Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping recovered a Turtle Shell fragment from Fang Xin and pursued Li Buyu, but his karmic trail vanished. He instead attacked Wei Huaide, whose escape and guqin were suppressed by the Turtle Shell as Jiang Ping prepared to finish him with the Sword of Ten Thousand Laws.

• Jiang Ping took an ancient piece of Gold Silk from the Supreme Artifact fragments, though the Turtle Shell could not explain its significance.
• Fang Xin gave Jiang Ping the Turtle Shell fragment she had found, repaying him for saving her life, and the Turtle Shell foresaw her becoming a peerless Female Monarch.
• Jiang Ping tried to follow Li Buyu's karmic thread, but it dispersed, so he changed course and went after Wei Huaide.
• Wei Huaide sensed danger, used jade treasures to contact Li Buyu and flee through a void gate, but Jiang Ping shattered his escape with the Turtle Shell's help.
• Jiang Ping wounded Wei Huaide with Reincarnation Saber Qi, rejected his plea to settle their grudge peacefully, and drew on the Sword of Ten Thousand Laws to kill him.

Jiang Ping killed Wei Huaide, recovered a Jade hairpin Supreme Artifact, and learned about a foreign-race Dao Ancestor who had betrayed Xuanhuang. Later, he helped Lu Cun defeat a Five Thunder Hall True Saint and continued on his way.

• Jiang Ping destroyed Wei Huaide’s body and Origin Law, then watched to see whether Li Buyu would appear before leaving with a guqin and fragment.
• Jiang Ping found a Jade hairpin Supreme Artifact in Moon Star’s ocean, and the hairpin asked him to help restore it with rare soul medicines from Qingling.
• Jiang Ping entered Moon Star’s great storm and learned from the Turtle Shell and Jade hairpin that a foreign-race Dao Ancestor had once betrayed and massacred the sect that raised him.
• Jiang Ping encountered Lu Cun fighting a Five Thunder Hall True Saint over a damaged saber, and the opponent attacked Jiang Ping to force Lu Cun into an opening.
• Jiang Ping wounded the Five Thunder Hall True Saint with the Sword of Ten Thousand Laws, then joined Lu Cun to drive the enemy off; Lu Cun claimed the saber and thanked him as Jiang Ping left.

Jiang Ping encountered Shen Wuyou of the Hengdao Sect and was nearly killed when the Great Bell intervened with its Supreme Artifact power. The Jade Hairpin, Turtle Shell, and Life-Death Sword attacked the Great Bell, while Jiang Ping’s Broken Sword returned and swallowed the fragments torn from it, leaving the bell badly damaged.

• Jiang Ping stopped Shen Wuyou from fleeing and struck him, but the Great Bell appeared and unleashed a supreme killing move against Jiang Ping.
• The Jade Hairpin and Turtle Shell shielded Jiang Ping and confronted the Great Bell, accusing it of deliberately trying to kill him.
• The Life-Death Sword arrived, and the three Supreme Artifacts trapped the Great Bell while it sent Shen Wuyou away.
• The Jade Hairpin and Life-Death Sword attacked the Great Bell as the Turtle Shell blocked its escape.
• Jiang Ping’s Broken Sword appeared and swallowed the Great Bell’s scattered fragments, leaving the Great Bell severely damaged and unable to recover for centuries without substantial resources.

Jiang Ping and the Supreme Artifacts escaped after Broken Sword devoured part of the Ancient Bell, then witnessed Venerables from South Heaven’s four great Dao systems fight over an unknown object. The battle ended after Zhang Daowei’s Ancestral Artifact intervened, leaving the factions furious and South Heaven’s peace uncertain as Jiang Ping’s group prepared to return to Xuanhuang.

• Broken Sword tore away and devoured part of the Ancient Bell, which escaped after ripping open the Cause and Effect Field.
• Jiang Ping gathered the Supreme Artifact fragments, and the Turtle Shell divined that the group had found nearly all the Supreme Artifacts and could begin returning.
• Jiang Ping and the others watched the Venerables of four Dao systems fight over an unknown object, with Zhang Daowei joining the battle after a summons.
• The Hengdao Sect Venerable burst apart, and Zhang Daowei’s Ancestral Artifact Divine Spear pinned heaven and earth before the Venerables separated.
• Cui Yue and Zhang Daowei vowed that the conflict was not over, while Jian Chen warned that South Heaven might fall into turmoil.
• The four factions gathered at the teleportation array, and Jiang Ping’s group prepared to return safely to Xuanhuang.

After returning from Moon Star, Jiang Ping demonstrated that he could contend with a peak True Saint, while Qingling’s leaders prepared to deal with the fallout of the expedition. The chapter ended with Jiang Ping and the Qingling group returning to Qingling Palace, wary of the consequences of the broken agreements.

• Shen Qianshan demanded an explanation from Zhang Daowei, but threats from Zhang Daowei and Cui Yue forced him to activate the teleportation array.
• The group returned to Falling Moon Ruins, where the factions mourned their fallen disciples, including Hengdao Sect’s Shi Zhou and one of Qingling’s upper True Disciples.
• Jiang Ping sensed malice from Mu Ling'er and struck at her; his clash with a peak True Saint left Mu Ling'er badly injured and revealed his extraordinary strength.
• Cui Yue ordered the Qingling people inside the ruins to be gathered, while Shen Qianshan left with the Hengdao Sect after warning that the matter was not over.
• Jiang Ping returned to Qingling Palace with the others, and Ren Xiaoxiao, Xiao Yin, and Liu Ruhai reacted to the danger and to his newly revealed power.

Jiang Ping returned to Qingling after the ruins expedition and learned that Heavenly Heart Cave had limited entry, while his Broken Sword had secretly eaten some of his treasures. A Dao Monarch then manifested across Xuanhuang, and the revelation that the young prodigy Gu Cang had become a Five Elements Dao Monarch stirred the world and spurred Zhang Daowei to greater urgency.

• Ren Xiaoxiao explained that Heavenly Heart Cave could admit only ten people when it opened and needed several years to recover, while Fang Xin reassured Jiang Ping that he would likely earn a slot.
• Jiang Ping discovered that two Supreme Artifact fragments and several portions of precious herbs were missing from his storage ring, and Turtle Shell said the senior was difficult to detect.
• As Cui Yue approached the Five Cities of Qingling, a terrifying figure appeared in the distance, and the longsword behind him identified the manifestation as a Dao Monarch.
• After the figure vanished, Turtle Shell remarked that the appearance of a great enemy might bring forth Dao Monarchs of later generations, as the Eight Lands erupted in discussion.
• Zhang Daowei asked the Ancestral Spear about the Dao Monarch’s age and was urged to advance steadily, while news identified the prodigy as Gu Cang, a Five Elements Dao Monarch just over two hundred years old.
• Old monsters across Xuanhuang reacted to Gu Cang’s breakthrough, and one warned that clans in South Heaven had obtained a revived Ancestral Artifact.

Jiang Ping confronted Spirit Treasure Pavilion staff for embezzling contribution points from his medicinal herbs, then summoned Lu Cun when they refused to settle honestly. The chapter left Zhu Ming gravely wounded after Jiang Ping attacked him in front of Lu Cun.

• Jiang Ping brought his Falling Moon Ruins herbs to Spirit Treasure Pavilion and asked to exchange them for contribution points and a Heavenly Heart Cave slot.
• Zhu Ming undervalued Jiang Ping’s herbs, and another disciple’s recount exposed a discrepancy before Zhu Ming and a deacon claimed the lower total was correct.
• Jiang Ping summoned Lu Cun with a streak of Sword Light, and Lu Cun arrived to investigate the dispute.
• The deacon admitted Zhu Ming had miscalculated, and Lu Cun ordered him to compensate Jiang Ping with sixty thousand contribution points.
• When Lu Cun proposed discussing Zhu Ming’s attempted embezzlement in private, Jiang Ping pierced Zhu Ming’s chest with Sword Qi.

At a Qingling Palace meeting, the elders discussed the Moon Star expedition and the rise of new Dao Monarchs before learning that Jiang Pingping had obtained a Life-Death Sword. In Nine Clouds City, Jiang Pingping killed Zhu Ming and faced Zhu Xuan’s furious attack, then unleashed the Jade hairpin’s power to extinguish his strike.

• Cui Yue and Qingling Palace’s leaders discussed the Moon Star expedition, losses among their disciples, and the need to cultivate more Dao Monarchs.
• Cui Yue revealed that Guest Elder Jiang Pingping had obtained a complete Life-Death Sword, which Zhu Xuan wanted for his younger brother Zhu Ming.
• Zhu Xuan sensed that his Rules Jade had been triggered and hurried toward Nine Clouds City as other Qingling figures followed.
• Jiang Pingping’s attack left Zhu Ming dying, and Zhu Ming died just as Zhu Xuan arrived.
• Zhu Xuan attacked Jiang Pingping in rage, but Jiang Pingping threw the Jade hairpin, whose light extinguished the Blazing Sun above them.

Jiang Pingping killed Zhu Xuan and destroyed Qi Shan’s Supreme Artifact, but Wang Ping saved part of Zhu Xuan’s Primordial Spirit. After Cui Yue and Elder Ming heard the dispute, Cui Yue asked Jiang Pingping about the Life-Death Sword, and Jiang Pingping refused to hand it over.

• Qi Shan followed Zhu Xuan to Nine Clouds City, where Jiang Pingping extinguished Zhu Xuan’s blazing-sun manifestation in an instant.
• Qi Shan attacked Jiang Pingping with his Supreme Artifact, but the Life-Death Sword struck back and destroyed it, leaving Qi Shan badly wounded.
• Wang Ping revealed that he had used Longevity Qi to preserve part of Zhu Xuan’s Primordial Spirit, though Zhu Xuan would need years to recover.
• Cui Yue, Elder Ming, Fang Xin, Xiao Ran, and Su Beichen debated responsibility for the clash, while Qi Shan demanded Jiang Pingping be punished.
• Cui Yue visited Jiang Pingping at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, and Jiang Pingping refused to surrender the Life-Death Sword.

Jiang Ping killed Zhu Ming without facing punishment and was offered a deacon position in Qingling, while Zhu Xuan's revenge was left unresolved. As Qingling's leaders debated the consequences, they arranged for Zhu Xuan and Wang Ping to cultivate at the Flying Immortal Sacred Land to hasten their breakthrough.

• Cui Yue waived Jiang Ping's Heavenly Heart Cave fee, offered him a deacon position in Qingdi City, and agreed to overlook his conflict with Zhu Xuan.
• Jiang Ping gave Cui Yue more than twenty Supreme Artifact fragments and received 340,000 contribution points.
• Jiang Ping bought White Tiger Baleful Qi and Golden Crow Baleful Qi from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion deacon for 20,000 contribution points.
• Elder Ming overruled Qi Shan's objections and promised Zhu Xuan entry to the Qingling Ancestral Land to recover from his injuries.
• Elder Ming ordered Zhu Xuan and Wang Ping to cultivate at the Flying Immortal Sacred Land so they could advance faster, despite a female Venerable's objection.

Qingling’s leaders decided to keep Xiao Ran and the others at home while Zhu Xuan and Wang Ping were slated to cultivate in the Divine Continent. After settling at Qingdi Mountain, Jiang Ping heard about Zhu Xuan’s recovery and declined the Life-Death Sword’s offer of a Sacred Land opportunity, though Turtle Shell warned that watching his peers advance could unsettle his Dao Heart.

• Elder Ming and Cui Yue overruled Qingling Female Venerable and decided that Zhu Xuan and Wang Ping would stay in Qingling to pursue the Dao Monarch realm, while Xiao Ran and the others waited to grow stronger.
• Tang Sheng, Li Li, and Fairy Daozhen traveled toward the Divine Continent with a damaged great axe, while Five Thunder Hall learned that Zhang Daowei had disappeared after leaving a note.
• Five days later, Jiang Ping settled into a villa at Qingdi Mountain with Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang, and Ye Qingyun agreed to keep living in Nine Clouds City.
• Ji Wushuang told Jiang Ping that Zhu Xuan had recovered and would soon head to the Divine Continent with Wang Ping; the Life-Death Sword offered to arrange Jiang Ping’s entry into a Sacred Land.
• Jiang Ping declined the offer, and Turtle Shell argued that Sacred Land resources would not greatly help him and might only make him resent his peers’ progress.

Jiang Ping used Phoenix Baleful Intent to refine his body, and his Ten Thousand Laws Seed helped him absorb it faster. As news of prodigies heading to the Divine Continent unsettled Qingling, he prepared for Heavenly Heart Cave, which finally opened a month after his return.

• Jiang Ping cultivated the Human Emperor Scripture with Phoenix Baleful Intent, and the Ten Thousand Laws Seed gathered and unified the different forces in his body.
• Jiang Ping absorbed four strands of Phoenix Baleful Intent at once and realized his body refinement would finish sooner, though his Years Sword Divine Intent had barely advanced.
• Wang Ping, Zhu Xuan, Tang Sheng, Li Li, Daozhen, and Zhang Daowei left for the Divine Continent's sacred lands, while news spread that Gu Cang had become the Void Dao Monarch.
• Jiang Ping hosted Ye Qingyun and Ji Wushuang, then gave Ye Qingyun one hundred thousand contribution points when he learned they were both going to Heavenly Heart Cave.
• One month after returning to Qingling, Jiang Ping waited for Heavenly Heart Cave to open, and it finally did.

Jiang Ping joined Ji Wushuang and Xiao Yin on the early opening of Qingling Palace’s Heavenly Heart Cave, where he met several upper-ranking true disciples. The group entered the blessed land to cultivate as Qingling rushed to strengthen its elites amid the rise of powerful Dao Monarchs.

• Jiang Ping met Ji Wushuang and Xiao Yin, learned Ren Xiaoxiao had been left off the list, and heard that Qingling had opened Heavenly Heart Cave early because new Dao Monarchs had alarmed the sects.
• Ji Wushuang explained that he had been ordered to enter again despite not yet digesting the gains from his previous stay, and the three traveled to the guarded secret realm.
• At the cave entrance, Jiang Ping was greeted warmly by Fang Xin, while Xiao Ran and Su Beichen also showed him goodwill; Jiang Ping and Fang Xin discussed their cultivation and plans to advance.
• A female Venerable opened Heavenly Heart Cave with an ancient jade disk and instructed the ten cultivators to enter.
• Jiang Ping followed the others into the blessed land after feeling its powerful Dao resonance.

Jiang Ping entered Heavenly Heart Cave’s dream realm and began cultivating the Years Sword, aiming to reach the True Saint Realm. He dissolved his Past Body as he prepared to leave only his True Self.

• Jiang Ping studied the scripture on a mountain peak and gained a basic understanding of the Dao of time.
• Jiang Ping entered the dream realm, where he learned that Zhu Xuan had reached peak True Saint and Li Buyu had become a True Saint of supreme rank.
• Jiang Ping began secluding himself to comprehend the Years Sword and pursue its Origin Law.
• Jiang Ping manifested his Past Body and began dissolving it while reciting the Years Sword’s core chapter.

Jiang Ping deepened his mastery of the Years Sword in the dream, unlocked an enduring Past Self, and advanced his cultivation and karmic arts over decades. The chapter ended with Ji Wushuang reporting that Li Buyu had reached the peak of True Saint and attacked Qingling.

• Jiang Ping realized that his Past Self could endure as long as his True Self existed and could continually feed Dao insights back to him.
• Jiang Ping tested his strengthened sword art, then left seclusion and successfully crossed the Dao tribulation to touch the Origin Law.
• Ji Wushuang warned Jiang Ping that Li Buyu was searching for his family through North Nether and karmic means, prompting Jiang Ping to consider returning to Qingling.
• Jiang Ping continued cultivating for ten years, bringing his Karmic Wonderful Method to the sixth level and studying a scripture on temporal change.
• Jiang Ping advanced the Origin of Years past forty percent over the next fifteen years.
• Ji Wushuang reported that Li Buyu had reached the peak of True Saint and attacked Qingling.

In the dream world, Jiang Ping endured a battle against powerful opponents and spent decades deepening his understanding of the Years Sword Scripture and the Foundations of Time Scripture. After reaching sixty percent comprehension of the Years Sword Scripture and preparing his laws, he began his True Saint Tribulation.

• Jiang Ping fought dream versions of Li Buyu, Zhu Xuan, and Wang Ping, was gravely wounded, and learned how dangerous Wang Ping's time-stopping technique was.
• Jiang Ping tried living among ordinary people but returned after a year because the dream world felt inauthentic, then continued studying its scriptures.
• By the fiftieth year, Jiang Ping had comprehended more than fifty percent of the Years Sword Scripture but chose to delay his tribulation until he reached sixty percent.
• After twenty more years, Jiang Ping glimpsed his distant Dao self in the river of time but could not communicate with or reflect him into the present.
• Jiang Ping reached sixty percent comprehension of the Years Sword Scripture, confirmed his other laws and Ten Thousand Laws Seed were ready, and triggered the great tribulation.

Jiang Ping endured a deadly dream tribulation that forged his Ten Thousand Laws Dao Body, then faced a Heavenly Dao Dharma Sword shaped from his own arts. With his strength nearly exhausted and the sword cutting off his connection to the Great Dao, he summoned his Dao Self to defy heaven.

• Jiang Ping faced an overwhelming sea of tribulation lightning and used the Years Sword Scripture to resist, but the bolts left him gravely injured.
• As his Ten Thousand Laws Seeds blossomed into his flesh, Jiang Ping formed a Dao Body and advanced his comprehension of the origins of all laws.
• Jiang Ping summoned his Past Self, but a Heavenly Dao Dharma Sword made from his own arts struck him and tried to halt his transformation.
• Jiang Ping completed his Dao Body and reached eighty-percent comprehension, then the dharma sword raised a barrier that severed his connection to the Great Dao.
• Jiang Ping and his Past Self failed to break through the barrier, and the exhausted Past Self said Jiang Ping would fail the tribulation.
• Jiang Ping vowed to defy heaven and summoned his Dao Self.

Jiang Ping fused two time scriptures to manifest a Dao Self and used its power with the Past Self to survive his True Saint Tribulation. After decades of further cultivation in the dream, he returned still short of fully comprehending the Time Sword Scripture.

• Jiang Ping combined the Years Sword Scripture with the Foundations of Time Scripture and formed an embryonic Time Sword Scripture, which briefly reflected a Dao Self from the future.
• Jiang Ping and the Dao Self struck the Ten Thousand Laws barrier, cracked it, and then shattered it with help from the Past Self.
• Jiang Ping recovered through Sympathetic Resonance, joined the Past Self and Dao Self to destroy the Heavenly Dao Dharma Sword, and ended the tribulation.
• Jiang Ping blasted apart Li Buyu, Zhu Xuan, and Wang Ping when they attacked, then continued comprehending the Dao through the remaining years of the dream.
• Jiang Ping advanced the Time Sword Scripture to ninety percent of the Origin Law before returning, regretting that he still needed to try again.

Jiang Ping recovered from the hundred-year dream and turned its insights into rapid progress in the Years Sword Scripture and Human Emperor Scripture. He sought Qingling's Time Scripture to forge the Time Sword Scripture, and Qingling's leaders ultimately granted him access to the inheritance.

• Jiang Ping awoke exhausted from the dream, while Turtle Shell explained that Qingling Palace's Blessed Land had weakened over time and that raising it to a True Saint Blessed Land would be extremely difficult.
• Fang Xin decided she would not return to the Blessed Land and would instead Cross the Tribulation, while Ji Wushuang and Jiang Ping planned to seek further opportunities for Dao comprehension.
• After recovering for half a month, Jiang Ping used his dream insights to reach Daoguang in the Years Sword Scripture and complete the fourth refinement of the Human Emperor Scripture.
• Jiang Ping exchanged for the resources needed for the fifth refinement and asked Venerable Cui Yue for Qingling's Time Scripture so he could cultivate the Time Sword Scripture.
• Qingling's leaders debated the request, with Lu Cun opposing it, Venerable Qi Shan mocking Jiang Ping, Jian Chen supporting him, and Elder Ming deciding to let him try.
• Jiang Ping received Qingling's Time Scripture free of charge the next morning.

Jiang Ping resumed studying the Time Scripture despite warnings that it could hinder his progress, then crossed a Years Dao Tribulation after half a year of cultivation. His power startled the gathered True Saints, though many still doubted he would survive the dangers ahead.

• Jiang Ping studied the Time Scripture, but stopped before practicing Time Stop because it would slow his progress outside Heavenly Heart Cave.
• Turtle Shell, the Jade hairpin, Ji Wushuang, Ye Qingyun, and Fang Xin warned Jiang Ping that the difficult scripture could delay or endanger his cultivation.
• Jiang Ping told Ji Wushuang and Ye Qingyun about his gains in the dream world, and they discussed Venerable Qi Shan's support for his cultivation of the scripture.
• Half a year later, Jiang Ping crossed the Years Dao Tribulation above Qingdi Mountain and continued strengthening his True Self through his Past Self.
• Pei Kong, Bai Ling, Jian Chen, and other observers were shaken by Jiang Ping's power, while Qi Shan and others predicted that his path and enemies would bring him disaster.