Chapter Summaries

Ren Jie returned to the Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode as Qi Tian blasted Qiu Niu into the sky, turning the battle against Blue Sky’s forces. Blue Sky revealed that he had reached the Taiji Realm, leaving the gathered fighters fearing Ren Jie’s side was outmatched.

• Qi Tian transformed and struck Qiu Niu skyward, while Blue Sky rescued Fang Qi and one of his subordinates from the impact.
• Ren Jie arrived, and the Ren Family members greeted him as Li Tiancheng, Wei Liang, Wen Zihao, and Hai Qingyun continued fighting Blue Sky’s Heavenly Ranking Experts.
• Ren Jie mocked Blue Sky for his choices and dismissed his reputation, angering Fang Qi.
• Qiu Niu charged back down, but Blue Sky raised a hand and stopped it before declaring that his power would crush Ren Jie.
• Blue Sky unleashed Sword Qi into the starry sky and revealed the Taiji Realm pressure of his cultivation, shocking everyone present.

Lan Tian revealed his Taiji Realm cultivation and prepared to attack Ren Jie, but the Ren Family stood ready to fight without fear. Sword King Long Ao and Old Pill King Yu Changkong arrived to defend Ren Jie, then bowed to him as allies.

• The Emperor watched Lan Tian reveal his Taiji Realm power and rejoiced that Lan Tian had fulfilled his expectations.
• Lan Tian’s Taiji Realm aura astonished the crowd, while Ren Jie considered the danger of fighting him and how to protect his family.
• Lan Tian gathered sword intent to attack Ren Jie, but Qi Tian, Chang Lao Si, Tong Qiang, and the others rushed to Ren Jie’s defense.
• Ren Jie mocked Lan Tian’s humiliating Sect-establishment ceremony, and Lan Tian slashed a beam of sword light toward him.
• Sword King Long Ao intercepted Lan Tian’s attack, then Old Pill King Yu Changkong arrived and revealed his own Taiji Realm power.
• Long Ao and Yu Changkong stood beside Ren Jie and bowed, apologizing for arriving late.

Ren Jie dismissed Lan Tian’s threats even after Lan Tian revealed a Taiji Realm expert above the third layer, and a Wen Family expert intervened to block the attack. Wen Yong declared the Wen Family would stand against Lan Tian to protect the Ren Family, then revealed that Ren Jie was promised to marry Wen Shiyu.

• Old Pill King Yu Changkong and Sword King Long Ao saluted Ren Jie, and Yu Changkong reported that he had broken through to the Taiji Realm.
• Lan Tian revealed that a powerful Taiji Realm expert of the early fourth layer stood with the Lan Manor Sky Sect and threatened to destroy the Ren Family.
• Ren Jie called the situation a trivial matter, while Wei Liang continued his brutal life-or-death fight.
• A Wen Family Taiji Realm expert blocked the Lan Manor Sky Sect’s force, prompting the Emperor to order an inquiry into Wen Yong’s actions.
• Wen Zihao detonated a rune to kill a Lan Tian subordinate, and Wen Yong’s expert caught him as he was blasted away.
• Wen Yong said the Wen Family would oppose Lan Tian if he attacked the Ren Family, then announced that Ren Jie had been promised to Wen Shiyu.

Wen Yong declared that the Wen Family would ally with the Ren Family by marrying Wen Shiyu to Ren Jie, while an imperial edict stopped Lan Tian from escalating the confrontation. Ren Jie mocked Lan Tian, promised to help lottery winners advance a major realm, and wagered the businesses of Chang Le Casino and Gao Ren Medicine Shop before Lan Tian left.

• Wen Yong announced that the Wen Family would protect the Ren Family and revealed that Wen Shiyu's marriage to Ren Jie had been agreed upon long ago.
• The Emperor's messenger delivered an edict ordering both sides to end the conflict and warning against Taiji Realm experts fighting in Jade Capital City.
• Lan Tian admitted that he had suffered a setback and told Ren Jie that he would remember him, while Ren Jie called himself fortunate and mocked Lan Tian's defeat.
• Ren Jie announced that Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode would hold lotteries and promised to help selected participants advance by one major realm.
• Ren Jie pledged Chang Le Casino and Gao Ren Medicine Shop if he failed to fulfill that promise, then taunted Lan Tian, who took his people and left.

Ren Jie defended his bold promise to help Yin Yang Realm Yang Soul cultivators advance into the Taiji Realm, then left his injured allies and powerful guests to handle an urgent matter. He returned secretly to Jade Capital City and tracked little Dan Miao's aura to a courtyard near the Imperial Palace.

• Ren Jie reaffirmed his wager, promised that the Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode would reveal details later, and isolated the crowd within the formation.
• Ren Jie told Li Tiancheng to treat his injuries, excused himself from Old Pill King Yu Changkong, Sword King Long Ao, and Wen Yong, then vanished into the formation.
• Old Pill King Yu Changkong welcomed Wen Yong as family and discussed meeting Ancestor Wen Mo after the crisis.
• Ren Jie disguised himself while returning to Jade Capital City and followed little Dan Miao's aura to a separate courtyard near the Imperial Palace.

Ren Jie confirmed that Dan Miao had left a false trail and resolved to grow stronger to protect his family, while Lan Tian ordered surveillance on Ren Jie and his allies after his sect’s disastrous opening. Back at Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode, Ren Jie asked Wen Yong to explain the marriage arrangement that had made Wen Shiyu his fiancée.

• Ren Jie found a sealed spirit jade carrying only a trace of Dan Miao’s aura and realized she had prepared decoys to evade Dan Wujing.
• Lan Tian returned to his empty sect-establishment venue, struck Fang Qi with his roar, and ordered his forces to watch Ren Jie and everyone connected to him.
• Gao Peng observed the aftermath at Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode and concluded that Ren Jie’s success came from real ability rather than mere luck.
• Ren Jie returned to Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode and learned that Old Pill King Yu Changkong and Wen Yong had been discussing an alliance and wedding.
• Ren Jie cautiously asked Wen Yong what his father, Ren Tianxing, had arranged concerning Wen Shiyu.

Wen Yong explained that Ren Jie's father had arranged a marriage between Ren Jie and Wen Shiyu to protect the Wen Family, and Wen Yong proposed that Ren Jie could marry her alongside Yu Wu Shuang. Ren Jie persuaded Wen Yong to let him and Wen Shiyu meet before deciding, then learned that the force behind the Wen Family's old crisis was connected to Upper Envoys; Long Ao reacted with sudden hostility.

• Wen Yong told Ren Jie that Ren Tianxing had saved the Wen Family and arranged Ren Jie and Wen Shiyu's marriage as a way to stabilize the family.
• Wen Yong said the Wen Family would support Ren Jie and that he could marry Wen Shiyu and Yu Wu Shuang together.
• Ren Jie asked Wen Yong to postpone the marriage decision until he and Wen Shiyu had a chance to meet, and Wen Yong agreed.
• Ren Jie asked about the force that had once threatened the Wen Family, and Wen Yong linked it to the powerful Upper Envoys.
• Long Ao denounced the Upper Envoys and released a sharp killing intent, startling everyone present.

Ren Jie dealt with Sword King Long Ao’s unexplained anger and laid out a long-term development plan for Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode. The chapter ended when Ren Jie traced a powerful Divine Soul Power investigating the Abode and recognized its owner as an old acquaintance.

• Sword King Long Ao reacted angrily to the mention of the Upper Envoys and left for the Demon Beast Abyss.
• Ren Jie praised Chang Lao Si and Tong Qiang, then gave Tong Qiang a spirit jade containing formation plans and cultivation guidance for Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode.
• Ren Jie instructed Chang Lao Si to expand the Abode’s events around cultivators’ ambitions and organize them into recurring short-, mid-, and long-term plans.
• A powerful Divine Soul Power broke through the Abode’s formations and began investigating it from within.
• Ren Jie traced the Divine Soul Power to its source and recognized the owner as an old acquaintance.

Ren Jie uncovered Remnant Soul Vice Hall Master Hua Meiyu’s plans while monitoring him and Gu Yue, then followed them toward Jade Capital City. He later spotted Fang Yan attacking Lan Manor Sky Sect and calling Lan Tian out to fight.

• Ren Jie recognized Gu Yue and Hua Meiyu at Eternal Paradise Celestial Abode, concealed his location, and listened as they discussed their plans to pursue their enemies.
• Hua Meiyu and Gu Yue left for Jade Capital City, and Ren Jie followed them while arranging cultivation techniques for his allies.
• Fang Yan appeared above Lan Manor Sky Sect, enlarged to nearly ten meters tall, and taunted the sect over its failed attempt to establish itself.
• A Lan Manor Sky Sect cultivator attacked Fang Yan, who killed him with a single palm strike.
• Fang Yan called Lan Tian out and smashed Lan Manor Sky Sect’s defenses, prompting Fang Qi and Changfeng Qingwu to respond.

Fang Yan rampaged through the Lan Manor Sky Sect with uncontrolled power, nearly killing Changfeng Qingwu and destroying the sect’s defenses. Lan Tian emerged from seclusion to confront him, and the two began fighting.

• Fang Yan killed a Yin Yang Realm Yin Soul cultivator with a slap and nearly killed Changfeng Qingwu before pounding the Lan Manor Sky Sect into the ground.
• Hua Meiyu, Gu Yue, the Emperor, and Ren Jie observed Fang Yan’s strange power, while Ren Jie concluded that it exceeded Fang Yan’s control and might be backed by a force in his arms.
• Fang Qi confronted Fang Yan, who insulted her and attacked the sect more fiercely as its outer defenses began to crack.
• A Yang Soul Ninth Layer cultivator pulled Fang Qi to safety before Fang Yan shattered the sect’s defenses and devastated the surrounding area.
• Lan Tian emerged from an Independent Space, wounded Fang Yan with a sword strike, and faced his charge as Fang Yan rushed at him again.

Lan Tian defeated Fang Yan after their battle devastated parts of Jade Capital City, and Ren Jie pursued the wounded Fang Yan to uncover the cause of his strange changes. There, Ren Jie sensed a mysterious figure whose presence provoked an overwhelming urge in the Jade Emperor Art to kill it.

• Lan Tian and Fang Yan fought above Jade Capital City, while Wen Mo and Old Pill King Yu Changkong shielded civilians from the battle’s shockwaves.
• Lan Tian used his sword to split Fang Yan in two, but Fang Yan escaped with a Teleportation Talisman, leaving his lower body behind for Lan Tian to destroy.
• Ren Jie followed Fang Yan by tracking the Teleportation Talisman’s traces, while Hua Meiyu sensed Ren Jie’s spatial fluctuation and left with Gu Yue to investigate.
• Ren Jie tracked Fang Yan to a location twenty-seven thousand miles from Jade Capital City and saw another figure nearby.
• Ren Jie felt the Jade Emperor Art recoil from the figure and surge with an intense urge to kill it.

Ren Jie tracked down the Black Robed Man controlling Fang Yan, but the pair escaped with a Teleportation Talisman before he could capture them. Meanwhile, Blue Sky destroyed the ruins of the Lan Manor Sky Sect in a rage, then spoke with his master Xia Jiuhe about deciphering the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram; they left after sensing a fierce battle in the Imperial Palace.

• The Black Robed Man healed Fang Yan and prepared to take control of the Sharp Arrow Camp’s troops.
• Ren Jie trapped the Black Robed Man and Fang Yan with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, but the Black Robed Man empowered Fang Yan to break his fire dragon and escape with a damaged mid-grade Teleportation Talisman.
• Ren Jie concluded that someone from the Bright Jade Dynasty was behind Fang Yan’s transformation and planned to have Wan Hong, Fourth Old, and the others investigate.
• Blue Sky’s people reported that Fang Yan had destroyed the Lan Manor Sky Sect and killed more than sixteen Yin Yang Realm cultivators, and Blue Sky unleashed his rage on the remaining ruins.
• Xia Jiuhe comforted Blue Sky and explained that deciphering the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram would take time, even though Blue Sky’s resources had helped him become a Grandmaster of Array Formations.
• Blue Sky and Xia Jiuhe sensed powerful combat within the Imperial Palace and hurried to investigate.

Ren Jie realized that Hua Meiyu’s apparent defeat at the Imperial Palace was a staged ploy designed to lure him into a trap, and he sensed the Killer King following the fleeing pair. Ren Jie intercepted Hua Meiyu and Gu Yue with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, only for Hua Meiyu to reveal that his injuries were fake and that he had come to capture Ren Jie.

• Ren Jie returned to Jade Capital City, saw Hua Meiyu flee the Imperial Palace with Gu Yue, and suspected their apparent defeat was an act.
• Ren Jie concluded that the Bright Jade Dynasty and the remnant soul had arranged a trap for him, and he connected the plan to Dan Wujing’s death.
• Ren Jie sensed the Killer King following Hua Meiyu and Gu Yue, then hurried after them.
• Hua Meiyu revealed to Gu Yue that he was not truly injured and that he had been assigned a mission to capture someone.
• Ren Jie surrounded Hua Meiyu and Gu Yue with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, and Hua Meiyu exposed his healthy state and declared that he had come to capture Ren Jie.

Ren Jie confronted Hua Meiyu in the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, using their exchange to confirm that the remnant soul was hunting him on behalf of its higher-ups. The chapter left Ren Jie battling Hua Meiyu after revealing the banner’s true Middle Grade Transcendent Treasure power.

• Hua Meiyu revealed that the remnant soul’s higher-ups wanted Ren Jie, while Ren Jie baited him into sharing information.
• The Smiling Old Man emerged from concealment and urged Ren Jie to escape, but Ren Jie kept him inside the formation and told him to watch.
• Hua Meiyu dismissed Ren Jie’s threats, broke through the banner’s weaker formations, and attacked him with the Jade Bee Sword.
• Ren Jie unleashed the banner’s full power and knocked back Hua Meiyu’s sword before Hua Meiyu formed the Jade Bee Sword Formation with 999 blades.
• Ren Jie summoned the banner’s Water Dragon and Fire Dragon, disrupting Hua Meiyu’s sword formation and shocking him with the treasure’s Middle Grade Transcendent Treasure power.

Ren Jie used the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner to trap and overpower Hua Meiyu, forcing him to empower the Eight Trigrams Disc with jade essence and fight back. As onlookers marveled at Ren Jie’s formation mastery, Hua Meiyu judged that he could not win and crushed a jade tablet.

• Ren Jie trapped Hua Meiyu in linked formations and battered him with the banner’s fire and Water Dragons.
• Hua Meiyu activated the Eight Trigrams Disc, then used jade essence to raise it to Middle Grade Transcendent Treasure strength and resist Ren Jie’s attacks.
• Wen Mo, Old Pill King Yu Changkong, Lan Tian, and Xia Jiuhe watched the clash, and Xia Jiuhe judged Ren Jie to be at least an Intermediate Grandmaster of Array Formations.
• Ren Jie continued pushing the banner’s formations to their limits while Hua Meiyu’s jade essence rapidly ran out.
• Hua Meiyu decided he could not win quickly and crushed a jade tablet.

The Emperor sent Town West King Li Zhen to help Hua Meiyu capture Ren Jie, bringing a Taiji Realm Fourth Layer expert into the battle. Ren Jie chose to fight both opponents, and the chapter left him and Li Zhen injured and stunned after their first direct clash.

• The Emperor visited Li Zhen in seclusion and asked him to capture Ren Jie for Hua Meiyu.
• Ren Jie noticed Hua Meiyu was waiting for reinforcements and sensed Li Zhen approaching from the Imperial Palace.
• Li Zhen attacked Ren Jie's Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner while Hua Meiyu broke through its defenses from within.
• Ren Jie redirected the force of his clash with Li Zhen through the array and struck back with the Heaven Suppression Seal.
• Ren Jie and Li Zhen were both blasted back, while Hua Meiyu was caught in the redirected shockwaves and spat blood.
• The Killer King demanded that Ren Jie release him, while Gu Yue watched in shock at Ren Jie's strength.

Ren Jie swallowed the War God Pill and used its power to overwhelm Li Zhen, then fought both Li Zhen and Hua Meiyu in a devastating clash. The explosion shattered the battlefield formations, left the fighters badly injured, and sent Gu Yue falling as the Killer King rushed to save her.

• Ren Jie swallowed the War God Pill and drove its power through his body, raising his physical strength to the Taiji Realm Eighth Layer.
• Ren Jie shattered Li Zhen’s Battlefield Military Fist, broke his arm, and pursued him despite Li Zhen’s Extreme Cold Ice Blade.
• Li Zhen fled to Hua Meiyu for help, and the two joined forces against Ren Jie.
• Ren Jie completed the Heaven Suppression Seal and collided with Hua Meiyu and Li Zhen’s combined attacks, blasting all three away and badly damaging the Eight Trigrams Disc.
• The aftershock injured Gu Yue, and the Killer King rushed to save her as the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner lost control and a massive explosion spread across the area.

Ren Jie survived the battle with Hua Meiyu and Li Zhen, who fled after the explosion, then hurried to help the badly injured Killer King and Gu Yue. He gave Gu Yue a Middle Grade Life Extending Heaven Pill, but warned that her severe bodily and Divine Soul injuries still threatened her life.

• Hua Meiyu used a Small Teleportation Talisman to escape, while Li Zhen fled toward Jade Capital City after the Eight Trigrams Disc exploded.
• Ren Jie held his ground until Hua Meiyu and Li Zhen had left, then flew on the Main Banner to find the injured Killer King.
• The Killer King pleaded with Ren Jie to save Gu Yue, whose life was fading despite the Low Grade Life Extending Heaven Pill he had given her.
• Ren Jie gave Gu Yue a Middle Grade Life Extending Heaven Pill to prolong her life.
• Ren Jie warned the Killer King that the pill could not heal Gu Yue's grave Divine Soul damage or stop the lingering force destroying her body.

Ren Jie stabilized Gu Yue with a Middle Grade Life Extending Heaven Pill and learned that she was the princess whose father the Killer King had killed during Ren Tianxing’s campaign. He persuaded the Killer King to abandon his desire to die for Gu Yue’s sake, then left while refusing Lan Tian’s invitation.

• Ren Jie told the Smiling Old Man that the pill could only keep Gu Yue alive temporarily, then assured him there was still a way to save her.
• The Smiling Old Man recounted how he had loved Gu Yue, killed her father during the war, and waited years for her after she disappeared.
• Ren Jie reasoned that Gu Yue’s actions showed she still had feelings for the Smiling Old Man and urged him not to seek death.
• Ren Jie gathered most of his banners and prepared to leave with the Smiling Old Man.
• Lan Tian invited Ren Jie to his residence for protection and a discussion of array formations, but Ren Jie mocked the offer and departed.

Ren Jie escaped the battle and began building influence far from Jade Capital City, while Lan Tian, Hua Meiyu, and the Emperor each considered how to respond to the mysterious array expert. The chapter left Ren Jie sending a newly transformed demon leopard to collect medicinal materials from nearby forces.

• Lan Tian and Xia Jiuhe decided to investigate Ren Jie and keep watch on him rather than approach him immediately.
• Hua Meiyu escaped with the shattered Eight Trigrams Disc, grieved over Gu Yue, and vowed revenge against the man who had defeated him.
• The Great Imperial Guardian brought Li Zhen back to the Imperial Palace, where the Emperor questioned him about Ren Jie's cultivation technique and left the matter to Remnant Soul.
• Ren Jie sealed off a remote area with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and fed medicine pills to a Ninth Grade Peak demon leopard.
• Ren Jie taught the demon leopard a cultivation method, helping it break through to the third level of the Shapeshifting Great Demon realm.
• Ren Jie ordered the transformed demon leopard to visit nearby lineages and forces and bring back their medicinal materials.