Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming finds the enormous Undying Fusang Tree, an ancient source of powerful Solar Saint Power, and declares that he and the tree are “fated” to meet—hinting that he intends to take it into his Inner Heaven and Earth.
• Daoist Lu Ya arrives with a Saint Weapon, the Crow-Wing Gilded Tang, demanding to know who has been killing Golden Crow members. Jiang Ming kills him instantly with a single spoken phrase.
• The Tang awakens, but Jiang Ming uses a black gourd—an Emperor Armament activated with Lunar Power—to knock it into the North Sea. The clash devastates a wide area.
• Jiang Ming conceals the scene with his Fate Divine Ability. Elsewhere, the Heavenly Jade Saintess, Ye Fan, and Ji Zi have already defeated the other Golden Crows and gathered branches of the Fusang Tree. They acted out of gratitude to the Solar Saint Emperor, who had once saved them.
• Yi Qingwu asks who Jiang Ming really is. He identifies himself as a descendant of Emperor Hengyu from the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star, then shows her a Recording Stone and says he misses home after more than nine years away.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming displays overwhelming power, killing a formidable Golden Crow with a word and suppressing a Saint Weapon with an Emperor Armament. His confidence and playful cruelty are also evident in his provocative teasing of Yi Qingwu.
• Yi Qingwu, previously composed and gifted, becomes frightened by Jiang Ming’s immense, difficult-to-fathom power. She feels humiliated by his unwanted flirtation, yet does not resist, believing he would overpower her.
• Ye Fan, Ji Zi, and the Heavenly Jade Saintess show loyalty and gratitude by helping eliminate the Golden Crows and protect the Solar Saint Emperor’s descendants.
• The Golden Crow Race suffers a major defeat: its members are wiped out, Lu Ya is killed, and its Heritage Saint Weapon is lost beneath the sea.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Even prestigious weapons and exceptional talent are helpless against someone operating at a vastly higher level.
• Gratitude and obligation: Ye Fan and Ji Zi repay the Solar Saint Emperor’s past kindness by defending his descendants.
• Fate and destiny: Jiang Ming’s declaration that the Fusang Tree is fated to meet him foreshadows his plans for it.
• Homesickness and distance: Beneath his swagger, Jiang Ming reveals that he misses home after years away.

Chapter Summary: “Dominated by Demonic Nature”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming introduces his four powerful confidantes to Yi Qingwu:
  • An Azure Emperor descendant possessing a flawless Emperor Armament.
  • The Saintess of Yaochi Sacred Land.
  • The Saintess of Purple Palace Sacred Land, an Innate Dao Embryo.
  • A princess of the Ancient China Dynasty.
• All four have reached the Great Ability realm, possess the combat strength of the Eight Prohibitions, and can fight Holy Masters.
• Yi Qingwu asks about Heavenly Jade, whom Jiang Ming explains was once the Saintess of Heavenly Jade Holy Land. After her sect attacked the Desolate Forbidden Land, its members were annihilated by the sleeping master there, while Heavenly Jade became a Desolate Slave.
• Jiang Ming reveals that he saved Heavenly Jade and brought her to the Ziwei Imperial Star. He also explains that Heavenly Jade Holy Land was a lineage of the Ziwei Emperor, and that the shattered Ziwei Seal was originally the Ziwei Dynasty’s lost Emperor Armament.
• He describes the dangerous state of the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star, where Primordial Royal and Imperial Clans are awakening and powerful Saints and Great Saints are emerging. By contrast, the Ziwei Imperial Star’s strongest cultivators are only Dao-Severing Kings.
• Jiang Ming says he came to the Ziwei Imperial Star specifically because of Yi Qingwu, but intends to return to the Big Dipper Star because his daughter and many people he cares about remain there.
• He reveals that his twenty-three-year-old daughter, Tingting, possesses a Lunar Body and is protected by powerful allies and the Nine Heavens Ziwei Jade Pagoda.
• Jiang Ming discloses that Tingting’s mother was Gu Lingzhi, his former Dao companion and wife from before he became powerful.
• Mentioning Gu Lingzhi triggers overwhelming grief. Jiang Ming begins crying unconsciously as his demonic nature takes control.
• A mysterious man covered in Supreme Yin mist appears, claiming that Yi Qingwu is loved by his sworn elder brother. He decides to intervene because she is alone with Jiang Ming and the situation appears dangerous.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: Reveals more of his history, including his connection to Heavenly Jade, his daughter, and his deceased or lost wife, Gu Lingzhi. His grief exposes a vulnerable side beneath his usual domineering and ruthless persona. The trauma awakens his demonic nature, which begins to overpower his divine nature.
• Yi Qingwu: Becomes increasingly shocked by Jiang Ming’s revelations and realizes how limited her understanding of the wider cultivation world has been. Her curiosity about Jiang Ming’s family gradually changes into concern when she witnesses his emotional collapse.
• Gu Lingzhi: Although absent, she is shown to remain Jiang Ming’s deepest emotional wound. His inability to protect her continues to haunt him.
• Tingting: Is established as Jiang Ming’s daughter and a highly protected cultivator with a rare Lunar Body.
• The mysterious Supreme Yin cultivator: Introduced as someone connected to Yi Qingwu’s suitor through a sworn-brother relationship. He appears prepared to confront Jiang Ming.

Significant Themes

• The burden of power and past failure: Jiang Ming’s vast strength cannot erase his guilt over failing to protect Gu Lingzhi.
• Divine nature versus demonic nature: Jiang Ming’s grief and obsession cause his demonic side to dominate, showing how unresolved emotions can threaten even a powerful cultivator’s control.
• The vastness and danger of the cultivation world: The contrast between the Ziwei Imperial Star and the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star emphasizes the difference between relative safety and an era of awakening clans, forbidden zones, and ancient catastrophes.
• Inheritance and decline: Formerly glorious lineages such as Heavenly Jade Holy Land and the Ziwei Emperor’s legacy have suffered destruction, demonstrating how even powerful civilizations can fall.
• Protection and responsibility: Jiang Ming’s concern for his daughter and his determination to return to those he loves reveal that family remains central to him despite his fearsome reputation.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming speaks openly with Yi Qingwu, using his confidantes’ achievements to demonstrate the caliber of the women around him.
• Yi Qingwu questions Jiang Ming about Heavenly Jade and his daughter, prompting him to reveal major secrets about his past and the wider universe.
• Her innocent curiosity about Tingting’s mother leads Jiang Ming to mention Gu Lingzhi, unintentionally triggering his demonic transformation.
• Yi Qingwu witnesses Jiang Ming’s grief and the terrifying black energy surrounding him, while the newly arrived Supreme Yin figure interprets the situation as a threat and prepares to interfere.

Plot points and events

• Enraged by the Supreme Yin Sect’s desecration of the Supreme Yin Human Emperor’s descendant, Jiang Ming confronts the Supreme Yin Divine Son over the North Sea.
• The Divine Son’s Lunar Power freezes the waves, but Jiang Ming’s Nearness and Ends of the Earth makes the attack harmless. His punch shatters the protective King’s Funeral Bell and nearly kills the Divine Son, whose ink-jade skull treasure absorbs the blow.
• The Divine Son deploys a black banner and nine stalks of Nether Bamboo. Jiang Ming’s demonic power destroys the banner and transforms the bamboo and skull—both made from the dead descendant’s remains—into a powerful Great Demon.
• The Great Demon devours and kills the Supreme Yin Divine Son, then recognizes Jiang Ming as “Demon Ancestor.”
• Jiang Ming accepts the Great Demon as a follower and promises to recover the rest of his bones. Using Bringing the Dead Back to Life, he restores a tiny fragment of the descendant’s soul and protects it with a drop of Age-Defying Spring.
• The forbidden reversal of life and death summons an immense Eye of Heavenly Punishment, which Yi Qingwu recognizes with alarm.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming channels his anger into overwhelming demonic power. Though commanding and fearsome in battle, he shows compassion by preserving the dead descendant’s last chance at recovery.
• The Supreme Yin Divine Son shifts from confidence in his artifacts and home-ground advantage to terror and death.
• The Great Demon is born from the descendant’s remains, with Half-Saint cultivation but only fragments of a former identity. He pledges himself to Jiang Ming, who becomes both his creator and guide.
• Yi Qingwu witnesses Jiang Ming’s defiance of heaven and reacts in shock to the punishment that follows.

Significant themes

• Rebirth and identity: The Great Demon is a new being, yet may someday recover traces of his former self.
• Desecration and restoration: Jiang Ming turns the Sect’s profane use of the descendant’s remains into a path toward reclaiming them and restoring his soul.
• Power and vengeance: Jiang Ming’s fury drives a decisive defeat of the Sect’s champion.
• Defying the natural order: Bringing back the dead challenges heaven itself, provoking the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming survives three days of blood-red heavenly punishment. His Divine-Demon Dao Diagram absorbs the lightning, and his transformation reveals a fusion of demonic qi, divine light, and primordial chaos.
• During the ordeal, he completes the seventh, Time-Space Turn, and advances to the eighth, Fate Turn, of the Primordial Divine-Demon Cardamom Realm.
• On Fusang Island, Ji Zi massacres the Supreme Yin Divine Church’s forces and drives off the Three Deficiencies Daoist. The Supreme Yin Divine Son is dead, Yi Qingwu has been captured, and nearly the entire Golden Crow contingent—including Lu Ya—has been killed. The island’s balance of power has been overturned.
• Jiang Ming’s Black Tortoise Totem Deity brings out the Stone Pagoda, Tongtong, his mother, and their protector. From the pagoda emerges the one-armed Solar Saint Emperor, whose return awakens the island and its Golden Fusang Tree.
• The Emperor recognizes Tongtong’s exceptional inherited bloodline and sun body. Tongtong asks him to protect the family and revive their dead relatives. The Emperor admits he cannot bring back the dead, suggesting that only a future immortal might manage it.
• With little time before he must sleep again, the Solar Saint Emperor transports Jiang Ming and the others—including Ji Zi, Yi Qingwu, Ye Fan, and Tongtong’s family—into the Eye of the North Sea.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming endures heavenly punishment without concern for his own safety, taking care to keep his divine medicine out of harm’s way; his cultivation breakthrough marks a major advance.
• Ji Zi proves the Void Scripture’s terrifying effectiveness, defeating powerful opponents with ease and becoming the chief force behind the island’s upheaval.
• The Solar Saint Emperor returns with overwhelming majesty but is now a temporary presence, limited by the fact that he is dead and can only act briefly before slumber.
• Tongtong appears as a gifted but grieving child. His innocent plea exposes the Emperor’s limits and brings the chapter’s emotional focus to their meeting.
• The Three Deficiencies Daoist abandons the island after realizing Ji Zi is too dangerous to challenge.

Significant themes

• Power and shifting fortunes: The forces that arrived expecting to dominate the island are devastated, showing how quickly the balance of power can change.
• Limits of even the mighty: The Solar Saint Emperor’s immense authority cannot undo death, and Tongtong’s question leaves him unable to offer an easy answer.
• Inheritance and hope: Tongtong’s extraordinary lineage links him to the past, while the possibility of becoming an immortal offers a distant hope of overcoming loss.

Plot and events

• The Solar Saint Emperor brings Tang Valley into the Eye of the North Sea, taking Tongtong, Mu Wanjun, Jiang Bo, and the Black Tortoise Totem Deity with him. He sends Jiang Ming and the others into the Eye, an ancient, lightless wasteland used to exile even Saints. Jiang Ming interprets it as a trial meant to force them to find their own way out.
• Jiang Ming makes the best of the confinement: the Eye’s darkness and deathly silence are sources of power for his Primordial Demon God Dao Crown. He restores Yi Qingwu and her maid Bixia’s cultivation and teaches them the Supreme Yin Scripture.
• He helps the newly awakened Heavenly Jade Saintess adjust to the darkness by alternating her time between the Eye and his bright, richly cultivated Inner Heaven and Earth. He also teaches her and encourages her through books, stories, and lessons.
• Four years pass. Jiang Ming struggles with Dao Severing, then breaks through to the second heaven of the third step of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm. His Great Freedom Dao Scripture also advances into its Cause-and-Effect Turn, and his Primordial Demon God Dao Crown reaches a new stage, becoming as large as he is.
• The breakthroughs trigger a tremendous tribulation. When cracks form in the Eye, Jiang Ming leads the group out. He plans to seek the Undying Fusang Tree; Ye Fan and Ji Zi are free to choose their own paths.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming grows substantially in cultivation and deepens his understanding of Dao Severing. Rather than renounce parts of himself, he concludes that he is the Dao. His confidence and irreverence persist, though he ends the chapter feeling guilty and calling himself a “beast.”
• The Heavenly Jade Saintess gradually adapts to the darkness and grows through Jiang Ming’s patient teaching and the help of Yi Qingwu and Bixia. Her innocence—she has the awareness of a young child despite being a Half-Saint—becomes clear to the others.
• Yi Qingwu and Bixia cultivate under Jiang Ming’s instruction and help care for and educate the Heavenly Jade Saintess. Jiang Ming’s relationship with them becomes intimate.
• Jiang Ming’s guilt comes from the Saintess witnessing his intimacy with Yi Qingwu and Bixia and eventually joining them. He worries that her original consciousness might one day return and seek revenge.

Significant themes

• Trials and adaptation: The Eye is both a prison and a test; Jiang Ming turns its hostile conditions into resources for cultivation.
• Growth through care and companionship: The Saintess’s adjustment depends not only on spiritual practice but also on reassurance, teaching, and support from the others.
• Self-definition: Jiang Ming’s breakthrough reflects his refusal to sever what he is; he chooses to make himself the Dao.
• Power, responsibility, and guilt: Jiang Ming’s cultivation advances alongside a comic but uneasy awareness that his actions may have harmed or compromised someone vulnerable.

Key events

• After four years of cultivation on Ziwei Imperial Star, Ji Zi and Ye Fan left to seek the Nine Secrets: Zhe. Ye Fan had reached the Ninth Heavenly Layer of Great Ability.
• The Heavenly Jade Saintess advanced to Female Saint but stayed with Jiang Ming. Yi Qingwu and her maid also remained with him; Yi Qingwu had reached the same cultivation level as Ye Fan and was nearing Dao Severing.
• Jiang Ming endured a fearsome tribulation, fighting nine lightning apparitions of ancient Great Emperors. Yi Qingwu recognized how extraordinary—and dangerous—the trial was.
• On Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star, Jiang Ming’s Vermilion Bird Totem Deity confronted five Primordial Kings who had hunted his daughter, Tingting. He killed them with the Nine-Colored Sacred Flame and collected their weapons.
• At the Myriad Dragon Nest, Jiang Ming’s Azure Dragon Totem Deity, posing as “Brother Qingri,” sparred with the Dragon Emperor’s Daughter. She unleashed a manifestation of the Myriad Dragon Emperor, but Jiang Ming stopped her attack while concealing his identity and strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming’s true body has advanced to Dao Severing, though mastering the Great Freedom Dao Scripture remains a gradual, self-directed process. His Totem Deities have also grown powerful: the Vermilion Bird reached Dao Severing, while the Azure Dragon is at Immortal Stage Three, Fourth Heaven.
• Yi Qingwu is conflicted about how her life has changed, yet feels an unexpected excitement about sharing Jiang Ming’s company with the beautiful Heavenly Jade Saintess.
• The Dragon Emperor’s Daughter is affectionate, spirited, and unusually guileless. She admires her father, the Myriad Dragon Emperor, and has grown curious about Jiang Ming’s Azure Dragon disguise. Their sparring is playful: she complains when he uses his real strength, and he teases her while patting her head.
• Jiang Ming’s retaliation against the Primordial Kings shows his fierce protectiveness toward Tingting, while his restrained sparring with the Dragon Girl helps him maintain his infiltration.

Significant themes

• Power and danger: Dao Severing and the Emperor-like tribulation are major trials, while even powerful cultivators remain vulnerable.
• Protection and vengeance: Jiang Ming punishes those who preyed on his daughter.
• Identity and deception: His Totem Deities let him act under assumed identities and misdirect enemies.
• Affection amid ambition: Jiang Ming’s relationships and teasing companionship contrast with the relentless pursuit of cultivation, immortality, and supreme power.

Key plot points and events

• The Azure Dragon Totem Deity, Jiang Ming’s incarnation, earns the Myriad Dragon Nest’s respect after defeating challengers, including Dao-Severing Kings. An Ancestor King confirms his unusually pure Azure Dragon bloodline and the Myriad Dragon Emperor’s aura. Jiang Ming claims the Nest drew him in and trapped him.
• The Nest appoints him as Dragon Girl’s sparring partner. Over four years, he grows close to her and plans to win her over—ultimately with the outrageous hope of making her his mount.
• Jiang Ming directs Dragon Girl toward the human prodigy Wang Teng as a potential opponent. She also wants to fight the Son of the Celestial Emperor, but her clan restrains her.
• The Son of the Celestial Emperor’s threat to enslave Jiang Ming’s daughter, Tingting, provokes retaliation. Jiang Ming’s Vermilion Bird incarnation kills eleven Primordial Dao-Severing Kings who try to capture her; his mount Jin Ling also helps hunt the Son’s followers.
• Old Crow advances dramatically in the Fire Domain. With Jiang Ming’s guidance and the blood essence of a Saint King-level Three-Legged Golden Crow, he transforms into a golden crow, reaches the Fourth Heavenly Layer of Dao-Severing King, and improves to Seven Prohibitions combat strength. Jiang Ming sends him to protect Tingting.
• Tingting is now at the Eighth Heavenly Layer of Great Ability, with Eight Prohibitions strength. Gu Qingyao continues to trust her to defend herself.
• Gu Qingyao reaches Great Saint Ninth Heaven but recognizes that becoming a Quasi-Emperor will be perilous and requires understanding the Divine Forbidden Realm. The Pyramid and Nine Secrets: Lin give her hope.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming / Azure Dragon Totem Deity: Uses charm and calculated friendliness to draw Dragon Girl closer, while still maneuvering events to protect his family and strengthen his allies.
• Dragon Girl: Though proud and commanding among her own people, she becomes shy and receptive around Jiang Ming. She voices her frustration at having no worthy opponents and resents being kept from challenging the Son of the Celestial Emperor.
• Old Crow: His long cultivation and Jiang Ming’s support transform him from a capable but limited crow into a powerful Dao-Severing King. He accepts his role as Tingting’s protector, while recognizing that reaching sainthood may be beyond him.
• Tingting and Gu Qingyao: Tingting’s growing strength lets Gu Qingyao give her more independence. Gu Qingyao’s own progress brings a clearer understanding of the immense dangers ahead.
• Jiang Ming and his allies: Jiang Ming’s protection extends through his incarnations, mount, and cultivated followers, creating a network of defenders around his daughter.

Significant themes

• Power has an escalating cost: Each breakthrough reveals a harder realm ahead; Dao Severing is difficult, while sainthood and the Quasi-Emperor realm are more daunting still.
• Mentorship and cultivation: Jiang Ming’s guidance and resources reshape Old Crow’s future, while Gu Qingyao invests hope in Tingting’s potential.
• Family protection and retaliation: Threats against Tingting trigger severe consequences for those who pursue her.
• Duty versus personal desire: Dragon Girl’s clan obligations limit her choices, while her private interactions with Jiang Ming reveal a softer, more independent side.

Summary

• Jin Ling and the Little Roc King emerge from the Golden-Winged Roc Tribe’s trial grounds. Jin Ling has successfully severed her Dao and reached the fourth heaven of the Dao-Severing stage, with battle prowess at the eight prohibitions. Her nephew, the Little Roc King, has reached the seven prohibitions but has not severed his Dao, so she forcibly takes him out before he can ruin himself. Their different progress reflects Jin Ling’s transformation with Jiang Ming’s help and cultivation of the Demon Emperor Scripture, compared with her nephew’s slower, independent growth. Their grandfather, the Old Roc King, is overwhelmed with relief and pride.
• Ji Haoyue and Ji Ziyue are cornered by a powerful Primordial King. Though both are at the ninth heavenly layer of Great Ability, their opponent’s Dao-Severing cultivation makes the fight nearly hopeless. The siblings prepare to risk their lives. Their paths have diverged: Haoyue strengthens his Divine King Body rather than reverting his bloodline, while Ziyue deepens her ancestral bloodline to better match the Void Scripture. With help from Jiang Ming and Ye Fan, Ziyue has also learned several of the Nine Secrets and now slightly surpasses her brother in combat.
• Yan Ruyu arrives and saves them. Newly successful in Dao Severing, she fuses three manifestations and destroys the Primordial King in an overwhelming display of power. Ziyue is delighted to see her, but Yan Ruyu says little about Jiang Ming, whose Dao Palace Vermilion Bird Totem Deity had been left behind as a contingency. He has been away for thirteen years, though he promised to return within twenty.
• Jiang Ming visits the Solar Saint Emperor’s island. Tongtong has begun cultivation under the Emperor’s guidance, while his mother, Mu Wanjun, has been transformed into an acquired sun body and raised to the first heaven of Great Ability. The old servant Jiang Bo has also recovered his youth and reached the ninth heavenly layer of Great Ability. Jiang Ming’s Black Tortoise Totem Deity has independently severed its Dao and reached the fourth heaven.
• The Solar Saint Emperor’s lingering obsession has disappeared. Jiang Ming claims the island’s remaining treasures: the Emperor’s corpse remains in its Stone Coffin, and the Little Pagoda has become Tongtong’s protective treasure. He takes the Undying Fusang Tree but realizes his Inner Heaven and Earth cannot yet support it. He returns it to the island and takes some of its trunk to try to cultivate elsewhere.

Character developments, relationships, and themes

The chapter highlights growth through different choices: Jin Ling and the Little Roc King advance at different rates; the Ji siblings pursue distinct approaches to their inherited powers; and Jiang Ming’s divine avatars continue developing independently. Family bonds shape these choices, especially the Old Roc King’s devotion to his descendants and the siblings’ readiness to fight for one another. The chapter also emphasizes the costs and limits of power: even Jiang Ming cannot sustain the Fusang Tree, while the Ji siblings must confront an enemy beyond their apparent reach. Finally, Yan Ruyu’s timely rescue and the many characters’ preparations underscore the importance of allies, inherited legacies, and promises kept—or still awaited.

Chapter Summary: Yi Qingwu: The Feeling of Being Moved Again

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming successfully removes the powerful Undying Fusang Tree from its world. Although he initially promises to help it become a Great Emperor among trees, he admits that he is currently too weak to fulfill that promise. The tree nonetheless willingly follows him, and Jiang Ming takes several branches with him.
• Jiang Ming reflects on Si Shen, the demonized descendant of the Supreme Yin Human Emperor. Si Shen has retained only his human head, while the rest of his body is formed from Nether Bamboo and filled with death qi.
• Si Shen breaks through to the Dao-Severing King realm. Jiang Ming decides to restore his body and revive the divine nature hidden within him.
• Using Demon God Transformation, Bringing the Dead Back to Life, two drops of Age-Defying Spring, and three fragments of Si Shen’s original soul, Jiang Ming forcibly retrieves the descendant’s remaining soul essence.
• Through Yin-Yang Reversal, Jiang Ming converts Si Shen’s death qi into vitality. The Nether Bamboo body transforms into Evil-Warding Divine Bamboo, allowing Si Shen to obtain a complete new body.
• Jiang Ming further grants Si Shen an Acquired Yin-Yang Divine Body. Though initially inferior to the strongest innate physiques, it can continue evolving and potentially surpass them.
• The heavens respond with the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and a terrifying blood-red tribulation face. Jiang Ming prepares to endure the punishment, but uses Immortal Brew and the Wushi Emperor’s temporal secret art, Temporal Restart, to restore his strength after the enormous expenditure.
• Yi Qingwu witnesses Jiang Ming’s efforts and becomes deeply moved, realizing that her love for him has grown even stronger.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: Demonstrates increasing mastery of life, death, time, space, yin-yang, and chaos. He is willing to expend precious treasures and risk heavenly punishment to save Si Shen. His power has reached a level where his body and Primordial Spirit rival those of a Saint King First Heaven, while his combat ability can temporarily reach the Saint realm.
• Si Shen: Advances to the Dao-Severing King realm and begins a major transformation from a resentful, undead-like existence into a true living being. His new body and Yin-Yang Divine Body give him the potential to recover his divine nature and develop an independent cultivation path.
• Yi Qingwu: Her admiration and affection for Jiang Ming deepen into a clear realization that she has truly fallen in love with him. She is especially affected by his compassion, determination, and willingness to save someone who had been dead for ages.
• Tongtong: Though only six years old, he has already reached the Clear Spring Realm and can ride rainbows, emphasizing his extraordinary future potential.
• Undying Fusang Tree: Accepts Jiang Ming’s leadership and chooses to leave its former world to experience the outside world.

Significant Themes

• Compassion transcending death: Jiang Ming refuses to accept Si Shen’s death and restores him despite the world’s laws forbidding resurrection.
• Transformation and self-improvement: Si Shen’s conversion from a death-filled body into a living Yin-Yang Divine Body reflects the possibility of renewal and evolution.
• Acquired potential versus innate advantages: The chapter emphasizes that acquired physiques and treasures can eventually surpass innate ones through refinement and growth.
• Defiance of heaven and natural law: Jiang Ming repeatedly uses forbidden or world-defying abilities, showing his willingness to challenge cosmic order for those he values.
• Love revealed through action: Yi Qingwu’s feelings are strengthened not by Jiang Ming’s power alone, but by the generosity and resolve he displays while saving Si Shen.
• Time as a means of overcoming limitations: Jiang Ming’s use of Temporal Restart illustrates how mastery of time can reverse exhaustion and compensate for the immense cost of his techniques.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming humorously excuses himself to the Undying Fusang Tree, repeating the promise he once made to the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree. Their interaction shows his tendency to make grand promises while acknowledging his current limits.
• Jiang Ming treats Si Shen as someone worth saving rather than as a monster, giving him a meaningful name, teaching him the Supreme Yin and Dao Scriptures, and protecting him from losing himself.
• Yi Qingwu silently observes Jiang Ming’s rescue of Si Shen. His sacrifice and composed behavior after exhausting himself profoundly affect her, becoming the emotional centerpiece of the chapter.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming restores Si Shen using his resurrection ability and the Ageless Immortal Spring. Si Shen regains more of his soul and becomes a living human, though he still lacks his memories.
• A day later, Jiang Ming consumes and refines the Heavenly Punishment clouds into a pill, using them to approach the third heaven of the Immortal Stage.
• While Jiang Ming remains in the North Sea, Ye Fan and Ji Zi move against the Golden Crow Race and Supreme Yin Divine Church in pursuit of justice.
• Jiang Ming sends Si Shen to travel and train with the Black Tortoise Totem Deity. He warns them not to disrupt Ziwei Imperial Star’s balance, though he permits them to target the Golden Crow Race and Supreme Yin Divine Church.
• Jiang Ming decides to take Yi Qingwu to Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star, believing her talent will flourish there. She agrees to go with him.

Character developments and interactions

• Si Shen regains a measure of humanity after recovering soul fragments. Still shaped by his demonic nature and instinct to grow stronger through battle, he needs years of experience to develop a fuller personality. He eagerly accepts Jiang Ming as an older brother.
• Jiang Ming presents his interventions as a way to bring warmth to a cruel world. He also acts as a guide and protector, directing Si Shen’s growth and encouraging Yi Qingwu’s ambitions.
• Yi Qingwu has grown into Jiang Ming’s partner and is increasingly attached to him. Though she recognizes that Ziwei may be too comfortable for her, she is drawn to the greater challenges and opportunities of Big Dipper. Jiang Ming’s gifts of the Supreme Yin and Primordial Emperor Scriptures deepen her sense that he understands her.
• Jiang Ming recalls that Yi Qingwu’s talent is exceptional: despite limited inheritance, she reached the Eight Prohibitions. He believes she has the ambition to become an Empress and supports that goal.
• Yi Qingwu considers the powerful figures awaiting on Big Dipper—including Ancient Princes, Jiang Ming’s formidable friends, and the Yaoguang Sacred Maiden, who shares a connection to the Moon Goddess legacy.

Significant themes

• Restoration and compassion: Jiang Ming uses his power to restore Si Shen’s body and humanity despite the risks.
• Identity and maturation: Si Shen’s bloodline links him to the Supreme Yin Human Emperor, but his personality must still be formed through experience.
• Ambition and opportunity: Yi Qingwu’s potential drives her move toward a more challenging world.
• Power and balance: Jiang Ming seeks to strengthen his allies while limiting unnecessary upheaval on Ziwei Imperial Star.

• The Divine Spirit Scripture draws powerful rivals. Jiang Ming learns that a genuine exchange of the Scripture’s two halves is about to take place. Because the text is believed to hold secrets of longevity, aged cultivators and Great Accomplished Kings are eager to obtain it. The Human King Hall and Longevity Daoist Temple each possess half a page and have gathered secretly at Ascension Immortal Cliff to trade.
• Jiang Ming arrives with Yi Qingwu and the Heavenly Jade Saintess. He keeps a low profile so the other factions will not flee. The Saintess has recently reached the Second Heaven of Saint and refined her lavish Phoenix Blood Scarlet Gold bridal robe into her Saint Weapon; Jiang Ming’s help during her tribulation has deepened her devotion to him. Yi Qingwu, who also received rare Dao-Tribulation Gold from Jiang Ming, envies the robe and considers making one herself. Jiang Ming privately thinks she should craft an artifact better suited to her Dao Fruit.
• The gathering’s background comes into focus. The Human King Hall has produced a new Great Accomplished King with a Human King Body, despite years of persecution and presumed death. The Longevity Daoist Temple is small but formidable; its Three Deficiencies Daoist is a peer of Yin Tiande. Yi Qingwu identifies the factions for Jiang Ming, while Bixia explains events to the others watching from within his Inner Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Ming anticipates an ambush. He senses that his Black Tortoise Totem Deity and Si Shen are nearby. Si Shen has spent months attacking the Supreme Yin Divine Church, using slaughter to steady himself after Jiang Ming’s intervention pushed him onto the Demon Dao. Whether he can recover his True Self remains uncertain. Jiang Ming also predicts that Feng Yuan, the Human King Hall’s Ironblood Holy Master, will be killed when several Great Accomplished Kings converge on the exchange.
• The exchange is attacked, but Si Shen intervenes. A towering Great Accomplished King seals the area and strikes at Feng Yuan. Before the attack can land, a demonic figure—Si Shen—bursts from the sea, grabs one half-page of the Scripture, and meets the attacker’s palm head-on. His powerful Saint Bone, reinforced with Saint Dao Patterns and including the skull of a Ninth-Heaven Saint, splits the blow and shocks the assailant.
  Character developments and themes: Jiang Ming remains calculating and protective, but Si Shen’s uncertain recovery is a looming concern. The Heavenly Jade Saintess’s advancement and attachment to Jiang Ming are highlighted, while Yi Qingwu’s envy introduces a lighter rivalry between the women. The chapter emphasizes the pursuit of longevity and power, the danger of secret knowledge, and the possibility—and difficulty—of resisting a demonic path.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Si Shen struggles to control his demonic nature. After recovering his missing lower half and restoring his body, he becomes more powerful but also more demonic. He must face the painful parts of his past and use Nine Secrets: Zhe to suppress the death energy inside him; otherwise, his demonic nature will worsen.
• The Heavenly Demon King attacks Si Shen to take the Divine Spirit Scripture. Si Shen counters with the Supreme Yin Fist, breaks the king’s innate Heavenly Demon Treasure Wheel, and proves stronger despite their difference in cultivation.
• Feng Yuan is rescued from the battle’s collateral damage by his elder brother, the Human King, whose exceptional physique is briefly described.
• The planned exchange between the Human King Hall and the Longevity Daoist Temple collapses. A mysterious, powerful stranger attacks Daoist Zhengde to seize his half of the Divine Spirit Scripture. The Black Tortoise Totem Deity intervenes, breaks the attacker’s divine domain, saves Zhengde, and takes the other half-page.
• The stranger is revealed to be a manifestation of Yin Tiande, created by the art One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones. He fights with the Solar Fist, showing that he possesses part of the Supreme Yang Scripture as well as the secret art.
• The Black Tortoise Totem Deity clashes with Yin Tiande using the Supreme Yin Fist and gains the advantage, then offers to exchange the Divine Spirit Scripture for Yin Tiande’s secret technique.
• The Golden Crow King arrives, prompting Jiang Ming’s Black Tortoise Totem Deity to turn his killing intent toward him. Before that confrontation can unfold, Ji Zi appears, having reached the third heavenly layer of a Dao-Severing King and begun touching the divine forbidden realm.

Character developments

• Si Shen has regained his complete body, but this makes controlling his demonic nature more urgent. His strength has increased enough to defeat a formidable opponent.
• Jiang Ming’s Black Tortoise Totem Deity reveals his decisive power and strategic interest in Yin Tiande’s technique, while remaining committed to confronting the Golden Crow Race.
• Yin Tiande is exposed as a powerful schemer who secretly possesses Solar Scripture techniques and can act through equally strong manifestations.
• Ji Zi has advanced rapidly and shows the potential to enter the divine forbidden realm consistently at the Dao-Severing King level.
• Feng Yuan is saved by his elder brother, the Human King, during the chaos.

Character interactions

• Si Shen and the Heavenly Demon King fight over the Divine Spirit Scripture, with Si Shen overpowering his attack.
• The Black Tortoise Totem Deity rescues Daoist Zhengde from Yin Tiande’s manifestation, then confronts Yin Tiande directly and proposes a trade.
• The Golden Crow King’s arrival triggers the Black Tortoise Totem Deity’s hostility, while Ji Zi independently appears with the same target in mind.
• The Human King protects Feng Yuan from the destructive effects of the surrounding battles.

Significant themes

• Self-acceptance and recovery: Si Shen must acknowledge every part of his past to regain control of himself.
• Power and survival: Strength is measured not only by cultivation rank but also by combat ability, physique, and access to exceptional realms.
• Deception and hidden motives: Yin Tiande’s secret techniques and manifestations underscore the danger of concealed agendas.
• Relentless competition: The chapter closes by stressing that anyone who fails to advance risks being left behind in the brutal cultivation world.

Chapter Summary: Nine Secrets: Zhe

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Fan realizes that the person who seized the Divine Spirit Scripture may be allied with Jiang Ming. Yin Tiande is also revealed to be among the powerful figures present.
• The Human King appears, along with another young Human Race genius who targets the Golden Crow King.
• Yi Qingwu explains the Human King’s tragic history: cursed as an infant, repeatedly forced to disperse and rebuild his cultivation, and believed dead after severely injuring the Golden Crow King two thousand years earlier.
• Jiang Ming decides to support the Human King, hoping he can eventually become a Saint and help counter the powerful Demon Race forces on the Ziwei Imperial Star.
• The Bright King and Qinggu Daoist appear and immediately begin fighting due to an old grudge. Their Divine Domains reflect their respective paths: light and nature.
• Jiang Ming rearranges the battlefield. Yi Qingwu takes on the Heavenly Demon King, while Si Shen is directed toward the Bright King or Qinggu Daoist.
• Jiang Ming obtains both halves of the Divine Spirit Scripture from Si Shen and the Black Tortoise Totem Deity. He uses the God-Demon Eye to comprehend the Nine Secrets: Zhe and then gives the scripture to the Human King.
• The Golden Crow King attacks in anger, but the Heavenly Jade Saintess steals his Crow-Wing Gilded Tang with the Nine Secret: Bing and the Goddess Furnace. Ji Zi then attacks and traps the Golden Crow King.
• Jiang Ming offers to help the Human King heal his Dao injuries using the Nine Secrets: Zhe and another secret technique.
• Li Tian and Yan Yixi appear and desperately beg Jiang Ming to reverse the transformation that has left them in female bodies for over four years.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming is shown as increasingly powerful, generous, and strategic. Rather than simply pursuing the scripture, he uses it to aid the Human King and invests in Yi Qingwu’s growth. He also plans for the future of the Human Race after leaving Ziwei.
• The Human King is revealed to be a resilient survivor whose repeated cultivation rebuilds and injuries have not corrupted his character. His confrontation with the Golden Crow King remains one of his defining achievements.
• Yi Qingwu gains Jiang Ming’s confidence and is encouraged to challenge older Dao-Severing Kings. Her improved strength and Eight Prohibitions combat ability demonstrate her rapid development.
• Si Shen remains battle-crazed but can be calmed by Jiang Ming’s overwhelming demonic aura and guidance.
• The Golden Crow King is humiliated again: his weapon is stolen, he receives a black eye from Ji Zi, and he is unable to escape.
• Li Tian and Yan Yixi are driven to desperation by their long-term transformation and turn to Jiang Ming for help, using Ye Fan as a connection.

Significant Themes

• Resilience and destiny: The Human King’s survival despite curses, ruined foundations, and repeated setbacks emphasizes perseverance against seemingly impossible fate.
• Power used responsibly: Jiang Ming possesses overwhelming strength but chooses to cultivate allies, protect the Human Race, and prepare for the future rather than merely dominate the battlefield.
• Hidden strength and deception: Many supposedly dead or retired experts emerge, reflecting the Ziwei Imperial Star’s culture of concealment and concealed trump cards.
• Conflict between races: Jiang Ming’s support of the Human King is motivated partly by the need to resist the increasingly dominant Demon Race.
• Transformation and identity: Li Tian and Yan Yixi’s prolonged feminization provides comic relief while highlighting their psychological distress and dependence on Jiang Ming’s abilities.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Yi Qingwu: He mentors her and deliberately gives her a powerful opponent to advance her cultivation.
• Jiang Ming and the Human King: Jiang Ming earns the Human King’s cautious trust by giving him the Divine Spirit Scripture and offering to heal his Dao injuries. In return, he asks the Human King to protect the Moon Palace after Yi Qingwu departs.
• Jiang Ming and Si Shen: Jiang Ming redirects Si Shen toward more suitable opponents and suppresses his violent demonic impulses.
• Heavenly Jade Saintess, Ji Zi, and the Golden Crow King: They cooperate in humiliating and restraining the Golden Crow King, taking his weapon and preventing his escape.
• Li Tian, Yan Yixi, Ye Fan, and Jiang Ming: The transformed pair appeal to Jiang Ming through Ye Fan, begging for restoration and adding a comedic conclusion to the chapter.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming releases Yan Yixi and Li Tian from his sex-changing technique after they agree he is right to reclaim the Goddess Furnace. He argues that their founder’s cultivation method was intended for couples, but later practitioners twisted it into a tool for lechery; he also wants to keep Emperor Hengyu’s weapon from being misused again.
• Ye Fan, relieved to see the two men restored, offers Jiang Ming the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist in exchange for the Nine Secrets: Zhe. Jiang Ming accepts. Their exchange reflects earlier arrangements between Jiang Ming and the Madman, who had given Ye Fan the fist before setting out into the universe.
• The struggle over the Divine Spirit Scripture continues. The Human King agrees to protect the Moon Palace after reading the complete scripture. Jiang Ming uses the Nine Secrets: Zhe and his own power to heal the King’s injuries to the Dao, fully awaken his Human King Body, and give him a chance to advance toward sainthood.
• The Human King promises to pass the portion of the scripture he knows to Daoist Qinggu, honoring their agreement.
• The battle grows increasingly chaotic. Jiang Ming easily defeats the Heavenly Demon King’s attempt to steal the scripture, transforming him into a terrified child. Yin Tiande then reveals a black clay jar bearing an ancient seal. Opening it summons a Green Ox, an incarnation left behind by Laozi.
• The Green Ox wonders how long it has been since Laozi left Hangu Pass. Ye Fan recognizes the significance: the stories of Laozi’s journey west are true, and Laozi traveled to the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star before leaving a legacy on Ziwei.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming shows both moral authority and overwhelming power: he reclaims the Goddess Furnace to prevent further abuse, restores the Human King, and dismisses a powerful attacker with ease.
• Ye Fan remains loyal to his friends and eager to trade techniques, though the experience of living alongside Yan Yixi and Li Tian’s transformed personas has left him deeply unnerved.
• The Human King moves from a broken, seemingly hopeless state to renewed health and the possibility of reaching sainthood. He also reaffirms his commitment to the Moon Palace and his promise to Qinggu.
• Yin Tiande reveals a connection to Laozi’s legacy, raising the stakes with a powerful hidden trump card.
• Yan Yixi and Li Tian abandon resistance and accept Jiang Ming’s judgment, while retaining their exaggeratedly flirtatious manner even after their bodies are restored.

Significant themes

• The corruption of tradition: A cultivation method intended for mutual benefit can be twisted by later generations into something exploitative; sacred weapons, too, can be misused.
• Friendship and reciprocity: Characters strengthen alliances by exchanging techniques and honoring promises.
• Restoration and second chances: The Human King’s recovery turns a ruined foundation into a new opportunity for advancement.
• Legacy across ages: Laozi’s arrival and the Green Ox’s appearance connect ancient Earth traditions to the cultivation world.
• Power and restraint: Jiang Ming’s strength lets him protect others and prevent abuses, while the escalating battle shows how easily conflicts over powerful inheritances spiral out of control.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming lectures Yan Yixi and Li Tian, takes the Goddess Furnace, then restores them; Ye Fan recoils from their behavior.
• Ye Fan and Jiang Ming exchange signature techniques, building on a network of exchanges involving the Madman.
• Jiang Ming heals the Human King, who in turn pledges to protect the Moon Palace and keep his agreement with Daoist Qinggu.
• The Bright King hesitates to use his borrowed weapon after seeing the consequences for the Golden Crow King, while the Heavenly Demon King’s attack on Jiang Ming ends in humiliating defeat.
• Yin Tiande’s summoned Green Ox becomes the focus of Ye Fan’s astonishment as he recognizes the connection to Laozi.

Chapter Summary: “Intervening Four Times”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Laozi’s Green Ox appears as a temporary manifestation of qi, possessing the strength of a Great Accomplished King. Ye Fan is excited by the possibility of finding a way home, while Jiang Ming remains cautious because this Earth is not his original world.
• Yin Tiande summons the Green Ox to help him seize the Divine Spirit Scripture written on Phoenix Blood Scarlet Gold paper. He also creates three qi incarnations of himself and attacks Jiang Ming directly.
• Jiang Ming effortlessly counters both attackers:
  • He kicks the Green Ox away and sends it crashing into one of Yin Tiande’s incarnations.
  • Using his sword and the “One Sword Breaks All Techniques,” he destroys the first incarnation.
  • Through Heaven’s Edict on the Tongue, Golden Words and Jade Decrees, and the Laws of Cause and Effect, he instantly kills the remaining two incarnations and injures Yin Tiande’s true body.
• Realizing they cannot win, the Green Ox grabs Yin Tiande and flees. Jiang Ming chooses not to pursue them, since he and Yin Tiande have no truly irreconcilable enmity.
• The battle elsewhere produces another major casualty: Ji Zi kills the Golden Crow King with the Void Divine Stele, refining him into origin essence qi.
• Jiang Ming restores the Heavenly Demon King from his transformed childlike state, only to kill him immediately afterward.
• The chapter closes with reflections on the decline of the Ziwei Imperial Star’s Human Race and the fate of its Emperor Armaments, including the danger posed by the Desolate Forbidden Land and the Ruthless Empress.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming demonstrates overwhelming combat power and exceptional speed. His four interventions establish him as vastly superior to Yin Tiande, the Green Ox manifestation, and the other powerful figures present.
• Yin Tiande reveals his ambition and desperation by attacking Jiang Ming personally for the Divine Spirit Scripture. Despite being one of Ziwei’s strongest figures, he is defeated almost instantly and forced to flee.
• The Green Ox is shown to be powerful but overconfident. His greatest strength proves to be escape rather than combat, and he abandons the confrontation once Jiang Ming defeats Yin Tiande’s incarnations.
• Yi Qingwu gains a clearer understanding of Jiang Ming’s true strength. Her presence also intensifies Yin Tiande’s jealousy, though she has no genuine romantic relationship with him.
• Ji Zi continues his ruthless campaign against enemies of the Human Race and displays much of the Void Great Emperor’s power and legacy.
• The Heavenly Demon King is reduced from a frightening figure to a helpless child, restored by Jiang Ming, and then executed, emphasizing Jiang Ming’s uncompromising attitude toward enemies.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming strength and deterrence: Jiang Ming barely needs to act to dominate the battlefield, with each of his four moves producing decisive results.
• The decline and revival of the Human Race: Jiang Ming and Ji Zi both seek to restore the dignity of a weakened Human Race and avenge the suppression of its ancient traditions.
• Legacy and inheritance: Laozi’s lineage, the Void Great Emperor’s techniques, and the ancient Emperor Armaments all shape the current conflict.
• Pragmatism over pointless hatred: Jiang Ming spares Yin Tiande because their dispute is not truly irreconcilable, distinguishing personal rivalry from genuine enmity.
• The dangers of ancient powers: The Desolate Forbidden Land and the Ruthless Empress represent forces so terrifying that even Emperor Armaments and powerful ancient factions cannot safely challenge them.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Yin Tiande: Their confrontation is driven by Yin Tiande’s desire for the Divine Spirit Scripture and resentment over Yi Qingwu. Jiang Ming decisively defeats him but does not pursue him afterward.
• Jiang Ming and the Green Ox: The Green Ox attacks on Yin Tiande’s behalf, but Jiang Ming kicks him away and overwhelms him, forcing him to flee.
• Yin Tiande and Yi Qingwu: Yin Tiande appears jealous that Yi Qingwu stands beside Jiang Ming, though their supposed marriage alliance was never formalized and she has no affection for him.
• Ji Zi and the Golden Crow King: Ji Zi kills the Golden Crow King with the Void Divine Stele, continuing his campaign against enemies connected to the Human Race’s decline.
• Jiang Ming and the Heavenly Demon King: Jiang Ming first reverses the curse or transformation that made the Heavenly Demon King a child, then kills him without hesitation.

Key plot points and events

• At the Eight Views Palace, Jiang Ming discovers that Yin Tiande has erased its entire inheritance to keep it for himself. Jiang Ming studies the surviving Dao Patterns for three days and learns a partial version of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, managing only One Qi Transforms into Two Pure Ones.
• Before arriving, Jiang Ming visited the Moon Palace, left behind the Nine Secrets: Zhe, and departed with Yi Qingwu. He gives the Moon Palace advice to cultivate new talents, since leaving it too much power could make it a target.
• Ye Fan reports that Ji Zi and Si Shen have already left for the Starry Sky Ancient Road. Jiang Ming reflects on his exchanges with them: he traded Nine Secrets for Ji Zi’s Void arts, while Si Shen received several Nine Secrets in return for the aid of the Supreme Yin inheritance.
• Ye Fan finds a Five-Colored Altar and feels it calling to three Primordial Creature corpses he possesses. Jiang Ming recognizes the summons as a connection to the Primordial Ancestor Kings on Big Dipper and agrees they should follow it.
• The altar’s dark opening swallows the corpses. Jiang Ming, Ye Fan, Li Tian, and Yan Yixi follow through, with Jiang Ming bringing the Heavenly Jade Saintess and Yi Qingwu in his Inner Heaven and Earth.
• They are headed toward Divine Spirit Valley, where Primordial Race leaders have gathered to guide their returning ancestors. Jiang Ming prepares the Goddess Furnace and Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar, anticipating trouble.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming continues expanding his collection of ancient inheritances, especially to strengthen his command of Yin-Yang and Time-Space arts. He remains mindful of debts and repays them through teaching and sharing techniques.
• Ye Fan is ready to leave Ziwei Imperial Star after exhausting its opportunities. His connection to the Primordial corpses becomes the key to the group’s passage to Big Dipper.
• Ji Zi leaves to seek suitable trials and protect his younger relatives from the danger posed by Undying Mountain.
• Si Shen departs after recovering and obtaining techniques that aid his cultivation.
• Li Tian and Yan Yixi follow Jiang Ming toward Big Dipper, hoping to improve their prospects there.

Significant themes

• Inheritance and ownership: Powerful figures preserve or erase teachings to control who can benefit from them.
• Gratitude and reciprocity: Jiang Ming shares techniques and repays favors, even when the exchange is not strictly equal.
• The cost of power: Smaller factions risk attracting enemies if they gain too much strength too quickly.
• Journeys and looming conflict: The group’s departure opens a new stage of cultivation while drawing them into tensions between humans and the Primordial Races.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming supports Yi Qingwu’s departure from the Moon Palace while ensuring her former sect receives a valuable technique.
• His exchanges with Ji Zi and Si Shen reflect mutual respect and acknowledged debts.
• Ye Fan brings Jiang Ming to the altar and explains the summons; Jiang Ming quickly understands its significance and leads the group through.
• Li Tian and Yan Yixi attach themselves to Ye Fan’s journey, while Jiang Ming gives them cultivation guidance—even though they would have preferred a different scripture.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming and his companions face a choice between breaking through a spatial node or entering a nest of Primordial Creatures. Judging the danger—especially the possibility of a Primordial Ancestral King in Divine Spirit Valley—Jiang Ming abandons the risky route.
• He sends Ye Fan, Li Tian, and Yan Yixi out of the passage, then leaves with the Heavenly Jade Saintess and Yi Qingwu. The group arrives above the Southern Mountains on the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star, a place renowned for its mysteries and powerful cultivators.
• The story shifts to a Spirit Medicine Convention in the Southern Mountains. Jiang Ming’s daughter, Jiang Tingting, attends with Xia Jiuyou, her close friend and fellow traveler. They trade a valuable bead made from Nine-Heavens Jade King for a rare, seven-leaved Lesser Medicine King.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming shows caution, choosing not to risk his companions against forces whose strength is uncertain. He also reflects on whether the Heavenly Jade Saintess’s sealed memories might return now that she has become a Saint.
• Jiang Tingting has grown into a powerful and celebrated Holy Master, known as the Eastern Wasteland’s beauty of her generation. Her adventures and battles with Xia Jiuyou have made them formidable peers.
• Xia Jiuyou is a Ninth Heavenly Layer Great Ability, but her progress has stalled at the threshold of Dao Severing.
• Though Jiang Tingting grumbles that her father left her behind, she has been generously equipped by him with powerful materials, scriptures, techniques, and medicines.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming reassures Ye Fan that they can handle the Primordial Creatures, then sends him and the others to safety.
• Yi Qingwu and the Heavenly Jade Saintess accompany Jiang Ming as he explores the Southern Mountains.
• At the convention, Jiang Tingting and Xia Jiuyou arrive together, drawing attention for their beauty and reputations. Jiang Tingting negotiates the herb trade, while other cultivators explain the bead’s potential value.

Significant themes

• Caution versus ambition: Jiang Ming refuses to gamble with his group’s safety for a dangerous opportunity.
• Growth and independence: Jiang Tingting and Xia Jiuyou have matured through travel, cultivation, and combat.
• Legacy and family: Jiang Ming’s support has given his daughter immense advantages, even as his absence frustrates her.
• A world of mystery and power: The Burial Emperor Star and Southern Mountains are presented as places rich in secrets and extraordinary possibilities.

Key plot points and events

• As relations between humans and Primordial clans grow tense, powerful Primordial figures—including Yuangu and the Son of the Celestial Emperor—target young humans and suppress sacred-land heirs. Yuangu seeks Pang Bo’s Demon Emperor’s Nine Slashes, while the Celestial Emperor’s son targets Jiang Ming’s daughter.
• Jiang Ming’s Vermilion Bird Totem Deity has twice intervened against Primordial Kings, curbing their aggression. The Crow Daoist and Jin Ling also rise as formidable fighters, killing Primordial troublemakers.
• Several human talents have reached Dao Severing, including Fairy Zixia, Princess Jiang Chanyu, the Yaochi Sacred Maiden, Wang Teng, Hua Yunfei, Yaoguang, Li Xiaoman, and Yan Ruyu. The assassin groups Human World and Hell are active again amid the turmoil.
• Jiang Ming gives Li Ruoyu Nine Secrets: Bing to strengthen the Taixuan Sect’s defenses. Li later becomes famous for defeating powerful visitors using the Way of Nature.
• Wang Teng avoids corruption by the resentment-bearing Eternal Blue Gold and instead obtains the Luangu Great Emperor’s inheritance. After a decade in its secret realm, he reaches Dao Severing, reforms his behavior, and eventually battles Yuangu.
• The chapter explains that Luangu’s scripture fused elements of the Void Great Emperor’s and Ruthless Emperor’s teachings into a distinct path, one that could lead followers toward either wickedness or resilience.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming influences events through both protection and generosity. His earlier advice leads Ye Fan to support Qin Yao, while his care for the women around him helps Yan Ruyu become warmer and more generous.
• Ye Fan shares scriptures and resources with Qin Yao and An Miaoyi, a change that prevents Qin Yao’s tragic fate from the original course of events. An Miaoyi also studies Shakyamuni’s legacy and discusses it with Li Xiaoman.
• Yan Ruyu has reached Dao Severing and cultivates both the Azure Emperor Scripture and Demon Emperor Scripture. Her close bonds with Qin Yao and Jin Ling help soften her formerly distant nature.
• Li Ruoyu receives Nine Secrets: Bing from Jiang Ming, who seeks to protect the otherwise weak Taixuan Sect. Li’s later victory over powerful challengers establishes his reputation.
• Wang Teng reflects on his past arrogance after being frightened by Jiang Ming and Ji Zi. He becomes more cautious, recognizes his bad influence on his younger brother, and turns to Luangu’s inheritance rather than the corrupting artifact.
• Jiang Tingting calmly recounts the dangers facing her and other young humans, despite being among those pursued.

Significant themes

• A changing balance of power: Human prodigies are proving far stronger than the Primordial clans expected.
• Mentorship and compassion: Jiang Ming’s guidance and generosity improve the choices and fates of people around him.
• Cycles of influence: Wang Teng recognizes that his brother’s behavior mirrors his own, prompting self-reflection.
• Inheritance and moral choice: Luangu’s teachings combine opposing traditions, leaving their followers’ paths dependent on how they respond to hardship.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming returns in secret and observes the changed world. Most events among the Primordial Creatures remain familiar, but the Northern Plains Wang Family has not attacked Dongfang Ye’s tribe.
• He lets Tongtong and his family explore a medicinal-herb fair, giving the boy valuable resources and a chance to practice identifying and trading for herbs.
• Jiang Ming watches as his daughter, Jiang Tingting, and Xia Jiuyou attract attention at the fair. Tingting also successfully trades for a fifty-thousand-year-old Lesser Medicine King.
• Gu Qingyao detects Jiang Ming hiding nearby and reunites with him. He thanks her for caring for Tingting and gives her a drop of Ageless Immortal Spring.
• After drinking it, Gu Qingyao experiences a dramatic restoration of vitality, feeling young again.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming is now at Dao Severing and remains protective of those close to him. He reflects on how his presence has altered events and continues supporting Tongtong’s upbringing.
• Tongtong, though only six, is already at the Life Spring Realm and begins applying his knowledge of medicinal herbs in the wider cultivation world.
• Gu Qingyao, a Great Saint at Ninth Heaven, has gained roughly fifteen hundred years of life through Jiang Ming’s past help. The new gift further restores her vitality.
• Jiang Tingting is thirty-one but still looks seventeen because of her talent and cultivation. She is increasingly recognized as a leading beauty and the Jiang Family’s divine maiden.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming entrusts Tongtong’s mother and Jiang Bo with supervising Tongtong at the fair, while encouraging the boy to make his own choices.
• He reunites warmly with Gu Qingyao, acknowledging her devotion to Tingting. Gu Qingyao teases him about his cultivation progress and notices his closeness with the Heavenly Jade Saintess, as well as Yi Qingwu’s unusual resemblance to the legendary Chang’e.
• Gu Qingyao accepts Jiang Ming’s gift without suspicion, and Yi Qingwu and the Heavenly Jade Saintess watch its effects.

Significant themes

• Changed fate: Jiang Ming’s presence has altered some events while leaving others largely intact.
• Family and mentorship: Jiang Ming supports Tongtong’s growth, and Gu Qingyao’s care for Tingting highlights the importance of chosen family.
• Longevity and renewal: The Ageless Immortal Spring offers more than ordinary healing, restoring vitality and extending life.
• Talent and time: The characters’ exceptional cultivation makes age and appearance diverge sharply, underscoring their extraordinary lives.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming reflects on his cultivation and his complicated ties to Cai Duyi, who taught the Azure Dragon Totem Deity—and, in effect, Jiang Ming—the complete Dao Scripture and Nine Secret: Bing.
• Gu Qingyao tells Jiang Ming she found the Northern Extreme Immortal Light, a legendary opportunity said to appear only once every hundred thousand years. Jiang Ming dismisses it as an uncertain prize that could trap people into waiting for it indefinitely.
• Remembering the corpses of powerful cultivators who died in the ice cave, Gu Qingyao abandons her fixation on the light. Letting go gives her a sense of spiritual elevation.
• Jiang Ming reunites with his daughter, Jiang Tingting, and her companion Xia Jiuyou after they finish trading. He agrees to travel with them to the Northern Plains.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming remains confident in his abilities but recognizes that developing his Great Freedom Dao Scripture will require independent effort and long cultivation. He also chooses to preserve painful memories rather than sever them, seeing them as part of himself.
• Gu Qingyao moves beyond her attachment to a rare, uncertain opportunity and gains renewed clarity about her cultivation.
• Jiang Tingting is delighted to see her father but lets him know she feels neglected. Her closeness with him shows that, despite her strength and independence, she still wants his attention.
• Xia Jiuyou accompanies Tingting and shares her plans for further training.

Significant themes

• The cost of chasing opportunities: A supposedly priceless treasure may demand years of waiting and lead only to ruin.
• Cultivation of the heart: Advancement involves accepting one’s past, not simply cutting away painful memories.
• Family and loneliness: Tingting’s long independence does not erase her need for her father’s presence.
• Humility and mentorship: Jiang Ming accepts Cai Duyi as a genuine master despite his own exceptional power.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming’s practical advice helps Gu Qingyao release her obsession with the Northern Extreme Immortal Light.
• Gu Qingyao playfully urges Jiang Ming to visit Tingting, and their exchange carries affectionate teasing.
• Tingting greets Jiang Ming warmly but reproaches him for his absence. He responds by inviting her and Xia Jiuyou to travel with him.
• Tingting shares that she taught Xia Jiuyou Nine Secrets: Xing, then questions whether Jiang Ming should sever painful memories. He answers that some things must be accepted rather than cut away.