Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An learned that the Lan Clan was seeking Burning Sea Country’s aid through a marriage alliance involving Lan Shi'er, then decided to leave the front lines after the Wildsea Royal Clan targeted outstanding fighters for assassination. He adopted the alias Jiang An and joined the camp’s Refining Room, where Dragon Chen offered to take him on as an assistant.

• A Great Captain told the divine ship’s crew that the Lan Clan was negotiating support from Burning Sea Country through a marriage alliance with Azure King’s youngest daughter, Lan Shi'er.
• Jiang Ping An suspected the royal family had forced Lan Shi'er into the arrangement, and a notice warned that the Wildsea Royal Clan had sent God King Realm assassins after outstanding individuals.
• After the crew identified him as a likely target, Jiang Ping An secretly left his residence, changed his appearance, and chose to lie low rather than continue risking his life on the front lines.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at the Refining Room under the alias Jiang An and told the guards he could forge fourth-grade high-quality divine artifacts.
• Dragon Chen, a God King Realm Refining Master, offered Jiang An a place assisting him, and Jiang An accepted so he could learn refining techniques.

Jiang Ping An assisted Dragon Chen in the Refining Room and learned from the God King Realm Refining Master as he forged a King-grade divine sword. After three years, Dragon Chen completed the weapon and asked Jiang Ping An's name, having decided his attitude and skill were worth recognizing.

• Dragon Chen brought Jiang Ping An into the Refining Room and told him to sort and clean the divine materials.
• Jiang Ping An identified Frost Silver and discussed the ideal flame intensity with Dragon Chen, who explained the risks of precise temperature control.
• Dragon Chen tempered several divine materials at once while answering Jiang Ping An's questions about refining and Star Sand.
• While Jiang Ping An remained with Dragon Chen and cultivated, assassins attacked Lan Clan geniuses and destroyed the courtyard where Jiang Ping An had lived, prompting rumors that he had been killed.
• Three years later, Dragon Chen completed a King-grade divine sword and prepared to exchange it for Contribution Points.
• Dragon Chen asked Jiang Ping An's name after observing his refining knowledge and patient, earnest attitude.

Jiang Ping An sought Dragon Chen’s guidance on refining a fourth-order divine artifact while using the name Jiang An. A purple-clad woman mocked Dragon Chen and doubted Jiang Ping An’s skill, but his Heavenly Star Trueflame surprised them, and Dragon Chen watched to see whether he could forge a high-grade artifact without a furnace.

• Jiang Ping An introduced himself as Jiang An, and Dragon Chen offered to guide him in forging a fourth-order divine artifact.
• A purple-clad woman entered, complained that Dragon Chen was too harsh, and mocked Jiang Ping An when he defended Dragon Chen’s criticism.
• Jiang Ping An selected materials for a wind-element divine sword and began refining Purple Crystal Divine Stone with Heavenly Star Trueflame, startling Dragon Chen and the woman.
• Dragon Chen questioned Jiang Ping An for refining without an artifact furnace, while the woman laughed at him.
• Dragon Chen silently judged that Jiang Ping An would be an artifact-refining genius if he could make a fourth-order high-grade divine artifact without a furnace.

Jiang Ping An refined divine materials under Dragon Chen’s guidance and forged a top-grade Divine Sword, impressing both Dragon Chen and the Purple-Clad Woman. Dragon Chen offered to take Jiang Ping An as his disciple, but Jiang Ping An declined, leaving Dragon Chen asking why.

• The Purple-Clad Woman mocked Dragon Chen for taking on Jiang Ping An, who lacked a proper refining method and furnace.
• Dragon Chen guided Jiang Ping An in controlling his flames and tempering divine materials, helping him work more efficiently.
• Jiang Ping An followed Dragon Chen’s advice while fusing materials, shaping a blade, and inscribing Divine Runes.
• Jiang Ping An forged a top-grade green Divine Sword, and Dragon Chen praised his work.
• Dragon Chen offered to take Jiang Ping An as his master, but Jiang Ping An respectfully refused.
• Dragon Chen asked Jiang Ping An why he did not want to take a master.

Jiang Ping An refused Dragon Chen’s offer to become his disciple but accepted his guidance in refining and began learning the Dragon Family’s Five-Line Refining Method. Meanwhile, Long Ya left for the battlefield, where Lan Shi'er’s arrival as the Azure King’s youngest daughter shook both sides of the war.

• Jiang Ping An declined to become Dragon Chen’s disciple, and Dragon Chen invited him to stay and learn under his guidance.
• Long Ya announced that she was going to the battlefield, and Dragon Chen reluctantly gave her a Storage Ring of protective treasures.
• Dragon Chen told Jiang Ping An that his wife had died in a refining accident and gave him the fourth-tier top-grade Divine Sword he had forged.
• Dragon Chen began teaching Jiang Ping An the first two layers of the Five-Line Refining Method in exchange for future Contribution Points.
• Lan Shi'er, the Azure King’s youngest daughter, stepped onto the front lines, shaking both sides of the war.

Jiang Ping An advanced as an artifact refiner while Dragon Chen secretly repaired a sword for Lan Shi'er, who had come to the front lines to prove herself. After leaving the Refining Room to take Tuanzi to a restaurant, Jiang Ping An spotted a familiar face and felt a flicker of killing intent.

• Jiang Ping An mastered the first two levels of the Five-Line Refining Method, earned a Refining Master Identity Token, and gave his Contribution Points to Dragon Chen in gratitude.
• Dragon Chen sent Jiang Ping An away before Long Ya brought Lan Shi'er to the Refining Room in secret.
• Lan Shi'er asked Dragon Chen to repair her damaged Divine Sword and explained that she had come to the front lines rather than accept a political marriage.
• Lan Shi'er and Long Ya disguised themselves and left to look around while Dragon Chen began repairing the sword.
• Jiang Ping An took Tuanzi to the Divine Gathering Tower, where he saw a familiar person and showed a trace of killing intent.

Jiang Ping An deliberately provoked Yuan Zheng, his old enemy, but Yuan Zheng restrained himself and arranged for a subordinate to watch him. Jiang Ping An then went to eat with Tuanzi, where Long Ya and Lan Shi'er joined them, and Long Ya praised his remarkable artifact-refining talent.

• Yuan Zheng left the restaurant satisfied with the food, then flew into a rage when Jiang Ping An spat on his boots and ordered him to lick them clean.
• Yuan Zheng's subordinate stopped him from attacking in the camp, so Yuan Zheng ordered the subordinate to watch Jiang Ping An instead.
• Jiang Ping An entered the restaurant with Tuanzi and let the snake order food while he waited for their meal.
• Long Ya and Lan Shi'er arrived after finding the restaurant full, and Long Ya recognized Jiang Ping An and joined his table.
• Long Ya treated Jiang Ping An and Tuanzi to expensive dishes, then introduced Jiang Ping An to Lan Shi'er and praised his artifact-refining talent.

Jiang Ping An met Lan Shi'er and Long Ya at the Divine Gathering Tower, then took Tuanzi out to break through to the God Core Realm. Yuan Zheng pursued Jiang Ping An to a rocky-islet region, where Jiang Ping An appeared holding the tracker’s headless corpse.

• Long Ya offered Jiang Ping An refining techniques, but he declined and said he focused on combat.
• When Jiang Ping An gave the name Jiang An, Lan Shi'er crushed her teacup and spoke of someone she knew in the Blood Coral Sea Area.
• The group ate at the Divine Gathering Tower, and Tuanzi said the meal had brought it close to a breakthrough.
• Jiang Ping An took Tuanzi beyond the military camp to an open stretch of sea so it could break through.
• A tracker sent by Yuan Zheng followed Jiang Ping An and reported his departure, prompting Yuan Zheng to pursue him.
• Yuan Zheng reached an uninhabited region of rocky islets, where Jiang Ping An emerged carrying the tracker’s headless corpse.

Jiang Ping An used the Primordial Dao Domain and his other abilities to kill Yuan Zheng, the Peak God Core Realm leader of the Black Water Alliance, despite being two minor realms weaker. Afterward, he began breaking through two minor realms to reach the Peak God Core Realm, while Tuanzi watched in confusion.

• Yuan Zheng pursued Jiang Ping An into the Devouring Space and attacked him, but Jiang Ping An activated the Primordial Dao Domain, preventing Yuan Zheng from using the Divine Dao Laws.
• Jiang Ping An froze Yuan Zheng with Time Power, strengthened his laws and combat power, and carved Yuan Zheng’s body into a pulp with his Undying Demon Bone blade.
• The Primordial Dao Domain dispersed before the Black-White Kunfish could devour Yuan Zheng, allowing Yuan Zheng to recover and prepare a counterattack.
• Jiang Ping An struck Yuan Zheng’s soul with the Blood Blade, killing him after secretly removing the protective talisman from his soul during the earlier fight.
• Tuanzi caught the exhausted Jiang Ping An, and two seven-colored Crystal Balls appeared and entered his body as he began breaking through to the Peak God Core Realm.

Jiang Ping An reached the Peak God Core Realm while guarding Tuanzi, who also broke through to the God Core Realm. Their departure was interrupted when the wealthy Dong Guihong tried to buy Tuanzi and invoked his family’s status after Jiang Ping An refused.

• Jiang Ping An absorbed two Seven-Colored Light Spheres and completed his breakthrough to the Peak God Core Realm.
• Jiang Ping An told Tuanzi to break through, and two days later he guarded it as it reached the God Core Realm.
• Onlookers speculated about Tuanzi’s origins, unaware that it had begun as an ordinary snake and gained power through Jiang Ping An’s help and a God King’s inheritance.
• After Tuanzi asked Jiang Ping An to sell it so it could secretly return, Dong Guihong offered three fifth-tier top-grade divine artifacts for it.
• Jiang Ping An refused to sell Tuanzi, and Dong Guihong announced that he was a direct-line heir of the Dong Family and urged Jiang Ping An to accept the opportunity.

Jiang Ping An avoided a clash with Dong Guihong and warned Tuanzi about the trouble its breakthrough might cause. After he left to work, Tuanzi secretly set out to study Feng Shui Geomancy so it could become a tomb raider.

• Dong Guihong introduced himself as a direct descendant of the Dong Family, but Jiang Ping An ignored his status and left with Tuanzi.
• Jiang Ping An explained that Tuanzi's breakthrough had drawn Dong Guihong's attention, gave it a talisman to protect its soul, and put the expense on its tab.
• After hearing people discuss treasure-filled tombs, Tuanzi asked Jiang Ping An for books on Feng Shui Geomancy so it could become a tomb raider.
• Jiang Ping An rejected the idea and urged Tuanzi to cultivate safely, then spent several days stabilizing his realm before heading to the Refining Room.
• After Jiang Ping An left, Tuanzi disguised itself as him and secretly went out to buy Feng Shui Geomancy books.

Jiang Ping An attempted to forge a fifth-order divine saber in Dragon Chen's Refining Room and succeeded in shaping its blade blank, astonishing his mentor. Dragon Chen admired Jiang Ping An's talent and composure, then came up with a plan involving his rebellious daughter to secure an heir for his inheritance.

• Jiang Ping An exchanged divine artifacts for Contribution Points and went to Dragon Chen's Refining Room to help and practice refining.
• Jiang Ping An began using the Five-Line Refining Method to forge a fifth-order divine artifact, while Dragon Chen noticed his Peak God Core Realm cultivation.
• Dragon Chen realized Jiang Ping An had advanced from the Early Stage to the Peak Stage of the God Core Realm in only half a month.
• Several months later, Jiang Ping An completed the saber blank and continued the final forging steps calmly, leaving Dragon Chen stunned by his success.
• Dragon Chen admired Jiang Ping An's talent and composure, then devised a plan involving his rebellious daughter to secure a successor to his inheritance.

Jiang Ping An completed a fifth-tier low-grade Divine Saber and received Dragon Chen’s advice on his forging flaws. Dragon Chen asked him to represent the Dragon Family at the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet to protect its access to the Treasure Hall, and Jiang Ping An was tempted by the chance to learn more of the Five-Line Refining Method and seek an opportunity there.

• Jiang Ping An forged a fifth-tier low-grade Divine Saber, and Dragon Chen pointed out mistakes that had kept him from making a higher-grade artifact.
• Jiang Ping An revealed that his real name was Jiang Ping An and that a First-Level God King’s inheritance had helped him break through two realms.
• Dragon Chen reshaped Jiang Ping An’s saber into a fifth-tier top-grade divine artifact and explained how rival clans had monopolized the Treasure Hall and its trials.
• Dragon Chen said the Dragon Family risked losing its qualification to enter the Treasure Hall because Xiao Ya had reached the God King Realm and could no longer compete.
• Dragon Chen asked Jiang Ping An to represent the Dragon Family at the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet and offered to teach him the third and Fourth Floor of the Five-Line Refining Method.
• Jiang Ping An grew interested after Dragon Chen described the Treasure Hall’s powerful opportunities, including one that had helped Xiao Ya reach the God King Realm.

Jiang Ping An agreed to attend the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet after learning it involved no combat, and he discovered that Lan Shi'er had become a celebrated God King fighting on the front lines. He considered contacting her but held back, while Lan Shi'er also hesitated to reach out to him.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to compete for a place at the Treasure Pavilion after Dragon Chen promised to guide him in the Third and Fourth Floors of the "Five-Line Refining Method" and have Long Ya protect him.
• Jiang Ping An bribed an armory staff member for details about the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet and learned about its founder, Dao Xuanzi, and the banquet's focus on artifact refining and arrays rather than combat.
• Jiang Ping An overheard Refining Masters say that Lan Shi'er was fighting on the front lines and had killed several God Kings after rapidly reaching the God King Realm.
• Jiang Ping An considered contacting Lan Shi'er with a God Sound Talisman, then put it away because he feared their connection might expose her or make him a weakness.
• Lan Shi'er sat with a God Sound Talisman, wondering how Jiang Ping An was doing, while Long Ya teased her about missing her Smelly Uncle.

Lan Shi'er rejected Long Ya's advice to forget her Uncle, while Dragon Chen arranged Marriage Talismans to push Long Ya toward Jiang Ping An. Dragon Chen then heard a rumor that Dao Xuanzi had discovered where the sixth Lord God would be born and tried to steal that destiny for his descendants.

• Lan Shi'er put away the God Sound Talisman to keep the imperial clan's watchers from learning about her Uncle, and Long Ya invited her to the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet, but Lan Shi'er declined to leave the front lines.
• Dragon Chen asked a goateed old man for two Marriage Talismans so Long Ya and Jiang Ping An would grow closer at the banquet.
• The goateed old man objected to using Marriage Talismans, but Dragon Chen gave up the plan to pair his daughter with the old man's granddaughter, and accepted two blue Jade Tokens in exchange for a divine artifact.
• The goateed old man told Dragon Chen that Dao Xuanzi had supposedly calculated the birthplace of the sixth Lord God and sought to steal that being's karma for his descendants.
• Dragon Chen dismissed the story as a rumor, while the goateed old man said the Nine Kings of the Chaos Sea were watching for a chance to become Lord Gods.

Jiang Ping An received final forging guidance and a protective Jade Token from Dragon Chen before setting out with Long Ya for the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet in the Inner Sea. At the teleportation array, he reached for the token hanging at Long Ya’s waist, and she mistook his action for an attempt to touch her.

• Jiang Ping An learned that Lan Shi'er had dominated the latest battle between the Wildsea Royal Clan and the Blue Sea Alliance.
• Dragon Chen named Jiang Ping An as the Dragon Family’s representative at the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet and praised his refining talent to Long Ya.
• Dragon Chen gave Jiang Ping An his accumulated refining insights and protective Jade Token, then sent him and Long Ya to the banquet.
• Jiang Ping An and Long Ya headed for the camp’s teleportation array to travel to Dao Xuanzi’s treasure pavilion in the Inner Sea.
• Long Ya confronted Jiang Ping An after he reached for the Jade Token at her waist, struck his hand away, and suppressed him with her God King aura.

Jiang Ping An entered the Inner Sea with Long Ya, where he noticed a karmic link between their Jade Tokens, while Tuanzi discovered its tomb guide was a scam. At the city hosting the upcoming Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet, Long Ya confronted Luo Liujing after learning the Luo Family had taken the Dragon Family’s reserved rooms, and slapped her.

• Jiang Ping An told Long Ya that their Jade Tokens shared a strange karmic link, but she dismissed his warning and led him through the Teleportation Arrays into the Inner Sea.
• Tuanzi mistook the surrounding mountains for signs of a great tomb, then learned its Tomb-Robbing Insights book was only entertainment and had cost thirty thousand God Source Stones.
• Jiang Ping An and Long Ya arrived at a mountain city where many visitors had gathered ahead of the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet.
• Long Ya learned the inn had given the Dragon Family’s five reserved rooms to the Luo Family and confronted Luo Liujing.
• Long Ya slapped Luo Liujing before she could finish taunting the Dragon Family.

Long Ya drove Luo Liujing and the Luo Family out of the Dragon Family’s rooms, then warned Jiang Ping An to stay cautious until the banquet. While studying her father’s protective talisman, she discovered it secretly contained a Marriage Talisman, leaving her furious at him.

• Long Ya slapped and kicked Luo Liujing after she challenged her, then warned her against making trouble.
• Long Ya broke into the rooms occupied by the Luo Family, beat their members, and reclaimed the Dragon Family’s rooms.
• Long Ya returned the room tokens to Jiang Ping An and warned him to avoid going out without telling her.
• Jiang Ping An began studying Senior Dragon Chen’s artifact-refining insights while Tuanzi read a book about choosing graveyards.
• Long Ya analyzed the protective talisman her father had given her and discovered that its karma runes were connected to marriage fate.
• Long Ya realized the talisman was a hidden Marriage Talisman and cursed her father for using it on his own daughter.

Long Ya discovered that Dragon Chen had disguised a Marriage Talisman as a protective talisman and decided to pretend she knew nothing. As the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet began at the Treasure Pavilion, Jiang Ping An followed Long Ya while Tuanzi slipped away to search for a rumored great tomb.

• Long Ya recognized the talisman Dragon Chen had given her as a Marriage Talisman, inferred his matchmaking scheme, and chose not to confront him.
• Long Ya wondered how Jiang Ping An had sensed the talisman's hidden power, but felt too embarrassed to ask him after previously misunderstanding him.
• Array Masters and Refining Masters gathered at the Treasure Pavilion for the banquet, whose opening bell summoned attendees from across the region.
• Jiang Ping An followed Long Ya toward the banquet and felt uneasy among the many God Kings, while Tuanzi returned to the inn.
• Tuanzi revealed that it had faked its fear to search for a great tomb, then used its Formless Illusionary God Body to burrow underground.

At the Artifact-Law Exchange Banquet, the Lan Clan announced five additional Treasure Pavilion places for both Refining Masters and Array Masters, then revealed the random-material assessments. Jiang Ping An prepared to compete as the selection began.

• A Lan Clan Array Master announced that the banquet would choose fifteen Refining Masters and fifteen Array Masters to enter the Treasure Pavilion.
• Long Ya celebrated the increased number of places and urged Jiang Ping An to take the assessment seriously, explaining that the Dragon Family had only two chances left before losing its right to compete.
• A Lan Clan Refining Master explained that participants would draw ten randomly mixed materials and forge divine artifacts, with selection based on artifact grade.
• Jiang Ping An judged that he could pass the refining assessment unless he drew exceptionally poor materials.
• A Lan Clan Array Master announced that participants would draw five mixed magic artifacts and arrange formations, and the assessment began.