Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An fled a devastating torrent of Rules through the ruins and clashed with Hu Jing, a Tiger Demon who blamed him for a destroyed Space Crack. After Jiang Ping An injured Hu Jing and warned him about the approaching torrent, Hu Jing attacked again, and Jiang Ping An charged to meet him.

• Jiang Ping An used three Teleportation Talismans to flee the torrent of Rules and raced toward the Space Cracks with the other deities.
• A Tiger Demon’s claw struck the first Space Crack and shattered it, forcing the fleeing deities to head for another exit.
• Hu Jing blamed Jiang Ping An for the broken Space Crack, then launched a sneak attack after spotting that Jiang Ping An had recently become a God King.
• Jiang Ping An blocked Hu Jing’s bite with his Bone Blade and cut off the Tiger Demon’s tongue.
• Hu Jing threatened Jiang Ping An despite the approaching torrent, then attacked with a tiger-claw projection, and Jiang Ping An turned to fight him.

Jiang Ping An forced Hu Jing to hand over a first-grade King-level glove by preventing him from escaping the approaching torrent of rules. The two reached a Space Crack, but Hu Jing crossed first and destroyed it, leaving Jiang Ping An on the torrent’s side.

• Jiang Ping An repeatedly attacked Hu Jing, keeping the two of them from fleeing as the torrent of rules drew closer.
• Jiang Ping An demanded a first-grade King-level Divine Weapon, and Hu Jing gave him a black glove to secure his escape.
• Jiang Ping An confirmed the glove’s grade and fled with Hu Jing toward a Space Crack.
• Hu Jing used the Divine Art Tiger Demon to reach the Space Crack first and cross to the other side.
• Hu Jing struck the Space Crack and made it disappear, leaving Jiang Ping An trapped as the torrent of rules advanced.

Jiang Ping An confronted Hu Jing after Hu Jing destroyed the Space Crack and extorted a bottle of divine pills instead of fighting until the incoming torrent of rules arrived. Hu Jing let him leave, secretly expecting the pills to kill him once he consumed them.

• Hu Jing turned away after destroying the Space Crack, but Jiang Ping An struck it with a damaged glove he had taken.
• Jiang Ping An attacked Hu Jing with a Bone Blade and demanded a divine weapon or a fight to the death.
• Jiang Ping An's attacks coated Hu Jing's claws with a dark golden power that combined opposing forces, leading Hu Jing to recognize his Yin Yang Dao Body.
• Hu Jing offered a sealed bottle containing three King-grade divine pills, and Jiang Ping An accepted it and left.
• Hu Jing watched Jiang Ping An depart and believed the pills would kill him if he consumed them.

Jiang Ping An discovered that Hu Jing’s bottle of Explosive Origin Pills had become dangerous, then fled the rule turbulence and encountered a Tree Demon that captured him and thousands of other gods. The Tree Demon revealed it planned to use them as vessels, including a descendant of the Fengyun Kingdom imperial family.

• Jiang Ping An learned that Hu Jing’s spoiled Explosive Origin Pills could make a victim’s divine power spiral out of control and damage their body.
• Jiang Ping An spotted a Third Level God King Tree Demon concealed beside a Space Crack and changed course to avoid it.
• Hu Jing rushed toward the Space Crack, but the Tree Demon seized it and pulled it into its inner world.
• The Tree Demon caught Jiang Ping An with a root, imprisoned him with thousands of gods, and escaped before the rule turbulence swallowed the area.
• Jiang Ping An found that the Tree Demon’s barrier blocked God Sound Talismans and its branches sealed his divine power.
• The Tree Demon announced that its captives would become vessels, then celebrated capturing a descendant of the Fengyun Kingdom imperial family.

The Tree Demon captured more than a thousand gods and implanted them with life-draining seeds, planning to use their bodies to grow vessels for its rebirth. It searched and plundered their inner worlds, leaving Jiang Ping An stripped of most of his supplies while his most valuable possessions remained hidden.

• The Tree Demon dismissed the captives' threats and revealed that it planned to drain their Origins to cultivate new bodies for its Rebirth.
• The Tree Demon implanted green spheres in the captives and declared that they had ten years to live.
• The Tree Demon used a Treasure Seeking Bell to detect the Fengyun Kingdom woman's treasures, tore open her inner world, and seized a powerful scroll.
• The Tree Demon searched the other captives' inner worlds and took their pills and magical treasures, even when the bell did not ring.
• The Treasure Seeking Bell did not detect Jiang Ping An's hidden valuables, but the Tree Demon still searched his inner world and took most of his supplies.

Jiang Ping An and the other captured gods despaired as the tree demon gave them ten years to live and its parasitic seeds prevented them from using their divine power. When Demon Illusion Fairy found Jiang Ping An, he revealed he could break through the barriers but asked whether she could help them escape the tree demon’s pursuit.

• The tree demon used the Treasure Seeking Bell to search every captive god for treasures, then removed their seals and warned them not to attempt escape or remove their seeds.
• The gods discovered that their high-grade treasures had been taken, leaving them with no apparent way to defeat the tree demon.
• Several Second Level God Kings tried to circulate their power to advance, but their parasitic seeds rapidly drained them and forced them to stop.
• Jiang Ping An tried to suppress his panic and plan an escape when Demon Illusion Fairy sat beside him and asked whether he had a way out.
• Jiang Ping An told Demon Illusion Fairy he could break through the barriers but could not outrun the tree demon, and asked whether she had a way to help them escape.

Jiang Ping An learned that the Tree Demon would weaken when it changed vessels, giving its captives a chance to escape. Demon Illusion Fairy suppressed the seed in his chest with her blood essence, and they began considering how to use the opportunity without exposing their plan to the Tree Demon's spies.

• Demon Illusion Fairy explained that the Tree Demon used the Wood God Rebirth Technique and would change vessels when its seeds matured in ten years.
• Jiang Ping An warned that the seeds were draining their Origin and divine power, so they could not wait ten years without help.
• Demon Illusion Fairy gave Jiang Ping An a drop of blood essence, which suppressed the seed in his chest, and promised to give him another drop each year.
• Jiang Ping An cautioned that the Tree Demon would still have powerful treasures after its cultivation fell, and doubted that the other God Kings could be trusted.
• Jiang Ping An proposed secretly spreading word of the Tree Demon's weakness so the captives could take their chances without revealing their escape plan.

Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy prepared for the Tree Demon’s weakened state, but its secret became public and the captives’ despair deepened. Jiang Ping An continued cultivating and sought other ways to escape before the ten-year deadline.

• Jiang Ping An warned Demon Illusion Fairy to spread the news about the Tree Demon’s weakness discreetly, then began cultivating the Shadow Kill Technique.
• Jiang Ping An used powder from the Heavenly Gate Profound Dao Pill to sharpen his comprehension of the Supreme Yin Rule through a Half-step Main God’s bone.
• Demon Illusion Fairy secretly told a dozen people that the Tree Demon was injured and would take a new body in ten years, causing its weakness to become widely known.
• A First Level God King betrayed his companion to the Tree Demon, but the Tree Demon killed both men after the betrayal exposed the secret to everyone.
• The captives either gave in to despair or continued cultivating, while Jiang Ping An realized that mastering the Supreme Yin Rule alone would not be enough and searched for more ways to survive.

Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy endured years inside the tree demon’s collapsing inner world and prepared to escape its pursuit. After learning the Flower Sea Clone Technique and comprehending the Supreme Yin Rule, Jiang Ping An faced a drunken Tiger Demon that attacked him.

• Jiang Ping An secretly stored Demon Illusion Fairy’s blood essence and concealed their strength while the tree demon’s inner world and the captured spirits deteriorated.
• Demon Illusion Fairy explained her life-burning Flower Sea Clone Technique, and Jiang Ping An asked her to teach it so they could use it during their escape.
• Demon Illusion Fairy passed the technique to Jiang Ping An, who resumed cultivating while she placed her hope in their escape plan.
• In the eighth year, Jiang Ping An used the Heavenly Gate Profound Dao Pill, the World Eye, and the Half-Step Sovereign Skeleton to comprehend the king-grade first-level Supreme Yin Rule Divine Dao Laws and Corrosive Power.
• In the ninth year, a drunken Golden Tiger Demon hurled a wine bottle at Jiang Ping An, but his shield stopped the attack.

Jiang Ping An’s plan to escape when the Tree Demon changed bodies was exposed after Hu Jing revealed his Yin Yang Dao Body, making him the Tree Demon’s coveted vessel. Jiang Ping An seized his only chance and charged toward the barriers, while the Tree Demon reached out to capture him.

• Hu Jing attacked Jiang Ping An, who pretended to be too weak to fight back and was thrown through a dead tree; Demon Illusion Fairy was also knocked from her cultivation.
• Hu Jing charged Jiang Ping An, but the Tree Demon’s overwhelming pressure pinned the spirits throughout the Small World to the ground.
• The Tree Demon appeared, announced it would choose a spirit with the best seed as its new vessel, and claimed the others could leave afterward.
• Hu Jing pointed out that Jiang Ping An possessed the legendary Yin Yang Dao Body, drawing the Tree Demon’s attention and disrupting Jiang Ping An’s escape plan.
• Jiang Ping An urged the spirits to contact their families and sects, drew Demon Illusion Fairy and Hu Jing into his inner world, and charged toward the barriers as the Tree Demon reached for him.

Jiang Ping An used his Primordial Dao Domain to break through the Tree Demon's barriers and lead nearly a hundred deities out of its inner world. With his divine power nearly exhausted, he fled through the dark abyss as the Tree Demon pursued him and reached for his Shadow Clone.

• Jiang Ping An activated his Primordial Dao Domain, nullified the Tree Demon's rules, and used the seed's stored power to sustain the domain.
• Jiang Ping An smashed through the inner world's barriers while the deities inside his domain followed; the Tree Demon killed those who tried to follow from outside the protection.
• Jiang Ping An tore open the inner world's final barrier and teleported the deities out, then broke through the stronger barrier beyond it.
• Jiang Ping An sent the rescued deities scattering and hid his main body in his shadow, while his Shadow Clone fled into the abyss's darkness.
• The Tree Demon pursued Jiang Ping An, rejected his warning that it would not have time to use him for its Rebirth, and reached for his Shadow Clone with its branches.

Jiang Ping An used Demon Illusion Fairy’s clones and a Shadow Clone to deceive the Tree Demon while escaping with the other fugitives, but the Tree Demon discovered his true location. Jiang Ping An activated a King-level Second-Order Teleportation Talisman as the Tree Demon’s branches rushed to stop him.

• Jiang Ping An released Demon Illusion Fairy, who created hundreds of avatars with the Flower Sea Clone Technique while he hid among them.
• The Tree Demon destroyed every avatar and searched their inner worlds, then realized Jiang Ping An’s main body had escaped with the other fugitives while a Shadow Clone had lured it away.
• The Tree Demon used its Thousand-Eyed Forbidden Domain to illuminate the abyss and locate Jiang Ping An fleeing near a rock wall.
• Jiang Ping An activated a Teleportation Talisman made from his Undying Demon Bone as the Tree Demon sent its branches tearing through space to intercept him.

Jiang Ping An appeared to sacrifice himself to escape the Tree Demon, then regenerated from fragments of his Undying Demon Bone three days later. He reunited with the exhausted Demon Illusion Fairy in the Sovereign Capital Ruins, where both remained in danger.

• Jiang Ping An used an Undying Demon Bone to buy time and escaped the Tree Demon's attack with a Teleportation Talisman.
• The Tree Demon intercepted Jiang Ping An with a higher-grade talisman, but he charged into high-order fire laws rather than become its vessel and vanished in the flames.
• The Tree Demon waited near the flames twice to see whether Jiang Ping An had survived, then finally left to seek a new vessel.
• Three days later, Jiang Ping An reconstructed himself from the scattered fragments of his Undying Demon Bone at the bottom of an abyss.
• Jiang Ping An released Demon Illusion Fairy from the Devouring Space and told her they were still deep in the Sovereign Capital Ruins and unsafe.
• Demon Illusion Fairy collapsed against Jiang Ping An and asked for pills to replenish her divine power.

Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy returned to the Tree Demon's abandoned lair to recover using the Divine Power Stones left behind. After three months, Demon Illusion Fairy recovered fully before Jiang Ping An and demanded that he become her kept man.

• Jiang Ping An reasoned that the Tree Demon had likely abandoned its exposed lair and led Demon Illusion Fairy back to search for resources.
• Jiang Ping An used the World Eye to confirm the Tree Demon was gone, then found three Divine Power Stones in the cavern and gave one to Demon Illusion Fairy.
• Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy concealed themselves in the lair and absorbed the stones' energy to heal their injuries.
• Jiang Ping An enhanced one of Demon Illusion Fairy's stored essence-blood drops with the Heaven Mending Art and used it to accelerate his recovery.
• Three months later, Demon Illusion Fairy recovered completely and demanded that Jiang Ping An apologize and agree to become her kept man.

Jiang Ping An recovered to his peak and subdued Demon Illusion Fairy, demanding blood essence from her. When three God Kings arrived seeking their missing Young Master, Demon Illusion Fairy blamed a Tree Demon, but the newcomers tried to take them back for questioning, and Jiang Ping An began to leave.

• Demon Illusion Fairy attacked Jiang Ping An, but he struck her down and revealed that he had recovered to his peak.
• Jiang Ping An grabbed Demon Illusion Fairy and demanded blood essence, raising his demand from three drops to thirty.
• Three First Level God Kings arrived looking for their missing Young Master, and Demon Illusion Fairy told them a Third Level God King Tree Demon had captured him.
• The heavily armored God King ordered Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy to return with them, but Demon Illusion Fairy refused and insulted him.
• Jiang Ping An started to leave, so Demon Illusion Fairy panicked and offered him thirty drops of blood essence to come back.

Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy confronted three God Kings who demanded they submit to an investigation, and Jiang Ping An killed all three with his Primordial Dao Domain and devouring techniques. After searching their bodies and removing traces that could expose him, he reminded Demon Illusion Fairy that she still owed him thirty drops of blood essence.

• Jiang Ping An refused the three God Kings' demands, and they charged at him after threatening to cripple him.
• Demon Illusion Fairy attacked the armored God King with her vine whip, but his armor repelled the strike, so she urged Jiang Ping An to hold off the strongest enemies.
• Jiang Ping An activated his Primordial Dao Domain, stomped the armored God King into the ground, and seized the other two, preventing all three from using their powers.
• Jiang Ping An drained the God Kings' divine power, killed them with a soul attack and Bone Spikes, then searched their corpses and destroyed anything that could help track him.
• Demon Illusion Fairy praised Jiang Ping An, who ignored her flattery and reminded her that she owed him thirty drops of blood essence.

Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy escaped the ruins and reached Ruin City, where he planned to stay until she condensed thirty drops of essence blood. He then began strengthening seized divine artifacts and chose to comprehend the Fifth Layer of the Primordial True Martial Scripture.

• Jiang Ping An gave Demon Illusion Fairy a bottle of Spirit King Pills and told her they would discuss further resources after leaving the ruins.
• Jiang Ping An used the three God Kings’ memories to guide them safely through the ruins and back to Ruin City.
• Jiang Ping An rented two cultivation rooms and told Demon Illusion Fairy to condense thirty drops of essence blood within five years.
• Jiang Ping An sent an incarnation to strengthen the seized divine artifacts while he considered whether to cultivate the Heaven Mending Art or the Primordial True Martial Scripture.
• Jiang Ping An flipped a coin, chose the Primordial True Martial Scripture, and began comprehending its Fifth Layer, Primordial Calamity Light.

Jiang Ping An learned that the weakened Thousand-Eyed Tree Demon was being hunted in Flame Forest for a huge bounty, and he agreed to go with Demon Illusion Fairy after preparing. His incarnation gathered intelligence in Ruin City, where powerful God Kings were already searching but had yet to find the demon.

• Jiang Ping An continued cultivating and strengthening divine artifacts while carefully managing resources for himself and Demon Illusion Fairy.
• Demon Illusion Fairy told Jiang Ping An that the Fengyun Kingdom was offering one thousand Spirit King Pills for the Tree Demon's whereabouts and ten thousand for its corpse.
• Demon Illusion Fairy said the Tree Demon had been injured and its cultivation might have fallen to the First Level God King, and she urged Jiang Ping An to hunt it in Flame Forest.
• Jiang Ping An questioned the rumors, learned about Flame Forest and its Blazing Fire Trees, then decided to prepare for two days before setting out with Demon Illusion Fairy.
• Jiang Ping An sent an incarnation to gather information and learned that the target was the Thousand-Eyed Tree Demon, while several Third Level God Kings were already searching Flame Forest.

Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy traveled to Flame Forest to hunt the Thousand-Eyed Tree Demon and claim Fengyun Kingdom’s bounty. They entered the burning forest, where Demon Illusion Fairy began using her ability to communicate with plants and search for the Tree Demon.

• Jiang Ping An ignored Demon Illusion Fairy’s efforts to boast about her tracking ability and told her to use it when they reached Flame Forest.
• Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy spotted several Third Level God Kings heading toward Flame Forest and realized they faced many competitors for the bounty.
• Jiang Ping An and Demon Illusion Fairy entered Flame Forest, where Demon Illusion Fairy complained about the heat and asked him to release Supreme Yin Rule Power.
• Jiang Ping An told Demon Illusion Fairy to find the Tree Demon while he handled the fighting.
• Demon Illusion Fairy connected her palm to a Blazing Fire Tree and explained that she could communicate with plants, use them to search the forest, and see events from their past.

Demon Illusion Fairy used the Blazing Fire Trees’ memories to find the Thousand-Eyed Tree Demon’s hiding place, but three powerful God Kings ambushed her and Jiang Ping An. After Jiang Ping An was injured, she agreed to lead the pursuers to the Flame Pit, leaving their survival uncertain.

• Demon Illusion Fairy searched the Blazing Fire Trees’ memories and traced the Thousand-Eyed Tree Demon to a deep Flame Pit.
• Gong Zhou overheard Demon Illusion Fairy announce her discovery and led two fellow God Kings to pursue her and Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An sensed the pursuers, but the three God Kings surrounded the pair and Gong Zhou struck him, injuring him.
• Demon Illusion Fairy realized Gong Zhou had heard her, admitted she knew the Tree Demon’s location, and demanded that the God Kings spare them.
• Demon Illusion Fairy helped the injured Jiang Ping An up and led the three God Kings toward the Flame Pit.