Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Yi chose Nangong Yao’s Spirit mountain blessed land, Nangong Yao gave him the complete Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture, which he recorded in his mind. Jiang Yi entered his new home and found the horned horse living well there.

• Venerable Chi Yuan admitted that Jiang Yi deserved the title Emperor Son Jiang, while Nangong Yi teased him about pairing Jiang Yi with Nangong Yao.
• After the banquet, Jiang Yi chose Nangong Yao’s former Spirit mountain blessed land, and Lu Wan'er gave up hers to move in with Han Xin.
• Nangong Yao gave Jiang Yi the formation key and the complete Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture, and Jiang Yi recorded the scripture.
• Jiang Yi entered the Spirit mountain blessed land and found its rich spiritual energy, palaces, and thriving wildlife.
• Jiang Yi found the golden-scaled horned horse, which had dragon blood and appeared to have been well fed and cared for.

Jiang Yi reunited with the Golden Horned Horse and entered the ancient palace to cultivate. He used his lifespan to comprehend the Longevity Emperor Scripture, reaching the Melding Law Chapter and gaining the ability to transform into a Sky-Piercing Ancient Tree.

• The Golden Horned Horse recognized Jiang Yi, who had returned to the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Sect, and excitedly nuzzled him.
• Jiang Yi entered the palace, sensed its dense spiritual energy, and decided to use it as his secluded cultivation site.
• Jiang Yi reviewed his lifespan and cultivation, then chose to comprehend the Longevity Emperor Scripture before advancing his realm.
• Jiang Yi spent six thousand years simulating and deducing the scripture, strengthening his lifespan and Primordial Spirit while mastering Evergreen Intent, Evergreen Mana, and the Evergreen Domain.
• Jiang Yi reached grand perfection in the Melding Law Chapter and gained the ability to transform into a Sky-Piercing Ancient Tree.

Jiang Yi gained the Longevity Emperor Scripture, strengthening his body and extending his lifespan. He then simulated the Great Yin Ancient Scripture, combining its yin with the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture’s yang to form the Yin Yang Taiji Diagram and further improve his Primordial Saint Body.

• Jiang Yi comprehended the Longevity Emperor Scripture and realized it excelled at extending lifespan, defense, and healing.
• Jiang Yi checked his cultivation panel and found the scripture had restored more than two thousand two hundred years of his lifespan.
• Jiang Yi began simulating the Great Yin Ancient Scripture, cultivated Taiyin Moon Essence, and completed its Taiyin Domain.
• Jiang Yi combined the Great Yin Ancient Scripture’s yin with the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture’s yang, enduring repeated injuries as he merged the Taiyin Domain into his body.
• Jiang Yi comprehended the Law of Yin Yang and created the Yin Yang Taiji Diagram and Yin Yang Dao Diagram, which could attack, defend, and affect the Primordial Spirit.
• Jiang Yi used the Yin Yang Dao Diagram to draw Yin Yang Laws into his body, greatly improving his Primordial Saint Body.

Jiang Yi absorbed the Great Yin Ancient Scripture and strengthened his Primordial Saint Body and Primordial Spirit. He then used a simulation to deduce the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture, successfully reaching the Realm of Merged Laws after thousands of years of repeated collapse and recovery.

• Jiang Yi absorbed the Great Yin Ancient Scripture’s teachings and cultivation experience, drawing Yin-Yang Laws into his body.
• Jiang Yi’s Primordial Spirit grew stronger, and the sun, moon, and other scripture phenomena became manifestations of his cultivation insights.
• Jiang Yi began a ten-thousand-year simulation to deduce the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture and break through to the next realm.
• Jiang Yi repeatedly used Nirvana True Fire to melt his Dantian Sea into his body, recovering from each collapse with the Longevity Emperor Scripture.
• Jiang Yi reached the Half-step Melding Law Realm after melting more than half his Dantian Sea, then continued refining his body.
• Jiang Yi fully entered the Realm of Merged Laws in the simulation after five thousand years.

Jiang Yi began transforming from Great Perfection of Mana Fusion into the True Venerable Realm as mana melted into his flesh and blood and divine power emerged. While he remained in seclusion, news of his deeds spread across the Outer World, where powerful forces began preparing for the coming Golden Age.

• Jiang Yi's simulation ended, and Nirvana True Fire began recasting his body as he broke through toward the True Venerable Realm.
• Niu Ding Tian heard that Jiang Yi had slain True Venerables and shattered a Heavenly Being Ancient Weapon, then entered seclusion with a Bloodline Fruit.
• A veiled woman at Moon God Palace read the news and wondered whether Jiang Yi had returned.
• Ancient orthodox powers discussed Jiang Yi's feats and predicted that the Golden Age was approaching.
• The Zhu Family suspected Jiang Yi had killed their descendants, and its Divine Son vowed to challenge him after breaking through again.
• Jiang Yi continued his secluded cultivation, unaware of the reactions to his rising fame.

Jiang Yi reached the Early Melding Law Realm, then used simulations to cultivate the Longevity Emperor Scripture and Great Yin Ancient Scripture. He ended with his divine power greatly strengthened and his Primordial Spirit enlarged, just short of the late stage.

• Jiang Yi completed his breakthrough into the Early Melding Law Realm, merging his body, domain, and mana into divine power.
• Jiang Yi simulated the Longevity Emperor Scripture for 5,000 years and gained a surge in lifespan and strength, advancing to the middle stage of the Melding Law Realm.
• Jiang Yi simulated the Great Yin Ancient Scripture and learned the Great Yin Shining Body Marvelous Method.
• Jiang Yi’s first attempt to accelerate the method caused Great Yin to corrode his body, but he recovered and continued at a controlled pace.
• Jiang Yi completed the Taiyin Shining Body method, greatly increasing his divine power and Primordial Spirit, and came within one step of the late-stage realm.

Jiang Yi used the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture, Great Yin Ancient Scripture, and Longevity Emperor Scripture to temper his body with the fire of laws and break through to the Great Perfection of Melding Law Realm. He consolidated his new cultivation and continued comprehending the three laws.

• Jiang Yi advanced the three great scriptures into the Realm of Merged Laws and simulated their joint cultivation, reaching Peak Melding Law Realm.
• Jiang Yi discovered an invisible shackle blocking his path to Great Perfection and devised a method of burning and reforging his body with the fire of laws.
• Jiang Yi repeatedly endured the flames and recovered with the Longevity Emperor Scripture, gradually transforming his divine power.
• Jiang Yi shattered the shackle and entered the Great Perfection of Melding Law Realm.
• Jiang Yi consolidated his cultivation and practiced controlling the laws of great yin, True Fire, and Everlasting Green.

Nangong Yao found Jiang Yi had emerged from seclusion after reaching the great perfection of the Melding Law Realm and offered to show him around the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Sect. As they toured the sect on the Golden Horned Horse, she explained its districts and cave mansions before pointing out a towering spirit mountain.

• Nangong Yao sensed Jiang Yi cultivating inside the palace and decided not to disturb him, while the Golden Horned Horse continued guarding the spirit mountain blessed land.
• Jiang Yi emerged from the palace, and Nangong Yao noticed his strength had increased; he agreed to take a stroll around the sect with her.
• The Golden Horned Horse carried Jiang Yi and Nangong Yao away from the spirit mountain blessed land as sect disciples stopped to salute Jiang Yi.
• Nangong Yao explained the Celestial Being District and the cave mansions reserved for Great Powers and Half-step Hegemons, noting that strength could earn access to higher-ranked residences.
• Nangong Yao pointed out a towering spirit mountain lined with ancient halls and began to identify it.

Nangong Yao showed Jiang Yi the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Sect’s imperial weapon, cultivation resources, missions, and divine medicine. After Jiang Yi studied Celestial Beings’ writings and saw the maturing Phoenix Divine Tree, they continued exploring the sect.

• Nangong Yao explained that the Phoenix Heaven Halberd rested in the sect’s forbidden grounds and described its immense power.
• Nangong Yao introduced the Pill Repository Pavilion and Merit Hall, where disciples studied cultivation records and accepted missions.
• Jiang Yi quietly examined several handwritten works by Celestial Beings, astonishing Nangong Yao, who kept her suspicions to herself.
• Nangong Yao showed Jiang Yi the Phoenix Divine Tree and explained that its Nirvana Fruits would mature in about thirty years.
• The Phoenix Divine Tree stirred with crimson radiance as Jiang Yi and Nangong Yao watched, then they continued exploring the sect.

Jiang Yi used the Nine Revolutions Samsara Heavenly Scripture to undergo a samsara transformation, reforging his body into a Pseudo Chaos Body and improving his Samsara Rebirth art. After the simulation ended, the transformation began in the spirit mountain grand hall, where a new body gradually formed amid chaotic radiance.

• Jiang Yi reviewed what he had learned about the Heaven-Connecting Realm and prepared to simulate the Nine Revolutions Samsara Heavenly Scripture.
• In the simulation, Jiang Yi comprehended the scripture, let his body decay through samsara, and revived with a reforged Primordial Saint Body he named the Pseudo Chaos Body.
• Jiang Yi restored his cultivation and advanced Samsara Rebirth into Six Paths Samsara Rebirth, a fist technique that created the spacetime of the Six Paths and wielded samsara laws.
• The simulation ended, and Jiang Yi received its insights as ancient samsara laws appeared on his body and his clothes, flesh, and bones decayed into dust.
• A primordial origin light formed a new body for Jiang Yi, surrounded by Chaos Divine Radiance as a chaotic world appeared behind him.

After completing his Samsara transformation, Jiang Yi used the simulation to advance his cultivation and strengthen his foundation. He reached the third level of the Heavenly Being Realm, and the chapter ended as the experience surged into him and his aura continued to rise.

• Jiang Yi realized his Samsara transformation had strengthened his physique and foundation, leaving him with more than forty-seven thousand years of lifespan.
• Jiang Yi spent thirty thousand years simulating the advancement of the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Scripture, Longevity Emperor Scripture, and Great Yin Ancient Scripture.
• Jiang Yi broke through to the Heavenly Being Realm through Nirvana, then advanced to the second level by cultivating the Longevity Emperor Scripture and Great Yin Ancient Scripture.
• Jiang Yi developed Chaos Law as the core of his cultivation, supported by Taiyin, Solar, and Evergreen Laws.
• Jiang Yi reached the third level of the Heavenly Being Realm, and the simulation experience flooded into him as his aura began to rise.

Jiang Yi advanced to the third level of the Heavenly Being Realm after his body and Primordial Spirit were transformed by Nirvana Fire, life force, and lunar laws. He considered his remaining lifespan and decided he might simulate cultivation again, then turned his attention to learning about the Void Grotto.

• Jiang Yi underwent successive transformations from Nirvana Fire, green life force, and lunar laws, breaking through to the second level of the Heavenly Being Realm.
• Jiang Yi awakened his Chaos Body, manifested a primordial realm with Taiyin, Sun, and a towering tree, and advanced to the third level.
• Jiang Yi sensed his new power and reflected that he might now fight a Half-step Great Power, while Great Powers possessed far deeper mastery of laws.
• Jiang Yi reviewed his cultivation status, noted that his lifespan remained above twenty thousand years, and considered using it for another simulation.
• Jiang Yi recalled that Heavenly Beings could cultivate a Void Grotto by using their Primordial Spirit, divine power, and laws to carve out a grotto-heaven within the void.

Jiang Yi used a simulation to guide his cultivation, opened a cave-heaven, and advanced to the fifth level of the Heaven-Connecting Realm. He stored his belongings inside the new space, leaving his Cosmic Bags obsolete.

• Jiang Yi decided to open a cave-heaven and began a simulation by spending twenty thousand years of lifespan to deduce the three great scriptures.
• In the simulation, Jiang Yi built a cave-heaven, expanded it to twenty zhang, and broke through to the fourth and then fifth step of the Heavenly Being.
• Jiang Yi followed the simulation’s insights, opened a cave-heaven in the void, and expanded it to more than twenty zhang.
• Jiang Yi reached the fifth level of the Heaven-Connecting Realm and learned he could store and retrieve objects, and even living creatures, through his cave-heaven.
• Jiang Yi moved his belongings from his Cosmic Bag into the cave-heaven and decided the seized Cosmic Bags were no longer useful.

Jiang Yi went to the Merit Hall to accept a mission and told the elder that he had reached the late True Venerable Realm. The elder directed him to the fourth floor, where Jiang Yi found a small group of True Venerable disciples.

• Jiang Yi checked his status, decided he needed to replenish his lifespan, and went alone to the Merit Hall.
• The Merit Hall elder asked Jiang Yi why he had come, and Jiang Yi said he wanted to receive a mission.
• Jiang Yi claimed that he was in the late True Venerable Realm, startling the elder with his rapid cultivation.
• The elder directed Jiang Yi to the fourth floor, where missions suited to his Realm were available.
• Jiang Yi saw several True Venerable disciples on the fourth floor, and they looked surprised to see him.

Jiang Yi chose a mission to track the Thirteen Great Bandits of Black Mountain and left Phoenix Heaven Ancient Sect for the Outer World. Venerable Chi Yuan and Nangong Yi watched him depart and discussed why he did not need a Dao protector, leaving his safety to the powerful token Chi Yuan had given him.

• Jiang Yi selected the mission to track the Thirteen Great Bandits of Black Mountain after reviewing several mission plaques.
• The Merit Hall elder warned Jiang Yi that the bandits were dangerous and told him to report their location so the sect could send Heavenly Beings after them.
• Jiang Yi told the Golden Horned Horse to cultivate in the blessed land, then left the sect using a technique that let him enter the void.
• Venerable Chi Yuan and Nangong Yi watched Jiang Yi depart, and Nangong Yi wondered whether Jiang Yi had reached the Heavenly Being Realm.
• Nangong Yi suggested that Jiang Yi needed a Dao protector, but Venerable Chi Yuan trusted his strength and the token he had given him to protect him from powerful enemies.

Jiang Yi arrived in South Desert City and listened to locals discuss alliances, emerging Divine Sons, and the notorious Thirteen Great Bandits of Black Mountain. The rumors ended with a diner claiming the bandits had appeared again just days earlier.

• Jiang Yi reached South Desert City, disguised himself, and settled into a private room at a lively restaurant.
• Jiang Yi overheard cultivators discuss a marriage alliance between the Yun Family and the Zhang Family, along with rumors about the Yun Family Celestial's failing lifespan.
• Diners reported that the Jiang Clan's Divine Son, the Nine Yang Sacred Land's Holy Son, and the Ming Imperial Clan's Divine Son had entered the world.
• The diners compared the emerging prodigies with Emperor Son Jiang of the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Sect and debated whether his Chaos Body was genuine.
• The diners discussed the Thirteen Great Bandits of Black Mountain, their attacks across the southwestern region, and their powerful leader's ancient weapon.
• A diner claimed to have seen the bandits appear again a few days earlier.

Jiang Yi traveled to Half Moon City after hearing rumors that a band of great bandits might be headed there, hoping to find the people he was pursuing. After entering the city, he met the pockmarked Ma Liuzi, who tried to learn about Jiang Yi by asking his cultivation realm.

• A True Person told others that the bandits were near Half Moon City, prompting Jiang Yi to learn the city's location.
• Jiang Yi reached Crescent Moon City in less than a quarter of an hour and searched the surrounding area with his divine sense but found no trace of his targets.
• Jiang Yi entered Half Moon City and sensed that its secluded Heavenly Being attendant was only in the early stages of the realm.
• Ma Liuzi approached Jiang Yi, introduced himself as a well-informed local, and asked about Jiang Yi's cultivation.
• Jiang Yi claimed to be an Inscription Realm True Person, and Ma Liuzi pretended to be an over-three-hundred-year-old Spirit Opening Realm cultivator.
• Jiang Yi agreed that Ma Liuzi had lived like a dog, leaving the pockmarked man stunned.

Jiang Yi accepted the pockmarked man’s invitation to hunt a Crimson Fire Lizard, only to be lured into an abandoned residence and trapped by an array. The man revealed his gang’s ambush and showed Jiang Yi that he was a True Lord, leaving Jiang Yi surrounded by greedy cultivators.

• The pockmarked man invited Jiang Yi to join a hunt for a Moon Spirit Flower guarded by a Crimson Fire Lizard, and Jiang Yi agreed.
• The pockmarked man led Jiang Yi to an abandoned ancient residence, claiming it was a temporary place to rest before their hunt.
• An array activated behind Jiang Yi and trapped him beneath pressure comparable to the Venerable Realm.
• The pockmarked man summoned three accomplices, including a cultivator with early-stage Venerable Realm cultivation, who surrounded Jiang Yi with greedy intent.
• The pockmarked man revealed his True Lord aura and taunted Jiang Yi for mistaking him for a lowly True Person.

Jiang Yi revealed that he was a True Venerable after four cultivators trapped him and demanded his valuables and cultivation technique. He used the Heaven and Earth Laws to kill them and left the shattered formation behind.

• The four cultivators trapped Jiang Yi in a Venerable-level formation and demanded his Cosmic Bag and cultivation technique.
• Jiang Yi revealed his True Venerable cultivation, and his aura shattered the formation.
• The leading Venerable fled, but Jiang Yi used a strand of the Heaven and Earth Laws to kill him instantly.
• Jiang Yi walked away as the pockmarked man and the other two cultivators also exploded under the Heaven and Earth Laws.

Jiang Yi watched Half Moon Lake and entered a state of enlightenment as night fell over Half Moon City. Outside the city, the Thirteen Great Bandits of Black Mountain arrived on a White Jade Dragon Elephant and prepared to attack.

• Jiang Yi drank alone above Half Moon Lake and entered Unity of Heaven and Man, remaining in an obscure state of enlightenment until nightfall.
• A massive White Jade Dragon Elephant approached Half Moon City with the Thirteen Great Bandits of Black Mountain on its back.
• The bandits discussed the city's defenses and dismissed the threat posed by its Heavenly Being expert and the Phoenix Heaven Ancient Sect.
• The bandits urged their bald leader to launch a surprise attack and destroy the city for its resources.