Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xing visited Princess Youruo, received a Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Turtle shell and chose an Azure Lion Dog pup named Sky Howl, then negotiated a major partnership with the Azure Water Daoist Academy. He registered three battle beasts and departed for the Purple Firmament Arena to compete in the Winter Preliminary Selection.

• Zhao Xing harvested Golden Emerald Bamboo, Vermillion Curtain Willows, and Purple Iris Fruit as gifts, then learned that Madam Cai was pregnant and chose Chen'an as his courtesy name.
• Zhao Xing presented the plants and fruit to Princess Youruo, selected a Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Turtle shell, and formed a Soul Contract with an Azure Lion Dog pup he named Sky Howl.
• Zhao Xing attended his belated coming-of-age ceremony, where Princess Youruo's steward Liu Wanliang's presence drew a crowd of powerful guests; Chen Shijie also told him that Long Xiao had become involved with Bai Ling.
• Zhai Zhong and Wen Ji offered Zhao Xing a long-term Azure Water Daoist Academy partnership with substantial benefits, and Zhao Xing agreed after reducing the initial order by thirty percent.
• Zhao Xing received several beasts, including a pink spirit illusion goat, and registered Aotian Meow, a tiger flood dragon, and an azure luan with the God Selection Department.
• Zhao Xing and the Twin Dragon Horse Bureau officials boarded the Cloud Rain Tower Ship and reached the Purple Firmament Arena for the Winter Preliminary Selection.

Zhao Xing brought his three battle beasts to the Winter Assessment preliminaries, where he used his spell domain to stop a Tower Ship collision and gained lodging with Ji An. During the opening Flag-Seizing Contest, Mountain Cat effortlessly defeated four Golden Winged Lions and showed no fear of the Fourth Grade Emperor Crocodiles guarding the city gates, instead seeming eager to eat one.

• Zhao Xing used the Nine Heavens Gale Wind Art to stop a damaged Tower Ship from crushing his ship, then carried it to Heaven Competition Island and met Ji An, who offered him lodging.
• Ji An explained the demanding contest format and the importance of a well-equipped support team, while other Seven Stars Island officials declined to let Zhao Xing's beasts join their group.
• Zhao Xing sent Mountain Cat, Azure Luan, and Tiger Flood Dragon into the Flag-Seizing Contest and spotted several banners, but a Golden Falcon seized the first one before Azure Luan could reach it.
• Zhao Xing's Azure Luan collected four banners from a pond while Huang Biao mistook his inexperienced commands for clever tactics and followed him with four Golden Winged Lions.
• Mountain Cat transformed and instantly paralyzed Huang Biao's four Golden Winged Lions, tearing off their wings and astonishing both Huang Biao and Zhao Xing.
• Zhao Xing asked whether Mountain Cat feared the Emperor Crocodiles guarding the city gates, and Mountain Cat appeared eager to eat one, prompting Zhao Xing to abandon banner hunting and head back toward the city.

Zhao Xing’s Mountain Cat ambushed Nine Dragons Island’s nine Emperor Crocodiles, killed one, and escaped with a chunk of meat, shocking the competitors and officials in Heaven Competition City. Rahu King then showed the battle footage to Anning King and bet that Zhao Xing could raise a beast capable of reaching the Grand Finals within ten years.

• Kunte and the other Nine Dragons Island officials relaxed at Nine Dragons Hall while their Emperor Crocodiles guarded the eastern gate and killed two Golden Falcons attempting to enter.
• Zhao Xing sent Mountain Cat to provoke the Emperor Crocodiles, and it ambushed one, tore away flesh, and escaped the Earth Element Domain.
• Kang Jia ordered the Emperor Crocodiles to hunt Mountain Cat, while Kunte decided they should capture it and claim it as a slave-marked battle beast.
• Mountain Cat fought all nine Emperor Crocodiles, trapped one with its secret techniques, and killed it before Zhao Xing reached the city wall with heavy weapons and clones.
• Zhao Xing persuaded Mountain Cat to retreat; it escaped the Crystal Five Elements Domain with Emperor Crocodile meat, and the battle became a sensation across Heaven Competition City.
• Rahu King showed Xin King and Anning King the battle footage and wagered that Zhao Xing could raise a beast capable of reaching the Grand Finals within ten years.

Zhao Xing spent years developing his battle beasts and keeping a low profile on Twin Islands while the Pacifying Barbarians War changed the political landscape. After Xia Jing finally located Mi Fu in the Star Ruins Realm, Zhao Xing began breaking through to Fifth-Rank Pure Yuan so he could pursue the Profound Yellow Analyze Origin Technique.

• Zhao Xing withdrew Azure Luan and Tiger Flood Dragon from the trials, while Mountain Cat survived the grueling competitions and attracted offers from factions seeking to acquire him or recruit Zhao Xing.
• Zhao Xing declined attempts to secure his promotion through connections, returned to Twin Islands, and spent years raising Mountain Cat, Howling Sky Dog, and Inverted Sheep while studying beast-taming and cultivation arts.
• As the mid-rank war began early, Zhao Xing kept a low profile, and his beasts grew stronger; Howling Sky Dog reached mid Fifth Grade and demonstrated a powerful fire attack.
• Xia Jing told Zhao Xing that Mi Fu had been found serving in Returning Ruins City in the Star Ruins Realm, a contested small world in Guangling Province.
• Zhao Xing confirmed Mi Fu was the Minister of Agriculture he had sought for thirteen years and immediately began breaking through to Fifth-Rank Pure Yuan.

Zhao Xing broke through to the Fifth-Rank Pure Yuan Realm, forming the Ten Thousand Laws Dao Body and testing his fusion abilities with his battle beasts. He traveled to Returning Ruins City to find Mi Fu, whom he finally met after Mi Fu confronted his vessel outside the city.

• Zhao Xing broke through to the Fifth-Rank Pure Yuan Realm and engraved the paths of his spells into the Ten Thousand Laws Pure Yuan Dao Body.
• Zhao Xing fused with the Mountain Cat, Azure Lion Dog, and Spirit Illusion Goat, finding the Mountain Cat’s second-stage armor the most appealing.
• Zhao Xing traveled to Guangling Province with Wei Wuji’s help and received permission from Chen Xuan to enter the Star Ruins Realm.
• Mi Fu enforced order at Returning Ruins City’s Fire Ponds and made the Fan family share its dinner with the townsfolk.
• Mi Fu sensed Zhao Xing’s aura, led thirty-six duplicates to block his vessel, and demanded to know who he was.
• Zhao Xing introduced himself as an admirer who had come to witness Mi Fu’s bearing.

Zhao Xing befriended Mi Fu in Returning Ruins City and obtained his Profound Yellow Origin-Analysis Technique and original painting. Back on Twin Islands, Zhao Xing used costly resources and a spiritual-energy willow branch to open and expand his Pure Yuan Space, then showed his new Pure Yuan Projection to Liu Tianning and asked for money to raise Plant Soldiers.

• Zhao Xing won Mi Fu's trust by recounting his achievements, and Mi Fu showed him his paintings and explained the Profound Yellow Origin-Analysis Technique.
• Zhao Xing acquired Mi Fu's Profound Yellow Sea Mountain Chart and notes, then left the Star Ruins Realm and returned to Twin Islands.
• Zhao Xing spent months and hundreds of millions of points cultivating Houtu Gravel and expanding his capacity for Pure Yuan Space.
• After opening level-two Pure Origin Soil, Zhao Xing used the spiritual energy in a willow branch with the Profound Yellow Origin-Analysis Technique to raise it to level three and expand its radius to one hundred meters.
• Zhao Xing showed Liu Tianning his Pure Yuan Projection and asked for funds to obtain suitable Plant Soldiers.

Liu Tianning funded Zhao Xing’s training and set goals for him to cultivate plant soldiers and rise through the Dao Field rankings. As Zhao Xing tested his new plants and practiced Jungle Leap, a force allied with the Liang King Faction chose Twin Islands as its first target.

• Liu Tianning gave Zhao Xing five hundred million contribution points and laid out three stages of training, including cultivating plant soldiers and eventually becoming Pinghai Province’s top mid-grade Agriculture Official.
• Zhao Xing traveled to Jiujiang Grotto Heaven, bought Lightning Bamboo, Tough Long Vines, and Hallucination Mushrooms, then learned the advanced Every Tree and Bush an Enemy spell.
• Zhao Xing matured the plants in his Pure Origin Soil and tested their combat abilities, blasting a crater with Lightning Bamboo and accidentally exposing Fang Ze to a Hallucination Mushroom’s toxin.
• Zhao Xing trained Jungle Leap and expanded his plant army while practicing against Fifth Grade targets at the Jiujiang Dao Field.
• Golden Throat General led a hidden force to the sea near Twin Islands and, following a map supplied by the Liang King Faction, chose the islands for an attack.

Sun Shizhao’s fears came true when an elite Eastern Ying force attacked Twin Islands, but Zhao Xing killed its leader and routed the invaders. After the incident exposed evidence of treason and luck theft, Zhao Xing left the investigation to Princess Youruo’s people and entered the Great Dream Academy to challenge the Heavenly Craft Tower.

• Sun Shizhao received Jiang Tian’s warning that hidden sentries were dead and ordered the city’s defenses activated as the attack began.
• Golden Throat General led his force toward Twin City, but Yang An’s stored sword qi killed him before he could carry out his plan to drain officials’ realms and steal Great Zhou’s fortune.
• Zhao Xing’s Ten Thousand Laws Clones and battle beasts defeated the remaining invaders, while Jiang Tian arrived and helped capture the surviving attackers.
• Zhao Xing discovered a coastal defense map and a Viper Devouring Luck jade pendant among the enemy’s belongings, then sealed the scene and reported to Princess Youruo instead of exposing the evidence to local officials.
• Liu Wanliang took control of the investigation and shielded Zhao Xing from Chongming Prefecture’s questioning, while Inspector Yin Qiquan failed to find grounds to charge him.
• In the twelfth month of Jingxin Calendar Year Twenty-Nine, Zhao Xing entered the Great Dream Academy and chose to challenge the Heavenly Craft Tower by force.

Zhao Xing cleared the first level of the Heavenly Craft Hall by defeating all seven Heavenly Maidens and the Sunlight Heavenly Maiden, then failed to challenge the stronger second level and claimed the puppets as his reward. He discovered he could not see the Shennong Hall, and the Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird explained that it should be visible only if Great Li had not fallen.

• Zhao Xing defeated Gold Spirit, Fire Spirit, Water Spirit, Wood Spirit, Earth Spirit, Thunder Spirit, and Wind Spirit, then overcame the Sunlight Heavenly Maiden to earn the first level’s highest reward.
• Zhao Xing entered the second level, recognized that the Seventh-Rank Hundred Transformations Dao Soldier was beyond his strength, and returned to the Heavenly Craft Hall’s guardian.
• Zhao Xing accepted the eight Heavenly Maidens and their control token, then asked whether the academy had an Agriculture Official Hall and learned that it had a Shennong Hall instead.
• Zhao Xing searched Cloud Gate Plaza but could not find the Shennong Hall, so he went to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion to question the Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird.
• The Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird confirmed that Zhao Xing should normally be able to see the Shennong Hall, but said that depended on Great Li not having fallen.

Zhao Xing learned that the Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird had secretly given him fate and wanted him to find One Dream World and free it. After they swore a contract, the bird risked a dangerous trip to Shennong Hall and returned with three Origin Spirit Fruits, leaving Zhao Xing eager to learn what the other treasures were.

• The Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird revealed that it had given Zhao Xing a share of fate and explained that it wanted him to find One Dream World and set it free.
• The Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird explained that Great Li’s destruction had left Shennong Hall’s living treasures depleted, while some high-rank treasures remained inaccessible to Zhao Xing.
• Zhao Xing and the Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird swore a Dream God Contract: Zhao Xing promised to help the bird escape, and the bird promised to help him obtain Great Dream Academy’s treasures.
• The Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird flew into Shennong Hall despite the academy’s restraints and returned injured with three treasures for Zhao Xing.
• The Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird revealed that one treasure was an Origin Spirit Fruit, and Zhao Xing received three before asking about the other two.

Zhao Xing escaped the Great Dream Academy with the Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird’s gifts, returned home, and identified the Start of Spring token as a powerful replica Solar Terms Decree. He also suspected the black sphere was a dormant Void Seed, then left to prepare for the uncertain events ahead.

• The Heavenly Mandate Dark Bird warned Zhao Xing to grow stronger before seeking One Dream World, promised him fate if he reached Fourth Grade within ten years, and urged him to leave the academy before its first guardian found out about the gifts.
• Zhao Xing returned to the world with the Eight Heavenly Maidens and three treasures, then used his foreknowledge to assess the contract, the Origin Spirit Fruit, and the risks surrounding the academy.
• Zhao Xing went home to Dongyang County, reunited with Zhao Ruide, Zhao Zheng, and Zhao Yuhuan, and let his little sister ride a wind horse through the sky.
• Zhao Xing began consuming the Origin Spirit Fruit and identified the token as a replica Start of Spring Solar Terms Decree that strengthened his solar-term power.
• Zhao Xing investigated the black sphere, concluded it was probably a dormant Void Seed, and left home hoping to cultivate it in the Dragon Court Ancient Land.

Zhao Xing advanced his cultivation, gave Liu Tianning an Origin Spirit Fruit, and was promoted while remaining at the Twin Dragon Horse Bureau. He then joined the East Sea contest for places in the Dragon Court Ancient Land, where other beast tamers doubted him as the competition approached.

• Liu Tianning taught Zhao Xing about top-tier Law Bodies, and Zhao Xing gave him an Origin Spirit Fruit to help with the side effects of his cultivation.
• Zhao Xing sought Princess Youruo's help to remain on Twin Islands, then rose to Official Fifth Rank, Lower while staying at the Twin Dragon Horse Bureau.
• Zhao Xing learned that Qi Ming, a Liang King Faction official, would become Twin County's new magistrate, and he told his colleagues to prepare for the competition.
• Princess Youruo brought Zhao Xing to White Cloud Island aboard her tower ship, where Zhao Xing discovered that Long Xiao had been assigned to the Dragon Vanguard Guard after getting Bai Ling pregnant.
• Zhao Xing entered the Azure Sea Grotto Heaven with Liu Wanliang and the other beast tamers, endured their doubts about his qualifications, and asked whether the competition rules could still change.

Zhao Xing entered Azure Sea Grotto Heaven and began the first stage, the Great Arena, by gathering supplies with his Ten Thousand Laws Clones. After he swiftly eliminated three rival tamers, a hidden monitor watched in shock and questioned whether Zhao Xing could really be called a beast tamer.

• Officials announced five dangerous stages for the competition and opened Azure Sea Grotto Heaven, where Zhao Xing entered the Great Arena with his three battle pets.
• Zhao Xing found a fifth-tier supply palace near Azure Pearl Lake, collected its Yuan Crystals, and sent fifty Ten Thousand Laws Clones to loot nearby supply points.
• Ming Dan investigated reports that one person had looted thirty supply palaces at nearly the same time and traced the activity to Zhao Xing.
• Li Tao, Chen He, and Qian Zhong confronted Zhao Xing over the supplies, so Zhao Xing used thirty Ten Thousand Laws Clones to eliminate all three tamers and their battle pets.
• Ming Dan watched Zhao Xing fight without relying on his battle pets, then learned his identity and wondered why he was classified as a beast tamer.

Zhao Xing studied the Yuan-Draining Underground Palace during the Great Arena, then adapted his Boundless Earth Palace into Boundless Starlight, which blocked most of its energy drain. His breakthrough drew the attention of Earthly Advantage Faction officials, and Meng Kun ordered a report on Zhao Xing so Kunyuan Academy could recruit him.

• Ming Dan investigated Zhao Xing’s Ten Thousand Laws Clones, and officials ruled that using them did not violate the Beast Competition’s rules.
• Zhao Xing studied the Yuan-Draining Underground Palace for days, then moved toward the center as the poisonous mist advanced and eliminated Qu Feng, Gao Lan, and their battle beasts.
• Zhao Xing hid at Crescent Moon Mountain and continued refining his Boundless Earth Palace while the competition went on.
• On day thirty-five, Zhao Xing created Boundless Starlight, an advanced art variation that reduced the Yuan-Draining Underground Palace’s energy drain by ninety percent.
• Meng Kun reviewed Gu Changqing’s report about Zhao Xing’s breakthrough and ordered a detailed investigation into his background, intending to arrange his admission to Kunyuan Academy.

Liu Tianning learned that Meng Kun and Gu Changqing wanted to recruit Zhao Xing into the Earthly Advantage Faction, but left the choice to Zhao Xing. Inside the Great Arena, Zhao Xing mastered the Boundless Vortex, climbed the rankings by defeating opponents, and ended the chapter by eliminating the injured Wang Zhaozhao and Lin Ziyue after rescuing them from Fei She.

• Princess Youruo told Liu Tianning that Meng Kun and Gu Changqing wanted to transfer Zhao Xing, and Liu Tianning insisted that Zhao Xing must decide for himself.
• On the fiftieth day, Zhao Xing comprehended Boundless Vortex, then entered the Dragon City Ruins and defeated several groups of contestants to raise his rank and points.
• Geng Shouchang and Heng Yuan discussed recruiting Zhao Xing into Profound Heaven Academy and the Celestial Timing Faction after watching his victories.
• By the fifty-eighth day, Zhao Xing had established a heavily defended position in the Dragon City Ruins and confronted Fei She, who was pursuing Wang Zhaozhao and Lin Ziyue.
• Fei She withdrew rather than fight Zhao Xing, who then eliminated the badly injured Wang Zhaozhao and Lin Ziyue from the Great Arena.

Zhao Xing finished the Great Arena in 503rd place, then entered the Dragon’s Guardian stage and advanced through twenty-five dragon cities. He stopped to recover as the leading contestants reached the final city, where Long Xiao was secretly waiting for Zhao Xing to arrive.

• Zhao Xing defeated Lin Ziyue and Wang Zhaozhao, gained their points, and chose to defend his position near the ruined palace instead of seeking more fights.
• Zhao Xing drove Gabri out of his territory, survived the final hours of the Great Arena, and finished the stage ranked 503rd as the contest ended with 8,345 participants remaining.
• Bai Mingchuan ordered Long Xiao to recruit Zhao Xing into the Azure Dragon Army, offering him an immediate Upper Fourth Rank position.
• Zhao Xing began Dragon’s Guardian, followed the leading contestants through the first twenty-five dragon cities, and stopped to recover as others moved ahead.
• Xuan Feng, Lei Ling, Leng Yue, and the other leading contestants failed to break through the final city’s formation, which Long Xiao commanded.
• Long Xiao told Bai Yang to keep the contestants from passing and wondered why Zhao Xing had not arrived yet.

Zhao Xing secured a Dragon Court Ancient Land slot after passing Dragon's Guardian and emerging from the Heavenly Gate, which earned him secret protection and guaranteed entry. He finished the remaining trials with a public rank of 425th, returned to Princess Youruo, and heard that officials wanted to discuss his next post.

• Zhao Xing reached the thirtieth city, learned Long Xiao was guarding it, and passed with Yao Sifang's group after Long Xiao let twenty challengers through during the assault.
• Zhao Xing used one hundred clones to explore Heaven's Chosen Island, saw a dangerous future at a dead end, and emerged from the Heavenly Gate; the Heaven Derivation King guaranteed him a slot and concealed his true performance.
• Zhao Xing cleared six illusion palaces before failing the seventh, then performed poorly in Dragon Language Decree as his public ranking settled at 425th.
• Zhao Xing returned from Azure Sea Grotto Heaven and reunited with the Princess's Residence group, while Bai Mingchuan learned Long Xiao had held Lei Ling at the checkpoint for a month.
• Princess Youruo congratulated Zhao Xing and told him that he and his battle beasts would receive rewards; Prefect Fan and Chief Supervisor Wang had also asked about his future post.

After receiving a warning that someone was plotting against him, Zhao Xing met the Heaven Derivation King and gained access to the Derivation God Art, emergency shelters, and protective treasures. As Zhao Xing reconsidered his plans and prepared to seek a transfer inland, several powerful visitors began arriving at his inn to see him.

• Zhao Xing sensed danger, but his divination showed auspicious fortune, so he decided to prepare for a possible attack.
• The Heaven Derivation King summoned Zhao Xing to the Star Palace, explained how his contest ranking had been concealed, and offered to teach him the Derivation God Art.
• The Heaven Derivation King gave Zhao Xing a Heaven Derivation Token, a map of shelters, and the Heavenly Mystery Magic Robe, Mo Shou Jade Pendant, Soul Suppressing Bell, and Evil Aversion Almanac.
• Zhao Xing realized the Derivation God Art was an Ultimate Soul Law, worried that Liu Tianning's soul cultivation might lag behind his clone art, and planned to return to Bixian County while training at the Heavenly Mystery Hall.
• Xiao Ming received high-priority notices that Meng Kun, Gu Changqing, Geng Shouchang, and Heng Yuan would visit Zhao Xing, then heard Dragon Martial Marquis Bai Zhengyang demand to see the inn administrator.

Zhao Xing rejected Bai Zhengyang’s offer to join the Azure Dragon Army and warned Long Xiao about the Hong Family’s possible involvement in East Sea assassinations. He agreed to join Profound Heaven Academy with only his clone, then challenged Geng Shouchang by promising to learn the top-tier Celestial Timing Arts within three years.

• Bai Zhengyang offered Zhao Xing an Upper Fourth Rank post in the Azure Dragon Army, but Zhao Xing refused to return to military service.
• Long Xiao reunited with Heaven Defier, agreed to take the Mountain Cat, Cyan Hound, and Spirit Illusion Goat, and listened as Zhao Xing warned him about Hong Yuanba and Hong Yuanshou.
• Geng Shouchang subdued Long Xiao with Celestial Timing Arts, then explained that he and Heng Yuan had defeated Meng Kun and Gu Changqing in a brief contest.
• Geng Shouchang and Heng Yuan invited Zhao Xing to join Profound Heaven Academy and offered him time to study Celestial Timing Arts under Geng Shouchang.
• Zhao Xing agreed to join Profound Heaven Academy as a concurrent official who would send only his clone, and he said he would also attend Kunyuan Academy.
• Zhao Xing promised Geng Shouchang that he would learn the top-tier Celestial Timing Arts within three years or abandon his other paths and study under him exclusively.

Zhao Xing convinced the leaders of the Celestial Timing and Earthly Advantage factions to let his clones study at their academies while his true body cultivated the Derivation God Art. At the Star Palace, he reached the peak of the fourth rank and imprinted two stars onto his Life Soul in half a month, breaking the recorded speed for the first two stars.

• Zhao Xing demonstrated two powerful Earthly Advantage spells and revealed that he had created them in two months, convincing Heng Yuan and Geng Shouchang of his talent.
• Zhao Xing accepted Meng Kun's offer to join Kunyuan Academy with a Ten Thousand Laws Clone, while promising to devote himself to Earthly Advantage Methods if he made no progress in three years.
• Zhao Xing returned to Chongming Prefecture City as Hall Administrator of the Community God Hall, and Chen Shijie became his assistant.
• Zhao Xing received a luck cleansing through Mountain Cat, Azure Lion Dog, and Spirit Illusion Goat, then traveled to the Star Palace to cultivate the Derivation God Art.
• Zhao Xing completed Body Tempering in half a month, reached the peak of the fourth rank, and began comprehending the seven-star patterns.
• Zhao Xing imprinted two stars onto his Life Soul before stopping at the third, and Heaven Derivation King discovered that he had broken the record for cultivating the first two stars.