Song Ankang

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Song Ankang (宋安康)
Alias(es)	Capital's Foremost Filial Son; Seven-Tread Demonic Venerable; Nine Peaks Sword God; Tang Family Old Ancestor
Species/Race	Human Race
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Tang Family; Chaoyun Manor; White Jade Mulberry Forest; Song's Workshop
Occupation/Role	Tang Family son-in-law and hidden Old Ancestor; Forest Lord; cultivator; founder and owner of Song's Workshop
Status	Alive 903
First Appearance	Chapter 2 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Inner Refinement Second Layer	28	Endures the backlash of repeated Organ Injury Fist strikes; his foundation and combat strength already exceed his nominal level.
Blood Replacement Realm	46	Begins transforming Qi and Blood Power, triggering Marrow Cleansing and a major rise in physical ability and aptitude.
Inner Refinement Realm — publicly revealed	70	Claims enlightenment during the Ghost Spirit battle as the reason for his breakthrough; Jiang Yunhe confirms his foundation is stable.
Two Suns Physique	100	Feedback from the shattered Childhood Purity Technique produces a second internal “sun,” greatly strengthening his True Qi.
Qi Nourishing Fifth Layer	103	Reaches the fifth layer of the Qi Refining Great Realm while refining Essence, Qi, and Spirit together.
Qi Cultivation Layer Seven	109	Surpasses Tang Quanli and becomes unmatched among the Tang Family's younger generation.
Qi Cultivation Layer Eight	122	Strengthens his will to the level of a Golden Core True Person while training the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture.
Mid Foundation Establishment Stage	149	Stabilizes at mid-stage Foundation Establishment; his strength rivals Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators.
Late Foundation Establishment Stage	155	His Childhood Purity True Qi becomes river-like, and his physique advances from the Four Yang Body to the Five Yang Body.
Golden Core Third Turn	196	Enters the Golden Core Realm and becomes one of the stronger Golden Core True Persons.
Golden Core Fourth Turn	198	His Golden Core energy approaches the purity and quantity of a Sixth Turn cultivator.
Golden Core Fifth Turn	208	His Golden Core energy matches or exceeds that of Seventh Turn Golden Core True Persons.
Golden Core Eighth Turn	249	Completes another major Golden Core breakthrough after resolving a Tang Family crisis.
Spirit Stabilization Realm	284	Uses Explosive Spirit Fruits and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to strengthen his Sacred Heart True Soul.
Middle God	317	Becomes one of the Human Race's highest-ranking cultivators.
Transcendence Realm	339	Reveals the breakthrough to the Tang Family sisters, prompting a grand family reception.
Body Snatching Realm / Seventh Grade Divine Being	404	Breaks through after bringing Qi Refining and Spirit Refining close to the peak of the Possession Realm.
Heaven Gate Sixth Level	438	Consumes seven Immortal Limit Pills to expand the limits of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
Heaven Gate Eighth Level	446	Raises all three core attributes beyond 81 points through continued Immortal Limit Pill consumption.
Half-step True Immortal	461	Becomes the first Human Race cultivator recorded with all three attributes above 100 points at this rank.
Sixth Grade True Immortal	628	Demonstrates True Immortal-level strength by defeating several Transcendents with single punches.
Five Elements True Immortal	652	Completes the Great Five Elements Tribulation and joins the upper tier of Sixth Grade True Immortals.
Gold County Magistrate / Fifth Grade Earth Immortal	692	Opens a 3,000-square-kilometer internal space and gains combat power comparable to a Platinum County Prince.
Comet Grade Heavenly Immortal	758	His Myriad Tribulation Comet stabilizes at ten billion square kilometers; he easily suppresses a Planet Grade servant.
Eighth Layer Half-Saint	817	Raises Essence, Qi, and Spirit to 80 points, becoming effectively unmatched within the Half-Saint realm.
Quasi-Saint	823	Comprehends the Devouring Rule and gains combat power sufficient to contend with some lower Saints.
Third-Rank Saint	847	Uses the Devouring Rule and Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse to rapidly improve his cultivation, skills, and rule comprehension.

Background / History

Song Ankang crossed into the body of an eighteen-year-old youth. His exceptional comprehension stems in part from integrating the original owner’s memories, soul, and spirit. The original owner had been physically frail but exceptionally filial, earning fame as the Capital’s Foremost Filial Son. 2 11 34

He entered the Tang Family as a son-in-law after selling himself to save his seriously ill parents. The Tang Family’s aid allowed him and his parents to survive at the time, so he regards the marriage as both necessity and repayment of kindness. His deeds were later recognized as second among the Xia Kingdom’s Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars. 630

Initially assigned to Chaoyun Manor, Song Ankang quietly cultivated the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture while managing the estate. He earned the loyalty of its guards, tenant farmers, and stewards through practical decisions, personal courage, and concern for their welfare. 30 60

After defeating Ghost Spirits threatening Tongxin Town, he became known to the survivors as the Seven-Tread Demonic Venerable. The townspeople regarded him as their savior, planned monuments in his honor, and helped search for him when he was presumed dead. 66 69 70

He later took charge of the White Jade Mulberry Forest, restored wages cut by Tang Quanli, and gained the loyalty of its workers. His stewardship of the forest and Song’s Workshop transformed him from a disregarded son-in-law into a respected Tang Family figure. 82 87 376

As his strength grew, Song Ankang secretly acted as the Tang Family’s Golden Core Old Ancestor. He destroyed the Fang Family’s power, protected the Tang Family from Prince Yinjiang, and eventually allowed the family to publicly use his name as protection while keeping his true identity concealed. 206 218 293

Under the identity of the Nine Peaks Sword God, he eliminated or subdued Demonic Creatures and Ghosts around the Capital, helping make Ancheng safer and easing pressure on the Human Race’s front lines. 271 272

His hidden influence later expanded beyond the Human Race. He subdued powerful Divine and Immortal beings, controlled multiple races and territories, and accumulated a force of Saint Servants, spies, and resource collectors while maintaining a low public profile. 620 691 847

Appearance

Song Ankang is introduced in the body of an exceptionally handsome eighteen-year-old. His appearance is repeatedly described as surpassing ordinary standards of beauty, while his cultivated physique becomes tall, balanced, and imposing. 2 13 88

• Possesses a “handsome enough to seem inhuman” face and a bearing compared to a celestial being. 13
• Has a tall, well-proportioned body with a noticeable masculine presence. 88
• Can alter his appearance and voice through disguise methods, allowing him to maintain identities such as Zhao Xiyu, the Tang Family Old Ancestor, and the Nine Peaks Sword God. 88 153 276
• His body-refining cultivation eventually gives him a physique comparable to or beyond high-grade Spiritual and Divine Artifacts. 193 253

Personality

Song Ankang is intensely pragmatic and survival-oriented. He repeatedly favors concealment, preparation, escape routes, and indirect control over open confrontation; he explicitly identifies with the “Cowardly Dao.” 271 703 722

Despite this caution, he is decisive and ruthless toward direct threats. He kills hostile enemies, cripples powerful opponents, raids hostile treasuries, and uses enslavement techniques to secure advantages rather than leaving future dangers unresolved. 167 279 280 385

He is also diligent to an extreme degree. Even after gaining wealth, followers, and high status, he consistently treats cultivation, combat power, and foundational stability as his highest priorities. 199 374 620

As a leader, Song Ankang is generous and attentive to subordinates. He protects Chaoyun Manor, restores White Jade Mulberry Forest wages, rewards capable workers, and gives Song’s Workshop personnel the conditions to prosper. 30 82 111 376

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance

Song Ankang’s defining advantage is the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance, which reverses the harmful side effects of cultivation techniques, pills, secret arts, and other methods into beneficial feedback.

• Converts injuries, weakened foundations, lowered aptitude, and other side effects into improvements to his body, True Qi, True Soul, talent, and comprehension. 12 155 261
• Allows him to deliberately cultivate dangerous demonic techniques and consume flawed medicines that other cultivators avoid. 208 252
• Enables rapid improvement without the instability normally associated with his pace of advancement. 102 404
• Its feedback is especially potent when techniques carry severe side effects, such as the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Emperor Technique. 578

Threefold Cultivation

Song Ankang develops Body Refining, Qi Refining, and Spirit Refining simultaneously rather than specializing in only one path.

• Body Refining — His physical strength, speed, senses, and defense become comparable to powerful artifacts and fierce beasts. 193 214 253
• Qi Refining — His Childhood Purity True Qi and later Immortal Qi possess exceptional purity, scale, and destructive power. 155 198 641
• Spirit Refining — His Sacred Heart True Soul supports perception, control, formation mastery, and resistance to spiritual threats. 284 404
• His Myriad Tribulations Seven Injuries Fist, Myriad Tribulations Boy Cultivation Technique, and Myriad Tribulations Sacred Heart Art form a compatible trinity. 630

Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse

This curse allows Song Ankang to devour enemies and absorb portions of their power, memories, skills, experience, and knowledge.

• Accelerates his cultivation, combat experience, comprehension, and secondary professions. 641 698
• Becomes substantially more effective after integration with the Devouring Rule. 847
• Lets him develop expertise across alchemy, artifact refining, formations, talismans, beast taming, medicine, poison arts, and commerce. 641 719

Spirit Control and Imperial Order

Song Ankang can enslave Demonic Creatures, Ghosts, cultivators, and Immortals as servants.

• Uses Spirit Control to suppress targets and turn them into Divine, Immortal, or Saint Servants. 261 385 620
• The Imperial Order can be implanted into a target’s True Soul after their resistance is broken. 364
• His servants provide combat support, intelligence, protection, resources, and control over conquered territories. 412 620 847
• Maintaining servants is limited by his True Soul Sea’s capacity, forcing him at times to release weaker subordinates. 385

Devouring Rule

After reaching the upper ranks, Song Ankang comprehends the Devouring Rule and uses it as the basis of his Saint-level power.

• Allows him to resist attacks from Saints despite initially lacking a complete Saint transformation. 829
• Enhances his ability to devour rule comprehension, cultivation, memories, and techniques from other Saints. 847
• Reaches 99.6% mastery by the time of Song Sanhai’s potential exposure. 864

Combat Arts

Song Ankang’s combat system combines overwhelming physical power with tailored techniques and deceptive mobility.

• Myriad Tribulations Seven Injuries Fist — A body-refining fist art capable of injuring internal organs and defeating stronger opponents. 12 306
• Evil Demon Sword / Evil Warding Sword Technique — His primary swift sword art, deliberately kept hidden when he first gained fame as the Nine Peaks Sword God. 209 271 622
• Treading Heaven Without a Trace — A movement technique used for evasion, infiltration, and escape. 28 633
• Heaven Concealing Earth Absorbing Scripture — Conceals his cultivation, modifies his voice, and strengthens his foundation. 28 247 622
• Blood Life Art — Trades lifespan and vital blood for explosive physical enhancement and attacks comparable to powerful True Immortals. 578
• Heavenly Demon Dismantling Emperor Technique — Temporarily multiplies his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, but normally causes catastrophic backlash. 578
• Size As You Wish — A divine ability that changes his size and greatly enhances his mobility, escape ability, and combat options. 585 679

Formation Mastery

Song Ankang is an all-around formation expert who routinely uses formations for infiltration, defense, surveillance, and battlefield control.

• Advances from a Seventh-Rank Divine Formation Master to Seventh-Rank High-Grade. 396 411
• Learns to operate the Capital’s Divine Formation Group and unleash ninety percent of its power. 396
• Later reaches near-Heavenly Formation Master proficiency and develops Saint-level array mastery. 718 847

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Two Dragons Sword — A Divine Artifact used in the feat that earned him the name Nine Peaks Sword God. 271 312
• Myriad Flow Armor — Seventh-Rank High-Grade defensive Divine Artifact seized from the Water Qilin; protects against physical and True Qi attacks. 364
• Mysterious Hidden Ring — Concealment and auxiliary Divine Artifact used for infiltration. 312 364
• Lightless Sword — Seventh-Rank High-Grade offensive Divine Artifact. 312 393
• Purple Dragon Helmet — Divine Artifact acquired from the Heaven and Earth Rat God. 312
• Nine Dragon Divine Fire Pearls — Seventh-Rank High-Grade Divine Artifact used for True Soul defense and offense. 393
• Rose Thorn Sword — Sixth-Rank High-Grade Immortal Artifact that complements his sword techniques. 620
• Lotus Crown and Nirvana Hood — Peak Sixth-Rank defensive Immortal Artifacts. 633
• Three Step Soul Chasing Needle and Soul Colliding Bell — Peak Sixth-Rank offensive Immortal Artifacts. 633
• Earth Penetrating Boots — Peak Sixth-Rank escape Immortal Artifact. 633
• Sky Splitting Axe — Sixth-Rank mid-tier Immortal Artifact obtained after subduing Great Belly Immortal Venerable Zhu Zhantian. 601

Relationships

• Tang Yelan — His first wife and the Tang Family Head; their relationship grows from a nominal marriage into mutual trust and support. 29 237 339
• Tang Mingyue — Tang Yelan’s sister and Song Ankang’s second wife; he marries into the Tang Family a second time to marry her. 519 520
• Tang Liuli — His sister-in-law and close bedside companion; she admires his hidden strength and frequently assists or teases him. 206 220 628
• Qiushi — His loyal concubine; she cares for his meals, safety, and daily life from his earliest days at Chaoyun Manor. 30 69 249
• Peng Xuan’er — Former Shengyun Tower courtesan whom Song Ankang redeems; she accepts his true face and concealed identity with loyalty and understanding. 147 153 154
• Dong Xinjie — His concubine and a key figure in White Jade Mulberry Forest; they collaborate on clothing designs, management, and cultivation. 117 206
• Tang Zhijia — Tang Family elder and former Old Ancestor; initially wary of Song Ankang, he ultimately accepts him as the family’s protector and offers resources in exchange for protection. 215 218
• Wang Yuliang and Hao Jiyong — Trusted estate and workshop managers whose work helps Song’s Workshop expand while Song Ankang focuses on cultivation. 30 376
• Divine Servants — Enslaved Demon Gods, Ghosts, Immortals, and Saints who provide Song Ankang with military force, intelligence, and resources. 364 620 847

Story Role / Major Arcs

Chaoyun Manor and Tongxin Town

Song Ankang begins as a seemingly weak Tang Family son-in-law managing Chaoyun Manor. He secretly cultivates, protects the estate, defeats Ghost Spirits, and becomes Tongxin Town’s posthumously honored savior under the name Seven-Tread Demonic Venerable. 30 66 70

White Jade Mulberry Forest and Shengyun Tower

After taking over White Jade Mulberry Forest, he restores wages, removes Tang Quanli’s influence, and develops Song’s Workshop. He also adopts disguised identities while visiting Shengyun Tower, where he becomes connected to Peng Xuan’er and gains renown for his poetry. 82 91 153

Hidden Golden Core Old Ancestor

Song Ankang secretly eliminates threats to the Tang Family, including the Fang Family, Prince Yinjiang, and the Pingyao King’s Mansion. These actions establish him as the Tang Family’s hidden Golden Core Old Ancestor. 206 218 279

Nine Peaks Sword God

He cleanses the Capital’s surroundings of Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, earning fame as the Nine Peaks Sword God. The public and Imperial Court treat him as a potential savior of the Capital, unaware that he has hidden much of his actual combat ability. 271 272

Divine and Immortal Expansion

Song Ankang builds an army of Divine Servants, clears forbidden regions, acquires Divine Artifacts, and advances through the Divine Being and True Immortal realms. He gradually brings races, territories, and powerful experts under hidden control. 364 412 620

Earth Immortal to Saint Conquests

After reaching the Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal ranks, Song Ankang expands his territory, protects an enormous family, and continues devouring stronger opponents. As a Saint, he uses the Devouring Rule, Saint Servants, and spies to prepare for the subjugation of additional Super Races. 691 758 847

Trivia

• Song Ankang’s original reputation as the Capital’s Foremost Filial Son predates his cultivation career. 11
• Tongxin Town’s survivors created the title “Seven-Tread Demonic Venerable” without knowing his name. 66
• His later title, “Nine Peaks Sword God,” comes from cleaving a Seventh-Grade Lower-Rank Demon God with the Two Dragons Sword. 271
• He deliberately revealed only a fraction of his power during the feat that made him famous as the Nine Peaks Sword God. 271
• Song Ankang’s true identity as the Tang Family’s son-in-law causes more public astonishment than several of his hidden identities. 457
• He establishes low-profile conduct as a major Song Family principle, causing many descendants to underestimate how powerful he truly is. 722