Chapter Summaries

Ren Jie pieced together clues that Guo Zongyou was preparing a major scheme, likely targeting Chang Le Gambling House or another Ren Family business. He mobilized the Guard Team and went to watch the gambling house, where he summoned Chang Lao Si.

• Ren Jie heard Qi Tian describe how Sea King and his allies had pursued him before abruptly withdrawing after apparently receiving definite information.
• Shao De reported that Guo Zongyou had been missing for several days and had muttered about “Four Blossoms” and “double the interest”; Ren Jie dismissed him, and Qi Tian threw him out of the Ren Family residence.
• Ren Jie suspected Guo Zongyou planned one last act of revenge before returning to the Saint Pill Sect, and Wan Hong reported that Guo Zongyou had visited Chang Le Casino and other Ren Family businesses and hired desperadoes and intermediaries.
• Ren Jie ordered Tong Qiang and the Guard Team to prepare for trouble and raise the alert among Ren Family managers.
• Ren Jie went with Qi Tian and Xie Jian to Chang Le Gambling House, rented a nearby restaurant, and summoned Chang Lao Si.

Ren Jie realized Guo Zongyou might be targeting the Chang Le Casino’s monthly transfer of more than fifty million Jade Coins and rushed to intercept it. At the transfer site, Lao Tang and his staff were ambushed when attackers smashed into the council hall.

• Ren Jie ordered Chang Lao Si to monitor suspicious people around the casino and raise the alert at every branch.
• Chang Lao Si explained that Lao Tang was bringing more than fifty-three million Jade Coins and spirit jade to headquarters that day.
• Ren Jie recognized the danger and rushed toward the collection site with Chang Lao Si, Qi Tian, and Xie Jian.
• Lao Tang reviewed the accounts and discussed the casino’s future Jade Banks with his staff.
• Attackers shattered the council hall’s roof and formations, prompting the staff to shout for Lao Tang’s protection and retreat.

Guo Zongyou and Fragrant Young Master Xiang Lang ambushed Lao Tang to seize the Jade Coins in his Storage Ring, but Lao Tang’s threat and the attackers’ advantage were interrupted by a sudden sword strike. The house exploded as an unidentified attacker struck back, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lao Tang recognized Guo Zongyou, who declared he would attack Chang Le Casino and take the Jade Coins with Xiang Lang’s help.
• Guo Zongyou and Xiang Lang’s forces clashed with Lao Tang’s men, killing and injuring several of them.
• Xiang Lang severely wounded Lao Tang’s protectors, while Guo Zongyou used his Three-Eyed Medicine Furnace to overpower Lao Tang.
• Lao Tang threatened to destroy his Storage Ring, but Xiang Lang weakened him and Guo Zongyou moved to take it.
• A sudden sword light pierced two attackers, wounded Guo Zongyou, and cut off two of his fingers before the house exploded.

Ren Jie confronted Guo Zongyou, who revealed that he had set fires across Jade Capital City and sent the Northwest Wolf King's people to attack the Ren Family's spirit jade mine. Ren Jie sent Qi Tian to defend the mine and explained how the fires could be contained, while Guo Zongyou urged Fragrant Young Master to attack him.

• Chang Lao Si checked Lao Tang and received the Storage Ring, while Guo Zongyou reacted in pain to his severed fingers and recognized Ren Jie.
• Ren Jie feigned satisfaction as he questioned Guo Zongyou, who boasted that he had uncovered the Ren Family's plans and arranged an attack on its spirit jade mine.
• Explosions and fires broke out across the city, and Guo Zongyou claimed his Bone Rain Phosphorous Fire would burn Ren Family properties and businesses.
• Ren Jie assessed the fires, explained how formations could contain the flames, and sent Qi Tian to the spirit jade mine with the Family Head token to kill the intruders.
• Qi Tian unleashed his aura and departed, frightening Fragrant Young Master, while Guo Zongyou pressed him to attack Ren Jie and seize his belongings.

Ren Jie’s forces routed Guo Zongyou’s attackers while Chang Lao Si pursued Fragrant Young Master and Xie Jian chased Guo Zongyou. Guo Zongyou revealed that his son was a Saint Pill Sect true disciple, then trapped Ren Jie and Xie Jian inside the Three-Eyed Medicine Furnace and attacked.

• Fragrant Young Master tried to retreat, but Ren Jie ordered Chang Lao Si to kill him, and Chang Lao Si pursued him.
• Ren Jie killed the Divine Power Realm attackers barehanded and ordered his side to leave no survivors as the remaining enemies tried to flee.
• Xie Jian chased Guo Zongyou while Ren Jie followed, and Guo Zongyou discovered that the fires he had started across Jade Capital City had been extinguished.
• Guo Zongyou threatened Ren Jie with his son’s standing as a Saint Pill Sect true disciple, revealing the support behind his plot, and Ren Jie vowed to kill them both.
• Guo Zongyou expanded the Three-Eyed Medicine Furnace around himself, Ren Jie, and Xie Jian, then launched a streak of fire at Ren Jie as Xie Jian rushed to block it.

Ren Jie and Xie Jian survived the Three-Eyed Medicine Furnace’s explosion, and Guo Zongyou fled through Jade Capital City toward the Imperial Palace. Xie Jian pursued him while Ren Jie followed, leaving Guo Zongyou close to the palace and still on the run.

• Ren Jie taught Xie Jian how to weaken the Three-Eyed Medicine Furnace, and Xie Jian struck its vulnerable points so they could escape before it exploded.
• The Three-Eyed Medicine Furnace exploded above Jade Capital City, leaving Guo Zongyou badly wounded while Ren Jie and Xie Jian survived.
• Guo Zongyou fled through the city toward the Imperial Palace, hoping its protection would keep him alive.
• Xie Jian pursued Guo Zongyou through the alleys, and Ren Jie followed while sensing powerful observers nearby.
• Guo Zongyou neared the Imperial Palace as Xie Jian continued closing in on him.

Ren Jie pursued Guo Zongyou into the Imperial Palace and held a blade to his throat after Guo’s attempt to reach the Golden Luan Hall was stopped by the palace formations. With the Emperor and Consort Ying confronting him, Ren Jie explained that Guo had orchestrated attacks on the Ren Family, including the deaths of children and teachers, and refused to back down.

• Guo Zongyou rushed through a side entrance of the Imperial Palace with Xie Jian and Ren Jie pursuing him, then charged toward the Golden Luan Hall while shouting that he was the Imperial Father-in-Law.
• The palace’s inner formations hurled Guo Zongyou back, and Xie Jian stomped on his chest as Imperial Guards and Yin Yang Realm experts arrived.
• Consort Ying came out and ordered the guards to seize Ren Jie, but Ren Jie put a blade to Guo Zongyou’s throat and forced her to call them off.
• The Emperor arrived and ordered Ren Jie to lower his blade, while Guo Zongyou pleaded for help by invoking his status and his son’s connection to the Saint Pill Sect.
• Ren Jie told the Emperor that Guo Zongyou had colluded with the Flower Plucking Bandit and others to attack Ren Family holdings, killing five children and two teachers, and Consort Ying offered twentyfold compensation to save her father.

Ren Jie refused the Emperor and Consort Ying’s offers of compensation and killed Guo Zongyou in the Imperial Palace, declaring that he knew his crime. He then used the Amnesty Jade Token to shield himself, leaving the Emperor furious and publicly humiliated.

• The Emperor and Consort Ying offered to compensate Ren Jie and punish Guo Zongyou if Ren Jie spared his life.
• Ren Jie decided he could not trade the lives of the Ren family children for benefits and told the Emperor he knew his crime.
• Ren Jie cut off Guo Zongyou’s head, causing Consort Ying to faint and the Imperial Palace guards to erupt in shock.
• The Emperor ordered his men to seize Ren Jie and kill him if he resisted.
• Ren Jie raised the Amnesty Jade Token, stopping the guards and making clear that he admitted his crime but claimed its pardon.
• The Emperor angrily acknowledged the token as Ren Jie openly defied him.

Ren Jie left the Imperial Palace after killing Guo Zongyou, but collapsed on the way back to the Ren Family after resisting a hidden imprint planted by the Emperor. His family learned that he had sealed his own Sea of Consciousness, leaving them to wait for him to awaken while he fought the imprint within.

• Ren Jie tossed aside the Amnesty Jade Token and left the Imperial Palace with Xie Jian, while the Emperor could only watch.
• After they left the palace, Ren Jie told Xie Jian to take him home without drawing attention, then spat blood and lost consciousness.
• Xie Jian brought Ren Jie to the Ren Family, where Fatty found no poisoning or serious bodily injuries and asked what had happened.
• Sixth Master Ren Tianzong recognized that Ren Jie had sealed his own Sea of Consciousness and said they must wait for him to wake naturally.
• Within his Sea of Consciousness, Ren Jie struggled to remove the Emperor’s concealed imprint before it could merge with his divine sense.

Ren Jie discovered and destroyed a hidden mark the emperor had planted in his Sea of Consciousness, then discussed the emperor’s power and ambitions with his companions. The group was left considering whether the emperor planned to bring cultivators and sects under imperial rule.

• Ren Jie examined the emperor’s mark and found six mysterious fragments carrying powers that could spy on him or transmit information.
• Ren Jie destroyed the mark, opened his Sea of Consciousness, and woke to find Fatty watching him closely.
• Ren Jie told Sixth Master Ren Tianzong and the others that the emperor had secretly imprinted his Sea of Consciousness and was likely as powerful as the Eight Great Kings.
• Sixth Master Ren Tianzong recalled that the emperor once wanted to rule cultivators as well as the secular world, making every manor and sect submit to his authority.
• Qi Tian dismissed the emperor’s ambition as impossible and questioned whether the Ancient Dynasty had ever truly united heaven and earth.

Ren Jie defended his decision to kill Guo Zongyou with the Amnesty Jade Token, while the emperor dealt with Consort Ying and weighed how to respond. As witnesses spread the story throughout Jade Capital City, Ren Jie’s confrontation became known across the land, leaving the great families to consider its consequences for the Bright Jade Dynasty.

• Ren Jie told Sixth Master Ren Tianzong that using the Amnesty Jade Token was justified and urged his family to focus on the Jade Spring Mountain Spirit Jade Mine.
• The emperor comforted Consort Ying and promised to seek justice for Guo Zongyou later, while keeping the news from her younger brother Guo Xiu for now.
• People across Jade Capital City spread accounts of Ren Jie killing Guo Zongyou before the emperor and using the Amnesty Jade Token.
• The great families quietly assessed how the incident might change the future structure of the Bright Jade Dynasty.

Gao Peng and Gao Zhanyuan watched the Ren Family’s response to Guo Zongyou’s death, while Ren Jie and his allies prepared to secure Jade Spring Mountain. Ren Jie completed a thousand-mile defensive grand array and left Zhan Tianlong in charge of its core as the forces took their positions.

• Gao Zhanyuan and Gao Peng discussed how Guo Zongyou’s death and the emperor’s next move could create opportunities for the Gao Family.
• The Ren Family mobilized troops and resources to seal off Jade Spring Mountain, while Ren Jie secretly joined the operation.
• Ren Jie spent more than half a month directing thirty thousand soldiers and creating arrays, runes, and spirit artifacts across the area.
• Ren Jie activated the thousand-mile grand array, concealing the region from outside investigation and trapping intruders in illusions.
• Ren Jie assigned Zhan Tianlong to guard the array’s core and coordinate defenses, while Tong Qiang and Xie Jian handled the Fire Ant Demon Beasts.

Ren Jie finished preparing the forces and formations around Jade Spring Mountain, then broke through to the Divine Power Realm Third Layer. He led six powerful allies into the mine to kill the Jade Spring Taoist, where they met a rising wave of magma and Fire Ant Demon Beasts.

• Ren Jie assigned Tong Qiang, Xie Jian, Chang Lao Si, and Wan Hong to lead the elite troops against the Fire Ant Demon Beasts, while Fatty and Uncle Zhan coordinated support and medicine.
• Ren Jie told the group to wait one more day before moving, then spent the time cultivating in the Spirit Beast Carriage.
• Ren Jie broke through to the Divine Power Realm Third Layer and discovered that his physical strength and divine sense had also improved.
• Ren Jie ordered the group to charge into the mine, telling Sword King Long Ao to open the way and Qi Tian to protect him.
• Ren Jie and his allies encountered surging magma and a swarm of Fire Ant Demon Beasts in the mine tunnel, and Ren Jie ordered them to push inward without wasting strength.

Ren Jie led his allies through the magma to attack Jade Spring Taoist while their forces fought the Fire Ant Demon Beasts above. They reached Jade Spring Taoist’s lair and confronted him, but he had begun using the magma to ripen the Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit.

• Ren Jie and six powerful allies charged through the magma, then changed course and advanced through the rock to avoid Jade Spring Taoist’s violent magma eruptions.
• Zhan Tianlong and the others activated Ren Jie’s formation to suppress the terrain while Tong Qiang, Xie Jian, Wan Hong, and Chang Lao Si led their groups against the Fire Ant Demon Beasts and withdrew into the illusion formation when swarmed.
• Jade Spring Taoist used the magma to attack the tunnels and hasten the ripening of the Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit as Ren Jie’s group neared his lair.
• Old Pill King Yu Changkong recognized Jade Spring Taoist, who identified Sword King Long Ao and the others and attacked the hidden Smiling Old Man.
• The Smiling Old Man evaded Jade Spring Taoist’s Divine Soul Power attack, and Jade Spring Taoist roared for them to be killed.

Ren Jie directed his allies’ battle against Jade Spring Taoist and the Fire Ant Beast King while Qi Tian recovered and resumed his relentless chatter. As Jade Spring Taoist’s forces pressed the group, Ren Jie’s tactics helped Old Pill King Yu Changkong strengthen his medicine furnace and rejoin the fight.

• Ren Jie ordered Sword King Long Ao, Sixth Uncle, and Sixth Aunt to attack the Fire Ant Beast King while Old Pill King and Killer King distracted Jade Spring Taoist.
• Qi Tian broke through to the eighth layer of the Yin Yang Realm Yin Soul and, after comprehending Ren Jie’s characters, began criticizing Ren Jie’s plans and probing his hidden formation.
• Ren Jie silenced Qi Tian by hinting that he might have more characters, then returned his attention to the intensifying battle.
• Jade Spring Taoist blasted the Smiling Old Man into a swarm of Fire Ant Demon Beasts and struck Old Pill King Yu Changkong with a powerful attack.
• Following Ren Jie’s orders, Old Pill King entered his medicine furnace, absorbed and refined Fire Ant Demon Beasts, and used the strengthened furnace to protect the Smiling Old Man.
• The Smiling Old Man, Killer King, and Old Pill King joined forces again to entangle Jade Spring Taoist.

Ren Jie’s forces fought the Fire Ant Demon Beasts while he waited for the Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit to ripen. Chang Lao Si killed Zhang Yu by sending him back into the swarm for abandoning a wounded teammate, then led his group into another battle.

• Sword King Long Ao endured the Fire Ant Beast King’s counterattack and wounded its back, while Sixth Master Ren Tianzong and Yun Feng'er struggled to reach its weak point.
• Ren Jie waited inside as Jade Spring Taoist kept the immobile Fire Ant Beast King from moving, with both preparing for the contest over the remaining Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit.
• Tong Qiang and Di Shu rescued trapped guards and withdrew their group into the formations before moving on to attack more Fire Ant Demon Beasts.
• Zhang Yu abandoned a wounded teammate and retreated, so Chang Lao Si kicked him back into the swarm and explained that Ren Jie had ordered the death of anyone who met certain conditions.
• Chang Lao Si led his group to a new location for another battle, while Zhan Tianlong managed the formation and the fatty treated critically wounded fighters.

Jade Spring Taoist was gradually worn down as Ren Jie coordinated the others and helped them grow stronger in battle. When Jade Spring Taoist finally fused with the Fire Ant Beast King, his power surged to a terrifying level, and five powerful attacks flew toward the fighters.

• Ren Jie directed the fighters while Qi Tian improved Smiling Old Man’s movement techniques and Ren Jie helped Yu Changkong enhance his medicine furnace.
• Smiling Old Man and Yu Changkong increasingly pressured Jade Spring Taoist as his Divine Soul Power dwindled, while Long Ao, Ren Tianzong, and Yun Feng'er wounded the Fire Ant Beast King.
• Jade Spring Taoist decided to fuse completely with the Fire Ant Beast King and plunged his Divine Soul Power into its body.
• The fusion unleashed a terrifying force that blasted Long Ao, Ren Tianzong, and Yun Feng'er backward and blocked everyone’s divine sense.
• The transformed Fire Ant Beast King sent five blazing attacks toward the fighters, each stronger than the peak of ordinary Yin Yang Fusion.

Ren Jie kept his allies fighting defensively while Jade Spring Taoist guarded the Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit, waiting for the fruit to ripen before revealing himself. As Jade Spring Taoist swallowed the still-unripe fruit, Ren Jie struck him with his spiritual sense, and Qi Tian emerged in giant ape form to attack.

• Jade Spring Taoist fused with the Fire Ant Beast King and blasted Sword King Long Ao, Sixth Master Ren Tianzong, Yun Feng'er, Old Pill King Yu Changkong, and the Smiling Old Man with a powerful attack.
• Ren Jie had the five form a defensive formation around Old Pill King Yu Changkong's pill furnace while they resisted Jade Spring Taoist's repeated fire attacks and used Ren Jie's medicines to recover.
• Ren Jie refused to let Sixth Master Ren Tianzong and the others reveal their hidden reserves, reasoning that Jade Spring Taoist was holding back because he feared the unseen person directing the fight.
• Ren Jie told Qi Tian to target the Fire Ant Beast King's side abdomen and waited for the Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit to ripen, despite Qi Tian's warnings about the danger.
• When Ren Jie sensed the temperature change and Jade Spring Taoist's attacks weaken, Jade Spring Taoist swallowed the forcibly ripened fruit, and Ren Jie overwhelmed him with a familiar surge of spiritual sense.
• Qi Tian burst from the hiding place in the form of a giant ape far larger than the Fire Ant Beast King.

Ren Jie seized the Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit after Qi Tian battered Jade Spring Taoist’s Fire Ant Beast King body, but Jade Spring Taoist pursued Ren Jie through the rocks in a desperate attempt to kill him. As the others unleashed their strongest attacks to protect Ren Jie, an eerie voice and a shadowy flame appeared with the Thunderfire Gun.

• Qi Tian transformed and struck Jade Spring Taoist’s Fire Ant Beast King body, blasting the Earth Flame Vermillion Fruit from its abdomen so Ren Jie could seize it.
• Jade Spring Taoist’s body rapidly healed, and he pursued Ren Jie through the rocks while the others tried to block his attacks.
• Sword King Long Ao, Yun Feng'er, the Killer King Smiling Old Man, and Old Pill King Yu Changkong unleashed their Trump Cards against Jade Spring Taoist.
• An eerie voice sounded as a shadowy flame spun like a drill and the Thunderfire Gun flashed with Yin Lightning.

Ren Jie and his allies defeated Jade Spring Taoist, but Ren Tianzong’s bloodthirsty Asura transformation nearly put him beyond their control. Ren Jie destroyed Jade Spring Taoist’s attempt to possess Ren Tianzong, and Yun Feng’er’s Natal Essence Blood helped calm Ren Tianzong as the survivors began recovering.

• Old Pill King Yu Changkong, Sword King Long Ao, the Killer King, Yun Feng’er, and Ren Tianzong joined forces to batter Jade Spring Taoist’s Fire Ant Beast King body.
• Ren Tianzong unleashed Asura’s Bloodbath Massacres the Common People and repeatedly struck Jade Spring Taoist with the Thunderfire Gun, while Ren Jie realized his uncle was losing control.
• Jade Spring Taoist blew up his body and tried to possess Ren Tianzong, but Ren Jie used the Sage Dao Discussion Realm to crush and destroy his Divine Soul Power.
• Ren Jie approached Ren Tianzong and calmed him with his words, while Yun Feng’er offered her Natal Essence Blood to suppress his bloodlust.
• Ren Tianzong regained control and weakened, and Qi Tian urged Ren Jie to collect the Fire Ant Beast King’s valuable remains.