Chapter Summaries

Old Man of the South Pole attacked Chentang Pass to manufacture a pretext for destroying the Dragon Clan, while Shen Gongbao confronted him over his father's capture and his brother's injury. Old Man of the South Pole summoned Deer Boy and Crane Boy, preparing to fight as the conflict escalated.

• An azure dragon attacked Chentang Pass and broke through the Barrier Beast's defenses, but the Dragon Kings of the West Sea, South Sea, and North Sea destroyed it.
• The azure dragon turned back into Old Man of the South Pole's walking stick, and he revealed his plan to blame the Dragon Clan for an attack and use the accusation to eliminate them.
• Shen Gongbao confronted Old Man of the South Pole, accusing him of arranging his father's capture and having Deer Boy injure his brother.
• Old Man of the South Pole admitted that Shen Gongbao had uncovered his scheme and reasoned that the confrontation could help him frame the Dragon Clan.
• Old Man of the South Pole summoned his disciples Deer Boy and Crane Boy to prepare for battle.

Old Man of the South Pole arrived at Chentang Pass, where the three Sea Dragon Kings offered to defect to him in exchange for freedom. George intervened before they could agree and claimed he could remove their chains himself.

• Shen Gongbao accused Old Man of the South Pole of trying to blame the Dragon Clan for an attack on Chentang Pass.
• The Dragon Kings of the West Sea and North Sea approached Old Man of the South Pole, and the three Sea Dragon Kings offered to serve him if he freed them from the Sea-Calming Dragon-Locking Chains.
• Old Man of the South Pole agreed in principle to accept the Dragon Kings but said he would need to place a restriction on them.
• George appeared beside Shen Gongbao and offered to remove the Sea-Calming Dragon-Locking Chains from the three Dragon Kings.

George freed the three Dragon Kings from the Sea-Calming Dragon-Locking Chains, preventing Old Man of the South Pole from forcing them into submission. With the Dragon Kings joining the defenders, Old Man of the South Pole withdrew beyond Chentang Pass.

• George used Alohomora and the Sword of Rupture to break Ao Run's chains while the Dragon Kings and Chentang Pass defenders held off Old Man of the South Pole's forces.
• Ao Run thanked George, accepted him as a friend, and switched places with Ao Qin to help him free the others.
• George freed Ao Qin, who pledged to defend Chentang Pass and attacked Deer Boy.
• George freed Ao Shun, who joined the fight against Old Man of the South Pole while Ao Run and Ao Qin battled Crane Boy and Deer Boy.
• Old Man of the South Pole recalled Deer Boy and Crane Boy and withdrew when he realized he could not take Chentang Pass quickly.

George concealed his strength and presented himself as a harmless independent cultivator to keep Old Man of the South Pole from targeting him. Shen Gongbao stood firm against Old Man of the South Pole’s threats, who ended the standoff by offering to overlook the theft of the Spirit Pearl in exchange for keeping Shen Gongbao’s father captive.

• Old Man of the South Pole questioned George about how he broke the Sea-Calming Dragon-Locking Chain, and George claimed he was an independent cultivator skilled only at breaking formations.
• George reasoned that killing Old Man of the South Pole’s incarnation would expose his strength and unnecessarily make an enemy of the Chan Sect, so he retreated behind Shen Gongbao.
• Shen Gongbao demanded that Old Man of the South Pole release his father and threatened to report his actions to their master and fellow disciples.
• Old Man of the South Pole threatened Shen Gongbao with his father’s life and argued that exposing him would not bring severe punishment, but George reminded Shen Gongbao that he still feared the fallout.
• Shen Gongbao renewed his defiance, and Old Man of the South Pole refused to release his father but offered to overlook the Spirit Pearl’s theft so it and the Demon Pill could become immortals and receive the Chan Sect’s token.

After Old Man of the South Pole left, George promised to help Shen Gongbao rescue his father from Jade Void Palace and began recruiting the East Sea Dragon Kings for the dangerous plan. Ao Run was initially unwilling, but George persuaded her to consider joining in exchange for a chance to free their imprisoned Sea Demons and grow stronger.

• Old Man of the South Pole forced Shen Gongbao to agree to meet him at Jade Void Palace in three days, while secretly planning to deal with him later.
• George told Shen Gongbao he could track Shen Zhengdao to the Kunlun Mountains and offered to help rescue him from Jade Void Palace.
• Ao Run refused to risk accompanying George and Shen Gongbao to Jade Void Palace, despite owing George a favor.
• George explained that the Dragon Kings could gain immortal pills and free their Sea Demons by joining the raid, and promised to persuade Ao Guang to release the prisoners.
• Ao Run became tempted by the plan and said she would consider joining George's operation.

George and Shen Gongbao convinced Ao Guang to abandon his failed plan to trust Old Man of the South Pole and join their effort to resist the Heavenly Court. At Chentang Pass, Ao Guang knelt and admitted his betrayal to his three younger brothers, who agreed to cooperate but did not forgive him.

• George and Shen Gongbao reached the Sea-Calming Dragon-Locking Chain's Sealing Array, where Ao Guang maintained its power.
• Shen Gongbao told Ao Guang that Old Man of the South Pole intended to use the Dragon Clan to refine immortal pills, and Ao Guang accepted George's plan.
• Ao Guang traveled to Chentang Pass and faced Ao Qin, Ao Shun, and Ao Run, who still resented his betrayal and their thousand years in Undersea Purgatory.
• Ao Guang knelt before his younger brothers, admitted he had been wrong, and apologized for betraying them.
• Ao Run refused to forgive Ao Guang but agreed that the three brothers would help resist Old Man of the South Pole and the Heavenly Court for their own sake.

After reconciling with his brothers, Ao Guang helped George gather the Dragon Clan and Sea Demons for an infiltration of Jade Void Palace. George uncovered and refined the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and the group prepared ways to defend the Dragon Clan’s reputation as they set out to rescue their captives.

• Ao Guang released the Sea Demons from Undersea Purgatory, and George opened his own world to carry them.
• Ao Guang gave George the Heavenly River Godly Iron, which George revealed as the Ruyi Jingu Bang and refined.
• George gathered the dragons and Sea Demons into his world as Shen Gongbao urged the group to hurry toward Jade Void Palace.
• George had Li Jing and his wife send letters to Jin Zha and Mu Zha asking them to seek help from their masters.
• George also had Li Jing and his wife petition King Zhou to condemn Old Man of the South Pole and the Chan Sect for threatening Chentang Pass.

George disguised himself as a boar demon to bypass Jade Void Palace’s entry trials and infiltrate the palace, where he hoped to steal Old Man of the South Pole’s immortal pills. After the palace disciples accepted his claim that he had never harmed humans, George entered its magnificent hidden realm for testing.

• George joined the immortal seekers in disguise, planning to enter Jade Void Palace as a demon so he could reach Old Man of the South Pole’s pill-refining furnace quickly.
• When the Jade Void Palace disciples asked about his background and cultivation, George transformed his face into a wild boar’s head and introduced himself as Peachy from Langlang Mountain.
• The gathered immortal seekers recoiled, but a Jade Void Palace disciple stopped them and explained that kind demons who had harmed no humans could be accepted.
• George claimed he had never harmed anyone, and the disciple sent a shorter junior disciple to escort him inside the gates.
• George crossed into Jade Void Palace’s powerful hidden realm and marveled at its jade buildings, dense energy, and numerous disciples.

George infiltrated Jade Void Palace with Shen Gongbao and the Four Sea Dragon Kings to rescue Shen Zhengdao and seize the immortal pills. After they found Shen Zhengdao imprisoned behind a powerful stone gate, George learned that breaking it would be difficult without a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

• A Jade Void Palace disciple captured George in a gourd, but George escaped and controlled a guard to learn that the immortal pills were inside the Heavenly Origin Cauldron and Shen Zhengdao was imprisoned elsewhere.
• George released Shen Gongbao and the Four Sea Dragon Kings, explained that Ao Bing and Nezha had gone to Skull Mountain, and led the group toward Shen Zhengdao.
• George used Ea to break a maze formation that concealed an underground palace, then controlled its sleeping guard and learned Shen Zhengdao was behind a locked stone gate.
• George discovered that the gate had been made from River of Heaven Stone, carried a Heavenly Venerate's incantation, and was difficult to break without a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

George and Shen Gongbao joined forces with the Four Sea Dragon Kings to break into Jade Void Palace and rescue Shen Zhengdao, only to be confronted by Old Man of the South Pole and surrounded by Chan Sect disciples. Old Man of the South Pole ordered his disciples to capture the intruders as George began casting projection magic.

• Ao Run rejected a plan to capture Old Man of the South Pole, and George proposed breaking Shen Zhengdao’s stone door open with their combined strength.
• George, Shen Gongbao, and the Four Sea Dragon Kings struck the stone door together, and George blasted it open with Alohomora.
• Shen Gongbao found Shen Zhengdao unconscious and chained to a pillar, and George cut him free and carried him out.
• Old Man of the South Pole arrived, accused the Dragon Clan of ill intentions, and caught Ao Guang’s attack with one hand.
• George sent the other Dragon Kings to help fight Old Man of the South Pole and began casting projection magic as Crane Boy led Jade Void Palace disciples to surround them.
• Old Man of the South Pole ordered his disciples to capture the intruders.

George exposed Old Man of the South Pole’s crimes to the Jade Void Palace disciples and escaped with Shen Gongbao, Shen Zhengdao, and the Four Sea Dragon Kings. Old Man of the South Pole pursued them, but George and his allies attacked the Heavenly Origin Cauldron, surprising him with their strength.

• George projected Old Man of the South Pole’s attack on Chentang Pass and Shen Gongbao’s conversation with him across Jade Void Palace.
• Shen Gongbao revealed that Old Man of the South Pole had imprisoned Shen Zhengdao and forced him to hunt demons for pill refinement.
• George urged the disciples to verify the truth, then took Shen Zhengdao into his world and fled with Shen Gongbao and the Four Sea Dragon Kings.
• Old Man of the South Pole led disciples in pursuit, offering them double supplies of immortal pills; more than half eventually joined the chase.
• George and his allies struck the Heavenly Origin Cauldron with their treasures, blasting a large hole in it and revealing Black Dragon Daoist’s formidable magic power.

George rescued Shen Zhengdao, Nezha, and Ao Bing from Jade Void Palace, stole its stockpile of immortal pills, and escaped with his allies. After Old Man of the South Pole pursued them, George defeated him in battle and withdrew before the conflict could escalate further.

• George secretly copied the immortal pills and stored the originals in his world before destroying the fakes in the Heavenly Origin Cauldron.
• George opened a spatial gate to his Thought Body marker outside Jade Void Palace and led his group through it after Old Man of the South Pole sealed the palace exits.
• Old Man of the South Pole reopened the entrance and pursued George into the Kunlun Mountains with Chan Sect disciples.
• George released the Four Sea Dragon Clan and Sea Demons, then fought Old Man of the South Pole while the Four Sea Dragon Kings and Shen Gongbao battled the Chan Sect disciples.
• George overwhelmed Old Man of the South Pole, forcing him to retreat with the Chan Sect disciples, then recalled the Sea Demons and left with his allies.

George and the Dragon Kings fled to the East Sea with Ao Bing and Shiji after exposing Old Man of the South Pole’s scheme, while Nezha stayed behind to protect his parents. They reached Three Immortal Island to seek the Three Goddesses of Sanxian Island, where a young girl greeted Shen Gongbao.

• George and the others stopped Nezha and Ao Bing from completing their trial against Shiji, then told True Man Taiyi that Old Man of the South Pole had plotted against Chentang Pass and the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Guang decided to take the Dragon Clan into the depths of the East Sea for shelter, while Nezha stayed in Chentang Pass with his parents and True Man Taiyi promised to confront Old Man of the South Pole.
• George persuaded Shiji to join them and seek protection from the Jie Sect, and the group traveled toward the East Sea with the Dragon Kings, Ao Bing, and Shen Gongbao.
• After three days, the group reached Three Immortal Island, where Shen Gongbao said the Three Goddesses could shelter the Dragon Clan and recommend them as disciples.
• A young girl dressed in green appeared before the visitors and greeted Shen Gongbao as a little leopard.

George and Shen Gongbao met the Three Goddesses of Sanxian Island, who offered protection and a path into the Jie Sect for their companions. George settled on the island to cultivate, then awakened in a new incarnation as a baby in a strange world threatened by powerful beings beyond its defenses.

• Qingluan guided Shen Gongbao and George to the Three Goddesses, who were admiring flowers on Sanxian Island.
• Bixiao offered to destroy Jade Void Palace, but Yunxiao stopped her and arranged protection for the Dragon Clan and a chance for Shen Gongbao and Ao Bing to receive help from Tongtian Sect Master.
• Yunxiao praised Acnologia and offered to recommend him and Shiji to Tongtian Sect Master, while allowing everyone to remain on Three Immortal Island and seek cultivation guidance.
• George settled on the island, consumed immortal pills, and began learning the world's divine abilities and Daoist arts.
• George awakened in his New World incarnation as a six-month-old baby and sensed a malicious lifeform on the Blood Moon, other powerful beings in space, and seven entities maintaining a planetary barrier.

George assessed the world’s power and decided to stay cautious while he learned its system and gathered useful resources. Meanwhile, his parents, Jack and Chris, agreed to invest in Lan'erwusi's Steel Company, leaving George asleep as they celebrated.

• George judged the world to be at least Multiversal Level and considered whether it might have parallel worlds.
• George decided to conceal his strength, learn the world’s power system, and investigate its creator only after preparing himself.
• Chris reassured Jack that Lan'erwusi's mining venture was genuine and argued that their investment could help them move to Backlund.
• Jack agreed to invest one hundred and fifty pounds in Lan'erwusi's Steel Company.
• Chris excitedly pushed Jack onto the bed, and Jack worried that they might wake the sleeping George.

George, occupying the body of a murdered baby, tracked down the Clown Mask killer to learn about the world's supernatural powers and avenge the child. After the killer escaped a fight with six Night Watchers, George ambushed and knocked him unconscious, intending to question him.

• George learned from his parents' conversations that he lived in Tingen City and that the baby whose body he occupied had been murdered by a man in a Clown Mask.
• George tracked the killer's scent across Tingen City and found him fighting six Night Watchers, observing their supernatural abilities from a rooftop.
• A howl from a warehouse disrupted the Night Watchers' attack, allowing the wounded killer to escape and transfer his gunshot wound to his arm.
• The killer divined that he could still retrieve the Antigonus Family Grimoire, then waited for Riel Bieber, transformed into a monster, to fight the Night Watchers.
• George appeared behind the killer, startled him by speaking as the murdered baby, and knocked him unconscious so he could question him.

George watched a group of Beyonders defeat a monster and discovered that one young man could enter a powerful independent space. He interrogated and killed the clown killer, learned about Potions and Sequence pathways, and swallowed the killer’s Magician Beyonder characteristic as he considered becoming a True God.

• George watched the Beyonders find the monster’s weakness and kill it, then saw a clown puppet try to control the young man before the young man escaped into an independent space.
• George carried the unconscious clown killer to a forest outside Tingen City and beat him awake.
• George questioned the clown killer about the Beyonder system and the people who had fought him.
• George killed the clown killer, took his Magician Beyonder characteristic, and swallowed it.
• George learned that Beyonders advanced through Sequence pathways toward Sequence Zero and suspected the Seven Main Gods might be among those maintaining the reinforced barrier.

George learned why the Clown murderer had come to Tingen City and absorbed the dead Magician’s Beyonder characteristic, becoming a Sequence Seven Magician. After testing an ability, he buried the murderer and went to study the world’s Beyonder system.

• George learned that the Clown murderer belonged to the Mystic Cult and had come to Tingen City to recover Antigonus's Notebook in exchange for the Sequence Six Faceless Potion formula.
• George learned that the Clown murderer had killed his body’s original owner out of spite after conflicts with George’s parents.
• George consumed the Magician’s Beyonder characteristic and became a Sequence Seven Magician, relying on his powerful body to avoid losing control.
• George tested Air Bullet on a tree and found that it had about the force of an ordinary handgun.
• George buried the Clown murderer’s corpse, took some of his money, and wandered around Tingen City.
• George entered a bookstore with a physical Alohomora, paid for beginner’s readers and related books, and returned home with them.

George learned the Kingdom of Roone’s writing and studied the world’s history while considering how to digest his Magician Potion. He planned to earn advancement through a performance, and the chapter left him with a basic understanding of the world’s nations and eras.

• George returned home with books, learned to read through primers, and observed the steampunk city while his mother, Chris, carried him around.
• George considered how acting could digest a Potion and decided he would seek a suitable performance rather than harm the Church Night Watchers.
• George knocked out his parents and read books about the world’s history and geography through the night.
• George learned that the current year was 1349 of the Fifth Age and studied the major nations, religions, and languages of the Northern Continent.

George suspected the historical Emperor Roselle Gustav might have been a transmigrator, then sensed a Mystic Cult divination probing him. Half a month later, he knocked out his parents and set out to visit Tingen’s Beyonder market, hoping to find advancement materials and earn money after his family’s investment was lost to a swindler.

• George wondered whether Roselle Gustav had come from another world or had been created by this world’s Creator.
• A Mystic Cult Sequence Six divined that a baby had killed his Sequence Seven subordinate, but assumed the result was interference by the Night Watchers and gave up pursuing the matter.
• George learned that Lan’erwusi had fled Tingen with investors’ money, including his mother’s 150 pounds, and that his cousin Meigao’osi was pregnant with Lan’erwusi’s child.
• After half a month of studying books and the world’s laws, George knocked out his parents with Air Bullets and prepared to visit Tingen’s Beyonder market.