Chapter Summaries

Ji Ning reached the sixth level of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram and set out alone for Winged Serpent Lake, while Ji An broke through to the tenth level and began pursuing five evil cultivators for Yinglong Guard merit. After killing four, Ji An traveled to Blackwater Land to hunt the final target, Blood Fiend Adept.

• Ji Ning completed the sixth level of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram and left for Winged Serpent Lake without guards.
• Ji An broke through from the eighth level to the tenth level of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram, becoming a Myriad Phenomena Godfiend.
• Ji An bought detailed intelligence on five evil cultivators from Heavenly Treasure Mountain and identified Myriad Souls Adept near Flameglory City as his first target.
• Ji An spent half a month killing four of the five targets and received seventy merit points for completing their missions.
• Ji An teleported to Blackwater City and flew toward Blood Fiend Adept's tower in the Blackwater Mountains.

Ji An found Blood Fiend Adept’s hidden Blood Fiend Pagoda, freed its mortal slaves from their overseers, and killed the late-stage Wanxiang fiend after his escape attempt failed. Back in Blackwater City, Ji An opened Blood Fiend Adept’s Space Ring and discovered the Blood God Body tome among its contents.

• Ji An used the Thunder God Eye to expose the Blood Fiend Pagoda’s illusion formation in the Blackwater Mountains and destroyed its formation flag.
• Ji An’s Thunderfire Domain killed the sinful overseers, and Blood Fiend Adept appeared to confront him.
• Blood Fiend Adept tried to flee with Blood Shadow Escape and a Minor Teleportation Talisman, but Ji An’s control of space prevented his escape.
• Blood Fiend Adept attacked Ji An with his Blood Fiend Body and Blood God Needles, but Ji An killed him with Thunderfire Annihilation.
• Ji An collected Blood Fiend Adept’s Space Ring and returned to Blackwater City, where he found the Blood God Body tome inside it.

Ji An studied the Blood God Body, bought foreign-race essence blood, and cultivated its first three levels. While resisting Primordial Spirit essence blood during his third-level breakthrough, he unexpectedly manifested Divine Consciousness.

• Ji An learned that the Blood God Body could temper the body to the level of a Pure Yang magic treasure and planned to cultivate it using demon essence blood from Rain Dragon Guard missions.
• Shi Feng reported that 5,300 surviving mortals had been rescued and settled in Blackwater City.
• Ji An turned in Blood Fiend Adept's magic treasure, received thirty merit points, and bought Violet Palace-, Myriad Phenomena-, and Primordial Spirit-level essence blood at Heavenly Treasure Mountain.
• Ji An perfected the Blood God Body's first level with Violet Palace essence blood and its second level with Myriad Phenomena essence blood.
• Ji An used three drops of Primordial Spirit essence blood to attempt the third level, resisted the demon's will, and manifested Divine Consciousness.

Ji An broke through to the third level of the Blood God Body and reached the Primordial Spirit level of Divine Consciousness. After rejecting Northmont Fox’s offer to recruit him and dismissing his threat, Ji An headed to the Red Dragon Mountain Range to take a mission and pursue the resources he needed.

• Ji An refined Primordial Spirit essence blood, opened his heavenly eye, and successfully reached the third level of the Blood God Body.
• A brocade-robed cultivator brought Ji An to Northmont Fox, who praised his deeds and offered cultivation resources if he would serve him.
• Ji An firmly rejected Northmont Fox’s offer, and Northmont Fox threatened him and ordered his follower to investigate Ji An and his clan.
• Ji An left Heavenly Treasure Mountain and Anchan City, then flew toward the Red Dragon Mountain Range in his Void-Escaping Boat.
• Ji An arrived at the military affairs hall in the Red Dragon Mountain Range, intent on earning merit points and gathering cultivation resources.

Ji An killed Jin Ling in the Thunderfire Ravine and mastered the complete Thunderfire Dao. After turning in his mission and reaching fifteen hundred merit points, he decided to attend an auction at the Worry-Free Grotto.

• Ji An pursued Jin Ling into the Thunderfire Ravine and used his Thunderfire Dao Domain to turn the ravine’s lightning and fire against him.
• Ji An struck Jin Ling down with a thunderfire greatsword, then sensed the origins of lightning and fire and mastered the complete Thunderfire Dao.
• Ji An tested his new ability to control the surrounding space and concluded that he could now contend with many Primordial Spirit Daoists.
• Ji An returned to the Yinglong Guard, submitted Jin Ling’s corpse, and received one hundred merit points, bringing his total to fifteen hundred.
• Ji An left the Military Affairs Hall and decided to attend the Worry-Free Grotto auction after remembering its invitation.

Ji An attended Worry-Free Grotto’s auction, where Northmont Fox recognized him and Northmont Yin warned his son to stay quiet. When the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings came up for bidding, Ji An recognized their compatibility with his Windwing Evasion and watched as the price rose to forty-eight hundred jin of elemental essence.

• Ji An arrived at Worry-Free Grotto and settled into a private room with a view of the auction hall.
• Northmont Fox pointed Ji An out to Northmont Yin, who silenced his son and ordered him not to act against Ji An.
• Moonlight opened the auction, and bidders bought the Nine Luminaries Light-Splitting Swords, nine-leaf soul-restoring grass, and an ancient formation jade slip.
• Moonlight presented the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings, explaining their speed, void-travel, and combat-enhancing properties.
• Ji An became strongly interested in the wings because they suited his Windwing Evasion, while rival bidders drove the price to forty-eight hundred jin of elemental essence.

Ji An won the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings and Thunder Essence at the Worry-Free Grotto auction, spending nearly all his liquefied elemental essence. After the auction, several factions tried to recruit him, but Northmont Yin arrived and interrupted them.

• Ji An outbid Daoist Xuanfeng for the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings with five thousand jin of liquefied elemental essence, drawing attention to his reputation and enraging Beishan Hu.
• Ji An watched the rest of the auction, then bought a set of Violet Palace-level Dao Soldier armor during the free trading.
• Ji An bid two thousand five hundred jin of liquefied elemental essence for Thunder Essence, which he needed to cultivate the Thunder God Eye.
• Huling Adept escorted Ji An out after the auction, where faction representatives surrounded him and offered to recruit him.
• Mo Li began speaking for the Mysterious Yin Sect, but Northmont Yin arrived with Beishan Hu and ordered him to step aside.

Ji An refused Northmont Yin’s offer to join the Northmont Clan, then refined the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings and advanced his Thunder God Eye before flying to the Red Dragon Mountain Range. Northmont Yin, fearing Ji An would become a threat, ordered the Dark Fiend Guard’s first squad to capture or kill him.

• Northmont Yin dismissed the cultivators seeking to recruit Ji An, apologized for Northmont Fox’s past offense, and offered Ji An clan resources and freedom after completing three tasks as an Immortal.
• Ji An declined Northmont Yin’s offer, maintaining that he sought an independent path, and endured the pressure Northmont Yin unleashed before the man departed with Northmont Fox.
• Ji An spent three days refining the Windsun Heaven-Escaping Wings, gaining a deeper understanding of the swift-wind Dao and greatly improving his speed.
• Ji An absorbed the lightning essence and advanced his Thunder God Eye, then flew from Anchan City toward the Red Dragon Mountain Range to hunt Demon Kings and earn merit.
• Northmont Yin watched Ji An’s flight and ordered the Dark Fiend Guard’s first squad to bring him back alive if possible, or kill him if he resisted.

Four years after Ji An began hunting the demons and Northmont clan, he challenged their forces at Withered Bone Mountain, confident after a major increase in strength. He killed Howling Moon Wolf King and Iron-Armored Bull King in battle, leaving Golden-Eyed Tiger King and Mo Sun to face him amid the devastation.

• Golden-Eyed Tiger King gathered thirty-six demon kings at Withered Bone Mountain and discussed joining forces against Ji An, while Mo Sun arrived with eight Dark Fiend Guards to offer an alliance.
• Ji An appeared before the gathering and challenged the demon kings and Dark Fiend Guards, revealing that he had reached the peak Myriad Phenomena level and comprehended the Swiftwind and Sharp Metal Daos.
• Howling Moon Wolf King attacked Ji An, but Ji An vanished and beheaded him with a strike of golden sword light.
• The demon kings and Dark Fiend Guards launched a combined assault, but Ji An unleashed his Thunderfire Dao and destroyed or crippled many of the attackers.
• Ji An evaded the Golden-Eyed Tiger King, Iron-Armored Bull King, and Dark Fiend Guards, then pierced the Iron-Armored Bull King's skull with a golden sword strike.
• Golden-Eyed Tiger King realized that Withered Bone Mountain's ambitions had collapsed as Ji An faced him and Mo Sun amid the fallen demons.

Ji An annihilated Withered Bone Mountain, returned to the Raindragon Guard to claim his merit reward, and exchanged for the Golden Origin Scripture. As he cultivated it, he advanced from Xiantian to early Primordial Spirit and unlocked the dormant Universe tome, which changed his plans for the Immortal Fate Assembly.

• Ji An unleashed his Thunderfire world and killed the Golden-Eyed Tiger King, Mo Sun, and every other Xiantian-or-stronger demon at Withered Bone Mountain, then collected the spoils and absorbed the battle's killing intent into the Universe Sword.
• Ji An returned to the Raindragon Guard encampment, told the two old guards he had cleared Withered Bone Mountain, and declined their suggestion that he join the inner guard.
• Ji An submitted the mission recording at the Military Affairs Hall and received 2,500 merit points, bringing his total to 10,800.
• Ji An exchanged 10,000 merit points for the Golden Origin Scripture and took it to a secluded cultivation cave estate.
• Ji An consumed his accumulated Essence Liquid while cultivating the Golden Origin Scripture, broke through to the Violet Palace realm, and saw the dormant Universe tome open as his Qi Refining cultivation began advancing.
• Ji An reached early Primordial Spirit as a Qi Refiner, and the newly unlocked Universe tome changed his intention to participate in the Immortal Fate Assembly.

Ji Ning broke through to the Violet Palace level and learned that Ji An had given up the Water Manor’s first divine ability so Ji Ning could inherit it. He then hurried to Myriad Swords City, where the Ji Clan prepared to defend a vast Essence Stone vein from Snow Dragon Mountain’s demands.

• Ji Ning entered the Violet Palace level, met the Water Manor’s giant yellow bear, and learned that Ji An had abandoned the first divine ability’s trial for his sake.
• The giant yellow bear told Ji Ning that he must pass the Divine Ability Hall’s final trial to inherit the Water Manor, and Ji Ning vowed not to let Ji An down.
• A surge of natural energy signaled a Primordial Spirit Daoist’s breakthrough, and the giant yellow bear warned Ji Ning that the Ji Clan might be in trouble.
• Ji Ning and Ji Yichuan reached Myriad Swords City, where Ji Jiuhuo’s group discovered an enormous high-grade Essence Stone vein and learned that five Snow Dragon Mountain cultivators were approaching.
• Ji Jiuhuo ordered the Ji Clan to prepare to mine the vein and hold the city as Snow Dragon Mountain’s five Violet Palace Cultivators arrived.
• Dong Ziqi demanded half the mining rights in the Ji Clan’s council hall and threatened to trap the clan within its territory if it refused.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Ji An collected the Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pills to heal his mother and returned to Anchan City to fulfill his promise of confronting those responsible for her suffering. He demanded that Snow Dragon Mountain hand over Dong Qi, then used his mastery of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao to take Daoist Hanyang and Daoist Xueyu away with him.

• Ji An reached the Dao Domain level in the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and all Eight Metal Minor Daos, then set out for Anchan City.
• Ji An collected the Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pills from Heavenly Treasure Mountain and traded his captured magic treasures for Essence Liquid.
• Ji An flew to Snow Dragon Mountain and demanded that Daoist Xueyang come out.
• Ji An accused Dong Qi of ordering the attack that killed Yuchi Shan and gravely injured Yuchi Xue, then demanded that Snow Dragon Mountain hand him over.
• Daoist Hanyang refused, so Ji An used the Power of Heaven and Earth to envelop Daoist Hanyang and Daoist Xueyu in a spatial fluctuation and make all three vanish.

Ji An defeated Snow Dragon Mountain’s Daoist Xueyu and crippled Daoist Hanyang after moving them far from the sect. He set off for Snow Dragon Mountain with Hanyang captive, intending to make him answer to Ji An’s parents.

• Ji An teleported Daoist Xueyu and Daoist Hanyang a thousand miles from Snow Dragon Mountain, where Xueyu offered to sacrifice Dong Qi and compensate Ji An’s parents.
• Ji An rejected their offer, and Xueyu attacked him with Primordial Fire, Heavenly Water, and the Mandarin Duck Light-Splitting Swords while Hanyang raised an ice domain.
• Ji An unleashed his Thunderfire World, destroyed Hanyang’s ice domain, and annihilated Xueyu along with his sword treasures.
• Ji An pierced Hanyang’s dantian and qi sea, crippled his cultivation, and sealed his Divine Consciousness.
• Ji An captured Hanyang with his Divine Sense and flew toward Snow Dragon Mountain.

Ji An returned to Myriad Swords City with Daoist Hanyang, Dong Qi, and two servants crippled, rescuing his clan from Snow Dragon Mountain’s threats. After learning that his mother’s health had worsened, he set off with Ji Yichuan and Ji Ning for the Ji Clan West Prefecture to see her.

• Ji An crippled Dong Qi and brought him and Daoist Hanyang back to the Ji Clan council hall, where he also delivered Yu Tong and Shui Yi.
• Ji An confronted Dong Ziqi and four other Snow Dragon Mountain cultivators, forced them to their knees, and had the clan elders take them into custody.
• Ji An greeted Ji Yichuan, Ji Ning, and the clan elders, then reunited with his father and younger brother after the others left the hall.
• Ji Yichuan explained that Snow Dragon Mountain had threatened the clan to claim half the rights to a newly discovered Essence Stone vein.
• Ji Yichuan told Ji An that Yuchi Xue’s health had been worsening, so Ji An set off with his father and Ji Ning for the Ji Clan West Prefecture, taking the prisoners with them.

Ji An returned to the Ji family courtyard with the four perpetrators of the ambush that had crippled Yuchi Xue, then restored her with a Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pill. After Yuchi Xue demanded vengeance, Ji An destroyed the four enemies’ bodies and souls, leaving her finally avenged.

• Ji An brought Hanyang, Dong Qi, Yu Tong, and Shui Yi before Yuchi Xue and explained their roles in the ambush that killed her brother and left her gravely injured.
• Ji An gave Yuchi Xue a Nine-Turn Life-Creation Pill, which healed her injuries, restored her vitality, and raised her to the Violet Palace Early Stage.
• Yuchi Xue rejoiced at her recovery with Ji Yichuan, Ji Ning, and Ji An, then faced the four captives and demanded that their souls be torn apart.
• Ji An used primordial fire to burn Hanyang, Dong Qi, Yu Tong, and Shui Yi to ash and destroy their souls completely.
• Yuchi Xue watched her enemies vanish and said that she had finally avenged her brother.

Ji An reunited with his family and urged Ji Ning to seek an immortal-rank Qi Refining method by joining the Black-White College. At the Water Manor, the huge yellow bear discovered Ji An’s immense growth, and the brothers prepared to test themselves in the War God Hall.

• Ji An shared a reunion meal with Ji Yichuan, Yuchi Xue, and Ji Ning, then advised Ji Ning to reach only the early Purple Mansion stage before pursuing a higher-ranked Qi Refining method.
• Ji An explained that Ji Ning could earn an immortal-rank method through the Yinglong Guard or join a top sect, and recommended the Black-White College’s recruitment in six months.
• Ji An planned to stay home for six months before traveling with Ji Ning to Anchan City, and the brothers returned to the Water Manor the next morning.
• The huge yellow bear was astonished that Ji An had reached Myriad Phenomena Perfection and the Primordial Spirit level in six years, and regretted that he had passed up the Star Seizing Hand inheritance for Ji Ning.
• Ji Ning vowed to pass the Divine Ability Hall trial and obtain the First Divine Ability inheritance, then asked to attempt the War God Hall trial.
• Ji An asked to enter the War God Hall first so he could watch Ji Ning’s progress, and the brothers appeared before its bronze doors.

Ji An faced the sixth trial’s top-tier Loose Immortal, whose Immortal Rank swords transformed into water dragons and steadily trapped him. Ji An gathered his power for a decisive attack, but the Loose Immortal sealed him inside the Water Prison Sword World and demanded that he surrender.

• Ji Ning watched Ji An defeat the fifth trial’s puppet, and the great yellow bear explained that Ji An had mastered the complete Dao of Sharp Metal and the complete Path of Gale.
• Ji An entered the sixth trial and confronted a top-tier Loose Immortal wielding two Immortal Rank swords transformed into water dragons.
• Ji An dodged the dragons’ rain and claw attacks, summoned his Thunderfire World, and used Flowing Light to drive back the black dragon without damaging it.
• The Loose Immortal combined heavy water, vortices, and rain threads to suppress Ji An’s Thunderfire World and restrict his movements.
• Ji An gathered lightning, fire, and sword power for an attack, but the Loose Immortal trapped him inside the Water Prison Sword World and told him to surrender.

Ji An defeated a top-tier Loose Immortal in the War God Hall, while Ji Ning awakened Divine Consciousness and cleared the second layer. After their trials, Ji An advanced to the thirteenth layer of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram and became a Kangshen Godfiend; the brothers then headed to the Treasure Hall.

• Ji An used his Heaven and Earth Great Dao Domain and self-created sword strike to defeat the Loose Immortal and clear the War God Hall's sixth layer.
• Ji Ning entered the second layer and fought an early-stage Myriad Phenomena Godfiend puppet with his flying swords and Minor Thousand Sword Formation.
• Ji Ning formed Divine Consciousness during the fight, pierced the puppet with the Seventh Layer of the Minor Thousand Sword Formation, and cleared the second layer.
• Ji An revealed that he had delayed his breakthrough to preserve his War God Hall attempts, then began advancing to the thirteenth layer of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram.
• Ji An absorbed Grand Yin True Water and Grand Yang True Fire, became a Kangshen Godfiend, and set off with Ji Ning for the Treasure Hall.

Ji An selected three powerful Heaven Rank treasures and began refining the Water Manor, while Ji Ning chose two Human Rank treasures. After five days and nights, Ji An completed the Manor’s initial refinement, then reminded the great yellow bear that something remained.

• Ji An chose the Myriad Transformations Golden Light Wings, the Great Expansion Geng Metal Pearl, and the Heavenly Cycle Stars Sword Formation from the Treasure Hall.
• Ji Ning chose the Nine Yang Sword Formation and the Annihilation Demon-Slaying Sword.
• Ji An agreed to refine the Water Manor, and the great yellow bear explained that he could access most of it but not its core areas.
• The great yellow bear brought Ji An and Ji Ning to the meditation chamber, where Ji An sat on the Netherworld Water Jade bed and began refining the Manor.
• After five days and nights, Ji An completed the initial refinement and gained control over most of the Water Manor.
• Ji Ning congratulated Ji An, who asked the great yellow bear whether he had forgotten something.

Ji An and Ji Ning learned how Immortal Juhua’s treasures had been reforged into the powerful Thousand Ox Sword, then returned home, where Ji An gave his younger brother three cultivation manuals. Ji Ning resolved to master two divine abilities before attempting the Water Manor’s Divine Ability Hall.

• The Yellow Big Bear revealed Immortal Juhua’s treasure hoard and explained that it had fused the Suhé Painting and Nine Realms Seal into the Thousand Ox Sword.
• The Black Old Ox appeared as the Thousand Ox Sword, displayed its spiritual power, and urged Ji An and Ji Ning to cultivate so they could travel and fight together.
• Ji An used void traversal to take Ji Ning back to the Ji Clan West Prefecture, where they greeted Yuchi Xue and Ji Yichuan.
• Ji An gave Ji Ning manuals for Law of Heaven and Earth, Blood God Body, and the later levels of the Crimsonbright Nine Heavens Diagram.
• Ji Ning promised to master Law of Heaven and Earth and the first level of Blood God Body before attempting the Water Manor’s Divine Ability Hall.