Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang agreed to use his remaining strange power to help revive a World Tree branch and leaf in exchange for the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique. The Treasure Supplier sent him rare pills, including Enlightenment Pills, and went to ask the Third Tower Master for the forbidden technique.

• Song Ankang learned that the Treasure Supplier could obtain the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique from Myriad Manifestation Tower’s Third Tower Master.
• Song Ankang agreed to provide the small amount of strange power he had left, while warning that he could not guarantee it would revive the World Tree branch and leaf.
• The Treasure Supplier said the branch and leaf was already close to revival and sent Song Ankang dozens of bottles of special pills and elixirs, including Enlightenment Pills.
• Song Ankang accepted the pills, and the Treasure Supplier left the chat group to seek out the Third Tower Master.
• While Song Ankang waited, Kunlun All-Knowing teased Twelve Wings for ignoring an opportunity, and Twelve Wings insisted he had never regretted anything.

Song Ankang challenged Twelve Wings about his progress toward the Five Elements Tribulation, then received the World Tree Branch and the first half of the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique from Treasure Supplier. After securing the items and arranging for the branch to revive, he discovered the half blue stone contained powerful Ocean Rule Power.

• Song Ankang told Twelve Wings he was about to undergo the Five Elements Tribulation, and Twelve Wings left the chat group in disbelief.
• Kunlun All-Knowing invited Song Ankang to the Kunlun Mountains to search for tribulation-assisting treasures, but Song Ankang refused.
• Treasure Supplier reported that the Third Tower Master had agreed to provide the World Tree Branch and the first half of the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique, with the latter half to follow after the branch revived.
• Song Ankang inspected the items, accepted them in the Chaos Plain, and began infusing the World Tree Branch with strange power so it could revive.
• Song Ankang examined the half blue stone and sensed that it contained immense Ocean Rule Power, where the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique was recorded.

Song Ankang completed a major exchange for the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique, earning favors and resources while his World Tree Sapling and influence grew. He secretly used its Talent Beads to strengthen his family, whose cultivation advanced rapidly, and kept the source hidden to protect them.

• Song Ankang completed the transaction with the Third Tower Master of the Myriad Manifestation Tower, obtaining the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique and a promise of future help; the Treasure Supplier was promoted and gave him Enlightenment Pills.
• The Third Tower Master's son recovered after receiving the revived World Tree Sapling, and his chances of reaching the Upper Three Ranks improved.
• Song Ankang's World Tree Sapling grew to ten li and produced leaves that he sold for vast quantities of Talent Beads.
• Song Ankang raised his bedside companions' talents to second-rate, helping them reach the Ninth Layer of the Heavenly Pass Realm, while Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong also advanced rapidly.
• Song Ankang gave Talent Beads to his children and disguised them as other treasures so his family would not reveal their source.

Song Ankang bought thirty Lesser Divine Abilities from the Treasure Supplier, expecting to study them. He discovered he could not access the Rule Stones without mastering Rule Power, so he stored them away for the future.

• The Treasure Supplier told Song Ankang that his promotion gave him access to Upper Three Ranks divine abilities, including many with severe side effects.
• Song Ankang learned the prices and realized Middle and Greater Divine Abilities were beyond his means for now.
• Song Ankang bought thirty Lesser Divine Abilities for three hundred million High-grade Immortal Stones.
• Song Ankang tried to inspect a Rule Stone but was repelled by its Rule Power because he had not mastered Rule Power himself.
• Song Ankang stored the divine abilities away, planning to use them after he reached the Upper Three Ranks.

Song Ankang used the aftermath of a battle between Huoyan Heavenly Immortal and Heavenly Immortal Baishui to seize the chance to enslave Huoyan. With four Stellar Grade heavenly servants under his control, he prepared to target Baishui next.

• Song Ankang continued cultivating as the Human Race and his hidden organizations grew in strength and influence.
• Song Ankang learned that Huoyan Heavenly Immortal and Heavenly Immortal Baishui had both been gravely wounded in a fight and would need millennia to recover.
• Song Ankang traveled with Luoshan Heavenly Immortal to visit Huoyan, waiting until the final visitors had arrived before making his move.
• Heavenly Immortal Noah and Luoshan Heavenly Immortal broke through Huoyan's defenses, and one of Song Ankang's three Imperial Orders successfully enslaved him.
• Song Ankang gained his fourth Stellar Grade heavenly servant and turned his attention to Heavenly Immortal Baishui.

Song Ankang subdued Heavenly Immortal Baishui and strengthened his hold over the Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race, while deciding to avoid provoking their Devil Race backers. As he prepared to leave the Nine-Lives Cat Race’s territory, a chat-group message about Heavenly Immortal-level dog meat hotpot caught his attention.

• Song Ankang learned from Huoyan Heavenly Immortal that Heavenly Immortal Baishui’s immortal soul was gravely injured, then went to Baishui’s residence with Noah Heavenly Servant and Zheyu Heavenly Servant.
• Song Ankang used Noah Heavenly Servant, the Three Step Soul Chasing Needle, and Imperial Orders to subdue the unconscious Heavenly Immortal Baishui despite his half-step Saint Talisman.
• Song Ankang weighed his six Stellar Grade combatants against the Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race, but chose to avoid a direct conflict because both races served the Devil Race.
• Song Ankang took most of Huoyan Heavenly Immortal’s and Heavenly Immortal Baishui’s treasures, left them healing supplies, and set out to leave the Nine-Lives Cat Race’s territory.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky praised a Heavenly Immortal-level dog meat hotpot in the Horizon Jade chat group, shocking Twelve Wings and prompting Kunlun All-Knowing to shout “666.”

After learning that the Tengu Ancestor had been badly wounded by Demonic Flame Soaring Sky’s Imperial Father, Song Ankang hurried to Moon Bay to seize the chance to capture it. He took over the lair’s powerful defensive array and its guards, then waited for the Tengu Ancestor to return.

• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky bragged in the chat group about eating Fourth Grade Tengu meat and revealed that his Imperial Father had severely injured the Tengu Ancestor.
• Song Ankang realized the Tengu Ancestor’s injuries gave him an opportunity and headed to Moon Bay, its lair.
• Song Ankang used his Fourth Grade High-Rank Heavenly Formation Master skills to infiltrate and take control of Moon Bay’s Fourth Grade Upper Heavenly Array Group.
• Song Ankang and Heavenly Immortal Noah subdued the Planet Grade Heavenly Immortals guarding Moon Bay and stationed them throughout the array.
• Song Ankang enslaved additional Comet-class and Meteor Grade Heavenly Immortals, then prepared to wait for the Tengu Ancestor while remaining wary of its hidden trump cards.

Song Ankang ambushed and enslaved the Tengu Ancestor’s strongest incarnation, then learned how formidable the threshold for comprehending Rule Power was. He estimated that even with his advantages, reaching that threshold would require a long period of cultivation, though his techniques and medicines could shorten the journey.

• Song Ankang overheard the Tengu Ancestor and the Tengu Race ancestors discuss their failed tribute to Mo Tian and their plan to recover the shortfall over the next century.
• Song Ankang activated Moon Bay’s Fourth Grade Upper Heavenly Array Group while the Tengu Ancestor was healing, then broke through its Saint Talisman protection with his Mountain Splitting Saint Talisman.
• Song Ankang used the Three Step Soul Chasing Needle and Imperial Order to seize the Tengu Ancestor’s Immortal Soul Sea before its strongest incarnation exploded.
• Song Ankang enslaved the Tengu Ancestor and learned that its main body was near the limit of the Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal realm, while its three incarnations served as powerful trump cards.
• Song Ankang investigated the requirements for comprehending Rule Power and calculated that his essence, energy, spirit, and comprehension still had a long way to go, despite his advantages and access to Saint medicines.

Song Ankang learned why the Tengu Race had failed to pay tribute to the Devil Race and secured a way to obtain the rare healing medicines they owed. He then began taking control of the Tengu Race, capturing and enslaving its remaining Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals.

• Song Ankang learned that the Tengu Race had used up its tribute medicines treating injuries from its clashes with the Nine-Lives Cat Race, and that the Devil Race had given Moon Swallowing Heavenly Immortal a hundred years to make up the shortfall.
• Song Ankang arranged to obtain the missing medicines through his Nine-Lives Cat Race servants, then prepared to seize the Tengu Race and make it a secret territory.
• Song Ankang used Moon Swallowing Heavenly Immortal to lure a Tengu Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortal into Moon Bay, where his group ambushed and enslaved him.
• Song Ankang's group lured in and enslaved two more Tengu Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals, bringing the total under his control to five of the race's seven.
• Song Ankang and Moon Swallowing Heavenly Immortal tracked down the last Tengu Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortal, who was cultivating in seclusion, and captured him in his lair.

Song Ankang enslaved the Tengu Race’s leading immortals, brought its territory and resources under his control, and spent decades consolidating his gains while strengthening himself and his companions. The Central Plains Merchant Alliance grew into a hidden military power, while the Human Race remained unaware that it had reached Half-step Immortal Race status.

• Song Ankang took control of the Tengu Race’s seven Stellar Grade ancestors and hundreds of Planet Grade Heavenly Immortals, bringing roughly ninety percent of its forces under his command.
• Song Ankang plundered the Tengu Race’s resources, raising his controlled territory to six trillion square kilometers and his wealth to more than one billion High-grade Immortal Stones.
• Song Ankang paused his campaigns and spent several decades cultivating, consolidating the Tengu Race’s territory, and expanding his stellar body to ninety billion square kilometers.
• Song Ankang’s enslaved forces grew to ten Stellar Grade, seven hundred Planet Grade, and one hundred Comet Grade Heavenly Immortals, and the Tengu Race joined the Central Plains Merchant Alliance.
• Tang Liuli and Qiushi reached Half-step True Immortal and received pills from Song Ankang to help them break their limits, while the Human Race’s growing strength remained unknown to outsiders.

The chapter described how Song Fanxing’s extraordinary fertility expanded the Song Clan to more than three million descendants and made him famous across the Human Race. It ended with Song Ankang’s rules for handling Song Fanxing’s neglected wives and concubines, while the Song Clan verified every descendant’s bloodline before adding them to its genealogy.

• The Bedside Companions reflected on Song Ankang’s cultivation and the Human Race’s rapid transformation, while Dong Yujie took pride in her son Song Fanxing.
• Song Fanxing married more than one hundred thousand wives and concubines and fathered around one hundred and twenty thousand children with females of many races.
• Song Fanxing’s children and grandchildren multiplied, growing the Song Clan to more than three million descendants and making it the Human Race’s foremost family.
• Song Fanxing earned the nickname King of Green Hats because some neglected wives and concubines left him, though they generally did not bear children by other men.
• The Song Clan required bloodline checks before admitting descendants to its genealogy, and Song Ankang told Song Fanxing not to use the clan’s power to punish women who left him.

Song Ankang reflected on Song Fanxing’s sprawling household and the Song Clan’s growing power, while explaining how family resources were distributed according to merit and aptitude. The Human Race and Song Clan continued to flourish, with Song Ankang’s descendants spreading across the continent and numbering more than three million.

• Song Fanxing’s wives and concubines were allowed to leave him by mutual agreement, and his family’s lenient rules attracted more families seeking marriage ties with the Song Clan.
• Song Fanxing once flirted with several beautiful women and brought them to the palace, only to discover they were wives and concubines he had married long ago.
• Song Ankang noted that Song Fanxing had become a Human Race prodigy despite spending most of his time reproducing, and he planned to eventually shelter him in his Inner World.
• Song Ankang’s family businesses and the Human Race expanded, while the Song Family neared ten deities and the Human Race surpassed three thousand.
• Song Ankang explained that family grants favored talented and contributing descendants, since resources were limited and had to support those who could advance most efficiently.

Song Ankang consolidated his control over the Central Plains Merchant Alliance and prepared to exploit the Nine-Lives Cat Race’s recent losses to enslave its Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals. As he set the plan in motion, his cultivation foundation reached the point where he was ready to challenge the Planet Grade bottleneck.

• Song Ankang provided his descendants with generous stipends, resources, and jobs, while most of his children advanced into the Seventh Grade Divine Being Realm.
• Song Ankang secretly folded the Tengu Race into the Central Plains Merchant Alliance and used careful planning to increase its wealth and resources.
• Song Ankang decided to provoke a war with the Nine-Lives Cat Race while its Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals were still recovering from their battle with the Tengu Race.
• Song Ankang coordinated with two hidden Stellar Grade heavenly servants in the Nine-Lives Cat Race to draw out its experts, targeting the Nine-Lives Cat Ancestor after enslaving the other three Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals.
• Song Ankang brought the Myriad Tribulation Comet to one hundred billion square kilometers and prepared to break through the Planet Grade bottleneck.

Song Ankang broke through to Planet Grade, expanding his body star to one trillion square kilometers and greatly increasing his strength. He left the breakthrough able to sweep most Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals, with a foundation that could carry him into the Half-Saint ranks if he reached Stellar Grade.

• Song Ankang used the Heavenly Array Group and his heavenly servants to protect him as he began breaking through the Planet Grade bottleneck.
• He methodically struck the bottleneck barrier with source qi until it cracked, then continued carefully to avoid backlash.
• The barrier shattered, and power from heaven and earth fused with Song Ankang’s essence, energy, and spirit as his body star expanded to one trillion square kilometers.
• Song Ankang’s essence, energy, and spirit surged, raising his combat power severalfold and leaving him able to overwhelm nearly all Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals.
• Song Ankang’s exceptional foundation meant he could reach the first level of Half-Saint if he cultivated to the limit of Stellar Grade.

After adapting to his breakthrough and the expansion of his main body star, Song Ankang used his increased strength to enslave the Nine-Lives Cat Ancestor and take control of the Nine-Lives Cat Race. He ended with the race’s Heavenly Immortals under his command and more than a thousand Fourth Grade Heaven Servants.

• Song Ankang adapted to his new strength, reached roughly the level of an ordinary First-Layer Half-Saint, and suppressed Heavenly Immortal Noah and Moon Swallowing Heavenly Immortal in sparring.
• Song Ankang and his allies ambushed two Nine-Lives Cat Race Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals, planted Imperial Orders in their Immortal Soul Seas, and brought the number of enslaved Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals to four.
• Song Ankang infiltrated another Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortal’s secluded cultivation site and enslaved it, leaving only the Nine-Lives Cat Ancestor untaken among the race’s six Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals.
• Song Ankang obtained the Fluffball Grassland Heavenly Array Group blueprints, took control of the array, and used it and five enslaved Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals to overwhelm the Nine-Lives Cat Ancestor.
• Song Ankang enslaved the Nine-Lives Cat Ancestor and then, over several dozen days, enslaved the Nine-Lives Cat Race Heavenly Immortals he needed, bringing his Fourth Grade Heaven Servants to more than a thousand.

Song Ankang consolidated control of the Nine-Lives Cat Race and expanded his territory and merchant alliance while continuing to cultivate at an extraordinary pace. The chapter ended with his influence spanning more than thirty enslaved races, though his holdings remained only a small portion of the Central Plains.

• Song Ankang organized the Nine-Lives Cat Race's territory and stationed enslaved Fourth Grade demonic creatures and ghosts to secretly protect his relatives, companions, and children.
• Song Ankang's Myriad Tribulation Planet grew to two trillion square kilometers, and his lifespan reached around three hundred and sixty thousand years.
• Song Ankang prepared to slow his consumption of Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals after their repeated disappearances began to arouse suspicion.
• Song Ankang directed the Central Plains Merchant Alliance to expand outward from the Tengu Race and Nine-Lives Cat Race, leaving the campaign to his heavenly servants.
• Song Ankang's secret territory grew to twelve trillion square kilometers across more than thirty enslaved races, enriching the resources available to the Central Plains Merchant Alliance.

Song Ankang expanded his influence across the Chaos Plain until he controlled roughly half its territory, while using his Heavenly Servants to capture Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals for him to enslave and devour. After discovering that one captive was protected by a seal placed by a powerful Saint Venerable, he released the captive and continued cautiously, leaving his secret holdings at twenty-one trillion square kilometers.

• Song Ankang targeted the Chaos Plain and captured or enslaved Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals from Blood Futu and other factions, expanding his influence across the region.
• After investigating his holdings, Song Ankang found that he controlled half the Chaos Plain's territory, though his strength remained far below that of its combined factions.
• Song Ankang's Heavenly Servants captured Meteor, Comet, and Planet Grade Heavenly Immortals and brought them to his lair for him to question and devour.
• Song Ankang discovered a seal in a Planet Grade Heavenly Immortal's soul that could alert a third-rank Saint Venerable, so he ended the enslavement, altered a small part of the captive's memories, and returned him safely.
• Song Ankang continued his cautious expansion, bringing the territory he secretly controlled to twenty-one trillion square kilometers.

Song Ankang cultivated as his Myriad Tribulation Planet grew to six trillion square kilometers, while his companions and children advanced rapidly. The Song Clan became the Human Race’s foremost family, and Song Ankang emerged from seclusion at age 266 to visit his family.

• Song Ankang’s Myriad Tribulation Planet expanded to six trillion square kilometers, and its formations made it powerful enough to surpass many Half-Saints.
• Song Ankang’s bedside companions advanced to Half-step True Immortals, while most of his children became Divine Beings and some reached the Middle Divine Being rank.
• The Song Family’s many Divine Beings made it the Human Race’s foremost family, and Song Ankang was hailed as the Human Race’s number one ancestor.
• At age 266, Song Ankang emerged from seclusion, spent time with his companions, and visited some of his descendants, whose numbers had grown beyond seven million.

Song Xia told Song Ankang that the Central Plains Merchant Alliance was secretly siphoning away the Human Race’s resources, only to learn that his father controlled the alliance and had been taking a share for himself. Song Ankang then urged Song Xia to give up the throne and focus on cultivation, leaving Song Xia resolved to abdicate and pursue greater strength.

• Song Xia presented Song Ankang with decades of evidence that the Central Plains Merchant Alliance was secretly collecting resources from the Human Race and neighboring races.
• Song Ankang revealed that he was behind the alliance’s operations and admitted that he received half of the Human Race’s resources and an even larger share from other nearby races.
• Song Xia accepted his father’s explanation, reasoning that Song Ankang had protected the Human Race and helped it prosper.
• Song Ankang praised Song Xia’s investigation and urged him to stop ruling and cultivate, noting that Song Xia’s mother had reached the Half-step True Immortal Realm.
• Song Xia learned of his mother’s advancement, bowed to Song Ankang, and agreed to relinquish the throne so he could pursue the Half-step True Immortal and Sixth Grade True Immortal realms.

After learning that his mother had become a Half-step True Immortal, Song Xia abdicated and began cultivating, prompting the Song Family and its descendants to train more diligently. The chapter ended as nobles and guests gathered for Song Qingbao’s coming-of-age ceremony, excited by rumors that Song Ankang would attend.

• Song Xia learned that his mother had become a Half-step True Immortal, abdicated the throne to his son, and devoted himself to cultivation.
• Tang Shi stepped down as head of the Tang Family, while Song Ankang supplied his children with resources and encouraged the family to cultivate.
• Song Fanxing increased his cultivation efforts after seeing his relatives train diligently.
• Song Ankang prepared to attend his beloved granddaughter Song Qingbao’s sixteenth coming-of-age ceremony at Summer Grain Palace.
• Song Qingbao’s friends joked about wanting Song Ankang as a grandmother, and the guests celebrated rumors that he would attend.