Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu revealed that he had inherited the Kun Peng Devouring Art, a Divine Ability that let him absorb the Origin Power and spiritual power of those he killed. When Ye Huang and Yue Ba Xian tried to force him to share it, Jiang Shu struck first and fought off their group, leaving the battle raging as he grew stronger by devouring his enemies.

• Jiang Shu explained the Kun Peng Devouring Art and its power to absorb the strength of cultivators and Demon Beasts, along with the time and risk required to refine what he devoured.
• Ye Huang tried to pressure Jiang Shu into sharing the inheritance, arguing that he and Yue Ba Xian had helped defeat the Great Roc Phantom, while Yue Ba Xian and Ye Huang’s followers gathered to support him.
• Xue Xuan stepped forward to help Jiang Shu, but Jiang Shu told him to stay back and attacked Ye Huang’s group first.
• Jiang Shu killed a nearby genius with the Heavenly Star Dragon Seizing Hand and used the Kun Peng Devouring Art to absorb his Origin Power and spiritual power.
• Ye Huang, Yue Ba Xian, and their followers attacked Jiang Shu, but he fought back against the group, killing more geniuses and devouring their strength as the onlookers recoiled in fear.

Jiang Shu recovered from his battle with Ye Huang and Yue Ba Xian, then emerged from the True Martial Ancient Hall after advancing to the peak of the Rebirth Realm. The Hundred Dynasty War rankings were announced, revealing that Jiang Shu had placed first and stunning the Great Jing Dynasty.

• Jiang Shu drove back Ye Huang and Yue Ba Xian, who used their trump cards to escape, while Jiang Shu declined to pursue them because his body was badly damaged.
• Jiang Shu thanked Xue Xuan for coming to his aid, then fled to recover; Lou Liang regretted not helping him too.
• Five days later, the Hundred Dynasty War ended, and the geniuses gathered to submit their Jade Plaques and have their points recorded.
• Jiang Shu healed his injuries and advanced to the peak of the Rebirth Realm, while Xue Xuan and Luo Yu also submitted their points.
• Luo Yu saw that Xue Xuan ranked 103rd, then watched as the Great Jing Emperor and his court learned that Jiang Shu had ranked first.

After Jiang Shu took first place in the Hundred Dynasty War, the Great Jing Dynasty and those who had supported him received lavish rewards. Jiang Shu and the other victors entered the True Martial Sect as Servant Disciples, where he began planning how to strengthen himself and earn his way into the inner sect.

• The Great Jing Emperor celebrated Jiang Shu’s first-place victory and rewarded the Luo Family, the Danxia Merchant Guild, and Chou Hai for their ties to him.
• The Hundred Dynasty War victors entered the True Martial Sect, and Jiang Shu resolved to keep a low profile while pursuing cultivation.
• A deacon explained the duties and Contribution Point system for Servant Disciples before bringing the newcomers to Servant Peak.
• The Servant Peak steward issued the geniuses their identity Jade Plaques and told them to choose rooms and complete assigned tasks.
• Jiang Shu exchanged his war points for Contribution Points, rented a single room, and warned Xue Xuan and Luo Yu that the sect would be harsher than the dynasties.
• Jiang Shu studied the sect’s Martial Arts Grand Summaries, hoping to strengthen his foundation and use his Panel to cultivate Divine Abilities.

Jiang Shu studied the True Martial Sect’s Martial Arts Grand Summaries and spent three months perfecting the Heaven's Will True Self Fist while learning about the Vast Desolate Domain. After checking his dwindling Contribution Points, he met Xue Xuan and Luo Yu at the Spirit Cuisine Hall, where they discussed servant tasks and the fierce competition within the sect.

• Jiang Shu memorized the Pine Crane Longevity Fist and considered using the Son of Heaven Like Dragon Fist to unify Xuanxing, but decided to wait until he reached the Furnace Fire Realm.
• Jiang Shu studied nearly a hundred Martial Arts Grand Summaries and chose to cultivate the Heaven's Will True Self Fist, the True Martial Sect's strongest foundation-building method.
• Over three months, Jiang Shu raised the Heaven's Will True Self Fist to Perfection and learned that advancing beyond the Martial Dao Six Realms required entering the Furnace Fire Realm.
• Jiang Shu checked the servant tasks available through his identity Jade Plaque and invited Xue Xuan and Luo Yu to the Spirit Cuisine Hall to discuss earning Contribution Points.
• Luo Yu explained the work and risks involved in raising Immortal Cranes and tending spiritual plants, while Xue Xuan warned that competition and treachery persisted even within the sect.

Jiang Shu learned that Ye Jiankong was backing Ye Huang and decided to seek an outside mission rather than rely on slow servant tasks. He left Xue Xuan and Luo Yu to watch for recruiting teams, resolved to test himself after three months of cultivation, and remained more wary of Ye Jiankong than Ye Huang.

• Xue Xuan warned Luo Yu about trusting people in the sect, and Jiang Shu advised Luo Yu to choose a Martial Arts Grand Summary to rebuild his foundation.
• The Servant Disciples in the Spirit Cuisine Hall heard that Ye Jiankong had returned from a mission with a Dazzling Gold Earth Vein and might ascend the Mystical Power Ranking.
• Ye Jiankong arrived with Ye Huang, flaunted his achievements, and arranged for Senior Brother Yuan to guide Ye Huang while he was away.
• Luo Yu criticized Ye Huang for showing off, while Xue Xuan warned Jiang Shu that Ye Huang would likely seek revenge after advancing to the Furnace Fire Realm.
• Jiang Shu asked Xue Xuan and Luo Yu to watch for Outer Sect Disciples recruiting Servant Disciples for outside missions, offering to join if the Contribution Points were high enough.
• Xue Xuan cautioned Jiang Shu against risking his life on a mission, but Jiang Shu insisted that after three months of cultivation he needed to test himself.

Ye Huang tried to have Jiang Shu transferred to Yuan Xuan’s team so he could arrange his death in the Underground Abyss, but Lu Qing Ling kept Jiang Shu with her group. The expedition was ambushed by Devils and Wandering Souls, and the chapter ended as a Devil disguised as Lu Qing Ling attacked Jiang Shu and he struck back with his perfected Heaven's Will True Self Fist.

• Ye Huang asked Yuan Xuan to transfer Jiang Shu to his team, and Yuan Xuan warned him that any revenge had to appear natural because the sect forbade disciples from killing one another.
• Yuan Xuan asked Lu Qing Ling to send Jiang Shu to his group, but Lu Qing Ling refused and warned Jiang Shu that Yuan Xuan was connected to Ye Huang.
• Lu Qing Ling led the Servant Disciples into the Underground Abyss, where she explained the dangers of Demonic Qi, Devils, and Wandering Souls.
• A Devil disguised as Yuan Xuan lured the Servant Disciples into an ambush, and several Devils attacked Lu Qing Ling’s group through a concealing mist.
• Lu Qing Ling killed one Devil with her Divine Ability and used her Sha-Nurturing Gourd to collect its remains, while other Devils and Wandering Souls continued attacking the group.
• A Devil disguised as Lu Qing Ling pounced on Jiang Shu, but he rejected its deception and unleashed his perfected Heaven's Will True Self Fist.

Jiang Shu held off a Devil in the Underground Abyss with the Kun Peng Devouring Art, helping Lu Qing Ling and the others defeat the Devils and gaining some of their mental strength. Lu Qing Ling warned him to avoid antagonizing Senior Brother Ye Jiankong, unaware that Jiang Shu possessed an Origin Core containing ten Divine Abilities.

• Jiang Shu burned his essence and blood and struck the Devil hard enough to stop its attack, impressing Lu Qing Ling and the nearby Servant Disciples.
• Jiang Shu used the Kun Peng Devouring Art and the Heaven's Will True Self Fist to fight the Devil, while the others realized he was the Hundred Dynasty War's first-place winner and possessor of a Divine Ability.
• The Devil took the form of Jiang Yan Yue to distract Jiang Shu, but he recognized the ploy, attacked with two Treasure Artifacts, and pinned it in place for Lu Qing Ling to kill.
• Lu Qing Ling let Jiang Shu absorb part of the Devil's mental strength, and Luo Qing introduced herself and invited him to the Yanxia Society.
• Lu Qing Ling warned Jiang Shu to be cautious of Senior Brother Ye Jiankong, while Jiang Shu's Storage Bag held an Origin Core containing ten Divine Abilities.

After ten days and ten nights in the Underground Abyss, Jiang Shu had greatly improved and planned to keep advancing toward the Furnace Fire Realm. Back in the outer sect, Yuan Xuan realized he had underestimated Jiang Shu and took Ye Huang to seek entertainment in the True Martial Thirty-Six Cities.

• Jiang Shu and the others fought Devils in the Underground Abyss, and Jiang Shu’s cultivation and Heaven's Will True Self Fist proficiency advanced toward a breakthrough.
• Lu Qing Ling invited Jiang Shu to return to the Abyss with her group in ten days, and he agreed.
• At the Teleportation Array, Lu Qing Ling criticized Yuan Xuan for capturing a Snake Woman, while Yuan Xuan mocked her team and praised Ye Huang’s contributions.
• The outer sect female disciples openly showed their favor toward Jiang Shu, leaving Yuan Xuan’s Servant Disciples stunned and making Yuan Xuan realize he had misjudged him.
• Ye Huang insisted that his cultivation and resources would let him surpass Jiang Shu, and Yuan Xuan invited him to visit the True Martial Thirty-Six Cities and auction off the Snake Woman.

Jiang Shu tempered his spirit against the Underground Abyss’s devils, then fought alongside Lu Qing Ling and the Outer Sect Disciples while Xue Xuan and Luo Yu witnessed his growing strength. After four descents, Jiang Shu reached the limit of his cultivation and began breaking through toward the Furnace Fire Realm.

• Ye Huang returned from the True Martial Thirty-Six Cities and mocked Jiang Shu for still being on Servant Peak, but Jiang Shu calmly said he would wait for him in the Outer Sect.
• Jiang Shu brought Xue Xuan and Luo Yu into the Underground Abyss with Lu Qing Ling’s group, where he stopped a Furnace Fire Realm devil with one punch and helped defeat the devils.
• Jiang Shu repeatedly descended into the Underground Abyss, absorbing spiritual power and improving his Heaven's Will True Self Fist while Xue Xuan and Luo Yu fought alongside him.
• After four trips, Jiang Shu reached his limit, returned to his room, and fused his martial arts experience as his body, Origin Power, and spirit peaked.
• Jiang Shu’s thoughts focused on the words “Furnace Fire” as he prepared to break the limit.

Jiang Shu broke through to the Furnace Fire Realm, became an Outer Sect Disciple, and received the Heavenly Mechanism Puppet Art. He returned to the Underground Abyss to gather materials for a Spirit Rank Puppet, then activated his Two Worlds Travel panel.

• Jiang Shu condensed True Fire, advanced to the Furnace Fire Realm, and absorbed Pure Essence Pills to expand his Dantian.
• Luo Yu and Xue Xuan realized Jiang Shu had advanced, while Ye Huang learned that Jiang Shu—not the senior brother he expected—had reached the Furnace Fire Realm.
• An Outer Sect Deacon escorted Jiang Shu into the Outer Sect, where he received a Flowing Cloud Starlight Robe, practical Talismans, and the Heavenly Mechanism Puppet Art.
• Jiang Shu decided to refine a Spirit Rank Puppet and accepted an Underground Abyss mission to gather materials.
• Jiang Shu returned to the Underground Abyss, suppressed and killed Devils, and activated his Two Worlds Travel panel.

After half a year away, Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing and saw how Xia Kingdom had changed as Martial Dao, genetic technology, and international competition advanced. He reunited with his parents and Ye Zhenzhen, promised to stay for a while, and asked them to keep his return quiet amid the unsettled situation.

• Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing and visited Fifth High School, where students discussed Martial Dao training and the rise of Jiang Tianren.
• Jiang Shu reviewed news about Xia Kingdom and America, then planned to use Xia Kingdom's resources to refine Spirit Rank Puppets and advance his cultivation.
• Jiang Shu returned to Pillow Water Residence and surprised Jiang Yongyi, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Zhenzhen, who had reached Bone Forging while teaching his parents.
• Jiang Shu cooked dinner and reassured his parents that he would stay home for a while and could return often after leaving.
• Jiang Shu asked his parents and Ye Zhenzhen to conceal his return because the situation on Xuanxing remained unsettled.

Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing, taught his family the Pine Crane Longevity Fist, and refined Nether Lightning True Person’s Mystical Power Great Elixir to master the Five Thunders Great Handprint. His cultivation was interrupted when America announced a new Sixth-Order Gene Serum and Kenos challenged Xia Kingdom by planning to enter a dangerous Pacific Secret Realm.

• Jiang Yongyi praised Xia Kingdom’s steady development, and Jiang Shu passed the Pine Crane Longevity Fist to his parents and Ye Zhenzhen.
• Xu Lizhi took Jiang Yongyi out, leaving Jiang Shu and Ye Zhenzhen together; over the next three days, Jiang Shu taught her the martial art and cultivated with Pure Essence Pills.
• Jiang Shu refined Nether Lightning True Person’s Origin Core and learned the Five Thunders Great Handprint, while Ye Zhenzhen entered the Organ Refining Realm.
• America announced the successful development of the Sixth-Order Gene Serum, and Kenos advanced into a Sixth Order Gene Great War God.
• Kenos declared Martial Dao obsolete and announced that he would livestream piloting Deep Sea Avenger into the Pacific Ocean to develop a Heaven and Earth Secret Realm in three days.

Wang Tianren admitted he had little chance of surviving the Pacific Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, while Xia Kingdom’s leaders chose to avoid America’s provocation and continue building up martial arts. As online arguments over mechas and martial arts raged, Jiang Shu completed the final stage of refining Nether Lightning True Person’s Mystical Power Great Elixir, and his Five Thunders Great Handprint reached Mastery.

• Wang Tianren estimated he had a thirty percent chance of reaching the deep Pacific and only a one-in-ten chance of surviving inside the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• Xia Kingdom’s leaders decided not to enter the secret realm or answer America’s challenge, and emphasized the growth of martial arts in the military.
• Kenos’s interview went viral as American netizens mocked Xia Kingdom, while Jiang Yan Yue fiercely defended Jiang Tianren online from her dorm room.
• Jiang Shu remained at Pillow Water Residence for three days, refining the Mystical Power Great Elixir until the panel showed Five Thunders Great Handprint at Mastery (900/1000).

Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing and watched America’s Deep Sea Avenger win a series of battles in the Pacific Ocean. After telling his family he would confront the mecha and explore the Pacific Ocean’s Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, he openly left home, and word spread that Jiang Tianren had returned.

• Jiang Shu finished refining the Five Thunders Great Handprint, strengthened his combat power, and resolved to find Nether Lightning True Person’s descendants to settle his blood oath.
• Jiang Shu joined his parents and Ye Zhenzhen as they watched the Deep Sea Avenger fight Variant Ferocious Beasts in the Pacific Ocean, while American viewers praised Kenos and dismissed Martial Dao.
• Kenos piloted the Deep Sea Avenger into the depths of the Pacific Ocean, killing three Tier 6 and eighteen Fifth Order Variant Ferocious Beasts as several submarines followed him toward the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• Jiang Shu told his family he planned to confront the Deep Sea Avenger and explore the Pacific Ocean’s Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, promising to return before New Year.
• Jiang Shu openly left home, and a message sent to Shengjing announced that Jiang Tianren had returned.

Jiang Shu returned to Xia Kingdom and flew to the Pacific Ocean, where he used his powers to calm the sea and claim the Variant Ferocious Beasts America had killed. As Kenos lured a horde of beasts toward him in a trap, Jiang Shu began devouring their power and summoned lightning, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Wang Yan told Xia Kingdom's leaders that Jiang Shu's strength was beyond his ability to judge, and the leaders welcomed his return as a chance to challenge America's Deep Sea Avenger.
• Jiang Shu flew to the Pacific Ocean as Xia Kingdom began livestreaming his journey, while Kenos slowed the mecha's attack and planned to draw a horde of Variant Ferocious Beasts toward him.
• Jiang Shu activated the Wave-Calming Talisman, dividing the sea's waves and allowing Xia Kingdom's soldiers to salvage beasts that had drifted over from America's side.
• Jiang Shu crossed the water, killed a Fifth Order Variant Ferocious Beast, and declared his intention to enter Xuanxing's final Heaven and Earth Secret Realm; America's president then ordered Kenos to execute his plan.
• Kenos used the Deep Sea Avenger to draw three Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beasts toward Jiang Shu and mockingly called for help, while Xia Kingdom's netizens recognized the trap.
• Jiang Shu devoured the Origin Power and mental power of the charging beasts with the Kun Peng Devouring Art, then raised his hand and summoned lightning with the Five Thunders Great Handprint.

Jiang Shu annihilated Kenos and the Variant Ferocious Beasts in the Pacific, then refused America’s demand that he submit to a trial. He revealed a Mystical Power Great Elixir with nuclear-level destructive power, forcing America’s carrier to retreat.

• Jiang Shu killed Kenos and destroyed the Variant Ferocious Beasts, including the turtle-shaped beast, with a lightning palm.
• America’s president ordered negotiations, and a veteran general demanded that Jiang Shu accept a trial and return the beasts’ corpses.
• Jiang Shu rejected the general’s demands and challenged America to rely on its Nuclear Weapons to make him lower his head.
• Jiang Shu displayed a Mystical Power Great Elixir that America’s detectors measured as capable of devastation on the scale of a Nuclear Weapon.
• America’s president ordered a retreat, and the veteran general turned the Aircraft Carrier away.

After forcing America to retreat, Jiang Shu returned to Jicheng for New Year’s Eve and reunited with his family. He planned to stay home longer while preparing to explore Xuanxing’s final Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, whose passageway was stabilizing in the Pacific.

• Jiang Shu reflected that America had withdrawn because it feared his Mystical Power Great Elixir, not because he could defeat the country outright, and resolved to grow stronger by cultivating Xuanxing’s resources.
• Jiang Shu returned home on New Year’s Eve, teased Jiang Yan Yue, and celebrated with her and their parents.
• Jiang Shu advised Jiang Yan Yue to remain at the Academy, gave her a Martial Arts Grand Summary, and agreed to transfer Shu Yan Pharmaceutical Company’s CEO position to her after the Lantern Festival.
• Jiang Shu reassured his parents that he would stay home longer, while explaining that he would first visit the Pacific Ocean Secret Realm to help Xia Kingdom develop.
• Jiang Shu looked forward to the stabilized passageway opening and the Cosmic Ruins within Xuanxing’s final Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Jiang Shu cultivated in the Pacific Ocean Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, cleared it of Variant Ferocious Beasts, and strengthened his Divine Abilities while Xia Kingdom rose in influence. When the passage stabilized, a Star Gate revealed a miniature Cosmos and a brightening blue world identical to Xuanxing, leaving Jiang Shu facing a new cosmic mystery.

• Jiang Shu entered the Pacific Ocean Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and found its abundant Origin Qi and treasures, while wondering whether the Secret Realms were part of a larger plan.
• Jiang Shu refined Nether Lightning True Person's Divine Abilities, grew close to the middle stage of the Furnace Fire Realm, and exchanged Killing Intent for a Spirit Rank Cultivation Method.
• Xia Kingdom gained influence as news spread of Jiang Tianren's Mind Cultivation and Inner Strength Method, while its forces fought Variant Ferocious Beasts emerging from the Pacific passage.
• Jiang Shu spent half a year clearing the Secret Realm and cultivating until his realm stabilized at the middle stage of the Furnace Fire Realm and he mastered all ten Divine Abilities.
• The passage stabilized, the sea turned to dust, and a Star Gate appeared above the Secret Realm, showing Jiang Shu a blue world identical to Xuanxing.

Xuanxing underwent a vast transformation as Heaven and Earth Secret Realms merged and a Star Gate exposed the planet to Cosmic Powerhouses. Jiang Shu learned that invaders could threaten Xuanxing, resolved to grow stronger, and began cultivating the Heavenly Mechanism Puppet Art while a distant being prepared to descend upon the planet.

• Xuanxing's satellites fell, its land and oceans expanded, and a Grade C Heaven and Earth Secret Realm merged with the planet.
• Xia Kingdom's scientists debated the changes while people across the world watched the upheaval, and America's leaders hoped to use the disruption to restore their power.
• Jiang Shu learned from the Star Gate that Cosmic Powerhouses could invade Xuanxing and decided to strengthen himself to protect his family and the planet.
• Jiang Shu stayed in the Pacific Ocean Secret Realm, refined his first Spirit Rank Puppet, and began cultivating the Heavenly Mechanism Puppet Art.
• A distant, winged powerhouse saw Xuanxing appear as a Transcendent Star and declared that its inhabitants should kneel, believe in him, and sacrifice themselves.

While Xuanxing rebuilt and nations joined Xia Kingdom’s alliance, Jiang Shu warned Wang Yan that the Star Gate could bring spiritual invasions and argued that Xuanxing needed one voice. He prepared for migration and invasion, strengthened his own cultivation, and urged his parents to reach Samadhi; the chapter ended as a terrifying consciousness descended upon the Star Gate.

• Xia Kingdom deployed Martial Artists to rebuild disaster zones, and Jiang Shu urged Wang Yan to prepare for planetary migration and unify Xuanxing against future invasions.
• Wang Yan returned to Shengjing, where Xia Kingdom began constructing Cosmic Warships and established martial arts halls; ten days later, news of the Star Gate spread worldwide and more than a hundred nations joined Xia Kingdom’s alliance.
• Jiang Shu mastered the entry-level Heavenly Mechanism Puppet Art, stationed a Spirit Rank Puppet at the Star Gate, and then mastered Heaven’s Will True Self Body in the True Martial Sect.
• Jiang Shu told his parents about a life-bearing planet and prepared Talismans, a concealed formation, and Martial Artist Sleep Pods to protect them if they stayed on Xuanxing.
• The Spirit Rank Puppet sensed an incomparably terrifying consciousness descending upon the Star Gate.