Chapter Summaries

Ren Ye confronted Wang Changfeng about the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s hidden connection to the Gutan Sect after the faction struggle ended. Wang Changfeng revealed that the living man in the Ancestral Land might be their only surviving ancestor, Human World Sword Jiang Yu, also known as Daoist Tianque.

• Ren Ye and his allies collected their share of the Celestial Fire Squad’s rewards from Zhang Linghuo, while Ren Ye gave the New Year’s Watchers Qingliang Prefecture Merchant’s Permits.
• The Heavenly Dao announced that the Gutan Sect Star Gate had permanently merged with Gutan City as a public mission location, and Ren Ye and the others rested at the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
• Five days later, Ren Ye checked on the wounded survivors and found Ai Fei, Daoist Chu, Zhang Linghuo, and others gambling in the sect’s rear courtyard.
• Ren Ye asked Wang Changfeng why the Myriad Phenomena Sect had called the Gutan Sect’s experts their ancestors, and Wang Changfeng admitted that the sect descended from Gutan Sect survivors led by Celestial Sea Perfected.
• Wang Changfeng explained that his sect had sought to return home and that its incomplete historical records had left it unfamiliar with many secrets of the Gutan Sect Star Gate.
• Wang Changfeng revealed that the living man in the Ancestral Land might be the Gutan Sect’s only living ancestor, Human World Sword Jiang Yu, whose Daoist name was Daoist Tianque.

Ren Ye learned the history of Jiang Yu, the Human World Sword, and negotiated with Wang Changfeng to help rescue him from the Ancestral Land. Seven days later, Yin Tiger arrived with young talents and a golden key, which reacted just as new Heavenly Dao rules about the Ancestral Land were announced.

• Wang Changfeng recounted how Jiang Yu became the Human World Sword, was punished and confined to the Ancestral Land, and was succeeded as Temple Master by Heavenly Wind.
• Ren Ye suspected Heavenly Wind had benefited from a conspiracy against Jiang Yu, then bargained with Wang Changfeng to lend him Destiny in return for future help; Wang agreed to join the rescue planned within ten days.
• Seven days later, Yin Tiger arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect with eleven young talents from Tiger God Mountain and brought the Destiny Ren Ye needed.
• Yin Tiger told Ren Ye that he had won a faction assignment for Thick Earth and received a golden key, which his father believed was connected to Guides and authority.
• Zhang Linghuo summoned Ren Ye to the main hall after Wang Changfeng's golden key reacted and announced new Heavenly Dao rules about the Ancestral Land.

Ren Ye learned that the Heavenly Dao had turned the rescue of Daoist Tianque into a mission and assigned Chaos forces to obstruct it, so he sought Lin Xiang’s help for the Myriad Phenomena Sect. Lin Xiang agreed to send White Clothes to Gutan City, while a mysterious fat man arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect asking for Zhu Zigui.

• Ren Ye and the others learned that the golden key mission required rescuing Daoist Tianque within a month and that Chaos Supernatural Ability Users could attack the operation.
• Ren Ye urged the Myriad Phenomena Sect to attempt the rescue within three days, and Wang Changfeng promised allegiance and Blessed Land residences in exchange for the New Year's Watchers’ help.
• Lin Xiang questioned a captured Wall-Facing People Yin Soul in Guangjiu Residence and learned secrets about the golden key and the Calamity.
• Ren Ye asked Lin Xiang to help the Myriad Phenomena Sect, and Lin Xiang agreed to send several White Clothes to Gutan City within two days.
• The next day, an enormously fat man arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect and asked for Zhu Zigui.

Ren Ye persuaded Big Fat Dragon to lend him destiny and help rescue Senior White-Striped Chicken, while preparing to return to the Ancestral Land. The chapter ended with Black Robe Man arriving in Huangling City to block Gutan and hearing someone call to him from the Thatched Cottage.

• Ren Ye explained his rescue plan to Big Fat Dragon, who agreed to help for Ren Ye's sake rather than for promised benefits.
• Ren Ye and Daoist Chu returned to the Ancestral Land through Divine Throne Mountain, while Wang Changfeng agreed to bring Second Brother Longhu in when destiny emerged.
• Three stranded people at Heaven-Reaching Residence wondered why the Gutan Sect's contest had ended without teleporting them out.
• Black Robe Man appeared before the old man outside the Thatched Cottage in Qingshan and offered to block Gutan because he was friends with him.
• Someone inside the Thatched Cottage called to Black Robe Man, who looked up with a smile.

Ren Ye, Daoist Chu, and allies obscured the blazing sun with Purple Fortune, helping Jiang Yu break the golden chains that had imprisoned him for five hundred years. Jiang Yu left the Ancestral Land to recover, while Lord Man chose to keep the Wall-Facing People from attacking Gutan and instead planned a larger move against the Migration Land.

• Ren Ye found Jiang Yu mourning the loss of his old companions, while Daoist Chu revealed that the Ancestral Land’s blazing sun was a Supreme Treasure he could not take.
• Jiang Yu began breaking his Immortal-Binding Locks, and Ren Ye used the Human Emperor Seal to dim the sun while Big Fat Dragon, Yin Tiger, and Wang Changfeng added their factions’ Purple Fortune.
• With the sun obscured, Jiang Yu shattered the remaining chains and escaped the Ancestral Land with Ren Ye and the others.
• Wang Changfeng and the Myriad Phenomena Sect disciples pleaded for Jiang Yu to return as their Ancestor, but Jiang Yu refused and left with Ren Ye to recover.
• At Huangling City, Lord Man told Ding Hun and Tan Pang he had never intended to launch a surprise attack on Gutan and proposed using it as bait for a larger plan targeting the Migration Land.

Wang Changfeng used the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s golden key to awaken the Authority Key, then had Liu Tang consume it and establish Gutan City as an Order Faction territory. The Heavenly Dao announced that the Migration Land would close in half a month for a year and a half before evolving into Beacon Fires Migration.

• Ren Ye arranged for Ancestor Jiang to recuperate in Qinghe Academy’s west courtyard and negotiated with Mr. Xu to split the Ancestor’s future payments.
• Wang Changfeng revealed that the golden key’s second task required him to advance Liu Tang to Third Grade, then summoned Liu Tang to sense the key.
• The golden key transformed into Gutan City’s Authority Key, and the Heavenly Dao revealed that Liu Tang could consume it to make the city an Order Territory.
• Wang Changfeng ordered Liu Tang to devour the Authority Key, activating the city’s authority, recruitment, tax, and Star Source blessing benefits for its Glory and Garrison Supernatural Ability Users.
• The Heavenly Dao declared Gutan City the Order Faction’s seat of authority and announced that the Migration Land would close in half a month for a year and a half, then return as Beacon Fires Migration.

The Myriad Phenomena Sect celebrated its return to Gutan City, but the Chaos Faction’s Yellow Wind Cult Master claimed Huangling City and declared a future City-Slaughter Battle against it. As Gutan City was linked to Huangling City across the void, Ren Ye sought Lin Xiang’s counsel and received the instruction to “Wait for conditions!”

• Ren Ye and his companions agreed to divide six hundred Glory Supernatural Ability User slots among the New Year's Watchers, Thick Earth, and the Southern Border, then attended Wang Changfeng’s banquet at the Gutan Sect.
• A Heavenly Dao announcement revealed that the Chaos Faction’s Yellow Wind Cult Master had occupied Huangling City, recruited ten thousand Supernatural Ability Users, and declared a City-Slaughter Battle against Gutan City after the Migration Land reopened.
• Ren Ye and the others saw the northern Mist Barrier disperse, revealing the Void Chain Bridge connecting Gutan City to Huangling City, where the Yellow Wind Cult Master appeared behind a veil of yellow sand.
• Ren Ye reasoned that the Wall-Facing People had prepared Huangling City and its fighters in advance, leaving Gutan City badly outmatched, and decided to seek his master’s advice.
• Ren Ye went to the Moon-Gazing Pavilion, where a New Year's Watcher told him Lin Xiang was in seclusion and had instructed him to sense the eighth floor; Ren Ye received a note reading, “Wait for conditions!”

Tan Pang told Ding Hun that Prince Qi’s awakening had displaced him from the coming battle, while Ren Ye faced pressure from Gutan’s stationed fighters to secure New Year's Watchers’ support. Twelve powerful black-robed figures arrived in Gutan and demanded to see the Little Human Emperor, ending the chapter on their unexpected ultimatum.

• Tan Pang visited Ding Hun and revealed that Lord Man might choose someone else for the coming event because Prince Qi had awakened.
• Ding Hun learned that the stage two years later was intended for a battle between two emperors and despaired over losing his chance to prove himself.
• A group of stationed Supernatural Ability Users asked Ren Ye to have the New Year's Watchers send two thousand Super Grades to defend Gutan.
• Twelve black-robed figures arrived above Gutan, and their leader declared that there was only one way to avert the city's destruction.
• The leader called for Order's Little Human Emperor, and Ren Ye realized they were looking for him.

Twelve Blood Moon Grand Sacrifices came to Gutan and forced Ren Ye to choose between accepting Prince Qi’s challenge and risking the city’s destruction. Ren Ye accepted a duel in two years, and the Jiang Ancestor ended the confrontation by sending a sword through Huangling City’s defenses and vowing to fight at the Heavenly Capital.

• Jia Zhengxiu announced that Prince Qi challenged Ren Ye to a duel at the Heavenly Capital in two years, threatening to massacre Gutan if Ren Ye refused.
• Ren Ye accepted the challenge, promising to come to the Heavenly Capital for a fair battle.
• Jia Zhengxiu’s disciple insulted the Myriad Phenomena Sect, prompting Wang Changfeng to attack him and struggle against his superior strength.
• The Jiang Ancestor sent a hidden sword strike from Qinghe Academy that pierced Jia Zhengxiu’s disciple and warned the visitors to leave Gutan.
• The Jiang Ancestor’s sword pierced Huangling City’s defensive formation and lodged in its city sign as he challenged whoever threatened Gutan to meet him at the Heavenly Capital.

After Jiang Ancestor's sword strike forced the Wall-Facing People to withdraw, Ren Ye said goodbye to his allies and prepared to visit Qinghe Academy. Xu Qingyan revealed that Ren Ye's final lesson would take place in Xingshan, in the Nine Li Dynasty, the same place as Brother Hong's hometown.

• Jiang Ancestor's sword strike silenced Huangling, and the Wall-Facing People abandoned Prince Qi's challenge and withdrew from Gutan.
• Lord Man explained that the sword's owner had once glimpsed the Great Dao but was now a half-step Sixth Grade with damaged Dao intent and little time left.
• News spread across the Migration Land about the battle between Ren Ye and Prince Qi in two years, while Ren Ye's allies departed and Yin Tiger and Daoist Chu agreed to accompany him to Qingliang Prefecture.
• Ren Ye visited Qinghe Academy and asked Xu Qingyan when he would teach his final lesson.
• Xu Qingyan told Ren Ye that the lesson would take place in the Xingshan Secret Realm of the Nine Li Dynasty, where Ren Ye could undergo a complete transformation.

Ren Ye learned that Xingshan might hold Great Emperor Jiuli’s body-refining scripture and Demon-Refining Pot, treasures he would need to challenge Prince Qi in the Two Emperors’ War. After Mr. Xu’s lesson and Ren Ye’s return to Qingliang Prefecture, an unwelcome visitor arrived as Master Huang demanded funding.

• Mr. Xu told Ren Ye that Xingshan was believed to be Great Emperor Jiuli’s tomb and might contain his Emperor Body Heart Sutra and Demon-Refining Pot, which Ren Ye needed to face Prince Qi.
• Mr. Xu warned Ren Ye that he would die if he attended the Heavenly Capital’s Divine Court assembly without finding the treasures, and promised to arrange protection for the Xingshan trip without going himself.
• Mr. Xu taught Qinghe Academy’s students to remember and repay those who saved their lives, while Daoist Chu and Senior White-Striped Chicken listened nearby.
• Ren Ye returned to Qingliang Prefecture with his companions and found Master Huang working late at the Prefectural Yamen, where Huang immediately demanded ten million.
• A laughing man arrived after chasing Ren Ye’s group across two cities, prompting Tang Feng to complain that he always showed up when someone could be fleeced.

Liu Ji Shan returned from his Promotion Mission transformed into a Third Grade powerhouse and revealed that he had brought back a bottle of Water of Life from Daystar. He sold half the bottle to Yin Tiger and Daoist Chu, while Ren Ye continued preparing Qingliang Prefecture for the Battle of the Two Emperors and the story set up a coming Xingshan arc.

• Liu Ji Shan returned to the Prefectural Yamen looking youthful and restored, and told Ren Ye that his mission had taken him to Daystar after more than a month drifting through the void.
• Liu Ji Shan explained that his mission, “The Road of Return,” required him to search Daystar alone for what the Giant Ancestor wanted, and Ren Ye recognized the hardship he had endured.
• Ren Ye and Master Huang prompted Liu Ji Shan to donate to the Empire, and Tang Feng challenged him to match a five-million-Star-Source donation.
• Liu Ji Shan revealed a bottle of Third Grade Water of Life, and Yin Tiger and Daoist Chu each paid three and a half million Star Source for half of it.
• Dragon Head returned to the Thousand-Mile Green Battalion, and Ren Ye led a group to inspect the three Blessed Lands the next morning.
• Senior White-Striped Chicken said he had given Ren Ye the Millennium Green Jade and needed to borrow a divine medicine before going to Xingshan.

Ren Ye discovered that Qingliang Commandery needed far more Star Source to complete its three Blessed Lands, so he turned to the Weiyuan Escort Agency’s trade with Great Qian for a way to raise money. After detaining Huang Dayou to force his backer to appear, Ren Ye confronted his imperial brother and proposed a lucrative scheme, leaving the two to argue over whether to carry it out.

• Ren Ye inspected Qingliang Commandery’s administration and military, then learned that building the Blessed Lands required another hundred million Star Source and forty million in immediate working funds.
• Master Huang explained that the construction materials came from Great Qian through the Weiyuan Escort Agency, and Ren Ye decided to summon its head to discuss a major deal.
• Huang Dayou arrived at the Prefectural Yamen, where Liu Ji Shan accused him of colluding with Great Qian and imprisoned him until he revealed his backer.
• Ren Ye’s imperial brother stormed into the Prince’s Mansion three days later, demanding Huang Dayou’s release and accusing Ren Ye of turning on their trade arrangement.
• Ren Ye offered his imperial brother a chance to make money together, then laid out a plan that made him worry they would destroy their future business.
• Ren Ye threatened to report his imperial brother unless he agreed to the scheme, and they continued arguing over whether to proceed.

Ren Ye’s group traveled toward the war-torn Nether River while Yuan Hong plotted to profit from Yan Prefecture’s war and manipulate Qingliang Prefecture’s demand for supplies. The chapter ended with Ren Ye urging his scam crew to earn more money as they prepared to rob someone, leaving the Third Prince alarmed by their recklessness.

• Ren Ye, Ai Fei, the Third Prince, Old Liu, Apu, Tang Feng, Yin Tiger, and Daoist Chu-an set out for the war-torn lands south of the Nether River.
• Yuan Hong rewarded Shopkeeper Yang, then his wet nurse killed Escort Chief Yu after he warned Yuan Hong that she was dangerous.
• Yuan Hong rejected grain hoarding and outlined a plan to gain a patriotic reputation before exploiting war refugees for their land and labor.
• Yuan Hong arranged to keep supplying Ren Ye with goods while planning to raise prices after Ren Ye’s blessed lands were partly built.
• Ten wagonloads of goods left Chijin City for the Nether River’s southern bank as Ren Ye’s group discussed how much more money to make before quitting.
• The Third Prince questioned Ren Ye’s risky plan, but Ren Ye and the others continued preparing to rob someone.

Ren Ye captured Mastermind Yao and learned that Yuan Dalang controlled the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce’s valuable stores in Chijin City, then planned to enter the enemy city and seize its wealth. He recruited Vice Minister Wen and other Super Grade fighters to support the dangerous operation.

• Yuan Dalang inspected the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce’s red gold stores, discovered a piece of thousand-year-old Crouching Dragon red gold, and ordered it secured for the Eighth Prince.
• Yuan Dalang rejected Prefect Huang’s request for a twenty-percent discount on a forty-million-star-source deal and sent Mastermind Yao to negotiate with only a five-percent discount.
• Ren Ye’s group captured and tortured Mastermind Yao in Dengfeng, learned that Yuan Dalang was in Chijin City, and forced Yao to reveal the city’s hidden gold locations.
• Ren Ye and his allies decided to disguise themselves as Four Seas Chamber of Commerce personnel and travel to Chijin City to seize Yuan Dalang’s wealth.
• Ren Ye sent a letter asking Vice Minister Wen to bring Super Grade fighters to Dengfeng, and Wen agreed to gather six fighters and enter the Southern Border.

Ren Ye led his companions into Chijin City to target Yuan Dalang, using Daoist Chu in disguise and Tang'er to gain access while the Super Grades slept through the journey. When Vice Minister Wen woke and realized they were deep inside enemy territory, he understood Ren Ye had tricked him, but had no practical way to leave.

• At a banquet in Dengfeng, Ren Ye persuaded Vice Minister Wen and the other Super Grades that they were helping arrest a treasonous trading-house proprietor, while the Third Prince helped keep them in the dark.
• Ren Ye's group entered Chijin City, and Daoist Chu drew the shortest willow twig and was chosen to impersonate Mastermind Yao and meet Yuan Dalang.
• Ren Ye threatened the imprisoned Mastermind Yao, then split the group between the Purple Pavilion and the Fortune Character Trading House's servants' courtyard.
• Disguised as Mastermind Yao, Daoist Chu met Yuan Dalang, deflected his questions about suspicious accounts, and arranged for Tang'er to entertain him.
• Divine Baby reported that Tang'er had gained Yuan Dalang's attention, and Ren Ye prepared the group to begin their operation.
• Vice Minister Wen woke in Chijin City, learned that the target had betrayed Great Qian, and angrily realized Ren Ye had misled him; he chose to get dressed rather than attempt the dangerous escape.

Tang Feng and his allies captured Yuan Dalang and the wet nurse at Purple Pavilion, then set out to loot its treasury. At Fortune No. 1 Granary, Ren Ye’s group was exposed after giving the wrong password, so they killed the guards and forced open the vault.

• Tang Feng drugged Yuan Dalang with wine and hid him in Daoist Chu’s Corpse-Binding Bag, but the wet nurse sensed something was wrong and confronted him.
• Tang Feng used an enchantment and an Illusion Realm against the wet nurse while Yin Tiger killed the guards rushing upstairs and the Third Prince cleared away the bodies.
• Daoist Chu, Tang Feng, Apu, and Yin Tiger subdued the wet nurse, then decided to rob Purple Pavilion’s treasury using a Fortune-Bringing Mouse to locate it.
• Ren Ye, Xu Qingzhao, Vice Minister Wen, and their companions entered Fortune No. 1 Granary with transfer orders, but the burly guard exposed them by testing them with a newly changed password.
• Ren Ye stabbed the burly guard, Ai Fei killed the seven men at the entrance, and Ren Ye used the keys to force open the Granary vault as the alarm sounded.

Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Ai Fei raided Chijin’s red-gold granary and Inner Treasury while Vice Minister Wen’s group held off the guards. Chijin’s defenders arrived in force, prompting Vice Minister Wen to reveal his strength as the city activated its Grand Formation and Yan Prefecture prepared for a crisis.

• Ren Ye, Old Liu, and Ai Fei entered Fu No. 1 Granary while six Fourth Grades from the Southern Border fought the guards outside.
• Ren Ye used the Phoenix Fire Furnace to collect some of the red gold, and Vice Minister Wen sent four Super Grades to carry the rest.
• Ren Ye took a branch from the Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo to strap the furnace to his back, while Old Liu seized crouching dragon red gold and Ai Fei looted the Inner Treasury.
• Vice Minister Wen told Ren Ye and the others to hide as eight Super Grades and twelve Fourth Grades arrived from Chijin City.
• Zheng Zibu attacked the Southern Border Fourth Grades, and Vice Minister Wen summoned his jade toad and called on his allies to fight.
• Inspector Huang activated Chijin City’s Grand Formation, and Marquis Yingwu-Lü Han in Yan Prefecture City suspected a conspiracy and considered sending reinforcements.

Vice Minister Wen and the New Year's Watchers raided Chijin City, where Wen killed a defending Super Grade and the group broke the city’s formation before fleeing. As Great Qian’s reinforcements mobilized, Big Fat Dragon launched an invasion across the Nether River, and the Third Prince revealed he had a plan to get Ren Ye’s group to safety.

• Vice Minister Wen used the Thousand Nether Ice Toad to freeze and kill the Celestial Surveillance Bureau elder, then forged an ice sword while the New Year's Watchers fought Chijin’s defenders.
• The New Year's Watchers destroyed the southern core of Chijin’s Grand Formation, allowing Ren Ye and the others to escape south with their loot as the elders fought their way after them.
• Lü Han sent Super Grades and Fourth Grades toward Chijin, but Big Fat Dragon ordered Southern Border armies to attack the Three Passes and Five Counties while Great Qian’s forces were diverted.
• Ren Ye accused the Third Prince of hiding a larger plan and demanded he reveal it as the group faced approaching reinforcements.
• Big Fat Dragon ordered his troops to cross the Nether River and invade Yan Prefecture, and the Third Prince pointed toward the advancing army and promised he had a plan to save them.

After returning from Chijin, Ren Ye wrestled with his role in the massacre of Bei County’s civilians before sharing the spoils and securing the seven Super Grade elders’ support for Qingliang Prefecture. The chapter ended with Yuan Dalang breaking under the Songstress’s Mystical Ability and agreeing to provide a personal item that could help Ren Ye extort money from his father.

• Ren Ye returned to Qingliang Prefecture with his team after Big Fat Dragon’s forces seized two passes and killed more than fifty thousand people in Bei County, leaving him troubled by his part in provoking the attack.
• Vice Minister Wen comforted Ren Ye, and the two negotiated his reward for helping with the Chijin raid.
• Ren Ye distributed the Phoenix Fire Furnace’s red gold among his companions, then let the Third Prince take pieces to equip his guards after they wrestled over his share.
• Ren Ye offered the seven Super Grade elders a residence and monthly stipends in exchange for nominal posts, binding them more closely to Qingliang Prefecture.
• Old Liu and the Songstress pressured Yuan Dalang in the dungeon, and Yuan Dalang finally offered a personal item that could persuade his father to send money.