Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu attended the Tianfu Auction to acquire Talismans for the coming war, while Zhou Yan weighed whether to abandon the True Martial Sect and join the Devil Sect. Jiang Shu bought several Earth Rank Talismans as the auction brought out the Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman, which Zhou Yan intended to win.

• Jiang Shu prepared to build up his resources for the coming war and planned to visit Danding City after the auction.
• A Black Robe Old Man urged Zhou Yan to kill Jiang Shu, but Zhou Yan distrusted the Devil Sect and resolved to advance to Nirvana and use his Heaven Rank Strange Fire and the Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman against Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu calmly outbid other guests for the Zhou Tian Starry Sky Sword Intent Talisman, then bought six more Earth Rank Talismans.
• The auctioneer introduced the Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman, drawing bids from wealthy Origin Core Realm Masters and Nirvana Realm True Lords.

Jiang Shu returned to the True Martial Sect after the auction, where Zhou Yan bought the Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman to prepare to kill him and seize his opportunities. Jiang Shu’s return revealed that he had cultivated Eighty-Two Mystical Powers, leaving the sect’s disciples in awe.

• Zhou Yan won the Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman for five thousand Heaven Rank Origin Crystals, while Elder Mo offered to help him kill Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu left the auction and traveled toward the True Martial Sect, reflecting on Heaven Rank Divine Abilities and the Great Daos.
• Zhou Yan chose to return to the Devil Sect and planned to enter Nirvana before Jiang Shu could advance.
• Jiang Shu returned to Thunder Hell Peak, where disciples praised his accomplishments at the Heavenly Puppet Sect.
• At Zi Ji Dao Lord’s request, Jiang Shu revealed Eighty-Two Mystical Powers, surpassing Yi Mengdao’s count and silencing the remaining doubts about his standing.

Jiang Shu accepted Zi Ji Dao Lord as his master and received three gifts to strengthen his cultivation and protect him in the coming war. The chapter ended with Jiang Shu deeply grateful as he began considering his master's support and the path ahead.

• Wu Tianming saw Jiang Shu cultivating eighty-two Divine Abilities, admitted he was inferior, and left to enter seclusion and pursue the Nirvana Realm.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord asked Jiang Shu to become his disciple, and Jiang Shu respectfully accepted.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord gave Jiang Shu the Blood Spirit Implantation Reincarnation Spirit Seizing Art and a Kun Peng Giant Egg so he could cultivate the true Kun Peng Devouring Art.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord offered Jiang Shu a choice of one hundred Divine Abilities, including thirty Heaven Rank Divine Abilities, and promised to help him obtain more from the sect.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord gave Jiang Shu a Dao Rank Talisman containing his power, which could kill any being below the Myriad Forms Realm.

Jiang Shu cultivated the Blood Spirit Implantation Reincarnation Spirit Seizing Art with the Kun Peng Giant Egg, while Wu Tianming successfully advanced into the Nirvana Realm. As Jiang Shu's cultivation seemed to fade, a vast surge of Origin Qi gathered around Thunder Hell Peak, and elders suspected he had awakened the Kun Peng Devouring Art.

• Zi Ji Dao Lord warned Jiang Shu that the Blood Spirit Implantation Reincarnation Spirit Seizing Art was dangerous and that he must hide its cultivation from the Devil Sect's remnants.
• Jiang Shu returned to his cave dwelling and used the Blood Spirit Implantation Reincarnation Spirit Seizing Art to merge his consciousness with the Kunpeng inside the giant egg.
• Wu Tianming opened a crack in his Origin Core, endured the Nirvana Wind Tribulation, and advanced into the Nirvana Realm.
• Wu Tianming left seclusion and headed toward the True Disciple Tower as disciples discussed Jiang Shu's continued cultivation and his coming contest with Yi Mengdao.
• Clouds and immense streams of Origin Qi surged toward Jiang Shu's cave dwelling, astonishing the elders and prompting one to suspect he was cultivating the Kun Peng Devouring Art.

Jiang Shu perfected the Heaven Rank Kun Peng Devouring Art, displayed its overwhelming power, and planned to cultivate sixteen more Divine Abilities before entering the Nirvana Realm. After warning Xue Xuan and Luo Yu about danger in the Great Jing Dynasty and sending them to protect his acquaintances, he left True Martial Sect to prepare to return to Xuanxing.

• Jiang Shu completed his eighty-third Divine Ability, the Kun Peng Devouring Art, and revealed an aura that astonished the sect's disciples and elders.
• Jiang Shu received sixteen Divine Ability empowerments from Zi Ji Dao Lord and stored them until he had stabilized his cultivation.
• More than eighty Nirvana Realm elders visited Jiang Shu, and he learned how deeply True Martial Sect's accumulated strength ran.
• Jiang Shu corrected Lu Qing Ling's cultivation and warned Xue Xuan and Luo Yu that the coming war could bring chaos and Devil Sect remnants to the dynasties.
• Jiang Shu sent Xue Xuan and Luo Yu to the Great Jing Dynasty with names and instructions to protect his acquaintances, then saw Lu Qing Ling off.
• Jiang Shu left the sect, made a simple cave abode outside the True Martial Thirty-Six Cities, and opened the Panel's Two Worlds Travel function.

After returning to Xuanxing, Jiang Shu reviewed the Great Xia Federation’s technological and martial advances and learned that the Star Gate was changing. He announced that he would handle the Star Gate and revealed he was developing a resource-intensive Martial Dao path beyond the Sixth Realm, one easier for ordinary people than Mind Cultivation.

• Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing, spoke with his parents, and went to Shengjing to meet the First Leader at the Research Institute.
• The First Leader and an academician showed Jiang Shu new tools and programs, including Source of Life, Gravity Chambers, and the Beast Era holographic game.
• Researchers demonstrated that they had restarted the Cosmic Battleship, developed brief spatial-transition travel, and repaired a Laser Railgun capable of killing some Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beasts.
• The First Leader reported that an Evil God's consciousness body had invaded through the Star Gate and that the gate appeared to be changing toward fully opening.
• Jiang Shu said he would resolve the Star Gate and explained that Mind Cultivation was too difficult for Xuanxing’s need to produce many strong fighters quickly.
• Jiang Shu revealed he was considering a simpler path beyond the Sixth Realm of Martial Dao that required vast resources, surprising the First Leader and the researchers.

Jiang Shu shared Spirit Rank cultivation methods and Divine Abilities with Xuanxing, assessed its growing martial and technological strength, and learned of two unusual planets found by the Cosmic Battleship. After Jiang Shu returned to Jicheng to cultivate, Wang Yan studied the methods and resolved to grow strong enough to defend Xuanxing.

• Jiang Shu explained the Faith Dao and said martial artists could exchange Human Race Contribution Points for the cultivation methods and Divine Abilities he had prepared.
• Jiang Shu praised Xuanxing's development, left researchers Jade Slips, and learned that the Cosmic Battleship had found mineral-rich Heavy Soil Star and mysterious Dead Water Star.
• Jiang Shu considered collecting Dead Water Star's unusual liquid for a future Dao Artifact, then attended a state banquet and returned to Jicheng to cultivate.
• Wang Yan emerged from seclusion and realized Jiang Shu's methods could lead him to the Essence Core Realm within five years.
• Wang Yan concluded that Jiang Shu had sacrificed his own cultivation to protect Xuanxing and vowed to become strong enough to fight Evil Gods directly.

After three months of secluded cultivation, Jiang Shu reached the Forget Self Realm and arranged a ceasefire with the God of All Beasts, leaving the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile to take charge of the Pacific Ocean’s Variant Ferocious Beasts. He then traveled to America and used Divine Abilities to consume its nuclear radiation and transform a ruined city into a thriving plain of flowers and greenery.

• Jiang Shu cultivated his Divine Abilities to minor mastery, bringing his total to ninety, then left Ji Mountain with the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile.
• Jiang Shu confronted the God of All Beasts in the Pacific Ocean, announced that he would open the Star Gate in half a year, and secured a ceasefire while the Variant Ferocious Beasts recuperated.
• Jiang Shu left the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile in the Pacific Ocean to take over the Variant Ferocious Beasts and prepare the region for the next half year.
• Jiang Shu traveled to America and used the Kun Peng Devouring Art to consume nuclear radiation and level the ruins of a former nuclear-blasted city.
• Jiang Shu summoned wind, clouds, thunder, and rain, then scattered seeds that rapidly grew into forests and blooming flowers across the devastated land.

Jiang Shu restored the nuclear ruins, discussed the Star Ruins Realm and its factions with Lord of Cangwu, and spent half a year with his family before preparing to open the Star Gate. With ninety-nine Dao Patterns condensed and new resources from the returned Cosmic Battleship, he stood ready to leave Xuanxing for the Star Ruins Realm.

• Jiang Shu absorbed nuclear radiation and scattered seeds, turning ruined cities into green land while Xia Kingdom began building a military base in the West.
• Lord of Cangwu met Jiang Shu, and they discussed the Dao for ten days as Lord of Cangwu explained the Star Ruins Realm and its forces.
• Jiang Shu considered the dangers to Xuanxing and the major factions he might join, then chose to delay his departure and spend time with his parents, Jiang Yan Yue, and Ye Zhenzhen.
• Jiang Shu instructed the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile to guard the Pacific Ocean and maintain the balance between martial artists and Variant Ferocious Beasts.
• Jiang Shu gathered with the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile, Lord of Cangwu, and the God of All Beasts as he prepared to open the Star Gate, having condensed ninety-nine Dao Patterns and received resources from Heavy Soil Star and Dead Water Star.

Jiang Shu entered the Star Ruins Realm with Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts, learned about the dangers of the Black Iron Desert, and decided to gather information before choosing a faction. As they flew toward the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance, another group headed into the desert’s Inner Area to seek the Black Iron Origin and opportunities tied to the Eternal Tower.

• Jiang Shu, Lord of Cangwu, and the God of All Beasts arrived in the Star Ruins Realm and learned that its heavy gravity weakened their bodies and spiritual power.
• Jiang Shu tested the Black Iron Desert’s sand, concealed Xuanxing’s Star Gate beneath a dune, and set up a concealment formation.
• Lord of Cangwu warned that Black Iron Storms could destroy their consciousness incarnations, so the three flew onward through the desert.
• The God of All Beasts asked whether Jiang Shu planned to join the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance, and Jiang Shu said he would learn about it before deciding.
• A young man carrying Meteor Vine persuaded Uncle Zheng and their group of Gene Dao cultivators to head into the Black Iron Desert’s Inner Area.
• The young man said the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance was recruiting geniuses to challenge the Eternal Tower, where they could earn rewards and build connections.

Jiang Shu survived the Black Iron Storm with Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts, then learned how the Tuoba Family had enslaved a technological civilization to build its power. He considered establishing a city to protect Xuanxing and asked about nearby cities with technological ties.

• Tuoba Jin and his guards fled the Black Iron Storm, and Tuoba Jin pursued Jiang Shu after noticing him carrying two consciousness bodies.
• After the storm, Tuoba Jin introduced himself, gave Jiang Shu a token to Tuoba City, and left with Uncle Zheng.
• Uncle Zheng explained that Tuoba Jin had cautiously befriended Jiang Shu because he suspected Jiang Shu was a powerful genius from an invaded planet.
• The God of All Beasts told Jiang Shu that the Tuoba Family had enslaved a technological civilization and used its Gene Serums to empower Tuoba Planet's warriors.
• Jiang Shu considered building a city near Xuanxing's Star Gate to protect his planet and asked the God of All Beasts about nearby cities linked to technology.

Jiang Shu visited Star Cosmos City with Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts, learning about its trade in resources, slaves, and planetary information. He considered how Star Ruins Realm technology and commerce could help Xuanxing, but resolved to keep the planet’s value and location concealed.

• Jiang Shu and his companions approached Star Cosmos City, where he considered how technological goods and resources could help Xuanxing develop.
• Jiang Shu entered the vast trade city and heard cultivators discuss the cost of raising Meteor Vines and the rewards for selling newly extraordinary planets.
• Lord of Cangwu identified nearby Spirit Race experts and envied their soul talent and Tuoba Jin’s adult Meteor Vine.
• A maid guided Jiang Shu through a Star Cosmos Tower and described its Gene Slaves, including their prices and limits.
• Jiang Shu considered buying slaves to protect his parents and using Xuanxing’s resources for Cosmic Origin Crystals, but decided against exposing the planet.
• The maid explained that the tower sold cosmic and planetary information on its first floor and Star Net access for one hundred Cosmic Origin Crystals on its second.

Jiang Shu toured the Star Cosmos Tower and learned about its Star Nets, goods, and prices before receiving 2,300 Cosmic Origin Crystals from Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts. He planned to use the funds to buy useful items for Xuanxing while delaying any decision to join a faction.

• A maid guided Jiang Shu and his companions through the tower, explaining the secure Cosmic Star Net and the goods sold on each floor.
• Jiang Shu saw robots, bloodline fluids, crystal ore veins, weapons, and dining options, but found many items prohibitively expensive.
• Jiang Shu tipped the maid an Eighth Order crystal and entered the low-end buffet with Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts.
• Lord of Cangwu offered Jiang Shu 1,500 Cosmic Origin Crystals, and the God of All Beasts added about 800.
• Jiang Shu accepted the 2,300 crystals and explained that he wanted to study the Star Ruins Realm's factions and strengthen himself before choosing one.
• Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts planned to look around while Jiang Shu shopped, then meet him outside the tower.

Jiang Shu bought Star Ruins Realm technology, supplies, and intelligence investigations to help Xuanxing develop, then returned to Xuanxing while Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts stayed behind. He left them in the Black Iron Desert and planned to return to the Star Ruins Realm after advancing in the Vast Desolate Domain.

• Jiang Shu considered how Star Beast meat and materials could strengthen the True Martial Sect, but decided he was too weak to pursue that plan yet.
• Jiang Shu ordered a Star Net set, Bloodline Evolution Fluid, a Laser Cannon, a Smart Fighter Jet, and Meteor Vine saplings from Xiao Lin for Xuanxing.
• Jiang Shu requested investigations into the Deities who had invaded Xuanxing and asked Xiao Lin to find three Eighth Order Gene Slaves matching his requirements.
• Jiang Shu told the God of All Beasts and Lord of Cangwu that he would return to Xuanxing, and they agreed to remain in the Star Ruins Realm.
• Jiang Shu flew with Lord of Cangwu and the God of All Beasts to the Black Iron Desert, activated the concealment formation, and passed through Xuanxing's Star Gate.

Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing through the fully opened Star Gate and found its people preparing to defend themselves while he was away. He brought the Research Institute Bloodline Evolution Fluid, a Laser Cannon, and the Star Net, giving Xuanxing new paths for advancement and contact with the Cosmos.

• The Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile cultivated near the Star Gate and shared its inherited powers and essence blood with Variant Ferocious Beasts while waiting for Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu appeared through the Star Gate, and the Cosmic Warship crew confirmed his identity as the Talent Camp students trained against Variant Ferocious Beasts in the Pacific Ocean.
• Jiang Shu watched the students, directed the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile to challenge promising fighters, and hypnotized the Cosmic Warship crew so they could rest.
• Jiang Shu told General Zhao that the Star Gate defense remained essential because Ninth Order Experts might discover Xuanxing, then briefly left the warship crew to recover.
• Jiang Shu met the First Leader, Wang Yan, and researchers in Shengjing and gave them Bloodline Evolution Fluid and a Laser Cannon to study.
• Jiang Shu revealed that he had brought back the Star Net, which could connect Xuanxing to the Cosmos and provide access to knowledge and technological blueprints.

Jiang Shu explained the Star Net and the dangers Xuanxing faced in the cosmos, then returned to Jicheng to prepare his family for life beyond the planet. He left Jiang Yan Yue beginning a contest to make a Meteor Vine submit, hoping it would strengthen her mental power and help her reach the Rebirth Realm.

• Jiang Shu gave the First Leader control over Star Net access and warned the Research Institute that Xuanxing's value could attract cosmic invaders and enslavers.
• Jiang Shu returned to Jicheng, helped his parents advance their cultivation, and gave them Meteor Vines for protection.
• Jiang Shu gave Meteor Vine seeds to Jiang Yan Yue and Ye Zhenzhen, and explained the Star Net and its uses to his family.
• Jiang Shu provided Auxiliary Light Brains and Universal Currency to his family so they could use the Star Net and stay in contact with him.
• Jiang Yan Yue began trying to make her Meteor Vine submit as Jiang Shu guided her through the mental contest and explained how it could boost her toward the Rebirth Realm.

Jiang Shu helped Jiang Yan Yue and Ye Zhenzhen subdue Meteor Vines, then registered Star Net accounts for his family. After learning about the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance’s Genius Trial Tower, he saw a chance to hunt the Lower Gods and attract the Alliance’s attention.

• Jiang Yan Yue resisted the Meteor Vine’s mental illusion and subdued it, while Jiang Shu explained its value, growth, and the danger of revealing it.
• Ye Zhenzhen endured the Meteor Vine’s darkness and subdued it, earning Jiang Shu’s praise.
• Jiang Shu registered Star Net accounts for his parents, Jiang Yan Yue, and Ye Zhenzhen, deposited one million Universal Currency into each, and cooked for them.
• After Ye Zhenzhen fell asleep, Jiang Shu logged into the Star Net and learned that the Blood God, the God of Dark Night, and the Skeleton Bone God had entered the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance’s Genius Trial Tower.
• Jiang Shu realized he could enter the Trial Tower within nine years to hunt the Lower Gods and demonstrate his potential to the Alliance, possibly earning a path to the Eternal Tower.

Jiang Shu spent time with his family on the Star Net, prepared Xuanxing for further development, and returned to the Endless Sea Domain as war approached. In Overturning Sea City, Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu witnessed the arrival of the True Martial Sect’s Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sound Ship.

• Jiang Shu reflected on the limits of the Vast Desolate Domain’s cultivation path and spent several days showing his family cosmic sights and virtual restaurants on the Star Net.
• Jiang Shu advised Jiang Yan Yue to prioritize cultivation over virtual battle rankings and gave her a Smart Fighter Jet and Storage Bags to protect their family while he was away.
• Jiang Shu reviewed Xuanxing’s scientific progress, set priorities for developing Heavy Soil Star, and urged support for Heart’s Dao cultivation before using Two Worlds Travel to return to the Endless Sea Domain.
• Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu discussed a partly assembled treasure map and agreed to keep it safe until they were stronger and the war had passed.
• A vast palace and beast-shaped Treasure Ship appeared above Overturning Sea City, and Lu Qing Ling identified it as the True Martial Sect’s Dao Artifact, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sound Ship.

As the Human Race prepared for war in the Endless Sea Domain, Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu joined the True Martial Sect’s forces and helped advertise its rewards to Loose Cultivators. Dao One Sect then arrived with Yi Mengdao, who spotted them and demanded to know where Jiang Shu was.

• Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu flew to the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sound Ship as the True Martial Sect and Heavenly Puppet Sect assembled for the coming war.
• Bai Chuan True Monarch gave the three Jade Talismans listing True Martial Sect rewards, directed them to post the lists, and told them to seek help from Sea Light True Lord.
• The three posted the exchange lists around Overturning Sea City while Loose Cultivators compared the sects’ rewards and discussed the dangers of the war.
• Dao One Sect arrived with a large fleet and offered generous rewards, including a chance for promising Loose Cultivators to cultivate in the sect.
• Yi Mengdao recognized Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu, introduced himself, and demanded to know where Jiang Shu was.

Yi Mengdao confronted Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu in Overturning Sea City, boasting that he had cultivated eighty-eight Divine Abilities and challenging Jiang Shu to meet him on the battlefield. The three later met Sea Light True Lord, who welcomed them and asked about Jiang Shu so he could prepare a grand gift for his arriving junior brother.

• Yi Mengdao pressured Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu while demanding that they tell Jiang Shu he would wait for him on Dao One Sect's battlefield.
• Yi Mengdao left for the Endless Sea Domain, and Dao One Sect's disciples tried to recruit Loose Cultivators by promising opportunities in the coming war.
• Lu Qing Ling explained to Xue Xuan and Luo Yu that Loose Cultivators cared more about safety and benefits than choosing between Jiang Shu and Yi Mengdao.
• Sea Light True Lord appeared to the three True Martial Sect disciples and invited them to his residence, identifying himself as Jiang Shu's senior brother.
• Sea Light True Lord asked Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu about Jiang Shu's preferences so he could prepare a grand gift for him.