Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang reached the Heaven Gate Seventh Level and learned that the Angel Race was secretly organizing an Anti-Human Alliance to destroy the Human Race. He infiltrated the alliance through his divine servants and planned to use the operation to expand his influence and target Ailmaidy.

• Song Ankang consumed his Immortal Limit Pills and advanced to the Heaven Gate Seventh Level, while deciding to delay his breakthrough until his essence, energy, and spirit were stronger.
• A divine servant informed Song Ankang that Ailmaidy, a Half-step True Immortal and one of the Angel Race's top three elders, was recruiting Demonic Creatures and Ghosts into an Anti-Human Alliance.
• Song Ankang ordered a peak Great God-level divine servant to join the alliance after a cautious delay and act as a spy.
• Over the next month, several of Song Ankang's divine servant spies infiltrated the alliance across the Human Race's territory.
• Song Ankang decided to have one spy become a vanguard officer under Ailmaidy, recruit more allies, and create an opportunity to enslave Ailmaidy.

Song Ankang used Furi Mountain’s identity to join Ailmaidy’s Anti-Human Alliance and infiltrate its ranks. After swearing an alliance oath, Furi Mountain led alliance members toward targets selected by the Angel Race, where Song Ankang enslaved or killed them without raising suspicion.

• Ailmaidy welcomed Furi Mountain to the Anti-Human Alliance, trusting it because it had recently attacked the Human Race and plundered its Divine Artifact Treasury.
• Furi Mountain offered to serve as the alliance’s vanguard in exchange for rewards and the spoils from recruiting or killing Seventh-Grade Demonic Creatures and Ghosts.
• Furi Mountain and Ailmaidy swore alliance oaths, unaware that Song Ankang controlled Furi Mountain through the Imperial Order.
• Ailmaidy provided Furi Mountain with targets from the Angel Race’s intelligence network, and Furi Mountain set out with an Angel Race token and alliance members.
• Song Ankang used a Divine Formation Group to enslave most of the group, including two great-god-level Angels, and devoured the disobedient ones.
• Furi Mountain’s group approached the Angel Race’s targets and enslaved or killed them, while Ailmaidy remained unsuspecting.

Song Ankang used Furi Mountain and the Angel Race’s support to enslave most Great God-level Demonic Creatures and Ghosts in Human Race territory, then turned the Anti-Human Alliance against Ailmaidy. Ailmaidy sent a warning toward the Angel Race nest before Song Ankang enslaved it, leaving the Angel Race’s response uncertain.

• Song Ankang and Furi Mountain enslaved dozens of Great God-level Demonic Creatures and Ghosts, uniting nearly all such beings in Human Race territory under Song Ankang’s control.
• Ailmaidy accepted Furi Mountain’s explanation for the lost divine artifacts and prepared to attack the Heaven-Human War Front with the Anti-Human Alliance.
• At Angel's Fall Great Canyon, Ailmaidy praised Furi Mountain and the gathered Great Gods, unaware that they were about to attack it.
• Song Ankang and the other Demonic Creatures and Ghosts attacked Ailmaidy, revealing that the Anti-Human Alliance had turned against the Angel Race.
• Ailmaidy used Boundless Transmission to send an unknown message toward the Angel Race nest, and Song Ankang then used the Imperial Order to enslave it.

After enslaving Ailmaidy, Song Ankang strengthened his forces and learned that her warning had convinced the Angel Race that the Human Race possessed a powerful hidden ancestor. The Angel Race paused its attack, while the Human Race’s leaders struggled to understand whether the rumored Half-step True Immortal ancestor truly existed.

• Song Ankang enslaved Ailmaidy, looted Angel's Fall Great Canyon, and assessed that his forces could now match the Angel Race’s strongest fighters.
• Song Ankang learned that Ailmaidy had warned the Angel Race about a supposed Human Race’s Hidden Ultimate Ancestor and resolved to keep a low profile.
• Song Ankang brought many of his Great God-level divine servants to Kyoto and stationed others across the surrounding region to secure his forces and gather intelligence.
• The Angel Race slowed its assault at the Heaven-Human War Front after concluding that Ailmaidy had been captured alive by a Human Race Half-step True Immortal.
• The Angel Race spread the rumor that a hidden Human Race ancestor had captured Ailmaidy and disrupted its Anti-Human Alliance plan.
• The Human Race’s leaders heard the report and wondered whether their people really had a hidden Half-step True Immortal ancestor.

The Human Race celebrated rumors that a hidden Half-step True Immortal had defeated the Angel Race’s alliance, and its leaders launched an investigation. Song Ankang avoided being identified, denied that Nine Peaks Sword God was the hidden ancestor, and prepared to use his last Immortal Limit Pill to advance his cultivation.

• The Human Race’s upper echelons spread the news of a hidden Half-step True Immortal and organized a Great God-led investigation across several fronts.
• Song Ankang learned of the investigation and kept his distance, but suspicions about Nine Peaks Sword God forced him to appear and deny being the hidden ancestor.
• Song Ankang rejected the idea of leaving many children behind for the Human Race, explaining that he wanted to take responsibility for his children and help only those close to him advance.
• Song Ankang reflected on the limits of immortality and hoped that one day he could transcend the Upper Three Ranks and keep his loved ones with him forever.
• Song Ankang took out his last Immortal Limit Pill as his essence, energy, and spirit neared the Heaven Gate Eighth Level, after trading with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky for around ten such pills.
• Twelve Wings had obtained only one Immortal Limit Pill and repeatedly begged Song Ankang for more, but his attempts to trick pills from him had failed.

Song Ankang absorbed an Immortal Limit Pill and advanced to Heaven Gate Eighth Level, then reflected on the pill’s immense value and the difficulty of raising his limits. After consolidating his strength, he entered the Chat Pool and saw Kunlun All-Knowing request help with Rat Demons damaging the Yellow Earth Plains.

• Song Ankang suspected Twelve Wings had misrepresented his status and considered why he had begged so humbly for an Immortal Limit Pill.
• Song Ankang absorbed an Immortal Limit Pill, raised his essence, energy, and spirit past 80 points, and reached Heaven Gate Eighth Level.
• Song Ankang’s essence, energy, and spirit rose to just over 81 points when the pill’s power ran out.
• Song Ankang reflected on the scarcity and value of Immortal Limit Pills and appreciated how his contacts with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Flame of Breaking Barriers had helped him obtain them.
• Song Ankang consolidated his foundation and entered the Chat Pool, where Kunlun All-Knowing asked a powerful figure to deal with Rat Demons digging up the Yellow Earth Plains.

Song Ankang sent Demonic Flame Soaring Sky two original songs, earning Immortal Limit Pills and her praise. She became convinced the second song foretold her future as a mighty ruler, and the chapter left her shouting and dancing along to it.

• Song Ankang sent Demonic Flame Soaring Sky the song “Drunk Alone,” and she rewarded him with two Immortal Limit Pills.
• Twelve Wings accused Song Ankang of withholding songs, but Demonic Flame Soaring Sky defended him and ordered Twelve Wings to apologize.
• Song Ankang sent Demonic Flame Soaring Sky a second song, “Demonic Flame Soaring Sky's Mountain of Blades and Sea of Fire.”
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky sang and danced along, believing the song described her destined rise to power, and resolved to reward Song Ankang again.

Song Ankang earned Immortal Limit Pills by sending Demonic Flame Soaring Sky a song that praised her, then sent Flame of Breaking Barriers a piece of music that moved her and changed how she regarded him. The chapter left Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Flame of Breaking Barriers suspecting that Ten-Mile Slope Sword God had created War Chess and playing cards to impress Demonic Flame Soaring Sky.

• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky enjoyed the song Song Ankang sent her and rewarded Ten-Mile Slope Sword God with three Immortal Limit Pills.
• Twelve Wings offered Demonic Flame Soaring Sky songs from the Angel Race, but she rejected them, and Song Ankang demanded Immortal Limit Pills when Twelve Wings asked for his song.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers asked Song Ankang for a song, and he sent her the instrumental piece Sadness or Happiness.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers was moved by the music and offered Song Ankang three Immortal Limit Pills to buy it, asking him to call her Yan Huo.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky investigated War Chess and playing cards and concluded that Ten-Mile Slope Sword God had likely played a major role in creating them.

Flame of Breaking Barriers came to value Song Ankang’s War Chess and playing cards, then praised his potential and bought another song from him. Song Ankang received two more Immortal Limit Pills and planned to keep trading music for pills.

• Flame of Breaking Barriers recognized the strategic and social value of War Chess and playing cards and began to think highly of Ten-Mile Slope Sword God.
• Song Ankang accepted Flame of Breaking Barriers’ praise and sent her an Image Stone containing the song To My Dear You.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers enjoyed the song and paid Song Ankang two Immortal Limit Pills for it.
• Song Ankang received the pills, bringing his total earnings from Flame of Breaking Barriers and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky to ten Immortal Limit Pills.
• Song Ankang considered composing more music to obtain additional Immortal Limit Pills and advance his cultivation.

Song Ankang traded Immortal Limit Pills with Twelve Wings for two Seventh-Rank High-Grade divine artifacts, greatly strengthening his equipment. He suspected the Holy Light Stone Man might reveal a connection between Twelve Wings and the Angel Race, then left the Horizon Jade to cultivate with his remaining pills.

• Twelve Wings sent Song Ankang the Wind Demon Battle Boots in exchange for an Immortal Limit Pill, and Song Ankang tested their immense speed.
• Twelve Wings traded Song Ankang a Holy Light Stone Man for another Immortal Limit Pill, and Song Ankang grew suspicious of its possible connection to the Angel Race.
• Song Ankang told Twelve Wings he would only trade more pills for universal peak auxiliary divine artifacts, then ended their private chat.
• Song Ankang reviewed his expanded collection of divine artifacts and judged that his combat power could now defeat any opponent in a one-on-one fight across the Human Race, Angel Race, and Merman Race.
• Song Ankang exited the Horizon Jade with eight Immortal Limit Pills and prepared to cultivate.

Song Ankang used Immortal Limit Pills to raise his essence, energy, and spirit to the Ninefold Heavenly Pass, then consolidated his strength and resumed cultivation. Meanwhile, the Four Iron Banner Gods gained fame for purging Kyoto as Song Ankang secretly kept the demonic creatures and ghosts under his control from causing trouble.

• Song Ankang consumed all his Immortal Limit Pills and raised his essence, energy, and spirit above ninety points, reaching the Ninefold Heavenly Pass.
• Song Ankang planned to slow his use of Immortal Limit Pills after surpassing one hundred points and relied more on the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to expand his limits.
• Song Ankang visited Tang Yelan, Chunhua and Qiushi, Tang Liuli, Dong Xinjie, Peng Xuan'er, and his other bedside companions, whose cultivation continued to advance.
• The Four Iron Banner Gods purged the Kyoto region, while Song Ankang secretly restrained the demonic creatures and ghosts under his command to preserve the peace.
• The Human Race and Angel Race considered the influence of a suspected hidden Human Race ancestor, while the Four Iron Banner Gods rose to prominence in Kyoto and the Nine Peaks Sword God remained out of sight.

Song Ankang assigned Tang Zhijia and Wang Yuliang to govern Fengcheng in his stead, naming them deputy city lords responsible for military and civil affairs. He left the Tang Family Ancestral Shrine soon after announcing the arrangement.

• As Fengcheng’s residents returned home, Tang Yelan asked Song Ankang to decide who would take charge of the city.
• Tang Family and Song’s Workshop higher-ups gathered at the Tang Family Ancestral Shrine and waited more than ten hours for their ancestor.
• After spending the day with Chunhua and Qiushi, Song Ankang remembered the meeting and arrived disguised as Tang Family Old Ancestor Tang Batian.
• Song Ankang appointed Tang Zhijia deputy city lord in charge of military affairs and Wang Yuliang deputy city lord in charge of civil affairs.
• Song Ankang left, and the gathered higher-ups wondered why Wang Yuliang had been given such broad authority.

Song's Workshop had grown into one of the Xia Kingdom's top five pill shops, and Tang Batian appointed its deputy workshop master Wang Yuliang as Fengcheng's deputy city lord. The Tang Family's leaders suspected the appointment was meant to draw Wang away from Song Ankang and curb the son-in-law's growing influence, leaving Wang uneasy about the offer.

• Song's Workshop's workforce and profits expanded, making it a powerful business despite its limited backing and lack of a Divine Alchemist.
• Tang Batian appointed Wang Yuliang as Fengcheng's deputy city lord, surprising Wang and the Tang Family's upper ranks.
• The Tang Family's leaders suspected Tang Batian wanted to separate Wang from Song's Workshop and keep Song Ankang from eclipsing the family.
• The Tang Family's leaders believed Wang might accept the prestigious post, which could weaken Song's Workshop and let the Tang Family build a rival operation.
• The Tang Family's upper ranks concluded that Tang Batian was warning Song Ankang, whose power and influence had grown beyond theirs.

Song Ankang persuaded Wang Yuliang to accept the post of Fengcheng deputy city lord, explaining that the role would strengthen ties between Song's Workshop and the Tang Family. After Wang left, Song Ankang set out to visit Tang Mingyue but was stopped by someone who made him feel guilty.

• Wang Yuliang visited Song Ankang and reaffirmed his loyalty as he asked permission to refuse the deputy city lord position.
• Song Ankang raised Song's Workshop salaries by ten percent and assured Wang that Hao Jiyong could manage the workshop in his absence.
• Song Ankang explained that becoming Fengcheng's deputy city lord would let Wang establish the city as a logistics stronghold and connect the workshop with the Tang Family.
• Wang Yuliang agreed to serve as Fengcheng's deputy city lord for a while.
• Song Ankang headed toward Tang Mingyue's courtyard, but someone who made him feel guilty entered and blocked his way.

Song Ankang reassured Tang Yelan that the Tang Family Old Ancestor wanted the Tang Family and Song’s Workshop to cooperate, not compete. After the Old Ancestor declared that Song Ankang had Divine Bearing, the Tang Family’s senior members were shocked and began treating him with greater respect.

• Song Ankang told Tang Yelan that he had already sent Yuliang to become Fengcheng’s deputy city lord and explained the Old Ancestor’s plan for the Tang Family and Song’s Workshop to help each other.
• Tang Yelan shared the Old Ancestor’s message with the Tang Family, and many senior members reconsidered their suspicion of Song’s Workshop.
• The Tang Family Old Ancestor issued a divine decree ordering the family to treat Song’s Workshop well and declaring that Song Ankang had Divine Bearing.
• The Tang Family’s senior members doubted that Song Ankang could become a Divine Ancestor but, trusting their Old Ancestor’s judgment, grew more respectful and sought to curry favor with him.

At twenty-one, Song Ankang publicly advanced to Foundation Establishment, astonishing the Tang Family and Kyoto, while privately concealing that he had reached godhood. Tang Liuli discovered that Song Ankang had been punishing Tang Family elders in disguise and persuaded him to let her join him next time.

• News that Song Ankang had reached Foundation Establishment at twenty-one spread through the Tang Family and Kyoto, leaving everyone astonished.
• Song Ankang reflected on the dangers and hard work of his three years since transmigrating, while Tang Yelan comforted him.
• Tang Liuli revealed that she knew Song Ankang disguised himself as the Tang Family Old Ancestor to punish family elders.
• Tang Liuli asked to join Song Ankang on his next visit to punish the elders, and he agreed after she offered him three hundred positions.

After Song Ankang’s Foundation Establishment cultivation and Divine Bearing became public, his fame spread across the Xia Kingdom and drew both admirers and assassins. He hid behind the Tang Family’s defenses while quietly advancing his power, reaching 99 points in essence, energy, and spirit.

• Song Ankang stopped receiving visitors by claiming he needed seclusion, but news of his talent continued spreading through Kyoto and the Xia Kingdom.
• The Tang Family’s marriage to Song Ankang became a celebrated tale, and he rose to prominence among Kyoto’s younger generation.
• Demonic Creatures and Ghosts plotted to assassinate Song Ankang, but his forces intercepted many, while Tang Family guards and city divisions protected him from those who got through.
• Song Ankang continued cultivating and seeking benefits through the chat group, bringing his essence, energy, and spirit to 99 points.

After a little over a year of rapid cultivation, Song Ankang stood one point short of becoming a Half-step True Immortal and prepared to seek another Immortal Limit Pill. In the chat group, he tried to find a new way to earn rewards from Demonic Flame Soaring Sky after she grew tired of his songs.

• Song Ankang reached ninety-nine points in essence, energy, and spirit, leaving him one point away from the Half-step True Immortal realm.
• Song Ankang entered the chat group and ignored Twelve Wings and Kunlun All-Knowing while waiting for Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Flame of Breaking Barriers.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky complained that she had grown tired of the songs Song Ankang had sent her and asked him to provide more within three days.
• Song Ankang sent Demonic Flame Soaring Sky ten new songs and promised to create more in exchange for Immortal Limit Pills.
• Song Ankang left the group to choose songs suited to Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and began considering what else he could offer Flame of Breaking Barriers.

Song Ankang traded a hundred songs to Demonic Flame Soaring Sky for ten Immortal Limit Pills and flattered her in the chat group. Twelve Wings tried to imitate him, but Flame of Breaking Barriers frightened it into logging off, leaving it trembling in its cultivation chamber.

• Twelve Wings envied Ten-Mile Slope Sword God after Demonic Flame Soaring Sky gave him ten Immortal Limit Pills for a hundred songs.
• Ten-Mile Slope Sword God thanked and extravagantly praised Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, who enjoyed the flattery and rewarded him with another Immortal Limit Pill.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers joined the chat and laughed at Ten-Mile Slope Sword God’s praise, while Demonic Flame Soaring Sky defended him.
• Twelve Wings tried to flatter Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, but Kunlun All-Knowing and Flame of Breaking Barriers mocked it.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky told Twelve Wings to get lost, and Twelve Wings went offline, afraid Flame of Breaking Barriers might turn her against it.

Twelve Wings tried to learn what Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Flame of Breaking Barriers had said, but Ten-Mile Slope Sword God charged him divine pills for the information. Their conversation turned into a trade negotiation, leaving Twelve Wings agreeing to exchange his Sacred Feathers for Immortal Limit Pills while trying to bargain for more.

• Twelve Wings privately asked Ten-Mile Slope Sword God and Kunlun All-Knowing what Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Flame of Breaking Barriers had discussed, but both demanded payment or a favor.
• Twelve Wings sent Ten-Mile Slope Sword God a bottle of Seventh-Rank High-Grade divine pills, and Ten-Mile Slope Sword God told him the two had only bickered before leaving.
• Twelve Wings offered three Sacred Feathers for ten Immortal Limit Pills, and Song Ankang inspected one and confirmed it was a powerful healing treasure.
• Song Ankang negotiated the price down to one Immortal Limit Pill per Sacred Feather, and Twelve Wings reluctantly agreed to trade while asking for a cheaper supply of pills.