Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping endured a dangerous breakthrough and reached the Martial Saint Third Heaven realm while Chen Qingyan kept their young daughter, Jiang Yirou, safe inside the palace. After reuniting with his daughter, Chen Qingyan urged him to take the family back to the outside world so Jiang Yirou could live and learn normally.

• Chen Qingyan carried Jiang Yirou away from the garden when Jiang Ping’s breakthrough shook their secluded home.
• Jiang Ping endured violent Dao Rhythm Force and tribulations as he broke through toward the Martial Saint Third Heaven.
• Jiang Ping completed his breakthrough after half a day and established himself in the Martial Saint Third Heaven realm.
• Jiang Yirou ran to Jiang Ping and threw herself into his arms when he returned to the palace.
• Chen Qingyan asked Jiang Ping when they could leave, saying Jiang Yirou needed a normal life beyond the secluded home.

Jiang Ping waited for Void Palm to advance so he could safely return with his daughter, while the Lightning and Thunder Martial Saint’s killing of The Fifth of the World shocked the Martial Saints exploring the Daoist arena. Shang Mingyuan began to retreat, but Jiang Saint, Shangguan, Murong, Changchun, and others ambushed him.

• Jiang Ping told Chen Qingyan that Void Palm needed to advance before he could safely cross the Yin Yang Millstone with Jiang Yirou.
• Shang Mingyuan found two weakened Fire Rhythm Pills in the Daoist arena and planned to use them to advance.
• The Martial Saints learned that the Lightning and Thunder Martial Saint had killed The Fifth of the World and seized the Jimie Heavenly Technique, an inheritance leading toward Spirit Wander.
• Shang Mingyuan decided to leave the arena, wary of the Lightning and Thunder Martial Saint’s strength.
• Jiang Saint, Shangguan, Murong, Changchun, and several other Martial Saints ambushed Shang Mingyuan as he approached the arena’s edge.

After mastering the Void Palm Concept Realm of God, Jiang Ping prepared to leave Dao Mountain with Chen Qingyan and their daughter. He opened a passage through the Yin Yang Millstone and brought his family back to the human world.

• Jiang Ping advanced his Void Palm into the Void Palm Concept Realm of God, briefly vanishing from the world as Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou watched.
• Jiang Ping told Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou that they could leave, then made Chen Qingyan a Storage ring and helped the family pack.
• Jiang Ping placed the Innate Spiritual Spring essence in a Storage ring for the Jiang family's future resources.
• Jiang Ping opened a passage through the Yin Yang Millstone without destroying the formation, and he and his family stepped into the Void.
• Jiang Ping crossed the passage with Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou and returned to the human world.

Jiang Ping returned to the Imperial City with Chen Qingyan and their daughter, learned of Shang Mingyuan’s growing power and the deaths and defections among his allies, and reunited with Jiang Siqi. He left their daughter with Xie Wuji and took Chen Qingyan to settle old grudges.

• Jiang Ping listened as Leng Family Half-Saints discussed Shang Mingyuan surviving an assassination attempt and gaining support from former allies.
• Jiang Ping learned about the Jimie Heavenly Technique, the Lightning and Thunder Martial Saint’s Eighth Heaven cultivation, and the Old Saint’s death.
• Jiang Ping arrived above the Imperial City and saw Leng Yue, who was pregnant, teaching Jiang Family juniors.
• Jiang Siqi sensed a powerful presence and was stunned when Jiang Ping, Chen Qingyan, and their daughter appeared before him.
• Jiang Ping asked Xie Wuji to watch their daughter, then left with Chen Qingyan to settle old grudges.

A giant invaded the Shang Family estate and slaughtered its younger generation and many other clan members, declaring that it had come to kill Shang Mingyuan. After the giant drained the Shang Family Head’s life force, the Head called for his father as three powerful auras erupted from within the estate.

• Two Shang Family Golden Cores discussed the clan’s new generation and regretted that Chen Qingyan had not been captured to strengthen their bloodline.
• A jade hand descended over the Training Ground and crushed the young geniuses, including the Female Golden Core’s child.
• A giant appeared, crushed the two Golden Cores, and destroyed Palaces and Shang Family martial artists throughout the estate.
• The giant announced that it had come to kill Shang Mingyuan and continued slaughtering the clan, killing even Half-Saints.
• The Shang Family Head confronted the giant, but it seized him and rapidly drained his life force.
• The Shang Family Head called for his father as a red glow and two more earth-shaking auras rose from the estate.

Jiang Ping returned from the Black Abyss as a peak Martial Saint and attacked the Shang Family, shocking the Imperial City. He confronted Shang Mingyuan and revealed that he had mastered the Supreme and used the Changshi Fist to become a Saint.

• A mysterious peak Martial Saint destroyed the Shang Family residence and nearly killed Shang Mingyuan’s only remaining son.
• Jiang Jun and Leng Yue saw Xie Wuji carrying Jiang Ping and Xiao Chen’s infant daughter, who had a Complete Saint Body.
• Shang Mingyuan emerged from cultivation and recognized the attacker as Jiang Ping, whose return stunned the gathered experts.
• Jiang Ping declared that he had come to kill the Shang Family, while observers attributed his strength to the Supreme and the Jimie Heavenly Technique.
• The Sixth Heaven Peak of the Feng Clan identified Jiang Ping’s path to Sainthood as the Changshi Fist, and Gu Ling blamed Gu Shuo for preventing Jiang Ping from choosing the Void Palm.

Jiang Ping confronted Shang Mingyuan and the Su and Zheng Saints in the Imperial City, demonstrating strength that rivaled a Sixth Heaven Martial Saint. He killed Su Tongxuan despite the Saints’ attempts to restrain him, and the ensuing battle began to shatter the city.

• Jiang Ping killed the Shang Family Head, prompting Shang Mingyuan to reveal that Jiang Ping could contend with a Sixth Heaven Martial Saint.
• Jiang Ping used the Void Palm to seize Su Tongxuan and crippled his Half-Saint cultivation in response to the Su Family Martial Saint’s threat.
• Shang Mingyuan bound Jiang Ping with Fire Chains, but Jiang Ping escaped using the Void Trend and crushed Su Tongxuan to death.
• The enraged Su Family Martial Saint attacked Jiang Ping, and Shang Mingyuan and the Zheng Family Martial Saint joined the assault.
• The Saints’ attacks repeatedly shattered the battlefield and sent destructive aftershocks through the Imperial City, cracking Saint Lu’s body.

Jiang Ping fought Shang Mingyuan and two other Martial Saints, revealing his overwhelming strength and repeatedly recovering from their attacks. As the battle turned against the Shang Family, Jiang Ping’s allies blocked reinforcements while their enemies began exterminating the clan; Shang Yuanming watched his family’s inheritance collapse.

• Jiang Ping endured the Su Family and Zheng Family Martial Saints’ attacks and Shang Mingyuan’s Fire Domain, then healed his wounds with the Life Dao Path.
• The Feng Clan’s Three Generations Ancestor recognized Jiang Ping’s extraordinary Saint Body, while several Martial Saints tried to join the fight and were stopped by Jiang Ping’s allies.
• Jiang Ping doubled his combat strength with his Bone Technique, wounded Shang Mingyuan and the other two Saints, and used the Withering Marvelous Art and Fifth Layer of Lightning Divine Intent against them.
• Jiang Saint blocked a fleeing Martial Saint as the Royal Family’s Half-Saints and other victims’ relatives attacked the Wei Family and Shang Family.
• Chen Qingyan, Jiang Yuan, Xie Wuji, and Jiang Jun joined the assault on the Shang Family, while Shang Yuanming heard his relatives pleading for help.

Jiang Ping defeated and killed Shang Mingyuan, the Su Family Martial Saint, and the Zheng Family Old Saint, then continued his revenge by attacking the Zheng Family in the Imperial City. Zheng Tianrong fell, ending the Zheng Family’s hopes of having two Saints in one clan.

• Shangguan Chun, Martial Saint Murong, and other allies stopped the fleeing Martial Saints as the Imperial City’s remaining factions chose sides.
• Jiang Ping fought the Su Family Martial Saint, Shang Mingyuan, and the Zheng Family Old Saint, gaining the upper hand despite Shang Mingyuan’s Past Sword.
• Shang Mingyuan attacked with his Past Sword, but Jiang Ping revealed his saber art and severed Shang Mingyuan’s lifespan, breaking the Past Sword and defeating all three Saints.
• Shang Mingyuan, the Su Family Martial Saint, and the Zheng Family Old Saint died, while Wei Lin and his father were slain by Jiang Saint and Shangguan Chun.
• Jiang Ping pursued his revenge against the Zheng Family, killing Zheng Tianrong and destroying its hopes of producing two Saints.

Jiang Ping returned to Great Li, defeated his enemies, and reunited with his family and old friends. After several peaceful days, Xie Wuji visited and told him that Martial Saints had been seeking the Long World Divine Intent, prompting Jiang Ping to bring out books and scrolls he had prepared.

• Jiang Ping left the fate of the surviving Aristocratic Family Saints to the seniors, and the Aristocratic Family Camp later purged its members while the Zheng, Su, and Shang Families were destroyed.
• Jiang Ping retrieved the Shang Family's Black Box, which contained the Broken Sword tied to the Years Sword Art, but postponed studying it.
• Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan reunited with their relatives, and Chen Qingyan's parents learned their granddaughter had a Complete Innate Sacred Body.
• Jiang Ping visited Huang Youren, reunited with Jiang Xiaoxi and old friends, and spent several peaceful days with them.
• Xie Wuji told Jiang Ping that many Martial Saints had visited the Jiang Family seeking the Long World Divine Intent, and Jiang Ping showed him the Classic books and Painting scrolls he had prepared.

Jiang Ping’s return and mastery of Changshi Fist drew powerful visitors seeking the life-extending art, while he sent the Shangguan clan its advanced teachings. The Shangguans began exchanging the art for resources as Jiang remained out of sight.

• Martial Saints and Half-Saints gathered at Jiang Residence, praising Jiang Ping’s potential and debating whether he would share Changshi Fist.
• Shangguan Hong and a Half-Saint discussed how Changshi Fist could extend their ancestor’s life and worried that Jiang Ping might withhold its deepest teachings.
• Jiang Jun delivered Shangguan Hong a book and three scrolls containing advanced Divine Intent, shocking the Shangguan clan with Jiang Ping’s generosity.
• Shangguan Chun and Martial Saint Changchun hurried away after learning that Jiang Ping had sent the next stage of the fist art, while Martial Saint Murong remained curious about Void Palm.
• The teachings spread through the Imperial City, bringing Martial Saints and Half-Saints to Shangguan Chun, who exchanged the art for resources and promises.

At a banquet, Jiang Ping reunited with old acquaintances and discussed the Void Palm, his extraordinary talent, and the possibility of escaping Xuanxin Island. He agreed to test whether Void Divine Intent could break the island’s confinement, and three days later he headed north with the saints.

• Jiang Ping drank with Murong Shu, Shangguan Hong, Gu Ling, and Jiang Jun, while they discussed the Jimie Heavenly Technique and the difficulty of mastering the Void Palm.
• Jiang Ping met several peak Martial Saints privately, and they praised his talent and the possibility that he could reach the Near-Dao Realm.
• Martial Saint Murong asked Jiang Ping whether Void Divine Intent could open a Spatial Channel beyond Xuanxin Island.
• Jiang Saint and the other Saints explained that mist had once surrounded the island and that a previous attempt to escape had left a Divine Roaming expert with an indelible Dao Injury.
• Jiang Ping agreed to try to leave the island, and three days later he and all the saints headed north toward its edge.

Jiang Ping led the Saints through passages of Void Divine Intent to the northern edge of Xuanxin Island, seeking a way beyond the island. The group entered the North Sea’s deadly fog and cold, and Jiang Ping prepared to begin exploring its northern route.

• Jiang Ping opened a passage from the Imperial City to the Northern Barbarians’ territory, and the group quickly departed before a Barbarian expert could speak with them.
• The Barbarian expert realized Jiang Ping was trying to leave the island, and news of his attempt spread, inspiring people across the world to train harder and hope for longer lives.
• Jiang Ping and the elders reached the North Sea, where his Reincarnation Eye could not see through the dense white mist.
• Martial Saint Murong explained that the southern route was too difficult for now, so the group chose to try heading north despite legends of a Near-Dao being’s graveyard there.
• The group discussed Near Dao, Carrying the Dao, and Jiang Ping’s supposed reincarnation before Saint Leng urged them to hurry out of the freezing waters.
• Jiang Ping unfurled his Void Divine Intent to begin their attempt.

Jiang Ping failed to find a way off Xuanxin Island after encountering an unknown force beyond the Spatial Channel. Back home, he studied the Broken Sword and glimpsed the origin of the Years Sword Art, then continued resonating with its Sword Light for half a year.

• Jiang Ping opened a Spatial Channel, but an unknown force beyond it frightened the saints and forced him to close it.
• Jiang Ping and the saints returned to the island, where Northern Barbarian Saints questioned them about the failed attempt to leave.
• Jiang Ping returned to his family, then took the Broken Sword into his quiet room to study it.
• Jiang Ping resonated with the Broken Sword and saw it protect a vast land by attacking a giant beast from beyond the world.
• Jiang Ping realized the Years Sword Art came from the sword's Sword Light and continued studying it for half a year.

Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan set out on a journey to explore other lands and study their cultivation arts, traveling through Great Li and then Great Wei. In Great Wei, a nobleman ordered Jiang Ping killed and Chen Qingyan abducted, and Jiang Ping recognized the Tian surname of a clan tied to his past.

• Jiang Ping decided to travel with Chen Qingyan to study cultivation arts from other powers, leaving their daughter in Jiang Residence with Half-Saint Jiang Yuan.
• The couple toured Great Li for nearly a month, where crowds gathered to see Jiang Saint and news spread of officials being punished for past abuses.
• Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan entered Great Wei, sampled its local food, and observed that martial arts and power were concentrated among the elite.
• A young master named Tian ordered his men to kill Jiang Ping and take Chen Qingyan to his residence.
• Jiang Ping recognized the Tian surname from a Tian Clan genius who had attacked him on the way to Mysterious Mountain.

Jiang Ping destroyed a Tian Clan branch after its young master provoked him, then went to Great Wei’s Royal City and confronted its gathered Martial Saints. He found Tian Ziqi there and declared that he would exterminate the entire Tian Clan.

• Jiang Ping killed the Tian Clan young master and used his Spiritual power to locate the branch family that held and tortured martial artists.
• Jiang Ping destroyed the Tian Clan branch with his Prison Sky Finger, and its survivors fled toward the Royal City.
• Jiang Ping reached the Royal City, where the Tian Clan Martial Saint and eight other Saints confronted him.
• The Tian Clan Martial Saint attacked Jiang Ping, but Jiang Ping pierced his palm and revealed his identity to the assembled Saints.
• Jiang Ping found Tian Ziqi and told the gathered Saints that he would exterminate the entire Tian Clan.

Jiang Ping confronted Great Wei’s Saints over the Tian family’s Borrowing Bone practices and demanded the clan’s extermination. He revealed that he had already destroyed a Tian family branch and killed Tian Ziqi, leaving the Nine Saints wary of his Void Divine Intent.

• Jiang Ping rejected Great Wei’s offers of compensation and mused that he might kill everyone, prompting the Nine Saints to surround him.
• Jiang Ping demanded that the Tian family be exterminated and that Borrowing Bone cease in Great Wei.
• A Tian family Half-Saint reported that Jiang Ping had wiped out the clan’s Ping Mansion Branch.
• Jiang Ping reached through the Void and crushed Tian Ziqi into blood mist despite the protection of his true blood.
• The Nine Saints retreated as one Martial Saint recognized that Jiang Ping’s Void Divine Intent would be difficult to defend against.

Jiang Ping killed the Tian Clan Martial Saint and destroyed the Tian family to punish Borrowing Bone, then pressed Great Wei to end the practice. His actions shook other regions into banning bone-taking, and he stayed at Saint Cheng’s home to read the clan’s secret manual.

• Jiang Ping overwhelmed and killed the Tian Clan Martial Saint, then destroyed the Tian family’s royal city with a devastating finger.
• Great Wei’s remaining Sixth Heaven Martial Saint promised to hunt down the Tian family’s survivors and stop Borrowing Bone, and Jiang Ping asked where Saint Cheng was.
• News of the massacre reached Jiang Yuan, Jiang Siqi, Shangguan, and Murong, who reacted with alarm and prepared to go to Great Wei.
• Saint Ming ordered the Grasslands to forbid Bone Reading and threatened to exterminate the families of anyone who violated the order.
• Jiang Ping and his wife moved into Saint Cheng’s home after Saint Cheng agreed to let him read the clan’s secret manual.

Jiang Ping traveled through Great Wei and the grasslands with Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou, collecting healing, Life Type, and death-type classics to advance his cultivation. After leaving Saint Ming with more manuals, he continued toward the Northern Barbarians, while Saint Ming realized that Jiang Ping had never stopped seeking a breakthrough.

• Jiang Ping studied Saint Cheng’s Restoration Secret Manual while settling in Great Wei with his family.
• The Eight Saints watched Jiang Ping’s family and feared their growing power before seeing them off as they left Great Wei.
• Jiang Ping traveled with Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou, visiting landscapes and peoples across the world while gathering classics.
• Saint Ming welcomed Jiang Ping to the grasslands and gave him ancestral undead arts and Life Type techniques.
• Jiang Ping departed for the Northern Barbarians, and Saint Ming warned his family that Jiang Ping was using his travels to seek further cultivation insights.

Jiang Ping left the Northern Barbarians after cultivating there for two months, leaving the saints uncertain whether he had reached a bottleneck or was preparing a breakthrough. After visiting his family in the Imperial City, he set out for the Brilliant Dynasty to obtain the Lightning and Thunder Martial Saint’s Jimie Heavenly Technique.

• People speculated that Jiang Ping was practicing the Fourth Level of Life Divine Intent and might create a death-type Heavenly Art of his own.
• The Northern Barbarian Saints watched Jiang Ping’s mountain become lush with vitality but could not see into his secluded cultivation.
• After Jiang Ping remained longer than expected, the Barbarian Saints grew impatient, then happily saw him off when he departed with Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou.
• Back in the Imperial City, Jiang Ping spent two days with his family, and Chen Qingyan planned for their four-year-old daughter to begin martial training early.
• Jiang Ping told Jiang Siqi and the other Martial Saints that he was going to the Brilliant Dynasty to seek the Jimie Heavenly Technique, and they warned him about the Lightning and Thunder Martial Saint.