Chapter Summaries

Ren Jie hurried back to the Sky Water Sect to find Gu Xiaobao after sensing he was in danger, while Wen Shiyu questioned her mysterious rescuer. He learned that Gu Xiaobao had gone berserk and been taken by the sect, then trapped the entire Sky Water Sect in his banners as Gu Xiaobao’s life remained at risk.

• Wen Shiyu considered Ren Jie's advice and questioned why he had rescued her, but he deflected her with remarks that she was beautiful or vain.
• Ren Jie reached the Sky Water Sect and discovered that Gu Xiaobao's lodging and nearby areas had been destroyed in a battle.
• Ren Jie entered an inn in Sky Water One Color City and learned that Gu Xiaobao had gone berserk, killed Sky Water Sect members, and been taken away by a powerful sect figure.
• Ren Jie sensed Gu Xiaobao's Divine Soul Imprint flickering as he suffered near-fatal torment.
• Ren Jie deployed the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banners to form a formation that trapped the entire Sky Water Sect.

Ren Jie launched a surprise attack on the Sky Water Sect to save Gu Xiaobao, using the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banners to overwhelm the weakened sect. After killing Shui Haomiao and devastating the sect, he faced the arrival of the enraged Shui Feixiang.

• Ren Jie activated the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banners and sent a fire dragon and a Water Dragon rampaging through the Sky Water Sect.
• Ren Jie announced that he had come to settle accounts with Shui Zhipeng and Shui Feixiang, while the sect struggled to respond without its protective formation.
• Ren Jie charged into the battle and killed Shui Haomiao with a punch, as the fire dragon destroyed Shui Haomiao's divine soul.
• Ren Jie used the formation and his own power to kill more Sky Water Sect cultivators and devastate the sect, while Wen Shiyu watched from within the formation's perimeter.
• Shui Feixiang finally appeared and roared furiously at Ren Jie after seeing the destruction of the Sky Water Sect.

Ren Jie fought Shui Feixiang, using the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and the Heaven Suppression Seal to injure and restrain the Sky Water Sect’s ancestor. He then seized control of the Sky Water Sect’s Sect Protecting Grand Formation, but the Divine Soul Imprint he had left in Gu Xiaobao suddenly neared destruction.

• Shui Feixiang failed to activate the Sky Water Sect’s Sect Protecting Grand Formation and attacked Ren Jie with Torrential Rain Water Arrows.
• Ren Jie teleported through the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner’s formation and struck Shui Feixiang with the Heaven Suppression Seal, sending him crashing into the sect’s palace.
• Shui Feixiang rose and fought off the fire dragon and Water Dragon, while Ren Jie recovered and realized that Shui Zhipeng had not appeared and Gu Xiaobao might be in danger.
• Ren Jie used his Divine Soul Power to turn the Sky Water Sect’s Sect Protecting Grand Formation against Shui Feixiang, combining it with his own formation to suppress him.
• Ren Jie suddenly felt a stabbing pain as the Divine Soul Imprint inside Gu Xiaobao nearly shattered.

Ren Jie entered Sky Water Sect’s hidden space and discovered Shui Zhipeng’s attempt to seize Gu Xiaobao’s body. He drove Shui Zhipeng’s soul out and reached Gu Xiaobao, who woke and begged him to save Grandpa.

• Ren Jie opened Sky Water Sect’s Independent Space using the Sage Dao Discussion Realm.
• Ren Jie found Shui Zhipeng’s empty body and realized the formation was helping him seize Gu Xiaobao’s body as Gu Xiaobao received an inheritance.
• Ren Jie broke through the Golden Pattern Water Python’s head and stopped Gu Xiaobao’s fist with one hand.
• Ren Jie struck Shui Zhipeng’s soul with Divine Soul Power and forced it out of Gu Xiaobao’s body.
• Gu Xiaobao regained control, hugged Ren Jie, and begged him to save Grandpa.

Ren Jie rescued Gu Xiaobao from Shui Zhipeng’s possession attempt, then destroyed the Sky Water Sect and killed its old ancestor, Shui Feixiang. After saving Sky Water One Color City from the collapsing sect, Ren Jie left with Gu Xiaobao and Wen Shiyu to find Gu Xiaobao’s grandfather.

• Shui Zhipeng escaped the space after Ren Jie drove his Divine Soul from Gu Xiaobao’s body, while Gu Xiaobao released Ren Jie when he promised to help save his grandfather.
• Ren Jie gathered the space’s treasures, including the Golden Pattern Water Python’s body, and emerged above the ruined Sky Water Sect with Gu Xiaobao.
• Shui Feixiang and Shui Zhipeng tried to flee, but Ren Jie detonated the Sky Water Sect’s protective formation and combined its power with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner.
• Ren Jie’s attack killed Shui Zhipeng and Shui Feixiang, destroying the Sky Water Sect and causing its collapsing structures to fall toward Sky Water One Color City.
• Ren Jie shifted the collapsing remains dozens of miles away from the city, then departed with Gu Xiaobao and Wen Shiyu.

Ren Jie and Gu Xiaobao returned to Ancient Village as the Black Iron Army overwhelmed its defenses, seeking to rescue Gu Kun and uncover the village’s inheritance. Hua Qingqing and Shi Yuanhong learned that Ren Jie had destroyed Sky Water Sect, while Fang Yan and the Black Robed Man reached Ancient Village and discovered the ancient god’s heart and inheritance.

• Hua Qingqing learned that Ren Jie had used Sky Water Sect’s Sect Protecting Grand Formation to kill Shui Feixiang and destroy the sect, and she continued pursuing him.
• Shi Yuanhong halted Nine Sound Sect’s plans to capture Ren Jie after hearing that Sky Water Sect had been destroyed and learning that Wen Shiyu was with him.
• The Black Iron Army broke through Ancient Village’s formation, and Gu Kun fought its soldiers while the remaining villagers were overwhelmed.
• Fang Yan and the Black Robed Man entered Ancient Village’s ancestral land after locating the ancient god’s heart and inheritance, and the Black Robed Man ordered his army to gather the villagers’ blood and bodies.
• Ren Jie brought Gu Xiaobao, Wen Shiyu, and the others to Ancient Village, where they found Gu Kun surrounded by the Black Iron Army.
• Ren Jie summoned the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner to shield Gu Kun and the others as they landed.

Ren Jie and Gu Xiaobao fought through the Black Iron soldiers to reach the dying Gu Kun, whom Ren Jie briefly revived. Before Gu Kun died, he revealed Gu Xiaobao’s Ancient God heritage and entrusted him to Ren Jie, warning that the attackers sought the Ancient God Remains and were false inheritors.

• Gu Xiaobao charged through the Black Iron soldiers while Ren Jie held back the army outside with his formation and disrupted its coordinated attacks with two dragons.
• Ren Jie recognized the soldiers as members of the Sharp Arrow Camp, transformed into Humanoid Weapons, and recalled that an unknown enemy had been controlling Fang Yan.
• Gu Xiaobao reached Gu Kun, and Ren Jie used a Life Extending Heaven Pill and his power to briefly restore Gu Kun’s consciousness.
• Gu Kun told Ren Jie that five-year-old Gu Xiaobao had inherited the Ancient God bloodline and ancestral runes after awakening his clan’s Ancient God Heart, and that his parents had died helping him endure the power.
• Gu Kun entrusted Gu Xiaobao to Ren Jie and warned him to hide the boy from the attackers, who sought the Ancient God Remains but were not true Ancient God inheritors.
• Gu Kun’s remaining life force exploded, and he died as Gu Xiaobao cried out for him.

Ren Jie dealt with Gu Xiaobao’s grief after Gu Kun’s death, then used a bluff to make the Black Robed Man flee the Ancient Village Sacred Ground. The Black Robed Man realized he had been tricked, but left rather than turn back.

• Ren Jie melted Gu Kun’s body into Gu Xiaobao’s Longevity Lock, and Wen Shiyu soothed the child with music.
• Ren Jie disrupted the Black Iron Army’s formation and confronted the Black Robed Man and Fang Yan outside the valley.
• Ren Jie pretended his organization and an arriving young lady had prepared to trap the Black Robed Man, while secretly planning to protect Gu Xiaobao and Wen Shiyu.
• The Black Robed Man absorbed the Black Iron Army into a token and escaped with Fang Yan using a Teleportation Talisman.
• After teleporting behind Hua Qingqing and Hua Wenzhe, the Black Robed Man realized they were Ren Jie’s enemies and that Ren Jie had scared him away with a bluff.
• The Black Robed Man chose not to return to the valley and flew away with Fang Yan, intending to settle accounts with Ren Jie later.

Ren Jie sent Wen Shiyu and Gu Xiaobao away, then stayed behind in the Ancient Village Sacred Ground to face Hua Qingqing and Hua Wenzhe. He activated the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner as Hua Qingqing launched a swift, silent sword strike at him.

• Ren Jie deduced that the Black Robed Man might belong to the Fang or Gao Family, then knocked Gu Xiaobao unconscious and sent him away with Wen Shiyu toward the Bright Jade Dynasty.
• Ren Jie restored the formations in the Ancient Village Sacred Ground while Wen Shiyu carried Gu Xiaobao away and warned Ren Jie to be careful.
• Hua Qingqing and Hua Wenzhe stopped before Ren Jie, and Hua Wenzhe attacked while Ren Jie activated the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner.
• Ren Jie taunted Hua Wenzhe and Remnant Soul, while Hua Qingqing drew her Azure Leaf Sword and prepared to fight.
• Hua Qingqing declared Ren Jie was on Remnant Soul's kill-on-sight list, then struck at him with a silent, exceptionally swift sword attack.

Ren Jie fought Hua Qingqing and Hua Wenzhe, using the Jade Emperor Art and the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner to withstand their attacks despite being badly wounded. After Ren Jie blocked Hua Qingqing’s assault, she launched Azure Leaf Red Lotus, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ren Jie used the Heaven Suppression Seal to deflect Hua Qingqing’s sword, and she recognized the Jade Emperor Art and demanded to know who he was.
• Ren Jie used the formation to appear beside Hua Wenzhe and pierced his shoulder with a punch, but Hua Wenzhe and Hua Qingqing counterattacked together.
• Hua Wenzhe detonated Yin Souls to disrupt Ren Jie’s teleportation, forcing Ren Jie to condense the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and clash with Hua Qingqing’s Azure Leaf Sword.
• Nearby cultivators rushed toward the battle, but stray sword light killed or injured several of them and drove the rest to flee.
• Ren Jie endured more than ten thousand clashes before unleashing the formation’s Water Dragon and Fire Dragon to blast Hua Qingqing away; Hua Wenzhe was stunned that Ren Jie had blocked her attack.
• Hua Qingqing pressed her assault with Azure Leaf Red Lotus before Ren Jie could recover.

Ren Jie detonated the Ancient Village formation foundation to injure Hua Qingqing and escape, leaving her unable to find him. Hua Wenzhe then attacked the watching Rogue Cultivators with his damaged Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner, killing many and extracting their Yin Souls.

• Ren Jie activated the Ancient Village formations and detonated their foundation, blasting Hua Qingqing and Hua Wenzhe into the sky while he was also badly injured.
• Hua Qingqing survived behind her Azure Leaf Red Lotus and Azure Leaf Sword Garment but suffered severe injuries and lost sight of Ren Jie.
• Ren Jie fled, and onlookers recognized him as the Smiling Face Killing God King and marveled that he had fought such a powerful opponent.
• Hua Wenzhe, wounded and enraged by the onlookers’ comments, unleashed his Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner over the Rogue Cultivators.
• The banner poisoned and killed many people, extracting their Yin Souls as the rest tried to flee.

Wen Shiyu and Gu Xiaobao were caught in a terrifying lightning tribulation after Gu Xiaobao’s grief awakened his Ancient God bloodline and ancestral rune. Ren Jie arrived just in time to shield Gu Xiaobao and the unconscious Wen Shiyu with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner as another strike fell.

• Wen Shiyu hurried onward with Gu Xiaobao and entered an unexpected state of enlightenment, raising her divine sense to Taiji Realm Divine Soul Power.
• Gu Xiaobao awakened and, consumed by grief over his grandfather, challenged the heavens and triggered a massive lightning tribulation.
• Gu Xiaobao repeatedly struck the descending lightning while his ancestral rune and Ancient God bloodline helped him endure the attacks.
• The lightning’s shockwave grievously injured Wen Shiyu, and a later strike charred Gu Xiaobao and left him near death.
• Ren Jie sensed Gu Xiaobao’s peril, rushed into the thunderclouds, and used the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner to protect Gu Xiaobao and Wen Shiyu from the next lightning strike.

Ren Jie discovered that Gu Xiaobao’s ancestral rune had triggered the lightning tribulation and sealed it inside him, stopping the storm from gathering. He then absorbed the final lightning strike into the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, creating a Lightning Dragon, before collapsing unconscious.

• Ren Jie endured the escalating lightning strikes with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and used the Jade Emperor Art to withstand some of the lightning.
• Ren Jie entered the Sage Dao Discussion Realm and traced the tribulation to the ancestral rune circling Gu Xiaobao.
• Ren Jie suppressed Gu Xiaobao’s ancestral rune into his body, causing the thunderclouds to disperse, though a final lightning sphere still struck.
• Ren Jie guided most of the final strike into the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and absorbed a smaller portion into his own body.
• Ren Jie used the Water Dragon and Fire Dragon to transform the lightning into a Lightning Dragon, then collapsed unconscious as the banners protected him, Gu Xiaobao, and Wen Shiyu.

Eunuch Sanbao discovered the aftermath of the battle at Ancient Village but was spared by Hua Qingqing after learning that the Remnant Soul was pursuing a wanted criminal. Five days later, Lan Tian and Xia Jiuhe discussed the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram and Ren Jie’s growing reputation, while Ren Jie recovered from tribulation lightning and noticed that the Zither Fairy was holding a half-grown child with a bare bottom.

• Eunuch Sanbao investigated Ancient Village’s ruined Sacred Ground and found fragments of the Black God Army.
• Hua Wenzhe tried to capture Eunuch Sanbao with the Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner, but Hua Qingqing ordered him to let Sanbao leave after explaining that the Remnant Soul was tracking a wanted criminal.
• Xia Jiuhe failed to break through the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram and handed it to Lan Tian, who described Ren Jie’s recent exploits across the Eastern Wastelands.
• Xia Jiuhe urged Lan Tian to contact Ren Jie and consider how to control him before seeking his help with the ancient god inheritance.
• Ren Jie recovered inside the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and sensed that its Main Banner had gained a lightning dragon alongside the Water Dragon.
• Ren Jie noticed that the Zither Fairy was holding a half-grown child with a bare bottom.

Ren Jie woke from his injuries and began absorbing the lightning tribulation’s power while Wen Shiyu cared for Gu Xiaobao, whose body had changed after inheriting the ancestral talisman. Elsewhere, Gao Peng discovered that the talisman and bloodline power he had obtained were mostly depleted, and he urged Fang Yan to continue cultivating for revenge.

• Ren Jie regained consciousness and found Wen Shiyu guarding him with Gu Xiaobao, who had become a small, deeply black-skinned child.
• Ren Jie examined Gu Xiaobao and understood that the child had adapted to the ancestral talisman after the lightning strike and Ren Jie’s help sealing it inside him.
• Ren Jie circulated the Jade Emperor Art to endure his pain and absorb the lightning tribulation’s power, astonishing Wen Shiyu.
• Gao Peng revealed his face and angrily blamed the Smiling Face Killing God King for the loss of most of the ancestral talisman’s power.
• Gao Peng told Fang Yan to cultivate and absorb the heart and head so he could take revenge on Lan Tian and Ren Jie, and Fang Yan rushed to merge with them.

Ren Jie forced Gu Xiaobao to confront his grief over Gu Kun by provoking him into a fierce fight, then guided him toward recovering and growing strong enough to protect those he loved. Gu Xiaobao called Ren Jie his master and, seeing Wen Shiyu approach, asked whether he should call her Mistress.

• Gu Xiaobao woke after nearly twenty days and cried for his grandfather, leaving Wen Shiyu unsure how to comfort him.
• Ren Jie punched Gu Xiaobao and disguised himself as a Black God Army soldier to provoke the boy into fighting for revenge.
• Gu Xiaobao unleashed his Taiji Realm strength, and he and Ren Jie battled for a day and a night until Gu Xiaobao was too exhausted to continue.
• Ren Jie comforted Gu Xiaobao by reminding him that Gu Kun had entrusted him to his master and encouraging him to protect the people he loved.
• Gu Xiaobao promised to protect Ren Jie and asked whether he should call the approaching Wen Shiyu Mistress.

Ren Jie reunited with Wen Shiyu and took Gu Xiaobao to hunt demon beasts so the child could learn to control his Taiji Realm strength. As they traveled back while searching for Dan Miao, Ren Jie remained unaware that forces across the Eastern Wasteland were investigating him.

• Ren Jie agreed that Gu Xiaobao could call Wen Shiyu his Mistress, embarrassing her when the child greeted her that way.
• Wen Shiyu joined Ren Jie and Gu Xiaobao, eventually accepting the child's chosen form of address so long as he was happy.
• Ren Jie carried them away on the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and planned to train Gu Xiaobao by hunting powerful demon beasts.
• Ren Jie reflected that Gu Xiaobao needed to grow strong enough to withstand the ancestral talisman's future tribulation lightning, while Ren Jie delayed his own breakthrough and planned to search for Dan Miao.
• Across the Eastern Wasteland, sects investigated the vanished Smiling Face Killing God King as rumors spread and powerful demon-beast lairs came under attack.

Ren Jie, Wen Shiyu, and Gu Xiaobao arrived at a trade fair, where Gu Xiaobao sold his demon-beast spoils to shopkeeper Cui Cai. Cui Cai cheated him out of most of their value, and Gu Xiaobao left happily with the spirit jade to buy things.

• Gu Xiaobao excitedly explored the trade fair with Ren Jie and Wen Shiyu.
• Ren Jie told Gu Xiaobao to sell some of their goods because he had no spirit jade left.
• Cui Cai inspected Gu Xiaobao’s demon-beast spoils and falsely claimed they were damaged and worth little.
• Cui Cai offered Gu Xiaobao seven hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Jade for goods worth many times more, and Gu Xiaobao accepted and signed the contract.
• After Gu Xiaobao left, Cui Cai celebrated the bargain and warned his clerks to keep the transaction secret.

Ren Jie let Gu Xiaobao learn from being cheated at a trade fair, then taught him how to respond without resorting to force. He sent Xiaobao back to the same shop with a valuable Dragon Scale Tiger King to demonstrate how to win within the rules.

• Wen Shiyu tried to warn Gu Xiaobao that the appraisal shop was cheating him, but Ren Jie restrained her Divine Soul Power and said Xiaobao needed to learn through experience.
• Ren Jie sold several intact Dragon Scale Tigers at different shops, showing Gu Xiaobao how much more fairly the other merchants priced them.
• Gu Xiaobao realized the first shopkeeper had cheated him and wanted to smash the shop, but Ren Jie explained the risks of acting violently and the importance of understanding transactions and consequences.
• Ren Jie gave Gu Xiaobao the Dragon Scale Tiger King and sent him back to the shop to sell it, while telling Wen Shiyu that he would teach Xiaobao how to avoid losses without breaking the rules.
• Ren Jie told Wen Shiyu to take care of Gu Xiaobao for a time as he prepared to return to Jade Capital City and handle other matters.

Gu Xiaobao confronted Cui Cai for cheating him, following Ren Jie's instructions to expose the shopkeeper's greed in public. After Cui Cai promised to pay twice the market price for a Heavenly Demon Beast, Gu Xiaobao revealed an intact Dragon Scale Tiger King and demanded thirty thousand High-Grade Spirit Jade.

• Cui Cai dismissed Gu Xiaobao's complaint, insisting that their signed contract made the sale final.
• Ren Jie instructed Gu Xiaobao to call out the shop's unfair prices and draw attention to Cui Cai's claim that he would pay twice the market price for a Heavenly Demon Beast.
• Cui Cai mocked Gu Xiaobao's claim and tried to drive him from the shop as onlookers gathered.
• Gu Xiaobao revealed the intact Dragon Scale Tiger King, stunning Cui Cai and the crowd.
• Gu Xiaobao demanded thirty thousand High-Grade Spirit Jade from Cui Cai for the Dragon Scale Tiger King.