Chapter Summaries

Fang Xin and the others learned that Xuanhuang had produced several young, powerful Dao Monarchs as it staked its future on a new generation of geniuses. Jiang Ping defeated Lei Fang in a Chaos Body spar and showed him a more balanced path; after half a month of study and dangerous progress, Lei Fang returned eager to challenge him again.

• Fang Xin, Xiao Ran, and the others learned from Lei Fang and Daozhen that Xuanhuang’s Initial Land held several exceptionally young Mid-Rank Dao Monarchs, including Children of Destiny tied to the world’s desperate struggle against alien races.
• Lei Fang warned Jiang Ping to avoid bloodshed with Sacred Land prodigies, then asked to exchange pointers, and Jiang Ping agreed to spar outside Qingdi City.
• Jiang Ping and Lei Fang fought with their Chaos Bodies, but Jiang Ping wounded Lei Fang and explained that the Chaos Body held both the power to evolve and the power to destroy all things.
• Lei Fang realized he had pursued only one extreme, while Jiang Ping discussed the Dao of devouring with him; the Turtle Shell sensed Jiang Ping’s hidden Dao-Self Body and exclaimed, “Reverse Effect into Cause?!!”
• The prodigies attended a banquet in Qingling, and Daozhen, Li Li, and the others later returned to the Divine Continent while Lei Fang stayed to seek Jiang Ping’s guidance.
• Half a month later, Lei Fang’s dangerous attempt to improve his Chaos Body left him bloodied but stronger, and he looked to challenge Jiang Ping again.

Jiang Ping advanced his Chaos Body through the Dao-Self Body and taught his children the Time Sword Scripture, while Lei Fang grew stronger before departing for the Divine Continent. After hearing that the Initial Land’s talent selection was two years away, the Turtle Shell asked whether Jiang Ping could forge a Chaos Dao Monarch.

• Jiang Ping defeated Lei Fang in a spar and revealed that he had learned Lei Fang’s devouring ability, while the Turtle Shell assessed his strength as comparable to a Mid-Rank Dao Monarch.
• Jiang Ping used his Dao-Self Body to refine his cultivation and explained that the Time Sword Scripture enabled Reverse Effect into Cause; Jiang Yao abandoned the method, while Jiang Hao continued studying it.
• Over the following year, Jiang Ping guided Lei Fang, who survived a near-fatal breakthrough with Elder Ming’s help and constructed twenty percent of his Chaos Body.
• Before leaving for the Divine Continent, Lei Fang sparred with Jiang Ping again and was badly beaten, learning that Jiang Ping had constructed nearly thirty percent of his Chaos Body.
• Jiang Ping heard that Yu Xi, a Years Female Monarch, had overwhelmed the Ziwei Sacred Land, then admitted to the Turtle Shell that his own Chaos Body had surpassed half construction.
• The Turtle Shell asked Jiang Ping whether he could forge a Chaos Dao Monarch before the Initial Land’s talent selection in two years.

Jiang Ping continued cultivating toward the Chaos Dao Monarch realm while learning that Yu Changqing had become Xuanhuang’s first Chaos Dao Monarch after avenging his sister Yu Xi. After hearing others compare their potential, Jiang Ping told Ji Wushuang that his own breakthrough was “soon.”

• Jiang Ping advanced his reincarnation arts and fused his Dao arts, creating a more powerful chaotic mystic light as he cultivated for a year.
• Jiang Ping read Lei Fang’s letters and learned that Yu Xi had defeated Lei Fang but was later badly injured by a veteran middle-rank Dao Monarch.
• Yu Changqing appeared to avenge Yu Xi, overwhelmed the middle-rank Dao Monarch and the sacred land, and became Xuanhuang’s first Chaos Dao Monarch.
• People in Qingdi City debated whether Yu Changqing or Jiang Ping would prove stronger, while Jiang Ping read that Yu Changqing had also fused his methods with the Years Sword Scripture.
• Jiang Ping visited a tavern, drank with Jiang Yirou and her friends, and gave guidance to several young geniuses.
• Jiang Ping visited his children and friends; when Ji Wushuang asked about his Chaos Body, Jiang Ping replied that his progress was soon, leaving Ji Wushuang stunned.

Jiang Ping traveled to the Dao Ancestor Ruins to break through to Dao Monarch and killed a Devil Lord who challenged his claim to the seclusion site. He began perfecting his main scripture, leaving his breakthrough underway.

• Jiang Ping left Qingling Territory and journeyed toward the Dao Ancestor Ruins, taking his time to observe the regions along the way.
• Jiang Ping heard that several Dao Monarchs and young True Saints were racing to strengthen themselves and compete for entry to the Initial Land.
• Jiang Ping entered the Dao Ancestor Ruins and found a Devil Lord occupying the altar he intended to use for seclusion.
• Jiang Ping defeated the Devil Lord with one finger and killed him with The Dao Returns to Heaven.
• Jiang Ping sat on the altar and joined forces with his two Dharma Bodies to perfect the Time Sword Scripture.

While comprehending the Dao in the ruins, Jiang Ping witnessed the decay of all things and the Xuanhuang World, then emerged with new mastery over time and Yin-Yang. He broke through to the second level of the Dao Lord Realm and left with the Turtle Shell as the Xuanhuang First Land selection approached.

• Jiang Ping entered a profound state of resonance with heaven and time, where he saw the Turtle Shell, Chen Qingyan, his children, Dao Lords, and even the Xuanhuang World decay in the River of Time.
• Jiang Ping resisted time's erosion with his Purple-Gold Fate and Reverse Five Elements power, revived, and awoke after more than a month to find he had entered the Dao Lord domain.
• Jiang Ping continued cultivating, formed the complete Samsara Order, and transformed his cause-and-effect and Void Daos while the Turtle Shell warned him not to rush.
• Jiang Ping broke through to the second level of the Dao Lord Realm, sending a surge of power through the ruins and suppressing its lingering Dao Monarch remnants.
• Jiang Ping noted that his Void Method still needed improvement, then departed with the Turtle Shell two days before the selection began.

Jiang Ping arrived at Kaiyang City for the Xuanhuang selection, learned that Jiang Yirou had registered him for the combat strength group, and reunited with his children and allies. At Jiang Yao’s contest, a clash between powerful Dao Monarchs escalated until Jiang Ping intervened and seized one of them.

• Jiang Ping returned to Qingdi Mountain, planted Chaos Aura-fed herbs with Chen Qingyan, and left for Kaiyang City after confirming their children were safe.
• Lei Fang and Jiang Ping’s companions welcomed him to Kaiyang City, where Jiang Ping learned Jiang Yirou had entered him in the combat strength group and that the selection would admit fifty prodigies from each group to the Initial Land.
• Jiang Ping learned that Lin Zhizhen had helped secure peace between Qingling and Ziwei, and that the Heavenly Maiden’s circumstances in the Initial Land were difficult.
• Jiang Ping watched Jiang Yao defeat her opponent with a single slash, then Lei Fang struck down a Dao Monarch who objected to Jiang Yao’s violence.
• Ling Qinghe confronted another mid-stage Dao Monarch, and a third Dao Monarch moved to punish Jiang Yao before Jiang Ping tore apart her attack and grabbed her by the throat.

Jiang Ping subdued Zhou Huang during the Genius Gathering, drawing widespread attention to his strength and his daughter Jiang Yao’s talent. When the combat strength selection began, Jiang Ping was invited directly into the Initial Land, leaving Yu Xi unable to fight him; the Black Sword revealed that her elder brother had arranged it.

• Jiang Ping held Zhou Huang through her Phoenix Clan forbidden technique and damaged her cultivation before Xu Yuan took her away to heal.
• Jiang Yao and Jiang Yirou reunited with Jiang Ping as witnesses identified him as Jiang Yao’s father and discussed his ability to fight a middle-stage Dao Monarch across realms.
• News of Jiang Ping’s strength spread through Kaiyang, prompting both admiration and criticism, while Yu Xi accepted requests to fight him at the coming selection.
• Jiang Ping arrived at the combat strength selection with his daughters and learned that someone had altered the match list to make him face Yu Xi early.
• Two powerful Dao Monarchs invited Jiang Ping directly into the Initial Land, exempting him from selection and preventing Yu Xi from fighting him.
• The Black Sword told Yu Xi that her elder brother had arranged Jiang Ping’s invitation.

Jiang Ping visited the Kaiyang Sacred Land’s aptitude selection, where a mountain tested the potential of those seeking to watch or participate. He reached the summit effortlessly, drawing the attention of Ling Qinghe and Zhan Yin, who considered recruiting him.

• Jiang Ping left the battlefield and sent his Past Self Dharma Body after his children as they followed Lei Fang into the fight.
• Jiang Ping arrived at the Kaiyang Sacred Land’s selection grounds and learned that the mountain climb tested potential, with the summit said to require Dao Ancestor aptitude.
• Jiang Yourong, Ren Ran, Daozhen, and Xu Qing climbed the mountain, while Ren Ran and Xu Qing fell short of the summit.
• Xie Wen reached the summit, but Jiang Ping swept past him without strain and arrived at the top.
• Zhan Yin learned that Jiang Ping was a Chaos Body and urged Ling Qinghe to recruit him, but Ling Qinghe fell silent.

Jiang Ping dominated the aptitude trial by comprehending the entire foreign race scripture, while Xie Wen deciphered only its opening method. The selection ended with Jiang Ping and several Qingling geniuses qualifying for the Initial Land, where his companions chose to follow him as the next stage approached.

• Xie Wen struggled under the mountain's suppressive force while Jiang Ping stood effortlessly at the summit, drawing attention away from Xie Wen and prompting rumors about Jiang Ping's future.
• Yu Xi won her first combat-strength battle, while Xu Haoran and a genius from the Xu Imperial Dynasty disputed claims that Jiang Ping could rival Yu Changqing.
• The aptitude trial began with a stone tablet displaying a foreign race method, and a Flying Immortal Sacred Land woman, Xu Qing, Fang Xin, and Xie Wen each gained insights into its scripture.
• Jiang Ping comprehended the entire scripture, shocking the Initial Land Dao Monarch, and an unparalleled genius who suggested Jiang Ping had foreign race blood was killed by Jiang Ping.
• The Top Fifty rankings were announced, and Su Beichen failed to qualify while Jiang Ping, Fang Xin, Li Li, Tang Sheng, and others made the list; Xiao Ran was also selected after the grand selection concluded.
• Tang Sheng, Daozhen, Li Li, Xiao Ran, and Fang Xin chose to follow Jiang Ping rather than attend another gathering, while a woman with a black longsword declared that the Initial Land would soon become lively.

As the prodigies prepared to enter the Initial Land, Jiang Ping’s group learned about the powerful factions and rare resources waiting there, and several people sought to join his team. Jiang Ping accepted Jiang Yourong and Yun Shuang, then faced the Child of Destiny Zhan Yin, who had come to meet him.

• Elder Ming, Cui Yue, and Venerable Qi Shan discussed how the Initial Land’s resources would be contested by Fate Children, factions, and teams of prodigies.
• Jiang Yourong rejected invitations from Fate Children and chose her own path, while Lei Fang failed to persuade Ling Qinghe to meet Jiang Ping herself.
• At the banquet before departure, Jiang Ping accepted Jiang Yourong after she gave Chen Qingyan a Monarch Artifact, and he later welcomed Yun Shuang, who brought a letter and gifts from Lei Fang.
• Yun Shuang described aptitude medicines and Realm-Breaking Divine Medicines in the Initial Land, prompting the group to anticipate the opportunities and fierce competition ahead.
• Jiang Ping was drawn into Zhan Yin’s domain, where the fifth-layer Dao Monarch introduced himself as a Child of Destiny, but Jiang Ping said he had never heard of him and demanded to know his purpose.

Jiang Ping rejected Zhan Yin’s attempt to recruit and warn him, then led seven prodigies into the Initial Land. After Zhou Huang and his allies discussed confronting Jiang Ping, he claimed a mountain by overpowering Yu Xian, who had just taken it from another Dao Monarch.

• Zhan Yin urged Jiang Ping to join his side, lower his pride, and abandon most of his companions, but Jiang Ping attacked and drove off his Dharma Body.
• Jiang Ping set rules for his group’s competition over resources, then opened the gateway to the Initial Land and crossed over with seven prodigies.
• Zhou Huang, Xu Yuan, Xu Qing, Xu Haoran, and Xie Wen discussed Jiang Ping’s arrival and prepared for future competition, while Ren Ran questioned Xie Wen’s grudge against him.
• Jiang Ping’s group surveyed the outskirts and learned that powerful newcomers had already claimed the best mountain peaks.
• Yu Xian seized a mountain from another Dao Monarch and offered Wendaomeng members a place to settle, but Jiang Ping defeated him and claimed the mountain for his own group.

Jiang Ping established his authority in the Initial Land by defeating Yu Xian and killing the Dao Monarch who came to rescue him, then claimed Azure Peace Peak and its growing Great Dao treasures. After learning about the coming Resource competition, Jiang Ping and his companions began preparing to compete with Yu Changqing’s faction and others.

• Jiang Ping brutally defeated Yu Xian, then crushed Yu Xian and the rescuer who intervened, revealing that the latter had been only a Dharma Body.
• Jiang Ping refused to give Wang Sheng the Great Dao treasures on Azure Peace Peak, and Wang Sheng left with only his clothes and weapons.
• Yu Xi watched Jiang Ping’s battle, discussed his hidden strength with her black sword, and decided to focus on breaking through.
• Jiang Ping named his mountain Azure Peace Peak, inspected its Dao Gold Mushroom and Longevity Wood, and surrounded it with a powerful formation.
• Yun Shuang, Li Li, Fairy Daozhen, and Fang Xin explained the Initial Land’s resources and the Resource competition scheduled for half a year later, where Yu Changqing’s faction and Lei Fang would compete.
• Jiang Ping said the competition would decide whether they faced Lei Fang, then asked where Zhong Shenxiu was staying.

Jiang Ping traveled through the Initial Land and reached Zhong Shenxiu’s residence, where he reunited with her and learned she had been injured. He remained at her mountain to share a drink, while Lin Zhizhen worried that his arrival and recent actions would draw trouble.

• Jiang Ping admired the Initial Land’s rare medicines before Long Zhan confronted him for entering the core region without permission.
• A Dao Monarch attacked Jiang Ping, but Jiang Ping extinguished the attacker’s Dharma Image with a snap of his fingers and continued on.
• Jiang Ping found Zhong Shenxiu’s residence, where Lin Zhizhen explained that the Heavenly Maiden had offered the completed Human Emperor Scripture to the Ancestral Artifacts.
• Lin Zhizhen told Jiang Ping how Zhong Shenxiu had helped Qingling during its conflict with Ziwei Mountain, and Jiang Ping grew angry at the Flying Immortal Sacred Land’s lack of support.
• Zhong Shenxiu greeted Jiang Ping, who noticed her weakened Dao Light and recognized that she was injured.
• Zhong Shenxiu invited Jiang Ping for a drink and playfully tested his strength, while Lin Zhizhen watched the distant sky with growing anxiety.

Jiang Ping read the Human Emperor Scripture at Zhong Shenxiu’s Dao Field, then revealed that he was already a second-level Dao Monarch when Long Ye’s faction arrived to confront him. He crushed their strongest fighters and wounded Long Ye, leaving the Fate Children facing the overwhelming Chaos Body.

• Jiang Ping read the Human Emperor Scripture and drank Zhong Shenxiu’s Life Dao wine, revealing that he had already entered the Monarch realm as a second-level Dao Monarch.
• Long Ye and Qi Tian led a force of Dao Monarchs to Zhong Shenxiu’s Dao Field, where Lingxi and Lin Zhizhen recognized the danger and Zuo Cheng demanded that Jiang Ping answer for his actions.
• Jiang Ping saw Zuo Cheng’s name on Zhong Shenxiu’s list and, after Lin Zhizhen explained his history of targeting her, shattered Zuo Cheng’s body with one strike.
• Two fifth-layer Dao Monarch women attacked Jiang Ping, but he blew them apart with a sweep of mystic light.
• Jiang Ping turned on Long Ye and Qi Tian, pierced Long Ye’s chest with a thread of mystic light, and told him he had not been permitted to speak.

Jiang Ping overwhelmed the Fate Children and Dao Monarchs who had attacked Zhong Shenxiu, then gave her the Time Sword Scripture to help her pursue a Dao Self body. After he admitted that he had entered the Dao Monarch realm, the Initial Land’s factions began considering how to counter his rise.

• Jiang Ping defeated Long Ye, beheaded Qi Tian, killed a fleeing Five Elements Dao Monarch, and executed three Female Monarchs who had spread rumors about Zhong Shenxiu.
• Jiang Ping stopped Long Ye from recovering, while Lin Yun arrived too late to earn Zhong Shenxiu’s trust and left after Jiang Ping drove her away.
• Jiang Ping gave Zhong Shenxiu the Time Sword Scripture, and she decided to study its method of reversing effect into cause.
• Jiang Ping returned to Azure Peace Peak and confirmed to Li Li and the others that he had entered the Dao Monarch realm, prompting the factions to consider sending high-level Dao Monarchs against him.
• Yu Xi concluded that Jiang Ping had achieved the Dao decades before Yu Changqing and asked the black sword’s ancestor why it had failed to recognize his potential.

Jiang Ping’s rise as a Chaos Dao Monarch shook Xuanhuang, and he used his time in the Initial Land to cultivate before the resource competition began. He arrived at the Round Table Council with his companions as the factions prepared to divide the Medicine Garden’s treasures, leaving Great Axe facing an uneasy reunion with his former wielder.

• Heavenly prodigies watched footage of Jiang Ping killing Zuo Cheng and lamented that they had not joined his faction, while Qingling Palace ordered protection for the Jiang family and Jiang Ping’s relatives.
• Jiang Ping cultivated in the Initial Land, discovered a mysterious power linked to time, mastered the True Spirit Scripture, and consumed rare medicines to strengthen his Chaos Body.
• Jiang Ping returned to Qingling Palace to visit Chen Qingyan and his children, and Chen Qingyan confronted him about going to support Zhong Shenxiu.
• The Dao Sound announced the resource competition, and Jiang Ping traveled with his seven companions to the Medicine Garden for the Round Table Council.
• Ye Xiao presided over the council as factions gathered to allocate resources, while Tang Sheng stood beside Jiang Ping and Great Axe admitted that he could no longer return to his former wielder.

Jiang Ping dominated the Medicine Garden’s herb gathering, claiming most of the useful Dao Elixir and punishing anyone who challenged him. As the gathering reached its final stage, three Potential Secret Medicines remained, and a white-robed youth beside Gu Cang ordered everyone else to leave.

• Ye Xiao began the competition, and Jiang Ping claimed the Golden Grass and Blood Tree, striking Ye Xiao when he intervened on Yu Xian’s behalf.
• Jiang Ping took the Thunder Grass for Xiao Ran and claimed nearly half of the harvested Dao Elixir while letting Lei Fang have a small Ten-Colored Flower.
• Jiang Ping seized herbs claimed by Ren Ran, Xie Wen, and Wang Sheng, then attacked Wang Sheng and Wang Ping when they objected.
• Gu Cang harvested a Five Elements Strange Root while Jiang Ping held back, and Jiang Ping later denied the Flying Immortal Sacred Land the herbs its members sought.
• Jiang Ping’s faction collected more Dao Elixir as the gathering reached its final stage, leaving three Potential Secret Medicines as the remaining prize.
• A white-robed youth beside Gu Cang declared that the three medicines were useful to him and ordered everyone to leave.

Jiang Ping claimed the aptitude medicines and brutally punished Yu Shen despite Yu Changqing’s arrival, while the two Chaos Dao Monarchs stopped short of fighting. The Initial Land later learned Yu Changqing had appeared only through a Dharma Body while his true body was in seclusion, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Yu Shen demanded the secret medicines for himself, but Jiang Ping ordered his companions to gather them and seized Yu Shen when he attacked Li Li.
• Jiang Ping crushed Yu Shen and killed a Female Monarch who demanded his release, then took the three-colored flower as Yu Changqing’s Dharma Body appeared in the distance.
• Yu Changqing and Jiang Ping exchanged a look but did not fight, and Gu Cang’s group departed with Yu Shen’s damaged body.
• People across the Initial Land debated why Jiang Ping had yielded to Gu Cang earlier, concluding that he had repaid Gu Cang for unsealing North Nether.
• The Yu Sect revealed that Yu Changqing’s true body remained in seclusion to pursue a breakthrough, while Yu Shen and his allies vowed that Jiang Ping would face a reckoning.

Jiang Ping consumed rare Dao medicines to strengthen his Chaos Body and master a powerful Mid-Rank Dao Monarch technique, while rumors spread that he planned to break through. He had not yet reached the next layer when the chapter ended, and the prodigies around him doubted he could succeed.

• Jiang Ping devoured the weeds on Azure Peace Peak, then accepted Zhong Shenxiu’s Potential Dao Pills and shared them with his companions.
• Jiang Ping returned to Qingling Palace and gave Potential Secret Medicine to Chen Qingyan, Jiang Yirou, Jiang Yao, and Jiang Hao before returning to the Initial Land.
• Jiang Ping consumed several Dao treasures, improving his cultivation and fully mastering Earth-Severing Heaven-Penetration, but he had not yet reached the third layer of the Dao Monarch Realm.
• Jiang Ping swallowed a golden Withering-and-Blooming grass and continued advancing as his progress passed the halfway mark.
• Tang Sheng’s talk about Jiang Ping attempting a breakthrough drew doubts from prodigies who compared him with Yu Changqing, and Black Sword said Jiang Ping’s success would be very difficult.

Jiang Ping advanced to the third layer of the Dao Monarch realm and continued cultivating while waiting for more resources, but Yu Changqing’s breakthrough threatened to turn their rivalry into open conflict. As Jiang Ping’s allies warned him of Yu Changqing’s advance, Yu Shen plotted against them and reviewed treasures in the coming Grade-A Medicine Garden.

• Jiang Ping consumed Soul Spring Water and Life-Death Water, broke through to the third layer of the Dao Monarch realm, and wondered why his profundity of time had not improved.
• Jiang Ping used the resources from a Grade C medicinal field to raise his cultivation, then paused when his Dao Elixirs ran out and resolved to cultivate while waiting for more.
• Yun Shuang, Tang Sheng, and the others told Jiang Ping that Yu Changqing had broken through to the second layer of the Dao Monarch realm.
• Ren Ran asked about Zhao Linkong’s progress, and Xu Yuan and Zhou Huang said he was advancing smoothly toward becoming a Human King before the Special Mystic Realm opened.
• At Yu Mountain, Yu Shen enjoyed the attention of visiting geniuses, ordered someone to try to recruit Jiang Ping’s allies, and examined the treasures listed for the Grade-A Medicine Garden.