Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng defeated Wu Song and learned that a worldwide war between humanity and the Demon Race threatened the Saint Dynasty and would eventually endanger Dragon Vein Continent. He resolved to accelerate Great Jing’s unification, while the Shun Tian Emperor began preparing for war and Wu Song departed after warning that Great Jing could hold Jiang Changsheng back.

• Jiang Changsheng crushed Wu Song in a brief fight, brought him to Dragon Arising Mountain, and demanded details about the human realm’s great calamity.
• Wu Song explained that a Demon Race Supreme had united demon creatures and Ferocious Beasts, that the Saint Dynasty might fall within twenty years, and that the first effects could reach Dragon Vein Continent in fifty to over a hundred years.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that the Sacred Manor on God Antiquity Continent served the Saint Dynasty and worried that Mu Lingluo would face the demon calamity first.
• Jiang Changsheng verified Wu Song’s account with the Illusory God Eyes, had him copy his strongest ultimate art, and then allowed him to leave once his injuries healed.
• After Chen Li reported the threat, the Shun Tian Emperor decided Great Jing should begin its war, while Jiang Changsheng resolved to hasten the empire’s unification.
• Wu Song departed the next morning, warning Jiang Changsheng that protecting Great Jing could drag him down.

Jiang Changsheng learned that Mu Lingluo intended to remain with the Saint Manor as the human race faced a coming calamity, while Great Jing began its campaign to unify the world. After learning about the powerful Boundless Sea Alliance, Jiang discovered that Ye Xundi planned to challenge him, and Ye declared that the alliance must leave the Dao Ancestor alone after their fight.

• Mu Lingluo refused Jiang Changsheng's offer to leave the Saint Manor, choosing to stay with her family and help face the coming calamity.
• In the eleventh year of Shuntian, the Emperor announced Great Jing's plan to unify the world, and nine Vassal Kings sent their armies to war.
• Divine Monk Kasyapa warned Jiang Changsheng that the Boundless Sea Alliance had left its mark at the True Dragon Temple, and Jiang learned that its strongest member required 1.9 million incense points to calculate.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that Ye Xundi had become the strongest expert in the nearby seas after breaking through to the Second Grotto Heaven.
• Ye Xundi challenged Cheng Yan, defeated him, and said the Boundless Sea Alliance would become his enemy if it attacked the Dao Ancestor after Ye's planned battle with Jiang.

Jiang Changsheng found Yang Zhou, the Dragon Vein Continent’s greatest martial arts talent, and brought him to Dragon Arising Temple, where he quickly revealed extraordinary ability. The chapter ended with news that Ye Xundi had issued Jiang Changsheng a public challenge to fight on Martial Peak on the first day of next month.

• Jiang Changsheng offered to teach Yang Zhou martial arts, demonstrated his power by carrying him into the sky, and sent him to say farewell to his family.
• Qing Er welcomed Yang Zhou to Dragon Arising Temple as her disciple, and Jiang Changsheng discovered that Yang Zhou possessed nine unusual acupoints.
• After a month of practice, Yang Zhou mastered the first level of the Great Heavenly Cycle Divine Art and began drawing Martial Dao Spiritual Energy on Martial Peak.
• Yang Zhou rose quickly among the temple disciples by learning external martial arts after watching them once, earning comparisons to Zhou Jueshi.
• Qing Er brought Jiang Changsheng a challenge letter announcing that Ye Xundi, the number one man of the Heavenly Sea, would fight him atop Martial Peak next month.
• Jiang Changsheng accepted the challenge and told Qing Er to take Yang Zhou to the True Martial Pavilion to challenge Zhou Jueshi.

Yang Zhou impressed the martial artists at True Martial Pavilion with his talent and revealed that he had trained for less than half a year, shocking Zhou Jueshi. He then hurried to Martial Peak Mountain to watch Ye Xundi challenge the Dao Ancestor, and Jiang Changsheng appeared as the battle began.

• Qing Er sent Yang Zhou to True Martial Pavilion, where he quickly mastered martial arts manuals and drew the Shun Tian Emperor's attention.
• Yang Zhou met Zhou Jueshi on the seventh floor and advised him to wait until he reached a higher realm before creating a cultivation method.
• Zhou Jueshi learned that Yang Zhou had trained in martial arts for less than half a year and began doubting his own genius.
• Yang Zhou reached Martial Peak Mountain, where Ye Xundi arrived in a storm of wind and debris and called for the Dao Ancestor.
• Jiang Changsheng flew out of the mist to face Ye Xundi as Yang Zhou watched in excitement.

Jiang Changsheng defeated Tianhai’s champion Ye Xundi, spared him, and gained the divine power Resurrection from the Dead. By the start of the next year, Ye Xundi had recovered enough to meet Yang Zhou on Dragon Arising Mountain.

• Ye Xundi challenged Jiang Changsheng with a colossal True Qi stele, but Jiang shattered his attack and pierced Ye Xundi’s chest with a forceful strike.
• Jiang Changsheng carried the defeated Ye Xundi back to his courtyard and chose to spare him; Ye Xundi asked to live and accepted a bottle of pills.
• Jiang Changsheng received the survival reward Resurrection from the Dead, a divine power that could revive people who had died unnaturally while their souls remained in their bodies.
• Ye Xundi recovered overnight and began thinking about learning stronger martial arts from Jiang Changsheng.
• At the beginning of the twelfth year of Shuntian, Qing Er brought Yang Zhou to meet Ye Xundi, who was surprised to learn Yang Zhou was the person she had brought.

Ye Xundi accidentally struck Yang Zhou dead during their first training session, but Jiang Changsheng revived him, and Yang Zhou soon revealed the Martial Dao Saint Body and remarkable talent. As Great Jing renewed its war against the Eastern Sea Dynasty, the Sword God headed to the front while Yang Zhou mastered the Wild Dao Divine Essence Skill and sensed a shift in heaven and earth’s destiny.

• Ye Xundi began training Yang Zhou and accidentally beat him to death, so Jiang Changsheng revived him and ordered him to continue training.
• The next day, Ye Xundi discovered that Yang Zhou’s True Qi had doubled and identified him as possessing the Martial Dao Saint Body.
• Great Jing sent Song Li, Jiang Jian, and Ping'an across the sea, while Xu Tianji led the Heavenly Strategy Army toward the Eastern Sea Dynasty, and war broke out in September.
• Jiang Changsheng sent the Sword God to deal with any Universe Realm experts supporting the Eastern Sea Dynasty.
• After nine months of training, Yang Zhou gained a preliminary grasp of the Wild Dao Divine Essence Skill, and he and Ye Xundi sensed heaven and earth’s destiny shifting.

The Shun Tian Emperor led Great Jing’s army against the Eastern Sea Dynasty and shocked the continent by personally fighting on the front lines, while the Boundless Sea Alliance recognized Great Jing’s growing strength. As the war intensified, Jiang Changsheng spent New Year with his old companions, and the Alliance feared that Ye Xundi had joined him.

• Ye Xundi told Yang Zhou about a demon’s breakthrough to the Golden Body Realm, then continued training him in the Wild Dao Divine Essence Skill.
• The Great Qi Emperor sent Qi Heng west with one hundred thousand Mystic Troops to fight demon beasts, while the Shun Tian Emperor decided to lead ten thousand elite soldiers to Great Jing’s front lines.
• Jiang Changsheng gave the Shun Tian Emperor a brocade pouch, and the emperor departed for war as Great Jing’s battles with the Eastern Sea Dynasty reached a deadlock.
• Jiang Changsheng celebrated New Year with Ye Xundi, Yang Zhou, Qing Er, and Ming Yue, reminiscing with his aging companions.
• The Shun Tian Emperor defeated three Golden Body experts, led Great Jing troops in a massacre of one hundred thousand Eastern Sea soldiers, and became a celebrated figure among his people.
• Jiang Jian and Ping An defeated ten Golden Body experts, while Cheng Yan warned White Brow Ancestor that Ye Xundi might be serving Jiang Changsheng.

As Great Jing and the Eastern Sea Dynasty remained locked in a stalemate, Jiang Changsheng explained his plan to strengthen humanity and prepare for a coming calamity. A colossal Ying Fish carrying human figures approached Great Jing, and Ye Xundi sensed that a powerful enemy was coming.

• White Brow Ancestor told the Boundless Sea Alliance not to attack Great Jing directly and to wait for its leader before launching a final offensive.
• Jiang Changsheng told Ye Xundi and Yang Zhou that he wanted Great Jing to unify the world and protect humanity from the Demon Race Supreme and the Sacred Dynasty.
• Jiang Changsheng planned to seek out talented people across the world, while Ye Xundi continued training Yang Zhou.
• Li Min reported that the war with the Eastern Sea Dynasty had reached a stalemate, and Jiang Changsheng said the Emperor needed to devise a countermeasure.
• Xiao Buku and the people of Tianhai watched a giant Ying Fish carrying human figures fly toward Dragon Vein Continent.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed the Ying Fish and waited as it approached, then Ye Xundi returned to Dragon Arising Mountain and warned that a powerful enemy was attacking.

The Boundless Sea Alliance arrived in Great Jing atop the colossal Ying Fish, led by the newly advanced Fourth Grotto-heaven Boundless Martial Venerable. Ye Xundi engaged one of their Three Grotto-heavens experts, and Jiang Changsheng arrived as the two sides prepared to confront each other.

• Chen Li learned that the Ying Fish had arrived and hurried to Dragon Arising Mountain while Jiang Changsheng continued waiting for the enemy to reach Great Jing.
• The Boundless Martial Venerable led the Ying Fish and nearly a thousand elite fighters toward Great Jing, telling three invited Three Grotto-heavens experts that he had reached the Fourth Grotto-heaven.
• The Eastern Sea Dynasty received the order to attack, and the Shun Tian Emperor prepared Great Jing's army for battle.
• Jiang Changsheng let Ye Xundi go ahead, and Ye Xundi charged the Boundless Martial Venerable before a Three Grotto-heavens expert kicked him away.
• Ye Xundi recovered and battled the gray-robed expert, injuring him with his Ancient Martial Dao before Jiang Changsheng arrived and the Boundless Martial Venerable asked if he was the Dao Ancestor.

Jiang Changsheng defeated Boundless Martial Venerable and three other Grotto Heaven Realm experts with one overwhelming palm, then questioned the revived Boundless Martial Venerable about the alliance’s plans. He left with Ye Xundi after learning that demon creatures were sealed beneath dragon veins and ordering him to keep the revelations secret.

• Boundless Martial Venerable demanded that Jiang Changsheng leave Great Jing, but Jiang Changsheng refused and told him he could not be killed.
• Jiang Changsheng pulled Ye Xundi away from his fight with the gray-robed old man using the God-Binding Silk, then grew a thousand zhang tall and struck down Boundless Martial Venerable and the other three experts with one palm.
• Jiang Changsheng revived Boundless Martial Venerable and used the Illusory God Eyes to learn that the Boundless Sea Alliance planned to seize nine dragon veins and use the Gathering Demon Orb to control legendary demon creatures sealed beneath them.
• Jiang Changsheng killed Boundless Martial Venerable again, fired arrows from the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow in several directions, and ordered Ye Xundi to keep their discoveries secret.
• Jiang Changsheng told Ye Xundi to carry the four experts’ corpses, and Ye Xundi followed him, awed by the Dao Ancestor’s martial arts.

Jiang Changsheng intervened in Great Jing’s war against the Boundless Sea Alliance, then received several survival rewards, including the Supreme Yang Divine Light and Cloud Sky Divine Tree. After bringing the Ying Fish into the Dao World, he learned that its parents were vastly larger and began to wonder what other immense beasts lived in the sea.

• Jiang Changsheng’s beams struck down powerful Boundless Sea Alliance fighters on several battlefields, turning the tide for Great Jing’s forces.
• Jiang Changsheng revived the Ying Fish and moved it into the Dao World, where it met the White Dragon.
• Ye Xundi returned to the capital and told Yang Zhou and Bai Qi that Jiang Changsheng’s palm strike had killed one Fourth Grotto-heaven and three Three Grotto-heavens.
• Jiang Changsheng received six survival rewards, including the Supreme Yang Divine Light, twenty-seven Golden Scale Jade Leaves in total, and the Cloud Sky Divine Tree.
• Jiang Changsheng refined the Supreme Yang Divine Light and planted the Cloud Sky Divine Tree in the center of the Dao World.
• Jiang Changsheng learned from the Ying Fish that it was underage and that its parents were ten thousand times larger, leaving him wary of the sea’s other beasts.

Jiang Changsheng refined the Golden Scale Jade Leaves as Great Jing conquered the Eastern Sea Dynasty, then learned that Lin Haotian had been cast out by the Saint Manor because of his Demon Race Bloodline. He found the wounded fugitive and offered him refuge in Great Jing, leaving Lin Haotian determined to travel north.

• Jiang Changsheng emerged with the Supreme Yang Divine Light behind his head and explained that it was the manifestation of his martial path.
• Great Jing defeated the Eastern Sea Dynasty, whose emperor took poison and whose imperial family fled, causing the dynasty's fortune to collapse.
• The Shun Tian Emperor visited Jiang Changsheng and learned that the Boundless Sea Alliance had been defeated, while Jiang Changsheng kept his martial realm and new treasure mysterious.
• Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng that Lin Haotian had awakened a physique, been driven from the Saint Manor, and was hunted because he carried Demon Race Bloodline.
• Jiang Changsheng appeared before the wounded Lin Haotian, promised to shelter him in Great Jing, and taught him the Nine Gods Heaven Shifting Skill.
• Lin Haotian awoke believing he had dreamed of Jiang Changsheng, then resolved to travel north and seek refuge in Great Jing.

Great Jing expanded across the continent as the Shun Tian Emperor announced plans for Martial Arts Academies and future expansion into the Celestial Sea. Meanwhile, Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable returned to the sea and learned that momentous changes were underway.

• Jiang Jian captured the Eastern Sea Dynasty’s Imperial City, and the Shun Tian Emperor incorporated its territory into Great Jing.
• The Shun Tian Emperor proposed building ports, exploring the ocean, negotiating with the Demon King, and eventually conquering the Celestial Sea.
• The Shun Tian Emperor established Martial Arts Academies across Great Jing, despite opposition from martial sects and nobles.
• Jiang Changsheng approved of the academies and the growing flow of martial artists to the Celestial Sea while Huang Tian and Hei Tian practiced cultivation.
• Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable reached an island market and heard from a waiter that the entire sea was on the verge of upheaval.

Jiang Changsheng learned of his growing fame across the seas, trained Yang Zhou and prepared gifted disciples for the coming Demon Race calamity, then discovered that Qing Ku had reincarnated in the Sea of Despair. Meanwhile, the Sword Master agreed to join Fengtian as it contended for the Sacred Dynasty.

• A waiter told Jiang Luo and the Evil Venerable that the Dao Ancestor had defeated the foremost figure of the Heavenly Sea and destroyed the Boundless Sea Alliance’s invading forces.
• Yang Zhou trained against Huang Tian and Hei Tian, and Jiang Changsheng explained that Yang Zhou’s True Qi exceeded the demon cats’ despite their superior speed.
• Jiang Changsheng said he was preparing Yang Zhou and nine gifted children to stand against the Demon Race’s coming calamity.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that Qing Ku had reincarnated in the Sea of Despair and used the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to locate him alive in a sect.
• Crossing Sea Vajra invited the Sword Master to join Fengtian in the struggle to become the next Sacred Dynasty, and the Sword Master accepted.

The Shun Tian Emperor pursued Great Jing’s expansion while Jiang Changsheng made Qing Er the new temple master. A messenger from Martial Emperor Island announced the Luck Dynasty War, and Jiang Changsheng received the Grotto-Heaven realm visitor who had arrived in the capital.

• The Shun Tian Emperor explained his plan to dominate the southern seas and control other dynasties through trade, and Jiang Changsheng agreed while refusing to personally teach future emperors.
• Jiang Changsheng appointed Qing Er as Dragon Arising Temple’s third temple master, then watched her receive congratulations from the martial world.
• At court, a white-robed elder from Martial Emperor Island delivered a Luck Dynasty Scroll and announced that dynasties across the Endless Ocean would fight for a chance to become a Qi Luck Saint Dynasty.
• The Shun Tian Emperor vowed to pursue a ten-thousand-year destiny for Great Jing, and the ministers declared their support.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed a Grotto-Heaven realm visitor and sent Ye Xundi to escort the white-robed elder to him.

Old Man Tianji urged Jiang Changsheng to strengthen Great Jing, while Jiang Luo and Evil Venerable returned to serve the dynasty. After learning that Lin Haotian was being hunted by Chen Lan Sect, Jiang Changsheng entered his dream and offered to test the sect’s strength.

• Old Man Tianji invited Jiang Changsheng to join Martial Emperor Island, explained that its experts had gone to support the Sacred Dynasty, and urged him to unify Great Jing.
• Jiang Luo and Evil Venerable returned to the capital, accepted Jiang Changsheng’s advice to seek military posts, and met warmly with Shun Tian Emperor.
• Great Jing expanded across nearly a hundred Sea Islands, while Qi Yuan Merchant Guild and Hanging Sky Island strengthened their ties with the dynasty.
• Jiang Changsheng heard Lin Haotian’s anguished thoughts and entered his dream, where he learned Chen Lan Sect had killed Xiao Die and continued hunting Lin Haotian.
• Jiang Changsheng told Lin Haotian not to give up and said he would test Chen Lan Sect’s strength.

Jiang Changsheng repeatedly rescued Lin Haotian from Chen Lan Sect, whose elders hunted him because they suspected he possessed a Demon Martial Body. As a Three Grotto-Heavens elder confronted Lin Haotian in the sky, Lin Haotian feared Jiang Changsheng might not be able to save him.

• Jiang Changsheng told the others about Lin Haotian’s hardships, then warned Yang Zhou to train for a future human calamity.
• Jiang Changsheng killed twenty-six Chen Lan Sect martial artists with golden arrows when they attacked Lin Haotian on an island.
• A Chen Lan Sect elder learned Lin Haotian might be a Demon Martial Body and decided to hunt him personally.
• Lin Haotian traveled across the ocean with a Sky Azure Thunder Eagle he had freed from Chen Lan Sect disciples.
• The elder killed the black-clad martial artist who had concealed the Demon Martial Body suspicion, then challenged Lin Haotian to summon his backer and revealed he was in the Three Grotto-Heavens Realm.

Lin Haotian survived an attack by the Chen Lan Sect when Jiang Changsheng killed its Three Grotto-heavens elder, while Great Jing learned that the Shun Heaven Dynasty might soon challenge it. Five years later, Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng that she was leaving the Holy Manor because the demon beasts of God Antiquity Continent were gathering their strength.

• Jiang Changsheng killed the Chen Lan Sect elder who was about to strike Lin Haotian, and Lin Haotian vowed to obey his benefactor.
• The Shun Tian Emperor learned that golden lights had appeared above Dragon Arising Mountain seventy-three times and summoned Zhang Chenggang from Hanging Sky Island.
• Zhang Ying warned Jiang Changsheng that the Shun Heaven Dynasty had set its sights on the Heavenly Sea, and Jiang Changsheng asked him to investigate whether Great Qi was connected to Shun Heaven.
• Great Jing expanded its maritime territory over five years, occupying more than five hundred Sea Islands without clashing with the Shun Heaven Dynasty.
• Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng that she was leaving the Holy Manor because her lineage had called her back as the demon beasts of God Antiquity Continent gathered their strength.

Mu Lingluo prepared to lead the Mu Family north as the Sacred Manor faltered, while Jiang Changsheng named his gathered geniuses the Dragon Arising Eighteen Stars and watched Great Qi and Tianhai grow more dangerous. At the Shun Tian Emperor’s request, Jiang Changsheng sent Ye Xundi to pacify Tianhai, then spoke with Crown Prince Jiang Che about his studies.

• Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng that the Sacred Manor might disband, and he urged her to guide the Mu Family north toward Tianhai.
• Qi Heng won the Wei Family’s support after proving himself on the battlefield, and Wei Maiden promised him troops and disciples to help him seize the throne.
• Jiang Changsheng named the eighteen young geniuses the Dragon Arising Eighteen Stars and observed Yang Zhou training under Ye Xundi.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that powerful experts were gathering in Great Qi and that a mysterious expert remained near the nearby seas.
• The Shun Tian Emperor ordered preparations against Great Qi and planned a martial arts gathering to stabilize Tianhai, then sent Jiang Che to ask Jiang Changsheng for Ye Xundi’s help.
• Jiang Changsheng agreed to send Ye Xundi to pacify Tianhai, and Ye Xundi departed before Jiang Changsheng asked Jiang Che about his studies.

Jiang Changsheng arranged martial training and support for Jiang Che, strengthening the Crown Prince’s position. As demonic chaos overwhelmed the God Antiquity Continent, Jiang Changsheng revealed his power to the Mu Family and urged them to migrate north, leaving Mu Xuangang to prepare the family for the journey.

• Jiang Changsheng ordered Jiang Che to train under Yang Zhou and invited Huang Tian and Hei Tian to spend time with him, while the Shun Tian Emperor celebrated the Crown Prince’s new favor.
• Yang Zhou entered the Divine Man realm, and Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng that demon kings had thrown the God Antiquity Continent into chaos and that the Mu Family was considering fleeing.
• Jiang Changsheng agreed to reveal himself to the Mu Family, and Mu Xuangang gathered the family at their estate’s back mountain.
• Jiang Changsheng fired the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow and projected a towering golden image over the Mu Family, then warned them to travel north across the sea to seek his protection.
• Mu Lingluo reassured the startled family that Jiang Changsheng had chosen her because of her talent, and Mu Xuangang ordered everyone to begin preparing for the migration.