Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang showed Song Chang'an the scale of his power and explained the cultivation realms above the Seventh Grade. Song Chang'an accepted his guidance and realized that her father's strength and her own potential far exceeded what she had imagined.

• Song Ankang took Song Chang'an to a vast mountain range and effortlessly lifted it with a sky-covering hand, revealing his overwhelming strength.
• Song Ankang brought Song Chang'an to the Iron Scorpion Race and explained the ranks of Sixth Grade True Immortals, Fifth Grade Earth Immortals, Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals, and Upper Three Ranks cultivators.
• Song Chang'an asked whether Song Ankang was a powerful Sixth Grade True Immortal, and he left the question unanswered while encouraging her to cultivate toward greater realms.
• Song Chang'an thanked Song Ankang for his guidance and resolved to work harder, while suspecting that his strength had already surpassed the Sixth Grade.

After hearing about higher cultivation realms, Song Chang'an committed herself to cultivation while Song Ankang's family rules and his children's upbringing gave him more time to focus on improving. When the Water Ape Race threatened the Merman Race at Green Wave Lake, Song Ankang sent an Inner Demon True Immortal to subdue them, leaving the Merman Race grateful and astonished by his power.

• Song Chang'an took Song Ankang's lesson to heart, devoted herself to cultivation, and soon caught up to Tang Shi and Song Xia.
• Song Ankang arranged teachers for his children and grandchildren, established family rules, and found himself with more time to cultivate.
• The Water Ape Race invaded Green Wave Lake and repeatedly defeated the Merman Race, prompting the Merman Ancestor and Merman Emperor to ask Song Ankang for help.
• Song Ankang sent an Inner Demon True Immortal, who subdued the Water Ape Race in a day, moved them elsewhere, and made them compensate the Merman Race.
• The Merman Race's leaders marveled at Song Ankang's deep connections and celebrated the resources gained after the conflict.

Song Ankang consolidated his rule, supported the races under his command, and watched the Song Family’s descendants and his companions grow stronger. As time passed, he also mourned the deaths of early followers while continuing to care for the people who had built their lives under his protection.

• Song Ankang compensated the Merman Race with resources taken from the Water Ape Race and gave the Water Apes land to recover, while his other subordinate races weathered crises under his influence.
• Song Ankang reduced the tributes demanded by the Tengu Race but continued paying what remained because he could not yet challenge them.
• Song Ankang took back the growing number of Song Family descendants fathered by Song Fanxing, while Tang Shi and Song Xia bore more children and his Bedside Companions advanced toward Great Godhood.
• Song Ankang attended funerals for Tenant Farmers from Chaoyun Manor who had reached the ends of their lives, while Dongxue was the only Bedside Companion who had departed.
• Song Ankang continued supporting Wang Yuliang, Hao Jiyong, Tang Zhijia, the Tenant Farmers, the Mulberry Farmers, and the workers at Song's Workshop, many of whom had gained longer lives or comfortable livelihoods.

Song Ankang broke through from Gold County Magistrate to Platinum County Prince and adapted to his greatly increased strength. He looked ahead to reaching the pinnacle of the Glory Emperor and eventually breaking through to the Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal Realm.

• Song Ankang reached the pinnacle of the Gold County Magistrate realm and prepared to break through after consolidating his foundation.
• Song Ankang shattered his bottleneck and absorbed power to expand his internal space to thirty thousand square kilometers, entering the Platinum County Prince realm.
• Song Ankang spent about half a month adapting to his increased strength, which let him contend with Fifth Grade Earth Immortals and dismiss Diamond Prefecture Lords as threats.
• Song Ankang reflected on how the Three Extremes Golden Bell Shield and other methods had accelerated his cultivation, and he anticipated reaching the pinnacle of the Glory Emperor within a hundred years.
• Song Ankang considered how comprehension, supported by essence, qi, and spirit, would determine his future breakthrough to the Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Song Ankang learned that reaching the Upper Three Ranks required his essence, qi, and spirit to surpass their fourth-grade limits. When the Cui Family threatened his daughter Song Pingning over a childish dispute, he crippled those responsible and sent them to the family ancestor, then cheered her up with a trip to Hundred Fruits Mountain.

• Song Ankang reflected on how his essence, qi, and spirit would need to grow beyond their limits to support his comprehension and reach the Upper Three Ranks.
• Song Pingning returned home crying and told Song Ankang that Cui Liang had bullied her by trying to take her toy.
• Song Ankang learned that Cui Liang had frightened Song Pingning, comforted her, and advised her to cultivate so others could not bully her.
• Cui An arrived with a lesser god and accused Song Pingning of mistreating Cui Liang, then demanded that she kneel outside the Cui Family's gates.
• Song Ankang crippled Cui An, Cui Liang, and the lesser god, and ordered the Cui Family's ancestor to keep them imprisoned.
• Song Ankang took Song Pingning to Hundred Fruits Mountain and cheered her up.

Cui An, Cui Pingzhi, and Cui Liang were imprisoned after Song Ankang crippled them, and Cui Liang confessed that he had started the dispute with Song Pingning. Song Ankang’s life soon returned to normal, until he learned that the Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race were fighting over a High-grade Immortal Stone mine and decided to wait for a safer chance to act.

• Cui Pingzhi questioned Cui Liang about the dispute, and Cui Liang admitted that he had stolen Song Pingning’s things and had not been struck by the family servant.
• Cui An beat Cui Liang, while Cui Pingzhi blamed Cui An for spoiling his son and escalating a minor dispute by bringing a Seventh Grade Divine Being.
• The Cui Family concealed the truth about Cui An and Cui Pingzhi’s disappearance, and Song Ankang continued his peaceful routine of cultivating and spending time with his family.
• Song Ankang learned that the Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race were contesting a High-grade Immortal Stone mine containing at least fifteen million stones.
• After learning that both races had sent Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals, Song Ankang chose to wait, cultivate, and prepare for a safer opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

As the Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race fought over the High-grade Immortal Stone mine, Song Ankang entered the Yellow Chicken Race’s territory to take advantage of the chaos and enslave powerful immortals. He captured two wounded Diamond Prefecture Lords and a Glory Emperor, then continued searching for more targets.

• After months of costly battles, the Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race restricted their Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals to deterrence and left lower-ranked immortals to fight over the mine.
• Song Ankang transformed into a Nine-Lives Cat and shrank himself to move through the battlefield without drawing the Heavenly Immortals’ attention.
• Song Ankang subdued two wounded Diamond Prefecture Lords, one from each race, and took most of their valuable resources.
• Song Ankang found an injured Glory Emperor recovering in an underground cave and enslaved it using God Slaying Tribulation, the Imperial Order, and the Three Step Soul Chasing Needle.
• Song Ankang collected the Glory Emperor’s treasures and continued hunting for Diamond Prefecture Lords and Glory Emperors, relying on safeguards for the servants he had previously released.

Song Ankang continued enslaving cultivators across the Yellow Chicken Race's territory, then seized a rare chance to enslave the severely injured Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official. The new servant placed a heavy burden on Song Ankang's Immortal Soul Sea, leaving him uncertain how many more Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals he could control.

• Song Ankang assessed that Size As You Wish let him rival powerful Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals and then enslaved more than a hundred Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race cultivators.
• Song Ankang learned that the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance converted the side effects of Spirit Control into benefits, though his Immortal Soul Sea still limited how many servants he could bear.
• A Glory Earth servant told Song Ankang that its father, the Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official, had been gravely injured and could no longer resist.
• Song Ankang secretly entered the Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official's chamber and fired several Imperial Orders while it was unconscious.
• The final Imperial Order enslaved the Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official, and Song Ankang felt the immense strain its presence placed on his Immortal Soul Sea.

Song Ankang helped Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official recover, then learned how vast the gap was between Fifth Grade Earth Immortals and Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals. He left the Yellow Chicken Race’s territory with hundreds of earth servants and cultivation near the limit of a Platinum County Prince, preparing to challenge the next realm.

• Song Ankang bought specialized Heavenly Pills and Heavenly Medicine from the Treasure Supplier, helping Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official recover enough to awaken and assist him.
• Song Ankang sparred with Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official and discovered that his ordinary combat power was only about one hundred and twentieth of the Heavenly Official’s, though Size As You Wish greatly increased his strength and speed.
• Song Ankang assessed which ranks of Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals he could confront or escape, and learned that only Stellar Grade Heavenly Officials could reliably catch him at full speed.
• Song Ankang grew bolder as he enslaved earth servants and gathered resources during the war, eventually leaving the Yellow Chicken Race’s territory with three hundred Fifth Grade earth servants.
• Song Ankang advanced close to the limit of a Platinum County Prince after devouring some Fifth Grade Earth Immortals and prepared to challenge the bottleneck toward becoming a Diamond Prefecture Lord.

After returning from the Yellow Chicken Race, Song Ankang counted his immense gains and strengthened his forces while concealing his involvement. He kept Twelve Wings as a useful, unwitting source of treasures, then spotted a supreme treasure for sale in the chat group.

• Song Ankang discovered that his haul from the Yellow Chicken Race was worth nearly ten million High-grade Immortal Stones, mostly from his servants, and that his enslaved Earth Immortals had become loyal to him.
• Song Ankang arranged neutral Fifth Grade Earth Immortals to protect his friends and family, supplying them with improved techniques and Earth Artifacts.
• Song Ankang reflected that Twelve Wings remained his weakest servant, but he kept it because Horizon Jade brought in treasures and killing it might expose him to Demonic Flame Soaring Sky.
• Song Ankang continued guiding Twelve Wings through the Imperial Order, while Twelve Wings unknowingly sent its valuable gains to its master and mocked the Ten-Mile Slope Sword God.
• After returning to An City in Kyoto and consolidating his combat experience, Song Ankang entered the chat group and noticed Treasure Supplier selling a supreme treasure that excited him.

Song Ankang bought a rare Heavenly Net Talisman for one million High-grade Immortal Stones after realizing his wealth had surpassed Demonic Flame Soaring Sky's. He kept his identity and strength hidden in the chat group while preparing the talisman for his own advance to Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal.

• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky asked Treasure Supplier about the Heavenly Net Talisman but declined to buy it because he could not afford its one-million-High-grade-Immortal-Stone price.
• Song Ankang realized his wealth and strength had grown far beyond Demonic Flame Soaring Sky's, though he continued to pose as his little brother in the chat group.
• Song Ankang privately paid Treasure Supplier one million High-grade Immortal Stones and received the Heavenly Net Talisman.
• Treasure Supplier concluded that Ten-Mile Slope Sword God was a powerful, wealthy Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal and guessed he had bought the talisman for a descendant.
• Song Ankang intended to use the talisman himself, since it could protect a Fifth Grade Earth Immortal's Inner World during the dangerous advance to Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal.

Song Ankang watched the Horizon Jade chat group welcome Talent Bug, a rare race that produced precious Talent Beads. Talent Bug proved its identity by gifting the members beads but kept its location secret, promising to share it once it found landmarks.

• Talent Bug joined the chat group and said it lived in an Exotic Space, then sent the members a crooked drawing and its measurements.
• The members doubted Talent Bug’s identity and asked it to prove what race it belonged to.
• Talent Bug gifted each member a ninth-rank Talent Bead, astonishing the group and confirming its claim.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Treasure Supplier asked where Talent Bug lived, but it said it did not know its current location and had seen no landmarks.
• Twelve Wings asked Talent Bug to share its coordinates when it reached a suitable place, and Talent Bug agreed while mentioning its other specialties.

Song Ankang traded World Tree leaves with Talent Bug Aman for Talent Beads, then used the beads to accelerate the growth of the World Tree Sapling in his internal space. Aman agreed to keep their arrangement secret, while the other chat group members failed to learn anything useful from it.

• Song Ankang privately asked Talent Bug Aman for Talent Beads and negotiated one World Tree sapling leaf for one Seventh Grade Talent Bead.
• Talent Bug Aman sent Song Ankang a test bead, and after he sent a leaf in return, they exchanged twenty beads for twenty leaves.
• Song Ankang and Talent Bug Aman agreed to keep the trade secret and to trade again when the World Tree Sapling grew more leaves.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, Treasure Supplier, Twelve Wings, and the others failed to get useful information from Talent Bug Aman.
• Song Ankang buried the Talent Beads beneath the World Tree Sapling's roots, and the sapling absorbed their power and began growing new buds.

Song Ankang traded World Tree leaves to Talent Bug Aman for Talent Beads, rapidly growing the World Tree Sapling in his Inner World. Its growth strengthened his Inner World and expanded its potential as a refuge for the Human Race, while Song Ankang prepared to break through to Diamond Prefecture Lord.

• Talent Bug Aman privately contacted Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, Treasure Supplier, Kunlun All-Knowing, and Twelve Wings, but only Treasure Supplier could offer a few dozen World Tree leaves.
• Song Ankang used Talent Beads and power from the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to grow his World Tree Sapling, which reached two feet tall and bore 222 leaves.
• Song Ankang traded 200 leaves to Talent Bug Aman for 300 seventh-grade Talent Beads and fed the beads to the sapling.
• The growing sapling stabilized Song Ankang’s Inner World, increased its Origin Qi, and helped his cultivation approach the Diamond Prefecture Lord bottleneck.
• Song Ankang considered how his expanding Inner World could shelter people during a catastrophe and continued tempering himself for his breakthrough.

Song Ankang traded more Talent Beads with Talent Bug Aman, then broke through from the Platinum County Prince realm to the Diamond Prefecture Lord realm. His Inner World expanded to Glory Emperor scale, leaving him powerful enough to sweep through the fifth rank, though he planned to keep his strength hidden.

• Song Ankang suspected Talent Bug Aman had either high cultivation or a clan supplying its many Talent Beads, and continued trading World Tree Sapling leaves for them.
• Song Ankang absorbed Talent Beads to grow the World Tree Sapling while his cultivation reached the limit of the Platinum County Prince realm.
• Song Ankang prepared in his cultivation chamber and carefully struck his bottleneck until the dam collapsed.
• Song Ankang absorbed the breakthrough’s gifts, expanding his Inner World from one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand square kilometers.
• Song Ankang realized he could sweep through the Glory Emperor realm but resolved not to reveal his strength or risk bringing disaster upon himself and the Human Race.

After reaching the pinnacle of the Fifth Grade Earth Immortal realm, Song Ankang consolidated his strength while trading World Tree leaves with Talent Bug Aman for Talent Beads. He used the beads and other resources to improve his bedside companions’ talents, leaving them increasingly certain that their husband had reached a realm far beyond their own.

• Song Ankang consolidated and adapted to his strength, expecting to reach the pinnacle of the Glory Emperor realm before attempting to advance to Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal.
• Song Ankang traded newly grown World Tree leaves to Talent Bug Aman for Talent Beads and used some of them to raise his bedside companions’ talent and aptitude.
• Song Ankang prepared limit-breaking pills and medicines for his bedside companions, while telling them the Talent Beads were a special treasure he had obtained by chance.
• Song Ankang’s bedside companions reached the level of Great Gods but could not see through his strength, and they began to suspect he was at least a Half-step True Immortal.
• Song Ankang returned to a peaceful routine of cultivation and spending time with his bedside companions and descendants, while continuing his mutually beneficial trades with Talent Bug Aman.

Song Ankang’s World Tree broke through its growth bottleneck and transformed into a small tree, greatly strengthening his inner city and boosting his power. He traded a leaf to Talent Bug Aman and arranged to exchange more World Tree Leaves for thousands of Talent Beads.

• Song Ankang channeled Talent Beads and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance’s power into the World Tree Sapling until it broke through ten feet and grew into a thirty-six-meter-tall small tree.
• Song Ankang sensed that the small World Tree’s leaves held far more World Tree Power, and its growth made his inner city vastly tougher and more stable.
• Song Ankang compared his inner city with Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official’s star and concluded that it was nearly as stable and tough.
• Song Ankang sent a leaf to Talent Bug Aman, who valued it at ten Seventh Grade Talent Beads or one Sixth Grade Talent Bead.
• Song Ankang ordered five thousand Sixth Grade Talent Beads and twenty thousand Seventh Grade Talent Beads, and Talent Bug Aman said the clan could supply them.

Song Ankang traded World Tree leaves to Talent Bug Aman for a large supply of Talent Beads, then used his Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse to devour Fifth Grade Earth Immortals and rapidly improve his secondary professions. The chapter left him at the peak of several Earth-grade crafts, with his mastery of formations nearing the Heavenly Formation Master realm.

• Song Ankang decided not to risk his favorable trade with Talent Bug Aman, which remained his main source of Talent Beads.
• Song Jixiang exchanged seven thousand World Tree leaves for five thousand Sixth Grade Talent Beads and twenty thousand Seventh Grade Talent Beads, and Song Ankang fed most of them to the World Tree.
• Song Ankang captured dozens of Fifth Grade Earth Immortals accomplished in secondary professions and devoured them with his half-step Heavenly Arts Sea Absorbing Sacred Heart Curse.
• Song Ankang raised his Artifact Refining, alchemy, Beast Taming, Talisman Arts, Medical Arts, and Poison Arts to Fifth Grade High-grade Earth levels.
• Song Ankang advanced his Way of Formations to the threshold of a Heavenly Formation Master and became capable of barely setting up some Heavenly Formations.

Song Ankang cautiously enslaved Tiger Subduing Heavenly Official after Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official drugged him, then used their help to capture more fourth-grade Heavenly Immortals. As his growing circle of servants made further targets easier to reach, Song Ankang released Earthly Servants whose loyalty no longer depended on Imperial Orders.

• Song Ankang investigated Misty Sky Palace for several days before infiltrating it and confirming Tiger Subduing Heavenly Official was unconscious.
• Song Ankang planted an Imperial Order in Tiger Subduing Heavenly Official’s Immortal Soul Sea, overcoming a hidden True Soul Heavenly Artifact.
• Song Ankang took Dragon Subduing Heavenly Official and Tiger Subduing Heavenly Official to capture Tiger Subduing Heavenly Official’s father-in-law, then targeted one of the father-in-law’s friends.
• Song Ankang enslaved more than five fourth-grade Heavenly Immortals and released most Earthly Servants who had become wholeheartedly loyal to him.

Song Ankang enslaved ten Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals before returning to An City for Song Xia’s ascension as emperor. As Song Xia took the throne, Song Ankang reflected on his children’s cultivation and family life, especially Song Fanxing’s astonishing number of descendants.

• Song Ankang expanded his ranks of immortal servants to ten, then returned to An City after learning Song Xia was about to ascend the throne.
• Song Ankang attended Song Xia’s ascension ceremony with Song Xin Xin, while the previous emperor remained in seclusion after reaching the Seventh Grade Divine Being Realm.
• Song Ankang accepted that his children could pursue their own paths, provided they reached the Seventh Grade Divine Being Realm within their lifetimes.
• Song Ankang noted that Tang Shi, Song Xia, and Song Chang'an were near the Seventh Grade, while Song Fanxing lagged behind in cultivation despite being hailed as a genius.
• Song Fanxing had fathered more than a thousand children in under a century, leaving Song Ankang unable to keep track of his many descendants.