Chapter Summaries

Hu Yang was drawn into a transformation by the Sea Dragon Pearl and Bai Di, awakening as a Dragon God with immense power. He restored Ling Ao to her body, then left with her to continue exploring the Secret Realm.

• The Sea Dragon Pearl and the Four Dragons Precious Platform reacted, pulling Hu Yang into a mist-shrouded Special Space.
• Bai Di identified Hu Yang as the World Controller and sent white light into him, triggering a painful transformation.
• Hu Yang fused with the Five-Color Dragon System, gained new powers, and reached a level in the ten-million range as a Dragon God.
• Hu Yang learned that the Sea Dragon Pearl held Ling Ao's body and summoned it so she could return to it.
• Hu Yang and Ling Ao reappeared among eight massive pillars, and Hu Yang decided they would continue exploring the Secret Realm.

Hu Yang rescued the Mother Metal Serpent from the Phoenix King and Dark King, then helped Ling Ao stop flooding the area with her tears. He continued exploring the Secret Realm with Ling Ao and his serpents, still searching for the World Orbs.

• Hu Yang learned from the Old Man that the group was inside the Tower World and set off with Ling Ao to explore.
• The Phoenix King and Dark King teamed up against the Mother Metal Serpent and badly wounded her over the Spirit Crystals.
• Hu Yang sensed his mother's injury, teleported to the cave, killed both kings, and healed the Mother Metal Serpent.
• Ling Ao's tears flooded the cave and surrounding area until the Sea Dragon Pearl stopped her crying and absorbed the water.
• Hu Yang gathered his serpents and explored the Secret Realm with Ling Ao, while the Old Man urged him to find the World Orbs soon.

After the Secret Realm ended, Hu Yang killed the newly ascended Kui Long King and returned home, where he learned the outside world was in danger and set out for Lin Shan. He reached the mountain’s depths after devouring a Heavenly Centipede, but the Wood Pearl remained to be found.

• The Kui Long King ambushed the beasts leaving the Secret Realm and forced the rulers to submit after revealing his Emperor Rank breakthrough.
• Hu Yang transformed into the Dragon God Body and swallowed the Kui Long King, then returned to Stone Forest with the snakes and Ling Ao.
• Over the following months, the Azure Flower Green Python and Ling Ao became mothers, while Hu Yang adapted to his snake and Dragon bodies.
• The Old Man warned Hu Yang that the outside world would shatter unless he passed the Desert Tower and obtained Origin Essence soon.
• Hu Yang followed a prompt to Lin Shan, where he defeated and devoured a Heavenly Centipede, awakening the Law of Poison and Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity.
• Hu Yang continued into Lin Shan’s depths, where the Wood Pearl was hidden.

Hu Yang obtained the Wood Pearl after awakening Dragon God Power and being recognized as a Supreme Venerable by the Wood Divine Hall. He then defeated the Snow Lord by destroying the White Pagoda and entered the pit beneath the Snowy Plains in search of the Snow Pearl.

• Hu Yang reached the peak of Lin Shan, where the Wood Great Emperor's guards captured him and brought him before Mu Xian.
• Hu Yang absorbed Wood Divine Power, awakened Dragon God Power, and transformed into Dao Body Form, prompting Mu Xian and the hall's gods to kneel to him.
• Hu Yang demanded the Wood Pearl, and Mu Xian transformed into his true form and surrendered it before Hu Yang departed for the Snowy Plains.
• Hu Yang destroyed waves of Snow Beasts, confronted the Snow Lord, and shattered the White Pagoda that sustained the Snow Lord's immortality.
• Hu Yang devoured the Snow Lord, awakened Frost Power, and broke open the ground to enter the pit where the Snow Pearl was located.
• An iceberg fell and sealed the pit's entrance after Hu Yang flew inside.

Hu Yang cleared the fourth level of the Desert Tower by obtaining the World Origin, then entered the fifth level and found himself a fetus in Yu Lan’s womb. After his sister Fengling was born amid a phoenix vision, Hu Yang was born with a Chaos Godfiend Body and rapidly transformed into a young man, just as Yun Xiazi requested an audience with the Lin Family.

• Hu Yang met Fire Warden and the Fire Ant Clan beneath the Snowy Plains Pit, but they knew nothing about the Snow Pearl.
• Hu Yang received a sudden message that he had obtained one hundred pearls and the World Origin, clearing the fourth level, and was sent to the fifth level.
• Hu Yang discovered he was an unborn child in Yu Lan’s womb and spoke with his sister, who was born amid a phoenix vision and named Fengling.
• Hu Yang’s Chaos Godfiend Body formed, producing a vision of a giant splitting Chaos into Heaven and Earth.
• Hu Yang was born, absorbed the breath of Heaven and Earth’s rules, and grew into a young man as the Lin Family Old Ancestor celebrated.
• Yun Xiazi of Cloud Province Domain requested an audience with the Lin Family.

Hu Yang left the Lin Family with Yun Xiazi and began cultivating at Lingxiao Palace under Yang Tian, who named him Yuan Chen. After mastering his methods, Yuan Chen was sent to Nine Heavens to obtain the Palm Law Ring, where he recognized someone familiar among the gathered competitors.

• Yun Xiazi took Hu Yang to Lingxiao Palace after the Lin Family Old Ancestor agreed to let him go, and Lin Xiao later told Long Yu Lan what had happened.
• At Lingxiao Palace, Yang Tian offered to take Hu Yang as his disciple and gave him the Daoist name Yuan Chen.
• Yuan Chen cultivated in Yuan Chen Hall for ten years and reached Great Accomplishment in his methods.
• Yang Tian ordered Yuan Chen to obtain the Palm Law Ring at Nine Heavens, explaining that it would unlock an inheritance and help him pass the fifth floor.
• Yang Tian sent Yuan Chen to Nine Heavens, where Yuan Chen saw an extremely familiar face among the gathered prodigies.

Hu Yang reunited with Lin Fengling before the Nine Heavens Competition and learned that the Palm Law Ring unlocked the Nine Heavens Secret Realm. As the competition selected its ten qualifiers, Hu Yang remained in the hall and was unexpectedly given the ring without fighting.

• Lin Fengling joined Hu Yang and explained that the Palm Law Ring was the key to the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, which only the top ten competitors could enter.
• Dongfang Xiao attacked Hu Yang after seeing him with Fengling, but Hu Yang repelled the attack and sent him flying.
• The competition began, and Fengling and Dongfang Xiao were pulled onto the platform while Hu Yang remained in the hall.
• Victors returned to the hall until nine others had gathered with Hu Yang, who had not competed.
• Sky Slave appeared and gave Hu Yang the Palm Law Ring, declaring that he controlled the Secret Realm.

Hu Yang followed the Palm Law Ring’s guidance toward the depths of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm while Fengling was afflicted by Evil Enchanting Red Fruit and encountered Chi Yu, who called himself Qing Chen. After returning Fengling to the Lin Family with the Phoenix Seal Treasure, Chi Yu turned his attention to Hu Yang, who reached a White Expanse Space.

• Hu Yang entered the Nine Heavens Secret Realm with Fengling and followed the prompt toward its depths, while Fengling set off alone.
• Fengling ate Evil Enchanting Red Fruit, became afflicted with Charm Poison, and Chi Yu intervened to dispel it.
• Chi Yu told Fengling he was Qing Chen, Lord of All Heavens, and gave her the Phoenix Seal Treasure.
• Fengling told Chi Yu about her past life and chose to return to the Upper Realm through her own strength.
• Chi Yu sent Fengling back to the Lin Family, then saw Hu Yang arrive at the center of the Secret Realm and enter a White Expanse Space.

Hu Yang inherited Ancestor Heng’s memories and Origin Essence, awakened Heng Yuan Power and Control, and cleared the fifth floor before ascending to the sixth. There, he arrived as a fly larva inside the corpse of a man slain by black-robed pursuers.

• Ancestor Heng fused his manifested intent with Hu Yang, passing on memories of the Intent Embryo and the crisis threatening Heng Yuan Universe.
• Hu Yang received Origin Essence, awakened Heng Yuan Power and Control, and rapidly gathered every Origin Essence on the fifth floor.
• Hu Yang returned to the Lin Family and spent several decades with his family before ascending to the sixth floor.
• Fengling returned to the Upper Realm, killed the traitor who had betrayed her, and stayed beside Chi Yu in the Creation Space.
• Black-robed figures killed a fleeing man, and after seven days of rain and a swarm of flies, Hu Yang awakened as a fly larva inside the corpse.

Hu Yang metamorphosed from a fly larva into a gigantic fly and grew powerful by devouring corpses and Spirit Jade Treasure Ganoderma. After reuniting with his mother and bringing the swarm to his forest home, he discovered Jade Marrow and began devouring it.

• Hu Yang devoured Corpse Fluid and a corpse, grew to level 30, and metamorphosed into a wolf-sized fly after consuming Spirit Jade Treasure Ganoderma.
• Hu Yang returned to the corpse, recognized his mother among the flies, and led the swarm to his forest home.
• Hu Yang reached level 2000, settled his family in a Treasure Land, and supported the swarm by bringing back carcasses and valuable materials.
• A fly led Hu Yang to a pool, where he tasted Jade Marrow and gained 1000 levels.
• Hu Yang battered apart the stone mountain concealing the Jade Marrow pool and began devouring the exposed Jade Marrow.

Hu Yang devoured the Jade Marrow, evolved into a Six-Winged Golden Fly, and accidentally destroyed the mountain cave. After learning about Lingxu City and Fu Long Academy from a human expedition, he secretly followed the group to their camp to gather information about the world and Origin Essence.

• Hu Yang consumed all the Jade Marrow, exploded from his growth, and revived as a Six-Winged Golden Fly with new abilities and immense strength.
• Hu Yang’s aura frightened the Lingyou Great Forest, prompting Zhang Sanjia, Nangong Hongyao, and their students to enter only its outskirts for training.
• Hu Yang restored the little fly with help from Chi Yu, returned to his cave abode, and made a side cave for the female fly to lay eggs.
• Hu Yang searched the forest for clues about Origin Essence and overheard three humans explain that they came from Lingxu City and Fu Long Academy.
• Hu Yang followed the humans back to their tents and secretly slipped into Nangong Hongyao’s skirt.

Hu Yang followed Nangong Hongyao back to Lingxu City, where his pressure was mistaken for a breakthrough by the Two-Headed Flood Dragon. The city fortified itself and the Zhentian General went to the imperial palace to request help, while Hu Yang planned to seek out the hidden dragon.

• Hu Yang followed Nangong Hongyao and the students back to Fu Long Academy after five students broke through their bottlenecks.
• Nangong Hongyao told her father, Nangong Qingtian, that a demonic beast’s pressure had frightened most of the students away from the forest.
• Nangong Qingtian warned the City Lord that the Two-Headed Flood Dragon had likely broken through, and the city began preparing its defenses.
• Hu Yang realized the pressure had come from him, not the Two-Headed Flood Dragon, and decided to find the hidden beast when he returned to the forest.
• After half a month without an attack, the City Lord kept the defenses in place, and the Zhentian General arrived at the imperial palace to report the threat to the Empress.

Empress Zi Wan learned that the Two-Headed Flood Dragon had supposedly broken through and sought help from the Phoenix Feather Empire’s ancestors. When the ancestors attacked the flood dragon in Lingyou Great Forest, a black-robed figure appeared and destroyed them.

• Zhu Zhixiong told Zi Wan that the Two-Headed Flood Dragon had broken through and threatened the citizens of Lingxu City.
• Zi Wan ordered defenses across the empire and sent General Yuchi Zhen with five hundred thousand Phoenix Feather Army soldiers to Lingxu City.
• Zi Wan summoned the ancestors in the Phoenix Ancestor Hall, and they agreed to accompany her to investigate the flood dragon.
• The ancestors attacked the depths of Lingyou Great Forest, where the Two-Headed Flood Dragon emerged and began retreating after seeing Zi Wan.
• An ancestor revealed that the flood dragon had not transformed into a dragon or reached the Supreme Realm, but the ancestors still prepared to kill it.
• A black-robed figure scattered the ancestors’ attacks, forced them to the ground with his pressure, and reduced them to ashes.

Hu Yang reached the depths of the Lingyou Great Forest, saved the Two-Headed Flood Dragon, and revived his fly swarm after discovering they had survived. He helped the flood dragon complete his transformation into a dragon, settled the swarm in an Underground Palace, and returned to Fu Long Academy intending to join it.

• Hu Yang arrived in the devastated forest, killed the figures attacking the Two-Headed Flood Dragon, and awakened his Innate Dao Body as he transformed into human form.
• Zi Wan attacked Hu Yang with Phoenix Feathers, but his Adamantine Body and pressure stopped her assault, and a red light pulled her through the Vortex Portal.
• Hu Yang revived the fly corpses with his healing talent and found the mother fly and her little flies emerging from a hidden stone cave.
• Hu Yang gave the Two-Headed Flood Dragon a drop of essence blood, and the flood dragon endured the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation and transformed into a dragon.
• Hu Yang accepted the Two-Headed Flood Dragon's Underground Palace for the fly swarm, then returned to Fu Long Academy in Lingxu City to seek a chance to join.

Hu Yang intervened when Lin Ao and his servants beat a little beggar, then forced Lin Shan to let the child retaliate. Hu Yang left with the beggar after Lin Ao was humiliated, while Lin Shan accepted the settlement.

• Hu Yang arrived at a tavern and saw Lin Ao's servants attack a little beggar over a torn garment.
• Hu Yang killed one servant and injured Lin Ao when they tried to stop him.
• Lin Shan arrived and questioned Hu Yang, who healed the beggar and explained what had happened.
• Hu Yang offered Lin Shan valuable treasure material as compensation and insisted the beggar receive justice for his beating.
• With Hu Yang's encouragement, the little beggar punched and kicked Lin Ao while Lin Shan and the servants stood by.
• Hu Yang led the little beggar away, leaving Lin Ao humiliated.

Hu Yang used Lin Ao’s conflict with the little beggar to gain Lin Shan’s help and joined Fu Long Academy after revealing his Emperor Realm cultivation. He met Nangong Hongyao and followed her to the teachers’ dormitory, where he shut the door and startled her.

• Lin Shan sent Lin Ao back to Fan City, and Lin Ao vowed to regain his dignity after leaving Lingxu City.
• Hu Yang left two precious materials beside the sleeping little beggar and went to Fu Long Academy to seek Lin Shan’s help.
• Lin Shan introduced Hu Yang to Headmaster Nangong Qingtian, who hired him after learning he was an Emperor Realm expert.
• Nangong Hongyao entered the office, mistook Hu Yang for a student, and then took him to the teachers’ dormitory.
• Hu Yang shut the dormitory door, startling Nangong Hongyao as she asked what he was doing.

Hu Yang pursued Nangong Hongyao at Fu Long Academy, making their relationship public as he led her through the day by the hand. Nangong Qingtian took them to the City Lord's Mansion, where Shi Hao bowed to Hu Yang and addressed him as a cultivator of the Emperor Venerable Realm.

• Hu Yang kissed Nangong Hongyao in his dormitory, leaving her flustered and unable to sleep through the night.
• The next morning, Hu Yang took Nangong Hongyao's hand and accompanied her to Class A, where he kissed her again before she went to teach.
• After classes, Hu Yang publicly introduced himself to the students as Nangong Hongyao's beloved partner and led her away by the hand.
• Nangong Qingtian appeared and took Hu Yang and Nangong Hongyao to the City Lord's Mansion at the city lord's request.
• Shi Hao, the City Lord of Lingxu City, bowed to Hu Yang and paid respects to the Emperor Venerable Realm.

Hu Yang revealed to Nangong Hongyao that he was a fly transformed into human form, driving her away in disgust. After Chi Yu remade her through good fortune, she returned to Hu Yang, and a new mission to clear the sixth floor began.

• Shi Hao told Hu Yang about the Two-Headed Flood Dragon, and Hu Yang assured him it would not attack the city before taking Nangong Hongyao to Lingyou.
• Hu Yang revealed his identity as a fly transformed into human form, and Nangong Hongyao fled back to Fu Long Academy in horror.
• Nangong Hongyao told Nangong Qingtian what Hu Yang was, prompting him to rush off to warn the city lord and the Emperor.
• Chi Yu remade Nangong Hongyao through good fortune, and she flew to Lingyou to find Hu Yang.
• Hu Yang reunited with Nangong Hongyao, and a system mission instructed him to collect the Eighteen Grievances and clear the sixth floor.

Hu Yang and Nangong Hongyao disappeared into the Underground Palace while Lingxu City’s officials learned an Emperor Realm demonic beast had appeared. Zi Wan received the Phoenix Ancestor’s inheritance as the Phoenix Feather Empire deployed defenses, and two figures headed toward the Yu Ling Empire’s Imperial Palace.

• Hu Yang ignored the voice in his head and carried Nangong Hongyao into a bedchamber in the Underground Palace.
• Nangong Qingtian urged Lingxu City’s City Lord to report the Emperor Realm demonic beast to the Empress, and the Zhentian General set out for the capital.
• Zi Wan met the Phoenix Ancestor, who brought her to a hall and passed down the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens art.
• The Grand Secretaries found the Ancestral Hall in ruins, learned the Empress was missing, and ordered cities across the Phoenix Feather Empire to prepare their defenses.
• Two figures flew from the Lingyou Great Forest toward the Yu Ling Empire’s Imperial Palace, where Hu Yang was directed to obtain Extravagant Grievance.

Hu Yang obtained the Origin Essence of Extravagant Grievance in the Lingtai Imperial Palace and traveled to Ming Palace Prefecture for Life Grievance. After slaughtering the guards who blocked him, he reached an unprecedented level and was confronted by the prefecture’s ruler.

• Zi Wan absorbed the Phoenix Ancestor’s inheritance, reached the middle stage of the Saint Realm, and was abducted by Chi Yu, who took her to his Creation Space.
• Hu Yang received a prompt to obtain Extravagant Grievance, entered the Ancestral Hall, destroyed its guardian, and claimed the essence from a golden phoenix.
• Hu Yang returned to Nangong Hongyao and left with her for Chengtai Domain, settling her in Ta City while he completed the trials to enter the domain.
• Hu Yang reached Ming Palace Prefecture, where he massacred the guards who blocked him and raised his level into the hundred-million range.
• Hu Yang received directions to Three Platforms Treasure Hall, but a mysterious voice asked why he had slaughtered Ming Palace Prefecture’s people.