Arc 17The Immortal King’s Return
Jiang Zhu endured countless lifetimes, became an immortal, and led the campaign into the Immortal Domain. He pursued the source of darkness through the Boundary Sea, defeated Immortal Kings, and returned to prepare his companions and homeland for the coming threat.
- Jiang Zhu and Ye Fan remained in the world through the ages as old acquaintances were sealed away, and Jiang Zhu eventually began a second life and pursued the Battle Immortal realm.
- Jiang Zhu guided Ye Xian through her trials against Wang Bo, lived through further transformations, and became an immortal after opening his sixth secret realm.
- Emperor Zun tried to turn the world into a cauldron, but Jiang Zhu joined Ye Fan, the Ruthless Great Emperor, and the Azure Emperor to kill him.
- Jiang Zhu and Ye Fan led their allies through the Immortal Road into the Immortal Domain, where Jiang Zhu suppressed its Heavenly Heart Imprint and restored their vitality.
- Jiang Zhu crossed into the Boundary Sea, defeated a dark knight, and fought Immortal Kings who sought his inheritance and method for purifying dark matter.
- Jiang Zhu defeated and refined several Immortal Kings, then completed his Immortal King tribulation and advanced beyond the Immortal King giants.
- Jiang Zhu returned to Ye Fan and the others, explained the threat of dark matter, and taught them how to purify it before warning that the darkness could return.
- Jiang Zhu nourished the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, then took his companions into the Boundary Sea, where they defeated a half-lost Immortal King and Jiang Zhu explained that each sixth secret realm was unique to its cultivator.