Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping learned that Zhong Shenxiu had gone to South Heaven to cultivate the Human Emperor Scripture, which she was willing to teach him once he reached the Peak. Encouraged by her letter, he began his first Dao Tribulation in the Void and faced increasingly destructive lightning head-on.

• Jiang Ping asked Zhong Shenxiu’s younger brother where she had gone and learned that she was in South Heaven seeking the Human Emperor Scripture.
• Zhong Shenxiu’s younger brother explained that the scripture cultivated the physical body’s Undying characteristic and said Zhong Shenxiu would teach Jiang Ping a fragment after he reached the Peak.
• Jiang Ping read Zhong Shenxiu’s letter, which told him to break through without hesitation, and went to an Uninhabited Sea to see Dao.
• Jiang Ping entered the Void, summoned the Dao Tribulation, and endured Purple Xiao Thunder with his Reincarnation Body.
• The tribulation unleashed several kinds of lightning at once, tearing Jiang Ping’s flesh and devastating nearby islands and mountains as he continued to resist.

Jiang Ping endured the final Void Dao Tribulation, learned Void Order’s abilities, and broke free from its confinement. In Yun Province, Di San and his allies learned that several powerful Peak beings were joining the Di Family’s Throne Competition to challenge Fang Yong and avenge Zhao Shanhe.

• Jiang Ping faced the Void Order tribulation as it weakened his Dao practice, then restored his strength with All Things Flourish.
• Jiang Ping was trapped in an endless void realm, comprehended Void Order, and used Proving Void to weaken the Void Lockdown and escape.
• Di San, Blue Robe, and several Top-Tier Dao Seeds went to see Fang Yong and told Mu Ying that three Peak beings from Zhouguang Domain had joined forces against him.
• Di San explained that two of the three Peak beings were close to Zhao Shanhe, while another Peak being from outside Zhouguang Domain was also likely to enter the competition.
• Blue Robe revealed that the additional challenger was Li Buyu, whom he described as very strong.

After completing the Void Dao Tribulation, Jiang Ping discovered that his body and spirit had grown stronger and began returning from the Uninhabited Sea. Meanwhile, Di San’s group sought allies against their opponents, but Ning Tianhe arrived at Fang Yong’s residence and began tearing apart the city to search for him.

• Mu Ying learned that Li Buyu’s Senior Brother might enter the contest, so he set out to invite his sworn brother Cui Zhenli, while Di San also tried to recruit a Peak.
• Jiang Ping successfully saw the Dao in the Uninhabited Sea, gaining insight into the Void while retaining his Reincarnation Body.
• Jiang Ping tested his transformed physical strength, considered tempering it through further Dao Tribulations, and then set out to return.
• Di San and Blue Robe’s group found Fang Yong absent, and an explosion destroyed Fang Yong’s residence as a Peak arrived.
• Ning Tianhe revealed himself as Li Buyu’s Senior Brother and used Order God Chains to demolish buildings while searching for Fang Yong.

Ning Tianhe attacked Di San and the other Dao Seeds, but Cui Zhenli arrived to shield them and challenged him. Ning Tianhe overpowered Cui Zhenli with his formidable physical body, leaving Cui bloodied and exhausted.

• Ning Tianhe’s attack destroyed parts of the city and killed several Dao Seeds until Cui Zhenli arrived and protected the survivors.
• Mu Ying returned with Cui Zhenli, then learned that Fang Yong had fled.
• Cui Zhenli challenged Ning Tianhe, and the two clashed with their physical strength and Blood Qi.
• Ning Tianhe wounded Cui Zhenli and revealed his mastery of the Canglong Mystic Scripture.
• Ning Tianhe struck Cui Zhenli down until Cui stood bloodied, his clothes torn, and his face pale.

Ning Tianhe defeated Cui Zhenli and secured control of Yun Province’s principal city for Di Er’s side. After the Peaks discussed Wendaomeng’s selectiveness and Zhao Shanhe’s lost chance to join, Ning Tianhe revealed that the alliance was still considering Zhong Shenxiu.

• Ning Tianhe crushed Cui Zhenli’s challenge and pressured Di San and his allies to surrender the principal city.
• Di San’s summoned Peak fled after seeing Ning Tianhe, and Cui Zhenli lost again despite trying to fight on.
• Three more Peaks arrived and urged Cui Zhenli to yield; he accepted defeat and told Di San the outcome was settled.
• Ning Tianhe revealed that Zhao Shanhe had been considered for Wendaomeng, and the Peaks discussed the alliance’s standards and influence.
• Ning Tianhe said Wendaomeng had not approached Zhong Shenxiu and was still deciding whether to admit her.

Fang Yong returned as Jiang Ping and faced Ning Tianhe and three other Peak experts seeking revenge for Zhao Shanhe. Jiang Ping unleashed a devastating punch that blasted the three experts apart and caught Ning Tianhe as he tried to flee.

• Ning Tianhe revealed that the Wendaomeng had another figure like Zhong Shenxiu and said his junior brother needed talented allies.
• Fang Yong arrived, and Ning Tianhe and three Peak experts confronted him over Zhao Shanhe's death.
• Jiang Ping asked whether they had signed a Life-and-Death Contract and tried to take Ning Tianhe's Azure Dragon Body Scripture.
• Ning Tianhe ordered Jiang Ping to kneel and threatened his relatives and old friends, but Jiang Ping responded with a punch.
• Jiang Ping's punch blasted the three Peak experts apart and sent Ning Tianhe fleeing, but its force overtook him.

Jiang Ping overwhelmed Ning Tianhe with his physical strength, revealed his mastery of Void Order, and disrupted Ning Tianhe’s attempt to escape. As Jiang Ping pursued the fight, a sudden danger made him flee at full speed.

• Jiang Ping struck Ning Tianhe with a punch that blasted him apart, while the other three Peak Dao Seeds fled.
• Jiang Ping shattered Ning Tianhe’s Golden Bell and battered him with a series of punches, nearly destroying his True Self Body.
• Ning Tianhe tried to escape with a Void Teleportation Talisman, but Jiang Ping opened a Void Path and pursued him into the depths of the Void.
• Jiang Ping used Zhan Shen Saber mysteries to injure Ning Tianhe’s Primordial Spirit, then disabled the talisman with the Bone Technique.
• Jiang Ping’s hair stood on end as he sensed something alarming and retreated at extreme speed.

Ning Tianhe wielded a True Saint Artifact while searching for Fang Yong, but the Di Family’s Nine Heavens Old Ancestor stopped him from interfering further. Jiang Ping returned to Thousand Saints Island and wondered whether the Broken Sword had reacted to the artifact; Di San assured him Ning Tianhe would not return before the competition ended.

• Ning Tianhe brought out a True Saint Artifact and unleashed its power across the sky, land, and sea while searching for Fang Yong.
• The Di Family’s Nine Heavens Old Ancestor stopped Ning Tianhe from interfering with the competition, and Ning Tianhe reluctantly left.
• Jiang Ping, who had fled the island, sensed the Broken Sword briefly fluctuate when the True Saint Artifact appeared and tried unsuccessfully to awaken it.
• Jiang Ping returned to Thousand Saints Island and asked Di San whether Ning Tianhe might come back.
• Di San assured Jiang Ping that the Ancestor would keep Ning Tianhe off the island until the competition ended.

After Jiang Ping defeated the enemies on Thousand Saints Island, Cui Zhenli invited him to seek a Body Scripture in the South Heaven Departmental Prefecture, but Jiang Ping said he already had one. Di San explained the Jinyi Youth’s ties to a True Saint Clan and revealed that the Di Family’s Dao Artifact had been destroyed in a mysterious ancient war, while the Jinyi Youth returned to claim his share of the resources.

• Cui Zhenli introduced himself to Jiang Ping and invited him to travel to the South Heaven Departmental Prefecture to seek a Body Scripture.
• Jiang Ping said he already had a Body Scripture, and Cui Zhenli concluded that it explained his overwhelming strength.
• A Jinyi Youth arrived after the fighting had ended, and Di San told Jiang Ping that the man had fled earlier and was likely returning for promised resources.
• Di San explained that the Jinyi Youth came from a True Saint Clan but lacked access to its Great Killing Weapon, and that the Di Family’s own Dao Artifact had been destroyed in a past battle.
• Di San said the battle had wiped out the Dao Monarchs and was believed to be a continuation of an even more ancient war.
• As the Jinyi Youth greeted them, Jiang Ping offered to beat him if Di San gave him another dose of Change Fate Medicine.

After earning five portions of Miraculous Fate-Changing Medicine for defeating Ning Tianhe, Jiang Ping refused Jinyi Peak’s request to surrender some of his reward. When Jinyi Peak threatened him, Jiang Ping attacked and used Void Authority to weaken his cultivation, leaving him broken but alive.

• Di San promised Jiang Ping two additional portions of medicine, bringing his reward to five, while delaying the portions owed to Jinyi Peak and the other Dao Seeds.
• Jinyi Peak asked Jiang Ping to give up two portions so he could keep his promise to his fiancée, but Jiang Ping refused.
• Jinyi Peak warned Jiang Ping that Ning Tianhe might ambush him and invoked the backing of the Yu Family’s ancestor.
• Jiang Ping struck Jinyi Peak with a Heaven Severing finger, then used Void Authority and the command “Retreat” to strip away his Dao practice and weaken his authority.
• Jiang Ping crushed Jinyi Peak’s Primordial Spirit and said he would kill him if he did not need to hold the place for a month to obtain the medicine.

Jiang Ping crippled Jinyi Peak after he oppressed Di San, then waited calmly for the Yu Family’s response while Di San’s contest continued. After Di San won and prepared to take control of the Di Family, he delivered Jiang Ping the Change Fate Medicine.

• Jiang Ping used the Void Dao Method to reduce Jinyi Peak’s cultivation to that of an ordinary Spirit Roaming Eighth Heaven cultivator.
• Di San refused Jinyi the miracle medicine and invited Jiang Ping and Cui Zhenli into his residence, while warnings spread that the Yu Family might retaliate.
• Jinyi’s family summoned a True Saint because no one else could reverse the Cutting Dao Method, but the Yu Family ultimately left Jiang Ping alone.
• Di San won the contest and prepared to ascend as Exalted One and take control of the Di Family.
• Di San presented Jiang Ping with a jade bottle of nine-pattern Change Fate Medicine pills.

Jiang Ping obtained the Miraculous Fate-Changing Medicine from Di San, then escaped Ning Tianhe’s ambush with help from the Di Family. After confirming that no one was tracking him, he returned to the Tianluo Region, ready to resolve the problem of his children.

• Jiang Ping accepted the Miraculous Fate-Changing Medicine from Di San and declined his invitation to stay on the Island of Ten Thousand Saints.
• Ning Tianhe attacked Jiang Ping with a True Saint Artifact, but a Di Family elder intervened and fought him while Jiang Ping escaped.
• Jiang Ping traveled across several domains and asked Ye Qingyun to check for tracking techniques and pursuing True Saints.
• Ye Qingyun realized Jiang Ping was Fang Yong, and Jiang Ping asked him to check his true body with the Cause and Effect Artifact as well.
• Jiang Ping returned to the Tianluo Region after Ye Qingyun departed.

In Mysterious City, Chen Qingyan discovered that Jiang Hao’s Annihilation Intent was draining away as his Origin began to heal itself. She learned that her children felt left out at the Academy because their flaws kept them from taking medicinal baths, and she promised Jiang Yao she could begin martial arts when Jiang Ping returned.

• Yin Yue visited Chen Qingyan and praised her youth and Jiang Ping’s extraordinary talent, while Chen Qingyan worried about the danger surrounding him after the Zhouguang Domain conflict.
• Jiang Yao and Jiang Hao returned from the Academy, and Yin Yue noticed that the mark between Jiang Hao’s brows had faded.
• Chen Qingyan examined Jiang Hao and found that half his Annihilation Intent had vanished and was continuing to drain as his Origin repaired itself.
• Chen Qingyan told Jiang Hao to stay home from the Academy while she observed him, then learned that both children felt isolated because they could not take medicinal baths.
• Jiang Yao asked when she could eat Ginseng blood fruit and practice martial arts, and Chen Qingyan told her to wait for Jiang Ping to return.

Jiang Yirou told her family about a young genius who might become a Dao Seed, while Jiang Ping returned home and learned that Jiang Hao could heal without miraculous medicine. He gave Jiang Yao a Nine-pattern Miracle Pill and saw her life Origin begin to repair.

• Jiang Yirou returned home and described a thirteen-year-old genius whose talent had drawn the attention of major powers from Golden Cloud Island.
• Jiang Yao asked whether the genius was more talented than Jiang Ping, leaving Jiang Yirou and Jiang Hao speechless.
• Jiang Ping arrived at dinner, learned that Jiang Hao might self-heal, and told him to stop taking miraculous medicine for now.
• Jiang Yirou asked for a portion of the medicine, and Chen Qingyan said she could have one if any remained after the younger children were treated.
• Jiang Ping gave Jiang Yao a Nine-pattern Miracle Pill and saw colorful light surround her as her life Origin began to repair.

Jiang Yao’s Origin was restored and her Extinction Saint Body awakened, while Jiang Hao learned that his Incompleteness might heal naturally. Meanwhile, powerful visitors arrived in Mysterious City to test Lin Shuang, and the red-robed Dao Seed began her examination.

• Jiang Yao’s Extinction Saint Body awakened, and Jiang Ping confirmed that her Origin was complete and she could prepare for Martial Dao cultivation.
• Jiang Ping told Jiang Hao that his Incompleteness might take more than two years to heal on its own, potentially allowing him to rival the Academy’s older sister.
• Several great powers arrived in Mysterious City, and Hao Jun asked Jiang Siqi to lead them to Lin Shuang.
• Jiang Yirou, Jiang Yao, Jiang Hao, and a crowd of students gathered at the Academy Training Ground to watch the Dao Seeds test Lin Shuang.
• The red-robed Dao Seed gave Lin Shuang a Scroll and told her to enter the painting and comprehend as much as she could within half an hour.

Lin Shuang astonished the gathered geniuses by mastering several mysterious arts and breaking through while studying Hao Jun's Sunlight Mysterious Scripture. After children bullied Jiang Yao, Jiang Hao's hidden power awakened as he struck back and began beating their ringleader.

• Lin Shuang quickly cultivated multiple streams of Saber Qi and attained initial mastery of successive mysterious arts, impressing the gathered geniuses.
• Hao Jun gave Lin Shuang his Hao Family's Sunlight Mysterious Scripture, and she mastered it in under twenty minutes and broke through, surpassing his record.
• Jiang Yirou and Jiang Hao praised Lin Shuang, while Jiang Yao expressed her wish to become like her.
• Little Fatty shoved Jiang Yao to the floor and mocked her, then tried to kick her in the head as other children joined in.
• Jiang Hao punched Little Fatty's kick aside with power from his awakened Birth and Destruction Body, then straddled him and repeatedly struck him.

Jiang Hao and Jiang Yao’s fight with Little Fatty escalated when his father intervened and Lin Shuang sought support from the Red-robed Dao Seed. Jiang Yirou challenged the Dao Seeds and threatened Lin Shuang, while Hao Jun approached the children, struck by how much they resembled someone.

• Jiang Hao savagely beat Little Fatty after finding him bullying Jiang Yao, and Jiang Siqi sent Little Fatty’s father flying when he attacked.
• Jiang Yirou stopped Jiang Hao, while the gathered prodigies learned that Little Fatty was Lin Shuang’s younger brother.
• Lin Shuang’s father called on her to defend Little Fatty, and the Red-robed Dao Seed offered to make her his disciple and back her actions.
• Jiang Yirou insulted the Red-robed Dao Seed and the other Dao Seeds, then threatened to cripple Lin Shuang if she provoked her.
• The Red-robed Dao Seed raised his hand, but Hao Jun stood and walked toward the crowd, thinking that the children all looked alike.

Hao Jun recognized Jiang Hao and Jiang Yirou as the children of Jiang Pingping, whom he revered, and treated them with great respect. When Jiang Yirou told him to punish the Red-robed Dao Seed, Hao Jun obeyed, leaving Lin Shuang's birth father terrified of her influence.

• Jiang Yirou questioned why Hao Jun had stopped the Red-robed Dao Seed from attacking, while Lin Shuang tried to ask Hao Jun to take her as a disciple.
• Hao Jun ignored Lin Shuang and privately asked Jiang Hao and Jiang Yirou for their father's name.
• Jiang Yirou identified their father as Jiang Pingping, the wielder of the Reincarnation Saber and the Years Sword, and Hao Jun realized he was That Person.
• Hao Jun emerged from the Dao Light barrier holding Jiang Hao's hand and speaking kindly with the siblings.
• Jiang Yirou ordered Hao Jun to beat the Red-robed Dao Seed, and Hao Jun pinned him with a Golden Long Spear and threatened him against investigating further.
• Jiang Yirou boasted to Lin Shuang's birth father about her influence, and he lost his arrogance in fear.

Jiang Yirou stopped Lin Shuang’s father from harming Jiang Yao, and Lin Shuang ultimately accepted Hao Jun as her master. Afterward, Jiang Ping returned to his family, continued cultivating for a year with little progress, and announced that he was going out.

• Jiang Yirou used her influence to end the confrontation, and Jiang Siqi urged Lin Shuang to take Hao Jun as her master.
• Lin Shuang accepted Hao Jun as her master, and he left with the others aboard his warship.
• Jiang Ping returned home, reassured Jiang Yao, and told her to fight back if anyone bullied her again.
• Hao Jun visited Jiang Ping several days later, and Jiang Ping then spent a year studying the Karmic Wonderful Method and Years Sword Art with little progress.
• Jiang Ping told Chen Qingyan he was going out, and she asked whether he would disappear for several years again.

Jiang Ping investigated the identity of the Nine Heavens who had ambushed him, then returned to Lingchuan Island to cultivate while caring for his recovered son. As Ji Wushuang and Ye Qingyun entered the Peak, Jiang Ping remained in seclusion, sensing that his Eight-Nine Tribulation was near.

• Jiang Ping visited the Zhong Clan, read invitations from Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang, and sent them replies before asking Nanliang about his older sister and the investigation.
• Nanliang identified Gai Tianyang of the Tianlang Sea Area as the likely attacker and explained his connections to two True Saints; Jiang Ping gave the Zhong Clan a treasure box in thanks.
• Jiang Ping returned to Lingchuan Island and cultivated until the Karmic Wonderful Method Seen Dao and the Years Sword Art reached thirty percent Divine Intent.
• Jiang Hao recovered enough to begin Martial Dao cultivation, while Jiang Yirou became a Life Martial Saint and told Jiang Ping that Ji Wushuang had entered the Peak.
• Jiang Ping learned that Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang had both entered the Peak, replied that they should wait, and sensed that his Eight-Nine Tribulation was approaching.