Chapter Summaries

Void Old Ancestor revealed himself as Chen Sheng’s long-lost master, Chen Xu, and lectured at Azure Cloud Divine Sect, enabling Chen Sheng to break through to the late Saint Realm as a Five Elements Supreme Saint. After the lecture, Chen Sheng led Mu He and the others to the place where he had seen the Ink Treasure Pagoda, but it had disappeared and no one else remembered it.

• Void Old Ancestor descended to Azure Cloud Divine Sect, where Chen Sheng recognized him as his master, Chen Xu, and knelt before him.
• Chen Xu explained that a Transcendence powerhouse had revived him, while Chi Yu revealed that he had been the one to revive Chen Xu.
• Chen Xu began a hundred-year lecture, during which Chen Sheng revealed he was a God Emperor and broke through to the Saint Realm.
• Chen Sheng attained the late Saint Realm as a Five Elements Supreme Saint, surpassing Chen Xu’s cultivation, and the disciples hailed him as Saint Chen Sheng.
• A mysterious Saint Realm Peak expert rushed into the Ink Treasure Pagoda, which began stirring restlessly.
• After the lecture, Chen Sheng took Mu He and the Elders to the spot where he had seen the Ink Treasure Pagoda, but it had vanished and they denied it had ever been there.

Chi Yu uncovered Shen Ni and the tower’s connection to another chosen one, turned Shen Ni and the tower’s guardian into Tantai Li Yue’s Demonic Servants, and destroyed the pagoda. Months later, Chen Xu led Chen Sheng to the World Origin, where a divine eye attacked them.

• Chi Yu rescued the tower guardian from Shen Ni, recognized Shen Ni as a divided soul, and learned the tower’s owner was another chosen one cultivated by the Future Self.
• Chi Yu called Tantai Li Yue, who made the guardian and Shen Ni her Demonic Servants; Chi Yu then greatly increased her cultivation and sent her across Time-Space with them.
• Chi Yu shattered the pagoda and had Extreme Dao absorb its Star Points, while Chen Sheng stabilized his new Saint Realm cultivation.
• Chen Xu took Chen Sheng to the World Origin, where a divine eye appeared and fired two beams of Rule light at them.

Chen Sheng, aided by Chi Yu’s soul fragment, seized the World Origin and destroyed the Heavenly Dao avatar, leaving Chen Xu to rebuild the world as its new Heavenly Dao. Chi Yu rewarded his followers, while Tian Lin resolved to seek his recognition again.

• The Heavenly Dao avatar bound Chen Xu and Chen Sheng in the Source Space, but Chi Yu’s soul fragment freed them and helped them fight back.
• The Future Self communicated with the soul fragment, which possessed Chen Sheng and devoured his soul.
• The possessed Chen Sheng shattered the Heavenly Dao avatar, swallowed the World Origin, and escaped the collapsing Source Space with Chen Xu.
• Chen Sheng gave Chen Xu the world’s authority and left with Fu Shan, Spirit Tiger, and Disaster Dragon; Chen Xu restored stability and established new rules.
• Chi Yu welcomed Chen Sheng and his companions to Creation Space, raised them to the God Emperor Realm, and sent them back to the new world.
• Tian Lin decided to follow Chi Yu’s footsteps and earn his recognition again, and a strand of demonic qi entered his body.

Yuan Gu’s Gou Emperor System gave him a mission to remain hidden for billions of years, but a mysterious old man entered his Divine Soul Sea and replaced it with a Heaven Defying System. Yuan Gu resolved to attain Supreme Control, though the old man’s identity remained unknown.

• Miao Ying sensed a streak of light arrive in the Yuanyang Universe and left her secluded cultivation.
• Yuan Gu’s history revealed that he had become the Heavenly Emperor, defeated Shen Ni, sent his pagoda away, and hidden in the Land of Final Demise to cultivate the Cautious Dao.
• When the Gou Emperor System offered him three choices, Yuan Gu selected option ②, but the system accepted option ③ and assigned him a mission to wait billions of years and seize the world’s Source Realm.
• A White-Haired Old Man appeared before Yuan Gu, entered his Divine Soul Sea, and removed the Gou Emperor System despite Yuan Gu’s protests.
• The old man installed a Heaven Defying System and vanished, while Yuan Gu vowed to attain Supreme Control.

Chi Yu transformed Yuan Gu’s system and sent him through rebirth, where he became Nian Shuang, a girl born in Desolate Village. After awakening her cultivation at six, Nian Shuang learned from her father, Tian Xing, that a curse threatened her, and he led her toward the village center.

• Chi Yu altered Yuan Gu’s system into Defying Heaven and Slaying the Dao, and Yuan Gu’s body exploded as the system began his rebirth.
• Yuan Gu’s soul was reborn as a newborn girl in Desolate Village, where her mother died in childbirth and her father named her Nian Shuang.
• On Nian Shuang’s sixth birthday, she followed the system’s instructions and gazed at the Blazing Sun until its light awakened her bones, aptitude, and Dao Entry cultivation.
• Nian Shuang’s father, Tian Xing, questioned her about what happened and reacted with distress when she revealed she had entered cultivation.
• Tian Xing spoke of a curse and led Nian Shuang out of their home toward the center of Desolate Village.

Tian Yao took Nian Shuang into the space within the tree and explained the curse that had devastated the Heavenly Race and killed his mother. As Nian Shuang devoted himself to cultivation, Chi Yu revealed himself to Tian Yao, dispelled the Curse Power, and demanded that she become his woman.

• Tian Xing brought Nian Shuang to the great tree, where its Old Ancestor agreed to protect him and sent him into the tree’s special space until he turned twenty.
• Tian Yao appeared in her Dao Body and explained how the Great Demon’s Curse Power had driven the Heavenly Race from its homeland and ultimately killed Ji Wu Shuang.
• Nian Shuang swore to leave the Great Wilderness and kill the Great Demon, then focused on cultivating with his exceptional aptitude.
• Chi Yu watched Nian Shuang’s cultivation and learned that Tian Yao had spent ages studying how to break the curse.
• Chi Yu appeared before Tian Yao, demonstrated that he could disperse the Curse Power, and demanded that she become his woman in exchange for freedom to roam the Myriad Heavens.

Nian Shuang met Ling Er and Long Xing in the Tree-Within Space, where the three began spending time together. Meanwhile, Chi Yu overpowered Tian Yao and forced himself on her.

• Nian Shuang met Ling Er, who explained that Tian Yao had raised her in the main hall to protect her from the curse affecting the Heavenly Race descendants.
• Ling Er brought Nian Shuang to the lake, where Long Xing appeared after successfully transforming from a Koi Carp spirit into a dragon.
• Nian Shuang learned that Long Xing could speak but had stayed silent around Ling Er because he was nervous, and the three played together.
• At the Ancestral Hall, Chi Yu dodged Tian Yao's attacks and insisted she become his woman in exchange for help breaking the curse.
• Chi Yu teleported Tian Yao into his arms and kissed her, leaving her limp and unresponsive as she tried to fight him off.

After twenty years with Chi Yu, Tian Yao broke the Great Demon's curse on the Heavenly Race, and Nian Shuang and Ling Er completed their Heavenly Vein initiations. Chi Yu then brought the Heavenly Clan Remnant Lineage out of the Great Wilderness, where Nian Shuang reunited with Tian Xing.

• Chi Yu restored Tian Yao's strength and removed the curse, and the two emerged from the Ancestral Hall when Nian Shuang and Ling Er arrived.
• Nian Shuang received a new system quest and awakened a Divine Beast Dharma Image during his Heavenly Vein initiation.
• Chi Yu resolved Ling Er's Heavenly Vein problem, allowing her to awaken an Azure Lotus Saint Image.
• Days later, Tian Xing came to bring Nian Shuang home, but a divine gate appeared in the great tree and Chi Yu led a crowd of unfamiliar people out of it.
• Chi Yu emerged with Tian Yao, Nian Shuang, Ling Er, and Long Xing, and Nian Shuang recognized Tian Xing and knelt to greet his father.

Chi Yu captured and transformed Ji Wu Shuang into Mei Ying, while Nian Shuang visited his mother’s grave and then began his system task. The chapter ended with village chief Tian Tai revealing that his hidden injuries had left him with little time to live.

• Nian Shuang knelt at Ji Wu Shuang’s grave and vowed to avenge her, while Chi Yu captured her demonized soul and the Great Demon’s split soul noticed its puppet had vanished.
• Chi Yu brought Tian Yao and Ji Wu Shuang’s soul to Creation Space, where he used three laws to cleanse her corruption and create a new body, naming her Mei Ying.
• The next day, Nian Shuang and Tian Xing visited village chief Tian Tai, a former Heavenly Race elder whose cultivation had declined from hidden injuries caused by Demonic Qi.
• Tian Tai sent Tian Xing and Ling Er away, then told Nian Shuang that he had little time left and the village would have to rely on the younger generation.

Tian Tai appointed Nian Shuang as the new village chief of Great Wilderness Village and revealed that the cultivation restrictions had been lifted after Ancestor Yao destroyed the curse. Nian Shuang won over most of the villagers with a speech, accepted a challenge to slay the great demon, and began preparing to leave the wilderness.

• Tian Tai told Nian Shuang that demonic Qi had eroded his heart meridians and announced that he intended to make her village chief.
• Tian Tai gathered the villagers, lifted the cultivation restrictions, and announced that Ancestor Yao had destroyed the curse.
• Tian Tai named Nian Shuang the new village chief, but many villagers objected to her age and inexperience.
• Nian Shuang persuaded most of the villagers, then agreed to slay the great demon to win the support of those who still doubted her.
• Tian Tai gave Nian Shuang the Heavenly Race's legacy ring and passed several cultivation techniques into her mind.
• Nian Shuang returned home and began meditating to strengthen her cultivation before leaving the wilderness to slay the demon.

After ten years of seclusion, Nian Shuang reached Great Accomplishment in the Heavenly Vein and intervened when a Great Demon Split Soul attacked Great Wilderness Village. He struck down the demon as it tried to flee and vowed to make it submit.

• The Great Demon Split Soul entered Great Wilderness Village and attacked Nian Shuang, whose Great Luo Shield blocked its strikes.
• Ling Er and Long Xing fought the demon, but it defeated them and then overcame Tian Xing and the village elders.
• The demon prepared to devour Tian Xing when Nian Shuang broke through to Great Accomplishment in the Heavenly Vein.
• Nian Shuang attacked with his Divine Beast Dharma Image, shattered the demon's true form, and struck it down again as it tried to escape.

Nian Shuang defeated Great Demon Split Soul, led the Remnant Lineage from the wilderness to settle in Cloud City, and began preparing to return to the Upper Realm. The Great Demon sent another split soul to investigate, and it possessed Zhao Jun in the Zhao Family estate.

• Nian Shuang destroyed Great Demon Split Soul, ended the demonic threat in Great Wilderness Village, and earned the Remnant Lineage's allegiance.
• Nian Shuang mourned Tian Tai, then led the Remnant Lineage to Cloud City, where they established themselves and appointed ten Elders.
• The Zhao Family, Chen Family, and Zhang Family sought help from the Kongtong Sect after the Heavenly Race's arrival disrupted Cloud City's balance.
• A new Great Demon Split Soul reached Cloud City, possessed Zhao Jun, and learned his memories.
• Great Demon Split Soul killed and devoured Meng Shi, then left the room disguised as Zhao Jun while the household searched for her.

Zhao Jun, possessed by the Great Demon Split Soul, targeted Chen Meng, but Chi Yu intervened and slept with her instead. The Chen and Zhao Families clashed after Chen Chengxiu killed Zhao Jun, while the Zhang Family sought an alliance with the Heavenly Race.

• Zhao Jun learned that Chen Meng had returned from the Kongtong Sect and followed her home after seeing her at a materials shop.
• After Chen Meng upgraded her spirit sword and fell asleep, Zhao Jun entered her chamber to assault her, but Chi Yu knocked him unconscious and went to her instead.
• Chen Meng woke beside Zhao Jun and accused him of ruining her innocence, so the Chen Family bound him and brought him to confront the Zhao Family.
• When Zhao Tiesheng proposed marriage to settle the matter, Chen Chengxiu rejected the offer and killed Zhao Jun, starting a fight between the Chen and Zhao Families.
• The Zhang Family discussed joining the newly arrived Heavenly Race against the Zhao and Chen Families, and Nian Shuang agreed on the surface when she heard of their approach.

After the Heavenly Race conquered Cloud City and the surrounding territory, Nian Shuang set out with Ling Er and Long Xing to investigate a summons to FuGu Sea. They found a golden gate at the spot where the sunrise lit the water, and it transported all three away.

• A mysterious figure reunited with Chen Meng, but after she disappeared with him, the Chen Family was destroyed and the Heavenly Race took control of Cloud City.
• Nian Shuang received the third act's quests, advanced her Heavenly Vein Dharma Form to the Origin Realm, and ordered the Heavenly Race to conquer the region around Cloud City.
• The Heavenly Race annihilated Kongtong Sect and brought the territory within ten thousand li under its control.
• The Great Demon Split Soul possessed a Colorful Python, corrupted the forest's creatures, and formed a demonic army.
• After Long Xing heard a voice calling him to FuGu Sea, Nian Shuang went with him and Ling Er to search for its meaning.
• Nian Shuang led Ling Er and Long Xing toward the sunrise-lit sea, where a golden gate appeared and transported them away.

Nian Shuang, Ling Er, and Long Xing entered the Secret Realm, where a strange mist separated Long Xing from the others. Long Xing met Long Kui and her grandfather Long Han, who revealed that he was Long Xing’s ancestor, while Nian Shuang and Ling Er remained trapped in a white expanse.

• Nian Shuang, Ling Er, and Long Xing entered the Secret Realm and followed a voice guiding Long Xing toward its center, while a demonic shadow entered through a dark gateway.
• White mist covered the trio, sealed their cultivation, and separated Long Xing from Nian Shuang and Ling Er.
• A multi-legged creature enveloped Nian Shuang and Ling Er in mist, knocked them unconscious, and carried them away.
• Long Xing awoke in an underwater palace, where Long Kui told him she had become a dragon after leaping through the Dragon Gate as a carp and that her grandfather would see him.
• Nian Shuang and Ling Er woke in a thatched cottage surrounded by whiteness, where Long Han assured them Long Xing was with him and they would meet again in a few days.
• Long Kui brought Long Xing to Long Han, who identified himself as Long Xing’s old ancestor.

Long Han revealed Long Xing’s origins and named him heir to the Dragon Clan’s revival. Long Xing became a pure-blooded dragon and received the Dragon Ancestor’s inheritance, while Nian Shuang and Ling Er waited for him in the Dragon Palace.

• Long Han explained that Ling Er’s blood healed the Azure Qi that had given birth to Long Xing, and a bloodline sphere confirmed their connection.
• Long Xing recognized Long Han from inherited memories, greeted him as Old Ancestor, and learned that his fused dragon-and-carp bloodline carried the mission of rebuilding the Dragon Clan.
• Long Han brought Long Xing to the Dragon Palace, gave him the Dragon Clan’s seal, and told him to sit on the Dragon Throne.
• Dragon phantoms hailed Long Xing as Dragon Emperor and fused their dragon pearls into him, transforming him into a pure-blooded dragon; the returned crystal also helped Long Han break through his bottleneck.
• Long Xing met Dragon Ancestor Long Xiao’s phantom and began receiving the Dragon Clan’s bloodline inheritance.
• Long Han brought Nian Shuang and Ling Er into the hall and told them to wait for the Dragon Emperor, leaving them astonished.

Long Xing reached the Perfection Realm, but Demon Ao returned and attacked him and his companions. Long Han sacrificed himself to destroy the Secret Realm, only for Chi Yu to save him and Demon Ao and send them with Tantai Li Yue to the Moon Demon Palace.

• Long Xing broke through to the Perfection Realm, and Long Han recognized him as the Dragon Emperor.
• Demon Ao appeared at the Dragon Hall, overwhelmed Long Han and Long Xing, and bound Nian Shuang and Ling Er while demanding to know Long Xing's connection to Long Xiao.
• Long Han revealed that Demon Ao was Long Xiao's elder brother, Long Ao, the Dragon Clan's Crown Prince, and urged him to spare the others.
• Long Han sent Long Xing, Long Kui, Nian Shuang, and Ling Er away in his Origin Dragon Pearls, then self-destructed to destroy the Secret Realm with Demon Ao.
• The four survivors emerged on Cloud Old Man Island and mourned Long Han, while Chi Yu revived Long Han and ordered Tantai Li Yue to take him and Demon Ao to the Moon Demon Palace.

Nian Shuang and his companions discovered the Lotus Flower Sect’s deadly secret, but Mei Yue revealed that she had branded them and trapped them on Cloud Old Man Island. The chapter left them under Mei Yue’s control as she ordered her disciples to take them back.

• Nian Shuang, Ling Er, Long Xing, and Long Kui visited Zhu Yang City and were invited by Mei Yue to stay at the Lotus Flower Sect.
• Half a month later, Nian Shuang saw a woman drain a man until he became a corpse and told the others about the sect’s evil practice.
• The four discovered an array blocking their escape from the Lotus Flower Sect, then pretended nothing was wrong while waiting for a chance to leave.
• Mei Yue let the four leave the sect and Zhu Yang City, but they found they could not escape Cloud Old Man Island.
• Mei Yue revealed that the Lotus Flower Sect Mark had been placed on them, used an incantation to control their bodies, kissed Nian Shuang, and ordered her disciples to take them back.

Mei Yue and the Lotus Flower Sect’s Supreme Elder Xiao Xiao exploited the group’s Lotus Seals, leaving Nian Shuang and Long Xing at their mercy. Long Xing won Xiao Xiao’s devotion and used her power to free Ling Er and Nian Shuang, but he arrived too late to prevent Mei Yue from abusing Nian Shuang.

• Mei Yue took the immobilized Nian Shuang to her room and forced him through a wedding ritual while he remained unable to control his body.
• Xiao Xiao abducted Long Xing for his pure Dragon Clan blood, then became infatuated with him and restored his consciousness while keeping his cultivation sealed.
• Long Xing persuaded Xiao Xiao to undo his Lotus Seal, then had her take him to Ling Er and free her from another elder’s grasp.
• Ling Er urged Long Xing to save Nian Shuang, and Xiao Xiao led them to Mei Yue’s room after the harm had already been done.
• Xiao Xiao broke Nian Shuang’s Lotus Seal, and Nian Shuang regained control of himself and attacked Mei Yue.

Nian Shuang killed Mei Yue and left Cloud Old Man Island with Long Xing and the others, unaware that Long Kui had been taken to the Lotus Flower Sect's Black Tower. Chi Yu rescued Long Kui and transformed her bloodline, while her companions mistakenly believed she had died and buried her bracelet.

• Nian Shuang killed Mei Yue, then stopped attacking after Long Xing brought her back to her senses, and the group left Cloud Old Man Island.
• An old woman brought Long Kui to the Black Tower, but Chi Yu rescued her and killed the white-haired Old Man with an attack.
• Chi Yu restored Long Kui's body and cultivation, then made her his woman in the Back Hall of Creation Space.
• Nian Shuang and the others returned to the Lotus Flower Sect, where they found the old woman slaughtering disciples and learned why she had sent women into the Black Tower.
• Long Xing found Long Kui's bracelet in the tower, and the group assumed she had died before returning to the Heavenly Race and burying it.
• Chi Yu used Creation Law to transform Long Kui's impure Carp Transforming into Dragon bloodline.