Chapter Summaries

Hun Tu and the Soul Clan attacked Jia Nan Academy, killing many students and destroying Jiang Han’s statue before Jiang Han arrived and crushed most of the attackers. Hun Tu summoned the other three Demon Saints, but Jiang Han’s overwhelming aura locked onto him and prevented his escape.

• Hun Tu killed Elder Qian Mu, and the academy elders activated Jiang Han’s Six Fire Grand Array against the Soul Clan.
• Hun Tu broke the array, destroyed Jiang Han’s statue, and killed more than half of the new students in the plaza.
• Hu Qian, Su Qian, and the other elders charged Hun Tu, but Jiang Han appeared and crushed nearly all the Soul Clan attackers with a giant hand.
• Hun Tu summoned Hun Yan, Hun Jing, and Hun Sha, the other three Seven-Star Dou Saints of the Soul Clan.
• Jiang Han’s aura suppressed Hun Tu’s Space Displacement as Hun Tu tried to escape.

Jiang Han trapped the Soul Clan’s forces at Jia Nan Academy and killed Hun Tu, Hun Yan, Hun Jing, and Hun Sha with overwhelming attacks. After destroying Hun Yuantian’s Gate of Dead Silence, he faced three revived Soul Clan elders as they joined Hun Yuantian to form a Realm of Death around him and the academy’s defenders.

• Jiang Han killed Hun Tu with a Six-Colored Flame Dragon and sealed the barrier so the remaining Soul Clan Demon Saints could not escape.
• Jiang Han released the other faction experts from the barrier, then forced Hun Sha to summon Hun Tiandi; Hun Yuantian emerged instead.
• Jiang Han used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to destroy Hun Yan, Hun Jing, and Hun Sha and grievously wound Hun Yuantian.
• Hun Yuantian summoned the Gate of Dead Silence to absorb Jiang Han’s crimson energy spear, but the gate shattered in the clash.
• Hun Yuantian awakened Hun Shengtian, Hun Yao, and Hun Peng from black coffins, and the three elders joined him in forming a Realm of Death around Jiang Han and the others.

Jiang Han destroyed the Soul Clan’s deadly formation, killed Hun Yuantian and three elders, and advanced his soul power into the Emperor Realm. He partially opened the All Heavens Gate and glimpsed his soul in the Shrouding the Heavens Plane as Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin arrived at Mount Tai, leaving him determined to reach Dou Emperor and enter that world.

• Jiang Han shattered the three Gates of Dead Silence and killed Hun Yuantian and the three coffin-born elders, absorbing their souls and breaking through to the Emperor Realm.
• Jiang Han sent the Gu Clan, Thunder Clan, Flame Clan, and Yao Clan experts away with a message for their leaders about joining him to destroy the Soul Clan and open the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Jiang Han told Hu Qian and Su Qian that he was likely the strongest person on the continent, then left them to oversee the battlefield cleanup.
• Jiang Han pushed the All Heavens Gate open by ten centimeters and saw eleven seats in a mysterious palace, including three marked “Soul” and seven marked “Spirit.”
• Jiang Han watched a Soul-marked door reveal Mount Tai, where one of his souls was among the tourists when nine dragon corpses pulling a Bronze Ancient Coffin descended onto the summit.
• Jiang Han recognized the Shrouding the Heavens Plane and resolved to reach Dou Emperor, enter that world, fuse with his soul, and meet the Empress Great Emperor.

Jiang Han persuaded Gu Yuan and the other ancient clans to join him in destroying the Soul Clan, then led their allied forces to attack the Soul Clan’s territory. He shattered the clan’s protective barrier, and Void Swallowing Flame launched a counterattack as the battle began.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Xun'er that Jiang Han had killed the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints and four powerful elders, then met Jiang Han when he arrived in the Ancient Realm.
• Jiang Han proposed opening the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and joining forces to destroy the Soul Clan; after Jiang Han overpowered him, Gu Yuan agreed to the campaign.
• Jiang Han copied Xiao Xun'er's Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame and gathered Gu Yuan and other ancient clan leaders, explaining that Source Qi had run out and revealing an aura that made Gu Yuan suspect he had entered the Emperor Realm.
• Jiang Han led the allied clans to the Soul Clan, where Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame confronted them behind the clan’s protective formation.
• Jiang Han shattered the Soul Clan’s barrier, and Void Swallowing Flame attacked him and the allied army with a rain of devouring black flames.

Jiang Han killed Void Swallowing Flame, Hun Tiandi, and the Soul Clan's strongest forces, then sent the allied clans to finish off the survivors. He told the clan patriarchs to bring the seven pieces of Ancient God Jade to Jia Nan Academy in three days to open the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• Jiang Han copied Void Swallowing Flame's flame, then destroyed and absorbed him with the Ten-Colored Fire Dragon.
• Hun Tiandi absorbed energy and powerful souls to transform into a Blood-Colored Giant, but Jiang Han's Dharma Idol broke through his attack and killed him.
• Jiang Han's third blade strike slaughtered the Soul Clan experts above Dou Zun-level and split the Soul Clan's territory with a vast abyss.
• Jiang Han told Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and the other patriarchs to clear out the remaining Soul Clan members, then asked Mang Qianchi to spend more time at Jia Nan Academy.
• Jiang Han set a meeting for three days later at Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy, where the patriarchs would bring the Ancient God Jade to open the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

Jiang Han opened the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, gathered its Strange Fires, and consumed the Emperor Grade Young Pill to reach the threshold of the Emperor Realm. After half an hour of meditation, he opened his eyes with a transformed aura, and Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun asked whether he had broken through.

• Jiang Han reunited the eight pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade, opening the way to the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and freeing Zhu Kun from the magma.
• Jiang Han led Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the other experts into the cave, where he found the Strange Fires and let the gathered experts claim them after copying the twelve he lacked.
• Jiang Han used the Pill Transformation Divine Art to turn the Emperor Grade Young Pill into a pill and swallowed it.
• Jiang Han told the others they could seek the inheritance in the Tou She Ancient God statue, then sat down to cultivate.
• Half an hour later, Jiang Han opened his eyes, and Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun asked whether he had broken through to the Emperor Realm.

After reaching Dou Emperor, Jiang Han opened a passage to the Shrouding the Heavens Plane and fused with his soul fragment among Ye Fan and Pang Bo’s classmates. His powers were sealed during the System’s realm conversion, leaving him to rely on the Iron Triangle as they explored Mars.

• Jiang Han reached Dou Emperor, received several System upgrades, and caused a passage containing Source Qi to appear above the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Jiang Han entered the chaotic world, opened the great door, and traveled through a passage into the Shrouding the Heavens Plane.
• Jiang Han fused with his soul fragment and learned that his Dou Emperor realm was equivalent to Immortal Four Saint, though his powers were sealed during realm conversion.
• Jiang Han reunited with Ye Fan and Pang Bo, who protected him as the classmates emerged from the Bronze Ancient Coffin onto a desolate world.
• Jiang Han identified the carved words as Ying Huo, and the group realized they were on Mars.
• After Zhou Yi spotted tiles and Ye Fan noticed ruined buildings, Jiang Han pointed the group toward a faint glow in the distance.

Jiang Han and the others escaped a deadly attack on Mars by returning to the Five-Colored Altar, where classmates began fighting over the Buddhist implements that protected them. Jiang Han killed several students who had turned against Ye Fan and his friends, then turned his attention to Li Xiaoman.

• The group found Buddhist implements in the Great Thunderclap Temple, and Ye Fan took a Bodhi Seed before a dust storm forced everyone to flee.
• Unknown attackers killed students without implements, while Pang Bo’s bronze plaque and other Buddhist objects protected their holders; Jiang Han’s body killed one attacker that tried to ambush him.
• At the Five-Colored Altar, a student tried to steal Ye Fan’s lamp and push him off, so Pang Bo beat him and took Li Changqing’s wooden fish drum for Jiang Han.
• Liu Yunzhi, Li Xiaoman, Zhou Yi, and others argued with Ye Fan and Pang Bo over the consequences of taking the implements from Li Changqing.
• Jiang Han used Pang Bo’s bronze plaque to kill the attacker, Li Changqing, the female student who defended them, Liu Yunzhi, and Zhou Yi.
• Jiang Han turned his gaze toward Li Xiaoman.

Jiang Han killed Li Xiaoman and other classmates threatening Ye Fan, then used his soul power to hold off the Crocodile Ancestor as the survivors escaped aboard the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin. They landed in the Barren Ancient Forbidden Land, found their way out, and encountered a vicious beast that a passing sword beam cut down.

• Jiang Han killed Li Xiaoman with Pang Bo's bronze plaque and told Ye Fan not to spare people who meant to kill him.
• Small crocodiles attacked the Five-Colored Altar, and Jiang Han used his soul power to intimidate the approaching Crocodile Ancestor.
• The survivors activated the altar with blood and escaped aboard the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, which later landed in a forest where a giant bird flew overhead.
• Jiang Han led Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others through the Barren Ancient Forbidden Land, where they ate red fruits before making it out.
• A nearly five-meter-tall vicious beast pounced on the group, but an unseen attacker split it in half with a sword beam.

Jiang Han’s cultivation conversion completed, raising him to Immortal Platform Fourth Level Ninth Heaven and revealing his strength to Pang Bo. After learning Ye Fan had gone alone into the Primitive Ruins, Jiang Han took Pang Bo there and found Ye Fan being chased by a horned giant snake.

• Jiang Han and Pang Bo were ambushed by Han Feiyu’s group, and Jiang Han secretly killed the attackers and the two Han elders before Pang Bo and Ye Fan looted their bodies.
• Jiang Han’s system conversion reached 100%, and he advanced through the cultivation realms to Immortal Platform Fourth Level Ninth Heaven.
• Pang Bo told Jiang Han that Ye Fan had left a letter and gone alone to seek cultivation resources, so Jiang Han agreed to find him.
• Jiang Han used his Divine Sense to locate Ye Fan and took Pang Bo with him to the Primitive Ruins, where he killed the Lightning Bird and Scale Ape with a single stomp.
• Pang Bo realized Jiang Han was a hidden powerhouse, and Jiang Han pointed out Ye Fan being chased through the stone forest by a horned giant snake.

Jiang Han rescued Ye Fan from the Jade Horn Snake, revealed that he was an Ancient Emperor Immortal reincarnated, and gave Pang Bo a Demon King cultivation method. The Demon Emperor’s tomb emerged in the ruins, drawing rival factions to the volcano as Jiang Han watched from a nearby mountain.

• Jiang Han killed the Jade Horn Snake, healed Ye Fan, and reunited with Ye Fan and Pang Bo.
• Jiang Han revealed his reincarnation and awakened memories, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo believed him.
• A Demon Emperor’s heart began beating in the ruins, and Jiang Han destroyed two approaching soul bodies and passed Pang Bo a cultivation method.
• The Demon Emperor’s palace rose from a volcano, and the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven and Demon Race factions confronted each other over its treasures.
• Several more factions arrived at the volcano, and Jiang Han observed their forces from a nearby mountain.

Jiang Han entered the Demon Emperor’s Tomb with Pang Bo and Ye Fan, seized the Demon Emperor’s Heart, and destroyed the Shining Light Holy Land forces that attacked him. He shattered the ancient hall to claim its treasures, then watched a demon race Imperial Weapon fly into a beautiful woman’s Treasure Gathering Basin.

• Jiang Han brought Pang Bo and Ye Fan into the ancient hall after confirming its restriction could not seriously harm Four Extremes experts.
• When the crystal coffin broke, Jiang Han appeared beside the Demon Emperor’s Heart and took it as the factions tried to seize it.
• Jiang Han killed the attacking Shining Light Holy Land experts with an invisible force, leaving the other factions too frightened to challenge him.
• Jiang Han destroyed the ancient hall with a fiery palm and gave Ye Fan a page of the Dao Scripture and a piece of green bronze.
• Jiang Han noticed a demon race Imperial Weapon flying toward a beautiful woman, and it landed in her Treasure Gathering Basin.

Jiang Han reclaimed the Demon Emperor Saint Weapon from Yan Ruyu and drove her away, then faced the treasure-thieving Duan De. After Duan De stole Ye Fan’s Green Copper, Jiang Han trapped him and took nearly all the treasures he carried, leaving him in his underpants.

• Yan Ruyu used the Treasure Gathering Basin to claim the Demon Emperor Saint Weapon, but Jiang Han thwarted her escape and took the basin back.
• Yan Ruyu attacked Jiang Han with her Wheel and Sea phenomenon, but he destroyed it and blasted her beyond the horizon.
• Jiang Han left with Ye Fan and Pang Bo, and Ye Fan asked about the Green Copper he had received.
• Duan De tried to steal the Demon Emperor Saint Weapon, then snatched the Green Copper from Ye Fan.
• Jiang Han trapped Duan De in a prison of flames, recovered the Green Copper, and seized his other treasures for Ye Fan and Pang Bo.
• Duan De left the ruins devastated, while Jiang Han called after him to collect more treasures for their next meeting.

Jiang Han returned to the Barren Ancient Forbidden Land, freed the Tianshuan Holy Maiden from her existence as a Desolate Slave, and advanced to the Saint King realm after observing the Old Madman. A warning forced him to escape through the Space-Time Escape Tablet to Ye Fan, where he arrived two years later and killed Ji Xia as she attacked Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue.

• Jiang Han gave Ye Fan an Immortal Cauldron Fragment, entrusted Pang Bo with the Emperor's Heart, and gave both of them Space-Time Stones before leaving to meet an old acquaintance.
• Jiang Han entered the Barren Ancient Forbidden Land and killed the Tianshuan Holy Maiden, granting her a moment of clarity and liberation.
• Jiang Han followed the Old Madman until his observation reached completion, advancing from the Ninth Heaven of the Saint realm to the Saint King realm and receiving a Soul Gathering Stone.
• The Space-Time Escape Tablet warned Jiang Han of danger, so he hid inside it and used Ye Fan's Space-Time Stone to travel to him.
• Jiang Han arrived two years later as Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue fled Ji Xia, who attacked them after discovering Ji Ziyue had been sealed.
• Jiang Han appeared beside Ye Fan and instantly blasted Ji Xia apart.

Jiang Han helped Ye Fan obtain the latter half of the Void Scripture and draw the Southern Region’s major forces to the Bronze Immortal Palace. When Ji Hui identified Jiang Han as the culprit behind the Demon Emperor Tomb killings, Jiang Han erased her before the assembled factions.

• Ye Fan recounted his two years of fleeing to Jiang Han, who reassured him that Pang Bo was safe and tested Ye Fan’s resolve to protect Ji Ziyue.
• Ye Fan made Ji Ziyue write down the latter half of the Void Scripture, then Jiang Han unleashed the Profound Yellow Energy to draw nearby cultivators toward the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• The Shining Light Holy Land, the Ji Family, and other Southern Region forces arrived and recognized the palace as Jiang Han brought Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue into view above it.
• Ji Biyue called for Ji Ziyue to return to the Ji Family, while Ye Fan identified the Ji Family and Shining Light Holy Land as the forces that had hunted him.
• Ji Hui pointed out Jiang Han as the true culprit behind the Demon Emperor Tomb massacre, and Jiang Han obliterated her with an invisible force.

Jiang Han annihilated the Ji Family, the Shining Light Holy Land, and the other factions that had hunted Ye Fan, leaving the assembled experts terrified of his power. He then took Duan De’s treasures and set off with Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue to find Pang Bo.

• Jiang Han killed the Ji Family’s three Supreme Elders and wiped out the rest of its camp after they attacked him.
• Jiang Han killed the Shining Light Holy Land’s three Supreme Elders and its arriving Saint Master, then destroyed the escapees and their Domain Gate.
• At Ye Fan’s direction, Jiang Han exterminated the other factions that had hunted him.
• Jiang Han pulled Duan De from hiding, took the treasures in his Space Ring, and stripped him down to his underwear again.
• Jiang Han proposed finding Pang Bo, and Ji Ziyue chose to accompany him rather than remain among the hostile factions.

Jiang Han collected the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, reunited with Pang Bo, and took Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, and Pang Bo to Purple Mountain to seek opportunities. After they entered an underground passage and fought through Primordial Creatures, the Beginningless Bell struck, leaving Jiang Han struggling to withstand its golden light with his trump cards deployed.

• Jiang Han took the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron from Shining Light Holy Land and traveled north with Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue.
• Jiang Han found Pang Bo in the Azure Flood Dragon King's domain and left with him after the Azure Flood Dragon King and Peacock King allowed Pang Bo to go.
• Jiang Han brought Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, and Pang Bo to Purple Mountain and entered through an abandoned underground mine.
• Jiang Han killed the Primordial Creatures they encountered as the group advanced through the underground depths.
• The Beginningless Bell rang and unleashed a golden beam that devastated the underground area, leaving Jiang Han to resist it with the Demon Emperor Saint Weapon, the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, and his other powers.

Jiang Han used the Space-Time Escape Tablet to counter the Beginningless Bell and entered Purple Mountain, where he found and rescued the long-imprisoned Divine King Jiang Taixu. Outside the mountain, experts from Holy City gathered and witnessed the Beginningless Bell and the mysterious stone stele face each other as the bell unleashed another attack.

• The Space-Time Escape Tablet emerged on its own and twice purified the golden light from the Beginningless Bell, allowing Jiang Han, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo to enter Purple Mountain safely.
• After hearing the bell tolls and seeing golden radiance erupt above Purple Mountain, Holy City’s experts recognized the signs of Great Emperor Wu Shi and rushed toward the mountain seeking his inheritance.
• Jiang Han’s group found inscriptions identifying Jiang Taixu as the vanished Jiang Family Divine King, then heard his weak voice from within a stone wall.
• Jiang Taixu taught Ji Ziyue, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo the Nine Words Secret, while Jiang Han shattered the wall and used energy from the Bodhi Ancient Tree to restore some of his strength.
• Jiang Han left Purple Mountain with Jiang Taixu and the others, while the experts outside saw the Beginningless Bell and the mysterious stone stele confront each other before the bell’s phantom unleashed another attack.

After Jiang Han rescued Divine King Jiang Taixu and left Purple Mountain, he opened a source stone and released a powerful black dog that claimed to be the Black Emperor Great Emperor. Jiang Han and the others beat the dog into submission, and Jiang Han revealed that he knew its old master, Beginningless, leaving the Big Black Dog stunned and in tears.

• Jiang Taixu watched the black stone stele's phantom enter Jiang Han after it swallowed the Beginningless Bell's golden light.
• Pang Bo urged Jiang Han to open the source stone he had brought from Purple Mountain, and a large black dog burst out and knocked Pang Bo down.
• Jiang Han restrained the Big Black Dog's power, but it spoke, attacked Ye Fan, and claimed to be the Black Emperor Great Emperor.
• Jiang Han struck the Big Black Dog with lightning and flames, after which Pang Bo and Ye Fan kicked and mocked it.
• Jiang Han called the dog Little Black and said Beginningless had told him it was once gentle and obedient, making the Big Black Dog tremble and weep.

Jiang Han freed the Big Black Dog, brought it and Jiang Taixu to the Ancient Jiang Family, then found a sealed Fighting Saint Ape in Source City and took him to Mount Sumeru. After gazing at the old ape for half a month, Jiang Han left as an immense aura erupted above the mountain.

• Jiang Han told the Big Black Dog that it would see Beginningless again, and the dog pledged to follow him.
• Jiang Han brought Jiang Taixu, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the Big Black Dog to the Ancient Jiang Family, where Jiang Taixu's return won them a warm welcome.
• At the Shining Light Gambling Stone House, Jiang Han opened a source containing a purple-haired woman and another containing the Saint Emperor's Son, a Fighting Saint Ape.
• Jiang Han brought the Saint Emperor's Son and the source-sealed woman to Mount Sumeru, where the old ape restored the Big Black Dog's fur and promised his nephew the Immortal Treasure Black Iron when he reached the Saint realm.
• Jiang Han meditated opposite the old ape for half a month, then left as an immense aura erupted above Mount Sumeru.