Arc 17Merit and the Dragon’s Choice
Ying Zheng secured the Yin Yang School’s submission and unified the Central Plains, while Bai Yu’s role in ending the Fierce Beast Calamity earned him vast merit and frightened Ancestral Dragon. The story left Bai Yu in seclusion as the Primordial World prepared for the Dragon-Han Calamity, and Ying Zheng turned his attention to ruling Qin.
- Ying Zheng revealed that he had opened the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions and absorbed their National Fortune, then compelled Eastern Emperor Taiyi to submit and shared the Immortal Dao with her and Moon God.
- Shi Yaoyao returned to Myriad Worlds City with the Virtual-Real Spirit Mirror, and Sect Master Baiyue arranged for its research and the collection of Virtual-Real Qi.
- Bai Yu remained on Penglai Immortal Island as the Fierce Beast Calamity unfolded, while the innate races and divine demons purged the Ferocious Beasts after Shen Ni’s death left them without a new emperor.
- Bai Yu sensed Yang Mei’s mastery of the Space Great Dao, but Yang Mei fled into the Outer Chaos rather than risk meeting him.
- The Ferocious Beast Calamity ended with the extinction of the Ferocious Beast race, and Bai Yu received an immense pillar of Heavenly Dao Merit at the East Sea.
- Ancestral Dragon suspected Bai Yu wielded an Innate Supreme Treasure and considered moving the Dragon Clan south, but Candle Dragon warned that abandoning the East Sea would undermine their foundations, so the clan stayed.
- Bai Yu resumed his seclusion without refining his Heavenly Dao Merit, while the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans continued building strength ahead of the Dragon-Han Calamity.
- Ying Zheng became immortal, unified the Central Plains ahead of schedule, developed Qin’s civilian infrastructure, and built an army of one hundred thousand Qi Refinement cultivators.