Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng defeated and killed the Seven Great Demon Saints, saved the people trapped in the Heaven and Earth Furnace, and received the Karma Treasure Netherworld as a survival reward. After refining it, he prepared to use the Demon Saints' remains to strengthen his companions.

• Jiang Changsheng subdued the Seven Great Demon Saints, collected their souls and corpses, and destroyed the demon beasts across the continent with the Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation.
• The Demon Race Supreme sensed the Demon Race's lost fortune, realized the Seven Great Demon Saints had died, and looked forward to fighting their killer.
• Jiang Changsheng returned to his courtyard and told Bai Qi and Ji Wujun that the battle had happened, while asking them not to spread word of it.
• Jiang Changsheng received the Karma Treasure Netherworld as his survival reward and spent seven days refining its restrictions.
• Jiang Changsheng offered to use the Heavenly Evolution Martial Method to refine the Demon Saints' remains so his companions could grow stronger, and Bai Qi eagerly volunteered first.

Jiang Changsheng established the Netherworld and appointed Punishment Head to govern it, while the Demon Race remained subdued after the Seven Great Demon Saints fell. The chapter ended with Shun Heaven’s court discussing the chance to challenge the Sacred Dynasty and promote Thunder God Li Yi as its protector.

• Jiang Changsheng placed the Netherworld beneath the World-Destroying Tree and charged the tree with protecting it.
• Jiang Changsheng summoned Punishment Head and fused him with the Netherworld’s karmic power, making him its Lord after two months.
• Jiang Changsheng returned to the surface and left Punishment Head to manage the dead souls entering the Netherworld.
• Jiang Changsheng resumed cultivating and sent an avatar away with the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror.
• Li Ya and his ministers discussed how the Seven Great Demon Saints’ fall weakened the Demon Race, and Li Ya proposed promoting Thunder God Li Yi as Shun Heaven’s immortal protector.

Jiang Che became obsessed with immortality as age and the limits of his reign weighed on him, while Jiang Changsheng allowed him to pursue it so long as he harmed no one. Five years later, Great Jing prospered under Crown Prince Jiang Qing’s unexpected efforts, and Jiang Che began seeking a way to extend his life through Ferocious Beast blood.

• Li Ya bestowed the title of Shun Heaven Thunder God on Li Yi after the Great Heavenly God Who Saves from Suffering slew the Seven Great Demon Saints.
• White Venerable abandoned his pursuit of the Ancient Martial Emperor’s power and ordered a search for Great Jing, believing the Dao Ancestor was behind the Great Heavenly God Who Saves from Suffering.
• At the start of spring in Taihe’s fifty-first year, Jiang Che, aged one hundred and six, decided to seek immortality and met with a group of alchemists.
• Five years later, Jiang Changsheng returned from exploring the Great Wilderness as Great Jing expanded, while Jiang Qing took over state affairs from the increasingly idle Jiang Che.
• Jiang Changsheng told Ji Wujun to leave Jiang Che’s nighttime activities alone as long as they harmed no common people.
• Jade Consort suggested that Jiang Che hunt Dragon Blood Mountain Turtles and refine their blood into pills to extend his lifespan.

Jiang Changsheng learned more about the Great Wilderness’s intelligent races while exploring as a clone, then heard Crown Prince Jiang Qing’s plea to take the throne from Jiang Che. He summoned Jiang Che and offered him a choice between two cups of wine, leaving the grandfather and grandson’s conversation poised to begin.

• Jiang Che secretly visited alchemists with Jade Consort, and twenty-three alchemist Daoists were later executed as more Daoists and monks arrived in the capital.
• Jiang Changsheng encountered the Sand Tribe, learned of the vanished Great Wilderness Royal Clan, and warned the tribe to be cautious around humans before leaving them Ferocious Beast meat.
• Jiang Changsheng encountered other intelligent races, including the Spirit Race, then returned after his clone nearly exhausted its mana.
• Jiang Qing begged Jiang Changsheng to uphold justice and help him become Son of Heaven without forcing a violent conflict with Jiang Che; Jiang Changsheng agreed only to persuade the emperor to abdicate.
• Jiang Changsheng revealed to Jiang Che that they were grandfather and grandson, then offered him wine called Thousand Autumns or Hegemony.

Jiang Che agreed to abdicate after five more years, and Jiang Qing eventually ascended the throne and declared his plan to bring joy to Great Jing. As Jiang Changsheng watched the new reign begin, he learned that Zhang Ying had reincarnated again, this time in the Great Wilderness.

• Jiang Che chose the Thousand Autumns Wine and asked Jiang Changsheng for five years before abdicating, while promising not to forget the people and Great Jing.
• Jiang Che ordered a vast hunt for Ferocious Beasts, and Jiang Changsheng learned that Zhang Ying had died in an attack on the Qi Yuan Merchant Guild's expedition in the Great Wilderness.
• In the sixty-sixth year of Taihe, Jiang Che announced his abdication, and Jiang Qing ascended the throne the following year under the era name Chang Le.
• Jiang Qing told the court that Great Jing lacked joy and proposed promoting a Way of Joy, beginning with a poetry and song gathering in the capital.
• Jiang Changsheng defended Jiang Qing's rule when Yu Yan Yi questioned his judgment, then learned that Zhang Ying had reincarnated in the Great Wilderness.

The Chang Le Grand Gathering brought unprecedented festivity to the capital, while Jiang Changsheng found new appreciation for the mortal world and spent time with Mu Lingluo. Later, Zhang Ying died and arrived in the Nine Netherworld, puzzled that he had not gone there after his previous deaths.

• Jiang Changsheng blessed Zhang Ying’s latest reincarnation with fifty thousand incense points, and Zhang Ying was born in the Great Wilderness.
• The Son of Heaven’s Chang Le Grand Gathering filled the capital with visitors, while Jiang Che and Chen Li discussed the Son of Heaven’s plans and Jiang Che’s improving health.
• Mu Lingluo returned to Dragon Arising Mountain, and Jiang Changsheng promised to accompany her to the gathering before leading her into the house.
• Jiang Changsheng and Mu Lingluo toured the capital during the seven-day gathering, where Jiang Changsheng gained insight into the human world and the event strengthened Great Jing’s public pride.
• After the gathering, Mu Lingluo returned to the Great Wilderness, and Jiang Changsheng examined his increasingly powerful treasures before sending his clone away with them.
• Zhang Ying died and descended into the Nine Netherworld, where he remembered his previous lives and wondered why he had not arrived there after his earlier deaths.

Zhang Ying arrived in the Netherworld and was recruited by the Punishment Head as a Ghost Messenger, while Jiang Changsheng discovered an unexplained mark on his soul tied to the laws of heaven and earth. Later, Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian met Ling Feng of the Spirit Race, who invited them to hunt a thirty-thousand-year Ferocious Beast.

• Zhang Ying entered Yanluo Palace, where the Punishment Head recognized him and made him a Ghost Messenger.
• The Punishment Head noticed a mysterious power in Zhang Ying's soul and told him that the Netherworld belonged to Dao Ancestor.
• Jiang Changsheng examined Zhang Ying's memories and learned the mark on his soul could not be traced, though his calculations showed Zhang Ying posed no danger to the Netherworld.
• Jiang Changsheng returned to his courtyard, cautioned the Punishment Head to be careful, and calculated the strength of powerful beings in the Great Wilderness and Endless Ocean.
• Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian questioned Ling Feng about the Spirit Race, and Ling Feng explained that its princess had become the Son of Heaven's consort.
• Ling Feng invited Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian to hunt a Ferocious Beast that had lived for thirty thousand years.

Jiang Changsheng entered a new state of Dao enlightenment as the Dao World began showing signs of producing its own life. Meanwhile, Martial Benevolence Great Emperor and a slovenly old man fought across the ocean, revealing a threat whose power unsettled experts far beyond the battlefield.

• Lin Haotian and Jiang Jian agreed to help Ling Feng pursue the Longevity Pill, and Ling Feng offered to guide them without joining the battle.
• Over two years, Jiang Qing expanded Great Jing’s cultural and martial activities and developed Shun Tian City, while Jiang Changsheng observed the Dao World and saw a blade of grass fail to become living.
• Jiang Changsheng entered Dao enlightenment, drawing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into a whirlwind as Ji Wujun and the demons watched in amazement.
• Martial Benevolence Great Emperor met the slovenly old man, who proposed reviving former Heaven and Earth Emperor Realm experts and creating a race; the two fought to determine who would rule it.
• Jiang Changsheng watched the battle from afar as the old man’s killing intent suppressed Martial Benevolence Great Emperor, and White Venerable sensed the clash and feared a new age of darkness.

Jiang Changsheng learned that the Lietu Tribe was approaching the human race while the Royal Clan's ancient arts and revival continued to draw his attention. The chapter left Great Jing facing a powerful threat from the Great Wilderness.

• Jiang Changsheng told Ji Wujun to train toward a realm beyond Martial Emperor, and the defeated Martial Benevolence Great Emperor submitted to the slovenly old man.
• Jiang Qing learned that Jiang Che was cultivating a secret art and began fearing death, while Jiang Che used Jade Consort’s Heaven Stealing Divine Art to strengthen himself.
• Jiang Changsheng’s returning avatar revealed that it had found a stele describing the Ten Divine Arts of the Royal Clan, and Jiang Changsheng ordered it to investigate more relic palaces.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed a powerful aura to the north as the Lietu Tribe flew toward the human race, discussing its return and Lord Nine Nether’s task.

The Lietu Tribe invaded Tianjing Earth and advanced on Si Province, prompting Guan Tongyou, Ji Wujun, and Great Jing’s martial artists to meet them in battle. Jiang Changsheng watched from afar with his bow ready, while the Lietu leader remained poised to enter the fight.

• Jiang Changsheng judged the Lietu Tribe a formidable threat and asked Ji Wujun to prepare to fight for Great Jing.
• After scouting Tianjing Earth, the Lietu Tribe flew toward Si Province, and Jiang Qing received an urgent report of the invasion.
• Guan Tongyou intercepted the Lietu Tribe and battled its warriors, revealing four Ferocious Beast phantoms as more Lietu Saint Kings joined the fight.
• Ji Wujun attacked the Lietu Tribe but was checked by a horse-bodied warrior and the freezing wind of a ferocious bird.
• Great Jing’s martial artists converged on the battlefield as the Lietu warriors charged, while Jiang Changsheng aimed his bow at their leader.
• Chen Li explained to Jiang Qing that conflict with powerful Great Wilderness races was inevitable as Great Jing expanded its reach.

Jiang Changsheng destroyed the Lietu Tribe’s elite forces, then forged the Golden Scale Mystical Tree from his Golden Scale Jade Leaves. Elsewhere, Ping'an triggered a formation that trapped him, Jiang Jian, Lin Haotian, and Ling Feng in an Underground Palace.

• Jiang Qing worried that Great Jing’s long-serving ministers held too much influence and recognized the danger posed by the Lietu Tribe.
• Jiang Changsheng killed the Flame-Eyebrow Man and the Lietu Tribe warriors who had not yet joined the battle, allowing the human fighters to defeat or capture the survivors.
• Jiang Changsheng received twelve Golden Scale Jade Leaves and learned that the Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord’s strongest potential ally was beyond the system’s known range.
• Great Jing’s fighters and Jiang Qing grew alarmed after learning that the Lietu Tribe’s chieftain had been a Heaven and Earth Great Venerable, and Jiang Qing ordered surviving captives interrogated.
• Jiang Changsheng fused ninety-one Golden Scale Jade Leaves with his Golden Scale Staff to create the Golden Scale Mystical Tree, a supreme weapon of slaughter.
• Ping'an plucked a flower embedded in an Underground Palace wall, activating a formation that immobilized him, Jiang Jian, Lin Haotian, and Ling Feng.

After Lin Haotian, Jiang Jian, and Ping'an were accidentally teleported to the Unknown Land, Jiang Changsheng could only lend them limited power and warn them to be cautious. As the three struggled through a lifeless wasteland, Ping'an's cultivation surged from eating a mysterious flower, while Jiang Che continued pursuing longevity in the Ancestral Palace.

• Jiang Changsheng discussed the newly appointed Crown Prince and the underworld with Bai Qi, then received Lin Haotian's plea for help from the Unknown Land.
• Jiang Changsheng descended through Incense Spirit Summoning into Jiang Jian's body, examined the barren, bone-strewn landscape, and warned the group not to lower their guard.
• Ping'an revealed that he had eaten the mysterious flower, then began overheating as Jiang Jian examined him.
• Jiang Changsheng warned Bai Qi, Ji Wujun, and the others that they could become impossible to find if they were transported far into the Great Wilderness.
• Jade Consort told Jiang Che that the Son of Heaven was nearing death, and Jiang Che chose not to visit him while he pursued mastery of the Heaven Stealing Divine Art.
• Jiang Changsheng monitored the three travelers as Ping'an ran through the silent wasteland for half a month, his cultivation and worth climbing rapidly.

Jiang Qing died after warning Jiang Liu that Jade Consort and her people threatened Great Jing, and Jiang Changsheng offered him a choice between reincarnation and becoming a Ghost Messenger. Jiang Qing chose reincarnation, while Jiang Changsheng watched to learn where the souls of Fortune Dynasty Sons of Heaven went.

• Chen Li told Jiang Changsheng that the Son of Heaven was near death, and Jiang Liu later ascended the throne as the new Son of Heaven in the first year of Yanyuan.
• Jiang Qing confronted Jiang Che, accused Jade Consort of being a Foreign Race member, and threatened to have the White-Clothed Guard kill her.
• The White-Clothed Guard failed to defeat Jiang Che, and Jiang Qing collapsed after the failed attempt.
• Before dying, Jiang Qing warned Jiang Liu to get rid of Jade Consort, but Jiang Liu declined to challenge Jiang Che.
• Jiang Changsheng moved Jiang Qing's soul to a mountain forest and offered him reincarnation or service as a Ghost Messenger.
• Jiang Qing chose reincarnation, and Jiang Changsheng secretly placed a Reincarnation Mark on him before observing where he went.

Jiang Changsheng watched Great Jing’s new emperor assert his independence while Jiang Jian and his companions faced an Ancient Giant Venerable in a strange land. In the third year of Yanyuan, Jiang Changsheng sensed trouble in the Ancestral Palace and went to investigate.

• Jiang Changsheng watched Jiang Qing’s soul vanish beyond the reach of his divine sense, then learned that Jiang Liu had taken the throne and was struggling to reshape the court.
• Jiang Jian, Lin Haotian, Ping'an, and Ling Feng encountered a colossal Ancient Giant Venerable, whose finger blocked their path through the bone-strewn land.
• Li Min told Jiang Changsheng that Jiang Liu planned to move the capital to Shun Tian City and distance himself from his ancestor, while Jiang Che later berated the emperor over his conduct.
• White Venerable learned that the Dao Ancestor had carried the Dragon Vein Continent and Tianhai north, and ordered his followers to keep searching for Great Jing.
• In late spring of the third year of Yanyuan, Jiang Changsheng sensed trouble in the Ancestral Palace, left a clone behind, and went to investigate Jiang Che as Jade Consort sat terrified in the sleeping palace.

Jiang Changsheng learned that Jiang Che’s stolen bloodlines had caused karmic backlash, while Ji Wujun crushed a Spirit Race rebellion and Jade Consort’s extraordinary child remained unborn for four years. As rumors of a demon fetus spread through the capital, Jiang Liu panicked and decided to leave.

• Jiang Changsheng suppressed the karmic force in Jiang Che, warned him to stop cultivating the Heaven Stealing Divine Art, and discovered that its bone-fragment record was incomplete.
• Jiang Che learned that members of the Spirit Race’s imperial clan had sought to target humanity, and Jiang Changsheng sent Ji Wujun to investigate.
• Jiang Che revealed Jade Consort’s pregnancy, and Jiang Changsheng agreed to have Bai Qi help care for the child after it was born.
• Ji Wujun killed the rebellious Spirit Race imperial son and helped Jade Consort’s elder brother seize power, leading the Spirit Race Emperor to establish friendly relations with humanity.
• Jade Consort remained pregnant for years as her condition worsened, while rumors of a demon fetus spread through the capital.
• Jiang Liu heard that Jade Consort had been pregnant for four years and decided to leave the capital at once.

Jade Consort’s pregnancy fueled rumors and threats, but the Mu Family agreed to protect her while Great Jing relocated its capital to Shun Tian. Two years later, she still had not given birth, and Jiang Che came to Dragon Arising Mountain, weakened from sustaining the child, as Jade Consort remained determined to carry it to term.

• Mu Lingluo offered Mu Family martial artists to protect Jade Consort, and Jiang Changsheng agreed.
• Mu Family disciples arrived at the Ancestral Palace, while the Son of Heaven moved Great Jing’s capital to Shun Tian.
• Jiang Changsheng released Tai Wa, Tai Xi, the White Dragon, and the Golden Crow from the Dao World, and they joined the lively courtyard.
• Over the next two years, Jade Consort’s pregnancy continued, and the Mu Family helped subdue intruders who tried to reach her.
• Jiang Che visited Jiang Changsheng, saying the child was killing them, but Jade Consort still refused to end the pregnancy.

Jiang Changsheng used the White Dragon and Golden Crow to turn public suspicion of Jade Consort’s long-unborn child into reverence, while Tai Wa continued observing humanity. In the twelfth year of Yanyuan, the ten-year pregnancy neared its end as the fetus absorbed Martial Dao Spiritual Energy and Jade Consort went into labor.

• Jiang Che entrusted his child to Jiang Changsheng and gave up pursuing immortality so he could remain devoted to Jade Consort.
• Jiang Liu dismissed reports about the eight-year pregnancy and focused on establishing Huang Province, while Jiang Jian and three others again encountered the Ancient Giant Venerable and retreated.
• Jiang Changsheng sent the White Dragon and Golden Crow to circle above the Ancestral Palace, prompting the capital’s people to regard Jade Consort’s child as auspicious rather than a Demon Fetus.
• The major sects spread the belief that the Dao Ancestor favored the divine child, and people began gathering outside the Ancestral Palace to worship.
• Tai Wa continued observing human behavior, while Jiang Changsheng considered and then rejected the idea of guiding her to become a true Nüwa.
• In the twelfth year of Yanyuan, a storm and a surge of Martial Dao Spiritual Energy gathered over the Ancestral Palace as Jade Consort entered labor and the fetus absorbed the energy.

Jade Consort gave birth to a frightening boy whose many bloodlines made him appear demonic, while Jiang Che and Jade Consort died after the birth. When the boy’s uncontrolled powers filled the capital with purple flames and a demon tried to seize him, Jiang Changsheng protected the city and rescued the infant.

• As Jade Consort went into labor, a vast storm spread over the capital, and Jiang Changsheng recognized that the fetus’s Great Dao Eye suppressed the karma of its many bloodlines.
• A Black Robed Man in the Great Wilderness sensed the disturbance and set out toward the human race, believing a new royal clan had appeared.
• The baby boy burst through the Ancestral Palace roof, and Jiang Changsheng explained that his body was still forming as he absorbed Martial Dao Spiritual Energy.
• Jade Consort died after Jiang Che assured her that she had borne a fine son, and Jiang Che killed himself; Jiang Changsheng collected their souls and promised they could remain together.
• The infant’s powers unleashed purple flames and black lightning over the capital, but Jiang Changsheng shielded the city with a golden barrier.
• Jiang Changsheng flew into the purple mist, returned with the infant, and dispersed the demon that had tried to seize him.

Jiang Changsheng named his newborn son Jiang Tianming, who was born with extraordinary power, and sent Jiang Che and Jade Consort to the Netherworld as Ghost Messengers. As news of their deaths and Tianming's birth spread, Jiang Changsheng refined a new Dharma treasure and began checking the strongest nearby expert.

• Jiang Changsheng named the infant Jiang Tianming after learning that the newborn possessed One Cave Heaven cultivation and a powerful mixed bloodline.
• Jiang Changsheng offered Jiang Che and Jade Consort the choice of reincarnation or becoming Ghost Messengers, and they chose to remain together in the Netherworld.
• Jiang Che and Jade Consort met Zhang Ying and discovered that Punishment Head was the Lord of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Changsheng refined the Demon Subduing Pestle, then news spread that Jiang Che and Jade Consort had died and Jiang Liu honored Jiang Che as Emperor Mingzong.
• Jiang Changsheng watched Jiang Tianming fly about while Bai Qi, Huang Tian, and Hei Tian chased him, then asked how strong the strongest nearby being was.

Jiang Changsheng watched over Jiang Tianming as the Great Wilderness Province opened and allowed Huang Tian and Hei Tian to descend the mountain. Elsewhere, the Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord trained Prince Jiang Liu and questioned him about the Dao Ancestor, becoming unsettled by the scale of the Dao Ancestor’s legendary powers.

• Jiang Changsheng searched for the mysterious presence with a net worth of 3.7 billion but could not locate it, then continued doting on Jiang Tianming.
• In the thirteenth year of Yanyuan, the Son of Heaven announced the Great Wilderness Province Plan, and two years later the Teleportation Array opened in Shun Tian City.
• Jiang Changsheng let Huang Tian and Hei Tian go down the mountain to seek experience, while Ji Wujun stopped Jiang Tianming from following them.
• The Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord trained Jiang Liu, who complained about his family and described the Dao Ancestor’s legends.
• As Jiang Liu recounted stories of the Dao Ancestor’s feats, the Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord grew alarmed and was especially moved when he heard that the Dao Ancestor had transformed into a dragon.