Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng established Tianjing’s government, prepared Mu Lingluo for a powerful immortal fate, and sent his clone to seek the Heavenly Destiny Clan. As northern migration spread across the world, the clan learned that an otherworldly spirit threatened heaven and earth, and its leader was ordered to rally the Great Wilderness against humanity.

• Jiang Changsheng and Mu Lingluo reminisced about their past lives, and Jiang Changsheng revealed that the current Chen Li was the same person as the Chen Li from before.
• Jiang Changsheng established an office of grand ministers under Chen Li, Bai Zun, and Yang Zheng, then moved the Purple Cloud Palace from Dragon Rise Mountain to the imperial palace.
• Jiang Changsheng granted Mu Lingluo the seventh-tier Azure Firmament Sword Immortal fate, merged Jiang Ziyu’s soul into her unborn child, and sent his clone toward the Heavenly Destiny Clan with two magical treasures.
• Lin Hongchen heard ministers debate the growing northward migration to Tianjing and the Heavenly Court, then argued that the dangers of the Endless Ocean would eventually restrain it.
• The Exalted God told the red-robed leader of the Heavenly Destiny Clan that humanity harbored an otherworldly spirit and ordered him to unite the Great Wilderness races against humanity.

Jiang Changsheng defeated the Heavenly Constellation Clan, learned that it served a mysterious Great Wilderness Divine Lord, and gained the Spirit Mountain treasure. Two years later, Jiang Ziyu displayed astonishing martial talent and flew into Purple Cloud Palace to meet Jiang Changsheng.

• Mu Lingluo brought newborn Jiang Ziyu to Dragon Arising Mountain, where Ji Wujun eagerly agreed to teach him martial arts and Bai Qi argued with Mu Lingluo about becoming Jiang Changsheng's concubine.
• Jiang Changsheng stormed the Heavenly Constellation Clan's secret palace, killed its red-robed leader and more than ten thousand Martial Dao Saint Kings, and forced five Lu Ming Clan members to submit.
• Jiang Changsheng ordered the Lu Ming Clan to serve the human race and send envoys to establish ties with Tianjing; the system then awarded him the Spirit Mountain for surviving the clan's plot.
• Jiang Changsheng refined Spirit Mountain as his treasure while the Heavenly Constellation Clan's destruction went unnoticed in Tianjing.
• In the fourth year of Xianyuan, two-year-old Jiang Ziyu mastered copied martial techniques, released True Qi, and flew into Purple Cloud Palace toward Jiang Changsheng.

Jiang Changsheng began training Jiang Ziyu and established Spirit Mountain as Heavenly Jing’s martial arts holy land while preparing for threats in the Great Wilderness. As rumors spread that humanity was the calamity of all races, the Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord warned Jiang Ye that humanity faced an unprecedented assault and urged him to leave with his people.

• Jiang Ziyu asked to practice martial arts, and Jiang Changsheng agreed, while Mu Lingluo looked forward to his growth.
• Heavenly Jing opened Spirit Mountain to examination achievers and meritorious subjects, and Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Tianming’s extraordinary progress spread throughout the land.
• Jiang Changsheng selected six State Dukes and instructed Chen Li to foster contact with the Qiangliang Clan and gather intelligence on the Great Wilderness’s races.
• Chen Li reported that powerful races were preparing to attack humanity, which had been branded a calamity of all races, and Jiang Changsheng told Heavenly Jing to keep developing while allowing other races to submit.
• The Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord met Jiang Ye and urged him to leave humanity with his people, warning that countless powerful beings and races threatened humanity.

Jiang Changsheng watched Tianjing prosper while learning that the Netherworld was connecting to other worlds, and Jiang Ye faced the threat of the Extraterrestrial Demon River. Ten years later, Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Tianming demonstrated their strength as Tianjing’s peerless twin prodigies.

• The Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord warned Jiang Ye that the Extraterrestrial Demon River could arrive soon and offered to shelter a small group of humans if Jiang Ye met him in ten years.
• In Immortal Origin 9th Year, intelligent races entered Tianjing, trade and martial arts flourished, and seven-year-old Jiang Ziyu broke through to the Golden Body Realm.
• Jiang Changsheng learned from the Punishment Head that souls from other worlds had begun entering the Netherworld and that Ghost Messengers’ reincarnations were expanding its reach.
• Jiang Changsheng wondered whether the immortal path existed only through him, then resolved to keep cultivating and living forever.
• In Immortal Origin 19th Year, Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Tianming fought evenly in a sparring match on Spirit Mountain, impressing the gathered martial artists.
• Jiang Changsheng judged that Jiang Ziyu had performed well but noted that Jiang Tianming had gone easy on him.

Jiang Changsheng prepared Tianjing for an impending attack by the myriad races, while his clone went to Rejecting Strong Prefecture to oversee the first battle. As enemy forces gathered in the desert, the bone-insect leader Di Ming and a warrior from the Zhurong Clan faced each other, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Mu Lingluo learned that the myriad races planned to attack Tianjing and resolved to grow stronger for the coming battles.
• Jiang Changsheng issued an Imperial Decree revealing the crisis, and Tianjing's people rallied, recruited troops, and trained for war.
• Xu Tianji received reports of an unknown race approaching Rejecting Strong Prefecture and warned his forces not to pursue them.
• Jiang Changsheng's clone arrived in Rejecting Strong Prefecture, where Yang Zheng told the officers to prepare to fight without relying entirely on the Holy One.
• Xu Mang and his subordinates watched the gathered enemy forces in the desert as Di Ming ordered a tribe to test Tianjing's strength.
• A massive warrior from the Zhurong Clan confronted Di Ming, and the two discussed fighting the human race before settling their own rivalry.

Tianjing’s first battle began as Jiang Tianming led the vanguard against the humanoid bone insects and the Zhurong Clan, but Jiang Changsheng’s Soul Thought Divine Swords overwhelmed the invaders. The Great Wilderness Divine Lord persuaded the Violet Firmament Divine Lord to help him pursue the Longevity Pill, while Jiang Changsheng sensed that someone beyond the heavens was watching and prepared to confront the forces behind the foreign races.

• Jiang Tianming rushed to the front lines with Yang Zhou and the Eighteen Stars, boosting Tianjing’s morale as its first battle began against the humanoid bone insects.
• The Great Wilderness Divine Lord told the Violet Firmament Divine Lord that an anomaly threatened his Martial World, then offered her a Longevity Pill in exchange for help opening the Heavenly River.
• The Zhurong Clan joined the invasion, and Jiang Changsheng unleashed thousands of Soul Thought Divine Swords that shattered the enemy assault and killed the Blazing Great Man.
• Xu Tianji ordered Tianjing’s soldiers to pursue the surviving foreign races after Jiang Changsheng’s attack left many of them standing helplessly.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed that someone beyond the heavens had spied on him, then vanished to deal with the powerful figures behind the foreign races.

Jiang Changsheng defeated the Sha Ming Clan and Zhurong Clan, learned of the Creation Origin Stele, and considered how it might help the human race become a royal race. After Jiang Tianming described a dream of a flood pouring through a gash in the sky, Jiang Changsheng suspected that beings from beyond heaven would arrive with the Extraterrestrial Demon River.

• Jiang Changsheng’s avatar defeated Di Ming and killed him while preserving his soul for reincarnation.
• Jiang Changsheng received the Gilt Yin-Yang Dao Seeking Robe and learned that the Creation Origin Stele could create a cultivation path and alter the rules of heaven and earth.
• Heavenly View distributed the defeated foreign races’ flesh, while the Nine Netherworlds Demon Lord and Yellow Springs Demon Lord discussed the Dao Ancestor and the human race’s prospects.
• Three years later, Jiang Tianming told Jiang Changsheng about a dream in which a purple-clad woman opened a gash in the sky and floodwaters submerged the world.
• Jiang Changsheng’s system could not assess the woman’s strength, and he concluded that the dream might foretell the arrival of beings from beyond heaven.

Jiang Changsheng reassured Jiang Tianming about his ominous dreams and discussed Jiang Ziyu’s future before news of Tianjing’s victory reached the Green Stone Tribe. Ten years later, as Jiang Changsheng cultivated his Dao Fruit, Chen Li reported that extraterrestrial meteors were supplying other races with martial arts and treasures.

• Jiang Changsheng told Jiang Tianming to keep training and asked him to report any future dreams, then advised Jiang Ziyu that he could take a woman he liked without choosing an Empress yet.
• After the Sha Ming Clan and Zhurong Clan were defeated, Green Stone Tribe leader Yan Dian asked Jiang Jian about Jiang Changsheng, and Lin Haotian volunteered to lead an investigation to Tianjing.
• Jiang Changsheng’s low-effort governance helped Tianjing prosper for ten years, while he continued cultivating his Dao Fruit and gauging the strength of potential enemies.
• Chen Li reported that soldiers had found martial arts recorded on a tablet inside an extraterrestrial meteor and warned that other races were receiving help from beyond heaven.
• Jiang Changsheng said the heavenly powers could not provide limitless treasures and were targeting humanity because they feared its strength.

Jiang Changsheng discovered that a powerful woman from beyond heaven, Chang Yao Ling, had entered the Great Wilderness to seek out Tianjing’s strongest human, while Tianjing faced attacks from a mysterious race and a challenge from the Royal Clan remnant. The chapter ended with Chang Yao Ling being escorted to meet Jiang Changsheng.

• Jiang Changsheng surveyed the Great Wilderness and watched Chang Yao Ling emerge from a meteorite before she traveled onward.
• Chang Yao Ling contacted the Violet Firmament Divine Lord, who instructed her to find and win over the strongest human without alerting the enemy.
• Two years later, Tianjing faced assassinations by a cunning foreign race, while Jiang Changsheng let its martial artists fight back on their own.
• The Royal Clan remnant sent Jiang Changsheng a challenge, threatening to join the other races in attacking Tianjing if he did not accept within ten years.
• Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Tianming left Tianjing to fight the foreign races as martial artists rallied to defend the realm.
• Chang Yao Ling reached Tianjing, where Jiang Changsheng sent a White-Clothed Guard to bring her to him.

Chang Yao Ling told Jiang Changsheng that the Great Wilderness Divine Lord planned to eliminate humanity and refine the Great Wilderness Martial World’s inhabitants into pills, while offering Jiang a chance to ascend under the Violet Firmament Divine Lord’s protection. Jiang refused to ascend and decided to have the Violet Firmament Divine Lord take over the Great Wilderness Martial World; half a year later, a Demon Martial Tide appeared, prompting Chang Yao Ling to alert her master.

• Chang Yao Ling met Jiang Changsheng in the Imperial Garden and explained the Great Wilderness Divine Lord’s plans, the upper realm, and her master’s offer to recruit him.
• Jiang Changsheng decided against ascending and considered arranging for the Violet Firmament Divine Lord to take control of the Great Wilderness Martial World after the Great Wilderness Divine Lord’s death.
• Chang Yao Ling stayed in the capital, observed Tianjing, and continued trying to persuade Jiang Changsheng to ascend over the following months.
• In the summer of the thirty-sixth year of Immortal Yuan, thunderclouds spread over Si Province, and Chang Yao Ling recognized the appearance of a Demon Martial Tide.
• Chang Yao Ling contacted the Violet Firmament Divine Lord, who told her to remain in the Great Wilderness Martial World and not intervene lest its laws expel her.

Jiang Changsheng comprehended the Dao after approaching the Heavenly River and discovering a powerful world beyond Great Wilderness. When Tianjing’s ministers warned of a new threat, he assured them he would protect them, while a strange figure traveled toward the region aboard a gigantic mountain turtle.

• Jiang Changsheng observed the Demon Martial Tide, judged that it posed no danger to Tianjing, and continued cultivating as it faded.
• Four years later, Tianjing defeated the Foreign Races without Jiang Changsheng’s help, and he wandered beyond the heavens to study the Heavenly River and a world filled with powerful martial experts.
• After six years of Dao comprehension, Jiang Changsheng summoned Chen Li, Yang Che, and White Venerable, then promised that Great Wilderness’s races could not threaten Tianjing while he remained.
• Jiang Changsheng tracked Chang Yao Ling and learned that she had encouraged Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Tianming to seek her out after ascending to the upper realm.
• A strange, green-haired figure rode a gigantic flying mountain turtle across the land.

Di Chang rejected the War Emperor’s warning and insisted on challenging Tianjing’s Dao Ancestor, while the War Emperor left without securing the Royal Clan Martial Emperor corpses. Four years later, as the myriad races gathered to attack Tianjing, Jiang Changsheng asked Chang Yao Ling whether the Violet Firmament Divine Lord could take over the Great Wilderness Martial World if he killed the Great Wilderness Divine Lord.

• Di Chang refused to give the War Emperor the Royal Clan Martial Emperor corpses and vowed to contend with the Dao Ancestor.
• Jiang Changsheng gave Mu Lingluo a strand of his hair to pass to Yu Yan Yi as protection and urged Yu Yan Yi to train diligently.
• Scouts reported that more than twenty races were approaching Tianjing, and Xu Tianji approved Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Tianming leading armies.
• Chang Yao Ling warned Jiang Changsheng that the Great Wilderness Divine Lord’s Heavenly Essence Extreme Martial realm far surpassed Martial Dao Divine Connection.
• Jiang Changsheng asked whether the Violet Firmament Divine Lord could rule the Great Wilderness Martial World if he killed the Great Wilderness Divine Lord.

Jiang Changsheng prepared for the myriad races’ second assault on Tianjing and fired the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow from the capital, sending golden arrows toward the distant battlefronts. As Di Chang watched the fighting, one of the arrows reached his battlefield and shocked him.

• Chang Yao Ling relayed Jiang Changsheng’s request to the Violet Firmament Divine Lord, who decided to prepare for either Jiang Changsheng’s death or victory.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed the approaching armies as Tianjing’s forces, led by figures including Xu Tianji, Jiang Tianming, and Jiang Ziyu, readied themselves for battle.
• Jiang Changsheng drew the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow atop the Purple Cloud Palace and released an arrow that split into countless golden beams.
• Chang Yao Ling feared the scattered arrows would kill Tianjing’s own soldiers, while Di Chang waited for Jiang Changsheng to appear on his battlefield.
• As Di Chang spoke with a foreign warrior, he looked up in shock at the arrow arriving before him.

Jiang Changsheng annihilated the invading Great Wilderness forces and confronted Di Chang, explaining the heavens’ role in suppressing the Great Wilderness and offering the royal clan a choice of alliance. He then brought the Heaven-Equalling Cloud Sea to the Southern Heavenly Gate and told Guan Tongyou that he planned to ascend and establish the Heavenly Court.

• Jiang Changsheng’s Great Yi World-Exterminating Archery struck battlefields across the Great Wilderness, killing powerful invaders and turning the tide for Tianjing.
• Jiang Changsheng intercepted Di Chang and explained that the Extraterrestrial Demon River was the Heavenly River, a passage controlled by the gods of heaven and earth who sought to restrain the Great Wilderness.
• Jiang Changsheng demanded that Di Chang deliver the royal clan’s martial arts to Tianjing within ten years and help persuade other races to attack the human race; Di Chang refused the demand but considered the alliance.
• Tianjing received reports of victories across its battlefields, while its armies pursued the retreating enemy and gained from the fighting.
• Jiang Changsheng visited Guan Tongyou at the Southern Heavenly Gate and revealed his plan to ascend in broad daylight, establish the Heavenly Court, and appoint Guan Tongyou commander of its heavenly forces.

Chang Yao Ling reported Jiang Changsheng’s power and character to Violet Firmament Divine Lord, who decided to take the Great Wilderness Martial World and continue observing him. Jiang Changsheng granted Immortal God Fates to followers and explained his plans for the heavenly court, while Great Wilderness Divine Lord prepared to invade the lower realm and kill him for a Longevity Pill.

• Chang Yao Ling told Violet Firmament Divine Lord that Jiang Changsheng precisely targeted enemy experts, protected Tianjing, and treated his allies well, so Violet Firmament Divine Lord chose cooperation over confronting him.
• Jiang Changsheng reviewed his growing Incense Offering Value and planned to grant Immortal God Fates to followers to strengthen their faith.
• Jiang Changsheng bestowed Immortal God Fates on sixteen followers during his lecture, prompting excitement throughout Tianjing and inspiring citizens and officials to strive for advancement.
• Chang Yao Ling asked Jiang Changsheng whether he planned to ascend, and he explained that he was establishing a heavenly court to maintain order and strengthen the Great Wilderness Martial World.
• Great Wilderness Divine Lord ordered five allies to gather forces and clear out the humans of the lower realm before the Heavenly River opened, hoping to kill Jiang Changsheng and obtain a Longevity Pill.

Jiang Changsheng prepared for the approaching Extraterrestrial Demon River and his decisive battle with the Great Wilderness Divine Lord, while Tianjing prospered and Jiang Ziyu’s talent continued to astonish the world. As the heavenly river neared, Jiang Changsheng told Tianjing’s ministers he would bear the calamity alone.

• Jiang Ziyu returned to Purple Cloud Palace, described his ambitions to unify Great Wilderness, and learned he could ascend the throne after reaching Heaven and Earth Great Venerable.
• Jiang Changsheng saw the heavenly river approaching and prepared for a decisive battle with the Great Wilderness Divine Lord.
• Tianjing prospered as new martial daos spread, and Jiang Changsheng officially named Chang Yao Ling the Spirit Mountain Goddess, drawing her into Tianjing’s fortune.
• Ten years later, Jiang Ziyu challenged the Martial Dao Saint King realm at sixty-five, while Chang Yao Ling warned Jiang Changsheng that the Great Wilderness Divine Lord and his forces were coming.
• The heavenly river reached the Great Wilderness Martial World’s vicinity, and the Great Wilderness Divine Lord pursued his plan to refine a Longevity Pill.
• After the Extraterrestrial Demon River’s imminent arrival caused panic, Jiang Changsheng assured Chen Li, White Venerable, and Yang Che that he would face the calamity alone.

The Great Wilderness Divine Lord’s forces crossed into the Great Wilderness Martial World to destroy the human race, while Jiang Changsheng prepared to confront them alone. After revealing that the invading Gods of Heaven and Earth were descended from humans, Jiang Changsheng faced the Five Great Martial Gods and five thousand Martial Emperors, ending with Soul Thought Divine Swords aimed at every enemy.

• Lin Hongchen organized disaster preparations in Great Guang Heaven as officials debated whether to support Tianjing, while the Son of Heaven wondered how to earn the Dao Ancestor’s favor.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon River breached the heavens, and the Five Great Martial Gods descended with five thousand Martial Emperors; the Great Wilderness Divine Lord followed and vowed that Jiang Changsheng had to die.
• As the invaders taunted humanity, Jiang Changsheng rose from the imperial palace and declared that the Gods of Heaven and Earth had once been human but had betrayed their descendants.
• Jiang Changsheng arrived before the Southern Heavenly Gate and challenged the Five Great Martial Gods and their army to attack together.
• A Soul Thought Divine Sword appeared before each Martial God and Martial Emperor, and Jiang Changsheng warned them that their souls could scatter.

Jiang Changsheng annihilated the forces sent against him, then faced the Great Wilderness Divine Lord as the Heaven and Earth Furnace Formation sealed off the Great Wilderness Martial World. He pierced the Divine Lord with one finger, leaving him mortally wounded and falling from the heavenly river.

• Jiang Changsheng killed the Five Great Martial Gods and five thousand Martial Emperors with Soul Thought Divine Swords.
• Chang Yao Ling sensed that the attackers had died, and the Violet Firmament Divine Lord urged her to investigate.
• The Great Wilderness Divine Lord appeared atop a vast heavenly river and activated the Heaven and Earth Furnace Formation to isolate the martial world.
• Chang Yao Ling joined Jiang Changsheng, while the Violet Firmament Divine Lord warned him that the formation could become a killing formation.
• The Great Wilderness Divine Lord attacked Jiang Changsheng with a ten-thousand-zhang blade, but Jiang Changsheng pierced him with a single finger and called the technique Chen Family Qi Finger.

Jiang Changsheng killed the Great Wilderness Divine Lord, survived the attack on Great Wilderness, and received the Investiture of the Gods. As news of his victory spread and the Heavenly River brought blessings to the mortal world, Di Chang drew closer to Tianjing and began to wonder what kind of existence the Dao Ancestor was.

• Jiang Changsheng killed the Great Wilderness Divine Lord with the Chen Family Qi Finger, then broke the Heaven and Earth Furnace Formation and carried the corpse back toward the capital.
• Jiang Changsheng received the Investiture of the Gods, an artifact that could appoint and control 365 Orthodox Gods and draw power from his fortune.
• Chang Yao Ling told the Violet Firmament Divine Lord that Jiang Changsheng had killed the Great Wilderness Divine Lord, while concealing the full extent of his strength.
• News of Jiang Changsheng's victory spread across Great Wilderness, disasters subsided, and races sent envoys to befriend Tianjing.
• Di Chang watched the Heavenly River from Tianjing's Northern Border, realized it had come to bless the mortal world, and wondered what kind of existence Jiang Changsheng was.

Di Chang learned the truth about the royal clan’s fall and became an ardent supporter of the Dao Ancestor. After the heavenly river departed, Jiang Changsheng resumed overseeing Tianjing and learned that visitors from the Upper Realm had descended.

• Di Chang entered Divine Roam Great Heaven and Earth, where a young man welcomed him and led him into the sky.
• Chang Yao Ling told Di Chang that Great Wilderness Divine Lord had used the royal clan to suppress humanity before destroying it, and Di Chang praised the Dao Ancestor and declared the royal clan had already agreed to submit.
• After the heavenly river left in the eightieth year of Xianyuan, Jiang Changsheng met Chen Li and said Tianjing should develop without expanding, while promising to confer godhood upon him when the time came.
• Chang Yao Ling told Jiang Changsheng that Violet Firmament Divine Lord had taken over the Great Wilderness Martial World and explained that she and the Divine Lord belonged to the Chang Clan.
• Chang Yao Ling warned Jiang Changsheng that several people from the Upper Realm had recently descended along the heavenly river, though their purpose was unknown.