Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Jiang Tingting teases her father for greeting her with a forehead smack. Jiang Ming placates her by teaching her the Nine Secrets: Zhe, while chiding her for teaching Xia Jiuyou another secret without permission.
• Tingting explains why she once urged him to abandon painful memories: she now understands how much suffering he endured when he and her mother were weak. Jiang Ming has succeeded in Dao Severing but chose to keep those memories.
• Preparing to travel to the Northern Plains and investigate the Northern Extreme Immortal Light, Jiang Ming gives Tingting two Half-Saint-level Divine-Demon Dao Soldiers to help protect her as she cultivates.
• Jiang Ming introduces Tingting to his companions, including Yi Qingwu, the Heavenly Jade Saintess, Tongtong, Mu Wanjun, and Jiang Bo. He also reunites her with her master, Gu Qingyao.
• Tingting embraces Gu Qingyao, who has been a mentor and a mother figure to her since childhood. Tingting again wonders whether Gu Qingyao might someday join Jiang Ming’s family; Gu Qingyao senses the thought and blushes.
• The chapter ends by shifting to Jiang Ming’s father, who has quietly advanced in martial cultivation. Living comfortably on an immortal island, he has progressed from Martial Dao Grandmaster to what may be Great Grandmaster, but nobody has noticed.

Character development and interactions

• Jiang Ming and Tingting: Their reunion is affectionate and teasing. Tingting has matured enough to understand her father’s past pain, while Jiang Ming shows his care by giving her powerful protectors.
• Tingting and Gu Qingyao: Their bond is deeply familial. Tingting sees her master as a second mother, and Gu Qingyao openly dotes on her.
• Tingting and Xia Jiuyou: Tingting silently reflects on Xia Jiuyou’s apparent crush on Jiang Ming, contrasting the formidable women around him with Xia’s lack of courage. Jiang Ming hears her thoughts through Mind-Reading and is uncomfortable with the situation.
• Jiang Ming and his father: Though absent from the reunion, the older Jiang has been steadily training in secret, unaware that his progress has gone unrecognized by those around him.

Significant themes

• Memory and healing: Jiang Ming’s refusal to erase his past contrasts with Tingting’s wish to spare him pain; his strength includes accepting rather than severing those memories.
• Family and chosen family: Jiang Ming’s companions, Tingting’s master, and the older generation form an expanding family network.
• Quiet perseverance: Jiang Ming’s father continues practicing without praise or recognition, embodying progress achieved through private discipline.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming takes Jiang Tingting, Xia Jiuyou, Yi Qingwu, and Gu Qingyao to Vermilion Bird City after hearing that Zi Tiandu of Divine Spirit Valley has arrived in the Southern Mountains. Jiang Ming suspects Zi has ambitions beyond showing off—possibly targeting the Demon Emperor Hall’s inheritance.
• The group uses Jiang Ming’s spatial ability to reach Bright Moon Palace, a famed Grotto-Heaven artifact that appears like a second moon in the sky.
• They follow the sound of a guzheng through a bamboo forest and hear Wu Heavenly Maiden perform “Hundred Boats Racing,” a piece whose image of rivers flowing into the sea reflects the fierce competition of the age.
• The gathering is ostensibly held to welcome Zi Tiandu. Southern Mountains’ young elites and prominent women lavish him with praise and attention, though he responds with modest words he does not mean. He privately considers Human cultivators weak, having defeated many Holy Sons and imperial princes.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming remains watchful and protective of his younger relatives. He reflects on possible matches for Jiang Caixuan, favoring Pang Bo as a worthy and promising partner.
• Jiang Tingting is energetic and eager at the prospect of encountering Primordial Creatures, displaying the bold spirit behind her “Little Witch” reputation.
• Yi Qingwu shows her own musical expertise by appreciating the guzheng performance.
• Gu Qingyao remains calm and detached, content to observe rather than take part.
• Zi Tiandu presents himself as polite and humble, but his confidence and disdain for Human rivals show through his private thoughts.

Significant themes

• Rivalry in a golden age: Exceptional young cultivators from multiple generations and backgrounds are emerging and competing for supremacy.
• Appearance versus reality: Zi Tiandu’s courteous public manner masks his arrogance, while the Southern Mountains’ elites flatter him in hopes of favor.
• Art reflecting the world: The guzheng piece’s rising rivers and converging waters evoke the gathering strength and competition of the era.
• Family care and protection: Jiang Ming’s attention to his relatives’ safety and futures shapes his choices and observations.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming brings his companions to observe the gathering, while Tingting questions their purpose and quickly becomes excited by the Primordial visitors.
• Yi Qingwu and Gu Qingyao respond to the music in contrasting ways: Qingwu analyzes its artistry, while Qingyao stays a quiet observer.
• Southern Mountains’ leaders and “pearls” compete to flatter Zi Tiandu, who accepts their welcome without revealing his true opinion.
• Jiang Ming privately considers Pang Bo as a potential partner for Jiang Caixuan, comparing her favorably with the colder Ji Biyue.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming, the Eastern Demon, unexpectedly appears at Zi Tiandu’s banquet with Jiang Tingting—the Little Witch—and several famed beauties. His arrival shocks the guests and immediately shifts the gathering’s focus to the likely confrontation.
• The guests recall Jiang Ming’s reputation: he has repeatedly outmaneuvered powerful factions, seized valuable treasures, and acquired extraordinary romantic partners. His appearance alongside his daughter makes many assume he has come to confront Zi Tiandu over the women of Divine Spirit Valley.
• Zi Tiandu’s earlier boast that he could suppress figures such as Jiang Ming is repeated in front of everyone. His guards, realizing Jiang Ming is present and that no Dao-Severing King is with them, panic and propose escaping.
• Jiang Ming declares that no one will leave and kills Zi Tiandu’s dozen Ninth-Heavenly-Layer Primordial Servants instantly using his Heaven’s Edict on the Tongue.
• He tells Zi Tiandu that the young man is beneath his notice and that Tingting can defeat him. To ensure the fight is fair, Jiang Ming uses Eternal Emptiness to seal away one level of Zi Tiandu’s cultivation.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming remains composed and overwhelmingly confident. He treats the confrontation as a lesson for his daughter rather than a threat to himself, while demonstrating precise control over both speech-based techniques and space-time arts.
• Jiang Tingting is presented as a capable fighter in her own right, not merely Jiang Ming’s daughter. He intends for her to face Zi Tiandu personally.
• Zi Tiandu is exposed as arrogant and overconfident. His reliance on his Ninth Heavenly Layer cultivation and his record of defeating human holy sons and maidens have led him to underestimate stronger opponents.
• The guests and Zi Tiandu’s guards move from astonishment to fear as Jiang Ming’s reputation becomes immediate reality.

Significant themes

• Arrogance meets reality: Zi Tiandu’s boasts are thrown back at him when Jiang Ming arrives.
• Power and reputation: The crowd’s reaction shows how Jiang Ming’s past exploits have made him a legendary, feared figure.
• Parental confidence and succession: Jiang Ming’s decision to let Tingting fight reflects both his trust in her strength and his role in preparing her.
• Control rather than brute force: Jiang Ming adjusts the matchup by sealing Zi Tiandu’s cultivation, displaying tactical command as well as overwhelming power.

Character interactions

• The guests whisper and speculate about Jiang Ming, his companions, and his motives.
• Zi Tiandu’s guards urgently advise him to escape, but Jiang Ming shuts down that possibility.
• Jiang Ming directly dismisses Zi Tiandu as an opponent and assigns the fight to Tingting, then weakens Zi Tiandu to make the contest suitable for her.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming arrives and seals Zi Tiandu’s cultivation with a single finger, then immobilizes him briefly with the Fate Divine Ability Heaven’s Edict on the Tongue.
• Jiang Tingting immediately attacks. She combines the Bright Moon Seal, Human Emperor Seal, Golden Dragon Scissors, and the Nine Secrets: Xing to evade Zi Tiandu’s defenses and overwhelm him with a rapid series of strikes.
• Tingting’s Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang Dao works in a repeating cycle, powering a technique that lets her rewind time and keep Zi Tiandu from recovering or using his own abilities.
• She brings out the strengthened Lightning Stone Cauldron to clash with Zi Tiandu’s purple pagoda. Her Golden Dragon Scissors then destroy his Dragon-Skin Drum and cut him in two.
• Zi Tiandu uses Divine Spirit Valley’s secret art to turn his body and Primordial Spirit into a destructive attack aimed at Tingting. She rewinds time again and counters with the Azure Emperor’s Nine Slashes—Soul Wound, shattering his Primordial Spirit.

Character development

• Jiang Tingting is no longer the little girl she once was: she demonstrates formidable combat skill, tactical decisiveness, and a personal understanding of the Dao.
• Her strength comes not only from her Lunar Body and Supreme Yin Scripture but also from her own cultivation and Dao insight. She has also thoughtfully reinforced weapons Jiang Ming gave her.
• Zi Tiandu’s confidence and reputation prove insufficient against a prepared opponent; once caught off guard, he cannot bring his strength to bear.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ming’s intervention creates the opening, while Tingting takes control of the fight and carries it through without giving Zi Tiandu time to recover.
• Tingting’s attacks repeatedly counter Zi Tiandu’s defenses and techniques, culminating in a direct contest between his Primordial Spirit art and her specialized soul-striking technique.
• Her actions reflect both her father’s support and her own independence as a fighter.

Significant themes

• Preparation and initiative: Tingting’s first strike and repeated time reversals prevent a stronger opponent from turning the fight around.
• Growth and mastery: Her abilities have matured into a distinctive Dao rather than remaining mere inherited power.
• Power has limits: Zi Tiandu’s royal bloodline and Primordial Spirit talent are defeated by superior timing, equipment, and a technique designed to counter them.

Key plot points and events

• Zi Tiandu’s shattered Primordial Spirit calls on a protective mark left by a Primordial Ancestral King of Divine Spirit Valley. Jiang Tingting uses Temporal Restart to strike before he can recover, then destroys him with her purple pagoda. The awakened safeguard attacks, but the Nine Heavens Ziwei Jade Pagoda breaks and absorbs its soul-path power.
• The gathered young elites watch Tingting with awe. She condemns them for fawning over Zi Tiandu and abandoning their dignity. They are too ashamed—and too intimidated by Jiang Ming—to answer.
• Tingting praises Heavenly Maiden Wu Fei’s zither performance, interpreting it as a quiet rejection of Primordial Royal Clan superiority. Wu Fei warns that killing Zi Tiandu will draw stronger enemies; Tingting confidently replies that her father is present.
• Jiang Ming and Gu Qingyao settle down with food and wine while Xia Jiuyou plays her ancient zither. Gu hints that the music expresses the player’s feelings for Jiang Ming. He pretends not to understand, while privately suspecting Xia has a secret crush on him.
• Gu Qingyao foresees that Jiang Ming’s return will sharpen the conflict between Humans and Primordial Creatures. After clashes among the younger generation, the Primordial Ancestral Kings may awaken, testing whether the Human Saints can withstand them.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Tingting proves both formidable and principled: she kills Zi Tiandu, then publicly challenges the crowd’s cowardly flattery. Her trust in Jiang Ming is absolute.
• Jiang Ming remains composed throughout the crisis and supports Tingting’s confidence. His playful denial of Xia Jiuyou’s feelings contrasts with Gu Qingyao’s knowing amusement.
• Wu Fei shows insight and courage through her music, but recognizes the danger Tingting’s actions may bring.
• Xia Jiuyou reveals tender, hesitant emotions through her zither playing; Jiang Ming and Gu Qingyao read the implication differently.
• Gu Qingyao acts as a perceptive elder, understanding both the personal subtext and the looming political conflict.

Significant themes

• Dignity versus opportunism: Tingting condemns the young elites for flattering power instead of honoring their own worth.
• Humanity’s resistance to Primordial supremacy: Wu Fei’s music and Tingting’s words challenge the idea that the Royal Clans alone produce great heroes.
• Power and protection: Zi Tiandu’s ancestral safeguard cannot overcome Tingting’s weapon, underscoring the balance of force in this world.
• Private feelings amid public conflict: Xia’s unspoken affection offers a quiet counterpoint to the escalating struggle between Humans and Primordial forces.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming wipes out more than twenty hidden assassins from the allied dynasties Human World and Hell, then uses a Southern Mountains prodigy’s bow to kill their invisible holy son and holy maiden from afar.
• He employs his Cause-and-Effect Dao Secret Art to establish a link with the pair and strike them across vast distances, destroying both body and spirit. He reflects that fully mastering cause and effect could eventually let him kill even reincarnated enemies.
• Jiang Ming returns the bow after casually upgrading it from a Spirit-Communicating Treasure to a King-Tier Divine Weapon. He is pleased with his daughter’s progress and notes that he has taught Temporal Restart to her and his companions.
• In a separate scene, Ye Fan struggles with the emotional consequences of Dao Severing. An Miaoyi has severed her attachment to him, while Li Xiaoman has lost memories that once connected her to him. After intimate encounters with both, Ye Fan recognizes the mistake Jiang Ming had warned him against: he should not force those close to him onto an irreversible path.
• To persuade the women to stay, Ye Fan teaches them the Supreme Yin True Formula and the Sun Scripture, along with their related techniques. He reflects on his feelings for An Miaoyi and Li Xiaoman, whom he considers the women he has loved most.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming demonstrates formidable power and growing mastery of cause and effect, while remaining composed and generous toward the bow’s owner. His concern for his daughter and companions is also evident in his teaching.
• The Southern Mountains prodigy willingly lends Jiang Ming his bow and is astonished to receive it back transformed into a King Weapon.
• The Human World and Hell assassins are revealed as exceptionally skilled, ruthless candidates selected through deadly competition, but their concealment offers no protection from Jiang Ming’s causal attack.
• Ye Fan moves from shock and possessiveness toward greater reflection, recognizing that love cannot be preserved by forcing others into choices they no longer remember or want. His teaching of the two scriptures gives An Miaoyi and Li Xiaoman a reason to remain and pursue cultivation.

Significant themes

• Cause and effect as supreme power: Jiang Ming’s long-range attack suggests cause and effect can transcend distance and potentially rival time, space, and fate.
• Power and restraint: Jiang Ming uses overwhelming force against those who threaten him, yet his guidance to Ye Fan emphasizes not compelling loved ones into irreversible decisions.
• Memory, identity, and love: Dao Severing alters the women’s memories and attachments, leaving Ye Fan to confront whether past love can survive a transformed sense of self.
• Cultivation and agency: The women’s decision to stay is tied not only to romance but also to receiving powerful methods that allow them to continue their own cultivation.

Key plot points

• Jiang Ming returns after seventeen years, along with old acquaintances Li Heishui and Tu Fei. Both have grown stronger through sustained training and study of imperial techniques; Tu Fei is singled out as especially promising.
• The Big Dipper’s political climate has shifted. Jiang Ming’s Vermilion Bird Totem Deity previously killed more than a dozen Primordial Kings, discouraging the Primordial Royal Clans from openly displaying their strength. Their leaders interpret the killings, along with Gu Qingyao’s earlier victory over an Ancestral King, as evidence that powerful Human Saints are watching.
• Jiang Ming reunites with friends, hosts a gathering, and spends half a month explaining the Dao. His guests make significant progress, while teaching them also advances Jiang Ming’s own cultivation. He then leaves to face a tribulation and departs with his family and companions.
• News of his return spreads rapidly. The Jiang Family celebrates, while its current patriarch, Jiang Yifei, quietly benefits from being overlooked as Jiang Ming draws public attention.
• God-King Jiang Taixu and Fairy Caiyun are now together and living discreetly. Taixu has become immensely powerful—at least a Ninth-Heaven Saint King—and his old enemies dare not challenge him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming is portrayed as a powerful but morally imperfect flirt, yet one who still values loyalty and affection. By contrast, the chapter describes Jiang Ming as sincerely supporting the women he loves; the opening juxtaposes the two perspectives somewhat confusingly.
• Li Heishui and Tu Fei have advanced to the Seven Prohibitions in combat strength and are nearing Dao Severing. Dongfang Ye also joins the reunion, reconnecting with Ye Fan and Jiang Ming.
• The gathering strengthens friendships: the group eats, drinks, listens to music, and exchanges stories. Jiang Ming teaches the Dao, and Gu Qingyao occasionally offers additional guidance.
• Jiang Ming condemns local people who fawn over the Primordial Royal Clans, especially the Southern Mountains Pearls’ eagerness to please Zi Tiandu. He sees such behavior as humiliating betrayal.
• Jiang Taixu and Caiyun’s long-delayed union has endured, and their former opponents have largely outlived their influence.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: Jiang Ming’s earlier victories reshape the balance between humans and the Primordial Clans.
• Mentorship and shared growth: Teaching benefits both Jiang Ming and his students, while helping the wider community grow stronger.
• Loyalty and self-respect: The chapter contrasts genuine affection and support with opportunistic submission to powerful outsiders.
• Changed circumstances: Events differ sharply from the original timeline: Jiang Ming’s prominence protects the Jiang Family, Taixu is thriving, and former threats have lost their nerve.

Key events

• Jiang Ming travels with his daughter and companions to the Northern Plains, aiming to reach the birthplace of the Northern Extreme Immortal Light. He plans to consume a Human Dao Immortal Pill from the Eternal Dragon Lair, hoping its accumulated Dao traces and fortune will dramatically advance his cultivation toward the Saint Realm.
• Along the way, Jiang Tingting sees a towering, whale-hunting giant. Jiang Ming explains that these local giants have only diluted giant blood; the true Giant Race once included immensely powerful lineages, with Golden Giants among the strongest.
• Gu Qingyao leads the group through the Arctic Heart’s dangerous natural maze to the region where the Immortal Light appears. There, fundamental essences—such as Solar, Lunar, fire, and ice forces—surge together in a perilous sea of Dao energy.
• Jiang Ming encourages the others to use the area for cultivation but warns Gu Qingyao not to become obsessed with finding the Immortal Light. He gives her a sealed drop of blood essence from a powerful Saint Spirit to aid her progress.
• Jiang Ming places his weaker relatives and loved ones in his vast Inner Heaven and Earth, then gathers the region’s many kinds of Origin Essence into it. After five days, he enters seclusion, leaving Gu Qingyao to look after and guide the others.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming shows his long-term ambition to become a Saint, along with his extensive knowledge and protective nature. He provides for his companions and family, while continuing to develop his unusually expansive Inner Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Tingting is awestruck by the giants and learns about the difference between their weakened local descendants and the ancient, powerful race.
• Gu Qingyao remains focused on finding ways to grow stronger and possibly sever the Dao, but accepts Jiang Ming’s gift and agrees not to act recklessly. She also takes responsibility for his family while he cultivates.
• The Heavenly Jade Saintess remains withdrawn after reaching Sainthood, perhaps recalling fragments of her past. She finds Primordial Purple Qi essence suited to her cultivation, offering a chance for a major transformation. Gu Qingyao takes a special interest in her, noting their closeness in age and era.

Significant themes

• Ambition and cultivation: Jiang Ming looks beyond the younger generation’s immediate goal of Dao-Severing Kings and plans for Sainthood.
• Inheritance and diluted bloodlines: The giants illustrate how a once-mighty race can persist in weakened form, while its true power survives in rare descendants.
• Fortune and restraint: The Arctic Heart offers extraordinary opportunities, but its dangers and the elusiveness of the Immortal Light make patience essential.
• Protection and mutual care: Jiang Ming supports his loved ones with gifts and shelter, while Gu Qingyao returns that care by guiding them during his seclusion.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming cultivates in the Northern Extreme Immortal Light Cave, using its remaining Origin Essence and a Human Dao Immortal Pill to accelerate his progress. Over two years, he advances from the Dao-Severing Third Heavenly Layer to the Ninth, reaching the pinnacle of Great Accomplished Kings.
• His Great Freedom Dao Scripture reaches its third revolution, while his body and Primordial Spirit become comparable to a Saint King at the Seventh Heavenly Layer. He also begins refining the remains of twenty-two Saints—including three Saint Kings—into Divine-Demon Dao Soldiers.
• Outside his seclusion, tensions rise as Divine Spirit Valley and other Primordial Royal Clans seek to pressure the Human Race. Ye Fan settles his romantic relationships and heads to Purple Mountain in search of opportunities and the Black Emperor.
• After leaving seclusion, Jiang Ming travels with Gu Qingyao and the others from the Northern Plains to Purple Mountain. Using his knowledge of formations and Source Arts, he guides them safely inside.
• There, they reunite with Ye Fan’s group, which includes the Old Blind Man and Duan De. Ye Fan is relieved to see Jiang Ming, as he remains unable to complete Dao Severing and fears the awakening Primordial Ancestral Kings.
• Jiang Ming promises to address the escalating conflict, proposing that Gu Qingyao gather other Saints to help deter the Primordial Creatures.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming makes a dramatic leap in cultivation and shifts from intensive seclusion to taking action amid the political crisis. He remains practical, turning the dead Saints into weapons and reassuring Ye Fan that he will help protect the Human Race.
• Ye Fan moves on from his plan to become a monk after winning over two women close to him. Though still stalled before Dao Severing, he is anxious about the Primordial Creatures and his own vulnerability as the Human Saint Body.
• Gu Qingyao accompanies Jiang Ming and helps lead the group to Purple Mountain. Her presence comforts Ye Fan because she is a Great Saint.
• Duan De recognizes Jiang Ming as the “Eastern Demon,” while Ye Fan greets him warmly as a trusted ally.

Significant themes

• Rapid growth through opportunity and effort: The immortal pill and Origin Essence let Jiang Ming achieve in two years what might take others decades.
• Responsibility amid rising conflict: Jiang Ming leaves seclusion to respond to threats that could devastate ordinary people as well as cultivators.
• The danger of exceptional potential: Ye Fan’s promise as the Human Saint Body makes him a target before he has the strength to defend himself.
• Using the past for the future: Jiang Ming repurposes the remains of ancient Saints into Dao Soldiers, turning lost lives into a means of protection.

Chapter summary

Key events

• Jiang Ming gathers Ye Fan and their allies to plan the destruction of Divine Spirit Valley, which has been hunting their friends and relatives. He tells Ye Fan that Zhang Lin and Yang Yi are still alive and trapped inside, and promises to teach him a powerful technique if he can obtain one from the Wushi Scripture.
• While Ye Fan takes the others out to train, Jiang Ming stays in the stone hall with Gu Qingyao and the Heavenly Jade Saintess. At the Wushi Scripture, he enters a state of enlightenment and uses his mysterious Torch Dragon Divine Form to perceive the past.
• Jiang Ming witnesses Emperor Wushi creating part of the scripture and gains the latter half of it, covering the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, along with two secret arts: Mark of Time, which makes its user effectively untouchable by attacks, and Momentary Splendor, which rapidly accelerates time for a person or object.
• Studying the scripture also helps Jiang Ming understand that the unwritten portion of his Great Freedom Dao Scripture must express his own Dao and Dao Fruit. He sees the time-based techniques as valuable to his future cultivation and potentially devastating against long-lived Forbidden-Zone Supremes.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Fan readily supports Jiang Ming’s plan, trusting him to handle the scripture while he and the others prepare for what comes next.
• Jiang Ming demonstrates exceptional insight and an unusual method of learning: instead of reading the Wushi Scripture normally, he enters a vision of its creation. His success astonishes Gu Qingyao and the Heavenly Jade Saintess, who both fail to comprehend it despite trying for three days.
• The women’s admiration reinforces Jiang Ming’s growing reputation as an extraordinarily gifted cultivator.

Significant themes

• Knowledge gained through insight: Jiang Ming’s breakthrough comes from perceiving the past and understanding the scripture’s intent, not simply studying its text.
• A personal path to cultivation: The Great Freedom Dao Scripture is incomplete because its final meaning must be created by Jiang Ming himself.
• Time as power: The new techniques and Jiang Ming’s Torch Dragon form emphasize time’s ability to protect, transform, age, and ultimately destroy.
• Loyalty and retaliation: The alliance’s campaign against Divine Spirit Valley is driven by its persecution of their friends and family.

Character interactions

Jiang Ming briefs Ye Fan on the rescue and retaliation plans; Ye Fan accepts the task without hesitation. Gu Qingyao and the Heavenly Jade Saintess wait with Jiang Ming and attempt to study the scripture, while his extraordinary success leaves them amazed.

Chapter Summary:

God-Demon Dao Soldiers, a Bountiful Harvest

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Jiang Ming ends his seclusion, Ye Fan reports that they have discovered numerous sealed, mummified corpses in Purple Mountain. These were once subordinates of the Immortal Emperor, including many Dao-Severing Kings, Saints, and Saint Kings.
• The corpses have been corrupted by a Strange and Ominous force resembling the curse that afflicts Heavenly Origin Masters in their later years.
• Zhang Lin is found to be the source of the corruption. Once a Saint King and a powerful Source Arts master, he has survived for ten thousand years by resisting—and at times succumbing to—the Ominous Curse. During periods of regained consciousness, he used Source Arts to contaminate the other sealed beings.
• Jiang Ming proposes capturing Zhang Lin and suppressing the curse within him, hoping to restore his sanity and preserve his remaining consciousness.
• The group also obtains several Medicine Kings from the Divine Ruins. Ye Fan and the others manage to harvest a few, while Jiang Ming effortlessly collects the remaining seven or eight using the Wushi Scripture. He gives one each to Gu Qingyao and the Heavenly Jade Saintess and plants the rest in his Inner Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Ming summons his Divine-Demon Dao Diagram and absorbs all of the more than one thousand cursed mummified corpses. He intends to refine them into Divine-Demon Dao Soldiers.
• As he begins refining them, Jiang Ming’s body becomes surrounded by overwhelming demonic energy and manifestations of ancient demonic entities. His Poison Ancestor Shaman Dharma Form, Shebishi, extracts and refines the poisonous essence within the curse.
• Jiang Ming plans to transform the corpses into Poison Corpse Dao Soldiers whose attacks will inflict strange curses, such as abnormal hair growth and other ominous symptoms.
• While Jiang Ming enters enlightenment to complete the refinement, Gu Qingyao locates Zhang Lin. Zhang Lin is revealed as a terrifying, red-haired monster, apparently unconscious and controlled by resentment and the Ominous Curse.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming demonstrates increasing confidence and power. He is no longer especially concerned with Medicine Kings, instead treating them as useful resources for cultivation and future allies. His ability to absorb and refine thousands of cursed corpses shows his growing mastery over both divine and demonic forces.
• Ye Fan remains cautious and anxious about the cursed corpses and Jiang Ming’s decision to absorb them. Although he recognizes Jiang Ming’s strength, he worries that Jiang Ming may suffer the same ominous fate that threatens Source Arts masters.
• Zhang Lin is shown as a tragic figure. He was once a gifted Saint King who resisted the curse for years, but eventually became controlled by it. His intermittent moments of consciousness led him to contaminate and kill the other sealed elites.
• Gu Qingyao acts decisively as the group’s searcher and protector. She is trusted to suppress Zhang Lin with a Quasi-Emperor Armament while Jiang Ming completes his refinement.
• The Heavenly Jade Saintess benefits from Jiang Ming’s generosity when he gives her a Medicine King.

Significant Themes

• The corruption of power and longevity: The sealed elites gained extended existence but were ultimately twisted into monstrous forms by the Ominous Curse.
• The thin line between control and damnation: Jiang Ming uses cursed, demonic power as a resource, raising the danger that he could be corrupted by the same forces he seeks to command.
• Transformation of enemies into weapons: Rather than destroying the mummified corpses, Jiang Ming converts them into Dao Soldiers, turning a threat into a source of strength.
• Tragedy and lost identity: Zhang Lin’s condition illustrates how even a strong will and exceptional talent may eventually be overwhelmed by the curse.
• Inheritance and cultivation resources: The Medicine Kings and the seeds left behind represent both immediate aid and the possibility of preserving power and life for future generations.

Character Interactions

• Ye Fan reports the discoveries and voices concern over the danger posed by the cursed corpses and Jiang Ming’s actions.
• Jiang Ming calmly reassures the group and outlines his plan for Zhang Lin, relying on Gu Qingyao’s abilities to suppress the curse.
• Jiang Ming distributes Medicine Kings to Gu Qingyao and the Heavenly Jade Saintess while keeping the remainder for cultivation.
• Jiang Ming instructs Gu Qingyao to restrain Zhang Lin with the Quasi-Emperor Armament and wait until he awakens from his refinement.
• The chapter ends with Gu Qingyao locating Zhang Lin, setting up the confrontation between the group and the cursed former Saint King.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Qingyao uses the Azure Gold Pagoda, a Quasi-Emperor Armament, to suppress Zhang Lin, the cursed Fifth-Generation Heavenly Origin Master.
• Jiang Ming’s two incarnations weaken Zhang Lin’s curse with Yin-Yang Reversal and stabilize his failing spirit with Bringing the Dead Back to Life. When the incarnations’ power runs out, Jiang Ming’s true body completes the treatment, temporarily suppressing the curse at its source.
• Jiang Ming gives Zhang Lin the Nine Secrets: Zhe so he can continue recovering, then leaves to undergo a lightning tribulation and replenish his strength. He absorbs a tribulation expected to last more than two days in just one.
• Zhang Lin gradually regains consciousness. Ye Fan tells him that his descendants are safe and that Jiang Ming saved him after he helped destroy the Immortal Emperor’s army of Ancient Gods.

Character developments

• Jiang Ming demonstrates both his formidable cultivation and his willingness to risk himself for someone he respects. His use of the life-restoring art also advances his understanding of the Primordial Demon God Dao Crown.
• Zhang Lin briefly recovers enough of his identity to resist the curse, then awakens disoriented but alive. His concern over whether he harmed anyone shows his lingering humanity.
• Gu Qingyao acts decisively, using her artifact to contain Zhang Lin and weaken the curse despite her wariness of it.
• Ye Fan shows deep trust in Jiang Ming and reverence for Zhang Lin as an ancestral master.

Significant themes

• Resisting corruption: Zhang Lin’s struggle highlights how the Source Heavenly Master art’s curse can consume a practitioner’s body, spirit, and identity.
• Sacrifice and loyalty: Jiang Ming spends his incarnations’ power and risks himself to save Zhang Lin; Ye Fan’s admiration reflects the bonds formed through such acts.
• Life, death, and transformation: Jiang Ming’s arts temporarily reverse the curse and restore Zhang Lin’s life soul, blurring the boundary between survival and death.

Character interactions

• Gu Qingyao restrains Zhang Lin while Jiang Ming asks her to weaken him enough for his treatment to work.
• Jiang Ming calls to Zhang Lin to hold onto himself and invokes Yang Yi as a reason to resist the curse.
• Ye Fan reassures Zhang Lin that his family is safe, explains Jiang Ming’s sacrifice, and gently reminds him to dress; Zhang Lin summons the white robe Yang Yi made for him.

Chapter Summary: “Demon”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Three days after the previous events, the Fifth-Generation Heavenly Origin Master’s condition improves. He teaches Jiang Ming and Ye Fan the Source Arts, hoping they may one day uncover the curse afflicting the Source Heavenly Master lineage.
• The group discusses how to respond to the rising threats from the Primordial Royal Clans. They decide to begin with Divine Spirit Valley, using the Wushi Bell to invoke the prestige of Wushi Emperor and intimidate their enemies.
• Ye Fan rings the Wushi Bell while protected by four pieces of Emperor Jade and the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar. Its sound spreads across vast distances, alarming the Primordial Royal Clans and making them wary of hidden human-race imperial power.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lin revive Yang Yi, the Yaochi Sacred Maiden from ten thousand years ago. Jiang Ming uses Yin-Yang Reversal to transform the Divine Source sealing her into life essence, then restores her vitality with Immortal Brew.
• Yang Yi awakates and reunites emotionally with Zhang Lin. Their reunion resolves the tragic separation of two lovers whose relationship had been interrupted by Zhang Lin’s cursed transformation and long imprisonment in Purple Mountain.
• Zhang Lin is revealed to have become a Saint King at the Ninth Heavenly Layer, despite having once been nearly consumed by cursed misfortune. His power is closely associated with the destruction of Divine Spirit Valley in the original timeline.
• The Wushi Bell continues ringing for three months. Jiang Ming, Ye Fan, and the others use its Dao sounds as an extreme form of cultivation. Their bodies repeatedly crack under the pressure, but the Nine Secrets, Medicine Kings, Immortal Brew, and Jiang Ming’s Nine-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus help them survive.
• Jiang Ming consolidates his cultivation through the bell’s tempering and the power of the Human Dao Immortal Pill. He begins developing Saintly might and reaches the Half-Saint domain.
• Gu Qingyao brings Jiang Ming’s and Ye Fan’s companions to Purple Mountain so they can cultivate. After two months, everyone’s strength improves dramatically; Ye Fan approaches Dao Severing.
• Jiang Ming declares that only Gu Qingyao, Heavenly Jade, Ye Fan, Zhang Lin, and himself will participate directly in the assault on Divine Spirit Valley. The others will observe from a safe distance.
• Jiang Ming’s growth is emphasized: although only a Half-Saint, his body and Primordial Spirit rival those of a Saint King at the Eighth Heavenly Layer, giving him the power to kill Saints. He believes Divine Spirit Valley may provide the opportunity for him to break through into true Sainthood.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming becomes increasingly powerful and confident. His mastery of immortal-level divine abilities, combined with the Human Dao Immortal Pill and Wushi Bell’s tempering, brings him close to Sainthood. His identity as a demon is reinforced through his extraordinary strength and relentless approach to cultivation.
• Ye Fan remains eager for battle and gains greatly from the Wushi Bell’s cultivation pressure. Protected by a Saint King-level Sacred Body shell and the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar, he becomes ready to participate in the coming war and nears Dao Severing.
• Zhang Lin is shown to have survived and transcended terrible cursed misfortune. Now a Ninth-Heaven Saint King, he is reunited with Yang Yi after ten thousand years of separation.
• Yang Yi is revived from suspended death. Her reunion with Zhang Lin restores the emotional center of their tragic love story.
• Gu Qingyao continues to act as the strongest and most authoritative figure in the group. Her judgment determines the group’s course, and she gathers the companions for training.
• Heavenly Jade is recognized as a Saint capable of joining the battle.
• Jiang Ming’s and Ye Fan’s companions are brought to Purple Mountain and benefit from the concentrated cultivation environment, though they are excluded from the direct assault for their safety.
• The Fifth-Generation Heavenly Origin Master shifts from distrust to cooperation, deciding that passing on his Source Arts may help future generations solve the curse of his lineage.

Significant Themes

• Love overcoming time and tragedy: Zhang Lin and Yang Yi’s reunion presents love as enduring even through ten thousand years of separation, cursed transformation, and deathlike sleep.
• Sacrifice and survival: Zhang Lin’s efforts to preserve Yang Yi, despite his own declining condition, demonstrate devotion expressed through self-sacrifice.
• Cultivation through suffering: The Wushi Bell’s Dao sounds nearly destroy the cultivators’ bodies, but enduring that pain produces rapid growth. Advancement requires risking collapse and death.
• Inheritance and responsibility: The Source Arts are passed to Jiang Ming and Ye Fan with the hope that they will solve an ancient curse. Power is presented not only as personal strength but also as a duty to future generations.
• The emergence of a demon: Jiang Ming’s rapid, unnatural growth and overwhelming combat power suggest that he is becoming something beyond an ordinary human cultivator. The chapter ends by emphasizing his demonic nature and future potential.
• Unity against external threats: Formerly separate figures and factions gather around Purple Mountain, preparing to confront Divine Spirit Valley and resist the Primordial Royal Clans.

Important Character Interactions

• The group collectively plans the attack on Divine Spirit Valley, with Jiang Ming, Ye Fan, Gu Qingyao, Heavenly Jade, and Zhang Lin forming the core combat force.
• The Fifth-Generation Heavenly Origin Master entrusts Jiang Ming and Ye Fan with the Source Arts, creating a bond of trust and shared responsibility.
• Jiang Ming revives Yang Yi at Zhang Lin’s request, directly enabling the lovers’ emotional reunion.
• Jiang Tingting and Xia Jiuyou secretly witness Zhang Lin and Yang Yi embracing, highlighting the tenderness and sorrow of their reunion.
• Jiang Ming uses his own cultivation and protective treasures to help Ye Fan and the others withstand the Wushi Bell’s pressure, acting as both a fellow cultivator and a leader.
• Jiang Ming firmly restricts the less powerful companions from joining the battle, revealing his protective instincts and willingness to make difficult strategic decisions.

Key plot points

• Jiang Ming completes another breakthrough, reaching the fifth turn of the Primordial Demon God Dao Crown realm.
• On the way to Divine Spirit Valley, he uses Source Heavenly Master Art to seize Dragon Veins for his Inner Heaven and Earth. Zhang Lin teaches him and Ye Fan Source Arts, drawing on the expertise he gained during ten thousand years of intermittent lucidity.
• The group prepares to attack the valley, a hidden home of the Primordial Royal Clan. Ye Fan, Jiang Ming, and Zhang Lin cooperate to establish the Eightfold Immortal-Sealing Technique, a Great Saint-level formation.
• Jiang Ming ambushes and kills three recovering Primordial Ancestral Kings, absorbing their bodies, blood, and Primordial Spirits through his Divine-Demon Dao Diagram. He also refines over a thousand corrupted Demon Shadows into his Divine-Demon Dao Soldiers.
• As Jiang Ming turns the Ancestral Kings into nourishment to accelerate his cultivation, a Ninth-Heaven Saint attacks him with the secret art Tribulation Dao Reincarnation.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming has grown significantly stronger: his body and Primordial Spirit rival those of an Eighth-Heaven Saint King, and his Half-Saint body is becoming like a Saint King weapon. He is ruthless and pragmatic, using powerful enemies as cultivation resources.
• Zhang Lin serves as the team’s Source Arts expert and mentor. Despite his long periods of confusion, his understanding is profound enough to help complete a formation beyond Ye Fan’s current ability.
• Ye Fan shows marked progress toward becoming a Heavenly Origin Master, contributing the formation’s foundation before Jiang Ming and Zhang Lin extend it.
• The three work in concert: Ye Fan lays the groundwork, Jiang Ming strengthens it, and Zhang Lin finishes the seal. Jiang Ming’s actions also spare Zhang Lin from having to risk his life as he did in the original timeline.

Significant themes

• Cultivation through ruthless consumption: Jiang Ming treats even Saints as “human-shaped medicine,” converting their strength into rapid advancement.
• Preparation and teamwork: The Immortal-Sealing formation combines the different levels of skill of Ye Fan, Jiang Ming, and Zhang Lin.
• The legacy of Primordial Antiquity: The valley’s protected setting, awakened clan elders, and exceptional bloodlines show how ancient powers preserved their strength—and how dangerous their return is.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ming uses Eternal Emptiness to weaken the already depleted Primordial Ancestral King, reducing him to a young man. The Divine-Demon Dao Diagram then destroys him and absorbs his essence. Jiang Ming suffers a backlash from the Great Dao, but becomes even more formidable.
• Ye Fan, fighting through the body and weapons of an ancient Sacred Body, and Zhang Lin, empowered by the Eternal Dragon Vein and his Great Saint-level Source Arts, lead the assault on Divine Spirit Valley. Gu Qingyao, the Heavenly Jade Saintess, and the others help eliminate the clan’s hidden Ancestor Kings.
• Zhang Lin and Gu Qingyao funnel the defeated enemies’ essence to Jiang Ming. He absorbs it all, expanding his Inner Heaven and Earth to a thousand miles despite being only a Half-Saint.
• The survivors leave after destroying Divine Spirit Valley. Zhang Lin and Yang Yi plan to recover in Purple Mountain; Jiang Ming intends to prepare for his Saint breakthrough, with Gu Qingyao advising him to establish a firm Saint Dao Fruit first.
• Zhang Lin leaves a tablet declaring that he acted under Emperor Wushi’s decree. The inscription, and his apparent survival across ten thousand years, astonish both humans and Primordial Clans. The Primordial Clans abandon their pursuit of Purple Mountain’s Wushi Scripture and Wushi Bell, and the remaining clan members there flee with the Son of the Celestial Emperor’s egg.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming’s immense capacity for cultivation is confirmed: he absorbs vitality sufficient to restore a Great Saint, while enduring a serious backlash. He thanks Gu Qingyao and Zhang Lin for helping him.
• Gu Qingyao supports Jiang Ming’s cultivation plans and willingly helps supply him with essence. Zhang Lin, in turn, recognizes and approves of Jiang Ming’s strength.
• Zhang Lin and Yang Yi are now together and intend to recuperate in the familiar safety of Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan demonstrates overwhelming martial prowess, while Jiang Tingting accepts her father’s growing circle of female companions and plans to visit her grandfather with Youyou.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: The destruction of Divine Spirit Valley is meant as a warning, not an invitation to endless retaliation.
• Alliance and shared purpose: The group’s cooperation turns their enemies’ strength into fuel for Jiang Ming’s advancement.
• Legacy and mystery: Zhang Lin’s age and the reference to Emperor Wushi raise questions about ancient sealing and whether the Great Emperor still lives.
• The cost of power: Jiang Ming’s gains come with a dangerous Great Dao backlash, and his next breakthrough requires careful preparation.

Key plot points and events

• The Human Race’s destruction of Divine Spirit Valley has deterred some Primordial Royal Clans, but the Son of the Celestial Emperor remains furious and committed to reclaiming control of the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star for the Primordial races.
• His coalition-building plan collapses: Divine Spirit Valley, which he hoped to turn against the Jiang Family, is destroyed before he can act. Its destruction appears to have involved Source Arts and powerful Saint-level fighters, leaving none of its hidden experts alive.
• With the Human Race visibly weaker than the awakened Primordial clans, its leaders propose coexistence. The proposal may only buy time while the older Primordial Ancestral Kings recover.
• Jiang Ming recognizes that diplomacy alone cannot protect the Human Race and enters seclusion to grow stronger, while helping the women he loves cultivate.
• Three months after Divine Spirit Valley’s fall, the Primordial Royal and Imperial Clans call for a Myriad Races Assembly. The Human Race cannot refuse without risking conflict.
• The assembly is set for Yaochi Sacred Land. The Queen Mother of the West and Yaochi agree to host despite the danger and pressure this may bring.

Character developments

• Son of the Celestial Emperor: His ambition to unite the Primordial clans and eliminate Human opposition suffers a major setback. He lacks the strength, resources, and loyalty needed to command the other Ancient Emperor descendants.
• Jiang Ming: Shifts his focus to cultivation, understanding that the Human Race’s survival ultimately depends on strength.
• Queen Mother of the West and Yaochi Sacred Land: Reveal a willingness to take a public stand and shoulder responsibility, despite traditionally avoiding worldly conflict.
• Other Ancient Emperor descendants: Their distinct priorities become clear: Yuangu is comparatively close to the Son, while Huang Xudao prioritizes his own cultivation and refuses to join the political struggle.

Significant themes

• Strength underpins diplomacy: A weak race cannot rely on peaceful proposals to secure its safety.
• Political ambition and rivalry: The Primordial clans are not unified; powerful heirs pursue their own goals rather than follow the Son of the Celestial Emperor.
• Courage and responsibility: Yaochi accepts a dangerous role to help manage a crisis it could have avoided.
• An approaching confrontation: The assembly is presented as an open challenge that may expose the Human Race’s vulnerability and trigger further conflict.

Character interactions

• The Son of the Celestial Emperor’s meeting with a female Ancestor King underscores his anger and the uncertainty surrounding his failed plans.
• The Human Race’s Desolate Ancient Families seek terms with the Primordial Imperial Clans, but mutual trust is limited.
• The Queen Mother of the West negotiates with representatives of both Primordial clans and Human factions to establish Yaochi as the assembly’s venue.
• Jiang Ming brings his loved ones into cultivation with him, linking his personal efforts to the broader need to strengthen the Human Race.

Chapter Summary: Breaking into the Saint Realm, Strength Dao Fruit

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming enters secluded cultivation before the Myriad Races Assembly, using the Wushi Bell’s pressure and the Human Dao Immortal Pills to consolidate decades of progress at the Half-Saint realm.
• He reflects on the evolution of his Fate Patterns:
  • Peach Blossom Fate has advanced from two to three stars and may improve further after reaching the Saint Realm.
  • A Match Made Across a Thousand Miles, the karmic red thread connected to several women, may advance to four stars.
  • Heavenly Lone Star remains suppressed by the Nine-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus.
• His Inner Heaven and Earth undergoes a major development when the Undying Qilin Medicine Seed sprouts. It creates qilin Dao traces and grows into a small five-colored qilin-like seedling.
• The divine medicine is valuable because it contains the Five Elements Law, which can rival supreme laws such as time, space, karma, and fate. Jiang Ming intends to let the Yaochi Sacred Maiden use it for her cultivation, then nourish it with Ageless Immortal Spring so it can regrow.
• One month before the Myriad Races Assembly, Jiang Ming successfully advances into the Saint Realm. Before facing the Saint Tribulation, he further strengthens his Primordial Demon God Dao Crown, expanding his Inner Heaven and Earth to three thousand li.
• He travels beyond the domain with the Heavenly Jade Saintess and Gu Qingyao to avoid disturbing a sleeping Quasi-Emperor near the Big Dipper Burial Emperor Star.
• Jiang Ming undergoes a terrifying half-month Saint Tribulation, battling an Ancient Heavenly Court formed from lightning and defeating its powerful Dao manifestations.
• His breakthrough reveals that his Saint Dao Fruit is based on the Way of Strength: breaking all techniques and laws through overwhelming physical and spiritual power.
• After the tribulation, both his body and Primordial Spirit reach a level comparable to the first layer of the Great Saint realm, despite him technically remaining a Saint.

Character Development

• Jiang Ming becomes far more confident and powerful. His cultivation, body, Primordial Spirit, Inner Heaven and Earth, and Fate Patterns all continue to evolve.
• His Saint Dao Fruit is clarified: rather than specializing in time, space, seals, or other supreme paths, he follows the path of absolute strength.
• His power is not merely physical. His Primordial Spirit also possesses the ability to “break ten thousand techniques with strength,” eliminating the weakness of relying only on brute force.
• His bond with his confidantes gives him emotional stability and peace, contrasting with the dangers of his cultivation and Fate Patterns.
• The Yaochi Sacred Maiden is positioned to benefit from the Undying Qilin Medicine’s Five Elements Law.
• Gu Qingyao and the Heavenly Jade Saintess witness Jiang Ming’s breakthrough and are astonished by the scale of his tribulation and the dominance of his Dao Fruit.

Significant Themes

• Strength as an ultimate Dao: Jiang Ming’s path represents the idea that overwhelming power can overcome all techniques, laws, and restrictions.
• Transformation through cultivation: The chapter emphasizes that advancement is not merely an increase in realm but a fundamental transformation of the body, spirit, fate, and inner world.
• Fate and karma: Jiang Ming’s relationships and encounters are tied to evolving Fate Patterns and karmic connections, suggesting that destiny is powerful but not entirely fixed.
• Immortality and renewal: The Undying Qilin Medicine’s ability to restore life and help cultivators comprehend the Five Elements reflects the pursuit of longevity and rebirth.
• Legacy and comparison: Jiang Ming’s path is contrasted with the famous Daos of figures such as the Wushi Emperor, Void Great Emperor, Western Empress, Primordial Emperor, and Hengyu Ancestor, establishing him as someone who will create his own legendary route.
• Power beyond realm limitations: Although Jiang Ming is only a Saint, his body and Primordial Spirit already rival a Great Saint, showing that realm labels do not fully define his actual combat strength.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming’s six confidantes provide him with companionship and emotional peace during his long cultivation.
• His relationship with Gu Qingyao is especially significant, as her feelings for him demonstrate the overwhelming influence of his Peach Blossom Fate and charm.
• The Heavenly Jade Saintess and Gu Qingyao accompany Jiang Ming to the distant starry sky, helping him safely undergo his tribulation.
• Both women observe the terrifying Saint Tribulation and recognize that the ancient Heavenly Venerates appearing within it possess genuine Saint-level combat power.
• Jiang Ming’s intended use of the Undying Qilin Medicine for the Yaochi Sacred Maiden shows his willingness to support the cultivation and advancement of those close to him.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ming completes his breakthrough to the Saint Realm. Rather than relying on one scripture, he plans to gather the many Dao traditions he has studied under his Strength Dao Fruit, letting them nourish and transform it.
• With the Myriad Races Assembly approaching, Jiang Ming assigns roles: Gu Qingyao will bring his reclusive master, Cai Duyi, to the Taixuan Sect; the Heavenly Jade Saintess and Jiang Ming will handle the opening clashes; and a Great Saint of the Human Race is needed to prevent the Primordial Clans from acting.
• Jiang Ming and the Heavenly Jade Saintess travel to Yaochi, where his Fate Pattern has strengthened their bond.
• The Yaochi Sacred Land appears calm despite the gathering’s danger. Human factions are arriving, aware that a defeat could trigger war and threaten even the sacred lands.
• The Human Race has assembled formidable defenders: Gai Jiuyou awakened Gu Tianshu, an ancient Great Saint, from Divine Source; Zhang Lin, a Saint King, is recovering and expected to attend; and the Jiang Family’s God King ancestor is at least at the Saint King Ninth Heavenly Layer.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming gains a clearer sense of his cultivation path: the Great Freedom Dao Scripture is now his own work to shape, while other ancient scriptures will support his Strength Dao Fruit. His confidence and influence are evident in how he organizes the coming defense.
• His connection with the Heavenly Jade Saintess deepens, and his Peach Blossom and Red Phoenix Fate Patterns further enhance his personal allure.
• Gu Qingyao readily accepts Jiang Ming’s request, while the chapter also highlights his concern for Cai Duyi and his wish to keep his master from remaining isolated.
• The Yaochi Queen Mother is relieved by the promise of three Human Great Saints. Jiang Ming’s companions—including Yan Ruyu, Jiang Chanyu, Fairy Zixia, Yi Qingwu, his daughter, and Xia Jiuyou—have gathered to support the Sacred Maiden and witness the assembly.

Significant themes

• Synthesis and self-determination: Jiang Ming draws on many inherited scriptures but intends to forge a path uniquely his own.
• Unity against existential danger: The Human Race’s survival depends on cooperation among sacred lands, ancient figures, and powerful cultivators.
• Calm before conflict: Yaochi’s serenity contrasts with the looming possibility of war.
• Legacy and responsibility: Ancient emperors and past generations leave behind both teachings and protectors for the present crisis.

Chapter Summary: “Reunion with the Yaochi Female Saint Spirit”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming, Gu Qingyao, and the Heavenly Jade Saintess secretly enter Yaochi using the Great Void Technique.
• Yaochi is already crowded with small Primordial clans, Dao-Severing Kings, and strange Primordial creatures who have survived from the Primordial Era by sealing themselves in Divine Source Liquid.
• Duan De appears in Yaochi using Ye Fan’s stolen physical body and pretends to be the Sacred Body, amusing and irritating Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming proceeds to the core of Yaochi to reunite with his wife, the Yaochi Female Saint Spirit.
• He enters the Nine-Aperture Eight-Hole Stone Embryo through his Primordial God Demon Dao Crown. The Saint Spirit embraces him and asks for affection, allowing him to share in her natural connection to the Great Dao.
• Their reunion produces extraordinary heavenly phenomena: yin and yang converge, the sun and moon appear together, sweet rain and spiritual springs emerge, and auspicious purple qi fills Yaochi.
• These signs cause outsiders to speculate that Yaochi has awakened a powerful hidden ancestor or Great Saint.
• Jiang Ming discusses the coming Myriad Races Assembly with Queen Mother of the West and Gu Qingyao.
• Gu Qingyao agrees to impersonate a Yaochi elder and help protect the sacred land.
• Jiang Ming urges Yaochi to respond decisively to provocations from the Primordial races, arguing that the Human Race must establish its prestige through strength and prevent future invasions.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: Has grown significantly stronger since his last visit, though he remains weaker than the Female Saint Spirit. He deepens his bond with her and gains insight into her Sealing Suppression Dao. He also adopts a firm, strategic stance toward the Primordial races, emphasizing deterrence over unnecessary compromise.
• Yaochi Female Saint Spirit: Has reached the fifth level of the Saint Realm and is developing faster than expected. Although Saint Spirits are normally cold, instinct-driven beings, she possesses warmth, curiosity, and rich emotions, likely because of Wushi Emperor’s influence and Yaochi’s nurturing. Her Dao Fruit follows the path of Sealing Suppression.
• Gu Qingyao: Reveals a more compassionate and protective side. Though she had stopped accepting disciples after losing one, she now values Jiang Tingting and agrees to support Yaochi during the dangerous assembly.
• Queen Mother of the West: Demonstrates resolve by establishing strict rules against violence within Yaochi while preparing for possible external conflicts.
• Duan De and Ye Fan: Duan De’s theft of Ye Fan’s body creates a humorous subplot, with Duan De publicly parading around as the Sacred Body while Ye Fan’s Primordial Spirit remains elsewhere.

Significant Themes

• Growth through connection: Jiang Ming’s reunion with the Female Saint Spirit strengthens both his cultivation and their emotional relationship.
• Nature versus nurture: The Female Saint Spirit’s warmth and humanity contrast with the normally emotionless and hostile nature of Saint Spirits, highlighting the influence of upbringing, cultivation, and personal bonds.
• The power of heavenly inheritance: Saint Spirits naturally receive nourishment from the Great Dao, making their growth fundamentally different from ordinary cultivators.
• Strength as deterrence: Jiang Ming argues that the Human Race must respond forcefully to provocations or risk inviting larger-scale invasions.
• Unity and protection: Human experts and Yaochi’s forces cooperate despite their differences, recognizing the need to defend the sacred land and the Human Race during the assembly.
• Humor amid tension: Duan De’s possession of Ye Fan’s body provides comic relief against the larger political and military threat.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming affectionately reunites with the Female Saint Spirit, who openly seeks his embrace. Their closeness gives him access to her Dao and reinforces their marital bond.
• Jiang Ming speaks with Gu Qingyao about disguising herself as a Yaochi elder. Though initially teasingly reluctant, she agrees after seeing Queen Mother of the West’s expectations and considering Yaochi’s willingness to host the assembly.
• Jiang Ming and Queen Mother of the West discuss the rules of Yaochi and how to handle conflicts. She forbids fighting inside the sacred land, while Jiang Ming supports taking battles outside and eliminating serious threats.
• Jiang Ming’s observations of Duan De’s stolen body emphasize the absurdity of the situation and provide a brief contrast to the chapter’s serious political preparations.

Key events

• With three days remaining before the Myriad Races Assembly, the Fire Qilin Cave arrives early at Yaochi Sacred Land. Jiang Ming recognizes the clan as unusually neutral toward humanity and personally welcomes its delegation.
• The Fire Qilin Cave’s master senses that Jiang Ming is formidable but cannot identify him. Jin Ling—now a Dao-Severing King—guides the visitors inside. When she names Jiang Ming as the Eastern Emperor, the cave master is startled by the stature of Yaochi’s host and guide.
• Jiang Ming reflects on the cultivation standards of the present age, which make reaching sainthood far more difficult than in Primordial Antiquity.
• The Jiang Family’s newly appointed Holy Master, Jiang Yifei, arrives with Jiang Caixuan and Pang Bo. Jiang Ming realizes Pang Bo has grown close to Caixuan after the Jiang Family rescued him and sheltered him from danger.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ming acts as a confident, gracious host, treating Yaochi as family and extending a personal welcome to an important guest. His reputation still commands respect, even after years of keeping a low profile.
• Jin Ling serves as a poised guide and representative of Yaochi. Her King-level cultivation demonstrates that the Human Race has powerful figures the Primordial clans may not have known about.
• The Fire Qilin Cave master arrives in a spirit of goodwill, but becomes deeply curious and impressed by Jiang Ming and Yaochi’s strength.
• Jiang Yifei quietly signals Jiang Ming about Pang Bo and Caixuan, suggesting that Jiang Ming’s earlier matchmaking idea may be coming to fruition.
• Pang Bo and Jiang Caixuan have renewed their closeness during his stay with the Jiang Family. Caixuan is revealed to be a capable young cultivator in her own right, having reached the Fifth Heaven of Great Ability.

Significant themes

• Diplomacy and reputation: Jiang Ming’s warm welcome helps set a cordial tone for relations with the Fire Qilin Cave, while his name carries weight across factions.
• Changing cultivation standards: The chapter contrasts ancient and modern eras, emphasizing that advancement is harder now and that contemporary practitioners can surpass surviving figures from antiquity.
• Family, loyalty, and matchmaking: The Jiang Family’s rescue and protection of Pang Bo strengthen his bond with Caixuan, showing how family support can shape personal ties and future alliances.