Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.