Recaps

After receiving the Moon Goddess’s help, Jiang Changkong cultivated into a late-stage Immortal Lord while his companions reconsidered their route to avoid the Heavenly Court. Liu Xuanfeng gave Jiang Changkong a contact token and offered information about a Heavenly Court ore vein, which Jiang Changkong agreed to investigate if the lead was genuine.

• Jiang Changkong spent the rewards from the Immortal Lords to advance his Five-Revolution Mystical Art and Golden Crow Immortal Scripture, reaching late-stage Immortal Lord.
• Jiang Changkong warned Jiang Ziyu and the other man that the Heavenly Court could anticipate their return to Great Wilderness, so they chose to travel to the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect with Liu Xuanfeng.
• Liu Xuanfeng gave Jiang Changkong an emerald-green jade token for contacting the group outside ancient dojos, and they parted ways.
• Liu Xuanfeng offered to trade information about a Heavenly Court ore vein in Great Wilderness for Jiang Changkong’s innate immortal stone.
• Jiang Changkong agreed to consider the ore vein after Liu Xuanfeng guaranteed that the information was true.

Jiang Changkong traveled toward a mineral vein after learning about the Heavenly Court’s control of resources and its ties to evil demons. At the Demon Emperor Hall, the Purple Star Heavenly King tried to enlist him against the powerful Judicial Heavenly God and offered a heavenly marriage, but Jiang Changkong demanded substantial resources before agreeing to anything.

• Jiang Changkong received Liu Xuanfeng’s map and headed for a mineral vein after learning that the Heavenly Court controlled resources and protected evil demons in exchange for a share of their gains.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King visited Jiang Changkong at the Demon Emperor Hall and offered compensation while urging him to become the sole Judicial Demon God.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King revealed that the Judicial Heavenly God had recently slain a peak-level Immortal Lord, prompting Sun Yuan to doubt the Demon Race’s ability to oppose him.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King raised the heavenly marriage between the lunar and solar, and Jiang Changkong revealed that Fairy Jade Snow held the Moon God’s immortal office.
• Jiang Changkong refused to commit without adequate compensation and demanded ten thousand top-grade fifth-grade immortal stones and one million top-grade fourth-grade immortal stones.

Jiang Changkong negotiated an alliance with Purple Star Heavenly King, then planned to use the resources to aid the Judicial Heavenly God and recruit him to the Demon Race. At the Heavenly Court’s herb field, Jiang Changkong uncovered how immortals were worked to death and their corpses used to grow herbs, and learned the Heavenly Court had secretly enabled the abuse.

• Jiang Changkong and Purple Star Heavenly King settled on an alliance price of immortal stones and other resources, and Purple Star agreed to bring a marriage contract bearing the Heavenly Emperor’s seal.
• Jiang Changkong told Sun Yuan that the Heavenly Court intended to use the Demon Race against the Judicial Heavenly God, and asked him to deliver the incoming resources to that god as a gesture of goodwill.
• Jiang Changkong concealed himself near the Heavenly Court’s mining grounds and watched an overseer take a dead miner to an herb field, where the corpse was turned into immortal qi.
• Jiang Changkong shattered the herb field’s formation, destroyed its herbs, and used Chaos Divine Power to search the souls of the three immortals stationed there.
• Jiang Changkong learned that the Heavenly Court controlled the Great Wilderness Kingdom’s mining operations, that most miners died there, and that the Heavenly Court had recently encouraged fiends to abduct more immortals.

Jiang Changkong raided a Heavenly Court mining vein in the Great Wilderness, killed its late-stage Immortal Lord overseer, freed the miners, and took the mine’s resources. He hid in Cloud Wilderness City, strengthened his Chaos Dao Body, and learned that the Heavenly Court’s influence had made the Great Wilderness fear its immortals.

• Jiang Changkong returned to the mining vein, defeated its late-stage Immortal Lord overseer with the Chaos Heavenly Eye, and searched the dying man’s soul to learn how the Heavenly Court exploited the Great Wilderness.
• Jiang Changkong punished the guilty immortals, freed the innocent miners, collected the mine’s resources, destroyed the vein, and escaped before the Heavenly Court could respond.
• Jiang Changkong concealed his identity in Cloud Wilderness City and counted his gains while waiting for his secondary body and Sun Yuan to bring resources.
• Jiang Changkong enhanced his Chaos Dao Body, reaching late-stage Immortal Lord and raising his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to 278332.
• Jiang Changkong searched nearby immortals’ souls and learned that many residents of the Great Wilderness feared the Heavenly Court’s immortals.

Jiang Changkong met with the Demon Emperor, accepted resources meant to pay for his death, and perfected the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture while using an avatar to mislead the Heavenly Court. His true body headed for another stronghold, where Heavenly Court immortals searching for him threatened to refine him into a golden pill.

• Jiang Changkong met the Demon Emperor and Sun Yuan, accepted the resources Purple Star Heavenly King had offered for his murder, and refused to join the Demon Race.
• Jiang Changkong used a restorative pill, created an avatar, and raised the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture to perfection.
• Jiang Changkong sent his avatar to draw the Heavenly Court's attention while his true body left the Great Wilderness Kingdom for another stronghold.
• A late-stage Celestial Immortal found Jiang Changkong in disguise and, after he denied seeing the Judicial Heavenly God, threatened to have him refined into a golden pill.

Jiang Changkong raided a Heavenly Court mineral vein, freed its miners, and gathered wealth before heading toward the Heavenly River Immortal Kingdom. After advancing the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture to the limit of the Immortal Lord Realm, he received a message from Liu Xuanfeng about the Three Seas and the Underworld.

• Jiang Changkong killed a mid-stage Immortal Lord and five Immortal Gods, then learned the Heavenly River Immortal King and two peak Immortal Lord marshals had come to the Great Wilderness to kill him.
• Jiang Changkong attacked a Grade Five mineral vein, killed its peak Immortal Lord overseer and thirteen Immortal Gods, and freed the miners.
• Jiang Changkong excavated top-grade immortal stones, took wealth from the mineral vein, and set his duplicate body to lure the Heavenly River Immortal King toward the Great Wilderness capital.
• Jiang Changkong counted his gains and used his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to raise the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture to the limit of the Immortal Lord Realm.
• Liu Xuanfeng's jade token lit up and delivered news about the Three Seas and the Underworld.

Jiang Changkong learned that the Three Seas had become Dead Seas and the underworld had suffered a catastrophe, then traveled to the Heavenly River Immortal Kingdom. After his incarnation was captured by Po Jun Immortal King, Jiang Changkong attacked Heavenly River City, whose imperial palace barrier he shattered.

• Liu Xuanfeng told Jiang Changkong that the Three Seas had become Dead Seas because the true dragons had died out, and that the underworld had separated from the Immortal Realm after a catastrophic calamity.
• Jiang Changkong traveled to the Heavenly River Immortal Kingdom and sent his secondary body toward the Demon Court.
• The Heavenly River Immortal King, the Great Wilderness Immortal King, and Po Jun Immortal King trapped Jiang Changkong’s incarnation and sealed it in a black pearl.
• Jiang Changkong arrived at the capital and unleashed his divine power across Heavenly River City, causing destruction and exposing the city’s inhabitants to the Chaos Heavenly Eye.
• Jiang Changkong used the Heaven-Opening First Form to destroy the golden barrier protecting the imperial palace.

Jiang Changkong destroyed Heavenly River City with an avatar, defeated the Heavenly River Immortal King's avatar, and plundered the palace treasury. The Heavenly Court and the Immortal Kings discovered they had captured only Jiang Changkong's avatar, while the Demon Emperor predicted Purple Star Heavenly King would return asking for help.

• Jiang Changkong used his chaotic power to destroy Heavenly River City, defeat the Heavenly River Immortal King's avatar, and take the entire imperial treasury.
• The Heavenly River Immortal King learned what had happened and prepared to return, but the Great Wilderness Immortal King urged him to contact the Heavenly Court first.
• Purple Star Heavenly King learned that the Jiang Changkong sealed in the black pearl was an avatar and sent the Army-Breaker Immortal King to Heavenly River Kingdom.
• Sun Yuan confirmed that the black pearl held an avatar, which Purple Star Heavenly King released before it dissolved into divine power.
• The secondary body blamed the Heavenly Court for mishandling Jiang Changkong, and Purple Star Heavenly King left to pursue him.
• Sun Yuan said the Demon Race still could not reach the Eastern Sea, and the secondary body predicted Purple Star Heavenly King would come begging again.

After raiding the Heavenly River Immortal City, Jiang Changkong traveled in search of evil demons and learned of a secluded place called the Holy Land. He found its hidden entrance and opened a passage into it, where countless beings and immortal herbs filled the vast land.

• Jiang Changkong counted the treasures and Essence, Qi, and Spirit from his raid, then set out to hunt evil demons rather than attack another Heavenly Court stronghold.
• Fairy Jade Snow and Fairy Zilan spoke with the Moon Goddess about immortal posts and the Purple Star Heavenly King's ambition to become the Purple Star Great Emperor.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King visited the Moon Goddess to ask about preserving the Heavenly Emperor and Purple Star immortal posts, then left with her answer.
• Jiang Changkong killed two Celestial Immortal-level evil demons and learned from one demon's memories about the Holy Land, where no one who entered had returned.
• Jiang Changkong found the Holy Land's concealed entrance in a valley, split open space with Chaos Divine Power, and saw a vast land filled with living beings and immortal herbs.

Jiang Changkong entered the Holy Land and explored its halls, where a calming force suppressed his vigilance and worldly concerns. On the eighth floor, cyan light within him broke through that influence as he encountered walls covered in living cyan light.

• Jiang Changkong entered the Holy Land and felt its mysterious force calm him, making him reluctant to leave and indifferent to his duties and enemies.
• He watched flower sprites dance in Immortal Flower Valley for twelve shichen before leaving for the palace.
• Jiang Changkong explored the palace’s floors of immortal scriptures and insights, then met Liu Qingxuan, an Immortal King who offered to guide him higher.
• Liu Qingxuan led Jiang Changkong past the Primordial Chaos on the seventh floor and onto the eighth floor, saying there was no danger in the Holy Land.
• The cyan light within Jiang Changkong surged, dispelled the Holy Land’s influence, and revealed dense, living cyan light covering the eighth-floor walls.

Jiang Changkong discovered that the Holy Land’s beautiful scenery concealed bloodsucking vines and other horrors, then helped Liu Qingxuan break free of the place’s influence. They agreed to rescue two more Immortal Kings and hunt down the demon behind the Holy Land.

• Jiang Changkong learned that Liu Qingxuan was a peak Immortal King and saw that the Holy Land’s flowers, grasslands, and Immortal Stone Mountain were disguises for bloodsucking vines and piles of remains.
• Liu Qingxuan explained that Paradise Hall led to a greater Holy Land and that reaching the Immortal Emperor realm required an exceptional foundation or an innate transformation.
• Jiang Changkong destroyed vines and killed an Immortal Lord evil fiend, then sent his azure light into Liu Qingxuan to break the force controlling him.
• Liu Qingxuan regained his awareness and joined Jiang Changkong in investigating the hidden demon, agreeing that Jiang Changkong could handle law enforcement and Heaven’s power.
• Jiang Changkong and Liu Qingxuan set out to rescue the other two Immortal Kings.

Jiang Changkong freed two Penglai Immortal Sect Immortal Kings from the Sacred Land’s influence and enforced the law on its inhabitants. After his Chaos Dao Body formed fragments of mysterious patterns, the Immortal Kings identified them as Innate Divine Patterns, and Jiang Changkong prepared to investigate Paradise Hall.

• Jiang Changkong used azure light to free Ji Yunxiao and Miao Yunfan, who agreed to help him leave the Sacred Land.
• Miao Yunfan and Ji Yunxiao subdued the Immortal Lords while Jiang Changkong judged their crimes with the Judicial Book of Heaven.
• Jiang Changkong upgraded his Chaos Dao Body, and azure light formed fragments of Dao patterns within him.
• The three Immortal Kings brought the Sacred Land’s inhabitants to Jiang Changkong, but said Paradise Hall’s influence prevented them from entering it.
• Jiang Changkong reinforced the Immortal Kings with azure light, and they recognized the patterns it formed as Innate Divine Patterns.

Jiang Changkong and the three Immortal Kings climbed Paradise Hall, enduring trials that grew more dangerous with each floor. The murals revealed that Haotian Supreme Deity had built the Holy Land, but its present state differed from its original design.

• Jiang Changkong discovered that Paradise Hall sealed their powers and turned its stairs into divine swords whose strength matched the climber’s cultivation.
• He carried Liu Qingxuan up to the second floor, where they read that Haotian Supreme Deity had gathered the immortals and all races to forge the Holy Land.
• Jiang Changkong returned to bring up the two Penglai Immortal Kings, and the group climbed through trials of swords, divine fire, and boiling oil.
• By the seventh floor, Jiang Changkong was badly wounded, and Ji Yunxiao realized their spatial equipment and resources had disappeared.
• Liu Qingxuan read that the Holy Land was meant to be a peaceful city with halls leading to the Immortal Realm, and Jiang Changkong concluded that it had been changed or modified.

Jiang Changkong and the Penglai Immortal Kings discovered that a fragment of Heaven was sustaining the corrupted Holy Land, then reached its ninth level and exposed the immortals using it to refine victims into pills. Liu Qingxuan fought the old man guarding the place, and the figure hidden within the Blazing Sun finally emerged.

• Liu Qingxuan found that Haotian Supreme Deity had hidden a fragment of Heaven beneath the Heavenly Dao Hall, explaining how the Holy Land retained its power and was altered.
• Jiang Changkong carried Liu Qingxuan up to the ninth level, where they learned the supposed Immortal Realm was a trap containing golden-armored immortals and a pill furnace.
• Jiang Changkong climbed back down to bring the others up while Liu Qingxuan challenged the immortals and discovered the old man was a peak Immortal King.
• Liu Qingxuan fought the old man, using Universe in the Sleeve Art to capture and redirect his river of sword light.
• The old man called for help, and the figure within the Blazing Sun stepped out in crimson robes with fiery red hair.

Miao Yunfan and Ji Yunxiao joined Liu Qingxuan to defeat the Heavenly Court’s attackers while Jiang Changkong rescued Ji Yunxiao and dealt with ten celestial immortals. The Fire Virtue Immortal King and the old man escaped through the ground, leaving Jiang Changkong and the others wondering whether they had found the exit.

• Liu Qingxuan fought the Fire Virtue Immortal King and an old man until Miao Yunfan arrived and struck the Fire Virtue Immortal King with a powerful sword ray.
• Jiang Changkong recovered his strength, carried Ji Yunxiao out of the lower levels, and accepted Ji Yunxiao’s promise that Penglai would protect the Eastern Sea.
• Ji Yunxiao joined Liu Qingxuan and Miao Yunfan in battle, while Jiang Changkong used the Book of Heaven to judge ten celestial immortals, who then exploded because of restrictions in their souls.
• The Fire Virtue Immortal King and the old man split the ground and escaped, and Jiang Changkong, Liu Qingxuan, and Ji Yunxiao wondered whether their route led to the exit.
• Jiang Changkong noticed that each of the ten immortals had dropped a small stone.

Jiang Changkong and Liu Qingxuan escaped the Holy Land with a mysterious Dao of Heaven Fragment, and Jiang Changkong used it to advance his Mysterious Art. The fragment revealed that the Heavenly Emperor had turned the Holy Land into a slaughterhouse, leaving Jiang Changkong to consider how thoroughly the Immortal Realm needed to be reshaped.

• Jiang Changkong used the golden stones to open a passage beneath the Holy Land, where he and his companions found a blood pool filled with the blood of immortals.
• A jade fragment appeared beside Jiang Changkong and entered his body after he released his immortal office and registry; he then left the Holy Land with Liu Qingxuan.
• Jiang Changkong said he wanted to settle a score with the Heavenly River Immortal King before entering seclusion to break through his Mysterious Art.
• While Jiang Changkong cultivated in a distant cave, the Dao of Heaven Fragment accelerated his transformation and revealed how the Heavenly Emperor had corrupted the Holy Land and harvested its victims.
• Jiang Changkong completed his breakthrough and reflected that the Immortal Realm needed a thorough reshuffling.

Jiang Changkong learned that nearly every major faction had joined the Heavenly Court’s hunt for him and that the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect and Penglai planned to withdraw from the world. He and Liu Qingxuan set out for the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect so Jiang Changkong could learn more about the Divine Court, and Liu gave him a Hollow Willow jade pendant as an escape talisman.

• Liu Qingxuan told Jiang Changkong that the Heavenly Court had rallied most factions against him and advised him not to target the Heavenly River Immortal King while he traveled with the Army-Breaker Immortal King.
• Liu Qingxuan explained that the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect and Penglai planned to seal their gates and withdraw as the Heavenly Dao returned, though the sect still had time before closing.
• Liu Qingxuan recommended that Jiang Changkong flee to the Divine Court, where there was less chance of the court agreeing to the Heavenly Emperor’s request to suppress him.
• Jiang Changkong and Liu Qingxuan headed for the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect to learn about the Divine Court’s situation, despite Jiang Changkong’s concern that the Heavenly Court might pursue them.
• Liu Qingxuan gave Jiang Changkong an emerald jade pendant containing Hollow Willow’s spatial power, which could teleport him beyond the reach of even Immortal Venerables.

Jiang Changkong and Liu Qingxuan found the Heavenly Court's All-Heavens Star Array blocking their route to the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect, while a deal prevented the sect from helping Jiang Changkong. After arranging for Liu Qingxuan to leave with a clone as a decoy, Jiang Changkong disguised himself and headed back toward the Heavenly River Immortal King's lair.

• Liu Qingxuan and Jiang Changkong discovered the vast All-Heavens Star Array blocking their way to the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect and failed to find its edge after half a day of detouring.
• Liu Qingxuan told Jiang Changkong that the Heavenly Court had secured an agreement with the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect, which barred the sect from helping him while guaranteeing Liu Qingxuan's safety.
• Jiang Changkong considered heading to the Divine Court, crossing the Northern Sea, or going to Penglai, but Liu Qingxuan warned that the seas were too dangerous and the Heavenly Court would anticipate his plans.
• Jiang Changkong asked Liu Qingxuan to draw the Heavenly Court's attention, then learned that the Heavenly River Immortal King was hiding inside the All-Heavens Star Array.
• Jiang Changkong created a clone that Liu Qingxuan could not see through, sent it away with Liu Qingxuan, and disguised his true body.
• Jiang Changkong went back the way he had come, planning to raid the Heavenly River Immortal King's lair.

Jiang Changkong hunted down Celestial Immortals in the Heavenly River and Great Wilderness Immortal Kingdoms before confronting the Great Wilderness Immortal King in his capital. Their battle devastated the city, and Jiang Changkong’s Heaven-Opening Art shattered the Immortal King’s weapon as it broke through his defenses.

• Jiang Changkong returned to the Heavenly River Immortal Kingdom and killed all seventeen Celestial Immortals stationed across its cities.
• Jiang Changkong entered the Great Wilderness Immortal Kingdom, killed or demoted twenty Celestial Immortals, and learned that the Great Wilderness Immortal King remained in the capital.
• Jiang Changkong overheard the Great Wilderness Immortal King and the Heavenly River Immortal King discuss the Heavenly Emperor’s order and the Holy Land, then revealed himself.
• Jiang Changkong struck the Great Wilderness Immortal King and destroyed the imperial palace, while the battle’s aftershocks killed many beings in the capital.
• Jiang Changkong and the Great Wilderness Immortal King exchanged attacks until Jiang Changkong’s Heaven-Opening Art shattered the Immortal King’s spear and pierced his defenses.

Jiang Changkong killed the Great Wilderness Immortal King while his secondary body distracted seven Immortal Kings, then traveled to the deadly Northern Sea to investigate its deathly aura. Unable to cross the sea, he considered seeking help from the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect or using his Demon Emperor identity, and withdrew to question Sun Yuan.

• Jiang Changkong pursued and killed the Great Wilderness Immortal King with his Heaven-Opening move.
• Jiang Changkong’s secondary body told the seven Immortal Kings that his true body was elsewhere, then vanished, while Liu Qingxuan allowed them to search him.
• The Heavenly River Immortal King learned that Jiang Changkong had killed the Great Wilderness Immortal King and could not reach the seventeen Celestial Immortals in his kingdom.
• Jiang Changkong took resources from the Great Wilderness Immortal King’s corpse, left the region, and reached the Northern Sea five days later.
• Jiang Changkong sensed a deathly aura in the black seawater, resisted its attempt to drag him in, and decided to consider help from the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect or the Demon Race.
• Jiang Changkong left the Northern Sea and secluded himself while his secondary body questioned Sun Yuan.

Jiang Changkong tried to arrange a protected journey to the Divine Court through the Demon Race, but Demon Master Kun Yu blocked him and appeared to covet the treasure drawing him there. He decided to pursue help through the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect, strengthened his Mystical Art with the Great Wilderness Immortal King's resources, and set out for the Divine Court.

• Jiang Changkong asked Sun Yuan to find an Immortal Emperor to protect his journey to the Divine Court, but Kun Yu intercepted the message and insisted on making the trip himself.
• Sun Yuan grew furious at Kun Yu's interference, while Jiang Changkong judged that the Demon Race route would not work and stopped Sun Yuan from confronting the Demon Court.
• Jiang Changkong considered seeking aid from the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect and planned to use his spatial jade pendant as an escape if discovered.
• Jiang Changkong extracted resources from the Great Wilderness Immortal King and used them to advance his Five-Revolution Mystical Art, becoming strong enough to overwhelm an early-stage Immortal King without the Heaven-Opening Art.
• Jiang Changkong resolved to make the trip and flew toward his destination, keeping the Demon Emperor Hall as a last resort.

Jiang Changkong entered the All-Heavens Star Array in disguise, but the Heavenly River Immortal King exposed him and was killed in their fight. Surrounded by other Immortal Kings, Jiang Changkong escaped with a spatial jade pendant and arrived in a sea overwhelmed by violent negative emotions, where an unknown voice welcomed him back.

• Jiang Changkong disguised himself as a black bear cultivator and joined a group traveling toward the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect.
• The Heavenly River Immortal King attacked the travelers, recognized Jiang Changkong, and fought him after Jiang revealed his identity.
• Jiang Changkong killed the Heavenly River Immortal King with Heaven-Opening divine light and took his spatial equipment.
• The Army-Breaker Immortal King and Fire Virtue Immortal King confronted Jiang Changkong and demanded the item, and he claimed he had thrown it into the Northern Sea.
• As the Immortal Kings attacked, Jiang Changkong crushed a jade pendant and escaped through space, arriving in a sea that filled his mind with violent negative emotions.
• An unknown voice told Jiang Changkong that he had finally returned.

Jiang Changkong was trapped in the Northern Sea, where a mysterious black figure helped rebuild his divine patterns and summoned him to the ruined Northern Sea Dragon Palace. There, the figure revealed that he was the ancient Demon, but Jiang Changkong still did not recognize him.

• A featureless black figure appeared in the Northern Sea and challenged Jiang Changkong to swim ten thousand li to reach him.
• Jiang Changkong struggled through the dead water as it corroded his strength, body, and pills, leaving him nearly reduced to nothing.
• The black figure reconstructed Jiang Changkong's shattered divine patterns and bones, making him stronger and resistant to the Death Sea.
• Jiang Changkong crossed the remaining distance and found the black-robed figure waiting on the throne in the ruined Northern Sea Dragon Palace.
• The black-robed figure said Jiang Changkong had been lucky to arrive and hinted that he had come before all others when Heaven and Earth were divided.
• Jiang Changkong failed to recognize the figure as the ancient Demon, so the figure told him to consult the Judicial Book of Heaven.

Jiang Changkong met the weakened Devil Ancestor Luo Hou beneath the Northern Sea and learned that he had to carry a mysterious black fragment to the Divine Court. He set off toward the Divine Court, still unsure what either Luo Hou or the Demon Emperor’s celestial office required of him.

• Luo Hou told Jiang Changkong that he could restore the Northern Sea if Jiang Changkong tore down the place after becoming an Immortal Venerable.
• Jiang Changkong challenged Luo Hou’s threats, and Luo Hou admitted he lacked the power to kill him or withdraw the demonic qi leaking from his imprisoned body.
• Luo Hou explained that the true dragons had once purified the Four Seas of his demonic qi and gave Jiang Changkong a black fragment to take to the Divine Court.
• Jiang Changkong agreed to search for what the fragment needed, then swam toward the Divine Court after Luo Hou could not send him there.
• Luo Hou urged Jiang Changkong to complete his task first, while Jiang Changkong asked what the Demon Emperor’s unresponsive celestial office was.

Jiang Changkong entered the Divine Court, learned how its Divine Kingdoms used faith and incense offerings to gain power, and gathered resources to strengthen himself. He confronted an early-stage God Lord and revealed power far beyond the God Lord’s, leaving the ruler terrified and on the verge of kneeling.

• Jiang Changkong left the Northern Sea, killed the Black-Furred Rat God, and searched its soul to learn how the Divine Court’s Divine Kingdoms operated.
• Jiang Changkong discovered that faith and incense offerings had gained power with the Heavenly Dao’s revival, and that Divine Kingdoms fought to expand their influence.
• Jiang Changkong examined the Heavenly River Immortal King’s spatial ring, gained substantial resources, and perfected his Acquired Chaos Dao Body.
• Jiang Changkong traveled to a Divine Kingdom ruled by an early-stage God Lord and demoted a True God who tried to stop him.
• Jiang Changkong overwhelmed the arriving God Lord with his divine might, and the ruler recognized him as a powerful God King.