Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming reflects on Central Emperor Xiang Yufei’s extraordinary talent: he has both a Human King Body and a Supreme Bone. Qishi Mansion has spent three ancient Medicine Kings to prolong his life, and Jiang Ming thinks he might make a worthwhile friend.
• Qishi Mansion announces that it has accepted 726 disciples, far more than in previous years. Its recruits are exceptionally powerful, and the Immortal Mansion World Secret Realm is set to provide them with major opportunities.
• Jiang Ming waits outside Qishi Mansion for Yan Ruyu and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, while Big Black Dog and Nannan enjoy themselves inside. The dog causes trouble, but Nannan’s pleas—and the elders’ reluctance to offend Jiang Ming—keep him out of trouble.
• Through his Wind-Listening Ear, Jiang Ming learns that Ye Fan has arrived under the alias Ye Zhetian and is flirting with Qi Huoshui. Jiang Ming privately jokes that Ye Fan’s romantic history makes him far less innocent than himself.
• Jiang Ming sends several Dao Palace Totem Deities to enter Qishi Mansion by challenging its gatekeepers:
  • The Azure Dragon Totem, under the name Chen Zhan, defeats a powerful elder and is admitted.
  • The White Tiger Totem, calling itself Dugu Baitian, overwhelms another gatekeeper and enters.
  • The Qilin Totem also injures its opponent and gains entry.
• The public challenges demonstrate that exceptionally strong newcomers can still join Qishi Mansion after the official recruitment period. Jiang Ming’s Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise Totems are absent, occupied elsewhere.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming continues to build his strength and influence indirectly through his Totem Deities. He has gained valuable inheritances and opportunities, and now uses his avatars to secure places in Qishi Mansion.
• Central Emperor Xiang Yufei is presented as a potentially formidable figure whose talents have persuaded Qishi Mansion’s elders to invest heavily in keeping him alive.
• Ye Fan is portrayed as a skilled, confident flirt with a growing list of romantic entanglements.
• The Azure Dragon Totem has become especially capable, carrying major inheritances from Great Saint Cai Duyi, including the complete Dao Scripture and several Nine Secrets. It has been accepted as Cai Duyi’s disciple.
• The White Tiger Totem has strengthened itself by refining White Tiger True Blood, while the Qilin Totem proves its combat ability through its transformations and techniques.
• Big Black Dog and Nannan have developed a playful routine: he causes trouble, and she tries to protect him from the consequences.

Significant themes

• Talent and opportunity: Qishi Mansion prizes demonstrated combat ability, and the chapter suggests that strength can open doors even after formal rules have closed them.
• Preparation through inheritance: Jiang Ming’s Totems accumulate distinct techniques and powers, showing the value of gathering knowledge and building multiple paths to strength.
• Reputation and appearance: New identities allow Jiang Ming’s Totems to act independently and create public impressions separate from him.
• Playful subversion: Jiang Ming repeatedly bends expectations—whether through aliases, powerful avatars, or the contrast between his own self-image and Ye Fan’s romantic exploits.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming considers approaching Central Emperor but recognizes that Qishi Mansion’s elders would likely guard him closely.
• Nannan repeatedly intervenes when Big Black Dog gets into trouble, while the elders tolerate the dog’s antics because of his connection to Jiang Ming.
• Ye Fan’s flirtation with Qi Huoshui prompts Jiang Ming to compare their romantic reputations.
• Jiang Ming’s Totems confront Qishi Mansion’s gatekeepers; the elders initially challenge them, then admit them after witnessing their overwhelming strength.

Plot points and events

• On the seventh day of waiting, Jiang Ming secretly strengthened his Azure Dragon Totem Deity to the third level of the Half-Step Great Ability realm, making it his strongest Totem Deity. He also gave it Azure Dragon True Blood and a Chaos Stone Bed fragment as a weapon, while supplying the Qilin Deity with True Blood and the Five-Element Mountain.
• Yan Ruyu and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden arrived at Qishi Mansion after major advances in cultivation. Yan Ruyu completed her Azure Lotus Dao Body transformation and reached Eight Prohibitions combat strength. With Yaochi’s support and rare bloodline treasures, the Sacred Maiden developed an Innate Five Virtues Dao Body and also reached Eight Prohibitions.
• Jiang Ming welcomed both women and released two young cultivators he had kept pinned beneath mountains. At the Sacred Maiden and Yan Ruyu’s request, he let them go; they thanked him and fled rather than risk entering Qishi Mansion.
• Jiang Ming brought the two women into the Immortal Mansion Microcosm, a realm with exceptionally dense spiritual energy and an easier-to-grasp Dao, and offered them its opportunities.
• The Black Emperor arrived with Nannan and reminded Jiang Ming that two women were still in seclusion. He also reported that Gu Qingyao, Tingting, Xia Jiuyou, and another person had already entered Qishi Mansion after Gu Qingyao brushed aside the gatekeeper.
• Fairy Zixia and Jiang Chanyu then arrived. On seeing Yan Ruyu and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, both appeared uncomfortable and exchanged greetings before fleeing; Jiang Chanyu, however, did not leave.

Character development

• Jiang Ming continues to invest generously in his allies and partners, strengthening his Totem Deities and sharing cultivation resources with the women close to him.
• Yan Ruyu gains an Azure Lotus Dao Body transformation, a sense that the Azure Emperor may still be alive, and the potential and combat ability of an Ancient Emperor’s daughter.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden receives her sacred land’s full support, becomes a major future contender on the Emperor’s Path, and may serve as a safeguard for Yaochi’s future.
• The two released cultivators are humbled by the extraordinary talents gathering at Qishi Mansion and choose escape over further competition.
• Gu Qingyao is portrayed as immensely powerful, with her accumulated techniques and treasures likely bringing her close to the Divine Forbidden Realm.

Significant themes

• Cultivation through opportunity and preparation: Rare bloodlines, scriptures, and sacred treasures accelerate breakthroughs, but some gains—such as the Qilin Deity’s improvement—require years of patient accumulation.
• An approaching age of rising talent: The gatekeeper’s reflections suggest the Great Dao is recovering and that a new era of exceptional geniuses—and possibly another Great Emperor—is beginning.
• Loyalty and mutual support: Jiang Ming’s generosity and Yaochi Sacred Land’s investment in its successor show how personal relationships and institutions alike build strength for the future.

Character interactions

• Yan Ruyu and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden reunite affectionately with Jiang Ming, while their request prompts him to free the two suppressed cultivators.
• The freed men flatter the trio with congratulations, then leave immediately once released.
• The Black Emperor teases and reproaches Jiang Ming for entering the Immortal Mansion without waiting for everyone.
• Fairy Zixia and Jiang Chanyu’s uneasy reaction to the two women hints at awkward personal dynamics; Jiang Chanyu’s decision to stay leaves her role unresolved.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming arrives in the dangerous Immortal Mansion World with the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, Yan Ruyu, the Black Emperor, Nannan, and others. He introduces the Sacred Maiden and Jiang Chanyu, the celebrated beauty of the Central Plains, to his companions.
• The Black Emperor urges the group to seek opportunities. Jiang Ming points out that their “mountain” is actually a gigantic Old Flood Dragon, which awakens and devours two Great-Ability golden eagles.
• Jiang Ming defeats the Holy Master-level dragon by extracting its soul, then returns it and compels it to guide the group to places of opportunity.
• Their first stop is a pool bearing Dao traces left by a deceased Great Saint. Jiang Ming recognizes the Dragon-Wrestling Art and invites the others to study it. The Old Flood Dragon reveals that these traces helped it evolve from a snake.
• The narrative notes that Ye Fan has also entered the Immortal Mansion World, where powerful beasts and cultivators make survival difficult. Over the following month, Jiang Ming witnesses numerous Half-Step Great Abilities die, despite traveling on the dragon.
• The group discovers that someone has scraped away a legacy’s traces after learning them. The Black Emperor complains, though Jiang Ming points out that such selfishness and violence are common in the chaotic world.
• The chapter ends with the group finding five valuable Dragon Loaches, prized for their medicinal properties and life-extending effects.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming demonstrates greater strength and confidence: his body and divine sense have advanced, and his new soul-focused abilities let him overpower the Old Flood Dragon with ease. He uses force to secure the dragon’s cooperation, but takes a generous view of sharing ancient teachings.
• The Old Flood Dragon shifts from territorial threat to frightened guide, obeying Jiang Ming and leading the group to valuable sites. Its son, a powerful blue Flood Dragon, is also subdued and persuaded to let them study the Dao traces.
• The Black Emperor is eager to find rewards and improve his strength, but remains cautious enough to travel with Jiang Ming. His complaints about erased legacies reveal his indignation, though Jiang Ming reminds him that he has shown similar selfish instincts.
• Nannan treats the awakening dragon with delight and studies the Dragon-Wrestling Art, hoping to pass it on to Ye Fan.
• Jiang Ming’s companions, including the Yaochi Sacred Maiden and Yan Ruyu, accept his multiple romantic relationships as normal within their society.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: The Immortal Mansion World is governed by danger, strength, and competition; even powerful cultivators can die quickly.
• Legacy and generosity: Ancient sages leave knowledge for others, but some seekers erase it to monopolize it. Jiang Ming argues that teachings should be shared—and believes his own mastery will distinguish him regardless.
• Power reshapes relationships: Jiang Ming’s overwhelming strength turns a dangerous beast into a reluctant ally.
• Opportunity amid danger: The world offers extraordinary techniques and treasures, but every discovery comes with risks.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming and his companions discover five rare Dragon Loaches in a swamp. He captures them using his Yin-Yang Reversal ability and stores them in a jar of Divine Spring Essence Liquid, hoping to raise them.
• The swamp’s owner, the enormous Centipede King, erupts from the ground in fury. He possesses a Heritage Saint Weapon—a golden jade mirror embedded in his forehead—and attacks Jiang Ming with deadly venom and the mirror’s golden light.
• Jiang Ming’s White Lotus Purifying Flame neutralizes the venom. He absorbs the mirror’s attack with the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Canopy, then teleports beside the Centipede King and strikes him with a powerful dragon-tailed kick.
• The blow sends the Centipede King flying across the landscape. Ye Fan nearly gets crushed, but uses the Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree to redirect the wounded beast. Duan De also narrowly escapes.
• Jiang Ming catches up with the Centipede King, pins him to the ground, and challenges him to become his mount.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming shows confidence and resourcefulness, quickly capturing the Dragon Loaches and countering a powerful Beast King’s attacks. He treats the Centipede King as both an opponent and a potential mount.
• The Centipede King is revealed as a formidable Beast King who rose in power after refining a Saint Mirror into his forehead. His usual attacks prove ineffective against Jiang Ming.
• Ye Fan is caught in the collateral damage but demonstrates quick reactions and skill with the Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree.
• Duan De is furious after being robbed of most of his treasures, though his anger must wait while he flees the flying centipede. He recognizes the tree as the Undying Wondrous Tree he had hoped to claim.
• Old Flood Dragon tells Jiang Ming about the Centipede King’s rise, and his envy reveals the rivalry and status comparisons among former Holy Masters.

Significant themes

• Power and status: The Centipede King’s rise through the Saint Mirror contrasts with Jiang Ming’s overwhelming strength and versatility.
• Opportunity and cultivation: Jiang Ming sees the Dragon Loaches not merely as prey but as valuable resources to cultivate for the future.
• Humor amid danger: Ye Fan and Duan De’s near-disasters, especially Duan De’s robbery and frantic escape, lend a comic edge to the battle.
• Collateral consequences: Jiang Ming’s fight has immediate, unintended effects on others, turning his victory into a “calamity out of nowhere” for Ye Fan and Duan De.

Key plot points

• Jiang Ming defeats the Centipede Ancestor, extracts the Saint Mirror fused into its brow, and seals the creature away to use as a medicinal ingredient. Ye Fan realizes Jiang Ming had caused the calamity that nearly trapped him, while Duan De decides it is safer to leave.
• Half a month later, Jiang Ming raids a golden lion’s nest and finds powerful sword Dao Traces and many rare herbs. Old Flood Dragon then leads the group to a sealed treasure ground deep in the Immortal Antiquity World.
• Jiang Ming and Black Emperor break through its layered formations. Inside, they find abundant Pure Source and Divine Source, thirteen Dragon Loaches, a Fortune Divine Spring, Earth Mother Milk, a ninety-thousand-year Medicine King bearing three fruits, and an Immortal Apricot tree with two fruits embodying wind and thunder.
• Jin Ling arrives after cultivating in the Fire Domain. Now a Holy Master, she has forged powerful Golden Crow weapons. Jiang Ming gives her the two Immortal Apricots, believing she can safely benefit from their wind-and-thunder powers. Black Emperor, who had declined the fruit when offered, receives Immortal Brew instead.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming displays overwhelming strength and confidence, treats rare creatures and treasures as resources, and rewards his companions generously—though he enjoys teasing them.
• Ye Fan recognizes how far Jiang Ming has surpassed him and how indirectly Jiang Ming’s actions endangered him.
• Duan De is intimidated by Jiang Ming and chooses self-preservation over staying near him.
• Yaochi Sacred Maiden reaches the Ninth Transformation of Dragon Transformation after studying ancient Dao Traces; Black Emperor also undergoes a tribulation. Jiang Ming senses that his own next breakthrough is near.
• Nannan enjoys the journey and claims to memorize secret arts for Ye Fan, though she often forgets them.
• Jin Ling has grown stronger and more capable during her retreat, and Jiang Ming’s gift recognizes her affinity with the fruits. Black Emperor first distrusts Jiang Ming’s offer, then regrets refusing the fruit—but accepts the wine once reassured.

Significant themes

• Strength, cultivation, and opportunity: Studying ancient inheritances can accelerate advancement, while Jiang Ming’s power lets him seize opportunities others could not.
• The risks of shortcuts: The Centipede Ancestor’s fused Saint Mirror offers power but limits its future potential, illustrating the cost of incompatible cultivation choices.
• Abundance and unequal fortune: The group’s discoveries range from rare medicines to immense source veins, while characters’ luck and ability shape what they can gain.
• Trust and camaraderie: Jiang Ming’s teasing creates friction, but his practical generosity—especially toward Jin Ling and Black Emperor—shows his loyalty to the group.

Chapter Summary: That Freak’s Sword

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jin Ling plucks two Ice-Clear Jade-Pure Fruits from a mysterious apricot tree. The tree immediately withers, confirming that the fruits are rare, Quasi-Emperor-level resources. After eating one, Jin Ling undergoes a painful transformation surrounded by golden lightning and silver wind.
• Jiang Ming distributes the remaining treasures and prepares an extravagant feast. He cooks a Dragon Loach for Nannan and prepares numerous dishes from Primordial Species for the others. The group enjoys a banquet while other cultivators struggle to find opportunities.
• After three days of secluded cultivation, several members of Jiang Ming’s group advance:
  • Jiang Ming reaches the Fourth Heaven of the Half-Step Great Ability realm.
  • Yan Ruyu reaches the Third Heaven.
  • Xia Jiuyou reaches the Eighth Transformation of Dragon Transformation.
  • Jiang Ming’s daughter reaches the Fourth Stage of the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
• Jiang Ming gives Gu Qingyao an Ice-Clear Jade-Pure Fruit, believing that her opportunities and connection to him may allow her to overcome limitations that could have prevented her from reaching the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• Jiang Ming strips the Immortal Maiden Holding Heart terrain of its Divine Source, Pure Source, medicinal treasures, and other resources, choosing to use them for his own growth rather than preserve them for possible future geniuses.
• The group begins moving together through the Immortal Mansion World, where Holy Master-level Primordial Species hunt human prodigies. Jiang Ming and Yan Ruyu defeat several powerful creatures, including Lightning King Birds and Black Cloud Tigers, turning them into food and resources.
• Ye Fan, Duan De, Dongfang Ye, Jiang Chanyu, and Fairy Zixia temporarily leave the Immortal Mansion World after being pursued. They regroup to investigate an Immortal Burial Map that may lead to the burial ground of a Great Emperor.
• Jiang Ming explores a dangerous inner region of the Immortal Mansion World containing hidden Great Emperor-level formations. Flight is restricted, and the group encounters a gigantic Black Tortoise in a vast lake.
• Jiang Ming kills the Holy Master-level Black Tortoise with a single kick and a sword strike, then stores away its body. He discovers a forty-thousand-year-old Waterlike Blue Crystal Ginseng and a crude-looking stone carving that contains an inheritance connected to the Black Tortoise.
• Later, an Azure Sky Peng attacks more than a hundred cultivators. Jiang Ming kills it instantly with his Life-Bound Sword through his newly named Heart Sword Art, a technique combining Heart-Spirit Sword Soul and Sword Flight. His effortless victory leaves the witnesses stunned.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming continues to demonstrate overwhelming strength, resourcefulness, and confidence. He treats powerful Primordial Species as both enemies and ingredients, while constantly collecting treasures to improve himself and his companions.
• Jin Ling begins a major evolution after consuming the Ice-Clear Jade-Pure Fruit. Her painful transformation suggests that her bloodline and form may improve significantly.
• Gu Qingyao receives a valuable fruit from Jiang Ming. Her future potential is greatly enhanced by his protection, resources, and opportunities.
• Xia Jiuyou and Jiang Ming’s daughter show extraordinary cultivation speed, especially given their young ages.
• Ye Fan has reached the Fifth Transformation of Dragon Transformation and has grown stronger, but still recognizes that Jiang Ming is far beyond him.
• Duan De remains suspicious and resentful of Jiang Ming, fearing that Jiang Ming will seize every valuable opportunity before the others can obtain it.
• Fairy Zixia and Jiang Chanyu are astonished by Jiang Ming’s swordsmanship and acknowledge that his power surpasses even famous prodigies such as Wang Teng and Xiang Yufei.

Significant Themes

• Power and opportunity: Jiang Ming believes resources should be used by those strong enough to benefit from them rather than saved for hypothetical future generations.
• Rapid growth through exceptional fortune: The chapter emphasizes how rare fruits, inheritances, medicinal treasures, and protection can transform a cultivator’s future.
• Predation and survival: The Immortal Mansion World is portrayed as a brutal environment where Primordial Species hunt human geniuses, and survival depends on strength and cooperation.
• The gap between prodigies: Even talented figures such as Ye Fan are forced to recognize the enormous difference between themselves and Jiang Ming.
• Food as conquest and camaraderie: Jiang Ming’s habit of turning defeated monsters into lavish meals combines comedy with a reminder of his dominance over the dangerous world.
• Swordsmanship and instinct: The Heart Sword Art represents Jiang Ming’s growing mastery, allowing his sword to move according to thought and perception rather than physical action.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming takes care of Nannan by preparing her a special Dragon Loach meal, showing his protective and indulgent attitude toward the children.
• He invites his daughter and Xia Jiuyou into the feast, then prepares additional dishes for them and the wider group.
• Jiang Ming gives Gu Qingyao a precious fruit despite its value because of their close relationship and his desire to help her reach greater heights.
• Gu Qingyao warns Jiang Ming about the dangerous formations in the deeper region, contributing her perception and expertise.
• Jiang Ming rescues five Great Abilities from the Black Tortoise and briefly advises them to leave, while they express gratitude for saving their lives.
• Ye Fan’s group repeatedly witnesses Jiang Ming’s overwhelming victories. Duan De reacts with hostility, Dongfang Ye with alarm, and Fairy Zixia and Jiang Chanyu with admiration and disbelief.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dongfang Ye questions where the group should travel, but Duan De recommends crossing a swamp after using his feng shui abilities to identify the “safe” route.
• The swamp proves extremely dangerous: a Saint Master-level Golden Coin Divine Toad and a Fish-Dragon Crocodile attack the group simultaneously.
• Jiang Ming effortlessly kills both Primordial Species, harvesting their bodies, treasures, and medicinal herbs. He discovers rare plants including a thirty-thousand-year-old Jade Lotus and a forty-thousand-year-old Dragon Gallbladder Grass.
• Jiang Ming also recovers a damaged King Weapon from the Fish-Dragon Crocodile. Gu Qingyao repairs it and upgrades it into a Quasi-Saint Weapon, astonishing Duan De and the others.
• The group encounters Old Blind Man, a Western Desert female Bodhisattva named Jue Youqing, and a swarm of God-Slaying Insects. The insects initially threaten the group, but they are defeated in unexpected ways:
  • Tingting cuts one apart with scissors forged from Xuanhuang Mother Qi.
  • Dongfang Ye crushes one through sheer physical strength.
  • Ye Fan also crushes one, demonstrating that his body has reached the level of a Great Accomplished King.
  • Tingting’s Black-Patterned Blood Mosquito devours the remaining insects.
• Jue Youqing is freed from danger and thanks the group.
• The party continues onward, with Duan De and Old Blind Man taking the lead in treasure hunting. Nannan shares the Dragon Transformation Chapter of the Primordial Emperor Scripture with Ye Fan, greatly benefiting him.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming is portrayed as overwhelmingly powerful and relaxed. He treats terrifying Saint Master-level beasts as ingredients, effortlessly kills them, and gathers rare medicines and weapons.
• Gu Qingyao demonstrates her exceptional refinement abilities by restoring and strengthening a damaged King Weapon into a Quasi-Saint Weapon. She also selectively protects Nannan rather than shielding everyone, treating the encounter as a practical trial.
• Ye Fan continues progressing physically and spiritually. He crushes a God-Slaying Insect and realizes that his physique has reached the Great Accomplished King level. Receiving Nannan’s teachings also eases the hostility created by his recent killing.
• Nannan shows a desire to help Ye Fan, sharing powerful forgotten techniques and forming a warm bond with him.
• Tingting proves unexpectedly capable by killing a God-Slaying Insect with her special scissors.
• Dongfang Ye highlights his formidable inherited physique by crushing an insect with his bare strength.
• Duan De remains suspicious, greedy, and comedic, repeatedly criticizing the dangerous “safe” routes and envying Jiang Ming’s effortless gains.
• Jue Youqing is established as a highly gifted Western Desert disciple with a Seven-Colored Glazed Body and the potential to become a future Great Saint.
• Old Blind Man is revealed to possess significant knowledge despite his deceptive appearance and apparent blindness.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and contrast: The dangers that terrify the group are almost trivial to Jiang Ming, emphasizing the vast difference between his strength and that of ordinary cultivators.
• Treasure hunting and cultivation resources: Primordial beast corpses, ancient herbs, and weapons are treated as valuable opportunities, reinforcing the chapter’s focus on survival, wealth, and advancement through cultivation.
• Unexpected forms of strength: Physical bodies, bloodlines, weapons, and secret techniques all provide different ways to overcome seemingly indestructible enemies.
• Mentorship and transmission: Nannan passing on the Dragon Transformation Chapter to Ye Fan reflects the importance of sharing knowledge and preserving powerful inheritances.
• Humor amid danger: Duan De’s failed route selection, his fear of the Black Emperor, and everyone’s bizarrely easy methods of killing God-Slaying Insects provide comic relief.
• Moral and emotional recovery: Ye Fan’s joy after receiving Nannan’s teachings helps cleanse the murderous hostility accumulated during the journey.

Character Interactions

• Dongfang Ye openly challenges Duan De’s judgment after the “safe” route produces two deadly beasts.
• Jiang Ming repeatedly saves and impresses the group, while Ye Fan admires him as someone who treats a perilous trial like a leisurely excursion through a medicinal garden.
• Jiang Ming entrusts the damaged King Weapon to Gu Qingyao, whose effortless repair leaves Duan De envious.
• Gu Qingyao uses the God-Slaying Insect encounter as a trial for Nannan, allowing her to face danger directly.
• Old Blind Man explains the nature of the insects, though the group defeats them in ways that surprise even him.
• Nannan helps Ye Fan by sharing ancient techniques, and Ye Fan responds affectionately by giving her treasured fruits.
• Duan De, Old Blind Man, and Black Emperor form a treasure-seeking vanguard, while Duan De deliberately avoids traveling too closely with Jiang Ming and the Black Emperor.

Chapter Summary: “Six Medicine Kings”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Qingyao senses a terrifying presence within the Immortal Mansion World and warns the group to proceed carefully.
• Jiang Ming identifies the presence as a Divine Thought, an evil remnant likely left behind by a fallen Quasi-Emperor or Great Emperor. It is capable of slaughtering all living beings, though its true origin remains uncertain.
• The group continues toward the true entrance of the Immortal Mansion World while avoiding the Divine Thought.
• Ye Fan repeatedly faces challengers from powerful clans. Having grown much stronger, he handles them himself, with Jiang Ming prepared to intervene only against opponents above the Great Ability realm.
• Old Blind Man divines that the journey will be dangerous but ultimately safe and will contain a major opportunity.
• Six extremely ancient Medicine Kings, estimated to be eighty or ninety thousand years old, appear. Multiple powerful cultivators immediately compete for them:
  • Chen Zhan seizes three Medicine Kings and destroys two Saint Master-level weapons before escaping as an Azure Dragon.
  • Dugu Baitian takes two Medicine Kings after overpowering a demon lord.
  • Jiang Ming collects the entire medicine field and the final Medicine King.
• Jiang Ming’s daughter, Tingting, strikes a Western Desert divine monk who tries to interfere. Jiang Ming then knocks the monk unconscious with a brick, leaving Jue Youqing to treat him.
• Gu Qingyao discovers a broken bronze bell made from Heritage Saint Material, which can be reforged into a Saint Weapon for Tingting’s protection.
• The Divine Thought finally reveals itself, blocking the group’s path. It kills cultivators who rush into a dead end near a lake.
• Gu Qingyao prepares to confront it with a Quasi-Emperor Armament, while Old Blind Man offers an Ancient Scripture designed to counter such evil entities. Jiang Ming gives her the Deliverance Scripture.

Character Developments

• Gu Qingyao shows heightened vigilance and courage, recognizing the danger of the Divine Thought and preparing to confront it despite its mysterious power.
• Jiang Ming remains calm and dominant, treating the Medicine King struggle casually while decisively protecting his companions and punishing anyone who threatens them.
• Ye Fan demonstrates major growth, now capable of handling most hostile cultivators without Jiang Ming’s assistance.
• Tingting displays surprising boldness by attacking a Saint Master-level monk, while Gu Qingyao’s discovery of a defensive weapon highlights her concern for the girl’s safety.
• Old Blind Man proves both perceptive and useful through his divination and knowledge of scriptures against evil beings.
• Chen Zhan and Dugu Baitian are introduced as exceptionally powerful competitors capable of destroying Saint Master-level weapons and overwhelming formidable opponents.

Significant Themes

• Danger hidden beneath opportunity: The Immortal Mansion offers rare treasures and Medicine Kings, but greed can lead cultivators directly into death.
• Power and deterrence: Jiang Ming’s reputation prevents others from challenging him even after he takes the final Medicine King.
• The corruption of fallen power: The Divine Thought represents the terrifying evil that can remain after the death or fall of supreme beings.
• Protection and inheritance: Weapons, scriptures, and knowledge are passed to the younger generation, particularly Tingting, preparing her for future dangers.
• Caution versus greed: The group’s restraint contrasts with the cultivators who rush after treasures and are killed by the Divine Thought.

Character Interactions

• Gu Qingyao warns the group about the terror she senses, and Jiang Ming explains its likely nature.
• Jiang Ming relies on Ye Fan’s growing strength but remains ready to protect him from overwhelming enemies.
• Tingting alerts Jiang Ming to the Medicine Kings, prompting their successful acquisition.
• Tingting attacks the Western Desert monk, after which Jiang Ming knocks him unconscious and Jue Youqing treats him.
• Old Blind Man warns Gu Qingyao about the Divine Thought and provides the means to resist it through the Deliverance Scripture, supplied by Jiang Ming.

Chapter Summary: “Deity Thought”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming and the others reach a vast, jade-green lake marking the end of the Immortal Mansion World’s first layer. Spatial fluctuations indicate the existence of a second layer, potentially the true burial ground of an immortal.
• Before they can proceed, a mysterious straw-clad figure on a boat appears. It reveals itself as a terrifying Divine Thought and swallows more than a hundred people, including several Great Abilities and numerous Half-Step Great Abilities.
• The group debates the figure’s identity. It claims to be Primordial Emperor, but Gu Qingyao recognizes the claim as false, explaining that Divine Thoughts generally resent or avoid openly identifying with their former selves.
• Provoked by Gu Qingyao, the Divine Thought transforms into a black sun and unleashes a black-hole-like attack. Gu Qingyao counters with the Annihilation Heavenly Palace’s secret art, Myriad Dao Annihilation, overwhelming the entity and forcing it to flee.
• Gu Qingyao leads Jiang Ming and the others through the barrier into the second layer. A monk remaining behind offers to protect the others with the Rebirth Sutra, though Jiang Ming is suspicious of his motives.
• The second layer is revealed to be an extraordinary primordial world filled with liquefied spiritual energy, Innate Essence, ancient trees, Variant Sources, Pure Source, and Divine Source Liquid.
• Jiang Ming and the other powerful cultivators immediately begin harvesting the world’s resources. Jiang Ming collects spiritual-energy pools for brewing wine and uses his Totem Deities to destroy ancient trees and absorb their essence into Five-Element Mountain.
• Duan De, Ye Fan, Tingting, and others also compete to gather the treasures, while even Gu Qingyao becomes excited by the abundance of opportunities.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming remains cautious about the Divine Thought’s identity but quickly shifts his focus to exploiting the second layer’s resources. His use of multiple Totem Deities and treasures demonstrates his preparation, ambition, and determination to build a powerful foundation.
• Gu Qingyao establishes herself as the strongest and most knowledgeable figure present. Her understanding of Divine Thoughts allows her to expose the straw-clad figure’s false identity, and her effortless defeat of its black-hole attack confirms her overwhelming strength.
• The Divine Thought is portrayed as an unstable remnant of a dead supreme being. It is arrogant, desperate to preserve its former identity, and easily enraged when challenged. Its immense initial slaughter is tempered by the revelation that it is weaker than it first appeared.
• Duan De, Ye Fan, Tingting, and the others reveal their opportunistic sides by rapidly joining the scramble for resources. Their reactions also emphasize how extraordinary the second layer is.
• Dongfang Ye recognizes the significance of the environment, realizing that such abundant spiritual energy explains the strength of the Primordial Royal Clans.
• The monk presents himself as helpful by offering a protective sutra, but his suspicious timing leaves his true intentions uncertain.

Significant Themes

• The limits of supreme power: The discussion of Primordial Emperor, Hengyu, Void Great Emperor, and the Forbidden Lands emphasizes that even Great Emperors could be defeated, ambushed, or forced to retreat.
• The tragedy of death and obsession: Divine Thoughts are portrayed as remnants shaped by unresolved attachments. The straw-clad figure’s rage and false claim of being Primordial Emperor reveal its inability to accept its own death or diminished state.
• The contrast between reputation and reality: The Divine Thought boasts of being Primordial Emperor, but Gu Qingyao exposes the claim, showing that legendary titles do not guarantee genuine strength or authenticity.
• Opportunity and competition: The second layer represents immense fortune, but its treasures immediately provoke competition. The cultivators’ rapid plundering reflects the cultivation world’s survival principle: those who act first gain the greatest rewards.
• The importance of foundations: Jiang Ming’s efforts to gather spiritual energy, ancient tree essence, and Variant Sources show that advancement depends not only on immediate power but also on building lasting resources for future cultivation.
• The difference between eras: The primordial environment, rich in Innate Essence, explains why ancient races and clans were able to cultivate so rapidly compared with beings of the current age.

Character Interactions

• Gu Qingyao directly confronts the straw-clad Divine Thought, ordering it not to obstruct the living. Their exchange quickly becomes a test of authority and strength.
• The Divine Thought attempts to intimidate Gu Qingyao by claiming to be Primordial Emperor, but she dismisses its assertion and provokes it into revealing its unstable nature.
• Jiang Ming consults Gu Qingyao about the Divine Thought’s identity and trusts her judgment when she decides to proceed into the second layer.
• The monk addresses the surviving cultivators and offers collective protection through the Rebirth Sutra, creating an atmosphere of uncertain cooperation.
• Jiang Ming competes indirectly with Duan De and the others as they all gather the world’s resources. Their actions turn the second layer into a frantic treasure-hunting contest.
• Dongfang Ye and Duan De comment on the environment’s extraordinary nature, while Jiang Ming silently acts, emphasizing his practical and resource-focused personality.

Chapter Summary: “Little Kun Peng”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming awakens Jin Ling after she absorbs two Immortal Apricots and releases her from the Nine Heavens Ziwei Jade Pagoda.
• The Wind-Thunder Fruit activates part of Jin Ling’s Azure Sky Peng bloodline. Her origin, potential, and bloodline improve dramatically, allowing her to awaken a trace of Kun Peng True Blood and gain both Supreme Yang and Lunar Powers.
• Jin Ling’s strength and presence rise to the level of a Great Emperor’s mount. Jiang Ming sends her to hunt a powerful cyan Flood Dragon and later a Three-Legged Golden Crow so she can evolve by consuming them.
• The group discovers three Golden Crow eggs. Jiang Ming tells Nannan and Duan De to obtain eggs for future pets, while Ye Fan declines one because raising it would be too troublesome.
• Jiang Ming collects a hundred-thousand-year-old Fire Tree King rooted over a fire vein. Dongfang Ye discovers a Saint’s bone, but Ye Fan takes it, leading to an argument between them.
• Jiang Ming finds another fragment of the Supreme Yang Scripture, specifically part of the Immortal Platform Chapter, engraved on an Immortal Tear Green Gold book disguised as Green Copper.
• He recites the Solar True Formula once for everyone. Ye Fan nearly completes his copy of the scripture, while Duan De fails to remember part of it. Nannan remembers the missing section but refuses to tell him because she considers him a bad person.
• After Jin Ling kills the enraged Golden Crow, her combat power is confirmed to have reached the Eight Prohibitions, along with two innate divine abilities.
• Jiang Ming leads a smaller group toward the Dragon Nest, taking Yan Ruyu, the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, Jiang Chanyu, and Fairy Zixia. Ye Fan, Nannan, Xia Jiuyou, Gu Qingyao, Duan De, and Big Black Dog form another group to explore independently.
• At the Dragon Pool, Jiang Ming collects the spiritually rich pool water, discovers two ninety-thousand-year-old twin Medicine Kings—Dragon Tongue Grass—and finds two dragon eggs.
• He gives one dragon egg each to Fairy Zixia and Jiang Chanyu, then obtains a massive piece of Dragon-Pattern Divine Source and forty-nine drops of Dragon Marrow.

Character Developments

• Jin Ling undergoes a major evolution. Her bloodline begins transforming toward that of the Kun Peng, giving her access to both yang and lunar powers and making her a powerful, worthy mount for Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming continues acting as the group’s main source of protection, knowledge, and opportunity. He generously shares the Solar True Formula but remains selective about who may accompany him to valuable locations.
• Ye Fan benefits greatly from the Solar True Formula and demonstrates exceptional comprehension by memorizing it after hearing it once. He also remains opportunistic, claiming the Saint’s bone.
• Duan De is frustrated when he cannot fully remember the scripture, while Nannan’s refusal to help humiliates him and reinforces their antagonistic dynamic.
• Nannan shows childish stubbornness and distrust toward Duan De, but she is also highly intelligent and capable of remembering the scripture.
• Fairy Zixia and Jiang Chanyu receive dragon eggs, suggesting future development through raising powerful dragon offspring.
• Dongfang Ye continues competing with Ye Fan over treasures, particularly the Saint’s bone.

Significant Themes

• Evolution and bloodline transformation: Jin Ling’s awakening of Kun Peng True Blood highlights the importance of inherited bloodlines, cultivation resources, and consumption-based evolution.
• Opportunity and resource competition: The characters constantly compete for scriptures, eggs, Medicine Kings, divine materials, and ancient remains.
• Generosity versus possessiveness: Jiang Ming shares a priceless cultivation scripture but restricts access to the Dragon Nest, showing that his generosity has limits.
• Cultivation through inheritance and comprehension: The Solar True Formula becomes a major opportunity for the group, emphasizing memory, talent, and the value of ancient legacies.
• Predation as advancement: Powerful creatures such as Flood Dragons and Golden Crows become resources for Jin Ling’s growth, reflecting the harsh survival logic of the cultivation world.
• Friendship mixed with rivalry: The group cooperates while still quarrelling over treasures and opportunities, especially Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye, and Duan De and Nannan.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming encourages Jin Ling’s evolution by directing her toward powerful prey.
• Jiang Ming gives Nannan and Duan De permission to take Golden Crow eggs, though Ye Fan declines to participate.
• Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye clash over possession of a Saint’s bone.
• Jiang Ming recites the Solar True Formula for the entire group, benefiting nearly everyone present.
• Duan De asks for the scripture to be repeated, but Nannan mocks him by revealing that she remembers the missing portion and will not share it.
• Jiang Ming chooses a select group for the Dragon Nest expedition, leaving the others to explore independently.
• Jin Ling serves as both transportation and combat support, devouring dangerous Primordial Species and killing the Golden Crow that attacks after its nest is looted.

Chapter Summary: The God-King Returns the Furnace

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming and his companions continue exploring the Second Heavenly Layer of the Reclining Immortal Land, encountering numerous powerful Primordial Species, including the Azure Flood Dragon, Golden Crow, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Scarlet Firebird.
• Jin Ling gains valuable combat experience and treasures, proving that she has the potential to become a Great Saint-level Heavenly Demon.
• The group collects beast eggs, bird eggs, five Medicine Kings, and more than three hundred ten-thousand-year-old medicines. Jiang Ming distributes Medicine Kings to Yan Ruyu, the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, Fairy Zixia, and Jiang Chanyu for emergency healing.
• Everyone in the group obtains valuable treasures, including:
  • A Saint Weapon brick for Jiang Ming.
  • A possible Great Saint Weapon or Quasi-Emperor Armament for the Yaochi Sacred Maiden.
  • A mysterious small iron figure for Jiang Chanyu, possibly the Indestructible Battle Armor.
  • A Dao-patterned fruit pit for Fairy Zixia, potentially originating from the Enlightenment Tree.
• Duan De confirms that this is the true Reclining Immortal Land and suspects that an Undying Divine Medicine lies deeper within.
• Upon reaching Immortal Burial Mountain, the group encounters terrifying pressure, black shadows, mournful cries, ancient caves, and corpse-born monsters.
• A Devil Ape attacks Jiang Ming, but he destroys it effortlessly with his physical strength and burns it to ash using his Inner True Flame.
• Jiang Ming explains that these Devil Apes are likely mutated corpses of ancient Dao-Severing Kings. Duan De warns that even more dangerous corpse monsters may appear.
• God-King Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun arrive. Jiang Taixu has reached the Second Heavenly Layer of the Saint King realm, while Caiyun has advanced to the Third Heavenly Layer of the Saint realm.
• Jiang Taixu returns the Lihuo Divine Furnace to Jiang Ming, though Jiang Ming tells him to keep using it if necessary. The furnace may later help Jiang Ming’s Vermilion Bird Totem absorb the Fire Tree Immortal Flame.
• Jiang Taixu and Caiyun decide to explore the ancient caves, while Gu Qingyao also separates from the main group to investigate them.
• At the mountain summit, the group reaches bridges made from Soul-Calming Iron. Numerous ancient corpses—many formerly Great Accomplished Kings, Half-Saints, or Saints—hang from the chains and have developed strange spiritual consciousness.
• With no obvious path forward, Jiang Ming looks below the cliff and discovers a black river of Supreme Yin True Water. He tells his daughter Tingting to collect it, recognizing that it is especially beneficial to her Lunar Body.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming continues to display overwhelming strength and confidence, defeating a Devil Ape without using techniques and effortlessly burning it with his Inner True Flame.
• Jin Ling grows substantially through combat and treasure gathering, establishing her future potential as a Great Saint-level Heavenly Demon.
• Tingting demonstrates exceptional potential despite having the lowest cultivation in the group. Her Lunar Body, carefully cultivated foundation, and Seven Prohibitions combat strength allow her to withstand the oppressive mountain environment.
• Xia Jiuyou advances to the Eighth Transformation of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, reflecting her rapid growth and the power of her Nine Nether Immortal Body.
• God-King Jiang Taixu makes a major breakthrough, becoming a Saint King of the Second Heavenly Layer after previously being prevented from advancing by his imprisonment and lack of access to tribulation and spiritual essence.
• Fairy Caiyun also improves significantly, reaching the Third Heavenly Layer of the Saint realm.
• Gu Qingyao displays confidence in her ability to survive independently and explores the dangerous caves without hesitation.
• Duan De continues acting as the group’s knowledgeable guide, identifying the true Reclining Immortal Land, explaining the origins of the Devil Apes, and warning everyone about the dangers ahead.

Significant Themes

• Treasure and opportunity amid danger: The most valuable inheritances and medicines are found alongside deadly monsters, corpse transformations, and hostile environments.
• Growth through exploration: Nearly every character improves through combat, cultivation, or the acquisition of powerful treasures.
• The lingering power of the dead: The Divine Thought of the buried Immortal Emperor has altered the entire region, causing corpses and even sleeping lifeforms to mutate into terrifying entities.
• Protection and preparation: Jiang Ming distributes Medicine Kings to ensure his companions can recover during life-or-death battles, showing his concern for their survival.
• Inheritance and potential: Items such as the Indestructible Battle Armor and Enlightenment Fruit may dramatically change the future strength of their owners.
• Special physiques and destined opportunities: Tingting’s Lunar Body makes the Supreme Yin True Water an especially important opportunity for her development.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Jin Ling work together while gathering resources, allowing her to test her combat ability.
• Jiang Ming distributes Medicine Kings to several women in the group, emphasizing his protective role.
• Duan De repeatedly advises the group about the nature of the Reclining Immortal Land and the dangers of corpse-born monsters.
• Jiang Ming meets Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun, teasingly addressing Caiyun while acknowledging their significant cultivation improvements.
• Jiang Taixu jokes with Jiang Ming about returning the Lihuo Divine Furnace, and Jiang Ming explains that he is no longer desperate for it after obtaining the Five-Element Mountain.
• Jiang Ming encourages Gu Qingyao to explore independently and reassures her that the group will be safe.
• Dongfang Ye remains wary of the hanging corpses, while Jiang Ming stays calm and focuses on the Supreme Yin True Water.
• Jiang Ming directs Tingting to seize the Supreme Yin True Water, identifying it as the greatest opportunity available to her at the mountain summit.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Tingting uses the Supreme Yin True Formula to draw Supreme Yin True Water into a Treasure-Gathering Basin. Jiang Ming plans to give her his old Divine-Demon Dao Soldiers as guards and notes that her formula also allows her to refine Supreme Yin puppets.
• While collecting the water, Jiang Ming’s Black Tortoise Totem Deity enters the river and absorbs a vast amount, aided by its near-authentic transformation and a mysterious black gourd.
• Jiang Ming and the others decide to cross the river before more cultivators arrive. Fairy Zixia and Jiang Chanyu stay behind to guard the group’s position, alongside Yan Ruyu and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, both protected by powerful weapons.
• A Henggong Fish attacks the Black Tortoise. Jiang Ming captures it with a True Dragon’s Claw, then uses the Totem Deity as bait to catch five more enormous fish. He hopes to prepare them as potent medicinal food.
• More groups arrive, led by Holy Masters and protected by Saint Weapons. Many carefully gather the dangerous Supreme Yin True Water, while Jiang Ming prepares to capture awakened corpses and refine them into Divine-Demon Dao Soldiers.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Tingting demonstrates her growing command of the Supreme Yin True Formula and gains the prospect of powerful puppet guards.
• Jiang Ming acts with confidence and resourcefulness, turning the Black Tortoise Totem Deity into both a water-gathering aid and bait for rare fish. His strength makes the arriving cultivators wary.
• Duan De admires the Totem Deity’s unusual ability to withstand the water and urges the group to cross before they lose their lead. Ye Fan, the Old Blind Man, Dongfang Ye, and Jue Youqing agree.
• The women’s different levels of protection are emphasized: Yan Ruyu and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden possess formidable artifacts, Fairy Zixia has a Saint Mirror, while Jiang Chanyu lacks a Saint Weapon because her dynasty has declined.
• God-King Jiang Taixu, Fairy Caiyun, and Gu Qingyao have helped clear the corpse caves, allowing later arrivals to reach the river; they also acquired two Saint Weapons.

Significant themes

• Power and preparation: Rare treasures and strong weapons determine who can safely navigate the dangerous river.
• Resourcefulness and cultivation: Jiang Ming turns danger into opportunity, using his Totem Deity to collect water and catch valuable creatures.
• Transformation and rebirth: The corpses may develop new consciousness and become entirely different beings, while the Henggong Fish’s unusual nature makes it both dangerous and medicinally valuable.
• Unequal fortunes: The characters’ access to powerful weapons reflects the differing resources and prospects of their allies and factions.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming advances along the Soul-Nurturing Iron Chain, fighting ancient corpses that have become mindless monsters after hanging there for countless years.
• He uses the Azure Emperor’s Dragon-Fighting Art and Azure Emperor’s Nine Slashes—particularly the Soul Wound technique—to destroy the corpses’ fragmented consciousnesses without damaging their bodies.
• After each corpse’s mind is erased, Jiang Ming allows the Divine-Demon Dao Diagram to devour and collect the body.
• The corpses become progressively stronger, ranging from Saint-level physiques to bodies comparable to the Fourth and Eighth Heavens of the Saint King realm.
• Fairy Zixia assists Jiang Ming by immobilizing a powerful Saint-level corpse with the Nine Heavens Golden Jade King Saint Mirror. Jiang Ming then uses the Nine Secrets: Jie and Divine Spirit Transformation to destroy its divine sense.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden suppresses the final two powerful corpses with her Great Saint Weapon, allowing Jiang Ming to complete his Demon Transformation and collect them as well.
• Jiang Ming’s Black Tortoise Totem undergoes another transformation, and he captures three fish in the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.
• He takes the Soul-Nurturing Iron Chain, intending to fuse it into one of his treasures to nourish its weapon spirit, while offering some of the material to his allies.
• The group crosses the bone ship toward a towering Five-Colored Altar. At its summit is a mysterious coffin surrounded by Primordial Chaos Qi, immortal light, and Dao traces.
• The altar’s pressure makes climbing extremely difficult, turning the ascent into a contest of hidden foundations, forbidden weapons, and Emperor-level treasures.
• Old Blind Man reveals the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar, suggesting that he may actually be the legendary Second Bandit.
• Jiang Ming urges everyone to use their weapons to ascend and asks that Yan Ruyu be supported with the Azure Emperor’s Weapon to counter the residual Emperor Dao might.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming demonstrates overwhelming combat skill, tactical precision, and unusual ruthlessness. He treats the ancient corpses as valuable materials rather than enemies, earning further confirmation of his reputation as the “Eastern Demon.”
• He advances his transformations, using Divine Spirit Transformation and then Third-Turn Demon God Transformation to defeat increasingly powerful opponents.
• His Black Tortoise Totem evolves, and his collection of powerful corpses and Soul-Nurturing Iron significantly increases his resources.
• Fairy Zixia proves herself an important combat ally by using the Nine Heavens Golden Jade King Saint Mirror to restrain a dangerous corpse.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden displays enough strength and authority to suppress two Saint King-level corpses with a Great Saint Weapon.
• Yan Ruyu’s possession of the Azure Emperor’s portable Emperor Armament continues to make her exceptionally difficult to threaten.
• Old Blind Man becomes more mysterious by producing the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar, hinting at a powerful hidden identity.
• Jiang Ming’s reputation intimidates even major factions carrying Emperor Armaments, including the Great Xia Dynasty and Yin-Yang Sect.

Significant Themes

• Power and resourcefulness: Jiang Ming succeeds through a combination of physical strength, secret techniques, allies, and strategic use of weapons.
• Transformation and evolution: Jiang Ming’s Divine Spirit, Demon, and totem transformations reflect the continual progression of cultivators toward greater power.
• Death as a source of power: The ancient corpses, Soul-Nurturing Iron, and even captured fish are treated as cultivation resources, emphasizing the chapter’s ruthless cultivation-world logic.
• Reputation and deterrence: Jiang Ming’s past actions and Yan Ruyu’s Emperor Armament prevent other factions from challenging him directly.
• Hidden identities and ancient legacies: The mysterious altar, coffin, Immortal Emperor’s possible transformation, and Old Blind Man’s suspected identity deepen the chapter’s sense of buried history.
• Competition over opportunity: The climb toward the altar becomes a struggle of foundations and treasures rather than a simple test of cultivation realm.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming fights alongside Fairy Zixia and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, whose support enables him to defeat the strongest corpses.
• Other cultivators observe Jiang Ming’s corpse-collecting behavior with fear and suspicion, linking him to the Heaven Devouring Demon Art.
• Major factions avoid provoking him because of his own protective treasure and Yan Ruyu’s ever-present Emperor Armament.
• Jiang Ming and his companions regroup on the bone ship and agree to compete for the treasures near the coffin according to their own abilities.
• The group prepares to assist Yan Ruyu by using the Azure Emperor’s Weapon to resist the altar’s remaining Emperor-level pressure.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming refuses to use the Azure Emperor’s Weapon to shield himself from the pressure on the ascent. Instead, he climbs against the lingering force of the Immortal Emperor, using it to temper his body and deepen his cultivation.
• While Jiang Ming focuses on cultivating, his allies fight over the Immortal Emperor’s coffin lid. His totem deities seize a large piece for him.
• The Great Xia Dynasty discovers that the Primordial Emperor had left an inscription on the lid: he meant to transform himself using the Immortal Emperor’s coffin, but instead fell into the Immortal Emperor’s trap. The remains they hoped to reclaim are not there.
• The contest turns into a fierce battle. Four powerful sets of Heritage Saint Weapons are revealed, including the Yin-Yang Mirror, the Ancient China Dynasty’s golden armor-and-weapons set, the Demon Emperor Hall’s Sun-Moon Twin Wheels, and a Buddhist seven-story tower.
• The coffin lid breaks into four pieces, prompting the factions to fight openly for them. Emperor Lord Jiuli also brings out the Jiuli Diagram, an Emperor Armament.
• Jiang Ming gains a major insight from the Immortal Emperor’s legacy: the Five-Colored Divine Light, a secret art capable of breaking through anything.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming becomes more resolute in following his own path, refusing to yield even to an Immortal Emperor’s pressure. His past-life path merges with his present self, advancing his understanding and bringing his Life-Soul Turn close to a breakthrough.
• The Primordial Emperor is revealed to have tried to use the coffin lid for his own transformation, only to be deceived by the Immortal Emperor.
• Old Blind Man is recognized as the supposedly deceased “Second Bandit.” He jokes away the surprise, explaining that his divination talent—and access to Medicine Kings—helped him live for three thousand years.
• The Great Xia Dynasty’s imperial uncle mourns the apparent failure of his mission to bring the Primordial Emperor home.

Significant themes

• Forging one’s own path: Jiang Ming’s refusal to bow to ancient authority reflects his confidence in surpassing it.
• Ambition and deception: The Primordial Emperor’s attempt at transformation ends in a trap deliberately left by the Immortal Emperor.
• Power and decline: The competing armaments reveal the strength of the great factions, while the Divine Continent Dynasty’s fallen status illustrates how past glory can be lost.
• Opportunity amid conflict: Jiang Ming treats the Emperor’s pressure as a rare cultivation opportunity, even while others fight for the coffin.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming entrusts the coffin-lid battle to his confidantes and totem deities, confident they will act decisively; he plans to share what he learns with Ye Fan.
• The Great Xia imperial uncle honors the Primordial Emperor, but the discovery of the inscription overturns his expectations.
• Old Blind Man banters with the person who recognizes him, deflecting surprise at his survival.
• Rival factions—including Ye Fan’s opponents, the Great Xia Dynasty, and the holders of powerful weapons—clash over the coffin-lid fragments.

Chapter Summary: “A Plot to Kill the Divine Thought”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The appearance of numerous Great Saint Weapons and Emperor Armaments shocks the distant Divine Thought. As clashes between the weapons damage the small world, Ye Fan seizes a coffin plank and retreats by triggering his own lightning tribulation.
• The Great Xia Dynasty tries to stop Jiang Ming’s Azure Dragon Totem Deity from escaping with the Primordial Emperor Scripture, believing it to be a revised version written on Enlightenment Tea Tree coffin planks.
• Jiang Ming launches a coordinated assault on two major targets:
  • The Immortal Emperor’s human skin, sealed inside five-colored divine ice.
  • A green-furred Quasi-Emperor corpse suspected to be the true source of the Divine Thought.
• Jiang Ming and Old Blind Man combine the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Canopy with the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar to capture the Immortal Emperor’s skin.
• God-King Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun use the Hengyu Furnace and Lihuo Divine Furnace to refine the green-furred corpse. Gu Qingyao assists with her Quasi-Emperor Armament, the Pyramid.
• Cai Duyi secretly uses the Nine Secret: Bing to empower the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar. His support is strengthened by his rejuvenated condition and immense Great Saint-level combat power.
• Nannan’s innocent commands cause the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar to awaken fully and prevent the Immortal Emperor’s skin from escaping.
• Ye Fan’s tribulation begins damaging the Divine Thought, whose existence is rejected by the laws of heaven and earth. It attempts to flee toward the Immortal Emperor’s skin for protection.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar’s consciousness awakens and attempts to devour the Immortal Emperor’s divine skin, while the Hengyu Furnace and Lihuo Divine Furnace gradually destroy the Divine Thought’s spiritual essence.
• Cai Duyi warns Jiang Ming that the Divine Thought may not necessarily prove the Immortal Emperor is dead; it could instead have formed from an evil, yin force within the Immortal Emperor.
• The Divine Thought makes a desperate escape attempt. Jiang Ming responds by breaking through to the fourth transformation of the Primordial Divine-Demon Dao Infant Realm and unleashing an even more powerful Supreme Yang True Sun Tribulation.
• The chapter ends with Jiang Ming merging almost completely with the Dao and the lightning, bathing unharmed in the terrifying tribulation.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming reveals that the raid was carefully planned to eliminate the Divine Thought and seize priceless treasures. He becomes increasingly reckless and powerful, ultimately advancing his cultivation mid-battle.
• Ye Fan acts as an unwilling participant in Jiang Ming’s scheme. Though targeted by the Divine Thought, he helps draw down the tribulation necessary to weaken it.
• Cai Duyi transitions from a secluded Daoist pursuing enlightenment to an active conspirator in Jiang Ming’s dangerous plans. His rejuvenation restores his former combat strength.
• Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun demonstrate their cooperation and mastery of fire-based Emperor Armaments while suppressing and refining the Quasi-Emperor corpse.
• Nannan innocently influences the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar, showing that her connection to extraordinary powers is deeper than her childlike appearance suggests.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar displays an independent will and awakens beyond Jiang Ming’s control, driven to devour the Immortal Emperor’s skin.
• The Divine Thought changes from an arrogant hunter into a desperate survivor once heavenly retribution begins destroying it.

Significant Themes

• Defiance of heaven and fate: The Divine Thought is treated as an unnatural existence, and heavenly tribulation actively seeks to erase it.
• Power beyond control: The Emperor Armaments possess their own consciousness and motives, reminding the characters that even allies can become uncontrollable.
• Cooperation amid chaos: Jiang Ming’s plan depends on many powerful figures coordinating their weapons and abilities despite the extreme danger.
• The ambiguity of immortality and death: Cai Duyi’s warning raises doubts about the Immortal Emperor’s true condition and whether the Divine Thought is evidence of survival, corruption, or merely residual evil.
• Opportunism and resourcefulness: Every participant seeks valuable gains, especially the Immortal Emperor’s skin and the Nine-Phoenix Quasi-Emperor corpse.
• The contrast between innocence and overwhelming power: Nannan’s childish request has a decisive effect on an Emperor Armament, highlighting her mysterious nature.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming recruits Cai Duyi by bribing him with Immortal Brew, while Cai Duyi teasingly complains about being dragged into dangerous affairs.
• Jiang Ming asks Nannan to command the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar, and her repeated childish calls successfully awaken and influence it.
• Jiang Ming coordinates with Old Blind Man to capture the Immortal Emperor’s skin.
• Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun combine their furnaces to refine the green-furred corpse, with Gu Qingyao reinforcing them.
• Jiang Ming relies on Ye Fan’s tribulation to attack the Divine Thought, revealing that the entire confrontation is part of a larger trap.
• Cai Duyi challenges Jiang Ming’s assumption about the Divine Thought’s origin, introducing uncertainty about the Immortal Emperor’s fate.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming and his allies confront the Immortal Emperor’s lingering Divine Thought, a Quasi-Emperor corpse, and a Five-Colored Altar that may have been part of the Emperor’s plan to return.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar swallows the altar. Jiang Ming’s tribulation weakens the Divine Thought, while Gu Qingyao’s Pyramid suppresses the corpse long enough for the Hengyu and Lihuo Divine Furnaces to refine it.
• Cai Duyi uses the Quasi-Immortal Five-Element Mountain to crush the Divine Thought, nearly exhausting himself. Jiang Ming restores him with a rare Medicine King fruit.
• The system rewards Jiang Ming with Dao-Tribulation Gold, Dragon-Pattern Black Gold, and the Great Emperor-level Black Lotus Demon Flame. The new flame overwhelms his previous flame origins and reveals a vision of primordial chaos and the Destruction Demon God.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar vanishes, apparently returning to the Ruthless Empress. Jiang Ming believes the Immortal Emperor’s contingency plan has been ruined, but the jar’s lid is missing.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming accepts the danger of the encounter because the rewards make it worthwhile, though the overwhelming new flame leaves him dazed. He also worries about losing the jar and considers how to protect his family.
• Cai Duyi demonstrates the limits of his strength: even controlling the Five-Element Mountain with the Nine Secret: Bing, one strike nearly drains him. Jiang Ming repays his effort with a restorative fruit.
• Gu Qingyao’s Pyramid is crucial in preventing the Quasi-Emperor corpse from unleashing its full power.
• Jiang Ming reflects on the Ruthless Empress and the Immortal Emperor, both pursuing transformation into Red Dust Immortals. He expects the recovered human skin to aid the Empress.
• Jiang Ming resolves not to give Ying Tong, descendant of the Solar Saint Emperor, to Ye Fan.

Significant themes

• Contingency and survival: The altar, corpse, Divine Thought, and human skin are remnants of powerful figures’ plans to endure or return.
• Power and its cost: Jiang Ming gains extraordinary rewards, while Cai Duyi’s near-exhaustion shows the price of wielding immense weapons.
• Creation and destruction: The Black Lotus Demon Flame connects Jiang Ming to primordial chaos and the cosmic force of destruction.
• Loyalty and partnership: The Empress’s likely use of the Immortal Emperor’s remains creates a darkly ironic, posthumous “collaboration” between spouses.

Key events

• After the Immortal Emperor’s contingency—the Divine Phoenix skin—was destroyed, the fully awakened Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar absorbed it and fed its laws and essence to the Ruthless Empress, advancing her transformation. The jar remained behind on a Sacred Mountain rather than returning to Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming compensated the Heavenly Blind Old Man with Dragon-Pattern Black Gold, urging the Thirteen Bandits to stay cautious without their jar. The old man insisted their surviving leaders and allies would protect them.
• Jiang Ming set his sights on the Qinling Mountains, where he expects further opportunities, including the Azure Emperor’s killing intent. A system reward also gives him an Immortal Fortune Spring Eye, which supplies endless innate essence and makes his cultivation resources effectively inexhaustible.
• At a celebratory banquet, Jiang Ming distributed valuable metals, techniques, and Immortal Brew to Ye Fan, the God King, Tingting, Yan Ruyu, and others. Quasi-Emperor Nine-Phoenix meat, Medicine Kings, and spring water made the feast extraordinarily nourishing. Many guests advanced, including Black Emperor, while Jiang Ming broke through several times himself.
• Afterward, the group dispersed. Jiang Ming’s daughter continued training with Xia Youyu; the Black Emperor returned to Purple Mountain to pursue an opportunity. Tingting joined Jiang Ming’s traveling party, while several women stayed close to him or entered seclusion.
• Jiang Ming’s developing Life-and-Death Wheel can revive a recently deceased person, within strict limits: the body must be dead for under an hour, and the person’s cultivation cannot exceed his by more than two major realms.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming grows markedly stronger, reaching Immortal Stage Six and completing the fifth revolution of his Primordial Divine-Demon path. He is increasingly adept at turning the troublesome system into an advantage and generously repays karmic debts to his companions.
• The Ruthless Empress absorbs the Immortal Emperor’s hidden contingency, strengthening her transformation while her Red Dust Dao Fruit, Nannan, remains with Jiang Ming.
• Ye Fan receives rare metals, revised cultivation methods, and Immortal Brew from Jiang Ming, who feels he owes him for treasures originally belonging to him.
• The Heavenly Blind Old Man accepts the Dragon-Pattern Black Gold and plans to present it to Tu Tian as encouragement to become a Great Emperor. His boast that he saw Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun draws Jiang Ming’s skepticism.
• Yan Ruyu, the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, Fairy Zixia, and Jiang Chanyu remain with or near Jiang Ming, drawn by his company and the opportunities he provides. Fairy Zixia is persuaded to travel with him in hopes of earning immortal-grade material.
• Nannan eats heartily, briefly gets drunk, then recovers through divine light and continues eating. Jiang Ming’s daughter and Tingting also receive support and rare materials.

Significant themes

• Fortune, karma, and opportunism: Jiang Ming repeatedly gains from seemingly minor involvement and repays debts when he chooses.
• Power through resources and cultivation: Rare materials, extraordinary food, and the Spring Eye drive rapid breakthroughs and strengthen the group.
• Companionship and reciprocity: Jiang Ming shares his gains, while his companions’ loyalty and continued presence help form a close, if unconventional, traveling household.
• Humor amid high stakes: The lost jar, the blind elder’s dubious claims, and Nannan’s enthusiastic feasting undercut the chapter’s grand cosmic events.

Key plot points and events

• After the banquet, Jiang Ming and his four companions travel slowly toward the Immortal Pool in the Qinling Mountains, enjoying a year of cultivation and sightseeing. Jiang Ming uses Enlightenment Ancient Tea Leaves and a piece of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree’s coffin plank; the group has taken nearly all of it, leaving little for later arrivals.
• Jiang Ming’s Qilin Totem Deity stays behind at Qishi Mansion with the Five-Element Mountain to cultivate, while his other totem deities work on refining their treasures. Jiang Ming plans to strengthen his Golden and Black Lotus treasures with rare metals.
• Jiang Ming reflects that the Enlightenment treasures once belonged to the Immortal Emperor’s second great general. Having disrupted some of the Emperor’s plans, he has become entangled in a significant karmic connection with him.
• Over the year, the group gathers dragon marrow. The Yaochi Sacred Maiden breaks through from the Dragon Transformation realm into the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, while Fairy Zixia rebuilds her foundations using better methods and grows substantially stronger.
• The travelers reach Northern-Suppressing Ancient City, one of the Central Plains’ ten great ancient cities. A huge bronze Baxia stele commemorates a Dragon Tortoise said to have saved humans from primordial creatures. Jiang Ming doubts the heroic account, suggesting the tortoise may simply have killed those who angered it, with humans later borrowing its reputation as a deterrent.
• Yan Ruyu spots a battle thousands of li away and identifies one of the fighters as Hua Yunfei. The group turns its attention toward the confrontation.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming remains relaxed and patient, favoring slow cultivation and travel over returning to Qishi Mansion. He continues planning upgrades to his treasures and recognizes that his actions have linked him to the Immortal Emperor’s larger schemes.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden completes her accumulated cultivation and reaches the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, demonstrating the depth of her foundation.
• Fairy Zixia focuses on correcting weaknesses in her earlier training. Her innate Dao embryo—especially strong in soul and Dao comprehension—helps her advance quickly, and her combat ability reaches the seven forbidden domain.
• Yan Ruyu demonstrates exceptional perception by seeing and identifying a distant battle through her Azure Lotus vision.
• Jiang Chanyu shows familiarity with Northern-Suppressing Ancient City’s history and explains the legend behind its stele.

Significant themes

• Patient cultivation and long-term growth: Jiang Ming and his companions improve through steady practice rather than rushing for breakthroughs.
• Foundation and potential: Zixia’s progress shows how strong innate talent can be hindered by poor early training—and how much it can flourish once that weakness is addressed.
• History versus legend: Jiang Ming questions the heroic story behind the Baxia stele, suggesting that monuments and legends may serve political or practical purposes.
• Karma and unintended consequences: Jiang Ming’s acquisition of the Immortal Emperor’s former treasures has drawn him into the Emperor’s plans.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming travels and cultivates alongside his four companions, sharing tea, scenery, and occasional Immortal Brew.
• He discusses the nature of the innate Dao embryo with Zixia, helping frame her constitution as comparable in value to the sacred and tyrant bodies, though powerful in a different way.
• Chanyu recounts the city’s traditional history, while Jiang Ming offers a skeptical interpretation.
• Zixia praises Yan Ruyu’s ability to detect the distant battle, which brings the group’s journey to an abrupt new point of interest.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming and his companions witness Hua Yunfei defeat several Half-Step Great Abilities who tried to murder him for his treasures. Yunfei has reached the Second Heaven of Half-Step Great Ability and entered the Eight Forbidden Domain.
• Yunfei explains that he transformed after finding a hidden realm beneath Northern-Suppressing Ancient City, where he received the inheritance and blood-essence baptism of a Great Saint-level Baxia. He gives Jiang Ming ten drops of Baxia blood essence and offers one drop to each of Jiang Ming’s four companions.
• Jiang Ming gives Yunfei a valuable piece of Dragon-Pattern Black Gold so he can forge a suitable weapon. Yunfei invites him to search the Qinling Mountains for the Nine Secret: Bing; Jiang Ming declines for now but says he will cultivate nearby.
• After they part, Jiang Ming reflects on Yunfei’s potential and on the Yaoguang Sacred Son, whose concealed pride and questionable use of the Heaven Devouring Demon Art make Jiang Ming distrust him. Jiang Ming hopes Yunfei may one day challenge him.
• Jiang Ming proposes exchanging cultivation scriptures with Jiang Chanyu. She refuses, citing her family’s ancestral rules and the danger facing the Ancient China Dynasty. Jiang Ming dismisses her caution, declaring that he will crush any opponent once he becomes a Quasi-Emperor.

Character developments and interactions

• Hua Yunfei has grown into a formidable prodigy, gaining strength through the Ruthless Inheritance, Amitabha Buddha’s Emperor Scripture, and the Baxia inheritance. He repays Jiang Ming’s past support and accepts Jiang’s confidence in him.
• Jiang Ming treats Yunfei as a trusted brother, rewarding his sincerity and hoping to help him escape an early death. He remains wary of Yaoguang but chooses not to pursue him directly.
• Jiang Chanyu is cautious and loyal to her clan’s traditions, even when tempted by Jiang Ming’s offer. Her warning reveals that the dynasty expects the coming Dark Cataclysm to destroy it.
• The exchange between Jiang Ming and Yunfei is marked by mutual trust and respect; Jiang’s bold response to Chanyu contrasts with her fear for her family’s survival.

Significant themes

• Trust, loyalty, and reciprocity: Yunfei repays Jiang Ming’s help, while Jiang returns the favor with a rare weapon material.
• Power and ambition: Exceptional strength is treated as essential to surviving an increasingly dangerous world; Jiang also imagines a future with multiple Great Emperors and vast differences in their power.
• Inheritance and moral ambiguity: The Heaven Devouring Demon Art offers immense potential, but Yaoguang’s claims about how he used it remain suspect.
• Fate versus defiance: Chanyu sees the dynasty’s destruction as nearly inevitable, whereas Jiang Ming insists that sufficient power can overturn any threat.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming explains the scale of his potential: with his Heavenly Tyrant Body, longevity, and possibly a second lifetime, he and Ye Fan could one day become a formidable team against the Dark Supremes. His companions struggle to grasp how powerful he expects them to become.
• Jiang Chanyu gives Jiang Ming the Great Dream Emperor Scripture, which enables cultivation through dreams. Jiang Ming reflects on its creator, Ancestor Hengyu, and on the limits of rebirth: a corpse must regain imperial status and recover key memories to live again—a feat achieved by the Corpse Emperor, while Duan De follows a different path through repeated reincarnations.
• After a year, Jiang Ming and the others enter separate seclusions. He helps Jiang Chanyu forge her Dao weapon from dao-tribulation gold, recommending the Five-Colored Stone and teaching her a method from the Dao Scripture. He also gives Fairy Zixia a Dao-trace imprint based on the Mountains and Rivers State-Society Map.
• When they emerge, everyone has advanced. Jiang Ming breaks through in both cultivation systems, gains the Balance of Void and Reality divine ability, and reaches the sixth transformation, heaven-earth turn.
• Jiang Ming survives a two-day lightning tribulation, then uses his new understanding of heaven and earth to refine primordial chaos qi. This lets him strengthen his body and soul, recover vitality, and sustain himself even in the starry cosmos.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming becomes substantially more powerful, though he tempers his pride by recognizing that his new ability resembles techniques associated with the innate Dao embryo and the Void Scripture.
• His growth also widens the gap between him and Ye Fan, despite their close, brotherly bond and Jiang Ming’s belief that they could eventually fight side by side.
• Jiang Ming supports the women’s cultivation: he guides Jiang Chanyu’s weapon forging and provides Fairy Zixia with a useful Dao imprint. The group’s shared seclusion ends with breakthroughs for everyone.
• Jiang Chanyu, initially set on forging a great seal, accepts Jiang Ming’s guidance and develops a weapon whose form can evolve according to Dao traces.

Significant themes

• Power, destiny, and companionship: Jiang Ming imagines the threat he and Ye Fan might pose together, while his companions cannot yet envision that future.
• Limits of immortality and rebirth: The chapter contrasts the Great Dream Emperor Scripture’s dream-based cultivation with the rare, difficult conditions needed for a corpse to truly return to life.
• Cultivation through understanding and adaptation: Jiang Ming’s breakthroughs come with deeper insight into the laws of heaven and earth, which opens a new way to grow by refining primordial chaos qi.
• Growth through mutual support: Jiang Ming’s strength is personal, but he also invests in the advancement of those around him.