Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang refused Tang Mingyue’s request to reveal more of his literary talent, then dealt with worried visitors before Tang Liuli pressed him to name his enemies. He frightened her by claiming he had once offended Half-step True Immortal Furi Mountain, leaving her burdened with a secret she feared she might accidentally reveal.

• Song Ankang refused Tang Mingyue’s hopeful request and saved his memorized poems for future exchanges.
• Xiachen, Dongxue, Tang Zhijia, and other Tang Family members visited Song Ankang with worried expressions.
• Tang Liuli asked Song Ankang about his enemies, and he named Snow Woman and Half-step True Immortal Furi Mountain.
• Song Ankang told Tang Liuli that Furi Mountain hated him and would come after him if it discovered his whereabouts.
• Tang Liuli promised to keep Song Ankang’s identity secret, then worried that she had learned too much.

After the Zhang Family tried to seize Song's Workshop, Song Ankang had Zhang Xiongzhan submit evidence of the family's crimes to the Sun Patrol Division. In prison, Zhang Xiongzhan explained that he had reported himself and the others to protect the Zhang Family from worse consequences, though the family members suspected their ancestor had been forced into surrendering their industries.

• Song Ankang sent Tang Liuli away after teasing her curiosity, while his companions remained unconcerned about the Zhang Family's threats.
• Zhang Xiongzhan brought evidence of the Zhang Family members' crimes to the Sun Patrol Division, which arrested them along with him.
• The arrested Zhang Family members questioned Zhang Xiongzhan, who admitted he had reported both them and himself.
• Zhang Xiongzhan said Song Ankang had gathered evidence against the family and warned that exposing it would have brought worse ruin.
• Zhang Xiongzhan explained that the Zhang Family's ancestor had handed its industries to Song's Workshop and asked Song Ankang to keep the crimes quiet.
• The Zhang Family higher-ups doubted their ancestor's motives and suspected Song Ankang had pressured him with the evidence.

After the Zhang Family’s attempt to seize Song’s Workshop, Zhang Xiongzhan explained that he surrendered to prevent Song Ankang from exposing the family’s wrongdoing. Song Ankang spared the Zhang Family from complete destruction, while his reputation and Song’s Workshop recovered across Kyoto.

• Zhang Xiongzhan told the Zhang Family higher-ups that the Old Ancestor had agreed to support Song Ankang and that he surrendered after Song Ankang prepared to expose their crimes.
• News spread that Song Ankang had persuaded the Zhang Family Old Ancestor to sacrifice the family, and people across Kyoto praised his ability and judgment.
• Tang Yelan, Tang Mingyue, Tang Zhijia, and the others learned that the Zhang Family members who seized Song’s Workshop had been imprisoned and that the seized businesses would be returned with compensation.
• Song Ankang spared the Zhang Family from extermination and let its Old Ancestor keep his good name, allowing the family to decline rather than be destroyed.
• Kyoto’s residents and the Tang Family praised Song Ankang’s methods and recognized that the Tang Family depended on his abilities.

Song Ankang received an azure jade stone and discovered it was one piece of the Heavenly Artifact called the Horizon Jade, which enabled communication and long-distance item transfers between its owners. After learning how it worked, he concealed his identity and prepared to enter its group chat.

• Song Ankang enjoyed Tang Yelan's praise while she admired his defeat of the Zhang Family and asked about his hidden abilities and business plans.
• The Zhang Family's affairs settled, and Song Ankang returned to his quiet life as his strength continued to grow.
• The Empty Bright Ant Queen brought Song Ankang an azure jade stone she had found in an abandoned pool outside Kyoto.
• Song Ankang spent half a month imprinting the jade with his true soul and discovered it was one-tenth of the Horizon Jade, a Heavenly Artifact.
• Song Ankang learned the Horizon Jade allowed concealed chats and long-distance transfers between its owners, then prepared to join its group chat under a chosen name and avatar.

Song Ankang joined Horizon Jade’s group chat under the name Ten-Mile Slope Sword God and disguised himself as a Rabbit Demon. The two established members looked down on his supposed race and discussed rare rabbits as food, leaving Song Ankang to quietly observe their exchange.

• Song Ankang chose the name Ten-Mile Slope Sword God, set Rogue Rabbit as his avatar, and connected to Horizon Jade’s group chat.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Twelve Wings demanded a picture from the newcomer, and Song Ankang sent them an image of Rogue Rabbit.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Twelve Wings identified Song Ankang as a male Rabbit Demon and mocked his race’s low cultivation limit.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky claimed his family kept Rainbow Light Rabbits to eat and offered one to Twelve Wings in exchange for something entertaining.

Song Ankang watched the Horizon Jade group while questioning whether Demonic Flame Soaring Sky was truly a Devil Master. A new member, Kunlun All-Knowing, asked the group to help catch insects eating bamboo on Small Bamboo Peak, and the chapter ended with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky asking about interesting things in the Kunlun Mountains.

• Song Ankang decided to stay in the group and observe Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, unsure whether he was really a Devil Race Devil Master.
• Kunlun All-Knowing joined the conversation and asked for help catching insects that were chewing up the bamboo on Small Bamboo Peak.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Twelve Wings mocked Kunlun All-Knowing for being unable to handle small troubles and criticized the way it used its Horizon Jade.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky asked whether Song Ankang, as a Rabbit Demon, was good at catching insects, and Song Ankang corrected him that Rabbit Demons ate carrots.
• Kunlun All-Knowing continued seeking help, and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky offered to send someone if it could name something in the Kunlun Mountains that would interest him.

Song Ankang learned about his group-chat companions and was stunned when Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded Twelve Wings with a priceless Immortal Limit Pill for a Gomoku set. The revelation of her immense wealth left him eager to earn her favor and find things she would reward.

• Song Ankang inferred that Demonic Flame Soaring Sky was a powerful Devil Race noble, Twelve Wings was her devoted flatterer, and Kunlun All-Knowing was a cautious spirit concerned with the Kunlun Mountains.
• Song Ankang spent hours chatting, then left to cultivate and break his Boy Demonic Cultivation Technique before reconnecting to the group chat.
• Song Ankang saw Twelve Wings explain that Demonic Flame Soaring Sky had enjoyed the Gomoku set he provided.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded Twelve Wings with an Immortal Limit Pill, which Song Ankang recognized as an extraordinarily valuable treasure.
• Song Ankang resolved to flatter Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and seek out entertaining things to trade for rewards.

After Twelve Wings traded Gomoku for an Immortal Limit Pill, Song Ankang sent the Soaring Demonic Lord a deck of playing cards and received three pills in return. He planned to test their effects and introduce more games for further trades.

• Song Ankang realized Twelve Wings had traded his Gomoku to the Soaring Demonic Lord for an Immortal Limit Pill, and he decided to offer something of his own.
• Song Ankang made a deck of playing cards and sent it with the rules for Three-Player Dou Dizhu to the Soaring Demonic Lord.
• Twelve Wings asked Song Ankang to send it a copy, but Song Ankang refused unless Twelve Wings traded Immortal Limit Pills.
• The Soaring Demonic Lord praised the playing cards and sent Song Ankang three Immortal Limit Pills, which Song Ankang accepted after checking them for tampering.
• Song Ankang considered introducing more games from Earth and planned to test how well the Immortal Limit Pills worked.

Song Ankang absorbed three high-quality Immortal Limit Pills, rapidly advancing his essence, energy, and spirit to the fourth layer of the Heavenly Pass and greatly increasing his combat power. He then watched Demonic Flame Soaring Sky publicly teach Twelve Wings a blade technique, leaving Song Ankang to wonder how wide the gap between races on the Xuanhuang Continent was before he spoke up in the group chat.

• Song Ankang took the first Immortal Limit Pill and discovered that it expanded his limits while rapidly raising his essence, energy, and spirit.
• Song Ankang absorbed all three pills, reaching just over 40 in essence, energy, and spirit and entering the fourth layer of the Heavenly Pass.
• Song Ankang sparred with Furi Mountain and steadily suppressed the Half-step True Immortal despite Furi Mountain's much higher attributes.
• Song Ankang spent time with Tang Yelan, Tang Liuli, Chunhua, Qiushi, Dong Xinjie, and Peng Xuan'er, then connected to the Chat Pool while cultivating.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky criticized Twelve Wings's blade technique and began correcting it in the group chat, while Twelve Wings eagerly complied.
• Song Ankang wondered at the vast hierarchy between races after seeing Twelve Wings submit to Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, then spoke in the group chat.

Song Ankang used praise, emojis, and corny love phrases to amuse Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and earn a string of rewards, including an Immortal Limit Pill. The chapter left Twelve Wings jealous of Song Ankang and plotting to use the chat messages against him.

• Song Ankang praised Demonic Flame Soaring Sky as a mighty boss, and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky adopted the title Boss Taotian.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded Song Ankang with divine pills and medicines, then gave him an Immortal Limit Pill for sending amusing drawings.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky invited Song Ankang to reveal his location so True Immortals could bring him to serve as an attendant, but Song Ankang refused and kept his whereabouts secret.
• Twelve Wings watched Song Ankang collect rewards and lamented that the Immortal Limit Pills could have helped it become a Sixth Grade True Immortal.
• Song Ankang sent Demonic Flame Soaring Sky corny love phrases, which made him laugh and eager to repeat them to others.
• Twelve Wings decided to record Song Ankang's daring messages so it could send them to Demonic Flame Soaring Sky's associates and get Song Ankang punished.

Song Ankang gained more Immortal Limit Pills while Earthworm Devil God terrorized refugee camps around Kyoto. After it swallowed a camp near White Jade Mulberry Forest, Song Ankang decided to search for the elusive Devil God himself.

• Song Ankang traded corny love phrases with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky for two Immortal Limit Pills, bringing his total gains to six and raising his cultivation to the fourth and a half layer of the Heavenly Barrier.
• Earthworm Devil God broke through a refugee camp’s protections and swallowed several thousand people before escaping underground.
• Zhang Xin Fang, Wang Xin Jing, and the authorities identified Earthworm Devil God, but the Four Iron Banner Gods failed to stop its repeated attacks on refugee camps outside Kyoto.
• Song Ankang continued trading jokes and love phrases with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, gaining one more Immortal Limit Pill and storing other pills and medicines he could not yet use.
• After Earthworm Devil God swallowed a refugee camp near White Jade Mulberry Forest, Song Ankang mobilized his divine servants to search for it.
• The Four Iron Banner Gods asked the Tang Family Old Ancestor to help locate Earthworm Devil God, but Song Ankang intended to deal with it himself if he found it.

Song Ankang had Furi Mountain find and capture the Earthworm Devil God, then killed it and sent its head to the Tang Family. The Tang Family carried the head toward the Imperial City, where the Summer Emperor announced the news to the worried court.

• Furi Mountain found the Earthworm Devil God near the White Jade Mulberry Forest and captured it for Song Ankang.
• Song Ankang learned that the Earthworm Devil God had followed the Snow Woman’s aura to Kyoto and killed it with one sword strike.
• Song Ankang, disguised as the Tang Family Old Ancestor, placed the Earthworm Devil God’s head in the Tang Family warehouse and arranged for the family to deliver it to the Four Iron Banner Gods.
• Tang Yelan, Tang Mingyue, Tang Zhijia, and the other Tang Family leaders were stunned by the enormous head, then sent it toward the Imperial City on a carriage.
• The Four Iron Banner Gods and the court discussed how to protect Kyoto’s disaster victims from the Earthworm Devil God.
• The Summer Emperor entered the study and told the officials that the Tang Family’s Divine Ancestor had slain the Earthworm Devil God.

The Four Iron Banner Gods learned that the Tang Family Old Ancestor had killed the Earthworm Devil God and hoped his skills could help the Human Race, but Song Ankang ignored their invitation to the Heaven-Human War Front. In the chat pool, he won Demonic Flame Soaring Sky’s favor by teaching her new card games and received an Immortal Limit Pill and a bottle of divine pills.

• The Summer Emperor told the Four Iron Banner Gods, Zhang Xin Fang, Wang Xin Jing, and the others that the Tang Family was bringing the Earthworm Devil God's head to the Imperial City.
• The Four Iron Banner Gods discussed the Tang Family Old Ancestor's tracking abilities and considered asking him again to help at the Heaven-Human War Front.
• Song Ankang ignored the Four Iron Banner Gods' message and decided he would not go to the front lines until he advanced to a Sixth Grade True Immortal.
• In the chat pool, Twelve Wings complained to the Ten-Mile Slope Sword God, who ignored it and offered Demonic Flame Soaring Sky new card games.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky enjoyed the games and rewarded the Ten-Mile Slope Sword God with an Immortal Limit Pill and a bottle of divine pills.

Song Ankang argued with Twelve Wings over trading novelty items and challenged it to meet at Small Bamboo Peak, though neither intended to go. Twelve Wings later planned to have its clansmen secretly track down Ten-Mile Slope Sword God and capture him.

• Twelve Wings asked Ten-Mile Slope Sword God to trade fun items for divine pills and Divine Medicine, but Song Ankang demanded one high-quality Immortal Limit Pill per item.
• Twelve Wings threatened Song Ankang and proposed meeting at Small Bamboo Peak in the Kunlun Mountains; Song Ankang agreed while privately deciding not to go.
• Song Ankang and Twelve Wings each suspected the other might have an ambush and stayed away from Small Bamboo Peak.
• Song Ankang entered the Training Room to take his Immortal Limit Pill, while Twelve Wings decided to send its clansmen to investigate and capture him if they found his location.

Song Ankang traded new card games to Demonic Flame Soaring Sky for Immortal Limit Pills, then used the final pill to raise his essence, energy, and spirit past 50 points and enter the fifth layer of the Heavenly Barrier. As he wondered what else he could offer her, Demonic Flame Soaring Sky messaged him again.

• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded Ten-Mile Slope Sword God with an Immortal Limit Pill for inventing Bridge and Gong Zhu, then later praised him and rewarded him again for Ten Thirty, Twenty-one, and Jie Zhu Gan.
• Twelve Wings privately asked Song Ankang to sell him the games cheaply, but Song Ankang refused and ended their conversation by blocking him.
• Song Ankang introduced more games over the following weeks and exchanged them with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky for several Immortal Limit Pills.
• Song Ankang took his last Immortal Limit Pill, raising his essence, energy, and spirit beyond 50 points and reaching the fifth layer of the Heavenly Barrier.
• Song Ankang sparred with Furi Mountain and easily suppressed him, confirming that his combat power ranked in the middle tier among Half-step True Immortals.
• Song Ankang considered what new entertainment to offer Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, then received another message from her.

Song Ankang sold Twelve Wings a copy of War Chess for two Immortal Limit Pills after refusing to let him buy it on credit, then returned to cultivation and his companions. Later, a new member called Flame of Breaking Barriers joined the group chat, where Ten-Mile Slope Sword God silenced their criticism of his praise for Demonic Flame Soaring Sky.

• Song Ankang sent Demonic Flame Soaring Sky the rules for his modified War Chess, and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded him with three Immortal Limit Pills.
• Twelve Wings asked Song Ankang for War Chess, and Song Ankang offered it for three Immortal Limit Pills before lowering the price to two after Twelve Wings apologized.
• Song Ankang refused Twelve Wings’s request to buy War Chess on credit, then focused on cultivation and spending time with his companions.
• Ten-Mile Slope Sword God and Twelve Wings praised Demonic Flame Soaring Sky in the group chat before Flame of Breaking Barriers called them sycophants.
• Ten-Mile Slope Sword God argued that his praise was truthful because the Rabbit Demon race had no Sixth Grade True Immortals, and Flame of Breaking Barriers fell silent.

Song Ankang earned Immortal Limit Pills from Demonic Flame Soaring Sky by provoking Flame of Breaking Barriers, then sold War Chess to Flame of Breaking Barriers for even more pills. The chapter ended with Flame of Breaking Barriers realizing Song Ankang served whoever paid him.

• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded Ten-Mile Slope Sword God with two Immortal Limit Pills for provoking Flame of Breaking Barriers.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Flame of Breaking Barriers argued over the Devil Race's victories against the Phoenix Clan and the loss of Ice Fish Ocean.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky praised War Chess for its potential military use, prompting Flame of Breaking Barriers to privately ask Ten-Mile Slope Sword God for a set.
• Ten-Mile Slope Sword God sent Flame of Breaking Barriers a set of War Chess, and she was impressed by its usefulness in warfare.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers sent Ten-Mile Slope Sword God four Immortal Limit Pills and invited him to offer her future items, recognizing that he served whoever paid him.

Song Ankang consumed seven Immortal Limit Pills and reached Heaven Gate Sixth Level, then continued cultivating while watching the Chat Pool for opportunities. Flame of Breaking Barriers later thanked him for the War Chess and said it could help prepare for war against the Devil Race.

• Flame of Breaking Barriers praised Song Ankang for giving her the War Chess and sent him a bottle of seventh-grade high-tier divine pills.
• Song Ankang flattered Demonic Flame Soaring Sky in the Chat Pool and received more divine pills before leaving to cultivate.
• Song Ankang consumed seven Immortal Limit Pills over several days, raising his essence, energy, and spirit above sixty and reaching Heaven Gate Sixth Level.
• Song Ankang adapted to his increased strength, improved his Martial Arts Secret Techniques, and monitored the Chat Pool for profitable trades.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers messaged Song Ankang that his War Chess could be adapted to simulate warfare between her race and the Devil Race, and thanked him.

Song Ankang sold Flame of Breaking Barriers playing cards as a tool for sharpening battlefield observation, earning six Immortal Limit Pills. He planned to use them to advance his cultivation and raise his limits beyond 200 points before facing heavenly tribulation.

• Song Ankang offered Flame of Breaking Barriers playing cards to train observation and introduced the rules of Fight the Landlord.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers tested the cards, enjoyed the game, and bought the deck and dozens of game variations for six Immortal Limit Pills.
• Song Ankang inspected the pills and decided to use them to attempt the Heaven Gate Seventh Level.
• Song Ankang considered the limits of different races and resolved to raise his essence, qi, and spirit beyond 200 points, possibly to 300, before triggering heavenly tribulation.
• Song Ankang looked forward to earning more Immortal Limit Pills from Flame of Breaking Barriers and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky through other Earthly novelties.

Song Ankang slowed his use of Immortal Limit Pills to stabilize his cultivation while secretly strengthening his companions and expanding Song's Workshop. As the Xia Kingdom grew calmer and other races investigated the mysterious deaths of Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, Song Ankang remained concealed and confident that his growing strength would protect him if he was exposed.

• Song Ankang used the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to resolve the problems caused by rapid cultivation and then resumed advancing his realm.
• Tang Liuli, Peng Xuan'er, Little Concubine Qiushi, Little Concubine Chunhua, and Dong Xinjie reached the Golden Core Stage, while Goddess Tsukuyomi neared the Half-step True Immortal realm.
• Tang Yelan noticed that Song Ankang was hiding something about her rapid progress but chose not to question him, and Tang Mingyue advanced to Qi Cultivation Layer Seven.
• Song's Workshop expanded across Kyoto and began supplying pills to the Huafeng War Front and Heaven-Human War Front, while reinvesting its profits into further growth.
• Human Race, Angel Race, and Merman Race factions investigated the many slain Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, while Song Ankang continued disguising his actions and keeping his identity secret.