artifacts at River Pavilion before attending its auction.
• Jiang Ping An recognized River Pavilion’s name as the name Bao Zhi had given his own business, though he doubted she could have opened a shop in the Blood Region.
• Yue Liuying said River Pavilion had gathered rare auction items, including Ancient Origin Immortal Grass, which she wanted to acquire.
• Jiang Ping An brought more than a dozen Heavenly Immortal Immortal Artifacts and over a hundred lower-grade Immortal Artifacts to River Pavilion’s appraiser for valuation.

Jiang Ping An exchanged more than a hundred Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts and other valuables at River Pavilion for three hundred Heavenly Immortal-level Immortal Dao Balls. He gave them all to Yue Liuying, who realized he had sold the treasures to save money for her.

• A River Pavilion appraiser discovered that the immortal sword Jiang Ping An presented was a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact, then found the same was true of one artifact after another.
• The appraiser summoned two colleagues, and all three confirmed that more than a hundred Immortal Artifacts were top-grade.
• Jiang Ping An said he had collected the treasures over more than a hundred thousand years, and the appraisers believed him, but Yue Liuying suspected he had strengthened them himself.
• The appraisers exchanged the artifacts and Jiang Ping An's other valuables for three hundred Heavenly Immortal-level Immortal Dao Balls.
• Jiang Ping An gave all the Immortal Dao Balls to Yue Liuying, who was moved that he had sold his treasures for her.

Jiang Ping An and Yue Liuying left the shop after learning they could not buy the Ancient Origin Immortal Grass directly, while Bao Zhi discovered that Jiang Ping An had enhanced the Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts. As the pair explored Blood Region City, Jiang Ping An refined Heavenly Immortal corpses and then stopped after spotting something on a shop shelf.

• Jiang Ping An declined to meet the shopkeeper after the appraiser said the Ancient Origin Immortal Grass had already been listed for auction.
• Bao Zhi told the appraiser that Jiang Ping An had enhanced the Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts, and she ordered them to keep the pair in the shop when they came to the auction in ten days.
• Yue Liuying took Jiang Ping An shopping and promised to seek high-grade ores for him from Old Man after they returned to Nether Moon Palace.
• Jiang Ping An refined Heavenly Immortal corpses and calculated that a body and its Source Stars could yield around forty Immortal Dao Balls.
• Jiang Ping An abruptly stopped while walking through Blood Region City and stared at an item on a shop shelf.

Jiang Ping An bought an unknown Green Bean that resembled a Golden Bean he already owned, then continued studying it while waiting for the River Pavilion auction. When Bao Zhi introduced the auction, the Green Bean fell onto Jiang Ping An’s forehead and vanished.

• Yue Liuying offered to buy the Green Bean, but Jiang Ping An examined it and found it did not react to immortal power or force.
• A Two-Headed Spirit Snake tried to claim the Green Bean, but Yue Liuying paid fifty Heavenly Immortal-level Immortal Dao Balls so Jiang Ping An could buy it.
• Jiang Ping An showed Yue Liuying his Golden Bean and explained that it temporarily granted him True Immortal Realm combat power; she noted the Green Bean looked similar but could not be used.
• Jiang Ping An and Yue Liuying shopped for ten days, then went to the River Pavilion Auction House, where Yue Liuying secured a private room.
• Jiang Ping An continued studying the Green Bean until Bao Zhi began the auction, when the bean fell onto his forehead and disappeared.