Chapter Summaries

Ying Zheng defied the Heavenly Court and fought off the first heavenly-punishment spears with the Ancestor Dragon’s Power, but Cheng Xi’s Entropy Increase Domain dissolved the remaining attacks. The Eye of the Firmament paused to reassess Cheng Xi as an observer from deep space recorded the confrontation, leaving the threat of further punishment unresolved.

• The Eye of the Firmament unleashed nine golden heavenly-punishment spears at Ying Zheng and Cheng Xi, while Wang Jian, Meng Tian, and Zhang Han tried and failed to reach them.
• Ying Zheng awakened his Ancestor Dragon’s Power and used the Tai'a Sword to destroy the first three spears, but the impact wounded him and left him exhausted.
• Cheng Xi raised a gray-white Entropy Increase Domain that slowed and dissolved the remaining six spears and silenced the lower part of the golden tribulation clouds.
• The Eye of the Firmament registered Cheng Xi’s rule-interference ability as an extreme threat and requested authorization for higher-level heavenly-punishment authority.
• An observer in deep space recorded the entropy field and the Heavenly Court’s failed attack, recommending increased monitoring of Cheng Xi and potential chaos contamination.
• Ying Zheng recognized the extent of Cheng Xi’s power as Cheng Xi watched the still-gathering Eye of the Firmament, and the first wave of punishment ended without resolving the danger.

Cheng Xi blocked the Eye of the Firmament while trying to contain Gonggong’s Essence Blood, which Eastern Emperor Taiyi had remotely activated. Heavenly Court and Eastern Emperor Taiyi both tried to claim the blood, but a deep-blue ray from deep space destroyed the Star Anchor, leaving Cheng Xi and Ying Zheng wondering why deep space had intervened.

• A Black Ice Platform agent reported that Gonggong’s Essence Blood had escaped Mount Li and that Fan Yuqi had lost control in the secret prison.
• Cheng Xi deduced that Eastern Emperor Taiyi had triggered the Essence Blood and used a spatial labyrinth to trap it as it flew toward Yunmeng Marsh.
• The Eye of the Firmament targeted Cheng Xi’s arm, but he used Entropy Acceleration to disperse its dark-gold beam while maintaining the trap.
• The Eye of the Firmament formed a Star Anchor from the Kongtong Seal Phantom and used it to mark and drag the Essence Blood toward Mount Li.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi reached from the Mirage Pavilion to seize the marked Essence Blood, but a deep-blue ray destroyed the Star Anchor and forced him to withdraw.
• The Essence Blood hovered unstable as Cheng Xi and Ying Zheng stared toward the ray’s source, unable to understand why deep space had stopped the other powers.

Cheng Xi discovered that Lao Ai would lead a Heavenly Court-backed rebellion at Qinian Palace and warned Ying Zheng. They agreed on a counterattack, while Cheng Xi detected an unexplained ancient energy beneath the palace.

• Cheng Xi’s system predicted that Lao Ai would launch a coup in Yongcheng within 48–72 hours, with Zhao Ji, soldiers, and palace attendants affected by demonic power and mental interference.
• Cheng Xi analyzed the Heavenly Court’s involvement and hurried to Zhangtai Palace to warn Ying Zheng.
• Cheng Xi showed Ying Zheng the predicted attack routes and proposed an ambush, targeted strikes against Lao Ai’s forces, protective talismans, disruption arrays, and measures to secure Mount Li and Xianyang.
• Ying Zheng accepted Cheng Xi’s plan and vowed to use the crisis to eliminate threats inside and beyond the court.
• As Cheng Xi prepared to leave, his Entropy Pupils detected a faint, ancient energy beneath Qinian Palace that he could not identify.

Ying Zheng explained why he planned to hold his coming-of-age ceremony in Yongcheng, and he and Cheng Xi prepared for the dangers of the terrain and the Rebel Army. Cheng Xi discovered a sealed ancient anomaly beneath Qinian Palace, which began to emerge when a hall collapsed and black mist killed several attendants.

• Ying Zheng told Cheng Xi that the ceremony in Yongcheng could awaken Qin’s fortune and the Ancestor Dragon’s Power, making the location central to his enemies’ plans.
• Cheng Xi analyzed Yongcheng’s terrain and found it favored an encircling attack, while he and Ying Zheng planned ambush positions, interception points, and retreat routes.
• Cheng Xi detected a law-level barrier beneath Qinian Palace and traced its residual energies to ancient Zhou sacrifices, resentment, and an unfamiliar earth-path resonance.
• Cheng Xi warned Ying Zheng that a sealed and uncontrollable threat might erupt during the chaos, and Ying Zheng vowed to crush it.
• A palace official reported that a southeastern side hall of Qinian Palace had collapsed, revealing an underground cave from which black mist emerged and killed several attendants.

Cheng Xi secretly led Black Ice Platform elites into Yong City to investigate the ominous cave and found a sealed Dragon’s Grudge Egg formed from the Western Zhou’s destruction. He discovered tiny scales bearing a familiar Heavenly Court aura embedded in the egg, suggesting someone had tampered with the seal to hasten its hatching.

• Ying Zheng kept his public journey to Yong City unchanged and ordered Cheng Xi to investigate the cave covertly with Black Ice Platform forces.
• Cheng Xi used his Entropy Pupils to plan the mission and led an elite team into Yong City by night, where they secured the cave entrance and established barriers.
• Cheng Xi led five companions deep underground, where his scans detected vengeful energy, distortions, and fragments recalling the fall of the Western Zhou.
• The team found a massive dragon skeleton bound by bronze chains, sheltering a pulsing black egg that Cheng Xi identified as an extremely dangerous Dragon’s Grudge Egg.
• An expelled Yin Yang School disciple noticed tiny Dark Gold scales embedded in the egg, and Cheng Xi detected a faint Heavenly Court aura on them.

Cheng Xi discovered that the Heavenly Court had planted scales inside the Dragon's Grudge Egg to accelerate its hatching and record any interference. He restrained the egg with an Entropy Imprisonment formation, but the scales triggered its awakening and alerted the Heavenly Court, leaving the danger contained but more urgent.

• Cheng Xi scanned the dark gold scales and learned they were Heavenly Court creations implanted 120–150 years earlier to catalyze the Dragon's Grudge Egg and record the cave's conditions.
• Cheng Xi assessed that the Demon Suppressing Chains were failing and chose to imprison the egg rather than risk reinforcing or destroying it.
• Cheng Xi constructed an Entropy Imprisonment formation that slowed the egg and temporarily blocked the scales' catalytic effect.
• The scales triggered a hidden reverse-injection protocol, awakening the egg's inner power and destabilizing Cheng Xi's formation.
• Cheng Xi intercepted the scales' attempted transmission toward Yunmeng Marsh, but concluded the Heavenly Court had sensed the disturbance and might intervene earlier in Yongcheng.

After Cheng Xi reported the Underground Cave’s grudge dragon egg and Heavenly Court plot, Ying Zheng revised his plans for the Yongcheng crisis and set traps for both Lao Ai and the Heavenly Court. Eastern Emperor Taiyi chose to let Lao Ai test them first as the coming-of-age ceremony approached.

• Cheng Xi told Ying Zheng that destroying the grudge dragon egg risked detonating it, so Ying Zheng ordered it contained while he dealt with the rebellion.
• Cheng Xi recalculated the plan, recommending hidden troops and specialists to guard the Underground Cave, countermeasures against Heavenly Court intervention, secrecy, and bait to draw out the enemy.
• Ying Zheng accepted the revised plan and ordered his forces to prepare for the coming conflict.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi discovered that Cheng Xi had intercepted the Dark Scale’s signal and imprisoned the egg, then ordered his forces to observe and let Lao Ai test Ying Zheng first.
• As the coming-of-age ceremony preparations continued in Yongcheng, Lao Ai’s spies made their final arrangements while Ying Zheng, Cheng Xi, and the hidden Qin forces waited for the attack.

Cheng Xi created an Entropy Stabilization Rune Array to maintain the Underground Cave’s prison with less effort, but its resonance with the Grudge Dragon’s power cost him heart’s blood and attracted deeper scrutiny from the distant observer. With his combat strength restored, he prepared to eliminate the rebellion nodes in Yongcheng while protecting the emperor and civilians.

• Cheng Xi inscribed thirty-six entropy runes onto Spirit Jade Slices and installed them at key nodes of the Entropy Imprisonment Array, reducing his maintenance burden by 71.3%.
• The new array resonated with the Grudge Dragon’s power, triggering backlash that made Cheng Xi lose a drop of heart’s blood.
• The deep-space observer detected the Entropy Rune System, reassessed Cheng Xi as a potential risk, and raised its monitoring priority.
• Cheng Xi surveyed Yongcheng, identifying Lao Ai’s deathsworn followers, the bewitched Weiwei Army, and hidden demons while noting Eastern Emperor Taiyi remained silent in Yunmeng Marsh.
• Cheng Xi turned toward Qinian Palace and ordered his personnel to eliminate the rebellion nodes, protect His Majesty, and minimize civilian casualties and damage.

During Ying Zheng’s capping ceremony, Lao Ai launched a rebellion, and Cheng Xi used entropy-based tactics and a powerful Chaos Force punch to blunt the attack. The battle reached a stalemate as a deep-space observer analyzed Cheng Xi’s new technique, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi remained silent at Yunmeng Marsh.

• Lao Ai exposed himself and signaled his concealed forces to attack Ying Zheng’s ceremony.
• Cheng Xi used his Entropy Pupils and Energy Threads to collapse cover, disrupt demonic talismans, guide loyal troops, and eliminate key attackers.
• Nine demonic evils revealed themselves, and a Spiked Monster injured Wang Ben as it pressed against Ying Zheng’s guards.
• Cheng Xi used Chaos Force to dissolve the Spiked Monster’s claw and part of its body, rallying the loyal troops and stalling the rebellion.
• A deep-space observer recorded Cheng Xi’s Chaos Force and reassessed him as a threat, while Cheng Xi saw that Yunmeng Marsh remained quiet and Eastern Emperor Taiyi had not acted.

Cheng Xi used Chaos Return to Silence to stabilize the underground Entropy Imprisonment Array while wiping out the threats around Ying Zheng, but the effort left him exhausted. A shadow sent from deep space began approaching him under a new Shadow Observation protocol.

• The Dragon's Grudge Egg resonated with the battlefield's killing intent and Chaos Force, overloading the Entropy Imprisonment Array and unleashing waves of ancient resentment across Yong City.
• The resentment drove soldiers and monsters into madness, while Ying Zheng's defensive line neared collapse and the grudge egg's seal threatened to fail.
• Cheng Xi split his Chaos Force between reinforcing the underground array and forming entropy spikes that erased the threats surrounding Ying Zheng.
• The array temporarily stabilized and Ying Zheng's troops regained room to reorganize, but Cheng Xi's power was nearly drained.
• A deep-space observer detected Cheng Xi's weakened state, raised his threat level, and sent a faint shadow toward him.

Cheng Xi fended off the Shadow Observer’s attempt to penetrate his mind, and a faint Human Dao Kindling Fire drove the entity away. He received Yan Lingji’s urgent message that the Yin Yang School was attacking Zhurong Peak, leaving him to choose whether to risk traveling there while exhausted.

• Cheng Xi used layers of mathematical and logical puzzles to block the Shadow Observer from analyzing his exhausted mind.
• The Shadow Observer began forcibly breaking through Cheng Xi’s mental defenses, threatening to expose his core consciousness.
• A faint Human Dao Kindling Fire emerged within Cheng Xi and forced the Shadow Observer to abandon its observation mission and retreat.
• Cheng Xi sensed a vague connection between the Kindling Fire and Fire Cloud Cave, but could not trace its source.
• Yan Lingji sent Cheng Xi a message that the Grand Oracle and Lesser Oracle were attacking Zhurong Peak and that the defenders had suffered heavy casualties.
• Cheng Xi assessed the risks at Yong City and Zhurong Peak, then faced the decision of whether to use Space Jump to aid Yan Lingji despite his exhaustion.

Cheng Xi used game theory to choose a plan that sent him to Zhurong Peak while entrusting Yongcheng and its underground cave to Ying Zheng. He burned part of his origin to jump through space, leaving both battlefields vulnerable to Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s broader scheme.

• Cheng Xi calculated that neither staying at Yongcheng nor going to Zhurong Peak alone offered a safe path, so he devised a three-party strategy with Ying Zheng and Great Qin’s national fortune.
• Cheng Xi told Ying Zheng to suppress the underground cave with national fortune and Black Ice Platform support while Wang Ben dealt with the remaining rebels.
• Ying Zheng accepted Cheng Xi’s plan, used the national fortune to suppress the cave, and ordered Black Ice Platform experts to reinforce it.
• Cheng Xi burned three percent of his Chaos Origin to force a Space Jump toward Zhurong Peak, despite the risk of permanent loss and diminished strength.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched Cheng Xi depart and Ying Zheng occupy himself with the cave, believing the plan improved his chances of obtaining the Zhurong essence blood and Cheng Xi.
• A watching will recorded Cheng Xi’s origin-burning jump and noted that his actions matched a high-autonomy, high-risk pattern.

Cheng Xi endured a dangerous forced journey through subspace and arrived at Zhurong Peak as the Witch Clan’s barrier neared collapse. Though nearly powerless, he used a new technique to evade an attack and helped Yan Lingji briefly stabilize the restriction protecting Zhurong’s essence blood.

• Cheng Xi’s origin rapidly depleted during his forced passage through subspace as he fought off chaotic dimensional forces.
• At Zhurong Peak, Yan Lingji and the remaining Witch Clan warriors struggled to defend Zhurong’s essence blood from the Yin Yang School’s assault.
• Cheng Xi emerged from a Spatial Rift in a severely weakened state, and Grand Oracle immediately attacked him.
• Cheng Xi used Entropy Dimension Glide to slip past Grand Oracle’s blood skull seal without being struck.
• Cheng Xi identified weak points in the barrier and instructed Yan Lingji’s warriors to reinforce it with earth-vein energy and Fire Witch blood, briefly stabilizing the restriction.
• Grand Oracle ordered the Yin Yang School to focus its attack on Cheng Xi, while a consciousness in space continued observing him.

Cheng Xi survived the Grand Oracle’s Spiritually Connected Curse Kill by destabilizing part of his own divine soul, while his tactical orders helped the Wu Clan disrupt the Yin Yang School’s formation. The Zhurong vital blood awakened and broke the curse, but the enemy’s encirclement remained a threat.

• The Yin Yang School concentrated its attacks on Cheng Xi, and the Lesser Oracle’s Nirvana Leaves suppressed his Entropy Dimension Glide.
• The Grand Oracle used a Spiritually Connected Witch Doll to curse Cheng Xi’s divine soul, and he activated Divine Soul Entropy Defense to resist it.
• While suffering the curse, Cheng Xi directed Yan Lingji and the Wu Clan warriors to strike weaknesses in the enemy formation.
• Yan Lingji triggered the altar’s Flame Flicker rune, causing earthfire to disrupt the Yin Yang School’s assault.
• The Zhurong vital blood awakened, burned the witch doll’s red threads, and forced the Grand Oracle’s curse to recoil.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi reconsidered his plan as Deep Space Will recorded Cheng Xi’s survival and the vital blood’s increased activity.

Cheng Xi built an Entropy Bridge to guide the Zhurong Essence Blood toward Yan Lingji, allowing her to receive the Ancestor Witch inheritance and turn the battle against the Yin Yang School. As Yan Lingji struggled to control her new power, a hidden star mark launched a spiritual attack at the remaining essence blood core.

• The Zhurong Essence Blood awakened and began choosing an heir as the Witch Clan survivors resumed their ancient ritual.
• Grand Oracle, Lesser Oracle, and the Yin Yang School Disciples attacked the ritual, but Cheng Xi constructed an Entropy Bridge and guided Yan Lingji to send a resonant signal to the essence blood.
• The essence blood chose Yan Lingji, entered her body, and began transforming her with Ancestor Witch Zhurong's power and knowledge.
• Cheng Xi severed the bridge and guarded Yan Lingji as Eastern Emperor Taiyi observed her inheritance and reconsidered her value.
• A stray flame from Yan Lingji activated a hidden star mark on a damaged stone carving, which sent a spiritual attack toward the unabsorbed Zhurong Essence Blood core.

Cheng Xi disrupted Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s mental attack and reversed its information chaos through their karmic connection, allowing Yan Lingji to complete her Zhurong inheritance. The Yin Yang School fled, while Yan Lingji guarded the exhausted Cheng Xi and a deep-space observer upgraded its assessment of him.

• Cheng Xi used his Entropy Pupils to disrupt the mental dart’s information channel, preventing it from contaminating Yan Lingji’s blood essence.
• Cheng Xi sent the resulting information chaos back along the karmic thread, forcing Eastern Emperor Taiyi to sever his connection and abandon his spying.
• Yan Lingji absorbed the Zhurong blood essence, broke through to a realm near the Ancestor Witches, and drove the Yin Yang School’s forces from Zhurong Peak.
• Cheng Xi collapsed from exhaustion, and Yan Lingji caught him and used her Ancestor Witch Origin to protect him as he rested.
• A deep-space observer recorded Cheng Xi’s counterattack and raised his value and potential risk assessment.

Yan Lingji stabilized Cheng Xi after his battle and sensed that Ying Zheng’s suppression of the Ancient Vengeful Dragon beneath Yong City was failing. She left Zhurong Peak to help, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi welcomed the chance to exploit the conflict.

• Yan Lingji discovered that Cheng Xi’s injuries included damage to his Great Dao and soul, and she used gentle Ancestor Witch Power to sustain him.
• Yan Lingji restored much of the devastated Zhurong Peak and ordered the surviving witch clan warriors to secure the area and tend to the wounded.
• Yan Lingji sensed the Dragon’s Grudge Egg weakening Ying Zheng’s National Fortune Dragon Qi and feared it would erupt beneath Yong City.
• Yan Lingji left Cheng Xi a nourishing flame rune, appointed the Great Elder to oversee Zhurong Peak, and flew toward Yong City.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched Yan Lingji depart and planned to use the coming clash between her, Ying Zheng, and the Ancient Vengeful Dragon to his advantage.

Ying Zheng used the national fortune to hold back the resentment beneath Yong City while his body and dragon qi suffered severe damage. Yan Lingji arrived and joined him in suppressing the threat, but its core continued to gather power as Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched.

• Ying Zheng ordered the remaining rebels killed while continuing to restrain the underground resentment with national fortune.
• Ying Zheng adapted Cheng Xi’s methods to manage dragon qi and earth veins more efficiently, though the effort further injured him.
• Yan Lingji arrived and used Zhurong’s divine fire to purify the black qi and ease the contamination around Ying Zheng.
• Ying Zheng and Yan Lingji coordinated their powers to stabilize the earth veins and temporarily push back the resentment.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched their efforts through a water mirror and waited for the resentment to erupt.

Cheng Xi awakened on Zhurong Peak and learned through a faint mental link that Yan Lingji and Ying Zheng were struggling to contain the Dragon's Grudge Egg in Yong City. He devised a plan to convert the egg's grievance power into usable energy and sent Yan Lingji the key instructions.

• Cheng Xi awakened as Yan Lingji's Essence Blood and the Chaos System repaired his body and soul.
• Cheng Xi established a weak mental link with Yan Lingji and sensed that she and Ying Zheng were suppressing the Underground Cave in Yong City.
• Cheng Xi used the System to consider ways to purify or seal the Dragon's Grudge Egg but rejected plans that required too many resources or risked disaster.
• Cheng Xi realized he could use Yan Lingji's Essence Blood as a template and his Entropy Force Field as a controller to convert the grudge egg's power into Ancestor Witch Power or Earth Vein Energy.
• Cheng Xi sent Yan Lingji the plan and the cooperation it required through their mental link.

Cheng Xi remotely guided Yan Lingji and Ying Zheng in transforming the resentment egg’s energy into Ancestor Witch Power rather than destroying it. As the first part of the conversion succeeded, Eastern Emperor Taiyi prepared to intervene and stop them.

• Cheng Xi sent Yan Lingji instructions to use her Essence Blood and Ying Zheng’s dragon qi to build an array that would transform the resentment energy.
• Yan Lingji trusted Cheng Xi’s plan, and Ying Zheng redirected his dragon qi from suppression to guidance.
• Yan Lingji cast three drops of Essence Blood into the resentment egg as Ying Zheng formed a dragon qi channel around them.
• Cheng Xi used his Entropy Force Field to reverse-catalyze the resentment energy, turning part of its black flood into crimson vitality.
• The force observing from deep space detected the transformation and raised its threat assessment of Cheng Xi and his allies.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi realized they meant to use the resentment egg as nourishment and prepared to intervene personally.