Chapter Summaries

Bai Yujun learned from Old Black Tortoise that some dragons may have survived the Dragon Court’s fall, and that the Empress and her dragon spear were tied to the lost history. She began considering how to confront the hidden powers shaping the world, then identified imprisoned ferocious beasts as potential allies, though it was not yet time to release them.

• Old Black Tortoise recounted the Dragon Court’s war against the Gods and Devils and said surviving dragons might still exist.
• Old Black Tortoise revealed that the Empress could truly see the past and future, and that her famed dragon spear was now with Bai Yujun.
• Bai Yujun inferred that ancient enemies of the Dragon Court might still be alive and suggested the hidden Saints could be among them.
• Bai Yujun proposed that Old Black Tortoise leave the deserted island with her, but he directed her toward ferocious beasts imprisoned by the Heavenly Court.
• Bai Yujun decided the imprisoned scoundrels could make useful allies, then calculated that it was not yet time to release them.

Bai Yujun visited Old Black Tortoise to ask about an ancient rubbing scroll, and he identified a location by combining maps of the Ancient Desolate Period and the present. After searching for more than three years, she reached a remote mountain forest where an unseen pull drew her onward.

• Bai Yujun questioned Old Black Tortoise about his caution during calamities, and he explained how ancient creatures survived by hiding and avoiding danger.
• Bai Yujun showed Old Black Tortoise an ancient rubbing scroll, and after three days he recognized the place and marked its location on Thousand-Year Kelp.
• Bai Yujun left the island with the marked route, while Old Black Tortoise returned to his cave to wait out the storm and calamity.
• Bai Yujun spent more than three years following the incomplete maps until she entered a remote Savage Mountain Forest.
• Bai Yujun felt drawn deeper into the forest, landed hard in a crater, and walked onward, sensing that the place was familiar.

Bai Yujun explored a hidden valley connected to the sea, following a familiar pull to an old household depicted in a mural. Using her innate gift to view the past, she discovered two familiar dragon-horned figures inside, one holding a swaddled infant.

• Bai Yujun climbed a mountain and recognized that its hidden range was connected to the Dragon Clan.
• She descended into a flower-filled valley that eased the pressure she had carried since absorbing the desolate world.
• Bai Yujun found a sea eye in a pond, confirmed it connected to the ocean, and followed a path toward a stone archway depicted in the Ancient Temple mural.
• At night, she activated her innate gift and saw the valley's black-and-white past alongside its colorful present.
• Bai Yujun entered a familiar courtyard and watched the past image of a woman holding a swaddled infant while a tall man looked on.

Bai Yujun entered an ancient Dragon Clan courtyard and discovered a vast inheritance recorded on dragon bone. As she read accounts of World Creation and ancient events, her cultivation advanced and long-standing questions found answers.

• Bai Yujun sat outside the courtyard through the night, reliving the ordinary warmth of the past before dawn erased the vision.
• Bai Yujun unlocked the golden dragon-shaped lock and entered the long-sealed house, where she found familiar furnishings and a small bed that stirred memories.
• Bai Yujun searched the shelves and recognized an ancient Dragon Clan text carved onto dragon bone.
• Bai Yujun read the bone's account of World Creation and discovered that understanding it improved her cultivation.
• Bai Yujun continued studying the Dragon Clan inheritance, gaining insights into ancient gods and events that answered many of her questions.

Bai Yujun studied ancient dragon history while Little Broken Ball World finished merging with the desolate world and began reorganizing its expanded lands. The chapter ended by revealing that the celebrated young genius Moyi was cruel to servants in private, despite his public image as a filial son.

• Bai Yujun read an ancient Red Copper Stele fragment through the day and deep into the night, gaining knowledge and advancing her cultivation.
• The desolate world’s final rocks and soil merged with Little Broken Ball World, enlarging it and prompting the Immortal Officials and Snake Demon Army to survey and manage the new territory.
• Bai Yujun drew her world closer through their unseen connection, then ate seafood by the pond before returning to her books.
• News spread that the young son of Moyi’s Governor was a heaven-chosen genius, while servants in the Governor’s Mansion lived in fear of him.
• The young boy ordered a slave punished for being too slow, then presented himself as a loving and dutiful son before guests as an old man watched from the clouds.

A mysterious immortal arrived at Governor Zi Qi’s residence amid miraculous signs and accepted Zi Can as his student. Zi Qi believed the visit confirmed his son’s destiny to help save humankind.

• A steward told Zi Qi that miraculous auspicious signs had appeared throughout his residence and beyond its walls.
• Zi Qi saw out-of-season flowers, golden lotuses, lingzhi, and a Brocade Bird as golden clouds gathered over Moyi.
• The immortal arrived riding a white Immortal Deer, and Zi Qi and his household respectfully welcomed him into the mansion.
• The immortal asked Zi Qi’s son Zi Can his name and said he hoped the boy would bring hope to humankind.
• Zi Can knelt before the immortal, who declined to make him a disciple but accepted him as a student.

At Back Mountain Retreat, the old immortal continued training Zi Can while Zi Qi sought advice about launching a campaign to rescue the people. The old immortal urged Zi Qi to rely on his own decisions and revealed that the Undying Phoenix and Dragon Clan could shape Zi Can’s rise, then prepared to leave in search of treasures for his student.

• The old immortal watched Zi Can study and reflected on his origins, the ancient Dragon Court, and the lost ability to Gaze into Past and Future.
• The old immortal concealed Zi Can from the outside world as Zi Qi arrived to ask for guidance on sending troops against corrupt rulers, warring lords, and evil ghosts.
• The old immortal told Zi Qi not to rely on Immortals, Demons, or Devils, and Zi Qi knelt in gratitude after accepting the advice.
• The old immortal confirmed that an Undying Phoenix lived in the sealed secret realm and held an item that could help Zi Qi succeed.
• The old immortal warned Zi Qi about the former lords of the myriad worlds and the Dragon Girl, then said he would seek treasures to improve Zi Can’s aptitude.
• Zi Qi left the retreat ready to pursue his campaign, while the Immortal Deer returned to eating Spirit Grass.

The Green Robed Youth searched the Divine Dragon Hall for a suitable Half-Dragon Demonic Beast after failing to locate the Son of the Demon Dragon. He chose a vicious young beast and brought it to Moyi, where he and an old man planned to use its dragon blood and spinal bone to improve Zi Can’s talent.

• A Brocade Bird delivered word to the Green Robed Youth that his Senior had agreed they could begin, and the youth set out for the border of the human race, the Demon Race, and Jiuli.
• The Green Robed Youth failed to locate the Son of the Demon Dragon, then entered the Divine Dragon Hall to find a suitable Half-Dragon Demonic Beast.
• After searching for three days, the Green Robed Youth seized a young, bloodthirsty Half-Dragon Evil Beast from the streets of the Divine Dragon Hall.
• In Moyi, the Green Robed Youth and an old man discussed using the beast’s dragon blood and spinal bone to improve the sleeping Zi Can’s talent.

Two mysterious figures replaced Zi Can’s blood and spine with those of a Half-Dragon Demonic Beast, leaving him powerful but strangely distant from those around him. Meanwhile, Bai Yujun continued her quiet life in the mountain valley, ending the chapter by washing clothes at a stream.

• Two mysterious figures drained the Half-Dragon Demonic Beast’s blood and infused it into the sleeping Zi Can.
• The old man and Green Robed Youth removed the beast’s spine, refined it, and implanted it in Zi Can before killing the beast and using its remains for nourishment.
• Zi Can woke feeling exhausted but unusually strong, while Zi Qi found him safe and sensed an inexplicable unfamiliarity between them.
• Bai Yujun spent her days reading and tending to her home, amused by a cautious little fellow who watched her from hiding.
• Bai Yujun carried baby clothes and bedding to the stream and began washing them in the afternoon sun.

Bai Yujun discovered Zhang Xiaoyuan, a young snake demon immortal who had been secretly watching her courtyard, and invited her to help with chores in exchange for treasures. She planned to take Zhang Xiaoyuan to the Divine Palace when Little Broken Ball arrived, leaving the two to prepare a harvest feast in the peaceful valley.

• Bai Yujun finished washing clothes and noticed Zhang Xiaoyuan hiding near the courtyard.
• Bai Yujun revealed that she had seen Zhang Xiaoyuan and learned that the snake demon had cultivated thanks to divine power leaking from the courtyard.
• Zhang Xiaoyuan introduced herself, and Bai Yujun asked her to tend the courtyard and harvest the rice in exchange for treasures.
• Zhang Xiaoyuan accepted the treasures and eagerly weeded, repaired tiles, and began harvesting the rice.
• Bai Yujun decided to take Zhang Xiaoyuan to the Divine Palace when Little Broken Ball arrived and called out for her to catch crayfish and crabs for dinner.

Bai Yujun invited Zhang Xiaoyuan to leave the valley with her, then witnessed a vision triggered by an image of the Nine Dragon Hair Ornament and secured an important wooden box inside the Little Broken Ball World. After blessing the frightened Zhang Xiaoyuan, Bai Yujun prepared to depart with her.

• Bai Yujun shared a seafood meal with Zhang Xiaoyuan and persuaded her to leave the valley for Bai Yujun's territory to improve her cultivation.
• Bai Yujun sensed that the Little Broken Ball World had returned and began preparing for her next step.
• Bai Yujun saw an image of a Nine Dragon Hair Ornament in a book, triggering Gaze into the Future and draining much of her divine power.
• Bai Yujun glimpsed herself wearing the ornament while standing at an immense height, then stored the carved wooden box in the Little Broken Ball World for safekeeping.
• Bai Yujun discovered that her leaked dragon might had frightened Zhang Xiaoyuan, blessed her to strengthen her fortune and fate, and told her to prepare for their departure.

Bai Yujun left her long-abandoned courtyard with Zhang Xiaoyuan and traveled to seek Erlang Shen, the Heavenly Court’s First War God. As they reached the Ninth Heaven, factions pursuing Bai Yujun hesitated at her destination, while she continued onward under the authority of the Great Seal of the Guardian Divine General.

• Bai Yujun locked her courtyard and left with Zhang Xiaoyuan, saying they would pay respects to Erlang Shen and afterward send Zhang Xiaoyuan to become an immortal official.
• Bai Yujun and Zhang Xiaoyuan crossed the rain, clouds, and distant mountains with her divine abilities, startling a demonic bird and a sect elder along the way.
• Bai Yujun and Zhang Xiaoyuan traveled toward the Ninth Heaven, where they encountered Heavenly Army soldiers patrolling the outskirts.
• Xiao and other factions moved after learning Bai Yujun's destination, but they stopped short of approaching Erlang Shen's territory.
• Bai Yujun continued onward without obstruction by relying on the Great Seal of the Guardian Divine General.

Bai Yujun brought Zhang Xiaoyuan and the monkey to a fortress near the Gods and Demons Battlefield, where her dragon might and the monkey’s reputation cleared the black market around them. After donning her guardian armor and displaying her seal, she approached the gates and refused to join the line.

• Bai Yujun led Zhang Xiaoyuan through the black market, where hostile gazes prompted her to release her dragon might and frighten the Immortals and demon beasts.
• Bai Yujun brought out the monkey, introduced him to Zhang Xiaoyuan, and took them strolling through the market so everyone would know she had arrived.
• Bai Yujun changed into her guardian divine general armor and hung the Guardian Seal at her waist, while the monkey carried his Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• Bai Yujun reached the fortress gates, ignored the waiting line, and began walking past it as she asked whose displeased gaze she had noticed.

Bai Yujun entered the Heavenly Court’s battered rear fortress and reunited with soldiers who remembered her from the battlefield. She promised to help resist the Demonic Beasts, giving the struggling old army a surge of hope as she considered how to save its veterans.

• Bai Yujun presented her seal and Heavenly Court Document to General Qin Wei, who recognized her from the southern front and recalled how she had saved his life.
• General Qin escorted Bai Yujun, the monkey, and Zhang Xiaoyuan into the fortress, where Bai Yujun saw the old army’s shortages, damaged weapons, and dwindling ranks.
• Bai Yujun and the monkey discussed the destruction caused by demons while they waited for word from the command tent.
• General Qin led the group toward the front-line fortress, and the soldiers’ spirits rose as they welcomed Bai Yujun and the demon monkey.
• Bai Yujun told General Qin that she had come to resist the Demonic Beasts and that the coming battles would change, then considered recruiting the old army’s veterans for her Snake Demon Army.

Bai Yujun, the monkey, and Zhang Xiaoyuan crossed the ash-choked Gods and Demons Battlefield to reach Three Mountains Fortress and Erlang Shen’s divine hall. As they arrived, Bai Yujun sensed that Erlang Shen was nearing a breakthrough, and the Howling Celestial Dog recognized her while the monkey took an eager interest in it.

• Bai Yujun and her companions traveled through the ruined battlefield, where General Qin Wei explained that the ever-growing number of Demonic Beast corpses had to be burned.
• After several Teleportation Arrays, Bai Yujun learned they still had half a day to fly to the fifth Three Mountains Fortress, then carried the monkey and Zhang Xiaoyuan there at great speed.
• The group passed through smoke and pyres filled with burning Demonic Beasts and arrived at the heavily fortified Three Mountains Fortress.
• An immortal general led Bai Yujun and her companions toward Erlang Shen’s divine hall, where Bai Yujun sensed that Erlang Shen was close to a breakthrough.
• The Howling Celestial Dog came to the hall entrance, identified Bai Yujun, and caught the monkey’s delighted attention as Bai Yujun entered.

Bai Yujun visited Erlang Shen and offered to help fight the evil demons, while he recalled his past failures and asked about her growth. She revealed that she was the Dragon Emperor of the Snake Demon Empire.

• Bai Yujun, the monkey, and Zhang Xiaoyuan entered Erlang Shen’s plain divine hall and greeted him.
• Erlang Shen recalled Bai Yujun’s earlier days outside the Lingxiao Hall and spoke of losing comrades after the Heavenly Court’s upheaval.
• Erlang Shen asked about the monster that had hunted Bai Yujun, and she said she could deal with it herself; the monkey eagerly promised to help kill it.
• Bai Yujun offered her strength to the fight against the evil demons, and Erlang Shen praised her resolve.
• Erlang Shen described the Snake Demon Empire spreading through the Small Worlds, and Bai Yujun admitted she was its Dragon Emperor.

Bai Yujun discussed the Snake Demon Empire’s strength and abilities with Erlang Shen, who recognized her power to send Immortals and gods into Small Worlds. She warned him that a major change was coming to the Gods and Demons Battlefield and could not be stopped, even by the Queen Mother or Jade Emperor.

• Erlang Shen asked why the Snake Demon Empire had no ascenders, and Bai Yujun explained that it ruled a vast territory in the Demon Realm.
• Bai Yujun said her empire had enough troops but lacked powerful generals, and she admitted that she could send Immortals and gods into Small Worlds.
• Erlang Shen warned Bai Yujun to use that ability cautiously, and she explained its limits and mentioned her replica Dragon Gates.
• Bai Yujun told Erlang Shen that an accident was likely to arise in the Gods and Demons Battlefield after the upheaval in the Heavenly Court.
• Erlang Shen asked whether the coming change could be stopped, and Bai Yujun said it was too late, even if the Queen Mother and Jade Emperor acted.
• Bai Yujun considered whether Saints could intervene and concluded that they would be powerless unless they had made arrangements in advance or held all living beings in their hearts.

Bai Yujun sensed the Great Upheaval begin as hellish evil energy erupted across the Primordial Immortal Realm, and Erlang Shen prepared the heavenly army for the Devil Race’s assault. Afterward, Bai Yujun and the monkey watched the burning battlefield, where she revealed that creating a ghost domain was only the schemer’s first step and that Zhen Bei could not come to help.

• Bai Yujun sensed the realm’s vitality fading and announced that the calamity had begun just before a vast wave swept over the hall.
• Erlang Shen warned that the Devil Race would seize the opportunity to invade, and Bai Yujun and the monkey agreed to fight.
• Erlang Shen summoned his generals to plan the defense while Bai Yujun sent Zhang Xiaoyuan to the Small World as an immortal official.
• Bai Yujun and the monkey climbed the fortress’s highest Beacon Tower and watched fires burn across the battlefield.
• Bai Yujun told the monkey that the ghost domain was only a means, then said Zhen Bei could not come and might be struggling where he was.

Zhen Bei continued working as a courier while the Special Department tried to recruit him amid the sudden worldwide auroras. After he finished his deliveries, he headed to a hotel to meet the department’s representatives.

• Zhen Bei watched a news report dismissing the auroras as harmless, then returned to delivering packages on his battered three-wheeled motorcycle.
• Advisor Hao and a young girl showed a young man in sunglasses secret files documenting Zhen Bei’s powers and travels to a high-energy world.
• The young man ordered the Special Department to arrange a meeting with Zhen Bei and said they might take action if he refused to cooperate.
• Zhen Bei ignored the meeting request until he had delivered his packages, telling Advisor Hao over the phone that he still had work to do.
• After finishing his deliveries, Zhen Bei rode to the star-rated hotel, hoping the department had prepared a good meal.

Zhen Bei met Advisor Hao and two others at a hotel, where they explained that a mysterious cosmic energy had damaged Earth’s newly revealed protective magnetic field. Zhen Bei vanished to consult the Dragon Warrior, leaving the others stunned by his apparent teleportation.

• Zhen Bei arrived late at the hotel after being directed through the staff passage, then ordered food and ate with the group.
• The girl explained that researchers had detected a strange energy fluctuation from space and an unknown magnetic field that appeared around Earth during the aurora.
• The girl said the cosmic energy seemed destructive and had damaged Earth’s protective field, while Advisor Hao warned that the danger of Demonic Beasts entering Earth was increasing.
• Zhen Bei decided to ask the Dragon Warrior for advice and suddenly disappeared into the Ancient Desolate Ten Thousand Races Battlefield sealed within his body.