Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han seized the Demon Race Great Emperor’s Heart and easily defeated the Dark-Gold Ape, then declared that he would leave the remaining treasures to the other factions. He summoned an enormous pillar of black lightning above the ancient hall, leaving everyone shaken by his power.

• A transparent crystal coffin emerged from the ancient hall, revealing the Demon Race Great Emperor’s Heart, and humans and demons rushed to claim it.
• The Dark-Gold Ape struck down the human experts and threatened Ji Feng and Bai Lian, but Jiang Han saved them and used lightning to stop the ape from taking the coffin.
• Jiang Han’s lightning hand seized the coffin, and he declared that he wanted the Great Emperor’s Heart along with the two other treasures.
• The Dark-Gold Ape attacked Jiang Han with Extreme Yin Lightning and Netherfire, but Jiang Han pinched apart the attack and knocked the ape away with a lightning strike.
• Jiang Han spared the injured Dark-Gold Ape, said the factions could divide the remaining treasures, and summoned a massive pillar of black lightning above the ancient hall.

After leaving the Demon Emperor Mausoleum, Jiang Han rejected a mysterious faction’s offer to trade for the Central Province treasure and began teaching Ye Fan the Dao Scripture Wheel Sea Volume. When Ye Fan went to fight bandits as training, Pang Bo asked Jiang Han to take him as a disciple.

• The Demon Emperor Mausoleum’s hall collapsed, and humans and demons scrambled for its scattered treasures while Jiang Han, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo departed.
• Xiao Zhe learned that the man who defeated him was called Ancestor Hongjun, and the major factions began investigating Jiang Han as the conflict over the mausoleum’s treasures continued.
• At an inn, a masked envoy offered Jiang Han treasures and resources for the Central Province treasure, but Jiang Han refused and demanded that the envoy’s master meet him in person.
• The next morning, Jiang Han taught Ye Fan to cultivate the Dao Scripture Wheel Sea Volume and told Pang Bo he could train and seek his own opportunity.
• Jiang Han sent Ye Fan to confront bandits attacking a merchant caravan, while Pang Bo asked Jiang Han to take him as a disciple.

Jiang Han gave Pang Bo the Great Emperor's Heart and entrusted Ye Fan with the Green Bronze Shard before Duan De tried to steal Ye Fan's Cyan Dagger. Jiang Han trapped Duan De with lightning and forced him to promise to protect Ye Fan, then departed as Ye Fan continued toward his own opportunities.

• Jiang Han gave Pang Bo the Great Emperor's Heart and told him to cultivate among the demon race.
• Jiang Han placed the Green Bronze Shard, a fragment of the Becoming Immortal Cauldron, in Ye Fan's Sea of Bitterness.
• Duan De arrived and stole Ye Fan's Cyan Dagger, but Jiang Han trapped him in a lightning prison and struck him with Thunder Dragons.
• Jiang Han revealed that he knew Duan De and made him promise to protect Ye Fan in exchange for his release.
• Jiang Han warned Ye Fan to stay vigilant, then left as Ye Fan continued onward with Duan De.

After Jiang Han reclaimed Duan De’s treasures and gave the Sumeru Ring to Ye Fan, he took his disciple to Clear Wind City to learn about source and stone gambling. They examined a mysterious source stone at a stall, while news of Fairy Yanran’s arrival at the Shining Light Gambling House drew a crowd nearby.

• Jiang Han stopped Duan De from leaving, seized his artifacts, and gave the Sumeru Ring to Ye Fan.
• Jiang Han warned Ye Fan that he and Duan De were bound by fate, then explained source and the craft of source-seeking.
• Jiang Han and Ye Fan traveled to Clear Wind City, where rumors spread about Jiang Han’s battle at the ruins and the Shining Light Gambling House attracted crowds for Fairy Yanran’s visit.
• Jiang Han and Ye Fan stopped at a stall to inspect a source stone that Jiang Han sensed might conceal something.
• A cultivator asked the stall owner to sell the stone for fifty jin of source, but a shout announcing Fairy Yanran’s arrival interrupted the discussion.

Jiang Han brought Ye Fan to the Shining Light Gambling House, where Ye Fan won High-Grade Source and met Fairy Yanran before a black-clad attacker tried to seize the gambling house’s source. Later, Jiang Han and Ye Fan visited Xia Ting Gambling Stone House, where Ye Fan met a playful girl in purple.

• Jiang Han and Ye Fan watched Fairy Yanran arrive at the Shining Light Gambling House and cut open a piece of mid-grade source.
• Following Jiang Han’s guidance, Ye Fan selected a cracked source stone and uncovered High-Grade Source, drawing Fairy Yanran’s interest.
• A powerful man in black attacked the gambling house and blasted its guards back while demanding all the High-Grade Source.
• Jiang Han told Ye Fan that he had Observation Haki rather than Source Art, then brought him to Xia Ting Gambling Stone House.
• Ye Fan praised a girl in purple with a poetic compliment, and she smiled and allowed him to keep looking at her.

Jiang Han, Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue explored Xia Ting Gambling Stone House, where Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue cut out Mid-Grade Source before Jiang Han’s chosen stone unleashed a sealed beast. The fight began as Ji Ziyue later selected another stone and its first cut revealed a faint light.

• Jiang Han recognized Ji Ziyue as a member of the Ji Clan and teased her and Ye Fan about their destined relationship.
• Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue selected a Source stone in the First Courtyard and cut out Mid-Grade Source.
• Jiang Han chose a towering stone in the Second Courtyard, but a sealed, black-scaled beast burst out of it.
• Jiang Han shielded Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue, then dodged the beast’s attacks and struck it with lightning.
• Ji Ziyue selected a two-meter spherical Source stone, paid the Source Master, and watched a faint light emerge as he cut it.

At the Gambling Stone House, Ji Ziyue’s early success gave way to a string of losses, while Ye Fan followed Jiang Han’s advice and found source in a supposedly worthless Ghost Cracked Stone. The chapter ended with Ji Ziyue losing another bet and Ye Fan offering to choose a stone with her.

• Ji Ziyue cut a pound and three taels of source from a stone in the outer courtyard and proudly led Jiang Han and Ye Fan deeper into the Gambling Stone House.
• Ji Ziyue chose several stones in the inner courtyard, but each one proved empty despite her confidence.
• Jiang Han pointed out a Ghost Cracked Stone, and Ye Fan chose it despite Ji Ziyue and the crowd warning that it was worthless.
• The Ghost Cracked Stone yielded source when the source master cut it, astonishing the crowd and earning Ye Fan’s gratitude toward Jiang Han.
• Ji Ziyue selected another stone but found no source, and Ye Fan offered to choose one together with her.

Jiang Han revealed that the Ghost Cracked Stone held rare Crimson Source, then helped Ji Ziyue discover that Xia Ting Gambling Stone House had secretly removed source from stones and resealed them. After the scandal erupted, Jiang Han, Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue left and heard young nobles discussing remarkable finds in Holy City.

• Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue selected a source stone together, and it yielded source, restoring Ji Ziyue’s confidence.
• Jiang Han had the source-cutting master open the Ghost Cracked Stone, revealing a small but valuable piece of Crimson Source.
• Ji Ziyue challenged Jiang Han’s success as luck, and Ye Fan teased her about her promise to swallow the stone skins.
• Jiang Han told Ji Ziyue to examine the stones she had cut, and she found that Xia Ting Gambling Stone House had removed their source and resealed them.
• The crowd turned against the Gambling Stone House as Ji Ziyue asked Jiang Han how he had known; he left without answering.
• Outside Shining Light Gambling Stone House, Jiang Han heard young nobles describe valuable discoveries made in Holy City.

Jiang Han, Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue entered Shining Light Gambling Stone House, where Fairy Yanran presented thirty-six source stones from the Primordial Ancient Mine. Xia Yanran revealed that one might contain high-grade variant source while the other thirty-five could be worthless, leaving the crowd weighing the risk.

• Ji Ziyue told Ye Fan an ancient tale about a beauty unearthed from Divine Source, and the three entered Shining Light Gambling Stone House.
• The group encountered Fairy Yanran, who welcomed the gathered young talents and announced that she had brought thirty-six source stones from the Primordial Ancient Mine.
• Jiang Han activated Observation Haki to sense valuable source stones while the crowd followed Xia Yanran to the plaza and inspected the thirty-six stones.
• Xia Yanran explained that forty stones had been excavated and four had proved empty, then said one of the remaining thirty-six likely held high-grade variant source and the rest might be worthless.
• The crowd debated the one-in-thirty-six odds, while Jiang Han, Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue considered their next move.

At the Gambling Stone House, Xia Yanran offered thirty-six source stones at the steep price of thirty jin of source each, and Jiang Han bought two after trading Ji Ziyue a Glass Bead for Black Source. Ji Ziyue chose a stone and wagered all her source against Jiang Han’s treasures, but the chapter ended before any stones were cut.

• Xia Yanran announced that each of the thirty-six source stones cost the equivalent of thirty jin of source, prompting wealthy visitors to consider buying them.
• Jiang Han traded Duan De’s Glass Bead to Ji Ziyue for six pieces of Black Source, then told Ye Fan to bring him two source stones.
• Jiang Han delayed cutting his stones so the other visitors would still buy from Xia Yanran, and Ji Ziyue joined them in choosing a stone.
• Ji Ziyue selected a source stone, and Jiang Han challenged her to bet their source on whose stones would yield variant source.
• Ji Ziyue wagered all the source she carried against the contents of Ye Fan’s Sumeru Ring, and the source-cutting masters began work as the chapter ended.

At the Shining Light Gambling Stone House, Ji Ziyue’s chosen source stone briefly gave off a false glow before its sliver of mutant source vanished. Jiang Han’s randomly selected stone then revealed fifty grains of Azure Crystal, turning thirty jin of source into a haul worth fifteen hundred jin.

• A middle-aged gambler and five other cultivators opened their stones, but none contained source, raising the hopes of those who had not yet tried.
• Ji Ziyue chose a stone and wagered with Jiang Han that she would win the contents of his Sumeru Ring.
• Ji Ziyue’s stone released a brilliant green light, but the thin sliver of mutant source inside evaporated into a rain of light.
• Jiang Han had the source master open his stone, and genuine source energy emerged as dozens of grains were uncovered.
• Ji Ziyue and Xia Yanran identified the stones as Azure Crystal, and the source master revealed that Jiang Han’s stone held fifty grains worth fifteen hundred jin of pure source.

Jiang Han’s second source stone produced Stone Immortal Ascension and revealed an Ice Snow Source, prompting Sun Ce to demand that he sell the rest of the stone to the Shining Light Gambling Stone House. Ji Ziyue challenged Sun Ce’s attempt to take the treasure, and he turned his threatening aura on her.

• Ye Fan collected Ji Ziyue’s Black Source after she honored her wager, and Jiang Han asked the source master to cut his second stone.
• The stone split and released a streak of light that vanished; Ji Ziyue explained that Stone Immortal Ascension signaled an extraordinary treasure inside.
• The source master uncovered an Ice Snow Source, then cut deeper and revealed a sacred glow and fragrance.
• Sun Ce offered Jiang Han three thousand jin of source for the remaining stone and claimed the treasure was beyond Jiang Han’s control, but Jiang Han refused to sell.
• Xia Yanran backed away from the dispute, while Ji Ziyue condemned the Shining Light Holy Land for trying to reclaim a stone it had sold.
• Sun Ce rebuked Ji Ziyue and unleashed his aura toward her.

Jiang Han punished the Gambling Stone House’s leaders, destroyed the establishment with a Thunder Dragon, and revealed himself as Ancestor Hongjun. He then began opening the half-cut source stone, whose contents blazed with brilliant light as the chapter ended.

• The bald house master tried to claim the half-cut source stone, but Jiang Han immobilized him and purple lightning struck him and his two middle-aged guards.
• Jiang Han summoned a Thunder Dragon that razed the Shining Light Gambling Stone House and split open the remaining source stones, sending their contents to Ye Fan.
• Jiang Han told Ye Fan to store the sources in his Sumeru Ring, explaining that they could support his cultivation up to the Dao Palace Realm.
• The crowd recognized Jiang Han as Ancestor Hongjun, the mysterious man who had taken three supreme treasures from the Demon Emperor Tomb, and Ji Ziyue and Xia Yanran reacted with awe and fear.
• At Ye Fan’s request, Jiang Han used lightning to cut open the half-cut source stone, which released a dazzling mass of radiance.

Jiang Han left the ruined Shining Light Gambling Stone House with Ye Fan and a divine medicine, then brought Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue to the Jiang Family Restaurant in search of Jiang Taixu’s descendants. There they met Tingting, whose grandfather was gravely ill, and Jiang Han went to examine him.

• The Thunder Dragon struck down the fleeing divine medicine, and Jiang Han sent the incomplete plant into Ye Fan’s Sea of Bitterness with instructions to nourish it with lightning.
• Jiang Han left the Shining Light Gambling Stone House in ruins as onlookers gathered and discussed his actions.
• Ji Ziyue continued following Jiang Han and Ye Fan, hoping to see the Great Emperor’s Heart and the Central Province treasure.
• Jiang Han found the shabby Jiang Family Restaurant, where a frightened girl named Tingting collided with him and asked to cook for his group.
• Tingting explained that her parents were dead and her grandfather was bedridden without money for medicine, so Jiang Han promised to help and carried her to see him.

Jiang Han healed Jiang Zheng and discovered that he was a descendant of Divine King Jiang Taixu, then brought him and Tingting toward the Jiang Family. After learning the Li Family had seized Tingting’s restaurant and taken Jiang Zheng to Yanhsia Grotto-Heaven, Jiang Han rushed there and retrieved him, finding him badly beaten.

• Jiang Han treated Jiang Zheng’s illness while Ye Fan and Tingting cared for him, and Jiang Zheng revealed his descent from Divine King Jiang Taixu.
• Jiang Han arranged for Jiang Zheng and Tingting to return to the Jiang Family, but the story shifted to Tingting waiting for her grandfather after the Li Family took him away.
• Aunt Liu explained that Li Hai’s family had seized Tingting’s restaurant and taken Jiang Zheng to Yanhsia Grotto-Heaven to work on Li Hai’s mountain peak.
• Jiang Han, Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, and Xiao Tingting used lightning to travel to Yanhsia Grotto-Heaven, where Jiang Han confronted Li Hai.
• Jiang Han pulled Jiang Zheng from the mountain with lightning, and Xiao Tingting recognized her grandfather, who was bloodied and bruised.

Jiang Han rescued Xiao Tingting and her grandfather from Li Hai and the Li Family, then warned Yanhsia Grotto-Heaven to keep its people from bullying ordinary people. After the group continued their journey, Ye Fan broke through to the Life Spring realm and asked Jiang Han what artifact he should refine.

• Jiang Han killed Li Hai and the Li Family members with a Thunder Giant Palm after seeing how they had mistreated Xiao Tingting and her grandfather.
• Jiang Han escorted Xiao Tingting and her grandfather back to Clear Wind City, where he promised to protect them and they thanked him for saving them.
• The Yanhsia Grotto-Heaven Sect Leader arrived, and Jiang Han warned him that the entire Grotto-Heaven could be destroyed if its people harmed ordinary people again.
• Jiang Han told the old man that he and Xiao Tingting were descendants of an old acquaintance, but he revealed nothing more.
• Ye Fan absorbed Black Source and broke through from the Bitter Sea to the Life Spring realm.
• Ye Fan asked Jiang Han what kind of artifact he should refine.

Jiang Han advised Ye Fan to refine one vessel across all four realms, then dealt with Li Yi, who sought to make amends for the Li Family’s past crimes against the Jiang Family. As the Jiang descendants began rebuilding their lives, Jiang Han left Clear Wind City with Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue to seek a treasure; the chapter then introduced another powerful group searching for the Jiang Family.

• Jiang Han advised Ye Fan to refine a single cauldron as a vessel spanning all four realms, and Ye Fan accepted his guidance.
• Li Yi arrived in Clear Wind City seeking a treasure and offered to help the Jiang Family descendants make up for the Li Family’s past harm.
• Jiang Han warned Li Yi to act sincerely and allowed him a chance to help the Jiang Family.
• Li Yi and his group helped the Jiang descendants restore their home and businesses, while Xiao Tingting began receiving a better education.
• Jiang Han found clues about the treasure and departed with Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue to search for it.
• A second procession of mounted strangers asked residents where the Jiang Family lived, while a middle-aged woman hurried to warn Grandpa Jiang.

The Jiang Family riders found Grandpa Jiang and confirmed that he descended from Jiang Zhe. After considering the offer for several days, Grandpa Jiang decided to take Xiao Tingting back to the Jiang Family and leave Clear Wind City.

• Liu Hong told Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Han that armed outsiders had arrived, and Jiang Han calmly anticipated their visit.
• More than ten riders on flying Savage Beasts reached the restaurant and asked for a member of the Jiang Family.
• The man in white, Yifei Ge, learned that Grandpa Jiang's father was Jiang Zhe and invited Grandpa Jiang and Xiao Tingting to return to the ancestral clan.
• Grandpa Jiang hesitated to leave his home, while Xiao Tingting promised to stay by his side; Jiang Han and Ji Ziyue discussed the choice.
• After several days of thought, Grandpa Jiang accepted Yifei Ge's offer, and he and Xiao Tingting prepared to leave Clear Wind City for the Jiang Family.

Jiang Yifei arrived in Clear Wind City to bring Grandpa Jiang and Xiao Tingting back to the Jiang Family after discovering their descent from Jiang Zhe. Jiang Han warned him not to let them be bullied, revealed his Daoist Title as Ancestor Hongjun, and left Jiang Yifei terrified.

• Jiang Yifei and his riders found Grandpa Jiang and confirmed that his father was Jiang Zhe, an ancestor of the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Yifei invited Grandpa Jiang and Xiao Tingting to return with him, while Ji Ziyue recognized Jiang Yifei and explained that they were from the same family.
• Jiang Han questioned whether the Jiang Family would protect Grandpa Jiang and Xiao Tingting, then sent a dismissive young rider flying with an invisible force.
• Jiang Han warned Jiang Yifei that he would erase the Jiang Family if Grandpa Jiang and Xiao Tingting were mistreated.
• Jiang Han revealed that his Daoist Title was Ancestor Hongjun, and Jiang Yifei and the girl felt his overwhelming pressure and fell silent.

Jiang Han took Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue to a hidden cave in Spirit Cloud Mountain, where a strange stone gate attacked them and a mysterious figure waited beyond it. Meanwhile, the Eastern Wasteland’s major powers learned of Ancestor Hongjun and the Bronze Immortal Palace, and the Shining Light and Jade Pool Holy Masters prepared to act.

• Jiang Han sent Grandpa Jiang and Xiao Tingting back to the Jiang Family with Jiang Yifei, while Jiang Yifei resolved to investigate Ancestor Hongjun.
• Jiang Han brought Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue to Spirit Cloud Mountain, opened a concealed cave entrance, and defended them when the runes on a stone gate released a powerful force.
• A mysterious figure watched from beyond the stone gate as Jiang Han prepared to enter the hidden place.
• The Shining Light Saint Master learned that Ancestor Hongjun had destroyed the Shining Light Gambling Stone House and vowed to confront him after claiming an opportunity at the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• Bai Lian told the Jade Pool Saint Master about the Demon Emperor Tomb and Ancestor Hongjun, and the Saint Master decided to visit the Bronze Immortal Palace.