Chapter Summaries

Li Tian defeated the North Sea Dragon King and revealed that he had come as the Human Race National Preceptor to protect the human race. The other Dragon Kings refused his invitation to discuss the attacks on humans, leaving their conflict with Li Tian unresolved.

• Li Tian knocked the North Sea Dragon King from the clouds with one restrained punch, stunning the other Dragon Kings.
• The East Sea Dragon King questioned Li Tian, who said he bore no grudge against the dragon race and had come for the human race under an imperial decree naming him National Preceptor.
• The Dragon Kings recognized Li Tian’s reputation and debated whether to retreat from their pact with Haotian Shangdi or continue pursuing their plans.
• Li Tian inferred that the Heavenly Court had tempted the dragon race with divine offices and merit to wash away its accumulated karmic sins.
• Li Tian invited the Dragon Kings to the human race’s sacred land to discuss the calamities, but the three sea kings declined.
• The North Sea Dragon King recovered and considered Zu Long’s seal, while Li Tian remained confident that Zu Long could not surpass him.

Li Tian confronted the Four Sea Dragon Kings over the Dragon Race’s role in the Human Race’s disasters and demanded they explain themselves at the Human Race’s sacred land. When the Dragon Kings attacked, Li Tian met their true forms head-on and battered them with his fists.

• Li Tian rejected the East Sea Dragon King’s refusal to accompany him and demanded an account of the Dragon Race’s part in the Human Race’s calamities.
• The Four Sea Dragon Kings challenged Li Tian, and he stood firm despite their display of dragon might.
• The North, West, and South Sea Dragon Kings urged the East Sea Dragon King to fight, and he agreed to unleash their true dragon forms.
• The Four Sea Dragon Kings transformed and attacked Li Tian together.
• Li Tian charged into the dragons’ assault, shattered their scales, and sent dragon blood raining across the sky.

Li Tian pursued the Four Sea Dragon Kings and blocked their escape to the East Sea, forcing them to choose between surrender and a desperate fight. Seeing their resolve, he considered that the dragon clan might still be worth bringing under his command.

• The injured Four Sea Dragon Kings fled toward the East Sea Dragon Palace while the West Sea Dragon King asked the East Sea Dragon King who Li Tian was.
• The East Sea Dragon King urged his brothers to reach the palace and, if necessary, beg their secluded forebears for help.
• Li Tian sealed off the East Sea, and the Four Sea Dragon Kings crashed into the barrier and fell to the ground.
• The Dragon Kings, enraged by the public humiliation, resolved to fight Li Tian to the death rather than let the dragon clan lose face.
• Li Tian recognized the dragon clan’s remaining pride and bloodfire and considered bringing them under his command.

The Four Sea Dragon Kings activated the Four Sea True Dragon Grand Array against Li Tian, drawing strength from dragon-descended bloodlines across the East Sea. Li Tian chose to withstand the formation and test its power, leaving the kings furious when their escalating attacks failed to shake him.

• The Four Sea Dragon Kings activated the Four Sea True Dragon Grand Array, awakening dragon bloodlines throughout the East Sea and sealing Li Tian inside an isolated realm.
• Li Tian recognized the array as a rare high-grade innate grand array and chose to study its mysteries rather than escape.
• The formation unleashed an attack with power approaching the Half-step Quasi-Saint level.
• Li Tian deflected the formation's assaults with his dharma power and a pale green barrier, remaining unharmed as the Four Sea Dragon Kings burned with fury.

The Four Sea Dragon Kings unleashed twelve Ocean-Settling Divine Pearls, transforming their formation into the Ocean-Settling Dragon-Overturning Grand Array around Li Tian. Li Tian recognized the pearls’ origins and resolved to claim them, while the Dragon Kings powered up the killing formation to crush him.

• The North Sea Dragon King urged the East Sea Dragon King to use their clan’s hidden treasure and the Origin Power of the Four Seas against Li Tian.
• The East Sea Dragon King agreed, and the Four Sea Dragon Kings summoned twelve Ocean-Settling Divine Pearls to strengthen their formation.
• Li Tian recognized the pearls as treasures of the same origin as the twenty-four once wielded by Zhao Gongming and recalled their legendary history.
• Li Tian resolved to reclaim the pearls and considered how their power could strengthen his allies and settle old debts with the Buddhist Sect.
• The pearls and the Dragon Kings’ power transformed the formation into the Ocean-Settling Dragon-Overturning Grand Array, and the Dragon Kings took their positions to unleash it against Li Tian.

Li Tian battered the Dragon Race’s Ocean-Settling Dragon-Overturning Grand Array until the Four Sea Dragon Kings faced defeat. The East Sea Dragon King revealed the Dragon Race’s sealed trump card, the Zu Long Pearl, whose arrival made Li Tian recognize the danger.

• Li Tian’s attack pierced the grand array and grievously injured the Four Sea Dragon Kings.
• The East Sea Dragon King considered awakening the Dragon Race’s ancient ancestors, then chose to reveal the clan’s sealed treasure instead.
• The East Sea Dragon King transformed into a true dragon, signaled his brothers to hold the formation, and summoned the Zu Long Pearl with his life-bound essence blood.
• The Zu Long Pearl’s aura overwhelmed beings with dragon blood and caused Li Tian to stop breaking the formation.
• Li Tian recognized the Zu Long Pearl as a half-step Innate Supreme Treasure bound to the Dragon Race’s fortune.

The East Sea Dragon King revealed the Zu Long Pearl and sent it crashing toward Li Tian to protect the Dragon Race, but Li Tian countered with the Green Ping Sword. Their treasures clashed above the East Sea, leaving the Dragon King stunned by the sword’s power.

• The East Sea Dragon King unveiled the Zu Long Pearl, exposing the Dragon Race’s hidden trump card and drawing the attention of ancient powers and Saints.
• Fearing the pearl would be taken if he failed to defeat Li Tian, the East Sea Dragon King drove it toward him with overwhelming force.
• Li Tian summoned the Green Ping Sword and ordered it to fight the Zu Long Pearl without damaging its foundation.
• The Green Ping Sword collided with the Zu Long Pearl, and the shockwaves shook the Ocean-Settling Dragon-Overturning Grand Array and forced the pearl back.
• The East Sea Dragon King realized Li Tian’s sword was likely an Innate Supreme Treasure and wondered how one could have appeared in the Primordial Wilderness.

Li Tian broke the Four Sea Dragon Kings’ array, defeated them, and sealed the Zu Long Pearl before leaving the East Sea. As powerful observers arrived to investigate, he vanished with the Dragon Kings, while the Human Race’s Three Ancestors and Ying Zheng waited for his return.

• The Four Sea Dragon Kings sacrificed their true dragon blood to strengthen the Ocean-Settling Dragon-Overturning Grand Array, but Li Tian unleashed his Hunyuan power and shattered it.
• The Green Ping Sword suppressed the Zu Long Pearl as the Four Sea Dragon Kings were left gravely wounded and drained of mana.
• Li Tian sealed the Zu Long Pearl with the Green Ping Sword, stored both weapons, and took the Four Sea Dragon Kings away from the East Sea.
• Several powerful figures, including presences with Saint aura, arrived at the battlefield but found no traces of Li Tian’s fight.
• The Human Race’s Three Ancestors and Ying Zheng waited in the sacred land’s main hall for Li Tian to return.

Li Tian brought the wounded Four Sea Dragon Kings before the Human Race’s leaders and revealed that the Heavenly Court was likely behind the months of torrential rain. The East Sea Dragon King took sole responsibility to protect his brothers and the Dragon Race, leaving the others to cry out against his sacrifice.

• Li Tian returned to the hall with the injured Four Sea Dragon Kings, where Ying Zheng and the Three Ancestors recognized them.
• Li Tian said the Dragon Kings had caused the floods as pawns of a scheme likely orchestrated by the Heavenly Court.
• The Four Sea Dragon Kings realized Li Tian had exposed their secret alliance, and the Human Race’s leaders suspected the Heavenly Court’s involvement.
• The East Sea Dragon King claimed he had acted alone and begged the Human Race to spare his brothers and the Dragon Race’s descendants.
• The other three Dragon Kings cried out as the East Sea Dragon King prepared to bear the blame himself.

Li Tian offered the Four Sea Dragon Kings a chance to reveal the mastermind behind the Dragon Race’s attack, promising the Human Race would let the matter go. When the East Sea Dragon King refused, Li Tian proposed destroying the Dragon Race’s strongholds, leaving the kings to fear that their ancient bloodline could not withstand him and the Human Race and Earthly Dao.

• Li Tian privately shared a plan with the Three Ancestors of the human race and Ying Zheng to uncover the truth behind the Dragon Race’s crimes.
• Li Tian praised the Four Sea Dragon Kings’ brotherhood and offered to settle the dispute if they exposed who had orchestrated the attack and what they had been promised.
• The East Sea Dragon King claimed sole responsibility, while the other three Dragon Kings stayed silent, unwilling to give up the Heavenly Court office promised to their race.
• Li Tian declared that the Human Race and Earthly Dao should eradicate the Dragon Race’s palaces, islands, abysses, and sea eyes.
• The Dragon Kings recalled Li Tian’s effortless defeat of their strongest formation and feared their forces could not withstand him and his allies.

Li Tian threatened to exterminate the Four Seas Dragon Race unless the Four Sea Dragon Kings revealed the truth behind the drought and the Dragon Race’s actions. He concluded that the Heavenly Dao would not protect the Dragon Race, then unleashed killing intent that left the kings unable to move.

• Li Tian confronted the Four Sea Dragon Kings and said his threat to purge the Dragon Race was no empty boast.
• The East Sea Dragon King challenged Li Tian, but Li Tian insisted the Dragon Race would face the consequences if it had caused the disaster.
• The Human Race and Earthly Dao camp remained behind Li Tian as the Four Sea Dragon Kings realized the Dragon Race could not withstand their combined power.
• The Four Sea Dragon Kings refused to let the Dragon Race take the blame alone, but they hesitated to implicate the Heavenly Court and risk losing their divine offices.
• Li Tian judged that the Heavenly Dao had abandoned the Dragon Race and would not intervene if he slaughtered them.
• Li Tian filled the Human Race Sacred Hall with killing intent, freezing the Four Sea Dragon Kings in place and suppressing their dragon bloodline.

The Four Sea Dragon Kings confessed that the Heavenly Court had hired them to sabotage the Human Race’s fortune in exchange for divine offices, exposing the force behind the attacks. Unable to strike the Heavenly Court openly without risking a wider war, Li Tian formed a plan with Zhenyuanzi to reveal its actions and shift the balance of power.

• The Four Sea Dragon Kings confessed that they had secretly agreed with Haotian Shangdi to attack the Human Race in exchange for rain-bringing divine offices.
• Li Tian and the assembled leaders recognized that confronting the Heavenly Court directly could provoke other powers and endanger the Human Race.
• The Three Ancestors of the Human Race and Ying Zheng became furious at the Heavenly Court’s role in the destruction of Human settlements.
• Li Tian decided to ally with the Earthly Dao camp and use the Heavenly Court’s crime to claim the moral high ground.
• Li Tian contacted Zhenyuanzi through his Divine Sense and began arranging a plan to expose the Heavenly Court’s hidden hand.

Haotian brooded over the Dragon Race’s failed scheme and his plans to contain the rising Human Race, while resenting the Saints and Master for treating him as a puppet. Yaochi visited to ask about the Immortal Peach Gathering and check on him, offering him a rare moment of warmth.

• Haotian concluded that the Dragon Race’s exposure was unlikely to implicate the Heavenly Court, but he remained wary of any unforeseen evidence.
• Haotian considered how to curb the Human Race and doubted that the promised support from the celestial powers and Saints would arrive when needed.
• Haotian reflected that Master had chosen him as a politically neutral pawn and vowed to make the Three Realms submit to his will.
• Yaochi entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony to request the Immortal Peach Gathering guest roster and ask after Haotian’s well-being.
• Haotian concealed his anger and welcomed Yaochi, whose concern softened him because their long bond and marriage made her his closest companion.

Haotian and Yaochi celebrated the Heavenly Court’s recovery at the Immortal Peach Gathering, while Li Tian, Ying Zheng, and the Four Sea Dragon Kings arrived to demand justice from Haotian Shangdi. After Growth Heavenly King tried to bar their way, Li Tian knocked him away with one punch and warned the heavenly soldiers not to interfere.

• Haotian and Yaochi discussed the Immortal Peach Gathering and reflected on how they had rebuilt the Heavenly Court.
• The Immortal Peach Gathering began, bringing immortals and officials together to witness the Heavenly Court’s restored splendor.
• Li Tian, Ying Zheng, and the Four Sea Dragon Kings arrived at the South Heaven Gate to demand justice from Haotian Shangdi.
• Growth Heavenly King refused to let the group pass and threatened to suppress them beneath the gate.
• Li Tian struck Growth Heavenly King with one punch, sending him flying, then warned the heavenly soldiers to stand aside.

Li Tian and the Four Sea Dragon Kings reached Yaochi during the Immortal Peach Gathering, where gifts from the Saints’ factions demonstrated their support for the Heavenly Court. Haotian realized that his teacher had negotiated the alliance that made even Heavenly Lord Yuanshi send a precious Dao-inscribed jade, while Li Tian’s confrontation with Haotian remained ahead.

• Li Tian led the Human Race and the Four Sea Dragon Kings past the heavenly generals and toward Yaochi, where the gathering was underway.
• The East Sea Dragon King spoke with Li Tian, and the Dragon Kings showed closeness toward the Human Race instead of their former hostility.
• Daoxing Tianzun presented Jade Purity Sacred Jade on Heavenly Lord Yuanshi’s command, explaining that it bore the Saint’s insights into the Dao.
• The immortals reacted to the jade as a tangible imprint of a Saint’s Dao, and envoys from the other Saints’ factions presented rare treasures in support of the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian recognized that his teacher had secretly arranged the Saints’ support and concluded that only his teacher could have persuaded Heavenly Lord Yuanshi to bow his head.

Li Tian and his companions crashed the Immortal Peach Gathering, where Ying Zheng killed a celestial general and defeated over a hundred soldiers. Haotian confronted them, and Ying Zheng demanded justice for the Dragon Race and the Human Race, leaving the gathering on the brink of conflict.

• Haotian resolved to use the Immortal Peach Gathering to strengthen the Heavenly Court's authority.
• Li Tian and his companions entered Yaochi Sacred Land, shocking the guests and prompting a celestial general to order their arrest.
• Ying Zheng's snort killed the leading celestial general and knocked more than a hundred heavenly soldiers and generals aside.
• Haotian erupted with his Supreme Saint pressure after the gathered immortals condemned the attack.
• Ying Zheng told Haotian that they had come seeking justice for the Dragon Race's slaughter and the Human Race's severed bloodline.

At the Peach Banquet, Li Tian confronted Haotian and accused him of secretly conspiring with the Dragon Race to undermine the Human Race. The gathered factions began to distrust the Heavenly Emperor, leaving Haotian exposed before most of the Primordial Wilderness’s leaders.

• Haotian’s Heavenly Emperor aura clashed with Ying Zheng’s Human Emperor power as Haotian denied any dealings with the Dragon Race.
• The Four Sea Dragon Kings were revealed to have confessed after Li Tian threatened to destroy the Dragon Race.
• Li Tian accused Haotian of using Heavenly Court offices to obstruct the Human Race and undermine its fortune.
• Haotian rejected the accusations as slander while privately vowing revenge on the Dragon Race.
• The ancient clans and other guests grew wary of Haotian and considered resisting the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian realized that most of the Primordial Wilderness’s faction leaders had gathered at the banquet, making the timing disastrous for him.

At the Immortal Peach Gathering, Ying Zheng and Li Tian confronted Haotian over the Heavenly Court’s attacks on the Human Race. Haotian denied ordering them, but the Four Sea Dragon Kings testified that he had issued the secret orders and offered a recording as evidence.

• Haotian realized that Li Tian’s accusation had turned the ancient clans against him and threatened his authority as Heavenly Emperor.
• Ying Zheng confronted Haotian and asserted the Human Emperor’s standing, briefly overpowering Haotian’s imperial aura.
• Haotian denied directing the Dragon Race to attack the Human Race and promised an investigation after the gathering.
• Li Tian stopped Ying Zheng from replying and called on the Four Sea Dragon Kings to testify.
• The East Sea Dragon King accused Haotian of personally ordering the storms, floods, and other calamities, and offered a sound-recording stone as proof.

The Dragon Race exposed evidence of Haotian’s schemes, turning the gathering against the Heavenly Emperor and weakening the Heavenly Court’s standing. Li Tian demanded that Haotian answer for persecuting the Human Race, while Haotian recognized that Li Tian was using the scandal to strip away the Court’s authority.

• The East Sea Dragon King revealed a voice-recording stone that proved the Dragon Race’s account and implicated Haotian.
• Ying Zheng and the Three Ancestors of the Human Race watched as the Dragon Race openly broke with the Heavenly Court, while Li Tian kept his reaction inscrutable.
• Haotian’s rage briefly brought forth a trace of devil qi, but he destroyed it with his will.
• The immortal guests turned against Haotian, and potential Heavenly Court allies withdrew their support as Yaochi questioned his motives.
• Li Tian accused Haotian of persecuting the Human Race and demanded an unequivocal account before the assembled immortals and sages.
• Haotian realized Li Tian intended to destroy the Heavenly Court’s dignity and authority, and gripped the jade pillar in anger.

Daoxing Tianzun openly supported Haotian, invoking the Heavenly Court’s mandate and the threat of the Saints to halt the Human Race’s challenge. Haotian regained confidence, while Li Tian recognized Daoxing Tianzun as the man who had stolen his Immortal-Ending Sword.

• Haotian saw no safe way to seize Li Tian or detain the powerful guests assembled in the hall.
• Daoxing Tianzun rose and argued that the Human Race was defying Heaven by demanding answers from Haotian.
• The guests reconsidered their support for the Human Race, fearing the consequences of opposing a Saint-backed Heavenly Court.
• Haotian took Daoxing Tianzun’s intervention as proof that the Saints and Dao Ancestor would not abandon him.
• Li Tian recognized Daoxing Tianzun as the man who had cut off his retreat and stolen his Immortal-Ending Sword during the decisive battle of the Investiture of the gods.