Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhu and Ye Fan entered the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land with Xiao Nannan and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, where Xiao Nannan’s presence helped them pass five Desolate Slaves unharmed. While Ye Fan began refining source to break the Four Extremes curse, Jiang Zhu gathered Sacred Fruits and took Xiao Nannan into the bronze coffin, where a mysterious voice began to speak.

• Jiang Zhu and Ye Fan entered the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and Ye Fan noticed the stone coffin weakened the land’s suppressive power.
• Five Desolate Slaves appeared at the nine sacred mountains, but they moved aside for Jiang Zhu, Xiao Nannan, and Ye Fan before leaping back into the abyss.
• Ye Fan spotted the Five-Colored Altar and Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, then began refining his vast supply of source to break through the Four Extremes curse.
• Jiang Zhu took Xiao Nannan to the sacred mountains, collected their Sacred Fruits, and brought her into the bronze coffin.
• The sword mark on the Demon-Refining Pot flashed inside the coffin, and a voice began, “The Way of Heaven takes from what has excess to replenish what is lacking...”

Jiang Zhu learned the Heaven-Mending Technique while Ye Fan broke through to the Four Extremes and survived a devastating Heavenly Tribulation. Just as an Innate Dao Diagram descended to enact the Sacred Body’s curse, a tremendous sound came from the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

• Jiang Zhu learned the Heaven-Mending Technique from the copper coffin and returned with Xiao Nannan to watch Ye Fan’s breakthrough.
• Ye Fan’s body was remade by divine flames, and he reached the Four Extremes before Jiang Zhu led the group out of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• A white-haired Desolate Slave gave Jiang Zhu and the others the Wushi Emperor Jade before leaping into the abyss.
• Ye Fan stepped outside the forbidden land and endured nine layers of Heavenly Tribulation, refining the lightning and healing his injuries.
• An Innate Dao Diagram appeared and pressed down on Ye Fan, overwhelming his body and the Cauldron of All-Things Mother Qi.
• As Jiang Zhu prepared to use the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Canopy, a tremendous sound came from deep within the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body emerged from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, destroyed Ye Fan’s Innate Dao Diagram, and passed him Sacred Body techniques, allowing him to break the curse. As Jiang Zhu refined Sacred Fruits and the factions prepared for another assault on Purple Mountain, the forbidden land’s eruption spread panic across Big Dipper and prompted speculation about Ye Fan’s tribulation.

• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body appeared in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, crushed Ye Fan’s Innate Dao Diagram, and sent him the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist and a single-secret-realm cultivation method.
• Jiang Zhu and the others escaped through a Domain Gate, and Jiang Zhu entered seclusion with seven Sacred Fruits while Ye Fan explained what the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had given him.
• The Yaoguang Holy Land, the Ji Family, and other factions attacked Purple Mountain with an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, suffered heavy losses to the Wushi Bell, and were rescued by the Void Mirror.
• Jiang Zhu refined Sacred Fruits that strengthened his vitality, divine sense, Source Heaven Divine Eye, and blood energy.
• The old man at the abandoned Tianxuan Stone Gambling Workshop sensed the forbidden land’s disturbance, while factions across Big Dipper paused their Purple Mountain preparations to investigate.
• Cultivators found the scorched site of Ye Fan’s tribulation near the forbidden land and speculated that it had provoked the eruption.

Jiang Zhu reached the seventh level of Dragon Transformation, survived his tribulation, and visited Jiang Taixu with Yan Ruyu to discuss an important matter. Back in the Sacred City, he reunited with Ye Fan at the Yaoguang Stone Workshop and met the little golden Saint Spirit.

• Jiang Zhu advanced to the seventh level of Dragon Transformation, endured three levels of Tribulation Lightning, and returned to the Minor World as Ye Fan set out to undergo his own tribulation.
• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu visited the Jiang Family, where Jiang Zhu confirmed his bloodline but declined to join the family and asked the recovered Jiang Taixu for help.
• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu visited Jade Pool Holy Land and the Thirteen Great Bandits before returning to the Sacred City, where they heard that Ye Fan had broken the Four Extremes Curse and was stone gambling.
• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu went to the Yaoguang Stone Workshop, where Ye Fan was facing off against a disciple of an Ancient Source Arts Family and Li Heishui defended him.
• A little golden Saint Spirit approached Jiang Zhu, who let it lie in his palm while the Ji Family's Little Moon called after it.

Jiang Zhu’s Divine Silkworm recognized the purple-haired woman sealed in the Blood Sacrifice Altar’s Rare Source and begged him to save her, while Ye Fan began cutting the Immortal Tomb. A powerful Primordial Creature emerged from the tomb, leaving the crowd terrified and the contest unresolved.

• The Divine Silkworm cried over the purple-haired woman pinned through the heart by a rusted spearhead inside the Rare Source, then pleaded with Jiang Zhu to take her away.
• Jiang Zhu told the Divine Silkworm to wait until the Source Arts contest ended as Nangong Qi and the Ancient Source Arts Family taunted Ye Fan to cut his stone.
• Ye Fan cut open the Immortal Tomb, revealing a living creature whose golden gaze and immense pressure sent the crowd fleeing.
• The Yaoguang Stone Workshop Manager tried to trap the Immortal Tomb with Dao Patterns but failed as the tomb cracked open.
• The Primordial Creature shattered the Immortal Tomb and strode out.

A Fighting Saint Ape emerged from the Immortal Tomb and seized the divine maiden’s Rare Source and a deadly ancient spear, prompting three Great Powers to try to capture it. Big Black Dog’s bluff with an Ancient Emperor Token bought time but failed, and the ape escaped the Stone Gambling Workshop when the Wushi Bell rang.

• A golden-haired Fighting Saint Ape emerged from the Immortal Tomb, deflected attacks, and retrieved the Rare Source containing the divine maiden with its spatial arts.
• The Fighting Saint Ape drew out a blood-colored spearhead, sealed the divine maiden’s wound with Five-Colored Divine Light, and spoke with the Little Divine Silkworm.
• Big Black Dog claimed in Primordial Language to be a descendant of the Undying Heavenly Emperor and showed the Fighting Saint Ape an Ancient Emperor Token, but his confused replies made the ape suspicious.
• The Ji Family Powerful Expert, Yaoguang's Great Power, and Great Xia's imperial uncle attacked the Fighting Saint Ape and tried to trap it in a Minor World as its ancient spear began to awaken.
• The Wushi Bell rang across Sacred City, and the Fighting Saint Ape seized the Rare Source and scattered Divine Source Fragments before escaping the Stone Gambling Workshop.

The holy lands’ third assault opened Purple Mountain, but Primordial Creatures escaped and pursued the survivors to the Sacred City. In the Divine City, Jiang Zhu crushed the Source Arts Family’s attempt to claim victory from Ye Fan, just before the invasion threw everything into chaos.

• Four Extreme Dao Weapons opened Purple Mountain, but the Wushi Bell’s power forced the Saint Lords to retreat and left a group of dying elders to make one final attempt.
• The Fighting Saint Ape escaped the stone gambling workshop, leaving the Divine Silkworm behind, while Nangong Qi and the Source Arts Family demanded Ye Fan surrender his treasures.
• Jiang Zhu unleashed Earth Vein Dragon Qi, killed the younger Source Arts Family members who had insulted him, and forced Nangong Qi to concede the contest.
• The Wushi Bell rang again, and terrified cultivators warned that Primordial Creatures had escaped Purple Mountain and were pursuing them into the Sacred City.

Primordial Creatures from Purple Mountain attacked Sacred City, but six Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons forced them into a standoff and retreat. Afterward, Jiang Zhu accused the Yaoguang Holy Son of being the Ruthless Great Emperor’s successor, and the accusation sparked fierce disputes.

• Primordial Creatures rampaged through Sacred City, killing cultivators and battling the Human Clan’s experts.
• Jiang Zhu used the Chaos Green Lotus, while the Hengyu Furnace, Western Emperor Pagoda, Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, Void Mirror, and Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron joined the conflict.
• The six Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons confronted the Primordial Creatures, and the creatures withdrew through a black hole after a terrifying being appeared inside divine source.
• Jiang Zhu announced that the Ruthless Great Emperor’s inheritance had reappeared and named the Yaoguang Holy Son as its successor.
• Yaoguang Holy Land’s people accused Jiang Zhu of slander, while others questioned whether the Yaoguang Holy Lord knew the truth.
• A holy land Grand Elder suggested Jiang Zhu himself was the Ruthless successor because his strength had grown rapidly despite his ordinary physique.

Jiang Zhu exposed the Yaoguang Holy Son as the Ruthless Inheritor, bringing six Emperor Weapons to the brink of battle in the Sacred City. As the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron awakened, Xiao Nannan grabbed it from afar, and it vanished from Yaoguang into her hand.

• Jiang Taixu and the Queen Mother of the West confirmed that the Yaoguang Holy Son was the Ruthless Inheritor and that the Ruthless Lineage had infiltrated the Yaoguang Holy Land.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord activated the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and refused to let the other Yaoguang disciples leave, escalating tensions with Jiang Zhu and the assembled factions.
• Jiang Zhu questioned whether the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron had truly been created by Yaoguang’s prayers, while the Holy Lord threatened to sink the Eastern Wasteland.
• The Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and five other Emperor Weapons awakened, tearing open the sky and drawing the attention of powerful figures across the world.
• Jiang Zhu told the Red Dragon Daoist that Xiao Nannan could take the cauldron, and Xiao Nannan reached out and pulled it from the sky into her hand.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord and the holy land’s Grand Elders tried to summon the cauldron back but received no response.

Jiang Zhu destroyed Yaoguang Holy Land after taking its Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, and news of the battle spread across the cultivation world. The chapter ended with Xiao Nannan holding the miniature cauldron and the others agreeing to keep its secret.

• Jiang Zhu killed the Yaoguang Holy Lord and Grand Elders, then led his allies through a Domain Gate to Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Jiang Zhu used the Chaos Green Lotus to destroy Yaoguang Holy Land and kill its awakened reserve powers, declaring the holy land destroyed.
• Cultivators across the regions discussed the clash of Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons, while Xia Jiuyou boasted that she could defeat the Eastern Emperor.
• Hua Yunfei told the Star Peak Master about the Ruthless Lineage and helped kill its watcher, then reflected on his wish to have lived as a zither boy.
• Ye Fan and the others recognized the miniature cauldron Xiao Nannan held as Yaoguang's Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and agreed to keep it secret.

Jiang Zhu fought the last Great Power of the Ruthless Lineage, surviving his Emperor-created arts and a devastating Flying Immortal strike before turning the battle with the True Phoenix Nirvana Art. After both unleashed their ultimate techniques, Jiang Zhu emerged from the ruined wasteland wreathed in crimson-gold flames, while his opponent’s fate remained unclear.

• Jiang Zhu broke free from a black hole ambush and fought the Ruthless Lineage’s Great Power with the aid of Earth Vein Dragon Qi.
• The Great Power used One Thought Blooms, Sovereign over All and Myriad Transformations Sacred Art, forcing Jiang Zhu into a fierce battle across the wasteland.
• Jiang Zhu’s visions and Ten Fiends techniques wounded the Great Power, while the Great Power’s Flying Immortal Art shattered Jiang Zhu’s body.
• Jiang Zhu healed with the True Phoenix Nirvana Art and counterattacked, leaving the Great Power grievously injured.
• The Great Power unleashed the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art and fused his secret techniques into an ultimate strike, while Jiang Zhu evolved chaos within his body to resist him.
• A final collision shattered the wasteland, and Jiang Zhu walked out through crimson-gold flames.

After surviving the battle in the wasteland, Jiang Zhu tried to evolve a chaos minor world within his body, but repeated explosions convinced him he needed to reach the Immortal Platform and obtain the Qilin Bloodline. He and Yan Ruyu then attended Xiba City's grand auction, where the bidding reached a fever pitch when a rare piece of blood diamond appeared.

• Jiang Zhu fused his ten Immortal King phantoms into five and repeatedly endured the chaos minor world blasting his body apart as he sought to advance his cultivation.
• Jiang Zhu concluded that he needed to reach the Immortal Platform and obtain the Qilin Bloodline to complete his bodily evolution.
• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu traveled to Xiba City to acquire dragon marrow for their Dragon Transformation cultivation and learned that the Great Xia Divine Dynasty was hosting the grand auction.
• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu watched the auction, where the Lesser Yin Divine Talisman and Falling Moon Bow were sold for Source.
• The auctioneer presented a rare Saint-level weapon-refining material, a piece of blood diamond, and the crowd erupted in excitement.

Jiang Zhu won supreme-grade dragon marrow at the Great Xia Treasure Pavilion auction and exchanged Immortal Pool water for more. He secluded himself with Yan Ruyu guarding him, and after a month of cultivation, he stood on the verge of breaking through to the Immortal Platform.

• The Bing Family bought the blood diamond saint material for seven million jin of pure source, and Jiang Zhu won twenty drops of golden dragon marrow for nine million jin of source.
• The Xiao Family won the Nine Heavens White Jade Seal with a bid of fifteen million jin of source.
• Jiang Zhu offered the Great Xia Treasure Pavilion water from Jade Pool's Former Site in exchange for dragon marrow, receiving bottles of purple and jade dragon marrow and arranging another exchange from the Great Xia Dynasty's treasury.
• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu left Xiba City and traveled west to find a place to cultivate in seclusion.
• Jiang Zhu refined the dragon marrow for a month as Yan Ruyu stood guard, and his surging blood and qi formed a dragon-shaped phantom as he neared a breakthrough.

Jiang Zhu entered the Immortal Platform Secret Realm and survived a prolonged tribulation against humanoid lightning shaped like four legendary creatures, tempering the Chaos Bell. After returning to Xiba City to trade Immortal Pool Water for Dragon Marrow, he met the Great Xia princess, who wanted to buy his Little Divine Silkworm.

• Jiang Zhu broke through to the Immortal Platform Secret Realm and endured a vast Heavenly Tribulation, absorbing its lightning to temper his body and divine consciousness.
• Humanoid lightning shaped like a True Dragon, Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, White Tiger, and True Phoenix battled Jiang Zhu, who repeatedly healed with nirvana divine flame and eventually survived the two-day tribulation.
• Jiang Zhu's Chaos Bell absorbed the tribulation's Dao patterns, and he emerged with a stronger body and a condensed Divine Sense.
• Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu returned to Xiba City, where the Great Xia Treasure Pavilion exchanged five bottles of Dragon Marrow for five bottles of Immortal Pool Water and promised to obtain more Dragon Marrow.
• Five days later, the manager arrived with the Great Xia princess and prince; the princess asked to buy Jiang Zhu's Little Divine Silkworm, but Jiang Zhu refused.

Jiang Zhu and Yan Ruyu were ambushed outside Xiba City as a concealed Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon pinned down the Azure Emperor's Weapon and eight Saint Lord-level figures attacked. Jiang Zhu evaded their assaults, formed a Heaven-Trapping Formation from Earth Vein Dragon Qi, and tore one attacker apart with a black True Dragon.

• Jiang Zhu learned the Great Xia Prince and the white-clad Little Nun had come only to see the Little Divine Silkworm, then left Xiba City with Yan Ruyu.
• A hidden Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon awakened and confronted the Azure Emperor's Weapon, shaking Xiba City with their power.
• Eight Saint Lord-level figures gathered outside the city and joined forces to kill Jiang Zhu while the Emperor Weapons held each other in check.
• Jiang Zhu hid Yan Ruyu in the Demon-Refining Pot, evaded the attackers with Nine Secrets: Xing, and drew on Earth Vein Dragon Qi.
• Jiang Zhu formed a Heaven-Trapping Formation that froze the region, then sent a black True Dragon to tear one Saint Lord-level attacker apart.

Jiang Zhu used the True Dragon Heaven-Binding Formation to kill Saint Lords who had come to hunt him, overwhelming their combined attacks and preventing two from escaping. With three Saint Lords left, they revealed ties to the Yin-Yang Sect, Wanchu Holy Land, and Ji Family, and Jiang Zhu charged at them with True Dragon techniques.

• A Saint Lord attacked Jiang Zhu, but the formation’s dragon tail split him in two and destroyed his body and soul.
• Seven Saint Lords joined forces against Jiang Zhu, whose formation swallowed their attacks and blasted three of them away; Jiang Zhu then killed one with the dragon’s tail.
• Jiang Zhu killed another Saint Lord with True Dragon Fist, then slew two who tried to escape through a Domain Gate.
• The three remaining Saint Lords urged the holder of an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon to intervene, but he said he was holding off the Azure Emperor’s Weapon.
• The last three Saint Lords unleashed the Yin-Yang Sacred Art, Chaos Divine Thunder, and Void Great Hand Seal, revealing their links to the Yin-Yang Sect, Wanchu Holy Land, and Ji Family.
• Jiang Zhu evaded their attacks and charged at the three, unleashing True Dragon Unarmed Techniques.

Jiang Zhu fought off the attackers using the Glazed Glass Lamp and discovered that three ancient monsters had orchestrated the ambush. After killing the Ji Family Powerful Expert, he turned his Saint Weapon on the revealed Yin-Yang Sect Master while the three monsters attacked the True Dragon Heaven-Binding Formation.

• The Yin-Yang Sect powerful expert, the Wanchu powerful expert, and the Ji Family Powerful Expert survived Jiang Zhu's attacks, then brought out replica Saint Weapons against him.
• Jiang Zhu used the Glazed Glass Lamp to block the replicas and learned the ambush's mastermind was a corpse-like old man seeking the Desolate Ancient Divine Spring.
• The old man revealed he belonged to the God King's era, and three ancient monsters unleashed their divine sense and fires against the formation.
• Jiang Zhu burned the Ji Family Powerful Expert to ashes with the Glazed Glass Lamp.
• The Yin-Yang Sect powerful expert revealed himself as the Yin-Yang Sect Master, and Jiang Zhu declared that the Yin-Yang Sect deserved extermination.

Jiang Zhu destroyed the Yin-Yang Sect Master's death curse and resisted the Dark Night Lord's assault with the Great Saint Weapon. He then revealed the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Canopy, whose Emperor Weapon deity killed the Dark Night Lord, while the divine robe and golden spear fled through a Domain Gate.

• The Yin-Yang Sect Master's death curse attacked Jiang Zhu, but flames from the Demon-Refining Pot burned it away, and Jiang Zhu killed the Wanchu Holy Land expert.
• An Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and a fragment of Great Emperor Formation Patterns broke Jiang Zhu's formation as the Dark Night Lord manifested his immense vision and attacked.
• Jiang Zhu wounded the Dark Night Lord's hand with the Great Saint Weapon, then used Divine Spring water to sustain his assault.
• The Dark Night Lord revealed his golden divine robe and War Spear and attacked Jiang Zhu, declaring his intention to avenge his elder brother.
• Jiang Zhu produced the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Canopy, and a sigh from its Emperor Weapon deity killed the Dark Night Lord.
• The divine robe, golden War Spear, and Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon escaped through a Domain Gate.

Jiang Zhu’s slaughter of the Dark Night Lord and the other attackers at Xiba City shook the Big Dipper, turning him into a feared and celebrated prodigy. At Jade Pool, he met with Jiang Taixu and other elders, who discussed the attack and his astonishing strength.

• Jiang Zhu used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Canopy to kill the three old wretches fleeing after the Dark Night Lord’s death, then left through a Domain Gate.
• News that Jiang Zhu had slain eight Saint Lord-level figures, three ancient experts, and the Dark Night Lord spread throughout the Big Dipper, stirring fear and rumors about his power and inheritance.
• Ji Haoyue continued comprehending the Dao, while Hua Yunfei played his zither and Wang Teng dismissed his servants’ concerns about Jiang Zhu.
• Xia Jiuyou heard of Jiang Zhu’s battle record and decided to challenge the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body instead, prompting others in the teahouse to focus on her.
• At Jade Pool, Jiang Taixu apologized to Jiang Zhu for the Dark Night Lord’s attack, and Jiang Zhu reassured him; Jiang Taixu asked to be informed before Jiang Zhu dealt with their enemies again.

At the Yaochi Grand Gathering, Jiang Zhu reunited with Ye Fan and his companions before Xia Jiuyou challenged Ye Fan, demanding his sacred blood and service. Their same-level duel began with Ye Fan revealing his Immortal King manifestation, while Xia Jiuyou answered with the Nine Nether Immortal Melody.

• The Queen Mother of the West summoned Jiang Zhu after Xiao Nannan touched the Nine-Aperture Eight-Hole Stone King and drew out its essence; they confirmed the Stone King was unharmed.
• Jiang Zhu led Ye Fan, Xiao Nannan, Black Emperor, and the Little Bandits away from the Immortal Pool, and Big Black Dog warned that the Stone King could someday bring disaster to Jade Pool.
• Jiang Zhu and Ye Fan arrived at the Yaochi Grand Gathering, where they met Yao Yuekong and Qi Qi among the gathered young talents.
• Xia Jiuyou demanded that Ye Fan become her servant and supply sacred blood, then arrogantly challenged Jiang Zhu to fight her at the same level.
• Ye Fan accepted Xia Jiuyou's challenge instead, and the duel drew a crowd of young and older cultivators.
• Ye Fan summoned the Immortal King Descends Upon the Nine Heavens manifestation, while Xia Jiuyou countered with the Nine Nether Immortal Melody.