Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong assessed the dangers and cultivation realms of the Longevity World, then sought out a dragon vein on Dragon Island to accelerate his growth. After he drew out the island’s Dragon Yuan and Ancestral Dragon essence, the Old Ancestral Dragon realized that a new Ancestral Dragon might emerge without competition.

• Zhou Tong recalled the Longevity World’s cultivation realms and resolved to reach King Tier while avoiding the unknown dangers of Emperor Tier.
• Zhou Tong identified the purple dragon he had killed as the first Dragon King from the original story and noted that he had possessed two strands of Ancestral Dragon Qi since birth.
• Zhou Tong used his Source Technique to search Dragon Island for a dragon vein and found a seven-colored mountain rich in Dragon Qi.
• Zhou Tong carved runes around the mountain and activated its terrain, drawing up Dragon Qi that he absorbed while cultivating.
• The Old Ancestral Dragon sensed Zhou Tong drawing Dragon Yuan and Ancestral Dragon essence, and realized a new Ancestral Dragon could be born without competition.

Zhou Tong absorbed the Dragon Yuan and Ancestral Dragon Essence in a mountain for seven days, transforming his body and reaching Mortal Transformation Ninth Heaven. He learned two Ancient Dragon Battle Techniques and decided to stabilize his cultivation before pursuing the Consciousness Treasury Realm.

• Zhou Tong spent seven days absorbing the mountain’s Dragon Yuan and Ancestral Dragon Essence, growing larger and evolving his tail toward an Ancestral Dragon’s form.
• Zhou Tong estimated that he had reached Mortal Transformation Ninth Heaven and tested the bloodline-inherited Reverse Dragon Seven Steps, learning to move through the air.
• Zhou Tong used Divine Dragon Tail Sweep to shatter part of a nearby cliff with the force of his tail.
• Zhou Tong decided to stabilize his cultivation and refine the dragon race’s techniques before attempting the Consciousness Treasury Realm.
• Zhou Tong continued cultivating by the mountain and practicing dragon abilities and battle techniques.

Zhou Tong learned the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Roar Wave as Dragon Island sealed itself off decades or centuries ahead of schedule, trapping the cultivators there. He decided to seek out Xiao Chen and obtain the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method to restore the potential of his Chaos Body.

• The cultivators split up to search Dragon Island for Zhou Tong and the Dragon Kings, and many died during the hunt.
• Divine light engulfed Dragon Island, beasts and dragons roared, and the island shook for over an hour.
• The Sea of Taboo sealed around Dragon Island after only two months, leaving the cultivators stranded until the sea opened again centuries later.
• Zhou Tong roared with the dragons and learned the Dragon Clan soundwave technique, Dragon Roar Wave.
• Zhou Tong suspected the Ancestral Dragon had caused the premature sealing to protect its descendants and resolved to find Xiao Chen for the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method.

After discovering Lan Nuo gravely injured by Dragon Island’s divine light, Zhou Tong used his command of heaven and earth’s essence to heal her. Lan Nuo recovered and thanked him, while Zhou Tong asked her to explain the cultivation path beyond Dragon Island.

• Zhou Tong sensed a powerful human nearby and entered a time illusion, where he found Lan Nuo wounded and surrounded by blood.
• Zhou Tong recognized Lan Nuo and gathered the essence of heaven and earth to help her recover from the backlash of Dragon Island’s divine light.
• As Lan Nuo healed, Zhou Tong studied her Nirvana state and compared it with the Saint Sacrifice state of the Chaotic Ancient Method.
• Lan Nuo thanked Zhou Tong after her injuries recovered, and he asked her to explain the cultivation path beyond Dragon Island.
• Lan Nuo asked how Zhou Tong had learned human language, and he replied that he had learned it from the humans who had recently arrived on the island.

Zhou Tong learned the Longevity World’s cultivation system from Lan Nuo, while his questions helped her recognize flaws in her own cultivation. After immersing himself in the system on Dragon Island, Zhou Tong broke through from the Mortal Transformation Realm into the Consciousness Treasury Realm.

• Lan Nuo agreed to teach Zhou Tong and explained the first five realms of the Longevity World’s cultivation system.
• Zhou Tong’s questions deepened Lan Nuo’s understanding of her own cultivation, and they exchanged insights for three days.
• Zhou Tong left Lan Nuo and speculated about how the higher realms corresponded to stages in the Sky Shrouding Method.
• Zhou Tong wandered deeper into Dragon Island and focused on comprehending the Longevity World’s cultivation system.
• Zhou Tong followed a vision of a True Dragon, broke through into the Consciousness Treasury Realm, and underwent a bodily transformation.

Zhou Tong advanced to the Consciousness Treasury Realm, gained greater spiritual perception, and strengthened his Dragon Clan abilities and body. He traveled to the place where the Innate Ancestral Dragon was born and found the fallen Sky-Connecting Divine Wood.

• Zhou Tong reached the Consciousness Treasury Realm and used his Dragon Clan great divine ability to slice the top from a mountain.
• Zhou Tong found that his arms and claws had transformed into Ancestral Dragon features, which he attributed to the Ancestral Dragon Qi seized from the Purple Dragon King.
• Zhou Tong determined that Xiao Chen would likely head to the place where Keke and the Innate Ancestral Dragon were born.
• Zhou Tong crossed into an area crowded with savage adult dragons and followed the dense dragon qi toward his destination.
• Zhou Tong discovered the fallen Sky-Connecting Divine Wood, whose trunk stretched across several mountain ranges.

Zhou Tong waited at the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood’s stump, where Xiao Chen arrived with a snowy-white little beast and three skeletons. After Xiao Chen mistook Zhou Tong’s evolved form for a threat and tried to leave, they spoke, and Zhou Tong showed the little beast its multicolored eggshell fragments.

• Zhou Tong found Keke’s multicolored eggshell fragments on the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood’s stump and cultivated there while waiting for Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen followed the snowy-white little beast to the stump with three skeletons, who immediately played dead when they saw Zhou Tong.
• Xiao Chen recognized Zhou Tong’s greatly evolved dragon form, feared its power, and tried to retreat with the little beast.
• Zhou Tong spoke to Xiao Chen and explained that Dragon Island’s suppression did not affect Dragon Kings’ awareness.
• The little beast cried out about something of its own, and Zhou Tong revealed the eggshell fragments, assuring it he had not touched them.

Xiao Chen and Zhou Tong examined Keke’s seven-colored eggshells, and Zhou Tong identified Keke’s white-light ability as a dragon clan divine ability. After Keke planted his little tree beside the dead Sky-Connecting Divine Wood, Zhou Tong realized it could become a Dragon Clan Sacred Tree and considered cultivating a sacred tree of his own.

• Xiao Chen found Keke playing among seven-colored eggshells, and Zhou Tong suspected Keke had dragon clan blood and an even more mysterious ancestry.
• Keke attacked Zhou Tong with white light, but Zhou Tong’s azure light broke it and he explained that Keke’s ability was an early stage of the dragon clan’s great divine ability.
• Keke planted his little tree beside the stump of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood, and Zhou Tong recognized it as a new Dragon Clan Sacred Tree.
• Zhou Tong considered combining a method for cultivating the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree with dragon clan techniques to create a sacred tree of his own.
• Xiao Chen gathered Keke’s eggshells, wrapped them in a piece of his clothing, and carried them on his back.

Xiao Chen agreed to exchange his Heavenly Tablet Profound Method with Zhou Tong for the Dragon Clan’s Reverse Dragon Seven Steps. Zhou Tong verified the cultivation method and then taught Xiao Chen the battle technique’s mysteries.

• Xiao Chen tried to shake Zhou Tong, who followed him because he wanted to study human cultivation and stop him from stealing more Dragon Eggs.
• Zhou Tong offered to exchange Dragon Clan techniques for Xiao Chen’s cultivation method, explaining that humans could not learn the Dragon Clan’s innate divine abilities.
• Zhou Tong demonstrated the first five steps of the Reverse Dragon Seven Steps and offered to teach Xiao Chen the complete technique in exchange for his cultivation method and divine abilities.
• Xiao Chen agreed to trade the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method and asked Zhou Tong not to reveal it to anyone.
• Zhou Tong checked the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method for tampering and then taught Xiao Chen the mysteries of the Reverse Dragon Seven Steps.

After studying the Reverse Dragon Seven Steps and the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method, Xiao Chen recognized how much strength and physical tempering he still needed, while Zhou Tong drew profound insights from the method. His comprehension advanced his Consciousness Treasury Realm and awakened a new divine ability, Deep Sea, which endlessly accumulated power and potential.

• Xiao Chen comprehended the Reverse Dragon Seven Steps, realized his current strength and body could not unleash their full power, and resolved to seek body-tempering methods.
• Zhou Tong studied the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method and judged its principles comparable to fragments of the Primal True Explanation, though he could not cultivate it in his current body.
• Zhou Tong combined the method's insights with his own understanding, breaking through to a higher level of the Consciousness Treasury Realm.
• Zhou Tong's transformation awakened a new divine ability, which he named Deep Sea, and it absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into an immense inner reserve.
• Xiao Chen witnessed Zhou Tong's breakthrough and wondered how the Azure Dragon had gained so much from the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method.

Zhou Tong discovered that his new Deep Sea Divine Ability steadily accumulated potential and used his ability to locate spiritual treasures on Dragon Island. He and Xiao Chen found four Treasure Herbs with Keke’s help, and Zhou Tong ate two of them as his power began to grow.

• Zhou Tong tested his growing strength with a roar that parted the clouds, then told Xiao Chen that Xiao Chen’s cultivation technique had given him insight.
• Zhou Tong offered to lead the group to spiritual treasures, and Keke eagerly left Xiao Chen to follow him into Dragon Island.
• Zhou Tong sensed a valley where spiritual energy gathered, while Keke smelled a treasure and raced ahead.
• Keke uncovered four Treasure Herbs behind a boulder, and Zhou Tong divided them evenly with her.
• Zhou Tong swallowed two Treasure Herbs, causing his Deep Sea Divine Abilities to operate at high speed.

Zhou Tong, Xiao Chen, and Keke continued searching Dragon Island for treasures as Zhou Tong advanced to the Fourth Heaven of Consciousness Treasury. A strange storm revealed an ancient city, which Zhou Tong recognized as the key to reaching the King Tier and set his sights on entering it.

• Zhou Tong, Xiao Chen, and Keke spent over a month gathering Dragon Island’s spiritual treasures, and Zhou Tong deified more than a dozen acupoints.
• Zhou Tong reached the Fourth Heaven of Consciousness Treasury and wondered why Keke’s cultivation advanced slowly despite her appetite for treasures.
• Dragon Island was engulfed by chilling yellow winds, corpse-like rain, sinister lightning, and darkness even though morning had arrived.
• A vast ancient city appeared in the storm, revealing squads of Yin Soldiers and blurry dragon-like beasts within its walls.
• Zhou Tong recognized the city as a crucial step toward the King Tier, considered how the Stone Man and Supreme Ancestral God paths might combine, and resolved to enter.

Zhou Tong brought Xiao Chen and the others to Dragon Island’s central sea of bones as the forest turned deadly, where they reunited with Liu Mu. With dragons flying outside and their escape cut off, Zhou Tong led the group into Stone Man City, warning them not to touch the wheel above its gate.

• Zhou Tong rescued Xiao Chen, Keke, and the three skeletons from the living forest and carried them to the sea of bones.
• Xiao Chen reunited with Liu Mu, who recognized Zhou Tong as the Azure Dragon King and was astonished by his evolution and ability to speak.
• More cultivators gathered around Zhou Tong, while the bones underfoot began to stir and Xiao Chen and Liu Mu realized they were being driven toward Stone Man City.
• Zhou Tong warned Liu Mu and the other young people not to disturb the wheel above the city gate because it suppressed the city’s power.
• Zhou Tong pointed out that dragons had regained their ability to fly and were cutting off escape, then led Xiao Chen and Liu Mu into Stone Man City.

Zhou Tong led Xiao Chen and the other cultivators into an ancient city while the Dragon Clan attacked it from outside. After crossing a river of blood and reaching the central plaza, Zhou Tong reunited with Lan Nuo, and she asked whether he knew how to escape.

• The Dragon Clan herded the cultivators into the ancient city, then unleashed divine attacks that the city's eerie black radiance largely blocked.
• A Buddha weapon at the city gate sent out a powerful chant and shockwave, forcing the cultivators deeper into the city while Yi Zhen remained protected by Buddha Light.
• Zhou Tong led Xiao Chen and the others toward the city center, and they crossed a scarlet river on an ancient stone bridge.
• A little over thirty surviving cultivators gathered in the central plaza around a gigantic stone stele as the Dragon Clan continued attacking outside.
• Zhou Tong recognized Lan Nuo, and she asked whether he had a way to leave; he shook his head and looked toward the stele.

Zhou Tong and the other survivors explored the Heavenly Tablet plaza, where the monument’s spiritual pressure and deadly barrier kept them at a distance. After Zhou Tong killed Wang Tong and Kailuo for ambushing him, the dragon clan’s attack outside the city brought sunlight into the plaza at noon, revealing the Heavenly Tablets’ contents.

• The Heavenly Tablet released overwhelming spiritual pressure, then appeared among several phantom steles that killed cultivators who approached too closely.
• The survivors searched the plaza’s black stone railings and found obscure records and carvings of cultivation techniques.
• Wang Tong and Kailuo ambushed Zhou Tong, but he imprisoned them with a dragon clan divine ability.
• Wang Tong warned that evil ghosts would kill the survivors and called Zhou Tong the future Ancestral Dragon before Zhou Tong pierced both attackers’ hearts.
• The dragon clan intensified its assault outside the city, and the sunlight entering the plaza told Zhou Tong it was noon.
• Zhou Tong looked toward the Heavenly Tablets as their previously vague contents became visible.

Zhou Tong watched the Heavenly Tablets awaken beneath the crimson light and recognized their carvings as the foundations of the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method. As Dragon Island’s weapons attacked the tablets and the city shook, he navigated the dangerous shockwaves to study the qi-refining diagrams, astonishing Lan Nuo and the others.

• Crimson light revealed a black well at the square’s center, which the Heavenly Tablets gathered around and suppressed.
• The tablets displayed vivid scenes, and Zhou Tong identified them as containing the blood souls of ancient heroic spirits and cultivation methods.
• Dragons battered the city while weapons from across Dragon Island flew toward the Heavenly Tablets.
• Zhou Tong circled the tablets through gaps in the shockwaves to study their qi-refining diagrams.
• Lan Nuo recognized Zhou Tong’s ability to find the shockwaves’ weak points and was shaken by his combat skill.

Zhou Tong memorized the profound methods on the first six Heavenly Tablets before leaving the dangerous area and rejoining Xiao Chen and the others at an ancient altar. The altar teleported the group into a silent void, where Zhou Tong began to gain insight into a new spacetime divine ability.

• Zhou Tong endured the Heavenly Tablets’ influence and committed the carvings on the first six tablets to memory.
• Zhou Tong followed the Blood River upstream and found Xiao Chen, Lan Nuo, and the others beside an ancient altar.
• Zhou Tong identified the altar as their likely means of escape, then discovered traces of an ancient teleportation formation on it.
• The blood-red sun activated the altar, and the formation transported the group through a spacetime tunnel into a silent void.
• Zhou Tong recognized similarities to the Five-Colored Altar and sensed that he was close to developing a new spacetime divine ability.

After escaping Death City, Xiao Chen, Zhou Tong, and the other cultivators crossed a perilous mountain realm and activated another altar to teleport away. They emerged in the Great Snow Mountain on the western side of Dragon Island.

• The group arrived on a beautiful mountain, where cultivators vanished near the halls and in the sky.
• Zhou Tong warned everyone to stay cautious and pulled back cultivators who disappeared as Lan Nuo led the group downhill.
• Lan Nuo spotted an altar among the ruins, and the cultivators activated it by offering their blood.
• The altar combined their blood with starlight and teleported everyone through a chaotic void.
• The group emerged amid snow and cold winds in the Great Snow Mountain on the western side of Dragon Island.

After the Ghost Festival ended, Xiao Chen and Zhou Tong stayed on the Great Snow Mountain to study the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method. Zhou Tong’s cultivation advanced as he discovered the method’s circulation within his inner deep sea, but he remained unsure whether he had truly mastered it.

• When sunrise confirmed the Great Snow Mountain was safe, most of the group left, while Xiao Chen, Zhou Tong, Keke, and a few others remained.
• Xiao Chen practiced the four freeform techniques and the second chapter of the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method as Zhou Tong began contemplating the method’s celestial diagrams.
• Zhou Tong’s Life Essence surged, transforming his body and deepening the inner sea behind his Deep Sea Divine Abilities.
• As moonlight and starlight gathered around him, Zhou Tong realized the currents in his inner deep sea followed the circulation paths of the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method.
• Zhou Tong questioned whether his unconventional cultivation counted as mastering the method, then resolved to pursue the Sky Soaring realm and human Form Transformation; his cultivation reached the Consciousness Repository Seventh Heaven.

Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo exchanged insights about the vanished Death City and the Dao of space. Lan Nuo was shaken by Zhou Tong’s unfamiliar spatial insights.

• Zhou Tong and Xiao Chen cultivated while the battle against Death City continued for seven days.
• The Dragon Clan and attacking weapons withdrew, and Death City vanished, leaving only the Heavenly Tablet and traces of blood rain.
• Zhou Tong and Xiao Chen went to the sea of bones, where Lan Nuo asked Zhou Tong whether he had discovered anything about the city.
• Zhou Tong proposed exchanging insights about time and space, and Lan Nuo took him to her mountain retreat.
• Zhou Tong described spatial Dao insights from the Shrouding the Heavens World, and Lan Nuo was completely shaken.