Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu confronted Zhou Yan over Zhou Ming’s murder and attacked him while crossing the Wind Fire Tribulation. After overpowering Zhou Yan and destroying his Heaven Rank Talisman, Jiang Shu seized him and brought the tribulation to bear as Zhou Yan tried to regenerate.

• Jiang Shu demanded that Zhou Yan swear a Dao oath, but Zhou Yan refused and defended his standing in the True Martial Sect.
• Jiang Shu unleashed the Wind Fire Tribulation and attacked Zhou Yan, forcing the elders to retreat so they would not interfere with his tribulation.
• Jiang Shu overwhelmed Zhou Yan with his attacks and pursued him as Zhou Yan fled from Subduing Dragon Cloud Island.
• Zhou Yan activated the Ten Thousand Miles Crimson Cloud Falling Phoenix Talisman, while Jiang Shu’s Mystical Power Great Elixir smashed through the fire phoenix and shattered Zhou Yan’s head.
• Jiang Shu struck Zhou Yan with his Heaven Rank Treasure Artifact and Divine Abilities, then seized his regenerating body by the throat amid the Nirvana Wind and Fire Tribulations.

Jiang Shu endured an unprecedented Wind Fire Tribulation after cultivating One Hundred and Eight Mystical Powers, killing Zhou Yan during the calamity. He crossed into the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage and emerged before the True Martial Sect elders with evidence of Zhou Yan’s collusion with the Demon Race.

• Jiang Shu’s One Hundred and Eight Mystical Powers triggered a ten-thousand-mile Wind Fire Tribulation, and the True Martial Sect elders watched from afar.
• Jiang Shu attacked Zhou Yan amid the tribulation, devoured his soul, and sealed memories of his communication with the Demon Race in a Jade Talisman.
• Zhou Yan’s body burned to ash, and Jiang Shu focused on crossing the tribulation after his Heart Demons vanished.
• Jiang Shu’s Mystical Power Great Elixir broke apart as his Divine Ability patterns entered his body, raising him from the Nirvana Realm Early Stage to the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage.
• Jiang Shu emerged before six True Martial Sect elders, declared that he had attained Nirvana and Zhou Yan was dead, and presented the Jade Talisman as evidence of Zhou Yan’s collusion with the Demon Race.

Jiang Shu left Subduing Dragon Cloud Island for Azure Luan Great Island after passing the Wind Fire Tribulation and confronting elders who questioned his actions against Zhou Yan. As the battered defenders and Demon Race Commanders began to withdraw, Jiang Shu arrived and challenged Hundred Eyes Commander.

• Jiang Shu rebuked the Heaven Flame Peak elder, handed him Zhou Yan's memory fragments, and flew toward Azure Luan Great Island.
• Jiang Shu told Elder Tianlan that he had slain the Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng, the Ghost Eye Nether Tiger, and Black Water True Lord before leaving the siege to kill Zhou Yan and pass his tribulation.
• Elder Tianlan and another elder pursued Jiang Shu, while other elders decided whether to leave Subduing Dragon Cloud Island guarded.
• The Demon Race Commanders began retreating as Sea Light True Lord and the other defenders, exhausted and injured, tried to hold them back.
• Sea Light True Lord offered pills to As You Wish True Lord and wondered whether Jiang Shu had passed his tribulation.
• Jiang Shu arrived and called out Hundred Eyes Commander, then struck toward him with the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist.

After passing the Wind Fire Tribulation and reaching the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage, Jiang Shu joined the battle at Azure Luan Great Island and overwhelmed Hundred Eyes Commander. As the True Martial Sect elders drove back the other enemies, Jiang Shu trapped Hundred Eyes Commander and summoned a Nine-Tailed Fox Bear Puppet before ordering it to explode.

• Jiang Shu returned to Azure Luan Great Island after advancing to the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage and struck Hundred Eyes Commander with the Five Emperors Heaven Evolution Seal.
• Hundred Eyes Commander revealed his Thousand-Eyed Dragon Centipede form, but Jiang Shu battered him with divine abilities and forced him onto the defensive.
• Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord joined two elders to attack the Devil Sect True Monarchs and the remaining Demon Race Commanders.
• A True Martial Sect elder used the Hundred-Year Life and Death Seal and Purple Sun Collapse Art, while another pierced the lion-shaped commander with the Ten Thousand Sword Killing Heaven Array.
• As the Demon Race Commanders tried to flee, Jiang Shu seized Hundred Eyes Commander and continued attacking him with Heaven Rank Mystical Powers.
• Jiang Shu summoned a Nine-Tailed Fox Bear Puppet over Hundred Eyes Commander and commanded it to explode.

Jiang Shu killed Hundred Eyes Commander by detonating the Nine-Tailed Fox Bear Puppet, then devoured the commander's soul and stabilized his Nirvana Realm Middle Stage cultivation. As his senior brothers discussed his advancement and the Dao Title he should choose, news of his victories spread across the Vast Desolate Domain.

• Jiang Shu destroyed the Nine-Tailed Fox Bear Puppet to cripple Hundred Eyes Commander, then seized and killed him as the other battles turned in the sect elders' favor.
• The elders captured the surviving Demon Race Commander and two Devil Sect True Monarchs, while As You Wish True Lord guarded Jiang Shu as he began devouring Hundred Eyes Commander's soul.
• Sea Light True Lord urged As You Wish True Lord to remind Jiang Shu to return to the sect, confirm his True Transmission status, and choose a Dao Title.
• Jiang Shu considered possible Dao Titles, then abandoned the decision and focused on devouring Hundred Eyes Commander's soul until his cultivation stabilized.
• Within half a month, reports spread that Jiang Shu had passed the Wind Fire Tribulation, reached the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage, and killed five Transformation Realm and Nirvana Realm opponents in one day.

Jiang Shu’s feats in the Endless Sea Domain made him the focus of widespread admiration, while his senior brothers prepared him for the dangers and opportunities awaiting him as he returned to the sect. He left for the True Martial Sect determined to seek a powerful Dao Canon through the True Disciple Tower.

• Cultivators and True Martial Sect disciples in Overturning Sea City discussed Jiang Shu’s victories, his Divine Abilities, and his expected rise to First True Disciple.
• True Martial Sect disciples applied to enter the Endless Sea Domain’s inner region in search of opportunities and a chance to advance their cultivation.
• Sea Light True Lord warned Jiang Shu that Demon Race Commanders and Devil Sect remnants might target him, and explained the importance of earning the True Disciple Tower Artifact Spirit’s recognition to access powerful Dao Canons and secret lands.
• As You Wish True Lord gave Jiang Shu his artifact-refinement and alchemy insights, offered three plans for refining the Thousand-Eyed Dragon Centipede Puppet, and Jiang Shu chose the third plan.
• Jiang Shu entered Spatial Turbulence to return to the sect and considered choosing a superior Dao Canon rather than settling for a simple cultivation method.

Jiang Shu left the Endless Sea Domain for the True Martial Sect, planning to visit Xuanxing on the way and grow stronger before returning to the war. At the sect, Zi Ji Dao Lord secured him an extra Ancestor Hall quota and set out to confront the forces threatening him and the elders who had challenged him.

• Jiang Shu avoided cultivators, Demon Beasts, and teleportation arrays as he traveled back toward the sect, then decided to visit Xuanxing and check on his parents, technology, and the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile.
• The Sect Master and Zi Ji Dao Lord discussed Jiang Shu's killing of Zhou Yan and the complaints from elders, with Zi Ji arguing that Jiang Shu had served the sect and deserved a reward.
• The Sect Master agreed to grant Jiang Shu an additional quota to enter the Ancestor Hall and told Zi Ji to deal with the Thousand Eyes Demon Lord's gathering forces.
• The Sect Master said Jiang Shu's whereabouts were concealed from his deduction and suggested he might become a Sect Master Candidate if he remained loyal to the sect.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord gave the Sect Master several Heaven Rank Divine Abilities for Jiang Shu, then flew toward the Endless Sea Domain to kill the Thousand Eyes Demon Lord and assert his authority over Heaven Flame Peak's elders.

Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing and saw how Xia Kingdom had developed its martial arts institutions and prepared to expand into space while he was away. He arrived in Shengjing as officials debated contacting Barbarian Ape Star, and soldiers recognized him as Martial God Jiang.

• Jiang Shu watched commoner students train at a Martial Dao cultivation dojo, where Luo Yong drew strength from the example of Martial God Jiang.
• Jiang Shu quietly converted Luo Yong's Faith Power into mental power as he traveled across Xuanxing and observed its thriving cities and martial arts programs.
• Jiang Shu examined the mental power detectors protecting Shengjing's inner ring and found they could not detect him in the Sitting and Forgetting Realm.
• At the Shengjing Research Institute, the First Leader and officials debated trading with Barbarian Ape Star and the risks of acting while Jiang Shu was absent.
• Jiang Shu descended into Shengjing's inner ring rather than bypassing its security, and the soldiers recognized him as Martial God Jiang.

Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing and told its leaders that it could trade with Barbarian Ape Star without relying on him to remain as its guardian. He planned to raise the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile to Ninth Order so it could protect Xuanxing, and ended by promising to help it reach the Transformation Realm.

• Jiang Shu arrived at the Research Institute and explained that trade with Barbarian Ape Star required a Ninth Order expert, but he could not stay on Xuanxing.
• Jiang Shu told the leaders that the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile in the Pacific could be advanced to Ninth Order and protect Xuanxing.
• The First Leader ordered officials to prepare Variant Ferocious Beast meat and catalogue crystal ore veins for trade, then traveled toward the Pacific with other leaders.
• Jiang Shu confronted the terrified Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile and brought out the Azure Sky Blue Sea Cauldron, containing refined flesh and blood from the Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng and Ghost Eye Nether Tiger.
• Jiang Shu promised to help the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile reach the Transformation Realm in a single leap.

Jiang Shu spent forty-nine days refining a Heaven Rank pill to help the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile advance to the Transformation Realm. After he fed it the pill, dark clouds gathered and the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile began undergoing its Shape Shifting Heavenly Tribulation.

• Jiang Shu assessed the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile's weak bloodline and explained that a pill could replace Shape Shifting Grass by purifying its Demon Power.
• Jiang Shu used the Azure Sky Blue Sea Cauldron, precious medicines, and the refined flesh of the Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng and Ghost Eye Nether Tiger to begin making a Heaven Rank pill.
• The First Leader and Wang Yan arrived by helicopter and watched Jiang Shu refine pills, while Wang Yan studied the surrounding Origin Qi from a distance.
• Jiang Shu continued refining for forty-nine days as martial artists across Xuanxing gained experience and advanced through their struggles against Variant Ferocious Beasts.
• Jiang Shu completed the Heaven Rank pill and fed it to the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile.
• Dark clouds gathered, the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile's scales cracked, and Wang Yan protected the leaders as the beast's Shape Shifting Heavenly Tribulation began.

Jiang Shu guided the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile through its Shape Shifting Heavenly Tribulation with a Heaven Rank Pill, helping it advance into the Transformation Realm. The newly transformed demon arrived before Jiang Shu as a short middle-aged man and thanked him for giving it new life.

• Wang Yan and Xuanxing's leaders watched the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile's terrifying breakthrough and worried about the power of Ninth Order beings.
• Jiang Shu instructed the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile to transform itself and resist the influence of the Ten Thousand Radiance Dragon Peng and Ghost Eye Nether Tiger within the pill.
• The Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile absorbed the pill's medicinal power, fused traits from both Great Demons, and endured the Shape Shifting Heavenly Tribulation.
• The breakthrough's roar frightened Demon Beasts across the Pacific, allowing martial artists to slaughter them more easily, but Jiang Shu told the First Leader not to recall the fighters.
• The storm subsided, and the transformed Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile came to the island as a short middle-aged man and knelt before Jiang Shu, thanking him for giving it new life.

Jiang Shu entrusted Xuanxing’s protection and future Barbarian Ape Star trade to Jiang E, then visited his parents before returning to the Vast Desolate Domain. There, Xue Xuan and Luo Yu discussed the Great Jing Dynasty’s prosperity and Jiang Shu’s rise when he unexpectedly appeared.

• Jiang Shu used the Yellow Springs Soul Cleansing Seal to alter Jiang E’s memories, ordered him to guard Xuanxing and the Star Gate, and gave him the Azure Sky Blue Sea Art and the name Jiang E.
• Jiang Shu introduced Jiang E to the Xia Kingdom leaders as their contact for dealings with Barbarian Ape Star, then entrusted him with protecting Jiang Shu’s family.
• Jiang Shu brought Jiang E to meet Jiang Yongyi and Xu Lizhi in Jicheng, explained his role, and arranged for him to assist his parents and Xiao Yan.
• After checking Xuanxing’s situation and sharing a meal with his parents, Jiang Shu returned to the Vast Desolate Domain while Xia Kingdom officials prepared resources for trade with Barbarian Ape Star.
• Xue Xuan and Luo Yu praised Jiang Shu’s help in securing the Great Jing Dynasty’s prosperity and speculated about his advancement before Jiang Shu greeted them from above.

Jiang Shu returned to the True Martial Sect after advancing to the Nirvana Realm, met Xue Xuan and Luo Yu on the way, and encouraged them to seize opportunities in the war. At the Sect Master Hall, he learned that his accumulated merits had earned him entry to the Ancestor Hall and received a Heaven Rank Divine Ability from the Sect Master.

• Jiang Shu found Xue Xuan and Luo Yu in a tavern and warned them that the war offered both danger and a chance to advance, then shared Essence Core Realm cultivation insights before leaving.
• Xue Xuan and Luo Yu recognized that Jiang Shu had reached the Nirvana Realm and resolved to pursue the opportunities of the war to advance their own cultivation.
• Jiang Shu returned to the True Martial Sect, passed Servant Peak and Thunder Hell Peak, and went to pay his respects to the Sect Master.
• The Sect Master explained that Jiang Shu's merits had been combined into an opportunity to enter the Ancestor Hall and told him that Zi Ji Dao Lord had departed to kill Thousand Eyes Demon Lord.
• The Sect Master transmitted the Heaven Rank Divine Ability Five Elements Chaos Tribulation Dragon Transformation Art to Jiang Shu and described the different opportunities available in the Ancestor Hall.

Jiang Shu entered the True Disciple Tower to earn a place among the sect’s True Transmissions and test himself against its Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm Artifact Spirit. After defeating the tower’s top disciple phantoms, he faced the Artifact Spirit, which evaded his strongest punch and began guiding his cultivation.

• The Sect Master explained that Jiang Shu’s two Ancestor Hall entries were valuable opportunities to deepen his Great Dao comprehension and strengthen his Nirvana Realm foundation.
• The Sect Master opened a void gate, and Jiang Shu entered the True Disciple Tower intending to defeat all ten True Transmission phantoms and challenge its Artifact Spirit.
• Jiang Shu rapidly defeated the lower-ranked phantoms, then used his Heaven Rank Mystical Powers and Great Dao prototypes to overpower the top-ranked disciples, including the phantom of Wu Tianming.
• Jiang Shu unleashed a prepared Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist against the Artifact Spirit, but it sidestepped the attack and praised his many Great Dao prototypes.
• The Artifact Spirit critiqued Jiang Shu’s Mystical Powers and Great Dao cultivation, and Jiang Shu continued fighting while practicing its advice and improving his Divine Abilities.

Jiang Shu battled the True Disciple Tower’s phantom, which tested his talent with a vast arsenal of Divine Abilities and pushed him to the brink. As the phantom unleashed the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, Jiang Shu answered with a transformed Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist that carried the aura of the Dao.

• Jiang Shu displayed his Divine Abilities against the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage phantom while the True Disciple Tower Artifact Spirit judged his talent and comprehension.
• Jiang Shu resisted the Great Elephant Sanskrit Sound Mantra with his Heaven’s Will True Self Fist and Everyone is Like a Dragon Fist, then fought the phantom’s Galaxy Reflection Sword with his own Heaven Rank techniques.
• Jiang Shu and the phantom traded increasingly powerful Divine Abilities, and Jiang Shu endured severe injuries while using the battle to temper his fist intent.
• The phantom praised Jiang Shu’s physical defense but revealed its final technique, the Heaven Rank Divine Ability Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe.
• Jiang Shu faced the descending axe and countered with the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist, now imbued with an aura resembling the Dao.

Jiang Shu broke the True Disciple Tower artifact spirit’s Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe with Humanity’s Supreme Fist and was granted access to the sect’s Dao Canons. As he entered the final selection gate, six bell chimes announced that the True Martial Sect had gained a new True Transmission.

• Jiang Shu abandoned his previously mastered Great Dao Prototypes and used the Humanity’s Supreme Fist to meet the artifact spirit’s Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe.
• Though the axe shattered Jiang Shu’s arm and nearly split his body, his punch weakened the artifact spirit’s phantom and broke its attack.
• The artifact spirit healed Jiang Shu with Great Dao Qi, praised his new fist Dao, and explained the ranks of the sect’s Dao Canons.
• Jiang Shu passed through the selection areas for Lower, Middle, and Upper Rank Dao Canons, then entered the final gate to seek a Supreme Dao Canon.
• The True Martial Sect’s bell rang six times, announcing that the sect had produced a True Transmission.

Jiang Shu entered the True Disciple Tower as the sect speculated about who would become its newest True Transmission Disciple. Inside, he rejected the Supreme Dao Canon’s world of Chaos Qi and cleaved it open, realizing he had obtained the Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon.

• Servant disciples and sect members gathered outside the True Disciple Tower, debating whether Jiang Shu or another inner sect genius had advanced to True Transmission.
• The elders grew suspicious when the disciple remained inside the tower longer than usual, suggesting that he was comprehending a Middle Rank, Upper Rank, or Supreme Dao Canon.
• Jiang Shu found himself confined within boundless Chaos Qi, which healed his wounds and strengthened his body and mental power.
• Jiang Shu realized that remaining immersed in the Chaos Qi would assimilate him into the Dao Canon, so he condensed the Qi into an axe.
• Jiang Shu cleaved through the darkness, created a world from the Chaos Qi, and received the Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon.

Jiang Shu comprehended the foundations of the “Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon,” received cultivation annotations from the True Disciple Tower Artifact Spirit, and emerged as the True Martial Sect’s First True Disciple. The Sect Master named him a Sect Master Candidate and prepared to send him to the Ancestor Hall, while revealing that Zi Ji Dao Lord had slain a Demon Monarch in battle.

• Jiang Shu studied the “Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon” and began comprehending its Great Dao of Strength, then formed the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe.
• The True Disciple Tower Artifact Spirit gave Jiang Shu cultivation annotations for Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, One Force Innate Chaos Qi, and Immortal Aperture Art.
• Jiang Shu emerged from the True Disciple Tower after twelve hours, and the sect announced his advancement to Nirvana and his position as First True Disciple.
• The Sect Master named Jiang Shu a Sect Master Candidate, granted him access to the sect’s resources, and promised to make him Deputy Sect Master when he reached the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.
• The Sect Master told Jiang Shu that Zi Ji Dao Lord had slain Thousand Eyes Demon Lord and wounded a Devil Sect Dao Lord, then urged Jiang Shu not to disgrace his new title or his master’s might.

Jiang Shu entered the True Martial Sect’s Ancestor Hall and used the Jade Talisman to witness Zi Ji Dao Lord battling the Thousand-Eyed Dragon Centipede and a Devil Sect Dao Lord. Immersed in their clash of Great Daos, Jiang Shu advanced his understanding of his Divine Abilities and found a clearer way to approach the Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon through the Chaos Dao.

• The Sect Master sent Jiang Shu into the Ancestor Hall, where the Jade Talisman showed him Zi Ji Dao Lord fighting the Thousand-Eyed Dragon Centipede.
• Jiang Shu watched Zi Ji Dao Lord face the Thousand-Eyed Dragon Centipede and a Devil Sect Dao Lord, whose combined attacks could not overcome Zi Ji Dao Lord’s mastery of lightning, Chaos, and other Great Daos.
• Despite bleeding from his eyes and losing his hearing, Jiang Shu remained immersed in the battle and entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
• Jiang Shu connected his Divine Abilities to their corresponding Great Daos, drawing Dao qi around himself and strengthening his Origin Power.
• Jiang Shu realized he could use the Chaos Dao, developed from the Five Elements Chaos Tribulation Dragon Transformation Art, to approach the Pan Wu Great Strength Dao Canon without first comprehending the Great Dao of Strength.
• The Sect Master sensed changes in the Great Dao aura within the Ancestor Hall through the Jade Talisman, though he could not see inside.

Jiang Shu spent three months in the Ancestor Hall comprehending the Great Dao, refining his body, and strengthening his Mystical Powers. He left the hall and told the Sect Master that he had chosen the Dao Title Tai Xuan.

• The Sect Master sensed Jiang Shu's progress in the Ancestor Hall and considered how his growing mastery of the Chaos Dao could shape the sect's plans.
• Jiang Shu used the Ancestor Hall's enlightenment to deepen his understanding of One Force Innate Chaos Qi, Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, and Immortal Aperture Art.
• After three months, Jiang Shu had brought his Mystical Powers to the limit of his current stage, advanced Humanity's Supreme Fist, and reforged his body with One Force Innate Chaos Qi.
• Jiang Shu concluded that he had gained what he could from the Ancestor Hall and decided to leave seclusion to assess the battle in the Endless Sea Domain.
• Jiang Shu reflected on the Great Daos he could pursue and chose the Dao Title Tai Xuan.
• The Sect Master asked Jiang Shu whether he had a Dao Title, and Jiang Shu respectfully answered that he had chosen Tai Xuan.