Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping and his companions crossed a peaceful region in No. 3 Forbidden Land, then found Spirit Roamers fighting over Dao Tree resources. Lin Tianjiao tried to redirect them toward Dao Fruits and Tree Roots, but the group attacked him over an old grievance.

• Jiang Ping searched the peaceful Shangri-La and found only one stalk of Divine Medicine before the group continued onward.
• The group reached a ruined region and discovered Close to the Dao Seeds fighting over a section of Dao Tree branches and leaves.
• Yan Liang explained that Dao Fruits and Tree Roots were more valuable than Dao Leaves, and Lin Tianjiao revealed that Ji Wushuang held the fruits and roots a thousand li north.
• Shu Mingxiao and the others charged at Lin Tianjiao, accusing him of leaving them hanging for an entire day and deciding to beat him rather than leave.

Lin Tianjiao fought off Wu Qingqing, Shu Mingxiao, Hao Jun, and Jiang Ping after they attacked him together. He remained uninjured and confident as Wu Qingqing launched another assault.

• Lin Tianjiao tried to reconcile with the four Close to the Dao Seed geniuses, but Shu Mingxiao rejected his apology and attacked from the Void.
• Wu Qingqing struck Lin Tianjiao with the Jimie Palm Technique, but he dispersed her attack with the Immeasurable Axe.
• Shu Mingxiao attacked from behind as Hao Jun and Jiang Ping joined in, unleashing the Water Fire Wind palm and the Three Talents Technique.
• Lin Tianjiao shattered Jiang Ping's Four Evils and Four Auspices and broke Hao Jun's attack with his Heaven Severing sword, while the opposing team held back Lin Tianjiao's companions.
• Wu Qingqing completed her Life-Death Fusion and attacked again, but Lin Tianjiao remained confident that the four posed little threat.

Lin Tianjiao fought Jiang Ping, Wu Qingqing, Shu Mingxiao, and Hao Jun to a standstill until Yan Liang joined in, allowing them to overwhelm him and steal his Storage Ring. As the ring changed hands and the groups scattered, two powerful, frightened figures appeared and urged everyone to run.

• Lin Tianjiao fought Wu Qingqing and then faced the combined attacks of Jiang Ping, Shu Mingxiao, and Hao Jun, leaving both sides injured.
• Lin Tianjiao mocked the four heroes, and Yan Liang suddenly attacked, turning the battle against him.
• Shu Mingxiao seized Lin Tianjiao's Storage Ring, but two other groups stopped fighting and began pursuing the ring's holders.
• Yan Liang told Jiang Ping and the others to head north toward Zhong Shenxiu's group, then fled south as the pursuers split up.
• Jiang Ping's group and Lin Tianjiao's group encountered a powerful man and woman who warned them to run.

Jiang Ping, Zhong Shenxiu, and the other Close to the Dao Seeds escaped the Old Turtle King's rampage after someone tried to take the Dao Tree. As groups raced through Black Mountain Ridge, Lin Tianjiao encountered Qin Yun and angrily blamed him for something he did not understand.

• The Old Turtle King appeared after someone tried to uproot its Dao Tree, and Zhong Shenxiu urged the Close to the Dao Seeds to flee.
• Jiang Ping recognized Zhong Shenxiu, learned that the Old Turtle King was pursuing the person who tried to take the whole tree, and led Hao Jun and two others through Black Mountain Ridge.
• Lin Tianjiao reunited with his companions and chased Hao Jun's group through the ridge.
• Yao Hong and Qin Yun's group traveled toward the Forbidden Land, hoping to reach the Dao Tree before the spoils were gone.
• Hao Jun, Wu Qingqing, and the others raced past Qin Yun's group, and Lin Tianjiao stopped to curse Qin Yun as a turtle-bastard.

Qin Yun and Lin Tianjiao clashed after Lin Tianjiao wrongly blamed him for Hao Jun’s group taking the Dao Tree resources. Later, Hao Jun’s team divided the leaves and branch, then learned another expedition to the island was coming; Jiang Ping decided to return to Xuanxin Island to break through before it began.

• Lin Tianjiao attacked Qin Yun, but the White-robed Woman stopped his strike and warned him not to disturb the great demons.
• Yao Hong explained that Qin Yun had already parted ways with Hao Jun and the others, and the group learned Hao Jun’s team had claimed the Dao Tree’s only resource.
• Yan Liang kept a section of the Dao Tree branch, while Jiang Ping, Hao Jun, Wu Qingqing, and Shu Mingxiao each received five leaves.
• Hao Jun’s group encountered Lin Tianjiao’s party at a restaurant, but they observed the convention against fighting over resources after leaving the island.
• Wu Qingqing said Zhong Shenxiu was preparing another attempt with a Close to the Dao Seed who had refined Pure Gold, and Jiang Ping chose to return to Xuanxin Island to break through.
• Jiang Ping reached Xuanxin Island one day after leaving his companions.

Jiang Ping returned to Xuanxin Island to refine a Primordial Spirit Heavenly Pill and prepare to undergo the Four-Nine Tribulation. He agreed that Chen Qingyan and their child would leave the island for Lingchuan Island, while the pill neared completion and Jiang Ping calmed his mind with music taught by Zhong Shenxiu.

• Zhou Tianming speculated that Jiang Ping had already opened a path to survival and taken Jiang Siqi, Shangguan Chun, and the others off Xuanxin Island, but admitted he could do nothing about it.
• Jiang Ping returned to the Great Li Imperial City and told Chen Qingyan he had come back to break through a barrier before competing for important resources.
• Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan used Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire to refine four divine medicines into a Primordial Spirit Heavenly Pill, though its medicinal fragrance overwhelmed Chen Qingyan at first.
• Chen Qingyan said she wanted to leave Xuanxin Island with their child and settle on Lingchuan Island, and Jiang Ping agreed.
• Jiang Ping played the first four movements of the Eight Heavenly Sounds to calm himself as the pill formed, then revealed that Zhong Shenxiu had taught him the music.

Jiang Ping swallowed the Heavenly Medicine and entered seclusion in the North Sea to undergo the Four-Nine Tribulation. After surviving its thunder and fire, he found that the tribulation had cut away nearly all his lifespan, leaving him aged and unable to recover it.

• Jiang Ping gave Chen Qingyan an explanation about learning the Heavenly Melody from Zhong Shenxiu's cross-dressed younger brother, then announced that the Heavenly Medicine was complete.
• Jiang Ping asked Chen Qingyan to bring Yirou back from the Radish Meeting and flew to the North Sea to consume the medicine in seclusion.
• The Heavenly Medicine strengthened Jiang Ping's body and revived the Gods of the Human Body, prompting his Primordial Spirit Tribulation to begin.
• Jiang Ping endured torrents of lightning and thunder fire, using the Primordial Spirit Secret Manual, the Huangting Scripture, and the Murong Family's Primordial Spirit Golden Saber to restore his connection to his Primordial Spirit.
• The tribulation cut away a thousand years of Jiang Ping's lifespan at a time, and his attempts to reclaim it failed even after the tribulation ended.
• Jiang Ping realized he had entered old age with nearly all his lifespan gone and believed he had failed the Four-Nine Tribulation.

Jiang Ping endured the Four-Nine Tribulation by identifying and reversing the flaw in his Lifespan-Cutting Saber, restoring his life and advancing toward the Fourth Heaven. After forming a perfected Reincarnation Heavenly Saber, he sensed an unknown domain and wondered whether he was about to become the first example of something unprecedented.

• Jiang Ping steadied his mind with the Eight Heavenly Sounds and realized the Four-Nine Tribulation was still underway.
• Jiang Ping concluded that the tribulation was attacking the flaw in his Lifespan-Cutting Saber and began reversing it through the Changshi Fist’s understanding of life.
• Jiang Ping restored his vitality, renewed his body, and began advancing toward the Fourth Heaven.
• Jiang Ping reversed the Heavenly Tribulation Saber’s renewed lifespan cut and formed a Reincarnation Heavenly Saber with Life and Death in harmony.
• Jiang Ping heard the myriad gods chanting and sensed that he might be about to become the first example of an unprecedented achievement.

Jiang Ping survived the Four-Nine Tribulation, awakened an early glimpse of the Dao without daring to pursue it, and immediately crossed another tribulation to reach the Fifth Heaven. He brought his family away from home and then traveled alone to the island near the Forbidden Land, where he found the others had not yet departed.

• Jiang Ping completed the Four-Nine Tribulation, reflected on how Destiny had helped him survive, and met Chen Qingyan, who had searched for him.
• Jiang Ping took Divine Medicines and crossed another Spirit Wander Tribulation, reaching the Fifth Heaven while still refusing to raise his head in the Dao realm.
• Jiang Ping returned to the Dao grounds, reunited with his children, and left the Great Li Imperial City with his family under the pretext of traveling afar.
• Jiang Ping sent his family to the territory of the Three Seniors, then traveled by Primordial Spirit to the Artificial Island beside the Forbidden Land.
• Jiang Ping learned the group had not set out yet, while Wu Qingqing regretted that Fang Yong might not return, unaware that he was drinking nearby.

Jiang Ping saw a funeral-clothed old man consuming Yan Liang’s body and warned his former companions to be careful, though they could not see the apparition. As powerful cultivators gathered to ascend the island, Jiang Ping watched Yan Liang’s new group from a distance and decided to observe the spreading danger.

• At a lively tavern, Jiang Ping learned that Tao Zhenzhang had arrived, then saw through his Reincarnation Eye that a funeral-clothed old man was gnawing at Yan Liang and that Yan Liang’s heart was decayed.
• After Yan Liang left Hao Jun’s group, Jiang Ping warned Hao Jun, Wu Qingqing, and Shu Mingxiao to be careful of him, then left to pursue opportunities on the island as Jiang Pingping.
• Jiang Ping waited two days as more than thirty Close to the Dao Seeds gathered, then encountered Yan Liang at the inn and saw the old man watching him.
• Yan Liang joined Qin Yun, Yao Hong, and their companions, while Jiang Ping noticed a decayed hand resting on Yao Hong’s shoulder and chose not to intervene yet.
• Hao Jun, Wu Qingqing, and Shu Mingxiao declined Yan Liang’s invitation to sit with them, and Hao Jun and Wu Qingqing privately agreed that Yan Liang’s pallor seemed troubling.

Jiang Ping watched a corpse mutation consume Yan Liang and Yao Hong before Li Wanjuan arrived and took the threat away. As powerful figures gathered for the coming island contest, Jiang Ping heard that Lin Tianjiao had been injured defending his reputation, and the incident involved someone insulting Jiang Pingping of the Tianluo Region.

• Jiang Ping saw the funeral-clothed old man eating Yao Hong, while Wu Qingqing, Hao Jun, and Shu Mingxiao heeded a warning and left Qin Yun's group.
• Yao Hong became as badly afflicted as Yan Liang, and a refined white-robed man noticed the danger and left the tavern with Jiang Ping following him.
• Li Wanjuan arrived on the Artificial Island, swept away Yan Liang, Yao Hong, and the funeral-clothed old man, and the others learned that a Nine Heavens Corpse Mutation had caused the deaths and disappearances.
• A peak Close to the Dao Seed arrived, and news spread that Zhong Shenxiu had broken through to the Sixth Heaven; the island contest was scheduled for the morning after the next day.
• Jiang Ping heard that a same-realm fighter had injured Lin Tianjiao after insulting Jiang Pingping of the Tianluo Region, and he could no longer remain calm.

The cultivators learned that Ren Tianxing, a Sixth Heaven Spirit Roaming expert from the Changhuan Domain, had defeated Lin Tianjiao by controlling Dao Light. After hearing that Ren had cursed Jiang Pingping over his suspected command of Samsara, Jiang Ping and Hao Jun went to confront him.

• Wu Qingqing explained that Ren Tianxing had entered the Daoguang Realm, either through a fortunate tribulation or an extraordinary affinity with the Dao.
• The crowd learned that Ren Tianxing came from the Changhuan Domain and had insulted Jiang Pingping, predicting he would die during the True Saint Tribulation.
• Jiang Ping asked whether Ren had also insulted Ji Wushuang, and learned that Ji had been drinking in the next-door tavern.
• Shu Mingxiao revealed that another Peerless Prodigy from the Changhuan Domain was interested in the path of Samsara and might have arranged Ren's provocation.
• Jiang Ping and Hao Jun decided to go see Ren Tianxing, who was still drinking and making outrageous remarks.

Jiang Pingping appeared as the Dao Tree competition began and attacked Ren Tianxing with a powerful saber strike before anyone had ascended the island. The clash left the gathered prodigies stunned and Lin Tianjiao convinced that Jiang Pingping had come to avenge him.

• Hao Jun and the Close to the Dao Seeds learned that Ren Tianxing had defeated Xingluo's foremost seed and injured Lin Tianjiao too severely for him to ascend the island.
• A supreme figure opened a Golden Road from the Artificial Island into the depths of No. 3 Forbidden Land, allowing the competitors to head toward the Dao Tree resources.
• As the crowd prepared to set out, Ren Tianxing said he could challenge the supreme figure, while Lin Tianjiao watched with a dim gaze.
• Jiang Ping stopped Hao Jun and appeared beneath the stars, summoning the Black and White Heavenly Saber before anyone had ascended the island.
• Jiang Ping unleashed a Life-Death Fusion saber strike that shook Ji Wushuang and Tao Zhenzhang and struck at Ren Tianxing, stirring Lin Tianjiao with excitement.

Jiang Ping revealed himself and used the Reincarnation Heavenly Saber to overwhelm Ren Tianxing, nearly erasing his Dao Light. As Ren Tianxing began to lose his connection to the Daoguang Realm, Jiang Ping's saber struck a mysterious Dao-patterned sword, revealing another expert.

• The Reincarnation Heavenly Saber's Qi Mechanism drove several Close to the Dao Seeds to cry out that all things would end until Jiang Ping took hold of the saber and awakened them.
• Jiang Ping attacked Ren Tianxing, who unleashed Supreme God Riding Light, but Jiang Ping saw that Ren Tianxing had not fully entered the Daoguang Realm.
• Jiang Ping shattered Ren Tianxing's Dao Light and struck him down, leaving the onlookers stunned by the gulf between them.
• Hao Jun and Lin Tianjiao reconciled as they watched Jiang Ping defeat Ren Tianxing.
• Jiang Ping's repeated saber strikes made Ren Tianxing's Dao Light and Dao practice fade until Jiang Ping's saber clanged against a brilliant Dao-patterned longsword, signaling another expert's arrival.

Jiang Ping fought Yun Xiuxiu after she intervened to protect Ren Tianxing, and their battle devastated the Artificial Island. The chapter ended with Yun Xiuxiu calmly holding her own against Jiang Ping’s Supreme Secret Technique while defending Ren Tianxing.

• Yun Xiuxiu introduced herself and asked Jiang Ping to spare Ren Tianxing, but Jiang Ping attacked her with the Reincarnation Heavenly Saber.
• Yun Xiuxiu clashed with Jiang Ping, and their attacks created a five-hundred-mile Black Abyss that harmed anyone who approached.
• Yun Xiuxiu asked Jiang Ping to end the fight, but he struck again and wounded Ren Tianxing, forcing her to protect him.
• Jiang Ping activated the Bone Technique and demanded that Yun Xiuxiu kneel, while onlookers anticipated a decisive battle.
• Yun Xiuxiu continued blocking Jiang Ping’s attacks and protecting Ren Tianxing without falling behind.

Yun Xiuxiu revealed that she was only the Third Seat of Changhuan Domain and that its top two had achieved Supreme God Riding Light, leaving the gathered Near-Dao Beings awestruck. Jiang Pingping then displayed Reincarnation Dao Light, overwhelming Yun Xiuxiu and astonishing everyone before subtly withdrawing his power.

• Yun Xiuxiu held off Jiang Pingping while carrying Ren Tianxing, then revealed that she was only ranked Third Seat in Changhuan Domain.
• Yun Xiuxiu explained that Changhuan Domain's first and second seats were in the Same Realm as her and had already used Supreme God Riding Light.
• Ren Tianxing taunted Jiang Ping, arguing that even a powerful chief would struggle to cross the True Sainthood tribulation.
• Jiang Pingping resonated with the Daoguang Realm and released Reincarnation Dao Light, cracking Yun Xiuxiu's destruction domain and making her bleed.
• The crowd marveled at Jiang Pingping's power, while a Yellow-skirted Woman noticed that he had slightly withdrawn his right foot as if concealing his strength.

Jiang Ping displayed Reincarnation Dao Light and shattered the pinnacle figure’s Starry Sky Technique, earning the name River God as Yun Xiuxiu withdrew. After Ren Tianxing lost access to the Daoguang Realm and fled, the group headed up the island, anticipating a later clash between Jiang Ping and Zhong Shenxiu.

• Jiang Ping pierced the starry heavens with Reincarnation Dao Light, astonishing the gathered prodigies and prompting them to call him the River God.
• Yun Xiuxiu released Ren Tianxing and withdrew, judging that she could not safely challenge Jiang Ping.
• Ren Tianxing howled after being knocked out of the Daoguang Realm, then fled when Jiang Ping and Lin Tianjiao ordered him to leave.
• The group ascended the island, discussing the coming contest between the River God and Zhong Shenxiu.
• Hao Jun and Lin Tianjiao remarked that Fang Yong would regret missing the spectacle.

Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang both revealed Control Daoguang as they contested the Dao Tree in No. 3 Forbidden Land. Their clash devastated the surrounding area, and the chapter left them locked in battle while the other cultivators watched from afar.

• The group reached the Dao Tree in the red leaf forest, and Tao Zhenzhang warned them not to resonate with it.
• Jiang Ping tried to seize the Dao Tree but was blocked by Ji Wushuang's Star River Immeasurable Diagram.
• Ji Wushuang proposed splitting the Dao Tree, but Jiang Ping refused unless Ji Wushuang proved himself qualified.
• Ji Wushuang displayed Control Daoguang and attacked Jiang Ping with his starry scroll.
• Jiang Ping countered with the Black and White Heavenly Saber and Reincarnation Dao Light, and their battle pulverized the forest and severed the Fire River.
• Tao Zhenzhang and the other Close to the Dao Seeds retreated and watched as the two prodigies continued fighting.

Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang fought at full strength as Ji Wushuang used his Star River Diagram and Fuxi formation to attack, while Jiang Ping revealed more of his Daoguang and broke through the formation. Ji Wushuang then transformed the sky into a vast starry chart to suppress Jiang Ping, who swung his End Blade at the stars.

• Ji Wushuang summoned eight immense star beasts with his Star River Immeasurable Diagram and attacked Jiang Ping.
• Ji Wushuang arranged the beasts and Dao Patterns into a Fuxi Bagua Formation around Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping drew more power from the Daoguang Realm and shattered the beasts and formation with his End Blade.
• Ji Wushuang expanded his Star Chart across the heavens, turning the sky into a starry formation to suppress Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping swung his Reincarnation Heavenly Saber toward the starry sky.

Jiang Ping fought Ji Wushuang, whose Star River Diagram reached a terrifying level of power and pushed Jiang Ping onto the defensive. After discerning that Ji Wushuang had not fully mastered the ultimate state of technique, Jiang Ping prepared to answer with the power of The End.

• Jiang Ping used his Heavenly Saber to break through Ji Wushuang's starry sky technique and press toward him.
• Ji Wushuang absorbed the Star Chart into his body, displaying the immense power of his Yin Yang Hetu Technique and overwhelming the onlookers.
• Ji Wushuang's starry attacks weakened Jiang Ping's saber and forced him to use Supreme God Riding Light, while observers feared River God would lose.
• Jiang Ping recognized that Ji Wushuang's Yin and Yang Dao Light was incomplete and chose not to fully reveal the ultimate state of The End.
• Jiang Ping changed his bearing and declared, "I am Doomsday; Doomsday is me!"