Arc 12The Divine Realm Succession

Jiang Zhu defeated the Saint Spirit Race’s young supremes, continued along the Mythical Ancient Road, and entered the Divine Realm. He helped undermine its reigning god’s faith and waited as Qing Yutian challenged the throne, leaving their battle unresolved.

  • Jiang Zhu survived his Great Sage tribulation, advanced along the Human Race Ancient Road, and created a Dao Palace scripture while visiting the sacred body and tyrant body burial grounds.
  • Jiang Zhu returned to the Holy Spirit Ancient Road and killed Ao Yuan, Stone Spirit, the Blood Beast, and several other young supremes, then defeated the Golden Snake lords and their allies.
  • Jiang Zhu collected Di Tian’s Source of the Dao, carved his name first on the Ultimate Ancient Road’s Crystal Stele, and reunited with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Yan Ruyu.
  • Jiang Zhu entered the Mythical Ancient Road, searched Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Sea of Bitterness, and cultivated beside its Life Springs before reaching the Divine Other Shore.
  • Jiang Zhu gained the Tiger Clan’s allegiance, entered the Divine Realm in disguise, and used his hidden presence and scattered Formation Disks to weaken the reigning god’s faith.
  • Qing Yutian challenged the reigning god while Jiang Zhu waited for Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Formation Diagram, and the two combatants carried their fight into the Extraterrestrial Battlefield.
  • The reigning god drew on the Divine Realm’s Power of Faith and overwhelmed Qing Yutian, who revealed that his lineage had built an even greater reserve of faith elsewhere.
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Ch. 278The Terrifying Emperor Phantoms After Their Power Increased

Jiang Zhu’s tribulation summoned the youthful forms of nine Ancient Great Emperors, and he drew Great Sage Cang Yan into their assault by unleashing a Great Saint Weapon. Cang Yan fought back fiercely but was torn apart by the emperor phantoms.

  • The nine humanoid lightning figures appeared, and the spectators recognized them as the youthful forms of Ancient Great Emperors.
  • Jiang Zhu charged at Cang Yan and drew him into the tribulation, then brought out a Great Saint Weapon, escalating the emperor phantoms to Great Sage level.
  • The Demon Emperor’s phantom struck Jiang Zhu and nearly killed him, so Jiang Zhu discarded the weapon and used the True Phoenix Precious Technique to recover.
  • The emperor phantoms turned on Cang Yan and the Great Saint Weapon, forcing Cang Yan to battle all nine.
  • Cang Yan unleashed the Nine Saints Heaven-Burning Palm, but the emperor phantoms shattered his body and sent blood spraying.

Ch. 279Not one would escape

Jiang Zhu killed Great Sage Cang Yan and shattered all nine Young Great Emperor phantoms in his Heavenly Tribulation. The tribulation then formed nine Humanoid Lightning copies of Jiang Zhu, which attacked Great Sages Xuanjin, Jinyu, and the Light Clan’s Evil God as the battle continued.

  • Great Sage Cang Yan died beneath the nine emperor phantoms, and Great Sage Jinyu explained that their awakened wills had closed the gap in cultivation realms.
  • Jiang Zhu entered the Divine Forbidden Domain and destroyed the Demon Emperor Phantom with a powerful strike, then slew the remaining eight emperor phantoms.
  • Great Sage Xuanjin and two allies tried to attack Jiang Zhu, but the Human Clan Dao Protectors confronted them before Jiang Zhu summoned nine Humanoid Lightning copies of himself.
  • The nine copies attacked Xuanjin, Jinyu, and the concealed Great Sage, whose identity was revealed as the Light Clan’s Evil God.
  • Jiang Zhu’s Humanoid Lightning reached the Great Saint Realm and the Divine Forbidden Domain, injuring Xuanjin, while the Evil God burned his life to increase his strength.
  • The nine Humanoid Lightning copies charged the Evil God, and their clash shattered even the Heavenly Tribulation.

Ch. 280Encountering the Ten Fiends in the Heavenly Palaces

Jiang Zhu survived the nine Great Sage-level lightning phantoms and continued through a final Heavenly Tribulation that sent him into palaces occupied by the Ten Fiends. After battling them, he forged his Chaos Bell to perfection, and it reached the Saint King realm alongside him.

  • Jiang Zhu's nine phantom bodies struck down the three Great Sages, killed the two Saint Spirit Race Great Sages, and forced the Light Clan Great Sage to escape with a replica of the God-Refining Pot.
  • Jiang Zhu defeated the nine lightning versions of himself and survived the Heavenly Punishment, while three human Dao Protectors captured the Light Clan Great Sage.
  • A fiercer tribulation revealed heavenly palaces, where Jiang Zhu fought the Heavenly Horned Ant and the True Dragon, then battled the Nine Nether Ao and Kun Peng.
  • Jiang Zhu fought through ten Heavenly Palaces occupied by the Ten Fiends, emerging bloodied as his Chaos Bell accumulated their marks.
  • Jiang Zhu tempered the Chaos Bell in the Chaos Sea until it reached complete perfection and the Saint King realm, manifesting true spirits and engraving them upon its Bell Wall.

Ch. 281The curtain fell

Jiang Zhu survived the Heavenly Tribulation, reached Saint King Third Heaven, and became renowned across the starry sky for ending the Saint Spirit Race invasion. After three years of cultivation and battles on the Human Race Ancient Road, he arrived at the Fiftieth Pass with the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and the Five-Colored Peacock, where news of his arrival stirred the city.

  • Jiang Zhu absorbed the essence of heaven and earth to recover, then emerged from the tribulation as a Saint King Third Heaven.
  • Great Sage Qinghuang, Great Sage Yanyang, and Great Sage Haoyue congratulated Jiang Zhu, who said he planned to return to the Holy Spirit Ancient Road and accepted Daoist Qingxiao's jade seal.
  • Reports of Jiang Zhu's role in defeating the Saint Spirit Race invasion spread across the universe and drew the attention of every race.
  • Jiang Zhu spent three years advancing along the Human Race Ancient Road, tempering himself in dangerous regions and forbidden grounds.
  • Jiang Zhu reached the Fiftieth Human Clan City with the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and the Five-Colored Peacock, and the city's residents gathered to see him.

Ch. 282Two Ancient Tombs

Jiang Zhu visited the two ancient tombs on the fiftieth Human Clan City’s paired stars: one held a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, and the other was the resting place of the Heavenly Tyrant Bloodline’s ancestor. He explored the second tomb, where he encountered its Cang Family guardian and found a thriving medicinal garden, while the tomb’s strange bell-like laws remained unexplored.

  • The Reception Envoy welcomed Jiang Zhu, the Five-Colored Peacock, and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon to his Donkey Meat Restaurant and urged Jiang Zhu to punish an old donkey if they met him.
  • Jiang Zhu visited the dim ancient star, sensed the Dao of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, and examined the Sacred Body’s tomb.
  • Jiang Zhu traveled to the lush ancient star, where the Heavenly Tyrant Bloodline’s laws suppressed other bloodlines, and found the immense tomb of its ancestor.
  • Jiang Zhu recognized the tomb’s bell-like form and heard faint tolling, then encountered a pale ape guarding the site.
  • The pale ape recognized Jiang Zhu and let him pass, and Jiang Zhu explored the tomb’s richly cultivated slopes, where rare medicinal plants and liquid spiritual energy flourished.

Ch. 283A Mythic Magic Formation, Old Friends from Big Dipper Arrive

Jiang Zhu created his Dao Palace scripture on the ancient stars, shattering the five deities and forging a path centered on his own body. Meanwhile, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Yan Ruyu, Ji Zi, the Great Moon, and the Little Moon reached the true Human Race Ancient Road and approached its first city.

  • Jiang Zhu studied the Tyrant Bell and the celestial arrangement of the sacred body and tyrant body burial grounds, then used the starry taiji pattern to cultivate.
  • Jiang Zhu formed his Dao Palace scripture from yin-yang and the five elements, then shattered its five deities so their essence could strengthen his body.
  • Jiang Zhu's scripture triggered thunder, Dao sounds, and astonishing manifestations across the ancient star, which cultivators at the Fiftieth Pass recognized as signs of someone creating a scripture.
  • Jiang Zhu declined to cultivate the tyrant body's nine divine forms, returned to the fiftieth city, and prepared to continue onward with the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and the Five-Colored Peacock.
  • Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Yan Ruyu, Ji Zi, the Great Moon, and the Little Moon arrived at the true Human Race Ancient Road after years of battles among the stars.
  • The group confirmed their destination, reached the majestic ancient city at the end of the blue-stone road, and walked toward its gates.

Ch. 284Human Heavenly Prodigies Cross Ancient Roads to Battle

Jiang Zhu announced that he would sweep through the Holy Spirit Ancient Road, prompting Ye Fan and his companions to follow and drawing young supremes from many races to the conflict. The human and Saint Spirit supremes gathered on the road, setting the stage for their first full-scale clash.

  • At a tavern, Ye Fan, Yan Ruyu, Ji Zi, and Pang Bo learned that Jiang Zhu planned to return to the Holy Spirit Ancient Road, and they decided to join him.
  • At the Fifty-Seventh City, Jiang Zhu told Great Sage Qinghuang he would set out immediately, and Qinghuang agreed to accompany him.
  • Jiang Zhu’s declaration spread across the cosmos, drawing Heavenly Prodigies and Dao Protectors from across the ancient roads to the Holy Spirit Ancient Road.
  • Ao Yuan challenged Jiang Zhu from the Saint Spirits’ eighty-first pass, while Jiang Zhu appeared at the Fifty-Seventh City and dared him to fight.
  • Gu Huang, Di Tian, and Fairy Qing Shi arrived on the Holy Spirit Ancient Road, and the Saint Spirit Race’s four young supremes emerged to face the human challengers.

Ch. 285The Saint Spirits' Eighty-First City

Jiang Zhu fought his way toward the Saint Spirit Race’s Eighty-First Pass, defeating two Saint Spirit geniuses and suppressing the Eightieth Pass’s City Lord. He arrived at the Eighty-First Pass to challenge Saint Spirit Ao Yuan, whose figure appeared as the confrontation began.

  • Great Sage Qinghuang taunted Great Sage Ao Mang over Jiang Zhu’s victories, and the two Great Sages fought to a stalemate as Ao Mang vowed to kill Jiang Zhu at the Eighty-First Pass.
  • Jiang Zhu reached Spirit Star and killed two Saint Spirit geniuses who challenged him, shattering one’s treasure and destroying both of them with a single blow.
  • The Eightieth Pass’s City Lord attacked Jiang Zhu, but Jiang Zhu fought back in his Great Sage Battle Armor and used the True Dragon Heaven-Binding Formation to suppress him.
  • Jiang Zhu left Spirit Star and arrived at the Saint Spirit Race’s Eighty-First Pass in his war chariot, declaring that he had come to end the race’s glory.
  • Saint Spirit experts retreated before Jiang Zhu’s battle intent as Saint Spirit Ao Yuan appeared in a surge of azure light.

Ch. 286Battling Four Saint Spirits

Jiang Zhu fought the Saint Spirit Race’s four young supremes at the Eighty-First Pass and revealed his overwhelming power in the Divine Forbidden Domain. After killing Stone Spirit and Ao Yuan, he charged at the two remaining Saint Spirits, Jade Spirit and Fire Spirit.

  • Ao Yuan, Stone Spirit, Jade Spirit, and Fire Spirit gathered at the Eighty-First Pass and demanded that Jiang Zhu surrender.
  • The four young supremes attacked Jiang Zhu together, but he entered the Divine Forbidden Domain and shattered their combined assault with his fists.
  • Jiang Zhu killed Stone Spirit and destroyed his Primordial Spirit after catching the Saint Spirit’s War Spear between two fingers.
  • Jiang Zhu caught up with the fleeing Ao Yuan, pierced him with a punch, and killed him despite his powerful physique and life-bound weapon.
  • Jade Spirit and Fire Spirit faced Jiang Zhu as he charged toward them with seven-colored divine light blazing around him.

Ch. 287The young supremes of every race gather

Di Tian, Gu Huang, and other young supremes gathered in the Saint Spirit Race's eighty-first city as Jiang Zhu faced the Hundred-Legged Demon Spider and a host of powerful newcomers. Jiang Zhu defeated Xin Lan in a brief clash, then claimed his constitution was merely a mortal body.

  • Di Tian, Gu Huang, and the Human Clan's young supremes arrived at the eighty-first city after Jiang Zhu had killed two Saint Spirits.
  • The Hundred-Legged Demon Spider appeared and threatened to devour the young supremes, but Jiang Zhu wounded its primordial spirit with a powerful attack.
  • Xi Gu and the four Golden Snake Young Masters arrived, and Xin Lan revealed herself as a member of the Divine Race.
  • Xin Lan attacked Jiang Zhu with a technique that froze the void, but he broke through it and overwhelmed her in battle.
  • Jiang Zhu shattered Xin Lan's divine body and, when she demanded to know his constitution, called it a mere mortal body.

Ch. 288Battle of the Supremes

Jiang Zhu rejected Xin Lan’s offer to join the Divine Race, then fought the young supremes Blood Beast and Earth Corpse after they coveted his blood and flesh. He transformed Earth Corpse into a stronger Buddhist demon and tore apart the Blood Beast’s wings, but the Blood Beast unleashed its racial secret art as the battle continued.

  • Xin Lan offered Jiang Zhu a place in the Divine Race and a divine bride, but he mocked the proposal and refused.
  • The Blood Beast and Earth Corpse appeared with other young supremes, and Jiang Zhu attacked them after they called his blood and flesh treasures.
  • Jiang Zhu severely wounded the Blood Beast and broke Earth Corpse’s chains before destroying Earth Corpse’s body.
  • Earth Corpse’s dormant Buddhist power awakened; he transformed into a demon, healed, grew stronger, and withdrew from the fight.
  • Jiang Zhu resumed battling the Blood Beast, revealed its true form, and tore off its wings.
  • The Blood Beast unleashed a racial secret art, and Jiang Zhu vowed to kill even a god as their battle continued.

Ch. 289All of You, Come at Me Together!

Jiang Zhu defeated the blood beast and challenged every young supreme on the battlefield at once. He endured their combined assault, then killed the Fourth Young Lord of the Golden Snake, while the battle continued.

  • Jiang Zhu killed the blood beast with his Immortal Map and Kun Peng Extreme Speed, then challenged all the young supremes to attack him together.
  • The Golden Snake young lords, Sang Gu, Earth Corpse, Jade Spirit, Fire Spirit, Xin Lan, and other supremes joined forces and unleashed their attacks on Jiang Zhu.
  • Jiang Zhu used the True Spirit Diagram to withstand their combined assault, suffering only a slight wound before fighting back with growing force.
  • Jiang Zhu formed three Dao Bodies with One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and drove back the three Golden Snake young lords.
  • Jiang Zhu caught the Fourth Young Lord of the Golden Snake and killed him with one punch, destroying his body and soul.

Ch. 290Slaying Supreme Prodigies One After Another

Jiang Zhu battled Di Tian and the other young supreme prodigies, enduring their combined attacks and repeatedly breaking through his limits. As the fight continued, he entered the Divine Forbidden Domain again and overwhelmed his enemies, while Di Tian and the Heaven-Swallowing Beast were left gravely injured.

  • The eldest Golden Snake Lord summoned the Quasi-Emperor Teng Snake Diagram, and Jiang Zhu countered it with his imitation Five-Colored Heavenly Blade.
  • Jiang Zhu fell out of the God Forbidden Domain and was badly wounded, but he grew fiercer as his Taiji Immortal Map and True Spirit Diagram began to merge.
  • Jiang Zhu nearly killed Di Tian and grievously wounded the second Golden Snake Lord, the Hundred-Legged Demon Spider, and the Heaven-Swallowing Beast.
  • Di Tian and the other three enemies launched another coordinated attack, but Jiang Zhu killed the Hundred-Legged Demon Spider and second Golden Snake Lord and struck down the Heaven-Swallowing Beast again.
  • Di Tian invoked Three Realms Reincarnation and the Heaven-Swallowing Beast formed a miniature universe to cage Jiang Zhu, but Jiang Zhu entered the Divine Forbidden Domain and battered both of them with the True Spirit Fist.

Ch. 292The Forbidden Domain, Sweeping Aside the Supremes

Jiang Zhu entered the forbidden domain, defeated the remaining young supremes, and began clearing the battlefield while the Human Clan’s Great Sages fought the alien guardians. He absorbed a second Source of the Dao into his Chaos World, strengthening its Miniature Heavenly Heart Imprint and transforming the world within.

  • Jiang Zhu killed Golden Snake First Young Lord and Golden Snake Third Young Lord after destroying their Teng Snake secret arts.
  • Jiang Zhu defeated Jade Spirit and Fire Spirit, then faced the surviving young supremes as they began to withdraw.
  • Great Sage Qinghuang warned Jiang Zhu that the Human Clan’s Great Sages were struggling against the alien Great Sages, and Jiang Zhu saw Human Demon and Old Madman fighting among them.
  • Jiang Zhu collected the aliens’ corpses and found the Source of the Dao in Di Tian’s ruined body.
  • Jiang Zhu drew the Source of the Dao into his Chaos World, where it strengthened the Miniature Heavenly Heart Imprint and caused mountains and dragon veins to emerge.

Ch. 293The End of the Holy Spirit Ancient Road, the Ultimate Ancient Road

Jiang Zhu strengthened the Chaos World by placing Tang Valley and the Taiyin River at the Ancestral Dragon Vein’s Yin and Yang eyes, gaining innate origin essence in return. He then crossed the Saint Spirit Eighty-First City and reached the first pass of the Ultimate Ancient Road, where the sealed gates and Crystal Stele awaited the road’s opening.

  • Jiang Zhu discovered that the Ancestral Dragon Vein had produced Xuanhuang Mother Qi and vast silver essence, including a deposit of Great Luo Silver Essence.
  • Jiang Zhu placed Tang Valley and the Taiyin River at the Dragon Vein’s Yang and Yin eyes, deepening the Chaos World’s power and receiving innate origin essence.
  • Jiang Zhu entered the Saint Spirit Eighty-First City with the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and Five-Colored Peacock, while the defeated Saint Spirits watched in despair.
  • Jiang Zhu left the city and reached the first pass of the Ultimate Ancient Road, where stone pillars bore the marks of ancient emperors and sovereigns.
  • Jiang Zhu approached the sealed pass and saw the Crystal Stele, where arriving cultivators could leave their names until the Heavenly Road opened.

Ch. 294Reunion After a Long Separation

Jiang Zhu left his name first on the Crystal Stele, then reunited with Yan Ruyu and their friends at Saint Spirit Final Pass before continuing along the Golden Ancient Road. He reached the declining Golden Seven Cities, where a Great Sage greeted him and remarked on the recent arrival of young people.

  • Jiang Zhu carved his name as number one on the Crystal Stele and returned to Saint Spirit Eighty-First City.
  • Jiang Zhu reunited with Yan Ruyu, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo teased them about their quiet reunion before the group shared a feast and traded stories.
  • Jiang Zhu discussed cultivation and the Desolate Heavenly Emperor with his friends, then parted from Yan Ruyu and the others to continue along the Ancient Road.
  • Jiang Zhu reached the nearly deserted Golden Seven Cities and met a white-haired Great Sage who said young people had recently begun arriving.

Ch. 295Mythical Ancient Road

Jiang Zhu entered the Mythical Ancient Road and battled a sentient Great Sage corpse before spending two and a half years following traces of Lingbao Heavenly Venerable. He reached the boundary of the Mythical Ancient Hunting Zone, where signs of life appeared and a streak of silver light tore through the universe.

  • Jiang Zhu offered more than ten kinds of ancient blood to the Mythical Altar, which transported him to the Mythical Ancient Road.
  • Jiang Zhu and his companions encountered a sentient Great Sage corpse, and Jiang Zhu defeated it by striking its damaged head and Immortal Platform.
  • The Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and the Five-Colored Peacock harvested the corpse's potent blood essence while Jiang Zhu healed.
  • Jiang Zhu followed traces left by Lingbao Heavenly Venerable through ruins and dangerous battles for two and a half years.
  • Jiang Zhu found the boundary stele warning of the Mythical Ancient Hunting Zone and entered the region with his companions.
  • Jiang Zhu warned his companions to be careful as a streak of silver light appeared ahead.

Ch. 296The Heavenly Venerable's Sea of Bitterness

Jiang Zhu crossed the Mythical Ancient Hunting Zone, found Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Sea of Bitterness, and entered it with the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and Five-Colored Peacock. At the sea’s Life Spring, an ancient Tyrant Body corpse awakened and attacked Jiang Zhu, beginning a fierce battle.

  • Jiang Zhu’s dragon cry frightened the fish-python monsters, and he traveled through the starry hunting zone with the two beasts without fighting its other ancient creatures.
  • Jiang Zhu followed the beasts to Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Dao Platform, where a blurred figure recited a scripture that let the gathered creatures comprehend their own arts.
  • After five years of searching with an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and the Nine Secrets: Qian, Jiang Zhu located the entrance to the Heavenly Venerable’s Sea of Bitterness.
  • Jiang Zhu led the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and Five-Colored Peacock into the immense sea, warned them away from its power-draining water, and took an ancient ship toward its central Life Spring.
  • A long-dead Tyrant Body corpse rose from the sea and attacked Jiang Zhu, who met it in battle as the Bitter Sea erupted around them.

Ch. 297The Heavenly Venerable Life Spring Saves the Divine Medicines

Jiang Zhu defeated an ancient Heavenly Tyrant corpse and used the Heavenly Venerable Life Spring to nurture Immortal Medicines and temper his body. He reached the heart of the spring, where Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Four Zhuxian Swords and ancient cave abode lay.

  • Jiang Zhu activated the Daoyan Immortal Robe to defeat the ancient Tyrant Body corpse and collected its treasures, including a purple bell.
  • Jiang Zhu entered the Heavenly Venerable Life Spring with the Five-Colored Peacock and Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, where they refined its divine liquid.
  • Jiang Zhu nurtured the Qilin Divine Medicine seed, Peach of Immortality pit, and incomplete Immortal Medicine in the spring, while explaining that the two petrified Immortal Medicines might still be saved through nirvana.
  • Jiang Zhu traveled through the Bitter Sea, passed other Life Springs and ancient corpses, and reached the central ninth Life Spring where the Four Zhuxian Swords were located.
  • Jiang Zhu spent three years tempering his body and primordial spirit with Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s killing aura, improving his cultivation art and foundations.
  • Jiang Zhu used the Demon-Refining Pot to approach the spring’s bottom, where he saw the Four Zhuxian Swords, Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s cave abode, and a golden-furred Six-Eared Macaque.

Ch. 298The Dragon Transformation Scripture, the Divine Other Shore

Jiang Zhu failed to seize the four Killing Swords when the Zhuxian Sword Formation awakened, then spent five years completing his Dragon Transformation scripture and advancing to the seventh heaven of the Saint King Realm. The Divine Bridge appeared, carrying him, the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, and the Five-Colored Peacock to the Divine Other Shore and its Five Elements Continent.

  • Jiang Zhu tried to collect the four Killing Swords with the Demon-Refining Pot, but the Zhuxian Sword Formation awakened and clashed with his three Emperor Weapons.
  • Jiang Zhu withdrew his weapons, planted the Immortal Medicines in the Heavenly Venerable Life Spring, and spent five years comprehending the Dao and completing his Dragon Transformation scripture.
  • Jiang Zhu emerged from the Life Spring, endured a day-long Heavenly Tribulation, and reached the seventh heaven of the Saint King Realm.
  • The Divine Bridge formed beneath the Bitter Sea, and Jiang Zhu led the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and Five-Colored Peacock across it.
  • Jiang Zhu and his companions reached the Divine Other Shore and saw its five vast continents, known as the Five Elements Continent.

Ch. 299The Idea of Infiltrating the Divine Realm

Jiang Zhu arrived on the Divine Other Shore and sought a legitimate route into the Divine Realm by approaching the Tiger Clan. After proving his White Tiger bloodline, he became the clan’s patriarch and received a Divine Domain Elder Token that could let him enter the Divine Realm in disguise.

  • Jiang Zhu and the two beasts landed on an ancient star, where a bronze chariot announced the Divine Realm’s order to hunt down otherworldly invaders.
  • Jiang Zhu subdued a demon tiger, learned about the Tiger Clan, and reached its sacred territory to request an audience with its patriarch.
  • Jiang Zhu revealed his White Tiger bloodline to the Tiger Clan patriarch, Bai Yu, who relinquished the patriarch’s position to him.
  • Jiang Zhu gave Bai Yu the Demon Emperor’s bloodline-refining method, and Bai Yu and Bai Xiao pledged their loyalty to him.
  • Bai Yu gave Jiang Zhu a Divine Domain Elder Token and explained how it could grant access to the Divine Realm while concealing his identity.
  • Jiang Zhu accepted Saint Spirit Liquid from his supplies for the Tiger Clan and began drawing power from the token’s faith.

Ch. 300The Faith Incarnation Lured Out

Jiang Zhu and his companions entered the Gods and Demons Forbidden Land, where living mountains produced divine demon liquid, and drew the Divine Realm’s guardians into battle. After a powerful being formed from the faith of the Divine Realm’s ruler attacked them, Jiang Zhu revealed that it was the Faith Incarnation he had been waiting for.

  • Jiang Zhu and the two beasts reached the former battlefield of the Gods, where the mountains split open and revealed bones and blood that produced divine demon liquid.
  • Jiang Zhu ordered the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and the Five-Colored Peacock to make a disturbance, drawing the Divine Realm’s guardians to the Forbidden Land.
  • The two beasts killed or drove back the first group of guardians, then fought four powerful Saint Kings who attacked them together.
  • The four Saint Kings summoned a fearsome humanoid being from beams of light, and the beasts fled with Jiang Zhu as it pursued them.
  • Jiang Zhu identified the being as the Faith Incarnation of the Divine Realm’s ruler and said it was exactly what he had been waiting for.

Ch. 301Turmoil on the Other Shore, a God Emerges

Jiang Zhu destroyed the deity’s avatar, killed the pursuing Saint Kings, and became the target of a Divine Realm execution order. He entered the Divine Realm under an assumed identity and began cultivating as the Divine Army searched for him without success.

  • Jiang Zhu used the Demon-Refining Pot to erase the deity’s avatar, then killed the Youthful-Faced Maiden and Three-Headed, Six-Armed Man while the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon and Five-Colored Peacock killed the other Saint Kings.
  • The deity issued an imperial edict ordering Jiang Zhu’s execution, and news of the alleged blasphemer spread throughout the Other Shore.
  • Jiang Zhu disguised himself as the Tiger Clan Chief, entered the Divine Realm, and inspected the Life Ancient Tree and Divine Altar before settling in a metal-element valley to cultivate.
  • The Divine Hall Knights mobilized to hunt Jiang Zhu, but after two months they had neither found him nor reported a victory, prompting widespread confusion across the Other Shore.

Ch. 302The old god shall pass, a new god shall rise! In the year of Jiazi, great fortune shall bless the world!

Jiang Zhu and Supreme God Qing Yutian undermined the reigning god by spreading rumors that he was nearing death, weakening his faith and authority over five years. As the Divine Realm’s people began doubting him, an unseen voice challenged his ability to escape the cycle of succession.

  • The Divine Army failed to find Jiang Zhu, stirring doubt among the Other Shore’s believers, while Supreme God Qing Yutian ordered his followers to weaken the reigning god’s foundation of faith.
  • The reigning god searched the Other Shore for Jiang Zhu using the power of faith but could not find him, and rumors spread that the god was growing old.
  • Jiang Zhu activated his scattered Formation Disks to broadcast prophecies of the old god’s fall, while Qing Yutian spread further rumors and exploited Jiang Zhu’s appearances to undermine the god.
  • Over five years, the reigning god’s power of faith dwindled, and even Divine Realm officials began doubting him as he raged from the Divine Altar and killed a maid who advised him to prepare for the future.
  • Ancient divine statues shook as an unseen aged voice declared that even the god could not escape reincarnation, leaving the Divine Realm fearful that a new god was about to rise.

Ch. 303Battle for the Divine Position

Qing Yutian challenged the old god for control of the Divine Realm, exposing the old god’s past usurpation and revealing that he had built a powerful reserve of faith. Their battle left Qing Yutian empowered to fight back after the old god entered the Quasi-Emperor realm.

  • The old god threatened his challengers, while rumors of his decline and Qing Yutian’s rise spread across the Other Shore.
  • Jiang Zhu waited in the Divine Realm for Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's Formation Diagram, which appeared and remained neutral as the succession conflict erupted.
  • Qing Yutian confronted the old god, declared that the old god had murdered the previous god and usurped the throne, and began fighting him.
  • The Supreme Divine Mountain released ancient Power of Faith to stabilize the cracking Divine Realm as the two combatants battled into the Extraterrestrial Battlefield.
  • The old god drew on the Power of Faith to enter the Quasi-Emperor realm and overwhelm Qing Yutian, but Qing Yutian revealed his lineage had built an even greater reserve of faith across other ancient domains.
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