Chapter Summaries

News of Xie Wuji’s impending death spread among the Half-Saints, while Xiao Yucheng considered whether he could kill Jiang Ping. At Jiang Saint Dojo, Jiang Ping began forging his own path to deepen his life-related martial arts and discovered that Thunderous Momentum could reveal another source of vitality.

• Half-Saints celebrated the news that Xie Wuji had less than half a year to live, and one planned to free a descendant from the Great Prison after Xie Wuji died.
• Su Tongxuan urged Xiao Yucheng to fight Jiang Ping, but Xiao Yucheng said a victory would mean nothing unless he could kill him; Su Tongxuan believed he could do so by fusing the Momentum of two arts.
• Jiang Ping advanced his Changshi Fist to five-tenths Concept Realm and began combining it with the Everlasting Spring Technique and a restorative Bone Technique to tread his own path.
• Jiang Ping’s three little men in his Sea of Consciousness gained insights from the life techniques and combined them into an early advance in the Changshi Fist.
• Jiang Ping performed the Heavenly Might Skill and revealed that he had reached Thunderous Momentum, while his three little men studied the vitality hidden within the lightning.

Jiang Ping made progress in the Heavenly Might Technique and Changshi Fist while enjoying married life with Chen Qingyan, then broke through to the Golden Core Third Transformation. Jiang Siqi explained that he could refine his strength faster by using Earth Fire and Heavenly Thunder, though the method was dangerous.

• Jiang Ping drew insight from spring lightning, strengthened his Heavenly Might Technique, and began shaping the Sixth Form of the Changshi Fist.
• Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan shared their warm daily life together, and nearly two months passed.
• Jiang Ping absorbed the Essence of All Things and broke through to the Golden Core Third Transformation, surprising Jiang Jun and Chen Qingyan.
• Xie Wuji asked when Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan would have a child, and Jiang Saint defended Jiang Ping from the question.
• Jiang Siqi told Jiang Ping to use Earth Fire and Heavenly Thunder to refine his Different Force, warning that the method was dangerous.

Jiang Ping prepared to use Spring Thunder to advance his Changshi Fist and refine his Golden Core in the Jiang family’s Yin Yang Furnace. As he entered the furnace, he also set out to evolve the Six-tenths Concept Realm.

• Jiang Ping practiced the Sixth Form of the Changshi Fist but stopped just short of completing it, then stabilized his realm while waiting for Spring Thunder.
• Martial Saint Changchun told Jiang Siqi that Xie Wuji had at most three months to live and gave him her Changshi Fist research notes for Jiang Ping.
• Seven days later, Jiang Ping watched the Yin Yang Furnace draw down Spring Thunder at the Jiang family residence.
• Jiang Ping entered the furnace with Jiang Jun and eight other Golden Cores, intending to refine his Golden Core and advance his concept realm.

Jiang Ping refined his Golden Core in the Yin Yang Furnace while using Spring Thunder to advance the Changshi Fist to the Six-tenths Concept Realm. He broke Xiao Yucheng’s endurance record, while Xiao revealed that he had reproduced three-tenths of the Void Palm’s Concept Realm.

• Jiang Ping endured the furnace’s thunder and fire, purified his Different Force, and advanced his Golden Core cultivation toward the Fourth Transformation.
• Jiang Ping’s True Self practiced the Changshi Fist in his Consciousness Space and reached the Sixth-tenths Concept Realm, giving him hope that Senior Xie could live longer.
• Jiang Jun left the furnace after enduring for more than two hours, while Jiang Ping continued cultivating.
• Jiang Ping remained in the furnace for nearly four hours and surpassed Xiao Yucheng’s record for refining a Golden Core.
• Su Tongxuan told Xiao Yucheng about Jiang Ping’s record, and Xiao said that the path to Becoming a Saint mattered more.
• Xiao Yucheng demonstrated his Void Palm and told Su Tongxuan that he had reproduced three-tenths of its Concept Realm.

Jiang Ping endured the Yin Yang Furnace’s lightning tempering and visited the dying Xie Wuji, who told him about a Mysterious Mountain that could aid his Golden Core refinement. Jiang Ping revealed a painting embodying his advanced Changshi Fist concept, and Xie Wuji sensed that it had restored some of his vitality.

• Jiang Ping emerged from nearly five hours in the Yin Yang Furnace, impressing the Golden Core cultivators and Jiang Yuan with his resilience.
• Xie Wuji reflected on his approaching death and his wish to witness Jiang Ping’s future before Jiang Ping visited him.
• Xie Wuji advised Jiang Ping to seek the Mysterious Mountain for Golden Core refinement and suggested he stop studying the Changshi Fist for now.
• Jiang Ping showed Xie Wuji a painting that contained his six-tenths Concept Realm of the Changshi Fist and asked whether it could renew Xie Wuji’s life.
• Xie Wuji resonated with the painting, recognized the Changshi Fist, and felt his weakened body regain some vitality.

Jiang Ping revealed that he had advanced the Changshi Fist to its Sixth Fraction Concept Realm, extending Xie Wuji’s life by only a few months. As spring passed, Half-Saints in the Imperial City assumed Xie Wuji was dead and discussed using the upcoming cultivation at Five Elements Mysterious Mountain to confront Jiang Ping.

• Jiang Ping showed Xie Wuji and Jiang Siqi his new Changshi Fist Concept, astonishing them with his comprehension.
• Jiang Siqi estimated that Jiang Ping’s achievement could extend Xie Wuji’s life by a few months, while Great Accomplishment might grant him several more years.
• Jiang Ping promised to do his utmost to advance the Concept, and Xie Wuji and Jiang Siqi urged him not to pressure himself or neglect his own path.
• Jiang Ping continued tempering his Golden Core, and the season advanced from early spring to Lixia.
• Half-Saints in the Imperial City assumed Xie Wuji had died and discussed Jiang Ping’s rapid progress to the Golden Core Fifth Turn.
• A grizzled Half-Saint predicted that Jiang Ping would attend cultivation at Five Elements Mysterious Mountain and offered to have his descendant suppress him.

Jiang Ping struggled to advance his Changshi concept while developing a saber art that embodied death and withering. After weeks of limited progress, he discovered that joining the concepts of life and death revealed a new path.

• Chen Qingyan practiced the Changshi Fist, and Jiang Ping praised her progress as she neared its Complete Artistic Conception.
• Jiang Jun summoned Jiang Ping and explained that extending Senior Xie's life by expanding the Concept Realm to seven-tenths would be extremely difficult.
• Jiang Ping entered the Yin Yang Furnace and refined his Different Force while studying the Changshi concept and developing a death-centered Blade Art.
• Jiang Ping returned to his routine with Chen Qingyan, but his progress remained limited over the next half month.
• Jiang Ping merged the Changshi Fist with his Blade Art and realized that Withering and Flourishing could cycle together, then told Chen Qingyan he had understood.

Jiang Ping broke through to the Great Accomplishment Concept Realm of the Changshi Fist and used his new understanding to paint a portrait that unleashed powerful life-giving vitality. He gave Chen Qingyan the portrait and brought a landscape painting to Xie Wuji, but learned that its profound technique would be difficult for the old man to comprehend quickly.

• Jiang Ping fused the Changshi Fist and Short-lived Saber in his Sea of Consciousness, reconnecting the severed path of his Fist Technique.
• Jiang Ping painted a portrait of himself and Chen Qingyan on their wedding day, releasing a rain of Vitality Essence that revived plants and greatly improved his own healing.
• Jiang Ping gave the portrait to Chen Qingyan, then painted a landscape scroll for Xie Wuji and brought it to him.
• Xie Wuji entered the landscape painting and gained vitality, but said the technique had reached the Great Accomplishment Concept Realm and was beyond his ability to comprehend at once.
• Jiang Ping worried that Xie Wuji would not be able to extend his life soon because the technique was too difficult.

Jiang Ping helped Xie Wuji and Jiang Siqi prepare to extend Xie Wuji’s life, prompting the Imperial City to mistakenly believe Xie Wuji had died. After making progress in the Changshi Fist, Jiang Ping shifted his focus to the Short-lived Saber of Life Reversal and later advanced to the Golden Core Sixth Turn.

• Jiang Ping assured Xie Wuji that the principles he had placed in the painting would help Jiang Siqi extend Xie Wuji’s life, and Jiang Siqi realized Jiang Ping’s extraordinary talent.
• The stars above the Imperial City roiled as Jiang Siqi reacted to the painting, leading Half-Saints and other experts to assume Xie Wuji had died.
• Several powerful figures celebrated Xie Wuji’s supposed death, while the Jiang family held no funeral and Jiang Siqi entered seclusion.
• Jiang Ping studied Life and Death, found that his progress in the Changshi Fist had slowed, and decided to focus on advancing the Short-lived Saber of Life Reversal.
• After a season of training, Jiang Ping established a foothold in the Golden Core Sixth Turn.

Jiang Ping prepared to compete for the Five Elements Mysterious Mountain’s Yin and Yang essence and met the Jiang Saint Faction’s Golden Core experts at a banquet. There, he learned Great Wei had sent a powerful Martial Bone wielder to the Imperial City, who had already defeated Su Tongxuan.

• Jiang Ping continued refining his techniques as Chen Qingyan broke through to the Golden Core Seventh Turn and prepared to accompany him to the Five Elements Mysterious Mountain.
• Jiang Jun told Jiang Ping the mountain would open soon and brought him to meet the Jiang Saint Faction’s experts at a banquet.
• Jiang Ping met Wei Chen, Qin Feng, Leng Yue, and other Golden Core elites, while learning that the Qin Royal Family’s Old Sage had less than ten years to live.
• Qin Feng revealed that Great Wei had sent two Super Geniuses to compete for the mountain, including an Innate Sacred Body who had received a Martial Bone transplant.
• Qin Feng said Great Wei’s Martial Bone wielder had already fought Su Tongxuan and completely defeated him.

Jiang Ping learned that the Great Wei Saint Body was a powerful Sixth Turn prodigy, but remained confident in his own strength as he prepared for the Five Elements Mysterious Mountain. As the mountain opened, Jiang Yuan and Jiang Jun accompanied Jiang Ping and his wife toward it, with Jiang Yuan overseeing the journey.

• Qin Feng described the Great Wei Saint Body's strength and warned Jiang Ping to avoid him, while Jiang Jun kept Jiang Ping's true abilities secret.
• Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan discussed the threat posed by Golden Core Ninth Turn experts who could wield Magic Power, and Jiang Ping resolved to grow strong enough to face the coming storm.
• As winter approached, the Five Elements Mysterious Mountain opened, and Jiang Ping reviewed his cultivation and technique progress while hoping to advance twice during the expedition.
• Jiang Ping left the courtyard with his wife, and Jiang Yuan and Jiang Jun joined them to travel to the Mysterious Mountain.

Jiang Ping and his companions arrived at the Five Elements Mysterious Mountains, where the Golden Core experts gathered and sized up their rivals before entering. As the young cultivators set off for the mountains, Tian Ziqi revealed a method for turning a fused Martial Bone into a pill.

• Half-Saint Jiang Yuan brought Jiang Ping, Chen Qingyan, and Jiang Jun to the entrance of the Mysterious Mountains, where Jiang Jun explained that gathering essence near the Water Element Mountain was forbidden.
• Qin Feng, Leng Yue, Han Liyuan, and Wei Chen described the mountains’ Yin-Yang Aura and discussed their plan to help Jiang Ping advance while facing stronger rival groups.
• Jiang Ping greeted Xiao Yucheng, while Jiang Jun identified Tian Ziqi and Leng Yue warned that Xiao Yucheng might hold a grudge over Chen Qingyan’s past clash with his woman.
• Qin Feng publicly dismissed Zheng Yao as a small fry, provoking him, while another Zheng Family descendant urged him to wait.
• Tian Ziqi told the gathered experts that his clan could refine a fused Martial Bone into a pill with permanent benefits, shocking both sides.
• At dusk, the young cultivators set off toward the Five Elements Mountains as the Half-Saints watched and reflected on their future.

Jiang Ping and his companions entered Water Element Mountain to refine their Different Force, but rival factions attacked before they could reach the aura pools. As the battle spread, Chen Qingyan fought Su Tongxuan while Jiang Ping overwhelmed Tian Ziqi, leaving the Saint Body badly wounded.

• Jiang Ping, Qin Feng, Jiang Jun, and their companions absorbed the mountain’s yin-yang aura as they climbed toward its aura pools.
• Xiao Yucheng’s faction launched an early attack, and Tian Ziqi clashed with a Golden Core Nine Transformations expert before charging Jiang Ping’s group.
• The battle broke out across the mountain, with Xiao Yucheng, Wei Chen, Qin Feng, Leng Yue, and Jiang Jun each facing opponents.
• Chen Qingyan fought Su Tongxuan and surprised him with her Azure Water Sword Mystic Skill at the Domain Level.
• Jiang Ping broke Tian Ziqi’s attacks with a sword strike that revealed four kinds of Momentum, then shredded both of Tian Ziqi’s arms when he tried to escape.

Jiang Ping effortlessly defeated Tian Ziqi, stunning both camps and the powerful figures watching from above. When two Great Wei Golden Core Nine Transformations attacked him together, Jiang Ping revealed that he had been holding back and stopped their Magic Power Palm Prints with his sword.

• Jiang Ping shattered Tian Ziqi's arms and legs, defeating him in less than thirty breaths.
• Qin Feng and the others praised Jiang Ping's strength, while Xiao Yucheng realized he had underestimated him and Jiang Jun taunted Zheng Yao.
• The Half-Saints and Martial Saints watching recognized Jiang Ping's extraordinary technical mastery, and Martial Saint Wei Lin's presence was linked to protecting him.
• Tian Ziqi was eliminated as two Great Wei Golden Core Nine Transformations rushed to eliminate Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping merged four kinds of Momentum and activated his Bone Technique, then halted the attackers' Palm Prints and cracked them with his sword.

Jiang Ping fought two Half-step Greater Golden Cores and appeared to weaken under their combined attacks, but he revealed a stronger technique that shattered their flames and blade strikes. He remained at the center of the devastated battlefield, with his allies and enemies stunned by the power he had concealed.

• Jiang Ping battled two Golden Core Nine Transformations experts, enduring their fire and Yang blade while holding his ground with his body and four kinds of Momentum.
• The Great Wei Saint Child used a Secret Technique to intensify his fire, and his companion renewed the assault as Jiang Ping seemed to falter.
• Leng Yue mocked the attackers and hoped Jiang Ping still had hidden strength as he appeared to be losing ground.
• Jiang Ping replaced Li Fire and Yellow Spring Momentum with Mystic Skills built on the Liaoyuan Fist and Azure Water Sword, combining them with Split Earth Palm and Wind Running Escape.
• Jiang Ping's renewed Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind power scattered the flames and shattered the Heavenly Saber, while the resulting shockwaves injured Su Tongxuan and forced nearby Golden Core martial artists to retreat.
• Leng Yue and the onlookers realized Jiang Ping had concealed his Mystic Skills and had not yet been forced to reveal his full combat power.

Jiang Ping held off two Half-step Greater Golden Cores while helping his side gain the upper hand in the battle outside Water Element Mountain. After recovering from his injuries, he eliminated several opponents and continued targeting the Zheng, Su, and Shang Families, leaving Xiao Yucheng worried as Jiang Ping’s battle drew near.

• Jiang Ping revealed his full strength and fought the Da Wei Saint Son and another Half-step Greater Golden Core, while Leng Yue recognized that he had evened the two camps’ odds.
• The Half-Saints rescued cultivators facing death, but Jiang Ping eliminated a Shang Family Eighth Turn Golden Core who tried to attack Chen Qingyan.
• As the battle wore down both sides, Jiang Ping recovered with his Secret Technique, then defeated Su Tongxuan and eliminated two Zheng Family Eighth Turn elites.
• The Zheng Family’s Half-step Greater Golden Core noticed Jiang Ping was targeting the Zheng, Su, and Shang Families, while Xiao Yucheng realized he was close to Jiang Ping’s battlefield.

After the battle ended, Jiang Ping’s allies and the Aristocratic Family Camp withdrew to recover and seek greater strength. At the Water Element Mountain Aura Pond, Jiang Ping healed Chen Qingyan and began refining his Golden Core with Yin-Yang Aura as other cultivators prepared to break through.

• The Shang Family’s Half-step Greater Golden Core called off the battle, and both sides withdrew after suffering heavy losses.
• Leng Yue warned that Aristocratic Family experts might soon break into the Greater Golden Core Realm, so Qin Feng led his group toward the Creation Pond.
• On Fire Element Mountain, the Da Wei Saint Son and the Shang Family’s Half-step Greater Golden Core discussed who could break through first and challenge Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping, Chen Qingyan, Leng Yue, Qin Feng, and Wei Chen arrived at the largest Aura Pond on Water Element Mountain.
• Jiang Ping used the Changchun Mystic Skill to heal Chen Qingyan, then entered the pool to refine his Golden Core with Yin-Yang Aura.

Jiang Ping advanced to Golden Core Seventh Turn and went with Chen Qingyan to Wood Element Mountain to claim its remaining Yin-Yang aura. He defeated a Feng Clan Golden Core who tried to stop him, then confronted the powerful Feng Clan cultivators occupying the summit.

• Jiang Ping emerged from two days of cultivation in the Yin-Yang aura pool and broke through to Golden Core Seventh Turn.
• Qin Feng, Han Liyuan, Leng Yue, and the others left to seek secluded places and attempt to break through to the Greater Golden Core.
• After the pool ran dry, Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan traveled to Wood Element Mountain to seek more Yin-Yang aura.
• A Feng Clan Female Golden Core tried to bar their way, but Jiang Ping struck her down with a sound wave.
• Jiang Ping and Chen Qingyan reached the summit, where a Feng Family Half-step Greater Golden Core challenged their decision to stay.

Jiang Ping forced the Feng Family cultivators away from the Aura Pond, then used it to reach the Golden Core Eighth Transformation Realm. He and Chen Qingyan moved to Gold Element Mountain, where Gu Ling warned him about the powerful cultivators at the summit and pointed him toward a quieter pool.

• Jiang Ping rejected the Feng Family Half-step Greater Golden Core's request to use the Aura Pond first and defeated the Feng Family cultivators who tried to stop him.
• Chen Qingyan guarded Jiang Ping as he absorbed the pond's aura and broke through to the Golden Core Eighth Transformation Realm.
• Jiang Ping continued cultivating until the Aura Pond was drained, then left with Chen Qingyan for Gold Element Mountain.
• Gu Ling warned Jiang Ping that three Half-step Greater Golden Cores were at the mountain's summit and suggested he use the remaining aura pool halfway up instead.
• Jiang Ping accepted Gu Ling's advice and headed for the mid-mountain pool to seek another breakthrough.

Jiang Ping used the Creation Pond on Gold Element Mountain to advance his life-and-death techniques and establish a foothold in the Golden Core Nine Transformations realm. Meanwhile, Gu Shuo and the Aristocratic Family Camp learned of his position and prepared an attack led by Hong Tiange.

• Gu Ling brought Jiang Ping to the mid-mountain Creation Pond and let him cultivate there alone, while declining to trade the Void Palm without his elders’ approval.
• Jiang Ping advanced Short Life Saber Qi to 140% and Changshi Fist Intent Realm to 80% as he fused the two techniques and deepened his understanding of life and death.
• Gu Shuo told two aristocratic family experts that Jiang Ping was on Gold Element Mountain, and advised them to consult the Da Wei Saint Son and Hong Tiange rather than attack without enough strength.
• The Aristocratic Family Camp on Fire Element Mountain agreed to wait for Hong Tiange to establish a foothold in the Greater Golden Core before leading a team against Jiang Ping.
• Jiang Ping drained the mid-mountain Aura Pond and established a foothold in the Golden Core Nine Transformations realm, with his Different Force transformed into Magic Power.