Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang learned that Trace-Shadow Tower suspected the Ghost Rat Race of causing the Central Plains’ Earth Vein Revival and becoming a Super Race. He was relieved that the Ghost Rat Race’s rise served as a cover for his own hidden power.

• Trace-Shadow Tower Soldier revealed that repeated Earth Vein Revivals in the Central Plains had been concealed by a powerful force.
• Song Ankang privately asked Trace-Shadow Tower Soldier about treasures and which Central Plains race might have produced a cultivator who broke through to the Upper Three Ranks.
• Trace-Shadow Tower Soldier said the Central Plains Merchant Alliance was likely behind the Earth Vein Revival and that the Ghost Rat Race secretly controlled it.
• Trace-Shadow Tower Soldier reported that the Ghost Rat Race had Western First Super Race backing and might become a Super Race.
• Song Ankang felt relieved that Trace-Shadow Tower suspected the Ghost Rat Race instead of uncovering his own strength.

Song Ankang used Trace-Shadow Tower’s suspicions to make the Ghost Rat Race and Central Plains Merchant Alliance serve as his cover while he secretly accelerated his cultivation. By the end, his true body star had reached 800 trillion square kilometers, leaving him close to becoming a First-level Half-Saint.

• The Trace-Shadow Tower Soldier told Song Ankang that the Ghost Rat Race likely had hidden Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals, and Song Ankang paid for the information before deciding to use the theory as a shield.
• Song Ankang disguised the Ghost Rat Race and Central Plains Merchant Alliance as the source of his power, while the Nether Race sent Heitiannu to investigate the Ghost Rat Race.
• Song Ankang arranged for a subordinate with Ghost Rat Race blood to pose as a promising ancestor, drawing the Nether Race and Trace-Shadow Tower’s attention away from him.
• Song Ankang secretly sent Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals to the Chaos Plain and devoured them to increase his cultivation.
• Song Ankang’s true body star grew to 800 trillion square kilometers, bringing him within 200 trillion of the threshold for a First-level Half-Saint.

Song Ankang captured Heitiannu by turning her own Heavenly Array Group against her and enslaved her as his first Half-Saint servant. He used her to spread a false account of the Ghost Rat Race’s rising prodigy, easing outside scrutiny and leaving him free to cultivate for now.

• Song Ankang infiltrated Heitiannu’s residence and used its array and his subordinates’ soul attacks to subdue the Second-level Half-Saint.
• Song Ankang questioned Heitiannu and learned that the Nether Race feared the Ghost Rat Race might rise, but did not consider it an immediate threat.
• Song Ankang had Heitiannu tell the Nether Race that the Ghost Rat Race’s hidden prodigy was close to becoming a First Layer Half-Saint and had only recently been discovered.
• The Nether Race leaked the story to other factions while publicly giving the Ghost Rat Race resources, and Heitiannu’s reports convinced them the account was true.
• Trace-Shadow Tower verified the intelligence, withdrew many of its personnel, and relaxed its surveillance after Song Ankang secretly staged evidence and enslaved several of its Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortals.

Song Ankang used the Ghost Rat Race blockade as cover to investigate the Takama-ga-hara Immortal God Race and begin taking it over. He enslaved its strongest ancestor and ten Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals, leaving four still out of reach for now.

• Song Ankang had the Tengu Race, Nine-Lives Cat Race, and Vampire Race claim they had jointly developed the resource policies, dispelling the Central Plains Merchant Alliance’s suspicions.
• The Takama-ga-hara Immortal God Race organized a coalition to blockade the Ghost Rat Race, and Song Ankang had allied Heaven Races publicly join while secretly gathering intelligence.
• Song Ankang arrived in Takama-ga-hara with several powerful subordinates and intercepted Higashiya Eikei, turning the Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortal into his servant.
• With Higashiya Eikei’s help, Song Ankang enslaved nine more Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals over the next few days.
• Song Ankang also enslaved Anjing Shen San, the Takama-ga-hara Immortal God Race’s strongest ancestor, while four other Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals remained beyond his reach.

Song Ankang consolidated his covert control over the Takama-ga-hara Immortal God Race and continued preparing to unify the Central Plains. He helped Qiushi break through to the Sixth Grade True Immortal Realm while his family’s power and cultivation continued to grow.

• Song Ankang secretly took control of the Takama-ga-hara Immortal God Race while keeping its blockade of the Ghost Rat Race in place, and he ordered investigations into the other two Fourth Grade Heaven Races.
• Song Ankang examined Qiushi after her cultivation had stalled at 210 points and agreed to help her break through to the Sixth Grade True Immortal Realm.
• Qiushi overcame the Lesser Five Elements Tribulation and Lesser Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, then passed the Lesser Inner Demon Tribulation with Song Ankang’s help.
• Song Ankang noted that Tang Liuli and his other Bedside Companions were advancing, while his children and grandchildren also cultivated rapidly with the resources he provided.
• Song Ankang’s children and grandchildren concealed his cultivation aid, and the Song Clan’s Seventh Grade Divine Beings exceeded one hundred, about one-fiftieth of the Human Race’s total.

After reaching the First Layer Half-Saint Realm, Song Ankang contacted the Treasure Supplier to buy rare resources for breaking his limits. He acquired the Supplier’s entire quota of Saint Limit Pills and Eternal Ancient Medicine, paying extra to compensate him for the favor.

• Song Ankang’s true-form star grew to 1,000 trillion square kilometers, allowing him to break through to the First Layer Half-Saint Realm.
• Song Ankang assessed his new strength and recognized that future advancement would require him to break his limits.
• Song Ankang asked the Treasure Supplier how many Saint Limit Pills and bottles of Eternal Ancient Medicine he could sell.
• The Treasure Supplier offered Song Ankang 100 Saint Limit Pills and 200 bottles of Eternal Ancient Medicine for 1.8 billion High-grade Immortal Stones, with credit available.
• Song Ankang sent the Treasure Supplier 2.5 billion High-grade Immortal Stones, but the Supplier tried to return the extra 700 million, saying Song Ankang had once saved his life.

Song Ankang spent 2.5 billion High-grade Immortal Stones on Saint Limit Pills and Eternal Ancient Medicines, then used them and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to advance his cultivation. As decades passed, he reached the Second-level Half-Saint realm while his alliance quietly consolidated control of the Takama-ga-hara Immortal God Race under new regional names.

• Song Ankang gave the Treasure Supplier 2.5 billion High-grade Immortal Stones for Saint Limit Pills and Eternal Ancient Medicines, leaving the supplier to speculate about his immense status and power.
• Song Ankang took Saint Limit Pills and found that the first increased his essence, energy, and spirit by two points, but their effects weakened with repeated use.
• Song Ankang alternated between Saint Limit Pills and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance, reaching 19.9 points before breaking through a minor bottleneck into the Second-level Half-Saint realm.
• Song Ankang continued cultivating as the Saint Limit Pills' effects declined, while the Central Plains Merchant Alliance changed its name and banner across regions to conceal its expanding control of the Takama-ga-hara Immortal God Race.
• Several more decades passed as Song Ankang, his Bedside Companions, and his children continued their increasingly long cultivation retreats.

Over nearly four hundred years, the Song Clan grew into a harmonious family of more than one hundred million descendants, supported by Song Ankang’s resources and family rules. Song Fanxing fathered more than three hundred thousand descendants, became a Seventh Grade Divine Being with little cultivation effort, and left the family astonished by his influence and success.

• Song Ankang’s resources, cultivation support, fair family rules, and regular activities helped keep the rapidly expanding Song Clan harmonious.
• The Song Clan’s descendants surpassed one hundred million, with more than half attributed to Song Fanxing.
• Song Fanxing became a Seventh Grade Divine Being through Song Ankang’s care and the resources offered by his many descendants.
• Song Fanxing took wives and concubines from several races, including members of the Devil Race and the Witch Race, and earned admiration from Human Race families.
• Song Xia, Tang Shi, Song Chang'an, and the other children were surprised that Song Fanxing’s cultivation nearly matched theirs despite his lack of effort.
• Song Ankang calculated that Song Fanxing had given him more than three hundred thousand grandchildren, helping the Song Clan produce many talented juniors.

Song Ankang broke through to the Third Layer Half-Saint realm and used the Alien Race and Werewolf Race’s plan to raid a Ghost Rat Race treasure vault as an opportunity to bring both races under his control. He then secretly controlled all Eight Great Heaven Races of the Central Plains and expanded his rule across the region’s vassal and neutral races.

• Song Ankang hid the Song Clan descendants’ exceptional talents and kept them within Human Race territory until he was strong enough to protect them.
• Song Ankang used the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to break through to the Third Layer Half-Saint realm, raising his essence, energy, and spirit to thirty points.
• Song Ankang learned that the Alien Race and Werewolf Race planned to raid a Ghost Rat Race treasure vault, then enslaved their Stellar Grade Heavenly Immortals and important Planet Grade Heavenly Immortals in just over half a month.
• Song Ankang brought all Eight Great Heaven Races of the Central Plains under his secret control, becoming the region’s hidden uncrowned king.
• Song Ankang spent several months taking control of the vassal and neutral races, whose sprawling territories and disorderly populations made them difficult to integrate.

Song Ankang surveyed the scale of the territory he controlled and began secretly enslaving Half-Saints in the Chaos Plain. After taking down ten targets, he let an eleventh escape and withdrew to avoid exposing his campaign.

• Song Ankang assessed the Central Plains and Chaos Plain territories he controlled, while avoiding regions guarded by Upper Three Ranks experts.
• Song Ankang infiltrated the Hook Serpent Half-Saint’s residence and enslaved it with the God Slaying Tribulation and Imperial Order.
• With the Hook Serpent’s help, Song Ankang enslaved a Fifth Layer Half-Saint, then captured eight more Half-Saints across the Chaos Plain.
• An eleventh Fifth Layer Half-Saint escaped after using a talisman containing Rule Power to block Song Ankang’s attack.
• Song Ankang left the Chaos Plain and decided to wait for the uproar to pass before targeting more Half-Saints.

After the Fifth Layer Half-Saint escaped and stirred up searches, Song Ankang kept a low profile and focused on cultivation, breaking through to the Fourth Layer Half-Saint Realm. With Saint Limit Pills no longer effective, he began testing Eternal Ancient Medicine, which still raised his limits.

• Song Ankang stayed out of trouble while the escaped Fifth Layer Half-Saint spread word and searched for him, but the commotion eventually faded after Song Ankang’s enslaved Half-Saints framed the incident as an ordinary revenge killing.
• Song Ankang secluded himself and used the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to break through his bottleneck, reaching the Fourth Layer Half-Saint Realm after about half a year.
• Song Ankang’s main-body star expanded to 4,000 trillion square kilometers, while his essence, qi, and spirit reached a limit of 44.6 after he used 121 Saint Limit Pills.
• Song Ankang learned that Treasure Supplier had reached the Ninth Layer Half-Saint Realm and had only slim odds of advancing into the Upper Three Ranks.
• Song Ankang took Eternal Ancient Medicine and found that one bottle increased his essence, qi, and spirit limits by about one point, so he planned to seek more limit-breaking medicines.

Song Ankang advanced to the Sixth Layer Half-Saint Realm while his family and the Song Clan grew stronger. With Eternal Ancient Medicine nearly spent and few alternatives available, he had to rely on the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to keep raising his limits toward the Quasi-Saint Realm.

• Song Ankang used Eternal Ancient Medicine to raise his essence, qi, and spirit to 49.99 points, then broke through into the Fifth Layer Half-Saint Realm.
• Song Ankang's relationships with Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, Twelve Wings, Flame of Breaking Barriers, Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women, and Talent Bug Aman continued to develop as his cultivation advanced.
• Over the next ten years, Song Ankang raised his essence, qi, and spirit to 59.99 points, while his Bedside Companions became Sixth Grade True Immortals and his descendants and the Song Clan grew stronger.
• Song Ankang prepared to explore the dangerous lands and deathlands surrounding his consolidated territory for their resources and intelligence.
• Song Ankang broke through into the Sixth Layer Half-Saint Realm, but found that Eternal Ancient Medicine and other limit-raising medicines were too scarce to support his next breakthrough.
• Song Ankang resolved to keep raising his limits with the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance as he pursued the Quasi-Saint Realm and the difficult Supreme Rule he had chosen.

Song Ankang’s comprehension continued to improve, but he ran out of resources that could help push his cultivation beyond its limits. When the Witch Race demanded increased offerings, he carefully captured its Chief Offering Officer, Xing He, and left him in place to govern the distant Vassal Races.

• Song Ankang found that Eternal Ancient Medicine no longer helped him break through and decided to cultivate while searching for new resources.
• After learning the Witch Race had demanded higher offerings, Song Ankang investigated Xing He, the Ninth Layer Half-Saint Chief Offering Officer.
• Song Ankang took control of the array around Xing He’s residence and arranged an ambush with immortal servants and enslaved subordinates.
• Xing He resisted enslavement with Saint Talismans and attempted to destroy his incarnation, but Song Ankang suppressed him and used his own Saint Talisman to overcome the protections in Xing He’s native star.
• Song Ankang enslaved Xing He, decided to have him continue governing the distant Vassal Races, plundered him, and returned to the Central Plains.

Song Ankang enslaved Xing He and eight Witch Race Subordinate Offering Officers, gaining a vast haul of resources and servants. Years later, his limits had risen to sixty-eight points, while his family and the Song Clan continued to grow powerful and reshape the Human Race.

• Song Ankang enslaved eight of Xing He's Subordinate Offering Officers after taking down Xing He, while leaving two beyond his reach for now.
• Song Ankang returned to the Chaos Plain in his Heavenly Immortal avatar, carrying resources worth roughly three billion High-grade Immortal Stones and more than twenty Half-Saint servants.
• Several years later, Song Ankang absorbed his limit-breaking pills and treasures, raising his essence, qi, and spirit limits to sixty-eight points.
• Tang Liuli and Goddess Tsukuyomi advanced to the Sixth Grade True Immortal realm, and Song Ankang's family came to include around ten Sixth Grade True Immortals.
• More than five hundred Song Clan descendants became Seventh Grade Divine Beings, accounting for about one-sixteenth of the Human Race's total.

After learning that the Witch-Demon War had begun again, Song Ankang sent an incarnation toward the Eastern Sea Islands to hunt powerful foes while avoiding the Upper Three Ranks. The journey revealed the southern and eastern regions’ wealth and left him considering how the Central Plains could continue to rise.

• Song Ankang learned that the Witch Race had started a new war against the Eastern Sea Demon Race after several thousand years of peace.
• Song Ankang decided to use the conflict to hunt Half-Saints and Quasi-Saints, while staying wary of Upper Three Ranks overseers and powerful Quasi-Saints.
• Song Ankang sent an incarnation along a safe route to the Witch Race, then traveled through its channels toward the Eastern Sea Islands.
• Song Ankang spent several dozen months crossing dangerous regions and using Witch Race teleportation formations to reach the east.
• Song Ankang saw that the southern and eastern regions were far richer than the Central Plains and reflected that his management was helping the Central Plains develop despite its disadvantages.

Song Ankang infiltrated a battle in the Eastern Sea Islands and began enslaving powerful Demon Race Half-Saints. After capturing a Six-tailed Celestial Fox and gaining its aid, he advanced through the battlefield while cautiously avoiding Quasi-Saints.

• Song Ankang reached the Eastern Sea Islands and used Water Dragon Chant to travel through the sea while concealing himself near a battlefield.
• Song Ankang struck a fleeing Six-tailed Celestial Fox with the Three Step Soul Chasing Needle and Imperial Orders, then enslaved it after the God Slaying Tribulation disrupted its Immortal Soul Sea.
• Song Ankang looted the Six-tailed Celestial Fox and sent his injured first incarnation to recover while deploying his second incarnation.
• Song Ankang learned that the Six-tailed Celestial Fox belonged to the Qingqiu White Fox Clan, a Demon Race Super Race known for immortal soul techniques and support.
• Song Ankang and the Six-tailed Celestial Fox worked together to enslave Eighth Layer and Ninth Layer Half-Saints, while Song Ankang held back from targeting Quasi-Saints until they were badly wounded.

Song Ankang exploited the Witch-Demon War to enslave more than one hundred High-Level Half-Saints and amass vast wealth before leaving the Eastern Sea Islands. After receiving 160 Heavy Water Profound Crystals, he broke through to the Eighth Layer Half-Saint level and began considering how to develop his enormous true-body star.

• During the Witch-Demon War, Song Ankang enslaved dozens of High-Level Half-Saints and collected resources, including more than one hundred Heavy Water Profound Crystals.
• As the war slowed, Song Ankang plundered Eastern Sea Demon Race resources and blamed the losses on the Witch Race.
• Before the war ended, Song Ankang left the Eastern Sea Islands with dozens of High-Level Half-Saint servants and sent the Heavy Water Profound Crystals to his true body.
• Song Ankang used the crystals to raise his essence, energy, and spirit to 79.99, then used the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to break through to 80 points and reach the Eighth Layer Half-Saint level.
• Song Ankang's true-body star expanded to eight trillion square kilometers, and he resolved to improve its environment and develop it for his relatives and friends.

Song Ankang reconsidered how to help the people around him survive his long cultivation, then found that Heavy Water Profound Crystals could no longer raise his limits. After the Devil Race demanded double tribute from its vassal races, he chose to help them comply rather than risk confronting a Devil Race Saint Venerable, and resolved to wait until he was stronger before pursuing ways to free them.

• Song Ankang considered extending the lives of those close to him, but decided he would reserve lifespan-extending treasures for his companions and children.
• After using a hundred Heavy Water Profound Crystals, Song Ankang had raised his essence, energy, and spirit to only 89 points, and the crystals stopped working.
• Song Ankang decided to save his Enlightenment Pills and the Heaven-Stealing Forbidden Technique for the quasi-Saint stage and focus on comprehending Rules later.
• The Devil Race demanded double tribute in specialty healing medicines from the Tengu Race, Nine-Lives Cat Race, Vampire Race, and other vassals, but Song Ankang abandoned plans to attack after learning a Devil Race Saint Venerable was in charge.
• Song Ankang helped the vassal races gather tribute, including some medicines he had plundered, and they received meager Devil Race rewards.
• Song Ankang considered ways to help the vassal races leave the Devil Race, but concluded he needed greater strength before attempting anything risky.

Song Ankang learned that the Demon Race had trapped and badly defeated the Devil Race, causing the Devil Race to demand higher tributes from its Central Plains vassals. After watching the rival races argue in the chat group, he continued cultivating toward the Upper Three Ranks.

• Song Ankang learned that the Dragon Race and Phoenix Race had joined the Ghost Race to ambush the Devil Race during the Witch-Demon War, inflicting heavy losses and reclaiming territory.
• The Devil Race increased the tributes demanded from the Central Plains' Vassal Races, though Song Ankang considered the cost small compared with what he had gained from the war.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky and Flame of Breaking Barriers argued in the chat group about the Devil Race's defeat and the territories the Demon Race had reclaimed.
• Kunlun All-Knowing asked about Earth Vein Revival and the rising Ghost Rat Race, while Demonic Flame Soaring Sky dismissed the threat and looked down on the Central Plains.
• Song Ankang left the chat group and continued cultivating in hopes of reaching the Upper Three Ranks.

Song Ankang used Treasure Supplier’s Flying Cloud Pills to advance his cultivation toward the Quasi-Saint realm while the Song Clan grew into a major power among the Human Race. After a three-year breakthrough, he reached 100 points in essence, energy, and spirit and sensed the rules that underlay the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

• Treasure Supplier gave Song Ankang 120 Flying Cloud Pills at cost, and Song Ankang repaid him with Fifth Grade Talent Beads.
• Song Ankang used the Flying Cloud Pills and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to advance from the Ninth Layer Half-Saint realm toward the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Over several decades, the Song Clan produced more than a thousand Seventh Grade Divine Beings, about one-tenth of the Human Race’s total.
• Song Ankang reached 99.99 in essence, energy, and spirit, then spent three years breaking through the bottleneck.
• Song Ankang reached 100 in essence, energy, and spirit and sensed the rules, or Dao laws, underlying the worlds.