Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An fought an Abyssal Octopus at the God Enlightenment Realm Peak while he was only at the Middle Stage, relying on his powerful body and flaming Bone Blade to hold it off. Tang Chen and the Nebula Palace group watched from a ship, recognized Jiang Ping An’s exceptional strength, and changed course after he noticed them.

• Jiang Ping An pierced the Abyssal Octopus’s palm with his flaming Bone Blade, but the beast partly suppressed the flames and attacked him with regenerating tentacles.
• Jiang Ping An and the Abyssal Octopus clashed across the frozen sea, sending seawater and icebergs flying.
• A golden ship carrying young cultivators from Nebula Palace approached to investigate the battle.
• A woman identified the beast as an Abyssal Octopus, while Tang Chen sensed that Jiang Ping An was at a lower cultivation stage and was not fighting at full power.
• Tang Chen ordered the ship to change course after Jiang Ping An noticed them.

Jiang Ping An defeated the God Enlightenment Realm Peak Abyssal Octopus and advanced to the God Enlightenment Realm Peak himself. He decided to master more Divine Dao Laws and techniques before challenging a deity at the early stage of the God Comprehension Realm.

• Jiang Ping An used his Invincible Belief to break free of the Abyssal Octopus’s ink and tentacles, then battered it with flaming blade attacks.
• Jiang Ping An’s Shadow Clone captured and refined the octopus that escaped from a severed tentacle.
• Jiang Ping An interrupted the Abyssal Octopus’s desperate counterattack with a soul attack and killed it with his Bone Blade and devouring power.
• Jiang Ping An absorbed the Seven-Colored Light Sphere and reached the God Enlightenment Realm Peak.
• Jiang Ping An resolved to master the Devouring and Extreme Yin Divine Dao Laws, the Eye of Judgment, and the Pseudo Shadow Kill Technique before challenging an early-stage God Comprehension Realm deity.

Jiang Ping An returned to the Grave of the Dead and received compensation from the Zhao Family through Qu Mo. He then learned about the Divine Furnace Competition and considered taking part for its rewards.

• Jiang Ping An returned to the Grave of the Dead, where Qu Mo presented him with the Zhao Family’s compensation: a Space Teleportation Mirror.
• Qu Mo explained that the mirror could create a teleportation passage in advance and help Jiang Ping An escape pursuers.
• Lan BoFeng told Jiang Ping An that factions were competing for a fifth-tier God Tribulation Realm divine furnace discovered in the Underwater Flame Mountain.
• Qu Mo explained that each faction could send ten God Enlightenment Realm gods into the furnace to face three trials, with the winner claiming the furnace.
• Jiang Ping An asked what rewards he could receive for winning the Divine Furnace Competition.

Jiang Ping An agreed to enter the Divine Furnace Competition after learning that the furnace held a powerful Heavenly Star Trueflame Origin Fire Seed. As factions gathered on Netherworld Island and outsiders approached Thousand Sails Tomb, he began preparing for the contest.

• Qu Mo told Jiang Ping An about the competition’s rewards and dangers, including the Heavenly Star Trueflame inside the divine furnace.
• Jiang Ping An changed his mind and accepted a place in the competition after learning that any fire seed he obtained would belong to him.
• Jiang Ping An exchanged contact methods with Qu Mo, then entered the Cultivation Room to cultivate before the competition in three months.
• Factions from across Thousand Sails Tomb gathered on Netherworld Island, while people discussed the furnace and placed bets on who would claim it.
• A group of powerful gods headed toward Thousand Sails Tomb, declaring that they intended to take the divine furnace for their sect.

Ten Blood Fiend Sect disciples arrived at the Grave of the Dead to cultivate before the Divine Furnace Competition, but Jiang Ping An ordered them to leave. When they attacked him, he killed one with his powerful Mental Power, prompting the others to charge.

• Ten Blood Fiend Sect disciples reached Netherworld Island’s northeastern corner and headed for the Grave of the Dead to cultivate its dense Yin energy.
• Jiang Ping An warned the disciples that Island Lord Residence regulations prohibited approaching within ten kilometers of the Grave of the Dead.
• The one-armed disciple attacked Jiang Ping An with Killing Intent and a soul-targeting divine art, but neither affected him.
• Jiang Ping An struck back with his Mental Power and killed the one-armed disciple.
• The remaining nine disciples recognized Jiang Ping An as a Soul God at the God Enlightenment Realm Peak, and four charged at him.

Jiang Ping An fought off the Blood Fiend Sect disciples who attacked him before the Grave of the Dead. He killed several of them and continued battling the survivors.

• Four Blood Fiend Sect disciples struck Jiang Ping An with supreme-grade divine artifacts, but they only tore his clothes before he hurled two attackers away and swallowed two others into his Devouring Space.
• Jiang Ping An cut apart Meng Nanrong’s Life Devouring Skull Spirit Art and burned three more disciples with flaming Bone Spikes.
• Meng Nanrong begged Jiang Ping An to let the group leave, then urged the remaining disciples to attack together after Jiang Ping An seized his spear and knocked him down.
• A burned disciple threw two Profound Yin Bone-Melting Needles at Jiang Ping An, who released the two men in his Devouring Space to take the hits; the needles dissolved them.
• Jiang Ping An pierced the needle-thrower’s Profound Yin Shield with a flaming blade and split him in two.

Jiang Ping An killed nine Blood Fiend Sect disciples and tricked the last survivor, Meng Nanrong, into lowering his defenses before killing him too. After reporting the attack to Qu Mo, Jiang Ping An learned that he already had a place in the Divine Furnace Competition and suspected Lan Shi'er had secured the privilege for him.

• Jiang Ping An used the Blood-colored Stone Platform to unleash his killing intent, then overwhelmed the Blood Fiend Sect disciples with his strength and powers.
• Meng Nanrong threatened to detonate the Rainstorm Thunder Needles, so Jiang Ping An stopped attacking and let him flee.
• Jiang Ping An trapped Meng Nanrong in an illusion and killed him when he lowered his shield, completing the slaughter of all ten disciples.
• Jiang Ping An collected the bodies and returned to cultivation before contacting Qu Mo to report the Blood Fiend Sect's attack.
• Qu Mo warned Jiang Ping An to watch for the Blood Fiend Sect during the Divine Furnace Competition and revealed that Jiang Ping An already had a guaranteed spot.
• Jiang Ping An realized that Lan Shi'er was likely responsible for his special privilege and wondered when he would see her again.

After the Blood Fiend Sect abandoned the Divine Furnace Competition because its ten chosen geniuses had died, Jiang Ping An prepared to compete for the Island Lord Residence. He arrived to meet the other participants, some of whom welcomed him while others remained openly contemptuous.

• The Blood Fiend Sect's Sect Leader realized his disciples had likely provoked the Gravekeeper, killed the subordinate who had failed to watch them, and withdrew the sect from the competition.
• Jiang Ping An sent his Demon Bone Clone to cultivate at the Grave of the Dead and raised his main body's bones to the level of a first-tier top-grade divine artifact.
• Lan BoFeng escorted Jiang Ping An to the Island Lord Residence and warned him that the other participants might resent his selection.
• Jiang Ping An told Lan BoFeng he would follow the other competitors' commands because he sought the Heavenly Star Trueflame seed rather than the competition's final reward.
• Lan BoFeng introduced Jiang Ping An to the eight other God Enlightenment Realm Peak participants; several welcomed him, while others stayed seated and looked down on him.

Lan Yu led the Island Lord Residence’s team in planning for the Divine Furnace Competition, making clear that victory came before Jiang Ping An’s safety. At the arena, the factions gathered before the Divine Furnace, and the team learned that the powerful Blood Fiend Sect had withdrawn from the competition.

• Lan Yu introduced herself to Jiang Ping An and said the team would prioritize winning the Divine Furnace if forced to choose between victory and protecting him.
• Lan Yu assigned tasks to the team while Jiang Ping An studied the Divine Runes on the Blood-colored Stone Platform.
• Lan Huaichuan summoned the competition’s participants to Netherworld Island’s center, where the gathered factions saw the golden Divine Furnace above the lake.
• Jiang Ping An and the Island Lord Residence’s team observed tens of thousands of God Enlightenment Realm Peak experts assembling around the arena.
• A member of the Island Lord Residence’s team announced that the Blood Fiend Sect had withdrawn from the competition, surprising Lan Yu and the others.

The Divine Furnace Competition began after the Blood Fiend Sect withdrew, and tens of thousands of God Enlightenment Realm Peak experts entered the furnace to face three deadly trials. Inside, the competitors confronted the first trial’s endless wall of Heavenly Star Trueflame, and Lan Yu discovered that Jiang Ping An could endure the flames without a protective barrier.

• Lan BoFeng and Lan Yu learned that the Blood Fiend Sect had withdrawn, but Lan Yu warned that the remaining factions and independent Wild Gods were still dangerous.
• Lan Huaichuan announced the competition’s cultivation limit, restrictions on items, and three deadly trials, then opened the Divine Furnace entrance.
• Tens of thousands of competitors entered the Divine Furnace, while the faction leaders waited outside without being able to view the events inside.
• The competitors encountered an endless wall of Heavenly Star Trueflame, and each used different methods to cross or withstand it.
• Lan Yu noticed that Jiang Ping An endured the flames without a barrier, and he explained that his body-refining techniques and affinity for fire reduced their effect.

Jiang Ping An left Lan Yu’s team to search for a way to absorb the Heavenly Star Trueflame, but thirty-two God Enlightenment Realm Peak experts confronted him over Xu Qinglan’s death. After admitting he had killed Xu Qinglan, Jiang Ping An fought off the attackers and charged into their ranks; the battle was still underway.

• Jiang Ping An separated from Lan Yu’s team and searched the sealed fissures for an unweakened source of Heavenly Star Trueflame.
• Thirty-two experts from the Godship Remnant Clan, Centipede Island, Walrus Island, and Kunpeng Island found Jiang Ping An alone and questioned him about Xu Qinglan’s death.
• Jiang Ping An admitted killing Xu Qinglan, then killed a hammer-wielding Godship Remnant Clan expert with one punch and swallowed two others with the Devouring Space.
• The remaining twenty-nine experts attacked Jiang Ping An together, and the Kunpeng Island members joined them to protect their faction’s standing.
• Jiang Ping An formed Demon Bone Armor, absorbed some attacks with the Devouring Space, and charged through the barrage into the enemy group.
• Jiang Ping An’s Bone Spikes pierced many attackers as Supreme Yang flames spread across them, leaving the battle raging amid their cries and screams.

Jiang Ping An slaughtered most of the thirty-two gods who attacked him, but a Kunpeng Island god detonated a forbidden Explosion Jade Slip and triggered the competition’s deadly formation. Jiang Ping An survived the blast, badly injured, as Nebula Palace prepared to attack him.

• Jiang Ping An used his Bone Blade, Mental Power, and defenses to kill attackers from the four islands and trap the survivors behind the Blood-colored Stone Platform’s barrier.
• The trapped gods tried different attacks, but Jiang Ping An’s layered defenses held as he killed more of them.
• A Kunpeng Island god detonated an Explosion Jade Slip and activated the formation’s Heavenly Star Trueflame, causing a blast that destroyed the barrier and Blood-colored Stone Platform.
• Nebula Palace’s group saw the explosion and assumed Jiang Ping An had died, but he remained alive despite severe injuries.
• Nebula Palace’s leader recognized Jiang Ping An as a threat, and the group drew their weapons to attack him while he was wounded.

Jiang Ping An recovered from the explosion and drove the frightened Nebula Palace disciples away. He then began using incarnations to extract Origin Fire Seeds from Heavenly Star Trueflame, choosing to focus on refining the flames rather than advancing through the trials.

• Li Xingyan stopped the Nebula Palace disciples from attacking Jiang Ping An and ordered them to retreat when they saw him rapidly heal.
• The Nebula Palace group fled beyond the First Trial's Fire Wall, while Jiang Ping An collected their corpses and treasures and restored his strength.
• Jiang Ping An used an incarnation and a second-tier divine sword to trigger the formation and draw out unsuppressed Heavenly Star Trueflame.
• The incarnation endured the flames for ten breaths before burning to ash, and Jiang Ping An revived it with Time Power to refine the absorbed fire into an Origin Fire Seed.
• Jiang Ping An split off more incarnations to repeatedly trigger the flames and extract Origin Fire Seeds, intent on remaining in the area to refine Heavenly Star Trueflame.

Jiang Ping An refined Heavenly Star Trueflame in the Divine Furnace while Lan Yu carried the Imitation Divine Furnace toward the exit under pursuit. As thousands of cultivators prepared to seize it outside, Lan Yu remained wounded and outnumbered, nearing the First Trial’s Fire Wall.

• Jiang Ping An used his clones to refine Heavenly Star Trueflame Origin Fire Seeds, deepening his understanding and increasing his resistance to the flames.
• Several thousand cultivators guarding the entrance learned that the Island Lord Residence had obtained the Imitation Divine Furnace and prepared to ambush whoever emerged with it.
• Jiang Ping An sensed the approaching pursuers, withdrew his clones, and decided to help the Island Lord Residence seize the furnace.
• Lan Yu fled alone with the Imitation Divine Furnace as several hundred God Enlightenment Realm Peak cultivators attacked and pursued her.
• Lan Yu’s pursuers held back from killing her immediately, intending to strike with full force when she reached the First Trial’s Fire Wall.

Jiang Ping An took the Imitation Divine Furnace from Lan Yu and charged into a siege of thousands of God Enlightenment Realm Peak experts. Using his powers and the crowd’s confusion to fight back, he unleashed Invincible Belief and slaughtered gods as Lan Yu watched in shock.

• Lan Yu was overwhelmed by thousands of attackers, but Jiang Ping An appeared, blocked their assault with Devouring Space, and carried her away from the fight.
• Jiang Ping An seized the Imitation Divine Furnace, sent Lan Yu away, and ignored her warning as he charged toward the crowd.
• Jiang Ping An dodged attacks with Time Power, used a Stone Man as a shield, and countered his attackers with Devouring Space, Demon Bone Armor, and Bone Spikes.
• Jiang Ping An released Invincible Belief and struck down numerous gods with the God Burning Blade Art, while his enemies began hitting one another in the chaos.
• Jiang Ping An continued cutting through the crowd with Bone Blades, and Lan Yu watched, trembling at his strength.

Jiang Ping An slaughtered the divine spirits blocking his escape and confronted a vast force gathered outside the Fire Wall. As they attacked him for the Imitation Divine Furnace, Lan Yu revealed she had taken the artifact and escaped through the entrance.

• Lan Yu realized Jiang Ping An was far stronger than she had believed, while the divine spirits recognized his Primordial Qi and suspected he had cultivated the Primordial True Martial Scripture.
• Jiang Ping An infused his Bone Blade with Heavenly Star Trueflame and killed more than a hundred divine spirits with one slash.
• Jiang Ping An passed through the Fire Wall, but thousands of divine spirits blocked the exit and demanded the Imitation Divine Furnace.
• Jiang Ping An challenged the gathered spirits, and Zhao Mengyuan attacked first before the Eye of Judgment struck her down.
• Lan Yu revealed that she held the Imitation Divine Furnace and escaped through the entrance while the crowd was focused on Jiang Ping An.

Jiang Ping An escaped the fighting after ensuring Lan Yu could take the Imitation Divine Furnace out, and Lan Huaichuan learned that Jiang had made their victory possible. The Island Lord Residence’s prize was then seized by the Wildsea Royal Clan, leaving Lan Huaichuan powerless and furious.

• Jiang Ping An retreated into the Fire Wall, then returned to the battlefield to collect the corpses while the other competitors marveled at his strength.
• Lan Yu emerged with the Imitation Divine Furnace, and Lan Huaichuan declared the prize belonged to the Island Lord Residence.
• Lan Yu told Lan Huaichuan that Jiang Ping An had held back the other competitors, leaving him stunned by Jiang’s power.
• Three members of the Wildsea Royal Clan appeared and took the Divine Furnace, ignoring Lan Huaichuan’s protests.
• Lan Huaichuan could not pursue the stronger intruders and spat blood in anger as they departed with the prize.

The Wildsea Royal Clan seized the Divine Furnace with Jiang Ping An and hundreds of others still inside, leaving Lan Huaichuan fearing for Jiang’s life. Lan Huaichuan learned Jiang had an Origin Avatar, but Jiang remained worried about the danger to his main body and the treasures it carried.

• The Wildsea Royal Clan took the Divine Furnace, and Lan Yu realized Jiang Ping An had not emerged with the others.
• Lan BoFeng told Lan Huaichuan that Jiang Ping An had left an avatar in the Grave of the Dead, so Lan Huaichuan rushed there to check it.
• Jiang Ping An told Lan Huaichuan that the body in the Grave of the Dead was an Energy Avatar but that his Undying Demon Bone avatar was an Origin Avatar.
• Lan Huaichuan offered Jiang Ping An compensation and more cultivation resources, but Jiang declined to move to the Island Lord Residence.
• Jiang Ping An worried that his main body, which held most of his origin power and important treasures, might be killed by the Wildsea Royal Clan.
• People across Thousand Sails Tomb discussed the seizure and the powerful genius who had been taken inside the Divine Furnace.

Three Wildsea Royal Clan experts seized the Fifth-Order Divine Furnace and decided to bind the people trapped inside and send them to mine Purple Crystal Divine Stone. After stripping the captives of their treasures, the God Core Realm expert discovered that the white-haired man possessed an unusual hoard of magic treasures.

• The Wildsea Royal Clan experts found several hundred people inside the Divine Furnace and chose to send them to the Purple Snow City Mining Area instead of killing them.
• The God Core Realm expert entered the furnace, bound the captives with Order Chains, and killed a man who challenged him.
• Pang Lin identified himself as the Sea Demon Sect’s Young Master and offered his clan’s resources, but the expert dismissed his offer and ordered everyone to surrender their treasures.
• The captives opened their Inner Worlds, and the expert collected their valuables before discovering a hidden group behind a fire wall.
• The expert searched the hidden group’s treasures and questioned the white-haired man about his many divine artifacts, pills, and talismans.

Jiang Ping An recognized a possible connection between the captors and the figures who destroyed the Immortal Realm and killed his family. While imprisoned with his cultivation sealed, he planned his escape and studied the third section of the Primordial True Martial Scripture.

• A God Core Realm cultivator confiscated the captives' resources, including Jiang Ping An's treasures and the corpses he had collected.
• Jiang Ping An recognized the captors' half-demonic aura and red, vertical pupils as resembling those of the man who had destroyed the Immortal Realm and killed his family.
• Jiang Ping An suppressed his killing intent and considered ways to break the seal, deciding to wait until the captives reached the mining area.
• Jiang Ping An concealed important belongings in Devouring Space and used an incarnation to study the third section of the Primordial True Martial Scripture.
• Jiang Ping An learned that the Primordial Divine Seal improved Primordial Qi's circulation but required rebuilding his meridians through a painful and dangerous process.