Chapter Summaries

Ren watched Yuding teach Jade Marrow Lifeforms how to cultivate and undergo Transformation, then discovered a sword-shaped Blood Jade hidden inside a dark piece of jade. He suspected the Blood Jade had formed from Pangu’s blood, while Yuding remained intent on using the Jade Marrow Divine Dragon to rebuild Huanglong’s body.

• Dozens of animal-, plant-, and weapon-shaped Jade Marrow Lifeforms emerged from Jade Spring Mountain’s walls to hear Yuding teach them Transformation.
• Yuding explained cultivation, flawless Transformation, and the Transformation Tribulation, while Ren listened and gained insights.
• A Jade Marrow Divine Dragon appeared, and Ren realized Yuding planned to use it to rebuild Huanglong’s body.
• A dark piece of jade bumped into the Zhu Xian Sword, and Ren saw a sword-shaped Blood Jade inside it.
• Ren reasoned that the Blood Jade might have formed from bloodied bone within Jade Spring Mountain, possibly Pangu’s.

Ren coveted the Blood Jade Sword and waited for Yuding Zhenren to leave so he could use his Origin Art secret technique to merge with it. After Yuding finished teaching the Jade Marrow Lifeforms, he departed with Ziyu Daoist Boy to visit Huanglong, leaving Ren poised to act.

• Ren recognized the Blood Jade as a sword-shaped treasure with great potential and planned to merge with it through his Origin Art secret technique.
• Yuding Zhenren taught the Nine-Turn Transformation Technique and explained the ranks of cultivation, urging the Jade Marrow Lifeforms to focus on transforming.
• After Yuding dismissed the Jade Marrow Lifeforms, Ren used the Zhu Xian Sword's Sword Aura to lure the Blood Jade Sword closer while he waited for Yuding to leave.
• Yuding spoke with Ziyu Daoist Boy, who complained that the Howling Celestial Hound had bitten him, then gave him Spirit Fruits.
• Yuding left the cave with Ziyu Daoist Boy to visit Junior Brother Huanglong, while Ren remained with the Blood Jade Sword.

Ren used the Origin Art secret technique Burial to merge with and devour the Blood Jade Sword inside the Sword Spirit Space, beginning a long transformation. Three years later, Yang Jian and Huanglong Zhenren waited on Jade Spring Mountain to capture the Jade Marrow Divine Dragon so Huanglong could rebuild his body, and the dragon began to emerge as the sun peaked.

• Ren waited a day after Yuding Zhenren and Ziyu Daoist Boy left, then lured the Blood Jade Sword into the Immortal Sword and trapped it in the Sword Spirit Space.
• Ren used Burial to merge into the Blood Jade Sword, suppress its rudimentary consciousness, and devour it while expelling impurities and injuries.
• Three years later, Yang Jian told Huanglong Zhenren that the Jade Marrow Divine Dragon appeared each year to absorb Great Sun Essence.
• Huanglong Zhenren prepared to capture the Jade Marrow Divine Dragon to reconstruct his physical body, despite knowing Yuding Zhenren opposed taking it.
• As Solar reached its peak, the Jade Marrow Divine Dragon’s head emerged from a jade stone platform.

Ren absorbed the Blood Jade Sword and emerged from Jade Spring Mountain to face a Transformation Tribulation, while Yuding watched with hope that the junior would survive. The chapter left Ren enduring repeated lightning strikes inside his cracked black Jade Skin.

• Yang Jian and Huanglong Zhenren spotted the Jade Marrow Divine Dragon, but a Thunder Tribulation soon formed over Jade Spring Mountain.
• Yuding recognized that a Jade Marrow Lifeform was undergoing Transformation and prepared to intervene if the tribulation threatened it.
• Ren expelled impurities from his body and soul while absorbing the Blood Jade Sword, eventually consuming it completely.
• Ren tried to emerge from the mountain, sensed the Thunder Tribulation was his, and burst into the sky beneath it.
• Lightning repeatedly struck Ren's cracked black Jade Skin, causing him intense pain.

Ren endured a prolonged Heavenly Tribulation as the Blood Jade Sword, then transformed into human form after the storm passed and its healing light restored his injuries. With his cultivation erased but its energy preserved, Ren resolved to cultivate anew and greeted Yuding Zhenren as his master.

• Ren endured repeated Thunder strikes that shattered his jade skin and flesh, leaving him to face the tribulation as a Blood Jade Sword.
• Yuding Zhenren explained to Yang Jian and Huanglong Zhenren that the tribulation's strength depended on both talent and cultivation, and said he had taught the Jade Marrow Lifeforms about transforming.
• A massive final bolt struck Ren, then the Heavenly Tribulation ended and divine light healed his body as he transformed into human form.
• Ren discovered that the Sea of Bitterness from his Shrouding cultivation had become a Dead Sea, and he decided to cultivate anew under a renowned master's guidance.
• Yuding Zhenren, Yang Jian, and Huanglong Zhenren approached Ren, and Ren bowed to Yuding and called him Master.

Ren became Yuding Zhenren’s disciple after achieving Transformation, which helped Yuding resolve his obsession and sever his Obsession Corpse. Half a year later, Ren had grown comfortable under Yuding’s care and studied the cultivation system in Jade Spring Mountain’s Library Pavilion.

• Ren asked Yuding Zhenren to accept him as a disciple, and Yuding gladly agreed.
• Ren’s Transformation loosened Yuding’s obsession with the Jade Marrow Lifeforms, allowing Yuding to sever his Obsession Corpse and enter the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Ren and Yang Jian congratulated Yuding, who showed Ren particular affection and regarded him as his ideal successor.
• Nearly half a year passed as Yuding cared for Ren, while Ren avoided cultivating much and focused on learning from the Library Pavilion’s materials.
• Ren finished studying the available notes on cultivation realms and wondered whether the Library Pavilion had more detailed explanations.

Ren learned that realm classifications did not determine a fighter’s true strength, while Yang Jian explained his own cultivation and the lingering duties delaying the Investiture of the Gods. Yuding Zhenren summoned Ren and Yang Jian, then sent Yang Jian to Kunlun Mountain with a sword after he hesitated over borrowing the Golden Bell.

• Yang Jian told Ren that combat strength depended on the body, Spirit Treasures, and experience as well as Primordial Spirit cultivation, and described his own Golden Immortal-level body and Profound Immortal Primordial Spirit.
• Yang Jian explained that the Zhou Dynasty still had rebel forces to suppress and eight hundred lords to enfeoff before Jiang Ziya could stabilize its Destiny and carry out the Investiture of the Gods.
• Ren stopped fixating on his realm and continued asking Yang Jian about the Primordial World and the Investiture War.
• Yuding Zhenren emerged from seclusion and summoned Ren and Yang Jian to Clear Heart Hall, praising their peaceful relationship.
• Yuding Zhenren asked Yang Jian to go to Kunlun Mountain and ring the Golden Bell, and, when Yang Jian hesitated because Guangchengzi held it, sent a sword into the hall.

Yuding Zhenren sent Yang Jian to Kunlun Mountain with the Immortal-Slaying Sword to summon the Expounding Sect, then began teaching Ren body and Primordial Spirit cultivation. Yang Jian revealed that Yuding had called the sect together because someone on Jade Spring Mountain still lacked a Divine Position.

• Yuding Zhenren gave Yang Jian the Immortal-Slaying Sword and ordered him to ring the Golden Bell on Kunlun Mountain and summon the Expounding Sect.
• After Yang Jian left, Yuding Zhenren explained the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique’s eighty-one rounds and taught Ren the first part of it and the Jade Pure Sage Art.
• Yuding Zhenren told Ren to cultivate the Jade Pure Sage Art first while seeking his own path to the Dao.
• Yang Jian traveled toward Kunlun Mountain with the Howling Celestial Hound and said the summons concerned the Investiture of the Gods.
• Yang Jian explained that one person on Jade Spring Mountain still lacked a Divine Position.

Yang Jian and the Howling Celestial Hound discussed the Divine Position Yuding intended for Ren, while Ren cultivated the Upper Clarity Immortal Art and reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Yuding explained the importance of a firm foundation and Ren’s physical potential, then agreed to prepare resources for him to cultivate the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique.

• Yang Jian praised Ren’s talent and determination, and he and the Howling Celestial Hound speculated that Yuding might seek the unassigned Ziwei Great Emperor position for him.
• Yang Jian flew toward Kunlun Mountain as Ren continued cultivating under the Upper Clarity Immortal Art.
• Ren absorbed Spiritual Qi, refined his Primordial Spirit, and reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Yuding explained that demons could struggle to wield their full strength after Transformation and that a firm foundation mattered more than rapid advancement.
• Ren decided to cultivate the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique, and Yuding offered to prepare the resources he needed.

Ren began cultivating the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique anew under Yuding Zhenren’s guidance, consuming enormous resources as he completed the First Turn’s body tempering. He chose to have Yuding shatter his body for the next stage, and Yuding began casting the Sage Art as Huanglong watched in shock.

• Ren insisted that Yuding help shatter his body when the time came, and Yuding agreed to support his resolve.
• Yuding used Jade Pure Immortal Fire to refine spiritual materials, and Ren began cultivating the First Turn of the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique anew.
• Ren consumed far more resources than Yuding expected, so Yuding supplied additional materials as Ren continued tempering his body.
• After half a year, Huanglong questioned Ren’s resource consumption and reminded Yuding that the others were waiting at Kunlun Mountain.
• Ren completed the body-tempering stage and asked Yuding to shatter his body, and Yuding began casting a Sage Art.

Ren completed the First Turn of body tempering after enduring Yuding Zhenren’s Sword Aura, and Yuding took him and Huanglong Zhenren toward Kunlun Mountain. There, Guangchengzi grew angry over Yuding’s long absence and tried to leave, but the Immortal-Slaying Sword blocked the hall.

• Yuding Zhenren repeatedly tore Ren’s body apart with Sword Aura, then ordered him to reshape it by absorbing Spiritual Qi.
• Ren spent more than half a year completing the First Turn again, consuming five times the resources Yang Jian had used and reaching bodily strength comparable to Yang Jian’s Second Turn.
• Yuding Zhenren told Ren he would accompany him to Kunlun Mountain and began teaching him methods of battle during their flight.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Guangchengzi complained that Yuding had summoned them but had not arrived, and Yang Jian said his master was likely guarding Ren as he cultivated.
• Guangchengzi decided to leave, but the Immortal-Slaying Sword unleashed Sword Aura that enveloped the hall.

Yuding Zhenren arrived at Kunlun Mountain and defended his new disciple from Guangchengzi, revealing that he had achieved Corpse Severing. The chapter left the others astonished by Yuding and Yun Zhongzi’s cultivation as they learned about Ren’s strength.

• The Immortal-Slaying Sword cut Guangchengzi’s horsetail whisk and blocked him from leaving the hall, forcing the others to wait.
• Yun Zhongzi asked Yang Jian when Yuding Zhenren had taken a disciple, and Yang Jian explained that the disciple had recently achieved Transformation.
• Guangchengzi insulted Yuding Zhenren’s disciple, so Yuding arrived, threatened Guangchengzi with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, and defended the disciple’s origins as the Blood Jade Sword.
• Yun Zhongzi recognized that Yuding Zhenren had achieved Corpse Severing, and Yuding realized Yun Zhongzi had severed two corpses.
• Yuding Zhenren told Yun Zhongzi that Feng'er had completed the First Turn of the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique and possessed strength comparable to an ordinary cultivator at the Second Turn, drawing everyone’s attention to Ren.

Ren left the hall with Yang Jian and met Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, and Four-Unlike, who welcomed him over wine and shared boasts that revealed details about other mounts. Their drinking was interrupted by a furious confrontation outside, where someone threatened Yuding Zhenren over the Ziwei Godhood.

• Yang Jian led Ren to a courtyard to meet Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, and Four-Unlike.
• Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, and Four-Unlike invited Ren to set aside formalities and drink with them.
• Ren drank and bonded with the group as Four-Unlike boasted about being the greatest mount and described Green Bull and Savage Bull.
• A furious voice outside threatened Yuding Zhenren, who declared that the Ziwei Godhood was his.
• Sword Aura clashed as the confrontation began.

Yuding Zhenren challenged Guangchengzi for the position of Ziwei Great Emperor, intending to give it to Ren. Their battle escalated when Guangchengzi summoned the Pangu Banner, and a newcomer arrived as Yuding continued to fight.

• Yuding Zhenren demanded the position of Ziwei Great Emperor, and Guangchengzi fought him to keep it.
• Yuding's Sword Aura overwhelmed Guangchengzi's Jade Pure Divine Thunder while Ren realized his master meant to give him the position.
• Guangchengzi summoned the Pangu Banner, but Yuding charged at him with his Immortal Sword without hesitation.
• Four-Unlike praised Yuding's Sword Dao as Ren watched the clash with concern.
• A newcomer arrived, praised Yuding's skill against the Pangu Banner, and suggested he was using its Chaos Sword Aura to temper his Sword Dao.

Ren watched Yuding Zhenren duel Guangchengzi while Yun Zhongzi explained that the fight was meant to temper Yuding’s Sword Dao and offered to teach Ren artifact refinement. Yuding’s Jade Cauldron Sword Scripture defeated Guangchengzi’s Chaos Sword Aura, and Yun Zhongzi seized the falling Pangu Banner.

• Yun Zhongzi told Ren that Yuding had deliberately provoked Guangchengzi into using the Pangu Banner to test his Sword Dao.
• Yun Zhongzi offered to teach Ren artifact refinement, even joking that he would exchange disciples with Yuding.
• Guangchengzi unleashed Chaos Sword Aura from the Pangu Banner, and Yuding answered with his Jade Cauldron Sword Scripture.
• Yuding’s sword light broke through the Chaos Sword Aura and reached Guangchengzi’s throat, leaving Guangchengzi terrified and causing him to drop the Pangu Banner.
• Yun Zhongzi rushed up and caught the falling Pangu Banner, saying he would study it and make an imitation.

Yuding Zhenren defeated Guangchengzi and claimed authority to decide who would receive the Ziwei Great Emperor position. He gave the position to Ren, while Yang Jian reaffirmed his resolve to change the Heavenly Laws and restore his mother's reputation.

• Yuding Zhenren severed Guangchengzi's Chaos Sword Aura and defeated him, then silenced the other Golden Immortals when he claimed the Ziwei Great Emperor position.
• Yuding Zhenren summoned Ren and Yang Jian to his cave abode on Kunlun Mountain and explained that his duel with Guangchengzi had strengthened his Sword Dao.
• Yuding Zhenren awarded Ren the Ziwei Great Emperor position so Ren could draw on the Celestial Star Formation's power to cultivate the Nine-Turn Profound Technique.
• Yang Jian told Ren that he was content with his Judicial Celestial God position and renewed his determination to change the Heavenly Laws and restore his mother's reputation.

Ren was ordered to cultivate Purple Star Qi in seclusion so he could claim the title of Ziwei Great Emperor and control the Celestial Star Formation. After making only slow progress, he returned to the Trash Station to seek a world where he could found a dynasty and strengthen his Purple Star Qi, and a new portal appeared.

• Ren agreed to help Yang Jian change the Heavenly Laws, and Yuding Zhenren explained that Ren needed Purple Star Qi to gain the Violet Myrtle Star’s recognition.
• Yuding Zhenren sealed Ren inside a Kunlun Mountain cave until he obtained Purple Star Qi, and Ren began using the Jade Pure Sage Art’s Visualization Method to contemplate the Violet Myrtle Star.
• After more than half a year, Ren formed an image of the Violet Myrtle Star but gained only a faint trace of Purple Star Qi.
• Ren decided to seek a new world where he could found a dynasty and strengthen his Purple Star Qi, rather than return to the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Ren asked the Trash Station for a world of moderate strength, and it opened a vortex to a new plane.

Ren entered the Heavenly Flames World at the moment Xiao Yan was born and discovered that Xiao Yan’s soul had crossed over to be reborn. He took Yao Lao’s ring from Xiao Yan’s mother, but gave her energy that restored her health.

• Ren crossed into the Heavenly Flames World and found himself near the Xiao Clan as Xiao Yan’s mother went into labor.
• Ren saw a spacetime tunnel collapse and pursued the soul that flew from it into the Xiao Clan courtyard.
• Ren realized the soul belonged to Xiao Yan, who had just been born, and spotted Yao Lao sleeping inside a ring on Xiao Yan’s mother’s finger.
• Ren took the ring from Xiao Yan’s mother and infused her with energy, restoring her vitality.

Ren revived Xiao Yan's mother in exchange for the black ring, then restored Yao Lao’s soul and set out to strengthen his Ziwei Qi by establishing an imperial dynasty in the Heavenly Flames World. He encountered the pregnant Amethyst Winged Lion King in the Magical Beast Mountains.

• Ren revived Xiao Yan’s mother and told Xiao Zhan that neither of them owed the other anything for the ring.
• Xiao Zhan watched Ren fly away and feared that the ring would have brought ruin to the Xiao Clan if they had kept it.
• Ren poured soul-restoring purple liquid into the black ring, beginning Yao Lao’s recovery, which he expected to take at least three days.
• Ren decided to plunder resources and establish an imperial dynasty in the Northwest Continent to strengthen his Ziwei Qi.
• Ren spotted the Amethyst Winged Lion King, descended to meet it, and noticed that it was pregnant.

Ren recruited the pregnant Amethyst Winged Lion King to search the Magical Beast Mountains for the map to the Jinglian Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, rewarding her with a Source. After the search succeeded, Ren followed her to the discovery, leaving Yao Lao’s alchemy lessons aside.

• Ren asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King to mobilize the Magical Beasts of the Magical Beast Mountains to find a hidden cave and promised her a reward.
• Ren gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a bean-sized Source, which strengthened her bloodline and benefited her unborn child.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared and sent the Magical Beasts to search the mountains for Ren’s target.
• Yao Lao awakened in Ren’s ring and agreed to teach him Alchemy Art despite being unable to discern Ren’s constitution.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King reported that the target had been found, and Ren followed her toward it.