Chapter Summaries

The Brush Immortal revealed that it had advanced into a Seventh-Rank Low-Grade Cursed God and trapped four Golden Core Great True Persons in Qu Shu Lou. Song Ankang intervened and enslaved it with the Imperial Order, gaining a powerful servant to aid his future plans around Kyoto.

• He Yingyan and the other three Golden Core Nine Revolutions Great True Persons entered Qu Shu Lou to kill the Brush Immortal, but it trapped them in darkness and made them begin its ritual.
• Wang Xin Jing’s jade pendant briefly awakened the four Great True Persons, who realized the Brush Immortal had advanced into the ranks of Cursed Gods and tried to flee.
• The Brush Immortal deceived the four again and began devouring their souls and Golden Core power, while Song Ankang watched from outside and discovered its true strength was far below his own.
• Song Ankang struck the Brush Immortal with the Imperial Order and resisted its soul attacks until the token penetrated its true soul.
• The Imperial Order forced the Brush Immortal to submit to Song Ankang, and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance strengthened his true soul and will.

After Song Ankang captured the Cursed God Brush Immortal, the Human Race mistook him for a hidden mid-tier god and celebrated the discovery of a powerful new deity. Meanwhile, Song Ankang interrogated the Brush Immortal and found intelligence that could help him acquire another capable subordinate.

• Song Ankang vanished after capturing the Cursed God Brush Immortal, leaving four Golden Core Great True Persons to speculate about his identity and thank their unknown rescuer.
• The Sun Patrol Division and Night Watch Division concluded that the mysterious deity was likely a newly emerged Human Race god, possibly a mid-tier god, and reported the news to the imperial palace.
• The Emperor of Xia Kingdom and people across the Human Race celebrated, while Tang Family elders discussed the unknown deity and Tang Yelan cautioned them against hoping to befriend him.
• Song Ankang's family did not realize that he was the legendary deity they were discussing, despite his strength rivaling that of many mid-tier gods.
• Song Ankang interrogated the enslaved Cursed God Brush Immortal and obtained valuable intelligence about nearby enemies, treasures, and vaults, then focused on a lead that could bring another capable general under his command.

Song Ankang learned that Cursed God Brush Immortal’s longtime friend, Anomaly God Curse Well, had become powerful and could be lured into a trap with Brush Immortal’s help. Meanwhile, Curse Well attacked Zhu Lianke through a Lust Demon Image Stone and dragged him into its well.

• Song Ankang decided to gamble on enslaving Anomaly God Curse Well after learning that Cursed God Brush Immortal knew its weaknesses and circumstances.
• Zhu Lianke secretly locked himself in his bedroom to watch images on an Image Stone he had obtained from Lust Demons.
• The Image Stone’s images vanished and a black well appeared, allowing Curse Well to suppress Zhu Lianke’s mind.
• Zhu Lianke briefly recognized Curse Well and tried to send a distress signal and escape, but its true soul power overwhelmed him.
• Curse Well seized Zhu Lianke, extinguished his yang fire, and dragged him into the deep well.

Song Ankang rescued Zhu Lianke by ambushing and enslaving the Anomaly God Curse Well, which had planned to infiltrate the Imperial Academy and target its injured Grand Libationer. Zhu Lianke recognized his rescuer as the Hidden God of the Human Race and resolved to warn the Grand Libationer.

• The Anomaly God Curse Well dragged Zhu Lianke into its true body to devour him and use his memories to infiltrate the Imperial Academy.
• Song Ankang, hidden in a tiny form, struck the Curse Well’s true soul with the Imperial Order as it began to swallow Zhu Lianke.
• The Cursed God Brush Immortal stopped the woman in white while Song Ankang subdued and enslaved both parts of the Curse Well.
• Song Ankang spared Zhu Lianke, told him to be more careful, and departed with the Cursed God Brush Immortal.
• Zhu Lianke identified Song Ankang as the Hidden God of the Human Race and decided to alert the Grand Libationer that the Imperial Academy was being targeted.

After Song Ankang enslaved the Anomaly God Curse Well and saved the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Court and people began treating him as a guardian deity, unaware of his secret. Though he had gained great wealth from two Anomaly Gods, he realized it could barely fund his cultivation and acted on valuable intelligence from his new servants.

• Song Ankang's intervention saved the Imperial Academy from the Anomaly God Curse Well, and its Grand Libationer confirmed that Song Ankang's combat strength surpassed that of a Mid God.
• The Imperial Academy and Imperial Court revered Song Ankang as their guardian deity, while he hid that he had enslaved the Anomaly Gods rather than killed them.
• Song Ankang collected riches from the Anomaly God Curse Well and compared its hoard with the Cursed God Brush Immortal's, but realized their combined wealth bought only a limited supply of divine pills and medicines.
• Song Ankang recognized that his lack of resources made advancing his true soul, true qi, and body together difficult, unlike cultivators who focused on one aspect.
• Song Ankang learned two valuable pieces of intelligence from the Anomaly God Curse Well and immediately began to act.

Song Ankang disguised himself as an easy victim to lure out Black Mountain Old Demon’s ghosts and hunt the injured anomaly god. Bewitched by the ghost Xiaoqian, he ran toward Black Mountain while keeping most of his true soul alert, leaving him deep in the mountain and poised to strike.

• Song Ankang learned that Black Mountain Old Demon had helped ambush Kyoto’s guardian god and was sending ghosts to capture humans while it recovered from its injuries.
• Song Ankang disguised himself as a traveling scholar and stayed overnight at the haunted Lanruo Inn to draw out Black Mountain Old Demon’s servants.
• A white-robed female ghost named Xiaoqian arrived and used an illusion to make Song Ankang believe he was celebrating his wedding.
• Song Ankang played along as Xiaoqian invited him to catch her, while keeping most of his true soul watchful.
• Song Ankang’s bewitched body ran from Lanruo Inn deep into Black Mountain.

Song Ankang infiltrated Black Mountain Old Demon's lair and subdued the gravely wounded Veteran Middle-Rank Anomaly God with help from Cursed God Brush Immortal and Anomaly God Curse Well. He discovered that Black Mountain Old Demon commanded more than three hundred thousand creatures and possessed wealth worth 50,000 High-grade Spirit Stones.

• Song Ankang passed through Black Mountain Old Demon's concealed divine formations while disguised and followed female ghost Xiaoqian to the enormous huai tree.
• Song Ankang let Black Mountain Old Demon's roots drag him toward its wound, then attacked its true soul with the Imperial Order.
• Cursed God Brush Immortal and Anomaly God Curse Well blocked Black Mountain Old Demon's attacks while Song Ankang used Spirit Control to conquer its True Soul Sea.
• Song Ankang subdued Black Mountain Old Demon after more than an hour, despite the injuries and exhaustion suffered by all three allies.
• Song Ankang learned that Black Mountain Old Demon controlled over three hundred thousand Demonic Beasts and Ghostly Creatures and owned resources worth 50,000 High-grade Spirit Stones.

Song Ankang gained the Two Dragons Sword from Black Mountain Old Demon and prepared to hunt another Seventh-Grade being. At Ruyi Workshop, a pale young man targeted an awkwardly dancing Pure Courtesan as everyone there remained trapped in a haze.

• Song Ankang discovered that Black Mountain Old Demon’s treasury contained the Seventh-Grade Middle-Rank Divine Artifact Two Dragons Sword and claimed it.
• Song Ankang considered Black Mountain Old Demon’s powerful associate too dangerous to enslave, then chose a lesser devil god identified by the Anomaly God Curse Well as his next target.
• The resources plundered from Black Mountain Old Demon helped the Cursed God Brush Immortal and the Anomaly God Curse Well recover, though Black Mountain Old Demon needed months to heal.
• Song Ankang returned to Ruyi Workshop, where a blood-red haze kept everyone inside intoxicated and unaware.
• A pale young man approached an awkwardly dancing Pure Courtesan, drawn by her unusually strong fragrance, and began to bite her neck.

Song Ankang used Imperial Order to enslave the weakened Blood Demon Cain and learned that Cain controlled a vast network of blood descendants. With Cain under his command, Song Ankang gained an enormous force and wealth, bringing his power close to that of most Human Race deities.

• Song Ankang caught Blood Demon Cain off guard with Imperial Order and enslaved him.
• Song Ankang learned that Cain had cultivated 99,000 blood descendants, including more than 30,000 Human Race Transcendence Cultivators.
• Cain revealed that its blood descendants could create even more blood slaves and that a great-god-level Blood Demon also lived within Human Race territory.
• Song Ankang gained control of Cain’s wealth and sprawling network, adding a major force to his growing power.

After defeating Blood Demon Cain, Song Ankang sent his four divine servants to help suppress the demons and ghosts ravaging the area around Kyoto, while he hunted stronger enemies under the guise of a Hidden God of the Human Race. His identity remained concealed, and his servants appeared to be his enemies, leaving the campaign to continue without exposing them.

• Song Ankang questioned Blood Demon Cain, found no suitable new targets to enslave, and decided to focus on protecting the area around Kyoto.
• After learning how badly demons and ghosts had devastated the surroundings, Song Ankang resolved to use his strength to help the Human Race.
• Song Ankang ordered his four divine servants to hunt or subdue unbacked Demonic Creatures and Ghosts around Kyoto, while he secretly killed stronger ones in the Human Race's name.
• The campaign brought Song Ankang resources and new subordinates, while dozens of powerful demons and ghosts sought to discover and kill the hidden Human God.
• Song Ankang saw through a trap that involved Black Mountain Old Demon and killed creatures under his servants' command to conceal their alliance with him.

Song Ankang’s demon-slaying campaign earned him the nickname Nine Peaks Sword God and made Kyoto far safer, while he concealed most of his combat abilities. His hunting grounds expanded across the region as his wealth and influence grew.

• Song Ankang’s actions helped the Four Great Divine Servants purge spies and expand their forces, while he gained tens of thousands of High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Ankang killed a Seventh-Grade Lower-Rank Demon God with the Two Dragons Sword and became known as the Nine Peaks Sword God.
• Song Ankang hid most of his abilities to mislead Demonic Creatures and Ghosts that might try to ambush or assassinate him.
• Song Ankang’s campaign cleared many Demonic Creatures and Ghosts from Kyoto, making the region safer and drawing people there from surrounding areas.
• Human Race Divine Beings and Imperial Court divisions sought to discover Song Ankang’s identity and recruit him as Kyoto became a secure rear area.
• Song Ankang expanded his hunting grounds to nearly three hundred li around Kyoto, purging or subduing Ninth- and Eighth-Grade Demonic Creatures and Ghosts.

After clearing Kyoto of many Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, Song Ankang heard Tang Liuli wildly exaggerate the Nine Peaks Sword God’s strength and reputation, unaware that the famed figure was Song Ankang himself. He chose to keep his identity hidden and continue cultivating without joining the Imperial Court.

• Song Ankang consolidated the businesses and resources taken from Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, preparing to use agents to manage or sell them for cultivation resources.
• Tang Liuli praised the Nine Peaks Sword God to Song Ankang, claiming his feats proved he was among the strongest mid-tier gods.
• Tang Liuli repeated rumors that dozens of gods had ambushed the Nine Peaks Sword God and that a major god had praised his potential, leaving Song Ankang astonished by the exaggerations.
• Tang Liuli said the Emperor of Xia Kingdom had praised the Nine Peaks Sword God as a selfless ascetic cultivator and that the Imperial Court was seeking him out.
• Song Ankang decided that remaining hidden and cultivating freely suited him better than accepting Imperial Court support or a title.

Song Ankang humored Tang Liuli’s teasing about his supposed jealousy while hiding that he was already the Nine Peaks Sword God. Meanwhile, miners at the Tang Family’s Leopard Head Volcano uncovered a dark natural cave.

• Tang Liuli teased Song Ankang that he was jealous of her praise for the Nine Peaks Sword God, and Song Ankang eventually played along.
• Tang Liuli imagined how much the Tang Family would benefit if Song Ankang entered the Divine Realm, while he concealed his true cultivation and identity.
• Song Ankang reflected on how boldly Tang Liuli and Tang Mingyue clung to him despite his efforts to act as a proper brother-in-law.
• At Leopard Head Volcano, a miner’s pickaxe broke through a rock wall and revealed a deep, dark cave.
• The miners gathered around the opening and prepared to explore it, hoping to find valuable minerals while remaining cautious.

Miners at Leopard Head Volcano discovered an unripe Thousand-Quench Fruit, and Tang Yelan ordered the discovery kept secret until the Tang Family could harvest it. Tang Kexiao secretly planned to offer the treasure to Pingyao King's Mansion to help the First Courtyard seize control of the Tang Family, but his subordinates opposed involving outsiders.

• Miners found a Thousand-Quench Fruit growing beside a lava pool and reported it to the Tang Family.
• Tang Family disciples confirmed the fruit had not ripened, and Tang Yelan ordered a gag order and restricted the miners, supervisors, and informed higher-ups.
• A supervisor from the First Courtyard secretly passed the news to Tang Kexiao, who gathered First Courtyard higher-ups to discuss the treasure.
• Tang Kexiao proposed giving the fruit to Pingyao King's Mansion as a dowry in exchange for support in making the First Courtyard head the Tang Family.
• Several First Courtyard higher-ups objected that the Tang Family should keep the treasure and warned Tang Kexiao against relying on outsiders.

Tang Kexiao’s plan to give the Thousand-Quench Fruit to Pingyao King’s Mansion was rejected by the First Courtyard stewards, but he left to betray the Tang Family anyway. Meanwhile, Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia prepared to protect the fruit and contact the Family Ancestor, though they had no way to reach him directly.

• Tang Kexiao argued that the Tang Family should hand the Thousand-Quench Fruit to Pingyao King’s Mansion, but several First Courtyard stewards condemned his plan and walked out.
• Tang Kexiao smashed teacups in anger, then told his trusted aides to keep the matter from Tang Yelan.
• Tang Kexiao left for Pingyao King’s Mansion to reveal the fruit’s location and offer several First Courtyard girls.
• Tang Yelan asked Tang Zhijia to contact the Family Ancestor and arrange protection for the Thousand-Quench Fruit near Leopard Head Volcano.
• Tang Zhijia concealed that he could not contact the Family Ancestor and told Tang Yelan to secretly dispatch experts to guard the fruit.

Song Ankang learned that the Tang Family had discovered a rare Thousand-Quench Fruit at Leopard Head Volcano and agreed to guard it until it matured. Before leaving, he gave Tang Yelan a Spirit Talisman for urgent contact and told her to call him Tang Batian.

• Tang Liuli urged Song Ankang to visit the Tang Family Mansion because Tang Yelan was deeply worried about a secret family matter.
• Song Ankang disguised himself as the Tang Family Old Ancestor and arrived in Tang Yelan's study, where she asked him to intervene.
• Tang Yelan revealed that the Tang Family had found a Thousand-Quench Fruit at Leopard Head Volcano that could help him advance to the Spirit Refining Great Realm.
• Song Ankang agreed to guard the fruit and told Tang Yelan to keep the news secret.
• Song Ankang gave Tang Yelan a Spirit Talisman for emergencies and said she could call him Tang Batian.

Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia discussed their Old Ancestor’s identity and decided to serve him well, while mistakenly guessing he was an illegitimate son of the Tang Family. Song Ankang arrived at Leopard Head Volcano to find Pingyao King’s Mansion had seized its Thousand-Quench Fruit and was claiming the volcano and its fruit tree, leaving him poised to retaliate.

• Tang Yelan asked Tang Zhijia whether the family genealogy mentioned Tang Batian, and he guessed their Old Ancestor might be an illegitimate son of a Tang Family ancestor.
• Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia agreed to focus on serving their Old Ancestor, with Tang Zhijia assigning her responsibility for his logistical needs.
• Song Ankang reached Leopard Head Volcano and found Pingyao King’s Mansion forces driving Tang Family members away.
• The Tang Family disciples protested that Tang Kexiao’s transfer document did not authorize Pingyao King’s Mansion to seize the volcano, its fruit tree, or the Thousand-Quench Fruit.
• Song Ankang learned that Pingyao King’s Mansion’s Golden Core True Person had taken the ripened fruit and resolved to teach the mansion a lesson.

Song Ankang crippled and killed the Pingyao King's Mansion disciples who seized Leopard Head Volcano and the Thousand-Quench Fruit, then headed for Pingyao King's Mansion in An City. Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia learned he was advancing toward a powerful royal stronghold and desperately tried to warn him not to act rashly.

• Song Ankang crippled the Pingyao King's Mansion warriors and cultivators at Leopard Head Volcano, then killed those who continued insulting him.
• The Tang Family disciples recognized Song Ankang as their ancestor and begged him to defend the family against Pingyao King's Mansion.
• Song Ankang slaughtered every Pingyao King's Mansion disciple at the volcano and flew toward their mansion in An City.
• Tang Kexiao fled the First Courtyard to hide in Pingyao King's Mansion, leaving his crippled father Tang Quanli behind.
• Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia learned Song Ankang had killed hundreds of Pingyao King's Mansion disciples and tried to warn him, fearing he could not overcome its powerful cultivators and formations.

Song Ankang infiltrated Pingyao King's Mansion and crippled its ancestor, Song Baotian, before he could attempt to enter the Divine Realm. Song Baotian could not accept his defeat and went insane.

• Pingyao King's Mansion's leaders dismissed the Tang Family's threat and waited for Song Ankang, confident their formations would protect them.
• Song Ankang used the Black Luo Bell to slip through the mansion's defenses and headed for Song Baotian's residence.
• Song Ankang found Song Baotian preparing to advance to the Divine Realm and struck him with the Sufeng Sword, crippling his dantian and meridians.
• Song Baotian refused to believe he had been crippled and charged at Song Ankang in a rage.
• Song Ankang realized that Song Baotian had gone insane after losing his chance to become a Divine Being.

Song Ankang subdued Song Baotian, looted Pingyao King's Mansion, and crippled its cultivators in retaliation for its attempt to seize the Tang Family’s Thousand-Quench Fruit. He left with the mansion’s portable wealth, while its fixed assets remained beyond his reach without revealing Divine Being-level strength.

• Song Ankang used the Soul Seizing Technique to control Song Baotian and learned the ancestor’s most shocking secrets before questioning him about the mansion’s vaults.
• Song Ankang stripped Song Baotian of his possessions and found four treasures that could help Qi Refining Great Realm cultivators reach the Spirit Refining Great Realm.
• Song Ankang used the Sufeng Sword to defeat Pingyao King's Mansion’s cultivators, crippled them, and plundered their valuables.
• Song Ankang learned the locations of the mansion’s treasuries and swept them clean, taking wealth and resources worth more than three million High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Ankang left the mansion’s fixed industries and resources behind because taking them would require him to reveal Divine Being-level strength.