Chapter Summaries

Yu Changqing’s breakthrough stirred the Initial Land as factions prepared for the Grade-A Medicine Garden, where he and Jiang Ping were expected to clash. Jiang Ping refused an alliance with Wang Sheng’s group and revealed he had already broken through; a year later, he and his companions set out for the garden as Yu Changqing allied with the Dao Alliance.

• Heavenly prodigies discussed Yu Changqing’s breakthrough and anticipated a battle between him and Jiang Ping at the Grade-A Medicine Garden.
• Tang Sheng revealed that Yu Shen had tried to poach Jiang Ping’s subordinates, and Yu Shen grew furious when the attempt became public.
• Wang Ping, Wang Sheng, and Zhu Xuan offered Jiang Ping an alliance, but Jiang Ping rejected their terms and demanded that Wang Sheng return Qingling’s ancestral artifact.
• Fang Xin realized Jiang Ping had already broken through, and Jiang Ping confirmed it to his companions.
• During the following year, Jiang Ping cultivated on Azure Peace Peak, completed the ninth refinement of his body, and learned that the Grade-A Medicine Garden would open.
• Jiang Ping and his ten companions headed for the Medicine Garden after learning that Yu Changqing had allied with the Dao Alliance.

Jiang Ping arrived at the Initial Land’s medicinal garden and seized the seat reserved for Yu Changqing, then retaliated against those who had harmed Zhong Shenxiu and challenged him. Yu Changqing finally appeared and launched the first attack on Jiang Ping.

• Jiang Ping and his companions entered the medicinal garden, where a Dao Alliance member warned them that its rare resources were not meant for them.
• Jiang Ping approached the empty throne reserved for Yu Changqing, and the Heavenly Spear intervened when Turtle Shell attacked it after it pressured Lin Zhizhen and Tang Sheng.
• Jiang Ping killed or injured several Monarchs, including two Dao Alliance Fate Children, while Lin Zhizhen recognized that he was avenging Zhong Shenxiu.
• Yu Changqing arrived, heard the injured Monarchs’ complaints, and attacked Jiang Ping with an overwhelming surge of Dao might.

Jiang Ping battled Yu Changqing, breaking his domain and matching his Chaos Dao arts despite being a realm below him. After both summoned their Dharma Bodies, Jiang Ping used a new time scripture to wound Yu Changqing, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Yu Changqing unleashed Earth-Severing Heaven-Penetration, but Jiang Ping broke his domain with Void Karma Dao arts.
• Yu Changqing attacked with his devouring power, and Jiang Ping countered by bringing forth the life-giving side of his Chaos Body as they clashed for over a hundred exchanges.
• Yu Changqing moved the battle into Xuanhuang, where Jiang Ping blocked his Chaos radiance and forced him to step back.
• Yu Changqing summoned two Dharma Bodies to stack his Combat strength, and Jiang Ping summoned his own Past Self and Dao Self.
• The Years Sword reacted to Jiang Ping's use of Reverse Effect into Cause, while Black Sword recognized that Jiang Ping had forged a new time scripture by fusing the Yu Family's Years Method with Qingling Palace's Time Scripture.
• Jiang Ping appeared beside Yu Changqing and drew blood from him, prompting Black Sword to say Jiang Ping's talent surpassed Yu Changqing's.

Jiang Ping defeated Yu Changqing on the Loess Plateau, then fought the Dao Alliance Leader, Xie Lingxu, who wielded a trace of Dao Ancestor power. Jiang Ping’s Dao-Self Body revealed strength beyond the third Monarch layer and emerged standing after their clash, leaving the crowd roaring in astonishment.

• Jiang Ping dodged Yu Changqing’s attacks and cut off a tuft of his hair, prompting the Initial Land spectators to realize Yu Changqing had been defeated by someone of a lower realm.
• Yu Changqing recognized that Jiang Ping had combined two temporal scriptures into a new method, but challenged him again and learned Jiang Ping was also at the second Monarch layer.
• Jiang Ping used his temporal arts and overwhelming force to defeat Yu Changqing and make him concede.
• Xie Lingxu descended during the battle, wounded Jiang Ping in their opening clash, and tried to make him follow him, but Jiang Ping attacked instead.
• Xie Lingxu manifested a world of rules with a trace of Dao Ancestor power, so Jiang Ping sent his Dao-Self Body to meet it and revealed power beyond the third Monarch layer.
• The two powers collided and reshaped the Loess Plateau, after which Jiang Ping remained standing and Tang Sheng shouted, “Who dares claim invincibility?!”

After defeating Yu Changqing and revealing his overwhelming strength, Jiang Ping dominated the Initial Land’s resource competition and secured a rich share for his side. The Initial Land arc neared its end as Jiang Ping prepared to pursue a breakthrough with the Dao medicines he had won.

• Jiang Ping returned to the gathering after defeating Yu Changqing, shocking the assembled factions with his power.
• Jiang Ping ignored the Black Sword’s call and proceeded to the round table, while Yu Changqing and the Dao Alliance team left.
• The round-table conference began, and those present discussed Jiang Ping’s realm and the possibility that he would soon advance further.
• The competition ended, and Jiang Ping’s side claimed the largest share of resources, including more than twenty types of Dao medicine for Jiang Ping.

Jiang Ping reflected on his past and the mortal world, gaining an epiphany that accelerated his cultivation as he prepared to use the Grade-A medicine field’s rewards to break through. He left the chapter poised to consume Dao Elixirs and pursue consecutive breakthroughs.

• The Turtle Shell advised Jiang Ping to temper his heart by experiencing mortal life, but Jiang Ping said he had already lived through its hardships and emotions.
• Jiang Ping recalled his life with his wife and family, then gained an epiphany that blended human experience with the phenomena of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Ping’s ninth refinement of the Human Emperor Scripture accelerated, and he decided to cultivate with the light of the mortal world before using a Dao Elixir.
• After a month of reflection, Jiang Ping’s progress improved, and he distributed the Grade-A medicine field’s spirit milk and spiritual roots for his family’s future use.
• Jiang Ping selected body-tempering and breakthrough Dao Elixirs, telling the Turtle Shell that he planned to consume them and break through repeatedly.

Jiang Ping initially failed to break through the Mid-Rank Monarch barrier without pills, while the Initial Land mistook his breakthrough spectacle for Xie Lingxu’s rise to High-Rank Dao Monarch. After consuming Dao Elixirs, Jiang Ping reached Mid-Rank and then advanced to the Fifth Layer of Dao Monarch, setting his sights on breaking through the entire realm.

• Jiang Ping attempted to break through the Mid-Rank barrier without Dao Elixirs, but his effort failed as Xie Lingxu’s High-Rank Monarch phenomenon appeared across Xuanhuang.
• Xie Lingxu refused Zhao Linkong’s offer to form an alliance, while the prodigies debated whether he or Jiang Ping would dominate the Initial Land.
• Jiang Ping consumed rare Dao Elixirs, broke through to Mid-Rank Dao Monarch, and declared himself confident of defeating Xie Lingxu’s true body.
• Jiang Ping continued refining Dao Elixirs and advanced toward the Fifth Layer, shocking the factions gathered outside Azure Peace Peak.
• Jiang Ping completed another breakthrough and reached the Fifth Layer of Dao Monarch, then wondered whether he could break through the entire Dao Monarch Realm.

After reaching the Mid-Rank Monarch realm, Jiang Ping moved to a first-rank residence in the core region, where his arrival drew attention and nearly sparked a confrontation with Xie Lingxu. He left Jiang Yourong in charge of Azure Peace Peak and ended the day without bloodshed.

• Jiang Ping rested after his breakthrough and learned that the nearest Special Mystic Realm would not open for several years, while the Xuanhuang Ancestral Artifact planned to meet him.
• Jiang Ping reunited with his seven companions, heard about their cultivation progress, and appointed Jiang Yourong to lead matters on the outskirts.
• Long Zhan escorted Jiang Ping to his first-rank residence in the core region, while Azure Peace Peak was given to Jiang Yourong.
• Jiang Ping's arrival caused a celestial spectacle that drew the attention of Zhou Huang, Ling Qinghe, Lin Zhizhen, and others.
• Jiang Ping challenged Xie Lingxu's imposing gaze, but both stopped short of fighting because Jiang Ping did not want bloodshed on his housewarming day.

Jiang Ping settled into his new residence in the Initial Land, where a sudden emergency summons drew the Monarchs together. An Ancestral Artifact summoned him away from Xuanhuang, and an old man revealed that the entire world had been traveling through the stars for over a million years.

• Jiang Ping inspected his new territory and found that its medicinal field and palace were far grander than his former home.
• Zhong Shenxiu, Lingxi, and Lin Zhizhen visited Jiang Ping, and they shared Life-Death Wine until Lin Zhizhen fell asleep.
• A solemn bell rang across the Initial Land, and a colossal lotus platform appeared to call an emergency assembly.
• Turtle Shell told Jiang Ping not to panic, but radiant light from the palace suddenly transported Jiang Ping away alone.
• Jiang Ping looked down on Xuanhuang and discovered that it was moving through space; an old man told him it had been traveling through the starry sky for more than a million years.

Zhong Yong revealed that Xuanhuang had been wandering through the stars for a million years after meeting a Starry Sky Envoy, and that its conflict with Hengyuan began over a Star Chart and a token connected to the Eternal Continent. He offered Jiang Ping mature Dao Elixirs for his cultivation, and Jiang Ping ended by asking to bring several people to the Initial Land.

• Zhong Yong told Jiang Ping that Xuanhuang was racing through space to flee danger and seek its destination, and described its long, costly war with the stronger Hengyuan Realm.
• Zhong Yong warned that a new world had locked onto Xuanhuang and could make contact within a few years, possibly bringing a threat even worse than Hengyuan.
• Zhong Yong revealed that a Starry Sky Envoy had given Xuanhuang a Star Chart and a token to join a faction tied to the Eternal Existence, and that Hengyuan’s discovery of these items had sparked their million-year blood war.
• Jiang Ping presented Zhong Yong with his scripture on Reverse Effect into Cause, and Zhong Yong praised it while saying the Eternal Token could be considered for him after he became a Dao Ancestor.
• Zhong Yong offered to harvest mature top-grade Dao Elixirs for Jiang Ping, who then asked to bring a few people to the Initial Land.

As the Initial Land prepared for contact with an unknown realm, Jiang Ping moved Chen Qingyan and their children to Qingping Dao Field. He learned that the Ancestral Artifacts had become living Dao Ancestors at the cost of greatly shortened lifespans, and the chapter ended with Jiang Ping cherishing his family’s peaceful life three years later.

• The prodigies in the Initial Land discussed the threat of an unknown realm and feared a conflict with its inhabitants.
• Jiang Ping returned to Qingling Palace and brought Chen Qingyan, Jiang Yirou, Jiang Yao, and Jiang Hao to live with him in the Initial Land.
• An Ancestral Artifact delivered the Dao medicines Jiang Ping had requested, and the Turtle Shell explained that Ancestral Artifacts could become living beings capable of cultivating and passing down descendants.
• The Turtle Shell revealed that becoming living beings greatly shortened the Ancestral Artifacts’ lifespans, but they had chosen the sacrifice to strengthen Xuanhuang and give its people time to grow.
• Jiang Ping returned to Qingping Dao Field and saw his family settling in, then three years passed.

Jiang Ping completed the Nine Refinings of Foundation Establishment, advanced to the sixth layer of the Monarch Realm, and prepared to seek resources in the coming mystic realm. As Zhao Linkong and Xie Lingxu’s rivalry with Jiang Ping loomed, a gigantic stranger appeared on the Moon Star and stared toward Xuanhuang.

• Jiang Ping used the Human Emperor Scripture to temper his body, plant a Blood Tree within himself, and improve his ability to absorb medicine before advancing to the sixth layer of the Monarch Realm.
• Zhao Linkong broke through to the Monarch King Realm, drawing attention from the Fate Children, while Jiang Yirou asked Daozhen whether she could enter the mystic realm.
• Jiang Ping told the Turtle Shell that he lacked a suitable weapon, and the Turtle Shell urged him to gather resources in the Special Mystic Realm and aim for the Monarch King Realm.
• Zhao Linkong held a celebration that excluded Jiang Ping’s faction, while Xie Lingxu appeared and onlookers anticipated a clash when the Special Mystic Realm opened.
• At Zhao Linkong’s banquet, the Moon Star dimmed, and Jiang Ping saw a vast stranger standing upon it and gazing toward Xuanhuang.

A mid-stage Dao Ancestor named Cang Heng arrived from the Nine Profound Realm, and Xuanhuang's Dao Ancestors negotiated with the newcomers before allowing their young Monarchs to compete for resources in the Initial Land. At a gathering between the two worlds, Ren Ran swiftly killed a celebrated Nine Mysteries prodigy, challenging the foreign visitors' confidence.

• Cang Heng appeared on the Moon Star, and the Black Sword and Turtle Shell identified him as a young mid-stage Dao Ancestor from the Nine Profound Realm.
• Cang Heng nearly crushed the Moon Star before Zhong Yong, Lu Zaohua, and other Xuanhuang Dao Ancestors intervened and negotiated with his companions.
• After several days of negotiations, the Dao Ancestors allowed Nine Profound Realm Monarchs to enter the Initial Land and compete for its resources.
• Jiang Ping's Past Body attended a gathering of prodigies from both worlds with Jiang Yirou, Jiang Yao, Jiang Hao, Dao Zhen, and Fang Xin.
• Ren Ran accepted a challenge from a woman in yellow robes and killed her with a single sword strike.

Ren Ran, Yu Xi, and Yu Changqing defeated the Nine Profound Realm’s challengers at the Sword Fighting Platform, while Xie Lingxu held back their white-robed leader. When three powerful Monarchs arrived to demand the Yu siblings stop, Jiang Ping appeared and crushed the one who tried to attack.

• Ren Ran defeated a yellow-robed prodigy and grievously wounded a Divine Ape before the Nine Profound Realm’s white-robed youth called for the battle to end.
• Ren Ran yielded the arena to Yu Xi, who used her three bodies to defeat the white-haired swordsman and sever his Dao Sword.
• A guardian who entered to protect the injured swordsman attacked Yu Xi, but Yu Changqing intervened and overpowered the High-Rank Monarch.
• Xie Lingxu killed a foreign youth who protested, while three powerful Monarchs from the Nine Profound Realm arrived and demanded the fighting stop.
• As the Yu siblings continued attacking their opponents, Jiang Ping appeared behind the three newcomers and crushed the sinister Ninth-Threshold Monarch with one hand.

Jiang Ping defeated the Nine Profound Realm’s Mythic Monarchs, revealing power that suggested he could become a World Lord, while the Dao Ancestors of both realms confronted each other over his future. The Nine Profound Dao Ancestors tried to renegotiate their agreement, and Zhong Yong sealed the Xuanhuang World with Mythic Shackles.

• Jiang Ping pursued the fleeing black-haired young man and crushed him with his Light of Primordial Beginning, leaving the Mythic Monarch stunned by Jiang Ping’s signs of becoming a World Lord.
• The woman in the purple dress recognized Jiang Ping’s extraordinary potential, while the prodigies of both realms watched him defeat the black-haired young man.
• Cang Heng arrived and declared that he intended to take Jiang Ping to the Nine Profound Realm, prompting Xuanhuang Dao Ancestors to surround him.
• Cang Heng proposed a marriage between Jiang Ping and his descendant, but the Xuanhuang woman Dao Ancestor rejected the offer.
• A Dao Ancestor of the Nine Profound Realm sought to renegotiate the agreement, and Zhong Yong invoked his power to lock the Xuanhuang World beneath Mythic Shackles.

The Nine Mysteries’ Dao Ancestor Sang Wan emerged in the Initial Land and attacked Jiang Ping, while Dao Ancestors clashed across the starry sky. Jiang Ping’s Dao-Self Body confronted Sang Wan, and after fleeing a devastating strike with Chen Qingyan, Jiang Ping summoned it again to fight.

• Zhong Yong and the Xuanhuang Dao Ancestors faced off against the Nine Mysteries, then Zhong Yong fought three Supreme Dao Ancestors at once.
• Sang Wan appeared in the Initial Land and, at the purple-robed woman’s urging, attacked Jiang Ping.
• The Black Sword and other ancient artifacts tried to stop Sang Wan, while Jiang Ping sent his Dao-Self Body from the River of Time to confront him.
• Sang Wan saw through the Dao-Self Body and struck at Jiang Ping’s true body, forcing Jiang Ping to flee with Chen Qingyan as the Dao-Self Body held him off.
• Jiang Ping summoned his Dao-Self Body again and ordered it to fight Sang Wan.

Jiang Ping’s Dao-Self Body battled Sang Wan, a newly ascended Dao Ancestor, and revealed a mythic transformation that let it overpower him. As Sang Wan’s vitality dwindled, a universe-spanning figure approached, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Sang Wan trapped Jiang Ping and his wife in a cage of order and struck at them, but the Dao-Self Body tore open the cage and rescued them.
• Sang Wan shifted his attacks to the Dao-Self Body, which fought him with time and chaos powers and even drew blood from him.
• Sang Wan unleashed golden swords and forced the Dao-Self Body back, but the Dao-Self Body then underwent a mythic transformation and drove him into retreat.
• Sang Wan tried to flee, but the Dao-Self Body caught and struck him down, then began devouring his flesh, spirit, and World Power.
• Jiang Ping watched as Sang Wan’s vitality rapidly drained, while a figure spanning the universe approached the Initial Land.

Jiang Ping’s Dao-Self Body destroyed Sang Wan’s self-destructive attack at the cost of its own Mythic Transformation, leaving Jiang Ping severely injured. As the Nine Profound Realm’s Ninth Heavens Dao Ancestor attacked Xuanhuang and threatened to kill him, the Gold Silk in Jiang Ping’s Storage Ring awakened and blocked the enormous hand.

• Sang Wan tried to self-destruct and then draw on the Nine Profound Realm’s Origin, but Jiang Ping’s Dao-Self Body stopped him and destroyed him in a mutual detonation that severely wounded Jiang Ping.
• The Nine Profound Realm’s Ninth Heavens Dao Ancestor appeared and struck at the Initial Land, targeting Jiang Ping.
• Turtle Shell recalled that its master had once sought a golden banner and realized the Peerless Ancestral Artifact had been shattered and sealed away.
• Zhong Yong called on Xuanhuang’s Will while Lu Zaohua and a Xuanhuang female Dao Ancestor charged the Ninth Heavens Dao Ancestor and sacrificed themselves to delay his attack.
• Jiang Ping’s Gold Silk burst out of his shattered Storage Ring and blocked the Ninth Heavens Dao Ancestor’s descending hand, prompting him to recognize it as Peerless.

Xuanhuang fled the Nine Profound Realm under the power of the restored Xuanhuang Banner while its people killed their captives and endured the destruction of their Sun and Moon. After the crisis delayed the Resource competition, Jiang Ping defeated Xie Lingxu and revealed his Dao-Self Body, leaving Xie Lingxu to abandon the contest.

• Zhong Yong used the Xuanhuang Banner to carry Xuanhuang away, while the Heaven-Severing Scissors explained that the banner was only an empty shell controlled by Xuanhuang's Origin.
• Xuanhuang's people executed the Nine Profound Realm's captives as its Peak Dao Ancestor pursued them and shattered the Moon Star and Great Sun.
• Zhong Yong detonated a fragment of the Hengyuan Realm's Peerless Ancestral Artifact over the Nine Profound Realm, leaving a coordinate for Hengyuan to follow.
• Xuanhuang continued fleeing, losing its Sun and Moon and delaying the Resource competition as its Origin powered the banner.
• Jiang Ping defeated Xie Lingxu in the competition and revealed his Dao-Self Body, after which Xie Lingxu left without competing further.

Jiang Ping learned that Xuanhuang had only about fifty years left before its decay became catastrophic, while Fate Children struggled to achieve Mythic Transformation as the world weakened. He then underwent his own transformation amid Xuanhuang’s fury and became a Mythic Monarch, laying the foundation for a Chaos Dao Ancestor.

• The Turtle Shell warned Jiang Ping that Xuanhuang was decaying faster and might endure only around fifty more years, partly because of the Peak Dao Ancestor beyond the world.
• Jiang Ping returned from the Special Mystic Realm with abundant resources but delayed breaking through while he recovered from his injuries.
• Jiang Youwei and two other newly advanced Fate Children failed to undergo Mythic Transformation, and the Heaven-Severing Scissors explained that Xuanhuang’s decline was making breakthroughs harder.
• A terrifying thunderstorm erupted around Jiang Ping’s residence, and the Dao Ancestors moved him to the Golden Sea as Xuanhuang’s Will raged against his Chaos Body.
• Jiang Ping cultivated amid the thunder, opened an embryonic world within himself, and successfully became a Mythic Monarch.