Chapter Summaries

Jiang Man joined Ming Chengfei’s group to return to the Stone Stele and retrieve his Spirit Source, but Xiang Feiyue’s ambush revealed that Ming Chengfei was a puppet controlled by He Qiu. Jiang Man exposed his resistance to He Qiu’s control and escaped, only to be pursued by Zeng Min after she used a secret technique to raise her cultivation.

• Jiang Man let Ming Chengfei’s group lead him toward the Stone Stele, agreeing to share the recovered Spirit Source while planning to draw the Xiang Family into the conflict.
• As the group neared the Stone Stele, Xiang Feiyue and Xiang Lingling trapped them with formations, and Jiang Man immediately spotted flaws in the barriers.
• Xiang Feiyue identified Ming Chengfei as a puppet or impostor and attacked him, while He Qiu ordered Jiang Man to hand over his supposed treasure.
• Jiang Man resisted He Qiu’s Tranquil Heart and Life-and-Death Incantations, then revealed that he had placed the Life-and-Death Incantation on He Qiu and forced him to attack Xiang Feiyue.
• Jiang Man fled as Xiang Lingling followed, while Zeng Min used a secret technique to raise her cultivation to the Ascension Stage and pursued him.
• Zeng Min attacked Jiang Man with a giant manifested hand, declaring that she intended to settle their old grudge.

Jiang Man used the Immortal Origin Art to defeat Zeng Min and Ling Ge, then killed Xiang Lingling with a formation before collapsing. Seven days later, he woke in the Lord of the Nine Provinces’ courtyard and arranged to collect Spirit Sources with the Lord and the Village Chief, who accepted far less than Jiang Man thought he had bargained for.

• Jiang Man activated the Immortal Origin Art, shattered Zeng Min’s attack, and killed Ling Ge and Zeng Min after overpowering them.
• Jiang Man fought Xiang Lingling, trapped her in a formation, and killed her with a spirit sword before passing out.
• Seven days later, Jiang Man awoke in the Lord of the Nine Provinces’ courtyard and learned that the Lord had rescued him and wanted one million of the three million Spirit Sources.
• The Lord of the Nine Provinces summoned the Village Chief to retrieve the Spirit Sources, and Jiang Man agreed to pay him for his help.
• The Village Chief asked for payment, and Jiang Man mistakenly bargained his five-finger request down to four hundred thousand; the Lord of the Nine Provinces told him to check his condition.

Jiang Man recovered from his battle injuries in the Village, earned its goodwill, and arranged for Hua Qian to make a hand-care gift for his dao companion. After leaving the Secret Realm, he reported that their team had included a spy, leaving Ren Qian stunned.

• Jiang Man tallied his losses and recovered Spirit Source from Zeng Min, Ling Ge, and Xiang Lingling’s Storage Law Treasures, then learned the Village Chief’s goodwill could give him access to the Village’s connections and skills.
• Young Man explained how to leave the Secret Realm and pointed Jiang Man toward Hua Qian, who could make a fragrant hand-care product for his dao companion.
• The Village Chief returned with three million four hundred thousand Spirit Source, introduced Hua Qian, and arranged medicine and pills that let Jiang Man fully recover over the following months.
• Hua Qian completed the hand-care product and gave Jiang Man its method and materials; before leaving, Jiang Man bought pills, Ancient Arts pills, and Pill Formulas from the Village.
• Jiang Man left the Secret Realm and discovered Xiang Feiyue, Xiang Lingling, and He Qiu had not come out; when Ji An asked about the Village and the missing people, Jiang Man answered cautiously.
• During his report to Ren Qian, Jiang Man stated that there had been a spy in their team, leaving Ren Qian utterly taken aback.

Jiang Man reported He Qiu and Xiang Lingling’s attempted ambush to Ren Qian, submitted ancient pill formulas, and handed Nine Layers Mountain to Ji Meng. After learning the unnamed man’s claim about the Ji Family’s Peerless Heaven’s Chosen Destiny, Ji Meng suspected a hidden scheme, while the Bai Family Ancestor told Qing Dai that events outside might soon let her leave.

• Jiang Man told Ren Qian that He Qiu and Xiang Lingling had tried to kill him, then wrote out his account and submitted ancient pills and formulas as contributions.
• Jiang Man gave Ji Meng protective hand cream and Nine Layers Mountain, which she recognized as the Ji Family Clan Leader’s token.
• Jiang Man sparred with Ji Meng in formation arts and returned home dejected after she easily proved stronger.
• Jiang Man told Old Yellow Ox about the Secret Realm and wrote Ji Meng a letter describing the unnamed man’s claim that he had once borne the Peerless Heaven’s Chosen Destiny.
• Ji Meng suspected that the Secret Realm and Nine Layers Mountain’s return were part of a hidden scheme.
• The Bai Family Ancestor told Qing Dai that something happening outside might lead the Immortal Gate to let her out.

Qing Dai learned she could leave the island to help establish an Immortal Gate outpost, while Jiang Man arranged to earn merit and qualify for advancement by activating Spirit Spring Mountain’s formation. After Jiang Man returned, the covert network in the Wuyun Sect promoted Fang Yong to manage it and assigned him to investigate He Qiu’s death.

• Dongfang Chengji told Qing Dai she could apply to leave for the Extreme Sea, and Qing Dai worried that the Bai Family Ancestor and another enemy might threaten Ji Meng.
• Jiang Man wondered whether Ji Meng’s father was Jian Ci and decided that even if the Wuyou Evil God was his mother-in-law, he would still kill her if necessary.
• Peak Master Bai explained that Jiang Man needed more merit to gain advancement eligibility, so Jiang Man activated Spirit Spring Mountain’s formation to temporarily increase its output.
• Jiang Man considered seeking Song Qing’s Evil God connection, but Song Qing’s heartbreak made Jiang Man decide to leave that matter alone for now.
• Two covert operatives learned their handler had failed to return and chose to promote someone before withdrawing from the Wuyun Sect.
• Fang Yong received temporary control of the Wuyun Sect network and a mandatory mission to investigate He Qiu’s death, with a warning to be especially cautious whenever Jiang Man was involved.

Jiang Man reassured his companions that the Black-Robed Man crisis had passed, then brought the Immortal Dao Coordinates to Immortal Maiden Liuchu for verification. After she confirmed they were genuine and warned him about upcoming conflict involving the Sun-Moon Immortal Journey, Qing Dai left the Immortal Gate Territory and hurried back to her Miss.

• Jiang Man told Little Fatty, Cheng Yu, and the others that the Black-Robed Man would probably not return, warned them about Xia Hui, and taught them cultivation methods.
• The Enforcement Hall awarded Jiang Man two hundred thousand Spirit Sources, but Peak Master Bai took the merits from his Secret Realm trip; Jiang Man later obtained ten Undercover agents and handed them to Ren Qian.
• Jiang Man brought the sealed Immortal Dao Coordinates to Immortal Maiden Liuchu, who confirmed they were genuine and warned him that the Sun-Moon Immortal Journey might clash with the Immortal Gate and prompt Undercover agents to act.
• Immortal Maiden Liuchu told Tantai Xiaotian that Jiang Man had offered to lend her the Nine Provinces Backlash Ding and the Primordial Mountain and Sea Mirror, and said he knew where the Lord of the Nine Provinces was.
• Tantai Xiaotian cautioned Tantai Xue to meet the Lord of the Nine Provinces only through a proxy and warned that she might be summoned to deal with trouble at the Extreme Sea.
• Qing Dai left the Immortal Gate Territory and hurried back to Miss, worried that the Bai Family Ancestor's absence might leave her in danger.

Qing Dai returned to Wuyun Sect with news that the Bai Family Ancestor and others had emerged, while Ji Meng and Jiang Man learned they had been assigned to an Immortal Gate mission at the Extreme Sea. After months of intense cultivation, Jiang Man advanced his body and Primordial Spirit to the late stage, and Fang Yong returned announcing they were going to strike it rich.

• Qing Dai told Ji Meng that Immortal Gate personnel had emerged and were selecting people for a mission connected to the Extreme Sea.
• Teacher Yan informed Ji Meng that she, Jiang Man, and Xiao Qing had received transfer orders to cooperate with the Immortal Gate newcomers.
• Ji Meng showed Qing Dai that she had recovered Nine Layers Mountain and discussed the Bai Family Ancestor and the possibility that Drunken Floating Life would appear.
• Ji Meng delivered the transfer orders to Jiang Man, who suspected the mission was connected to Sun-Moon Immortal Journey and the Extreme Sea.
• Jiang Man trained under Ting Fengyin's guidance, advanced his physical body to the late stage in September, and advanced his Primordial Spirit to the late stage the following February.
• Fang Yong returned and told Jiang Man that they were going to strike it rich.

Jiang Man sold Fang Yong the truth about He Qiu’s death, then continued cultivating while preparing for a dangerous assignment in the Extreme Sea. Before leaving, he learned Emperor Script and secured the Four Seas Evil God’s protection by demonstrating that he knew a sea-related Secret Technique.

• Fang Yong told Jiang Man he had been promoted and offered him one million Spirit Sources for accurate information about He Qiu’s death.
• Jiang Man explained how He Qiu and Xiang Feiyue had perished in the Secret Realm, and Fang Yong agreed to report the information.
• Jiang Man answered Fang Yong’s Cultivation questions, then spent the following months cultivating and learned that the Immortal Gate’s assignment would take him to the Extreme Sea.
• Old Yellow Ox gave Jiang Man a book on Emperor Script and told him to study it in secret.
• Jiang Man visited the Four Seas Evil God and gained his protection for the Extreme Sea mission after reciting the opening of a sea-related Secret Technique.

Jiang Man traveled with Ji Meng and Qing Dai to the Extreme Sea, where the Bai Family Ancestor arranged for them to infiltrate Sun-Moon Immortal Journey as mine workers. While Jiang Man and the women were sent to excavate ancient ruins, the Bai Family Ancestor met a woman aboard the ship and asked her to help kill someone.

• The Lord of the Four Seas gave Jiang Man two talismans for surviving the Extreme Sea, and Jiang Man learned that two people on the List would join the mission as avatars.
• Peak Master Bai gave Jiang Man his Ascension Stage qualification and warned him that the Xiang Family might be connected to an attempt on his life.
• Jiang Man, Ji Meng, and Qing Dai met the Bai Family Ancestor, who confirmed that Jiang Man possessed Nine Layers Mountain and took them overseas through a formation.
• The Bai Family Ancestor brought the three to Sun-Moon Immortal Journey and assigned them to work in underground mines excavating ancient ruins.
• The Bai Family Ancestor met a woman in the ship's cabin and asked her to help him kill someone with everything she had.

Jiang Man joined the underwater mining mission and learned that its strange mist could damage cultivators’ minds and reduce their cultivation, but he eagerly descended with Wang Ke to investigate it. He absorbed the mist at extraordinary speed, filling three gourds before returning to assess its effects, while Fellow Daoist Qiu saw him as a useful source of free mining labor.

• Jiang Man refused the assigned shared-room arrangement at first, then accepted a double room for Qing Dai and Ji Meng and a shared cabin room for himself.
• Jiang Man met Wang Ke, who explained that miners cultivated in the mist, risking damage to their minds and spirit as well as a drop in cultivation.
• Wang Ke took Jiang Man underwater to the mine, where they found people cultivating beside the mist and encountered Fellow Daoist Qiu, who lent them his gourd.
• Jiang Man cultivated at the densest edge of the mist and absorbed it so quickly that the surrounding fog vanished and three gourds filled by midnight.
• Jiang Man returned with Wang Ke to examine the mist’s effects, while Fellow Daoist Qiu decided he could use the newcomer to fill his gourd without effort.

Jiang Man cultivated in the seabed mine for eight months, reaching Return to the Void Perfection and uncovering the ancient Immortal Guidance Platform. After collecting payment from those he had helped, he learned that Ji Meng sensed an approaching tribulation tied to his growing strength and the Bai Family Ancestor’s scheme.

• Jiang Man dismissed the mist’s effects on his cultivation and began cultivating in the mine, telling Wang Ke to accept every gourd and record its owner.
• As months passed, Jiang Man cultivated without rest, forcing the miners to pay him and eventually driving Fellow Daoist Qiu to kneel and apologize.
• Jiang Man broke through the mist and revealed the Immortal Guidance Platform, reaching Return to the Void Perfection and discovering he was close to the Ascension Stage.
• Jiang Man collected payment from the miners, recovered Spirit Source from two people with the Bai Family Ancestor’s help, and learned that the platform was an ancient guide to immortality.
• Ji Meng told Qing Dai that Jiang Man’s digging made her sense of an approaching tribulation clearer, and Qing Dai suspected the Bai Family Ancestor wanted Jiang Man to become immortal before killing Ji Meng.

Ji Meng and Qing Dai stayed near Jiang Man as he prepared to advance, while the Bai Family Ancestor negotiated with the ship’s mysterious leader and revealed the Immortal Guidance Platform’s ancient origins. Jiang Man activated the platform and began constructing his Ascension Stage, sensing that stepping onto it would set the time of his ascension to immortality.

• Ji Meng told Qing Dai that Jiang Man’s discovery of the Immortal Guidance Platform might let him ascend to immortality there, so they could not leave him behind.
• The Bai Family Ancestor told the ship’s leader that the Immortal Guidance Platform was the first of its kind and that he needed their help killing someone; she ordered her people to report his mysterious background to the Venerable One.
• Jiang Man asked Ji Meng how to use his token and advance, then hired Ji Meng and Qing Dai to guard him for a deposit and an IOU.
• Jiang Man learned that the ship belonged to the Sun-Moon Immortal Journey, then took Ji Meng and Qing Dai into the mine to attempt his advancement.
• Jiang Man activated the token at the Immortal Guidance Platform, summoned golden steps, and began sensing how to construct his Ascension Stage.
• Jiang Man realized that stepping onto the Ascension Stage would make his Immortal Ascension Daoist Site announce his ascension time and impose consequences if he failed to become an Immortal before then.

Jiang Man stepped onto the Ascension Stage in one move, prompting a Heavenly Proclamation that set his immortality attainment at the Supreme Heart Hall in six months. As powerful figures prepared to gather there, Fang Yong accepted a mission to sabotage Jiang Man by targeting his friends and began arranging to lure them away.

• Jiang Man condensed his Ascension Stage and stepped onto it in a single move.
• Heaven and earth proclaimed that Jiang Man would attain immortality at the Supreme Heart Hall in six months, and Qiaoyue angrily learned of the news.
• Ji Hao told Peak Master Bai about the proclamation, and they set off overseas to prepare for Jiang Man's attainment.
• Immortal Maiden Huaijing told Yu Wanyi that Jiang Man would become an immortal in half a year, while Yu Wanyi focused on her master's relationship with Ji Hao.
• Fang Yong accepted a mission to torment Jiang Man's friends and arranged for Cheng Yu to take Little Fatty and the others home the next day.

Ji Meng and Qing Dai helped Jiang Man prepare for his six-month path to immortality, and he rapidly mastered the Ascension Stage cultivation method. While excavating an ancient site, Jiang Man activated a formation designed to slaughter the Ji Family, and Ji Meng learned the trap would pull her away just as a Bai Family Ancestor appeared.

• Ji Wuye decided to send an avatar to protect Jiang Man and draw suspicion away from the Ji Family’s supposed son-in-law.
• Ji Meng gave Jiang Man the Simple Method and Ascension Stage pills, and he mastered the method in less than half a day.
• Jiang Man cultivated for months, steadily increasing his understanding of Ascension Stage power while helping others absorb the mist.
• Jiang Man and Wang Ke uncovered an ancient structure, where Jiang Man used the Heavenly Mirror of a Hundred Books to read a vow describing an Immortal Slaughter Formation aimed at the Ji Family.
• The statues activated the formation, and Ji Meng realized it would detect her bloodline and force her to return.
• The Bai Family Ancestor spoke outside Ji Meng’s door and told her to leave, revealing that he had arranged the deadly trap.

Ji Meng entered the ancient killing formation to uncover the Ji Family’s secrets, and Jiang Man followed her inside. When her immense record of killing Ji Family members awakened the formation’s inhabitants, they turned from trying to kill her to treating her as their master, but three powerful figures attacked her, prompting Jiang Man to intervene.

• Ji Meng entered the killing formation while Qing Dai stayed outside to guard Jiang Man, and Jiang Man followed Ji Meng into the formation.
• Jiang Man met a resentful figure who revealed that the formation was tied to the Ji Family and led him toward Ji Meng.
• The formation’s inhabitants tested Ji Meng’s karma, and red light stretching a hundred thousand feet revealed how many Ji Family members she had killed.
• The inhabitants bowed to Ji Meng and offered to make her their master, but three powerful figures emerged from the Depths and attacked her.
• As the formation’s fighters overwhelmed Ji Meng, Jiang Man activated the Evil God Method and stepped forward to help her.

Jiang Man intervened in Ji Meng's struggle with the killing formation and accompanied her to the Ji Family burial ground, where they learned of atrocities behind seven awakened surnames. Ji Meng left her power behind as coordinates and asked Jiang Man to retrieve the site after becoming an immortal.

• Jiang Man revealed himself to block the killing formation's attacks, and Ji Meng led him through a gap after he trapped three attackers.
• The resentful man described how the Ji Family tortured and sacrificed countless people, including his young daughter, to awaken seven of the Nine Surnames.
• Jiang Man questioned the man's incomplete memories and suggested that a Ji Family traitor had helped destroy the family.
• Jiang Man and Ji Meng reached seven statues at the burial ground, where the untouched Sword statue strengthened Jiang Man's suspicion of a traitor.
• Ji Meng identified the Hundred-Lifetime Lock blocking their path and warned Jiang Man that touching it could trap him.
• Ji Meng began dissipating and asked Jiang Man to retrieve the site with the Extreme Dao Seal after becoming an immortal, and Jiang Man took her hand under the pretext of palm reading.

Jiang Man left the Ji Family Bloodline Killing Array after learning its spirit held secrets about the Ji Family's annihilation and the end of the Immortal Dao, then resumed preparing for his ascension. Meng Qiewei sent word that his fortune-telling had been wrong and he should prepare to try again, while Ji Hao sought True Person Taihua's help for Jiang Man's upcoming ascension.

• Ji Meng disappeared after transferring control of the killing array, and Jiang Man discovered its spirit carried secrets concerning the end of the Immortal Dao.
• Jiang Man returned to the underwater mine, learned he had been inside for a day and a half, and resumed cultivating for his imminent ascension.
• The Bai Family Ancestor discussed his plans with Qing Dai and a woman in the cabin, while Meng Qiewei returned to the Antique Courtyard and instructed Qing Dai to investigate research into activating the Nine Surnames.
• Meng Qiewei told Qing Dai to inform Jiang Man that his fortune-telling was inaccurate and he should prepare to try again next time.
• Ji Hao told Peak Master Bai that they needed to invite someone to help safeguard Jiang Man's ascension, then presented True Person Taihua with a jade Token.

Ji Hao recruited True Person Taihua to help guard Jiang Man’s impending ascension, while the Ji Family and other powers gathered around Taichu Island. Jiang Man was transported to the Supreme Heart Hall, where his ascension to immortality officially began.

• Ji Hao showed True Person Taihua a book and persuaded him to help suppress hostile forces during Jiang Man’s ascension; Nanyue joined them on their return journey.
• Ji Hao, True Person Taihua, Nanyue, and Peak Master Bai reached the mist-covered region, where formations and powerful groups surrounded Taichu Island.
• Ji Wuye arrived as an avatar and acknowledged Jiang Man’s ties to the Ji Family, while True Person Taihua realized the Ji Family was fueling rumors about Jiang Man’s connection to it.
• The Bai Family Ancestor persuaded Qing Dai to leave for the Supreme Heart Hall, while a hidden woman ordered an ambush against the Ascension Stage cultivators traveling from Dragon-Suppressing Island.
• Jiang Man gave Wang Ke instructions for collecting his Spirit Sources, prepared himself, and was transported to the Supreme Heart Hall on the third day of the seventh month.
• The Heavenly Proclamation announced across the Mist Sea Region that Jiang Man of the Wuyun Sect had begun his ascension to immortality.

As Jiang Man began his ascension inside the Supreme Heart Hall, he had to master the Supreme Induction Scripture before the Immortal Dao’s light faded. Outside, True Person Taihua’s restored power deterred the forces gathered to disrupt him, but his enemies hinted that they could still force him away.

• At the Extreme Sea, Tantai Xue learned from Tantai Xiaotian that the two leaders were likely figures on the List and suspected they had gone to protect Jiang Man; she used a strand of sword intent to warn Ji Hao.
• Ye Xia and three companions reached Dragon-Suppressing Island to find Taihua’s formation arts and essence blood, intending to use them to draw Taihua away from Jiang Man.
• The Ye Family and Xiang Family visited the Ji Family, while powerful forces gathered around Taichu Island as Jiang Man arrived.
• The Immortal Gate’s three envoys declared that anyone stronger than a True Immortal must not act, then nine black dragons hauled Taihua’s sealed cultivation power into view, and an Immortal Gate decree authorized him to reclaim it against powerful enemies.
• Inside the Supreme Heart Hall, Jiang Man received the Supreme Induction Scripture and began cultivating its mental method; Taihua warned that the Immortal Dao’s light would begin to decline within the time it took an incense stick to burn.

Jiang Man mastered the Supreme Induction Scripture in moments and reached the Ascension Stage, while the Bai Family Ancestor and Ji Hao thwarted Ye Xia’s attempt to take Nanyue. The Evil Gods ordered an intervention, but Jiang Man shattered the Ascension Stage, opening the Immortal Path and drawing everyone into a scramble to stop or join his ascension.

• Jiang Man rapidly cultivated the Supreme Induction Scripture to great accomplishment, and the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Scripture appeared as he ascended toward the stage.
• Ji Hao learned that the Bai Family and Ye Family planned to kill Jiang Man, and Ye Xia seized Nanyue to force True Person Taihua away.
• Ji Hao severed Ye Xia’s grasp and rescued Nanyue, while True Person Taihua drove off the Evil God Avatars and Bai Yan and Drunken Floating Life confronted Ye Xia.
• The Evil Gods ordered their followers to disrupt Jiang Man’s choices, but Jiang Man crushed the Ascension Stage with one stomp.
• The Immortal Path opened, and the gathered spectators activated their formations and rushed forward to seize the chance at immortality or stop Jiang Man.