Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang defeated and subdued the Nine-Tailed Fox, then endured the devastating side effects of the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique. As the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance restored him, he sensed an opportunity to break through the mid god realm and prepared to strike at the bottleneck.

• Song Ankang used Heavenly Phenomenon Earthly Form and the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique to overpower the Nine-Tailed Fox, while Goddess Tsukuyomi and the Snow Woman stopped its attempted escape.
• Song Ankang used the Imperial Order to subdue the Nine-Tailed Fox, learning that it had attacked Hundred Fruits Mountain to avenge the Little Fox God after the World-Muddling Strength Ape beat him.
• Song Ankang took the Nine-Tailed Fox's treasures and resources, including about ten million High-grade Spirit Stones, then suffered the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique's side effects.
• After several days, the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance restored Song Ankang, strengthening his body, golden core, true soul, and cultivation foundation.
• Song Ankang sensed an opportunity to break through the mid god realm, reached the limits of his body-tempering cultivation and golden core, and swallowed divine pills and Divine Medicine to aid his attempt.

Song Ankang broke through the bottleneck between Mid God and Great God, reaching the Manifestation Realm after tempering his Sacred Heart True Soul with Heaven and Earth Fire. He emerged with vastly greater power and stayed to stabilize his new realm after attending to one important matter.

• Song Ankang repeatedly attacked the bottleneck dam with his Sacred Heart True Soul, using divine pills and Divine Medicine to replenish his power as cracks spread across it.
• Song Ankang shattered the bottleneck dam, and white Heaven and Earth Fire descended to burn and temper his Sacred Heart True Soul.
• Song Ankang guided the fire through his true soul until it became a tiny, pure blue form with vastly increased power, completing his breakthrough into the Manifestation Realm.
• Song Ankang assessed his new strength, recognizing that he had become a peak-tier Great God capable of dominating opponents across the Great God Realm.
• Song Ankang continued cultivating to stabilize his realm and adapt to his strength, planning to attend to one important matter first.

Song Ankang used the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique to improve his talent and advance his cultivation and body to the Great God Realm, becoming one of the strongest fighters among the Human Race. After learning that a Water Qilin carrying the Myriad Flow Armor was hiding near Kyoto, he set out to hunt it with three Great God allies.

• Song Ankang absorbed the technique’s feedback, which improved his talent and aptitude across the board, then spent several days consolidating his strength.
• Song Ankang raised both his qi-refining and body-refining cultivation to new levels, reaching Great God Realm strength in essence, qi, and spirit.
• Song Ankang concluded that few people among the Human Race could defeat him and spent a few days relaxing at the Tang Family Mansion.
• Song Ankang learned that the Water Qilin, a top Demon God carrying the Myriad Flow Armor, was hiding in the Chishui River near Kyoto.
• Song Ankang took the Goddess Tsukuyomi, the Snow Woman, and the Nine-tailed Fox Demon to the Chishui River to hunt the Water Qilin.

Song Ankang enslaved the Water Qilin and the Mysterious Fire Crow, gaining the Myriad Flow Armor, valuable resources, and two more powerful divine servants. With five top-tier Great Gods under his command, he felt confident about defending Kyoto but planned to keep building his strength and concealing it.

• Song Ankang infiltrated the Water Qilin’s residence, defeated it with help from the Three Great Divine Servants, and enslaved it with the Imperial Order.
• Song Ankang claimed the Water Qilin’s Myriad Flow Armor and collected its other treasures, worth more than ten million High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Song Ankang targeted the Mysterious Fire Crow, whose fire attacks were countered by his servants’ abilities and his own powers, and enslaved it after a brief fight.
• Song Ankang’s forces grew to five top-tier Great God-level divine servants, giving him the combined combat power of six top-tier Great Gods and greater confidence in Kyoto’s safety.
• Song Ankang considered how many Great Gods he might enslave as his true soul grew stronger, but resolved to keep hiding his identity and strength.

Song Ankang continued cultivating and strengthening those close to him while planning for the Human Race’s future protection. In Kyoto, a mysterious inn lured more than a thousand young disaster victims inside before vanishing, leaving those outside to fear the victims had been taken by Demonic Creatures and Ghosts.

• Song Ankang failed to find a safe opportunity to enslave another top-tier Great God and resumed his cultivation and time with his companions.
• Song Ankang used treasures and medicines to raise Tang Yelan’s strength, while his other companions prepared to break through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Goddess Tsukuyomi told Song Ankang that continued cleansing could let her reach Half-step True Immortal in about ten years and Sixth Grade True Immortal in over a hundred years.
• A mysterious Caiyun Inn appeared in Four Directions Alley and offered free lodging to young disaster victims, drawing more than a thousand inside.
• Caiyun Inn vanished with everyone inside, and witnesses suspected Demonic Creatures and Ghosts had taken the victims and urged others to alert the Sun Patrol Division and Night Watch Division.

Zhang Xin Fang, Ding Song He, and Wang Xin Jing identified the Deadly Homebody Anomaly God as the cause of young people vanishing across An City and asked Song Ankang to kill it. After their search failed, Song Ankang learned that another suspicious, living workshop had appeared inside Song's Workshop and hurried there in disguise.

• Zhang Xin Fang, Ding Song He, and Wang Xin Jing concluded that the Deadly Homebody Anomaly God was devouring people and could not safely be confronted with Kyoto's divine formations.
• Song Ankang agreed to hunt the Deadly Homebody Anomaly God if the others found its location.
• The Imperial Court and Song Ankang's servants failed to track the anomaly, which continued making youths disappear.
• Song Ankang considered bringing major god-level servants into Kyoto to protect those around him.
• The Anomaly God Curse Well reported a seemingly conscious new processing plant in Song's Workshop that was drawing in workers and had warned its avatar not to interfere.
• Song Ankang concealed himself with the Heaven Concealing Earth Absorbing Art and the Mysterious Hidden Ring and hurried to Song's Workshop.

Song Ankang infiltrated Song's Workshop and killed Anomaly God Deadhouse with one punch before it could devour the workers. He brought the corpse to the Imperial Court, received rewards from the National Treasury, and left eager to hunt more threats in Kyoto.

• Song Ankang disguised himself as a bewitched apprentice and discovered that Anomaly God Deadhouse had hidden itself inside Song's Workshop.
• Song Ankang saw through the workshop's illusion of Blood Pool Hell and killed Anomaly God Deadhouse with a single Skin Injury Fist.
• Song Ankang looted the corpse, found the Seventh-Grade Middle-Rank true soul divine artifact God Breaking Cone, and carried the remains to the Imperial City.
• Zhang Xin Fang and Wang Xin Jing were stunned when Song Ankang revealed that he had already killed Anomaly God Deadhouse.
• Zhang Xin Fang and Wang Xin Jing took Song Ankang to the National Treasury, where he selected treasures and spirit pills before leaving with his rewards.

After the slaughter in Kyoto revealed the city’s defenses were vulnerable, Song Ankang decided to capture the Empty Bright Ant Queen and claim its vast army to protect those around him. He secretly approached its stronghold at White Earth Mountain, concealed from its detection and ready to attack.

• Song Ankang considered how Kyoto’s weakened Divine Formation Group left the people around him exposed and recognized that his nine divine servants could not protect everyone.
• Song Ankang targeted the Empty Bright Ant Queen, whose loyal divine descendants and immense ant army could greatly strengthen his forces.
• Song Ankang gained confidence in the plan after obtaining Anomaly God Deadhouse’s corpse and the God Breaking Cone, which could bypass the Queen’s defenses.
• Song Ankang cultivated the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique further, then secretly left Kyoto for White Earth Mountain.
• Song Ankang used several concealment methods to approach the Empty Bright Ant Queen’s fortified camp without being detected.

Song Ankang waited at the core of White Earth Mountain’s Divine Formation Group until he spotted the hidden Empty Bright Ant Queen, then ambushed it with his servants and made it his servant. The Queen brought its powerful descendants and the vast Empty Bright Ant Tribe under his control as the tribe had moved toward An City amid the Human Race’s troubles.

• Song Ankang infiltrated White Earth Mountain and searched the Divine Formation Group’s core, but found only the Empty Bright Ant Queen’s eggs.
• After waiting for a day, Song Ankang noticed eggs appearing in one corner and identified the Queen’s concealed location.
• Song Ankang and his four peak divine servants attacked the Queen, while two Empty Bright Ant Emperors rushed in to defend it.
• Song Ankang captured the Empty Bright Ant Queen and made it his servant, and the Queen ordered the two Ant Emperors to submit.
• Song Ankang gained control of the Empty Bright Ant Tribe’s formidable forces as the tribe had approached An City to seize Human Race resources and treasures.

After taking control of the Empty Bright Ant Tribe, Song Ankang used its manpower and resources to protect his people and strengthen himself. But as Demonic Creatures and Ghosts increasingly infiltrated An City and killed those connected to him, his once-peaceful routine began to unravel.

• Song Ankang enslaved the Empty Bright Ant Queen, gained control of more than a hundred ant-race gods, and used the tribe’s resources to support his cultivation.
• Song Ankang brought Empty Bright Ant Tribe members into An City and stationed ant-race gods to guard the Tang Family Mansion, Song’s Workshop, his companions’ residences, and the White Jade Mulberry Forest.
• Song Ankang continued raising the strength of the women close to him, while the three Concubine Maids reached the peak of the Earth Gate Realm.
• Demonic Creatures and Ghosts infiltrated An City as its Divine Formation Group could not be kept fully active, and attacks began killing people connected to Song Ankang’s businesses and family.
• Tang Yelan repeatedly had to console the families of Tang clan members killed by Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, and Song Ankang grew irritated as the casualties disrupted their lives.

Song Ankang used the Empty Bright Ant Tribe to purge demons, monsters, and ghosts from Kyoto, while gaining a dangerous pill that could help him defeat the Tengu pursuing Goddess Tsukuyomi. As he went to meet Goddess Tsukuyomi, he received earth-shaking news that shocked the Human Race.

• Song Ankang ordered the Empty Bright Ant Tribe to hunt down demons, monsters, and ghosts around Kyoto, personally killing stronger enemies while hiding his actions from the Divine Formation Group.
• The Empty Bright Ant Tribe cleared most of Kyoto and areas within a hundred li, and Song Ankang persuaded Zhang Xin Fang and Wang Xin Jing that the ants were repaying a Human Race cultivator's life-saving favor.
• Song Ankang obtained the Three-Day Soul-Dispelling Powder, which could temporarily raise his true soul power enough to give him a strong chance against the Tengu.
• Song Ankang considered enslaving the Tengu and nurturing it with the Power of Extreme Yin, then went to find Goddess Tsukuyomi to help her advance.
• Before Song Ankang reached the White Jade Mulberry Forest, he received shocking news that shook the Human Race.

After the Merfolk War Front fell, Song Ankang resolved to take responsibility for defending the Human Race and accelerated his cultivation. The Imperial Court stabilized the immediate chaos, but the Merman Race’s advance threatened Xia Kingdom, and Song Ankang continued toward the White Jade Mulberry Forest.

• The Merman Race breached the Merfolk War Front and surged into Xia Kingdom’s eastern lands as the Human Race army retreated.
• Song Ankang recognized that the crisis left him with no one else to rely on and resolved to face the threat himself.
• Song Ankang planned to enslave more peak Great Gods and use his forces to hold back the Merman Race until he could reach Half-step True Immortal.
• Demonic Creatures and Ghosts attacked Human Race settlements, but villages, towns, cities, and the Imperial Court rallied to stabilize their defenses.
• Song Ankang decided to accelerate his cultivation using risky techniques and medicines, then continued toward the White Jade Mulberry Forest.

After Tongxin Town and many surrounding settlements were destroyed, Song Ankang resolved to punish the demons, monsters, and ghosts threatening the Kyoto region. In just over two days, he slew thirty-six Seventh-Rank gods, bringing a sudden calm to the region and restoring the Human Race’s morale.

• Song Ankang learned that Tongxin Town and dozens of nearby villages and towns had been slaughtered, and he regretted not having sent gods to protect them.
• Song Ankang decided to stop holding back and use the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique to hunt the demons, monsters, and ghosts outside Kyoto.
• As the Nine Peaks Sword God, Song Ankang slew more than thirty Seventh-Rank Low-Grade and Mid-Grade enemies over two days, then killed six more before their countermeasures forced him to pause.
• Song Ankang’s tally reached thirty-six, terrifying the demons, monsters, and ghosts and making the Kyoto region fall quiet.
• The Human Race celebrated the Nine Peaks Sword God’s victories, Emperor of Xia Kingdom Song Fenghua issued rewards, and people raised Eternity Tablets in his honor.

After Song Ankang’s slaughter of thirty-six Seventh-Grade Demonic Creatures and Ghosts made the area around Kyoto temporarily safer, he returned to cultivation. Tang Liuli reflected on his devotion to the women close to him and wondered whether they could really keep him to themselves.

• Song Ankang’s killing spree frightened the remaining Demonic Creatures and Ghosts into withdrawing, temporarily easing the danger around Kyoto.
• Song Ankang sent Empty Bright Ant Tribe members to guard the places he cared about and resumed cultivating, estimating that he still needed several months to reach the Body Possession Realm.
• Tang Liuli observed that Song Ankang stayed home to cultivate and spend time with them rather than pursuing other women.
• Tang Liuli wondered whether she and the other women could keep Song Ankang to themselves, given his status and the attention he might attract from the Imperial Court and Human Race.

Tang Liuli worried that Song Ankang had too few partners and decided the family should find him suitable women, while Song Ankang began a relationship with Chunhua. Meanwhile, Song's Workshop expanded rapidly, drawing attention from the Tang Family.

• Tang Liuli considered finding Song Ankang more partners to protect him from women with hidden motives and wondered why the women around him had not become pregnant.
• Song Ankang spent the night with Chunhua after Tang Yelan summoned a concubine maid to attend him, and he secretly nourished Chunhua to help her advance.
• Song's Workshop expanded to six facilities and more than one hundred thousand workers without Song Ankang paying attention.
• Tang Family members discussed Song's Workshop's growth, its profits, the Zhang Family's extensive support, and rumors that Song Ankang had advanced beyond Qi Cultivation Layer Seven.

Song Ankang’s Song’s Workshop prospered through generous wages and capable management while he paid little attention to its profits. His public cultivation and business success earned him the Tang Family’s respect, leaving his hopes of being challenged and underestimated unfulfilled.

• Song Ankang’s generous wages won the loyalty of Song’s Workshop’s workers, and their efforts helped the enterprise flourish under Wang Yuliang, Hao Jiyong, Chunhua, and the others.
• Song Ankang returned to the Tang Family, where his Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation and growing wealth brought him flatterers instead of the trouble he had hoped to face.
• The Tang Family’s elders stopped objecting to Song Ankang’s status as Tang Yelan’s husband and accepted that their children could bear either parent’s surname.
• People compared Song Ankang’s rapid cultivation and independent success with Tang Liuli’s talent and Tang Yelan’s business ability, concluding that he had surpassed them.
• The Zhang Family’s involvement had accelerated Song’s Workshop’s rise, but the enterprise had prospered even as the Zhang Family’s attempted move against it failed.

Song Ankang’s thriving workshop and rapid cultivation drew attention across Kyoto and raised his standing in the Tang Family. At dinner, Tang Zhijia urged him and Tang Yelan to have children, but Song Ankang suggested waiting until she reached the Golden Core Stage, shocking the family elder.

• Song Ankang’s Workshop grew beyond one hundred thousand workers, while Song Ankang advanced to the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation, prompting widespread praise and gossip.
• Kyoto’s sons-in-law admired Song Ankang as a role model, though he cared more about his own cultivation than his reputation or business.
• Tang Zhijia joined Song Ankang and Tang Yelan for a meal and urged them to have children to continue the Tang Family’s direct line.
• Song Ankang argued that they should wait until Tang Yelan reached the Golden Core Stage before considering pregnancy.
• Tang Zhijia objected that waiting could take a century or more and asked what would happen if Tang Yelan never reached that stage.

Song Ankang agreed to consider having children in a few years, while privately planning to wait until he was strong enough to ensure his family's safety. Tang Liuli then proposed secretly bearing the Tang Family direct line's first child, leaving Song Ankang speechless.

• Tang Zhijia and the women persuaded Song Ankang and Tang Yelan to have children before waiting too long for cultivation breakthroughs.
• Song Ankang agreed to consider having children within the next few years, and Tang Yelan supported the idea of bearing a male heir for the Tang Family direct line.
• Song Ankang resolved to wait until he reached at least the Half-step True Immortal Realm before having children.
• After dinner, Tang Liuli pulled Song Ankang into Tang Yelan's bedroom and suggested that she bear his child after reaching the Golden Core Stage.
• Song Ankang was stunned by Tang Liuli's proposal and worried about how they could hide the child from Tang Yelan and the Tang Family.

Song Ankang rejected Tang Liuli’s request to have a child, saying they should wait until they were stronger and Kyoto was safer. Later, refugees fled to Kyoto after four cities fell, and Song Ankang rushed to protect those approaching from the northeast.

• Song Ankang refused Tang Liuli’s proposal to have a child and said their relationship should remain secret until they were stronger and the crisis had passed.
• Tang Liuli accepted his decision, and after they were intimate, she left while Song Ankang returned to cultivation.
• Song Ankang learned that Demonic Creatures and Ghosts had breached Pingcheng, Dakang City, Moxiao City, and Yingcheng, sending refugees toward Kyoto.
• Zhang Xin Fang, Wang Xin Jing, and Ding Song He activated Kyoto’s Divine Formation Group and prepared to receive the refugees while guarding the city.
• Song Ankang hurried toward the northeast of An City to protect the refugees near the White Jade Mulberry Forest.

Song Ankang used the Two Dragons Sword to save refugees fleeing from four cities, wiping out the Demonic Creatures and Ghosts pursuing them. He returned to the Tang Family Mansion with a vast haul of corpses and resources, considering how to trade the edible remains to ease Kyoto’s worsening food shortage and strengthen himself.

• Song Ankang arrived above the White Jade Mulberry Forest and saw hundreds of thousands of refugees pursued by over a million Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, including Minor God-level foes.
• Song Ankang unleashed Demon Sweep with the Two Dragons Sword, killing tens of thousands of pursuers and forcing the rest to retreat.
• Song Ankang pursued and slaughtered the Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, rescuing nearly a million refugees as people in Kyoto cheered the Nine Peaks Sword God.
• An City's Divine Formation Group attacked the Demonic Creatures and Ghosts in other directions, while Zhang Xin Fang and Wang Xin Jing held their fire in Song Ankang's direction.
• Song Ankang collected the corpses and more than ten thousand Storage Rings, then returned to the Tang Family Mansion with his gains.
• Song Ankang considered selling edible Demonic Creature and Demonic Beast corpses to the Imperial Court as Kyoto's food shortage worsened.