Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo discussed cultivation and the Divine Guidance technique, and Zhou Tong offered her ideas for combining her divine abilities through formations. The chapter ended with them continuing their exchange of questions and answers.

• Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo spent seven days discussing cultivation techniques, divine abilities, combat skills, and the Dao of Time.
• Lan Nuo told Zhou Tong that she had cultivated Divine Guidance, a supreme scripture meant to unite martial arts and divine abilities, and described how the conflict between them had nearly ruined her cultivation.
• Lan Nuo explained that she had sealed herself in ice for thirteen years to survive the clash between her martial body and divine abilities.
• Zhou Tong asked Lan Nuo to explain Divine Guidance and recognized ideas in it that resembled the Chaotic Ancient Method.
• Zhou Tong suggested that Lan Nuo use formations within her body to connect her divine abilities, then explained cultivation concepts from the Chaotic Ancient Method.

Zhou Tong agreed to help summon the Ancestral Dragon Ship once the other Dragon Kings were found, while Lan Nuo went to reconcile Xiao Chen and Zhao Lin'er. Zhou Tong transformed their mountain into a formation gathering Dragon Island’s essence so he could undergo one final transformation before leaving.

• Xiao Chen told Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo that a Black Dragon King had been found and asked Zhou Tong to help summon the Ancestral Dragon Ship; Zhou Tong agreed once the remaining seven Dragon Kings were found.
• Lan Nuo offered to mediate between Xiao Chen and Zhao Lin'er, and Xiao Chen agreed to meet her.
• Zhou Tong carved a formation into the mountain and drew together its spiritual essence, earth veins, Dragon Yuan, and Ancestral Dragon Essence.
• Lan Nuo returned and was astonished by the transformed mountain, where Zhou Tong explained that he was preparing for one final transformation before leaving Dragon Island.

Zhou Tong began his breakthrough to the Sky Soaring Realm on Dragon Island, absorbing the scattered Ancestral Dragon Essence while Lan Nuo guarded him. He became a demigod and emerged with new Ancestral Dragon traits, including shining scales and fully evolved claws.

• Zhou Tong told Lan Nuo he feared powerful outsiders might target him after he left Dragon Island, and asked her to guard him during his transformation.
• Lan Nuo agreed, and Zhou Tong went to the formation’s core to cultivate with the Dragon Clan method and his Deep Sea Divine Abilities.
• Dragon Yuan and scattered Ancestral Dragon Essence gathered around Zhou Tong, tempering his body as he began to grow and shed his old scales.
• Lan Nuo realized Zhou Tong was developing Ancestral Dragon Scale as part of his evolution.
• The Ancestral Dragon phantom entered Zhou Tong, breaking his restraint and advancing him to the Sky Soaring Realm, or demigod realm.
• An azure dragon shadow emerged from Zhou Tong’s back, revealing brilliant Ancestral Dragon scales and five-taloned hind claws.

Zhou Tong broke through to the Sky Soaring Realm, underwent Form Transformation, and discovered new powers in his bloodline and Deep Sea Divine Abilities. After Lan Nuo congratulated him, he began refining his shed Dragon Skin into armor, leaving the armor imbued with mysterious Dao Rhyme.

• Zhou Tong transformed into an Azure Dragon, reached the Sky Soaring Realm, and advanced his Dragon Clan Divine Ability to its annihilation stage.
• Zhou Tong refined his shed Dragon Skin into azure battle armor and transformed into a child with the appearance of a Dragon Clan member.
• Lan Nuo congratulated Zhou Tong on completing Form Transformation and acknowledged that he had become stronger than her on Dragon Island.
• Zhou Tong reviewed his newly awakened Dragon Clan techniques, Tyrannosaurus Wind and Thunder abilities, and improved Deep Sea Divine Abilities.
• Zhou Tong used Dragon Clan artifact-refining techniques to refine his armor, causing mysterious Dao Rhyme to appear on it.

Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo rushed to stop the Dragon Kings from summoning the Ancestral Dragon Ship, but arrived after it had carried the others away from Dragon Island. Zhou Tong vowed revenge on the elders behind the scheme and began looking for another way off the island.

• Zhou Tong realized the older cultivators were summoning the Ancestral Dragon Ship to leave him stranded on Dragon Island, where he would have no Dragon Kings to challenge.
• Zhou Tong carried Lan Nuo toward the distant shore, flying over the White Bone Sea despite the dangers near the Heavenly Tablet.
• The Ancestral Dragon Ship appeared, and its passengers boarded via a rainbow bridge before Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo could reach the shore.
• Lan Nuo noted that Xiao Chen had also been left behind, while Zhou Tong vowed to avenge the plot and identified three elders from the Immortal Gate as likely conspirators.
• Aboard the ship, the white-haired elders celebrated leaving Zhou Tong behind and planned to nurture their Dragon Kings into future Ancestral Dragons.

After the Ancestral Dragon Ship left them behind, Xiao Chen reunited with Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo and brought them to meet the Devil, who explained the King's Ship and its deadly yin energy. Lan Nuo planned to use that energy to break through to the Longevity Realm, but Zhou Tong urged them to find an object of utmost yin first, leaving Xiao Chen to help locate Suiren Shi's Corpse Wrapping Cloth.

• Xiao Chen found Zhou Tong and learned that the senior cultivators had secretly subdued three Dragon Kings before leaving Dragon Island on the Ancestral Dragon Ship.
• Zhou Tong recognized that Keke's Dragon Clan Sacred Tree was missing, and Xiao Chen told him and Lan Nuo about the Devil and the King's Ship.
• Xiao Chen led Zhou Tong, Lan Nuo, and Keke to the Devil's hiding place in the Great Snow Mountain, where the Devil explained that a King's Ship carried a King's remnant soul and powerful yin energy.
• Lan Nuo offered to withstand the King's Ship's yin energy to help her break through to the Longevity Realm, but Zhou Tong warned that the plan was dangerous.
• Zhou Tong proposed finding an object of utmost yin first and looked to Xiao Chen for help obtaining Suiren Shi's Corpse Wrapping Cloth.

Zhou Tong recognized the Saint Blood aura in the Corpse Wrapping Cloth and identified Xiao Chen’s little dragon as congenitally deficient in Ancestral Dragon Qi. After confronting Little Stubborn Dragon and revealing his confidence, Zhou Tong told Xiao Chen to refine the cloth before boarding the King’s Ship, then returned to cultivation.

• Xiao Chen brought Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo a black little dragon and a red-black cloth that carried the aura of Saint Blood.
• Zhou Tong identified the dragon as Little Stubborn Dragon and said it needed Ancestral Dragon Essence to make up for its deficiency, then knocked it into the snow after it directed Killing Intent at him.
• Little Stubborn Dragon roared that hard work could overcome what it was born with, and Zhou Tong declared that his strength came from himself, not his lineage or physique.
• Zhou Tong told Xiao Chen to refine the Corpse Wrapping Cloth before boarding the King’s Ship and explained that his armor protected him.
• Zhou Tong returned to his cultivation site while Xiao Chen prepared to cultivate.

After the devil finished purging the deathly energy from his body, he summoned the King's Ship with the Nine Nether Heavenly Connection Array. Zhou Tong, Xiao Chen, Lan Nuo, Keke, the devil, and the three skeletons boarded the ship, which set sail for the Longevity Continent.

• The devil emerged from seclusion fully restored, and the group hurried to the shore to summon the King's Ship.
• The devil carved the Nine Nether Heavenly Connection Array, while Zhou Tong studied its patterns and Xiao Chen left to gather food.
• After seven days, Xiao Chen used his blood as the array's catalyst, sending a summons across the Sea of Taboo.
• The King's Ship appeared and formed a bridge of death from the shore to its hull.
• Zhou Tong boarded first, followed by Xiao Chen, the devil, Lan Nuo, Keke, and the three skeletons, and the ship sailed toward the Longevity Continent.

As Zhou Tong and the others departed Dragon Island aboard the King's Ship, the ten royal dragon branches sent off the Little Stubborn Dragon and the Tyrannosaurus King passed its inheritance to Zhou Tong. The ship sailed away as Zhou Tong considered the inheritance and the possible meaning of the island's prophecy.

• The ten royal dragon branches gathered on the shore, gave the Little Stubborn Dragon strands of their dragon qi, and roared as the King's Ship prepared to leave.
• Xiao Chen asked Zhou Tong why the Tyrannosaurs were seeing off the Little Stubborn Dragon instead of him, and Zhou Tong declared that nothing could threaten his confidence.
• The Tyrannosaurus King sent azure light into Zhou Tong, breaking a shackle in his body, advancing his cultivation from the first to the second layer of Sky Soaring, and granting him the Tyrannosaurus inheritance.
• The devil wondered how the Little Stubborn Dragon's prophecy could fit with Zhou Tong leaving on the ship, while Zhou Tong suspected the stele recorded a scheme devised by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Zhou Tong set aside his speculation and studied the Tyrannosaurus inheritance as the King's Ship sailed away from Dragon Island.

Aboard the King's Ship, Zhou Tong and Lan Nuo refined the deathly aura as the vessel struggled through the Golden Forbidden Sea. After observing the Dragon Clan Sacred Tree absorb the sea’s power, Zhou Tong comprehended a similar divine ability and shared it with the little stubborn dragon.

• The Devil praised Lan Nuo and Zhou Tong’s talents and told Xiao Chen that Shennong Shi might still be alive.
• Xiao Chen saw a tree fruit vanish when it left the King's Ship’s protective black light and realized the Golden Forbidden Sea could destroy flesh and blood.
• Keke’s Dragon Clan Sacred Tree drew golden specks from the sea, and Xiao Chen tied it to Suiren Shi's Corpse Wrapping Cloth so it could keep absorbing them.
• Zhou Tong observed the sacred tree and comprehended a divine ability that absorbed the Golden Forbidden Sea’s power, causing golden light to envelop him.
• Zhou Tong teased the little stubborn dragon, then displayed the method he had comprehended for it and Xiao Chen to study.

Zhou Tong and Xiao Chen reached the Longevity Continent after the King's Ship left the Sea of Taboo. Lan Nuo departed to complete her final nirvana, while Zhou Tong left to prepare for revenge on the Immortal Gate.

• The King's Ship carried Zhou Tong, Xiao Chen, and the others out of the Sea of Taboo and onward to the Longevity Continent.
• The ship cast its passengers onto the continent, then departed; the group concealed the skeletons and Zhou Tong hid his dragon horns.
• Lan Nuo identified the damaged shoreline as the site of a battle over the Dragon Kings and left to find a safe place for seclusion.
• Zhou Tong told Xiao Chen he planned to take revenge on the Immortal Gate, but would prepare before confronting it.
• Zhou Tong said he could overturn the Immortal Gate after ten years and flew away, leaving Xiao Chen behind.

After leaving Xiao Chen, Zhou Tong secluded himself and advanced from the second to the sixth level of Sky Soaring by refining the divine power he had absorbed from the Golden Forbidden Sea. He then traveled to Heavenly Emperor City, where he began exploring the city and considered how to obtain money for spiritual extracts.

• Zhou Tong sealed himself inside a mountain cave and broke through four levels, reaching the sixth level of Sky Soaring.
• Zhou Tong left seclusion, reflected on the power of the Sea of Taboo, and decided to seek the Barbarian Sacred Mountain after reaching the Half-Ancestor realm.
• Zhou Tong asked travelers for directions and flew across the Southern Wasteland toward Heavenly Emperor City.
• Zhou Tong entered Heavenly Emperor City and surveyed its busy streets, diverse inhabitants, and shops.
• Zhou Tong decided that he needed money before buying spiritual extracts.

Zhou Tong created the Boundless Sea cultivation method, embedded it in precious jade, and presented it to Zhengtong Auction House for auction. News of the ancient divine art drew a huge crowd to the auction house, where preparations began for the sale.

• Zhou Tong sold his beast-hide robe for a black robe and gold coins, then decided to make money by auctioning a cultivation method.
• Zhou Tong combined his Sea of Taboo breathing technique with a method for refining absorbed essence into true qi and named the result Boundless Sea.
• Zhou Tong bought precious jade, refined Boundless Sea into it, and added a strand of his Mental Will to convey the method’s true intent.
• Zhou Tong brought the jade to Zhengtong Auction House, whose shopkeeper was impressed by the treasure and its ocean-like will.
• Zhengtong Auction House spread news of Boundless Sea across Heavenly Emperor City, attracting cultivators and representatives of powerful families.
• Zhengtong Auction House filled its hall and promoted the method’s mysteries ahead of the auction.

Zhou Tong auctioned the Boundless Sea jade, but suspected several families had suppressed its price. After discovering that Hai Yunxue bought it and bribed an employee for information about the seller, he prepared to face the Hai Family’s search.

• The auctioneer displayed the Boundless Sea jade, and bidders drove its price up to two million five hundred thousand gold coins.
• Zhou Tong concluded that colluding families had kept the jade from reaching its expected price and collected his proceeds from Zhengtong Auction House.
• Zhou Tong secretly watched backstage and identified Hai Yunxue as the jade’s buyer.
• Hai Yunxue bribed an auction house employee, who described the seller’s short stature and black robe without knowing his face.
• Zhou Tong revealed himself after Hai Yunxue left and dismissed the threat of the Hai Family’s demigods.

Zhou Tong confronted the Hai Family outside Heavenly Emperor City after buying spiritual treasures, easily subduing several of its members and demanding rare medicinal treasures. The Hai Family patriarch arrived with four other experts, and Zhou Tong prepared to fight them.

• Zhou Tong spent 2.25 million gold coins on spiritual treasures and left Heavenly Emperor City, where two Hai Family men confronted him.
• Zhou Tong forced one man to kneel, kicked the other away, and demanded a Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng as ransom for his hostage.
• When a Hai Family middle-aged man arrived without the demanded treasure, Zhou Tong slapped him down and demanded a Thousand-Year Snow Lotus as well.
• Zhou Tong subdued Hai Fantian with his green whip of light and demanded a Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit.
• Hai Fanyun, the Hai Family patriarch, arrived with four Sky Soaring experts, and Zhou Tong welcomed the chance to fight them.

Zhou Tong confronted Hai Fanyun over the Hai Family’s attempt to reclaim its auction gold, then revealed himself as an Ancestral Dragon-horned Dragon King. After Zhou Tong killed one demigod elder, Hai Fanyun attacked with the power of the Longevity Realm, and their techniques collided in a battle that left the fight unresolved.

• Zhou Tong accused Hai Fanyun and the Hai Family of conspiring to lower the price of Boundless Sea and then trying to take back their auction gold.
• Hai Fanyun ordered his elders to kill Zhou Tong, and Zhou Tong’s Dragon Clan Divine Ability shattered one elder’s saber and ground the elder into bloody pulp.
• Hai Fanyun charged at Zhou Tong with his lotus movement technique, revealing strength at the Longevity Realm.
• Zhou Tong tore off his black robe and exposed his dragon horns, prompting onlookers to suspect that he was a Dragon King.
• Hai Fanyun decided to kill Zhou Tong before he could mature and attacked with a destructive black lotus.
• Zhou Tong countered with the Tyrannosaurus Lineage’s wind-and-thunder divine ability battle art, and the two attacks collided, shattering the void.

Zhou Tong defeated Hai Fanyun in a fierce battle, breaking through to the seventh level of Sky Soaring before crushing Hai Fanyun with the Reverse Dragon Seven Steps. He spared Hai Fanyun but forced the Hai Family to sell its holdings in Heavenly Emperor City, leaving its properties to be divided among eager buyers.

• Zhou Tong and Hai Fanyun clashed with their powerful battle techniques, destroying the black lotus and leaving both fighters bloodied.
• Zhou Tong's battle intent broke through a shackle, advancing him from the sixth to the seventh level of Sky Soaring.
• Zhou Tong used the Reverse Dragon Seven Steps to shatter Hai Fanyun's attack and black lotus, then severely injured him with his fifth step.
• Zhou Tong spared Hai Fanyun and demanded that the Hai Family sell everything it owned in Heavenly Emperor City for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures.
• Buyers from across the city immediately bid on the Hai Family's pawnshop, inns, and shares, while the Hai Family demigods watched helplessly.

Zhou Tong consumed the Hai Family’s spiritual treasures to reach the Ninth Heaven of Sky Soaring, then entered the Nirvana Realm and endured its first death trial. He emerged transformed, with renewed strength and signs that his comprehension had improved.

• Zhou Tong secluded himself after leaving Heavenly Emperor City and counted the 303 Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures he had acquired.
• He spent seven days refining the treasures, then continued cultivating until he reached the Ninth Heaven of Sky Soaring.
• After consuming all the treasures, Zhou Tong began preparing for the Nirvana Realm, which could improve a cultivator’s aptitude and comprehension.
• Zhou Tong sealed himself inside his cave dwelling and remained motionless for a month, passing the realm’s first death trial.
• His dragon scales split as he emerged in a new form with Ancestral Dragon hind legs, greater strength, and a possibly improved comprehension.

After completing his first Nirvana transformation, Zhou Tong discovered that his Deep Sea divine ability had formed a plant-friendly Inner World and strengthened his armor with his shed Dragon Skin. He set out toward the Pure Land, fifty thousand li away, gathering Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures as he prepared for future nirvanas.

• Zhou Tong sensed that his comprehension and aptitude had improved after his first Nirvana tribulation and resolved to be more cautious during later transformations.
• Zhou Tong discovered an island within his Deep Sea and expanded it into a protective Inner World where seeds quickly grew.
• Zhou Tong refined his second shed piece of Dragon Skin into his battle armor, improving its appearance and defensive power.
• Zhou Tong left his temporary cave dwelling and continued toward the Pure Land, delaying his next nirvana so he could gather resources and find a safer place.
• Zhou Tong adapted his Source Technique to the Longevity World and filled his Inner World with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures as he traveled.

Zhou Tong survived his second Nirvana tribulation, advanced to the Nirvana Fifth Layer while building up the island in his Deep Sea, and reached the Bewildering Flower Sea. After seeing through its illusion arrays, he arrived at the forest beyond, which he recognized as the way to the Pure Land.

• Zhou Tong entered seclusion in a mountain chamber and endured the second Life and Death Tribulation of the Nirvana Realm.
• Zhou Tong revived, shed his old skin, and advanced to the Nirvana Second Layer, strengthening his body and expanding his Inner World.
• Zhou Tong traveled for a year, reached the Nirvana Fifth Layer, and filled his Deep Sea island with Spirit Veins, Spirit Peaks, ancient trees, and spiritual treasures.
• Zhou Tong encountered the Bewildering Flower Sea and recognized that its scenery concealed an illusion array combining the Natural Great Dao with illusion techniques.
• Zhou Tong resisted the flower sea's illusions, flew beyond its five-hundred-li expanse, and found the forest leading to the Pure Land.