Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping sent his Primordial Spirit True Self beyond Xuanxin Island to test whether the Void Palm could carry him out, while promising Chen Qingyan he would return within half a month. After crossing ten thousand li through the South Sea, he finally reached a bright expanse beyond the dense fog.

• Jiang Ping told Chen Qingyan he would scout beyond the island with his Primordial Spirit True Self and return within half a month, asking her not to tell Yirou.
• Jiang Ping left his body in seclusion and traveled through the South Sea, passing the Martial Saints and the Zhou Dynasty expert ranked third in the world.
• Jiang Ping used the Shang Family's Years Sword to summon a Past Body, which scouted three thousand li and returned safely through the Void passage.
• Jiang Ping used the Void Palm to travel more than seven thousand li out to sea, then proceeded in one-hundred-li stretches.
• Jiang Ping crossed ten thousand li and saw the dense fog give way to a broad, bright expanse.

Jiang Ping crossed the terrifying Dao Mark left by a Near-Dao Being and confirmed he had escaped Xuanxin Island. He found that nearby islands were also shrouded in mist, but spotted a Sea Beast ahead as he continued toward the mainland.

• Jiang Ping encountered the white-lotus sea and tangible Great Dao Rules beyond the passage, while Past Body tested the way and returned injured.
• Past Body urged Jiang Ping to continue, explaining how Divine Medicine and gaining the Undying characteristic could strengthen his Primordial Spirit before the Nine-Nine Tribulation.
• Jiang Ping entered the passage and endured the weakened Dao Mark’s falling sun, moon, and stars before continuing alone through the Void.
• Jiang Ping used Martial Saint Murong’s map to navigate toward the mainland and found the nearby islands hidden by mist.
• Jiang Ping passed dozens of mist-covered islands over three days and confirmed he had left Xuanxin Island when he saw a Sea Beast ahead.

Jiang Ping left Xuanxin Island and traveled through the North You Endless Sea, learning from a Sea Kui that a Near-Dao Being had sealed Three Thousand Islands into the North You Forbidden Land. He reached an inhabited island, met its Martial Saints, and began to learn about the outside world.

• Jiang Ping emerged from the Void beyond Xuanxin Island and encountered a Sea Kui Beast, which begged him to spare its life.
• Jiang Ping roasted some of the Sea Kui Beast's flesh while indirectly questioning it about the surrounding world and learned that a Near-Dao Being had sealed Three Thousand Islands into the North You Forbidden Land.
• Jiang Ping healed the Sea Kui Beast's wounds, left it behind, and traveled through the mist-covered islands using his Void Divine Intent.
• Jiang Ping reached an inhabited island and was stopped by patrolling Greater Golden Cores, who recognized him as a Martial Saint.
• Mu, a Fifth Heaven Martial Saint, welcomed Jiang Ping and invited him to join the Three Saints on the island.

Jiang Ping visited Xifeng Island, gathered information about the Tianluo Sea Region and the battle that sealed the Three Thousand Islands, and learned that no Near-Dao expert had appeared in the present age. He left with the knowledge that breaking the islands’ cage would require someone to reach Near Dao, though exceptional talents in Northern You might still achieve it.

• Jiang Ping attended Muyun’s banquet, drank with the Three Saints, and kept his origins vague as Huang Ling questioned him.
• Jiang Ping declined Muyun’s invitation to stay and spent two days exploring his faction’s territory while gathering information.
• Jiang Ping learned that Zhenyung Island controlled the Tianluo Sea Region and that Xifeng Island belonged to a chain of subordinate powers.
• Jiang Ping discovered that the Three Thousand Islands had been sealed by the aftermath of a Near-Dao battle, whose main battlefield was the Radiant Continent.
• Jiang Ping learned that no Near-Dao expert had appeared in the present age, but Northern You had remarkable True Saints and other talents who might eventually reach that realm.

Jiang Ping learned about a peerless woman rumored to be a Near-Dao Reincarnation and decided to seek Primordial Spirit Great Medicine on Haiyue Island by trading rare cultivation techniques. As he left Xifeng Island, Muyun volunteered for a dangerous mission ordered by the Zuo Clan, and another Saint proposed Chen Nianjiang as the second candidate.

• Jiang Ping heard that a woman had passed the Four-Nine Tribulation before forty and was said to rank above the peers of several regions.
• Jiang Ping decided to seek Primordial Spirit Great Medicine on Haiyue Island and considered trading rare cultivation techniques to obtain it.
• Jiang Ping tried to say farewell to Muyun, then left after asking one of Muyun's descendants to pass along his message.
• Muyun and Xifeng Island's Saints discussed the Zuo Clan's order to send two peak Martial Saints on a dangerous mission, and Muyun volunteered.
• When the Saints could not agree on a second candidate, a green-haired Martial Saint suggested Chen Nianjiang.

Xifeng Island’s leaders decided to use Jiang Ping as a sacrifice to handle the threat from Chen Nianjiang, while Jiang Ping continued toward Haiyue Island. After killing a Saint-level Haize and rescuing a cargo ship, he learned more about Haiyue Island and its powerful Zuo Clan.

• Green Hair and the other Peak Martial Saints agreed to make Jiang Ping bear the burden of dealing with Chen Nianjiang, despite Muyun’s objections.
• Jiang Ping crossed the sea without harming a group of Sea Kui, which then fled deeper into the sea to escape human hunters.
• A Saint-level Haize attacked a cargo ship, and Jiang Ping killed it with a single lightning-infused sword strike.
• The ship’s Half-Saint Elder offered to strip Haize’s valuable scales, while Tong Huo and a young girl welcomed Jiang Ping aboard.
• Tong Huo told Jiang Ping that the Zuo Clan Spirit Wander family ruled Haiyue Island and had two Spirit Wander cultivators, one of whom had passed the Four-Nine Tribulation.

After reaching Haiyue Island, Jiang Ping was identified as a Martial Saint from Xifeng Island and ordered to join the dangerous Blood Moon Guard. When he refused, the crowd condemned him, and he killed a Female Golden Core who spoke against him.

• Jiang Ping declined the Tong Clan Half-Saint’s offer to take Tong Huo as his disciple and arrived at Haiyue Island.
• At the city gate, a Greater Golden Core and Captain Zuo identified Jiang Ping as Chen Nianjiang from Xifeng Island and ordered him to follow them.
• Captain Zuo said the Zuo Clan was conscripting Jiang Ping into the Blood Moon Guard to defend the islands.
• Jiang Ping refused, and a Female Golden Core stepped forward to denounce him as ungrateful.
• Jiang Ping killed the Female Golden Core and challenged the rest of the crowd to speak up.

Jiang Ping killed the people who confronted him in Haiyue Island Main City and revealed power far beyond an ordinary Martial Saint. The Zuo Clan’s Legendary Spirit Wander experts arrived and realized that the young green-robed stranger was a formidable genius.

• Jiang Ping ignored the crowd’s threats and killed the handsome young master while Captain Zuo watched.
• Jiang Ping killed several more people with lightning, then crushed Captain Zuo to ashes as the Thunder and Lightning Tree towered over the city.
• Onlookers recognized Jiang Ping as a Legendary Spirit Wander, while Tong Huo and his family realized Senior Chen had saved them earlier.
• Two Legendary Spirit Wander experts from the Zuo Clan arrived and estimated that Jiang Ping was under a hundred years old and had reached at least the Third Heaven.

Jiang Ping confronted the Zuo Clan over the attempt to frame him and received a cluster of Fire-attribute Divine Medicine as compensation. He learned where other Divine Medicines might be found and waited at the Zuo Clan residence for a satisfactory resolution.

• The Zuo Clan Spirit Wander cultivators approached Jiang Ping cautiously and promised to explain the scheme involving Xifeng Island.
• Zuo Ning offered Jiang Ping a cluster of Fire-attribute Divine Medicine, and Jiang Ping accepted it.
• Jiang Ping demanded more, and Zuo Yi’s resentment prompted Jiang Ping to reveal a terrifying destructive power that the Zuo Clan suspected was a Heavenly Art.
• Zuo Ning said the medicine was the Zuo Clan’s last reserve and told Jiang Ping that a Spirit Wander Clan fifty thousand miles away and Golden Cloud Island might possess other Divine Medicines.
• Jiang Ping asked about Earth-, Water-, and Wind-attribute Divine Medicines, then drank tea at the Zuo Clan residence while giving them half an hour to satisfy him.

Muyun prepared to leave Xifeng Island for Haiyue Island, but Zuo Yi arrived in a rage over the islanders framing Chen Nianjiang. The saints learned Chen was a Spirit Wanderer and heard that he had already forgiven the Zuo Clan after killing one Great Accomplishment Martial Saint and taking its Divine Medicine.

• Muyun prepared to travel to Haiyue Island while Huang Ling and the others bid him farewell, and he coldly rebuffed Green-haired Peak.
• Zuo Yi arrived on Xifeng Island in his Primordial Spirit True Self, terrifying the saints and striking Green Hair's Father down.
• Zuo Yi demanded to know who had arranged for Chen Nianjiang to take the blame, and the saints confessed that Green-haired Peak had proposed it.
• Green-haired Peak explained that he had sacrificed an outsider to preserve Xifeng Island's Martial Saints, prompting Zuo Yi to reveal that Chen Nianjiang was a Spirit Wanderer.
• Zuo Yi said Chen Nianjiang had killed one Great Accomplishment Martial Saint and taken a cluster of Divine Medicine, but had already forgiven the Zuo Clan.

Jiang Ping left Haiyue Island after the Zuo Clan handed over Divine Medicine and the heads of those who had offended him. As rumors spread and powerful clans speculated about his strength, he returned safely to Great Li to digest his gains and await his breakthrough and the birth of his children.

• Zuo Yi presented Jiang Ping with the heads of the chief culprits, but Jiang Ping declined to meet the surviving Saints or attend the Zuo Clan's banquet and departed.
• Zuo Ning warned the gathered Martial Saints not to provoke otherworldly guests again, and he decided against reporting the incident to Golden Cloud Island.
• News of the Zuo Clan's losses spread across nearby islands, prompting clans to circulate Chen Nianjiang's portrait and caution against offending outsiders.
• People on Golden Cloud Island debated whether Chen Nianjiang was a Close to the Dao Seed and noted that Hao Jun had already left to seek a reincarnated Heavenly Fairy.
• Jiang Ping avoided being followed, returned through the path of survival to Xuanxin Island, and traveled home to Great Li.

Jiang Ping returned to the Imperial City, used Divine Medicine to strengthen his True Self Body, and entered seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough. Months later, Chen Qingyan gave birth to twins, and she declared that she would become a Saint.

• Jiang Ping told Chen Qingyan about his journey beyond Xuanxin Island and showed her the Divine Medicine he had brought back.
• Jiang Ping entered seclusion, hoping to strengthen his foundation before drawing down the Primordial Spirit Tribulation.
• After several months of consuming Divine Medicine, Jiang Ping sensed that he was nearing the tribulation but chose not to rush.
• Jiang Yirou summoned Jiang Ping when Chen Qingyan went into labor, and elders gathered to await the birth.
• Leng Yue announced that Chen Qingyan had delivered a boy and a girl, while the elders eagerly admired the twins.
• Jiang Ping checked on Chen Qingyan, who recovered on her own and said she intended to become a Saint.

After discovering that his newborn twins had dangerously imbalanced Life and Death bloodlines, Jiang Ping used his own True Meaning to stabilize them temporarily. With no cure available on Xuanxin Island, he agreed to leave the island soon to find one.

• The seniors discovered that Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan's newborn twins cried uncontrollably and struggled to breathe.
• Jiang Ping found that the younger sister's Life bloodline had been absorbed by her older brother, leaving both infants with severe Life and Death imbalances.
• Jiang Ping warned that the older brother would die within an hour without intervention, then temporarily stabilized both children with his True Meaning of Life and Death.
• Jiang Ping explained that the infants could not cultivate martial arts while he substituted for their missing origins, and the seniors could offer no cure.
• Chen Qingyan urged Jiang Ping to seek a solution, and he agreed to leave Xuanxin Island in a few days, shocking the seniors.

Jiang Ping revealed to three Martial Saints that he could leave Xuanxin Island and described the outside world, prompting them to plan a cautious return. He then consumed Divine Medicine to strengthen his body and prepare for a breakthrough before seeking a cure for his children.

• Jiang Ping showed the three Martial Saints Divine Medicine and admitted he had reached the Spirit Wander Realm and could leave the island.
• Jiang Ping explained the Continental Blood Battle, the Near-Dao Shackles, and the dangers waiting beyond Xuanxin Island.
• Jiang Siqi and Shangguan Chun agreed to keep the escape route secret and delay the other saints’ departure until Jiang Ping had grown stronger.
• After reassuring the others that the children were fine, Jiang Ping swallowed the Divine Medicine in the Quiet room and began refining its power.
• Jiang Ping’s True Self Body reached perfect refinement, leaving him ready to cross the tribulation and break through.

Jiang Ping broke through to Spirit Wander Second Heaven in the North Sea and tested his strengthened techniques before deciding to leave Xuanxin Island with the three seniors. His True Self and the seniors departed through a Void Passage, while Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou stayed behind.

• Jiang Ping endured the Great Tribulation and shattered the Inner Demon Tribulation, reaching Spirit Wander Second Heaven.
• Jiang Ping tested the Zhan Shen Saber, the Life and Death Heavenly Saber, lightning, and his Five Elements techniques, concluding that his Life and Death Heavenly Saber was stronger than the Murong Family's saber.
• Zhou Tianming sensed the dense lightning Dao Rhythm and believed it could help him reach Martial Saint Ninth Heaven and then Spirit Wander.
• Jiang Ping told Jiang Siqi, Shangguan Chun, and the Martial Saint that he had broken through and was ready to leave Xuanxin Island.
• Jiang Ping left his physical body behind and departed with the three seniors through a Void Passage, while Chen Qingyan and Jiang Yirou saw them off.

Jiang Ping led the Three Seniors across the South Sea and through a perilous region governed by Near-Dao laws. After they crossed it, the Three Seniors sensed that the Shackles were gone and that they were close to leaving the island.

• Jiang Ping and the Three Seniors departed without alerting the Martial Saints waiting on the South Sea, so their attempt to leave the island would remain secret.
• The group encountered a Great Accomplishment Martial Saint from the Zhou Dynasty and continued more than ten thousand miles across the sea through the Void.
• When Martial Saint Murong stepped toward the open blue sky, Jiang Ping stopped him, and Jiang Siqi warned that the Shackles had tightened above them.
• The Three Seniors discussed whether other powerful islands had already escaped the Three Thousand Solitary Graves and warned Jiang Ping to avoid entanglement with the Near-Dao Reincarnation in the Tianluo Region.
• Jiang Ping sent his Past Body ahead to scout as the group crossed the dangerous region where Near-Dao laws interwove.
• After they passed through, Jiang Siqi and Shangguan Chun sensed immense Rhythm Force, and Martial Saint Murong rejoiced that the Shackles were gone.

Jiang Ping brought the three seniors from Xuanxin Island to Haiyue Island, helped them secure Dao Rhyme Pills, and prepared to leave for Golden Cloud Island to find a way to resolve the children’s incompleteness. The seniors were left to pursue breakthroughs on Haiyue Island while Jiang Ping continued his search.

• Jiang Siqi, Martial Saint Murong, and Shangguan Chun rejoiced at escaping Xuanxin Island’s restraints and vowed to advance their cultivation.
• Jiang Ping promised to obtain Dao Rhyme Pills for the three seniors and brought them to Haiyue Island.
• Jiang Ping warned the seniors to hide their rare cultivation techniques and told them to use the name Chen Nianjiang if trouble arose.
• The three seniors rented neighboring residences, and Jiang Ping traded half of Haize’s scales for Dao Rhyme Pills to share with them.
• Jiang Ping told the seniors he was leaving for Golden Cloud Island to search for records that could resolve the children’s incompleteness.

Jiang Ping encountered a Haize hunt on his journey and joined in, revealing that he was a young Spirit Wanderer. At the battlefield, he learned that the prodigy Ling Chen of the Golden Cloud Ling Family was fighting a Spirit Wanderer-level Haize, which suddenly unleashed a trace of True Saint bloodline.

• Jiang Ping killed a Saint-level Haize that had surfaced near the human Martial Saints, then stripped its scales for resources.
• Jiang Ping observed two Spirit Wanderers fighting a Haize and assessed that their strength might not be enough to defeat it.
• Jiang Ping revealed his Spirit Wanderer aura and offered to help, but Ling Chen rejected his assistance and refused to share the beast.
• A Martial Saint Jiang Ping had protected told him that the young prodigy was Ling Chen of the Golden Cloud Ling Family.
• The Haize went berserk and revealed red light from its scales, prompting Ling Chen to recognize its True Saint bloodline as the other Spirit Wanderer launched another attack.

Jiang Ping exposed two concealed Spirit Wanderers who were waiting to claim the Fierce Beast Haize’s resources, prompting Ling Chen to reject them and call Jiang Ping into the fight. As Jiang Ping entered the battlefield, one of the newcomers blocked his path, and Jiang Ping attacked him.

• Fierce Beast Haize unleashed its scales as armor and injured Ling Chen and the Third Heaven Spirit Wanderer.
• Ling Chen invited Jiang Ping to join the hunt, but Jiang Ping warned that two Spirit Wanderers were hidden above the clouds.
• Ling Chen attacked the concealed pair, revealing Qi Bing of the Golden Cloud Qi Family and another Spirit Wanderer.
• Qi Bing offered to join the fight and split the resources four ways, but Ling Chen refused and called Jiang Ping his senior brother.
• A Third Heaven Spirit Wanderer blocked Jiang Ping’s way, and Jiang Ping attacked him directly.

Jiang Ping fought Qi Bing and another Spirit Wanderer over a share of the resources, defeating them with his Withering Art and the Murong Clan’s Zhan Shen Saber. The battle left Qi Bing badly injured and established Jiang Ping as a formidable contender before the other Spirit Wanderers.

• Jiang Ping wounded a Third Heaven Spirit Wanderer with his Withering Art after that opponent tried to block his path.
• Ling Chen warned Jiang Ping that the injured Spirit Wanderer had vanished with a Spatial Treasure, but Jiang Ping struck him out of hiding and nearly severed half his body.
• Qi Bing attacked Jiang Ping with a spear while his companion joined in with a Sword Art, and Ling Chen remained occupied fighting the Fierce Beast.
• Jiang Ping drew on the Murong Clan’s Zhan Shen Saber and cut down both attackers, leaving them badly wounded as the watching Martial Saints stared in shock.
• Qi Bing unleashed the Qi Clan’s supreme Primordial Spirit art, but Jiang Ping shattered it with the Zhan Shen Saber and split Qi Bing’s body and Primordial Spirit apart.