Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An fought Xia Qunren and proved that his Foundation Establishment Realm strength could rival the strongest Golden Core prodigies. As he faced Xia Qunren and Xia Lian together, memories of Old Li renewed his determination to destroy the Spirit Terrace Kingdom, while an old woman watching with Xia Qing judged that he had taken the wrong path.

• Jiang Ping An matched Xia Qunren's Great Collapse Fist and revealed that he had opened all 360 major acupoints.
• Xia Qunren invoked the Gold Law, but Jiang Ping An activated the Battle God Art and sent him flying with a single blow.
• Jiang Ping An challenged Xia Lian to join the fight, and she bound him with vines while Xia Qunren attacked.
• Remembering Old Li, Jiang Ping An broke free, declared his resolve to destroy the Spirit Terrace Kingdom, and fought Xia Lian and Xia Qunren at once without yielding.
• Xia Qing watched Jiang Ping An's battle as her grandmother remarked that he was no weaker than Xia Qing and had taken the wrong path.

Jiang Ping An defeated Xia Lian and Xia Qunren, but the old woman warned that his vast reserves of energy made it impossible for him to form a Golden Core or advance further. He began to abandon the Hidden Universe Art, then changed his mind and decided to gamble on continuing its path.

• Jiang Ping An overpowered Xia Lian and Xia Qunren in battle, stunning the gathered prodigies.
• The old woman explained that Jiang Ping An’s excessive energy prevented him from forming a Golden Core and urged him to cultivate anew.
• Jiang Ping An accepted the old woman’s guidance, while Li Yidao left after failing to reclaim his lost cultivation time.
• Jiang Ping An settled into a house on the Star Gazing Platform and reflected on the Hidden Universe Art and God Void Daoist.
• Jiang Ping An began dispersing his cultivation, then drew the energy back into himself and decided to gamble on his current path.

Jiang Ping An committed himself to forging a cultivation path of his own while Yun Huang and Li Yidao reached the Nascent Soul Realm and Xia Qing advanced to Spirit Transformation. The chapter ended with Xia Qing rejecting her family’s attempt to arrange a new marriage and affirming that she would become Empress.

• Jiang Ping An and his clone swallowed Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seeds, and he continued trying to create a path for body cultivators while the secret realm’s cultivators dismissed his chances of advancing.
• Li He learned that Jiang Ping An had defeated Li Yidao, then joined the Fourth Prince’s camp after his family paid for Li Yidao to return to the secret realm.
• Three months later, Yun Huang broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm amid a Divine Phoenix phenomenon, and Li Yidao also reached that realm after resuming cultivation.
• Yun Huang defeated a Royal Talent after further cultivation, while Xia Qing broke through to Spirit Transformation and attracted marriage proposals from powerful factions.
• Great Xia’s elders debated canceling Xia Qing’s marriage to Jiang Ping An, but Xia Qing defended him, demanded the return of the gifts he had given her, and declared she would become Empress.

After emerging from a year of seclusion still at the Foundation Establishment Realm, Jiang Ping An challenged Li Yidao to prove his path to the Heavenly Dao. He left Li Yidao stunned by shattering his finger with a single punch.

• Xia Qing saw Jiang Ping An return and urged him to abandon his path, but he said he wanted to fight Yun Huang.
• Li Yidao encountered Jiang Ping An, mocked his unchanged cultivation, and accepted his challenge when Jiang Ping An asked him to fight.
• Li Yidao announced the match throughout the secret realm, drawing a crowd while Yun Huang and Xia Qing worried about Jiang Ping An.
• Li Yidao boasted that one finger would defeat Jiang Ping An, who warned him not to underestimate anyone.
• Jiang Ping An shattered Li Yidao's finger with a punch and sent him flying more than ten kilometers.

Jiang Ping An used Strength Law to defeat Li Yidao, a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, and demanded that the Heavenly Dao recognize the Sealing Spirit Realm he was creating. A mysterious phantom left Martial Dao Mountain and appeared to answer his challenge.

• Li Yidao attacked Jiang Ping An with Gold Law, but Jiang struck back with Strength Law and broke Li Yidao's arm.
• Jiang Ping An met Li Yidao's Tyrant Blade Art head-on and drove him back, shocking the spectators and powerful figures in the secret realm.
• Jiang Ping An named his cultivation realm the Sealing Spirit Realm and asked the Heavenly Dao to acknowledge it.
• When the Heavenly Dao did not respond, Jiang Ping An shattered Li Yidao's treasured blade with one punch and sent him flying off the Martial Arts Stage.
• Jiang Ping An again demanded the Heavenly Dao recognize his realm, and a seven-colored light rose from Martial Dao Mountain as a mysterious phantom appeared in the sky.

Jiang Ping An fought Martial Dao Mountain’s projection to prove he could forge his own cultivation path, unleashing the power of his acupoints and fusing with his Blood Infant clone. The projection multiplied into three Dao Bodies and overwhelmed him, leaving him gravely wounded as the battle continued.

• Martial Dao Mountain’s projection left the mountain and challenged Jiang Ping An, attacking him with the five foundational Laws.
• Jiang Ping An fought back with Thunder Flash, Limitless Fist, and the Battle God Art, but the projection’s attacks wounded him and concealed the battle behind a screen of light.
• Jiang Ping An ignited all three hundred and sixty acupoints and broke through the projection’s spells with his Strength Law.
• Jiang Ping An summoned his clone, which formed a Blood Infant, then fused their bodies to increase his power.
• The projection split into three Dao Bodies and attacked Jiang Ping An together; Xia Qing urged him to retreat while Li Yidao mocked him.
• Jiang Ping An was left kneeling with broken limbs and a badly damaged body, wondering whether he could truly take this path.

Jiang Ping An reignited his battle intent, awakened the Saint Body Spinal Bone, and fought the three projections until the Saint King's projection revealed he had taken the first step into the Sealing Spirit Realm. Jiang Ping An left the trial knowing the road ahead remained uncertain, while Li Yidao seethed with jealousy.

• Jiang Ping An nearly gave up against the three projections, but memories of his loved ones revived his resolve and awakened the Saint Body Spinal Bone.
• Jiang Ping An fought for three days using the Battle Intent Law and The Power of the Pupil, finally destroying one projection before collapsing from exhaustion.
• The projection told Jiang Ping An that he had won because it had used power beyond his realm, and identified his new cultivation state as the Sealing Spirit Realm.
• The projection revealed that it was the Saint King, who had created the current cultivation system, and told Jiang Ping An to find his own way forward.
• Jiang Ping An emerged before Xia Qing and the other cultivators, saying he had only taken one step, while Li Yidao privately raged that Jiang Ping An might never advance further.

Jiang Ping An received the other half of the Dao Body and the Endless Life secret technique from Xia Qing’s great-grandmother, who sacrificed herself with the Judge’s Brush to secure an opportunity for Great Xia and bless his advancement. Xia Qing offered him a chance to study at Heavenly Dao Academy and agreed to let him pursue revenge once he mastered the Barbarian Totem Stone, while lending him an Immortal Artifact fragment for protection.

• Xia Qing’s great-grandmother gave Jiang Ping An the other half of the Dao Body and the Endless Life secret technique, then revealed her intention to use the Judge’s Brush for Great Xia.
• The old woman sacrificed her life to seek a supreme treasure for Great Xia and used the last of her power to bless Jiang Ping An’s breakthrough.
• Xia Qing and the imperial clan mourned the old woman, and Jiang Ping An bowed before the Judge’s Brush in gratitude.
• Jiang Ping An told Xia Qing he wanted to leave the secret realm and carry out assassinations for revenge, but she warned him that he was not strong enough.
• Xia Qing told Jiang Ping An that Yun Huang could bring him as her Dao Protector to Heavenly Dao Academy, but he refused to wait for that opportunity.
• Xia Qing said Jiang Ping An could leave to seek revenge after mastering the Barbarian Totem Stone and lent him an Immortal Artifact fragment; he returned to cultivate.

Jiang Ping An studied the Barbarian Totem Stone while reviewing his cultivation and resolving to stay patient. As Li He and Fourth Prince Xia Tianlu plotted to eliminate him, Xia Qing’s hint led Jiang Ping An to decide to carve the totem onto his body.

• Jiang Ping An separated his clone from his main body, reviewed his techniques and limitations, then began examining the Barbarian Totem Stone with the Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed.
• Li He learned from Li Yidao that Jiang Ping An had defeated him and created a realm comparable to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, so Li He and Fourth Prince Xia Tianlu agreed to eliminate Jiang Ping An.
• Li He killed the two women who overheard the plot to keep it secret.
• After Jiang Ping An made no progress with the Totem Stone for three months, Xia Qing suggested that faith might be required to grasp its power.
• Jiang Ping An rejected the idea of placing his faith in the totem and decided to carve it onto his body.

Jiang Ping An used the Judge's Brush to master Totem Power and Third-Order Thunder Flash, then set out to find Xia Qing after learning the war with Chu Kingdom had intensified. Li Yidao challenged him to a willpower contest at Demon Rock Cave, but Yun Huang warned that the cave could drive people into the demonic path.

• Jiang Ping An used the Judge's Brush to draw a powerful totem on his avatar and true body, then found that the totem greatly strengthened his arm.
• Jiang Ping An used the Judge's Brush to draw a thousand lightning patterns and mastered Third-Order Thunder Flash in two months.
• Jiang Ping An left his room to find Xia Qing and learned from Yun Huang that Chu Kingdom had launched a major attack and Xia Qing had gone to the borderlands.
• Yun Huang told Jiang Ping An that Xia Qing had ordered him to stay until she returned, while Li Yidao appeared and challenged him to a willpower contest at Demon Rock Cave.
• Yun Huang warned Jiang Ping An that malicious thoughts in Demon Rock Cave could affect entrants and push them toward the demonic path.

Jiang Ping An entered Demon Rock Cave despite Yun Huang’s warnings and Li Yidao’s scheme to corrupt him. He resisted the cave’s dark influence, walked to the tenth step, and sat down to test his will.

• Li Yidao offered Jiang Ping An a complete Fire Law if he outlasted him in Demon Rock Cave, while Yun Huang warned Jiang Ping An not to enter.
• Jiang Ping An and Li Yidao entered the cave, where dark power magnified their hatred, greed, and violent impulses.
• Li Yidao guarded his mind with a secret technique, but Jiang Ping An walked deeper into the cave to temper his will.
• Yun Huang sensed Jiang Ping An advancing, and the old man at the entrance warned that a recent genius had fallen into demonic corruption and lost half his cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An reached the tenth step, acknowledged the danger, and sat down to suppress the negative emotions within him.

Jiang Ping An endured the Demon Rock Cave’s evil influence and pushed far beyond the previous limit, while Li Yidao nearly entered a demonic state and left after the old man stopped him. After two hours inside, Jiang Ping An awakened Mental Power, leaving Yun Huang and the old man astonished.

• Jiang Ping An sat ten steps inside the cave, resisted the negative emotions, and continued deeper despite the old man’s warnings.
• Jiang Ping An reached thirty steps and began cultivating under immense pressure, matching the Founding Ruler of Great Xia’s youthful limit.
• Li Yidao tried to follow Jiang Ping An, but the old man dragged him out before he entered a demonic state and warned him to focus on cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An gave Yun Huang the complete Fire Law and told her to leave, then shouted at her when the cave’s negative emotions affected him.
• After Jiang Ping An remained inside for two hours, a wave of Mental Power emerged from the cave, revealing that he had awakened it.

Jiang Ping An awakened Mental Power while enduring the Demon Rock Cave, then spent two months tempering his will as Great Xia prepared for Chu Yang’s challenge. As word of the duel spread, Li YueYue heard Jiang Ping An’s name at Vast Mist Sect and eagerly demanded to know everything about him.

• Jiang Ping An awakened Mental Power while fighting the cave’s evil thoughts and continued tempering his will.
• Chu Yang challenged Jiang Ping An to a Life and Death Battle, promising that Chu Kingdom would not invade for a hundred years if he lost.
• Xia Qing returned from the front lines, found Jiang Ping An in Demon Rock Cave, and learned he had spent two months there and awakened Mental Talent.
• People across Great Xia debated whether Jiang Ping An could defeat Chu Yang, whose Sun God Body and Sun God Sect arts made him a formidable opponent.
• Li YueYue heard disciples at Vast Mist Sect mention Jiang Ping An and offered them her monthly spirit stones to tell her everything about him.

Li YueYue learned that Jiang Ping An had won the Hundred Counties Tournament and persuaded Song Hui to take her to the Endless Mountain Range to see him face the Sun God Body. As Jiang Ping An accepted Chu Yang’s challenge, Chu Yang learned the news and prepared to reclaim his dignity.

• Li YueYue told Song Hui that Brother PingAn had won the Hundred Counties Tournament and defeated a Sun God Child, but Song Hui doubted he was the same Jiang Ping An she had known.
• Li YueYue asked Song Hui to take her to the Endless Mountain Range, and Song Hui agreed to bring her to watch the battle.
• Jiang Ping An emerged from Demon Rock Cave, and Xia Qing warned him about Chu Yang’s strength as they prepared to travel to the Endless Mountain Range.
• Jiang Ping An accepted Chu Yang’s challenge under the Heavenly Dao Contract, drawing attention from Great Xia, the Chu Kingdom, and neighboring countries.
• Chu Yang learned Jiang Ping An had accepted the challenge, defeated a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, and vowed to avenge his earlier defeats.

Jiang Ping An reunited with Li YueYue, whom he had known as Tiger Girl, before his Life and Death Battle with Chu Yang. Chu Yang killed Autumn Mountain Kingdom’s Crown Prince and then demanded that Jiang Ping An kneel and accept a swift death.

• Great Xia’s powerful figures brought Jiang Ping An to the Endless Mountain Range, where figures from surrounding nations gathered to watch his battle with Chu Yang.
• Jiang Ping An recognized Song Hui and thanked her for helping him begin cultivating, then asked how Tiger Girl was doing.
• Li YueYue recognized Jiang Ping An, clung to him, and wept; he embraced her and called her Tiger Girl before agreeing to call her Xiao Yue.
• Song Hui pulled Li YueYue away when Chu Kingdom’s people arrived, hiding her connection to Jiang Ping An.
• Chu Yang burned Autumn Mountain Kingdom’s Crown Prince to ash after he tried to invite him as a guest.
• Chu Yang confronted Jiang Ping An and demanded that he kneel, kowtow, and admit his mistake.

Jiang Ping An fought Chu Yang to settle their conflict, first neutralizing his Burning Sky Fist with the Limitless Fist and then revealing the Battle Intent Law. The battle continued with Jiang Ping An gaining the upper hand, while onlookers remained uncertain whether he could truly defeat Chu Yang.

• Chu Yang threatened Great Xia and demanded that Xia Qing and Yun Huang marry him, then challenged Jiang Ping An to a three-move fight.
• Jiang Ping An used the Limitless Fist to dissolve Chu Yang's Burning Sky Fist and withstand thousands of attacks, revealing that he had comprehended a complete Law.
• Chu Yang revealed that he had comprehended the Gold Law as well as the Fire Law and attacked Jiang Ping An with both Laws.
• Jiang Ping An activated the Battle God Art and Battle Intent Law, then sent Chu Yang crashing through several mountains with a punch.
• Li YueYue cheered for Jiang Ping An, while Song Hui remained unsure he could defeat Chu Yang.

Jiang Ping An revealed that he had become a Quasi-Saint Body by fusing with a Sacred Bone, but Chu Yang drew on the sun’s power and gained the upper hand. After Chu Yang threatened Li YueYue, Jiang Ping An rose again in fury and charged to confront him.

• Jiang Ping An and Chu Yang fought for two hours, leaving both injured as their battle devastated the surrounding mountains and forest.
• Jiang Ping An revealed that he had fused with a Sacred Bone and become a Quasi-Saint Body, using Chu Yang as a whetstone to complete the transformation.
• Chu Yang invoked a secret art of the Sun God Sect, drawing power from the sun and overwhelming Jiang Ping An with scorching attacks.
• When Li YueYue shouted for Jiang Ping An to fight back, Chu Yang attacked her, but Song Hui blocked the strike and apologized.
• Chu Yang threatened to destroy the Vast Mist Sect and mocked Jiang Ping An before Jiang Ping An rose from the ground in fury over Chu Yang bullying Li YueYue.

Jiang Ping An defeated Chu Yang again by using Mental Power, but Chu Yang revived with a Substitute Death Talisman and demanded to continue fighting. The sides wagered the Judge's Brush and Sun God Wheel, and Jiang Ping An revealed a Dao Body whose strange aura unsettled the onlookers.

• Jiang Ping An locked down Chu Yang with Mental Power, causing Chu Yang's gathered energy to explode and destroy his arm.
• Chu Yang vanished in the blast but revived when a Substitute Death Talisman shattered, then prepared to attack Jiang Ping An with his Natal Magic Treasure.
• Xia Qing invoked the Heavenly Dao Contract, but Jiang Ping An proposed wagering supreme treasures, and Xia Yuanhao reluctantly offered the Judge's Brush against Zhang Shuo's Sun God Wheel.
• Xia Qing drew up a Heavenly Dao Contract, and both sides signed before the battle resumed.
• Jiang Ping An summoned his Dao Body from his Spirit Beast Storage Bag, revealing that he had not used his full strength and leaving the onlookers puzzled by its unusual aura.

Jiang Ping An defeated Chu Yang by wielding Barbarian Totem Power, but hesitated to kill him when Zhang Shuo threatened Great Xia. Lei Yu arrived and killed Zhang Shuo, allowing Jiang Ping An to destroy Chu Yang’s body and Nascent Soul as the witnesses recognized his extraordinary power.

• Xia Yuanhao introduced Jiang Ping An’s self-created Sealing Spirit Realm, and Chu Yang attacked him with a life-burning strike.
• Jiang Ping An caught Chu Yang’s Natal Magic Treasure barehanded, shattered it with Barbarian Totem Power, and crushed Chu Yang’s heart.
• Zhang Shuo threatened Great Xia on behalf of the Sun God Sect, so Jiang Ping An paused before killing Chu Yang.
• Lei Yu arrived and killed Zhang Shuo with the Thunder God Hammer after accusing the Sun God Sect of attacking the Lei Family’s geniuses.
• Jiang Ping An crushed Chu Yang’s neck and destroyed his fleeing Nascent Soul with Willpower, killing him completely.

Jiang Ping An killed Chu Yang, securing Great Xia’s alliance with the Ancient Thunder Clan and turning the tide against Chu Kingdom. As Great Xia prepared to take revenge on Spirit Terrace Kingdom, the news of Chu Yang’s death reached the besieging army at Golden Star City.

• Lei Yu thanked Great Xia for helping Meng Jing awaken and gave Jiang Ping An a Sound Transmission Jade Slip so he and Meng Jing could stay in contact.
• Lei Yu announced that the Great Emperor Relic would open for cultivation in a year or two and gave Great Xia jade slips to call for help against the Sun God Sect.
• Great Xia celebrated Chu Yang’s death and obtained the Sun God Wheel, while other nations hurried to congratulate them.
• Xia Qing prepared to attack Spirit Terrace Kingdom, and Jiang Ping An promised Li YueYue he would visit her after sending her back with Song Hui.
• Zhu Lian led five hundred thousand soldiers to besiege Golden Star City, while Jin Tao warned Jin Lin to flee if the battle went badly.
• The Sound Transmission Jade Slip told Zhu Lian that Chu Yang had died.