Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang convinced Tang Liuli that the pearl’s Power of Extreme Yin explained his rapid cultivation, then gave her Defense Talismans for herself and her sisters. After she left, he reflected on his nineteenth birthday and his six months in this world, concluding that he had no desire to return to Earth.

• Song Ankang used Bai Jingyue’s transformation and the pearl’s Power of Extreme Yin to explain his rise to Golden Core Invincible, and Tang Liuli accepted the explanation.
• Song Ankang gave Tang Liuli three Eighth-Rank High-Grade Defense Talismans for herself, Ye Lan, and Mingyue, and told her to keep his strength and identity secret.
• Tang Liuli left the White Jade Mulberry Forest and worried that her eldest sister might not be worthy of Song Ankang, deciding the Tang Family should secure his loyalty.
• Song Ankang thought about his nineteenth birthday and the six months since his arrival, and decided he was happier in this world than he had been on Earth.

After Song Ankang killed Prince Yinjiang, the Tang Family gained fame and drew recruitment offers and gifts from the Sun Patrol Division, Night Watch Division, and other factions. Unable to contact their reclusive ancestor, the family continued to prosper as Song Ankang’s cultivation reached another bottleneck.

• The Sun Patrol Division and Night Watch Division confirmed that Prince Yinjiang had died and learned that Song Ankang had left behind a list of his human traitors.
• The two divisions and other factions tried to recruit the Tang Family’s hidden ancestor, while Tang Zhijia could not contact him and refused to make promises on his behalf.
• Factions across Kyoto sought ties with the Tang Family or tried to mend old grudges, and the family gained wealth, resources, and influence.
• The Tang Family’s growth increased Song Ankang’s income, and after several dozen days of diligent cultivation, he reached another bottleneck and prepared to break through.

Song Ankang spent heavily to strengthen himself, then received the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance’s feedback and broke through to the Sixth Turn of the Golden Core. His new power made him invincible among Eighth-Rank cultivators, while higher-ranked races and rare bloodlines remained potential threats.

• Song Ankang reflected that cultivating the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture had consumed more than three million Low-grade Spirit Stones and reaffirmed his goal of reaching the Seventh Grade within three years.
• Song Ankang received the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance’s feedback, which healed his injuries and further stabilized his cultivation foundation.
• Song Ankang focused his power against the Golden Core bottleneck until it collapsed, advancing to the Sixth Turn.
• Song Ankang consolidated his strength as his Childhood Golden Core grew to bowl-size, silver and jade in color, with faint golden light within.
• Song Ankang assessed that he had become invincible among Eighth-Rank cultivators, though beings of higher-ranked races and rare bloodlines could still surpass him.

Song Ankang learned that Pingyao King's Mansion intended to marry Tang Liuli and Tang Mingyue to the infamous Song Wuxian as concubines. Tang Liuli sought his help, and the chapter ended with her suggesting that she and her sister marry Song Ankang instead.

• Song Ankang strengthened his cultivation and planned to temper his foundation before attempting his next breakthrough.
• Tang Liuli rushed into Song Ankang's room and told him Pingyao King's Mansion had proposed that she and Tang Mingyue become Song Wuxian's concubines.
• Song Ankang reacted furiously but asked whether Tang Liuli had agreed to the proposal.
• Tang Liuli described Song Wuxian's notorious behavior, including exchanging concubines, and explained that Pingyao King's Mansion had previously sought Tang Yelan as his concubine.
• Tang Liuli said most Tang Family elders supported the match and recounted how Song Wuxian had broken a similar promise, leading another noblewoman to take her own life.
• Tang Liuli rejected the marriage and suggested that she and Tang Mingyue follow Tang Yelan's example and marry Song Ankang.

Song Ankang promised Tang Liuli he would stop the Tang Family from forcing her and Tang Mingyue into a political marriage with Song Wuxian. He cultivated the Soul Seizing Technique and, after reaching its beginner realm, prepared to confront Song Wuxian at Pingyao King's Mansion.

• Tang Liuli begged Song Ankang to protect her and Tang Mingyue from the Tang Family's plan to marry them to Song Wuxian, and Song Ankang promised to resolve the matter within three days.
• Song Ankang chose to cultivate the Soul Seizing Technique, whose harmful effects the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance transformed into improvements to his spiritual power.
• Song Ankang cultivated the technique for just over two days and reached the beginner realm.
• Song Ankang prepared to visit Pingyao King's Mansion and use the technique against Song Wuxian, whom he blamed for Tang Yelan's fear of consummating their marriage.

Song Ankang infiltrated Pingyao King's Mansion and seized control of Prince of the Demon Queller Song Wuxian to investigate him. Song Wuxian confessed to numerous depraved crimes, and Song Ankang continued questioning him.

• Song Ankang used the Black Luo Bell to breach Pingyao King's Mansion's formation and entered the estate undetected.
• Song Ankang controlled a maid with the Soul Seizing Technique and learned where Song Wuxian lived.
• Song Ankang entered Song Wuxian's palace, knocked out its occupants, and took him to a hidden underground chamber.
• Song Ankang used the Soul Seizing Technique to control Song Wuxian, who admitted to sleeping with his grandfather's favored concubine and his father's Equal Wife.
• Song Wuxian confessed that he had abducted and killed civilian women, harmed people who disrespected him, and run gambling dens, while Song Ankang continued questioning him.

Song Ankang exposed Song Wuxian’s crimes and ordered him to surrender his wealth and evidence to the authorities. Song Wuxian publicly confessed at the Qinhuai River and called it quits, leaving the crowd enraged and the Sun Patrol Division and Night Watch Division to judge him.

• Song Ankang collected Song Wuxian’s evidence and ordered him to leave Pingyao King's Mansion with his wealth and send the evidence to the Sun Patrol Division and Night Watch Division.
• Song Wuxian left the mansion at night, evaded his protectors, and went to the Qinhuai River.
• Song Wuxian introduced himself to the crowd and dramatically lamented his wasted future.
• Song Wuxian confessed to forcing Sun Xi and Bai Jie to share his bed and claimed they might be carrying his children.
• Song Wuxian revealed further crimes, including killings and the Black Blood Gambling House, and said he had sent evidence to the authorities.
• Song Wuxian said he was calling it quits after reading the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars Illustration and asked the authorities for a fair trial.

Song Ankang forced Song Wuxian to confess his crimes publicly, then crippled him, ending the marriage alliance between Pingyao King's Mansion and the Tang Family. Tang Liuli celebrated the outcome and teased Song Ankang about marrying her and Tang Mingyue, while Song Ankang returned to Qiushi.

• Song Wuxian awoke after exposing his crimes and tried to flee, but his cultivation and body were ruined, leaving him to collapse on his boat.
• News of Song Wuxian's confession spread through Kyoto, and the Tang Family stopped discussing the marriage alliance with Pingyao King's Mansion.
• Tang Liuli congratulated Song Ankang, embraced him, and suggested that she and Tang Mingyue marry him instead.
• Song Ankang told Tang Liuli to act more reserved around him, but she defended her closeness and hinted that multiple sisters marrying one husband was acceptable.
• Song Ankang eventually sent Tang Liuli away and went to Qiushi, though thoughts of Tang Liuli and Tang Mingyue crossed his mind.

After Song Wuxian was exposed and stripped of his heirship, Song Ankang punished Tang Zhijia for trying to arrange a marriage alliance with him. When Pingyao King's Mansion proposed a new alliance with Song Wulei, Song Ankang decided to confront Pingyao King and end the matter at its source.

• Song Wuxian was returned to Pingyao King's Mansion, stripped of his heirship, and handed over to the Sun Patrol Division as the mansion searched for the person who had ruined him.
• Song Ankang, disguised as the Tang Family Old Ancestor, slapped Tang Zhijia for pursuing a marriage alliance with Song Wuxian and ordered him to punish the other supporters of the match.
• Song Ankang left to visit Peng Xuan'er, then learned that Pingyao King's Mansion had proposed Song Wulei as a new groom for the Tang Family.
• Tang Zhijia and the Tang Family's upper echelons were tempted by Song Wulei's good reputation and began considering the proposal again.
• Song Ankang decided to confront Pingyao King and take him down to prevent further marriage proposals involving Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli.

Song Ankang ambushed Pingyao King Song Yan at Shengyun Tower, controlled him, and uncovered the scandalous crimes that had helped ruin his family’s reputation. He stripped Song Yan of a fortune in treasures and left hoping to target the king’s even wealthier father next.

• Song Ankang withdrew from Pingyao King's Mansion because its defenses had tightened, then waited for a chance to strike Song Yan.
• Song Ankang ambushed Song Yan at Shengyun Tower after the Pingyao King met with a Golden Constable, using the Soul Seizing Technique to overpower his defenses.
• Song Ankang questioned Song Yan and learned he had slept with his father’s Equal Wife, Ma Rong, and his son Song Wuxian’s wife, Chen Tao.
• Song Ankang forced Song Yan to bring him treasures from every vault he could access, including Cloud-Treading Boots and wealth worth over ten million Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Ankang learned that Song Yan’s father controlled an even larger treasury and considered finding a way to seize its contents.

After Song Ankang left, Pingyao King Song Yan was compelled to make a public confession on the Qinhuai River, repeating his son’s humiliating performance and admitting to numerous crimes. The crowd turned against him and demanded that he lose his royal rank and face punishment.

• Song Ankang left Pingyao King Song Yan to take the stage on the Qinhuai River.
• Song Yan knelt and repeated the same dramatic declaration that Prince of the Demon Queller Song Wuxian had made days earlier, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Song Yan confessed that he had slept with Ma Rong and Chen Tao and fathered Song Wuxian’s first two sons.
• Song Yan produced proof of his identity and admitted to other crimes, saying he had sent evidence to the Sun Patrol Division and the Night Watch Division.
• The enraged crowd pelted Song Yan with refuse and demanded that the imperial family strip him of his title and punish him.

Pingyao King Song Yan publicly confessed under a mysterious influence, then lost his cultivation and was carried away as his mansion was nearly destroyed. Song Ankang returned home pleased with his gains, while the Tang family gathered to discuss the Qinhuai River incident and Tang Liuli marveled at his power.

• Song Yan knelt on a boat and began confessing, but the onlookers mocked him for repeating the words his son had said before.
• Song Yan realized he had been manipulated and tried to take spirit pills, but a devastating force crippled his body and cultivation.
• Song Yan was knocked unconscious by falling filth as his father roared and the Pingyao King's Mansion lay nearly half-ruined.
• Song Ankang returned to Huanxiang Residence and counted his gains, pleased that he had protected Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli from the Pingyao King's Mansion.
• The Tang family gathered in its ancestral hall to discuss the incident, while Tang Liuli was astonished that Song Ankang had dared to strike Pingyao King.

Song Ankang’s actions ruined Pingyao King’s Mansion’s marriage alliance with the Tang Family, while the Tang Family’s higher-ups mistakenly mourned the lost opportunity. As Pingyao King’s Mansion struggled to find its hidden enemy, Song Ankang continued cultivating until an unexpected event interrupted him.

• Tang Liuli visited Song Ankang in the White Jade Mulberry Forest, praised him for bringing down Pingyao King, and celebrated the end of the marriage alliance.
• Tang Family higher-ups regretted rejecting the alliance, but Tang Yelan mocked them and Tang Zhijia silenced their objections.
• Song Ankang punished the First Courtyard’s higher-ups, and both families stopped pursuing the marriage alliance.
• Pingyao King’s Mansion became a public laughingstock, received a rebuke from the Emperor of Xia Kingdom, and searched unsuccessfully for its hidden enemy.
• Song Ankang continued improving his strength and aptitude until an unexpected event occurred.

Song Ankang learned that Dong Xinjie's husband, Wang Kun, had been killed by wild beasts before he could arrange treatment for him. Freed from the burden of her marriage, Dong Xinjie found her breakthrough opportunity and began advancing to the Transcendence Realm with Song Ankang guarding her.

• Song Ankang comforted Dong Xinjie after she failed to break through despite his efforts to cleanse her body.
• Weaver Girls told Dong Xinjie that Wang Kun had left town drunk and been killed by wild beasts.
• Song Ankang sent managers to help Dong Xinjie arrange Wang Kun's funeral, then returned to Huanxiang Residence to await backlash.
• Dong Xinjie visited Song Ankang that night in mourning clothes and told him she was about to break through.
• Dong Xinjie began charging at the Transcendence Realm bottleneck while Song Ankang stood guard.

Dong Xinjie broke through to the Qi Nourishing Stage with Song Ankang’s help, and she later left the Wang Family to live freely. When Tang Yelan invited Song Ankang back to the Tang Family Mansion, he made excuses to stay at the White Jade Mulberry Forest, while Tang Liuli recognized his reply as a lie.

• Dong Xinjie successfully broke through to the Qi Nourishing Stage and thanked Song Ankang for helping her advance.
• Dong Xinjie and Song Ankang spent the night together during Wang Kun’s vigil, and she later left the Wang Family to become a free woman.
• Tang Yelan wrote that she had subdued the First Courtyard and dealt with Song Wuxian, then asked Song Ankang when he would return to the Tang Family Mansion.
• Song Ankang refused to return for now, claiming that his cultivation and a major plan at the White Jade Mulberry Forest kept him there.
• Tang Yelan read Song Ankang’s reply to Tang Liuli, who recognized his excuses but believed the sisters should insist on bringing him back.

Tang Yelan decided to make amends with Song Ankang and invite him home, while Tang Liuli and Tang Mingyue followed to see what she would do. Song Ankang arrived at Huanxiang Residence to find Tang Yelan waiting for him in a carefully arranged bridal celebration, leaving him stunned by her beauty and the gesture.

• Tang Liuli told Tang Yelan that Song Ankang was staying away because he resented being humiliated and sent to Chaoyun Manor.
• Tang Yelan resolved to apologize to Song Ankang and went to prepare to invite him back, while Tang Liuli called Tang Mingyue to follow her.
• Song Ankang spent the day with Dong Xinjie before heading to Huanxiang Residence that evening.
• Song Ankang found a long rouge-covered road and a lantern-lit bridal celebration arranged at Huanxiang Residence.
• Tang Yelan, dressed in a red bridal gown, greeted Song Ankang as he reached the end of the road.

Song Ankang and Tang Yelan finally consummated their marriage after she arranged a belated wedding night. The next morning, Song Ankang persuaded her to let him stay away from Tang Mansion while he pursued cultivation and expanded his workshop.

• Tang Yelan apologized to Song Ankang and led him into the bridal chamber with the four Concubine Maids.
• Song Ankang kissed Tang Yelan, and they spent the night together while Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli waited outside, feeling jealous.
• At dawn, Tang Yelan asked Song Ankang to return to Tang Mansion, but he claimed his cultivation had reached Inner Refinement Fourth Layer and that he was nearing the Earth Barrier Realm.
• Song Ankang said he planned to expand the processing workshop and delay returning until he advanced to Transcendence.
• Tang Yelan sensed that Song Ankang had completed blood replacement and agreed he could stay away, offering to obtain supplies and medicines for his cultivation.

Song Ankang reflected on Tang Yelan’s past kindness and learned that she wanted to support his plans for Song’s Workshop. He remained unsure whether to reveal his true strength to her, while Tang Yelan prepared to separate the workshop’s profits from the Tang Family.

• Song Ankang realized Tang Yelan’s past distance had stemmed from her own difficulties and her efforts to protect him, and he felt moved by her kindness.
• Tang Yelan asked Song Ankang how he planned to expand Song’s Workshop, and he described scaling up its assembly-line method.
• Tang Yelan encouraged the expansion and promised strong support for Song Ankang’s plans.
• Tang Yelan offered to have the family meeting grant Song Ankang nearly all of the workshop’s profits, leaving the Tang Family only its usual taxes and a small share.
• Song Ankang worried that Tang Family elders would oppose the proposal, but he chose not to reject Tang Yelan’s sincere offer.
• Song Ankang continued to consider whether he could safely tell Tang Yelan about his true strength.

Song Ankang secured Song's Workshop's independence and continued cultivating until he broke through to the Seventh Turn Golden Core. The chapter ended with him confident that he was invincible among Golden Core cultivators of the Human Race.

• Song Ankang kept the secret from Tang Yelan while reflecting on his growing feelings for her.
• Tang Yelan persuaded the family elders, with Tang Zhijia's support, to make Song's Workshop independent in exchange for a fixed payment to the Tang Family.
• Song Ankang drafted an expansion plan, and Song's Workshop's profits quickly increased as Chunhua, Dong Xinjie, Hao Jiyong, and Wang Yuliang managed its affairs.
• Song Ankang focused on cultivation, reached the limit of the Sixth Turn Golden Core, and prepared to break through.
• Song Ankang used feedback from the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to overcome the bottleneck and advance to the Seventh Turn Golden Core.

After stabilizing his Seventh Turn Golden Core cultivation, Song Ankang continued strengthening himself while Xia Kingdom hurriedly dispatched a new army to the Heaven-Human War Front. Tang Mingyue presented her mentor Mo Huihuang with Song Ankang’s Battle Poetry, Man Jiang Hong, and Mo Huihuang’s grave reaction left the gathered officials eager to see it.

• Song Ankang adapted to his increased strength after reaching the Seventh Turn Golden Core realm and continued improving his cultivation, constitution, spiritual will, and combat skills.
• As the Heaven-Human War Front worsened, Xia Kingdom sent a hastily assembled army of more than ten thousand Qi Refining cultivators under Mo Huihuang to reinforce it.
• Tang Mingyue waited until the farewell ceremony was nearly over, then gave her mentor Mo Huihuang a mounted copy of Man Jiang Hong, claiming it surpassed Battle Poetry from the past tens of thousands of years.
• Mo Huihuang unfolded the poem, and his expression grew increasingly solemn as officials and the Emperor of Xia Kingdom noticed his reaction and turned to look.