Chapter Summaries

After lifting the sea, Jiang Changsheng gained a surge of worshippers and advised Li Ya, the Son of Heaven of Shun Heaven, on his plan to create a martial path using dynastic fortune. As Lin Haotian approached Great Jing, he discovered a colossal dead beast at sea, while a white-robed man learned of the Dao Ancestor’s feat and reacted with alarm.

• Jiang Changsheng’s incense offerings value climbed toward seven hundred million as people across the continent and surrounding seas worshipped him after he lifted the sea.
• Li Ya visited Jiang Changsheng and explained his plan to let people borrow the fortune of their dynasty to strengthen their martial arts.
• Jiang Changsheng sent Li Ya to meet Saint Qi in Tiangang Province, and Li Ya left hoping to gain guidance.
• Lin Haotian and the Sky Azure Thunder Eagle encountered a gigantic dead beast at sea and watched it for several days before deciding to approach.
• A masked man told the white-robed man that Jiang Changsheng had lifted the Demon Sea and become renowned throughout the Endless Ocean, and the white-robed man demanded to know if it was true.

Jiang Changsheng watched Great Jing prosper and welcomed Little Swallow Demon’s transformation into a Three-legged Golden Crow. As Golden Crow began exploring the Dao World, Jiang Changsheng discovered that Lin Haotian was absorbing the blood qi of a Demon Saint and conceived a bold idea.

• Jiang Che asked Jiang Changsheng to teach Jiang Qing martial arts, but Jiang Changsheng said Jiang Qing was already powerful enough and lacked the temperament to lead campaigns.
• Jiang Changsheng saw that his incense value had surpassed eight hundred million as Great Jing’s martial arts and defenses continued to grow.
• Little Swallow Demon emerged from its blood egg as a Three-legged Golden Crow, accepted its new name, and was stored in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Golden Crow met Sky Crow and claimed to be its ancestor, while Sky Crow sensed bloodline suppression and left after hearing a voice.
• The World-Destroying Tree realized that saving the land helped it grow stronger and decided to become an auspicious beast.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered Lin Haotian cultivating atop a Demon Saint’s remains and absorbing its blood qi, then considered a bold idea after comparing Lin Haotian’s opportunities with Mu Lingluo’s.

Qi Yuan established the Way of the Literary and Martial and earned recognition across Great Jing, while Li Ya presented his Luck Martial Dao to Jiang Changsheng. Mu Lingluo then found an inheritance on an ancient archipelago and received the Heaven Imprisoning Stele’s power.

• Qi Yuan and Li Ya cultivated together in Tiangang Province, and Qi Yuan refused to promote his teachings through Shun Heaven’s authority.
• Qi Yuan defeated a Golden Body Realm sect master with his new Way of the Literary and Martial, and Jiang Che named him Saint of the Literary and Martial.
• Jiang Changsheng explained that the Way of the Literary and Martial still relied on Martial Dao Spiritual Energy and told his followers to wait until they reached the end of martial arts before pursuing an immortal path.
• Li Ya presented his Luck Martial Dao to Jiang Changsheng, who approved of him and allowed him to return to Shun Heaven.
• Mu Lingluo and Mu Xuangang discovered the Heaven Imprisoning Stele on an ancient archipelago; the stele shattered, its light entered Mu Lingluo, and Jiang Changsheng confirmed she was receiving an inheritance.

Jiang Changsheng accompanied Mu Lingluo through the Heaven Imprisoning Stele’s inheritance, where she proved her resolve and received the Prison Heaven Sword from the Prison Heaven Martial Emperor. Afterward, Ji Wujun explained the ancient Martial Emperor’s legend and discussed other historic inheritances with Jiang Changsheng and the others.

• Jiang Changsheng entered Mu Lingluo’s dream and guided her toward the Heaven Imprisoning Stele, explaining that its remnant memory would respond in a fixed manner.
• The Heaven Imprisoning Stele transformed into a colossal sword, and its remnant challenged Mu Lingluo to draw it as proof she qualified for the inheritance.
• Mu Lingluo’s conviction made the Prison Heaven Sword tremble, and the Prison Heaven Martial Emperor declared her qualified before naming himself and the sword.
• Mu Lingluo awoke holding the Imprisoning Heaven Sword as its fortune and Martial Dao Spiritual Energy rapidly strengthened her.
• Jiang Changsheng could not calculate the Prison Heaven Martial Emperor’s peak strength, then asked Ji Wujun about the ancient figure and other Martial Emperors.
• Ji Wujun recounted the Prison Heaven Martial Emperor’s legend, described a Martial Emperor who revived and defeated an ancient rival, and said Jiang Changsheng alone was worthy of the title today.

Jiang Changsheng tested Mu Lingluo’s new Imprisoning Heaven Battle Intent and watched Great Jing’s influence grow. The Sky Crow Race then sent multiple enormous crows into the sky as suns, threatening widespread disaster, and Jiang Changsheng waited to see how humanity’s other experts would respond.

• Jiang Changsheng sparred with Mu Lingluo in her dream and found that her battle intent let her fight at a level comparable to an expert in One Cave Heaven.
• Jiang Changsheng reassured Mu Lingluo about her rivalry with Lin Haotian and began guiding her swordsmanship.
• Great Jing expanded its maritime reach and promoted the Way of the Literary and Martial, while Dragon Transformation Manor relocated to the West Sea and Zhu Tianzhi returned.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that an enormous Sky Crow had appeared in the sky and calculated that it possessed Ninth Grotto-heaven strength.
• Ji Wujun wanted to act against the Sky Crows, but Jiang Changsheng stopped her and said humanity had other experts who could respond.
• More Sky Crows arrived, bringing the number of apparent suns to four, while Jiang Changsheng watched and prepared to intervene if necessary.

As the Sky Crow Race’s nine suns threatened the world, Jiang Changsheng prepared to protect Great Jing and flee if necessary, while other powerful humans remained cautious. Guan Tongyou finally challenged the Sky Crows alone, wounded two Ninth Grotto-heaven Sky Crows, and left the battle unresolved.

• Jiang Che urged Jiang Changsheng to wait before confronting the Sky Crow Race, while people across the world panicked as ten suns scorched the land.
• Jiang Changsheng saw the Sky Crow host gather and prepared to use the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, but told his followers he might instead take them and flee.
• Jiang Changsheng spotted Guan Tongyou, a Ninth Grotto-heaven martial artist, flying toward the Sky Crows to confront them alone.
• Guan Tongyou rejected the Sky Crow leader’s demand to find its missing junior and attacked the flock.
• Guan Tongyou’s purple True Qi torrent overwhelmed two Ninth Grotto-heaven Sky Crows, slicing their bodies and scattering their feathers.

Jiang Changsheng used the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow to destroy the suns and wipe out the Sky Crow Race, rescuing Guan Tongyou from certain death. Guan Tongyou survived, while witnesses across the world tried to identify the mysterious archer.

• Jiang Changsheng decided to save Guan Tongyou and raised the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow as the people on Dragon Arising Mountain watched.
• Guan Tongyou charged the Sky Crow leader, which was about to unleash a devastating attack, and a golden beam pierced its head.
• Jiang Changsheng fired a succession of golden beams that destroyed the suns, shocking the capital and witnesses including Lin Haotian and Mu Lingluo.
• Jiang Changsheng continued shooting until every Sky Crow was dead, while the golden beams passed Guan Tongyou without harming him.
• Guan Tongyou surveyed the burning remains of the Sky Crows and wondered who had fired the arrows of True Qi.

Jiang Changsheng received the Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation after surviving the Sky Crow calamity, and the tale of him shooting down the sun spread across the Dragon Vein Continent. After his incense value passed one billion, he unlocked Incense Spirit Summoning and began teaching Ji Wujun a martial art, while a visitor arrived at the Peaceful Rest Inn asking for Zhang Ying.

• Jiang Changsheng received and spent two days refining the Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation until it acknowledged him as its master.
• Jiang Jian and Ji Wujun told Jiang Changsheng that the Son of Heaven wanted to erect statues of him across Great Jing, and Jiang Changsheng agreed.
• Two months later, news of Jiang Changsheng shooting down the sun spread across the Dragon Vein Continent, raising his incense value above one billion and unlocking Incense Spirit Summoning.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that more than a million people had ultimate faith in him and decided to help one incense believer overcome a hardship each month.
• Jiang Changsheng offered to teach Ji Wujun a martial art and transmitted its techniques to her.
• At the Peaceful Rest Inn in Tianhai, an unknown visitor asked the innkeeper where Zhang Ying was.

Zhang Ying brought the Dao Ancestor an offer from Lin Hongchen to join Great Guang Heaven, but Jiang Changsheng refused and prepared for powerful demons approaching the Dragon Vein Continent. Elsewhere, a white-robed man ordered his subordinate to offer the Saint Dynasty Heavenly Gate to the Dao Ancestor if he rejected Great Guang Heaven.

• A blue-clad man asked Zhang Ying to convey Lin Hongchen's invitation for Great Jing to join Great Guang Heaven, which promised protection from the Demon Race in exchange for tribute.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that two demons worth over one hundred million were heading toward the Dragon Vein Continent and that Lin Hongchen's Great Guang Heaven had gathered powerful forces.
• Ji Wujun condemned Lin Hongchen and explained his ties to the Saint Dynasty, while Jiang Changsheng told Zhang Ying to tactfully refuse the invitation and gave him a Golden Scale Jade Leaf to save his life once.
• A white-robed man learned that the Dao Ancestor had shot down the sun and that two Demon Venerables were approaching; he doubted Lin Hongchen could be the heaven-destined Martial Emperor.
• The white-robed man ordered his masked subordinate to keep watching the Dao Ancestor and bring him the Saint Dynasty Heavenly Gate if he refused Great Guang Heaven.

Jiang Che arranged for Crown Prince Jiang Qing to marry Fengtian’s princess, while Jiang Changsheng watched Lin Haotian encounter a mysterious old man who appeared to be the resurrected Ancient Martial Emperor. The old man began passing his battle memories to Lin Haotian, and Jiang Changsheng discovered he could learn from them too.

• Jiang Che summoned Jiang Qing and confirmed that he would marry Fengtian’s princess, then learned the Crown Prince had been frequenting Moon Spring Pavilion.
• Huang Chuan told Jiang Changsheng that news of Jiang Qing’s marriage had spread through Great Jing, while Jiang Changsheng focused on Lin Haotian’s latest opportunity.
• A nameless old man tried to recruit Lin Haotian, then incapacitated him with wine and examined his body before identifying him as a rare Great Tribulation Body.
• The old man enveloped Lin Haotian in a blood cocoon made from the Demon Saint’s blood and qi, beginning what Jiang Changsheng suspected was a transfer of the old man’s memories.
• Jiang Changsheng entered Lin Haotian’s dream and watched him fight through battles drawn from the old man’s memories, then realized he could gain insights from those battles himself.

Jiang Changsheng used Lin Haotian’s visions of the Ancient Martial Emperor’s wars to understand the danger facing him and decided to draw the Demon Race away from the Dragon Vein Continent. After finding two Demon Venerables heading toward another continent, he confronted them in disguise as a giant Heavenly Race Pangu and began his attack.

• Jiang Changsheng watched Lin Haotian relive the Ancient Martial Emperor’s campaigns, which transformed Lin Haotian’s temperament and fighting style.
• Jiang Changsheng searched for the two Demon Venerables and discovered they had devastated a continent, leaving its cities and wilderness filled with bones.
• Jiang Changsheng traveled toward the demons, checking for stronger nearby beings and finding no ambush as they approached another continent.
• The Crimson Evil Demon Lord and the Heaven-Quelling Demon Lord discussed their journey and the Sky Crow Race while Jiang Changsheng prepared to strike.
• Jiang Changsheng revealed himself as a ten-thousand-zhang figure, claimed to be Heavenly Race Pangu, and formed the Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation around the demons.
• The Crimson Evil Demon Lord charged at Jiang Changsheng as the sword formation sealed the surrounding sea.

Jiang Changsheng killed Heaven-Quelling Demon Lord and Crimson Evil Demon Lord with the Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation, then returned to Dragon Vein Continent and gained the divine ability Change the Heavens and Earth. As Pangu’s deeds spread and his incense points rose, Guan Tongyou visited Jiang Changsheng to thank the Dao Ancestor for saving him.

• Jiang Changsheng trapped Heaven-Quelling Demon Lord and Crimson Evil Demon Lord in the Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation and destroyed their bodies and souls.
• Jiang Changsheng secretly returned to the Jade Bone Green Bamboo Forest, where he received the survival reward Change the Heavens and Earth and began practicing it.
• Jiang Changsheng spent the following months mastering the divine ability, eventually becoming capable of altering all of Dragon Vein Continent.
• Martial artists spread news of the devastation on the continent the Demon Venerables had targeted, and worshippers began offering incense to Pangu.
• Guan Tongyou visited Jiang Changsheng, thanked the Dao Ancestor for saving his life, and revealed that he had fought the Sky Crow Race alone.

Guan Tongyou urged Jiang Changsheng to take the Great Jing throne, but Jiang Changsheng refused and advised him to focus on martial arts. The Saint Dynasty sent Great Jing its providence-bearing Heavenly Gate, leaving Jiang Changsheng and Ji Wujun to consider what the gift might mean.

• Guan Tongyou thanked Jiang Changsheng for saving him and offered to serve him if he would ascend the Great Jing throne, but Jiang Changsheng declined.
• Jiang Changsheng told Guan Tongyou and Ji Wujun to strengthen their martial arts rather than sacrifice their futures for immediate struggles.
• On a cliff, a white-robed man learned that Heavenly Race Pangu had killed two Demon Lords and ordered his men to focus on a mysterious man instead of watching Great Jing.
• Ji Wujun recognized that the Saint Dynasty was sending Great Jing its Heavenly Gate, and Jiang Changsheng agreed to accept it without investigating the envoys.
• Jiang Qing led the White-Clothed Guard to receive the Heavenly Gate, which thirty divine guards struggled to lift, while the eight Grotto Heaven martial artists departed.

Jiang Changsheng considered relocating Great Jing to a safer continent and promised Dragon Transformation Manor he could move the Dragon Vein Continent once they found a destination. Meanwhile, the Nine Absolutes Serpent Saint resurrected and founded the Ten Thousand Demons Saintly Court, while Tang Tianshi arrived in Great Jing and drew with Ye Xundi.

• Jiang Changsheng reviewed his growing incense value as Ye Xundi and his companions left to investigate a mysterious expert challenging martial artists in Hong Xuan Province.
• Zhu Tianzhi urged Jiang Changsheng to relocate Great Jing north, and Jiang Changsheng told Dragon Transformation Manor to search for a suitable continent, promising he could carry the Dragon Vein Continent there.
• The Nine Absolutes Serpent Saint resurrected, gathered demonic beasts beneath his command, and announced the founding of the Ten Thousand Demons Saintly Court.
• Ye Xundi fought Tang Tianshi for three days and three nights before they declared a draw, and Tang Tianshi declined the Son of Heaven's offer to join Great Jing.
• Ye Xundi, the Sword God, and Yang Zhou returned to the capital, where the Sword God said Tang Tianshi claimed to cultivate Immortal Dao and might have come seeking Jiang Changsheng.

Ji Wujun defeated Tang Tianshi and proved his supposed Immortal Dao was not genuine. As Lin Haotian neared Great Jing, he raced to confront a supernatural tsunami threatening Heavenly Sea, where Jiang Changsheng appeared beside him as the waves approached.

• Ji Wujun went to meet Tang Tianshi and defeated him in less than an incense stick's time, breaking his fortune-based martial arts with her sacred spear.
• Ji Wujun returned to Dragon Arising Temple and told Jiang Changsheng that Tang Tianshi's techniques were not the Immortal Dao, while news of her victory spread through the martial world.
• Lin Haotian and the Sky Azure Thunder Eagle spotted enormous waves surging toward Great Jing, and Lin Haotian hurried after them to warn Jiang Changsheng.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that tsunamis had devastated other continents, then traveled underground toward Heavenly Sea as the giant waves neared its ports.
• Lin Haotian tried to break the tsunami with the Undefeated Reincarnation Fist, then flew ahead to face it and protect the people of Heavenly Sea.
• Jiang Changsheng appeared beside Lin Haotian as the tsunami bore down on the island cluster.

Jiang Changsheng dispersed the resurrected Nine Absolutes Serpent Saint’s tsunami and gained a powerful defensive bracelet, then helped Ping'an reach the Universe Realm. Lin Haotian arrived in Great Jing and discovered that the Dao Ancestor’s followers included a Ninth Grotto-heaven expert.

• Jiang Changsheng swept away the tsunami threatening Tianhai, revealed himself as the Dao Ancestor, and told Lin Haotian to meet him in Si Province.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that the Nine Absolutes Serpent Saint had resurrected and settled on a distant, uninhabited continent, then refined the Sky Spirit Bodyguard Bracelet.
• Jiang Jian began a breakthrough on Dragon Arising Mountain, and a month later Ping'an entered the Universe Realm with Jiang Changsheng’s help.
• Guan Tongyou stopped Lin Haotian near the capital after sensing his concealed demon aura, then withdrew his suspicion after learning Lin Haotian was connected to the Dao Ancestor.
• Lin Haotian learned that Guan Tongyou was in the Ninth Grotto-heaven and traveled with him toward the capital, where Guan Tongyou recounted his visit to the Sacred Manor on the God Antiquity Continent.

Jiang Changsheng welcomed Lin Haotian to Dragon Arising Temple, where Lin Haotian sparred with Jiang Jian and impressed the gathered disciples. After sensing another Demon Saint emerging, Jiang Changsheng began searching the world for a vast new continent himself, leaving the search underway.

• Yang Zhou brought Lin Haotian to Dragon Arising Temple, where Jiang Changsheng welcomed him as one of their own.
• Lin Haotian and Jiang Jian fought a fierce sparring match until Jiang Changsheng stopped them, and the two returned as friends.
• Lin Haotian's arrival inspired Yang Zhou and unsettled Ye Xundi, while Jiang Changsheng anticipated Mu Lingluo and the Mu Family joining them later.
• In the twelfth year of Taihe, Great Jing halted its western sea campaign, and Jiang Che focused on domestic development and negotiations with Great Qi.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed another Demon Saint gathering demon beasts and decided not to wait for Dragon Transformation Manor to find a new continent.
• Jiang Changsheng searched across the world with his far-reaching sight, passing over Zhu Tianzhi's slow expedition and continuing to look.

Jiang Changsheng discovered the Great Wilderness, a vast land inhabited by powerful Ferocious Beasts, and agreed to move Great Jing there to escape the spreading demon chaos. He promised to bring Mu Lingluo and the Mu Family to safety, while a spy among the fleet prepared to investigate the immortal protecting them.

• Jiang Changsheng saw the Great Wilderness beyond the northern sea, where ancient Ferocious Beasts and countless treasures filled the land.
• Ji Wujun identified the land as the legendary Great Wilderness and urged Jiang Che and the others to move Great Jing there; Jiang Changsheng agreed, warning them to keep their martial artists from venturing too deep.
• Jiang Che began withdrawing the overseas forces and asked Jiang Changsheng to bring Tianhai and East Continent along, which Jiang Changsheng accepted.
• Mu Lingluo asked Jiang Changsheng about the demon threat in a dream, and he revealed that the Seven Great Demon Saints had revived and promised to bring her and the Mu Family to Great Jing.
• Mu Xuangang spread the news to nearly a million members of the Mu Family, while a young spy decided to investigate the immortal they relied on.

Jiang Changsheng used Universe in the Palm to bring Mu Lingluo and the Mu Family from across the sea to Great Jing, where he gave them an island to settle on. Mu Lingluo stayed behind to help her family, while Song Li explained Dao Ancestor’s place in Great Jing.

• Jiang Changsheng told Lin Haotian that he had chosen him after protecting Mu Lingluo and witnessing Lin Haotian encounter danger.
• Jiang Changsheng gathered the Mu Family fleet and used Universe in the Palm to carry the ships and surrounding sea across the ocean.
• Jiang Changsheng set the fleet down beside a newly appeared island on Great Jing’s coast and assigned Song Li to help the Mu Family settle there.
• Mu Lingluo chose to stay with her family for the time being, and Jiang Changsheng left for Si Province.
• Mu Xuangang told Song Li how Jiang Changsheng had brought the fleet, and Song Li recounted Dao Ancestor’s deeds and explained that Great Jing Taizong had been Jiang Changsheng’s personal disciple.

Jiang Changsheng used his divine powers to move the Dragon Vein Continent, Tianhai, and East Continent into the Great Wilderness, where Great Jing began preparing to explore and expand. Six months later, White Venerable and a masked man were shaken by the disappearance of the lands.

• Jiang Changsheng welcomed Mu Lingluo to Dragon Arising Mountain, where she revealed her Prison Heaven Martial Emperor inheritance and learned to keep his true name secret.
• In the thirteenth year of Taihe, Jiang Changsheng lifted the Dragon Vein Continent from the sea and carried it north to the Great Wilderness while Jiang Che calmed the people.
• Jiang Changsheng joined the Dragon Vein Continent to the Great Wilderness coast, then moved Tianhai and East Continent there over the following days.
• Jiang Che issued an Imperial Decree about the Great Wilderness and mobilized Great Jing to explore its new territory and gather resources.
• Half a year later, White Venerable and a masked man discussed how the Dragon Vein Continent, Tianhai, and East Continent had disappeared.