Chapter Summaries

Xia Jiuyou and the Exiled Immortal shared a musical farewell before Ye Fan left for the Third Gate, while Jiang Tingting revealed that Jiang Ming would wait for her master to reach Quasi-Emperor. Six months later, Jiang Ming brought his companions to the Human Race Tenth City, where he split them into teams to train.

• Xia Jiuyou played the zither alongside the Exiled Immortal, and the two parted after their music ended.
• Jiang Tingting teased Xia Jiuyou about Jiang Ming stealing the Exiled Immortal away and told Ye Fan that Jiang Ming would come after her master broke through to Quasi-Emperor.
• Ye Fan left for the Human Race Third Gate, while Jiang Tingting and Xia Jiuyou planned to stay another day or two.
• Six months later, Jiang Ming arrived at the Human Race Tenth City with his companions and explained that its ancient star offered powerful training and breakthrough opportunities.
• Jiang Ming assigned the Yaochi Sacred Maiden and Jiang Chanyu, and Fairy Zixia and Yi Qingwu, to train in pairs, while Yan Ruyu went alone with the Azure Emperor Armament.

Jiang Ming and his companions learned that the Saint Spirit Race threatened the Human Race’s Starry Sky Ancient Road, but he delayed confronting them to cultivate on a Life Ancient Star and pursue a breakthrough to the Saint King ninth heavenly layer. Two years later, he began cultivating among the ancient star’s Dao roots while traveling on a blue Qilin.

• Jiang Ming spent five days exploring the Tenth Pass with the three Ancient Emperor's Daughters and the Heavenly Jade Saintess, then heard that the Saint Spirit Race was threatening the Human Race’s ancient road.
• Jiang Ming decided to confront the Saint Spirit Race, but learned that its Great Saint ninth-heaven leader was rumored to be close to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
• Jiang Ming entered the Life Ancient Star to study its Dao traces and cultivate toward the Saint King ninth heavenly layer, while his companions and other beloved women trained there too.
• Jiang Ming used his Primordial Spirit imprints to keep track of his beloved women and trusted their life-saving treasures to protect them as they adapted to the ancient star.
• Two years later, Jiang Ming rode a blue Qilin through a mountain range, dismounted beside its Dao roots, and began cultivating.

Jiang Ming left the Life Ancient Star and broke through to the Saint King Ninth Heavenly Layer, beginning a fierce lightning tribulation against the imprints of the ten ancient Heavenly Venerables. He unleashed his own powerful secret arts, while his companions guarded him and awaited the chance to make their own breakthroughs.

• Jiang Ming spent years cultivating on the Life Ancient Star with his four companions, improving his Dao and developing his own secret arts.
• Jiang Ming left the Life Ancient Star with his companions and released his cultivation in the Endless Starry Sky, advancing to the Saint King Ninth Heavenly Layer.
• A vast lightning tribulation descended, and the imprints of the ten ancient Heavenly Venerables appeared to fight Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming unleashed Gonggong's Wrath, drowning and weakening the lightning figures with the power of water.
• Jiang Ming followed with Yellow Heaven Thick Earth, Fire God Zhurong, and Dijiang World Annihilation, destroying many of the tribulation's enemies.

Jiang Ming destroyed the remaining lightning manifestations, broke through a profound constraint, and tested transformations that briefly brought his fleshly vessel and laws into the Quasi-Emperor domain. The women guarding him witnessed his power, while the chapter revealed that the Ageless Immortal Spring had secretly extended their lifespans.

• Jiang Ming used the Eye of Zhu Jiuyin to age his lightning opponents into ash and absorbed the sea of lightning, reaching thirty-three thousand zhang and attaining Half-Step Quasi-Emperor strength in body and Primordial Spirit.
• Jiang Ming tested Divine Spirit Transformation and Demon Transformation before combining them into Demon God Transformation, briefly wielding might akin to a Quasi-Emperor's.
• Jiang Ming sensed that his transformed strength could let him fight Gu Qingyao, and the women guarding him were stunned by his power.
• The three Ancient Emperor's Daughters considered their extended lifespans and wondered whether they could still reach the Ancient Emperor realm.
• The narration revealed that the Ageless Immortal Spring had expanded the women's life essence, while Jiang Ming had kept its secret because most of them had many years left to live.

Jiang Ming recovered from his breakthrough and assessed the power and weapons he had gained through his tribulation. Meanwhile, Jiang Tingting, Xia Jiuyou, and Jin Ling reached the Human Race Tenth Pass ahead of Ye Fan’s group, with Jiang Tingting and Xia Jiuyou already feared along the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

• Jiang Ming found that his God-Demon Transformation lasted about four minutes and left him weak after it ended.
• Jiang Ming inspected his lightning-tempered weapons and found that his Life-Bound Sword had gained half a quasi-emperor-level innate Dao pattern.
• Jiang Ming realized that eleven months had passed during his tribulation and half a month more while he restored his vitality.
• The three Ancient Emperor's Daughters prepared to break through after remaining in the Saint King realm for ten years.
• Jiang Tingting, Xia Jiuyou, and Jin Ling reached the Human Race Tenth Pass ahead of Ye Fan’s group.
• Jiang Tingting and Xia Jiuyou earned the names Little Witch and Zither Witch by defeating those who harassed them on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

After six years, Jiang Tingting, Xia Jiuyou, and Jin Ling reached the Human Race Tenth Pass and entered its city, where their earlier deeds were still widely discussed. A furious dragon roar and Great Saint pressure then erupted from the Life Ancient Star below.

• Jiang Tingting and Xia Jiuyou continued honing their cultivation at the ninth heaven of Saint, while Jin Ling reached the fourth heaven of Saint and served as their mount and protector.
• Jiang Tingting sensed the Tenth Pass’s ancient Dao resonance and proposed spending six months or a year on the Life Ancient Star; Jin Ling detected a Great Saint-level Beast King there.
• The trio arrived at the Tenth City, where cultivators recognized them as the Little Witch, Zither Witch, and Roc Witch and recalled their past killings at earlier passes.
• The commander of the Tenth Pass judged the three women to be dangerous but let them enter the city without incident.
• Jiang Tingting recorded a message to her father, complained that he had not come to the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and then the Tyrannosaur Lineage’s territory on the Life Ancient Star resounded with a furious roar and Great Saint pressure.

The Tenth Pass of the Human Race came under attack from Saint Beast King Tuolan and a premature Saint Spirit after Tuolan accused humans of stealing his child. The guide envoy denied the accusation as the attackers battered the pass’s Great Saint formations.

• Jiang Tingting, Xia Jiuyou, and Jin Ling heard that a furious Great Saint-level Beast King had been provoked and considered how dangerous the Tenth Pass was.
• Ye Fan arrived at the Tenth Pass with his five companions, whose cultivation ranged from the fifth to ninth heaven of saint.
• Saint Beast King Tuolan emerged from the Life Ancient Star and attacked the city, triggering its defensive formation.
• A premature Saint Spirit joined Tuolan and repeatedly struck the city’s barrier with mountain-sized fists.
• The guide envoy confronted Tuolan and asked whether he was declaring war on the Human Race.
• Tuolan demanded that the humans return his child and threatened to summon more allies, while the guide envoy denied that humans had stolen the egg.

Jiang Ming arrived at the Tenth Pass riding Old Tyrannosaurus and subdued the Stone Man who had been inciting Mother Tyrannosaurus against the city. After revealing his power, Jiang Ming took a trace of the dragon egg’s aura and began tracking the stolen egg.

• Mother Tyrannosaurus accused the Human Race of stealing her egg, while the guide used the Profound Heaven Treasure Mirror but failed to find it in the ancient city.
• The Stone Man urged Mother Tyrannosaurus to attack the Tenth Pass, and a massive hand seized him from the starry sky.
• Old Tyrannosaurus revealed that he had survived and submitted to Jiang Ming, who had promised to extend his life in exchange for a hundred years of service.
• Jiang Ming killed the Stone Man’s Primordial Spirit with his Wisdom Sword as Jiang Tingting, Xia Jiuyou, and Ye Fan recognized something familiar about him.
• Jiang Ming received a trace of the dragon egg’s aura from Mother Tyrannosaurus and used the law of cause and effect to search for it.

Jiang Ming offered a Saint Spirit’s blood essence to anyone who could defeat a stone wolf, and Jiang Tingting volunteered to test her strength against it. After she killed the wolf and earned her father’s approval, Jiang Ming rewarded and embraced her, reassured by her progress cultivating Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang together.

• Jiang Ming retrieved a dragon egg and a ninth-heaven-of-Saint stone wolf from an ancient castle, then offered the wolf’s blood essence as a reward for defeating it.
• Jiang Tingting stepped forward to fight the stone wolf while Ye Fan and Dragon Horse watched from the sidelines.
• Jiang Tingting used her taiji Dao Fruit and powerful physique to defeat the stone wolf, punching through its skull and taking its corpse.
• Jiang Ming gave Jiang Tingting ten drops of Saint Spirit blood essence and stewed Quasi-Emperor White Tiger meat, then hugged her and praised her progress.

Jiang Ming advised Jiang Tingting, then received the Tenth Pass guide envoy, who thanked him for protecting the Human Race and asked him to visit the Holy City. Jiang Ming declined but said he would remain nearby, reassuring the city’s leaders as they worried about a looming threat from the Saint Spirit Race.

• Jiang Ming gave Jiang Tingting guidance about the dangers ahead and suggested she temper herself at the Life Ancient Star.
• The Tenth Pass guide envoy visited Jiang Ming, thanked him for defeating the Saint Spirit and resolving the Tyrannosaur Lineage’s hostility toward the Human Race, and invited him to the city lord’s residence.
• Jiang Ming declined the invitation but told the guide envoy he would stay near the Tenth Pass, then accepted the envoy’s jade talisman.
• The guide envoy returned to the city lord’s residence and assured two law enforcers that Jiang Ming would remain at the Tenth Pass.
• The guide envoy and the law enforcers discussed reports of a Stone Man Great Saint and growing dangers along the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and took comfort in the presence of Jiang Ming and Gai Jiuyou.

Jiang Ming watched the women training on the Holy Star break through one by one while growing wary of ancient beasts targeting the Human Race. After the Heavenly Jade Saintess reached Great Saint, he prepared to investigate the threat along the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

• Jiang Ming visited Xia Jiuyou, Jin Ling, and the other women on the Life Ancient Star to soothe them and support their cultivation.
• Yan Ruyu broke through to Saint King on the Holy Star and captured Dao Traces left by the Azure Emperor and Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing.
• Yi Qingwu, Jiang Chanyu, Fairy Zixia, and the Yaochi Sacred Maiden each broke through, with the Yaochi Sacred Maiden defeating a Saint King-level ancient beast during her tribulation.
• Ye Fan noticed that ancient beasts had been targeting Human Race prodigies, while Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon gathered information about the threat.
• The Heavenly Jade Saintess underwent her Great Saint tribulation and reached Great Saint with a Dao Fruit of desolation, as Jiang Ming planned to investigate the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

After the Heavenly Jade Saintess reached the Great Saint realm, Jiang Ming left the Tenth Pass to investigate attacks on the Human Race’s Starry Sky Ancient Road. At the Thirteenth Pass, a Great Saint of the Stone Man Race attacked the city, and its protective barrier began to buckle.

• The Heavenly Jade Saintess overcame the Great Saint Tribulation and transformed her body and cultivation.
• Jiang Ming helped the Heavenly Jade Saintess consolidate her new realm with the aid of the three Ancient Emperor's Daughters.
• Jiang Ming returned to the Tenth Pass, told the Heavenly Jade Saintess and the three Ancient Emperor's Daughters to deal with troublemakers, and warned the Old Tyrannosaurus and the Mother Tyrannosaurus to stay alert.
• Jiang Ming quietly set out along the Starry Sky Ancient Road to investigate who was targeting the Human Race’s passes.
• A Great Saint of the Stone Man Race appeared above the Thirteenth Pass and vowed to destroy it.
• The attacker’s blow pressed down on the city, and the Great Saint-class protective barrier began to crack under the force.

Jiang Ming transformed into a God-Demon and killed a powerful Saint Spirit who had threatened the Thirteenth Pass of the Human Race. After storing the Saint Spirit’s ruined body in his Inner Heaven and Earth, Jiang Ming left to continue hunting, though the kill yielded only a two-star reward.

• A peak Great Saint Stone Man threatened to crush the Thirteenth Pass of the Human Race, but Jiang Ming appeared in his God-Demon Transformation and briefly reached Quasi-Emperor-level power.
• The Stone Man fled through space, but Jiang Ming caught up and battered him with devastating blows.
• Jiang Ming used One Sword Breaks All Techniques to destroy the Stone Man’s head, then stored his ruined body in his Inner Heaven and Earth.
• The Thirteenth Pass’s reception envoy watched Jiang Ming depart and realized the ancient God-Demon bore the Human Race no ill will.
• Jiang Ming continued hunting and received only a two-star reward for the Stone Man’s death.

After Jiang Ming killed the old Stone Saint Spirit, he recovered while the Saint Spirit races renewed their attacks on the Human Race. The battle reached the Tenth Pass’s Holy Star, where Daoist Qinghuang and Old Tyrannosaurus confronted a Flame Saint Spirit as the Heavenly Jade Saintess joined them wearing Jiang Ming’s Phoenix Blood Scarlet Gold Wide-Sleeved Immortal Skirt.

• Jiang Ming returned to the Tenth Pass after ending his transformation and began a recovery that he expected to take at least half a year.
• Daoist Qinghuang arrived at the Thirteenth Pass, learned that an unknown godlike figure had killed Ao Mang, and watched footage of the battle.
• The Saint Spirit races attacked other Human Race passes, while Jiang Ming’s Dao Palace Deities cultivated and his Vermilion Bird Totem Deity sought the Ultimate Immortal Flame.
• After Jiang Ming had recuperated for a month, the Flame Saint Spirit Lineage and Stone Saint Spirit Race attacked the Tenth Pass’s Holy Star, seeking a well rumored to seal a Quasi-Emperor Saint Spirit.
• Daoist Qinghuang and Old Tyrannosaurus held off the Flame Saint Spirit, while the Heavenly Jade Saintess joined the fight in the phoenix-gold immortal skirt Jiang Ming had made for her.

The Saint Spirit Race’s battle at the Great Moon Slope turned against them as humans and Jiang Ming’s women slaughtered their forces, while the blood sacrifice broke the ancient well’s seal. A terrifying creature began climbing out, leaving Cang Yan and the watching evil gods stunned by what they had unleashed.

• The Heavenly Jade Saintess and the Old Tyrannosaurus fought Flame Saint Spirit Cang Yan while the battle on the ground devastated the Saint Spirit Race’s forces.
• Ye Fan, Jiang Ming’s women, his daughter, and the three Ancient Emperor’s Daughters fought the Saint Spirits and their allies as the blood sacrifice proceeded.
• The seal on the ancient well broke, and black blood rain and sinister winds swept over the Great Moon Slope.
• Jiang Ming’s women and daughter fled the planet with Ye Fan’s women, leaving Ye Fan behind.
• A pale hand emerged from the ancient well, and the creature’s appearance stunned Cang Yan and the watching evil gods.

Jiang Ming emerged from demonic seclusion at the Tenth Pass and slaughtered the Ghost Saints rising from the Demon Well, while Ye Fan reunited with Madman. The evil gods and Saint Spirits moved to stop Jiang Ming as the battle resumed around the well.

• Twenty-seven powerful corpses climbed from the ancient well and devoured the bloody rain as four evil gods revealed themselves.
• Ye Fan reunited with Madman, who had reached the great saint ninth heaven and asked what had happened at the Tenth Pass.
• Daoist Qinghuang explained that the Dao Venerable had sealed a Great Completion Saint Spirit's essence in seven Demon Wells, where it had instead nurtured gods and ghosts.
• Jiang Ming appeared in his demon-possessed state and destroyed the Ghost Saints emerging from the well, absorbing them into his demonic mist.
• Cang Yan charged Jiang Ming, but Madman intercepted him while Tyrannosaurus, the Heavenly Jade Saintess, and Daoist Qinghuang each blocked an evil god.
• The remaining evil god charged at Jiang Ming to stop him from taking the blood essence.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• An ancient four-faced Evil God attacks Jiang Ming, summoning golden mountains from divine light to suppress him.
• The disturbance awakens blood demon ghost gods from the depths of the Demon Well. These beings were once Great Saint Ninth Heaven cultivators, corrupted by the blood of a Great Completion Saint Spirit and transformed into powerful monsters.
• Despite their overwhelming strength, the blood demons are instantly destroyed and absorbed by Jiang Ming when an unknown, terrifying roar emerges from the Infinite Demon Realm behind him.
• Jiang Ming discovers that his Heavenly Demon Transformation can use these Ghost Saints as nourishment, revealing hidden abilities within the transformation.
• A crack appears in Jiang Ming’s Sea of Consciousness, releasing familiar verses about an undying body, armies of living beings and gods, the Generals’ Worship Platform, and the Demon-Suppressing Stone. Jiang Ming realizes he may possess secrets far beyond the three lifetimes he previously understood.
• His Fate Pattern, the Heavenly Lone Star, comes to mind as a possible connection to these mysteries.
• An enormous surge of demonic energy erupts from within him, forming black flames that cover more than a hundred thousand miles.
• Jiang Ming releases the Divine-Demon Dao Diagram, cultivated through the Great Freedom Dao Scripture. It suppresses and refines the remaining blood demon ghost gods.
• With the combined power of the Divine Forbidden Realm, Heavenly Demon Transformation, and the newly awakened demonic energy, Jiang Ming reaches power nearly comparable to his Demon God Transformation.
• A sacred White Lotus emerges from the Demon Well. It is the remnant of the Mutton-fat White Jade Great Completion Saint Spirit, created long ago by the Mythological Dao Lord but corrupted by resentment, death energy, and other negative forces.
• Jiang Ming’s Divine-Demon Dao Diagram devours and suppresses the White Lotus’s dark energies.
• The Flame Saint Spirit attempts to communicate with the lotus, believing it can help guarantee a breakthrough into the Quasi-Emperor realm. The other Evil Gods likewise covet it and see Jiang Ming as their main obstacle.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming displays extraordinary composure and dominance against enemies who should be far beyond ordinary Great Saints.
• His Heavenly Demon Transformation evolves unexpectedly, gaining the ability to absorb and refine Ghost Saints.
• He begins confronting the possibility that his origins, previous lives, and powers are tied to deeper secrets. His uncertainty about the Heavenly Lone Star and the verses in his mind suggests that his identity may be connected to an ancient demonic inheritance.
• Jiang Ming’s demonic power grows so intense that it threatens his sanity. Although he can still control himself, the energy amplifies his suppressed emotions and pushes him toward madness.
• The Flame Saint Spirit becomes openly ambitious, viewing the White Lotus as the key to reaching the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• The Evil Gods reveal their shared greed and desperation for advancement, making them natural enemies of Jiang Ming.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identity and destiny: Jiang Ming’s unexplained memories, Fate Pattern, and newly awakened power imply that his true origins remain concealed.
• Power gained through corruption: The blood of a fallen Great Completion Saint Spirit has created monstrous beings and a corrupted sacred lotus, showing how immense power can become a source of destruction.
• Control versus madness: Jiang Ming’s transformation grants him overwhelming strength but threatens to consume his mind.
• Ambition and the pursuit of the Dao: The Flame Saint Spirit and Evil Gods are willing to deceive, sacrifice, and exploit living beings to advance, contrasting with Jiang Ming’s more instinctive but increasingly dangerous power.
• Transformation and awakening: Jiang Ming’s demonic form, once merely symbolic, is becoming a genuine and terrifying force as dormant abilities and ancient connections awaken.

Character Interactions

• The four-faced Evil God directly attacks Jiang Ming, establishing him as the central target of the opposing forces.
• The blood demon ghost gods emerge as enemies of Jiang Ming but are immediately absorbed, demonstrating the gap between their apparent strength and his transformed state.
• The Flame Saint Spirit and the other Evil Gods all compete for the White Lotus while temporarily sharing the same goal: preventing Jiang Ming from obtaining or controlling it.
• Jiang Ming’s Divine-Demon Dao Diagram neutralizes the corrupted energies surrounding the White Lotus, placing him directly between the Saint Spirit lineage and the Evil Gods’ path to advancement.

Jiang Ming seized Fortune Divine Essence from the Demon Lotus before fleeing as the awakened Saint Spirit weapon clashed with an Evil God's Immortal-Refining Pot. He carried off the Tenth Pass and the Holy Star, then planned to summon Gai Jiuyou and pursue the Saint Spirit's remains.

• An Evil God revealed the Bright God Clan's Extreme Dao Emperor Armament, the Immortal-Refining Pot, and Jiang Ming used the Heaven-Mending Five-Colored Stone to protect himself.
• Jiang Ming struck the Demon Lotus and collected seven dewdrops of Fortune Divine Essence in his Immortal Metal Gourd.
• Jiang Ming realized a Chaos Stone Marrow Token inside the Demon Lotus had awakened, so he fled and carried away the Tenth Pass of the Human Race.
• The Demon Lotus flew into the starry expanse and the Chaos Stone Marrow Token collided with the Immortal-Refining Pot, prompting Jiang Ming to seize the Holy Star as well.
• Jiang Ming planned to summon Gai Jiuyou and pursue the Saint Spirit's weapon and remains, while Daoist Qinghuang watched him carry off the pass and star.

Jiang Ming reunited with Ye Fan and the Madman, then arranged for Gai Jiuyou to use the reunited Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar to suppress the awakened Chaos Stone Marrow Token. Gai Jiuyou departed with the weapon, leaving Jiang Ming confident that the threat could be handled.

• Daoist Qinghuang asked the Heavenly Jade Saintess about the man they had helped, and she hinted that he was the mysterious being Daoist Qinghuang had met before.
• The Chaos Stone Marrow Token struck the Immortal-Refining Pot and annihilated the evil god and the alien beings beside him.
• Jiang Ming found Ye Fan and the Madman and asked to borrow the complete Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar to suppress the Stone Token.
• Ye Fan gave Gai Jiuyou the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar, while the Madman supplied the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Canopy.
• Gai Jiuyou reunited the weapons and left to confront the Stone Token, telling Gu Qingyao to protect Jiang Ming and the others.

Jiang Ming watched Gai Jiuyou use the revived Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar to seize the Chaos Stone Marrow Token, the White Lotus, and the Great Completion Saint Spirit’s remains, then rewarded Ye Fan with Seventh-Stage Evolution Liquid. The jar vanished into the Desolate Forbidden Land, where Jiang Ming said Ye Fan might retrieve it later.

• Jiang Ming found seventeen drops of immortal liquid at the cracked mouth of the Demon Well on the Life Ancient Star.
• The Immortal-Refining Pot and Chaos Stone Marrow Token clashed while the Flame Saint Spirit Cang Yan and the Bright God Clan tried to reclaim their artifacts.
• Jiang Ming appeared and killed Cang Yan, then Gai Jiuyou brought out the complete Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar and captured the Chaos Stone Marrow Token.
• Gai Jiuyou fully revived the jar, which swallowed the Stone Token, the White Lotus, and the Great Completion Saint Spirit’s severed arm before disappearing into the Desolate Forbidden Land.
• Ye Fan asked Jiang Ming about his jar, and Jiang Ming told him where he might find it and gave him Seventh-Stage Evolution Liquid.