Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “All Races Close In”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun annihilates the Teng Snake Clan’s old clan chief with a single clenched hand before the chief can even use his ancestral artifact or physical manifestation.
• When the remaining Teng Snake members mourn and protest, Jiang Yun unleashes more than ten Sky Blade attacks, killing over a dozen Saint-level clan members and effectively destroying the Teng Snake Clan’s forces.
• The Four Golden Snake Gentlemen activate the Teng Snake Clan’s ancestral treasures: a Quasi-Emperor Formation Diagram and two Teng Snake Swords. They combine them into a powerful killing formation and attempt to flee.
• Jiang Yun counters by summoning the Lihuo Divine Furnace and the Goddess Furnace, both Quasi-Emperor Weapons. Using the Nine Secret: Bing, he seizes the formation diagram and swords, sealing them inside the furnaces.
• Jiang Yun’s effortless victory shocks the surrounding races. Some become fearful and reconsider provoking him, while others grow greedy, hoping to seize his weapons and Source Arts.
• The Saint Spirit Race and Light Race leaders prevent their allies from assisting the Teng Snake Clan earlier, choosing instead to let the clan be destroyed. They argue that Jiang Yun must be killed to prevent the Human Race from retaliating against them in the future.
• After the Teng Snake Clan falls, the allied races launch a massive assault on Jiang Yun and the Human Race Ancient City.
• The Saint Spirit Race’s Fire Spirit Cangyan, Ao Mang, and the Light Race’s Mizhen take the lead. They deploy several Quasi-Emperor Weapons, including Ao Mang’s halberd.
• The Light Race brings out the God-Refining Pot, an Extreme Dao Emperor Armament capable of threatening the entire ancient city. Other races also summon ancestor weapons and surround the Human Race from all directions.
• Cangyan demands that Jiang Yun surrender his Source Arts technique. He threatens to slaughter the Human Race’s hundred ancient cities and sever their Ancient Road if Jiang Yun refuses.
• Jiang Yun remains defiant, insisting that numerical superiority cannot force him into a corner.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun: His strength is revealed to be far beyond what the opposing races expected. He destroys the Teng Snake Clan almost effortlessly, casually controls multiple Quasi-Emperor Weapons, and demonstrates mastery of the Nine Secret: Bing. His confidence and composure remain unshaken even when surrounded by numerous Great Saints and an Emperor Weapon.
• The Four Golden Snake Gentlemen: They shift from arrogant attackers to desperate survivors. Recognizing that they cannot defeat Jiang Yun, they divide their forces and attempt to escape with the ancestral treasures, but Jiang Yun captures them.
• Cangyan: He emerges as one of the most powerful figures present, nearly entering the Quasi-Emperor realm. He becomes the principal ideological and military leader of the anti-Jiang Yun alliance and openly threatens the entire Human Race.
• Ao Mang and Mizhen: Both reveal their overwhelming strength and commitment to eliminating Jiang Yun. They help transform the loose coalition into a united siege force.
• Prince Huaijin and other observers: Jiang Yun’s display of power frightens them into reconsidering any future conflict with him. Even those who previously regarded him as merely a powerful son-in-law now recognize him as someone capable of suppressing the world.
• The allied Great Saints: Their initial hesitation gives way to fear-driven cooperation. They recognize that none of their individual races could safely withstand Jiang Yun’s potential revenge.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and deterrence: Jiang Yun’s effortless destruction of the Teng Snake Clan demonstrates how a single supreme cultivator can alter the balance of power among countless races.
• Fear and political alliance: The other races unite not out of loyalty, but because they fear Jiang Yun’s future retaliation. The chapter emphasizes that shared fear can temporarily overcome distrust.
• Greed versus caution: Some factions fear Jiang Yun, while others are tempted by his weapons and Source Arts. Their greed pushes them to attack despite witnessing his overwhelming strength.
• The threat of rising talent: Jiang Yun is portrayed as a destabilizing force whose rapid rise threatens the established powers. The belief that “the tallest tree attracts the wind” reflects the danger of becoming too prominent.
• Collective oppression of the Human Race: The attack is not merely an attempt to kill Jiang Yun; it is also an effort to break the Human Race Ancient Road and prevent humanity from competing in the current age.
• Defiance against overwhelming odds: Jiang Yun refuses to surrender even when surrounded by multiple Great Saints, Quasi-Emperor Weapons, and an Extreme Dao Emperor Armament.

Character Interactions

• The Teng Snake Clan members cry out in grief and anger after Jiang Yun kills their chief, but Jiang Yun dismisses their protests and destroys them.
• The Four Golden Snake Gentlemen call upon the Saint Spirit and Light Races for protection, but those leaders deliberately refuse to intervene, sacrificing the Teng Snake Clan for their broader strategy.
• Cangyan and Ao Mang persuade the allied Great Saints that Jiang Yun must be eliminated for their races to survive.
• Mizhen reinforces this argument, presenting the Teng Snake Clan’s bloodshed as the bond that must unite the coalition.
• Observers from the Golden Crow and Qilin races react with shock and fear, discussing whether they should abandon plans to oppose Jiang Yun.
• Cangyan finally confronts Jiang Yun directly, offering him a quick death in exchange for the Source Arts technique while threatening the Human Race’s destruction.
• Jiang Yun answers through action and posture rather than submission, stepping into the void and preparing to face the entire coalition.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun remains calm while surrounded by numerous alien races and Great Saints. He reveals two powerful Yin-Yang Curved Blades, whose aura approaches that of Emperor Weapons and counters the Light Race’s Ancient Emperor Weapon, the God-Refining Pot.
• The Light Race, Winged Race, Saint Spirit Race, Origin Demon Race, and others threaten Jiang Yun and the Human Race, intending to seize his weapons and the treasures of the Gods and Demons Burial Grounds.
• Jiang Yun mocks the attackers and challenges them to witness the strength of the Human Race. When the Origin Demon Race’s Great Saint charges first, the Taihuang Sword suddenly appears and annihilates the entire race, including its Great Saint.
• The wielder is an aged Great Saint of the Great Xia Dynasty, a descendant of Taihuang. His arrival reminds the myriad races of the former supremacy of the Human Race during the Ancient Era.
• The Taihuang Sword clashes with the Light Race’s God-Refining Pot. The collision of two Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons devastates the surrounding starry sky, killing or severely injuring numerous Great Saints, Saint Kings, and Saints.
• Great Saint Ranmu of the Jiang Family arrives with the Hengyu Furnace, another Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. He confirms Jiang Yun’s connection to Emperor Hengyu and further intimidates the coalition.
• The surviving alien races begin contemplating retreat, realizing that two Great Saints wielding genuine Emperor Weapons are more dangerous than the coalition of more than twenty Great Saints.
• The Saint Spirit Race refuses to surrender and attempts to recruit the Great Xia descendant with promises of greater rewards. It considers using several Quasi-Emperor Weapons and the still-absent Ten Thousand Dragon Bell to continue the fight.
• Jiang Yun reveals another trump card: the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, controlled by Azure Phoenix Daoist and borrowed from the Shaking Light Sacred Land. He declares that the invaders will be sent through the “Six Paths of Reincarnation.”
• The chapter ends as the Jiuli Diagram descends from the heavens, adding yet another terrifying Extreme Dao weapon to the battlefield.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun displays complete confidence and strategic control. His calmness is justified by the hidden reinforcements and Emperor Weapons he has arranged.
• Mizhen of the Light Race shifts from arrogant confidence to fear and desperation after suffering injuries from the Emperor Weapon clash. His belief that the God-Refining Pot guarantees victory collapses.
• The Great Xia descendant emerges as a powerful defender of the Human Race and a living reminder of its former golden age. His appearance transforms the battle’s balance.
• Great Saint Ranmu acts boldly and enthusiastically, displaying increased confidence after prior experience fighting battles involving Emperor Weapons.
• Cangyan and the Saint Spirit Race become increasingly anxious and unwilling to accept defeat because they desperately seek the secrets hidden in the Gods and Demons Burial Grounds.
• The alien coalition loses its unity and courage. Many members begin planning their escape after witnessing the overwhelming strength of the Human Race’s hidden forces.
• Azure Phoenix Daoist continues to serve as a crucial defender by controlling the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and protecting the ancient city.

Significant Themes

• The revival of Human Race supremacy: The chapter contrasts the current era’s humiliation of humanity with the Ancient Era, when successive Human Great Emperors ruled the universe and suppressed the myriad races.
• Hidden strength and preparation: Jiang Yun’s apparent isolation is revealed to be a calculated trap. The Human Race possesses far deeper reserves than its enemies expected.
• The danger of Emperor Weapons: Their clashes can destroy stars, kill Great Saints, and devastate entire battlefields, making them both weapons and uncontrollable catastrophes.
• Arrogance and miscalculation: The alien races underestimate Jiang Yun and the Human Race, repeatedly assuming victory before being crushed by unexpected reinforcements.
• Fear versus courage: The invaders’ confidence dissolves once the balance of power changes, while Jiang Yun and his allies remain composed.
• Legacy and lineage: The Taihuang Sword, Hengyu Furnace, and Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron embody the continuing power of ancient Human Emperor lineages.

Character Interactions

• Mizhen openly taunts Jiang Yun and tries to motivate the alien forces with promises of the Yin-Yang Curved Blades as a reward.
• The Winged Race and Origin Demon Race insult the Human Race, prompting Jiang Yun to challenge their assumptions about humanity’s weakness.
• The Great Xia descendant confronts the coalition and asserts that the Human Race’s former glory has not disappeared.
• Cangyan attempts to persuade the Taihuang descendant to withdraw, arguing that the conflict concerns only Jiang Yun rather than the entire Human Race.
• Ranmu dramatically intervenes with the Hengyu Furnace, supporting Jiang Yun and humiliating the Light Race’s forces.
• The Saint Spirit Race tries to bribe the Great Xia descendant and secretly coordinate with other races, but Jiang Yun rejects their continued resistance.
• Jiang Yun and Azure Phoenix Daoist jointly reveal the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, while the arrival of the Jiuli Diagram signals that the Human Race’s counterattack is about to intensify.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• A mysterious Divine Diagram appears in the starry sky, sealing the surrounding cultivators beneath overwhelming imperial pressure.
• Four Human Race Emperor Weapons initially encircle the alien forces. Yan Qi Great Saint and Great Saint Gan Lun then reveal two additional Ancient Emperor Weapons—the Qilin Staff and Ten Thousand Dragon Bell—bringing the total to six.
• The trapped alien races panic and abandon the Light Race and Saint Spirit Race, instead pleading with a mysterious Great Saint for protection.
• The Great Saint reveals himself as an envoy of the newly established Divine Court. He claims to represent a supreme figure known as the Divine Court Lord and demands that Jiang Yun and the Human forces withdraw.
• The envoy produces a powerful Imperial Edict containing an aura comparable to that of a Great Emperor. Its presence shocks both the older generation and the young geniuses, many of whom realize that a prospective Emperor could soon block their own paths to Dao Attainment.
• The envoy announces that the Divine Court Lord will eventually become a Great Emperor and establish a new Mythological Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Yun recognizes the supposed Emperor Lord as a cowardly prospective Emperor who once avoided triggering the Emperor Tribulation and was later killed by the Woodcutter Old Man. He openly insults him and rejects the Imperial Edict.
• Jiang Yun summons the Slaying Immortal Gourd, another powerful Emperor Weapon. Ancestor Ran Mu and the other Human experts follow by activating their own weapons.
• Seeing the situation collapse, Mizhen of the Light Race and Cang Yan of the Saint Spirit Race join forces and attempt to escape using the God-Refining Pot and a Quasi-Emperor Fang Tian Halberd.
• The seven Emperor Weapons attack together. The Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and Jiuli Divine Diagram protect the ancient city and surrounding stars, while the remaining weapons target the God-Refining Pot and the fleeing forces.
• The brown-haired Divine Court envoy is unable to withstand the attack and begins disintegrating. The Emperor’s Imperial Edict is also destroyed by the combined aftershocks, proving that its authority cannot truly compete with the gathered Emperor Weapons.

2. Character Developments

• Jiang Yun demonstrates absolute confidence and growing authority. He is no longer viewed as a minor cultivator but as a central pillar of the Human Race. Rather than being intimidated by the Imperial Edict, he identifies the Divine Court Lord’s weakness and directly challenges his reputation.
• The brown-haired Great Saint is revealed as an arrogant Divine Court envoy who relies heavily on the prestige of his unseen master. His confidence collapses once Jiang Yun refuses to submit and brings out another Emperor Weapon.
• Yan Qi Great Saint, Great Saint Gan Lun, Ancestor Ran Mu, and the other Human experts show their willingness to support Jiang Yun and confront the Divine Court directly. Their possession of multiple Emperor Weapons gives them overwhelming strategic superiority.
• Mizhen and Cang Yan reveal their self-preserving nature. Once the Divine Court’s Imperial Edict fails to halt the Humans, they abandon their previous alliance and attempt to flee together.
• The young geniuses, including Primordial Beginning, Zhang Bairen, the Overlord, and Di Tian, are shaken by the revelation of a prospective Emperor. Their confidence in eventually reaching the Emperor Dao is temporarily replaced by anxiety and helplessness.

3. Significant Themes

• Authority versus actual power: The Imperial Edict creates enormous fear through its symbolic imperial aura, but its true effectiveness is limited. Jiang Yun’s side proves that accumulated weapons and coordinated force can overcome political intimidation.
• The difficulty of Dao Attainment: The possibility of a prospective Emperor appearing in the current era terrifies both old experts and young geniuses, emphasizing how rare and competitive the path to becoming a Great Emperor is.
• Defiance against false supremacy: The Divine Court attempts to establish legitimacy by invoking an unseen Emperor Lord, but Jiang Yun exposes the difference between claiming imperial status and truly possessing it.
• Changing alliances and survival: The alien races immediately seek new protection, while the Light Race and Saint Spirit Race abandon their broader coalition once defeat seems likely. Fear and self-interest dominate the battlefield.
• The rise of Jiang Yun: The chapter reinforces Jiang Yun’s transformation into a major figure capable of confronting ancient clans, prospective Emperors, and entire cosmic factions.

4. Character Interactions

• The alien races beg the Divine Court envoy for shelter, offering to join the Divine Court in exchange for survival.
• The envoy arrogantly orders Jiang Yun and the Human forces to disperse, claiming that the Divine Court Lord cannot be challenged.
• Yan Qi Great Saint and Ancestor Ran Mu ridicule the envoy’s assertion that a Great Emperor exists in the current age.
• Jiang Yun and the envoy engage in a direct ideological and verbal confrontation: the envoy proclaims the Divine Court Lord’s future supremacy, while Jiang Yun dismisses him as someone too cowardly to undergo the Emperor Tribulation.
• Mizhen and Cang Yan cooperate to escape, but their retreat brings them into direct conflict with the Human Emperor Weapons.
• The final confrontation unites Jiang Yun and the Human experts in a coordinated assault, overwhelming both the Divine Court envoy and the fleeing Light Race–Saint Spirit Race alliance.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun and his allies unleash seven Ultimate Dao Emperor Weapons—including the Slaying Immortal Gourd, Hengyu Furnace, Taihuang Sword, Qilin Staff, Ten Thousand Dragon Bell, and others—to encircle the Light Race’s God-Refining Pot and the allied foreign races.
• The combined attack annihilates most of the foreign forces. Saints, Quasi-Emperor weapons, the Divine Court’s envoy, and powerful members of the Winged, Saint Spirit, and Light Races are reduced to dust.
• Jiang Yun’s Source World absorbs the Dao marks of the fallen foreign beings, turning them into symbolic stars within his inner world.
• The God-Refining Pot survives by fully awakening its Divine Spirit and shielding its remaining inhabitants. The Saint Spirit Great Saint Ao Mang dies, while Cangyan and Mizhen emerge severely wounded.
• Mizhen condemns Jiang Yun for destroying their forces, but Jiang Yun replies that their earlier plan to massacre Human Race cities earned them this fate.
• The allied Emperor Weapons repeatedly batter the God-Refining Pot through the starry sky. Cangyan is nearly destroyed by the Qilin Staff, while Mizhen struggles to preserve the Light Race’s Emperor Weapon.
• Mizhen sacrifices his physical body and enters the God-Refining Pot, leaving only his head in Cangyan’s grasp. His sacrifice allows the weapon to achieve complete revival, manifesting overwhelming Emperor-level power.
• The fully awakened God-Refining Pot attacks Jiang Yun directly, but several Emperor Weapons block it. Unable to overcome their numerical advantage, the pot retreats through an Emperor-level escape formation.
• Jiang Yun reveals that he secretly planted spatial coordinates inside the God-Refining Pot. Great Saint Gan Lun also uses a mysterious tracking platform to locate it.
• The pursuit lasts half a month. Cangyan and Mizhen repeatedly flee and even attempt ambushes, but Jiang Yun’s group continues tracking them.
• The pursuers destroy important Saint Spirit and Light Race strongholds across multiple ancient roads and regions. Two Quasi-Emperors abandon their approach after Jiang Yun intimidates them with a single attack from the Slaying Immortal Gourd.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun is established as an overwhelming cosmic force. His command of numerous Emperor Weapons and his careful use of hidden tracking methods demonstrate both immense strength and strategic foresight. He increasingly becomes a major threat to every powerful faction in the universe.
• Mizhen, once proud of his descent from the Light Ancient Emperor, is reduced to desperation and humiliation. He ultimately sacrifices his body to preserve the God-Refining Pot, accepting that protecting the weapon and his race is more important than his own survival.
• Cangyan becomes vengeful and ruthless. Even after suffering catastrophic injuries, he vows to haunt Jiang Yun’s allies and descendants if he survives, showing that the conflict has become a personal vendetta.
• Ao Mang dies during the initial clash, emphasizing the overwhelming destructive power of the seven Emperor Weapons.
• Great Saint Gan Lun and the other allies prove essential in both the battle and the pursuit, combining their Emperor Weapons and tracking methods to prevent the God-Refining Pot’s escape.
• Jiang Yun’s alliance gains a reputation as an unstoppable force, causing other Quasi-Emperors and powerful factions to fear direct confrontation.

Significant Themes

• The brutality of inter-racial conflict: The battle shows that cosmic factional struggles can result in the extermination of entire races, far surpassing ordinary contests for the Imperial Dao.
• Retribution and justified violence: Jiang Yun argues that the foreign races’ plan to slaughter Human Race cities makes their destruction a consequence of their own actions.
• Power and numerical superiority: Even a fully revived Ancient Emperor Weapon can be suppressed when faced with several coordinated Ultimate Dao artifacts.
• Pride versus survival: Mizhen’s humiliation reflects the collapse of ancient prestige when confronted with overwhelming force. His eventual sacrifice shows survival and racial preservation overtaking personal dignity.
• The consequences of ambition and greed: Mizhen acknowledges that the catastrophe arose from competition, greed, and misjudgment. The chapter presents the destruction of the Light and Saint Spirit forces as the price of their aggression.
• The emergence of a new cosmic order: Jiang Yun’s rise and the formation of his powerful alliance destabilize the universe. Other factions must now consider him a central obstacle in the future struggle for the Imperial Dao.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun and Mizhen exchange accusations over the planned massacre of Human Race cities, with Jiang Yun rejecting mercy toward enemies who would have shown none.
• Cangyan urges Mizhen to endure and think of their races’ survival, abandoning his former dignity to rely on Mizhen and the God-Refining Pot.
• Mizhen and Cangyan cooperate despite their disastrous situation, with Mizhen sacrificing himself so the Emperor Weapon can fully revive.
• Jiang Yun’s allies coordinate their Emperor Weapons to strike the God-Refining Pot repeatedly, treating it almost like a ball as they force it across the starry sky.
• Cangyan and Mizhen repeatedly attempt to escape and ambush their pursuers, but Jiang Yun and Gan Lun’s tracking preparations prevent them from disappearing permanently.
• The wider universe reacts with fear and helplessness, recognizing that Jiang Yun’s alliance has become a decisive political and military power.

Chapter Summary: The Fall of the Clan-Destroying Starry Sky, Great Gains from Looting

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun and his allies spend half a month pursuing the Light Race’s Ancient Emperor Weapon, the God-Refining Pot. The weapon repeatedly revives to open Void passages and escape, making it difficult to suppress despite being vulnerable to their overwhelming numbers of Emperor Weapons.
• Their pursuit causes a cosmic sensation. News spreads across multiple Ancient Roads that Jiang Yun, Burial Emperor Star, the Great Xia Dynasty, and the Dragon and Qilin Races are cooperating to crush a major Extreme Dao faction.
• The final confrontation takes place near the Light Race’s Ancestor Star. The God-Refining Pot is surrounded by numerous Extreme Dao Emperor Artifacts.
• Mizhen and Cangyan exhaust themselves in resistance and ultimately die. The God-Refining Pot suffers severe damage, developing cracks and becoming too weak to escape.
• Jiang Yun persuades the weapon’s Divine Spirit to submit by promising not to pursue the Light Ancient Emperor’s sealed son or completely exterminate the Light Race. The God-Refining Pot falls into slumber and is sealed within Jiang Yun’s Source World, separately from the Yuan Emperor Gourd.
• After the battle, Jiang Yun’s forces begin looting the Light Race’s Ancestor Star. They dismantle its formations, open its treasury, and seize an enormous collection of divine materials, Medicine Kings, spiritual plants, and rare treasures.
• The Light Race’s remaining foundations and two awakened Great Saints attempt resistance, but they are easily defeated. Jiang Yun honors his agreement by not searching for or attacking the Light Ancient Emperor’s son.
• Jiang Yun orders the Source Chain Bearer Squad to move the Light Race’s eight Ancestral Dragon Veins into the expanding Source Ring.
• Jiang Yun and his allies then raid the ancestral grounds of several other powerful races, including the Serpent, Origin Demon, Winged, and Shadow Clans. They obtain vast wealth and record or relocate many more Ancestral Dragon Veins.
• Jiang Yun realizes that the accumulated treasures have brought him close to collecting all the materials needed to refine the legendary Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, lacking only two or three ingredients. He also knows the location of one missing material.
• Finally, Jiang Yun travels alone to the enormous Sun God Star, the birthplace of the Fire Spirit Cangyan. He intends to plunder the site and obtain something important from its naturally formed Fire Spirit forbidden ground.

2. Character Developments

• Jiang Yun demonstrates increasing strategic maturity. Rather than destroying the God-Refining Pot outright, he exploits its concern for the Light Race and its Ancient Emperor’s son to force its submission.
• His power and influence become widely recognized. He is no longer merely a rising Guardian but a figure capable of mobilizing multiple Extreme Dao factions and terrifying entire races.
• Jiang Yun becomes increasingly pragmatic and opportunistic. He respects his promises but otherwise shows no hesitation in dismantling enemy strongholds and claiming their resources.
• His growing wealth causes him to acknowledge a developing greed, joking that destroying enemies is less profitable than looting their ancestral homes.
• Ancestor Ran Mu regrets failing to capture the Dao Yan Divine Garment earlier, while Great Saint Gan Lun explains that the weapon would have sacrificed itself to protect Dao Yan Great Emperor’s son.
• The God-Refining Pot’s Divine Spirit is portrayed as ancient, cautious, and patient. It accepts temporary submission because it expects Jiang Yun to eventually die and believes the Light Ancient Emperor’s line may later recover.
• Ye Fan, traveling on the trial path, senses familiar auras and becomes curious about Jiang Yun’s movements, hinting at connections or future interactions.

3. Significant Themes

• Power and deterrence: The coordinated use of numerous Emperor Weapons shows how overwhelming force can defeat even an Ancient Emperor Weapon, though suppression remains difficult.
• Pragmatism over destruction: Jiang Yun’s negotiation with the God-Refining Pot reflects his ability to pursue strategic gains rather than insist on total annihilation.
• The legacy of ancient powers: Ancient Emperor Weapons, sealed descendants, and long-standing treasures continue to shape the present, while old clans struggle against Jiang Yun’s new coalition.
• Wealth and resources as power: The chapter emphasizes that control over treasures, divine materials, spiritual plants, and Dragon Veins is essential to building long-term strength.
• Expansion and consolidation: By absorbing Ancestral Dragon Veins into the Source Ring, Jiang Yun is constructing a larger, richer foundation for his faction and future cultivation.
• Fate and timing: The tragic history of the Fire Spirit slain by the Ruthless Great Emperor reinforces the idea that even powerful beings can be destroyed by unfavorable eras and encounters.
• Humor amid grandeur: Jiang Yun’s remark that true wealth comes from looting clans, along with his “Emperor Weapon” quotation, adds comic relief to the otherwise universe-shaking events.

4. Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun confronts the God-Refining Pot’s Divine Spirit and negotiates its surrender by offering protection to the Light Ancient Emperor’s son.
• Ancestor Ran Mu and Great Saint Gan Lun discuss the earlier escape of the Dao Yan Divine Garment and why it would never have abandoned Dao Yan Great Emperor’s son.
• Jiang Yun directs the Source Chain Bearer Squad to relocate the Light Race’s Dragon Veins, showing his authority over his followers and his focus on organized expansion.
• Jiang Yun’s allies divide into groups to raid the ancestral lands of other powerful races, demonstrating the cooperation between the Human Race, Dragon Race, Qilin Race, Great Xia Dynasty, and other Extreme Dao forces.
• Ye Fan and his companion notice the auras connected to Jiang Yun’s campaign, linking Jiang Yun’s actions to developments along the Ancient Road.
• Jiang Yun’s arrival at the Sun God Star sets up a new conflict or exploration involving the Fire Spirit legacy and the natural killing formations within Cangyan’s birthplace.

Chapter Summary: Return to the Ancient City, the Future Center of the Universe

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun enters a powerful Divine Sun with an Emperor Weapon and studies the Innate Dao Marks within it. Their structure resembles a natural Supreme Fire-Control Spirit-Nurturing Scripture, greatly improving his understanding of fire and the Dao.
• At the center of the Solar Star, he discovers a massive Chaotic Stone Mountain. It once produced two peerless Fire Spirits and still contains Divine Substance and Divine Essence capable of nurturing a third Saint-level Fire Spirit.
• Jiang Yun plans to experiment with the Fortune Law by accelerating the gestation of the next Fire Spirit. He hopes this will deepen his mastery of the laws of life, Fortune, and fire, while also testing how effectively he can nurture beings other than Xiao Nannan.
• Inside an ancient cave, he discovers an entire jar of Fire Essence Divine Juice, an exceptionally rare ingredient needed for the legendary Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. This leaves him only one divine material short of possessing all the ingredients required for the pill.
• Jiang Yun absorbs the Divine Sun into his Source World using the Light Race’s God-Refining Pot. Rather than refining it into ordinary material, he preserves it as a sacred stellar environment. The Chaotic Stone Mountain remains within it, while Jiang Yun uses the Fortune Law to accelerate the birth of its third Fire Spirit.
• After the operation, Jiang Yun returns to Human Race First City. The aftermath of his campaigns has temporarily halted the war, while Ancestral Kings and Saint Kings clean up the remnants of the defeated foreign races.
• The Life Ancient Star beneath Human Race First Pass has rapidly developed into a prosperous commercial and cultivation center. Numerous races establish businesses, including fire-related industries, divine-material shops, forging pavilions, treasure halls, taverns, temples, and palaces.
• The city’s growth exceeds Jiang Yun’s original expectations and suggests that it may become the true center of the universe.
• A private gathering of powerful foreign and human factions debates whether to introduce the Source Ring into their territories. They recognize that resisting its spread is nearly impossible, especially after witnessing Jiang Yun destroy major factions through coordinated long-distance attacks using the Source Ring and Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun continues to expand beyond his role as a powerful warrior. He acts as a researcher of the Dao, studying natural formations, nurturing life through the Fortune Law, and preparing to refine the legendary Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.
• His confidence and strategic influence grow. He not only conquers enemies but also preserves and repurposes priceless treasures, turning the Divine Sun into a lasting resource within the Source World.
• Jiang Yun’s political and economic vision becomes increasingly important. His promotion of the Source Ring and the development of Human Race First City reshape the structure of the entire universe.
• The Spirit Race’s old patriarch becomes openly frustrated and resentful toward Jiang Yun’s expanding influence, but his younger companions warn him against speaking recklessly.
• Many foreign factions shift from ignoring Jiang Yun’s proposals to urgently seeking a place within his growing sphere of influence. Their actions reveal both admiration for his system and fear of being left outside it.

Significant Themes

• Power through both force and infrastructure: Jiang Yun’s dominance comes not only from military victories but also from the Source Ring, trade networks, communication, and economic integration.
• The conflict between freedom and progress: The Source Ring offers immense convenience and protection, yet its spread threatens the independence of powerful factions. Its benefits make voluntary resistance increasingly difficult.
• Nurturing and creation: Jiang Yun’s experiment with accelerating the Fire Spirit’s birth reflects his growing interest in creation, life, Fortune, and the responsible use of natural laws.
• Preservation of heavenly treasures: Rather than destroying the Divine Sun for materials, Jiang Yun preserves it as a sacred cultivation environment, emphasizing the value of long-term stewardship.
• The emergence of a universal center: Human Race First City evolves from a frontier settlement into a multicultural hub where races trade, interact, and build relationships, suggesting a new political and cultural order.
• Fear beneath prosperity: The city’s bustling prosperity exists alongside anxiety. Many factions benefit from Jiang Yun’s system while fearing that dependence on it will place them permanently under his control.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun examines the Chaotic Stone Mountain alone and reasons through its potential, linking his observations to Wushi Great Emperor’s legacy and his own future divine weapon.
• His interaction with the Fire Spirit and the Chaotic Stone is indirect but significant: he chooses not to interfere physically and instead uses the Fortune Law to guide its natural development.
• The various races interact commercially in Human Race First City, with their businesses and institutions turning the city into a shared center for the universe.
• At the private banquet, the crystalline-horned Saint King pressures the Spirit Race patriarch to state whether his faction will adopt the Source Ring.
• The Spirit Race patriarch explains the dilemma facing many factions: they may either wait for the Source Ring to spread into their territory or introduce it themselves and gain some control and benefits.
• Other cultivators argue over whether Jiang Yun’s expansion is beneficial integration or coercive domination. One faction advocates limiting the Source Ring’s use, while others acknowledge that its spread can no longer realistically be stopped.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• A gathering of powerful races debates whether to allow Source Rings to spread through their territories. Most fear that the rings will weaken their control, expose their populations to the Dao Origin Divine Hall, and allow humans and other races to form outside connections.
• The Dao Origin Divine Hall has offered major incentives, including:
  • Ten thousand free attempts at the Emperor’s Tower every decade.
  • Exclusive Source Ring forums for individual races or stars.
• Although the Spirit Race elder publicly rejects these benefits as insufficient, the other representatives quickly become tempted. The supposed alliance against Source Rings collapses, and the races leave to negotiate separately with the Dao Origin Divine Hall.
• Afterward, the Spirit Race elder reveals that he was secretly working with Ling Jun, a Spirit Race cultivator from Big Dipper. Ling Jun persuades him that adopting Source Rings is inevitable and beneficial. In exchange, Ling Jun promises future advantages, including possible entry into the Dao Origin Divine Hall and renewed connections between the Spirit Race’s Ancestor Star and its descendants.
• The Spirit Race elder reluctantly agrees to introduce Source Rings to the Ancestor Star. He worries that outside communication will undermine the Spirit Race’s dominance, but recognizes that resisting the larger historical movement is impossible.
• Elsewhere, Jiang Yun monitors the meeting through the Source World. He realizes the gathering posed no serious threat and does not intervene.
• At the Human Race First Pass, Jiang Yun reunites with An Wenwen and the Dao Origin Heavenly Palace’s leaders. He learns that Source Ring networks have connected Big Dipper, Ziwei, and Eternal, but that all communication and teleportation currently pass through Ziwei, creating delays and high costs.
• Jiang Yun orders the construction of additional Source Chains, assigning new Source Chain Bearers—including captured alien Saint Kings and a Great Saint—to help establish direct routes from Big Dipper and the Star Road.
• Jiang Yun rewards An Wenwen with Divine Liquid and passes down the Carefree Scripture of Xiaoyao Heavenly Venerable, along with the Secret of Xing, giving her valuable guidance for advancing toward the Great Saint realm.
• The members of the Dao Origin Heavenly Palace and allied forces reunite, submit their captured resources, and prepare to distribute them according to merit and need.

Character Developments

• The Spirit Race elder shifts from fierce opposition to reluctant acceptance. His priority changes from preserving isolation to protecting the Spirit Race’s long-term survival through cooperation with Jiang Yun and the Dao Origin Divine Hall.
• Ling Jun emerges as a pragmatic intermediary. Having lived among the Big Dipper Spirit Race and served in the Northern Suppression Divine Hall, he understands the broader political situation better than the Ancestor Star’s traditional leaders.
• Jiang Yun continues to demonstrate overwhelming influence and strategic foresight. He does not need to force the races into submission; the benefits and inevitability of his system persuade them naturally. He also focuses on strengthening infrastructure and cultivating capable subordinates.
• An Wenwen is shown to be hardworking but exhausted from managing the expanding Dao Origin Heavenly Palace network. Jiang Yun’s gifts and encouragement renew her confidence and improve her prospects of becoming a Great Saint.
• Weiwei and Yin Luoyang demonstrate their administrative responsibility by identifying the major logistical weakness in the interstellar Source Ring network and reporting it directly to Jiang Yun.
• The female cultivators of the Dao Origin Heavenly Palace—especially those managing resources—continue to earn the trust of the wider alliance through their competence and professionalism.

Significant Themes

• Inevitability of change: The Source Rings represent a new era of communication, cultivation, and political integration. Isolation can delay change but cannot prevent it.
• Pragmatism versus tradition: The Spirit Race must choose between preserving its old dominance and adapting to a system that offers greater long-term security and opportunity.
• Power through networks: Jiang Yun’s strength lies not only in personal combat ability but also in the vast technological, informational, and organizational network created through the Source Rings.
• Cooperation and mutual benefit: Former rivals are increasingly drawn into Jiang Yun’s sphere because cooperation offers greater rewards than resistance.
• Generational and historical transformation: The reconnection of the Primordial Myriad Races with their ancestral peoples reflects the healing of old divisions and the emergence of a new cosmic order.
• Cultivation supported by infrastructure: Advancement is shown to depend not only on individual talent but also on access to resources, communication systems, training grounds, and inherited scriptures.

Character Interactions

• The representatives of various races argue over Source Rings, with the Spirit Race elder acting as the most vocal opponent while others quietly calculate how much they can gain.
• The Spirit Race elder and Ling Jun hold a private discussion in which Ling Jun convinces him to abandon resistance and accept Source Rings.
• Jiang Yun treats An Wenwen as a trusted subordinate, apologizing for overworking her and directly helping her recover and improve her cultivation.
• An Wenwen reacts with astonishment and gratitude upon receiving the Carefree Scripture, seeing it as a major step toward fulfilling Jiang Yun’s promises.
• Weiwei and Yin Luoyang present the network’s logistical problems to Jiang Yun, who immediately proposes a practical solution.
• The reunited Dao Origin Heavenly Palace members and their allies turn over their gains to the palace’s administrators, reinforcing their collective trust and organized approach to managing the spoils of war.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun discovers an extraordinary golden Dragon Loach capable of extending a person’s lifespan by roughly a thousand years. He offers it to the aging Azure Phoenix Daoist, who initially refuses out of humility but eventually accepts after Jiang Yun and Ancestor Ran Mu insist.
• The gift strengthens Azure Phoenix Daoist’s loyalty toward Jiang Yun and the Dao Origin Divine Hall. He resolves to follow and support Jiang Yun in the future.
• With the foreign-race forces defeated and most matters settled, Azure Phoenix Daoist resumes preparations for Jiang Yun’s long-delayed Guardian ceremony on the Human Race Ancient Road.
• Jiang Yun’s generosity during the campaign earns him the trust of the Ancient Road’s cultivators. Unlike the former Guardians, who favored their own factions, Jiang Yun distributes benefits fairly and allows cultivators below the Saint Realm to travel freely through the ancient cities.
• Friends and elders from Big Dipper arrive through Jiang Yun’s Source Ring to attend the ceremony. Yao Yuekong, Li Heishui, Tu Fei, Jiang Shuanglan, and others reunite with Jiang Yun.
• Black Emperor and Duan De leave almost immediately after learning that Jiang Yun’s group has not excavated several ancient tombs. Jiang Yun agrees to split the spoils with them, effectively outsourcing the tomb-raiding work to the two notorious professionals.
• Huolin’er brings her brother Huo Qizi to meet Jiang Yun. Because Huo Qizi is technically Jiang Yun’s brother-in-law, he finally addresses Jiang Yun as “brother-in-law,” prompting Jiang Yun to awkwardly call him “Big Brother.”
• Their friends enthusiastically tease Huo Qizi, delighted that someone has finally been acknowledged as Jiang Yun’s big brother. Jiang Yun then lightly mocks Huo Qizi’s cultivation, ruining his moment of triumph.
• The reunited friends hold a feast, reminiscing about Big Dipper, Eternal, and their journeys across the Star Road. They jokingly agree that Black Emperor and Duan De are especially shameless.
• During the banquet, Yao Yuekong imagines Jiang Yun eventually linking the Source Ring to the Immortal Domain. Jiang Yun raises a toast, declaring that they will one day become immortals and explore the Immortal Domain together.
• Near the end of the feast, Jiang Yun is summoned to meet Wang Ziwen, an old acquaintance from Earth who arrived at Big Dipper with Ye Fan’s group. Wang Ziwen is astonished to learn that the famed Human Race Guardian is the same Jiang Yun he once knew.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun is shown not only as overwhelmingly powerful but also as generous, approachable, and deeply loyal to his allies. He distributes treasures, supports Azure Phoenix Daoist, and maintains an easygoing attitude with old friends despite his exalted status.
• Azure Phoenix Daoist becomes more firmly aligned with Jiang Yun after receiving the life-extending Dragon Loach. His gratitude develops into a willingness to serve Jiang Yun publicly and privately.
• Yao Yuekong has restored his Heavenly Demon Physique and reached the Dao-Severing Realm. Although he stayed behind to oversee the Demon Race on Big Dipper, he feels satisfied with the extraordinary experiences made possible by the Source Ring.
• Huo Qizi remains proud and competitive, but he has fallen far behind Jiang Yun and is now even weaker than Huolin’er. Nevertheless, he takes pride in being Jiang Yun’s brother-in-law and enjoys hearing Jiang Yun call him “Big Brother.”
• Huolin’er has surpassed Huo Qizi in cultivation and acts as the bridge bringing him back into Jiang Yun’s circle.
• Black Emperor and Duan De remain greedy, opportunistic, and shameless, immediately pursuing untouched ancient tombs rather than staying for the ceremony.
• Wang Ziwen has reached Immortal Three Dao Severing, though his aura is unstable. He is impressed and somewhat unsettled by Jiang Yun’s meteoric rise, even wondering whether Jiang Yun had been possessed or transformed by the being in the bronze coffin.

Significant Themes

• Friendship beyond power and status: Jiang Yun’s old companions continue to treat him as a friend rather than an untouchable Guardian, demonstrating the endurance of bonds formed in youth.
• Generosity versus factionalism: Jiang Yun’s fair distribution of rewards contrasts with the selfishness of previous Guardians and earns him genuine loyalty.
• Mortality and the desire to live: The Dragon Loach highlights the value of lifespan-extending treasures and Azure Phoenix Daoist’s understandable desire to continue living.
• Ambition and the pursuit of immortality: The banquet’s toast reflects the group’s youthful confidence and their shared dream of reaching the Immortal Domain, even though outsiders regard such hopes as unrealistic.
• Humor and camaraderie: Teasing Huo Qizi, mocking Black Emperor and Duan De, and reminiscing about their past keep the reunion warm and youthful despite the characters’ enormous differences in power.
• The passage of time and changing hierarchies: Former rivals and peers have developed along different paths. Jiang Yun has become overwhelmingly dominant, while others continue struggling toward sainthood, creating both admiration and awkwardness.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun and Azure Phoenix Daoist negotiate over the Dragon Loach, with Ancestor Ran Mu encouraging Azure Phoenix Daoist to accept it.
• Jiang Yun reunites warmly with Yao Yuekong, exchanging friendly punches as they recall their shared past.
• Li Heishui and Tu Fei joke about waiting for Ye Fan and Pang Bo to arrive, while imagining Black Emperor joining their prank.
• Jiang Yun bargains with Black Emperor and Duan De, agreeing to a fifty-fifty division of the treasure from unexplored tombs.
• Huo Qizi formally calls Jiang Yun “brother-in-law,” leading Jiang Yun to call him “Big Brother.” Their friends amplify the joke, while Jiang Yun undercuts Huo Qizi by comparing his cultivation unfavorably to Huolin’er’s.
• The reunited group shares a lively feast, discussing old journeys and future hopes.
• Jiang Yun’s meeting with Wang Ziwen reconnects him to Earth and reveals how dramatically his identity and status have changed since their days traveling together aboard the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin.

Summary of “Nine-Turn Immortal Pill Fragments”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun, now a powerful cultivator and Protector of the Human Race Ancient Road, reunites with Wang Ziwen after more than thirty years. They meet on the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, where Wang is the disciple of Saint King Lin Han.
• Lin Han respectfully greets Jiang Yun, demonstrating how greatly Jiang Yun’s status and strength have risen. After confirming that Wang is truly an old acquaintance from Earth, Lin Han leaves them alone to talk.
• Wang recounts how he, Zhou Yi, Lin Jia, and Zhang Ziling entered the mysterious Immortal Palace after leaving Earth. Each was transported to a different destination through separate opportunities and paths.
• Wang reveals that he eventually arrived on the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star and joined the Lin Family. His greatest treasure is a Purple-Gold Gourd containing fragments left over from the failed refinement of a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.
• The pill fragments greatly aided Wang’s cultivation, allowing him to reach the Dao Severing realm despite his limited talent. Jiang Yun examines them and recognizes that they are likely connected to the Dao Venerable’s alchemy heritage.
• Wang offers the gourd to Jiang Yun in exchange for help returning to Earth and finding his parents. Jiang Yun accepts, promising fair compensation.
• Jiang Yun reveals that he and Ye Fan returned to Earth more than ten years earlier. They found Wang’s parents and the families of the other Earth companions still alive, provided them with life-extending medicines, and arranged for their protection.
• Overwhelmed with relief, Wang learns that he can return to Earth whenever he wishes. He gives Jiang Yun an additional jade jar of pill fragments and treasures he had initially withheld.
• Jiang Yun compensates Wang with a Great Saint weapon for protection and five ancient Medicine Kings. He then arranges for Wang to travel safely back to Earth with trusted cultivators, while warning them to avoid Yinghuo and proceed directly home.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun: His immense growth in power and status is emphasized through Lin Han’s respectful behavior. Despite his elevated position, he remains approachable and considerate toward old acquaintances. He is also pragmatic: he accepts Wang’s treasure but ensures that Wang receives compensation and assistance in return.
• Wang Ziwen: Wang has matured from a modern-world businessman into a hardened cultivator who survived alone in an unfamiliar star domain. However, his longing for Earth and his aging parents remains his deepest emotional motivation. His willingness to surrender his greatest treasure shows both desperation and filial devotion.
• Saint King Lin Han: Lin Han’s respect for Jiang Yun reflects Jiang Yun’s superior cultivation. He also notices Wang’s relationship with his daughter and considers arranging a marriage, suggesting that Wang’s position within the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star may improve.
• Ye Fan and the former Earth companions: Their shared origins remain important, even after decades of separation. Their different encounters in the Immortal Palace demonstrate how one event led each of them toward distinct destinies.

Significant Themes

• Homesickness and enduring bonds: Despite gaining access to the vast universe and the path of immortality, Wang’s strongest attachment remains Earth, especially his parents.
• Filial devotion: Wang risks giving away his most valuable cultivation resource to ensure that he can return home and learn whether his parents survived.
• The passage of time: Thirty-three years have transformed the characters and separated them from their former lives, yet memories of Earth remain emotionally powerful.
• Power and changing social status: Jiang Yun’s rise illustrates how cultivation determines respect and relationships. Former classmates now meet with a vast difference in strength and position between them.
• Fate and opportunity: The Immortal Palace sends each Earth traveler along a different path, suggesting that seemingly accidental choices shape their future destinies.
• Reciprocity and trust: Jiang Yun accepts Wang’s offering but refuses to exploit him, compensating him with powerful treasures and fulfilling his promise to help him return home.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun and Lin Han: Lin Han bows respectfully to Jiang Yun, while Jiang Yun treats him politely and raises him from his formal salute.
• Jiang Yun and Wang Ziwen: Their conversation begins with nostalgic memories of Earth before shifting to Wang’s experiences, his treasure, and his request for help. Jiang Yun listens patiently and responds with practical assistance.
• Wang and his parents: Though they never appear directly, Wang’s concern for them drives the entire meeting. Learning that they are alive releases decades of suppressed emotion, and he weeps with relief.
• Jiang Yun and Ye Fan’s families: Jiang Yun’s past efforts to protect the families of his former companions become crucial to Wang’s renewed hope.
• Lin Han and Wang: Lin Han’s changing attitude toward Wang suggests that Wang’s connection to Jiang Yun may improve his standing and even lead to a marriage alliance with Lin Han’s daughter.

Chapter Summary: Protector Grand Ceremony, Eyeing the Forbidden Zones

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun’s Protector Grand Ceremony is held in First City, presided over by the ancient Azure Phoenix Daoist. Jiang Yun is formally recognized as the Human Race’s protector, charged with safeguarding its future prosperity.
• The ceremony displays the Human Race’s overwhelming strength. Eight Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons, including artifacts from Big Dipper and the Divine State Dynasty, surround the event. The gathered myriad races are shocked and intimidated by the Human Race’s hidden power.
• The ceremony greatly boosts the Human Race’s pride and reputation. Jiang Yun’s name spreads throughout the universe, while other races realize that the Human Race stands at the summit of the myriad races.
• Source Rings spread rapidly across the universe after the ceremony. They connect distant civilizations, facilitate resource exchange, and provide cultivators with access to scriptures, secret techniques, and advice from Great Saints and even Quasi-Emperors.
• The Source Rings create an unprecedented cultivation boom, with many believing they mark the beginning of a true Golden Age. Jiang Yun considers eventually creating a “Hundred Emperors Myriad Methods Pavilion” to collect and disseminate the universe’s greatest cultivation inheritances.
• Jiang Yun turns his attention toward refining the legendary Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. He recognizes that his current strength is approaching the Quasi-Emperor level, but future threats—including the Immortal Road, Dark Turmoil, and powerful Forbidden Zone Supremes—will require greater power and allies.
• In the Heavenly Palace, Jiang Yun examines failed Nine-Turn Immortal Pill fragments stored in the Purple-Gold Gourd and other containers. Using the Source World’s Grand Dao perspective, he studies their materials, laws, and causes of failure.
• He discovers that the pills failed during the final fusion stage, when the Dao Marks of numerous divine materials conflicted and could not be unified. This teaches him that refining the pill requires not only technical alchemy but also profound comprehension of the laws within every ingredient.
• Jiang Yun concludes that he must first refine several Seven-Turn Golden Cores and at least one Eight-Turn Golden Core before attempting the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. The necessary Immortal Elixir resources are extremely rare and costly.
• The chapter ends by explaining how many Forbidden Zone Supremes preserve themselves through self-slashing, Divine Medicines, and collective survival rather than immediately launching Dark Turmoils.

Character Development

• Jiang Yun rises from a powerful cultivator to an officially recognized protector of the Human Race. His status and influence expand dramatically.
• He becomes increasingly strategic and farsighted, planning not only to increase his own cultivation but also to preserve the universe’s cultivators, oppose future Dark Turmoils, and recruit Forbidden Zone Supremes as potential allies.
• His understanding of alchemy deepens. He realizes that the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill is essentially the refinement and unification of the Dao itself, rather than merely an advanced medicinal formula.
• Jiang Yun also shows growing concern for the wider Human Race and the cultivators connected through Source Rings, though he humorously frames them as valuable “customers” and sources of Source Stone.
• Azure Phoenix Daoist serves as the ceremonial authority, affirming Jiang Yun’s place within the Human Race’s ancient protective tradition.
• The myriad races shift from underestimating the Human Race to fearing and admiring it after witnessing its Emperor Weapons and hidden reserves of power.

Significant Themes

• Human Race resurgence and unity: The ceremony symbolizes the Human Race’s return to cosmic prominence and its ability to unite forces across different regions and lineages.
• Power and deterrence: The eight Emperor Weapons act as a declaration that the Human Race can no longer be threatened casually.
• Information as cultivation power: Source Rings revolutionize the universe by turning knowledge, scriptures, and communication into shared resources, weakening the monopoly of sects and ancient inheritances.
• Ambition versus preparation: Jiang Yun possesses immense strength but recognizes that he is still far from matching the true ancient powers. His pursuit of the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill reflects the need for careful preparation rather than reckless confidence.
• Alchemy as Dao fusion: The chapter presents the highest level of pill refinement as the merging of countless laws and Dao Marks, making alchemy a form of cosmic creation.
• Life extension and survival: Divine Medicines, Immortal Pills, and Forbidden Zones all revolve around the struggle to extend life and wait for the Immortal Road.
• Pragmatism and humor: Jiang Yun’s concern about protecting cultivators is mixed with his comic awareness of their economic value, while the myriad races compare the Human Race’s rise to a classmate inheriting immense wealth.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun and Azure Phoenix Daoist: Azure Phoenix Daoist presides over Jiang Yun’s induction, linking him to the ancient tradition of Human Race protectors.
• Jiang Yun and the Human Race ancestors: His ceremony publicly establishes his responsibility to guard the Human Race’s prosperity.
• Jiang Yun and the myriad races: Though there is little direct conversation, the ceremony transforms their perception of him and the Human Race from uncertain to formidable.
• Jiang Yun and future Forbidden Zone Supremes: Jiang Yun anticipates using the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill as leverage to attract Supremes who have not participated in Dark Turmoils, hoping to build alliances against greater threats.
• Jiang Yun and the failed pill fragments: Through his analysis, he effectively learns from the unknown ancient alchemists whose attempts produced the fragments, gaining insight into both advanced techniques and fatal mistakes.
• The Human Race and its various lineages: Big Dipper, the Divine State Dynasty, the Divine Race, and the Heavenly Tyrant Body lineage collectively demonstrate the broad strength and unity of Human Race-related powers.

Chapter Summary: Undying Heavenly Empress and the Six-Eared Macaque

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun sets aside the failed fragments of the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, realizing that studying defective remnants could mislead him and reveal little about the pill’s true secrets.
• He identifies several possible sources of a genuine Nine-Turn Immortal Pill:
  • The Forbidden Zones
  • The Undying Heavenly Empress, who may possess fragments or once held a complete pill
  • The Six-Eared Macaque, who inherited Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s legacy and supposedly possesses a complete pill
• Jiang Yun considers investigating the Undying Heavenly Empress’s Phoenix Nest after the Road to Immortality opens on Big Dipper. He believes the Wushi Bell may know its location and the circumstances surrounding the Empress’s emergence.
• He also plans to visit Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s Sea of Reincarnation, where the Six-Eared Macaque, an Immortal Elixir, four killing swords, and a killing array diagram are located. Jiang Yun believes his inheritance of Lingbao’s scriptures and mastery of the Nine Secrets: Zu may make him the Heavenly Venerable’s legitimate successor.
• Jiang Yun concludes that obtaining a complete immortal pill is not an immediate priority. His more urgent concern is the planned opening of several Gods and Demons Burial Grounds along the Human Race Ancient Road.
• The Human Race intends to purge these dangerous burial grounds before the Saint Spirit Race can exploit them. Jiang Yun is particularly interested in the immortal treasures hidden there and in a Saint Spirit corpse connected to the Heaven Mending Art.
• The Heaven Mending Art may be an ancient Immortal Art capable of briefly reversing time, repairing past mistakes, restoring injuries, and allowing a cultivator to unleash a decisive attack a second time.
• Preparations begin for opening the burial grounds, including evacuating human cultivators and unsealing formations to reduce casualties.
• Meanwhile, Yan Ruyu prepares to break through into the Saint Realm. Jiang Yun disperses the tribulation forming inside his Source World and helps her travel to Big Dipper, where the laws left by ancient Great Emperors are especially powerful.
• Yan Ruyu begins her Sainthood Tribulation amid an enormous storm of lightning and multiple heavenly calamities. Jiang Yun protects her Dao while Xia Jiuyou, Zixia, Dragoness, and Huolin’er observe from a safe distance.
• The chapter ends with Yan Ruyu calmly enduring the devastating tribulation while powerful outsiders watch from afar but avoid approaching because Jiang Yun is present.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun: His growing strength has allowed him to surpass Saint Kings and Ancestor Ran Mu, but he recognizes that he remains inadequate against sleeping Supremes and peak Quasi-Emperors. His goals have expanded from simply cultivating strength to managing major threats, acquiring ancient inheritances, and planning for the coming Road to Immortality.
• Yan Ruyu: She has fully accumulated power and can no longer suppress her breakthrough. Her Green Lotus Physique has grown increasingly complete, and she displays confidence and composure during her Saint tribulation, aided by the Qing Emperor’s Heart and the legacy of her ancestor, the Qing Emperor.
• Six-Eared Macaque: Though absent from the immediate action, he is portrayed as a potentially overwhelming figure with extraordinary bloodline talent, universal perception, and the ability to learn any technique. His hidden treasures make him a major future target of Jiang Yun’s interest.
• Undying Heavenly Empress: She remains concealed in the Phoenix Nest, but Jiang Yun views her eventual emergence as a serious future danger, especially once she gathers the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s former divine generals.
• Xia Jiuyou and Xiao Nannan: Their playful interaction provides a lighthearted contrast to the larger dangers. Xia Jiuyou teases and disciplines Xiao Nannan, while Nannan dislikes her overly enthusiastic personality and longs to be treated more gently.
• Zixia, Dragoness, and Huolin’er: They are nearing the Saint Realm themselves and attend Yan Ruyu’s tribulation to gain experience.

Significant Themes

• Power versus preparedness: Jiang Yun has become extraordinarily powerful, yet the existence of Supremes, ancient monsters, and hidden inheritances reminds him that strength alone is still insufficient.
• The danger of premature ambition: Jiang Yun refuses to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill before he is strong enough to protect himself from the consequences and enemies it might attract.
• Ancient legacies and succession: The chapter emphasizes inherited power through Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, the Qing Emperor, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and the Dao Venerable.
• Time, healing, and reversal: The Heaven Mending Art introduces the possibility of repairing past mistakes and reversing fatal situations, reinforcing the chapter’s interest in immortality and control over destiny.
• Preparation for coming catastrophe: The Gods and Demons Burial Grounds and the Road to Immortality are treated as looming crises requiring careful planning rather than reckless action.
• Family and companionship: The scenes within Jiang Yun’s Source World balance the cosmic dangers with affectionate, humorous relationships among his companions.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun mentally evaluates his future dealings with the Undying Heavenly Empress, the Wushi Bell, and the Six-Eared Macaque.
• He acts as a protector and strategist for the Human Race, coordinating indirectly with Azure Phoenix Daoist, Ancestor Ran Mu, and other Great Saints regarding the burial grounds.
• Xia Jiuyou playfully quarrels with Xiao Nannan over how she addresses her, while also taking responsibility for keeping Nannan away from the dangerous tribulation.
• Yan Ruyu informs Jiang Yun and the others of her decision to undergo tribulation on Big Dipper, and her companions gather to support and observe her.
• Jiang Yun remains nearby throughout the tribulation, primarily guarding against interference from external cultivators rather than worrying about Yan Ruyu’s ability to survive the heavenly test.

Chapter Summary: “Yan Ruyu Attains Sainthood, Daily Life”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yan Ruyu begins her Saint-level Heavenly Tribulation in the Big Dipper. The tribulation contains powerful laws, including Dao Marks left behind by the Qing Emperor.
• Despite suffering severe injuries, Yan Ruyu steadily comprehends and absorbs the laws within the lightning. She uses the Nine Secrets—Zhe to heal herself while continuing to resist the tribulation.
• Her Green Lotus, formed from her original body through the Chaotic Green Lotus Clan’s secret method, emerges from her Sea of Reincarnation. It absorbs the tribulation lightning and gradually develops a saintly aura.
• The Green Lotus gives birth to a Divine Spirit and Weapon Soul, transforming into an immortal Saint Weapon. Yan Ruyu later stops relying on it as a shield and personally withstands the remaining tribulation while refining the weapon.
• The tribulation awakens the Qing Emperor’s Dao Marks within the Big Dipper. A nearly lifelike image of the young Qing Emperor emerges from the starfield.
• The Qing Emperor’s figure attacks Yan Ruyu, forcing her to battle the ancestor whose legacy and bloodline she carries. Rather than hesitate, Yan Ruyu treats the battle as a rare opportunity to test her Dao and newly refined techniques.
• Yan Ruyu and the Qing Emperor engage in an intense battle involving Green Lotus techniques, divine weapons, order chains, and profound law-based attacks. Their clash devastates nearby asteroids and shakes the surrounding starfield.
• The Qing Emperor’s manifestation eventually fades because the Dao Marks lack a permanent source. Afterward, strange Immortal Elixir images appear within the tribulation, reflecting Yan Ruyu’s origins as a descendant of beings related to Immortal Elixirs.
• After a full day and night, Yan Ruyu successfully completes the tribulation. She does not merely enter Sainthood but advances directly to the Saint Third Heaven.
• She then undergoes a further transformation, surrounded by stellar power and chains of order forming another Green Lotus around her. This transformation appears to contain immense fortune and may make her even stronger once complete.
• Jiang Yun brings her transforming body into the Source World, where the abundant spiritual essence provides a safer and more suitable environment for her continued advancement.

Character Developments

• Yan Ruyu demonstrates exceptional courage, resilience, and confidence. Although badly injured, she remains determined and even compares her tribulation to Jiang Yun’s, insisting that it is not as formidable as his.
• Her understanding of the Green Lotus Dao deepens considerably. Through the tribulation, she strengthens both her own Saint Dao and her clan’s most important weapon.
• Yan Ruyu’s successful breakthrough confirms her extraordinary status as the Demon Race’s former foremost prodigy, a descendant of the Qing Emperor, and one of Jiang Yun’s exceptionally gifted Dao companions.
• She reaches the Saint Third Heaven immediately after her tribulation, far exceeding the normal result of a Sainthood breakthrough.
• Jiang Yun acts as a supportive observer and protector. He correctly predicts that the Big Dipper will summon the Qing Emperor’s Dao Marks and later moves Yan Ruyu into the Source World to aid her transformation.
• Huolin’er, Zixia, and the Dragoness provide a lighter contrast to the deadly tribulation. Their teasing and playful quarrels show their familiarity and emotional closeness.
• The surrounding Saints are increasingly shocked by the strength of Jiang Yun’s companions and speculate that they may dominate the future generation.

Significant Themes

• Tribulation as both danger and opportunity: Yan Ruyu’s Heavenly Tribulation is not merely punishment. It allows her to comprehend laws, refine her weapon, and advance far beyond ordinary Saints.
• Inheritance and surpassing one’s ancestors: Yan Ruyu must fight a manifestation of the Qing Emperor, honoring his legacy while proving the strength of her own Dao.
• Bloodline and individual achievement: Her connection to the Qing Emperor and the Green Lotus Clan gives her extraordinary advantages, but she still has to endure the tribulation and personally establish her path.
• The rise of Jiang Yun’s group: Observers recognize that Jiang Yun and his Dao companions possess overwhelming potential, raising questions about whether future eras will belong to them.
• Serious cultivation balanced by domestic intimacy: The chapter shifts from cosmic battles and Saint-level laws to teasing, embarrassment, and everyday interactions among Jiang Yun’s companions.
• Transformation and new life: The Green Lotus surrounding Yan Ruyu symbolizes the continued evolution of her body, weapon, and Dao after Sainthood.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun watches Yan Ruyu’s tribulation with confidence, believing she can survive even its extraordinary difficulty.
• Yan Ruyu reacts with awe when the Qing Emperor appears, briefly feeling as though her ancestor has truly returned, but she quickly chooses to fight him seriously.
• Huolin’er and the Dragoness discuss whether their own fathers might appear if they undergo tribulations in the Big Dipper, revealing both admiration and anxiety about facing their ancestors.
• After Yan Ruyu’s breakthrough, Huolin’er asks Jiang Yun about her cultivation level. He confirms that she has reached the Saint Third Heaven.
• Jiang Yun pats Zixia’s head, prompting Huolin’er to tease her with suggestive remarks. Zixia becomes embarrassed and tries to retaliate by tickling Huolin’er.
• Huolin’er hides behind Jiang Yun, while the Dragoness intervenes and catches her, siding playfully with Zixia.
• Their lighthearted exchange emphasizes the affectionate, lively household surrounding Jiang Yun after the chapter’s intense cultivation events.

Chapter Summary: Yan’er Stands Above All, Becoming a Saint King

Key Plot Points and Events

• After three days of absorbing the Green Lotus of Order and the energy from the Central Immortal Palace’s Divine Pool, Yan Ruyu awakens and reaches the third level of the Saint Realm.
• She explains to Jiang Yun that, during her tribulation in the Big Dipper, she encountered an incarnation of her ancestor’s Dao Marks. This greatly deepened her understanding of the Saint Realm and enabled her rapid advancement.
• Jiang Yun praises her progress and predicts that, after stabilizing her cultivation and taking a Five-Turn Golden Core, she will soon approach his realm.
• The chapter briefly shifts to an intimate scene between Jiang Yun, Yan Ruyu, and Huolin’er, emphasizing Yan Ruyu’s new confidence and playful competitiveness. Yan Ruyu later returns to seclusion to stabilize her still-unsteady foundation.
• With Yan Ruyu’s breakthrough motivating the others, the group begins striving to become the next Saint-level cultivator. Jiang Yun believes Huolin’er is the most likely to break through next, followed by the Dragoness.
• Jiang Yun then travels to a remote starfield to undergo his own tribulation. His cultivation has reached the peak of the Saint Realm, and the power accumulated from the Ancestral Dragon Veins in his Source World has made further suppression impossible.
• His breakthrough to the Saint King Realm triggers an extraordinarily destructive Heavenly Tribulation. Chaos lightning, Emperor Shadows, tribulation figures, and a Nine Heavens Chaos Thunder Palace appear.
• Jiang Yun destroys the tribulation with overwhelming ease over three days. Only the Emperor-Shadow Tribulation Light and the Chaos Thunder Palace offer him minor difficulty.
• Witnesses across the Star Road are terrified by his strength. After the tribulation site settles, they conclude that Jiang Yun is essentially invincible among the younger generation and may already rival or surpass ordinary Quasi-Emperors, especially when using an Emperor Weapon.
• Observers debate the cost and legitimacy of Jiang Yun’s Source Arts, which rely on consuming Dragon Veins. Some condemn them as harmful to the balance of heaven and earth, while others defend Jiang Yun and argue that such techniques would not be criticized if the critics had the opportunity to learn them.
• Jiang Yun returns to the Big Dipper and wanders through the Eastern Wilderness, revisiting the lands connected to his earliest memories.
• He eventually approaches the Desolate Forbidden Land, where Saints from other worlds and major forces have established camps in anticipation of the future Immortal Road.
• The chapter ends by introducing an elegant tavern near the Forbidden Land, a prime vantage point from which powerful cultivators can observe the nine Holy Mountains and the mysterious abyss within the forbidden region.

Character Developments

• Yan Ruyu makes a major advancement, rising three levels and reaching the third level of the Saint Realm. Her encounter with her ancestor’s Dao Marks strengthens both her cultivation and her confidence.
• Yan Ruyu becomes more playful and assertive with Jiang Yun, jokingly claiming superiority over him despite still being weaker overall. Her foundation remains unstable, however, so she must continue cultivating in seclusion.
• Jiang Yun progresses from the peak of the Saint Realm into the Saint King Realm. His immense accumulated power allows him to overcome a tribulation that terrifies even Great Saints.
• Jiang Yun’s reputation grows from that of a powerful young genius into that of an almost universally acknowledged supreme figure. His Source Arts, physique, bloodline, and combat strength are increasingly viewed as legendary.
• Huolin’er is identified as the most likely member of Jiang Yun’s group to reach the Saint Realm next, while the Dragoness is considered the next strongest candidate.
• The wider cultivation world begins treating Jiang Yun as a force who may require Quasi-Emperors—or even late-stage Quasi-Emperors—to oppose him.

Significant Themes

• Rapid cultivation and accumulated foundations: Both Yan Ruyu and Jiang Yun advance because of deep preparation, powerful inheritances, and accumulated energy rather than sudden luck alone.
• The gap between partners and mutual growth: Yan Ruyu wants to catch up to Jiang Yun, while Jiang Yun encourages her progress but remains determined to advance further himself.
• Overwhelming strength and reputation: Jiang Yun’s tribulation demonstrates that his power exceeds what his realm would normally suggest, reinforcing the theme of transcending conventional cultivation limits.
• The price of power: The discussion of Source Arts raises moral and ecological concerns about consuming Dragon Veins and potentially damaging ancient lands.
• Memory and origins: After his breakthrough, Jiang Yun returns to the Eastern Wilderness and reflects on the region where his journey began, contrasting his humble origins with his current status.
• The coming Immortal Road: The gathering of outside Saints and major forces near the Desolate Forbidden Land signals that a larger cosmic conflict and opportunity are approaching.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun and Yan Ruyu: Their relationship combines affection, trust, encouragement, and playful intimacy. Yan Ruyu relies on Jiang Yun’s protection, while Jiang Yun takes pride in her progress and pushes her to cultivate further.
• Yan Ruyu and Huolin’er: Huolin’er helps share the burden during the intimate night, showing the close and unconventional bonds within Jiang Yun’s group.
• Jiang Yun and the wider cultivation world: Though Jiang Yun ignores public opinion, distant cultivators closely observe and debate his actions, especially his Source Arts and frightening Heavenly Tribulation.
• Jiang Yun and the Big Dipper: His return to the Eastern Wilderness is deeply personal, as he revisits the lands tied to his earliest experiences before approaching the Desolate Forbidden Land and the looming Immortal Road.

Chapter Summary: “Return to the Big Dipper: Nannan and the Changes in the Desolate Forbidden Land”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun visits the Immortal-Viewing Tavern, a Jiang Family establishment outside the Desolate Forbidden Land, to gather information while disguised.
• There, he overhears Saints discussing the increasingly frequent appearance of the Desolate Mist, a phenomenon rising from beneath the forbidden land’s nine Holy Mountains.
• The Desolate Mist began appearing roughly ten years earlier, becoming more frequent during the past six months. One particularly powerful manifestation revealed a phantom of the Desolate Venerable, who appeared to be gazing toward the heavens.
• Jiang Yun realizes the mist’s appearances may be connected to Xiao Nannan’s growth. Whenever Nannan spends time in the Source World and undergoes unseen changes, the Desolate Forbidden Land seems to react.
• To test this theory, Jiang Yun brings Nannan out of the Source World and takes her to Yan Capital, the city where he, Jiang Shuanglan, and Xia Weier originally adopted her.
• While Jiang Yun and Nannan explore the city, his divine sense detects gray mist appearing around the Desolate Forbidden Land. The mist rises but does not spread far, confirming that Nannan’s presence and development are likely influencing the forbidden land.
• Jiang Yun briefly probes the abyss through one of his Source Rings. He sees several Desolate Slaves, including former acquaintances and classmates who survived earlier expeditions into the forbidden land.
• He senses an underground palace containing immortal light, gray mist, an apparent immortal cocoon, and two other Source Rings, but withdraws rather than risk being detected by the dangerous existence within.
• Jiang Yun spends the rest of the day accompanying Nannan around Yan Capital.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun demonstrates his cautious and analytical nature. He investigates the Desolate Mist indirectly, forms a theory linking it to Nannan, and confirms the connection through observation rather than reckless exploration.
• He also shows increasing emotional reflection. Seeing how much Yan Capital and its people have changed over thirty years reminds him of his own mortality and his transformation from an ordinary person into a powerful cultivator.
• Jiang Yun feels dissatisfied that the Source Ring’s influence has not improved the lives of ordinary people enough. He imagines a true Golden Age in which everyone could cultivate.
• Xiao Nannan has grown physically and emotionally. She now resembles a lively, innocent child of seven or eight, while retaining fragments of her earlier memories.
• Nannan uses her Record Manual to revisit memories of her childhood, recognizing Yan Capital and recalling Jiang Yun, Jiang Shuanglan, and Xia Weier. Her innocent happiness contrasts with the ancient and dangerous forces connected to her existence.
• The chapter hints that Nannan’s growth is not merely ordinary maturation: changes occurring within her appear to affect the Desolate Venerable and the entire forbidden land.

Significant Themes

• The connection between Nannan and the Desolate Venerable: The chapter strongly suggests that Nannan is linked to the Ruthless Great Emperor or the being within the Desolate Forbidden Land. Her development may be transmitted to, or reflected by, the existence sealed beneath the abyss.
• The danger of misunderstanding power: Because the Desolate Venerable has not harmed outsiders recently, cultivators have become overconfident, even establishing residences near the forbidden land. Jiang Yun recognizes that this apparent safety is temporary and potentially disastrous.
• Memory, time, and change: Nannan’s photographs preserve moments from the past, while Yan Capital reveals the unavoidable passage of time. Familiar places remain, but people have aged or died, emphasizing Jiang Yun’s distance from ordinary human life.
• The contrast between innocence and cosmic danger: Nannan spends the day enjoying food and childhood memories, unaware that her existence may be provoking changes in one of the universe’s most terrifying forbidden zones.
• Jiang Yun’s responsibility toward the mortal world: His wish for everyone to gain access to cultivation shows his growing concern for ordinary people and his dissatisfaction with the limited impact of his achievements.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun quietly listens to Saints gambling over the Desolate Mist’s appearance, using their conversation to learn about recent developments.
• Zhao wagers Great Luo Silver Essence that the mist will appear within a month, while Liu Ruyan stakes a Dragon Blood Stone against him, illustrating the casual attitude cultivators have developed toward the forbidden land.
• Jiang Yun and Nannan share a warm, familial outing in Yan Capital. Nannan recalls her former life there and shows Jiang Yun old photographs of their time together.
• Nannan’s memories include Jiang Shuanglan and Xia Weier, while also recognizing that other companions—such as Zixia, Yan, and Jiuyou—joined their lives later.
• Jiang Yun’s protective affection for Nannan is evident, but it is balanced by his fear of probing too deeply into the forbidden land and provoking the Ruthless Great Emperor.

Chapter Summary:

The Qing Emperor Appears, Source Ring Browsing History

Key Plot Points and Events

• After spending the day in Yan Capital with Xiao Nannan, Jiang Yun secretly visits Jade Cauldron Paradise, the place where his cultivation journey began.
• He observes how much the sect has changed. Thanks to the success of Jiang Yun, Jiang Shuanglan, Xia Weier, and Ye Fan, Jade Cauldron Paradise has grown from a minor sect into a powerful and prosperous force.
• Jiang Yun finds that former acquaintances, including the sect patriarch and Ma Yun, have advanced greatly. The Jiang Family has also quietly supported the sect and rewarded those who once helped him.
• Rather than reveal himself, Jiang Yun leaves, believing that meeting again would only create fear and awkwardness.
• He then visits Qing Emperor’s Tomb near Spirit Ruins Paradise. Using the Source Heaven Divine Eye, he discovers that the tomb’s supposed geomantic power is far less impressive than expected.
• While investigating the Yin Burial Mound and its black Nether Pool, Jiang Yun briefly senses an ancient figure using a Source Ring. The figure disappears before he can reach it.
• Jiang Yun suspects the figure was Qing Emperor, who may be hiding within or beneath the Nether Pool after placing himself in the Desolate Pagoda.
• He calls out to Qing Emperor, offering assistance and proposing that the two discuss the future. Jiang Yun hopes to use a future Nine-Turn Immortal Pill to help Qing Emperor live another life.
• Receiving no answer, Jiang Yun clears debris from the pool like someone sweeping a grave and sends down a Source Ring containing a Six-Turn Golden Core as an offering.
• While leaving, Jiang Yun examines the abandoned Source Ring he found and discovers its browsing history. Qing Emperor had recently used it hundreds of millions of times, proving that his Primordial Spirit remained powerful and active.
• The browsing records reveal Qing Emperor’s interest in forbidden zones, Immortal Medicines, Emperor Zun, Wushi Great Emperor, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, the Demon and Green Lotus clans, and especially Jiang Yun.
• Qing Emperor’s final search—“How should Qing Emperor be evaluated?”—has more views than all his previous searches combined. Jiang Yun concludes that Qing Emperor is secretly narcissistic, especially after seeing that he liked posts praising his legend.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun reflects on how a single decision by Ma Yun changed his entire destiny. Instead of living a quiet family life, he became the Jiang Family Holy Master and gained control of major imperial treasures.
• He demonstrates maturity and emotional distance by choosing not to meet his former acquaintances directly, understanding that his current status would make genuine interaction impossible.
• Jiang Yun becomes increasingly interested in recruiting or aiding Qing Emperor, recognizing that a living, unsundered Great Emperor would be an invaluable ally.
• Qing Emperor is revealed to be alive or at least spiritually active, though hidden and apparently in a weakened, aged state. His searches show him to be curious about history and current events, cautious about revealing himself, and amusingly vain about his reputation.
• Ma Yun and the Jade Cauldron elders benefit from Jiang Yun’s rise, gaining cultivation resources and improved status through the Jiang Family’s support.

Significant Themes

• The unpredictability of fate: Jiang Yun recognizes that his life was transformed by one seemingly minor decision, suggesting that destiny often depends on unexpected encounters.
• The passage of time: Jade Cauldron Paradise has changed beyond recognition, emphasizing that people, places, and relationships never remain static.
• Power and distance: Jiang Yun’s immense cultivation has separated him from his origins; even gratitude and affection can no longer restore the simplicity of the past.
• Immortality and failed transcendence: Qing Emperor’s attempt to create an Immortal Domain illustrates the difficulty of defying the natural limits of the Great Emperor realm.
• The value of preparation and opportunity: Jiang Yun believes choices matter more than effort alone, and he seeks to create future opportunities through the Immortal Pill and his potential alliance with Qing Emperor.
• Historical reputation versus reality: The chapter contrasts Qing Emperor’s grand legends with the disappointing physical condition of his tomb and his comically self-conscious interest in how others judge him.
• Hidden knowledge and surveillance: The Source Ring’s browsing records function as a tool for uncovering Qing Emperor’s thoughts without direct communication.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun’s visit to Jade Cauldron Paradise is indirect and silent; he observes Ma Yun and the others without allowing them to know he is present.
• He mentally acknowledges the debts he owes to those who once helped him and the rewards they have received through his success.
• Jiang Yun attempts to communicate with Qing Emperor through the Nether Pool, respectfully calling him “Senior” and offering both a future alliance and an Immortal Pill.
• Qing Emperor never responds openly, leaving their relationship unresolved, though his use of the Source Ring suggests he may have noticed Jiang Yun.
• Jiang Yun’s discovery of Qing Emperor’s browsing history creates a humorous one-sided interaction: Qing Emperor unknowingly reveals his curiosity, interests, and vanity while Jiang Yun privately analyzes them.

Chapter Summary: “Taking a Day Off”

• Plot points and events: The narrator undergoes a gastroscopy at the hospital in the morning. Although the procedure is painless, its effects leave them feeling unwell and unable to eat. Because they are not physically or mentally fit to continue, they decide not to write for the day.
• Character development: The narrator demonstrates self-awareness by recognizing their limits and prioritizing recovery over productivity. Their direct address to the readers as “Brothers” suggests an ongoing, familiar relationship with the audience.
• Themes: The chapter focuses on physical vulnerability, rest, self-care, and the importance of acknowledging one’s inability to work. It also reflects the tension between creative obligations and personal health.
• Character interactions: There is no active dialogue or scene involving other characters. The narrator speaks directly to the readers, informing them of the situation and asking them to accept the temporary break.

Chapter Summary: Feixian Star Visitors to the Jiang Family—Jiang Yun: Am I Really a Jiang Family Member?

Key Plot Points and Events

• After leaving Qing Emperor’s Tomb, Jiang Yun tears open the Immortal Gate and returns directly to the Jiang Family in the Northern Region.
• Having become powerful enough to deter the forbidden lands and extraterrestrial forces, he no longer hides his identity or movements.
• The Jiang Family receives him with enormous enthusiasm. Thousands of clan members gather, ring the ceremonial divine bell, and formally welcome their returning Saint Lord.
• Jiang Yun openly accepts their reverence, recognizing that most of the clan genuinely supports him. He privately resolves to protect the Jiang Family as long as they remain loyal to him.
• News of his return spreads throughout Big Dipper and the wider universe. Human factions seek his protection, while Ancient Races and former rivals react with fear, awe, or complicated emotions.
• The chapter emphasizes how dramatically Jiang Yun has risen: he has become the Human Race Guardian, defeated powerful Great Saints, devastated alien ancestral stars, and achieved a reputation far beyond his former peers.
• The Jade Pool Saint Lord reflects on Jiang Yun’s past promise to protect Jade Pool in exchange for the Saint Spirit Stone Embryo, while also revealing her admiration for him.
• Jiang Yun learns that a group of “Qi Refiners” from Feixian Star claims descent from the Jiang Family. Their ancestors migrated from Earth and may belong to the same bloodline as Jiang Yun.
• The clan explains that Jiang Shang—identified with the legendary Jiang Ziya—was once rescued from the Divine Desert and confirmed to possess exceptionally pure Jiang Family blood.
• Jiang Yun is stunned by this revelation and begins wondering whether he himself may truly be a Jiang Family descendant rather than merely someone impersonating one.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun: Returns as a legendary, nearly invincible figure but remains emotionally conflicted about his place within the Jiang Family. His acceptance of the clan’s welcome shows growing willingness to claim the identity of a Jiang Family member. The discovery of Earth’s Jiang Family descendants gives him genuine hope that his own bloodline may be authentic.
• The Jiang Family: Their admiration and loyalty toward Jiang Yun are shown to be widespread and sincere. They regard him as both their leader and the family’s greatest source of prestige and protection.
• Jiang Ren and the clan elders: They demonstrate caution and respect, admitting they cannot independently determine how to handle the Feixian visitors and leaving the decision to Jiang Yun.
• Jade Pool Saint Lord: Her thoughts reveal admiration and romantic interest in Jiang Yun, as well as concern over his past promise to Jade Pool.
• Ancient Race and human factions: Their reactions establish Jiang Yun’s transformation from a powerful younger-generation cultivator into a transcendent figure whom even old rivals fear and revere.

Significant Themes

• Identity and belonging: Jiang Yun’s uncertainty about whether he is truly a Jiang Family member is central. His public role is unquestioned, but his private sense of legitimacy remains unresolved.
• Power and reputation: Jiang Yun’s return demonstrates how overwhelming strength reshapes political relationships. Former peers now struggle to decide whether to treat him as a contemporary or a senior.
• Family loyalty and responsibility: Jiang Yun accepts the clan’s support and vows to protect them in return, suggesting that family can be defined through loyalty and shared commitment as much as blood.
• Legacy and bloodlines: The connection between Earth, Feixian Star, and the Big Dipper Jiang Family expands the clan’s history across the universe and links Jiang Yun to ancient figures such as Jiang Ziya.
• The pursuit of immortality: Feixian Star and Big Dipper are presented as rival centers of Immortal Dao opportunity, with various factions choosing between them or attempting to exploit both.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun reunites with the Jiang Family gatekeepers, including the “Sixteenth Uncle,” who recognizes him as the Saint Lord and summons the clan.
• Thousands of Jiang Family members publicly bow to and welcome Jiang Yun, reinforcing his authority and emotional connection to the clan.
• Jiang Yun questions Jiang Ren and the elders about the Feixian Star visitors, prompting an explanation of their ancestry.
• The elders tell Jiang Yun about Jiang Shang/Jiang Ziya’s confirmed bloodline and his connection to the Big Dipper Jiang Family.
• Jiang Yun reacts with disbelief and gradually entertains the possibility that he, too, is genuinely descended from the Jiang Family.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun arrives at an ancient palace built during Emperor Hengyu’s era, where Ancestor Ran Mu is receiving visitors from Feixian Star.
• The visitors are descendants of the Jiang Family who migrated to Feixian Star long ago. Their group includes one Great Saint, two Saint Kings, and several talented youths, making them nearly as powerful as the main Jiang Family branch on Big Dipper.
• The Feixian Star cultivators respectfully greet Jiang Yun, both because of his reputation and because their ancestors once received assistance from the Big Dipper Jiang Family.
• Ancestor Ran Mu sends the younger generation, including Jiang Yifei and Jiang Tingting, to tour the Jiang Family and the City of God, leaving the elders to discuss serious matters.
• The Feixian Star representatives reveal that they have come because of the approaching Road to Immortality. Rather than seeking refuge on Big Dipper, they offer to prepare a place on Feixian Star where the Big Dipper Jiang Family might migrate in the future.
• Their proposal is based on the belief that the Immortal Road on Feixian Star may be more promising—or may open alongside the one on Big Dipper.
• Jiang Qi explains that the Immortal Road requires not merely the correct time and place, but also the correct person.
• According to ancient revelations preserved by Laozi, Shakyamuni, Emperor Yan, and the Yellow Emperor, the correct person must be a peerless Great Emperor capable of merging with the Heavenly Heart Mark and ruling over the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Such a figure would cause the Grand Dao Origin Laws of Big Dipper and Feixian Star to intertwine, allowing the two worlds to connect and a true passage to the Immortal Realm to appear.
• Jiang Zeyuan further reveals that the Desolate Emperor once left guidance concerning several possible Roads to Immortality, including supreme techniques and predictions about when they would open.
• The Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist is identified as the technique associated with one of these genuine roads. This confirms that the Immortal Road beneath the Desolate Forbidden Land is real and was deliberately designated by the Desolate Emperor.
• Jiang Yun finally recognizes the Desolate Emperor as Shi Hao, though he dares not speak the name aloud for fear of attracting dangerous attention from hidden beings.

2. Character Developments

• Jiang Yun remains cautious and politically measured. He neither immediately embraces nor rejects the Feixian Star relatives, waiting to understand their intentions. His reputation as a powerful but ruthless protector heavily influences how others treat him.
• His knowledge expands dramatically as he gains a clearer understanding of the requirements and origins of the Road to Immortality. The revelations also connect his previous experiences with the deeper history of the universe.
• Ancestor Ran Mu demonstrates confidence in representing the Jiang Family but is also pragmatic. He readily offers the Feixian Star cultivators protection and territory, while playfully challenging their claims about the Immortal Road.
• Jiang Yifei has accepted that he cannot compete with Jiang Yun’s overwhelming progress. Rather than remaining frustrated, he adopts a relaxed attitude and is content to develop at his own pace.
• Jiang Tingting continues to show a warm, affectionate relationship with Jiang Yun, greeting him secretly despite the formal setting.
• The Feixian Star cultivators, especially Jiang Qi and Jiang Zeyuan, reveal themselves to be informed, respectful, and genuinely interested in cooperation rather than simply seeking shelter or claiming kinship.

3. Significant Themes

• Bloodline, kinship, and political allegiance: The meeting explores how distant branches of the Jiang Family reconnect across the stars and how shared ancestry can create alliances.
• The limits of cultivation and immortality: The chapter reframes immortality as dependent not only on effort or strength, but on cosmic conditions and destiny.
• The “correct time, correct place, and correct person”: True ascension requires the convergence of historical timing, a suitable location, and an individual powerful enough to unite the laws of the worlds.
• Legacy of supreme figures: The Desolate Emperor’s influence extends across eras through monuments, techniques, and instructions left for future generations.
• Truth hidden beneath ancient legends: Earlier events—such as Crazy Old Man’s mastery of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist and the Forbidden Land’s Immortal Road—are finally placed into a coherent historical framework.
• Caution before overwhelming power: Jiang Yun’s refusal to utter Shi Hao’s name reflects the danger of drawing the attention of ancient or hidden cosmic beings.

4. Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun and Jiang Tingting exchange a discreet, affectionate greeting during the formal reception.
• Jiang Yun and Ancestor Ran Mu communicate through brief glances and tacit understanding, showing their close cooperation in handling the visiting relatives.
• The Feixian Star youths display great respect toward Jiang Yun, while Jiang Yun responds politely but maintains emotional and political distance.
• Ancestor Ran Mu and Great Saint Jiang Qi exchange courteous praise about each other’s younger generations before moving to the real purpose of the visit.
• Ran Mu sends Jiang Yifei and Jiang Tingting to accompany the Feixian Star youths, allowing the elders to speak privately.
• Jiang Yun questions Jiang Qi directly about the Immortal Road, while Ran Mu challenges Jiang Qi’s interpretation, prompting the revelation about the “correct person.”
• The Jiang Family elders react with shock when Jiang Zeyuan links the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist to the Desolate Forbidden Land, realizing that their previous experiences were part of a much larger immortal legacy.

Chapter Summary: “Four Ancient Sages Seeking the Ginseng Fruit”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yun questions whether the known Roads to Immortality include the legendary Feixian Road used by Desolate, suggesting the existence of a third path.
• Jiang Qi explains that ancient records mention a route consisting of spacetime nodes. Even Great Emperors, Supremes, and possibly multiple Red Dust Immortals would need to cooperate to break through it. Desolate, who entered Feixian alone, was vastly more powerful than later figures.
• Jiang Yun realizes that the Immortal Treasure Map may contain the coordinates of Desolate’s route. However, because that path is too difficult, he decides to focus on the two more accessible Roads to Immortality: those of Feixian Star and the Big Dipper.
• The Feixian Star Jiang Family reveals that they have placed their hopes on Jiang Yun becoming the “right person” capable of opening or entering the Feixian Immortal Road.
• The Big Dipper Road will open soon, but the lack of a new Great Emperor—due partly to interference by the Forbidden Zones—has caused the four ancient sages to lose hope in it and concentrate on Feixian Star instead.
• Jiang Yun suspects that the future Emperor Golden Crow may have been deliberately used as the “key” to open the Feixian Immortal Road by bringing his Emperor Tribulation into it. He considers the possibility that other candidates, such as the Woodcutter Old Man or other hidden peak Quasi-Emperors, might have been prepared as alternatives.
• Ancestor Ran Mu points out the practical problem: even if Jiang Yun becomes a Great Emperor and enters the Immortal Road, there may not be enough places for the Feixian cultivators to become Immortal alongside him.
• Jiang Qi admits that the Feixian cultivators have no realistic path to the Great Emperor realm and are therefore willing to rely on Jiang Yun for even the smallest chance at Immortality.
• Jiang Yun agrees in principle to cooperate, but only after the Big Dipper Immortal Road opens. He also demands introductions to the four ancient sages of Ancient Earth and to Rong Chengzi, who possesses a Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Jiang Qi reveals that although the four sages cannot currently be located, Rong Chengzi and other senior Qi Refiners—including Jiang Shang, apparently Jiang Ziya—are secluded in a hidden location and can likely be contacted.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yun becomes more politically and strategically aware. Rather than blindly accepting the Feixian family’s promises, he evaluates their motives, suspects manipulation behind future events, and sets conditions for cooperation.
• He also demonstrates long-term planning by seeking Rong Chengzi’s Ginseng Fruit Tree, which could help supply materials for refining the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.
• Jiang Qi and the Feixian Star cultivators openly acknowledge their dependence on Jiang Yun. They shift from treating him as merely a powerful ally to recognizing him as the central figure in their hopes for Immortality, addressing him as “Family Head.”
• Ancestor Ran Mu serves as the voice of realism, emphasizing that Jiang Yun’s success would not necessarily guarantee Immortality for everyone else.
• Emperor Golden Crow is viewed in a new light: his tragic fate may have resulted from being used as a tool to open the Immortal Road.
• The identities and importance of the Feixian group deepen with the revelation that Jiang Qi and the others are connected to Jiang Shang and the ancient Qi Refiners.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of Immortality: Every faction, from Forbidden Zone Supremes to Great Saints and ancient Qi Refiners, seeks a path beyond mortality, even when the odds are nearly impossible.
• Limited opportunities and ruthless competition: The Immortal Roads can accommodate only a few candidates, creating inevitable conflict between those who open the path and those who ultimately claim its rewards.
• Manipulation and destiny: Jiang Yun questions whether events such as Emperor Golden Crow’s tribulation were coincidences or parts of a larger plan.
• Reliance on exceptional individuals: Those unable to reach the Great Emperor realm must attach themselves to someone with greater potential, making Jiang Yun the focus of the Feixian faction’s hopes.
• Knowledge as power: Ancient records, maps, inherited secrets, and information about future events are treated as valuable resources comparable to divine treasures.
• The gap between realms: The chapter emphasizes the enormous difference between Quasi-Emperors, Great Emperors, Red Dust Immortals, and Desolate, highlighting how difficult true Immortality is.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yun and Jiang Qi: Jiang Qi explains the various Immortal Roads and presents the Feixian faction’s hopes. Jiang Yun responds by agreeing to cooperation only under specific conditions.
• Jiang Yun and Ancestor Ran Mu: Ran Mu challenges the practicality of the alliance, forcing everyone to confront the limited number of Immortal positions and the danger of relying on Jiang Yun.
• Jiang Qi, Jiang Zeyuan, and the Feixian cultivators: They enthusiastically accept Jiang Yun as their leader and potential path to Immortality.
• Jiang Yun and the ancient sages: Although they do not meet in this chapter, Jiang Yun makes meeting the four sages a condition of future cooperation.
• Jiang Yun and Rong Chengzi: Jiang Yun seeks an introduction because Rong Chengzi’s Ginseng Fruit Tree may provide crucial materials for his future alchemy.
• Jiang Qi and Jiang Shang: Jiang Qi reveals that Jiang Shang is among the secluded ancient Qi Refiners, linking the Feixian faction to an older and more powerful lineage.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Qi reveals that several legendary figures on Earth resemble ancient emperors and heavenly venerables from the Big Dipper: Emperor Yan resembles Emperor Hengyu, the Yellow Emperor resembles the Void Emperor, Laozi resembles Daode Heavenly Venerable, and Shakyamuni resembles Amitabha Buddha.
• The Jiang Family elders become enraged, believing Emperor Yan has impersonated their ancestor. Jiang Qi clarifies that Emperor Yan’s appearance resulted from Ancient Corpse Spirit Awakening—a corpse developing a new consciousness while retaining its original body.
• Jiang Qi further reveals that his ancestor, Jiang Shang, descended from Emperor Yan’s bloodline rather than directly from the Big Dipper’s Jiang Family.
• An ancient woman from the Ancient Hua Dynasty arrives and confirms that Emperor Hengyu had once predicted he might return after burying himself and his two wives in a mysterious star.
• The Hengyu Furnace and Ancient Hua Cauldron verify that Jiang Qi’s group are genuine descendants of the Jiang Family, though their bloodline differs slightly from that of the Eastern Wasteland Jiang Family. Jiang Yun is confirmed to be a pure-blooded descendant of the Big Dipper lineage.
• The chapter explains that Emperor Hengyu, the Void Emperor, Laozi, Shakyamuni, and other revived figures are not truly their former selves. Their original spirits have died; only their bodies, memories, or remnants remain, giving rise to entirely new beings.
• Jiang Zeyuan shares humorous stories about the revived sages, including the Yellow Emperor seeking knowledge from Emperor Yan and producing the “Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon,” leading to Earthly rumors about his romantic exploits.
• Jiang Yun leaves the family discussions to focus on cultivation and travels to the City of God.
• In the Ji Family Stone Workshop, Jiang Yun discovers that the legendary Stone King is real: a small child with intelligence is sleeping inside a stone. He secretly hides the child more thoroughly, pays the entrance fee, and leaves without disturbing him.

Character Developments

• Jiang Qi proves himself candid and politically sensible by revealing the truth about the Earth descendants before misunderstandings can damage relations with the Big Dipper Jiang Family.
• Jiang Yun remains calm and detached during the emotionally charged ancestral dispute. His status as a pure-blooded Jiang Family descendant is confirmed, strengthening his legitimacy as Saint Lord.
• Ancestor Ran Mu and the Jiang elders struggle with the revelation that Emperor Yan’s lineage is connected to their ancestor and that the revived figure may not truly be Emperor Hengyu.
• The Ancient Hua Dynasty’s Imperial Ancestor awakens from dormancy and provides crucial historical testimony about Emperor Hengyu’s final disappearance.
• Emperor Yan, the Yellow Emperor, Laozi, and the other revived figures are characterized as entirely new lifeforms rather than actual returns of the ancient masters.
• The Stone King is revealed to be a sentient child who has secretly awakened and concealed himself for years.

Significant Themes

• Identity and reincarnation: The chapter questions whether a person remains the same when only their body and fragments of memory survive while the original spirit has vanished.
• The cruelty of time: Even emperors and heavenly venerables cannot truly escape death; physical preservation cannot restore their former selves.
• Bloodline and inheritance: The Jiang Family’s lineage exists across multiple worlds, yet descent from the same ancestor does not always produce identical bloodlines or identities.
• Truth versus political harmony: Jiang Qi’s decision to reveal the ancestry issue reflects the importance of honesty in maintaining long-term cooperation.
• Humor amid mythology: Legendary figures are humanized through amusing anecdotes, especially the Yellow Emperor’s association with the Inner Canon and scandalous rumors.
• Hidden power and changing times: The Stone King’s secret awakening foreshadows how ancient beings and hidden forces may emerge as the world undergoes transformation.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Qi reassures the furious Jiang elders and explains the phenomenon of Ancient Corpse Spirit Awakening.
• The Ancient Hua Imperial Ancestor confirms Emperor Hengyu’s prophecy and shares historical knowledge with Ancestor Ran Mu and the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Yun respectfully offers the awakened elder Immortal Divine Pool Liquid, helping restore her condition.
• The Emperor Weapons communicate with one another to authenticate Jiang Qi’s group and settle the ancestral dispute.
• Jiang Zeyuan entertains Jiang Yun with stories about the relationships and eccentricities of the revived Earth sages.
• Jiang Yun silently investigates the Ji Family Stone Workshop, discovers the hidden Stone King, and protects his concealment without directly confronting him.