Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong sent Ao Qingyu and Ao Ling into the True Dragon Pool, then returned to the Dragon Palace to take command. After noticing that the Heavenly Court’s influence had triggered Ao Ling’s breakthrough, he inspected Xia Dahai’s Immortal Registry and realized the Heavenly Court had altered the restrictions.

• Ao Ling and Ao Qingyu entered the True Dragon Pool after Jiang Changkong pushed them in, while he left to return to the Dragon Palace.
• Jiang Changkong ordered Jin Chihai to guard the palace and the Turtle Prime Minister to recruit soldiers to protect the territories of the six great demon kings.
• The Heavenly Emperor sent an armored young man to the Eastern Sea with a map, ten peak Human Immortal heavenly soldiers, and four dragon scales to find the Dragon King and retrieve what the map indicated.
• The Heavenly Emperor loosened the restrictions on Ao Ling, causing her to break through rapidly as Ao Qingyu transformed into a true dragon in the pool.
• Jiang Changkong sensed the strange fluctuation behind Ao Ling’s breakthrough, summoned Xia Dahai, and confirmed that the Heavenly Court had tampered with the Immortal Registry.

Jiang Changkong learned that Heavenly Court’s celestial registries restricted Eastern Sea demons, then confronted a Heavenly Court delegation seeking the secluded Dragon King. He and the delegation’s Heavenly General began a duel above the sea, with their first clash ending evenly.

• Jiang Changkong reasoned that Heavenly Court had restricted the Eastern Sea’s access to powerful cultivation techniques, leaving its demon kings weak compared with Heavenly Soldiers.
• After two days, Jin Chihai’s chaotic divine power revealed a Heavenly Court delegation arriving to find the Eastern Sea Dragon King, and Jin Chihai explained that Jiang Changkong was acting in the Dragon King’s place.
• Jiang Changkong intercepted the delegation and refused to disturb the Dragon King’s seclusion, despite the Heavenly General’s decree from the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Heavenly General challenged Jiang Changkong, proposing that he could approach the Dragon King if he won; Jiang Changkong accepted and followed him above the sea.
• Jiang Changkong and the Heavenly General exchanged a spear strike and a punch, and both were forced back without either gaining the upper hand.

Jiang Changkong defeated Li Qinghe, a Celestial Court heavenly general, and hosted him and his soldiers at the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. After learning more about immortal bodies and laws, Jiang Changkong let Li Qinghe rest while he prepared to report to the Heavenly Emperor, leaving Jiang Changkong trying to buy time for the Dragon King and Ao Qingyu to emerge from seclusion.

• Jiang Changkong damaged Li Qinghe’s spear and forced him to concede their battle.
• Jiang Changkong invited Li Qinghe, Jin Chihai, and the heavenly soldiers to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace and ordered a banquet.
• Li Qinghe learned Jiang Changkong was a recent ascender named Jiang Changkong and explained the strength and limits of immortal bodies.
• Jiang Changkong learned that Li Qinghe planned to report to the Heavenly Emperor and accepted that he could not prevent the message from being sent.
• Jiang Changkong arranged a room for Li Qinghe, reflected on his plan to protect the Dragon King and Ao Qingyu, and entertained the ten heavenly soldiers.

Li Qinghe reported Jiang Changkong’s strength to the Celestial Emperor, who ordered him to recruit Jiang into the Heavenly Court as deputy general while allowing the Eastern Sea Dragon King to resume her rule after seclusion. Jiang declined the offer for now, but after seven days he learned that the Dragon King had emerged and went to welcome her.

• Li Qinghe contacted the Celestial Emperor and reported that Jiang Changkong had defeated him; the Celestial Emperor ordered him to recruit Jiang as deputy general and return the Eastern Sea to the Dragon King after she emerged.
• Li Qinghe offered Jiang Changkong a place in the Heavenly Court and explained its protections, spiritual essence, and merit system, but Jiang declined because he was wary of the immortal registry.
• Jiang Changkong hosted Li Qinghe and the Heavenly Soldiers, discussed the dangers of the Immortal Realm, and learned that Li Qinghe did not know why the Dragon King had stopped advancing.
• After seven days of showing Li Qinghe around the Eastern Sea, Jiang Changkong summoned Jin Chihai and announced that the Dragon King had emerged from seclusion.
• Jiang Changkong went to welcome the Dragon King while Li Qinghe gathered the Heavenly Court guests to await her.

Jiang Changkong reunited with Ao Qingyu and Ao Ling after their transformations and learned that Ao Ling’s Immortal Registry tied her to Heavenly Court. Li Qinghe then gathered the five dragon scales to reveal a route to an ancient dragon clan remnant, and the group set out to find it.

• Ao Qingyu emerged in her new true dragon body, while Ao Ling reached the late Human Immortal realm; Jiang Changkong explained the Immortal Registry and briefly suppressed Ao Ling’s registry with his chaos power.
• Ao Qingyu decided to use her shed sharkfolk body to join Heavenly Court while keeping her true dragon body in seclusion, and Ao Ling accepted her duties as Dragon King.
• Li Qinghe asked Ao Ling for her golden dragon scale and explained that the Heavenly Emperor wanted something hidden among the ancient dragon clan’s remnants.
• Ao Ling handed over the scale, and the five dragon scales revealed a route across the Eastern Sea.
• Jiang Changkong, Ao Qingyu, Ao Ling, and Li Qinghe set out toward the location marked on the map.

Li Qinghe led Jiang Changkong, Ao Ling, Ao Qingyu, and the heavenly soldiers into a dangerous region of the Eastern Sea, where an invisible force attacked them and made soldiers vanish. They reached the destination, but the mysterious force began to claim another heavenly soldier beneath the golden umbrella.

• Li Qinghe used five dragon scales to guide the group into the dust-sealed lands, where an unseen force blocked his and Jiang Changkong's attacks.
• Jiang Changkong suffered a deep wound from an invisible strike, then warned the group when attacks came from every direction.
• Ao Ling and Ao Qingyu's dragon might made the attacks grow more frenzied, so Li Qinghe shielded everyone with a golden umbrella.
• As the group hurried deeper, Jiang Changkong noticed that one heavenly soldier had disappeared, and another turned translucent with blood-red eyes before vanishing.
• Li Qinghe announced that they had reached their destination, but a third heavenly soldier began fading beneath the umbrella with blood-red eyes and a strange smile.

Jiang Changkong and the others entered an ancient dragon city, where they discovered that the dragon clan had created replicas of many legendary species. Ao Ling sensed something on a golden bridge and cried out that the Ancestral Dragon was near, leaving the group searching the city on alert.

• Li Qinghe used five dragon scales to open a vortex, and Jiang Changkong led the group through it into a towering ancient city.
• Ao Ling transformed into her true dragon form under the city’s dragon might, while Jiang Changkong suppressed Ao Qingyu’s transformation.
• Li Qinghe led the group into a palace, where they found a dragon sealed in golden liquid and learned from an inscription that the ancient dragon clan had been creating dragons.
• The group explored more palaces and discovered containers holding replicas of extinct or rare creatures, including an ancient divine ape, a phoenix, a qilin, and Nine Infants.
• Ao Ling sensed something on the golden bridge, flew above it, and suddenly shouted, “Ancestral Dragon!”

Ao Ling and the others activated the dragon race formation, releasing the Ancestral Dragon’s power and changing the Heavenly Emperor’s map. The Rhinoceros Demon King arrived to threaten them, but the map summoned a Divine Immortal avatar of Great General Li Jie, whom the demon king immediately attacked.

• Ao Ling identified the containers as an arrangement of the Ancestral Dragon and explained that the formation could release its scattered power.
• Ao Ling activated the formation, causing golden pillars and a colossal dragon to appear while the Heavenly Emperor’s map changed.
• The Rhinoceros Demon King and three Heavenly Immortals arrived, and he demanded that Ao Ling join the Demon Race.
• The containers and dragon formation exploded, and the map summoned Great General Li Jie’s Divine Immortal avatar.
• The Rhinoceros Demon King charged at the avatar, declaring that he was not afraid of it.

Jiang Changkong killed two mid-stage Celestial Immortal Demon Kings and helped Li Qinghe secure the Heavenly Emperor’s requested Dragon Clan research records. While the others fought outside, Ao Ling secretly retrieved a golden ring hidden beneath the stone stele.

• The Rhinoceros Demon King took a golden pellet, and the Immortal Deity avatar engaged him while Li Qinghe and Jiang Changkong intercepted the other Demon Kings.
• Jiang Changkong used his Chaos Golden Body and Chaos Divine Fist to kill a giant python Demon King, then helped Li Qinghe defeat another mid-stage Celestial Immortal.
• Li Qinghe retrieved the golden jade plaque containing Dragon Clan research records from the stone box, while Jiang Changkong took Ao Ling and Ao Qingyu into the underground chamber.
• Li Qinghe and Jiang Changkong left to rejoin the battle, and Ao Ling asked Ao Qingyu to send the five heavenly soldiers outside.
• After the soldiers left, Ao Ling dug beneath the stone stele, found a golden ring, and swallowed it.

Jiang Changkong and Li Jie drove off the demons in the Sealed Land and escaped with the others. Back at the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, Ao Ling shared ancient dragon treasures with Jiang Changkong, who prepared to enter seclusion while the threat from the Demon Alliance remained.

• Jiang Changkong fought the late-stage Celestial Immortal great demon while Li Jie battled the Rhinoceros Demon King, then Li Jie pursued the fleeing demons as Jiang Changkong recovered.
• Ao Ling activated the stone stele to open a five-colored vortex, and Jiang Changkong and the others used it to leave the Sealed Land.
• Li Qinghe returned to the Heavenly Court, while Jiang Changkong, Ao Ling, and Ao Qingyu went back to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.
• Ao Ling revealed processed immortal stone powder, the complete Ancestral Dragon Scripture, and a sealed Ancestral Dragon Bone from a relic of the ancient dragon race.
• Jiang Changkong accepted 120,000 Essence, Qi, and Spirit and recorded the scripture, but declined the Ancestral Dragon Bone before going into seclusion.

Jiang Changkong advanced to the late Human Immortal realm and advised Ao Ling on ruling the Eastern Sea before they received the Heavenly Emperor’s decree. Appointed a Southern Heavenly Gate Guard General, Jiang Changkong learned he had to take over Li Qinghe’s remaining half-year of gate duty.

• Jiang Changkong cultivated outside the underground space, reached the late Human Immortal realm, and returned to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.
• Jiang Changkong advised Ao Ling on controlling the Eastern Sea and nurturing loyal subordinates while they spoke for five days.
• The Turtle Chancellor announced the arrival of a heavenly envoy, and Li Qinghe read the Heavenly Emperor’s decree recognizing Ao Ling and appointing Jiang Changkong a Southern Heavenly Gate Guard General.
• Li Qinghe told Jiang Changkong that he had reached the peak Celestial Immortal realm and become the Southern Heavenly Gate High General.
• Li Qinghe explained the Heavenly Court’s ranks and duties, then told Jiang Changkong to return with him and serve the remaining half year of gate duty.

Jiang Changkong discovered that the immortal registry drained immortals’ cultivation before returning to the Heavenly Court as a new general. At the Southern Heavenly Gate, Hu Jiunian tried to sound him out, but Jiang Changkong left to perform his duty.

• At the Eastern Sea banquet, Li Qinghe gave Ao Qingyu an immortal registry with instructions to assist Ao Ling.
• Jiang Changkong found that the immortal registry siphoned away immortals’ Essence, Qi, Spirit, and law power, though his Chaotic Dao Body cracked it when it tried to drain his power.
• Jiang Changkong and Li Qinghe returned to the Heavenly Court, where Li Qinghe gave him golden armor, a third-grade superior immortal artifact, and an identity jade tablet.
• The nine Southern Heavenly Generals dismissed Jiang Changkong after Li Qinghe left, and Jiang Changkong read the Heavenly Court laws and his duties.
• Hu Jiunian questioned Jiang Changkong about his background and invited him to a meal, but Jiang Changkong refused and shoved past him to go guard the gate.

Jiang Changkong arrested Young Master Yan for trying to leave the Heavenly Court without an earth token and personally hauled him to the Heavenly Prison. After earning merit for the arrest, Jiang Changkong returned to the Southern Heavenly Gate and ordered the soldiers to bring him the heavenly laws and their duty regulations.

• Jiang Changkong arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate and refused to let Young Master Yan leave without an earth token.
• Young Master Yan attacked Jiang Changkong, who struck him down, sealed his cultivation, and ordered that he be arrested.
• Jiang Changkong carried Young Master Yan on his spear to the Heavenly Prison despite his protests and claims about his powerful father.
• Jiang Changkong handed Young Master Yan over to the prison guards and received one hundred merit points.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the gate, rebuked the heavenly soldiers for neglecting their duties, and ordered them to fetch the heavenly laws and duty regulations.

Jiang Changkong enforced the Heavenly Court's gate rules so harshly that he sent both Yan Rui and commanding general Hu Jiunian to the Heavenly Prison. He ended the chapter on duty, boasting to Li Qinghe that he had earned 150 merit points, while Li Qinghe disowned him.

• Jiang Changkong made the Southern Heavenly Gate soldiers recite the Heavenly Court's laws for nearly a day after sending Yan Rui to the Heavenly Prison.
• Jiang Changkong reviewed information about the Immortal Realm, the Eastern Sea, and the soldiers and generals under his command.
• Hu Jiunian warned Jiang Changkong about Yan Mieshen and offered him a bottle of immortal pills.
• Jiang Changkong accused Hu Jiunian of bribery, pierced his armor with his spear, and sent him to the Heavenly Prison for 50 merit points.
• Jiang Changkong contacted Li Qinghe to share his 150 merit points, but Li Qinghe said he did not know him.

Jiang Changkong guarded the Southern Heavenly Gate and sent a group of rule-breaking soldiers and a disguised intruder to the Heavenly Prison for merit points. When two fairy maidens tried to pass without a heavenly order, he attacked them and fought back as they resisted.

• Jiang Changkong spent five days guarding the Southern Heavenly Gate and stopped a defending general and his soldiers from leaving for an inspection.
• He exposed a disguised young man who had borrowed a heavenly soldier's jade token, defeated the group, and delivered them to the Heavenly Prison for merit points.
• Jiang Changkong continued guarding the gate, hoping to earn enough merit points to advance his cultivation.
• Two fairy maidens arrived without heavenly orders, and Jiang Changkong told them they would be treated as trespassers and sent to the Heavenly Prison.
• The purple-gowned fairy maiden attacked Jiang Changkong after he stabbed her, and the white-gowned fairy maiden joined the fight.
• Jiang Changkong countered their sword strikes with Chaos Divine Power and shifted his Chaos Power to reveal Taiji's properties.

Jiang Changkong subdued two fairy maidens who tried to enter the Heavenly Court without permission and sent them to the Heavenly Prison, where they learned that the Southern Heavenly Gate's guard commander had been replaced. He continued enforcing the pass rules at the gate and wondered whether he could endure the rest of his half-year posting.

• Jiang Changkong overcame the two fairy maidens' attacks, anticipated their attempted sneak attack, and took them to the Heavenly Prison for another two hundred merit points.
• Zilan and the woman in white found Liu Zhi and other familiar prisoners, then learned from him that Li Qinghe had been replaced as the Southern Heavenly Gate's guard commander.
• The imprisoned women considered asking their parents for help but feared the consequences, then discussed bringing an Earth Pass and bribing Jiang Changkong after their release.
• Jiang Changkong accepted a genuine Earth Pass from a young celestial immortal, saw him off, and sent the used pass back with a heavenly soldier.
• Jiang Changkong resumed waiting and cultivating at the Southern Heavenly Gate, lamenting that guarding it was a poor job and wondering if he could endure half a year.

Jiang Changkong rejected Liu Zhi’s attempted bribe, then caught the woman in white trying to re-enter the Heavenly Court without a heavenly token. When Yan Rui and several defending generals offered him a larger bribe, Jiang Changkong destroyed their gifts and sent them to the Heavenly Prison, secretly extracting their resources first.

• Liu Zhi apologized to Jiang Changkong and offered him immortal pills and stones, but Jiang Changkong refused and threatened to send him to the Heavenly Prison again.
• Zilan, Yan Rui, and Liu Zhi discussed how to bribe Jiang Changkong, concluding that they should try again later with lower-grade immortal stones.
• The woman in white handed over her earth token to leave, then discovered she could not return through the Southern Heavenly Gate without a heavenly token.
• Yan Rui arrived with several defending generals and offered Jiang Changkong immortal stones, Golden Core pills, and spiritual essence in exchange for cooperation.
• Jiang Changkong secretly extracted the resources, destroyed the offerings, and declared that Yan Rui and the defending generals would go to the Heavenly Prison.

Jiang Changkong enforced the Heavenly Laws at the Southern Heavenly Gate and received a lavish reward from the Heavenly Emperor, who sent him to cultivate in a secret chamber. The Heavenly Emperor revealed that the laws had recently begun to work again, while Jiang Changkong immersed himself in the Dao amid chaos.

• Jiang Changkong suppressed Yan Rui and other immortals, accepted the Heavenly Token from Jade Snow, and earned merit for sending the offenders into the Heavenly Prison.
• The Heavenly Emperor rewarded Jiang Changkong with immortal resources and three days in the Heavenly General secret chamber, while Liu Zhi and two Exalted Immortals took over guarding the gate.
• Jiang Changkong entered the secret chamber, absorbed the rewards, and began cultivating as a voice of the Dao guided him through the birth of heaven and earth.
• Purple Star Heavenly King challenged the Heavenly Emperor over Jiang Changkong’s treatment of Zilan and Jade Snow.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained that the Heavenly Laws had begun to function again after he uncovered a secret through an ancient Dragon Clan relic, and said that was why he rewarded Jiang Changkong.

The Heavenly Emperor reassigned Jiang Changkong as a Lower Realm Inspector and ordered him to retrieve Immortal Gods who had left the Heavenly Court. After completing his transformation in seclusion, Jiang Changkong learned his new post would begin in the Eastern Sea, leaving him unsure whether the change counted as a promotion.

• The Heavenly Emperor told Purple Star Heavenly King to have Jiang Changkong inspect the lower realm and invite Immortal Gods back, while secretly arranging protection for Jade Snow and Zilan.
• Purple Star Heavenly King told Zilan that Jiang Changkong had been reassigned and injured, then allowed her to visit the lower realm if she followed the Heavenly Laws.
• Jiang Changkong completed his transformation to peak Human Immortal in an hour and spent the rest of his three-day seclusion waiting to avoid suspicion.
• Liu Zhi informed Jiang Changkong that he had been appointed Lower Realm Inspector and gave him new equipment, an inspection book, and a jade token.
• Jiang Changkong learned that he could arrest or kill Immortal Gods who violated the Heavenly Laws, command Heavenly Soldiers, and report directly to Purple Star Heavenly King as he began his work in the Eastern Sea.

Jiang Changkong returned to the Eastern Sea as a Heavenly Court inspector and joined the Little Dragon King in confronting the demon alliance. After the demon kings rejected her authority and one tried to bribe him, Jiang Changkong attacked and declared that the Eastern Sea belonged to the Dragon King.

• Jiang Changkong left the Heavenly Court and traveled to the Eastern Sea to check how the Little Dragon King had governed it.
• The Little Dragon King told Jiang Changkong that the Eastern Sea Demon Alliance refused to obey her and was backed by late-stage Celestial Immortals.
• Jiang Changkong ordered the Little Dragon King to gather an army and marched on Seabed Demon City with her.
• The demon kings claimed the Little Dragon King had made unreasonable demands, including requiring them to guard the Ascension Pool and surrender forty percent of their resources.
• When a Celestial Immortal demon king tried to bribe him, Jiang Changkong killed him and pierced a late-stage Celestial Immortal demon king with his spear, declaring the Eastern Sea belonged to the Dragon King.