Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An discovered that Lan Jie had traced the beast hide through Heavenly Abyss and kept himself protected inside Hua Miao Lou while cultivating. Months later, his Second Soul reached God King Third Level, just as Black Mountain Tribe returned to threaten Great Lake Village.

• Jiang Ping An recognized a faint connection between Lan Jie’s Heavenly Abyss jar and the beast hide, then ignored Lan Jie’s demand and returned to Hua Miao Lou.
• Lan Jie resolved to kill Long Ping and reclaim the beast hide, while Jiang Ping An decided to remain in the imperial city and focus on cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An’s Second Soul fused the Cicada Eye into the World Eye and reached God King Third Level, greatly improving his perception and comprehension.
• A villager warned Jiang Ping An’s Energy Avatar and Shi Da He that Black Mountain Tribe had returned, and Shi Da He rushed toward the village.
• Hei Fengnian confronted Great Lake Village and was shocked to find Shi Da Hu healthy despite the severe injuries and poisoning he had inflicted months earlier.

Shi Da He rushed to defend Great Lake Village from the Black Mountain Tribe but was quickly defeated by Hei Fengnian. Jiang Ping An then killed the attacking tribe members without moving, leaving the village safe and Shi Da He chastened for charging at a stronger enemy.

• Hei Fengnian threatened to kill Great Lake Village’s men and take its women unless the villagers submitted to the Black Mountain Tribe, and Shi Da Hu refused.
• Shi Da He arrived to protect the village, but Hei Fengnian kicked him into a hillock.
• Jiang Ping An warned the Black Mountain Tribe to leave, then caused Da Zhuang to collapse and die with an unseen attack.
• The Black Mountain Tribe members charged, but they all fell dead before the villagers could join the fight.
• Shi Da He returned and found the battle over, and Jiang Ping An reprimanded him for facing a stronger opponent instead of retreating.

Jiang Ping An killed the Black Mountain Tribe’s attackers, strengthened Great Lake Village, and used the villagers’ help to cultivate until his real-world soul broke through to God King Third Level. After buying materials to improve his strength, he learned that someone else had stripped the Golden Grain Soul Grass valley of its herbs.

• Jiang Ping An wiped out the Black Mountain Tribe warriors and told Shi Da He to teach the villagers cultivation and organize herb-gathering trips.
• Great Lake Village grew stronger under Shi Da He’s instruction, while its people gathered soul-nourishing herbs for Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An’s real-world soul broke through to God King Third Level, and he reviewed his cultivation and divine arts.
• Jiang Ping An bought a Devouring Rules Book and divine materials for the Undying Demon Bone, spending nearly all his Spirit King Pills.
• Shi Da He reported that someone had been harvesting the Golden Grain Soul Grass valley, including its seedlings.

Jiang Ping An discovered that the Feather Soul Tribe's three God Kings were gathering Golden Grain Soul Grass and planning to attack nearby villages. He ambushed them to protect Great Lake Village, then fled with the three pursuing him.

• Villagers told Jiang Ping An that Golden Grain Soul Grass had vanished, and he ordered them to avoid the river valley and its flying strangers.
• Jiang Ping An went to the river valley and found Yu Shuang, Yu Lie, and Yu Ming searching for herbs.
• Yu Shuang proposed destroying nearby villages, and the three agreed before spotting a mature Golden Grain Soul Grass.
• Jiang Ping An ambushed Yu Shuang, seized the grass, and fled away from Great Lake Village to draw the attackers off.
• Yu Shuang recovered from her injuries, and she, Yu Lie, and Yu Ming chased Jiang Ping An.

Jiang Ping An outmaneuvered Yu Shuang, seized his bow, and learned the Feather Soul Tribe’s Soul Arrow Technique by devouring part of Yu Shuang’s soul memories. He faced Yu Lie and Yu Ming with his newly acquired technique and Karmic Fire, leaving the two Third Level God Kings retreating in alarm.

• Yu Shuang shot a Soul Arrow through Jiang Ping An’s fire wall, but Jiang Ping An’s apparent body was a decoy that lured Yu Shuang into a soul attack.
• Jiang Ping An wounded Yu Shuang, kicked him away, stole his exquisite bow, and escaped while Yu Lie and Yu Ming stopped to help their injured companion.
• Yu Lie and Yu Ming chased Jiang Ping An and fired Soul Arrows, but he evaded their attacks as he removed the bow’s Divine Soul Imprint and branded it as his own.
• Jiang Ping An used memories taken from Yu Shuang to fire the Soul Arrow Technique, shocking Yu Lie and Yu Ming.
• Jiang Ping An wrapped a Soul Arrow in Karmic Fire and shot it at Yu Lie and Yu Ming, forcing them to retreat.

Jiang Ping An fled Yu Ming, Yu Lie, and the recovering Yu Shuang, whose Soul Arrows could not harm him because of his powerful soul defenses. The three pursued him toward the ominous You Shui, and he reached its strange black lake without knowing their plan.

• Yu Ming distracted Jiang Ping An with Soul Arrows while Yu Lie tried to flank him, but Jiang Ping An escaped into the shadows.
• Yu Shuang caught up with Yu Ming and Yu Lie, and the three attacked Jiang Ping An together with Soul Arrows.
• Jiang Ping An emerged to counter their arrows, then survived their repeated attacks without slowing, revealing his soul’s formidable defenses.
• Yu Ming suggested ending the chase, but Yu Shuang ordered the others to drive Jiang Ping An into You Shui, where they believed he would die.
• After two more days of flight, Jiang Ping An reached a black lake that absorbed the light and filled him with unease.

Jiang Ping An was trapped in the You Shui, where a lake spirit’s Devouring Power threatened to consume him. He escaped the lake and turned the spirit against his attackers, but its power overwhelmed his Dao Domain as Yu Shuang fled and the spirit targeted him.

• The Feather Soul Tribe trio trapped Jiang Ping An’s Shadow Clone in the You Shui with an ancient barrier, expecting the lake to devour him.
• Jiang Ping An used his Origin Divine Spark, Devouring Power, and World Eye to resist the lake’s pull and discovered the spirit at the bottom.
• The Spirit of the Lake Water surged toward Jiang Ping An, who escaped the water as the trio’s barrier formed a giant hand to knock him back in.
• The spirit devoured the giant hand and drained the barrier, weakening the three attackers, who recognized it as a valuable spirit.
• Jiang Ping An used his Primordial Dao Domain to transfer the spirit onto Yu Ming and the other man, killing both, but the spirit’s Rule Power overwhelmed his domain.
• Yu Shuang escaped with a Teleportation Talisman, leaving Jiang Ping An alone as the Spirit of the Lake Water flew toward him.

Jiang Ping An destroyed the Spirit of the Lake Water’s fragile awareness with Soul Power and moved the entire lake into his inner world, though the spirit began draining his divine power. The Feather Soul Tribe arrived too late to claim it, and its leader ordered nearby tribes to join the war against the Blazing Sun Tribe after revealing they were descendants of the Strength God Clan.

• Jiang Ping An used his Soul Power to destroy the Spirit of the Lake Water’s awareness, escaped the lake, and recovered his strength.
• Jiang Ping An decided to keep the spirit, moved the lake into his inner world, and hurried off to find ferocious beasts to replenish the divine power it drained.
• Yu Shuang and the Feather Soul Tribe’s leader found the lake gone, and the leader concluded that the white-haired man had used Soul Power to take the spirit.
• The Feather Soul Tribe’s leader ordered nearby villages and tribes to join the war against the Blazing Sun Tribe.
• The leader revealed that many nearby tribes descended from the Strength God Clan, shocking the generals.

The Feather Soul Tribe's leader planned to recruit descendants of the Strength God Clan as expendable fighters against the Blazing Sun Tribe. Meanwhile, Jiang Ping An fed Fierce Beasts to the Spirit of the Lake Water until he encountered a rampaging Giant Elephant Herd and the cultivators who had tried to redirect its anger toward him.

• The Feather Soul Tribe's leader explained that the surviving Strength God Clan had scattered into tribes and villages, then left a divine ship behind to recruit them as soldiers.
• Jiang Ping An spent a month hunting Fierce Beasts and gathering divine herbs to weaken the Spirit of the Lake Water's Devouring Power.
• A Giant Elephant Herd charged toward Jiang Ping An as seven fleeing cultivators threw a stolen Elephant Bone toward him to divert the herd.
• Jiang Ping An ignored the Elephant Bone and attacked the cultivators, absorbing their strikes with a Yin Yang Diagram and swallowing four of them.
• Yan Hou Kong escaped with two companions and threatened Jiang Ping An on behalf of the Blazing Sun Tribe, but Jiang Ping An taunted them and fled.

Jiang Ping An fought off Yan Hou Kong while attempting to break through the Gate of Profound Dao. After shattering the gate with his third strike, he was met by a torrent of divine dao as powerful figures across the region sensed his breakthrough.

• Jiang Ping An fled Yan Hou Kong and blocked his Soul Arrow Technique with an ancient soul shield.
• Yan Hou Kong's greatsaber struck the immense Gate of Profound Dao that appeared between him and Jiang Ping An, and the rebound injured him.
• Jiang Ping An unleashed his powers and cracked the gate with two strikes from his purple Bone Blade while Yan Hou Kong attacked him.
• Yan Hou Kong thought he had killed Jiang Ping An, but the scene reset to the moment before his attack, revealing that the apparent death had been an illusion.
• Jiang Ping An struck the Gate of Profound Dao with Primordial Calamity Light and shattered it, drawing a torrent of divine dao as experts across the region sensed him.

Jiang Ping An broke through to God King Third Level and used his newly awakened Dao Domain to kill Yan Hou Kong and two other Blazing Sun Tribe deities. He fled before the breakthrough’s immense disturbance drew powerful factions, who arrived to investigate but found nothing.

• Jiang Ping An broke through to God King Third Level as the upheaval alerted experts across the region.
• Yan Hou Kong attacked Jiang Ping An with Blazing Sun Slash—Heaven-Burning, but Jiang Ping An’s Dao Domain suppressed the strike and let him seize the saber.
• Jiang Ping An killed Yan Hou Kong with Primordial Calamity Light and took his special ring.
• Jiang Ping An killed the two fleeing Blazing Sun Tribe deities, swallowed the local aura and Rules, and escaped as a black shadow.
• The Feather Soul Tribe’s divine ship arrived to investigate, then left to recruit descendants of the Strength God Clan after finding no trace of Jiang Ping An.
• Other experts searched the area and found nothing, while several hostile factions clashed after mistaking one another for rivals who had found a fortune.

Jiang Ping An stabilized his breakthrough to God King Third Level, gained a soul-protecting ring, and returned toward Great Lake Village. There, Shi Da Hu and the villagers debated joining the Feather Soul Tribe before Jiang arrived at the village chief’s cabin.

• Jiang Ping An spent three months stabilizing his God King Third Level cultivation and mastering his increased power.
• Jiang Ping An claimed Yan Hou Kong’s ancient ring and learned that it could store Soul Power and form a soul shield.
• Jiang Ping An left his secluded cave and headed back to Great Lake Village to check on Shi Da He and the villagers.
• The villagers debated joining the Feather Soul Tribe, while Shi Da Hu worried that the tribe’s generous offers concealed a danger.
• Jiang Ping An entered the village chief’s cabin just as Shi Da Hu was about to announce his decision, and the villagers greeted him with relief.

Jiang Ping An refused to choose the Feather Soul Tribe's path for Great Lake Village, then returned to cultivation and later fought Long Ya after she emerged from seclusion. Long Ya lost their brief match and took Jiang Ping An somewhere without telling him where.

• Jiang Ping An warned Great Lake Village that the Feather Soul Tribe might be recruiting villagers for its conflict with the Blazing Sun Tribe, but told them to choose their own path and not reveal his identity.
• Shi Da He brought Jiang Ping An divine medicine and asked whether the villagers should join the Feather Soul Tribe; Jiang Ping An said they had to bear the consequences of their own choice.
• Half the villagers chose to join the Feather Soul Tribe, while Jiang Ping An stayed out of the decision and continued cultivating and guiding Shi Da He.
• Long Ya emerged from seclusion, challenged Jiang Ping An to a match, and lost decisively after a cup of tea.
• Long Ya restored her robe with divine power, grabbed Jiang Ping An's arm, and led him away to an undisclosed destination.

Long Ya brought Jiang Ping An to study the ancient divine ship, but two Third Level God Kings ambushed them in a sealed challenge room over Jiang Ping An’s past casino winnings. Jiang Ping An appeared to be killed by the One-armed God King, then revealed himself unharmed while trapping his attacker in a Karmic Fire formation.

• Long Ya showed Jiang Ping An the ancient divine ship and took him to a Second Level God King array challenge room.
• Jiang Ping An pulled Long Ya out of the way of a surprise attack, and two black-robed Third Level God Kings sealed the room’s exit.
• The assassins revealed that they came from the casino where Jiang Ping An had once won nearly one hundred thousand Spirit King Pills.
• Jiang Ping An told Long Ya to hold one attacker back while he faced the One-armed God King alone.
• The One-armed God King appeared to slice Jiang Ping An apart, but found himself bound and burning inside a Karmic Fire furnace as Jiang Ping An stood unharmed above him.

Jiang Ping An and Long Ya trapped two casino assassins, and Jiang Ping An used Karmic Fire and several other powers to overwhelm the One-armed God King. As Long Ya struggled to hold her array, Jiang Ping An struck the One-armed God King's soul with a Soul Power Arrow, leaving him gravely wounded.

• Jiang Ping An bound the One-armed God King in Karmic Fire Chains while Long Ya trapped his companion in a formation.
• The trapped God King used a Golden Array Flag to weaken Long Ya's array, and the assassins realized their target was Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An attacked the One-armed God King with Devouring Power, Corrosive Power, and Blazing Dragon Fire, then stopped his forbidden secret art with the Primordial Dao Domain.
• The One-armed God King begged Jiang Ping An for mercy, while his companion kept attacking Long Ya's weakening barrier.
• Jiang Ping An formed a Soul Power Arrow with his Bone Bow and struck the One-armed God King's soul, causing him to spit blood and lose consciousness.

Jiang Ping An killed two Third Level God Kings, broke through to the Third Level, and returned to restoring his strength while Long Ya resumed studying formations. Meanwhile, Huang Zheng Chang waited for the assassins he had sent to kill Long Ping and schemed to steal the Spirit King Pills.

• Jiang Ping An used repeated Soul Power Arrows and the World Eye to kill the One-armed God King, then reached the Third Level after a Seven-Colored Light Sphere replenished and empowered him.
• The surviving God King broke Long Ya’s barrier and tried to flee, but Jiang Ping An turned him back with the Primordial Dao Domain, bound him with Karmic Fire, and killed him with Soul Power Arrows.
• Jiang Ping An collected the two God Kings’ bodies and weapons, then sat down to recover while Long Ya returned to studying the formations, shaken by his strength.
• In a hidden Underground Casino, Huang Zheng Chang learned that the two Attendants had found Long Ping and prepared to strike, then planned how many Spirit King Pills to keep for himself.

Jiang Ping An retaliated against the Underground Casino by using an Energy Avatar to win five hundred thousand Spirit King Pills, then vanished before Huang Zheng Chang could catch him. Back at Hua Miao Lou, Jiang Ping An worried that his windfall might have ruined a source of resources for his future cultivation.

• Huang Zheng Chang realized the two Third Level God King retainers he had sent after Long Ping were missing and ordered an attendant to investigate the Formation Divine Ship.
• Jiang Ping An told Long Ya that the casino was unlikely to send more assassins, warned her to keep her distance for her safety, and left the ship alone.
• Jiang Ping An sent an Energy Avatar to the Underground Casino, where it won five hundred thousand Spirit King Pills before disappearing.
• Huang Zheng Chang followed his superior’s order to involve the Enforcement Team, but found only an empty Cultivation Room and a taunting message from Ma Mou.
• Jiang Ping An inspected the Spirit King Pills in his inner world and worried that he had taken too much from the casino to keep using it for resources.

Jiang Ping An completed the sixth enhancement of the Heaven Mending Art, transforming his divine spark, Primordial Qi, and Dao Domains. As he continued cultivating to prepare for the distant challenge of Zhuo Shan, news arrived that Nirvana Divine Kingdom forces had helped the Wildsea Royal Clan crush the Lan Alliance’s front lines.

• Jiang Ping An used a Heavenly Gate Profound Dao Pill and the combined efforts of his two souls to master the sixth layer of the Heaven Mending Art in twelve years.
• Jiang Ping An consumed more than eighty thousand Spirit King Pills to complete the enhancement formation, which shattered and reshaped his Yin Yang Origin Divine Spark with Primordial Qi.
• Jiang Ping An gained the ability to transform divine power directly into Primordial Qi and manifested the Extreme Yang and Extreme Yin Dao Domains, which fused into the Yin-Yang Dao Domain.
• Jiang Ping An completed the enhancement, expanded his World Eye, and began stabilizing his realm while recognizing that defeating Zhuo Shan remained a distant prospect.
• A battle report announced that Nirvana Divine Kingdom gods had joined the Wildsea Royal Clan’s main legions and caused the Lan Alliance’s front lines to collapse.

As the war in Blue Sea Country worsened, Jiang Ping An told Long Ya why he believed the other powers would prevent the country’s fall. In the Beast-Skin Consciousness World, he healed Shi Zhuang, but realized the injured deserter’s return had been aided by an unknown force just as the Feather Soul Tribe arrived to arrest him.

• Jiang Ping An told Long Ya that the other nations of the Chaos Sea would support Blue Sea Country to protect their own interests, despite its retreating front lines.
• Shi Zhuang’s father begged Jiang Ping An to save his son, who had returned from the front with severe burns after the Feather Soul Tribe sent him into battle.
• Jiang Ping An secretly brought Shi Zhuang and his father into the village, warned Shi Da Hu to keep Shi Zhuang’s return quiet, and healed Shi Zhuang with Primordial Qi.
• Jiang Ping An questioned how Shi Zhuang had survived the journey home and concluded that the Indestructible Vajra Body could not explain his recovery.
• The Feather Soul Tribe Enforcement Team arrived and ordered the villagers to surrender Shi Zhuang, threatening anyone who disobeyed.

The Feather Soul Tribe’s God Kings threatened Great Lake Village while searching for Shi Zhuang, hoping to use his return as an excuse to recruit the villagers and obtain their Divine Art. Jiang Ping An appeared and used Golden Grain Soul Grass to make them abandon the search and leave.

• Yu Wen Tao and another God King demanded that Great Lake Village surrender Shi Zhuang and threatened to kill the entire village.
• Shi Da Hu and Shi Zhuang’s parents denied that Shi Zhuang had returned, while Yu Wen Tao searched the village and found no trace of him.
• Yu Wen Tao seized Shi Zhuang’s father and prepared to search his soul, but Jiang Ping An’s killing intent forced him to let the man go.
• Jiang Ping An told the God Kings to report that Shi Zhuang had died on the road, then gave each of them a stalk of Golden Grain Soul Grass.
• Yu Wen Tao and the other God King declared that Shi Zhuang had died while fleeing and left Great Lake Village, warning the villagers not to tell outsiders.