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Late Bloomer Destiny? But I'm a Genius!
VolumesArcsSummaries

Arc 7The Black Abyss and the Hidden Lake

Jiang Ping advanced through the Five Elements Mysterious Mountain, defeated rival geniuses, and reached the brink of the Greater Golden Core before Shang Mingyuan and Wei Lin turned against him. Presumed dead after falling into the Black Abyss, Jiang Ping survived with Chen Qingyan and discovered a hidden lake that could repair their damaged cultivation.

  • Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan climbed the Five Elements Mountains, where he defeated Tian Ziqi and drove back powerful rivals while gathering Yin-Yang Aura.
  • Jiang Ping advanced to Golden Core Nine Transformations, learned the Void Palm, and reached Nine Revolutions Perfection as he considered how to form his own great trend.
  • Shang Mingyuan attacked Jiang Ping and forced him toward the Black Abyss while Wei Lin turned against the Jiang Family, and Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan were swallowed by the abyss's formation.
  • Jiang Saint fought the assembled Martial Saints, killed Zheng Yao, and devastated the Aristocratic Family Camp's Golden Core geniuses before the Old Saint and Martial Saint Changchun intervened.
  • Jiang Yuan revealed that Jiang Ping had reached the Eighth Level Concept Realm before falling, and Jiang Saint tore Shang Mingyuan apart, though Shang Mingyuan reassembled and broke through to the Seventh Heaven with a severe Dao Injury.
  • Inside the formation, Jiang Ping used the Old Saint's blood and the Life Trend to protect Chen Qingyan, pulled them free of the Yin-Yang Compass, and found a ruined palace beside a glowing lake.
  • The Five Saints failed to enter the Black Abyss, and Jiang Jun and Jiang Saint raised an empty tomb for Jiang Ping while he healed inside Dao Mountain.
  • Chen Qingyan recovered beside Jiang Ping, and they discovered that the lake water repaired his damaged Martial Dao Golden Core and could complete her Saint Body.
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Ch. 151Concept Realm of God

Jiang Ping learned about the formidable Great Wei Saint Body and considered the power of Golden Core Nine Transformations experts, then reviewed his cultivation before the Five Elements Mysterious Mountain opened. He left for the mountain with Chen Qingyan, Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Jun.

  • Qin Feng warned Jiang Ping that Great Wei's Saint Body had mastered Water and Fire Momentum and was pursuing Three Momentum Fusion, while Han Liyuan advised Jiang Ping to avoid him.
  • Jiang Jun kept Jiang Ping's true strength secret and privately looked forward to seeing how Great Wei's Saint Body would fare against him.
  • Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan discussed the danger posed by Nine Revolutions Prodigies who could fuse pure Different Force with Momentum to gain Magic Power.
  • As winter approached, Jiang Ping reviewed his cultivation progress and considered his techniques' limits, including the Concept Realm of God.
  • Jiang Yuan and Jiang Jun accompanied Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan to the Five Elements Mysterious Mountain, with Jiang Yuan overseeing and protecting them.
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Ch. 152Before the Mysterious Mountains

Jiang Ping and his companions arrived at the Five Elements Mysterious Mountains, where the Golden Core experts gathered and sized up their rivals before entering. As the young cultivators set off for the mountains, Tian Ziqi revealed a method for turning a fused Martial Bone into a pill.

  • Half-Saint Jiang Yuan brought Jiang Ping, Chen Qingyan, and Jiang Jun to the entrance of the Mysterious Mountains, where Jiang Jun explained that gathering essence near the Water Element Mountain was forbidden.
  • Qin Feng, Leng Yue, Han Liyuan, and Wei Chen described the mountains’ Yin-Yang Aura and discussed their plan to help Jiang Ping advance while facing stronger rival groups.
  • Jiang Ping greeted Xiao Yucheng, while Jiang Jun identified Tian Ziqi and Leng Yue warned that Xiao Yucheng might hold a grudge over Chen Qingyan’s past clash with his woman.
  • Qin Feng publicly dismissed Zheng Yao as a small fry, provoking him, while another Zheng Family descendant urged him to wait.
  • Tian Ziqi told the gathered experts that his clan could refine a fused Martial Bone into a pill with permanent benefits, shocking both sides.
  • At dusk, the young cultivators set off toward the Five Elements Mountains as the Half-Saints watched and reflected on their future.
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Ch. 153A Clash Ahead of Time

Jiang Ping and the others entered Water Element Mountain to refine their Different Force, but rival factions attacked before they could reach the Aura Pools. As the battle spread, Jiang Ping’s wife Chen Qingyan proved her strength against Su Tongxuan, while Jiang Ping overwhelmed Tian Ziqi and tore both his arms apart.

  • Jiang Ping, Qin Feng, Jiang Jun, and their companions absorbed Yin-Yang Aura as they climbed Water Element Mountain toward its Aura Pools.
  • Xiao Yucheng’s group attacked, and Tian Ziqi charged Jiang Ping while a Nine Transformations expert intercepted him; Leng Yue was also challenged by a Shang Family fighter wielding Magic Power.
  • The fighters split into duels, with Xiao Yucheng facing a Nine Transformations expert and Jiang Jun charging Zheng Yao, while Jiang Ping took Chen Qingyan away from the main battlefield.
  • Tian Ziqi and Su Tongxuan caught up with Jiang Ping; Chen Qingyan fought Su Tongxuan and surprised him with her Azure Water Sword and superior command of Momentum.
  • Jiang Ping shattered Tian Ziqi’s palm attacks with Sword Light that combined Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind Momentum, then tore both of Tian Ziqi’s arms apart.
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Ch. 154Center of Attention

Jiang Ping effortlessly defeated Tian Ziqi, stunning both camps and the powerful figures watching from above. When two Great Wei Golden Core Nine Transformations attacked him together, Jiang Ping revealed that he had been holding back and stopped their Magic Power Palm Prints with his sword.

  • Jiang Ping shattered Tian Ziqi's arms and legs, defeating him in less than thirty breaths.
  • Qin Feng and the others praised Jiang Ping's strength, while Xiao Yucheng realized he had underestimated him and Jiang Jun taunted Zheng Yao.
  • The Half-Saints and Martial Saints watching recognized Jiang Ping's extraordinary technical mastery, and Martial Saint Wei Lin's presence was linked to protecting him.
  • Tian Ziqi was eliminated as two Great Wei Golden Core Nine Transformations rushed to eliminate Jiang Ping.
  • Jiang Ping merged four kinds of Momentum and activated his Bone Technique, then halted the attackers' Palm Prints and cracked them with his sword.
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Ch. 155Life in Splendor

Jiang Ping fought two Half-step Greater Golden Cores and appeared to weaken under their combined attacks, but he revealed a stronger technique that shattered their flames and blade strikes. He remained at the center of the devastated battlefield, with his allies and enemies stunned by the power he had concealed.

  • Jiang Ping battled two Golden Core Nine Transformations experts, enduring their fire and Yang blade while holding his ground with his body and four kinds of Momentum.
  • The Great Wei Saint Child used a Secret Technique to intensify his fire, and his companion renewed the assault as Jiang Ping seemed to falter.
  • Leng Yue mocked the attackers and hoped Jiang Ping still had hidden strength as he appeared to be losing ground.
  • Jiang Ping replaced Li Fire and Yellow Spring Momentum with Mystic Skills built on the Liaoyuan Fist and Azure Water Sword, combining them with Split Earth Palm and Wind Running Escape.
  • Jiang Ping's renewed Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind power scattered the flames and shattered the Heavenly Saber, while the resulting shockwaves injured Su Tongxuan and forced nearby Golden Core martial artists to retreat.
  • Leng Yue and the onlookers realized Jiang Ping had concealed his Mystic Skills and had not yet been forced to reveal his full combat power.
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Ch. 156Peerless

Jiang Ping held off two Half-step Greater Golden Cores while helping his side gain the upper hand in the battle outside Water Element Mountain. After recovering from his injuries, he eliminated several opponents and continued targeting the Zheng, Su, and Shang Families, leaving Xiao Yucheng worried as Jiang Ping’s battle drew near.

  • Jiang Ping revealed his full strength and fought the Da Wei Saint Son and another Half-step Greater Golden Core, while Leng Yue recognized that he had evened the two camps’ odds.
  • The Half-Saints rescued cultivators facing death, but Jiang Ping eliminated a Shang Family Eighth Turn Golden Core who tried to attack Chen Qingyan.
  • As the battle wore down both sides, Jiang Ping recovered with his Secret Technique, then defeated Su Tongxuan and eliminated two Zheng Family Eighth Turn elites.
  • The Zheng Family’s Half-step Greater Golden Core noticed Jiang Ping was targeting the Zheng, Su, and Shang Families, while Xiao Yucheng realized he was close to Jiang Ping’s battlefield.
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Ch. 157Post-battle Baptism

After the battle ended, Jiang Ping’s allies and the Aristocratic Family Camp withdrew to recover and seek greater strength. At the Water Element Mountain Aura Pond, Jiang Ping healed Chen Qingyan and began refining his Golden Core with Yin-Yang Aura as other cultivators prepared to break through.

  • The Shang Family’s Half-step Greater Golden Core called off the battle, and both sides withdrew after suffering heavy losses.
  • Leng Yue warned that Aristocratic Family experts might soon break into the Greater Golden Core Realm, so Qin Feng led his group toward the Creation Pond.
  • On Fire Element Mountain, the Da Wei Saint Son and the Shang Family’s Half-step Greater Golden Core discussed who could break through first and challenge Jiang Ping.
  • Jiang Ping, Chen Qingyan, Leng Yue, Qin Feng, and Wei Chen arrived at the largest Aura Pond on Water Element Mountain.
  • Jiang Ping used the Changchun Mystic Skill to heal Chen Qingyan, then entered the pool to refine his Golden Core with Yin-Yang Aura.
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Ch. 158Breaking Through the Pass

Jiang Ping advanced to Golden Core Seventh Turn and went with Chen Qingyan to Wood Element Mountain to claim its remaining Yin-Yang aura. He defeated a Feng Clan Golden Core who tried to stop him, then confronted the powerful Feng Clan cultivators occupying the summit.

  • Jiang Ping emerged from two days of cultivation in the Yin-Yang aura pool and broke through to Golden Core Seventh Turn.
  • Qin Feng, Han Liyuan, Leng Yue, and the others left to seek secluded places and attempt to break through to the Greater Golden Core.
  • After the pool ran dry, Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan traveled to Wood Element Mountain to seek more Yin-Yang aura.
  • A Feng Clan Female Golden Core tried to bar their way, but Jiang Ping struck her down with a sound wave.
  • Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan reached the summit, where a Feng Family Half-step Greater Golden Core challenged their decision to stay.
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Ch. 159Overbearing Might and Another Breakthrough

Jiang Ping defeated the Feng Family experts and used their Aura Pond to reach the Golden Core Eighth Transformation Realm. After exhausting the pond, he went with Chen Qingyan to Gold Element Mountain, where Gu Ling directed him to a quieter pond with Yin-Yang Aura.

  • Jiang Ping rejected the Feng Family's demand to wait and defeated its Half-step Greater Golden Core and Golden Core Nine Transformations experts, forcing the survivors to flee or be eliminated.
  • Chen Qingyan guarded Jiang Ping as he absorbed the Aura Pond's Yin-Yang Aura and broke through to the Golden Core Eighth Transformation Realm.
  • Jiang Ping continued cultivating until the pond ran dry two days later, reaching 58% progress in the Golden Core Eighth Turn.
  • Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan went to Gold Element Mountain, where Gu Ling warned him about the three Half-step Greater Golden Cores at the summit and pointed him toward a pond halfway up the mountain.
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Ch. 160Storms Rise Again

Jiang Ping used the Creation Pond on Gold Element Mountain to advance his life-and-death techniques and establish a foothold in the Golden Core Nine Transformations realm. Meanwhile, Gu Shuo and the Aristocratic Family Camp learned of his position and prepared an attack led by Hong Tiange.

  • Gu Ling brought Jiang Ping to the mid-mountain Creation Pond and let him cultivate there alone, while declining to trade the Void Palm without his elders’ approval.
  • Jiang Ping advanced Short Life Saber Qi to 140% and Changshi Fist Intent Realm to 80% as he fused the two techniques and deepened his understanding of life and death.
  • Gu Shuo told two aristocratic family experts that Jiang Ping was on Gold Element Mountain, and advised them to consult the Da Wei Saint Son and Hong Tiange rather than attack without enough strength.
  • The Aristocratic Family Camp on Fire Element Mountain agreed to wait for Hong Tiange to establish a foothold in the Greater Golden Core before leading a team against Jiang Ping.
  • Jiang Ping drained the mid-mountain Aura Pond and established a foothold in the Golden Core Nine Transformations realm, with his Different Force transformed into Magic Power.
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Ch. 161Shocking Inside Story

Jiang Ping defeated a Feng Clan Greater Golden Core who had tried to assassinate him, then arrived at Yin-Yang Dao Mountain as its barrier opened. A Greater Golden Core launched a killing move at him just as he was about to ascend, while most onlookers waited calmly, already aware of his strength.

  • Jiang Ping left Gu Ling and headed toward Earth Element Mountain, while Gu Shuo and the other Half-step Greater Golden Cores wondered about his plans.
  • Jiang Ping returned unharmed after fighting an unknown attacker, ignored Gu Shuo, and continued toward Earth Element Mountain with his wife.
  • The Feng Clan learned that its hero had reached the Greater Golden Core level, only for him to return wounded and admit he had tried to assassinate Jiang Ping.
  • The barrier of Yin-Yang Dao Mountain vanished, and Jiang Ping's group prepared to enter the final Land of Creation.
  • A Greater Golden Core unleashed a powerful sword attack at Jiang Ping as he was about to climb Dao Mountain, while most gathered Golden Cores stayed calm.
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Ch. 162Invincibility and Choice

Jiang Ping overwhelmed Hong Tiange in battle, defeating the newly advanced Greater Golden Core and nearly killing him before a Half-Saint intervened. The Half-Saints worried that Jiang Ping would have to choose a single Momentum to enter the Greater Golden Core Realm, but Jiang Yuan believed he would forge an unprecedented path.

  • Hong Tiange unleashed his strongest sword strike against Jiang Ping, but Jiang Ping shattered it with one punch.
  • Hong Tiange summoned his Ice and Snow anomaly and sword formation, but Jiang Ping broke them apart without using his full strength.
  • Jiang Ping intensified his attack with his Bone Technique, shattered Hong Tiange's anomaly, and drove the Da Wei Saint Son to flee.
  • Jiang Ping beat Hong Tiange until a Half-Saint rescued him from Jiang Ping's killing blow.
  • The Zheng Family Half-Saint said Jiang Ping would have to choose one Momentum to fuse into his Golden Core, while Jiang Yuan believed he would find a supreme path of his own.
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Ch. 163At the Summit of Dao Mountain

Jiang Ping routed the Aristocratic Family Camp, secured a classic containing the Void Palm, and forced the survivors to yield the summit of Dao Mountain to his group. At the peak, they found the source of the Yin-Yang Aura and learned that a Martial Saint had disappeared after entering it.

  • Jiang Ping attacked the Aristocratic Family Camp and badly wounded or eliminated geniuses from the Zheng, Su, Shang, Lu, and other families, while Jiang Yuan warned the Half-Saints not to interfere.
  • Gu Ling offered Jiang Ping a classic containing the Void Palm in exchange for sparing Gu Shuo, and Jiang Ping accepted it.
  • Jiang Ping tried to take the Years Sword from a newly advanced Shang Family Greater Golden Core, but a Half-Saint intervened and took the expert away.
  • Leng Yue revealed that she had reached the Greater Golden Core Realm, and Qin Feng led the group toward the summit of Dao Mountain.
  • Jiang Ping and his companions reached the summit, where Qin Feng identified a dark formation as the source of the Yin-Yang Aura.
  • Leng Yue said that a Martial Saint of the Sixth Heaven had entered the source and vanished without a trace.
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Ch. 164Fork in the Road

At Dao Mountain, Jiang Ping rapidly cultivated the Void Palm and reached Nine Revolutions Perfection, bringing him to the threshold of the Greater Golden Core Realm. He postponed choosing a great trend for his Golden Core, weighing several paths before making the decisive breakthrough.

  • Jiang Ping and the Jiang Saint Faction benefited from Dao Mountain's creation, while Gu Ling broke through to Half-step Greater Golden Core.
  • Jiang Ping practiced the Void Palm, learning to strike targets from over thirty zhang away within three days.
  • Gu Ling and several Half-Saints praised Jiang Ping's talent and predicted he would surpass Xiao Yucheng.
  • Jiang Ping broke through to Nine Revolutions Perfection and stood one step from the Greater Golden Core Realm.
  • Qin Feng, Han Liyuan, and Leng Yue discussed Jiang Ping's possible paths, but he chose to wait before committing to a great trend.
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Ch. 165Go in Opposite Directions

After Dao Mountain’s aura was exhausted, Jiang Ping prepared to leave and continue cultivating, but Shang Mingyuan ambushed him, shattered his foundation, and drove him toward the Black Abyss. As the Jiang Family tried to intervene, the Wei Family sided with the attackers, leaving Chen Qingyan to rush toward Jiang Ping.

  • Jiang Ping pondered how to advance toward Half-Saint and considered eventually combining the Life and Death Artistic Conceptions.
  • After half a month on Dao Mountain, the group prepared to leave as the aura dwindled and several geniuses approached or entered the Greater Golden Core realm.
  • Shang Mingyuan attacked Jiang Ping with a Martial Saint’s power, cracking his Golden Core and Martial Dao Furnace and causing Different Force to spill from his body.
  • Jiang Yuan identified Shang Mingyuan as the attacker and called for Saint Wei, but discovered Wei Lin had vanished and suspected his betrayal.
  • Shang Mingyuan attacked again and forced Jiang Ping toward the Black Abyss while Half-Saints from several families blocked Jiang Yuan.
  • Chen Qingyan ran toward Jiang Ping, and Jiang Yuan received a voice transmission confirming that the Wei Family had turned against the Jiang Family.
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Ch. 166More Bad Than Good

Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan escaped the Black Abyss but were pulled back in by Dao Mountain’s Magic Array as Jiang Saint arrived too late to save them. Enraged, Jiang Saint attacked the other factions, and two Zheng Family Saints appeared to stop him.

  • Jiang Ping used his resonance with the Old Saint’s blood essence to strengthen its protection and climb out of the Black Abyss with Chen Qingyan, but a Martial Saint’s attack triggered the array’s suction and swallowed them again.
  • Jiang Saint arrived carrying Shang Mingyuan’s second son’s severed head, crushed it before the Shang Family, and learned that several Greater Golden Cores had died.
  • Jiang Siqi jumped into the Black Abyss to search for Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan, but returned injured and judged their survival unlikely.
  • Jiang Saint charged at the face in the sky and summoned massive Celestial Bodies that threatened the gathered geniuses, including his own allies.
  • A huge hand crushed the falling Celestial Bodies, and two Zheng Family Saints appeared to confront Jiang Siqi.
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Ch. 167Heaven and Earth Overturned

Jiang Saint refused to accept the other families’ claim that the deaths had made things even, and launched a battle against the Four Saints. After killing Zheng Yao, he trapped the Imperial City and the surrounding area inside his Myriad Heavens Starry Array, leaving the conflict on the brink of a decisive clash.

  • Jiang Saint attacked the Four Saints with his Starry Sky Saint Technique, while Shang Mingyuan and the Zheng Family Twin Saints shattered his descending stars.
  • Jiang Saint seized Zheng Yao, and Saint Leng appeared to block Shang Mingyuan’s attack on Dao Mountain, holding the head of Shang Mingyuan’s eldest son.
  • Shang Mingyuan defended his actions as necessary for Great Li’s future, but Jiang Saint crushed Zheng Yao before the Four Saints could save him.
  • Zheng Tianrong and the other Zheng Saint attacked Jiang Saint, and Saint Leng intervened to protect the Half-Saints.
  • Jiang Saint formed the Myriad Heavens Starry Array over a hundred-li area, trapping the Imperial City, the Half-Saints, and Saint Lu behind its screen of starlight.
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Ch. 168Regardless of Consequences

Jiang Siqi unleashed the Star Dou Grand Formation and fought Shang Mingyuan and the Zheng Family Twin Saints while slaughtering the Aristocratic Family Camp’s descendants. As his allies were nearly overwhelmed, Martial Saint Changchun, Shangguan, and the supposedly dead Xie Wuji arrived to turn the battle.

  • Shang Mingyuan shattered the Star Curtain briefly, then joined the Zheng Family Twin Saints and the Su Family Martial Saint in attacking Jiang Siqi as other Saints emerged in the Imperial City.
  • Jiang Siqi endured the Saints’ attacks and killed the Aristocratic Family Camp’s Golden Core geniuses, devastating the Shang, Su, and Zheng families.
  • Wei Lin joined the assault and struck at Leng Yue, Jiang Jun, Han Liyuan, Qin Feng, and their companions, killing more than twenty Golden Cores before the Old Saint intervened.
  • Martial Saint Changchun appeared and restored Jiang Siqi’s arm and Saint Leng’s vitality, stopping Wei Lin’s next strike.
  • Shangguan arrived to oppose Shang Mingyuan, and Xie Wuji appeared alive, shocking the Zheng Family Old Woman and the white-bearded Half-Saint.
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Ch. 169Beating Up Shang Mingyuan

Shangguan Chun joined Jiang Siqi against Shang Mingyuan, turning the battle against the Shang Family Martial Saint and leaving him badly wounded and humiliated. Xie Wuji recorded Shang Mingyuan being struck in the face as Shangguan Chun revealed his contempt for the Shang Family’s origins.

  • Shangguan Chun refused Shang Mingyuan’s demand to withdraw and attacked him with the Pure Water Element Art.
  • Jiang Siqi recovered under Martial Saint Changchun’s care and joined Shangguan Chun, while Changchun held off the Zheng Family Twin Saints and watched Wei Lin.
  • Shang Mingyuan used his Supreme Yang Fire Art to heal and counterattack, but Jiang Siqi and Shangguan Chun repeatedly injured him.
  • Jiang Siqi struck toward Shang Mingyuan’s face, and Xie Wuji recorded the moment in his painting.
  • Shang Mingyuan lost a leg and demanded to know why Shangguan Chun sided with Jiang Siqi, but Shangguan Chun denounced the Shang Family’s ancestry and its claims of status.
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Ch. 170Ancestor-level Talent

After learning that Jiang Ping had advanced the Changshi Fist to the Eighth Level Concept Realm, the Martial Saints turned their fury on Shang Mingyuan and Wei Lin for killing a genius whose talent could have benefited generations. Shangguan Chun and Jiang Saint attacked Shang Mingyuan, who survived being torn in half by reassembling himself.

  • Xie Wuji revealed that Jiang Ping had extended the Changshi Fist’s artistic conception by two levels, reaching Great Accomplishment Concept, and blamed Wei Lin and Shang Mingyuan for his death.
  • Shangguan Chun condemned Shang Mingyuan for destroying a talent capable of benefiting martial artists across the world, and the gathered Saints reacted with anger and grief.
  • Jiang Yuan revealed that Jiang Ping had reached the Eighth Level Concept Realm and sent his final concepts to him before falling into the Black Abyss; Shangguan Chun confirmed the breakthrough.
  • Shang Mingyuan insisted he had no regrets, while Zheng Tianrong warned the neutral Martial Saints against joining the fight, prompting two Saints to withdraw.
  • Shangguan Chun and Jiang Saint attacked Shang Mingyuan, and Jiang Saint tore him in half, but Shang Mingyuan reassembled himself amid the flames.
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Ch. 171Life and Death, Side by Side

Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan were trapped in the Yin-Yang Compass as its destructive power overwhelmed the Old Saint’s blood. As Chen Qingyan neared death, Jiang Ping’s True Self and the Three Little Persons broke through the Short Life Saber Technique, and Jiang Ping’s vitality surged as her hair began to grow back.

  • Jiang Ping recognized that the Dao Mountain formation’s compass embodied the Five Elements giving rise to Yin and Yang, while he and Chen Qingyan were dragged toward it.
  • Jiang Ping fused the Old Saint’s essence blood with Chen Qingyan’s, briefly strengthening the saintly light protecting them.
  • The saintly light broke apart, and the compass’s energy shattered their bodies as Jiang Ping tried to keep them alive with the Changshi Concept and Changshi Fist.
  • Chen Qingyan’s body deteriorated to bare bones, and Jiang Ping watched helplessly as she asked whether it was time to say goodbye.
  • Jiang Ping’s True Self and the Three Little Persons practiced the Short Life Saber Technique until a curtain of life-and-death laws appeared in the Sea of Consciousness.
  • Jiang Ping’s vitality surged, his flesh covered their skeletons again, and Chen Qingyan’s black hair began to grow back.
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Ch. 172The End of the Great Battle

Shang Mingyuan broke through into the Seventh Heaven amid a battle with Shangguan Chun, Jiang Siqi, and Martial Saint Murong, but their attacks left him gravely injured. He survived with his future advancement effectively blocked, while Jiang Saint accepted that killing him would now be difficult.

  • Shang Mingyuan began breaking through under attacks from Shangguan Chun and Jiang Siqi, but Martial Saint Murong joined them and struck him with lightning.
  • Shang Mingyuan completed his breakthrough into the Seventh Heaven as the Zheng father and son and Saint Lu tried to aid him, while Martial Saint Changchun held them back with her withering Dao Rhythm.
  • Shang Mingyuan briefly established a foothold in the Seventh Heaven, but his excessive use of Dao Force and the three Saints' assault cracked his Origin and caused a severe Dao Injury.
  • Shangguan Chun explained that Shang Mingyuan would struggle to establish a lasting foothold in the Seventh Heaven, and Shang Mingyuan howled at the loss of his future.
  • Jiang Saint celebrated Shang Mingyuan's ruined prospects but sighed that killing him would now be difficult.
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Ch. 173Beneath Dao Mountain

Jiang Ping survived the Yin-Yang Compass by comprehending the Life Trend and escaped with Chen Qingyan, reaching the bottom of Dao Mountain. After discovering a ruined palace and failing to find a safe way out, he suffered a severe Dao Injury and began repairing his Martial Dao Furnace.

  • Jiang Ping used the Old Saint's true blood and the Life Trend to protect himself and Chen Qingyan from the Yin-Yang Compass, then pulled them free.
  • Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan fell through Dao Mountain's enormous Magic Array and landed beside a glowing lake and a ruined palace.
  • Jiang Ping found a dead Martial Saint outside the palace, entered the hall, and found clothes to dress himself and Chen Qingyan.
  • Jiang Ping buried the Martial Saint, then tried to find an escape route by approaching the stone wall and digging a tunnel.
  • A burst of formation power struck Jiang Ping and fractured his Martial Dao Furnace and Golden Core, so he returned to the palace to heal.
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Ch. 174Calming the Storm

After Shang Mingyuan’s breakthrough left him too injured to continue fighting, the battle ended, and the Martial Saints failed to rescue Jiang Ping from Black Abyss. While the world mourned Jiang Ping and condemned the Shang Family, Jiang Ping remained alive inside Dao Mountain and considered using a breakthrough baptism to repair his Golden Core.

  • Shangguan Chun ended the battle, and Shang Mingyuan withdrew with his surviving clan members as the other factions departed.
  • The Five Saints tried to enter Black Abyss but returned wounded, believing Jiang Ping and the other trapped cultivator were likely dead.
  • Xie Wuji mourned Jiang Ping, and Jiang Jun and Jiang Saint erected an empty tomb and carved his epitaph.
  • News of the battle spread across Xuanxin Island, and martial artists condemned Shang Mingyuan and the Shang Family for Jiang Ping’s apparent death.
  • Jiang Ping healed inside Dao Mountain, found that the Life Trend could not repair his cracked Golden Core, and decided to use the Baptism of breaking through a great barrier.
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Ch. 175The Road of the Future

Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan recovered in the ancient palace and explored Dao Mountain, finding a large supply of Jade Gold but no exit. At a mysterious lake, they discovered water that repaired damaged Golden Cores and could complete Chen Qingyan’s Saint Body.

  • Chen Qingyan woke with her body and Martial Dao Furnace restored, reunited with Jiang Ping, and learned that his Fist Technique had made a major breakthrough.
  • Jiang Ping said their damaged Golden Cores could only be restored by breaking through a major barrier, and he planned to fuse life and death into a stronger path.
  • Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan explored the palace grounds, found a large pile of Jade Gold beside a ruined Forging Hut, and failed to find a way out of Dao Mountain.
  • Jiang Ping touched the lake and discovered that its water began repairing his Martial Dao Golden Core.
  • Chen Qingyan entered the lake and realized that its mysterious substance could complete her Saint Body.
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