Chapter Summaries

The Black Scale Race invaded the Brocade Banner’s Soaring Dragon Archipelago, while Thousand Blades City refused to help and hoped the attack would weaken the clan. Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan arrived as Song Tianyuan was about to sacrifice himself, and Song Changsheng began suppressing the three Demon Kings.

• Song Zhexuan ordered the Brocade Banner elders to seek reinforcements, while Thousand Blades City’s City Lord rejected their offer and waited for the archipelago to fall.
• Song Youlin and Song Youfu decided the East Sea Alliance would aid the Brocade Banner, and Song Youlin asked Zhan Tianxia to join the battle.
• Song Youfu told Song Jingrun to delay informing Song Changsheng so Song Tianyuan might die before the Patriarch intervened, but Song Changsheng learned of the plan while traveling to the archipelago.
• Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan answered Song Yuqing’s plea and hurried to the Soaring Dragon Archipelago, where Song Tianyuan and Zhan Tianxia were struggling against the Black Scale Race’s forces.
• As Song Tianyuan prepared to detonate his Golden Core, Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan arrived, and Song Changsheng unleashed his Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram against the three Demon Kings.

Song Changsheng trapped the three Black Scale Race Demon Kings in a Dao Rule Domain and overwhelmed them while Zhuang Yuechan supported him and Zhan Tianxia led the East Sea Alliance fleet against the sea demon army. Black Pupil sacrificed himself to open a gap in the domain, allowing Hei Min to escape into an awaiting sword strike.

• Song Changsheng used the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram and Spatial Power to trap Black Pupil, Black Surge, and Hei Min in a Dao Rule Domain.
• Zhuang Yuechan supported Song Changsheng with her Jade Zither as Zhan Tianxia led the East Sea Alliance fleet toward the core islands, breaking through the sea demons' battle formations.
• Song Changsheng used Golden Lotuses, spatial blades, and other divine abilities to wound the three Demon Kings, while Zhuang Yuechan's music disrupted their counterattack.
• Song Changsheng killed Black Surge and seized his Demon Core, leaving Black Pupil and Hei Min badly wounded and overwhelmed.
• Black Pupil self-destructed his Demon Core to tear open the Dao Rule Domain, and Hei Min escaped through the gap toward an earth-shattering sword radiance.

Song Changsheng and the East Sea Alliance defeated the Black Scale Race and saved Brocade Banner’s surviving clansmen, while Song Shouhe declared that the branch families would follow True Lord Zixu. Song Tianyuan died after asking Song Changsheng how he would treat the survivors, and Song Yuqing emerged carrying his corpse as the remaining elders gathered behind him.

• Zhuang Yuechan’s Yusu Sword struck Hei Min, and Song Changsheng emerged from the shattered Dao Rule Domain after surviving Black Pupil’s self-destruction.
• Song Changsheng entered Brocade Banner’s defenses and gave the dying Song Tianyuan life essence as the surviving cultivators thanked him for saving them.
• Song Shouhe urged Song Tianyuan to break with Brocade Banner’s ruling elders and declared that he and the branch families would honor True Lord Zixu as their Patriarch.
• Song Changsheng promised to spare those who followed him and punish those who opposed him, then joined Zhuang Yuechan and Zhan Tianxia in wiping out most of the Black Scale Race army.
• Song Tianyuan asked to see Song Yuqing and Brocade Banner’s elders, then died before Song Changsheng returned from the battlefield.
• Song Yuqing emerged from the main hall carrying Song Tianyuan’s corpse as the surviving elders followed behind him.

Song Yuqing negotiated Brocade Banner’s submission to Song Changsheng, who set terms for purges, equal treatment, and a century of autonomy. After the elders pledged allegiance, Song Yuqing and Song Zhexuan persuaded the gathered forces to recognize Song Changsheng as Patriarch, though Brocade Banner’s remaining troops still had to be brought under control.

• Song Yuqing asked Song Changsheng whether Brocade Banner’s innocent clansmen would be spared, whether its members could earn equal treatment, and how much autonomy the clan would retain; Song Changsheng set strict conditions and granted a hundred-year reform period.
• Song Yuqing knelt before Song Changsheng and declared Brocade Banner’s submission, followed by Song Shouhe and the surviving elders; loyalists who tried to flee or send warnings were captured or killed.
• Song Shouhe revealed that he had sealed the Space Teleportation Array and Communication Altar, while Song Changsheng urged Song Zhexuan to help Song Yuqing rebuild Brocade Banner.
• Song Yuqing addressed the gathered forces, condemning the clan leadership for abandoning them, and Song Zhexuan urged them to support Song Changsheng as the new Patriarch.
• Song Muyun voiced his allegiance, prompting the crowd to follow, and thousands proclaimed Song Changsheng their Patriarch.

Song Jiyuan and Song Wuji learned that the East Sea Alliance had saved the Soaring Dragon Archipelago and that the Brocade Banner’s leaders had rallied behind Song Changsheng. Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan then watched as Song Daoling fell from the sky onto Heavenly Dragon Peak, leaving the clan’s reckoning imminent.

• Song Jiyuan and Song Wuji feared the Soaring Dragon Archipelago had fallen, but Song Zheyan reported that the casualties had slowed and the East Sea Fleet still survived.
• A scout reported that Zhan Tianxia, True Lord Zixu, and his wife had helped defeat the Black Scale Race’s three Demon Kings, and that Song Yuqing and Song Zhexuan were urging clan members to follow True Lord Zixu.
• Song Jiyuan headed to find Song Daoling, while Song Wuji killed the scout and fled the Hall of General Affairs.
• Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan discussed Song Daoling’s likely choice and prepared to use a recording to win the clan’s allegiance.
• Heavenly Dragon Peak’s Defense Great Array activated, chains filled the sky, and Song Daoling plunged through the heavens into a crater as Song Changsheng confronted him.

Song Changsheng trapped Song Daoling and overwhelmed him while Zhuang Yuechan and Song Zheyan exposed Song Jiyuan’s lies to the cultivators of [Brocade Banner]. The recordings of the battle at the Soaring Dragon Archipelago revealed Song Tianyuan’s death and Song Changsheng’s rescue, leaving Song Jiyuan’s authority in ruins.

• Song Changsheng attacked the badly wounded Song Daoling, while Song Daoling’s Law Treasure failed to protect him from Song Changsheng’s power.
• Zhuang Yuechan warned the defenders not to interfere, and the Array Masters let the Mountain Protection Array’s attack disperse.
• Song Jiyuan urged the cultivators to keep fighting and claimed reinforcements from the Myriad Manifestations Palace had saved the Soaring Dragon Archipelago.
• Song Zheyan revealed that Song Tianyuan’s Soul Lamp had gone out and that the East Sea Alliance had rescued the survivors, exposing Song Daoling’s attempt to flee.
• Zhuang Yuechan showed recordings of the battle, including Song Tianyuan’s sacrifice and Song Changsheng’s arrival, and the cultivators recognized Song Changsheng as their Patriarch.

Song Changsheng captured Song Daoling after thwarting his escape, while Zhuang Yuechan stopped Song Jiyuan, Song Wuji, and other deserters. Song Yuqing persuaded the [Brocade Banner] to accept the Wangyue Lineage’s rule and became its Patriarch, as Song Changsheng declared Song Daoling’s era over and said he would be the first to stand trial.

• Song Daoling detonated the [Brocade Banner] Law Treasure to tear open Song Changsheng’s Space Blockade and escape, but Song Changsheng pursued him and captured him alive.
• Song Jiyuan and Song Wuji tried to flee through the Space Teleportation Array with the Inner Treasury’s treasures, but Zhuang Yuechan and her allies caught them and other would-be deserters.
• The East Sea Alliance fleet arrived, and Song Yuqing told the [Brocade Banner] that Song Changsheng had offered the family a hundred years of autonomy before equal treatment.
• After Song Mingshou urged Song Yuqing to act decisively, Song Yuqing declared that the [Brocade Banner] would serve the Wangyue Lineage and accepted the position of Patriarch.
• The [Brocade Banner] opened Heavenly Dragon Peak’s gates to the East Sea Alliance, and Song Changsheng returned with Song Daoling captured and announced that his era had ended.

Song Changsheng took control of Heavenly Dragon Peak after Brocade Banner submitted, uncovered the clan’s history of exploiting its branch families, and ordered a reckoning and a Grand Clan Meeting at Vast Peak. The chapter ended with Myriad Manifestations Palace elders Ling Xiao and Yun Xuan inviting Song Changsheng to visit their palace.

• The East Sea Alliance fleet took Heavenly Dragon Peak, and Song Changsheng destroyed the spatial gate to Song Minghuang’s isolated Small World.
• Song Shouhe reported that Brocade Banner had relied on thirteen branch families, whose Purple Palace Cultivators had suffered heavy losses in the recent battles.
• Song Changsheng ordered the fallen honored, a Grand Clan Meeting held in fifteen days, rewards and punishments prepared, and Brocade Banner’s remaining wrongdoers rooted out.
• Zhuang Yuechan found Brocade Banner’s vault treasures in Song Jiyuan’s spatial ring, and Song Changsheng sent them to the clan treasury.
• Song Changsheng reaffirmed Vast Peak as the clan’s center and directed that future clan meetings be held there.
• Ling Xiao and Yun Xuan arrived as envoys of the Myriad Manifestations Palace and invited Song Changsheng to visit.

Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan met the Myriad Manifestations Palace’s leaders, who warned them of a growing alliance between the Sea Race, Thousand Blades City, the Vast Sea Merchant Association, and the Thunder King Hall. After learning that the Soul Race might be controlling cultivators and that the Palace needed a Human King Sword, Song Changsheng concealed his knowledge of Bearing Abyss, while Thunder Elephant True Monarch asked to examine Zhuang Yuechan’s sword, [Yusu].

• Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan traveled to the Myriad Manifestations Palace with Ling Xiao and Liu Yunxuan after Song Changsheng arranged for the Second City Lord to guard the Song Clan’s affairs.
• Liu Yunxuan explained that the Palace Master and Grand Elder had summoned the couple, then Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan met Yi Tianzheng and Thunder Elephant True Monarch.
• Yi Tianzheng confirmed that Thousand Blades City and the Vast Sea Merchant Association had instigated the Sea Race attack on the [Brocade Banner] and warned that the conflict threatened Great Gan’s stability.
• Yi Tianzheng revealed that the Thunder King Hall had taken the [Imperial Seal] and [Human King Sword] from the Tianqin Cultivation World, while Thunder Elephant True Monarch suggested the Soul Race had controlled Thousand Sound Valley’s cultivators.
• Yi Tianzheng told Song Changsheng that the Myriad Manifestations Palace sought the missing Human King Sword, Bearing Abyss, but Song Changsheng denied knowing its whereabouts.
• Thunder Elephant True Monarch asked Zhuang Yuechan to lend him her sword, [Yusu], for a look.

Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan met with Myriad Manifestations Palace’s True Lords, who examined the [Yusu Sword] and gifted Zhuang Yuechan a [Dissolving Nascent Soul Pill]. Song agreed to teach Hua Yan the [Yin-Yang Great Dao] and accept her as a disciple at Zhuang Yuechan’s Golden Core Ceremony, then left with an unresolved request from Thunder Elephant True Monarch still pending.

• Zhuang Yuechan showed the [Yusu Sword] to Thunder Elephant True Monarch and Yi Tianzheng, who found that it held a fragment of the [Human King Sword] and a trace of Human Dao Luck.
• Yi Tianzheng gave Zhuang Yuechan a [Dissolving Nascent Soul Pill], which could help her avoid being bound to True Monarch Yusu’s Nascent Soul and preserve her future cultivation path.
• Song Changsheng agreed to search Qi territory for [Bearing Abyss] and promised to keep the [Brocade Banner]’s main force in the East Sea to defend against the Sea Race.
• Yi Tianzheng explained that Hua Yan’s failed Golden Core breakthrough had left her extreme yin power dangerously unresolved, and asked Song Changsheng to teach her the [Yin-Yang Great Dao].
• Song Changsheng agreed to accept Hua Yan as his disciple at Zhuang Yuechan’s Golden Core Ceremony, then departed with Zhuang Yuechan.
• Thunder Elephant True Monarch reminded Song Changsheng that he had yet to answer an earlier request, and Song said he would respond once he had made up his mind.

Song Changsheng reunited with his fellow cultivators and heard that the Dazhen National Teacher had divined a glimpse of the future amid signs of an approaching era-ending calamity. The group vowed to face the coming chaos together, while Thunder Elephant True Monarch wondered how much time they had left to grow.

• Song Changsheng declined to use the True Lords’ favor yet, saying he wanted to keep an extra path open, and left with Zhuang Yuechan to meet Ling Xiao and the others.
• Thunder Elephant True Monarch and Yi Tianzheng speculated that Song Changsheng possessed the Chengyuan Sword and used it to stabilize the Wangyue Song Clan’s destiny.
• Song Changsheng reunited with Ling Xiao, Gu Xueying, Baili Yuntu, and Liu Yunxuan, who discussed Zhao Yin’s disappearance and rumors of the Old National Teacher’s divination.
• Ling Xiao explained that the National Teacher’s reading might have revealed the future or caused him to suffer backlash, while Gu Xueying recounted past calamities and warned that another era-ending disaster might be near.
• Ling Xiao rallied the gathering to face the coming chaos together, and everyone toasted to the future and to living without regrets.
• Thunder Elephant True Monarch watched the young cultivators and hoped they would have time to grow stronger before the calamity arrived.

Song Changsheng consolidated control over the [Brocade Banner], punished its corrupt faction, and cut ties with the Vast Sea Merchant Association and Thousand Blades City. As the unified Song Clan's Grand Clan Meeting began, the assembled clans and allies welcomed Patriarch Zixu.

• Shen Xunyan learned that Song Changsheng had taken over the [Brocade Banner], while True Person Kuo Shui warned that the Song Clan had suspended its agreements with them and urged Shen to make peace before Song Zixu's wife's Golden Core Ceremony.
• Song Youfu told Song Changsheng about the purge and proposed public trials; Song Changsheng encouraged him to compete for the Patriarch position, and Song Youfu eagerly volunteered.
• Song Yuqing held public trials before tens of thousands of [Brocade Banner] Cultivators, exposing widespread abuses and winning public support against Song Daoling's faction.
• The Song Clan held its first Grand Clan Meeting after unification, and the assembly rose to welcome True Lord Zixu.

At the Song Clan’s first Grand Clan Meeting, Song Changsheng oversaw the absorption of the [Brocade Banner] branch and used a public trial to punish its leaders for betraying the clan. The meeting ended with the convicted elders executed and Song Changsheng’s authority firmly reasserted.

• Song Qingxi announced appointments for the [Brocade Banner] branch and presented detailed reports on the clan’s population, industries, and resources, including an unfinished Fourth-Tier Sky Battleship and a piece of [Deep Sea Sky Crystal].
• On the third day, Song Changxue began the public trial of Song Daoling, Song Wuji, Song Jiyuan, and the other prisoners.
• Song Daoling insulted the proceedings, so the law enforcement deacons forced him to kneel as Song Changxue declared him guilty of betraying the clan.
• Song Changsheng killed Song Daoling and annihilated his soul and True Spirit after the sentence was read.
• Song Yushi and Song Yulong beheaded Song Wuji and Song Jiyuan, while Song Changxue sentenced the remaining condemned elders to death.
• Song Changsheng warned the [Brocade Banner] elders to learn from the executed traitors and not betray their clan.

Song Changsheng completed the Brocade Banner’s integration into his authority, stabilized its leaking clan luck, and tasked Song Yuqing with restoring the clan and investigating the Treasure Bottle Sect. As guests gathered for Song Changsheng’s Golden Core Ceremony, the Myriad Manifestations Palace made a dramatic entrance, while Grandmaster Dragon Elephant’s arrival remained imminent.

• Song Changsheng ended the seven-day Grand Clan Meeting by assigning the Brocade Banner’s forces to three fleets and leading the clansmen through ancestral rites that used the Chengyuan Sword to stop their luck from leaking.
• Song Changsheng told Song Yuqing that Song Minghuang had taken the Luck Golden Lotus and was draining the Brocade Banner’s luck, then ordered him to restore the clan and investigate the Treasure Bottle Sect’s symbol.
• Golden Core and Purple Palace cultivators arrived at Vast Peak in great numbers, while Shi Potian and Chen Zhongfang discussed their slim chances of reaching a higher realm and Song Changsheng’s potential.
• Liu Yunxuan and other Myriad Manifestations Palace cultivators arrived and told Song Changsheng that Grandmaster Dragon Elephant would attend the ceremony with Gu.
• Song Changsheng welcomed True Lord Mingtai and the final guests before the Golden Core Ceremony began before hundreds of thousands of cultivators.
• A vast rift opened in the sky, and a Myriad Manifestations Palace warship sailed through it.

True Lord Longxiang arrived at Song Changsheng’s Golden Core Ceremony, publicly demonstrating Myriad Manifestations Palace’s support for the Song Clan. After Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan toasted the guests, the Sect Master of Qingtian Sect approached them, and Song Changsheng felt he recognized her.

• True Lord Longxiang arrived aboard a powerful warship and lifted the assembled guests from their bows.
• True Lord Longxiang praised Song Changsheng’s Dao of Yin and Yang and told Hua Yan to greet True Person Zixu.
• The guests speculated that Myriad Manifestations Palace supported the Song Clan, while True Lord Longxiang intended to deepen its investment in Song Changsheng.
• Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan left True Lord Longxiang to toast the other guests, and Hua Wujiang asked Song Changsheng to care for Hua Yan.
• Peng Zhenxiong asked Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan to discuss an important matter after the ceremony, while he explained that Peng Siying was in seclusion.
• The Sect Master of Qingtian Sect approached Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan with a toast, and Song Changsheng felt a trace of familiarity.

Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan discussed how to use a Dao Discussion Assembly to attract cultivators and talent to Great Qi and the East Sea. At the assembly, True Lord Longxiang publicly offered Hua Yan as Song Changsheng’s disciple, raising the Song Clan’s prestige.

• Qingtian spoke with Song Changsheng, while Zhuang Yuechan secretly tested her and found no Golden Core or obvious abnormalities, though her dharma power seemed unusually strong.
• Song Changsheng rejected Zhuang Yuechan’s suggestion to kill Qingtian and decided to keep her under surveillance rather than risk striking prematurely.
• Seeing the huge crowd gathered for the ceremony, Song Changsheng considered drawing loose cultivators to the East Sea, and Zhuang Yuechan proposed holding regular Dao Discussion Assemblies to attract talent and strengthen Great Qi.
• At the Dao discussion, Song Changsheng announced a special disciple-acceptance ceremony before the assembled cultivators.
• True Lord Longxiang explained that Hua Yan needed to study the Dao of Yin and Yang and publicly asked for her to enter Song Changsheng’s sect.
• Hua Yan bowed three times and kowtowed nine times before Song Changsheng, formally accepting him as her master as the gathered cultivators looked on.

Song Changsheng accepted Hua Yan as his disciple and began helping her overcome the flaw in her Nine Yin Body. His year-long Dao discussion at Vast Peak drew nearly two million cultivators and left the gathering with a historic wave of epiphanies and breakthroughs before True Lord Longxiang departed, entrusting Hua Yan to him.

• Song Changsheng's unexpected influence made Chen Zhongfang and Shi Potian reconsider the Golden Crow Sect's plans, while True Person Kuohai felt relieved that the Vast Sea Merchant Association had yielded to him.
• Song Changsheng accepted Hua Yan as his disciple, promised to help resolve her Nine Yin Body's flaw, and told her to remain on Vast Peak and cultivate.
• Song Changsheng expounded on the Yin-Yang Great Dao for three days and nights, after which more than a hundred Golden Core True Persons gave talks at the gathering.
• As the Dao discussion continued for nearly a year and the crowd approached two million, Zhuang Yuechan played music that prompted thousands of epiphanies and hundreds or more breakthroughs.
• True Lord Longxiang decided not to give his own sermon, returned to his sect, and entrusted Hua Yan's treatment to Song Changsheng.

Song Changsheng reassured Peng Zhenxiong that he would protect Peng Siying if her father died attempting to reach the Nascent Soul Realm, then faced a contest over leadership of the East Sea Alliance. He challenged True Lord Tiangang and True Lord Wutian to move him within three attacks, and Shi Potian began to test his confidence.

• Song Changsheng announced that the Song Clan had opened a Space Teleportation passage linking Great Qi directly to the East Sea, and many departing cultivators headed for Wangyue Market to learn more.
• Peng Zhenxiong asked Song Changsheng to protect Peng Siying and help her control Wanlong if he died during a Nascent Soul breakthrough, explaining that dissenting elders might threaten her.
• Song Changsheng promised to protect Peng Siying, and Peng Zhenxiong said he had left her a reward and information about True Monarch Tianyu's legacy before departing Vast Peak.
• Song Changsheng invited True Lord Tiangang and True Lord Wutian to discuss the Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect joining the East Sea Alliance, and he argued that its leadership should be decided by strength.
• Song Changsheng offered to resign as alliance leader if either senior could make him take one step within three attacks, and Shi Potian accepted the challenge.

Song Changsheng proved his strength by blocking Shi Potian’s full-force strike, securing their support for his leadership of the East Sea Alliance. He and Chen Zhongfang agreed to build a Demon Slaying Alliance first, and Song Changsheng proposed using his sermon and Zhuang’s music to attract other forces.

• Song Changsheng challenged Shi Potian to strike him, then stood firm as he blocked Shi Potian’s Shattering Heaven and Earth punch without taking a step back.
• Shi Potian conceded, and Chen Zhongfang also acknowledged Song Changsheng’s strength and accepted him as alliance leader.
• Shi Potian promised the Heavenly Meridian Sect would cooperate with the Song Clan, while Chen Zhongfang suggested renaming the East Sea Alliance and uniting the southwest.
• Song Changsheng proposed admitting the Heavenly Meridian Sect and Golden Crow Sect to the East Sea Alliance, then forming a Demon Slaying Alliance with forces from the Lu Kingdom Cultivation World and Great Yu Cultivation World.
• Song Changsheng suggested that his sermon and Zhuang’s musical performance could entice other factions to join the alliance.

Song Changsheng formed the Demon Slaying Alliance with Shi Potian and Chen Zhongfang, and the alliance’s shared luck caused the Dragon of Luck and [Chengyuan Sword] to stir. He then secured the Vast Sea Merchant Association’s East Sea trade channels, strengthening the Song Clan’s growing trade network.

• Song Changsheng proposed regular Dao discussion conferences and other incentives to unite Cultivation Worlds bordering the Cambang River in the Demon Slaying Alliance.
• The alliance’s formation drew a surge of purple qi into the Dragon of Luck, which grew scales and revived the aura of [Chengyuan Sword].
• Song Changsheng received Kuohai’s apology for the Vast Sea Merchant Association’s role in the [Black Scale Race] affair and demanded its East Sea maritime trade channels in exchange for joining the East Sea Alliance.
• Kuohai accepted Song Changsheng’s terms, agreeing to sever ties with Thousand Blades City and open the association’s trade channels.
• Song Changsheng arranged for the alliance fleet to withdraw and hoped Qingxing would return to help secure the East Sea.