Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong replenished his Deep Sea potential aboard the Ancestral Dragon Ship, then returned to Dragon Island to seek the Ancestral Dragon. After carefully crossing the Sacred Mountain’s deadly palace area, he reached the oasis where the Ancestral Dragon lived in seclusion.

• Zhou Tong absorbed the Ancestral Dragon Ship’s radiant essence for several days, restoring the potential he had spent and gaining some extra.
• Zhou Tong returned to Dragon Island and sensed that the Dragon Clan’s royal clans possessed realms at least as high as his own.
• Zhou Tong used the Ancestral Dragon Essence within him to resist Dragon Island’s suppressive power and hurried toward the Sacred Mountain.
• Zhou Tong entered a deadly passage near a palace and used the Dragon Clan Divine Ability to escape its connection to Death City.
• Zhou Tong carefully crossed the palace area over two hours, exhausting more than half his energy.
• Zhou Tong reached a lush oasis on the mountainside and recognized it as the Ancestral Dragon’s secluded dwelling.

Zhou Tong returned to Dragon Island and consulted the Old Ancestral Dragon about his path to becoming an Ancestral Dragon. He broke through to the Supreme Being Realm and perfected his Ancestral Dragon Body, but realized he still had to refine his inner dragon qi into Ancestral Dragon Qi.

• Zhou Tong entered the oasis, where young dragons recognized his Dragon King aura and scattered without attacking him.
• Zhou Tong greeted the Old Ancestral Dragon, who explained that he still needed to transform further after gathering every Ancestral Dragon trait.
• The Old Ancestral Dragon told Zhou Tong that reaching the Supreme Being Realm would perfect his Ancestral Dragon Body, but he would still need to refine his dragon qi into Ancestral Dragon Qi.
• Zhou Tong stopped suppressing his cultivation and began breaking through to the Supreme Being Realm, shaking Dragon Island with his immense dragon might.
• Zhou Tong shed his old skin and completed every outward trait of an Ancestral Dragon, but realized that his inner qi still needed to be refined before he could become a true Ancestral Dragon.

After Zhou Tong transformed into an Ancestral Dragon, Old Ancestral Dragon taught him the supreme Great Divine Ability of Six Paths Reincarnation. Zhou Tong rapidly comprehended and manifested all six paths, leaving Old Ancestral Dragon astonished by his talent.

• Zhou Tong refined his dragon skin into Dragon Scale Armor after his breakthrough, and Old Ancestral Dragon praised his cultivation and recognized that he knew of his presence.
• Zhou Tong explained that he needed to refine Ancestral Dragon Essence to unite his inner dragon energy with his Ancestral Dragon body.
• Old Ancestral Dragon imparted the Great Divine Ability of Six Paths Reincarnation, and Zhou Tong spent a month studying its six world rules.
• Zhou Tong manifested the Hell Path and then the Human Path, shocking Old Ancestral Dragon with how quickly he grasped the technique.
• Zhou Tong successively manifested the Animal, Heavenly, Asura, and Hungry Ghost Paths, while each rotation made the six worlds more detailed.

Zhou Tong comprehended the Great Divine Ability of Six Paths Reincarnation on Dragon Island and advanced from the first to the third layer of the Supreme Being Realm. He then transformed the divine ability into a domineering fist technique, astonishing the Old Ancestral Dragon.

• Zhou Tong compared the Great Divine Ability of Six Paths Reincarnation with the Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Merit and began mastering its principles.
• Zhou Tong manifested six black holes and visions of reincarnation as he cultivated the divine ability, impressing the Old Ancestral Dragon.
• Over the year Zhou Tong spent comprehending the art, the six worlds refined Dragon Island's energies and helped him advance to the third layer of the Supreme Being Realm.
• The Old Ancestral Dragon judged that Zhou Tong might contend with a weak Half-Ancestor and could defeat one after advancing further.
• Zhou Tong turned the Great Divine Ability of Six Paths Reincarnation into a fist technique, shaking Dragon Island and the Sea of Taboo with his punches.

Zhou Tong spent three years on Dragon Island refining the Great Divine Ability of Six Paths Reincarnation into a new fist technique while his cultivation rose to the Ninth Heaven of the Perfected Person Realm. He awoke with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist complete, as turmoil spread across Longevity Continent.

• Old Ancestral Dragon recognized Zhou Tong's potential to reach the Supreme Ancestral God realm or even aspire to the Heavenly Emperor's level.
• Zhou Tong dismantled the Great Divine Ability of Six Paths Reincarnation and steadily developed a new Six Paths Reincarnation Fist that also tempered his body.
• While Zhou Tong secluded himself, hidden Half-Ancestors breached Youchao Shi's Heavenly Palace, and Xiao Chen obtained a portion of the Nine-Part Stone.
• Xiao Chen later seized the Twenty-Four Battle Swords, Paradise Lost, and part of the Martial Mark's inheritance, while Keke was believed to have died and Xiao Chen fled into the Ancient God Desert.
• Over three years on Dragon Island, Zhou Tong's cultivation naturally advanced to the Ninth Heaven of the Perfected Person Realm, though only half his dragon qi became Ancestral Dragon Qi.
• Zhou Tong awoke and told Ancestral Dragon that he had completed the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.

Zhou Tong sought a way to strengthen the Dragon Scale Armor he would shed when becoming an Ancestral Dragon, and fused the Longevity Tree into it to make it living. He began considering whether the armor could later become his unconventional Divine City.

• Old Ancestral Dragon warned Zhou Tong that advancing to Ancestral Dragon in the Heavenly Connection Realm would leave his armor at Half-Ancestor quality.
• Old Ancestral Dragon described three ways to improve the armor, including making it a living thing with a tree of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood’s level.
• Zhou Tong showed Old Ancestral Dragon the Longevity Tree he had obtained from Ancestor God Youchao Shi.
• Old Ancestral Dragon taught Zhou Tong an artifact-refining method, and Zhou Tong fused the Longevity Tree into his Dragon Scale Armor.
• Zhou Tong sensed the living armor and considered developing it into a Divine City, while planning to create a sacred tree incorporating the Undying Wonderful Tree’s mysteries.

Old Ancestral Dragon warned Zhou Tong that time was running short, then demonstrated the true Six Paths Reincarnation at the cost of his life. As he fell, he named Zhou Tong the next Ancestral Dragon and used his remaining power to carve a path of survival for future generations.

• Old Ancestral Dragon told Zhou Tong he could soon enter the Earth Penetration Realm but would need many years to advance further, while the changing era left little time.
• Zhou Tong declared he would overcome any danger, then broke through to the Earth Penetration Realm.
• Old Ancestral Dragon unleashed the true Six Paths Reincarnation, shaking Dragon Island and drawing the attention of cultivators and Half-Ancestors across Longevity World.
• Old Ancestral Dragon told Zhou Tong that Ancestral Dragons never met in pairs and called him the next Ancestral Dragon before burning his body to empower the divine ability.
• Old Ancestral Dragon fell, and the Dragon Clan and Zhou Tong mourned as blood rain and other signs of grief spread across Longevity World.

After the Ancestral Dragon vanished, Zhou Tong entered one of the six worlds he had left behind and endured ten years of relentless battles against foes from his memories. He emerged at the Ninth Heaven of the Earth Penetration Realm, close to becoming a Half-Ancestor.

• The Ancestral Dragon left six worlds containing opponents and fragments of his techniques, each requiring ten years to complete, and then vanished.
• Zhou Tong suspected the Ancestral Dragon had left a remnant soul and vowed to stand with the Nine Provinces and give their Dragon Clan the True Dragon Treasure Art.
• Zhou Tong entered the first world, defeated its monsters, and learned that killing opponents revealed pieces of the Ancestral Dragon's incantations.
• Zhou Tong fought countless enemies, repeatedly suffered destruction and rebirth, and used the battles to hone his body, soul, will, and cultivation.
• After ten years, Zhou Tong reached the Ninth Heaven of the Earth Penetration Realm and came close to the Half-Ancestor Realm.

Zhou Tong destroyed one of the Old Ancestral Dragon’s Six Paths, refined his own True Dragon Treasure Art into a new cultivation method, and broke through to the Half-Ancestor realm on Dragon Island. After enduring the lightning tribulation, he completed his transformation into a new Ancestral Dragon and received an extraordinary stellar baptism, leaving the Longevity World’s Half-Ancestors stunned.

• Zhou Tong used the insights gained from destroying one of the Six Paths to perfect his Ancestral Dragon body and his own cultivation method.
• Zhou Tong transformed into his Ancestral Dragon body and broke through to the Half-Ancestor realm, sending terrifying fluctuations across the Longevity World.
• The Half-Ancestors sensed Zhou Tong’s breakthrough, while the old Dragon King recognized the emergence of a new Ancestral Dragon.
• Zhou Tong absorbed a day of lightning tribulation, shed his old skin, and completed his transformation into an Ancestral Dragon as ten thousand dragons roared in welcome.
• Stellar power poured over Dragon Island to baptize Zhou Tong, and the Longevity World’s cultivators and Half-Ancestors were astonished by its scale.

Zhou Tong became an Ancestral Dragon and advanced to the Half-Ancestor realm, then used the starlight gathered during his transformation and the Sun Emperor’s heavenly fire to forge his armor and the Dragon Clan Sacred Sword. He returned to Dragon Island at sunset with both weapons completed.

• Zhou Tong absorbed the starlight gathering over Dragon Island as it tempered his body and soul through the night, completing his advance to Half-Ancestor.
• At sunrise, Zhou Tong flew toward the Sun Emperor with the gathered starlight and the Dragon Skin from his final shedding.
• People across Longevity Continent recognized Zhou Tong as the Azure Dragon King and watched in shock as he reached the Sun Emperor.
• Zhou Tong tempered his Dragon Scale Armor in the solar heavenly fire and starlight, shaping it around a core that included the Longevity Tree.
• Zhou Tong used the remaining starlight and heavenly fire to refine the Dragon Clan Sacred Sword into an Ancestral Dragon Sword.
• At sunset, Zhou Tong returned to Dragon Island carrying his completed armor and divine sword.

After completing Old Ancestral Dragon’s six trial worlds, Zhou Tong reached Half-Ancestor Ninth Heaven and prepared to take command of the Dragon Clan. At the stump of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood, he discovered Keke’s seven-colored egg, signaling that the Longevity World’s reunion with the Nine Provinces was drawing near.

• Zhou Tong finished forging his Dragon Scale Armor and transformed the Dragon King Sword into the Ancestral Dragon Sword.
• Zhou Tong passed through Old Ancestral Dragon’s five remaining worlds, meditated after each, and reached Half-Ancestor Ninth Heaven.
• Zhou Tong visited the Dragon Clan burial grounds, paid respects at Old Ancestral Dragon’s tomb, and absorbed the Nine-Part Stone Man’s arm into his Deep Sea.
• Zhou Tong planned to gather the scattered young dragons and teach them part of the True Dragon Treasure Art.
• Zhou Tong found Keke’s seven-colored egg at the stump of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood and realized she would be reborn in about half a month.

Zhou Tong cultivated on the Dragon Clan Sacred Mountain while training young dragons, and Xiao Chen returned to Dragon Island and reunited with Keke. Zhou Tong revealed that he had become the Ancestral Dragon, gave Xiao Chen the stone man's final limb, and gained a major boost after receiving Xiao Chen's jade bracelet.

• Zhou Tong continued refining the True Dragon Treasure Art and teaching young dragons as Keke slept beside him.
• Xiao Chen arrived at the Sacred Mountain and woke Keke by promising her rare fruits.
• Xiao Chen approached Zhou Tong, who told him to address him as the Ancestral Dragon.
• Zhou Tong placed the stone man's arm into Xiao Chen, restoring all four limbs and forging a connection between them.
• Xiao Chen gave Zhou Tong his jade bracelet, releasing a Primeval Dragon's essence that empowered Zhou Tong and brought him close to the War Ancestor realm.

Xiao Chen told Zhou Tong about the crisis in the Nine Provinces, and Zhou Tong agreed to help him confront the experts from the Cultivation Realm. After they crossed into the Nine Provinces, Zhou Tong effortlessly subdued one of its guardians before Xiao Chen led him toward the sea.

• Zhou Tong explained that the Dragon Clan's seal would remain intact until an Ancestral Dragon reached the Ancestor God realm, then returned the jade bracelet to Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen told Zhou Tong about the Cultivation Realm's occupation of the Human World, Ruo Shui's possession, and Qing Qing's abduction.
• Zhou Tong agreed to accompany Xiao Chen to face the Cultivation Realm's experts, and the two used the jade bracelet to travel through a Space Passage to the Nine Provinces.
• A short, hunched old man confronted Xiao Chen, but Zhou Tong appeared beside him and pinned him down with one hand.
• Xiao Chen asked Zhou Tong to spare the old man, then led Zhou Tong toward the sea while the guardian wondered whether Zhou Tong was an Ancestral Dragon.

Zhou Tong and Xiao Chen arrived at Shushan Immortal Island, where they encountered Tai Hao battling Green Lotus Celestial Maiden. After she threatened Xiao Chen and tried to recruit Zhou Tong, Zhou Tong attacked her, and their clash left the surrounding sea and sky in ruins.

• Zhou Tong reflected on how the Longevity World's cultivation system depended more on heaven and earth as he and Xiao Chen crossed the East Sea toward Shushan Immortal Island.
• Tai Hao was blasted out of a Space Passage after keeping Green Lotus Celestial Maiden occupied, then returned to Xiao Chen and met Zhou Tong.
• Green Lotus Celestial Maiden emerged, dismissed Xiao Chen's demand to free Qing Qing and return Ruo Shui's body, and ordered Zhou Tong to submit to her.
• Zhou Tong nearly crushed Green Lotus Celestial Maiden's arm with a dragon claw, then attacked her again with a powerful punch.
• Green Lotus Celestial Maiden countered with her lotus treasures and four battle swords, while Zhou Tong's Dragon Scale Armor blocked the sword beams; their exchange shattered the space and broke the ice across the sea.

Zhou Tong overwhelmed the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden after revealing his full power and struck her with Six Paths Reincarnation. She was swallowed by the six worlds, leaving Xiao Chen's hope of saving Ruo Shui uncertain.

• Zhou Tong and the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden resumed their battle, and Zhou Tong remained uninjured while she grew more exhausted.
• Zhou Tong announced that he was getting serious and unleashed an overwhelming Ancestral Dragon aura that shocked the cultivators watching.
• Zhou Tong's Dragon Fist broke through the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden's four swords and lotus-platform defenses, badly injuring her.
• The Green Lotus Celestial Maiden begged Zhou Tong to spare her, warning that killing her would doom Ruo Shui's body, and Xiao Chen pleaded for mercy.
• Zhou Tong unleashed Six Paths Reincarnation, which swallowed the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden and drew her into its six worlds.

Zhou Tong used Six Paths Reincarnation to separate and refine the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden's soul, then found fragments of Ruo Shui's imprints in her body and restored her soul to the Sky Soaring realm. The chapter ended with Xiao Chen catching Ruo Shui's body and recognizing the familiar soul-power within it.

• Xiao Chen tried to rush into the Six Paths Reincarnation after Ruo Shui, but Tai Hao restrained him as Zhou Tong promised to return her body.
• Zhou Tong extracted the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden's soul and cycled it through Six Paths Reincarnation, but found no trace of Ruo Shui in the soul.
• Zhou Tong searched Ruo Shui's body and discovered shattered imprints of her, then poured the refined soul essence into them.
• Ruo Shui's soul-power grew to the Sky Soaring realm, and Zhou Tong stopped so she could undergo Nirvana herself.
• Zhou Tong refined the remaining soul essence to replenish his power, then the six paths vanished and Xiao Chen caught Ruo Shui's body, recognizing her soul-power.

Zhou Tong revived Ruo Shui, though she remained unconscious, and studied the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden’s cultivation memories before claiming the Heavenly Death Bridge. He left with Xiao Chen and Tai Hao, intending to visit Ancestral Dragon Village because he believed its primordial aura could help him become an Ancestor God.

• Zhou Tong explained that Ruo Shui was alive but might never wake or recover her memories, leaving Xiao Chen grieving over her condition.
• Zhou Tong gained insight into the Cultivation Realm’s alchemy, artifact refinement, and cultivation methods from the Green Lotus Celestial Maiden’s memories.
• Zhou Tong found the Heavenly Death Bridge on Shushan Immortal Island and drew it into his Inner World, making that world more stable.
• Tai Hao emerged carrying the unconscious Qing Qing, while Xiao Chen vowed to become an Ancestor God to restore Ruo Shui; Zhou Tong doubted he could do so in time.
• Zhou Tong invited Xiao Chen to visit Ancestral Dragon Village, believing its fundamental aura could reveal the laws he needed to become an Ancestor God.

Xiao Chen brought the comatose Ruo Shui to Ancestral Dragon Village, where Zhou Tong sensed the village's hidden mystery and warned Xiao Chen to protect it. Zhou Tong then examined the Martial Ancestor True Scripture and recognized its endlessly tempering martial path.

• Xiao Chen's parents welcomed Ruo Shui and promised to care for her, while treating Zhou Tong as their benefactor for saving her.
• Zhou Tong told Xiao Chen that Ancestral Dragon Village had unusual principles and warned him that revealing its secret could attract threats beyond Zhou Tong's power.
• Zhou Tong asked Xiao Chen to share the Martial Ancestor True Scripture, and Xiao Chen transmitted its contents to him.
• Zhou Tong studied Martial Ancestor's body-tempering methods and battle techniques, concluding that the path could break through without end.

Zhou Tong told Xiao Chen that the Primordial Eight Sounds in the Yellow Mud Platform might restore Ruo Shui’s soul, prompting Xiao Chen to search for it. As Zhou Tong comprehended the source laws in Ancestral Dragon Village, he broke through and became an Ancestor God, announcing his arrival with a phenomenon across the Nine Provinces.

• Zhou Tong told Xiao Chen that the Primordial Eight Sounds could repair Ruo Shui’s divine soul and were said to be contained in a Yellow Mud Platform.
• Xiao Chen recalled the Yellow Mud Platform mentioned in the village’s legends and immediately went to search for it.
• Zhou Tong told Qing Qing that he only wanted the Primordial Eight Sounds, then continued contemplating the source laws of Ancestral Dragon Village.
• Zhou Tong entered a state of unity with Heaven and Earth, and the surge of potential within him broke through the limits of his body and divine soul.
• Tai Hao and Qing Qing sensed Zhou Tong’s transformation as rosy light and auspicious signs filled the Nine Provinces, and cultivators recognized that a new Ancestor God had been born.

Zhou Tong became an Ancestral God and began planning how to cultivate the Dragon Clan’s divine abilities. His breakthrough drew the attention of the Otherworld Ancestral God, Shennong Shi, and Hongjun, setting the Nine Provinces’ conflict in motion as Zhou Tong went to face the incoming threat.

• Zhou Tong reached the Ancestral God Realm and realized he could cultivate the other supreme divine abilities left behind by the Ancestral Dragon.
• Zhou Tong considered how to combine the True Dragon Treasure Art and the Dragon Clan’s Great Dao with his understanding of other cultivation realms.
• An Otherworld Ancestral God sensed Zhou Tong’s breakthrough, vowed to kill him, and rushed toward the Nine Provinces.
• Shennong Shi recognized that the Old Ancestral Dragon had died paving the way for Zhou Tong, then decided to begin the False God Calamity early and lift the Nine Provinces’ seal.
• Hongjun anticipated that the Otherworld Ancestral God and Shennong Shi would act, and flew toward the Nine Provinces as the battle between virtual and real threatened to begin early.
• Zhou Tong sensed the Otherworld Ancestral God’s killing intent and went into the starry sky beyond the heavens to confront him.