Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhen admitted the Array Sect had grown arrogant and asked to remain until the Northwest Camp’s battle ended, but Ren Jie demonstrated that he could control and strengthen the camp’s formations himself. Jiang Zhen accepted that the Array Sect should leave, while Jiang Wuzhen remained resentful.

• Jiang Zhen apologized to Ren Jie and asked to keep the Array Sect in the Northwest Camp until the battle against the Skysea Empire ended, then lead his disciples away.
• Jiang Wuzhen recovered, cursed Ren Jie, and threatened to use the camp’s formations against its army, so Jiang Zhen slapped him unconscious.
• Ren Jie took control of the formations, expelled the Array Sect disciples from their control pillars, and consolidated the camp’s arrays into a stronger formation.
• Jiang Zhen realized Ren Jie’s unseen array expert had surpassed his own understanding, thanked Ren Jie, and prepared to leave with the Array Sect.
• Ren Jie declined to see Jiang Zhen off and turned his attention back to the formations while Jiang Wuzhen glared at him resentfully.

Ren Jie discovered a dangerous stone fragment tied to the formations that had once sealed Qi Tian and overwhelmed its defenses before capturing Jiang Wuzhen and trapping Jiang Zhen’s group. When Dan Miao’s life-essence pendant cracked, Ren Jie rushed to her aid, leaving Jiang Zhen imprisoned until he returned.

• Jiang Zhen prepared to leave with the Array Formation Sect, but Jiang Wuzhen revealed that they could not abandon their Sacred Object.
• Ren Jie probed the stone fragment at the Core Array Formation Space’s center, and its layered formations nearly trapped his Divine Soul Power.
• Ren Jie entered the Sage Dao Discussion Realm and used his power to suppress the fragment’s formations, shocking Jiang Zhen with the strength of his Divine Soul Power.
• Ren Jie seized Jiang Wuzhen, sealed him in a courtyard for three years, and told Jiang Zhen they needed to discuss the stone fragment and Ren Tianxing’s disappearance.
• Dan Miao’s life-essence pendant cracked, so Ren Jie hurried toward her while forming an array to keep Jiang Zhen and the Array Formation Sect confined.

Ren Jie reached Dan Miao’s battlefield and watched as Black Dan Old Ancestor tried to negotiate with the wounded Old Jian, who was holding Dan Miao hostage. Ren Jie waited for a chance to rescue her, and Hua Wenzhe’s sudden arrival threw the standoff into a new confrontation.

• Ren Jie arranged guards and formations around the Core Array Formation Space, then rushed to Dan Miao’s location.
• Black Dan Old Ancestor confronted Old Jian, who used unconscious Dan Miao as a shield and refused to surrender her.
• Black Dan Old Ancestor offered Old Jian rewards, but Old Jian openly said he was stalling for reinforcements.
• Ren Jie arrived unseen and held back his rage while waiting for an opportunity to save Dan Miao.
• Hua Wenzhe appeared with his strengthened Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner and attacked Black Dan Old Ancestor’s formation.

Hua Wenzhe attacked Black Dan Old Ancestor with his strengthened Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner while Old Jian fled with Dan Miao. Old Jian reached the temporary branch, but Ren Jie intercepted him, unleashed a terrifying lightning-infused force, and rescued Dan Miao.

• Hua Wenzhe attacked Black Dan Old Ancestor, and Black Dan Old Ancestor gave Black One an antidote that forced Cloud Sand Poison Gas from his blood.
• Hua Wenzhe unleashed the Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner’s Cloud Sand Poison Gas, while Old Jian seized Dan Miao and escaped using a Low-Grade Teleportation Talisman.
• Black Dan Old Ancestor wrapped himself and Black One in his black pill and retreated as Hua Wenzhe stopped pursuing them and headed for the Southwest Camp branch.
• Old Jian reached the temporary branch and began withdrawing the power he had planted inside Dan Miao before taking a pill for his injuries.
• Ren Jie appeared behind Old Jian, restrained him with a lightning-infused force, and lifted the injured Dan Miao into his arms.

Ren Jie tried to save Dan Miao after discovering that a faint spark inside her was bound to her life, then unleashed his fury on the Remnant Soul forces responsible for her injuries. He trapped Hua Wenzhe in the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and sent its dragons to fight while he protected Dan Miao.

• Ren Jie examined Dan Miao, found that a fading spark within her was fused with her life aura, and gave her medicine that only slightly stabilized her.
• Old Jian summoned Remnant Soul fighters, but Ren Jie’s fire dragon devoured them and left Old Jian alive to suffer.
• Hua Wenzhe arrived, recognized Ren Jie, and attacked with the Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner.
• Ren Jie shielded Dan Miao, struck Hua Wenzhe with a Heaven Suppression Seal, and was pushed back while Hua Wenzhe was blasted farther away.
• Hua Wenzhe claimed Ren Jie’s strongest attack had failed, but Ren Jie dismissed him as far weaker than Hua Qingqing and unleashed the banner’s fire dragon, Water Dragon, and Little Thunder Dragon.

Ren Jie used the Little Thunder Dragon and repeated Heaven Suppression Seals to kill Hua Wenzhe and destroy the Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner. After sealing the banner’s deadly poisons and Divine Souls, he carried the injured Dan Miao away to focus on healing her.

• Hua Wenzhe attacked Ren Jie's dragons with the Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner, suppressing the fire dragon and Water Dragon while Ren Jie examined Dan Miao.
• Ren Jie gathered the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner’s power into the Main Banner, strengthening the Little Thunder Dragon.
• The Little Thunder Dragon broke through Hua Wenzhe’s attacks and shattered the Ten Thousand Poison Soul Banner in a head-on collision.
• Ren Jie struck the damaged banner with a Heaven Suppression Seal, then killed Hua Wenzhe with a second seal.
• Ren Jie sealed the banner’s thirteen dangerous poisons and uncontrolled Divine Souls inside other great banners.
• Ren Jie left the area carrying Dan Miao, while Old Jian remained trapped and suffering.

Hai Liang prepared to destroy the Northwest Camp with help from Sky Sea Sect Old Ancestor Yu Shui, while Old Ancestor Lu Lin warned that someone was disrupting their plans. Elsewhere, Killer King Ren Ming and Gu Yue reunited, then confronted Lan Tian after he arrived carrying a token whose appearance puzzled them.

• Hai Liang welcomed Old Ancestor Yu Shui and discussed gathering the army to wipe out the Northwest Camp, the Ren Family, and Ren Jie.
• Old Ancestor Lu Lin warned Hai Liang that three Taiji Realm experts and many other cultivators had been killed, disrupting the Remnant Soul's plans, but Hai Liang sided with Yu Shui and Lu Lin left.
• Ren Ming and Gu Yue watched the sunset together and spoke about their reunion, with Ren Ming admitting Ren Jie had taught him what to say.
• Ren Ming and Gu Yue sensed someone approaching and were surprised to find Lan Tian, who had contacted them using a token meant for the descendants of Ren Ming's old friend.
• Ren Ming demanded that Lan Tian explain how he obtained the token and warned that he would kill him if his answer was unsatisfactory.

Lan Tian sought the Smiling Face Killing God King’s help with a business proposal, unaware that the man was Ren Jie, while the Killer King warned him of the danger of confronting Ren Jie. Ren Jie brought the gravely weakened Dan Miao to the Northwest Camp and removed her Illusion Truth Immortal Jade as he searched for a way to hide her from the Dan Immortal Teaching.

• Lan Tian presented the Killer King with his token and asked him to arrange a meeting with the Smiling Face Killing God King.
• The Killer King admitted that the Smiling Face Killing God King was his disciple, and Lan Tian gave him a spirit jade describing a proposed cooperation over ancient ruins.
• Xia Jiuhe warned Lan Tian that the Killer King had reached the Taiji Realm and mastered spatial laws, then encouraged Lan Tian to pursue the opportunity in the spirit jade.
• Ren Jie carried Dan Miao into the Core Array Formation Space, where Qi Tian questioned him about the sealed stone tablet fragment and noticed Dan Miao’s nearly severed life aura.
• Ren Jie placed Dan Miao on the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and removed her Illusion Truth Immortal Jade while Qi Tian returned to studying the stone fragment.

Ren Jie investigated the Illusion Truth Immortal Jade and learned from Tian Yi that it was made from immortal jade, before Dan Miao’s life-bound aura began drawing a powerful search toward them. Ren Jie used the Stone Tablet fragment’s sealing power to shield the courtyard, then survived its overwhelming pressure after a Sage in the Sage Dao Discussion seemed to glance his way; Dan Miao remained unharmed, and Tian Yi was left exhausted and astonished.

• Ren Jie probed the Illusion Truth Immortal Jade, and Tian Yi explained that immortal jade surpassed jade essence and Immortal Spiritual Energy surpassed spiritual energy.
• Dan Miao’s cracked life-bound Jade Pendant trembled as someone used a powerful secret technique to search for her, so Ren Jie decided to conceal her aura with the Stone Tablet fragment’s surrounding power.
• Ren Jie used the Sage Dao Discussion to understand the fragment’s formations and expanded its sealing power around Dan Miao and the courtyard.
• The Stone Tablet fragment released terrifying pressure, and Tian Yi transformed into a giant ape to resist it while Ren Jie remained protected after a Sage seemed to look in his direction.
• Ren Jie found that Dan Miao was unaffected and that the flame within her brightened; after Ren Jie stopped activating the video, Tian Yi returned to normal, exhausted and bleeding, and stared at him in disbelief.

Ren Jie learned from Qi Tian that jade essence contained a trace of power beyond spiritual energy and used the jade essence he found to try to nourish the flame inside Dan Miao. The small amount barely helped her, and the chapter ended when Ren Jie and Qi Tian sensed someone forcing their way into the Core Array Formation Space.

• Ren Jie questioned Qi Tian about Dan Miao’s condition, jade essence, immortals, and the Stone Tablet fragment, and Qi Tian recalled that his third brother had been suppressed by it.
• Ren Jie searched Hua Wenzhe’s and Old Jian’s Storage Rings and found three pieces of jade essence among their other possessions.
• Ren Jie carefully sent jade essence into Dan Miao’s body, but the flame inside her consumed its power and only brightened slightly.
• Ren Jie decided he needed to find much purer power or refine special medicine to help Dan Miao.
• Ren Jie and Qi Tian detected someone forcing their way into the Core Array Formation Space above Jiang Zhen and the others.

Ren Jie and Qi Tian confronted Killer King Ren Ming after he secretly entered the Core Array Formation Space, and their clash nearly destroyed the Array Sect’s formations. Ren Jie stopped them and led them to Dan Miao, leaving Jiang Zhen and the Array Sect shaken by the power of Ren Jie’s allies.

• Ren Jie sensed an intruder in the Core Array Formation Space and reinforced its array formations to prevent the visitor from escaping.
• Qi Tian transformed into a giant ape and attacked the hidden figure, who revealed himself as Killer King Ren Ming and fought back at great speed.
• Qi Tian unleashed a surge of power that destroyed Ren Jie’s formations and frightened Jiang Zhen and the Array Sect members.
• Ren Jie ordered Qi Tian and Killer King Ren Ming to stop, and both immediately withdrew their power.
• Killer King Ren Ming and Qi Tian traded challenges, but Ren Jie stopped them again and led them toward Dan Miao.
• Jiang Zhen and the Array Sect members realized Ren Jie commanded terrifyingly powerful allies and remained stunned after he left.

Ren Jie deciphered Lan Tian’s invitation to an Ancient God ruin and chose to cooperate, hoping to find the Immortal Spiritual Energy needed to save Dan Miao. He set out for the site with Gu Xiaobao, Killer King Ren Ming, and Gu Yue while keeping his identity and knowledge concealed from Lan Tian.

• Killer King Ren Ming endured the Stone Tablet fragment’s pressure for three hours and emerged injured but greatly strengthened.
• Ren Jie told Killer King Ren Ming that Dan Miao was his woman, then learned that Lan Tian had found him using one of the tokens Lan Tian had given him.
• Ren Jie cracked Lan Tian’s spirit jade and discovered array formations, an Ancient God’s aura, and an address pointing to hidden ruins.
• Ren Jie recognized that the Ancient God ruins might provide what Dan Miao needed, and decided to work with Lan Tian despite suspecting his schemes.
• Ren Jie gathered Gu Xiaobao, Killer King Ren Ming, and Gu Yue, explained the plan, and led them toward the coastal site in the Skysea Empire.

Ren Jie revealed his Smiling Face Killing God King identity to Gu Xiaobao and brought him along with the Killer King and Gu Yue. They hurried to meet Lantian and Xia Jiuhe, who had learned that they had already deciphered the spirit jade’s formation.

• Gu Xiaobao grew angry when Ren Jie changed his appearance and took him away from the Northwest Camp.
• Ren Jie put on the smiling-face mask and showed Gu Xiaobao that he was his master, explaining that he had altered his Divine Soul Power to conceal his identity.
• Gu Xiaobao recognized Ren Jie, embraced him, and greeted the Killer King and Gu Yue as Killer Grandpa and Killer Grandma.
• Ren Jie and his companions flew toward the coast, where Lantian and Xia Jiuhe were waiting on a small island.
• Xia Jiuhe sensed the four arrivals and realized they had broken the spirit jade’s formation quickly; he advised Lantian not to force a deal if circumstances turned against them.

Si Ma Tianchen emerged from seclusion at the Taiji Realm Ninth Layer and learned that the Sky Sea Sect was pressuring the Saint Pill Sect to aid its war against the Bright Jade Dynasty. Meanwhile, Ren Jie and his companions arrived at Small Lonely Island, where he gave Lantian three breaths to persuade him to cooperate.

• Si Ma Tianchen broke through to the Taiji Realm Ninth Layer, and the Saint Pill Sect's elders congratulated him.
• Si Ma Yin showed Si Ma Tianchen the treasures delivered by the Sky Sea Sect and explained its demand for the Saint Pill Sect to assist the Skysea Empire against the Bright Jade Dynasty.
• Si Ma Tianchen revealed that the Sky Sea Sect was gathering the scattered Sea God Sect forces and ordered Si Ma Yin to publicize his breakthrough, rally neighboring sects, and negotiate for greater benefits.
• Ren Jie told Gu Xiaobao that he could reveal Ren Jie's identity to his Mistress and Sister Wushuang, easing Gu Xiaobao's worry.
• Ren Jie, Killer King Ren Ming, Gu Yue, and Gu Xiaobao met Lantian and Xia Jiuhe above Small Lonely Island.
• Ren Jie cut off Lantian's flattering introduction and demanded that he convince Ren Jie to cooperate within three breaths.

Ren Jie provoked Lan Tian, then demonstrated his superior formation skill by rapidly dismantling Xia Jiuhe’s formations. Xia Jiuhe recognized his own years of research had gone astray and, weakened and nearing death, resolved to help Lan Tian one final time while warning him to be wary of Ren Jie.

• Ren Jie gave Lan Tian three breaths to get to the point, then turned to leave when Lan Tian lost his temper.
• Xia Jiuhe stopped Ren Jie and activated formations modeled on the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram while calming Lan Tian through Divine Soul Power.
• Ren Jie instantly unraveled the outer formations and opened nearly eighty percent of the array in a quarter of an hour.
• Xia Jiuhe realized his formation research had followed the wrong path, admitted Ren Jie’s skill surpassed his own, and told Lan Tian he would help him one last time.
• Ren Jie pierced the final formation’s key point and asked Xia Jiuhe whether it had been that difficult.

Ren Jie rapidly broke through the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram’s formations while Gu Xiaobao reacted to its presence. As Ren Jie continued for three days and nights, the Skysea Empire launched a renewed assault on the Northwest Camp, and the Ren and Wen families organized a massive New Army.

• Ren Jie rejected Xia Jiuhe and Lantian’s offer to discuss terms, and Xia Jiuhe enlarged the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram for him to enter.
• Ren Jie swiftly shattered the diagram’s successive formations, enduring escalating backlash as Xia Jiuhe, Lantian, Killer King, and Gu Yue watched.
• Gu Xiaobao felt uneasy near the diagram, and Gu Yue told him to steady his mind.
• Hai Liang ordered the Skysea Empire’s forces to attack the Northwest Camp without stopping, but the camp’s improved formations blunted their assault.
• Wen Yong and Wen Zihao gathered and trained a large New Army backed by the Ren and Wen families as the regional war intensified.

Ren Jie broke the final formation around the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram, but the relic remained sealed until Gu Xiaobao’s blood awakened it. As the passage opened, Ren Jie and the others rushed inside, followed by Xia Jiuhe and Lantian.

• Old Ancestor Lu Lin ordered the Remnant Soul to focus on finding the girl sought by the Dan Immortal Teaching and tracking down her rescuers, while leaving the Skysea Empire to continue its assault alone.
• After five days of breaking formations, Ren Jie used the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner to shatter the final layer and pin the ten-thousand-zhang Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram in place.
• Xia Jiuhe and Lantian found that breaking the outer formation had not opened the relic, and Xia Jiuhe became distraught as the diagram began shrinking and forming a new formation.
• Gu Xiaobao recognized the diagram and wept, so Ren Jie drew out a drop of his essence blood and sent it to the spot Gu Xiaobao had indicated.
• Gu Xiaobao’s blood ignited the diagram and opened a passage, and Ren Jie entered with Gu Xiaobao, the Killer King, and Gu Yue before Xia Jiuhe and Lantian followed.

Si Ma Tianchen, Old Ancestor Lu Lin, Yu Shui, and Gao Peng sensed a vast spiritual-energy disturbance and rushed toward the power gathering at Small Lonely Island. Ren Jie's Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram opened an entrance that drew in several powerful arrivals before it burned away and vanished.

• Si Ma Tianchen sensed a distant spiritual-energy disturbance during his banquet and hurried toward it, while Cao Lu followed.
• Old Ancestor Lu Lin abandoned his pursuit of the wounded Black Dan Old Ancestor to investigate the disturbance, and Black Dan Old Ancestor followed him.
• Yu Shui detected the change while watching the battle and left to investigate, while Hai Liang stayed focused on attacking the Northwest Camp.
• Gao Peng sensed an ancient power, used his altar to transport himself and Fang Yan, and arrived at Small Lonely Island.
• Gao Peng charged into the entrance opened by Ren Jie's Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram as other nearby figures arrived.
• The Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram burned away, and its entrance disappeared before more distant pursuers could reach it.

Ren Jie was separated from his companions after entering the ruins and discovered a vast, spiritless place where their powers were suppressed. After breaking into an ancient Cave Residence, he confronted Old Ancestor Yu Shui, who had claimed the treasure inside, and forced him to surrender it and flee.

• A spatial force scattered Ren Jie, the Killer King, Gu Yue, and Gu Xiaobao across the ruins, where Ren Jie found that spiritual energy was absent and his Divine Soul Power was suppressed.
• Ren Jie contacted the Killer King and Gu Xiaobao, learned that the Killer King and Gu Yue were together, and warned them to conserve their strength and stay in contact.
• Ren Jie broke through the formations protecting a Cave Residence, but its contents and the skeleton inside crumbled to ash, leaving only an intact short sword.
• Old Ancestor Yu Shui fell into the Cave Residence, picked up the Middle Grade Transcendent Treasure, and declared that it belonged to the virtuous.
• Ren Jie confronted Yu Shui, who recognized him as the Smiling Face Killing God King and eventually tossed him the sword before fleeing as other experts approached.

Ren Jie used his fearsome reputation to drive away the cultivators competing for Yu Shui’s treasure, then grew cautious about the danger within the ruins. Elsewhere, Xia Jiuhe and Lan Tian entered together, and Lan Tian revealed why he had brought the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram and its bone fragments as they began searching for the Ancient God King’s ruins.

• Yu Shui threw Ren Jie a Middle Grade Transcendent Treasure and fled, hoping other cultivators would distract or kill him.
• Ren Jie caught the treasure, and his thunderous command drove off a Rogue Cultivator and the other onlookers, including Yu Shui.
• Ren Jie put away the sword, contacted the Killer King and Gu Xiaobao, and told Gu Xiaobao to scout the surrounding terrain while conserving power.
• Lan Tian found Xia Jiuhe after they landed near each other, and Xia Jiuhe portrayed himself as near death while reassuring his disciple.
• Lan Tian gave Xia Jiuhe three bone fragments and explained their connection to the Ancient God King, the Ancient God Suppressing Heaven Diagram, and his desire to surpass a Sword Immortal Sect genius.
• Xia Jiuhe urged Lan Tian to hurry, and Lan Tian began studying how to use the fragments to locate the Ancient God King’s ruins.