Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping refined a Five Elements Great Pill and crossed the Primordial Spirit Tribulation, reaching Spirit Wander Eighth Heaven while glimpsing the terrifying World-Ending Tribulation ahead. After returning home for a family meal before his long journey, he heard Jiang Yao announce that she was about to become a martial artist.

• Jiang Ping called Chen Qingyan to refine another Five Elements Great Pill before his breakthrough.
• Chen Qingyan refined the pill, and Jiang Ping flew over the sea to face his tribulation.
• Jiang Ping endured the Heavenly Thunder World-Ending phenomenon and successfully reached Spirit Wander Eighth Heaven.
• Jiang Ping returned to Mysterious City, where Jiang Yirou explained that Chen Qingyan's lavish dinner meant their father was leaving on a long journey.
• Jiang Yao calmly joined the family meal and told Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan that she thought she was about to become a martial artist.

Jiang Yao’s vitality surged, signaling that she was close to becoming a martial artist, but Jiang Ping left for the Brilliant Continent as planned. Three days later, a hidden Ninth Heaven expert attacked a city in the Tianlang Sea Area and targeted the Gai Clan, prompting a powerful elder to defend it.

• Chen Qingyan discovered that Jiang Yao’s vitality and blood had increased enough for her to approach the martial artist stage.
• Jiang Ping told Jiang Yao not to be arrogant, then decided to leave without waiting to test her talent.
• Two days later, Jiang Ping departed for the Brilliant Continent after asking Chen Qingyan to watch over their children.
• Three days later, a giant finger struck a city in the Tianlang Sea Area and clashed with a sword strike from a defender.
• An old Ninth Heaven expert appeared and challenged the hidden attacker, but another giant finger emerged overhead.

The Old Man of the Gai Clan fought an unseen attacker whose giant fingers withstood his strongest sword strikes and physical attacks. He recognized the enemy’s Dao Method Proving Void and feared the implications, while the attacker’s identity remained unknown.

• The Old Man of the Gai Clan used his strongest sword strike to pierce a giant finger, but it emerged unharmed and continued pressing down.
• The old man unleashed dozens of Sword Lights and nearly shattered under the giant finger before a peak sword strike drew blood from it and made it disappear.
• The old man demanded that his hidden opponent reveal himself and negotiate, but a giant finger appeared behind him and struck him while he could not reach its source.
• The old man searched the surrounding Void with a vast barrage of attacks, then faced two giant fingers and tried to block them with his body.
• The old man’s flesh, blood vitality, and Primordial Spirit weakened under Dao Method Proving Void, which he recalled had once required a True Saint to resolve.

Jiang Pingping confronted Gai Tianyang and declared that he would wipe out the Gai Clan, revealing his overwhelming power to the assembled cultivators. He crushed a Gai Clan elder before Gai Tianyang could stop him, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• The Gai Clan elder nearly lost his cultivation to Jiang Pingping’s Void Dao Method until Gai Tianyang arrived and drove off the attack with his Heavenly Spear.
• Jiang Pingping appeared before the elder, and Gai Tianyang recognized him as the young prodigy who had advanced rapidly enough to suppress a Ninth Heaven expert.
• Jiang Pingping vowed to fulfill his promise by wiping out the Gai Clan, shocking the crowd as they discussed his cultivation and compared him with Li Buyu and the Heavenly Maiden.
• The crowd suspected Gai Tianyang had been responsible for an earlier attack on Jiang Pingping, while Gai Tianyang proposed that they talk and become friends.
• Jiang Pingping pulled the trapped Gai Clan elder toward him and crushed him with one hand, annihilating his form and spirit despite Gai Tianyang’s attempt to intervene.

Jiang Ping killed a Gai Clan Ninth Heaven expert and launched a massacre at the clan estate, forcing Gai Tianyang to intervene. The two Supreme Experts fought in a devastating contest of physical strength, and Jiang Ping broke through Gai Tianyang’s Myriad Dao Flower Opening Scripture as their battle continued.

• Jiang Ping crushed the Gai Clan’s Ninth Heaven expert with one hand and shattered the Heavenly Spear with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Jiang Ping attacked the Gai Clan estate, killing many clan members until Gai Tianyang blocked his strike.
• Jiang Ping refused Gai Tianyang’s demand to stop and fought him in a series of collisions that shattered the sky and tore apart the island.
• Gai Tianyang revealed the Myriad Dao Flower Opening Scripture and sent three Blood Qi flowers carrying fire, wind, and freezing power at Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping halted the three flowers and broke them with a hundred punches, alarming Gai Tianyang before they clashed again.

Jiang Ping overpowered Gai Tianyang in a battle that began as a contest of physical strength and ended with the lethal power of his Heavenly Saber. As Jiang Ping prepared to kill him, a True Saint arrived and halted the fight, leaving Jiang Ping defiant.

• Jiang Ping withstood Gai Tianyang’s Blood Blossoms and fought him through nearly a thousand exchanges, matching his physical strength despite being in a lower realm.
• Gai Tianyang unleashed his Heavenly Axe, but Jiang Ping summoned the Heavenly Saber and overwhelmed his attack with the Power of the End.
• Jiang Ping’s saber severed Gai Tianyang’s arm, and Gai Tianyang offered the Myriad Dao Flower Opening Scripture to seek reconciliation.
• Jiang Ping rejected Gai Tianyang’s offer, wounded him again, and stopped his escape with a Teleportation Talisman.
• A True Saint’s arrival froze Jiang Ping’s thoughts and suppressed the Power of the End, but Jiang Ping challenged the newcomer as he moved to kill Gai Tianyang.

Jiang Ping challenged the True Saint’s intervention as Gai Tianyang’s allies gathered around him. The True Saint asked Jiang Ping to spare Gai, but Jiang Ping warned that blocking him would bring karma upon the saint in the future.

• Gai Tianyang taunted Jiang Ping and urged the True Saint to punish him, but Jiang Ping raised his saber before lowering it when he could not attack.
• Ning Tianhe arrived to support Gai Tianyang and asked Jiang Ping to end the conflict, but Jiang Ping insulted him.
• Ning Tianhe warned Jiang Ping that another prodigy could surpass him, while Jiang Ping ignored him and addressed the True Saint.
• The True Saint asked Jiang Ping to spare Gai Tianyang, saying that his cultivation had not come easily.
• Jiang Ping insisted that Gai should face the consequences of his past actions and warned the True Saint that interfering would bring him karma.

Jiang Ping drove away a True Saint and struck down Gai Tianyang, but Ning Tianhe intervened with a True Saint sword to protect him. Jiang Ping countered the weapon with an ancient abacus as Ye Qingyun and another young man watched nearby.

• A karmic Dao Seed sensed that a True Saint who intervened against Jiang Pingping would face great karma, and the True Saint withdrew after Ning Tianhe challenged Jiang Pingping.
• Jiang Ping attacked Gai Tianyang as he tried to flee, destroying his physical body and forcing his Primordial Spirit to reappear.
• Ning Tianhe used a True Saint sword to block Jiang Ping's attack and declared that Jiang Ping could not kill Gai Tianyang.
• Jiang Ping overheard Ning Tianhe and Gai Tianyang discussing their plan, while Ning Tianhe awakened the sword and destroyed the Reincarnation Heavenly Saber.
• Jiang Ping brought out an ancient abacus and matched the sword's power, while Ye Qingyun and another young man watched from the Void.

Jiang Ping pursued Ning Tianhe and Gai Tianyang, overcoming their attempts to resist and escape. He killed Gai Tianyang, while Ning Tianhe fled toward his master's sect before suddenly exploding into golden rain.

• Jiang Ping used the Karma Abacus and Heavenly Saber to overwhelm Ning Tianhe, who repeatedly defended himself with the Extinction Sword and Supreme Treasure.
• Ning Tianhe tried to escape with Gai Tianyang, but Jiang Ping blocked their path and attacked again.
• Jiang Ping's Heavenly Saber cut both men across the waist, leaving Gai Tianyang's Primordial Spirit unable to recover.
• Ning Tianhe abandoned Gai Tianyang and fled, while Jiang Ping annihilated Gai Tianyang's Primordial Spirit.
• Ning Tianhe raced toward his master's sect but suddenly exploded into a shower of Golden Rain.

Jiang Ping killed Ning Tianhe after the Broken Sword swallowed the Order of Ning Tianhe’s True Saint sword, though the sword’s awakening also drained much of the Karma Abacus’s Order. He returned to Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang, struck the Gai Clan residence, and left for the mainland after revealing that Young Supreme Li Buyu might seek revenge.

• Ning Tianhe begged two passing cultivators for help, but they fled when they saw Jiang Ping approaching.
• Jiang Ping continued attacking Ning Tianhe, until the Broken Sword emerged from his Storage Ring and devoured the Order of Ning Tianhe’s Supreme Treasure.
• Ning Tianhe’s sword fled into the vast night and was swallowed; the Karma Abacus also lost much of its Order as Jiang Ping escaped with it.
• Jiang Ping killed Ning Tianhe, confirmed his death, and returned to the Sky Wolf Domain to rejoin Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang.
• Jiang Ping gave Ye Qingyun the damaged Karma Abacus, then struck the Gai Clan residence and urged the group to leave for the mainland.
• Jiang Ping told Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang that he had killed Ning Tianhe, prompting them to realize that Li Buyu could become a threat.

Jiang Ping, Ye Qingyun, and Ji Wushuang discussed the Wendaomeng and Ji Wushuang’s invitation before fleeing across North Nether to escape Ning Tianhe’s Master, a passing True Saint. They planned to seek refuge with the Heavenly Maiden at Qingling Palace.

• Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang explained the Wendaomeng’s power and revealed that Li Buyu had invited Ji Wushuang, offering him a recommendation and a top-tier Body Scripture.
• Ji Wushuang refused Li Buyu’s offer because he did not want to serve under a peer, and he revealed that Li Buyu had originally intended to invite Zhao Shanhe.
• A True Saint crossed the heavens, and Ye Qingyun warned Jiang Ping that the visitor was Ning Tianhe’s Master.
• Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang fled, and Ye Qingyun followed after using his Cause and Effect Artifact to erase their traces and sever their karma.
• After traveling through much of North Nether, the three stopped to rest and discussed reaching the mainland and seeking refuge at Qingling Palace.

Jiang Ping, Ji Wushuang, and Ye Qingyun crossed into the mainland while evading Ning Tianhe’s Master and discovered that Jade Palace Prefecture’s territory enhanced their perception of the Great Dao. They reached Jade Palace Prefecture’s main city, where they learned its core city complex floated beyond the heavens.

• Jiang Ping and his companions entered the South Heaven Departmental Prefecture as Ning Tianhe’s Master pursued them in the form of a blazing sun.
• Ye Qingyun used the Cause and Effect Artifact to conceal their journey, and the three traveled onward toward Qingling Palace while the pursuer’s light followed at a distance.
• In Jade Palace Prefecture, Ji Wushuang and Ye Qingyun noticed that their perception of the Great Dao had become clearer, and Ye Qingyun explained that the prefecture’s Supreme Artifact or formation could enhance aptitude.
• Ning Tianhe’s Master drew closer after two suns briefly appeared in the night sky, so Jiang Ping and his companions hurried through the giant cities without stopping.
• Jiang Ping recognized that the streets of a vast city were made of bluestone bricks containing nurtured Order, and a young man told them that the true main city lay in the sky.
• The heavens brightened to reveal numerous cities suspended above them, which the young man identified as Jade Palace Prefecture’s core region.

Jiang Ping, Ji Wushuang, and Ye Qingyun crossed Jade Palace Prefecture, marveling at its prodigious disciples and the way the Dao system nurtured talent. After several days of travel, they left Jade Palace’s territory and continued toward Qingling Palace, with the True Saint that had been pursuing them no longer in sight.

• Jiang Ping and his companions saw a Flood Dragon carriage carrying a Jade Palace True Disciple, and a young man explained the demanding standards for earning that rank.
• The richly dressed young man identified a purple-haired True Disciple as Jade Palace’s third-ranked figure, but Ye Qingyun said he fell far short of Li Buyu.
• The White-Haired Tiger King passed by and glanced at Jiang Ping’s group after overhearing their conversation about its master.
• Ye Qingyun led the group away from the True Disciples’ route, and the three raced through hundreds of cities until the pursuing True Saint disappeared from view.
• Ji Wushuang and Ye Qingyun noticed that Jade Palace’s aptitude-enhancing influence had ended after they left its territory, and the group continued toward Qingling Palace.

After crossing the dangerous Hundred Thousand Mountains, Jiang Ping, Ji Wushuang, and Ye Qingyun encountered a frontier city slaughtered by a Demon King and were mistaken for demon cultivators. Jiang Ping killed the arrogant sword cultivator who attacked him, accepted the old man's compensation, and left after striking the youth again.

• Ye Qingyun led Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang around the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and they reached a devastated human frontier city where a Demon King had slaughtered its inhabitants.
• An old man and a feather-robed youth accused the three of being demon cultivators, but a female Goddess Shenyou recognized that a Demon King had caused the massacre.
• The feather-robed youth attacked Jiang Ping with lightning, and Jiang Ping revealed the Black and White Heavenly Saber and its Samsara Authority.
• Jiang Ping killed the feather-robed youth with a saber strike after the old man failed to stop the attack.
• The old man apologized and offered Thunder Tribulation Liquid as compensation, which Jiang Ping accepted.
• Jiang Ping struck the nearly dead youth once more, then left with Ji Wushuang.

Jiang Ping, Ji Wushuang, and Ye Qingyun crossed Five Thunder Hall’s territory and learned that Jiang Ping’s power had quickly become a subject of gossip. They reached Qingling Palace and discovered that the Heavenly Maiden was in Nine Clouds City, leading geniuses on a Demon Purge.

• Ye Qingyun recognized that the group they had encountered belonged to Five Thunder Hall and urged Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang to hurry through its territory.
• Ji Wushuang’s aptitude returned within Five Thunder Hall’s lands, while Ye Qingyun warned that outsiders could not cultivate its secret Thunder Methods.
• The trio saw Five Thunder Hall’s Thunder Dragon flying over a city and heard reports identifying Jiang Ping as Jade Palace’s unrivaled prodigy wielding the authority of samsara.
• News of Jiang Ping spread through Five Thunder Hall’s cities, and the three left its territory five days later.
• After ten more days of travel, Jiang Ping, Ji Wushuang, and Ye Qingyun entered Qingling Palace’s jurisdiction and learned that the Heavenly Maiden was leading a Demon Purge from Nine Clouds City.

Jiang Ping, Ye Qingyun, and Ji Wushuang learned about Qingling Palace’s immense power and the formidable standards for its True Disciples after Jiang Ping was injured by a brick in Nine Clouds City. The woman warned them to keep a low profile as they began navigating the Dao system’s complicated rivalries.

• An Azure Dragon carried a Man in Black into the Palace in the sky, while Jiang Ping injured himself examining a brick from Nine Clouds City’s wall.
• A woman explained that Nine Clouds City had been forged by a Dao Monarch and was one of Qingling Palace’s five former Supreme Cities.
• The woman described Qingling Palace’s Lower True Disciples and revealed that its six Upper True Disciples could fight and defeat True Saints.
• Ye Qingyun, Ji Wushuang, and Jiang Ping reflected on how their abilities compared with Qingling Palace’s disciples, and Jiang Ping resolved to cultivate the Body Scripture.
• The woman warned the three Visitors from Afar that Qingling Palace’s relationships and powers were complicated and urged them to behave cautiously.

Jiang Ping, Ye Qingyun, and Ji Wushuang arrived in Giant City to seek the Heavenly Maiden and join Qingling as Guest Elders, hoping to obtain the Body Scripture and other resources. While waiting for the Heavenly Maiden, they encountered Lin Zhizhen, who invited them to drink and tried to contact Li Wanjuan.

• Jiang Ping, Ye Qingyun, and Ji Wushuang entered Giant City and found that a True Saint Artifact at a weapon shop cost more than Jiang Ping could afford.
• The three learned that the Heavenly Maiden lived in the heavens and decided to wait in the city for her return.
• Ye Qingyun learned that Qingling would soon recruit only three Guest Elders, selected for strength, and Jiang Ping promised to help him.
• Lin Zhizhen met the three and explained that the Heavenly Maiden would not return soon and that cultivating the Body Scripture required careful consideration.
• Lin Zhizhen contacted Li Wanjuan, but he declined her invitation because he was attending another banquet.

Lin Zhizhen guided Jiang Pingping, Ji Wushuang, and Ye Qingyun through Nine Clouds City and explained how difficult it would be to win a Qingling Palace Guest Elder position. The three revealed they had each mastered twenty percent of Order, and Lin Zhizhen asked Jiang Pingping how much he had grasped.

• Li Wanjuan dismissed a call while entertaining a Qingling True Disciple in a private room.
• Lin Zhizhen declined invitations to join gatherings at Cloud Pavilion and took her fellow townspeople there instead.
• Lin Zhizhen explained that Qingling Palace's selection recruited only three Guest Elders and drew powerful contestants from across the regions, including its inner disciples.
• Lin Zhizhen warned Jiang Pingping and Ji Wushuang about contestants with exceptional physical bodies, cultivation, and command of Order.
• Ji Wushuang and Ye Qingyun each said they had grasped twenty percent of Order, and Lin Zhizhen asked Jiang Pingping about his own mastery.

Jiang Ping and his companions discussed their cultivation and the upcoming Qingling Guest Elder selection, while Lin Zhizhen explained the resources needed to cultivate the One Body Scripture. Five days later, Ye Qingyun warned Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang about three formidable contestants, including an East Sea expert with thirty-percent Authority Order.

• Jiang Ping misled Ji Wushuang and Ye Qingyun about his Order comprehension, leaving them to recognize how far his talent surpassed theirs.
• Ye Qingyun asked Lin Zhizhen about obtaining the One Body Scripture, and she explained its demands and the Qingling Body Scripture quota available to selected Guest Elders.
• Jiang Ping promised Ye Qingyun the cultivation quota if he became a Qingling Guest Elder, and the group agreed to prepare carefully for the selection.
• After the banquet, Li Wanjuan arrived drunk to apologize for missing it, then left with Lin Zhizhen.
• During the next five days, Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang trained while Ye Qingyun gathered information about their competitors.
• Ye Qingyun warned Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang about two powerful Qingling inner disciples and an East Sea expert with thirty-percent Authority Order.

Jiang Ping and his companions learned that Zhou Taohong was the selection’s strongest apparent rival and that a True Disciple planned to target her, while they waited for Zhong Shenxiu to return. Zhong Shenxiu arrived at the Jade Palace, and Jiang Ping was ready to pursue the Body Scripture he hoped to learn from her.

• Ye Qingyun warned Ji Wushuang that Zhou Taohong was an exceptionally powerful young expert who had passed the World-Ending Tribulation and wielded the Great Destruction Sword.
• Lin Zhizhen gave Jiang Ping and his companions files on the selection contestants and revealed that one of the Twelve True Disciples would enter, then withdraw after intercepting Zhou Taohong.
• Lin Zhizhen explained that Qingling Palace had competing factions and said Li Wanjuan had left for a Longevity Secret Realm, delaying Jiang Ping’s chance to receive the Human Emperor Scripture.
• Ji Wushuang asked about Zhong Shenxiu’s Dao Arts, and Lin Zhizhen showed that her past selection performance had reached level four.
• Two days later, Zhong Shenxiu returned, and Lin Zhizhen led Jiang Ping and the others to meet her at a Jade Palace.