Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang continued to grow stronger by devouring Sixth Grade True Immortals and became a remarkably versatile Immortal Master, while refusing to take more wives and concubines despite pressure to have children. When he pushed his Two Extremes Golden Bell Shield past its limits, the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance produced multicolored mist that he recognized as source qi.

• Song Ankang gained strength, comprehension, combat experience, and new techniques from devouring more than a hundred Sixth Grade Immortal Servants.
• His pill refining, artifact refining, beast taming, and talisman arts advanced into the Sixth Grade Realm, adding to his mastery as an All-around Immortal Master.
• As years passed without the Bedside Companions conceiving, members of the Tang Family urged Song Ankang to take more wives and concubines, but he refused.
• Song Ankang pierced the weak point of his perfectly completed Two Extremes Golden Bell Shield with the Evil Demon Sword to trigger the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance's side-effect feedback.
• The feedback produced slowly gathering multicolored mist instead of golden bells, and Song Ankang identified it as source qi.

Song Ankang discovered that feedback from the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance had produced Source Qi, giving him a safe path toward becoming a Fifth Grade Earth Immortal. He tested the formidable Golden Bell Source Qi Shield and began studying how to extract pure Source Qi from it.

• Song Ankang received three strands of Source Qi from the Three Extremes Golden Bell Shield and formed a multicolored Source Qi shield around his body.
• Song Ankang realized that the shield gave him a much safer route to condensing the Source Qi needed to create an inner space and advance to Fifth Grade Earth Immortal.
• Song Ankang had the Inner Demon True Immortals attack the shield, which easily withstood physical, immortal qi, and immortal soul attacks, even from superior Sixth Grade immortal artifacts.
• Song Ankang tested the shield's weak point with the Rose Thorn Sword and broke through only after attacking with full strength.
• Song Ankang began studying how to break down the Golden Bell Source Qi Shield and obtain pure Source Qi for opening an inner space.

Song Ankang celebrated condensing source qi while concealing his true strength behind the chat group’s belief that he was a low-potential Rabbit Demon. He asked Demonic Flame Soaring Sky for help preparing for the Great Five Elements Tribulation, and the others mistakenly concluded that his rapid progress proved his weak foundation.

• Song Ankang reflected on Earth Immortal avatars and the Golden Bell Source Qi Shield, which had strengthened his defense and opened a path toward the Fifth Grade Earth Immortal Realm.
• Twelve Wings tried to please Demonic Flame Soaring Sky with gambling methods, but Demonic Flame Soaring Sky criticized them and gave Twelve Wings an Immortal Cultivation Pill.
• Song Ankang offered Demonic Flame Soaring Sky better gambling tools, earning his approval and an invitation to ask for something in return.
• Song Ankang asked whether Demonic Flame Soaring Sky had treasures to help with the Great Five Elements Tribulation or other major tribulations.
• Song Ankang claimed that over a hundred Immortal Cultivation Pills and a small opportunity had brought his immortal qi close to perfection, leading the group to assume that his Rabbit Demon body had low potential.
• Twelve Wings concluded that Song Ankang was weak and wished he knew where to find him so he could capture him.

Song Ankang received valuable tribulation treasures from Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women while Twelve Wings watched enviously. As Twelve Wings remained under the Imperial Order’s influence, Kunlun All-Knowing tried to persuade it to move to the Kunlun Mountains and cultivate its treasures.

• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky gave Song Ankang a Five Elements Pill and Heavenly Thunder Slurry to help him prepare for his upcoming tribulations.
• Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women gave Song Ankang two Tribulation Weakening Pills, and he sent her gifts in return.
• Twelve Wings begged the group for similar treasures, but Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women ignored it.
• Twelve Wings felt devoted to its unseen lord because of the Imperial Order, even as it occasionally sensed that something was wrong.
• Kunlun All-Knowing urged Twelve Wings to come to the Kunlun Mountains and promised help finding treasures, but Twelve Wings had not agreed.

After Nikudome ravaged Fengcheng and destroyed a branch of Song's Workshop, Song Ankang killed the mid-level monster god and secretly brought most of the Human Race's gods under his control. He left the troublemakers to face punishment and considered strengthening the Human Race's laws.

• Song Ankang learned that Nikudome had attacked Fengcheng and destroyed a branch of Song's Workshop after Human Race higher-ups had steered the monster god there to retaliate against him and the Tang Family.
• Disguised as a monster-god guard and wielding the Soul Sever Sword, Song Ankang killed Nikudome with one strike while the watching factions looked on.
• Song Ankang dismissed the factions' complaints and assigned an immortal servant to indirectly control the Human Race gods who had stirred up trouble.
• Within days, Song Ankang had brought most of the Human Race's gods under control, letting him monitor their actions and prevent further trouble.
• Song Ankang made those responsible pay for the deaths and losses at Song's Workshop and considered strengthening the Human Race's laws and punishments.

Song Ankang brought the Human Race under control and spent ten years cultivating until his Ten Thousand Tribulations Chaste Youth Immortal Qi reached perfection. He began adapting to his perfected immortal qi and planned to strengthen his immortal body and soul before facing the Great Five Elements Tribulation.

• Song Ankang completely took control of the Human Race, allowing its divine beings to resolve troubles while he focused on cultivation.
• Song Ankang devoured the thirty-sixth Five Elements True Immortal, bringing the number of Sixth Grade True Immortals he had devoured to more than three hundred.
• Song Ankang's Ten Thousand Tribulations Chaste Youth Immortal Qi silently reached perfection, forming over a hundred thousand powerful strands.
• Song Ankang resolved to keep breaking past his immortal qi's limits and to raise his immortal body and immortal soul to perfection.
• Song Ankang began adapting to and testing his perfected immortal qi, realizing ten years had passed since he entered the Sixth Grade True Immortal Realm.

Song Ankang used his perfected immortal qi to help Tang Liuli break through to the Seventh Grade Divine Realm, then falsely claimed that he had recovered only to Middle God strength. He decided to visit Tang Mingyue next and see if he could help her advance as well.

• Song Ankang nourished Tang Liuli with his immortal qi and, when she found an opportunity, added his blood essence and immortal soul power to aid her breakthrough.
• Tang Liuli condensed her true soul and entered the Seventh Grade Divine Realm, then listened as Song Ankang explained cultivation in the Divine Realm.
• Tang Liuli questioned Song Ankang's strength, and he claimed he had recovered to Middle God and had used a top-grade Divine Medicine to help her.
• Tang Liuli praised Song Ankang and hoped he would eventually become a Half-step True Immortal, while he kept his true strength secret to avoid unwanted attention.
• Song Ankang chose to visit Tang Mingyue next, hoping his immortal qi could help her find a breakthrough opportunity.

Song Ankang failed to help most of his companions break through, then returned to cultivation until he learned Wang Yuliang had been gravely wounded in Fengcheng. He saved Wang Yuliang and helped him reach the Eighth Grade extraordinary realm, then ordered the faction behind the attack purged.

• Song Ankang helped Tang Mingyue, Tang Yelan, and his other companions improve their strength, but only Tang Liuli had previously broken through to the Seventh Grade.
• Song Ankang resumed cultivation and strengthened his immortal body and soul while preparing for the Great Five Elements Tribulation.
• Song Ankang learned that Wang Yuliang had been poisoned and gravely injured in an attack while overseeing a new Song's Workshop branch in Fengcheng.
• Song Ankang healed Wang Yuliang with Divine Medicine and immortal qi, helping him recover and break through to the Eighth Grade extraordinary realm.
• Song Ankang left word that Wang Yuliang had recovered and ordered his Immortal Servant to eliminate the Fengcheng faction responsible for the attack.

Song Ankang’s strength and influence continued to grow as Song’s Workshop and the Tang Family’s factories helped drive economic development and trade across Xia Kingdom. A chat-group message revealed that Kunlun All-Knowing had driven the Water Roaming Insect Tribe from the Kunlun Mountains, raising the possibility of trouble spreading elsewhere.

• Song Ankang reflected that his growing strength and resources had let him save Wang Yuliang and would help him protect his Bedside Companions in the future.
• Song Ankang cultivated diligently while his Bedside Companions sought breakthroughs, and factions across Xia Kingdom became more cautious about targeting Song’s Workshop.
• The Tang Family expanded its textile industry with Song Ankang’s guidance, while other factions established assembly-line factories and trade among the races flourished.
• Song Ankang entered the chat group and saw Kunlun All-Knowing boast that he had driven the Water Roaming Insect Tribe from the underground waterways of the Kunlun Mountains.
• Kunlun All-Knowing explained that he had lured a Thunder True Immortal to attack the tribe by revealing that its lair contained a desired immortal medicine.

Song Ankang let the Water Roaming Insect Tribe’s invasion become a trial that would unite the Angel Race, Human Race, Bean Demon Race, and Merman Race, while keeping Sixth Grade Immortal Servants on guard. As the allied races fought the insects in the north, Song Ankang continued cultivating and prepared to cross the Great Five Elements Tribulation.

• Twelve Wings rejected Kunlun All-Knowing’s offer because it feared the Water Roaming Insect Tribe’s strength and the dangers of entering its lair.
• After the Water Roaming Insect Tribe invaded the territories of the Angel Race, Human Race, and Merman Race, Song Ankang chose to use the threat to bring the races together rather than exterminate the insects immediately.
• Song Ankang secretly encouraged the Angel Race, Human Race, Bean Demon Race, and Merman Race to unite and send troops north to fight the Water Roaming Insect Tribe.
• Twelve Wings confronted the insects’ dozens of Half-step True Immortals while the remaining Water Roaming Insects battled the allied forces, and Song Ankang sent Sixth Grade Immortal Servants to monitor the fighting.
• Song Ankang reflected that the Human Race had once been weaker than even the Water Roaming Insect Tribe, then continued cultivating toward the Great Five Elements Tribulation and the Perfection Realm of his immortal body and soul.

Song Ankang advanced to a Five Elements True Immortal by passing the Great Five Elements Tribulation with ease. He planned to temper his Myriad Tribulations Seven Injuries Body with Heavenly Thunder Slurry before facing the Great Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

• The various races drove the Water Roaming Insect Tribe to the foot of the Kunlun Mountains with help from the Demon Boar Race and the Giant Toad Race.
• Song Ankang stopped trying to increase his Ten Thousand Tribulations Chaste Youth Immortal Qi beyond one hundred and ten thousand strands and prepared to advance.
• Song Jixiang triggered the Great Five Elements Tribulation at a guarded tribulation site.
• Song Ankang passed the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Tribulations, and his immortal qi grew roughly twentyfold in quantity and quality.
• Song Ankang became a Five Elements True Immortal and planned to use Heavenly Thunder Slurry to prepare his Myriad Tribulations Seven Injuries Body for the Great Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

After crossing the Great Five Elements Tribulation, Song Ankang adapted to his greatly increased strength and found he could contend with powerful Sixth Grade True Immortals. He rejected Song Xin Xin’s proposal to become Dao companions with the Tang Family Old Ancestor, leaving her and the Tang Family’s elders baffled and regretful.

• Song Ankang crossed the Great Five Elements Tribulation, became a Five Elements True Immortal, and grew strong enough to contend with Inner Demon True Immortals.
• Song Ankang learned that Song Xin Xin had become a Seventh Grade Divine Being and was seeking to become Dao companions with the Tang Family Old Ancestor.
• Song Ankang rejected Song Xin Xin again, saying he was devoted to cultivation and had no intention of marrying.
• Song Xin Xin realized she had been rejected a second time and felt stifled and angry, while Tang Family elders regretted the lost marriage opportunity.
• Tang Yelan, Tang Mingyue, and Tang Liuli discussed why the Old Ancestor had refused Song Xin Xin, unaware that Song Ankang was listening beside them.

Song Ankang ignored Mist God Chen Tuo’s public challenge while he focused on helping Qiushi break through. Qiushi successfully became a Seventh Grade Divine Being, leaving her overwhelmed with joy and pride in how far she had come.

• Mist God Chen Tuo challenged Song Ankang after Song Xin Xin rejected him and chose Tang Batian, then publicly taunted the Tang Family Old Ancestor when he received no answer.
• Song Ankang stayed by Qiushi as she prepared to break through, paying no attention to Chen Tuo’s challenge or the rumors spreading outside.
• Onlookers and Tang Family members assumed Song Ankang was afraid of Chen Tuo because he remained silent and could not be contacted.
• With Song Ankang’s guidance, Qiushi spent several days cultivating and successfully became a Seventh Grade Divine Being.
• Qiushi thanked Song Ankang and reflected on how her life had changed from a concubine maid’s modest hopes to joining the Human Race’s divine ancestors.

After Mist God Chen Tuo sealed Fengcheng in mist to challenge the Tang Family Old Ancestor over Song Xin Xin, Song Ankang used the city’s Divine Formation Group to defeat him and trap him in madness. The imperial family reprimanded Song Xin Xin and failed to cure Chen Tuo, while Song Ankang returned to peaceful cultivation.

• Mist God Chen Tuo sealed Fengcheng in mist, threatening to keep the city covered until the Tang Family Old Ancestor answered his challenge.
• Song Ankang transformed into the Tang Family Old Ancestor, entered Fengcheng, and used its Divine Formation Group to dispel the mist and inflict backlash on Chen Tuo.
• Chen Tuo returned to An City lost in illusions, believing he had forced Tang Batian to kneel and had won Song Xin Xin.
• News from Fengcheng revealed that the Tang Family Old Ancestor had defeated Chen Tuo, prompting debate over whether his retaliation was justified.
• The imperial family reprimanded Song Xin Xin and ordered her to stay in the palace, while divine physicians failed to cure Chen Tuo.
• Song Ankang resumed peaceful cultivation as Chen Tuo’s madness deterred others from challenging him.

Song Ankang helped Tang Liuli and Qiushi strengthen their cultivation while his disciples Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong hunted Demonic Beasts. When the Water Roaming Insect Tribe tried to abduct the disciples and use them against Nine Peaks Sword God, Song Ankang’s hidden Thunder True Immortal protector captured the attackers, leaving the disciples unaware of the danger.

• Song Ankang used the improved Wedding Dress Secret Technique to help Tang Liuli and Qiushi advance, though neither could break through to the Seventh Grade Divine Being realm.
• Three Heaven Gate Great Gods of the Water Roaming Insect Tribe plotted to capture Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong and use them to lure out Nine Peaks Sword God.
• A Thunder True Immortal sent by Song Ankang seized all three attackers before they could reach the disciples.
• Song Ankang questioned the Water Roaming Insects, learned about the war and the growing coordination of the allied races, then killed them.
• Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong continued hunting Demonic Beasts, unaware that their protector had thwarted the attack.

Song Ankang’s deception helped drive the Water Roaming Insect Race back to the Kunlun Mountains, and Twelve Wings learned that the insects had spread damaging rumors about its past. Twelve Wings swallowed its anger and chose to keep cultivating rather than risk confronting them.

• Song Ankang used the Thunder Immortal Servant to make the deaths of three Water Roaming Insect Great Gods look like an accident in a relic.
• The Water Roaming Insect Race retreated to the Kunlun Mountains after failing to seize territory, while sending lesser gods to investigate the Nine Peaks Sword God.
• Kunlun All-Knowing complained to Twelve Wings that the Water Roaming Insects had returned to damage the Kunlun Mountains’ underground water veins.
• Kunlun All-Knowing described how Gabriel had nearly been defeated by the Water Roaming Insect Race before a Giant Toad Race True Immortal intervened.
• Twelve Wings heard that the Water Roaming Insect Race was condemning it for allegedly killing its biological siblings to obtain breakthrough pills.
• Twelve Wings suppressed its anger and decided not to challenge the Water Roaming Insect Race until it became stronger.

Song Ankang bought one hundred Seven Orifices Exquisite Fruits from Treasure Supplier so he could refine Sixth Grade Immortal Pills and improve his comprehension. After leaving the group chat, he prepared to consume the fruits and see how much they would benefit him.

• Kunlun All-Knowing urged Twelve Wings to help drive away Water Roaming Insects, but Twelve Wings concealed his identity and claimed he lived too far away.
• Song Ankang privately asked Treasure Supplier about Seven Orifices Exquisite Fruits, and Treasure Supplier offered one hundred for one million Low-grade Immortal Stones.
• Song Ankang completed the trade and received all one hundred Seven Orifices Exquisite Fruits.
• Twelve Wings asked Treasure Supplier for cheap cultivation supplies, but Kunlun All-Knowing advised him to earn money and buy them at market prices.
• Song Ankang left the chat group and prepared to consume the fruits, planning to buy more later for his women.

After consuming one hundred Seven Orifices Exquisite Fruits, Song Ankang tripled his comprehension and used a flash of inspiration to comprehend the Seven Absolute Ends. He mastered the technique to its current limit and began testing it with his immortal servants.

• Song Ankang consumed one hundred Seven Orifices Exquisite Fruits over several months, tripling his comprehension despite developing resistance to them.
• Song Ankang suddenly found a way to realize the Seven Absolute Ends, a technique he had previously considered impossible to cultivate.
• Song Ankang transformed into countless particles and reassembled himself, demonstrating the Seven Absolute Ends in practice.
• Song Ankang deduced the technique to its current limit, allowing it to reduce incoming damage to less than a tenth, though overwhelming attacks could still kill him.
• Song Ankang stopped further deductions and had his immortal servants help him test and master the Seven Absolute Ends.

Song Ankang guarded Peng Xuan'er as she broke through to become a Seventh Grade Divine Being, then celebrated her success with her. Their reunion was interrupted when women from Shengyun Tower demanded that Peng Xuan'er provide them with cultivation resources and help them advance, and Song Ankang prepared to deal with them.

• Song Ankang rushed to Anxuan Residence with pills and elixirs to guard Peng Xuan'er as she attempted to break through.
• Peng Xuan'er condensed a true soul and became a Seventh Grade Divine Being, with Song Ankang helping her consolidate her cultivation.
• Peng Xuan'er thanked Song Ankang, and the two spent a day and night together before sharing a meal.
• Several Pure Courtesans from Shengyun Tower demanded that Peng Xuan'er help them cultivate and provide resources, after she had previously rescued them.
• Peng Xuan'er explained that the women had become increasingly demanding, and Song Ankang told her not to be polite with them as they threatened to expose her past and smash down the gate.

Song Ankang erased the memories of Peng Xuan'er from An City and punished those who had mistreated her, then encouraged her to grow stronger in combat. Over the following twenty years, the Central Plains Merchant Alliance prospered under his hidden control, leaving Song Ankang secure as its uncrowned king.

• Song Ankang used Soul Seizing to erase memories of Peng Xuan'er from the Pure Courtesans, Shengyun Tower, and An City, while inflicting hidden injuries on the Pure Courtesans.
• Song Ankang told Peng Xuan'er what he had done and planned to train her by taking her to fight Demonic Creatures and Ghosts.
• Over the next twenty years, the Water Roaming Insect Race was driven back into the Kunlun Mountains, and several races formed the Central Plains Merchant Alliance with the Human Race at its core.
• The alliance's economy and cultivation flourished, while Song's Workshop and Tang's Trading Company expanded into powerful regional trading companies.
• Song Ankang secretly controlled the alliance with more than a thousand Sixth Grade Immortal Servants, while nearly everyone believed he was an inconspicuous son-in-law.