Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang moved into An Ye Courtyard with Tang Yelan, reunited with Tang Liuli and Tang Mingyue, and received a welcome banquet from the Tang Family. That night, Tang Yelan praised his courage and achievements, leaving Song Ankang embarrassed by how much her idealized image of him differed from his own motives.

• Tang Yelan moved Song Ankang into An Ye Courtyard, then left to speak with Tang Zhijia.
• Tang Liuli sneaked into the bedroom to embrace Song Ankang, hid in a wardrobe when someone knocked, and returned after Tang Mingyue left.
• Tang Mingyue welcomed Song Ankang and invited him to visit her for poetry, and he kissed her before she departed.
• Tang Yelan and Tang Zhijia held a banquet that welcomed Song Ankang and affirmed his importance to the Tang Family.
• Tang Yelan thanked Song Ankang for his supposed sacrifices and praised his accomplishments, while he privately questioned whether he deserved her praise.

Song Ankang accepted Tang Yelan’s help arranging a bed attendant, while Tang Yelan seized a breakthrough opportunity and advanced to Transcendence. As life settled into the Tang Family Mansion, Song Ankang continued strengthening himself and protecting his household as Kyoto faced growing danger from Demonic Creatures and Ghosts.

• Tang Yelan asked Song Ankang to choose a Concubine Maid to attend his bed, and he chose Qiushi before Tang Yelan went into seclusion to break through.
• Qiushi joined Song Ankang for the night, while he reflected that he wanted to develop feelings with the other Concubine Maids before taking them.
• Tang Yelan crossed the Earth Barrier, advanced into the Transcendence Realm, and credited Song Ankang with helping her find the opportunity.
• Song Ankang continued cultivating and improving his Divine Techniques while Tang Yelan arranged positions for the people around him.
• Song Ankang secretly secured a residence and divine-slave protection for Dong Xinjie and arranged protection for Peng Xuan'er.
• As Demonic Creatures and Ghosts gathered outside Kyoto, defenses tightened, refugees settled nearby, and some An City residents left to fight.

As Demonic Creatures and Ghosts spread chaos across the Human Race’s territory, Song Ankang focused on breaking through from the ultimate perfection of Night Roaming to Day Roaming. He succeeded and endured the first fierce wave of Heaven and Earth Fire, leaving his Sacred Heart True Soul blue and strengthened as its tempering continued.

• Demonic Creatures and Ghosts exploited the Human Race’s troubles to plunder, and An City’s residents opened their homes to refugees.
• Song Ankang ordered the Five Divine Servants to keep a low profile and investigate Greater Deity-level Demonic Creatures and Ghosts for a chance to enslave them.
• Song Ankang used his remaining Explosive Spirit Fruit and other resources to build up his Sacred Heart True Soul before attempting the Day Roaming breakthrough.
• Song Ankang broke through the bottleneck and faced Heaven and Earth Fire, replenishing his Sacred Heart True Soul with Explosive Spirit Fruit as the first assault consumed nearly a third of it.
• Song Ankang endured the first wave of Heaven and Earth Fire, and his Sacred Heart True Soul deepened to blue as it was tempered.

After tempering his Sacred Heart True Soul and entering the Day Roaming Realm, Song Ankang adapted to his vast increase in power and perfected the Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse. He tested the perfected curse on a Spiritual White Deer, and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance began turning its severe side effects into benefits.

• Song Ankang's Sacred Heart True Soul emerged stronger after Heaven and Earth Fire erupted, and he tested it beneath the blazing sun.
• Song Ankang adapted to his breakthrough and raised the Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse to the Perfection Realm.
• Song Ankang chose the Spiritual White Deer to test the curse, hoping to acquire its knowledge of formations.
• Song Ankang and the Three Great Divine Servants infiltrated the Spiritual White Deer's residence near Kyoto and captured it.
• Song Ankang brought the Spiritual White Deer to the Training Room in the White Jade Mulberry Forest, controlled it with the Soul Seizing Technique, and cast the Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse.
• The Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance began converting the curse's harmful side effects into gains for Song Ankang.

Song Ankang used the Perfection Realm Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse to devour the Spiritual White Deer, gaining strength, formation knowledge, and a rare increase in comprehension. After allowing himself time to adapt, he planned to seek another target and considered improving the technique to absorb memories more effectively.

• Song Ankang absorbed the Spiritual White Deer's Demonic Power, qi and blood, and true soul, while discovering that the influx still required time to adapt to.
• Song Ankang absorbed the Spiritual White Deer's formation knowledge and found that his comprehension increased instead of suffering the expected side effects.
• Song Ankang finished devouring the Spiritual White Deer and gained strength comparable to more than a month of cultivation, along with a two-percent increase in comprehension.
• Song Ankang put away the Spiritual White Deer's remains and planned to rest for a few days before finding another target to devour.
• Song Ankang realized his limited comprehension had prevented him from fully absorbing the Spiritual White Deer's formation knowledge and considered modifying the Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse.

Song Ankang devoured powerful demons and ghosts, gaining their strength and specialized skills while advancing his cultivation and various crafts. After using his formation expertise to make ambushes more effective, he neared the Object Manipulation realm and set his sights on eventually reaching the Great God realm.

• Song Ankang devoured the Thousand Charm White Fox and advanced his alchemy cultivation to Eighth-Rank High-Grade.
• Song Ankang continued devouring demons and ghosts, gaining their memories, skills, and secret techniques while searching for Great God-level beings he could enslave.
• Song Ankang advanced his formation, alchemy, and artifact-refinement skills to the peak of Eighth-Rank High-Grade and learned several other crafts.
• Song Ankang decided that cultivation and plundering powerful enemies were more worthwhile than using his crafts to earn resources.
• Song Ankang used his formation abilities to ambush and devour two Middle God-level demon gods and devil gods, bringing him close to the Object Manipulation realm.

Song Ankang discovered that a powerful monster god was secretly hiding in an abandoned well in the White Jade Mulberry Forest and enslaved her with the Imperial Order. After learning her identity and circumstances, he became suspicious of why she was so obedient.

• Song Ankang sensed that yin-attributed aura was gathering around the abandoned well where Bai Jingyue had been born.
• Song Ankang used his concealment techniques to infiltrate the well’s Seventh-Rank Low-Grade divine array and found an injured monster god absorbing yin-attributed power.
• Song Ankang sent the Imperial Order into the monster god with the yin-attributed power, and it entered her True Soul Sea and enslaved her.
• The monster god introduced herself as Tsukuyomi and bowed to Song Ankang as her master.
• Song Ankang questioned Tsukuyomi about her identity and circumstances, then grew suspicious that her obedience did not match what she told him.

Song Ankang enslaved Goddess Tsukuyomi, an injured upper strange god, and learned that a Half-step True Immortal of the Tengu Race was hunting her. Tsukuyomi expected to die within three years, but Song Ankang believed he could become strong enough to protect her by then.

• Song Ankang discovered that Goddess Tsukuyomi was an upper strange god who had fled the Kunlun Mountains after demons wounded her.
• Song Ankang questioned Tsukuyomi's immediate obedience and used the Imperial Order to force her to tell the truth.
• Tsukuyomi revealed that a Half-step True Immortal of the Tengu Race was pursuing her because her moonlight power benefited the Tengu Race.
• Tsukuyomi explained that a forbidden technique could hide her aura for only three years, after which her pursuer could find and kill her.
• Tsukuyomi admitted she hoped Song Ankang might seek human help or hand her over to the Tengu Race, while Song Ankang believed he could reach the necessary strength within three years.

Song Ankang set aside his doubts about Goddess Tsukuyomi and learned that she needed Power of Extreme Yin to heal her severe injuries. He used his Divine Healing Method to provide it, leaving her injuries substantially improved after several dozen hours.

• Song Ankang decided he had no reason to fear Goddess Tsukuyomi’s plans because he could still choose whether to shelter her from the Tengu Race.
• Goddess Tsukuyomi said her injuries would take at least a hundred years to heal normally and explained that yin-attributed power, especially the Power of Extreme Yin, could speed her recovery.
• Song Ankang offered Goddess Tsukuyomi a Divine Healing Method that would give her a large amount of the Power of Extreme Yin, and she agreed despite its improper nature.
• Song Ankang used the Boy Demonic Cultivation Technique and the Wedding Dress Secret Technique to transform his Power of Extreme Yang into Power of Extreme Yin and pass it into Goddess Tsukuyomi.
• Goddess Tsukuyomi cooperated with Song Ankang’s treatment, and her injuries recovered by around one-tenth in several dozen hours.

Song Ankang healed Goddess Tsukuyomi, who broke through to a level comparable to a Body Snatching Realm god, and then began his own breakthrough into the Object Manipulation Realm. As his bottleneck dam cracked, he used two more Explosive Spirit Fruits to replenish his True Soul power.

• Song Ankang spent about half a month using the Power of Extreme Yin to heal Goddess Tsukuyomi, and her gratitude and loyalty toward him grew.
• After her injuries fully healed, Goddess Tsukuyomi sensed an opportunity to break through, and Song Ankang stood guard while she advanced to a level comparable to a Body Snatching Realm god.
• Song Ankang reached the limit of the Day Roaming Realm and prepared to break through at the Tang Family Mansion, with Goddess Tsukuyomi guarding him and divine formations protecting the area.
• Song Ankang swallowed three Explosive Spirit Fruits and began charging at the bottleneck dam leading to the Object Manipulation Realm.
• After repeated impacts cracked the bottleneck dam, Song Ankang swallowed his final two Explosive Spirit Fruits to replenish his True Soul power.

Song Ankang broke through to the Object Manipulation Realm, tempering his Sacred Heart True Soul until its power rivaled that of a Great God in the Manifestation Realm. As he adapted to his strength and helped those around him grow stronger, Goddess Tsukuyomi gained confidence that she could escape Tengu in three years.

• Song Ankang endured the Heaven and Earth Fire and advanced to the Object Manipulation Realm, condensing his Sacred Heart True Soul until it turned ice blue and became twice as powerful.
• Song Ankang used frequent seclusion as an excuse to leave the Tang Family Mansion and visit Dong Xinjie and Peng Xuan'er, sneak into Tang Liuli's room, and help Goddess Tsukuyomi cultivate.
• Goddess Tsukuyomi consolidated her strength with Song Ankang's Power of Extreme Yin, advanced to the Body Snatching Realm, and grew more confident about escaping Tengu's pursuit in three years.
• Song Ankang learned that Goddess Tsukuyomi wielded the Kusanagi Sword and Kusanagi Crown, a powerful set of Seventh-Grade Middle-Rank Divine Artifacts, and kept her close so she could aid him.
• Peng Xuan'er, Qiushi, Dong Xinjie, Tang Liuli, and the others continued advancing through Foundation Establishment with Song Ankang's baptisms and medicines.

As Kyoto faced an escalating siege by Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, the injured gods Zhang Xin Fang and Ding Song He asked Song Ankang, disguised as the Tang Family Old Ancestor, to guard the evacuation of Fengcheng’s residents and food supplies. The chapter ended with them appealing to him for help.

• Song Ankang continued strengthening himself and his allies as Kyoto’s defenses came under increasing pressure from Demonic Creatures and Ghosts.
• Zhang Xin Fang and Ding Song He arrived at the Tang Family Mansion to seek an audience with the Tang Family Old Ancestor.
• Song Ankang changed into the Old Ancestor’s battle robe and met the two gods in the reception hall.
• Zhang Xin Fang explained that Fengcheng’s divine formation was failing after its guardian perished fighting a Mid-rank Devil God.
• Ding Song He said Fengcheng’s residents and its vital food stores had to be evacuated to Kyoto, and the injured gods asked Song Ankang to guard them.

Song Ankang accepted Zhang Xin Fang and Ding Song He's request to escort Fengcheng's people to Kyoto, taking the Wind Thunder Sword as aid. He set out with Goddess Tsukuyomi concealed in his Storage Ring, prepared to face the dangers outside Kyoto.

• Song Ankang questioned whether his apparent Minor God Realm strength was enough to reach Fengcheng and escort its people to Kyoto.
• Zhang Xin Fang presented the Wind Thunder Sword, which contained a strike with ninety percent of Lord Thor's combat power, and Ding Song He promised a reward worth ten million High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Ankang accepted the mission, while Zhang Xin Fang and Ding Song He promised to protect the Tang Family if anything happened to him.
• Tang Yelan and the Tang Family's upper ranks worried over Song Ankang's safety, but he reassured them and departed for Fengcheng.
• Song Ankang took Goddess Tsukuyomi with him in his Storage Ring so she could emerge if he faced danger.

Song Ankang arrived in Fengcheng and led its citizens’ evacuation toward Kyoto, wiping out a huge wave of Demonic Creatures and Ghosts that attacked the procession. The survivors continued onward, though Song Ankang knew the attack had only been a probe.

• Huang Jianming and Fengcheng’s citizens prepared to evacuate, and Song Ankang arrived at the northern gate.
• Song Ankang ordered the evacuation to begin, and Huang Jianming organized the citizens into a procession toward Kyoto.
• Tens of thousands of Demonic Creatures and Ghosts attacked the front of the procession.
• Song Ankang wielded the Wind Thunder Sword to summon gales and lightning, killing the attackers and forcing the rest to flee too late.
• Song Ankang collected valuable corpses and packed much of Fengcheng’s food into Storage Rings before leading the citizens onward to Kyoto.

Song Ankang escorted seven hundred thousand Fengcheng citizens toward Kyoto, guarding them from Demonic Creatures and Ghosts with his Netherworld Divine Eye. When five Ghost Gods ambushed him, he killed all five with one strike, and the citizens continued their journey encouraged by his victory.

• Song Ankang ordered the Fengcheng citizens to set off for Kyoto and watched over their orderly march.
• Song Ankang used the Netherworld Divine Eye to scan the route and killed several Demonic Creatures and Ghosts that approached the procession.
• Song Ankang detected the Wall Ghost God, Water Hair Ghost God, Ancient Battle Fire God, Green Woman River, and a Charm Ghost waiting to ambush him.
• Song Ankang drew the Wind Thunder Sword and killed all five Ghost Gods with one strike.
• Song Ankang confirmed the identities of the slain Ghost Gods to the chief of Fengcheng's Sun Patrol Division, and the citizens continued toward Kyoto with renewed resolve.

As Fengcheng’s people evacuated toward Kyoto, Song Ankang, disguised as the Tang Family Old Ancestor and known as the Whirlwind Sword God, slew the five Great Ghost Gods who ambushed him. The news reached Kyoto, where everyone celebrated his victory but assumed the Wind Thunder Sword’s power had made it possible, before a new concern arose.

• Fengcheng’s people rejoiced as they learned the Wall Ghost God and Green Woman River had been slain, and they credited Lord Cyclone with killing the five Great Ghost Gods.
• Song Fenghua, Tang Yelan, Tang Mingyue, and Tang Liuli waited outside Kyoto while messenger birds reported that the evacuation had begun and the Whirlwind Ancestor had killed tens of thousands of Demonic Creatures and Ghosts.
• A messenger reported that the five Great Ghost Gods had ambushed the Whirlwind Ancestor and that he had slain them with one sword strike, shocking Song Fenghua and the gathered officials and Tang Family members.
• The officials and Tang Family members reasoned that the Wind Thunder Sword’s stored power, rather than the Tang Family Old Ancestor’s own strength, had killed the five Ghost Gods.
• The gathered people began to worry about another matter, but the chapter did not reveal what it was.

Song Ankang confronted the Snow Woman as she threatened Fengcheng’s migrating citizens, then secretly subdued her and made her flee so everyone believed his sword had driven her off. The convoy continued toward Kyoto with its enemies shocked and wary of Song Ankang’s strength.

• As Fengcheng’s convoy neared Kyoto, the upper great god Snow Woman appeared and advanced on its seven hundred thousand citizens.
• Fengcheng’s leaders urged Song Ankang to escape while they held the Snow Woman back, but he faced her with the Wind Thunder Sword.
• Song Ankang combined Flower Blooms and God Appears, the sword’s wind and thunder power, Goddess Tsukuyomi’s Half Moon, and an Imperial Order to subdue the Snow Woman.
• Song Ankang sent the Snow Woman away to make it appear that his sword had grievously wounded her and forced her to flee.
• Fengcheng’s citizens and the watching Demonic Creatures and Ghosts marveled at Song Ankang’s victory, and some enemies withdrew rather than risk attacking the convoy.

Song Ankang safely led Fengcheng’s seven hundred thousand citizens to Kyoto after defeating Snow Woman, where the people welcomed him as the Whirlwind Ancestor. He then looted Snow Woman’s treasures and considered the limits of how many powerful beings he could enslave.

• Song Ankang severely injured Snow Woman with the wind and thunder power in the Wind Thunder Sword, frightening the demons and ghosts into retreating.
• Song Fenghua, Tang Yelan, and the people waiting at Kyoto learned that the migration convoy was safe and celebrated.
• Song Ankang led Fengcheng’s citizens to Kyoto without further attacks, and Song Fenghua, the imperial court, the Tang Family, and the citizens knelt to welcome him as the Whirlwind Ancestor.
• Song Ankang left the settlement of Fengcheng’s citizens to Song Fenghua and departed to claim Snow Woman’s wealth.
• Snow Woman surrendered treasures worth more than ten million High-grade Spirit Stones, including three Divine Artifacts that relied on demonic power.
• Song Ankang assessed the strain of bearing Imperial Orders and concluded he could enslave several more Great God-level demonic creatures or ghosts.

Song Ankang captured and devoured the Wisteria Demon God, advancing his formation mastery, while his status and resources grew after he completed the Fengcheng relocation mission. As he searched the royal Secret Treasuries for powerful techniques, he found a forbidden secret technique with terrifying side effects and considered whether their world was a parallel version of Earth.

• Song Ankang learned that the Wisteria Demon God had left Wisteria Mountain and secretly gone to Kyoto, then infiltrated its hiding place with Goddess Tsukuyomi and Snow Woman.
• Song Ankang stunned and enslaved the Wisteria Demon God, devoured it, and became a Seventh-Rank Low-Grade Divine Formation Master.
• Song Ankang continued devouring Seventh-Grade Demonic Creatures and Ghosts while keeping his actions hidden amid the chaos around Kyoto.
• Song Ankang was granted the title of Marquis and Fengcheng as his fief, but left the occupied city alone while he focused on cultivation.
• Song Ankang received more than ten million High-grade Spirit Stones and gained access to royal Secret Treasuries, where he found a forbidden secret technique with severe side effects.

Song Ankang learned the forbidden Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique and quickly cultivated it to Minor Accomplishment as the Human Race faced mounting threats. When the World-Muddling Strength Ape called for help against a Nine-Tailed Fox attacking Hundred Fruits Mountain, Song Ankang arrived and unleashed the secret technique.

• Song Ankang memorized the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique, whose power came with the risk of crippling its user, and began cultivating it at the Tang Family Mansion.
• Over the following weeks, Song Ankang reached Minor Accomplishment in the technique and advanced his cultivation to the limit of the Object Manipulation Realm.
• The World-Muddling Strength Ape told Song Ankang that a peak Great God Nine-Tailed Fox was destroying Hundred Fruits Mountain, so Song Ankang set out with Goddess Tsukuyomi and the Snow Woman.
• Song Ankang arrived to find the Nine-Tailed Fox using a Nine-Segment Whip to break Hundred Fruits Mountain's Divine Formation Group while the injured World-Muddling Strength Ape resisted from within.
• Song Ankang unleashed the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique and used Size As You Wish as he prepared to fight the Nine-Tailed Fox.