Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Fighting Saint Ape”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Ye Fan opens a Divine Silkworm, he remembers the valuable Source Stones stolen from the Yaoguang Sacred Land, including the stones containing the Holy Prince and Divine Silkworm Princess.
• The young Divine Silkworm is revealed to possess the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations, allowing it to evolve into supreme creatures such as dragons, phoenixes, qilins, and Kun Pengs.
• Jiang Tingting and Yan Ruyu purchase inexpensive stones and each obtain a fist-sized piece of Divine Source, earning enormous profits.
• Jiang Ming finds a large piece of Golden Divine Source, while Jiang Tingting secretly uses her savings to buy the Dragon Head Stone. It opens to reveal a valuable Dragon Pearl.
• Ye Fan attempts to give the costly, food-consuming Divine Silkworm to Jiang Ming, but Jiang Ming refuses because he cannot afford to raise it and knows it is connected to the Divine Silkworm Princess.
• Ji Ziyue, the Great Xia Dynasty’s white-robed nun, and Ji Haoyue all compete to obtain the Divine Silkworm. Ye Fan ultimately sells it to the Ji Family for three million jin of Pure Source, following Jiang Ming’s advice.
• Jiang Tingting’s pet, a pure-blooded Black-Patterned Blood Mosquito, frightens the Divine Silkworm. The mosquito is recognized as an ancient, terrifying vicious insect comparable to a pure-blooded God-Slaying Insect.
• Ye Fan defeats Old Tuoba in the stone-gambling contest, leaving him humiliated and nearly one million jin of Pure Source poorer.
• Jiang Ming identifies the Peerless Beauty Stone and Eight Trigrams Dao Diagram Stone as empty shells whose hidden Fortune has already been taken.
• After arranging for Jiang Tingting and Yan Ruyu to continue gambling at the Jiang Family workshop, Jiang Ming, Ye Fan, Madman, Gu Qingyao, and Wei Yi prepare to raid the Myriad Dragon Nest. They reunite with Pang Bo and Big Black Dog.
• Jiang Ming warns the elders not to kill the Primordial Creatures sealed in two stones: one contains the Fighting Saint Emperor’s son, the Holy Prince, while the other contains the God Emperor’s daughter, the Divine Silkworm Princess.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming demonstrates extraordinary judgment, identifying valuable stones and recognizing when apparently precious stones are actually empty. He also guides Ye Fan’s sale of the Divine Silkworm and begins planning the Myriad Dragon Nest raid.
• Ye Fan proves highly successful at stone gambling but is financially strained by the Divine Silkworm’s appetite. He also shows concern for Ji Ziyue and future conflicts involving her possible marriage to Wang Teng.
• Jiang Tingting displays both financial independence and sharp instincts by secretly purchasing the Dragon Head Stone. Her possession of the terrifying Black-Patterned Blood Mosquito is further revealed.
• Yan Ruyu continues developing her interest and skill in stone gambling, working alongside Jiang Tingting.
• Ji Ziyue openly seeks the Divine Silkworm and is perceptive enough to recognize Ye Fan despite his disguise.
• Old Tuoba suffers a major defeat, losing both wealth and prestige against Ye Fan.
• Pang Bo shows concern for the ancient being connected to him, hoping the Primordial Creatures may provide a suitable body.
• Big Black Dog is visibly intimidated by the powerful group accompanying Jiang Ming.

Significant Themes

• Fortune, judgment, and hidden value: Stone gambling reflects the importance of insight rather than appearance. Jiang Ming understands that some treasures have already been stripped of their Fortune.
• Inherited bloodlines and destiny: The Divine Silkworm’s transformations and instinctive fear of the Blood Mosquito emphasize how ancient memories and racial inheritances shape creatures.
• Power concealed beneath appearances: Small creatures such as the Divine Silkworm and Blood Mosquito possess extraordinary potential, while apparently valuable stones may be empty.
• Pragmatism and long-term strategy: Jiang Ming refuses the Divine Silkworm because of its cost and uncertain loyalty, while Ye Fan sells it to the Ji Family partly to preserve future alliances.
• Family protection and loyalty: Ji Haoyue and the white-robed nun aggressively compete for the Divine Silkworm, highlighting their devotion to Ji Ziyue and one another.
• The dangerous legacy of ancient beings: The Holy Prince and Divine Silkworm Princess are tied to powerful historical figures, making their recovery from the stones politically and cosmically significant.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming advises Ye Fan throughout the stone-gambling aftermath and helps determine the best buyer for the Divine Silkworm.
• Ye Fan, Ji Ziyue, Ji Haoyue, and the white-robed nun clash indirectly over ownership of the creature.
• Jiang Tingting’s Blood Mosquito attacks the Divine Silkworm, establishing a natural predator relationship and revealing the danger of her pet.
• Ye Fan and Old Tuoba engage in a humiliating gambling contest that ends in Ye Fan’s decisive victory.
• Jiang Ming coordinates with Madman, Gu Qingyao, Wei Yi, Pang Bo, and Big Black Dog before entering the Myriad Dragon Nest.
• Jiang Ming explicitly warns the elders that the sealed creatures are connected to the Fighting Saint Emperor and God Emperor, preventing them from killing potentially crucial figures.

Chapter Summary: Holy Prince: So Annoying

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming opens a massive stone altar excavated from the Blood Sacrifice Grounds, revealing a high-grade Exotic Divine Source containing a beautiful woman impaled by a rusty crimson Saint King Weapon.
• The woman is identified as the Divine Silkworm Princess, daughter of an Ancient Emperor and fiancée of the Fighting Saint King. She was ambushed during the Primordial Antiquity by an overwhelmingly powerful attacker, likely a Great Saint.
• Though gravely wounded and still sealed in Divine Source, the Divine Silkworm Princess may be saved with a Medicine King or divine medicine. Gu Qingyao neutralizes the spear’s lingering killing intent.
• Jiang Ming then cuts open a second stone material known as the “Immortal Tomb,” releasing the Holy Prince, son of the Fighting Saint Emperor.
• The Holy Prince awakens in the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, confused by the changes in the world and initially wary of the humans around him.
• Jiang Ming immediately claims that the Holy Prince owes him for being rescued, for the Divine Source, and potentially for saving the Divine Silkworm Princess. He also tries to recruit him for a raid on the Myriad Dragon Nest.
• The Holy Prince refuses the raid because he wants to find treatment for his aunt, but accepts Jiang Ming’s offer to help save her.
• The Holy Prince learns that his uncle, the Fighting Saint King, may have entered the Western Desert and become a monk, apparently after seeing through worldly attachments. He realizes this may be connected to the Divine Silkworm Princess’s fate.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming demonstrates his opportunistic and shamelessly transactional personality. Even after saving the Holy Prince, he immediately turns the rescue into a list of debts and attempts to recruit him for future profit.
• Holy Prince awakens as a powerful but inexperienced young figure. His cultivation is only at the second transformation of the Dragon Transformation Realm, but his physical body is extraordinarily strong due to his imperial lineage.
• Holy Prince is loyal and protective toward the Divine Silkworm Princess, immediately prioritizing her rescue over personal concerns or Jiang Ming’s proposed adventure.
• Gu Qingyao shows her immense strength and control by effortlessly eliminating the Saint King Weapon’s residual killing intent.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo remain amazed by the surreal discoveries and amused by Jiang Ming’s behavior. Ye Fan is especially embarrassed when Jiang Ming presents him as Holy Prince’s “good brother.”
• Black Emperor maintains his dislike of monkeys because of past conflicts with Holy Prince, but acknowledges the monkey’s loyalty and good character.
• Wei Yi uses his Saint King cultivation to deduce that the Divine Silkworm Princess was attacked by a Great Saint-level enemy.

Significant Themes

• The weight of ancient history: The discovery of two Primordial-era beings reveals how much has been lost or distorted across successive eras.
• Loyalty and responsibility: Holy Prince’s first concern is saving his aunt, while his uncle’s possible monastic retreat raises questions about love, duty, and sacrifice.
• The cost of salvation: Jiang Ming treats rescue as a debt, turning life-saving favors into literal transactions.
• Changing eras: Holy Prince must adjust to a world where cultivation has weakened and the environment is no longer suited to the powers of his age.
• Legacy and lineage: The strength, values, and relationships of the Fighting Saint lineage continue to shape events long after the Primordial Antiquity.
• Comedy amid danger: Ancient imperial tragedies and potentially world-shaking discoveries are repeatedly undercut by Jiang Ming’s bargaining, Black Emperor’s grudges, and the others’ irreverent reactions.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Gu Qingyao cooperate to excavate and secure the ancient Divine Sources.
• Jiang Ming deliberately introduces Ye Fan to Holy Prince and jokingly shifts responsibility for the newly awakened monkey onto him.
• Black Emperor reacts bitterly to Holy Prince because of their history, despite recognizing his loyalty.
• Jiang Ming pressures Holy Prince with an exaggerated account of debts, eventually persuading him to accept help for the Divine Silkworm Princess.
• Ye Fan comments on the Fighting Saint King’s possible renunciation of worldly love, prompting Holy Prince to connect his uncle’s choice to the Divine Silkworm Princess’s assassination.

Chapter Summary: “Working Monkey”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming and his companions rescue the Divine Silkworm Princess and the Holy Prince from their sealed states.
• Wei Yi removes the holy spear from the Divine Silkworm Princess’s wound. The spear’s Great Saint killing intent has already been neutralized, likely by the Fighting Saint King, who originally sealed her.
• Jiang Ming uses his final jug of Immortal Brew—made from extremely rare ingredients including Nine Wonderful Immortal Herb essence, Thunder Tribulation Liquid, and Azure Emperor blood—to heal the Divine Silkworm Princess.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess awakens and begins a nirvana transformation inside a nine-colored cocoon. Her potential is expected to increase greatly, and she is likely to become a Great Saint within twenty years.
• Jiang Ming stores the Holy Prince’s sealed Divine Source and asks him to accompany the group. The Holy Prince accepts, acknowledging his debt and promising to repay Jiang Ming with Great Divine Source.
• The group travels to the Ice Plains near the Ice and Snow Palace, intending to locate the underground Myriad Dragon Nest and steal the True Dragon Immortal Medicine. Finding Divine Source is treated as a secondary benefit.
• Jiang Ming explains the region’s history: the former Underworld God Palace was destroyed after becoming involved with Myriad Dragon Nest and the Primordial Races. A Jiang Family Saint used the Hengyu Furnace to suppress the conflict and flatten the region.
• Black Emperor quickly detects an unusual location and leads everyone to an icy valley. The group discovers several Origin Dragon Fruits guarded by snow apes, confirming that the surrounding area has been nourished by dragon qi and source qi.
• Jiang Ming notices a massive, snow-covered cave in the mountain, suggesting they have found the entrance or vicinity of Myriad Dragon Nest.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming continues building alliances through generosity and strategic investment. Although he sacrifices his last jug of Immortal Brew, he gains the future loyalty of both the Divine Silkworm Princess and the Holy Prince.
• Wei Yi demonstrates his strength and reliability by taking responsibility for removing the holy spear. His connection to the Ziwei Emperor Star and possible cultivation of the Ziwei Imperial Scripture are also hinted at.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess begins a major life transformation. Her near-death state becomes an opportunity to strengthen her origin and foundation, setting up her future rise toward the Great Saint and Quasi-Emperor realms.
• The Holy Prince shows his honorable nature. Though reluctant to surrender the Divine Source sealing his aunt, he refuses to act selfishly and instead joins Jiang Ming’s expedition to repay his debt.
• Ye Fan tries to prove himself despite having the weakest cultivation in the group. He hopes to obtain Great Divine Source to break through the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
• Black Emperor displays his exceptional ability to detect treasures and spiritual resources, immediately locating the valley before the others can search manually.
• Gu Qingyao remains somewhat pessimistic about her luck but contributes her extensive knowledge and ability to open Domain Gates.

Significant Themes

• Debts and alliances: The chapter emphasizes that favors and obligations can be valuable assets. Jiang Ming willingly spends precious resources because the loyalty of powerful figures will benefit him later.
• Trust and honor: The Holy Prince’s refusal to exploit Jiang Ming’s generosity reinforces the noble and upright nature of his lineage.
• Transformation through crisis: The Divine Silkworm Princess’s near-death experience becomes a chance for rebirth and greater potential, reflecting the recurring cultivation theme of turning calamity into opportunity.
• Historical consequences of power struggles: The destruction of Underworld God Palace and the suppression of Myriad Dragon Nest show how conflicts between the Human Race and Primordial Races shape the current world.
• Strategic preparation: Jiang Ming’s knowledge of future events allows him to plan expeditions, recruit allies, and identify opportunities before others understand their importance.
• Legacy and sacrifice: The chapter recalls the sacrifices made by the Jiang Family, the Ancient China Dynasty, and powerful Emperor’s descendants during past upheavals.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming bargains with Wei Yi by promising him future Immortal Brew in exchange for his help.
• He informs the Holy Prince that the group will carry the Divine Silkworm Princess with them, then persuades him to join the expedition.
• The Holy Prince protects his aunt’s transforming cocoon by carrying it in his Sea of Bitterness and nourishing it with his Divine Spring.
• Black Emperor greedily claims the Origin Dragon Fruits, while Pang Bo insists that the treasures must be shared.
• Ye Fan follows Black Emperor in hopes of obtaining resources for his breakthrough.
• Jiang Ming observes the others’ abilities and uses Black Emperor’s treasure-hunting instincts to locate Myriad Dragon Nest more efficiently.

Chapter Summary: “Myriad Dragon Nest”

Key plot points and events

• The group discovers that the cave producing dragon qi lies in the territory of a clan of Variant Snow Apes. When the apes charge to defend their Origin Dragon Fruits, the Holy Prince reveals his Battle God Ape bloodline. The apes recognize his ancestral authority, offer him the fruits, and agree to wait while he finishes exploring.
• Inside the cave, the group finds the frozen corpse of an ancient white ape who had nearly reached the level of Fortune but failed to become a Saint. Jiang Ming stores the body in his Nine Heavens Ziwei Jade Pagoda.
• Jiang Ming explains that the cave was once sealed by the Ice and Snow Sacred Land because it led to Myriad Dragon Nest, a dangerous stronghold of Primordial Creatures. The group works together to break the formation concealing the route. With Jiang Ming guiding Black Emperor, they accomplish in five hours what took Black Emperor a day and night in the original story.
• Once the formation breaks, Jiang Ming’s Divine-Demon Dao Diagram seals the entrance and absorbs the accumulated source qi, dragon qi, and Divine Source qi, yielding roughly two months’ worth of his cultivation.
• The group enters the vast underground palace, built by Primordial Creatures amid dense dragon qi and immense Divine Source deposits. Jiang Ming orders everyone to remain silent and communicate through divine consciousness or gestures, so they do not disturb the slumbering inhabitants.
• They find the Saint Weapon of the former Underworld God Palace, containing the preserved corpse of its palace master. Jiang Ming and Gu Qingyao determine that she died long ago, despite her body remaining intact. Jiang Ming asks Wei Yi to refine the weapon after they leave and keeps the corpse for his own purposes.

Character developments and interactions

• The Holy Prince asserts his authority over the snow apes through his Battle God Ape lineage, but restrains his anger to avoid disrupting the expedition. His presence turns a potentially violent confrontation into cooperation.
• Pang Bo jokes by asking the Holy Prince to negotiate with the apes and privately compares him to his idol, Son Goku. He later recognizes the Underworld God Palace’s Saint Weapon.
• Black Emperor eagerly eats an Origin Dragon Fruit and helps break the formation. Jiang Ming’s guidance reveals the extent of Jiang Ming’s formation expertise and makes the work much faster.
• Jiang Ming leads the expedition, shares historical deductions, directs the group’s cautious approach, and claims both the underground qi and the preserved corpses for future use.
• Gu Qingyao, Wei Yi, and Madman accompany the group and offer guidance, though they avoid absorbing the dragon qi to prevent disturbing the Primordial Creatures.

Significant themes

• Lineage and inherited authority: The snow apes’ ancestral memories make them submit to the Holy Prince, showing how bloodline can command respect beyond individual strength.
• The cost of time and failed ambition: The ancient ape and the Underworld God Palace master were powerful figures, yet both died before reaching greater heights; bodily preservation cannot preserve consciousness indefinitely.
• Caution in the face of ancient power: The group’s silence and restrained use of energy reflect the danger posed by the sleeping Primordial Creatures.
• Pragmatism and cultivation: Jiang Ming treats ancient remains, weapons, and accumulated energy as resources, while still recognizing the historical tragedies behind them.

Chapter Summary: “I Have No Interest in Female Corpses”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group prepares to enter the Myriad Dragon Nest, an ancient palace made from extraordinarily valuable Heritage Saint Material. Jiang Ming plans to acquire it and eventually refine it into a powerful Saint King or even Great Saint Weapon.
• They discuss the seemingly dead female Half-Saint sealed within the palace. The Black Emperor suspects she is alive, but Jiang Ming explains that the movement of her eyelashes is caused by the surrounding dragon qi, not life. He believes she was likely a neglected hybrid with an ancient bloodline.
• After descending thousands of meters into the abyss, the group discovers a Five-Colored Altar, identified as an Emperor-level teleportation formation capable of crossing star domains.
• Ye Fan recognizes the altar as similar to the one on Mount Tai that transported him and Pang Bo from Earth to the Big Dipper. He considers using it to return home, but Gu Qingyao and Jiang Ming warn him that his cultivation is not yet strong enough. Jiang Ming advises him to focus on breaking through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm and eventually seek opportunity in the Desolate Forbidden Land.
• The group separates to explore the enormous nest while agreeing not to disturb the sleeping Primordial Antiquity creatures and to flee immediately if danger appears.
• Using the Heavenly Emperor Qi-Gazing Art and Heavenly Eye, Jiang Ming locates valuable Divine Source embedded in the walls. Ye Fan and the Black Emperor also find large quantities, quickly accumulating a fortune.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the Black Emperor discover a massive block of Divine Source containing a seemingly dead old man. Jiang Ming recognizes him as Old Human Demon, a terrifyingly powerful human who knows both the Sun Scripture and the Supreme Yin True Scripture.
• Jiang Ming urges Ye Fan to seal and carry away Old Human Demon, suggesting that the man may be a captive and could protect them later. Ye Fan stores the Divine Source block in the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron.
• Jiang Ming realizes that Ye Fan’s discovery of Old Human Demon confirms that major opportunities—including the True Dragon Immortal Medicine—are likely soon to appear.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming remains pragmatic and opportunistic. He has little interest in the female corpse but is eager to obtain the Myriad Dragon Nest’s rare material and Divine Source. Although he has taken some of Ye Fan’s opportunities, he feels guilty and becomes determined to help Ye Fan reach the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
• Ye Fan briefly becomes excited at the possibility of using the teleportation altar to return home, but quickly regains his composure and prioritizes cultivation. He increasingly trusts Jiang Ming and becomes grateful for his guidance and protection.
• The Black Emperor displays his usual greed, excitement, and comic competitiveness, especially when Jiang Ming and Ye Fan uncover Divine Source. Despite lacking full mastery of the Source Heavenly Master Art, he successfully finds a piece himself.
• Pang Bo feels comparatively weak and remains cautious, but he has a specific goal: finding a suitable body for his master to possess. He also assists Ye Fan and the Black Emperor in secretly transporting their discoveries.
• Gu Qingyao acts as a voice of reason, warning Ye Fan that he cannot yet withstand the power of the Five-Colored Altar.
• Old Human Demon is introduced as a potentially invaluable but dangerous figure: a powerful human sealed within Divine Source, apparently imprisoned by the Primordial Antiquity creatures.

Significant Themes

• Opportunity and danger are inseparable: The Myriad Dragon Nest contains immense treasures, but disturbing its sleeping inhabitants could lead to disaster.
• The burden of fate and stolen opportunities: Jiang Ming recognizes that Ye Fan is destined to encounter great treasures and feels morally obligated to compensate for the opportunities he has taken.
• Cultivation requires patience: Ye Fan must resist the temptation to return home immediately and instead strengthen himself before attempting to use the teleportation altar.
• Greed versus caution: The characters are eager to collect Divine Source, but repeatedly remind one another not to become reckless or disturb powerful ancient beings.
• Hidden life and sealed power: The female corpse and Old Human Demon both represent the uncertainty surrounding ancient sealed figures—what appears dead may conceal immense history or strength.
• Alliance and mutual dependence: Although each character has personal goals, they rely on Jiang Ming’s knowledge, Ye Fan’s Source abilities, the Black Emperor’s instincts, and Pang Bo’s support to survive.

Important Character Interactions

• The Black Emperor raises doubts about the female corpse, prompting Jiang Ming to explain why she is almost certainly dead.
• Ye Fan asks about activating the teleportation altar, revealing his longing to return home. Gu Qingyao and Jiang Ming jointly discourage him.
• Jiang Ming invites the Black Emperor to explore with him, while Ye Fan chooses to remain nearby because he feels safer in Jiang Ming’s presence.
• Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, and Pang Bo cooperate closely while mining Divine Source, sharing profits and trying to avoid making noise.
• After uncovering Old Human Demon, the three are initially terrified, but Jiang Ming’s instructions convince Ye Fan to claim the sealed figure.
• Jiang Ming’s final realization—that encountering Old Human Demon means the True Dragon Immortal Medicine may also soon appear—sets up the next major development.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming identifies a sealed elder as the Human Demon, an Ancient Sage who protected humans by directing his nighttime madness against the Primordial Races. The Black Emperor considers looting him, but Ye Fan warns the dog off.
• Jiang Ming finds a suitable humanoid body for Pang Bo’s master and stores it in his pagoda. Pang Bo is overjoyed that his master may soon have a powerful new vessel.
• To help Ye Fan advance beyond the Dao Palace Secret Realm, Jiang Ming gathers several large pieces of Divine Source and gives one each to Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the Black Emperor, keeping the rest.
• The group discovers the True Dragon Immortal Medicine, a rare golden plant thriving in the Myriad Dragon Nest. Jiang Ming attacks, catches its Dragon Pearl, and threatens it into yielding medicinal liquid. He takes all nine leaves and the small dragon-shaped fruit, then lets the plant escape as awakened Primordial Servants give chase.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming remains resourceful, generous toward his companions, and unapologetically ruthless when pursuing treasures. He also recognizes that taking the entire medicine would harm it, but strips it of nearly everything before releasing it.
• Ye Fan is eager for resources to break through, though he learns to set aside his fixation on Divine Source and trust Jiang Ming’s help.
• Pang Bo expresses gratitude and excitement at the prospect of restoring his master to a suitable body.
• The Black Emperor remains greedy and opportunistic, but backs down when Ye Fan warns him. He is also the first to recognize the True Dragon Immortal Medicine’s significance.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Jiang Ming’s group benefits from treasures in a dangerous ancient site, while the story notes that powerful figures sometimes preserve balance by leaving sealed Primordial beings undisturbed.
• Loyalty and obligation: Jiang Ming honors his promise to Pang Bo, and Pang Bo’s gratitude reflects his bond with his master.
• Greed and its comic consequences: The Black Emperor’s appetite and Jiang Ming’s aggressive bargaining with the medicine provide humor amid the danger.
• The cost of exploitation: Though the medicine is spared, stripping its leaves, fruit, and medicinal essence may take millennia to recover from.

Character interactions

• Ye Fan checks the Black Emperor’s impulse to steal from the sealed Human Demon.
• Jiang Ming reassures and supplies Ye Fan, while teasing him for being too weak.
• Jiang Ming fulfills his promise to Pang Bo by finding a body for his master.
• The group acts together around the True Dragon Immortal Medicine, but Jiang Ming takes the lead, bargaining harshly before they flee the awakened guardians.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming’s group escapes the Myriad Dragon Nest just as its Primordial Servants awaken. They leave with substantial quantities of Divine Source and other treasures, avoiding a confrontation.
• Once safely away, the group compares its gains. Gu Qingyao found a seventy-thousand-year-old Dragon Transformation Grass; Wei Yi collected ancient herbs and Divine Source; Madman obtained Dragon Wood and a dragon scale.
• Jiang Ming trades drops of True Dragon Immortal Medicine essence for Wei Yi’s herbs and Gu Qingyao’s Dragon Transformation Grass. He also gives Madman a drop, both as a life-saving resource and in anticipation of a future trip to the Sacred Cliff.
• Madman, Gu Qingyao, and Wei Yi depart, leaving the woman’s corpse with Jiang Ming. He intends to use it to help Hua Yunfei and gain his favor.
• Only after the others leave does Jiang Ming realize the Holy Prince is missing. Ye Fan and the others suspect they accidentally left him behind in the Myriad Dragon Nest.
• Elsewhere, the Holy Prince is confronted by a Primordial King and a Primordial Half-Saint, who accuse him of entering the Nest and demand to know what happened to the King’s child. He denies taking the child and says he was searching for the True Dragon Immortal Medicine to heal his aunt.
• The Holy Prince reveals the Divine Silkworm Princess’s Nirvana aura, making his accusers reconsider. Her connection to the Fighting Saint King—and the Fighting Saint Emperor’s former plans for their marriage—gives the Holy Prince powerful protection.
• The chapter closes with background on the turmoil surrounding the Fighting Saint Emperor’s failed attempt to become a War Immortal, and the attacks on his son and the Divine Silkworm Princess during the Primordial Era.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming remains pragmatic and quick-thinking, but also generous: he shares rare medicine with his companions and plans to help Hua Yunfei. His confidence in the group’s success contrasts with his comic failure to notice the Holy Prince is missing.
• Gu Qingyao is delighted by her valuable find and increasingly treats Jiang Ming as a source of good fortune. She eagerly trades for the True Dragon Immortal Medicine and volunteers for the future Sacred Cliff expedition.
• Wei Yi is modest about his haul but accepts Jiang Ming’s medicinal essence, hoping it may aid his cultivation and longevity.
• Madman stays reserved and focused on refining his Dragon Wood and scale into a weapon. He accepts medicine from Jiang Ming and agrees to meet again for the Sacred Cliff expedition.
• The Holy Prince is embarrassed and angry at being abandoned, yet keeps quiet about Jiang Ming’s group. He relies on his lineage and the Divine Silkworm Princess’s aura to deter the Primordial pursuers.
• The Primordial King and Half-Saint challenge the Holy Prince over the missing child, but defer once they recognize the significance of his connections.

Significant themes

• Bloodline versus cultivation and potential: Primordial clans emphasize ancestry, while the chapter argues that the human form and the capacity for evolution and comprehension offer exceptional potential.
• Inheritance and legacy: The Azure Emperor’s cultivation ideas, the Fighting Saint Emperor’s family ties, and the conflicts inherited from the Primordial Era shape present-day events.
• Power, obligation, and hierarchy: The Holy Prince’s status protects him, while the Primordial creatures’ strict bloodline hierarchy governs how they treat him.
• Comradeship and reciprocity: Jiang Ming’s exchanges and gifts strengthen bonds among the group, even as the episode’s final joke shows that their teamwork has limits.

Key plot points and events

• After the Divine Silkworm Princess survives an attempted killing, the Holy Prince leaves the Myriad Dragon Nest. He admits to borrowing Divine Source and promises to repay it; the two Primordial Kings let him go rather than risk a confrontation.
• Jiang Ming gives Ye Fan two large pieces of Divine Source and a Dragon Pearl for protection, urging him to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm in the Desolate Forbidden Land. He asks Ye Fan to bring back a few divine fruits and spring water in return.
• Jiang Ming also gives Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the Big Black Dog one drop each of True Dragon Immortal Medicine. Ye Fan accepts Jiang Ming’s support and prepares to leave for the Southern Region. The Big Black Dog gives him emergency teleportation platforms, then decides to cultivate rather than accompany him.
• After the others depart, Jiang Ming enters seclusion and consumes the remaining golden fruit of the True Dragon Immortal Medicine. Over several months, he advances through the fifth and sixth turns of the Great Freedom Dao Scripture and reaches the third transformation of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming shows strong loyalty and generosity toward Ye Fan, treating him like family while making clear he is not offering him his daughter’s hand. He balances this support with a request for modest repayment.
• Ye Fan is deeply moved by Jiang Ming’s trust and help, accepts the gifts, and commits to attempting his breakthrough promptly.
• Pang Bo jokingly imagines Jiang Ming might want Ye Fan as a son-in-law—or might have another daughter for him. Jiang Ming catches the implication and kicks him away.
• The Big Black Dog asks to accompany Ye Fan, but Jiang Ming judges him too weak for the next expedition. The dog agrees to train and still helps Ye Fan by giving him teleportation platforms.
• The Holy Prince’s departure underscores the contrast between his clan’s scarce resources and the Divine Silkworm Princess’s abundance.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and reciprocal friendship: Jiang Ming’s support for Ye Fan reflects a bond built on trust, generosity, and willingness to help one another.
• Restraint and honor: The Holy Prince insists he will repay what he borrowed, consistent with the Fighting Saint Ape Lineage’s refusal to steal.
• Cultivation through risk and discipline: Ye Fan seeks a dangerous forbidden-zone breakthrough, while Jiang Ming’s own rapid advancement comes from seclusion, tribulation, and refining powerful medicine.
• Power has costs and responsibilities: Jiang Ming’s gifts help Ye Fan, but his own gains transform his body, spirit, and cultivation—and bring him face-to-face with trials that test them.

Jiang Ming’s advancement

The True Dragon Immortal Medicine strengthens Jiang Ming’s cultivation, body, and divine sense, while granting him insight into the Void Dao. His body reaches a level comparable to a Ninth-Heaven Dao-Severing King, and his divine sense approaches the Seventh Heaven. During his tribulations, his Dao Palace deities battle humanoid lightning, and his Five Virtues Deity encounters the youthful imprint of Emperor Hengyu. Jiang Ming also senses that he has touched the Divine Forbidden Realm.

Chapter Summary: Traveling Through Yaochi with the Yaochi Fairy

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming completes a difficult breakthrough during his tribulation by defeating the lightning imprint of the youthful Hengyu Ancestor. As a result:
  • His Life-Bound Sword becomes a Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasure.
  • His four treasure lotuses reach the level of weapons used by top-tier Half-Step Great Abilities.
• Despite his accomplishments, Jiang Ming chooses not to immediately cultivate again. The True Dragon Immortal Medicine inside him still needs several months to finish digesting.
• He returns to Holy City to honor his promise to attend Yaochi’s Stone-Appraisal Gathering.
• Jiang Ming learns that Yan Ruyu and his daughter, Jiang Tingting, are cultivating in seclusion after cutting an Instant-Bloom Enlightenment Snowflake from a stone at the Jiang Family’s workshop. The snowflake grants those nearby an immense enlightenment opportunity, comparable to or greater than consuming a seventy-thousand-year Medicine King.
• Their gains are particularly beneficial to Jiang Tingting, who is expected to soon enter the Dao Palace Realm.
• Since Ye Fan has gone to the Desolate Forbidden Land to prepare for his breakthrough into the Four Extremes Secret Realm, Jiang Ming attends the gathering alone.
• Upon arriving at the newly relocated Yaochi Sacred Land, Jiang Ming admires its extraordinary spiritual terrain, dragon veins, and immense hidden foundations.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden personally receives him. Jiang Ming flirts with her, calls her by her personal name, Yao Yao, and openly holds her wrist while entering the sacred land.
• His behavior causes the Yaochi fairies guarding the entrance to gossip that their Sacred Maiden may be preparing to elope.
• Jiang Ming gives Yao Yao a bottle containing pure Yaochi Divine Spring Essence Liquid and Thunder Tribulation Liquid. The gifts are extraordinarily valuable:
  • The Divine Spring Essence Liquid nourishes the body, preserves beauty, and surpasses the diluted spring water currently available at Yaochi.
  • The Thunder Tribulation Liquid can aid cultivation of lightning techniques, promote nirvanic rebirth, and potentially extend lifespan.
• Yao Yao is initially embarrassed and resistant but ultimately accepts the gifts, recognizing their immense value, especially for improving her Five-Element Heavenly Thunder Hand.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: His strength rises dramatically after defeating the youthful Hengyu lightning imprint. He becomes even more confident and brazen, using humor, flirtation, and valuable gifts to draw closer to Yao Yao.
• Yaochi Sacred Maiden/Yao Yao: She is revealed to possess the rare Innate Five Virtues Divine Body and to be perfectly suited to the Western Emperor Scripture. Though normally composed and dignified, Jiang Ming’s teasing causes her emotions to surface. She remains outwardly restrained but is clearly affected by his attention and generosity.
• Jiang Tingting: Gains a major enlightenment opportunity from the Enlightenment Snowflake and is on the verge of entering the Dao Palace Realm.
• Yan Ruyu: Shares the Enlightenment Snowflake’s benefits with Jiang Tingting and continues her own secluded cultivation.
• Ye Fan: Absent from the chapter, having gone to the Desolate Forbidden Land to pursue his next breakthrough.

Significant Themes

• Rapid growth through extreme trials: Jiang Ming’s tribulation demonstrates both the dangers and rewards of challenging increasingly powerful opponents.
• Accumulation and patience: Although Jiang Ming has achieved great power, he recognizes that cultivation requires gradual digestion of opportunities rather than reckless advancement.
• Fortune and rare opportunities: The Enlightenment Snowflake, Divine Spring Essence Liquid, and Thunder Tribulation Liquid emphasize the rarity of heavenly treasures and the importance of recognizing and sharing them.
• Power and confidence: Yaochi’s ancient heritage and hidden foundations symbolize the security provided by deep strength. The chapter also suggests that rules and traditions become flexible when backed by overwhelming power.
• Romantic teasing and emotional restraint: Jiang Ming openly pursues Yao Yao, while she struggles to preserve her dignity and conceal her growing emotional response.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming visits Yan Ruyu and Jiang Tingting’s secluded cultivation area but deliberately avoids disturbing them.
• At Yaochi’s entrance, he exchanges flirtatious remarks with Yao Yao, praising her voice and beauty.
• He takes her wrist and leads her into the sacred land despite her embarrassment and protests.
• He jokingly threatens to summon Yaochi elders and accuse her of bullying him if she refuses his gift.
• Yao Yao accepts the treasures after discovering their exceptional quality, especially their usefulness for her lightning cultivation.
• The observing Yaochi fairies interpret the pair’s intimate behavior as evidence of a possible romantic relationship.

Key plot points and events

• At Yaochi’s Stone-Appraisal Gathering, the Yaochi Sacred Maiden guides Jiang Ming through the grounds while he holds her wrist, then her hand. Their flirtation unsettles her, but she is eager to learn how he obtained Yaochi Divine Spring Essence Liquid.
• Jiang Ming claims he found it in the forbidden Yaochi Ruins, where he encountered a curse, corpse energy, and dead Yaochi fairies in the old pool. His story is partly fabricated, but it draws the Sacred Maiden in.
• Jiang Ming tries to kiss her; an old woman’s cough interrupts them. He then hints that the ruins conceal a profound secret connected to Yaochi’s history. The Sacred Maiden warns him not to discuss forbidden matters.
• The Sacred Maiden explains that Yaochi’s Flat Peach Tree has weakened since its sacred roots were damaged during relocation. Its fruit now extends a Saint’s life by only five hundred years, rather than a thousand. She asks Jiang Ming to help restore it.
• Jiang Ming says his Divine Spring Essence Liquid is even more potent than the ancient spring and that he can repair the tree—but at great cost. He makes this announcement loudly so Yaochi’s elders will hear, signaling that he can help with more than the Sixfold Immortal-Sealing Technique.
• System notifications report several deaths caused by Jiang Ming’s curse, awarding him rare items and liquids. He concludes that rival powers have made another attempt to raid Purple Mountain, likely seeking the Nine Secrets, the Wushi Scripture, and the Wushi Bell.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming uses teasing, physical intimacy, and an embellished tale to keep the Sacred Maiden’s attention. Despite his shameless behavior, he shifts to a serious, public offer when discussing Yaochi’s treasured tree.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden moves between embarrassment, curiosity, fear, and hope. She does not immediately resist his touch, but she remains wary of the forbidden ruins and concerned for Yaochi’s future.
• The old woman interrupts the attempted kiss with a cough and silently observes the exchange, recognizing both Jiang Ming’s talent and his potential value to Yaochi.

Significant themes

• Power and bargaining: Jiang Ming’s abilities and rare resources give him leverage with Yaochi.
• Secrets and forbidden history: The ruins’ curse and Yaochi’s hidden past cannot be discussed openly.
• Tradition under threat: The Flat Peach Tree’s decline endangers Yaochi’s prestige and the Peach Banquet tradition.
• Flirtation versus duty: Personal attraction is repeatedly interrupted by political caution and the Sacred Maiden’s responsibilities.

Key plot points and events

• The sacred lands’ assault on Purple Mountain intensifies. Wushi Bell rings, and the disturbance awakens Primordial Creatures, including a terrifying Ancestral King.
• Outside Holy City, several Primordial attackers massacre the human forces pursuing them, killing even powerful elders and a Great Ability. Their rampage approaches the city.
• Gu Qingyao appears as a human Saint and stops the attack with an advanced art derived from the Yaoguang Scripture. The Primordial Creatures withdraw through a Domain Gate. Her emergence gives human cultivators hope that advancement to higher realms remains possible.
• Jiang Ming’s Vermilion Bird Dao Palace Deity returns to Phoenix Tower to study the Hengyu Scripture and may later travel to the Fire Domain. His other deities are beginning to operate independently, but he intends to equip them with powerful protective treasures.
• At Yaochi, an elder offers Jiang Ming a favor in exchange for helping restore the Flat Peach Tree’s sacred root. Seeing him as a promising future ally, she encourages the Yaochi Sacred Maiden to make a personal commitment.
• When the embarrassed Sacred Maiden says Yaochi can grant something within reason, Jiang Ming bluntly replies, “Then I want you.”

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Qingyao reveals herself as a Saint and acts decisively to defend Holy City, becoming a symbol of hope for the human forces. Her Yaoguang-like technique also puzzles the Yaoguang Holy Lord.
• Jiang Ming shows both strategic ambition and directness: he plans to strengthen his Dao Palace Deities with top-grade treasures and makes clear that the Sacred Maiden—not Yaochi’s scripture—is what he wants.
• The Yaochi elder proves pragmatic, willing to bend customary restrictions and treat a relationship with Jiang Ming as a worthwhile investment in the sacred land’s future.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden is caught off guard and embarrassed by the elder’s matchmaking scheme, then faces Jiang Ming’s unequivocal answer.
• The Primordial attackers retreat after discovering that a human Saint is present and recognizing the threat posed by the gathered Emperor Armaments.

Significant themes

• Hope and possibility: Gu Qingyao’s advancement suggests that the path to higher cultivation is not closed.
• Power, protection, and survival: Jiang Ming regards Emperor-level treasures as more reliable safeguards than followers or resources.
• Pragmatism and political alliance: Yaochi weighs Jiang Ming’s potential and accomplishments against rigid tradition.
• Romance and blunt honesty: The final exchange turns a political bargain into a personal declaration.

Key plot points

• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden asks Jiang Ming what reward he wants for healing the sacred root of Yaochi’s Flat Peach Tree. He boldly says he wants her as his companion, embarrassing her and prompting her to try to leave.
• Supreme Elder Ruoshui watches the exchange, then summons the current Queen Mother of Yaochi. She explains Jiang Ming’s demand and argues that his talent and importance make him an exceptional match.
• The Queen Mother initially objects: Yaochi’s Sacred Maiden is expected to become its next Queen Mother and cannot marry. But she recognizes Jiang Ming’s extraordinary status, even as she privately dismisses his title of “Eastern Emperor” in favor of “Eastern Demon.”
• The chapter explains the Flat Peach Tree’s declining power. Once capable of granting a Saint a thousand years of life, it now offers roughly five hundred; restoring it would preserve Yaochi’s prestige and Peach Banquet.
• Jiang Ming takes the Sacred Maiden to see the tree. Along the way, he teases her and dodges questions about his relationship with Yan Ruyu, saying he owes her too much for the Sacred Maiden to understand yet.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming is confident, flirtatious, and knowingly theatrical. He uses a dramatic silence about his past to make the Sacred Maiden worry about him, while concealing the truth about his wife, the Smoke Glow Fairy.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden shifts between embarrassment, curiosity, and growing affection. Despite her usual reserved manner, she tolerates Jiang Ming’s teasing and stolen intimacies.
• Supreme Elder Ruoshui supports the match, believing Jiang Ming’s gifts and the changing era justify reconsidering Yaochi’s traditions. Her reflections also reveal regret that she never met someone like him in her own youth.
• The Queen Mother begins protective of Yaochi’s rules but listens to Ruoshui’s argument. Her displeasure at Jiang Ming’s cheekiness—especially his kiss on the Sacred Maiden’s cheek—does not change the fact that she takes his value seriously.

Significant themes

• Tradition versus changing circumstances: Yaochi’s marriage restrictions may be challenged by a new era and the arrival of extraordinary talents.
• Love, ambition, and political value: A personal courtship is entangled with the immense benefit Jiang Ming could bring to Yaochi.
• Reputation and mystery: Factions speculate about Jiang Ming’s rise, his possible demonic frenzy, and his lineage, while he carefully keeps parts of his past hidden.
• Declining legacy: The Flat Peach Tree’s fading medicinal power reflects Yaochi’s effort to preserve the glory and prestige of its past.

Chapter Summary: “Nine-Aperture Eight-Orifice Saint Spirit Stone Embryo”

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming examines Yaochi’s ancient Flat Peach Tree, now weakened but still comparable to a sixty-thousand-year-old Medicine King, and the nearby Divine Pool.
• He focuses on a Saint Spirit Stone Embryo with nine apertures and eight openings, which Yaochi has nurtured for over a hundred thousand years. Jiang Ming knows Saint Spirits have historically emerged hostile to humanity and caused terrible bloodshed.
• The Queen Mother of Yaochi reassures him that Yaochi has purified this embryo into a “Good Spirit,” though the process is a closely guarded secret likely tied to Wushi Emperor.
• Supreme Elder Ruoshui and the Queen Mother tell Jiang Ming they approve of his wish to pursue the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, Yao Yao—but he must earn Yaochi’s full approval and prove himself.
• Jiang Ming accepts the challenge, hoping to gain the right to enter Yaochi freely and eventually marry Yao Yao.
• He asks to touch the Saint Spirit embryo. The Queen Mother agrees and suggests he nourish it with his blood, as Yaochi has secretly done with blood from exceptional cultivators for generations.
• The chapter ends as Jiang Ming reaches out, curious how the embryo will respond to his unusual Dao Embryo.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming shows both curiosity and caution: he recognizes the danger of raising a Saint Spirit, questions Yaochi’s confidence, and reflects on how his own Dao Embryo resembles the stone egg. He responds decisively to Yaochi’s romantic challenge.
• Yao Yao is embarrassed when the elders discuss her romantic future, revealing a more youthful, bashful side.
• The Queen Mother and Supreme Elder Ruoshui act as approving but demanding guardians. They permit Jiang Ming to court Yao Yao while making clear that his conduct must win the respect of Yaochi and the wider world.
• The Queen Mother’s embrace and gentle touch toward Yao Yao convey both their teacher-disciple bond and her protective affection.

Significant themes

• Nature versus inherited hostility: The Saint Spirit’s traditional hostility toward humans may be overcome through Yaochi’s mysterious intervention and long-term nurturing.
• Power, trust, and secrecy: Yaochi’s confidence rests on hidden history and Wushi Emperor’s legacy, known only to a few elders.
• Love as a test of merit: Jiang Ming is allowed to pursue Yao Yao, but must demonstrate that he deserves her and can withstand public scrutiny.
• Cultivation and transformation: Jiang Ming’s evolving Dao Embryo and the Saint Spirit’s long gestation both suggest that identity and potential are shaped over time.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming uses his Heavenly Eye and Qi-Gazing arts to examine the Nine-Aperture Eight-Hole Stone Egg. He discovers a female Saint Spirit within, still five thousand years from fully emerging but already as powerful as a fully developed Dao-Severing King.
• He feeds her Thunder Tribulation Liquid and hidden Immortal Brew. She enjoys the liquid but becomes drunk after tasting the wine, amusing and startling Jiang Ming. He plans to return in three years, when the Peach Banquet begins.
• Jiang Ming then takes the Yaochi Sacred Maiden underground to inspect the Flat Peach Tree’s roots. He finds extensive damage caused by the curse and corpse qi of the Yaochi Ruins, which earlier caretakers tried unsuccessfully to remove.
• Using his Poison Ancestor Witch and Wood Ancestor Witch powers, Jiang Ming begins separating the deadly corpse-qi essence from the Flat Peach Tree’s medicinal essence. The corruption reaches deep into the tree’s core.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming demonstrates growing mastery of his divine arts and confidence in confronting dangers that even powerful Yaochi figures avoid. His unusual ability to absorb the corpse-qi essence also benefits his body and soul.
• The Stone Egg is revealed as a female Saint Spirit who responds eagerly to nourishment but has never drunk alcohol before.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden accompanies Jiang Ming, helps inspect the roots, and shows interest in cultivating a Heavenly Eye. She teases him about his earlier behavior, while he hurriedly changes the subject.
• The Queen Mother of Yaochi and Supreme Elder Ruoshui observe from above. They had little hope that Jiang Ming could heal the tree, but his success could justify allowing him greater closeness to the Sacred Maiden.

Significant themes

• Extraordinary natural growth and destiny: The Saint Spirit’s slow gestation is balanced by her innate favor from the Great Dao and immense future potential.
• Trust earned through ability: Yaochi’s willingness to accept Jiang Ming’s personal terms depends on whether he can prove himself by healing the sacred tree.
• Risk transformed into opportunity: The curse and corpse qi that once threatened the Flat Peach Tree become resources Jiang Ming can refine, thanks to his rare powers.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming completely purges the Flat Peach Tree’s roots and branches of the curse and corpse qi that had plagued it for over ninety thousand years.
• He feeds the tree Profound Yellow Mother Qi Essence Liquid, Yaochi’s divine spring and earth essences, and other vital energy. The Queen Mother supports the recovery by supplying more than twenty pieces of Divine Source.
• The healing takes three hours, disrupting Yaochi’s Stone-Appraisal Gathering and forcing its guests to leave without meeting the Sacred Maiden or seeing the Queen Mother.
• The tree recovers enough to produce three ripe peaches. Jiang predicts that within ten years it will regain its former strength, producing fruit capable of extending even a Sage’s life by a thousand years.
• Jiang divides one peach among himself, the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, the Queen Mother, and Supreme Elder Ruoshui. He also uses essence refined from the tree to advance his plans for brewing Immortal Brew.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang demonstrates powerful healing abilities and wins the respect and goodwill of Yaochi’s leaders. His confidence in his abilities reflects his ambition: he wants the strength and status to pursue the life—and partners—he desires.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden benefits from the peach’s power and approaches a breakthrough from the First to the Second Change of Dragon Transformation, much sooner than expected.
• Eating the peach prompts her to understand why a former Yaochi Sacred Maiden left the sacred land for love. Her feelings for Jiang deepen as she recognizes the possibility of finding the right person.
• The Queen Mother and Ruoshui accept Jiang’s initiative in sharing the fruit, valuing his contribution to the tree’s recovery.
• Jiang and the Sacred Maiden emerge holding hands, underscoring their growing closeness. The four share the peach in a celebratory moment.

Significant themes

• Healing and renewal: Jiang’s intervention restores both the tree’s vitality and its ability to produce powerful medicine.
• Ambition and capability: Jiang believes that earning the life he wants requires exceptional strength and accomplishment.
• Love and partnership: The chapter contrasts romantic devotion with practical partnership, while the Sacred Maiden begins to see how the two may coexist.
• Opportunity and cultivation: The peach accelerates the Sacred Maiden’s advancement, while Jiang turns the tree’s recovered essence into resources for future brewing and growth.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming has no suitable place to cultivate the valuable spiritual herbs he collected, so he considers planting them in the Jiang Family’s reserve grounds, protected by its Extreme Dao Emperor Armament.
• The Queen Mother of Yaochi and Supreme Elder Ruoshui finish the Pan Peach Jiang Ming shared with them. His help has also healed Yaochi’s Flat Peach Tree and caused it to bear nine peaches, fulfilling his agreement with the sacred land.
• The group visits Yaochi’s unusual stones after its Stone-Appraisal Gathering. Jiang Ming uses the Fourfold Immortal-Sealing Technique to seal six stones, then focuses on a colorful Stone King that contains a living being.
• Jiang Ming identifies the being as the Son of the Celestial Emperor: an egg connected to the Immortal Emperor and a figure destined to become a powerful but arrogant rival. Yaochi had kept the stone in its reserves, believing it might contain a Phoenix egg.
• Jiang Ming asks to take the Stone King, saying he wants to befriend the being inside. The Yaochi Sacred Maiden supports him, and the Queen Mother agrees. The stone resists, activating the Immortal Emperor’s Dao Patterns and revealing the white egg within.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming gains the trust and affection of Yaochi’s leaders through his generosity and service. He hopes to build a close relationship with the sacred maiden gradually, while also seeing potential future value in befriending the Son of the Celestial Emperor.
• The Queen Mother of Yaochi treats Jiang Ming as a trusted junior and recognizes the political danger of raising the being inside the stone as Yaochi’s own. She ultimately lets Jiang Ming take it.
• Supreme Elder Ruoshui feels her decision to give Jiang Ming a chance has been rewarded. His success and his bond with the sacred maiden exceed her expectations.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden worries the Queen Mother may mistrust Jiang Ming’s motives and quickly argues that the being could become Yaochi’s friend too. Her closeness with Jiang Ming is increasingly apparent.
• The stone’s resistance hints that the Son of the Celestial Emperor may soon awaken and may not willingly accept Jiang Ming’s plans.

Significant themes

• Trust and reciprocity: Jiang Ming’s generosity earns him influence and affection within Yaochi.
• Ambition and hidden motives: He presents his interest in the egg as a desire for friendship, while privately considering the rewards that might follow from the being’s eventual death.
• Fate and karma: The chapter recalls the karmic consequences of killing Saint Spirits, though Jiang Ming’s Red Lotus Karmic Fire protects him from their effects.
• Legacy and power: The egg’s connection to the Immortal Emperor—and its possible future strength—makes it both a valuable asset and a potential threat.

Key plot points and events

• The Immortal Emperor’s mark flashes from the Phoenix egg hidden in Yaochi, revealing its existence to the Primordial Creatures. Jiang Ming concludes they will soon come to claim it.
• Jiang Ming abandons his earlier hope of befriending or influencing the unborn Son of the Celestial Emperor. Instead, he deliberately provokes the prince by pretending to cook him, subjecting the egg to increasingly absurd torments for five days.
• The egg remains unharmed because the Immortal Emperor’s mark protects it. Yaochi’s leaders recognize that the being inside is too hostile and powerful to raise as one of their own.
• Primordial Creatures arrive at Yaochi through a Domain Gate, bringing a figure sealed in Golden Divine Source and offering payment for the prince. They claim they seek peace but warn that keeping the egg would attract greater dangers.
• Jiang Ming negotiates for ten measures of Divine Source—double their initial offer—and the Primordial representative agrees.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming shifts from considering the prince a possible ally to knowingly making him an enemy. His cooking threats are a calculated attempt to provoke lasting hatred, while his bargaining shows his practical, opportunistic side.
• The Son of the Celestial Emperor remains hidden in his egg, protected by his father’s safeguards. He despises humans and Yaochi, and Jiang Ming’s treatment intensifies his determination to kill Jiang Ming once he emerges.
• The Queen Mother of Yaochi accepts that the egg cannot realistically be converted or raised as a Yaochi ally. She observes Jiang Ming’s provocations and prepares to deal with the incoming visitors.
• The Primordial Creatures approach cautiously after their previous encounter with Gu Qingyao. Their representative presents a peaceful offer, while Jiang Ming presses them for a better price.

Significant themes

• Friendship versus enmity: Jiang Ming decides that when reconciliation is impossible, it is better to clearly establish an enemy than cling to a false hope of friendship.
• Power and legacy: The Immortal Emperor’s mark protects his son and announces the return of old powers, drawing the attention of the Primordial Royal Clans.
• Pragmatism and negotiation: Jiang Ming treats a dangerous political crisis as an opportunity to secure valuable resources, while the Primordial Creatures prefer payment over risking war.
• Fate and inherited hostility: The prince’s lineage, upbringing, and contempt for humans make future conflict seem nearly inevitable.

Key plot points and events

• After the Primordial Creatures surrender the Divine Source, Jiang Ming gives them back the egg containing their “son of god.” They leave quickly, uncertain of the Human Race’s strength and worried their revered Immortal Emperor may already be dead.
• Jiang Ming receives ten units of Divine Source for the Stone King and gives half to the Yaochi Sacred Maiden.
• The Queen Mother of Yaochi asks Jiang Ming to open the Ecliptic Divine Treasure Stone. He explains that it holds the remains of a Human Race Saint whose legacy was destroyed when something Strange and Ominous attacked him and consumed the Divine Source that sealed him.
• The stone releases a vast surge of Supreme Yin energy, which Jiang Ming’s Divine-Demon Dao Diagram devours. Inside are shattered Saint Bones and a broken jade tablet bearing the name of the Supreme Yin True Scripture.
• Jiang Ming reconstructs part of the scripture from the tablet, recovering cultivation guidance up to the peak of Dao-Severing King, along with the Heavenly Moon Seal and Mountain-Sea Seal. The Human Emperor Seal and teachings beyond the fourth Immortal stage are irretrievable.
• Jiang Ming offers to teach the scripture to the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, who accepts. The inheritance will also give his daughter a proper foundation for cultivation.
• Jiang Ming warns that the remaining Stone King is corrupted and dangerous. He reveals blood mist and strange red hair inside it; the corrupted remnant could be used as a weapon, but might kill even a Holy Master without strong protection. Supreme Elder Ruoshui confirms that ancient records describe Stone Kings being overtaken by ominous forces.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming displays confidence and generosity: he shares the Divine Source, investigates the ancient inheritance, and uses his unusual ability to recover lost techniques. He also makes an increasingly open personal commitment to the Yaochi Sacred Maiden.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden grows closer to Jiang Ming. His offer to share the scripture resembles a betrothal gift, and she accepts shyly.
• The Queen Mother of Yaochi supports the Sacred Maiden’s choices and welcomes the scripture, but is embarrassed by Jiang Ming’s public familiarity with her. She also reacts with alarm to the corrupted Stone King.
• The Yaochi elders and disciples witness both Jiang Ming’s recovery of the scripture and the frightening evidence of the ominous corruption.
• Jiang Ming contrasts Yaochi’s freedom to marry and share its inheritance with other sacred lands’ restrictive traditions, recalling Fairy Caiyun’s long separation from God-King Jiang.

Significant themes

• Preserving and reclaiming knowledge: Jiang Ming restores part of a legacy its Saint deliberately destroyed to keep it from a monster.
• The threat of the unknown: Strange and Ominous forces can corrupt sealed beings and treasures, leaving danger behind even when the original power is gone.
• Love versus institutional constraint: Yaochi allows its members to marry, unlike other sacred lands that have sacrificed personal happiness to tradition.
• Generosity and alliance-building: Sharing resources and the scripture strengthens Jiang Ming’s bond with Yaochi and secures a future inheritance for his daughter.

Key plot points and events

• In Yaochi, Supreme Elder Ruoshui explains that the three Stone Kings given to the Sacred Land by Heavenly Origin Master Zhang Lin contained extraordinary things: a Primordial Emperor’s child, a Human Saint’s legacy, and possibly a living creature. Their dangerous contents reflect the misfortune said to follow Heavenly Origin Masters.
• Jiang Ming connects the stones’ destruction to the curse on the Source Heavenly Master Lineage. He seals the stone containing a terrifying divine will, intending to give it to Ye Fan as a dangerous “gift”—and joking that Ye Fan’s death would bring him an immense system reward.
• Ye Fan reaches the Four Extremes Secret Realm, but his advance is disrupted by a lethal Dao diagram rather than a Heavenly Tribulation. A mysterious finger from the Desolate Forbidden Land destroys it, though Ye Fan is left with a stubborn Dao wound. Following Jiang Ming’s advice, he eats the Sacred Medicine fruits to combine their power into an Undying Divine Medicine.
• Jiang Ming remains at Yaochi, where he and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden grow closer. He teaches her portions of the Supreme Yin True Scripture and permits her to share them with others.
• After two months of cultivation, Jiang Ming breaks through in both his cultivation systems. He undergoes a vast lightning tribulation in the Northern Region, advancing to the seventh revolution of the Great Freedom Dao Scripture’s Innate Divine Demon Dao Embryo Realm and the Fourth Transformation of Dragon Transformation.
• Across the cultivation world, young experts prepare for a contest to establish who is strongest in the Eastern Wasteland. Jiang Ming’s reputation as the “Eastern Demon” and “Eastern Emperor” makes him a target for challengers from other regions.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming continues to treat Ye Fan as both a friend and a source of amusement, setting aside the sealed danger for him while recognizing that Ye Fan’s luck and suspicion may help him survive it. Jiang Ming also becomes more thoughtful about power and inheritance: the murder of the Supreme Yin Human Emperor’s final descendant leads him to reconsider what it means to protect a lineage.
• Jiang Ming’s view of the Tyrant Body Lineage softens. Rather than judging it by his old assumptions, he recognizes its success in preserving its inheritance and considers the practical value of bringing its strength under his influence.
• Jiang Ming and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden share a quiet, increasingly intimate relationship. He is physically playful but chooses patience, and respects Yaochi’s reluctance to share its core Western Emperor Scripture.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden benefits greatly from the Supreme Yin Scripture and advances her cultivation. Meanwhile, Yan Ruyu and Jiang Ming have a more established scholarly partnership, exchanging parts of their respective imperial legacies.
• Ye Fan, still longing to return to Earth and see his parents, turns grief into resolve and focuses on becoming stronger.

Significant themes

• Inheritance and its cost: powerful legacies can preserve a people, but they can also bring curses, violence, and tragedy.
• Changing perspective: Jiang Ming learns to judge lineages by their actions and circumstances rather than inherited bias.
• Growth through hardship: both Ye Fan and Jiang Ming advance amid danger, wounds, and tribulation.
• Rising competition: as the younger generation grows stronger, regional pride and rivalry make conflict increasingly inevitable.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming completes a fourth Dragon Transformation breakthrough, facing an unusually advanced Myriad Spirits Tribulation. Its lightning imitates powerful figures from history, including young Wushi Emperor and Void Great Emperor.
• His Dao Palace and Five Virtues deities defeat the lightning imprints, while Jiang Ming uses the tribulation to temper his treasures, body, and spiritual sense and refine Thunder Tribulation Liquid.
• After the day-long tribulation, Jiang Ming gives the Yaochi Sacred Maiden Thunder Tribulation Liquid and teaches her the Five-Element Heavenly Thunder Hand, adapting techniques he has mastered.
• The Sacred Maiden enters enlightenment for three days. She perfects a Western Emperor Scripture killing art and advances from the Six Prohibitions to the Seven Forbidden Domain.
• Watching her progress prompts Jiang Ming to reflect on how much the standards for cultivation and combat strength have risen in the Later Desolate Antiquity Era. He also mourns Gai Jiuyou, whose premature challenge to the Great Emperor realm damaged his Dao and cost him his former cultivation.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming demonstrates overwhelming strength and composure: he defeats formidable tribulation imprints with ease, remains attentive to the Sacred Maiden during his own ordeal, and acts as her mentor.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden accepts his gift and instruction, then converts it into a major breakthrough. She recognizes the vast gap between their power but is encouraged by the new path he opens for her.
• Gai Jiuyou, though absent from the events, becomes an object of Jiang Ming’s regret and admiration as a brilliant human cultivator who may have achieved more had he waited.

Significant themes

• Cultivation through guidance and effort: Jiang Ming’s demonstration helps the Sacred Maiden cross a bottleneck, but her breakthrough depends on her own foundation and three days of enlightenment.
• The rising difficulty of the age: The chapter contrasts earlier eras with the harsh conditions after the Azure Emperor’s rise, where far greater combat strength is needed to reach major realms.
• Power and potential: Combat domains such as the Seven and Eight Prohibitions mark increasingly rare levels of talent, while the Divine Forbidden Realm remains exceptional even among Quasi-Emperors.
• Regret over lost possibilities: Jiang Ming’s thoughts about Gai Jiuyou underscore the cost of impatience and the tragedy of a gifted cultivator whose challenge came too soon.