Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng watched Great Jing settle into peace while the young Shun Tian Emperor learned to rule and Mu Lingluo prepared for a Saint Manor competition. After discovering that a stronger figure existed beyond the known continent, Jiang Changsheng saw a massive meteor fall in the western wilderness.

• Jiang Changsheng refined pills as Bai Qi watched Huang Tian and Hei Tian play, while he checked that his incense points had risen above sixteen million.
• The Human King passed his cultivation to the eleven-year-old Shun Tian Emperor, who asked the Punishment Head how to find trustworthy aides.
• Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng that Lin Haotian had injured a Golden Body Realm prodigy and asked whether she should enter the Saint Manor Competition; Jiang Changsheng encouraged her to display her talent.
• After defeating a dying divine being, Jiang Changsheng concluded that divine beings could no longer threaten him and found that the strongest person in his known range had grown more powerful.
• A tremendous roar announced a huge meteor crossing the sky above the capital and crashing into the western wilderness without causing civilian casualties.

Jiang Changsheng moved a valuable extraterrestrial meteorite outside Great Jing’s capital, drawing attention from rival powers as the empire continued to prosper. The Shun Tian Emperor later asked whether Great Jing should accept a Heavenly Sea sect’s offer to establish a branch, and Jiang Changsheng left the decision to him while promising to deal with any powerful martial artists who caused trouble.

• The Shun Tian Emperor learned that the meteorite contained rare ores and Space Stones, then asked Jiang Changsheng to move it outside the capital.
• Jiang Changsheng carried the meteorite to the capital, where the Shun Tian Emperor and Zhang Ying witnessed his strength and White-Clothed Guards secured the site.
• In the Eastern Sea Dynasty, Sect Master Tang and Heavenly Human Phoenix discussed Great Jing’s growing power and considered an alliance with a powerful senior to destroy it.
• Great Jing’s officials and the Qi Yuan Merchant Guild mined and traded the meteorite as the empire expanded and attracted more divine beings.
• The Shun Tian Emperor told Jiang Changsheng that Hanging Sky Island wanted to establish a branch sect in Great Jing and recruit imperial children as disciples.
• Jiang Changsheng left the decision to the Shun Tian Emperor and promised to intervene if any martial artist beyond the Golden Body Realm caused trouble in Great Jing.

The Shun Tian Emperor rejected Hanging Sky Island and planned to expand Great Jing’s power across the ocean, while his bond with Jiang Changsheng grew warmer. After Song Li warned that three Grotto Heaven experts were threatening Great Jing, Jiang Changsheng waited for them to approach, and their arrival cast the land into darkness.

• The Shun Tian Emperor rejected Hanging Sky Island’s offer and described his plan to build a navy, establish ocean bases, and encircle the Dragon Vein Continent.
• The Shun Tian Emperor celebrated New Year with Jiang Changsheng and his companions, then grew more decisive as the title of True Dragon spread across the land.
• Song Li warned the Shun Tian Emperor that the Thousand Sea Sect and Luo Sect were gathering forces, possibly with Crimson Moon Old Ancestor, against Great Jing.
• Jiang Changsheng used the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to spy on the enemy fleet but chose to wait until its Grotto Heaven experts acted.
• In the fourth year of Shun Tian, Jiang Changsheng sensed the enemies approaching as dark clouds covered the land, alarming the Shun Tian Emperor and the Human King.

Jiang Changsheng defeated and killed five Grotto Heaven Realm experts who came to challenge Great Jing, then fired the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow toward the Eastern Sea Dynasty. The chapter ended with Song Li realizing what the distant blast might mean.

• Five overseas Grotto Heaven Realm experts confronted Jiang Changsheng above the capital, and the blood-robed elder demanded that he abandon Great Jing or contribute to Tianhai.
• Jiang Changsheng refused their demands, and the five experts attacked him with their manifestations of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Changsheng unleashed the Nine Gods Heaven Shifting Skill, striking the five experts with lightning until four died and the blood-robed elder was left badly injured.
• Jiang Changsheng killed the blood-robed elder, bound all five corpses with the God-Binding Silk, and drew the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow toward the Eastern Sea Dynasty.
• A distant explosion sounded after Jiang Changsheng released the arrow, and Song Li trembled as he recognized what it might mean.

Jiang Changsheng received Great Yi World-Exterminating Archery after defeating five Grotto Heaven experts, then spent months practicing while Great Jing celebrated his victory. After the Human King died, Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable prepared to seek greater strength overseas, where a stranger confronted the Evil Venerable.

• Jiang Changsheng annihilated the elites of the Thousand Sea Sect and Luo Sect, returned to Dragon Arising Mountain, and received Great Yi World-Exterminating Archery and three Golden Scale Jade Leaves as survival rewards.
• Jiang Changsheng practiced the new archery technique as news of his victory spread, while the Shun Tian Emperor buried the Human King and named him the Son of Heaven's teacher.
• Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable discussed the Dao Ancestor's strength at an inn and decided to leave that night to pursue Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven and grow stronger overseas.
• A weathered stranger entered the inn, sat across from the Evil Venerable, and asked whether he was the Evil Venerable.

Jiang Changsheng tested the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow across great distances and killed a demon wolf threatening Lin Haotian during the Saint Manor Competition. Mu Lingluo began the competition safely, while Jiang Changsheng confirmed that his arrow could reach its target in under ten breaths and follow his will.

• The Evil Venerable and Jiang Luo were confronted by a man from Hanging Sky Island, who demanded the Evil Venerable join the island and surrender his cultivation technique, and they began fighting.
• Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng about the Saint Manor Competition, then set out with Nangong Di and two other disciples to hunt demons and devils.
• Jiang Changsheng used the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to observe Mu Lingluo and her companions before searching for a demon beast to test his bow.
• Lin Haotian was nearly killed by a Golden Body Realm demon wolf until Jiang Changsheng's golden arrow struck and killed the beast from afar.
• Jiang Changsheng confirmed that he could guide the arrow to its target in under ten breaths, then returned to cultivating.

Kasyapa joined Great Jing and began establishing True Dragon Temple, while Mu Lingluo prepared to face a Demon King in the Saint Manor Competition. Jiang Changsheng learned that Hanging Sky Island had sent a Grotto Heaven Realm expert after Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable, and anticipated the danger might bring him a survival reward.

• Kasyapa asked Jiang Changsheng to help him establish a sacred land in Si Province, and the Shun Tian Emperor named it True Dragon Temple.
• Mu Lingluo agreed to observe the hunt for the Profound Eyebrow Demon King with Nangong Di and two fellow disciples, while the injured Lin Haotian also planned to join.
• Lin Haotian remembered Mu Lingluo's past victory over him, worried about his cousin, and resolved to repay the mysterious person who had saved him with golden light.
• In a dream, Jiang Changsheng assured Mu Lingluo that he could rescue her from the Ends of the Earth if she faced danger, and she doubted that any martial art could reach so far.
• Zhang Ying told Jiang Changsheng that Hanging Sky Island had sent a Grotto Heaven Realm expert to hunt Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable after they killed one of its Universe Realm martial artists.

Jiang Changsheng watched as the Saint Manor disciples faced two Demon Kings during the competition. When Mu Lingluo and Lin Haotian were cornered, two golden pillars of light struck the demons, leaving them believing their mysterious benefactors had saved them.

• Jiang Changsheng told Bai Qi that the Evil Venerable’s cultivation technique advanced slowly after the Universe Realm and was too dangerous for Dragon Arising Temple’s disciples to learn.
• More than a hundred Saint Manor disciples attacked the Profound Eyebrow Demon King while Mu Lingluo observed and Lin Haotian fought at close range.
• The Black Ape King arrived to aid the Profound Eyebrow Demon King, and the Saint Manor elders watched the battle without intervening.
• Nangong Di urged Mu Lingluo to flee as the disciples scattered, while the two Demon Kings pursued them and the Black Ape King struck Lin Haotian down.
• The Black Ape King cornered Mu Lingluo as the Profound Eyebrow Demon King approached Lin Haotian, but two golden pillars of light descended and swallowed both demons.

Jiang Changsheng saved Mu Lingluo from two demon kings, earned a survival reward, and encouraged her to seek his help whenever she faced danger. As Great Jing prepared its first overseas expedition, rumors of the Dao Ancestor’s strength spread through the Heavenly Sea, where a mysterious man asked about the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven.

• Jiang Changsheng received a Golden Scale Jade Leaf survival reward for saving Mu Lingluo, then told her in a dream that she could seek his help whenever she was in danger.
• Mu Lingluo performed well in the Saint Manor Competition and drew the elders’ attention, while Lin Haotian was revealed to have a special constitution and was placed under guard.
• Great Jing announced the founding of True Dragon Temple, and the Shun Tian Emperor asked Jiang Changsheng for Spirit Energy Beans to protect the dynasty’s first overseas expedition.
• At the Peaceful Rest Inn, Xiao Buku heard rumors that the Dao Ancestor had defeated experts beyond the Universe Realm and wondered how he could escape the inn.
• A dignified man in a golden-threaded brocade robe entered the inn and asked whether any disciples of the Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven had come to the nearby islands.

The Great Saint Ruler searched for Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven disciples while overseas powers grew wary of the Dao Ancestor and sought ties with Great Jing. As overseas martial artists flooded the Dragon Vein Continent, Jiang Changsheng sensed that he was nearing the eighth level of the Dao Follows Nature Skill.

• The Great Saint Ruler questioned Xiao Buku about Manifest Saint Grotto-heaven, then left to search for the sect’s scattered disciples; the Qi Yuan Merchant Guild began investigating him.
• Li Min told Jiang Changsheng about Zhou Jueshi, a sixteen-year-old genius who could learn martial arts after seeing them once, and Jiang Changsheng anticipated a breakthrough within five years.
• Zhang Beidou heard that the Crimson Moon Old Ancestor had died in Great Jing and suspected the Dao Ancestor had reached the Three Grotto-Heavens Realm, so he ordered Zhang Chenggang to befriend Great Jing and the Dao Ancestor.
• Overseas martial artists poured into Great Jing, and Qing Er turned away visitors who wanted to meet the Dao Ancestor while accepting their gifts to Dragon Arising Temple.
• Bai Qi wondered whether Great Jing had gained many powerful experts, and the Sword God replied that many of the visitors were probably from overseas.

Jiang Changsheng reflected on Great Jing’s need to build its strength gradually while observing the reincarnations of old acquaintances. A report of an attack bearing the Boundless Sea Alliance’s mark alarmed the Shun Tian Emperor, while Jiang Changsheng’s sparring with Mu Lingluo ended with her asking how old he was when he reached the Grotto Heaven Realm.

• Jiang Changsheng learned that the Four Seas Sage had reincarnated in Skysea Land and gave him ten thousand Incense Points.
• Jiang Changsheng checked on Wang Chen, found that he had been reborn as an imperial son of Great Qi, and saw Eunuch Li enjoying a carefree life in his new incarnation.
• The Shun Tian Emperor summoned Song Li to analyze a secret report about an attack on a Great Jing fleet, and Song Li identified the attackers’ mark as belonging to the Boundless Sea Alliance.
• Song Li warned that the Boundless Sea Alliance was a powerful maritime force searching for the Gathering Demon Orb, and the Shun Tian Emperor decided Great Jing should not provoke it.
• Jiang Changsheng sparred with Mu Lingluo in a dream and admired her growing strength and sword talent.
• Mu Lingluo asked Jiang Changsheng how old he had been when he attained the Grotto Heaven Realm.

Jiang Changsheng watched Great Jing expand its influence and the Sword God approach a breakthrough while Jiang Yu was reborn in Skysea. The Sword God drew on Great Jing’s fortune and unleashed a display of sword intent that caught the attention of the Sword Master, who sent the Dual Swords Elder to invite him.

• Mu Lingluo questioned Jiang Changsheng about his cultivation, and he claimed he had reached his current realm at around a hundred years old before warning her to keep it secret.
• The Shun Tian Emperor secured a hundred seagoing vessels from Zhang Chenggang, and Great Jing celebrated its first fleet’s return and announced plans to occupy waters south of Yuzhou.
• Zong Tianwu sailed toward Skysea with Zhang Ying and a group of disciples, learning that Ye Xundi was Skysea’s strongest martial artist.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that Jiang Yu had been reborn in Skysea and watched Bai Qi demonstrate her sword technique while the Sword God continued his rooftop meditation.
• The Sword God rose into the clouds above the capital and drew on Great Jing’s fortune as he neared the Grotto Heaven Realm.
• The Sword Master sensed a swordsman approaching Saint Martial and sent the Dual Swords Elder to invite him; the Sword God then filled the capital’s sky with sword shadows.

The Sword God broke through to the Grotto-Heaven Realm, strengthening Great Jing’s Qi Luck, and challenged Jiang Changsheng after resting. Jiang Changsheng effortlessly defeated his new Heavenly Dao sword path but encouraged him to keep developing his potential.

• The Sword God’s breakthrough filled the skies over Si Province with sword shadows and merged his Qi Luck with Great Jing’s, while the Shun Tian Emperor celebrated the dynasty’s rising strength.
• The Sword God returned to Dragon Arising Temple, bowed to Jiang Changsheng, and agreed to challenge him after seven days, insisting he would remain on the mountain afterward.
• The Shun Tian Emperor proclaimed the Sword God’s breakthrough to the world and announced that Great Jing possessed martial artists across several powerful realms.
• Six days later, the Sword God surrounded Jiang Changsheng with countless sword shadows and unleashed his new sword path, which he called the Heavenly Dao.
• Jiang Changsheng shattered the Sword God’s sword net with a single finger and stopped the attack just before the Sword God’s forehead, saying he had used about twenty percent of his strength.
• Jiang Changsheng told the Sword God that his scattered grotto-heaven could grow stronger, leaving the Sword God excited about his untapped potential.

Jiang Changsheng continued cultivating after the Sword God broke through, while Great Jing prepared to challenge the Eastern Sea Dynasty and the Boundless Sea Alliance began moving toward the Dragon Vein Continent. As Jiang Changsheng neared his own breakthrough, Yu Yan Yi told him about a prodigy from the Fu Yue Family and asked whether he would take her as a disciple.

• The Sword God challenged Jiang Changsheng after entering the Grotto Heaven Realm, and Jiang Changsheng survived to receive three Golden Scale Jade Leaves.
• Song Li reported that the Boundless Sea Alliance had infiltrated Great Jing, then accepted the Shun Tian Emperor’s appointment as Sea Route Governor and was tasked with building ten thousand warships within five years.
• An official from the Eastern Sea Dynasty told a Boundless Sea Alliance helmsman that the Dragon Vein Continent’s nine dragon veins sealed a powerful demon, prompting the helmsman to order the ship toward the continent.
• Jiang Changsheng calculated the strength of nearby experts and found that the strongest in the seas had 1.1 million incense points, while the strongest within the system’s known range had five million.
• Yu Yan Yi told Jiang Changsheng that tributary sects were joining dynasties and asked whether he would accept the Fu Yue Family’s prodigy, one of Great Jing’s Twin Prodigies, as his disciple.

Jiang Changsheng prepared to break through in the capital, while Great Jing strengthened its coastal forces and recruited Divine Men. He began a terrifying Thunder Tribulation above the capital, leaving the city watching anxiously as he endured the first wave of lightning.

• Jiang Changsheng learned that Yu Qingyuan might be an Ancient Martial Artist reincarnated and decided to seek Dragon Arising Temple’s greatest talent after his breakthrough.
• In the ninth year of Shun Tian, the imperial court funded coastal defenses and recruited Divine Men, while Jiang Jian and Ping'an joined Song Li at the southern ports.
• Jiang Changsheng chose to undergo his breakthrough above the capital and spent the night talking with Mu Lingluo in her dream.
• Two visiting swordsmen considered how to persuade the Dao Ancestor to let them take the Sword God, but news of the Dao Ancestor’s tribulation drew them and the capital’s martial artists outside.
• Jiang Changsheng flew high above the capital as vast thunderclouds formed, and he began enduring repeated lightning strikes with his spiritual power barrier and cultivation technique.
• The Sword God and Bai Qi watched from the courtyard, while the Shun Tian Emperor recognized the event as a real Thunder Tribulation.

Jiang Changsheng survived the True Martial Three Revolutions Heavenly Tribulation and broke through to the eighth layer of Dao Follows Nature Skill, gaining a Dao Fruit and the Law, Heaven and Earth divine ability. He chose to continue cultivating immortality and unlocked the incense wish function, while the Shun Tian Emperor resolved to strengthen Great Jing without relying solely on him.

• Jiang Changsheng endured the tribulation's escalating purple lightning by spending incense points and replenishing his spiritual power with pills.
• When dark crimson lightning broke through his defenses, Jiang Changsheng used the Great Dao Eye to scatter the lightning and blast a hole through the thunderclouds.
• After the remaining lightning weakened, Jiang Changsheng received the survival reward and chose to continue cultivating immortality, unlocking the incense wish function.
• Jiang Changsheng condensed a Dao Fruit as his spiritual power surged, while the Shun Tian Emperor worried that the Dao Ancestor remained independent of Great Jing and resolved to make the dynasty stronger.
• Bai Qi and the Sword God watched from the courtyard and speculated that Jiang Changsheng might have deliberately displayed his power.

Jiang Changsheng inherited Law, Heaven and Earth and confirmed that his strength exceeded every martial artist the system could detect, but he concealed his true realm from Sword God and Bai Qi. As overseas powers took notice of Great Jing and Sword Court sought Sword God, Jiang Changsheng discovered that Lin Haotian on the God Antiquity Continent worshipped him and asked for guidance.

• Jiang Changsheng inherited Law, Heaven and Earth, spent incense points to assess martial strength, and learned that Ninth Grotto-heaven was the highest realm detected while his own strength exceeded the known range.
• Jiang Changsheng told Sword God and Bai Qi that he had reached Fourth Grotto-heaven and urged them to keep his cultivation secret, then continued cultivating the Dao Follows Nature Skill.
• Cheng Yan of the Boundless Sea Alliance discussed the Dao Ancestor’s tribulation with his subordinates and chose to investigate the Gathering Demon Orb rather than challenge Jiang Changsheng.
• Two swordsmen from Sword Court asked Sword God to come overseas, but Jiang Changsheng said their Sword Master would need to ask in person, and Sword God refused to leave.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed believers across the world and discovered that Lin Haotian on the God Antiquity Continent offered incense to him and pleaded for advice.

Jiang Changsheng aided his believers and watched a masked Universe Realm expert attack Divine Monk Kasyapa over the Gathering Demon Orb. After Great Jing established its first Teleportation Array, the Shun Tian Emperor warned Jiang Changsheng that overseas forces were being drawn toward the orb, and Jiang Changsheng revealed that he possessed it.

• Jiang Changsheng sent a clone to bring rain to drought-stricken believers, earning widespread praise and increasing his incense value.
• The Shun Tian Emperor discussed the Teleportation Array with the Punishment Head and sensed a battle between powerful martial artists in Si Province.
• The masked man defeated Divine Monk Kasyapa while demanding the Gathering Demon Orb, but fled when Jiang Changsheng told him to stop.
• Great Jing's first Teleportation Array successfully crossed Eight Wan Li, alarming martial artists and foreign spies.
• The Shun Tian Emperor told Jiang Changsheng that rumors about the Gathering Demon Orb could attract overseas forces, and Jiang Changsheng revealed the orb in his hand.

Jiang Changsheng prepared the Dao World’s ocean while overseas powers planned to seize the Gathering Demon Orb and investigate a mysterious demon. The chapter ended when a martial artist heading to Great Jing asked an ordinary-looking Jiang Changsheng what his chances were of defeating the Dao Ancestor.

• Jiang Changsheng stored the Gathering Demon Orb, explained its power, and decided to create land and sea in the Dao World so the White Dragon could live there.
• The Sword Master learned that the Dao Ancestor was supposedly in the Three Grotto-heavens and vowed to seek him out after breaking through.
• Cheng Yan told the Boundless Sea Alliance Chief that the Gathering Demon Orb was in Great Jing, and the Chief ordered an offer made to the Dao Ancestor and arranged for Ye Xundi to test his strength.
• The Boundless Sea Alliance Chief suspected that dragon veins concealed parts of a powerful demon and planned to investigate other continents.
• Jiang Changsheng filled the Dao World with seawater, then met a middle-aged martial artist who was traveling to challenge the Dao Ancestor and asked how likely he was to win.

Jiang Changsheng faced Wu Song, a saber master who had spent a century seeking an opponent after hearing of the Dao Ancestor’s victories. Their battle revealed the vast gulf between them, and the chapter ended as Jiang Changsheng prepared to finish the fight.

• Jiang Changsheng moved White Dragon into his expanding Dao World, where it explored the new continent.
• During winter, Chen Li played chess with Jiang Changsheng, while Sword God and Bai Qi watched from the courtyard.
• Wu Song arrived at the capital’s South City Gate and challenged Jiang Changsheng after a hundred years of fighting across the seas.
• Zhang Ying identified Wu Song as the undefeated saber master who had challenged the major sea regions.
• Jiang Changsheng met Wu Song in the sky and effortlessly repelled his opening attacks, while Divine Monk Kasyapa and Zhou Jueshi watched from the mountains.
• Wu Song unleashed his flaming afterimages and pressed his assault, but Jiang Changsheng’s spiritual power barrier stopped every strike; Jiang Changsheng then decided to end the fight.