Chapter Summaries

Jiang Tianming began training under Ji Wujun, Ye Xundi, and the Sword God as Great Jing faced growing political tensions over Wilderness Province. Jiang Jian and his companions challenged the Ancient Giant Venerable again, who warned them that advancing would cost them their lives.

• The Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord asked Jiang Ye about his ambition, and Jiang Ye declared that he wanted to become Great Jing's strongest man.
• Ye Xundi and the Sword God returned to the mountain, discovered that Jiang Tianming had been born in the Grotto Heaven Realm, and agreed to help train him.
• Wilderness Province grew rapidly, but Jiang Liu became furious when its revenue showed a loss and learned that the North Border King was suspected of backing those responsible.
• Chen Li urged Jiang Liu to investigate the North Border King, and Jiang Liu vowed to show him who ruled Great Jing.
• Jiang Jian, Lin Haotian, Ping'an, and Ling Feng approached the barrier again, where the Ancient Giant Venerable warned them that pressing onward would end his mercy.

Jiang Changsheng possessed Jiang Jian to rescue him, Lin Haotian, Ping An, and Ling Feng from the Ancient Giant Venerable, then earned the Great Dao Transformation divine ability. A year later, the four were still making their way back to Great Jing, and the North Border King arrived to visit Jiang Changsheng.

• The Ancient Giant Venerable attacked Jiang Jian, Lin Haotian, Ping An, and Ling Feng, so Jiang Changsheng possessed Jiang Jian and fought back with the Great Dao Eye and Soul Thought Divine Sword.
• Jiang Changsheng used Change the Heavens and Earth to escape the Ancient Giant Venerable's formation with the others, and the wounded giant let them go rather than pursue.
• After the four reached safety, Jiang Changsheng received the Great Dao Transformation survival reward and learned he could store divine abilities in parts of his body for later use.
• Jiang Changsheng mastered Great Dao Transformation over the following year while Jiang Jian and the others continued their journey toward Great Jing.
• Qing Er told Jiang Changsheng that the North Border King had come to call, and Ye Xundi argued that the visitor could not compare with Jiang Jian.

The North Border King visited Jiang Changsheng and urged him to replace the current ruler, citing the Crown Prince’s crimes and Great Jing’s decline. Jiang Changsheng rejected his bid for the throne, warned him against rebellion, and left him as a potential test for the Son of Heaven.

• The North Border King arrived at Dragon Rise Mountain and greeted Jiang Changsheng, then shared stories from the northern frontier.
• The North Border King presented sweet nectar and told Jiang Changsheng that Great Jing’s rulers were failing and the Crown Prince had harmed Jiang Ye.
• The North Border King argued that any capable Jiang descendant could become Son of Heaven, but Jiang Changsheng challenged his motives and ordered him to abandon the idea.
• Jiang Changsheng revealed that Jiang Tianming had been born at One Cave Heaven and declared that the Jiang family had its own mandate of heaven.
• After the North Border King left, Jiang Changsheng said he would let him become the Son of Heaven’s whetstone if he persisted.

Jiang Liu learned that the North Border King had visited the Dao Ancestor and prepared to rely on Yang Zhou and the Eighteen Stars to oppose him. Meanwhile, White Venerable reached Great Jing, pledged himself to the Dao Ancestor, and asked to become Jiang Tianming’s master.

• Jiang Liu learned that the North Border King had left Dragon Arising Temple after apparently being turned away, and he resolved to fight back with help from Yang Zhou and the Eighteen Stars.
• White Venerable’s fleet reached the Heavenly Sea, and White Venerable recognized that the Dao Ancestor had moved it.
• Jiang Changsheng welcomed White Venerable to Dragon Arising Mountain while Jiang Tianming rested in medicinal liquid.
• White Venerable discovered that Jiang Tianming had been born in the Grotto Heaven Realm and connected him to the Holy One’s prophecy of the Heaven-Ordained Martial Emperor.
• White Venerable pledged himself to the Dao Ancestor and received permission to teach Jiang Tianming fortune-related secret arts.

Jiang Changsheng unlocked the Incense World after his Incense Value surpassed ten billion, creating a shared dream realm where his believers could meet and hear his teachings. As believers gathered in the dream and discussed the Dao Ancestor’s words, Jiang Tianming rejected the prospect of becoming Son of Heaven and declared that he wanted to pursue martial immortality instead.

• Jiang Changsheng learned that Great Jing’s Son of Heaven, Jiang Liu, had begun suppressing powerful clans, while Jiang Tianming matured under White Venerable’s teaching.
• Jiang Changsheng’s Incense Value exceeded ten billion, unlocking the Incense World, and he designed it as a heavenly dream realm for his believers.
• Li Yi entered the Incense World in a dream, heard Jiang Changsheng proclaim his teachings, and joined other believers gathering in the sky city.
• Bai Qi and Jiang Changsheng’s other believers entered the dream realm, then discussed their experience together after waking.
• Jiang Changsheng cautioned his believers to cultivate rather than rely on him, and Jiang Tianming declared that he wanted to become a martial immortal, not Son of Heaven.

Jiang Changsheng saw the Great Wilderness’s strongest figures drawing closer and learned that a calamity among the myriad races was approaching, while Jiang Ye’s master prepared him to lead humanity. Meanwhile, Jiang Liu struggled with Great Jing’s vassal kings, and Li Ya refused Great Guang Heaven’s demands and chose to prepare for war.

• Jiang Changsheng found that the strongest figures in the explored regions were worth billions and used the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to inspect the area around Tianjing Earth.
• Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord told the old man in yellow that the Eternal Strong Clans were nearing the human race and that a great calamity would soon begin.
• Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord promised to teach Jiang Ye cultivation techniques, then ordered him to return to Great Jing, build his forces, and become ruler of the human race.
• Jiang Liu rejected Chen Li’s advice on breaking the deadlock with the vassal kings and told him that the Crown Prince would remain with Prince Han to study martial arts for ten years.
• Li Ya refused to submit to Great Guang Heaven and declared that Shun Heaven would prepare for war, while Thunder God Li Yi volunteered to fight for him.

Li Ya arranged for Shun Heaven to seek refuge with Great Jing, and Jiang Changsheng agreed to accept it. Jiang Tianming dreamed of a future siege on Dragon Arising Mountain, suggesting a major calamity was approaching, while Jiang Changsheng could not identify its mastermind.

• Li Ya told Li Yi that Shun Heaven could no longer withstand Great Guang Heaven and proposed joining Great Jing, asking Li Yi to contact the Dao Ancestor.
• Jiang Changsheng agreed to accept Shun Heaven as a vassal state and had Ye Xundi inform Jiang Liu to prepare for its arrival.
• Jiang Tianming described a dream of Dragon Arising Mountain besieged by humans, Ferocious Beasts, and monsters, and Jiang Changsheng confirmed the scene through his memories.
• Jiang Changsheng's system could not calculate the power of the dream's mastermind, and he suspected the future calamity would truly occur.
• Jiang Liu eagerly convened his officials after learning Shun Heaven planned to surrender, and a month later Ye Xundi reported that Great Jing was ready to receive it.
• After learning about Jiang Tianming's dream, Ye Xundi eagerly looked forward to joining the coming battle.

Lin Hongchen led Great Guang Heaven to demand Shun Heaven’s submission, while Jiang Changsheng left Dragon Arising Mountain after Li Yi called for help. As Lin Hongchen’s general attacked Li Ya, Jiang Changsheng intervened and declared that Shun Heaven already had its destiny.

• Lin Hongchen ordered the Imperial Clan members killed except those related to his daughter’s branch, and planned to return after conquering another dynasty.
• Jiang Liu grew furious over rumors about his health and anxiously awaited Shun Heaven’s annexation.
• Li Yi told Jiang Changsheng that Lin Hongchen had arrived to force Shun Heaven into submission, so Jiang Changsheng departed for the Imperial City.
• Lin Hongchen brought Great Guang Heaven’s giant whale to Shun Heaven and ordered its citizens to kneel as Li Ya approached him.
• A Great Guang Heaven general charged at Li Ya, but Jiang Changsheng struck him back and appeared above the city, telling Lin Hongchen to return because Shun Heaven already had its destiny.

Jiang Changsheng forced Lin Hongchen and Great Guang Heaven to withdraw, then used Universe in the Palm to bring the entire Shun Heaven Dynasty to Tianjing Earth. Shun Heaven arrived on Great Jing’s western coast, leaving Jiang Liu thrilled at the prospect of expanding his realm.

• Jiang Changsheng subdued a powerful general and confronted Lin Hongchen, who chose to withdraw rather than fight.
• Jiang Changsheng used Change the Heavens and Earth and Universe in the Palm to shrink Shun Heaven into his hand, astonishing everyone who witnessed it.
• Lin Hongchen ordered his generals to keep the event secret, while the Incense General urged him to spread worship of the Dao Ancestor in Great Guang Heaven.
• Jiang Changsheng set Shun Heaven down by Tianjing Earth’s western coast, and Great Jing’s soldiers and White-Clothed Guards prepared to receive it.
• Jiang Changsheng sent Ji Wujun, Ye Xundi, and Sword God to take Jiang Tianming to visit Shun Heaven.
• Jiang Liu learned that Shun Heaven had arrived and celebrated the prospect of doubling Great Jing’s territory.

After years of upheaval, Great Jing and Shun Heaven fully merged, while Jiang Tianming returned from his travels having reached the Second Grotto Heaven. In Shun Tian City, Jiang Liu acquired a Heaven and Earth Treasure Toad and, after questioning it, ordered the palace servants who had left to be killed.

• Great Jing and Shun Heaven completed their merger, and Li Ya became Shun Heaven Lord as his health deteriorated.
• Ji Wujun returned with Jiang Tianming, who had reached the Second Grotto Heaven after secretly drinking alcohol; Jiang Changsheng examined him and set a new training goal.
• Jiang Changsheng observed intelligent races gathering around Tianjing Earth and the Spirit Tribe beginning trade with Great Jing.
• Merchant Xu Bang presented Jiang Liu with Heavenly Bliss Bamboo and a Heaven and Earth Treasure Toad, which identified Xu Bang's stolen profits and predicted Jiang Liu had five years to live.
• The Heaven and Earth Treasure Toad answered Jiang Liu's questions about his family and the Dao Ancestor, and Jiang Liu ordered the White-Clothed Guard to kill the eunuchs and palace maids who had left the hall.

Jiang Changsheng learned that the Qiangliang Clan planned to attack the human race and target the Heavenly Evolution Martial Method, while Jiang Ye sought his help returning to the imperial court. The chapter ended with Jiang Changsheng telling Jiang Ye to warn the Son of Heaven to prepare for the coming threat.

• Jiang Changsheng reflected on the consequences of aiding believers and continued pursuing strength and immortality.
• Jiang Ye traveled to Si Province with the White Spirit Sky Monkey and sought the Dao Ancestor’s help returning home.
• Jiang Changsheng agreed to have the Son of Heaven confer a kingship on Jiang Ye, and the White Spirit Sky Monkey recognized Tai Wa and Tai Xi as members of the Great Wilderness Royal Clan.
• The White Spirit Sky Monkey explained that the Qiangliang Clan planned to attack the human race and eradicate the Heavenly Evolution Martial Method, especially its creator.
• Jiang Changsheng told Jiang Ye to warn the Son of Heaven to prepare, while the others questioned the White Spirit Sky Monkey about the Great Wilderness.

Jiang Liu abdicated to Jiang Han after warning that the Qiangliang Clan would attack, and Great Jing prepared for war under its new Earth Emperor era. As Huang Tian and Hei Tian witnessed a vast force cross the Great Wilderness, Jiang Han’s military buildup continued after Jiang Liu’s death.

• Jiang Liu announced his plan to abdicate to Jiang Han and warned the court that the Qiangliang Clan would soon attack humanity.
• Jiang Han ascended the throne as the Earth Emperor, pardoned dismissed officials, and began conscripting troops to prepare for the invasion.
• Jiang Changsheng told his companions that Great Jing should face trials itself, while they discussed whether to fight the Qiangliang Clan.
• Huang Tian and Hei Tian hid as a vast dust storm filled with giant humanoid figures swept across the mountains, leaving the land covered in bones.
• Jiang Liu died in the third year of the Earth Emperor era and was granted the temple name Emperor Anzong.
• Jiang Han expanded Great Jing’s forces to over a billion soldiers and stationed troops near Wilderness Province to meet the Qiangliang Clan there.

Jiang Han prepared Great Jing for war against the approaching Qiangliang Clan, gathering armies and martial experts in Wild Province. When the clan appeared through a vast dust storm, its towering figures terrified the assembled forces and left Great Jing facing an uncertain battle.

• Jiang Han learned that the Qiangliang Clan would reach Wild Province in less than three months and resolved to make Great Jing renowned through battle.
• Jiang Han ordered armies from across the realm to gather in Wild Province, while Mu Lingluo, Ji Wujun, Ye Xundi, the Sword God, and the Golden Crow set out to join the war.
• Jiang Luo reunited with Xu Tianji in Wild Province City as Jiang Ye arrived and witnessed the realm's growing assembly of martial artists.
• Jiang Han refused the State Duke's advice to stay behind and prepared to take part in the campaign with the Heaven and Earth Treasure Toad.
• In September, the Qiangliang Clan appeared amid a huge dust storm, and its seemingly colossal figures filled Great Jing's soldiers with fear.

Dajing rallied its national destiny and fought the advancing Qiangliang Clan, but a bone spear scattered its Qi Luck Dragon and the battle became a desperate clash between races. As the war reached a bloody stalemate, Jiang Changsheng judged that humanity was outmatched and left Dragon Arising Mountain to intervene.

• Xu Tianji rallied Dajing’s soldiers with a speech and ordered them to form a destiny military formation.
• Guan Tongyou charged the Qiangliang Clan and forced back its first warrior before being surrounded by the advancing enemy.
• Dajing’s Qi Luck Dragon killed a Qiangliang Warrior, but a gigantic bone spear then pierced the dust storm and scattered the dragon.
• Jiang Changsheng told Bai Qi that the Qiangliang Clan had the upper hand, then burrowed away after saying someone was about to make a move.
• The battle became a bloody deadlock, where Mu Lingluo fought a Qiangliang Warrior and a Golden Crow attacked the enemy with fire.

Great Jing’s army struggled against the Qiangliang Clan as casualties mounted and Jiang Han resolved to trust his soldiers. When Guan Tongyou faced the Qiangliang Clan King and his strongest warriors alone, the Dao Ancestor intervened, leaving the battle at a turning point.

• Jiang Ye and Ji Wujun fought among the Great Jing forces as Qiangliang Warriors inflicted heavy casualties, while Xu Tianji watched the enemy’s reinforcements approach.
• Jiang Han heard the grim casualty reports, overcame his fear that Great Jing might fall, and chose to believe in his soldiers.
• A Qiangliang Great Venerable overpowered Guan Tongyou, then held back as the Qiangliang Clan King and other powerful warriors arrived and ordered the slaughter of the human race.
• The Qiangliang Great Venerable offered to spare Guan Tongyou if he revealed the Heavenly Evolution Martial Method, but Guan Tongyou refused and prepared to fight to the death.
• A gigantic blue sword appeared before Guan Tongyou and dispersed the Great Venerable’s attack, as the Dao Ancestor declared that the Qiangliang Clan could not exterminate the human race at will.

Jiang Changsheng joined Great Jing’s battle against the Qiangliang Clan and overwhelmed the Qiangliang Clan King with the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Golden Scale Mystical Tree. He isolated the battlefield from Great Jing’s army and Wild Province City, then continued bombarding the king as the Qiangliang Great Venerables fell.

• Jiang Changsheng’s arrival encouraged Great Jing’s fighters, while the Qiangliang Clan King challenged him to appear.
• Jiang Changsheng dispersed the king’s axe attack with his Great Dao Eye and summoned Ferocious Beast phantoms from the Classic of Mountains and Seas to attack him.
• Jiang Changsheng brought out the Golden Scale Mystical Tree, whose enormous phantom shook the battlefield as the Qiangliang Clan King unleashed fire veins from the earth.
• Xu Tianji ordered Great Jing’s forces to retreat, and Jiang Changsheng used Change the Heavens and Earth to move the army and Wild Province City onto a suspended island.
• Jiang Changsheng’s golden leaves battered the Qiangliang Clan King and blasted apart the Great Venerables who tried to intervene.

Jiang Changsheng defeated the Qiangliang Clan King and drove the surviving invaders from Great Jing, then gained and refined the Purple Cloud Palace. The battle exposed how vulnerable Great Jing remained, while Jiang Han worried that the gap between the empire and its ancestor was growing.

• Jiang Changsheng captured the defeated Qiangliang Clan King in the Purple-Gold Gourd and lowered the suspended battlefield back to the ground, after which the surviving Qiangliang warriors fled.
• Jiang Changsheng told Bai Qi and Jiang Tianming that the Qiangliang Clan would remain a threat, and he revealed that its King had been comparable to a human Martial Emperor.
• Jiang Changsheng received the Purple Cloud Palace as a survival reward and spent half a month refining it until it acknowledged him as its master.
• Jiang Changsheng placed the transformed Purple Cloud Palace in his courtyard and discovered that cultivating inside it increased his qi absorption and comprehension.
• Ye Xundi reported that the battle had killed at least one million Great Jing soldiers, while Jiang Changsheng lamented that Great Jing remained too weak.
• Jiang Han considered the battle's aftermath and feared that Great Jing's strength was falling farther behind Jiang Changsheng's.

Jiang Changsheng heard growing resentment in Great Jing after the Qiangliang Clan’s attack, but remained unmoved as the people’s anger faded and his incense points rose. Meanwhile, Chen Li resigned from office and told Jiang Changsheng he was waiting for an opportunity to reshape Great Jing.

• Jiang Han learned that Great Jing’s fate had not changed despite the Qiangliang Clan’s defeat and worried about his place in the Dao Ancestor’s eyes.
• Jiang Changsheng heard people blame him for the battle’s casualties and fear his strength, but told his companions that he did not care about their complaints.
• Jiang Changsheng warned his companions that the Heavenly Evolution Martial Method carried karma and would draw further enemies to humanity.
• Two years later, Jiang Han accepted Chen Li’s resignation, then turned his attention to removing Xu Tianji.
• Chen Li returned to Dragon Arising Mountain and told Jiang Changsheng he had surrendered his authority to help Great Jing transform and was waiting for an opportunity to reshape it.

Chen Li proposed allowing Great Jing to fall into chaos before rebuilding its imperial order, while Jiang Changsheng chose to let the dynasty’s problems unfold naturally. The underworld prepared for a growing influx of souls, and Jiang Changsheng observed Jiang Jian’s new romance in the Great Wilderness before Mu Lingluo asked him to tell her about Hua Jian Xin and Jiang Ziyu.

• Chen Li explained that Great Jing’s aging rulers, entrenched officials, and powerful clans could be replaced by letting the realm descend into turmoil and then establishing new rules.
• Jiang Changsheng rejected direct intervention or taking the throne, saying Great Jing could support a new Son of Heaven if imperial authority failed.
• The Punishment Head accepted Wang Chen as a ghost soldier, then told Jiang Che that reincarnation would soon be established and proposed creating the Ten Kings of Hell.
• In the seventh year of the Earth Emperor, the Son of Heaven ended his court purge, and Great Jing stabilized as martial artists grew stronger from the Qiangliang Clan’s remains.
• Jiang Changsheng observed that Jiang Jian had fallen in love with a tribal leader’s daughter in the Great Wilderness and decided to let him choose whether to stay.
• Mu Lingluo asked Jiang Changsheng to tell her more about Hua Jian Xin and Jiang Ziyu.

Jiang Changsheng welcomed the Crown Princess and the young imperial princes to Dragon Arising Temple, while Jiang Han allowed them to make the journey despite his worries. The visit ended with Jiang Tianming meeting Jiang Xuannian and Mu Lingluo taking the infant Jiang Xuanzhen.

• Jiang Han learned that the Crown Prince was cultivating immortality and agreed to let Jiang Xuannian travel with his mother and younger brother to Dragon Arising Temple.
• Qi Yuan expelled his disciple An Chang for his restless ambition, but gave him an embroidered pouch containing the Dao Ancestor's spell.
• On New Year's Day, Jiang Changsheng agreed to receive the Crown Princess, Jiang Xuannian, and the infant Jiang Xuanzhen.
• Jiang Tianming told Jiang Xuannian that he was his great-granduncle, and the Crown Princess urged the boy to pay his respects.
• Jiang Changsheng sent Jiang Tianming and Jiang Xuannian to play together while Mu Lingluo took Jiang Xuanzhen.