Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu told Sea Light True Lord about Jiang Shu’s character and achievements, prompting him to arrange introductions to powerful Loose Cultivators. Jiang Shu reunited with Chou Hai and Qi Yuan, gave Chou Hai a lifespan-extending pill and new cultivation guidance, and urged Qi Yuan to advance confidently toward the Rebirth Realm.

• Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu recounted Jiang Shu’s past deeds to Sea Light True Lord, who praised his loyalty and talent.
• Sea Light True Lord gave the three disciples names of favored Loose Cultivators in Overturning Sea City to invite to the True Martial Sect Battlefield.
• Chou Hai reflected on Jiang Shu’s rise while Qi Yuan opened his hundredth aperture and spoke of reaching the Rebirth Realm.
• Jiang Shu appeared in the courtyard, gave Chou Hai a Jiazi Great Pill, and guided him to refine it and cultivate the Pine Crane Longevity Fist.
• Jiang Shu told Qi Yuan to focus on reaching the Rebirth Realm and offered to provide whatever cultivation resources he needed.
• Jiang Shu declared that with Ninety-Nine Mystical Powers, he would become the sect’s First True Disciple and had no reason to fear competition.

Jiang Shu traveled to Overturning Sea City as war approached and met his Second Senior Brother, Sea Light True Lord, who told him the Mystical Power Tournament would begin in three days. Jiang Shu revealed that he had cultivated all ninety-nine Divine Abilities, leaving Sea Light True Lord stunned.

• Jiang Shu shared a drink with Qi Yuan, left him cultivation resources, and departed for the Endless Sea Domain while Chou Hai absorbed the Jiazi Great Pill.
• Jiang Shu joined a supply convoy through the teleportation arrays, gave Earth Rank pills to the disciples transporting supplies, and continued toward Overturning Sea City.
• Jiang Shu collected the Azure Sky Blue Sea Seal from the Heavenly Puppet Sect and assessed the resources the Eight Great Sects were offering Loose Cultivators.
• Jiang Shu visited his Second Senior Brother, Sea Light True Lord, who explained the Mystical Power Tournament's significance and warned him that Yi Mengdao had cultivated eighty-eight Divine Abilities.
• Jiang Shu told Sea Light True Lord that he had cultivated ninety-nine Divine Abilities, and Sea Light True Lord was left in disbelief.

Jiang Shu met Sea Light True Lord, who was astonished to learn that Jiang Shu had cultivated Ninety-Nine Mystical Powers and gave him a token tied to Ancient Demon Sect Ruins. Sea Light True Lord warned that Jiang Shu’s rise at the upcoming Mystical Power Tournament could draw challenges from the Dao One Sect’s True Transmissions.

• Jiang Shu revealed that he had cultivated Ninety-Nine Mystical Powers, surprising Sea Light True Lord.
• Sea Light True Lord explained that a token he had obtained could open the Grand Array around Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, but only a Nirvana Realm cultivator under five hundred years old could claim it.
• Jiang Shu initially refused the token as too valuable, but Sea Light True Lord explained why he could not use it and urged Jiang Shu to accept it.
• Jiang Shu accepted the token and resolved to remain in the Essence Core Realm for the Mystical Power Tournament, despite being able to advance to Nirvana Realm.
• Sea Light True Lord told Jiang Shu that Yi Mengdao had gained attention by displaying eighty-eight Mystical Powers and fighting a Nirvana Realm loose cultivator.
• Sea Light True Lord warned Jiang Shu that Dao One Sect True Transmissions might challenge him after the tournament, especially if he advanced to Nirvana Realm.

Jiang Shu arrived at the True Martial Sect Battlefield ahead of the Mystical Power Tournament and prepared to face Yi Mengdao. As the tournament began with a chaotic melee inside two Grand Arrays, Jiang Shu and the other competitors entered the Heaven Rank array, leaving their clash to come.

• Jiang Shu thanked Sea Light True Lord, flew to the battlefield, and gave pills to the Law Enforcement disciples who greeted him.
• Jiang Shu visited the elders aboard the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sound Ship and spent three days cultivating.
• Overturning Sea Dao Lord announced treasury rewards and opened the tournament’s ten viewing regions as the Eight Great Sects presented their competitors and rules.
• The competitors entered the Heaven Rank and Earth Rank Grand Arrays, where those eliminated would have to fight their way up through elimination rounds.
• Lu Qing Ling reassured Luo Yu that Yi Mengdao was unlikely to let other Dao One Sect disciples interfere with his anticipated fight against Jiang Shu.
• The Grand Arrays closed, and the Mystical Power Tournament officially began.

Jiang Shu and Yi Mengdao began their long-awaited battle in the Heaven Rank Grand Array, where Jiang Shu countered Yi Mengdao’s overwhelming mystical powers. The chapter ended as Jiang Shu revealed his Mystical Power Great Elixir with ninety-nine patterns and declared that Origin Cores would see him as they saw heaven.

• Yi Mengdao challenged Jiang Shu and unleashed his Sun Moon Essence Wheels and a barrage of mystical powers.
• Jiang Shu used the Kun Peng Devouring Art to swallow Yi Mengdao’s attacks, then caught the Sun Moon Essence Wheels with his Five Elements Chaos Tribulation Dragon Transformation Art.
• Yi Mengdao burned 180 years of his lifespan to strengthen himself and used the Five Elements Demon Sealing Talisman, Great Dao Severing Emotion Sword, and Yin Yang Two Forms Method against Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu endured the Great Dao Severing Emotion Sword and resisted Yi Mengdao’s other attacks with his Cosmos Mind Cultivation methods.
• Jiang Shu revealed his Mystical Power Great Elixir, displaying ninety-nine Glazed Golden Light patterns, and declared that Origin Cores would see him as they saw heaven.

Jiang Shu overwhelmed Yi Mengdao in the Mystical Power Tournament, breaking his Yin Yang Array and beating him out of the Heaven Rank Grand Array. After claiming first place, Jiang Shu invited the remaining contestants to continue.

• Jiang Shu's ninety-nine Mystical Powers suppressed Yi Mengdao's Yin Yang Array, and his Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist drove Yi Mengdao back and left him badly wounded.
• The Dao One Sect elders considered exploiting Jiang Shu's supposed opportunity, but their Myriad Forms Realm Dao Lord forbade it because Jiang Shu was Zi Ji Dao Lord's disciple in the True Martial Sect.
• Jiang Shu continued punching Yi Mengdao, disrupting his divine abilities and damaging the Sun Moon Essence Wheels while demanding that he submit.
• The True Martial Sect disciples and spectators cheered as Jiang Shu beat Yi Mengdao until he could no longer stand.
• Jiang Shu's final punch sent Yi Mengdao out of the Heaven Rank Grand Array and into the Endless Sea Domain.
• Jiang Shu declared that he would take first place if no one objected and told the remaining contestants to continue.

Jiang Shu crushed Yi Mengdao in the Mystical Power Tournament, revealing Ninety-Nine Mystical Powers and securing True Martial Sect’s dominance. After the three-day competition, the rankings named Jiang Shu first and awarded him access to the Overturning Sea Dao Lord Treasury.

• Jiang Shu defeated Yi Mengdao with a single punch, sending Dao One Sect’s Innate Dao Seed out of the Heaven Rank Grand Array.
• Chongyuan True Monarch carried the shaken Yi Mengdao back to Dao One Sect’s warship and put him to sleep.
• Overturning Sea Dao Lord decided to add more treasures to the rewards for Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu left the grand array and allowed the remaining disciples to compete while he reviewed Yi Mengdao’s mystical powers.
• The tournament lasted three days and three nights, and the rankings awarded Jiang Shu first place, eight Heaven Rank Mystical Powers, ten bottles of Heaven Rank Pills, and entry to the Overturning Sea Dao Lord Treasury.

Jiang Shu cultivated beyond the Essence Core Realm’s supposed limit, raising his Mystical Powers from ninety-nine to 108 while the Human Race’s war against the Demon Race began. He left the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sound Ship to face the battlefield, intending to test his strength against Transformation Great Demons and settle matters with Zhou Yan.

• Loose Cultivators in Overturning Sea City discussed Jiang Shu’s tournament victory as Demonic Cultivators and the Demon Race seized remote settlements and formed new Tide of Beasts points.
• Lu Qing Ling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu investigated Demonic Cultivator spies with True Martial Sect elders and worried about surviving the war.
• Jiang Shu reflected on the treasures he had received from Overturning Sea Dao Lord and considered entering a forbidden land to seek resources and traces of Lu Qing Ling’s ancestor.
• Jiang Shu revealed that he had cultivated nine Heaven Rank Divine Abilities in half a month, increasing his total to 108 Mystical Powers while remaining in the Essence Core Realm.
• Jiang Shu left his room and saw cultivators charging into the Tide of Beasts as the great war began and the Eight Great Sects’ Merit Ranking Lists appeared.

Jiang Shu learned that injured Transformation Great Demons were hiding in the northwest and set out to hunt them for materials to make Heaven Rank Puppets. After rescuing True Martial Sect disciples along the way, he reached a fog-shrouded island where powerful demon aura gathered.

• Sea Light True Lord told Jiang Shu that the Demon Race’s invading force was stronger than before and that three injured Transformation Great Demons were likely hiding in the northwest.
• Jiang Shu headed for the northwest, planning to hunt the Transformation Great Demons and turn them into Heaven Rank Puppets.
• Jiang Shu rescued Lu Li from an Inner Core Realm Demon Beast, killed it with one palm, and left Lu Li the remaining materials.
• Lu Li recounted Jiang Shu’s rescue to his squad, and the disciples praised Jiang Shu before leaving the dangerous area to recover.
• Jiang Shu crossed the spatial turbulence and spotted a fog-shrouded island filled with powerful demon aura.

Jiang Shu entered a fog-covered island and confronted Xiong Qingqiu, an injured Transformation Realm Great Demon who recognized him from the Demon Race’s Genius Hunting List. After resisting Xiong Qingqiu’s Heart Demon attack, Jiang Shu prepared to break free of the demon’s trapping array and fight back with his Heaven Rank Mystical Power.

• Jiang Shu approached the island after sensing no other Transformation Great Demon nearby and charged in to confront the demon that had killed Nirvana Realm rogue cultivators.
• Xiong Qingqiu attacked Jiang Shu, then recognized him as the Mystical Power Tournament champion and a high-ranking target on the Genius Hunting List.
• Jiang Shu struck Xiong Qingqiu head-on with the Five Elements Chaos Tribulation Dragon Transformation Art and the Azure Sky Blue Sea Seal.
• Xiong Qingqiu revealed his Nine-Tailed Fox Bear form and used Heart Demon illusions, but Jiang Shu shattered them with the Heaven's Will True Self Fist.
• Xiong Qingqiu formed a massive killing array that turned the surrounding Origin Qi into demon qi, but Jiang Shu devoured the demon qi and unleashed the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist.

Jiang Shu killed Xiong Qingqiu after revealing the power of his 108 Mystical Powers, then fled the island as other Demon Beasts approached. Two figures arrived afterward, discovered Xiong Qingqiu was dead, and decided they needed to seek allies.

• Jiang Shu shattered Xiong Qingqiu's attacks and countered with his dragon claws and Kun Peng Devouring Art.
• Jiang Shu pierced Xiong Qingqiu's chest with his Mystical Power Great Elixir, revealing that he cultivated 108 Mystical Powers.
• Xiong Qingqiu tried to flee and offered to sign a contract, but Jiang Shu caught and killed him, then devoured his soul.
• Jiang Shu stored Xiong Qingqiu's body and fled the island, planning to stabilize his spiritual power and later kill Zhou Yan.
• A Goat-Bearded Elder and a slender figure arrived, confirmed Xiong Qingqiu's death, and agreed to seek help from the Demon Race or Demonic Cultivators.

Jiang Shu finished refining the Nine-Tailed Fox Bear into a Heaven Rank Puppet and set out to return to his sect, hoping to learn where Zhou Yan was. Meanwhile, Lu Qing Ling trained junior sisters in the war before learning that Zhou Yan had returned as a Nirvana Realm elder of the True Martial Sect.

• Jiang Shu completed the Nine-Tailed Fox Bear Puppet and bound it to himself with the Great Puppet Seal.
• Jiang Shu put away the cave abode and headed back to the sect, intent on finding and killing Zhou Yan once he could establish the grounds to do so.
• Lu Qing Ling saved a junior sister from a Seed Condensation Realm Demon Beast and sternly taught her not to hold back in battle.
• A familiar voice arrived, and Lu Qing Ling told her senior brother that Zhou Yan had returned and advanced to the Nirvana Realm, becoming an elder of the True Martial Sect.

Jiang Shu returned to the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sound Ship, learned about the war and Zhou Yan’s presence in the Inner Area, and decided to enter the dangerous front himself. He left despite Elder Xiaguang’s warning, intending to seek an opportunity to advance to the Nirvana Realm while concealing his power and recent achievements.

• Jiang Shu killed the charging Demon Beasts with a gesture, gave pills to the junior sisters, and reassured Lu Qing Ling that he could handle Zhou Yan.
• Jiang Shu reached the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sound Ship and reviewed the Merit Ranking List, battlefield reports, and records of the Inner Area’s deadly fighting.
• Jiang Shu learned that Zhou Yan had gone to the Inner Area and concluded that he needed to see the war firsthand to understand its situation.
• Jiang Shu told Elder Xiaguang that he planned to enter the Inner Area and seek an opportunity to advance, while hiding that he had killed a Transformation Realm Great Demon.
• Elder Xiaguang urged Jiang Shu to defend a city instead, but Jiang Shu departed for the Inner Area, leaving the elder to realize he intended to advance to the Nirvana Realm.

Jiang Shu entered the Endless Sea Domain’s inner region and reunited with Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord on Azure Luan Great Island. Sea Light urged him to leave because the battlefield was dangerous, but Jiang Shu revealed that he had killed a Transformation Realm Great Demon and was staying to fulfill his blood oath against Zhou Yan.

• Jiang Shu traveled into the inner region and flew to Azure Luan Great Island, where Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord welcomed him.
• Sea Light warned Jiang Shu that the inner region was too dangerous for an Essence Core Realm cultivator and offered to escort him back.
• Jiang Shu explained that he needed to kill Zhou Yan to fulfill his blood oath, despite Zhou Yan having advanced to the Nirvana Realm.
• Jiang Shu summoned his Heaven Rank Nine-Tailed Fox Bear puppet and revealed that he had killed the Transformation Realm Great Demon himself.
• Sea Light realized Jiang Shu’s combat power was extraordinary, while As You Wish True Lord admired the puppet and asked to see Jiang Shu’s Natal Treasure Item.

Sea Light True Lord spread word of Jiang Shu’s arrival to draw Zhou Yan and the Demon Race toward Azure Luan Great Island, while As You Wish True Lord helped Jiang Shu raise his Azure Sky Blue Sea Seal toward the Heaven Rank. As the war worsened and the Eight Great Sects retreated, ten Demon Race Commanders gathered to besiege the island and kill Jiang Shu.

• As You Wish True Lord praised Jiang Shu’s artifact-forging talent and began helping him refine the Azure Sky Blue Sea Seal, while Sea Light True Lord investigated Zhou Yan.
• Sea Light True Lord spread news of Jiang Shu’s arrival, prompting Zhou Yan to prepare his Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman and wait for a chance to kill him.
• Sea Light True Lord strengthened Azure Luan Great Island’s defenses and planned to use Jiang Shu as bait, while Jiang Shu continued refining his Treasure Artifact with As You Wish True Lord.
• Demon Race and Demonic Cultivator forces counterattacked several islands, killing one Creation Sect elder and badly wounding two Star Fighting Sect elders as the Eight Great Sects’ battle line retreated.
• The Eight Great Sects approved sending more Nirvana Realm and Essence Core Realm cultivators into the inner area as their occupied islands required more defenders.
• Ten Demon Race Commanders learned that Jiang Shu was on Azure Luan Great Island and gathered to besiege it and kill him.

Demon Race Commanders and Devil Sect True Lords lured Jiang Shu out of Azure Luan Great Island while their forces attacked its defenders. After completing his Heaven Rank treasure cauldron, Jiang Shu entered the battlefield and confronted the Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng.

• Hundred Eyes Commander and Hu Lei planned a feint against East Tide Great Island while secretly targeting Azure Luan Great Island and Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu completed the Heaven Rank Mid Grade Azure Sky Blue Sea Cauldron with help from As You Wish True Lord.
• Demon and Devil Sect forces attacked Azure Luan Great Island, where Sea Light True Lord and three elders fought to hold them off.
• As You Wish True Lord shattered a Devil Sect True Lord's Treasure Artifact with a torrent of artifacts and wounded him.
• The Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng feigned retreat and taunted Jiang Shu into leaving the Heaven Rank Grand Array.
• Jiang Shu stepped into the air before the Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng and declared that he had come to kill it.

Jiang Shu revealed power far beyond the Essence Core Realm and overwhelmed the Demon Race and Devil Sect forces that had set a trap for him. After summoning the Nine-Tailed Fox Bear puppet to divide his enemies, he refined Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng and turned his attention to Black Water True Lord.

• Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng attacked Jiang Shu, but Jiang Shu’s Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist shattered his defenses and hurled him away.
• You Wish True Lord and Sea Light True Lord rallied their allies, while the True Martial Sect elders fought to stop the Demon Race Commanders from reaching Jiang Shu.
• Hundred Eyes Commander summoned reinforcements, including the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger and Black Water True Lord, and ordered the forces to capture Jiang Shu alive.
• Jiang Shu summoned the Nine-Tailed Fox Bear Heaven Rank Puppet to engage the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger and faced the other two enemies himself.
• Jiang Shu battered Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng with repeated punches, then trapped and refined his body and soul in the Azure Sky Blue Sea Cauldron.
• Black Water True Lord faltered in fear as Jiang Shu repelled his attacks and prepared to continue the fight.

Jiang Shu overwhelmed Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng, Black Water True Lord, and Ghost Eye Nether Tiger in a battle against three, while probing Black Water True Lord for the name of a suspected spy. After the remaining Demon Race forces fled, Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord urged Jiang Shu to advance into the Nirvana Realm.

• Jiang Shu refined Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng in the Azure Sky Blue Sea Cauldron while battling Black Water True Lord and controlling the Nine-Tailed Fox Bear Puppet against Ghost Eye Nether Tiger.
• Black Water True Lord unleashed the Black Moon Tide Seal, but Jiang Shu smashed him into the Endless Sea Domain and demanded the identity of the person who had revealed Jiang Shu's whereabouts.
• Jiang Shu tricked Black Water True Lord into believing he had exposed Zhou Yan, then seized him and hurled him toward Ghost Eye Nether Tiger.
• Jiang Shu attacked Ghost Eye Nether Tiger with his Divine Abilities while devouring Black Water True Lord's Origin Power, and Black Water True Lord tried to escape by self-destructing.
• Jiang Shu emerged from Spatial Turbulence and struck at Ghost Eye Nether Tiger as Hundred Eyes Commander trapped him in an illusion; Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord helped kill one Demon Race Commander, and five others fled.
• Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord told Jiang Shu the danger had passed and urged him to enter the Nirvana Realm under the elders' protection.

Jiang Shu resisted Hundred Eyes Commander's illusion and savagely wounded the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger, but Hundred Eyes Commander struck him with the Annihilation Eye and triggered both Nirvana Wind and Fire Tribulations. As the battlefield turned against him, Jiang Shu focused his Forget Self Realm spiritual power and made his 108 Divine Abilities contend with the tribulations.

• Jiang Shu saw through Hundred Eyes Commander's illusion and waited for the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger to attack before countering.
• Jiang Shu blasted apart one of the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger's eyes and battered the demon until it was gravely wounded.
• Hundred Eyes Commander unleashed the Annihilation Eye, shattering Jiang Shu's Dragon Scale defense and triggering his Nirvana Wind and Fire Tribulations.
• Sea Light True Lord defeated the Devil Sect True Monarch and rushed to attack Hundred Eyes Commander's enormous eye, but the tribulation had already begun.
• Jiang Shu guarded his mind and focused his Forget Self Realm spiritual power as his 108 Divine Abilities began resisting the Nirvana Wind and Fire Tribulations.

Jiang Shu suppressed his Wind Fire Tribulation long enough to defeat the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger and race toward Subduing Dragon Cloud Island to confront Zhou Yan. He arrived at Zhou Yan’s cave with several elders, while Zhou Yan realized Jiang Shu had come for him.

• Jiang Shu used his Mystical Power Great Elixir and Divine Abilities to suppress the Wind Fire Tribulation, while Sea Light True Lord fought Hundred Eyes Commander.
• Jiang Shu battered the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger, pursued its escaping soul, and refined it in the Azure Sky Blue Sea Cauldron.
• Jiang Shu headed for Subduing Dragon Cloud Island, intending to kill Zhou Yan and eradicate the Heart Demon before his tribulation erupted fully.
• Zhou Yan waited in seclusion, worried about whether the assassination attempt had succeeded and holding the Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman.
• Jiang Shu and several elders arrived at Zhou Yan’s cave, where the elders debated the evidence and Jiang Shu demanded to confront him.