Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xing harvested spiritual qi from Dragon Wells in the Nine Stars Fire Hell, nurtured the Void Seed into a Moyun Vine, and developed the Pure Origin Soil while investigating how spiritual qi could resolve the Straw Man Art’s drawback. After discovering the imprisoned Great Dragon King Pheasant was still alive, he realized the world might hold far more spiritual qi than it did in his previous life and considered accelerating the Spiritual Qi Resurgence to change Great Zhou’s future.

• Zhao Xing drained a Dragon Well, fed the Void Seed until it sprouted into a Moyun Vine, and began testing spiritual qi’s effects on his life soul.
• Zhao Xing expanded the Pure Origin Soil to seventh grade and developed earth veins and a spiritual qi spring before continuing his search through the Nine Stars Fire Hell.
• Yin Xiu’s intervention broke the siege of Great Zhou, killed Yichuan, and stripped Pompeii and Tuoyan of their Dragon King positions.
• Ji Si relayed Zhao Xing’s reports to Heaven Derivation King and Emperor Jing, while Ji Mengjun and Tong Jin killed Luo Guanxiu and reclaimed his luck for the dynasty.
• Yin Xiu returned to Guting Royal City and helped prepare its forces for war as Zhao Xing continued collecting spiritual qi from Dragon Wells.
• Zhao Xing found the still-living Great Dragon King Pheasant and concluded that the absence of players and their resurrection mechanism might leave enough spiritual qi to trigger a greater resurgence during Wu Emperor’s era.

After nearly a decade exploring Dragon Prison, Zhao Xing took control of Misa Palace’s mission system and manipulated Dragon King trials to extract treasures from his enemies. He later seized an ancient sealed dragon egg and the Fu Ming Smelting Furnace, broke through to the second-grade Heavenly Luck Realm, and left the Central Dragon Court aboard the Ancient Yin Warship.

• Zhao Xing entered Misa Palace and discovered that its Heaven-and-Earth Crystal let him administer Dragon King trial missions, so he gave Purple Bone Celestial Venerable easy tribute quests before setting the final trial against Dragon King Yin Xiu.
• Purple Bone Celestial Venerable gathered eighteen treasures and received two Dragon Emperor’s Decrees, but his final trial required him to defeat Yin Xiu alone; Zhao Xing also altered Ao Tian’s mission so he could test his influence over the trials.
• Zhao Xing searched the ruined Young Dragon Royal City, found Dragon Emperor Jie’s incubation chamber, and collected a sealed true dragon egg with its remaining spiritual liquid.
• Zhao Xing retrieved the Fu Ming Smelting Furnace from the sea of fire at the ancient Fu Ming Divine Hall, then used three ancient coins and his accumulated fortune to advance to the second-grade Heavenly Luck Realm.
• Zhao Xing took the furnace to the Central Dragon Court’s exit and boarded the Ancient Yin Warship as the court’s laws retaliated against it.

Zhao Xing returned secretly from the Dragon Court with a vast haul of treasures, met Emperor Jing, and received promotions, land, and other rewards. He then traveled to Shangluo Academy, where Liu Tianning revealed that his breakthrough to the first rank had caused a serious problem.

• Zhao Xing piloted the Ancient Yin Warship back to Great Zhou and showed Heavenly Yang True Lord the treasures he had brought from the Dragon Court, including the Kun Yuan Divine Hoe.
• Zhao Xing gave Heavenly Yang True Lord Dragon Emperor offerings, recounted his Dragon Court exploits, and then traveled through Li Boqian’s residence to Abundance Capital.
• Zhao Xing and Li Boqian met Emperor Jing, who confirmed the Dragon Emperor Codex was bound to Zhao Xing and asked whether Zhao Xing could unify the Dragon Court.
• Emperor Jing promoted Zhao Xing to full third rank, raised his merit and fief, and granted him an immunity-from-death medallion, treasure materials, a warship, and official authorities.
• Zhao Xing left with Li Boqian for Shangluo Academy and met Liu Tianning, who said he had reached the first-rank Fate Palace Initial Realm but suffered a serious abnormality.

Zhao Xing investigated Liu Tianning’s loss of control and secured Emperor Jing’s permission for Liu Tianning to restart the Derivation God Art, but Xu Xing died before they could find a cure. After returning from the Dragon Court, Zhao Xing received public honors, and Kunyuan Academy mounted an extravagant reception for him and the Kun Yuan Divine Hoe.

• Liu Tianning told Zhao Xing about his escalating lapses of control, and Zhao Xing examined him and concluded that restarting the Derivation God Art could address the problem.
• Emperor Jing permitted Liu Tianning to begin the Derivation God Art anew after the Heaven Derivation King returned, and Zhao Xing visited Xu Xing to study his findings.
• Xu Xing died on the fifth day of the second month of the seventeenth year of the Great Governance Era, and Liu Tianning later became dean of Shangluo Academy.
• Zhao Xing returned from the Dragon Court, reunited with his companions, and learned that Ji Si’s experiment with a time spell had cost the Heaven Derivation King three years of lifespan.
• Emperor Jing publicly rewarded Zhao Xing and announced his Dragon Court achievements, including the Kun Yuan Divine Hoe, while Meng Kun learned of the artifact’s return and organized a grand welcome.
• In early August of the twentieth year of the Great Governance Era, Zhao Xing’s procession reached Purple Stone County, where Kunyuan Academy greeted him with ceremonial boats, floating mountains, and a vast display.

Zhao Xing returned the Kunyuan Divine Hoe to Kunyuan Academy, then cultivated Heaven Equaling Mountain for decades while developing his Ancestral Dragon Transformation and attending to people he had supported. The chapter ended when Zhao Xing recognized that the unnamed child called Er at Princess Youruo’s Residence was Wu Emperor, whose arrival he had been awaiting.

• Meng Kun and Kunyuan Academy welcomed Zhao Xing as their Holy Son, and Zhao Xing and Xuan Yuan Qingtian demonstrated the Kunyuan Divine Hoe by moving Sky Supporting Mountain.
• Zhao Xing visited Ling Tianchen and revealed his Ancestral Dragon Transformation, then left a copy of the art with the Transformation Institute before beginning preparations to cultivate a spirit mountain.
• Xuan Yuan Qingtian taught Zhao Xing the Sky-Supporting Spirit Mountain Art, and Zhao Xing chose young mountain number twenty-nine, naming it Heaven Equaling Mountain.
• Zhao Xing visited people he had supported, including Yue Lingzhi, Qin Qingqiu, Wei Xuancheng, and Liao Rulong, while his true body cultivated Heaven Equaling Mountain for thirty-five years.
• Zhao Xing visited his dying teacher Xue Wenzhong, arranged for Xue Ren to study at a Dao Academy, and later learned that Emperor Jing’s daughter Ji Yingluo had been born.
• Zhao Xing cultivated Heaven Equaling Mountain to the peak of the Heavenly Luck Realm, then recognized the child Er at Princess Youruo’s Residence as the Wu Emperor he had expected.

Zhao Xing reassured Princess Youruo while keeping Liu Tianning’s secret, then began teaching the young Wu Emperor and received a warning from Heaven Derivation King about a coming world-spanning disaster. By the fifty-sixth year of Eternal Governance, Zhao Xing learned that Princess Youruo had been betrothed to the Southern Barbarians’ crown prince and realized Emperor Jing intended to reclaim her power.

• Zhao Xing recalled Liu Tianning’s prolonged seclusion, his progress in the Derivation God Art, and his succession of victories in the contest for Grand Agriculture Official.
• Princess Youruo vented her frustration at Zhao Xing over Liu Tianning’s absences and their refusal to explain them, then asked Zhao Xing to spend time with a young relative and teach him agricultural techniques.
• Zhao Xing recognized the young relative as Wu Emperor and used aerial falls and illusion techniques to make the child agree to call him Big Brother and learn from him.
• Heaven Derivation King Ji Tianyan told Zhao Xing that a catastrophic natural disaster would engulf the Profound Yellow World, asked him to continue developing the Derivation God Art, and died in the forty-seventh year of Eternal Governance.
• By the fifty-sixth year, Zhao Xing heard that the Southern Barbarians’ envoy had sought Princess Youruo’s hand in marriage, and he concluded that Emperor Jing was maneuvering to take back her authority.

Zhao Xing uncovered how Princess Youruo’s angry words led Emperor Jing to arrange her marriage to the Blazing Light Royal Court, then gathered allies to oppose the decree while Liu Tianning completed his secluded cultivation. As the wedding procession prepared to depart, Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning resolved to act, and Zhao Xing set out with Ji Che to snatch the bride.

• Zhao Xing entered Ji Ziyun’s dream and witnessed Princess Youruo argue with Emperor Jing, declare in anger that she would marry into the Southern Barbarians, and prompt him to order an imperial edict.
• Zhao Xing gathered information, urged his allies to submit memorials opposing the marriage, and learned that Luo King would oppose it while Li Boqian and Xuan Yuan Qingtian would stay out of the dispute.
• After the first deliberation rejected the decree, Emperor Jing resubmitted it, the six ministries approved it, and Princess Youruo publicly appeared to support the peace marriage.
• Zhao Xing told Liu Tianning about the marriage; Liu Tianning reacted in despair, then agreed to act after Zhao Xing asked whether he truly wanted to be with Princess Youruo.
• Ji Che returned to the Princess’s Residence and asked Zhao Xing to make Princess Youruo stay; Zhao Xing revealed that he was preparing to snatch the bride and Ji Che joined him.

Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning fought their way through the Southern Barbarian buffer zone to rescue Princess Youruo, defeating or capturing the Dao Academy experts who tried to stop them. Liu Tianning reunited with Princess Youruo, and she issued an imperial decree ordering them to punish the Southern Barbarian royal family and bring her home.

• Ji Anlan remembered Emperor Jing's wager: Liu Tianning had to rescue her before the Southern Barbarian envoys arrived to prove she mattered more to him than his ambitions.
• Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning crossed the Canglan River, leaving Ji Che behind, and Zhao Xing captured Zhan Chen and many other Dao Academy opponents by transforming them into pigs.
• You Xuanfeng, Yao Wuji, and Chen Ju confronted the group, but Liu Tianning resisted their talisman formation while Zhao Xing's weapons drove the first-rank experts to retreat.
• After the Southern Barbarian escort took Princess Youruo beyond the prefecture, Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing attacked her party and reached her; Liu Tianning comforted her as she wept.
• Princess Youruo gave Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing an imperial decree ordering them to execute the Southern Barbarian royal family, bring her back, and answer for the bride snatching upon their return.

Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning rescued Princess Youruo, killed Wan Yan and Wan Chang, and exposed the Southern Barbarians’ plans, though both were punished for abandoning their posts. While confined, Zhao Xing began studying Li Boqian’s Yuan Seal Art and learned of a mysterious ancient Divine Temple and Li’s past duel with Xu Xing.

• Princess Youruo followed Liu Wanliang to safety as Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing ambushed Wan Yan and Wan Chang with overwhelming numbers of clones and their Four Seasons Divine Splendor Domain.
• Liu Tianning’s Law Bodies killed Wan Yan and Wan Chang, while Zhao Xing warned that a Baboke King Insect was approaching and helped the group retreat to Ruler Palace.
• Zhao Xing presented recordings of Southern Barbarian chiefs discussing their plans for Princess Youruo, and Luo King confronted the insect’s envoy before it withdrew.
• Emperor Jing returned Princess Youruo to the capital, issued edicts condemning the Southern Barbarians and punishing officials who supported the marriage, and confined Zhao Xing while stripping Liu Tianning of rank and office.
• Zhao Xing traveled by clone to Profound Heaven Academy, where Li Boqian described an ancient Divine Temple in the Western Extremity Glacier and taught him the Yuan Seal Art.
• Li Boqian claimed that his Yuan Seal Art had sealed all five of Xu Xing’s Dharma bodies in a Dao-field duel, and Zhao Xing doubted his story until Li said Emperor Jing had witnessed it.

Zhao Xing mastered two of Li Boqian’s Origin Seal Arts during his four-year confinement, then returned to Dragon Court Ancient Land to search for treasure-grade plants. After confirming that Yin Xiu had strengthened Guting Kingdom without starting a war, Zhao Xing found a golden pillar of light in the Bright Radiance Sea and headed toward it.

• Li Boqian had Zhao Xing practice Morning Crow Yellow Ear Transformation on prisoners, and Zhao Xing mastered it in a year and a half.
• Zhao Xing learned Earth Origin Thirty-Six Paths, while Li Boqian explained that Ling Tianchen and other faction candidates were preparing for the decisive contest against Liu Tianning.
• When his confinement ended, Zhao Xing left for the East Sea with Ji Si and reviewed the officials and acquaintances joining the Dragon Court expedition.
• Zhao Xing entered Dragon Court Ancient Land and challenged Yin Xiu about the newly awakened dragon king, Hogg; after checking the records, he accepted Yin Xiu’s account and urged him to build strength patiently.
• Zhao Xing assessed his level-nine Pure Origin Soil and searched the Bright Radiance Sea with tens of thousands of clones for treasure-grade bamboo.
• After a year of searching, one of Zhao Xing’s clones spotted a seven-colored golden pillar of light, and Zhao Xing flew toward it.

Zhao Xing transplanted the Dragon Spirit Bamboo and Li Fire Divine Lotus into his Pure Yuan Space, surviving the disasters their removal caused with help from dozens of Ministers of Agriculture. After leaving Dragon Court, he investigated a coming Millennial Climate Shift and encountered a mysterious woman whose faction had appeared earlier than he expected.

• Zhao Xing spent years preparing for and transplanting the Dragon Spirit Bamboo, then escaped its shockwave and calmed it in his Pure Yuan Space with help from Moyun Vine.
• Zhao Xing found the Li Fire Divine Lotus in Pang Fire Desert and summoned forty-two Ministers of Agriculture to prepare an escape route before he transplanted it and fled the erupting volcano.
• Zhao Xing left Dragon Court with both treasure plants and traveled to the East Sea, where three rising mountains appeared to signal the approaching Millennial Climate Shift.
• As the climate shift drew near, Zhao Xing sensed danger around the Three Mountains and discovered that a mysterious young woman in a seven-colored dharma robe was watching him.

The author thanked readers for their donations and support, then explained the novel’s realm hierarchy and cultivation requirements. The chapter ended with an update pledge and a reminder about the monthly-ticket event.

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Zhao Xing met Flower Fairy, learned that the Vitality Tide had begun affecting minor worlds, and sought to draw Qitian Hall into an alliance before preparing to unify the three factions. He studied the Soldier Envoy Divine Art and entered the Dao Fields to build his reputation, where Ji Che asked him to confront an arrogant prince from Morse Country.

• Flower Fairy questioned Zhao Xing, confirmed she had caused the delayed climate shift, and reported abnormal vitality fluctuations in her minor world; Zhao Xing invited Qitian Hall’s Hall Master to meet him.
• Flower Fairy returned to the Heaven Realm and told Fate Immortal about Zhao Xing; Fate Immortal divined that Zhao Xing meant no harm and that meeting him would ultimately be beneficial.
• Zhao Xing studied talisman and formation arts, then revealed his ninth-level soil to Liu Tianning and gained approval to learn the Soldier Envoy Divine Art.
• Zhao Xing successfully transplanted ten Ninth Order Plant Soldiers and entered the Ice Rock Forest to study the True Self Faction’s supreme spells and Soldier Envoy inheritance.
• In the eightieth year of the Eternal Governance Era, Zhao Xing went to the Dao Fields to fight, and Ji Che asked him to teach a lesson to Para Jinko, the arrogant prince of Morse Country.

Zhao Xing helped Ji Che confront Prince Jinke of Morse Country, defeating Suo Suo and Ice Chart King before crushing Kro King’s soul attack with his Ten Thousand Laws Clone. After Ji Che revealed Zhao Xing’s identity and hosted a conciliatory banquet, a palace attendant announced that Liu Tianning and Ling Tianchen’s duel was about to begin.

• Ji Che asked Zhao Xing to teach Prince Jinke and his warriors a lesson because Jinke had courted Ji Yingluo.
• Zhao Xing reviewed the warriors’ battle records and agreed to fight, while secretly summoning his true body as a precaution.
• At a banquet, Zhao Xing provoked Suo Suo into a match and defeated him with thunder arts in the Wind Tunnel Area.
• Zhao Xing trapped Ice Chart King in the Layered Cloud Realm and forced him to concede after combining cloud, rain, and lightning arts.
• Zhao Xing crushed Kro King’s soul spear, and Ji Che revealed that Zhao Xing had fought with his Ten Thousand Laws Clone.
• Ji Che welcomed Prince Jinke and his warriors after they apologized, then a palace attendant announced Liu Tianning and Ling Tianchen’s upcoming duel at Heaven-Ranked Debate Dao Field No. 1.

Liu Tianning defeated Ling Tianchen and Wang Tianzhi, strengthening his reputation as the leading Grand Agriculture Official candidate, while Zhao Xing trained in the dojos. Twelve years later, Zhao Xing comprehended his first Ultimate Law, the Cloud Heaven Dao.

• Ling Tianchen used Progenitor Dragon Transformation to pressure Liu Tianning, but Liu Tianning drained his life force and defeated him in the eighth-round duel.
• Wang Tianzhi lost to Liu Tianning the next day, and Qiu Yuanshan withdrew from his scheduled match, cementing Liu Tianning's dominance.
• Zhao Xing began challenging dojo opponents, earned two hundred consecutive victories, and broadened his fights to experts from other professions and provinces.
• Xuan Yuan Qingtian died at age eight hundred, and Zhao Xing attended his funeral as the new deans took their positions.
• In the ninety-second year of the Eternal Governance Era, Zhao Xing comprehended his first Ultimate Law, the Cloud Heaven Dao.

Zhao Xing completed the Ultimate Cloud Art, Cloud Heaven Dao, and tested its power against Chu Qianqiu while preparing for the turmoil expected as Emperor Jing’s reign neared its end. After years of mounting threats and Li Boqian’s death, Emperor Jing passed away, and Ji Che summoned Zhao Xing to the capital as the new sovereign.

• Zhao Xing comprehended Cloud Heaven Dao and created the Layered Cloud Realm, then demonstrated its power by repeatedly drawing Chu Qianqiu into the clouds.
• Zhao Xing reviewed Liu Tianning’s hard-fought victory over Qiu Yuanshan and, after Li Boqian urged him to prioritize the Yuan Seal, began cultivating it in earnest.
• Rebellions and attacks on Great Zhou’s borders increased as Emperor Jing approached the end of his lifespan, while Zhao Xing prepared the Divine Might Army for war.
• Li Boqian died in the ninety-sixth year of Eternal Governance, became an Agriculture Saint in the Yin Realm, and took over Heavenly Yang True Lord’s position in the Heavenly Official Bureau.
• In the ninety-eighth year, Zhao Xing received Ji Che’s secret edict announcing that Emperor Jing had died and ordering him to come secretly to Abundance Capital.

After Ji Che became Wu Emperor, he revealed his plan for Great Zhou to pursue universal ascension and rewarded Zhao Xing with high office and noble rank, then sent him to West Pole Province to earn merit. Zhao Xing gathered four deputies, including Mi Fu, and set out while advancing his secret arts and wondering what ancient inheritance lay beneath the Western Extremity Glacier.

• Ji Che recovered his mobility, arranged Emperor Jing’s funeral, and ascended the throne under the era name Yuan Hunting despite ministers’ protests.
• Ji Che told Zhao Xing that the Divine Court existed and shared the Book of Destiny’s secrets about ascension, the coming Vitality Tide, and the Southern Barbarian Holy Mountain.
• Ji Che overruled objections to elevate Zhao Xing as Lord of Righteousness and Agriculture Minister, while granting him a first-rank lifespan and other rewards.
• Liu Tianning approved Zhao Xing’s recommendations of Mi Fu, Chen Shijie, Zhang Tianxing, and Hu Yang as deputies for his post in West Pole Province.
• Zhao Xing learned that Prince Jinke had lost an arm fighting West Si Country and promised to travel with him to Morse Country the following spring.
• Zhao Xing departed for West Pole Province with his four deputies and reviewed his progress toward Yuan Seal, wondering whether an ancient inheritance lay beneath the Western Extremity Glacier.

Zhao Xing traveled to West Pole Province under Emperor Ji Che’s orders to curb West Si Country’s expansion without triggering a major war, but he suspected its rise came from a powerful hidden opportunity. After North Butcher King hesitated between Great Zhou and the Sith Clan, Zhao Xing confronted Sith envoy Wu Yuan and revealed his unprecedented True Self Straw Puppet Domain.

• Ji Che gave Zhao Xing authority over West Pole Province’s military and civil affairs and warned him that West Si Country had gained control over most of the minor nations and tribes on the Western Extremity Ice Continent.
• Zhao Xing reviewed intelligence about West Si Country’s rapid growth and learned that Deus had trained fifty powerful Venerables, including Ulik, whose strength had steadily risen over the years.
• Zhao Xing arrived in West Pole Province and planned to capture Ulik, ordering Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing to prepare the regional armies while Chen Shijie devised a coalition strategy with neighboring vassal states.
• North Butcher King secretly met Sith envoy Wu Yuan and strengthened the royal city’s defenses, prompting Zhao Xing to suspect that the king was testing Great Zhou’s resolve.
• Zhao Xing, Zhang Ning, Mi Fu, and Chen Shijie went to kill Wu Yuan, but the Sith envoy’s party had already left its embassy and confronted them in the city.
• Wu Yuan attacked Zhao Xing, who evaded him through his clones and True Self Straw Puppet Domain before trapping him in the rotating Layered Cloud Realm.

Zhao Xing defeated the Sith Clan spies, uncovered an Origin Soul Crystal Fragment that gave Wu Yuan his rule domain, and recovered memories revealing how the Sith Grand Master used it. The memories pointed Zhao Xing toward a hidden underwater treasure trove, and he concluded that the Great Zhou would need to wage war to seize it.

• Zhao Xing used his domains and the projected power of Dragon Spirit Bamboo to defeat Wu Yuan and the Sith Clan envoys, then persuaded the North Butcher King to join the alliance against West Si Country.
• Zhao Xing discovered an Origin Soul Crystal Fragment inside Wu Yuan's Fate Soul and arranged for the Star Lord of Rebirth and the Soul Heaven Hall to help extract Wu Yuan's memories.
• After repeated attempts to break through Wu Yuan's soul protection, Zhao Xing used the Soul Heaven Fruit and Soul Heaven Hall to capture two fragments of Wu Yuan's memories.
• Zhao Xing learned that Deus used a Purple Light Divine Token to bring Wu Yuan to an underwater ice city, where Wu Yuan refined a darkness-type Tian Qi Soul Tool and learned the Void God Prison technique.
• Zhao Xing deduced how to use the soul tool and concluded that Deus possessed a vast hidden treasure trove, making a war to destroy a nation necessary.

Ji Che approved a secret campaign against West Si Country after Zhao Xing demonstrated that its Tian Qi Soul Tool granted rule domains, and Great Zhou destroyed the country and captured Deus’s Purple Light Divine Token. As rival powers mobilized over the newly revealed ruins, Zhao Xing entered them beneath the glacier, where strict rules barred clones and limited who could pass.

• Ji Che watched ministers brawl under the Deliberation Law Hall’s rules while Zhao Xing explained that the hall prepared Great Zhou’s officials for powers that could suppress their abilities.
• Zhao Xing brought the Tian Qi Soul Tool to Ji Che and the senior ministers, and Ding Shan gained a Shadow Rule Domain after refining it, convincing the court to attack West Si Country.
• Great Zhou secretly assembled its forces, misled Deus with peace talks, and launched an overwhelming assault that killed him and seized the Purple Light Divine Token.
• The Southern Barbarian rulers and Witch Moon God ordered a contest for the Purple Light Ruins, while the Fate Immortal confirmed that the treasure’s existence was real.
• Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning discovered that only qualified people could enter the ruins and that clones were forbidden, so Zhao Xing crossed the barrier in person.