Chapter Summaries

Disguised as the Tang Family Old Ancestor, Song Ankang accepted the Enlightenment Profound Fruit and confronted Chen Jiaolong over the Chen Family’s accusations. He challenged the Chen Family to verify both sides’ claims with the Soul Detection Technique, and the Chen Family’s refusal turned Kyoto against them.

• Song Ankang examined the Enlightenment Profound Fruit Tang Yelan had presented and put it away, recognizing its value to his cultivation.
• Chen Jiaolong arrived and demanded that the Tang Family return the fruit and apologize, but Song Ankang flew out to confront him.
• Song Ankang accused Chen Jiaolong of blaming the Tang Family without learning the truth and challenged the Chen Family to use the Soul Detection Technique publicly.
• Tang Family survivors and leaders volunteered to undergo the technique, while the Chen Family members refused to do the same.
• Kyoto’s onlookers realized the Chen Family had falsely accused the Tang Family, and Chen Jiaolong understood that he had been deceived and had made himself a laughingstock.

Song Ankang fought Chen Jiaolong after Chen tried to force the Tang Family to hand over the Enlightenment Profound Fruit. Their sword duel and movement techniques ended in a stalemate, leaving the onlookers unable to follow their movements.

• Chen Jiaolong attacked Song Ankang with the Wind and Cloud Sword Technique, and Song Ankang met him with the Thunder Sword and Evil Warding Sword Technique.
• Song Ankang and Chen Jiaolong fought evenly, astonishing the onlookers and alarming the Chen Family members involved in the Ziyuntan incident.
• Chen Jiaolong used the Ascension Steps of Willful Freedom to try to gain an advantage over Song Ankang.
• Song Ankang answered with Treading Snow Without a Trace, and the two moved too quickly for most of the crowd to see as their fight remained deadlocked.

Song Ankang and Chen Jiaolong continued their duel, trading movement techniques and hidden trump cards while Song Ankang concealed how much stronger he was. Their prolonged stalemate left the spectators increasingly impressed by Tang Batian, while Chen Jiaolong struggled to regain the advantage.

• Chen Jiaolong used Blood Wind Transformation to boost his speed, alarming the watching gods and drawing attention to Tang Batian's strength.
• Song Ankang used the Ascending Immortal Step and combined it with Treading Snow Without a Trace, matching Chen Jiaolong's speed and forcing the duel back into a stalemate.
• Chen Jiaolong unleashed more trump cards, including Evil Blood Tribulation, Heavenly Palace Illusion, and Startling Eye Tribulation, gradually pushing Song Ankang onto the defensive.
• Song Ankang deliberately slowed his offense to avoid attracting suspicion, while the spectators praised Tang Batian for fighting a Middle God as a newly advanced Minor God.
• The two continued battling for several minutes as crowds gathered, and the few who could follow the duel recognized Tang Batian's extraordinary speed and potential.

Song Ankang defeated Chen Jiaolong in front of Kyoto, then secretly enslaved him and demanded compensation from the Chen Family. The Chen Family paid for its attack on the Tang Family and gave Song's Workshop even greater compensation, claiming it admired Song Ankang.

• Chen Jiaolong used his amplified Startling Eye Tribulation, but Song Ankang copied the technique and knocked him from the sky.
• Kyoto's witnesses saw Chen Jiaolong lose to Tang Batian, and Song Ankang rebuked the Chen Family before secretly enslaving its unconscious ancestor.
• Song Ankang demanded an explanation from the Chen Family and left Kyoto, where the crowd celebrated his victory.
• The Chen Family executed cultivators involved in the Ziyuntan incident and compensated the Tang Family and Song's Workshop with resources and businesses.
• The Chen Family said it had given Song's Workshop extra compensation because it admired Song Ankang, leaving both families puzzled by the explanation.

After eating the Enlightenment Profound Fruit, Song Ankang improved the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique and strengthened his comprehension. He resumed taking Immortal Limit Pills carefully while preparing to create or adapt higher-grade techniques for his future breakthrough.

• Song Ankang ate the Enlightenment Profound Fruit and used his newfound inspiration to increase the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique’s side effects and strength boost.
• The fruit raised Song Ankang’s comprehension by about twenty percent, though his current body, essence, and spirit still limited the technique’s full power.
• Song Ankang, disguised as the Tang Family Old Ancestor, rewarded surviving Tang Family cultivators and compensated the families of those who had died at Ziyuntan.
• Song Ankang returned to his peaceful routine and took Immortal Limit Pills in moderation to adapt to his growing strength and stabilize his foundation.
• Song Ankang began studying other races’ martial arts and techniques so he could develop or adapt Sixth Grade immortal arts when he advanced to a True Immortal.

After six Immortal Limit Pills raised Song Ankang’s essence, energy, and spirit to 130 points, he discovered twin sisters with concealed Water and Fire Spirit Physiques in a marketplace. He offered to save the injured elder sister, but the younger sister hesitated after bystanders warned her about him, and Song Ankang walked away.

• Song Ankang consolidated his cultivation after his essence, energy, and spirit each reached 130 points.
• While passing near the Tang Family, Song Ankang used the Netherworld Divine Eye and spotted a girl with a Water Spirit Physique kneeling beside her unconscious twin sister, who had a Fire Spirit Physique.
• Song Ankang realized the elder sister’s essence, energy, and spirit had been damaged by a monster and that she needed divine pills or Divine Medicine of at least the seventh rank.
• Song Ankang offered to treat the elder sister and take the younger sister with him, and she agreed to leave with him.
• Bystanders warned the younger sister that Song Ankang might have ill intentions and urged him to treat her sister in public.
• The younger sister hesitated, and Song Ankang walked away without waiting for her decision.

Song Ankang took Yue Chulong and her unconscious sister, Yue Chimeng, to a residence and treated Yue Chimeng with a divine pill. He left the sisters there to wait for her to awaken, while Yue Chulong held on to hope that her sister could recover.

• Song Ankang decided to help Yue Chulong save her sister and arranged a residence for them near the Tang Family Mansion.
• Yue Chulong followed Song Ankang despite the onlookers' warnings and carried Yue Chimeng to the residence.
• Song Ankang gave Yue Chimeng a Seventh-Rank Mid-Grade divine pill and said she should awaken within several hours.
• Yue Chulong told Song Ankang that the sisters were from Fengcheng and named herself and her elder sister.
• Song Ankang left without asking for payment, telling Yue Chulong to care for her sister until she awoke.
• Yue Chulong waited beside Yue Chimeng, hoping the divine pill would save her after many physicians had failed to offer hope.

Yue Chimeng recovered after taking the pill, and she and Yue Chulong argued over which sister should repay the lord who saved her. After learning the pill was an extraordinarily costly Seventh-Rank Mid-Grade Blue Rhyme Pill, the sisters were left wondering why the lord had spent such a fortune on Yue Chimeng.

• Yue Chimeng woke after the medicine restored her health, and Yue Chulong told her the lord had saved her without asking for anything yet.
• Yue Chimeng insisted she should repay the lord in place of Yue Chulong, but Yue Chulong argued that she had offered herself and that the lord had taken an interest in her.
• The sisters went to a pill shop, where the head shopkeeper identified the medicine as a Seventh-Rank Mid-Grade Blue Rhyme Pill.
• The head shopkeeper estimated the pill was worth several hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones or nearly a million trillion taels of gold.
• Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong realized they could never repay such a price and wondered why the lord had used the pill to save Yue Chimeng.

Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong struggled over how to repay Song Ankang for the priceless Blue Rhyme Pill that saved Yue Chimeng. When Song Ankang arrived, both sisters thanked him and followed him inside to discuss what repayment he expected.

• Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong debated whether Yue Chulong should serve Song Ankang while Yue Chimeng sought a way to redeem her.
• Yue Chulong argued that Song Ankang's gift of a Blue Rhyme Pill suggested he would treat her well, and Yue Chimeng agreed to wait and see what he wanted.
• The sisters realized Song Ankang might be a Divine Ancestor and nervously waited for him to arrive.
• Yue Chulong and Yue Chimeng knelt to thank Song Ankang for saving Yue Chimeng.
• Yue Chimeng offered to repay Song Ankang herself, but he told the sisters they could discuss it inside and said he would not make things difficult for them.

Song Ankang took Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong as disciples and gave them manuals, cultivation supplies, and a way to contact him. He kept his identity secret while privately considering the sisters’ rare Water-Fire Spirit Physique and his romantic and familial ambitions for them.

• Song Ankang recognized that the sisters’ Water and Fire Spirit Physiques could complement each other and asked them to become his disciples.
• Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong accepted Song Ankang as their master and promised to follow his rules.
• Song Ankang gave Yue Chimeng the Fire Spirit Manual and Yue Chulong the Water Spirit Manual, along with Spirit Pills and spirit medicine.
• Song Ankang told the sisters to call him Master, kept his name and appearance secret, and gave them exclusive Communication Talismans.
• Song Ankang left the sisters to cultivate in the courtyard and privately considered the potential benefits of one becoming his companion and bearing him a child.

Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong accepted Song Ankang’s guidance and began cultivating toward the Divine Realm after he took them as disciples. Song Ankang resumed training and checked Horizon Jade’s chat group, where Ten-Mile Slope Sword God received an Immortal Limit Pill and Twelve Wings grew jealous of his favor.

• Yue Chimeng reassured Yue Chulong that Song Ankang had a reason for accepting them and urged her to aim for the Divine Realm.
• Yue Chulong agreed to make the Divine Realm her goal, and the sisters began cultivating with divine scriptures suited to their constitutions.
• Song Ankang returned to the Tang Family Mansion, trained in martial arts and secret techniques, and connected to Horizon Jade’s chat group.
• Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women praised Ten-Mile Slope Sword God’s hot pot and gave him a high-quality Immortal Limit Pill.
• Twelve Wings envied Ten-Mile Slope Sword God’s growing favor with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women, and the Flame of Breaking Barriers.

Song Ankang sent Three Absolutes Saint Venerable recipes and samples for grain liquor, baijiu, and industrial liquor, earning ten high-quality Immortal Limit Pills. Twelve Wings tried to bargain for more of Song Ankang’s inventions, but Song Ankang ignored its offers.

• Song Ankang sent Three Absolutes Saint Venerable wine samples and recipes, explaining that the recipes could be used with better ingredients.
• Three Absolutes Saint Venerable praised the brewing methods, especially the industrial liquor, and gave Song Ankang ten Immortal Limit Pills.
• Twelve Wings regretted not securing the recipes and privately offered Song Ankang three Immortal Limit Pills for other inventions.
• Song Ankang rejected Twelve Wings’ offer, counted the pills, and found them nearly twice as potent as Demonic Flame Soaring Sky’s pills.
• Twelve Wings raised its offer to five Immortal Limit Pills and argued that it was taking a risk, but Song Ankang did not respond.

Song Ankang improved his limits with an Immortal Limit Pill while continuing to rely on the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance and expanding his influence. After visiting several companions, he sensed the Fire Spirit Manual's power near Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong's courtyard.

• Twelve Wings tried to persuade Ten-Mile Slope Sword God to trade for a liquor recipe, offering even his relatives as collateral, but Song Ankang ignored him and left the group chat.
• Twelve Wings cursed Ten-Mile Slope Sword God after he disappeared from the chat.
• Song Ankang consumed an Immortal Limit Pill, expanded his essence, qi, and spirit limits, and consolidated his increased strength.
• Song Ankang continued cultivating with the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance while gathering resources and planning to extend his influence over the Angel Race.
• Song Ankang visited Peng Xuan'er, Dong Xinjie, Goddess Tsukuyomi, Yue Chimeng, and Yue Chulong, then sensed the Fire Spirit Manual's power near his disciples' courtyard.

Song Ankang visited Yue Chimeng and learned that she had broken through to the Transcendence Realm after switching to the Fire Spirit Manual. He warned the sisters to keep their special physiques secret, then hurried to a small garden after sensing something through the Horizon Jade.

• Song Ankang arrived at the sisters’ courtyard and learned from Yue Chulong that Yue Chimeng had sensed a breakthrough opportunity after switching to the Fire Spirit Manual.
• Song Ankang guarded Yue Chimeng’s room while Yue Chulong told him that she was nearly finished switching to the Water Spirit Manual.
• Yue Chimeng emerged having reached the Transcendence Realm, and Song Ankang warned both sisters to conceal their special physiques.
• Song Ankang gave Yue Chimeng Spirit Pills to stabilize her cultivation and left without telling the sisters that a seventh-grade divine servant was secretly protecting them.
• Song Ankang connected to the Horizon Jade on his way to find Tang Mingyue, sensed something, and hurried toward a nearby small garden.

Song Ankang received a powerful bottle of defective wine from Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women, and its fragrance expanded his physical limits. He shared wine recipes with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, earned three Immortal Limit Pills, and watched Twelve Wings get dismissed.

• Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women sent Song Ankang a bottle of pale blue wine and warned him to consume it sparingly until he reached the Middle Third Rank.
• Song Ankang refined a wisp of the wine’s fragrance, expanding his physical limit by more than a point and realizing the bottle was an extraordinarily valuable treasure.
• Song Ankang thanked Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women, who explained that the wine was a defective brew and advised him to drink only a steady trickle for now.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky asked Song Ankang for wine recipes, and Song Ankang sent him several wines made from ordinary ingredients along with their recipes.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded Song Ankang with three Immortal Limit Pills, while Twelve Wings envied the reward and was told to get lost when he offered his own wine recipes.
• Kunlun All-Knowing told Twelve Wings to come to the Kunlun Mountains and drive off the wild yellow bugs damaging spirit herbs.

Song Ankang continued increasing his strength as peace held between the Human Race and Angel Race, but a heavenly fire devastated Wild Boar Forest and drove the Demon Boar Race to raid its neighbors. The chapter left Song Ankang focused on cultivation while the surrounding races struggled to contain the Pig Demons.

• Song Ankang refused Twelve Wings’s request to buy a taste of Three Absolutes Saint Venerable’s wine and then left the group chat to consolidate his gains.
• Song Ankang raised his essence, energy, and spirit above 140 points, with his physical essence reaching 146 points after he smelled the wine several more times.
• The Human Race and Angel Race remained at peace while Song Ankang’s forces maintained order and the Human Race recovered from its recent wounds.
• A heavenly fire burned nearly half of Wild Boar Forest, destroying resources and food across the Demon Boar Race’s territory.
• The Demon Boar Race began raiding neighboring races, especially the Angel Race and Human Race, forcing them to focus on the Pig Demons instead of fighting one another.
• Song Ankang temporarily ignored the Demon Boar Race’s border raids and continued cultivating to expand his strength.

As the Demon Boar Race’s raids disrupted the surrounding small races, Song Ankang kept his forces safe and focused on strengthening himself. He sent four new delicacies to the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable and received six Immortal Limit Pills, while a request for help at Tiger Shoal went unanswered.

• The Demon Boar Race’s rampage forced the nearby small races to set aside their conflicts, and the Human Race ceded land and benefits to reduce losses.
• Song Ankang kept his subordinate forces monitoring the Demon Boar Race and continued improving his strength while his forces suffered only limited damage.
• Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women complained that his drinking snacks had not changed, prompting Song Ankang to offer new dishes.
• Song Ankang sent Cured Meat, Stinky Tofu, Pickled String Beans, and Peanuts with their recipes, and Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women rewarded him with six Immortal Limit Pills.
• Kunlun All-Knowing invited the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable to Tiger Shoal to taste monkey wine and handle Water Roaming Insects, but he declined for the time being.

Song Ankang received more Immortal Limit Pills and raised his essence, energy, and spirit to 150 points while deciding to keep his strength hidden. He left seclusion and chose to spend time with Tang Yelan instead of seeking out Tang Liuli.

• Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women left the chat group with Song Ankang's recipes, and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky traded him two Immortal Limit Pills for four dishes and their recipes.
• Twelve Wings waited for a chance to earn Immortal Limit Pills and vowed to take revenge on the Demon Boar Race after reaching Sixth Grade True Immortal status.
• Song Ankang cultivated for several dozen days and raised his essence, energy, and spirit to 150 points, with his essence exceeding 160 points thanks to the unknown fine wine.
• Song Ankang judged that his strength could overwhelm the Angel Race but chose to remain hidden because more powerful races threatened the Human Race and its neighbors.
• Song Ankang saw Tang Yelan return and carried her toward the bedroom, deciding to spend time with his wife instead of visiting Tang Liuli.

Song Ankang’s cultivation and influence continued to grow as he strengthened his companions and organized his divine servants. In the chat group, he found a way to revive Demonic Flame Soaring Sky’s interest in playing cards by suggesting stakes.

• Song Ankang’s bedside companions advanced rapidly, with Tang Liuli nearing Golden Core Fourth Turn, Qiushi and Peng Xuan'er at Golden Core Second Turn, and Dong Xinjie newly entering the Golden Core Realm.
• Tang Yelan concealed her unusually fast cultivation progress, while Chunhua reached Foundation Establishment and Tang Mingyue remained the weakest of Song Ankang’s companions.
• Song Ankang prepared resources to help his companions face the Divine Realm breakthrough and accepted that he could only accompany them if they ultimately failed.
• Song Ankang divided his divine servants into groups and formed a General Council to coordinate their work, prioritizing his own interests when they conflicted with those of the Human and Merman races.
• Song Ankang asked Demonic Flame Soaring Sky whether playing cards had stakes, then explained that gambling could make the game entertaining again.

Song Ankang earned Immortal Limit Pills by introducing poker gambling to Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women. He considered how to keep expanding his essence, qi, and spirit limits as his resistance to the pills grew.

• Song Ankang suggested adding stakes to card games, and Demonic Flame Soaring Sky left the group to try it.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky won vast treasures at the Devil Palace and started a poker gambling craze among the Devil Race.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky rewarded Song Ankang with ten Immortal Limit Pills and asked him to think up more entertaining games.
• Song Ankang shared poker with Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women, who sent him six Immortal Limit Pills.
• Song Ankang counted several dozen Immortal Limit Pills and weighed his plan to raise his limits toward 300 points despite increasing drug resistance.