Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng discovered that the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven was gathering to flee overseas and destroyed its fleet and disciples with seven shots from the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow. He left its Universe Realm expert alive for the moment and planned to claim the grotto-heaven’s remaining inheritance and resources.

• Jiang Changsheng saw that the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven’s disciples were assembling along the northern coast to leave by ship.
• On New Year’s Day, Jiang Changsheng fired seven Sun-Shooting arrows toward the northern sea while Jiang Xiu told the visiting envoys about the Universe Realm.
• The seven arrows destroyed the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven’s ships and killed the disciples gathered along the coast without harming nearby civilians.
• Jiang Changsheng confirmed that no one at the coast had survived and planned to retrieve the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven’s inheritance and resources.
• Jiang Changsheng left the grotto-heaven’s Universe Realm expert alive while waiting for a survival reward.

Jiang Changsheng mastered the Nine Syllable Incantation, taught its martial arts form to his students and Mu Lingluo, and watched Great Jing’s new emperor plan expansion. The chapter ended with news of a powerful Bai Ze drawing hunters north and the Sword God questioning Jiang Changsheng about Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven.

• Jiang Changsheng received and mastered the Nine Syllable Incantation after destroying Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven’s plans to flee overseas.
• Zhu Lu Saint Ruler planned to drain the world’s luck and escape, unaware that Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven had already been erased.
• Jiang Changsheng transformed the Nine Syllable Incantation into the Nine Gods Heaven Shifting Skill and taught its first form to Jiang Jian and Ping'an, then taught it to Mu Lingluo in her dream.
• Jiang Xiu discussed expanding Great Jing with Han Tianji, Chen Li, and the Thief God, and considered targeting the Eastern Sea Dynasty.
• Yu Yan Yi told Jiang Changsheng that martial artists were hunting a Bai Ze, while the Sword God questioned him about Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven.

Jiang Changsheng gauged the growing strength of distant martial artists and resolved to remain safely in Great Jing while Emperor Jiang Xiu marched north. He encouraged Mu Lingluo’s training in a dream and reassured Jiang Xiu that Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven would not interfere with the campaign.

• Jiang Changsheng learned that the strongest known auspicious beast had reached the Three Grotto-Heavens Realm and compared his own strength with powerful figures across the world.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that the strongest force Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven could summon had weakened, and decided to stay on the continent rather than risk traveling overseas.
• Emperor Jiang Xiu led a million troops north in Rende Year 4, alarming the realm with his campaign.
• Jiang Changsheng visited Mu Lingluo’s dream, where she said she had reached the Heaven Reaching Realm and planned to compete in the Hidden Dragon Tournament with the Nine Gods Heaven Shifting Skill.
• Jiang Xiu brought Jiang Tianmin and Jiang Tianqi to meet Jiang Changsheng, then asked whether Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven might disrupt the northern campaign.
• Jiang Changsheng assured Jiang Xiu that Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven would not return and promised to intervene if Great Jing faced trouble.

Jiang Changsheng heard of Bai Ze’s death and the danger of a demon beast uprising, while Xiao Buku learned that the Dao Ancestor had surpassed the Universe Realm and feared the Great Vehicle Dragon Tower had no hope. After Prince Qin died, Jiang Changsheng reflected on their distant relationship and revealed that an eleven-year-old girl had already reached the Heaven-reaching Realm.

• Jiang Xiu asked Jiang Changsheng whether the Crown Prince or the Second Prince should succeed him, and Jiang Changsheng told him to focus on his own affairs and let a true dragon rise naturally.
• Yu Yan Yi reported that a mysterious expert had taken Bai Ze’s body, and the Sword God warned that the gathered demon beasts might trigger an uprising led by a Millennial Old Demon.
• In Heavenly Sea, Zhang Ying told Xiao Buku that the Dao Ancestor had defeated a Universe Realm challenger and surpassed that realm, leaving Xiao Buku despairing over the Great Vehicle Dragon Tower’s prospects.
• Zhang Ying suspected Xiao Buku might be connected to the Dao Ancestor’s enemies and sent a Divine Man waiter to follow him.
• Prince Qin, Jiang Yu, died at the age of one hundred and three and was buried in the imperial mausoleum; Jiang Changsheng chose not to attend.
• Jiang Changsheng told Jiang Jian that an eleven-year-old girl had reached the Heaven-reaching Realm, startling him.

Great Jing’s war against the Eastern Sea Dynasty escalated as Jiang Xiu sent Huang Chuan to the battlefield, while a thousand-year-old demon broke through to the Universe Realm. When destiny erupted into chaos across the world, Jiang Changsheng spotted a target and left the courtyard, saying he would return soon.

• Jiang Changsheng watched Mu Lingluo describe her Hidden Dragon Tournament victory, then sparred with her and defeated her.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered a giant demon breaking through to the Universe Realm far from Great Jing, while the Sword God suspected the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven could no longer suppress the demons.
• The Heavenly Strategy Army first routed the Eastern Sea Dynasty, then was driven back by its elite forces and five divine beings; Jiang Xiu summoned reinforcements, and Huang Chuan agreed to join the war while Peace refused.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that the Four Seas Sage had reincarnated in Skysea Land and reflected on his late master, Taoist Priest Qingxu.
• Han Tianji sensed that the world was about to collapse as strange destiny phenomena spread across the dynasties; Jiang Changsheng located a target, said he would return soon, and vanished.

Jiang Changsheng stopped Zhu Lu Saint Ruler from draining the realm's Great Luck, helped him break through, then killed him when he revealed his hatred for the Dao Ancestor. The chapter ended with Jiang Changsheng sensing a powerful expert approaching from the east.

• Jiang Changsheng severed Zhu Lu Saint Ruler's connection to the world's Great Luck and used his spiritual power to help him break through.
• After Zhu Lu Saint Ruler thanked Jiang Changsheng, Jiang Changsheng revealed that he knew his identity and demanded to know how he would repay the favor.
• Zhu Lu Saint Ruler attacked Jiang Changsheng, who used the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow to crush his vision of heaven and earth and leave him near death.
• Zhu Lu Saint Ruler claimed that enemies would come after Great Jing and died after Jiang Changsheng revealed he had already killed the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven disciples who had withdrawn.
• Jiang Changsheng buried Zhu Lu Saint Ruler and sensed a peerless expert approaching from the east.

Jiang Changsheng defeated Zhu Lu Saint Ruler and gained a powerful Dharma treasure, while the Human King awakened after four hundred years in seclusion. Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable prepared to return to the Dragon Vein Continent as Jiang Xiu faced a widening war with the Eastern Sea Dynasty.

• Jiang Changsheng dug up Zhu Lu Saint Ruler's corpse and sent it to Jiang Xiu for study.
• The Human King emerged from a lake after four hundred years of seclusion and ordered the old man in black to tell him about Destiny and the next Human King.
• Jiang Changsheng received the Golden Scale Staff as a survival reward and explained to Jiang Jian and the Sword God that he had stopped Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven from draining the world's fortune.
• Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable reached the Peaceful Rest Inn and planned to seize the Dragon Vein and destroy Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven; the Evil Venerable noticed that Xiao Buku reacted to the name.
• Jiang Xiu considered how to counter the Eastern Sea Dynasty and received news that its forces had begun attacking cities in the far south.

Jiang Luo and Evil Venerable returned to Great Jing as war with the Eastern Sea Dynasty escalated, while Jiang Changsheng trained Bai Qi and continued meeting Mu Lingluo in her dreams. The chapter ended with Jiang Luo asking an inn attendant what people thought of the Emperor.

• Jiang Luo spotted Eastern Sea warships near Yuzhou and flew toward their fleet, while Evil Venerable watched from the ship.
• Jiang Changsheng sparred with Mu Lingluo in her dream and heard that her grandfather wanted to send her to the Saint Manor.
• Jiang Changsheng began preparing Bai Qi for a breakthrough by tempering it in a Medicine Cauldron for a month.
• Jiang Xiu learned that the Eastern Sea navy had been annihilated and worried that its soldiers' drained cultivation pointed to a possible threat rather than aid for Great Jing.
• Guild Leader Zhang Ying arrived at the palace, claiming he had brought something that could help Jiang Xiu defeat the Eastern Sea Dynasty.
• Jiang Luo and Evil Venerable reached the capital, and Jiang Luo asked an inn attendant what the people thought of the Emperor.

Jiang Luo learned that Jiang Ziyu had died, secretly visited Jiang Xiu, and then followed the Evil Venerable to Dragon Arising Temple. Jiang Changsheng summoned him and introduced him to Jiang Jian, leaving Jiang Luo stunned that his younger brother had worried about him.

• Jiang Luo learned that the current era was the eighth year of Rende and that Jiang Ziyu had died, then decided to visit the imperial palace.
• Jiang Luo entered the palace and watched Jiang Xiu work before the Thief God and White-Clothed Guards confronted him; Jiang Xiu ordered them not to hurt him, and Jiang Luo escaped without harming anyone.
• Jiang Luo disguised himself and accompanied the Evil Venerable to Dragon Arising Temple, where the Sword God brought him to meet Jiang Changsheng.
• Jiang Changsheng welcomed Jiang Luo and introduced him to Jiang Jian as his second brother.
• Jiang Jian told Jiang Luo he had wanted to avenge him, and Jiang Luo asked Jiang Changsheng how he knew what had happened to him.

Jiang Changsheng learned that the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven had abandoned the Dragon Vein Continent and that outside factions were beginning to eye it. As Great Jing struggled against the Eastern Sea Dynasty, the chapter left Jiang Changsheng weighing the immense power of Martial Emperor Island and the danger of the coming turmoil.

• Jiang Changsheng told Jiang Luo that the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven was gone and warned him against absorbing dragon veins; Jiang Luo then left with the Evil Venerable to investigate it himself.
• A green-robed sect master learned that the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven had vanished and ordered his faction to support the Eastern Sea Dynasty cautiously while waiting for more factions to arrive.
• Bai Qi reached the Divine Human Realm, while Jiang Jian continued training and Great Jing withdrew from its unsuccessful northern expedition as the Eastern Sea Dynasty gathered strength.
• Zhang Ying told Jiang Changsheng that foreign factions were landing after the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven abandoned the continent, and explained that Martial Emperor Island governed the methods of fortune across the seas.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that Martial Emperor Island required fifty million incense points to assess, leaving him wary of its overwhelming power.

Great Jing’s generals scored victories against the Northern Border and Hongxuan Dynasty, while the Human King emerged as a potential rival. The chapter ended as Jiang Jian broke through to the Golden Body Realm, drawing Jiang Xiu to Dragon Arising Mountain.

• Zhang Ying offered Great Jing strategic supplies and armor for Jiang Jian on behalf of the Qi Yuan Merchant Guild.
• Xu Tianji and Zong Tianwu arrived in the capital as Divine Humans, and Xu Tianji took command of the army.
• Li Min told Jiang Changsheng that a Human King was traveling among the dynasties to choose an heir and unify the world.
• Xu Tianji’s army routed Eastern Sea Dynasty’s forces, while Chen Li later defeated a much larger Hongxuan Dynasty army in the Tiangang Four Provinces.
• Hongxuan Dynasty and Eastern Sea Dynasty formed an alliance against Great Jing, and Li Min reported that the Human King had entered Eastern Sea Dynasty.
• Jiang Jian broke through to the Golden Body Realm, and Jiang Xiu hurried to Dragon Arising Mountain to see him.

Jiang Jian reached the Golden Body Realm and was appointed Great Jing’s Divine Strategy Great General, then joined Ping'an in a devastating attack on the Hongxuan Dynasty. After the pair annihilated 1.2 million soldiers and pushed into enemy territory, Jiang Changsheng watched them closely in case a powerful opponent intervened.

• Jiang Changsheng forged the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade while Jiang Jian consolidated his Golden Body Realm cultivation.
• Jiang Xiu appointed Jiang Jian Divine Strategy Great General, and Jiang Jian revealed his third eye before setting out to attack the Hongxuan Dynasty.
• Jiang Changsheng sent Ping'an after Jiang Jian, and the two charged into the Hongxuan army camp at the Tiangang border.
• Jiang Jian and Ping'an slaughtered the Hongxuan forces, killing three divine men and devastating the army.
• A White-Clothed Guard reported that Jiang Jian and Ping'an had annihilated 1.2 million Hongxuan soldiers and advanced into the dynasty, and Jiang Xiu ordered the victory publicized across Great Jing.
• Jiang Changsheng used the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to monitor Jiang Jian and Ping'an as they advanced without waiting for the supporting army.

Jiang Jian and Ping'an fought their way through Hongxuan forces while Jiang Changsheng watched over them. A Universe Realm expert from the Thousand Sea Sect confronted them and demanded they join his sect or die.

• Jiang Jian and Ping'an defeated four Golden Body Realm experts, then endured daily ambushes as they continued fighting through Hongxuan territory.
• The Hongxuan Emperor agreed to rely on an overseas sect and ordered its allies to stop Jiang Jian and Ping'an until a Universe Realm expert arrived.
• Jiang Changsheng visited Mu Lingluo in a dream as she attempted to break through to the Divine Human Realm, then watched Jiang Jian and Ping'an recover from their month of battles.
• A Purple-Clad Man from the Thousand Sea Sect offered to cultivate Jiang Jian and Ping'an if they joined him and made Great Jing submit to Hongxuan.
• Jiang Jian questioned why the Thousand Sea Sect supported Hongxuan instead of Great Jing, and the Purple-Clad Man demanded that the two join his sect or die.

Jiang Changsheng used the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow to save Jiang Jian and Ping'an from Zhou Linjie, a Thousand Sea Sect Universe Realm expert, then received a survival reward. Months later, Song Li sought refuge with Great Jing, offering his knowledge of the seas and help building a navy as Great Jing prepared to expand against the Hongxuan Dynasty.

• Jiang Jian and Ping'an fought Zhou Linjie, but fled when his Universe Realm power overwhelmed them.
• Jiang Changsheng fired the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow twice, killing Zhou Linjie and saving Jiang Jian and Ping'an; he received three Golden Scale Jade Leaves as a survival reward.
• Song Li learned that Zhou Linjie had vanished and feared the Thousand Sea Sect would hold him responsible, so he ordered a secret search and concealed the news.
• Great Jing annexed a neighboring dynasty, reached the Hongxuan Dynasty's border, and prepared to invade it before attacking the Eastern Sea Dynasty.
• Song Li surrendered to Jiang Xiu, admitting that Zhou Linjie's death had left him vulnerable to the Thousand Sea Sect's retaliation.
• Song Li offered to use his knowledge of the Thousand Sea Sect and the seas to help Great Jing train a navy, build ships that could cross the mist, and explore the ocean.

Jiang Changsheng discovered that the Great Dao Eye contained a small world he named the Dao Realm, while Great Jing continued conquering the Hongxuan Dynasty and prepared for the Human King’s arrival. The chapter ended with Jiang Changsheng using the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to search for the God Antiquity Continent as the Human King entered the capital.

• Jiang Xiu accepted Song Li temporarily and began considering candidates to build a navy.
• Jiang Changsheng awakened the Great Dao Eye’s hidden world, named it the Dao Realm, and began storing spiritual energy inside it.
• Jiang Jian and Ping'an crushed the Hongxuan Dynasty while Chen Li and the Vassal Kings seized its cities, and Heavenly Human Phoenix led the Thousand Sea Sect toward the Eastern Sea Dynasty.
• Li Min told Jiang Changsheng that the Human King had left the Eastern Sea and was heading for Great Jing, while Jiang Changsheng learned that Wang Chen had reincarnated in the Great Qi Dynasty.
• Qing Ku died, Jiang Changsheng presided over his funeral, and Qing Er became Dragon Arising Temple’s chief disciple.
• Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng she was going to the Sacred Manor, and Jiang Changsheng later used the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to search for the God Antiquity Continent as the Human King entered Si Province on his way to the capital.

Jiang Changsheng extended his vision toward the God Antiquity Continent while the Human King selected nine-year-old Jiang Tiansheng as his successor in Great Jing. When the Human King refused to change his choice, Jiang Changsheng challenged him to a fight, and the two rose into the sky as witnesses gathered to watch.

• Jiang Changsheng explored farther across the sea, glimpsed a continent where Mu Lingluo's Reincarnation Mark lay, and stopped to conserve his strength.
• The Human King arrived at the Golden Luan Hall and identified Twelfth Prince Jiang Tiansheng as the next Human King, but Jiang Tiansheng initially refused.
• Jiang Xiu accepted the Human King's choice on his son's behalf, and Jiang Changsheng appeared and questioned whether the Human King could prove his power in a fight.
• The Human King said Jiang Tiansheng must either become the Human King or give up the fate, and Jiang Changsheng challenged him to combat.
• Jiang Tiansheng told Jiang Xiu that he had never said he would not fight, then walked with his father to watch Jiang Changsheng and the Human King ascend.
• The Sword God sensed that the Human King had surpassed the Universe Realm, and he and Bai Qi wagered on how quickly Jiang Changsheng would win.

Jiang Changsheng defeated the Human King in a single strike, then received the supreme-grade God-Binding Silk as a survival reward. The Human King later agreed to pass his cultivation, ultimate arts, and fortune to Jiang Tiansheng, who accepted the Human King’s inheritance.

• The Human King praised Jiang Changsheng for driving the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven away and challenged him to a fight.
• Jiang Changsheng shattered the Human King’s attack with an enhanced Chen Family Qi Finger and spared him, ordering him to pass his inheritance to the Twelfth Prince.
• Jiang Changsheng returned to Dragon Arising Mountain, while the officials discussed the Human King’s defeat and Jiang Xiu took note of Jiang Tiansheng’s composure.
• Jiang Changsheng received the supreme-grade God-Binding Silk as a survival reward and learned its sealing and binding abilities.
• Jiang Xiu brought Jiang Tiansheng to visit the recovering Human King, who agreed to pass on his cultivation, ultimate arts, and fortune once his injuries healed.

Jiang Changsheng encountered political upheaval after the Human King chose Jiang Tiansheng as his heir, while enemies overseas plotted against the Dao Ancestor. As Jiang Changsheng gathered materials for his Dao World, he discovered a hidden Universe Realm monk who recognized him.

• The Human King agreed to take Jiang Tiansheng as his disciple, bring Tianming to the capital, and lend Jiang Tiansheng a thousand experts, unsettling the Crown Prince and prompting Jiang Tianqi to act.
• Jiang Changsheng visited Mu Lingluo's dream, heard about her training at the Sacred Manor and Lin Haotian, and guided her martial arts.
• Sect Master Tang and Heavenly Human Phoenix planned to recruit five One Cave Heaven experts to attack the Dao Ancestor and divide the Dragon Vein Continent.
• Thief God and Song Li inspected Great Jing's developing navy, then spotted someone walking across the sea and sent a warning to the capital.
• Jiang Changsheng gathered soil and vegetation in the mountains for his Dao World, then entered a secluded temple and found an old monk with Universe Realm cultivation.
• The old monk recognized Jiang Changsheng as the Dao Ancestor because he bore no trace of Great Jing's luck.

Jiang Changsheng accepted the Gathering Demon Orb from a fugitive monk and took in two demon kittens, while Great Jing celebrated the fall of the Hongxuan Dynasty. As Jiang Xiu lay dying, he chose young Jiang Tiansheng as his successor and revealed the Jiang family's greatest secret, leaving Crown Prince Jiang Tianmin to recognize that he had lost the throne.

• Jiang Changsheng learned that the old monk had fled Tianhai after his sect was destroyed over the Gathering Demon Orb, then accepted the orb and allowed the monk to remain in Great Jing under strict conditions.
• The old monk gave Jiang Changsheng two unusually gifted kittens, which Jiang Changsheng brought to his courtyard and later named Huang Tian and Hei Tian.
• Jiang Jian and Ping'an conquered the Hongxuan capital, killed the Hongxuan Emperor, and ended the dynasty; news of the victory reached Great Jing as Jiang Xiu collapsed after celebrating.
• Jiang Xiu told Jiang Changsheng that he wanted to depose the Crown Prince and make Jiang Tiansheng emperor, and Jiang Changsheng agreed to leave the decision to him.
• Jiang Xiu summoned the ten-year-old Jiang Tiansheng and revealed the Jiang family's greatest secret, while Jiang Tianmin learned there was no imperial decree naming him successor.
• Jiang Tianmin sought trusted experts to kill Jiang Tiansheng, but they all refused, and he eventually accepted that he had lost his chance to rule.

After Jiang Xiu died, the ten-year-old Jiang Tiansheng ascended the throne as the Shun Tian Emperor, while Jiang Changsheng reflected on loss and Mu Lingluo resolved to live forever beside him. The chapter ended with the Shun Tian Emperor ordering Jiang Tianmin to become a Daoist priest instead of granting him a royal title.

• Jiang Xiu died, and Jiang Tiansheng was named his successor; Jiang Jian and Chen Li returned to help stabilize the court.
• Jiang Tiansheng ascended the throne in June as the Shun Tian Emperor and visited Jiang Changsheng, then asked Jiang Jian to help fulfill the wish of unifying the world.
• Jiang Jian promised to support the young emperor and resumed training, while foreign dynasties took heart from Great Jing's new ruler being a child.
• In their dream, Jiang Changsheng told Mu Lingluo that his grandson had died and spoke of pursuing immortality; Mu Lingluo decided she wanted to live forever with him.
• The Human King began transferring his cultivation to the Shun Tian Emperor, saying the process would take three years.
• The Shun Tian Emperor summoned Jiang Tianmin, refused to grant him the title of king, and ordered him to become a Daoist priest at Dragon Arising Temple.