Arc 11Jiang Zhu’s Saint Spirit War

Jiang Zhu advanced his cultivation while carving a path through the Saint Spirit Race’s ancient road, raiding its cities and treasures. When the Saint Spirit Race marched on the Human Race, Jiang Zhu began his Saint King Tribulation and turned its lightning against the invaders, until an unknown figure offered the Great Sages a way to counter it.

  • Jiang Zhu mastered the Kun Peng transformation, defeated Di Tian’s envoys, and killed Yan Chifeng and Yan Yu’s forces after they tried to seize him.
  • Jiang Zhu reached the Tenth Pass, created a new method for his Sea of Bitterness, and entered the Burial Ground of Gods and Ghosts, where he cultivated life and death into a Taiji Immortal Map.
  • Jiang Zhu killed Saint King Mopu and his forces, then attacked the Saint Spirit Tenth City, broke its defenses, and escaped as two Great Sages arrived.
  • Jiang Zhu raided the Saint Spirit Burial Ground, killed its defenders, and collected their remains for the Five-Colored Peacock and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon.
  • Jiang Zhu reached the pinnacle of the Saint realm and tricked Saint Spirit City Lords into giving him ancestral blood before exposing and killing City Lord Yunyan when he was ambushed.
  • Jiang Zhu killed Cangdu and the City Lord of another Saint Spirit city, looted its treasury, and spent years raiding cities along the Saint Spirit Race’s ancient road.
  • The Saint Spirit Great Sages declared war on the Human Clan, and Jiang Zhu met their vanguard by triggering his Saint King Tribulation, whose Sea of Thunder killed many soldiers and destroyed Cang Yan’s incarnation.
  • Jiang Zhu drove the tribulation lightning after the fleeing Great Sages, but an unknown figure gave them a formation that isolated the lightning, and they turned to threaten him.
Chapters 253–277 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 253The road ahead, the beginnings of a taboo

Jiang Zhu comprehended the Great Dao of Strength in the Primordial Daoist Arena and clarified the path of his taboo domain. He then broke out of the Trial Grounds and reached an ancient star filled with the power of Dao Dissolution, where he intended to master his Sixth True Spirit Transformation.

  • Jiang Zhu entered the Primordial Daoist Arena and resonated with the Great Dao of Strength through his five united True Spirit Bloodlines.
  • Jiang Zhu spent more than half a month cultivating and gained insight into his taboo domain, basing it on his bloodlines, Precious Techniques, and the prospect of Reverse-Slaying the Great Dao.
  • Fairy Qing Shi and other figures from farther along the ancient road returned to the second city, prompting speculation that they had come for the Source of the Dao and might threaten Jiang Zhu.
  • Jiang Zhu used his united bloodlines and inherited Precious Techniques to shatter the Primordial Daoist Arena's restrictions and escape into the star domain.
  • Jiang Zhu reached an ancient Life Star filled with the power of Dao Dissolution and decided to master his Sixth True Spirit Transformation there.

Ch. 254Kun Peng Transformation

Jiang Zhu cultivated the Kun Peng Transformation in the Chaos Ancient Cave, mastered its yin-yang techniques and peerless speed, and emerged as a true Kun Peng. He returned to find Bai Zhan watching a great Peng and a Flood Dragon fight over a crystalline ancient tree.

  • Jiang Zhu entered the Chaos Ancient Cave on the ancient star and absorbed its yin-yang energies, chaos mother qi, and Kun Peng Origin Blood.
  • Jiang Zhu witnessed a Kun Peng battle three Immortal Kings in a vision and studied its Precious Technique.
  • Jiang Zhu transformed into a Kun Peng, practiced Yin-Yang Evolution, and advanced his Seed of Chaos.
  • Jiang Zhu tested the Kun Peng Divine Speed, found it superior to Nine Secrets: Xing, and decided to leave.
  • Bai Zhan watched a great Peng and a Flood Dragon fight over a crystalline ancient tree, and Jiang Zhu returned.

Ch. 255The holy envoys attack

Jiang Zhu learned that Di Tian’s subordinates had entered the Primordial Era Daoist Arena to seize the Source of the Dao, then confronted them and rejected their demand to submit. He effortlessly neutralized the four Saint Kings’ coordinated attack and began counterattacking with the Supreme Immortal Bird Precious Technique.

  • Jiang Zhu emerged through a rift in the sky, frightening the Golden-Winged Peng Bird and Flood Dragon into fleeing from the Jade Marrow Tree.
  • Bai Zhan told Jiang Zhu that Cangming and Di Tian’s other subordinates were in the arena to intercept him, and Jiang Zhu declined Bai Zhan’s Calamity-Averting Talisman.
  • The foremost War General, the Vermilion Bird Holy Envoy, the White Tiger Holy Envoy, and the Qilin Holy Envoy found Jiang Zhu alongside Yan Chifeng and demanded that he surrender the Source of the Dao to Di Tian.
  • Jiang Zhu refused to submit and dismissed the four envoys, prompting them to attack him together with their powerful techniques.
  • Jiang Zhu used True Dragon Trapping Heaven to shatter the four Saint Kings’ attacks, then launched a counterattack with the Supreme Immortal Bird Precious Technique.

Ch. 256Total annihilation

Jiang Zhu annihilated Di Tian’s four Saint King-level subordinates and pursued Yan Chifeng as he tried to escape through a spatial portal. The chapter left Jiang Zhu blocking Yan Chifeng’s path just before he could enter the portal.

  • Jiang Zhu killed the Vermilion Bird Holy Envoy with the Heavenly Phoenix Great Divine Ability, then used the True Dragon Heaven-Locking Formation to smash the First War General’s halberd and grievously wound him.
  • Jiang Zhu overcame Bai Li’s Gengjin Sword Qi with the Way of the White Tiger and killed the White Tiger Holy Envoy with White Tiger Heaven-rending.
  • Jiang Zhu seized the Qilin Holy Envoy with a purple Qilin Giant Palm and crushed him, then stopped the First War General’s sacrificial attack with Yin-Yang Reversal as the First War General crumbled to dust.
  • Yan Chifeng fled the battlefield and opened a spatial portal with an ancient jade talisman, but Jiang Zhu appeared in front of him before he could enter.

Ch. 257An Overwhelming Strike in the Sacred City

Jiang Zhu killed Yan Chifeng after defeating the veterans sent by Great Commander Yan Yu, then broke out of the Primordial Era Daoist Arena and confronted Yan Yu in the Sacred City. He unleashed a storm of Golden Sword Feathers that killed Yan Yu and swept across the square, leaving the surviving soldiers in terror.

  • Great Commander Yan Yu sent a veteran squad carrying the Realm-Suppressing Mirror into the Daoist Arena to rescue Yan Chifeng.
  • Jiang Zhu broke the mirror's suppression, killed the veterans, and destroyed Yan Chifeng's soul before escaping through the sealed gateway.
  • Jiang Zhu emerged in the Sacred City, killed soldiers who attacked him, and tossed Yan Chifeng's corpse before Yan Yu.
  • After the soldiers accused Jiang Zhu of treason and tried to seize him, Jiang Zhu killed more of them with Golden Sword Feathers.
  • Jiang Zhu unleashed a golden storm that tore through Yan Yu's defenses, killed him, and swept across the square as the remaining soldiers tried to flee.

Ch. 258The impostor enforcer

Jiang Zhu slaughtered Yan Yu and his soldiers, then confronted the Reception Envoy and a silver-armored enforcer after exposing the attack on him in the Primordial Era Daoist Arena. As doubts spread that the enforcer was an impostor, the Reception Envoy demanded to see his Enforcer Divine Token, and the enforcer’s armor flared brightly.

  • Jiang Zhu used golden Sword Feathers to kill Yan Yu and the soldiers who had tried to surround him.
  • Jiang Zhu killed a subordinate of Di Tian who had stirred up trouble, while Fairy Qing Shi stepped forward to shield another subordinate.
  • Jiang Zhu confronted the Reception Envoy and the enforcer, rejecting their accusations and presenting divine-sense evidence of the earlier attack on him.
  • Jiang Zhu called the enforcer an impostor, prompting the crowd to question his identity and Di Tian’s subordinates to defend him.
  • The Reception Envoy asked whether the enforcer possessed an Enforcer Divine Token, and the enforcer’s silver armor erupted in brilliant light.

Ch. 259The Tenth Pass of the Ancient Road

Jiang Zhu exposed Liu Ye as an impostor law enforcer, killed him and Di Tian’s remaining subordinates, and left the Second Sacred City sealed as news of his deeds spread along the Starry Sky Ancient Road. After passing nine more trials, Jiang Zhu and his companions reached the Tenth Pass, where they found a famed Ancient Life Star for cultivating toward Sainthood and faced the attention of the city’s residents and commanders.

  • Jiang Zhu revealed that Liu Ye had impersonated his law-enforcer uncle and exposed how the law enforcer had helped Di Tian’s people enter the Second Sacred City.
  • Jiang Zhu killed Liu Ye and Di Tian’s remaining subordinates after the Reception Envoy sealed the city, while Fairy Qing Shi chose to leave without asking him for the source of the Dao.
  • News of Jiang Zhu’s killings spread along the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and many trial participants chose to remain in the Second Sacred City after the trial ended.
  • Jiang Zhu and his companions passed through nine consecutive passes over more than a year and arrived at the Tenth Pass, a Sacred City above an Ancient Life Star known for its powerful laws and opportunities to attain Sainthood.
  • Residents and the Tenth Sacred City’s Great Commander watched Jiang Zhu’s arrival, anticipating conflict because of his reputation.

Ch. 260Watching the Desolate Heavenly Emperor Create His Method

Jiang Zhu secluded himself on an Ancient Life Star to create his own cultivation method, combining insights from his scriptures and the Single Secret Realm Cultivation Method. As he witnessed the Desolate Heavenly Emperor creating his method, his scripture began to take shape, drawing attention and stirring unrest across the star.

  • The Great Commander of the Tenth City explained the Ancient Life Star’s cultivation environment and its restrictions to the trial participants.
  • Jiang Zhu arrived on the star, ignored its ancient scriptures and steles, and chose a secluded valley to cultivate.
  • Jiang Zhu entered the God Forbidden Domain and combined the insights of his many methods, forming a divine diagram from the powers of six primordial fierce beasts.
  • The sword mark on the Demon-Refining Pot let Jiang Zhu witness the Desolate Heavenly Emperor creating his method, deepening his understanding of the cultivation path.
  • Jiang Zhu’s Dao sounds and visions spread across the star, prompting cultivators to search for their source while he continued refining his own scripture.

Ch. 261A peacock who knew his place

Jiang Zhu forged new scripture principles for the Sea of Bitterness and Dao Palace secret realms, reshaping his Sea of Bitterness into a miniature world and enduring a Tribulation of Creating the Dao. After defeating the Five-Colored Peacock King, he faced a group of Human Clan Trialists who demanded his treasures and Immortal Scripture.

  • Jiang Zhu created a new method for the Sea of Bitterness, transforming it into a world where chaos, yin and yang, and life and death coexisted.
  • Jiang Zhu emerged from his creation of the Dao to find the land devastated and realized he had undergone a Tribulation of Creating the Dao.
  • The Five-Colored Peacock King challenged Jiang Zhu for entering his territory, but Jiang Zhu's Five-Colored Divine Light easily defeated him.
  • The Peacock King set aside his pride and asked to follow Jiang Zhu and cultivate, but Jiang Zhu called him weak despite his potential.
  • A group of Human Clan Trialists arrived, mistook Jiang Zhu's achievement for an Immortal Scripture, and demanded that he hand over his treasures.

Ch. 262Demon Emperor Cave

Jiang Zhu defeated a group of trial-takers, destroyed their forbidden weapon, and killed their Saint King leader before traveling to the Demon Emperor's underwater cave abode. There he forced the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon to submit and uncovered nine jade discs containing fragments of ancient Demon Clan Dao lineages.

  • Jiang Zhu and the Five-Colored Peacock King fought trial-takers who demanded their divine treasure, and the peacock killed two of them.
  • Jiang Zhu recognized that the leading Saint King had activated a forbidden weapon, smashed it apart, and killed him while the Five-Colored Peacock King pursued the fleeing trial-takers.
  • Jiang Zhu left with the Five-Colored Peacock King and reached the lake where the Demon Emperor had left a cave abode.
  • The Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon challenged Jiang Zhu, then submitted as his mount under the pressure of Jiang Zhu's True Dragon bloodline.
  • Jiang Zhu entered the underwater cave abode, found a hidden chamber, and discovered nine jade discs containing fragments of ancient Demon Clan Dao lineages.

Ch. 263Great Moon Slope

Jiang Zhu claimed the Demon Emperor’s cultivation tablets and the Flat Peach Divine Medicine seed before leading his companions to Great Moon Slope. There, he opened the entrance to the Burial Ground of Gods and Ghosts, where he erased an ancient sword mark’s battle intent and discovered a field of fresh-looking corpses.

  • Jiang Zhu studied the Demon Emperor’s nine Jade Tablets, then gave them to the Five-Colored Peacock, who later let the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon examine them.
  • Jiang Zhu took the Flat Peach Divine Medicine seed, planted it in the Demon-Refining Pot, and nourished it with Immortal Pool Water.
  • Jiang Zhu had the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon lead the group to Great Moon Slope, where they found an ancient castle and a gigantic stone gate linked to the Burial Ground of Gods and Ghosts.
  • Jiang Zhu used the Black Emperor’s formation discs and Great Sage precious blood to open the stone gate, then entered the Burial Ground with the Five-Colored Peacock and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon.
  • An ancient sword mark unleashed a river of primordial sword intent at Jiang Zhu, but he cut through it with the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and erased the mark.
  • Jiang Zhu and his companions advanced through the white mist and found numerous fresh-looking corpses, including Ancient Saints from the Demon Clan, Human Clan, and stone Saint Spirits.

Ch. 264The Heavenly Venerable's Demon-Refining Ground

Jiang Zhu discovered the Demon Well at the source of the Netherworld River and began cultivating there, drawing on death energy while balancing it against the life force of his immortal medicines. At Great Moon Slope, Wu Gu and his companions found signs that someone had entered the ancient castle and hurried inside to keep its taboo secrets from being exposed.

  • Jiang Zhu followed the Netherworld River to its source and found an ice-field graveyard surrounding a black pool.
  • The pool revealed the Dao Venerable's Demon-Refining Ground, still held shut by the Dao Venerable's fading seal.
  • Jiang Zhu left the Demon Well alone and began cultivating with the death energy around the pool, while the peacock and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon fled its dangerous aura.
  • Jiang Zhu drew life force from the immortal medicines and death energy into his Sea of Bitterness as a gold-and-black taiji diagram formed in his chaos minor world, risking destruction if the balance failed.
  • At Great Moon Slope, the stone wolf found precious blood on the altar, and Wu Gu noticed the cracked stone gate before ordering the group inside to protect the taboo's secrets.

Ch. 265Success

Jiang Zhu stabilized his chaotic Sea of Bitterness and defeated Saint King Mopu and the Saint Spirit force that invaded the Burial Ground of Gods and Ghosts. Afterward, he gave Saint Spirit Blood to the Five-Colored Peacock and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, who began refining it to strengthen themselves.

  • Jiang Zhu’s Six Great True Spirit Diagram stabilized his Sea of Bitterness and fused the forces of life and death into a Taiji Immortal Map.
  • Saint King Mopu and his Saint Spirit companions arrived, accusing Jiang Zhu of stealing their ancestral artifact and attacking him.
  • Jiang Zhu crushed Mopu’s assault, killed the three-headed, six-armed being and the eight-armed giant, and taunted Mopu about the Saint Spirits’ claimed invincibility.
  • The Five-Colored Peacock and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon fought the Saint Spirit army while Jiang Zhu slaughtered its forces and killed Mopu.
  • Jiang Zhu collected the Saint Spirit Blood and bestowed it on the Five-Colored Peacock and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, who formed cocoons to cultivate and refine their blood.

Ch. 266Across the Starry Sky Ancient Road

After warning the Reception Envoy about the Burial Ground of Gods and Ghosts, Jiang Zhu helped drive off a Saint Spirit near-Great Sage who attacked the Human Clan’s Tenth City. He then crossed to the Holy Spirit Ancient Road’s Tenth Pass to challenge the Saint Spirits, where its guardian Jin Yan confronted him.

  • Jiang Zhu reached the Seventh Heaven of the Saint Realm, returned to the Tenth City, and told the Reception Envoy about the burial ground and the Saint Spirit Race’s plans.
  • The Saint Spirit near-Great Sage attacked the Tenth City and demanded the return of its missing clansmen, but the Reception Envoy denied responsibility and held the city’s defenses firm.
  • The Saint Spirit near-Great Sage withdrew after failing to find evidence, and Jiang Zhu announced that he would go to the Holy Spirit Ancient Road despite the Reception Envoy’s warning.
  • Jiang Zhu used the Divine Light Platform to reach the Saint Spirits’ Tenth Pass and unleashed his aura against the city’s defenses.
  • Jin Yan, the Saint Spirit City Lord and a peak Saint King, appeared on the gatehouse and confronted Jiang Zhu.

Ch. 267Renown on the Human Race Ancient Road

Jiang Zhu killed Jin Yan and shattered the defenses of the Saint Spirits' Tenth City before escaping the arriving Great Sages. The Human Clan's guardian Great Sages celebrated his feat and set out to confront the Saint Spirit Race, while news of the breach stirred the Human Race Ancient Road.

  • Jin Yan attacked Jiang Zhu, but Jiang Zhu unleashed the powers of life and death and destroyed Jin Yan and many Saint Spirit soldiers.
  • Jiang Zhu donned Great Sage Battle Armor and battered the Tenth City's defensive formations until its wall split open.
  • Jiang Zhu sensed two Saint Spirit Great Sages approaching, marked the city with his name, and escaped through the void using the Divine Light Platform and a replica of the Void Mirror.
  • The two Saint Spirit Great Sages found the ruined city and ordered the entire ancient road to hunt Jiang Zhu down.
  • Great Sage Qinghuang and the other Human Clan Dao Protector praised Jiang Zhu's victory and decided to visit the Saint Spirit Great Sages stationed along the Holy Spirit Ancient Road.
  • News of the city's breach spread along the Human Race Ancient Road, exciting those who heard of Jiang Zhu's feat.

Ch. 268Saint Spirit Fortieth City

Jiang Zhu entered the Saint Spirit Fortieth City’s trial grounds, discovered the fallen Saint Spirit’s vast treasury, and plundered its treasures. As he left the mountain, two Saint Spirit prodigies began fighting, and one called to him for help.

  • Jiang Zhu disguised himself and entered the Fortieth Pass, where he heard that Cangdu had vowed to kill him and learned the trial grounds were about to open.
  • Jiang Zhu followed the gathered Saint Spirits into the ancient domain surrounding a Saint Spirit’s birthplace and used his Source Heaven Divine Eye and Dragon Vein energy to reach the mountain summit.
  • Jiang Zhu recognized the mountain as Chaos Stone and extracted its stone slurry before entering the cave and taking its treasures, including Gold Marrow Essence Liquid and condensed immortal nectar and jade liquid.
  • Jiang Zhu found the Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree and its forty-nine smaller jade trees, collected them all, and stripped the cave of its remaining treasures.
  • Jiang Zhu reached the mountain’s foot as the Chaos Stone Saint Spirit Yanji fought a four-faced metal Saint Spirit, who called on Jiang Zhu to help him.

Ch. 269Heavenly Prodigies of Every Race Gather on the Holy Spirit Ancient Road

Jiang Zhu’s slaughter of two Saint Spirit Kings sparked a war across the Starry Sky Ancient Road, while he disappeared into the Saint Spirit Burial Ground. There, he confronted a Quasi-Emperor Saint Spirit’s remains and was attacked by three Saint Spirit prodigies, severely injuring the Stone Man with a single strike.

  • Jiang Zhu killed Yanji and Jin Huang in the Saint Spirit Burial Ground, then searched for other Saint Spirits.
  • News of Jiang Zhu’s breach of the Saint Spirits’ Tenth City and Jin Huang’s death spread, prompting prodigies of many races to attack Saint Spirit territory and igniting battles across the ancient road.
  • As Jiang Zhu vanished for months, the Saint Spirit Race issued bounties and Daoist Qinghuang searched for him near the Holy Spirit Ancient Road.
  • Jiang Zhu discovered a Quasi-Emperor Saint Spirit’s remains inside a blue mountain and used his Chaos Bell to withstand the corpse’s lingering Dao principles and Jade Chime.
  • The Crystal Jade Saint Spirit, Water Spirit, and Stone Man recognized Jiang Zhu and attacked him, but Jiang Zhu’s bell strike shattered much of the Stone Man’s body and sent him flying.

Ch. 270Seizing the Saint Spirit Remains

Jiang Zhu wiped out the Saint Spirit Race prodigies in the burial ground and used the Demon-Refining Pot to seize the nearly perfected Saint Ancestor’s remains. The Saint Spirit Race launched a vast hunt for him, while the Human Clan’s Great Sages prepared to protect him and exploit the turmoil.

  • Jiang Zhu killed Shi Lei, Jing Jue, Shui Ming, and the other Saint Spirits who tried to flee the burial ground.
  • Jiang Zhu cleared the burial ground, letting the Five-Colored Peacock and Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon absorb the fallen Saint Spirits’ remains and strengthen their bloodlines.
  • Jiang Zhu suppressed the nearly perfected Saint Spirit remains with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and absorbed them into the Demon-Refining Pot before escaping the collapsing mountain.
  • Jiang Zhu rewarded the Five-Colored Peacock and Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon with source essence, then left for the starry sky with them.
  • The Saint Spirit Race’s three Great Sages ordered a tenfold bounty on Jiang Zhu and mobilized their forces to hunt him and attack Human Clan trialists.
  • Great Sage Qinghuang and Tianxuan Great Sage discussed protecting Jiang Zhu and using the Saint Spirit Race’s anger to investigate its reserves.

Ch. 271Turmoil on the Holy Spirit Ancient Road

Jiang Zhu refined Quasi-Emperor Saint Spirit Treasure Liquid in a Chaos Minor World and reached the pinnacle of the Saint realm. After learning of the turmoil caused by the Human Great Sages’ ambush and the bounty on his head, he entered Forty-Sixth Saint Spirit City and confronted its City Lord, Xuanqi, demanding the promised ancestral blood.

  • Jiang Zhu entered a Chaos Minor World, subdued its blood-red Variant Beasts, and found a Dragon Cave where Saint Spirits were nurtured.
  • Jiang Zhu refined Quasi-Emperor Saint Spirit Treasure Liquid, broke through to the pinnacle of the Saint realm, and strengthened his body.
  • Jiang Zhu learned that Great Sage Qinghuang and another Human Great Sage had nearly killed a Saint Spirit Great Sage, while the Saint Spirit Race searched for him and offered a lavish bounty.
  • Jiang Zhu entered Forty-Sixth Saint Spirit City, saw the wanted notices, and decided to claim the bounty’s treasures himself.
  • Jiang Zhu wandered through the city, entered a mysterious state that improved his affinity with the Great Dao, and then walked into the City Lord’s Residence.
  • Jiang Zhu asked City Lord Xuanqi to give him three drops of Saint Spirit Ancestral Blood in exchange for information about his own whereabouts.

Ch. 272Swindling Saint Spirit Ancestral Blood

Jiang Zhu used false leads to obtain Saint Spirit Ancestral Blood and Immortal Gold from the Forty-Sixth and Forty-Seventh Saint Spirit Cities. After the Forty-Seventh City’s leaders tried to kill him, he revealed his identity and began overpowering City Lord Yunyan.

  • Jiang Zhu convinced City Lord Xuanqi that he could lead the Saint Spirit Race to Jiang Zhu, then guided the warriors to an abandoned cave containing traces of him.
  • City Lord Xuanqi honored the reward rules and gave Jiang Zhu a drop of Saint Spirit Ancestral Blood and a piece of Immortal Gold.
  • Jiang Zhu repeated the scheme in the Forty-Seventh Saint Spirit City, where its City Lord and a blood-clawed Saint Spirit ambushed him outside the city.
  • Jiang Zhu killed the blood-clawed Saint Spirit with his Yin-Yang power and revealed that he was the Jiang Zhu they had been hunting.
  • Jiang Zhu shattered City Lord Yunyan’s lightning attack and struck him with the True Spirit Diagram, piercing his body as Yunyan struggled to believe Jiang Zhu’s strength.

Ch. 273The Saint Spirit Race in Disarray

Jiang Zhu defeated and killed City Lord Yunyan, then spread footage showing the Saint Spirit Race ambushing bounty claimants and accused them of breaking their word. The Saint Spirit Race suppressed the scandal and resumed its public denial, while Jiang Zhu vanished.

  • Jiang Zhu bested City Lord Yunyan in battle, shattered his body and Dao Source laws, and killed him despite Yunyan's warnings of heavenly retribution.
  • Jiang Zhu circulated footage of the ambush across the Saint Spirits' Starry Sky Ancient Road and warned others that the Saint Spirit Race would kill bounty claimants.
  • After seeing the footage, Heavenly Prodigies and the Saint Spirit Race's vassals condemned the ambush, and interest in the bounty collapsed.
  • The Saint Spirit Race's leaders realized Jiang Zhu had also used disguises to obtain ancestral blood and likely provided information about his own whereabouts.
  • The stationed Saint King ordered the Saint Spirits to conceal Yunyan's death, denounce the footage as fabricated, continue hunting Jiang Zhu, and recommend suspending bounty claims.
  • The Saint Spirit Race publicly claimed the reports were false, and the Holy Spirit Ancient Road returned to outward harmony as Jiang Zhu remained hidden.

Ch. 274Wheeling Back for a Surprise Attack

Jiang Zhu returned to the Thirty-Six Saint Spirit Cities and raided the City Lord’s Residence after learning that many Saint Spirit experts had departed. He overwhelmed the defenders, and as the Winged Race prodigy prepared to make his move, the confrontation remained unresolved.

  • Jiang Zhu explored the ancient star, then listened in a tavern as cultivators discussed the bounty on him and a boastful Winged Race prodigy challenged his reputation.
  • Jiang Zhu slipped into the City Lord’s Residence at night, but a black-robed Saint Spirit woke and raised the alarm after Jiang Zhu killed him.
  • Jiang Zhu wounded the arriving Saint Spirit warriors with a shout and revealed himself, shocking the gathered prodigies, including the Winged Race youth and the Origin Demon Race girl.
  • Jiang Zhu shattered a sacred stele and slew dozens of defenders, then destroyed the City Lord’s sacred saber and repelled another coordinated assault with a shout.
  • Jiang Zhu drove back the thirty-sixth city’s City Lord and warriors as the Winged Race prodigy made his move.

Ch. 275Guerrilla Tactics, Throwing the Holy Spirit Ancient Road into Chaos

Jiang Zhu overpowered the defenders of the Thirty-Six Saint Spirit Cities, killed Cangdu and the City Lord, and plundered the city’s treasury before escaping. Over the following years, he continued raiding the Saint Spirit Race’s Starry Sky Ancient Road, leaving the race in disarray as he fought across the stars.

  • Jiang Zhu defeated a Winged Race prodigy and broke through the city’s resistance, then drove back Cangdu and the Saint Spirit City Lord with his divine abilities.
  • Jiang Zhu killed Cangdu and the City Lord, while the shocked survivors called for the Saint Spirit Race’s Great Sage ancestor.
  • Jiang Zhu broke into the Saint Spirit Treasury, took its treasures—including three Medicine Kings and the World Stone—and escaped before the Great Sage ancestor arrived.
  • Jiang Zhu spent the next several years using the Divine Light Platform to raid cities along the Saint Spirit Race’s Starry Sky Ancient Road, fighting its powerful figures and Heavenly Prodigies.

Ch. 276Past the Breaking Point, a Sudden Attack

After years of battle on the Saint Spirit Race’s ancient road, Jiang Zhu prepared to undergo the Saint King Tribulation. The Saint Spirit Race launched an invasion of the Human Race Ancient Road to force him out, and Jiang Zhu appeared directly before its vanguard as a heavenly tribulation began to stir.

  • Jiang Zhu strengthened his foundation through years of fighting, while the Demon-Refining Pot neutralized curses cast by the Saint Spirit Race.
  • Great Sages Cang Yan, Xuanjin, and Jinyu decided to invade the Human Race Ancient Road, force Jiang Zhu out, and seize the Heaven-Mending Technique.
  • Great Sage Cang Yan declared war on the Human Clan, and Great Sage Qinghuang ordered the Human Race Ancient Road to prepare for battle.
  • Jiang Zhu saw the Saint Spirit Race’s army marching and decided to return with a gift, then set out to undergo the Saint King Tribulation.
  • Jiang Zhu appeared before the Saint Spirit Race’s vanguard fleet, ignoring its Great Sages and army as he looked toward the unseen will of heaven and earth.

Ch. 277Tribulation Lightning overhead, chasing Great Sages

Jiang Zhu faced the Saint Spirit Race vanguard by triggering his Saint King Tribulation, whose devastating lightning wiped out many warriors and forced three Great Sages to flee. As Jiang Zhu chased and taunted them through the starry sky, an unknown figure arrived and gave the Great Sages a formation that could isolate Tribulation Lightning, allowing them to turn back toward him.

  • The Human Clan’s Great Sage Dao Protectors watched the Saint Spirit Race army advance and recognized Jiang Zhu as he appeared ahead of its vanguard.
  • Jiang Zhu triggered his Saint King Tribulation, and its enormous Sea of Thunder engulfed the vanguard and killed many Saint Spirit warriors.
  • Great Sage Cang Yan tried to interfere, but the tribulation struck his incarnation, destroying it and injuring his true body.
  • Jiang Zhu drove the Sea of Thunder after the three Saint Spirit Race Great Sages, who fled while he mocked them and the Human Clan’s Dao Protectors watched in astonishment.
  • An unknown figure offered the Saint Spirit Race Great Sages a formation that isolated Tribulation Lightning, and they stopped fleeing and threatened Jiang Zhu.
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