Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu returned to Xuanxing, prepared his family and Xia Kingdom for the future, and entered a sealed space to refine the Xuan Xing Origin. There, he received the Void Venerable’s Great Void Heart Sutra and learned that the seemingly deceased Venerable was still alive, while Jiang Shu began the path toward becoming Xuanxing’s true master.

• Jiang Shu gave his family pills, Gene Essence, martial arts guidance, and protective Jade Talismans, then advised Xia Kingdom’s leaders to develop steadily and prepare for dangers beyond Xuanxing.
• Jiang Shu concealed the sealed space on a mountain and nourished nearby warriors and medicinal plants with spirit rain before entering the array.
• Jiang Shu broke through the spatial seal and found the Xuan Xing Origin, which carried an inheritance left by the Void Venerable.
• Jiang Shu received the upper volume of the Great Void Heart Sutra and heard the Void Venerable explain that its lower volume would remain available if Jiang Shu later needed it.
• Jiang Shu learned that the Void Venerable was still alive and that Venerable Tian Yan had predicted his arrival; as he refined the Xuan Xing Origin, his remaining Apertures opened and the panel recorded the Great Void Heart Sutra at Beginner level.

Jiang Shu refined the Xuan Xing Origin, reshaped Xuanxing, and left the planet far stronger while preserving its future resources. He returned to the Vast Desolate Domain after ten years away, where the Endless Sea Domain war had produced new rising powers.

• Jiang Shu completed his refinement of the Xuan Xing Origin and used it to enrich Xuanxing’s Origin Qi while moving its continents and seas.
• Xia Kingdom’s leaders recognized Jiang Shu’s voice and stopped their military response, while people across Xuanxing watched and celebrated his power.
• Jiang Shu stored the Xuan Xing Origin beneath Ji Mountain, strengthened his spiritual power with faith, and decided to return to the Vast Desolate Domain.
• Jiang Shu used the Great Void Heart Sutra to travel between Xuanxing and the Vast Desolate Domain, arriving after ten years away.
• The Endless Sea Domain war intensified as Yi Mengdao advanced to the Nirvana Realm Middle Stage and Wenren Ping gained fame fighting with two Heaven Rank Puppets.

After returning to the Endless Sea Domain, Jiang Shu set out to answer distress signals amid the intensifying war. A Star Fighting Sect elder’s betrayal disrupted his companions’ desperate stand, and True Lord Ziyang self-detonated to strike the Demon Sect elders.

• Jiang Shu returned to the ruined island, cultivated until the Panel refreshed, then activated his Jade Talisman and flew toward the nearest distress signal.
• Three Star Fighting Sect elders fought three Demon Sect elders and three powerful Transformation Realm Great Demons after being lured into a trap.
• A Demon Sect elder tried to persuade True Lord Cangya and the others to defect, but Cangya refused and proposed that they self-detonate to kill their enemies.
• True Lord Ziyang and the third Star Fighting Sect elder agreed to self-detonate with Cangya, but True Lord Xuancheng struck Cangya and offered to join the Demon Sect.
• As the Demon Sect and Great Demons attacked the disorganized Star Fighting Sect elders, True Lord Ziyang charged the Demon Sect elders and self-detonated.

Jiang Shu arrived as True Lord Cangya was about to be killed and wiped out the Demon Sect forces, including the traitor True Lord Xuancheng. He left Xuancheng’s soul with Cangya and offered to take him to another Star Fighting Sect Elder, revealing himself as the True Martial Sect’s First True Disciple.

• True Lord Ziyang sacrificed himself, but his attack barely injured the Demon Sect True Lords after True Lord Xuancheng’s betrayal.
• The Five Demon Hate Heaven Ape battered True Lord Cangya while the Demon Sect True Lords planned to send Xuancheng back to the Star Fighting Sect as their spy.
• Jiang Shu arrived and killed the Five Demon Hate Heaven Ape with one strike, then trapped the remaining Demon Sect True Lords and great demons in his seals.
• Jiang Shu killed the Demon Sect forces, refined two great demons, and captured the souls of the Demon Sect True Lords.
• Jiang Shu left True Lord Xuancheng’s soul with True Lord Cangya and offered to take him to True Lord Hanguang, whom he said was thirty thousand miles away.

Jiang Shu swept through the Endless Sea Domain, rescuing True Lord Cangya and defeating powerful Demon Sect elders and demons before turning back toward the True Martial Sect battlefield. His exploits spread across the Eight Great Sects, while a force sent to encircle him arrived after he had already escaped.

• Jiang Shu escorted the gravely wounded True Lord Cangya to True Lord Hanguang, and Cangya recounted how Jiang Shu had saved him and killed their enemies.
• True Lord Hanguang and True Lord Cangya marveled at Jiang Shu's strength and speculated that he could eventually rank among the strongest Nirvana Realm cultivators.
• News and battle projections of Jiang Shu's return spread among the Eight Great Sects, prompting debates over whether he could one day rival Zong Qingtian.
• Jiang Shu defeated more pursuers and collected Heaven Rank Precious Medicine, bringing his tally to twenty-three Demon Sect True Lords and eighteen Transformation Realm great demons slain.
• Jiang Shu chose to withdraw toward the True Martial Sect battlefield, using spatial turbulence to travel quickly with little expenditure of power.
• Demon Race Commanders and Demon Sect Elders arrived to encircle Jiang Shu, but he had already left.

Jiang Shu turned back to face the pursuing Kun Peng Prince, and the two fought a fierce battle above the Endless Sea Domain. After the Kun Peng Prince gained the upper hand and revealed his original form, Jiang Shu struck his back with Humanity's Supreme Fist, badly wounding him and forcing him back into human form.

• The Kun Peng Prince led three Transformation Realm Commanders and three Nirvana Realm elders in pursuit of Jiang Shu, determined to kill him before he reached the True Martial Sect encampment.
• Jiang Shu recognized the Kun Peng Prince and stopped to fight, while the Prince and his followers formed a Heaven Earth Prison around the battlefield.
• Jiang Shu and the Kun Peng Prince traded powerful attacks, and the Prince transformed into his original Peng form as the battle escalated.
• Jiang Shu used his mastery of space to evade the Prince's attacks, then mounted his back and hammered him with Humanity's Supreme Fist.
• Jiang Shu's golden fist pierced the Kun Peng Prince's defenses and wounded him, then struck his head hard enough to force him back into human form.

Jiang Shu fought Kun Peng Prince and then faced the Demon Race Commanders and Demon Sect Elders who joined the battle. He defeated the entire group, captured Kun Peng Prince, and returned to public attention as he ascended the Nirvana Golden Ranking.

• Jiang Shu overwhelmed Kun Peng Prince, but three Demon Race Commanders and three Demon Sect Elders joined the fight to help him.
• Jiang Shu killed one Demon Sect Elder, seized his soul, and detonated the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to injure the assembled enemies.
• Jiang Shu used the Great Void Heart Sutra to evade Kun Peng Prince's devouring attacks and killed the remaining Commanders and Elders.
• Jiang Shu confronted Kun Peng Prince alone and displayed multiple Great Dao Prototypes in their final clash.
• Jiang Shu emerged victorious, captured the barely living Kun Peng Prince, and revealed himself to the watching Nirvana Realm True Lords.

Jiang Shu refined the Kun Peng Prince’s soul in seclusion while reflecting on the realms and mysteries still beyond his reach. News of his victory spread across the Vast Desolate Domain, and he rose to thirty-sixth on the Nirvana Golden Ranking, leaving the True Martial Sect disciples and his associates amazed by his rise.

• Jiang Shu handed the Kun Peng Prince’s demon body to As You Wish True Lord to forge Kun Peng Demon Wings and began refining the prince’s soul.
• Jiang Shu weighed the opportunities ahead in the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins and Star Ruins Realm, deciding to strengthen his Great Dao Prototypes before advancing to the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.
• Accounts of Jiang Shu’s battle spread, and he was ranked thirty-sixth on the Nirvana Golden Ranking after killing powerful foes and capturing the Kun Peng Prince.
• True Martial Sect disciples discussed Jiang Shu’s achievements and speculated about his future, while Xue Xuan and Luo Yu received gifts because of their connection to him.

Jiang Shu completed refining the Kun Peng Prince’s soul, then received new techniques and a Quasi Dao Artifact from Zi Ji Dao Lord before preparing to wait for the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins. He met with his senior brothers, reflecting on their help and considering how he might one day share the Asking Immortal Hall with them.

• Jiang Shu left seclusion after devouring the Kun Peng Prince’s soul and consulted Zi Ji Dao Lord about his understanding of the Great Dao.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord taught Jiang Shu Universe in the Sleeves and Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, and gave him a Quasi Dao Artifact, the Kun Peng Demon Wings.
• Jiang Shu rapidly mastered the new Divine Abilities and refined the upgraded Kun Peng Demon Wings over several days.
• Jiang Shu delayed his journey to the Star Ruins Realm so he could wait for the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins to emerge.
• Jiang Shu met Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord, while Sea Light praised Jiang Shu’s cultivation and battle record.
• Jiang Shu remembered how his senior brothers had supported him and considered letting them enter the Asking Immortal Hall in the future.

Jiang Shu reunited with his senior brothers, cultivated in seclusion, and then entered the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins despite Zi Ji Dao Lord’s warnings about the dangers. He began exploring the ruins and reached a blood-mist-covered area where mysterious Blood Crystals radiated a powerful aura.

• Jiang Shu reunited with Sea Light True Lord and As You Wish True Lord, exchanged sect knowledge and cultivation insights, and decided to wait for the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins to emerge.
• Jiang Shu stayed at the base, cultivated the Great Void Heart Sutra, and perfected Universe in the Sleeves while the Endless Sea Domain’s war continued.
• The Ancient Demon Sect Ruins emerged, and geniuses from the Demon Sects and Eight Great Sects entered through the formation.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord warned Jiang Shu that reincarnated Demon Sect elders and the ruins themselves posed serious threats, but Jiang Shu insisted on entering with his protective artifacts.
• Zi Ji Dao Lord sent Jiang Shu into the ruins and advised him to move quickly and use a Dao Rank Talisman when leaving.
• Jiang Shu explored the ruins’ Outer Area, gathered unfamiliar Precious Medicines, and reached Blood Mist spreading from Blood Crystals in the Inner Area.

Jiang Shu discovered Blood Crystals in the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins and used them to strengthen his body and advance his Blood Spirit Great Dao Prototype. After gathering sixty-four crystals and defeating a Demon Sect old monster, he returned to the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance to prepare for its departure to the Inner Area.

• Jiang Shu found Blood Crystals on the Desolate Mountain, fused nine, and returned to Xuanxing before attempting the tenth.
• Jiang Shu fused the tenth Blood Crystal at his villa, greatly transforming his body, then rewarded the Cloud Winged Flying Crocodile for guarding Xuanxing.
• Jiang Shu repeatedly traveled between worlds to gather Blood Crystals, fusing twenty and improving his Blood Spirit Great Dao understanding as he collected thirty-two.
• Jiang Shu encountered and killed a Demon Sect old monster after a brief battle, gaining the Blood Crystals the enemy had collected before it self-destructed.
• Jiang Shu returned to the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance with ten days remaining before its departure and began fusing more of his sixty-four Blood Crystals.

Jiang Shu failed to fuse his fiftieth Blood Crystal and remained unable to understand the cause, so he set aside further attempts as he prepared to enter the Eternal Tower. Aboard the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance’s ship to the Inner Area, he joined a gathering of geniuses in hopes of finding new cultivation insights.

• Jiang Shu suffered severe backlash while trying to fuse his fiftieth Blood Crystal, but recovered most of his injuries with the Immortal Aperture Art.
• Jiang Shu stored his remaining Blood Crystals and continued cultivating, unable to find a way past the fusion limit before the departure deadline.
• Tark summoned Jiang Shu to the Merchant Helmsman, who noticed traces of his injuries and explained how the Eternal Tower’s battles against oneself could help cultivators find their limits.
• An Eleventh Order Venerable boarded the Starry Sky Colossus Ship carrying twenty-seven Nine Universes Merchant Alliance geniuses toward the Inner Area.
• Jiang Shu received invitations to a gathering, then went to the ship’s dining hall to exchange cultivation insights with the other geniuses.

Jiang Shu strengthened his body and Blood Spirit Great Dao while the Starry Sky Colossus Ship carried him toward the Eternal Tower, and the Demon Sect ruins remained under siege back in the Vast Desolate Domain. As the ship reached the inner region, Yuan Tai challenged Jiang Shu to one final punch before they entered the tower.

• Jiang Shu befriended the other racial geniuses aboard the ship and discussed cultivation, while Yuan Tai acknowledged Jiang Shu’s superior physical strength.
• Jiang Shu successfully fused his fiftieth Blood Crystal, bringing his Blood Spirit Great Dao Prototype level with his Devouring Great Dao Prototype and boosting his Soul Burning Blood Spirit Blade by nearly fifty percent.
• Sea Light True Lord worried that the Demon Sect elders might endanger Little Junior Brother in the ruins, while As You Wish True Lord trusted in Jiang Shu’s strength and protective treasures.
• Jiang Shu sensed the Starry Sky Colossus Ship enter the inner region and considered returning to the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins after reaching the Eternal Tower to gather more Blood Crystals.
• Yuan Tai challenged Jiang Shu to a one-punch spar, confident that his latest progress would let him force Jiang Shu to retreat.

Jiang Shu demonstrated overwhelming physical strength by effortlessly stopping Yuan Tai’s punch as the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance ship reached the Inner Area’s No. 103 Base. While the geniuses prepared to spar and enter the Eternal Tower, Venerable Luo discussed their prospects with other Venerables and noted that one of his young geniuses had advanced greatly during the voyage.

• Jiang Shu caught Yuan Tai’s full-force punch with one hand, praised his progress, and advised him on exerting force.
• The Nine Universes Merchant Alliance’s Eleventh Order Venerable announced that the group would enter through the No. 103 Base and urged the geniuses to prepare for the Eternal Tower and exercise restraint.
• Jiang Shu encouraged Yuan Tai to spar with Inner Area geniuses and offered to use the Undying Spring to help him recover.
• The geniuses disembarked, watched battles in the base’s arenas, and Jiang Shu bought information about local geniuses before renting a cultivation chamber.
• Venerable Luo met with Inner Area Venerables, discussed the Merchant Alliance geniuses’ strengths and flaws, and noted that one had advanced greatly during the voyage.

Jiang Shu entered the Eternal Tower and battled a Replica that matched his abilities, learning that he could defeat it only by improving himself. As his Great Dao Prototypes gathered into his fist, he struck the Replica hard enough to crack its body.

• Venerable Luo and another Venerable watched geniuses spar, while Yuan Tai was quickly knocked from an arena by an Inner Area genius.
• Jiang Shu studied information about Eternal Tower geniuses and considered how tower cultivation and Blood Crystals could speed his progress.
• Jiang Shu advised Yuan Tai to focus on cultivating in the Second Layer after clearing it, while Inner Area geniuses speculated about Jiang Shu's ability.
• Jiang Shu entered the Eternal Tower and faced a Replica with the same powers, instincts, and access to matching items.
• Jiang Shu fought the Replica, found new changes in his own techniques, and struck it with a distinct Great Dao Prototype, cracking its body.

Jiang Shu advanced through the Eternal Tower to the Fourth Layer, using its increasingly powerful Replica to refine his techniques and deepen his Great Dao of Strength Prototype. After two months inside, he fought to gain the upper hand against the Fourth Layer Replica while the geniuses outside wondered how far he had reached.

• Jiang Shu defeated the First and Second Layer Replicas, improving his Great Dao of Strength Prototype and combat techniques as he advanced.
• Jiang Shu spent ten days defeating the Third Layer Replica, then entered the Fourth Layer with the Great Dao of Strength Prototype reserved for battle.
• The Fourth Layer Replica overpowered Jiang Shu with superior strength, endurance, spiritual power, and combat instincts, forcing him to evade while developing his understanding of strength.
• Jiang Shu gradually improved his Great Dao of Strength Prototype and began to counterattack with the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, eventually gaining the upper hand.
• Outside the tower, Yuan Tai described his defeats on the Second Layer and wondered how far Jiang Shu had progressed.
• Yu Heng emerged after two days and announced that he was preparing to challenge the Third Layer, while Venerable Luo continued observing the geniuses.

Jiang Shu left the Eternal Tower after clearing its Fourth Layer and returned to the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins to seek Blood Crystals and other inheritances. He traced a group from the Blood Soul Sect, while its leader, Blood Elder, sensed danger but did not suspect Jiang Shu.

• Jiang Shu defeated the Fourth Layer Replica, strengthened his Great Dao of Strength Prototype, and returned to the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins.
• Jiang Shu searched the Blood Mist Barren Mountain, collected several Blood Crystals, and tracked lingering auras left by a group of Demon Sect cultivators.
• Jiang Shu followed the auras southeast through folded space, intending to attack the group and take its Blood Crystals.
• Blood Elder traveled with three Blood Soul Sect geniuses and worried that an unknown danger was nearby.
• Blood Elder recalled how fusing around forty Blood Crystals had restored his Blood Spirit Great Dao Prototype and strengthened his body, but he dismissed the Eight Great Sects as a threat.

Jiang Shu ambushed Blood Elder and three Blood Soul Sect geniuses, took their Blood Crystals, and headed for Soul Sweeping Mountain to gather Soul Crystals and temper his soul. He waited in disguise for the Demon Sect old monsters to enter the mountain’s inner region, then planned to kill those remaining outside and seize the inner region’s treasures.

• Blood Elder planned to take the Blood Soul Sect geniuses from Blood Mist Barren Mountain to Soul Sweeping Mountain, but Jiang Shu attacked them from behind.
• Jiang Shu killed the three geniuses, suppressed Blood Elder’s escaping soul, and searched it for information about the ruins.
• Jiang Shu took more than four hundred Blood Crystals and hurried southeast toward Soul Sweeping Mountain, hoping to find Soul Crystals for himself and Senior Brother Ruyi.
• Jiang Shu entered Soul Sweeping Mountain disguised as a Blood Soul Sect genius and collected more than a dozen Soul Crystals, including a Special Soul Crystal.
• Jiang Shu watched the Demon Sect cultivators leave the Outer Area or enter the inner region, and planned to wait ten more days before attacking the remaining geniuses and old monsters.

Jiang Shu entered Soul Sweeping Mountain’s Inner Area, killed the Demon Sect geniuses and old monsters there, and gathered their Soul Crystals. After three years of cultivating in its deepest reaches, he advanced his Great Dao of Soul Prototype and left to attempt charging for the Fifth Layer of Eternal Tower.

• Jiang Shu killed Zhu Kun and sent the Corpse Puppets after the last remaining Demon Sect genius before entering the Inner Area.
• Jiang Shu used the Great Void Heart Sutra to withstand the stronger Soul Sweeping Demonic Sound and searched for the old monsters with his Corpse Puppets.
• Jiang Shu ambushed and killed the old monsters, collecting their Soul Crystals and other cultivation resources.
• Jiang Shu spent three years in the deepest part of Soul Sweeping Mountain, advancing his Great Dao of Soul Prototype and tempering his soul to its limit.
• Jiang Shu decided to attempt charging for the Fifth Layer of Eternal Tower and vanished from Soul Sweeping Mountain.

Jiang Shu fought the fifth-layer Replica in the Eternal Tower, using its overwhelming strength to study his weaknesses before being defeated and expelled. At the base, others underestimated his progress, unaware that he had reached the fifth layer and could cultivate freely on the fourth.

• Jiang Shu entered the fifth layer and faced a Replica with 140 percent of his combat power, whose Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist forced him to flee and analyze its attacks.
• Jiang Shu continued fighting the Replica, improving his insights into his Great Dao Prototypes as his injuries worsened, then was expelled by its final punch.
• At No.103 Base, an inner-region genius reported clearing the fourth layer after five years, while Yu Heng and the other Peerless Geniuses continued striving to break through it.
• Yu Heng speculated that Jiang Shu was still cultivating on the third layer, unaware that Jiang Shu had reached the fifth layer and cultivated on the fourth three years earlier.
• Jiang Shu decided to spend five more years attempting the fifth layer before focusing on the fourth, then emerged severely injured as inner-region geniuses dismissed his talent.