Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan learned that his parents on Earth were safe and that several difficult routes might lead him home, while Jiang Zhu collected payment from the Black Emperor for finding him. Later, Ye Fan gave Jiang Zhu the Original Manuscript of the Dao Scripture's Sea of Bitterness Chapter to repay his help.

• Jiang Zhu told Ye Fan that his parents were safe and described possible routes back to Earth, including the Starry Sky Ancient Road that led to the Undying Mountain.
• Jiang Zhu demanded half his reward from the Black Emperor for finding Ye Fan, and the Black Emperor offered more payment if Jiang Zhu found an Innate Dao Embryo.
• The Black Emperor proposed that Ye Fan marry the Purple Mansion Saintess, and Ye Fan bargained for a share of the reward and training.
• The Black Emperor attacked Ye Fan after he called him a bald-tailed dog, and Jiang Zhu separated them before giving Ye Fan precious blood as his fee.
• Outside Wei Capital, Ye Fan gave Jiang Zhu the Original Manuscript of the Dao Scripture's Sea of Bitterness Chapter as repayment.

After studying the Dao Scripture’s Original Manuscript, Jiang Zhu broke through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm and faced a powerful lightning tribulation. He survived all nine waves, strengthening his body, techniques, and Chaos Bell as the lightning vanished.

• Ye Fan lent Jiang Zhu the Dao Scripture’s Original Manuscript, and Jiang Zhu refined his cultivation after studying it.
• Jiang Zhu told Ye Fan to find a safe place to watch, then concealed his breakthrough with a formation and refined divine source, precious blood, and Divine Medicine essence.
• Jiang Zhu entered the Four Extremes Secret Realm, achieving minor accomplishment in his True Dragon Transformation and Nine-Leaf Sword Grass Transformation.
• Violet Heavenly Thunder struck Jiang Zhu, who endured the first two waves while his Chaos Bell underwent the tribulation alongside him.
• Jiang Zhu shattered the crimson lightning spear, destroyed nine lightning dragons, and countered the Yin-Yang Dao Diagram with the Chaos Bell.
• Jiang Zhu fought through all nine waves of the tribulation, and the lightning finally disappeared.

Jiang Zhu completed his breakthrough into the first heaven of the Four Extremes secret realm and traveled to Profound Origin Valley seeking the Azure Emperor Scripture. There, he was brought before Yan Ruyu, the Azure Emperor’s descendant.

• Jiang Zhu emerged from his Heavenly Tribulation with a newly transformed body and discovered his first Four Extremes heaven had tempered his right arm.
• Jiang Zhu explained to Ye Fan that Heavenly Tribulations struck peerless geniuses and could temper a cultivator’s body, divine consciousness, and artifacts.
• Jiang Zhu considered which scripture to cultivate and decided to seek the Azure Emperor Scripture before choosing between it and the Hengyu Scripture.
• Jiang Zhu disguised his cultivation and let a guide bring him into Profound Origin Valley, where demon women recognized his exceptional physique and led him deeper into the valley.
• Jiang Zhu arrived before the mountain pavilion and saw Yan Ruyu, the Azure Emperor’s descendant.

Jiang Zhu learned that the Demon Clan planned to use his powerful body to nurture the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart, promising that it would strengthen him and might eventually earn him Yan Ruyu's hand in marriage. The chapter ended with Yan Ruyu giving him the Sacred Heart and asking him to place it in his Life Spring himself.

• Yan Ruyu and Qin Yao recognized Jiang Zhu as an unusually powerful candidate to serve as a vessel for the Sacred Heart.
• After two days of examinations, Qin Yao revealed that the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart would be placed in Jiang Zhu's body and claimed it would benefit him.
• Jiang Zhu agreed to nurture the Sacred Heart, while privately hoping to temper his body with the Demon Emperor's blood.
• Three days later, Yan Ruyu and the elders brought the sealed Sacred Heart to Jiang Zhu, and Yan Ruyu refused to have him restrained.
• Yan Ruyu offered Jiang Zhu the Sacred Heart and told him to place it in his Life Spring himself, asking whether he would disappoint her.

Jiang Zhu placed the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart in his Bitter Sea and nourished it with his vital essence, allowing it to release sacred blood that strengthened his body. After days of cultivation, Qin Yao told him that Yan Ruyu was ready to cultivate the secret art and that he should prepare.

• Jiang Zhu placed the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart in his Life Spring, where it stirred his Bitter Sea and revealed his Azure Dragon Immortal-Wrestling Diagram and Sword Grass Splits the Starry Firmament manifestations.
• The heart absorbed some of Jiang Zhu's vital essence, then released sacred blood that spread through his body and nourished his Bitter Sea.
• After Yan Ruyu and the others left, Jiang Zhu used the Demon-Refining Pot to refine more precious blood, which the heart absorbed and returned as a flood of crimson radiance.
• Jiang Zhu refined the drops of essence blood and spent three days tempering his body, bringing his right arm close to perfection in the Four Extremes Realm.
• Qin Yao and a crone visited Jiang Zhu, approved of how he was nurturing the heart, and left him to continue cultivating.
• Qin Yao later told Jiang Zhu that Yan Ruyu was going to cultivate the secret art and that he should be ready.

Jiang Zhu helped Yan Ruyu cultivate by transferring blood energy from the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart, but most of it was lost along the way. The next day, Yan Ruyu tried a new method, and Jiang Zhu used his Source Heaven Divine Eye to see through his blindfold as she approached.

• Qin Yao gave Jiang Zhu spirit herbs and told him to nourish the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart for Yan Ruyu's cultivation.
• Yan Ruyu had Jiang Zhu transfer the Sacred Heart's blood energy through his Bitter Sea into hers, but most of it was consumed tempering their bodies.
• Yan Ruyu told Qin Yao she needed to master the Emperor Ancestor's Profound Method to face the Ji Family and protect the Demon Emperor's Descendants.
• The next day, Yan Ruyu gave Jiang Zhu more spirit herbs and ordered him to cover his eyes and stand still.
• Jiang Zhu activated his Source Heaven Divine Eye and saw Yan Ruyu unclothed as she stepped toward him.

Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu continued cultivating together, and Yan Ruyu questioned Jiang Zhu after sensing his unusual resemblance to the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart. When Jiang Zhu revealed that he was a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, the Azure Emperor’s Weapon manifested as the Chaos Green Lotus and recognized him as another immortal medicine that had broken free of its limits.

• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu continued their daily cultivation, strengthening Jiang Zhu and helping Yan Ruyu’s golden lotuses develop wisps of chaos.
• Yan Ruyu asked Jiang Zhu who he was after sensing his connection to the Demon Emperor’s Sacred Heart and noticing changes in his blood.
• Jiang Zhu revealed his true form as a crystalline Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, startling Yan Ruyu.
• Yan Ruyu summoned the Green Lotus, and the Azure Emperor’s Weapon awakened with overwhelming imperial might.
• The weapon’s deity manifested as the Chaos Green Lotus, and Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu bowed to him.
• The Chaos Green Lotus declared that immortal medicines could not normally cultivate or escape the shackles of order, and expressed amazement at meeting Jiang Zhu.

Jiang Zhu received the Demon Emperor Scripture from the Chaos Green Lotus's deity and began recasting his foundation with it. His growing closeness with Yan Ruyu was interrupted when an uninvited guest prompted her to withdraw from the Profound Origin Sect and seek refuge with a powerful Demon Clan expert.

• The Chaos Green Lotus's deity gave Jiang Zhu the Demon Emperor Scripture and advised Yan Ruyu about the union of her Azure Emperor bloodline and Jiang Zhu's chaos.
• Yan Ruyu asked whether Jiang Zhu was willing, and he agreed; she confirmed they would cultivate together again the next day.
• Jiang Zhu studied the Demon Emperor Scripture and began recultivating his sea of bitterness and dao palace secret realms.
• During their next cultivation session, Jiang Zhu used a drop of the Demon Emperor's essence blood to aid Yan Ruyu, then kissed her and was thrown against a hall beam when he tried again afterward.
• After they continued cultivating together several more times, an uninvited guest disrupted Jiang Zhu's plans, and Yan Ruyu ordered a full withdrawal from the Profound Origin Sect to seek refuge with a powerful Demon Clan expert.

Ji Haoyue cornered Yan Ruyu and the Demon Clan in the Ancient Battlefield, demanding the Demon Emperor's Saint Weapon and crushing their first resistance. As Yan Ruyu's manifestation overwhelmed his, five Ji Family elders attacked her, and Jiang Zhu entered the fight.

• Ji Haoyue blocked the Demon Clan's escape and demanded that Yan Ruyu surrender the Demon Emperor's Saint Weapon.
• Jiang Zhu mocked the Ji Family's flattery, while Ji Haoyue revealed Bright Moon Rising Over the Sea and killed a Demon Clan elder.
• Ji Haoyue explained that the Ancient Battlefield prevented the Demon Clan from opening a Domain Gate, then fought and defeated eight Demon Clan experts.
• Yan Ruyu warned Jiang Zhu to escape when the battle began, but the Ji Family and Demon Clan soon clashed, with fighters dying on both sides.
• Yan Ruyu's golden-lotus manifestation shattered Ji Haoyue's bright moon, prompting five Ji Family elders to attack her as Jiang Zhu announced he would intervene.

Jiang Zhu intervened in the battle and fought the Ji Family elders with the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, destroying one elder’s imitation Void Mirror and wounding him. As Ji Haoyue and Yan Ruyu clashed with their Emperor Weapons, purple lightning descended from the heavens.

• Jiang Zhu appeared on the battlefield and warned the Ji Family to leave, while Yan Ruyu urged him to flee and protect the Void Mirror.
• A Ji Family elder attacked Jiang Zhu with the Void Great Hand Seal, but Jiang Zhu’s Nine-Leaf Sword Grass Sword Domain shredded the attack and forced the elder to fight back.
• Jiang Zhu shattered the elder’s imitation Void Mirror with a streak of silver sword qi and wounded him.
• The other Ji Family elders called for everyone to surround Jiang Zhu and told Ji Haoyue to activate the ancestor’s weapon.
• Ji Haoyue brought out the Void Mirror, and Yan Ruyu answered with the Demon Emperor’s Saint Weapon; their weapons clashed and both wielders were forced back.
• Purple lightning descended from the heavens.