Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang crippled Pingyao King's Mansion’s cultivators and killed a Lust Demon that had secretly corrupted the household. He obtained the demon’s Mysterious Hidden Ring and planned to expose the mansion’s crimes while keeping the demon’s influence secret.

• Song Ankang questioned and looted Pingyao King's Mansion’s cultivators, then used his Netherworld Divine Eye to detect something hidden within the estate.
• Song Ankang killed a Lust Demon concealed beneath a rockery and discovered it had been using a Mysterious Hidden Ring to evade people and formations.
• Song Ankang learned that the Lust Demon had influenced Pingyao King's Mansion’s disorder and found that it had amassed valuable equipment and spirit stones.
• Song Ankang decided to conceal the Lust Demon’s existence and publicize Pingyao King's Mansion’s crimes, anticipating that Song Shinian and the imperial family might retaliate.

Song Ankang exposed Pingyao King's Mansion's crimes, stripped its cultivators and treasuries, and forced its surviving powerful cultivators to publicly atone. The mansion was left without cultivators at Foundation Establishment Realm or above and with its reputation ruined, while Song Ankang headed to the White Jade Mulberry Forest.

• Song Ankang scattered evidence of Pingyao King's Mansion's crimes across An City and sent copies to the Sun Patrol Division and Night Watch Division.
• Tang Yelan, Tang Zhijia, and other Tang Family members found the evidence and saw Tang Kexiao's crippled family following Pingyao King's Mansion's cultivators.
• Song Ankang made every cultivator at Foundation Establishment Realm and above from Pingyao King's Mansion kneel along the Qinhuai River to atone for their crimes.
• Spectators pelted the kneeling cultivators with filth before they could finish confessing, and onlookers called for an investigation into Pingyao King's Mansion's associates.
• Pingyao King's Mansion lost its remaining powerful cultivators and the people's support, while Song Ankang left for the White Jade Mulberry Forest.

After Pingyao King's Mansion was exposed, its members were dragged away amid a violent uproar, and the Tang Family's reputation soared. Song Ankang inventoried the spoils and began consuming an Explosive Spirit Fruit to strengthen himself.

• The Tang Family elders realized their Old Ancestor had repeatedly prevented a dangerous marriage alliance with Pingyao King's Mansion and felt relieved that he had corrected them.
• Pingyao King's Mansion members confessed to heinous crimes as Imperial Court officers tried to take them away, provoking victims and onlookers to attack them.
• Nearly half of Pingyao King's Mansion's people were killed in the chaos, and the rest were severely injured as the mansion's downfall became clear.
• The Tang Family's reputation rose across Kyoto, while Song Ankang remained unaware of the reaction and examined the treasures he had seized.
• Song Ankang found three Explosive Spirit Fruits and ate one, hoping their medicinal force would help him reach the Spirit Stabilization Realm.

Song Ankang used Explosive Spirit Fruits to increase his true soul power and break through from the Spirit Condensation Realm into the Spirit Stabilization Realm. After consuming three fruits, his soul had grown purer and stronger, bringing him closer to the Shell Eruption Realm.

• Song Ankang absorbed the first Explosive Spirit Fruit, and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance turned its harmful side effects into greater purity and stability for his true soul.
• After his true soul power reached around one chi, Song Ankang consumed a second Explosive Spirit Fruit and broke through into the Spirit Stabilization Realm.
• Song Ankang’s true soul became more stable, and he identified flawless fusion of the Three Souls and Seven Specters and roughly two chi of soul power as the requirements for reaching the Shell Eruption Realm.
• Song Ankang consumed a third Explosive Spirit Fruit, more than doubling his true soul power compared with before the fruits and further advancing his cultivation.
• Song Ankang had integrated several seventh-grade divine and demonic arts into his cultivation and reached Minor Accomplishment in secret arts from the Sacred Heart Manual.

The imperial clan arrested nearly the entire Tang Family after blaming them for the downfall of Pingyao King's Mansion, leaving the family imprisoned and fearing for their lives. Tang Family members learned that Mighty Eagle God Song Shinian had ordered the arrests, while Song Ankang remained unnoticed in his Training Room.

• Imperial Guards stormed the Tang Family Mansion and arrested its members, while Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia urged everyone to surrender.
• Imperial Guards swept up Tang Family disciples across the region, including Song Ankang's four Concubine Maids, but failed to find Song Ankang in his Training Room.
• Thousands of Tang Family members were imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, where they worried about their safety and hoped their Old Ancestor would escape.
• Tang Family members set aside their grievances and united in concern for Song Ankang, believing the imperial clan intended to destroy them.
• Tang Family higher-ups learned that Mighty Eagle God Song Shinian, father of Pingyao King's Mansion's Old Ancestor Song Baotian, had ordered the arrests.

Tang Yelan and the Tang Family faced likely execution after the Old Emperor’s divine decree over their ancestor’s attack on Pingyao King’s Mansion. The Emperor of Xia Kingdom improved their conditions and sought a way to help them, while the Tang Family remained resolute in their loyalty to their ancestor.

• Palace eunuchs arrived at the Heavenly Prison with bedding and furniture, explaining that the Emperor of Xia Kingdom knew the Tang Family had been wronged and was searching for a way to save them.
• The leading eunuch described how the Old Emperor had issued a divine decree after Song Baotian was crippled and his treasures were taken, and criticized the Tang Family’s ancestor for acting rashly.
• Tang Yelan defended her ancestor’s actions and told the eunuch that the Tang Family would bear their fate without resentment.
• The Tang Family members shouted together that they would die without regret for their ancestor, moving the eunuchs and earning their greater respect.
• The Emperor of Xia Kingdom used his influence to improve the Tang Family’s conditions in the Heavenly Prison, where Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli were also imprisoned.

Imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli discussed their regrets and the people they loved, while Tang Mingyue learned that Song Ankang had apparently escaped. Nearby, Qiushi and the other maids prayed for Song Ankang’s safety.

• Tang Mingyue admitted she regretted confessing to Zhao Xiyu a little, though she still remembered falling for him and his poetry.
• Tang Liuli described the person she loved as amorous, crafty, and skilled at hiding his schemes, prompting Tang Mingyue to worry that she had been deceived.
• Tang Liuli told Tang Mingyue that Tang Yelan was held in a deep cell and Song Ankang had not been imprisoned, apparently having escaped.
• Tang Mingyue felt relieved that Song Ankang might be safe and imagined marrying him if she survived and saw him again.
• Qiushi prayed that Song Ankang would not be caught, then told Chunhua, Xiachen, and Dongxue that he had become every wish she had.

After learning that the royal family had ordered the Tang Family’s arrest, Song Ankang left the White Jade Mulberry Forest and transformed into the Tang Family Old Ancestor. He arrived at Pingyao King's Mansion in Kyoto, where his arrival drew the attention of the city’s gods.

• Qiushi’s devotion to Song Ankang moved Dongxue, while the three Concubine Maids regretted not having offered themselves to him sooner.
• Dong Xinjie, Hao Jiyong, and the others warned Song Ankang that the royal family was arresting the Tang Family on the Mighty Eagle God’s oracle and urged him to escape.
• Song Ankang accepted their supplies and escape map, then left the White Jade Mulberry Forest as its people promised to protect him and the processing workshop.
• Angered by the royal family’s attempt to destroy the Tang Family, Song Ankang disguised himself as the Tang Family Old Ancestor and raced into Kyoto.
• Song Ankang landed above Pingyao King's Mansion and unleashed his divine aura, prompting Song Shinian and the other gods in Kyoto to investigate.

Song Ankang revealed himself as the Tang Family Old Ancestor and destroyed Pingyao King's Mansion before confronting Song Shinian. He fought the Mighty Eagle God while hiding his full strength, as onlookers recognized that the Tang Family had secretly become a Divine Family.

• Song Ankang arrived above Pingyao King's Mansion, identified himself to Song Shinian as Tang Batian, and crushed the mansion and everyone inside with a single stomp.
• Song Shinian attacked Song Ankang with the Five Qi Great Capture and Five Qi Divine Claws, but Song Ankang broke through with the Evil Warding Sword Technique.
• Song Ankang blamed Song Shinian for provoking the conflict and destroying the Tang Family, while Song Shinian regretted underestimating the Tang Family Old Ancestor.
• Song Shinian attacked again, and Song Ankang deliberately restrained his strength as they battled above the ruins.
• Onlookers watched the two deities clash and speculated that Song Ankang had transformed or modified the Evil Warding Sword Technique.

Song Ankang fought Song Shinian while concealing nearly all his strength, as gods and onlookers watched in Kyoto. After the imperial family released the Tang Family, Song Shinian unleashed a secret technique and launched a lethal attack, which Song Ankang had anticipated.

• The gods and people of Kyoto watched Song Ankang and Song Shinian clash while imperial authorities ordered the Tang Family released from prison.
• Song Ankang assessed that he was vastly stronger than Song Shinian but concealed nearly all his strength to preserve his advantage.
• Song Shinian secretly used the Emperor's Secret Technique to increase his strength nearly threefold.
• Song Shinian attacked Song Ankang's vital organs with Poison Dragon Heart Extraction, drawing urgent protests from the gods watching nearby.
• Song Ankang revealed that he had seen Song Shinian preparing the killing move, then changed his expression to keep up his appearance of being outmatched.
• The Tang Family members were released and wondered what had happened and how their ancestor was faring.

Song Ankang revealed himself as the Tang Family’s Divine Supreme by battling Song Shinian, the Mighty Eagle God, above the Heavenly Prison. The Tang Family members were released and watched their ancestor fight on equal terms with the royal god, leaving them overwhelmed by joy and pride.

• A eunuch told the confused Tang Family that they would leave the Heavenly Prison and rise to the status of an aristocratic clan.
• Tang Liuli rushed out of the prison and recognized Song Ankang’s familiar aura in the black-robed god fighting Song Shinian.
• Tang Yelan, Tang Mingyue, Qiushi, and the other Tang Family members saw Song Ankang and realized their ancestor had become a Divine Supreme.
• The Tang Family members celebrated and wept as they understood why the Mighty Eagle God had released them.
• Song Ankang used the Evil Warding Sword Technique to block Song Shinian’s attacks, impressing onlookers with his strength and skill.

Song Ankang survived Song Shinian’s hidden attack and revealed that he had just advanced to the Divine Realm, using treasures prepared for Song Baotian. Song Shinian was left furious and disbelieving as the battle was stopped.

• Song Shinian unleashed an Emperor's Secret Technique and attacked Song Ankang with Poison Dragon Heart Extraction, but Song Ankang countered with his Blood Thunder Technique.
• The imperial palace’s great god separated the fighters and ordered Song Ankang and Song Shinian to stop.
• Song Shinian withdrew after his killing move failed, while Song Ankang decided he would rather enslave him later than kill him in front of the onlookers.
• Song Ankang told Song Shinian that he had advanced to the Divine Realm using treasures prepared for Song Baotian, leaving Song Shinian stunned and enraged.
• Song Ankang explained that his perfected Treading Snow Without a Trace and self-created sword technique helped him display such strength despite his spirit artifacts and treasures remaining at the Golden Core Realm.

After Song Ankang revealed himself as a Divine Supreme and protected the Tang Family, its status and wealth surged as powerful factions rushed to make amends. Tang Yelan took charge of restoring the family, while Emperor Song Fenghua arrived with gifts to apologize on behalf of the imperial family.

• The Tang Family knelt to Song Ankang, who appointed Tang Yelan to manage its affairs before departing.
• Officials and factions congratulated the Tang Family, and those who had seized its property returned it with additional compensation.
• Tang Yelan and Tang Mingyue sent people to check on Song Ankang, who returned to the White Jade Mulberry Forest pretending he had just heard the news.
• The Tang Family celebrated its rise to power, and Tang Yelan worked to restore its household and stabilize its assets.
• Song Fenghua arrived at the Tang Family Mansion with gifts to apologize for the imperial family's role in the crisis, and Tang Yelan welcomed him.

After Song Ankang became a Divine Being, the Emperor of Xia Kingdom brought the Tang Family lavish gifts and a stipend, along with benefits reserved for Divine Beings. Song Ankang accepted the goodwill but rejected a public celebration, intending to focus on cultivation and deal with Song Shinian and his sister-in-law.

• Song Fenghua apologized to the Tang Family and presented treasures worth nearly a million High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Fenghua offered Song Ankang a monthly stipend and other Imperial Court benefits, including special quotas and information on Human Race secrets.
• Song Ankang accepted the imperial family's goodwill but planned to subdue Song Shinian rather than kill him.
• Imperial relatives and officials visited the Tang Family, and the Imperial Court proposed a Divine Ascension Banquet for Song Ankang.
• Song Ankang refused the banquet and considered the dangers from Demonic Creatures, Ghosts, and Song Shinian before turning to deal with his sister-in-law.

Tang Liuli visited Song Ankang after his breakthrough and tried to learn how powerful he had become, but he concealed his true strength. He refused her proposal to expand the Tang Family aggressively, urging it to grow quietly and safely.

• Tang Liuli hugged Song Ankang for an hour, thrilled that her brother-in-law had become a Divine Being.
• Song Ankang attributed his breakthrough to treasures from Pingyao King's Mansion and said his former experience as a great god helped him fight Mighty Eagle God.
• Tang Liuli questioned Song Ankang about his strength after his battle with Song Shinian, but he claimed he was only an ordinary Minor God with good combat experience.
• Tang Liuli suggested that the Tang Family seize more resources and businesses to expand its influence.
• Song Ankang told Tang Liuli that the Tang Family should develop steadily and avoid attracting enemies.

After gaining enormous power and wealth, Song Ankang told Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia that he wanted the Tang Family to grow quietly without burdening his cultivation. Tang Liuli returned to the mansion determined to hurry Tang Mingyue into confessing to Zhao Xiyu, while keeping her own feelings for Song Ankang secret.

• Song Ankang decided the Tang Family only needed to develop steadily and warned Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia not to use his influence to expand recklessly.
• On her way back, Tang Liuli worried that the Tang sisters and their family could not keep pace with Song Ankang, and resolved to tell the family not to disturb his cultivation.
• Tang Liuli found Tang Mingyue reading and urged her to confess her feelings to Zhao Xiyu without delay.
• Tang Mingyue reassured Tang Liuli that she trusted Zhao Xiyu and asked about the person Tang Liuli loved.
• Tang Liuli avoided revealing that she loved Song Ankang and ran off, leaving Tang Mingyue without an answer.

After Tang Batian’s victory at Pingyao King's Mansion made the Tang Family a rising power, Song Ankang kept his identity and strength concealed while refusing requests to handle dangerous threats. He recognized the missions from the Sun Patrol Division and Night Watch Division as traps arranged by Song Shinian and left them unresolved.

• Tang Batian’s reputation and the Tang Family’s influence surged after the battle at Pingyao King's Mansion, despite Song Ankang keeping a low profile.
• A Gold Patrolman from the Sun Patrol Division asked Tang Batian to suppress several Seventh-Grade Demonic Creatures and Ghosts in Akihabara, but Song Ankang refused to meet him or help.
• A Gold Night Guard later brought the badly wounded Gold Patrolman and asked Tang Batian to kill a ghost god near Kyoto.
• Song Ankang learned that a stronger ghost god was hidden in the graveyard and concluded Song Shinian had engineered the mission as another trap.
• Song Ankang refused the request, and the Tang Family’s upper ranks accepted that their Old Ancestor had done nothing wrong.

Song Shinian tried to pressure the Tang Family by spreading rumors and issuing an Imperial Decree ordering Song Ankang to the dangerous Heaven-Human War Front, but Song Ankang ignored him. Emperor Song Fenghua told Tang Yelan that the decree was not his intention and proposed a marriage alliance with Song Xin Xin, leaving the Tang Family eager to hear their ancestor’s decision about the lavish dowry.

• Song Shinian spread rumors accusing the Tang Family Old Ancestor of avoiding service to the Human Race, and Tang Yelan defended him by explaining that he was still stabilizing his newly advanced Divine Realm strength.
• Song Shinian claimed he had been gravely wounded by the Tang Family Old Ancestor and could not leave the Imperial Palace, while the Tang Family traded accusations with his supporters and lost ground in Kyoto’s gossip war.
• Song Ankang ignored the rumors and continued cultivating, while Song Shinian obtained an Imperial Decree urging him to support the Heaven-Human War Front.
• Song Fenghua visited the Tang Family and told Tang Yelan that Song Shinian had engineered the decree, adding that the family need not take it seriously.
• Song Fenghua proposed that Song Ankang marry his aunt Song Xin Xin and offered a generous dowry and a rich fief, prompting Tang Yelan to report the offer to their ancestor.

Song Ankang rejected the Xia emperor’s proposal to marry the emperor’s aunt, citing his devotion to cultivation, while Tang Liuli decided to draw him closer to the Tang Family. When she secretly entered his bed, a surge of backlash from the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance forced him to flee to the Training Room.

• Song Ankang learned that the emperor’s aunt was over seven hundred years old and tactfully declined the proposed marriage, saying he would consider romance only after reaching a higher realm.
• The Xia emperor accepted Song Ankang’s explanation, while the Tang and royal families continued to revere him as Ancestor Tang Batian, unaware that he was Zhao Xiyu, the Flower-Breaking Young Master.
• After returning to the White Jade Mulberry Forest, Song Ankang fell asleep, but Tang Liuli secretly slipped into his bed and urged him to kiss her.
• The Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance’s side-effect backlash struck before Song Ankang could act, and he escaped to the Training Room to absorb it.
• Tang Liuli grew angry at Song Ankang’s flight and resolved to win him over to the Tang Family before another faction could claim him.

Tang Liuli’s attempt to seduce Song Ankang failed, while the Mighty Eagle God, Song Shinian, intensified his campaign against the Tang Family by challenging its Old Ancestor to join him at the front lines. Song Ankang refused with a blunt reply, leaving Song Shinian furious and unsure how to pressure him next.

• Tang Liuli left the White Jade Mulberry Forest after failing to make her brother-in-law lose control, but resolved to try again.
• The Emperor of Xia Kingdom used his aunt to assure the Tang Family and Song Ankang that the imperial family did not intend to oppose them.
• Song Shinian fueled rumors against the Tang Family, slowing its growth, while Song Ankang ignored the slander because he did not depend on the family’s resources.
• Song Shinian announced he would go to the front lines despite his injuries, challenged the Tang Family Old Ancestor to accompany him, and sent women’s clothes as an insult.
• Song Ankang replied, “Go or don't go!”, and Song Shinian flew into a rage when he realized the Old Ancestor did not care about losing face.