Chapter Summaries

Mo Sheng and Hai Liang fled the Northwest Camp in a spatial-traversal treasure, but Ren Jie pursued them and repeatedly disrupted their escape. As Ren Jie closed in, Gao Peng was caught in a sudden attack by a Vermilion Bird of flame.

• Mo Sheng activated the traveling palace’s life-preserving spatial treasure and fled with Hai Liang toward the Sea God Sect.
• Hai Liang lamented his defeat, while Mo Sheng tried to reassure him by promising that the Sea God Sect would protect them.
• Mo Sheng discovered that Ren Jie was pursuing them at terrifying speed and repeatedly activated the treasure to escape.
• Ren Jie used the Sage Dao Discussion Realm to track their treasure and disrupt its spatial traversal, forcing it back into ordinary flight.
• Gao Peng watched Ren Jie’s pursuit and considered intervening against him, but a Vermilion Bird erupted from the ground and attacked Gao Peng.

Gao Peng escaped Yun Feng'er's ambush, while she turned her power against Skysea Empire fighters at the Northwest Camp. As the war shifted against the Skysea Empire, Ren Jie continued pursuing Hai Liang and Mo Sheng, whose escape treasure failed, and his voice reached them as they fled.

• Gao Peng broke free of the magma Vermilion Bird with his Black Long Whip, and Yun Feng'er revealed herself after confirming he had escaped.
• Yun Feng'er crossed the battlefield and pierced a Taiji Realm fighter, threatening the Skysea Empire forces at the Northwest Camp.
• Ren Tianqi heard that the Northwest Camp had held and ordered continued intelligence reports while the Bright Jade Dynasty advanced into Skysea Empire territory.
• Mo Sheng's spatial-traveling magical treasure broke apart after repeated use, forcing him to carry the terrified Hai Liang away on foot.
• Hai Liang asked why the Sea King had not come to rescue him, and Mo Sheng explained that the Sea God Sect could not support them quickly.
• Ren Jie called out to Hai Liang as he pursued them, and Hai Liang spat blood from the shock while Mo Sheng fled faster.

Ren Jie caught Mo Sheng and Hai Liang after pursuing them across the sky, then beat and sealed them despite their offers to surrender. He revealed that he had expected reinforcements and attacked the empty space around them with the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner.

• Hai Liang threatened Ren Jie with his father, Sea King Hai Wuchang, while Ren Jie taunted him during the pursuit.
• Mo Sheng slapped Hai Liang unconscious, but Ren Jie awakened him with Divine Soul Power and continued closing the distance.
• Ren Jie caught up to Mo Sheng and Hai Liang, and Mo Sheng offered their capture and ransom in exchange for their lives.
• Ren Jie beat both men, sealed their powers, and bound them in a formation.
• Ren Jie declared that their hope of rescue was over, summoned the Main Banner of the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner, and sent its dragons toward a hidden presence.

Ren Jie trapped Hai Lin, a Law God Realm expert, within the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and attacked him despite his overwhelming reputation. Hai Lin recognized Ren Jie's power only after being struck, and the chapter ended with Ren Jie battling him amid his Raging Sea Surge.

• Hai Lin appeared and struck the four dragons with water pillars, sending them flying as Ren Jie kept Hai Liang and Mo Sheng imprisoned.
• Mo Sheng realized Ren Jie was the Smiling Face Killing God King and warned Hai Lin not to underestimate him.
• Hai Lin dismissed Ren Jie, but Ren Jie crossed a hundred li and struck him with a punch that shattered his watery defenses and forced him back.
• Hai Lin unleashed Raging Sea Surge, and Ren Jie fought through the waves with his physical strength while the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner contained the battle.

Ren Jie defeated and killed Hai Lin after testing his physical strength and then striking with the Heaven Suppression Seal. He took Hai Lin’s Storage Ring and Dragon Scale Dividing Water Thorns, leaving Hai Liang and Mo Sheng imprisoned as their hopes of rescue collapsed.

• Hai Liang hoped Hai Lin would save him, while Mo Sheng grew uneasy as Ren Jie and Hai Lin fought.
• Ren Jie traded blows with Hai Lin using his body, then retreated and said he had only been warming up.
• Hai Lin drew his Dragon Scale Dividing Water Thorns and dismissed Ren Jie’s strength as reliance on the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner.
• Ren Jie struck Hai Lin with the Heaven Suppression Seal, grievously wounding him in their collision.
• Hai Lin tried to escape Ren Jie’s second seal, but the banner’s dragons disrupted him and Ren Jie’s Little Thunder Dragon pierced his body and Divine Soul.
• Ren Jie killed Hai Lin beneath the Heaven Suppression Seal and seized his Storage Ring and Dragon Scale Dividing Water Thorns.

Ren Jie killed Hai Lin and returned to the Northwest Camp, where the battle continued under his orders. As the Bright Jade Dynasty suppressed those who spoke up for the Ren Family, the armies on the battlefield stopped fighting at a thunderous command and were told to look up.

• Ren Jie trapped and killed Hai Lin with Little Thunder Dragon, then captured Hai Liang and Mo Sheng and headed back to the Northwest Camp.
• The Bright Jade Dynasty claimed victory over the Skysea Empire and began annexing its territory while silencing scholars and others who challenged its account of the war.
• Wen Yong urged the Great Confucian Scholars gathered near the Northwest Camp to focus on rescuing people, as Wen Zihao continued writing articles to rally support.
• The Skysea Empire's forces kept attacking the Northwest Camp, but Ren Jie's formation, Yun Feng'er's return, and the Guard Squad helped hold them back until the Heavenly Dragon Army returned.
• Zhan Tianlong reunited with Ren Tianheng as Ren Family experts gathered above the battlefield, where millions of troops continued fighting under orders not to attack.
• A thunderous roar halted the armies, and a voice told everyone to raise their heads and look.

Ren Jie ended the battle by revealing that Hai Liang and Mo Sheng had been captured and the Skysea Empire had fallen, then turned the soldiers’ anger against them. He arranged for the troops to be reorganized and left Hai Liang and Mo Sheng to face the fury of the people they had harmed, while he prepared to deal with his father’s rescue, Qi Tian, the emperor, and the Sea God Sect.

• Ren Jie appeared above the armies, announced the Skysea Empire’s defeat, and revealed that its emperor had been captured and its Taiji Realm cultivators killed.
• Ren Jie freed several dozen controlled generals and exposed that Hai Liang and Mo Sheng had used their soldiers as pawns, prompting the Skysea Empire troops to turn on them.
• Ren Jie stopped the fighting, promised protection for soldiers who joined the new order, and directed Ren Tianheng and the others to divide and reorganize the troops.
• The soldiers vented their fury on Hai Liang and Mo Sheng as Ren Jie carried them to the Northwest Camp and explained that they would answer for the massacre and suffering they had caused.
• Ren Jie placed restrictions on Hai Liang and Mo Sheng and allowed the people of the Northwest Camp to take turns inflicting pain on them with their hands and a small knife.
• Ren Jie left the punishment to the camp and turned to other urgent matters, including rescuing his father and Qi Tian and dealing with the emperor and the Sea God Sect.

Ren Jie tempered Dan Miao’s body and used Immortal Spiritual Energy to revive her, restoring her strength and helping her reach the Yin Yang Realm King Tier. After Dan Miao woke and celebrated her recovery, Ren Jie kissed her.

• Ren Jie entered the Northwest Camp’s Core Array Formation Space alone to revive Dan Miao.
• Ren Jie tempered Dan Miao’s unconscious body to the third level of the Taiji Realm using medicinal agents and diluted Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood.
• Ren Jie guided Immortal Spiritual Energy into Dan Miao, reigniting the flame within her and helping her recover.
• After six hours of cultivation, Dan Miao awoke with a Taiji Realm body and Yin Yang Realm King Tier power.
• Ren Jie surprised Dan Miao as she celebrated, then leaned forward and kissed her.

Xia Jiuhe returned to Jade Essence Academy to retrieve his hidden possessions, but found Tian Zhu waiting in his secret Independent Space. She killed him despite his Law God Realm power, then departed after recalling what she had told Lan Tian when he was twelve.

• Xia Jiuhe arrived at Jade Essence Academy and entered the Independent Space he had concealed there.
• Xia Jiuhe confronted Tian Zhu, who said she had come to kill him for taking Lan Tian’s Nine Yang Sword Body.
• Tian Zhu’s sword strike shattered Xia Jiuhe’s defenses, destroyed his Dragon Head Crutch, and severed his arm.
• Xia Jiuhe escaped through a Low Grade Treasure Talisman, but Tian Zhu pursued him through space and wounded him.
• Tian Zhu killed Xia Jiuhe and said Lan Tian had not deceived him; she had told him at twelve that he could defeat her once he reached the Law God Realm.
• Tian Zhu sensed the Nine Yang Sword Body’s power dissipating, then vanished into the sky.

Ren Jie reunited with Dan Miao, calmed the distraught Huhu, and discussed the Ren Family’s next steps after the Skysea Empire’s defeat. He rejected conquering the realm for the throne and turned his attention to protecting the family and preparing for the Sea God Sect.

• Ren Jie emerged from his reunion with Dan Miao when Huhu’s rampage disrupted the Core Array Formation Space.
• Ren Jie caught Huhu and explained that Qitian was imprisoned rather than dead, then brought Huhu to Dan Miao for comfort.
• Ren Tianzong and Yun Feng'er entered the area and faced the Stone Tablet fragment’s pressure, while Ren Jie assured Ren Tianheng they would be safe if they kept their distance.
• Ren Tianheng reported that many Skysea Empire soldiers had left while millions remained, and Ren Jie explained how the Ren Family could gradually win their loyalty.
• Ren Tianheng said the Bright Jade Dynasty had claimed credit for the Ren Family’s sacrifices, and Ren Jie asked whether he wanted to become emperor.
• Ren Jie concluded that no one in the family wanted the throne and ordered preparations to focus on the Sea God Sect and the threat of the Sea King.

Ren Jie reunited with Dan Miao and publicly revealed her identity and his relationship with her, while also declaring that Wen Shiyu and Yu Wu Shuang were his women. After the stunned crowd celebrated, they gathered to discuss Northwest Camp and the Ren Family’s future.

• Ren Jie told Ren Tianzong that the shattered Stone Tablet was connected to Qi Tian, the Supreme Great Teachings, and possibly Ren Jie’s missing father, then outlined plans to prepare against Sea God Sect and for a rescue.
• Ren Jie brought Dan Miao, disguised as Fatty by the Illusion Truth Immortal Jade, out to meet the gathered Ren Family members, who welcomed her warmly.
• Ren Jie put an arm around Dan Miao and announced that she was his woman, then withdrew the jade’s illusion to reveal her true appearance.
• Ren Jie told the group to keep Dan Miao’s identity secret and announced that Wen Shiyu and Yu Wu Shuang were also his women.
• Gu Xiaobao privately explained to Wen Shiyu that Ren Jie had acted for her because he loved her, and Wen Shiyu realized the meaning of his past actions.
• Yun Feng'er took Dan Miao, Yu Wu Shuang, and Wen Shiyu aside while the elders congratulated Ren Jie and discussed a celebration before the group turned to family affairs.

Ren Jie explained that the Ren Family would not seek imperial power but would resist anyone who threatened it, then laid out plans to strengthen the Northwest Camp and build a system of shared responsibility. He left the meeting’s detailed work to the others and took Sixth Aunt and Hai Qingyun aside for a private discussion.

• Ren Jie declared that the Ren Family had no interest in ruling but would fight the Bright Jade Dynasty and anyone else who threatened it.
• Ren Jie called for the Northwest Camp to gather talented people and supplies, and asked Sixth Master Ren Tianzong to secure resources and bring recruits’ families from the Skysea Empire.
• Ren Jie ordered Ren Tianheng to organize the camp’s talented fighters and establish a tiered system in which stronger cultivators guided and supported those below them.
• Ren Jie ended the meeting after outlining the broad strategy, leaving Ren Tianheng and the others surprised by how quickly it had concluded.
• Ren Jie told Ren Tianheng that everyone had to take responsibility for their own duties, then invited Sixth Aunt and Hai Qingyun to speak with him privately.

Ren Jie questioned Hai Qingyun about the reestablished Sea God Sect and urged him to consider Sea King Hai Wuchang’s ambitions, then sent Yun Feng'er to bring Hai Qingyun’s mother to meet him. Elsewhere, Tian Zhu killed Heavenly Secrets Master for scheming against Lan Tian and left to pursue the other two people connected to the Ancient God Relic.

• Ren Jie asked Hai Qingyun why he had never raised his family’s conflict with the Sky Sea Sect and warned him that Sea King Hai Wuchang could quickly consolidate control of the Sea God Sect.
• Ren Jie told Yun Feng'er to take Hai Qingyun to find his mother and bring her back, then vanished with a single step that astonished Hai Qingyun.
• Tian Zhu pursued Heavenly Secrets Master across hundreds of thousands of li, split a Taiji Realm strange fish in two, and forced the wounded sect master into the sea.
• Dan Wufa arrived and asked Tian Zhu why she was pursuing Heavenly Secrets Master; she explained that he had schemed against Lan Tian during a relic expedition.
• Tian Zhu killed Heavenly Secrets Master despite his pleas for Dan Wufa’s help, then warned Dan Wufa about the being released from beneath the Sacred Stele and departed to hunt the other two people who had emerged from the Ancient God Relic with Lan Tian.

After the Skysea Empire’s defeat, Ren Jie reunited with Ren Tianqi and revealed that the Heavenly Dragon Army and Guard Squad were only beginning their path toward becoming an Invincible Army. Ren Tianqi led Ren Jie to the Southwest Camp’s ancestral hall, where he activated an ancient Jade Slip and opened a doorway.

• The Heavenly Dragon Army and Guard Squad crushed the Skysea Empire’s remaining forces, and Zhan Tianlong and Tong Qiang greeted Ren Tianqi.
• Ren Jie appeared, gave Zhan Tianlong and Tong Qiang Storage Rings, and said the battle marked the armies’ final fight against mortal armies before their next stage of training.
• Ren Jie asked Ren Tianqi about Ren Tianzong’s circumstances and disappearance, and Ren Tianqi reacted with hope after learning Ren Jie had killed a Law God Realm supreme being.
• Ren Tianqi brought Ren Jie through the prosperous Southwest Camp and explained how he had developed it under Ren Tianzong’s plan while keeping its core figures loyal to the Ren Family.
• Ren Jie performed rites in the Southwest Camp’s ancestral hall, and Ren Tianqi used an ancient Jade Slip and the hall’s formation to open a doorway.

Ren Jie entered a hidden, incomplete Small World that Ren Tianqi revealed had preserved the Ren Family’s bloodline and trained its secret troops. After Ren Xing tried to attack him, Ren Jie seized control of the youth’s own power and pulled him over.

• Ren Jie replenished Ren Tianqi’s strength as they entered the Small World through a portal, then destroyed the portal to stop a star-wreathed youth from escaping.
• Ren Tianqi explained that Ren Jie’s father had left the Small World as a refuge for the Ren Family and that it had sheltered their hidden troops and descendants.
• Ren Xing erupted from a mountain and blamed Ren Jie for closing the portal, while the others warned him to stop causing trouble.
• Ren Xing attacked Ren Jie with a mana vortex, and Ren Jie disrupted the technique and used its force to drag Ren Xing toward him.

Ren Jie confronted Ren Xing, first using overwhelming pressure to make him retreat and then knocking him unconscious with a single punch. Ren Tianqi and the gathered Ren Family cultivators realized Ren Jie had reached the Law God Realm, leaving them stunned and hopeful for the family’s future.

• Ren Xing’s Ten Thousand Stars Formation rebounded him toward Ren Jie, and he charged with a punch.
• Ren Jie’s simulated Stone Tablet pressure trapped Ren Xing beneath his raised palm until Ren Xing fled more than ten li away.
• Ren Xing gathered starlight to attack, but the tall, brawny man and the short, thin man moved to intervene.
• Ren Jie stepped forward and punched Ren Xing in the abdomen, scattering his mana and knocking him unconscious.
• Ren Tianqi and the gathered cultivators stared in disbelief as Ren Tianqi recognized Ren Jie’s strength as proof he had reached the Law God Realm.

Ren Jie met Ren Family guardian elders Ren Jiuzhi and Ren Jiuqiao in the Small World and learned how his father had helped preserve the family’s bloodline there. After everyone doubted that his five-year-old disciple could defeat Ren Xing, Ren Jie decided to summon Gu Xiaobao to train him, and sent a message beyond the Small World.

• Ren Jie knocked Ren Xing unconscious, handed him to the cultivators below, and resumed business with Ren Tianqi.
• Ren Tianqi introduced Ren Jiuzhi and Ren Jiuqiao, who explained that Ren Tianxing had helped them reach the Taiji Realm Old Ancestor level and asked them to protect the Ren Family’s bloodline.
• Ren Jiuzhi and Ren Jiuqiao explained that Ren Xing had grown up in the Small World and that his poor combat experience accounted for his behavior.
• Ren Jie said his five-year-old disciple could defeat Ren Xing, leaving Ren Tianqi, the elders, and the cultivators below in disbelief.
• Ren Jie decided to summon Gu Xiaobao to discipline Ren Xing and asked Ren Tianqi to receive him at the Great General Residence.
• Ren Jie used a jade token to transmit a message beyond the Small World.

Ren Jie learned about the Ren Family’s hidden Small World, its residents, and his father Ren Tianxing’s preparations, then went to meet the secluded One Yuan Old Ancestor. The chapter ended with Ren Jie probing the dangerous formations around the courtyard despite Ren Jiuzhi and Ren Jiuqiao’s warnings.

• Ren Jie contacted the outside world from the Small World and arranged for Gu Xiaobao to arrive while asking Ren Tianqi about the place and his father.
• Ren Tianqi explained that One Yuan Old Ancestor was stationed in the Small World and described how Ren Tianxing had gathered and protected Ren Family members there.
• Ren Jiuzhi and Ren Jiuqiao added details about the Small World’s forces and Ren Tianxing’s preparations, leading Ren Jie to suspect his father had been guarding against the imperial family or a Supreme Great Teaching.
• Ren Jie arrived at One Yuan Old Ancestor’s secluded courtyard and said he would stay only a few days before meeting him.
• Ren Jie sent his Divine Soul Power into the forbidden ground, triggering the formations, while Ren Jiuzhi and Ren Jiuqiao warned him not to act rashly.

Ren Jie broke through the formations around the One Yuan Old Ancestor and discovered that an Immortal Crane was trying to devour Ren Yiyuan’s Divine Soul Power and seize his body. Ren Jie intervened with power strengthened by the Sage Dao Discussion Realm, and the crane unleashed its Immortal Dao Rule to resist him.

• Ren Jie used his Divine Soul Power to bypass the ancient formations around the One Yuan Old Ancestor’s secluded grounds without triggering their full attack.
• Ren Jie found Ren Yiyuan sitting in meditation and sensed that the old man’s life force was weak and his Divine Soul Power was under strain.
• Ren Jie entered Ren Yiyuan’s body and discovered him battling an Immortal Crane that claimed to be an Upper Immortal and sought to take his body.
• Ren Jie recognized that the crane was wearing down Ren Yiyuan’s soul, then used the Sage Dao Discussion Realm to strengthen his own Divine Soul Power and attack it.
• The Immortal Crane withdrew from its fight with Ren Yiyuan, confronted Ren Jie, and unleashed its Immortal Dao Rule as Ren Jie pressed it down.

Ren Jie destroyed the Immortal Crane inside Ren Yiyuan’s divine soul and helped Ren Yiyuan gather its scattered Immortal Soul Power and Immortal Dao Rule. Ren Yiyuan revealed that Ren Tianxing was likely still trapped in the Burial Immortal Battlefield, though he knew little about how to reach him.

• Ren Jie crushed the Immortal Crane’s Immortal Dao Rule and shattered its immortal soul using the power of Sage Dao Discussion.
• Ren Jie collected most of the scattered Immortal Soul Power and Immortal Dao Rule, while Ren Yiyuan gathered the remainder.
• Ren Yiyuan realized Ren Jie was Ren Tianxing’s son and marveled at his strength before asking him many questions.
• Ren Jie asked Ren Yiyuan to explain what he knew about Ren Tianxing and the matters that could not be freely discussed.
• Ren Yiyuan said Ren Tianxing was probably trapped in the Burial Immortal Battlefield, where a special immortal artifact had caused a battle and opened a passage; Ren Yiyuan knew no more about the events.