Chapter Summaries

Li Buyu and Wei Huaide met with Ming Chanjuan to discuss forcing Jiang Pingping to submit and securing Li Buyu access to Qingling Palace’s Heavenly Heart Cave. Their plans stalled when Jiang Pingping failed to appear or answer their messages, leaving Ming Chanjuan to wonder whether he was the one deciding the matter.

• Li Buyu told Ming Chanjuan he wanted to enter Qingling Palace’s Heavenly Heart Cave, which required Guest Elder status and two hundred thousand contribution points.
• Wei Huaide and Ming Chanjuan discussed Jiang Pingping’s Fire-type Dao Tree and a future joint expedition to the Falling Moon Ruins, where they planned to pressure him.
• Li Buyu noticed Jiang Pingping should have arrived, but a follower reported that he was not coming.
• Li Buyu asked the follower to message Jiang Pingping, but the follower reported that he did not answer.
• Ming Chanjuan remarked that whether Jiang Pingping forgave them seemed to depend on Jiang Pingping’s mood.

Jiang Ping rejected Li Buyu and Wei Huaide’s attempt to settle their grudge, insisting they had wronged him and refusing to pay them for peace. Two years later, Li Wanjuan heard that Zhong Shenxiu had left Qingling Palace and reflected on how his own choice to follow Pei Kong had left him worse off.

• Ming Chanjuan, Wei Huaide, and Li Buyu contacted Jiang Ping, who dismissed their complaints and ended the calls several times.
• Jiang Ping told Li Buyu that he had invited them to show sincerity in seeking forgiveness, then accused them of hunting him and issuing a kill order; Li Buyu ended the call and threatened to fight to the death.
• Ye Qingyun questioned Jiang Ping’s unwillingness to reconcile, and Jiang Ping said he would cultivate and prepare for the master-and-disciple pair after leaving Qingling Palace.
• Two years later, Li Wanjuan learned that Zhong Shenxiu had left Qingling Palace with Lin Zhizhen and heard that Ji Wushuang had forced Liu Ruhai to return Ye Qingyun’s contribution points threefold.
• Li Wanjuan considered how following Pei Kong had left him short on contribution points and wondered whether his choice had been wrong.

Jiang Ping advanced his Samsara Order while waiting for Heavenly Fiend to complete his Human Emperor Scripture body refinement. At the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, he learned that Qingling Palace planned to send its disciples and elders into ruins within a year, where the rewards would be substantial but the danger high.

• Jiang Ping raised his Samsara Order from 38% to 39% after nearly half a year of cultivation and estimated he would reach 40% within a year.
• Jiang Ping hurried to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion after Ren Xiaoxiao told him Heavenly Fiend was available.
• Jiang Ping exchanged 10,000 contribution points for two portions of Heavenly Fiend, hoping to complete the third refinement of the Human Emperor Scripture.
• Jiang Ping and Ren Xiaoxiao discussed her plan to save contribution points to enter Heavenly Heart Cave and prepare for the True Saint Tribulation.
• Ren Xiaoxiao told Jiang Ping that Qingling Palace planned to send them into ruins within a year, where they could earn contribution points at great risk.

Jiang Ping exchanged for Phoenix Baleful Intent and used it to begin the long-awaited refinement required by the Human Emperor Scripture. Two months later, Qingling Palace elders reviewed resource records as preparations continued for the dangerous journey to the Falling Moon Ruins.

• A Guest Elder exchanged for the last portion of Heavenly Fiend, recognized Jiang Ping, and hurried away without confronting him.
• Jiang Ping exchanged 15,000 contribution points for a portion of Phoenix Baleful Intent and returned to the Palace to cultivate.
• Jiang Ping absorbed the Phoenix Baleful Intent and endured its freezing effects as he refined his body with the Human Emperor Scripture.
• Two months later, a Daoist-robed elder reviewed Spirit Treasure Pavilion's resource records and discussed preparations for the Falling Moon Ruins with a white-haired, sword-bearing man.
• The Daoist-robed elder noticed an exchange detail that briefly furrowed his brows before he turned the page.

Lu Cun investigated Zhou Taohong’s stalled cultivation and punished Liu Ruhai for withholding her resources, while Jian Chen arranged discounted baleful qi for Jiang Ping. Jiang Ping completed his third physical refinement and felt his body transform toward imperishability.

• Jian Chen praised Jiang Ping’s daring cultivation of the Human Emperor Scripture and arranged for him to buy White Tiger Baleful Qi and Golden Crow Baleful Qi at a discount.
• Lu Cun learned that Liu Ruhai had deducted Zhou Taohong’s mission contributions and ordered him stripped of his deacon status and fined twenty thousand contribution points.
• Lu Cun secretly redirected Liu Ruhai’s fine to Zhou Taohong to help her cultivation without exposing her to retaliation.
• Jiang Ping completed his third refinement after absorbing the Heavenly Fiend and experienced a tribulation-like transformation throughout his body.
• Jiang Ping felt his newly refined body become imperishable and murmured, “The physical body is imperishable!”

Jiang Ping reached the undying level in Form and Spirit Unite, strengthening his body and extending the time he could wield Years Sword. After leaving seclusion, he heard that Liu Ruhai had lost his deacon position and Yan Kai had been appointed in his place.

• Jiang Ping completed his physical transformation, reaching the undying level before undergoing the Nine-Nine World-Ending Tribulation.
• Jiang Ping tested Years Sword and found that his perfected Form and Spirit let him sustain it longer and recover quickly afterward.
• Jiang Ping left seclusion after deciding to delay his fourth refinement.
• Ye Qingyun told Jiang Ping that Liu Ruhai had been stripped of his deacon position and fined twenty thousand contribution points.
• Ye Qingyun told Jiang Ping that Yan Kai had replaced Liu Ruhai as nine-cloud deacon.

Jiang Ping began refining Phoenix Baleful Intent to strengthen his body, enduring severe pain and using Form and Spirit Unite to recover between sessions. After weeks of cultivation, he was summoned to the Mission Hall about the approaching Falling Moon Ruins.

• Jiang Ping and Ye Qingyun shared a meal and discussed Shenxiu's departure from Qingling Palace before Jiang Ping briefly spoke with his wife and children through the Karmic Wonderful Method.
• Jiang Ping returned to seclusion, judged his strength insufficient against greater enemies, and opened a jade bottle containing Phoenix Baleful Intent.
• Jiang Ping subdued the golden phoenix-shaped baleful substance and refined it with the Human Emperor Scripture, suffering intense pain as it damaged his body.
• Jiang Ping used Form and Spirit Unite to recover quickly, refined two more wisps, and spent the next half month tempering his body with Phoenix Baleful Intent.
• Ye Qingyun told Jiang Ping that deacon Yan had summoned him to the Mission Hall about the Falling Moon Ruins, and Jiang Ping left the quiet room.

Jiang Ping attended a meeting confirming the Guest Elders who would travel to the Falling Moon Ruins, then sought resources to advance his cultivation before meeting Ji Wushuang. The journey was set for a hundred days later, and Ji Wushuang challenged Jiang Ping to exchange pointers without using the Sword of Ten Thousand Laws.

• Yan Kai chaired the Guest Elder meeting, where Liu Ruhai objected to Feng Zhan being left off the mission list and got him added.
• The council set the departure for the Falling Moon Ruins a hundred days later, leaving Jiang Ping concerned that he could not complete his cultivation breakthrough in time.
• Jiang Ping visited the Spirit Treasure Pavilion seeking Primordial Spirit Great Medicines but found them too expensive to buy.
• Jiang Ping returned to training, then traveled with Ye Qingyun to Nine Clouds City to meet Ji Wushuang.
• Ji Wushuang assessed Jiang Ping and challenged him to exchange pointers without using the Sword of Ten Thousand Laws.

Jiang Ping effortlessly defeated Ji Wushuang in a spar, then learned that Li Buyu could appear on his upcoming expedition and might be strong enough to contend with a True Saint. Ji Wushuang gave him a jade pendant to call for his master's help, but Jiang Ping returned to training, hoping not to rely on it.

• Ye Qingyun opened a domain with his Karma Abacus so Jiang Ping and Ji Wushuang could spar without harming their surroundings.
• Ji Wushuang revealed his mastery of the Hetu Luoshu, Fuxi Formation, and Taiji Diagram, while Ye Qingyun sensed his Yin-Yang Order was nearing forty percent.
• Jiang Ping defeated Ji Wushuang with a casual snap of his fingers, displaying Perfected Form and Spirit.
• Ji Wushuang told Jiang Ping that Li Buyu had seized resources from a newly advanced True Saint and might target Jiang Ping during the expedition.
• Ji Wushuang gave Jiang Ping a jade pendant to contact the Yin-Yang Venerable if danger arose, and Jiang Ping returned to the heavenly Palace to keep training.

Qingling Palace and Jade Palace Prefecture began a major expedition to the Falling Moon Ruins, with True Saints and young disciples setting out together. Jiang Ping joined the journey and heard about the ruins’ dangers and rare treasures, leaving open whether he would venture into their depths with Ren Xiaoxiao’s team.

• The expedition’s bell and horn sounded across Qingling, and Jiang Ping and Ye Qingyun saw a True Saint-level Azure Dragon and White Tiger appear.
• Ye Qingyun gave Jiang Ping an ancient abacus for protection, and Jiang Ping set out with Ren Xiaoxiao and another guest elder.
• Ren Xiaoxiao explained the Falling Moon Ruins’ history as a shattered-moon battlefield and invited Jiang Ping to join her team if he ventured into the depths.
• Jiang Ping and the other participants gathered as Qingling Palace’s True Saints, inner sect geniuses, and upper-rank True Disciples departed ahead of them.
• Lu Cun arrived on his True Saint Artifact, a giant horsetail whisk, and carried the assembled group away.

Jiang Ping traveled with Qingling Palace’s expedition to Falling Moon Ruins and declined Xiao Yin’s offer to join her team after learning how little of the resources he would receive. As the expedition arrived, the group saw the ancient border city and the immense moon star above the mortal world.

• Jiang Ping declined invitations to join exploration teams and met Xiao Yin through Ren Xiaoxiao.
• Xiao Yin offered Jiang Ping a place in her team, but he rejected the proposed share of the ruins’ resources.
• Ren Xiaoxiao warned Jiang Ping that the ruins were dangerous and that Jade Palace Prefecture’s High Disciples would be opponents.
• The expedition reached Falling Moon Ruins, where an old monster explained that its giant city had once been a heavenly pass on the border.
• The group saw the enormous moon star and recalled the legend that a martial artist had once broken off a third of it.

Qingling Palace's party arrived in Falling Moon City and learned about the ruins' dangers and Jade Palace Prefecture's strength. Lu Cun assigned the Guest elders to guard the disciples as their training mission began.

• Qingling's elders discussed rumors of a spatial array linking the battlefield to Moon Star and learned that Falling Moon City had been made safe for now.
• The group saw Jade Palace Prefecture in the city and learned that its disciples had killed a True Saint-level demon without asking Qingling for help.
• Jiang Ping saw the powerful Dao Seeds Xiao Ran and Tang Sheng meet, while two leading disciples from each side were away opening up the wilderness with the True Saint seniors.
• Lu Cun assigned Jiang Ping and the other Guest elders lists of disciples to guard and explained the rules for the training exercise.
• Lu Cun sent the Guest elders into the ruins with their assigned disciples as the training mission began.

Jiang Ping assembled Qingling Inner Sect disciples for a training expedition to the ruins, but several members of his team arrived late. The group finally gathered when Ye Xingchen appeared, and his presence immediately commanded more respect than Jiang Ping’s authority.

• Jiang Ping gathered disciples for his team and discovered Xu Meng had not answered the emergency summons.
• An Inner Sect deacon explained that Xu Meng had gone to a True Disciple’s residence, so Jiang Ping skipped him and continued assembling the team.
• Xu Meng arrived and silenced a disciple who had complained about his absence, then learned Ye Xingchen was also late because Senior Sister Fang had summoned him.
• Xu Meng asked Jiang Ping how Ye Xingchen compared with Li Buyu, and Jiang Ping said Ye Xingchen was a little inferior.
• Ye Xingchen arrived and demanded to know how he was inferior, but Jiang Ping ignored him and prepared to depart; the assembled disciples waited for Ye Xingchen’s lead.

Jiang Ping led the inner disciples toward the ruins while Ye Xingchen tried to assert his standing and hinted at future trouble. Jiang Ping’s past feats unsettled Ye Xingchen, who began to fear the gulf between their strength and prospects.

• Ye Xingchen apologized to the inner disciples for arriving late, then declared his goal of becoming an upper-ranked True Disciple.
• Xu Meng realized Ye Xingchen’s apology was also a warning aimed at Jiang Ping over their earlier disagreement.
• Jiang Ping warned the group that prodigies could be assassinated, and that even someone carrying a True Saint Artifact could be defeated.
• Ye Xingchen told Jiang Ping to be cautious because killing Ning Tianhe had put him on Wendaomeng’s blacklist, and Jiang Ping recalled an old enemy who had ambushed him for his Dao Tree.
• Xu Meng recognized that Jiang Ping’s talent rivaled that of an upper-ranked True Disciple, while Ye Xingchen grew anxious about the possibility that Jiang Ping would return from the ruins even stronger.

Jiang Ping escorted Qingling’s inner disciples to Falling Moon Ruins, where he and Ren Xiaoxiao sensed the overwhelming danger left by an ancient Dao Monarch battlefield. He stayed behind as their Guardian, but after three days the ruins’ rare resources tempted him to seek legendary herbs for himself.

• Xu Meng and the other disciples noticed Ye Xingchen had grown quiet and subdued after offending Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping gave each disciple a jade pendant to crush if they encountered danger they could not handle, then sent them into the ruins.
• Ren Xiaoxiao warned Jiang Ping that the ruins suppressed their abilities and concealed deadly Dao Marks, and invited him to join Senior Sister Xiao’s team.
• Jiang Ping declined Ren Xiaoxiao’s invitation, choosing to explore independently rather than share his gains.
• After three days of guarding the disciples, Jiang Ping saw a disciple discover a legendary great herb and resolved to search the ruins’ depths for more medicine.

Jiang Ping watched the ruin expedition before rescuing Ye Xingchen from a monstrous serpent after Ye Xingchen ventured beyond the elders’ two-thousand-li limit. Jiang Ping admitted he had deliberately waited until Ye Xingchen was nearly killed, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Ren Xiaoxiao praised a talented Qingling woman who had found two legendary resources, while Jiang Ping observed her strength.
• A black light spread across the sky after several True Saints encountered danger deep in the ruins, and a Jade Palace Prefecture Venerable was severely injured.
• Jiang Ping remained on Guardian duty as the disciples competed, until a Dao-light signal called him to rescue Ye Xingchen from a giant serpent.
• Jiang Ping punched the serpent into retreat, while Ye Xingchen suffered severe injuries that ended his training.
• Ye Xingchen realized he had crossed the two-thousand-li limit, and Jiang Ping admitted he had deliberately waited until Ye Xingchen was nearly beaten to death.

Jiang Ping warned Ye Xingchen against acting on his hatred, then learned that powerful True Disciples were entering the ruins and sought permission to explore through his Past Body. His Past Body reached Falling Moon City, where Lu Cun was staying, after the factions mistook it for Jiang Ping abandoning his Guardian post.

• Jiang Ping confronted Ye Xingchen about his killing intent, and Ye Xingchen concealed his anger and chose to continue the training.
• Jiang Ping gave Ye Xingchen another rescue jade pendant and returned to Cloud Abode, where Ren Xiaoxiao told him that powerful True Disciples and Old Monsters were heading into the ruins.
• Jiang Ping formed a Past Body and decided to ask Lu Cun for permission to explore while maintaining his Guardian duties.
• Jiang Ping's Past Body entered Falling Moon City, prompting Qingling and Jade Palace Prefecture figures to accuse him of abandoning his post and prepare to punish him.
• A respected Spirit Wander old monster identified the figure as Jiang Ping's Past Body, and Jiang Ping went to knock on Lu Cun's estate gate.

Jiang Ping was first refused entry to the ruins, but a True Saint intervened and allowed his Past Body to join the expedition. As Jiang Ping set out to seek a great medicine, Ye Xingchen arranged for Senior Brother Zhang to wear him down.

• A Dao child turned Jiang Ping away, and Qingling’s higher-ups debated whether a guest elder deserved to share in the ruins’ resources.
• A True Saint sent Sword Light and ordered Jiang Ping to go, so Jiang Ping thanked him and crossed toward the ruins.
• Guest elders watched the expedition begin, while Liu Ruhai refused Yan Kai’s invitation to reconcile.
• Jiang Ping arrived at the training ground, and Ren Xiaoxiao silenced objections by pointing out that a True Saint had approved his entry.
• Ye Xingchen asked Senior Brother Zhang to wear down Jiang Ping’s Past Body and promised to join Wendaomeng if Zhang helped.

Zhang Yang and Pei Kong tried to block Jiang Ping from entering the Falling Moon Ruins, while Ming Chanjuan stayed to watch. Jiang Ping evaded Zhang Yang’s opening attack but was forced to confront Pei Kong, who challenged him to withstand a punch without the Sword of Ten Thousand Laws.

• Zhang Yang recruited Pei Kong to help intercept Jiang Ping’s Past Body, and Ming Chanjuan remained nearby without answering Pei Kong’s appeal.
• Jiang Ping arrived at the two-thousand-li node, and Zhang Yang attacked him with Qingling’s Longevity Art, draining vitality through a powerful punch.
• Jiang Ping used the Samsara method to restore himself and vanished into the void rather than exhaust his Past Body in battle.
• Ming Chanjuan suspected Jiang Ping had concealed the extent of his Void Path, and Pei Kong charged toward the place where Jiang Ping reappeared.
• Pei Kong attacked with a lightning-wreathed punch and taunted Jiang Ping for facing it without the Sword of Ten Thousand Laws.

Jiang Ping effortlessly defeated Pei Kong with a single punch, revealing that he had reached Perfected Form and Spirit, then escaped into the ruins. He explored the dangerous depths, gathered valuable mature herbs for contribution points, and discovered a fully mature legendary great medicine.

• Jiang Ping struck Pei Kong with a devastating punch, tearing his body apart and shocking the watching prodigies.
• Zhang Yang tried to attack Jiang Ping, but Jiang Ping slipped into the ruins; Ming Chanjuan declined to pursue him and went searching for fortune instead.
• Ye Xingchen watched Zhang Yang and Pei Kong fail to stop Jiang Ping and grew terrified.
• Jiang Ping found numerous rare medicines in the ruins but left the immature ones untouched under the rules of the two Dao Systems.
• Jiang Ping harvested several mature herbs despite dangerous terrain and hidden Dao Marks, earning nearly fifteen thousand contribution points.
• Jiang Ping followed a fragrant scent and found a fully mature legendary great medicine shining in the depths of the ruins.