Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian asked Gui Ling and Kong Xuan to seek their clans’ voluntary support for the Interception Sect, and both agreed to consult their people. Laozi returned to the Human Race shaken by what he had learned and entrusted Li Yun with a Creation Green Lotus Seed as a contingency for his possible resurrection.

• Sect Master Tongtian told Gui Ling to ask the Mystic Turtle Lineage whether it would join the Interception Sect, without forcing its choice.
• Kong Xuan told Sect Master Tongtian that he would take Da Peng to meet the Phoenix Clan, led by Qing Luan, and ask for its decision.
• Laozi returned to the Ancestral Temple and told Li Yun that his suspicions about a dangerous truth were largely correct.
• Laozi gave Li Yun a Creation Green Lotus Seed, explaining that he had restored it and prepared it as a possible means to return if disaster befell him.
• Li Yun recognized the seed as Laozi’s concealed Second Primordial Spirit, while Laozi described its potential to grow and devour other lotus treasures.

Li Yun accepted the Green Lotus seed and discussed with Laozi how to protect it and handle the Three Pure Ones’ situation. After learning Huang Long had come to find him about the Dragon Clan and the remaining Sea-Calming Pearls, Li Yun set out to meet him, while Laozi questioned Xuandu’s stalled cultivation.

• Li Yun placed the Green Lotus seed in his Twenty-Four Heavens, and Laozi decided to summon Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian by holding Li Yun’s Enthronement Ceremony.
• Laozi advised Li Yun to take only one of the Yellow Middle Plum and Immortal Apricot for now, and Li Yun understood the plan.
• Xuandu reported that Huang Long was waiting near the Human Race’s territory to find Li Yun, who recalled their agreement and said he would go to the Dragon Clan to seek clues about the remaining twelve Sea-Calming Pearls.
• Laozi approved Li Yun’s trip to the East Sea, and Xuandu gave him a Jade Talisman showing Huang Long’s location.
• After Li Yun left, Laozi asked why Xuandu’s cultivation had not advanced, and Xuandu said something seemed to be restricting it.

Laozi discovered that Xuandu’s Human Race bloodline was awakening and urged him to keep spreading the Dao. Li Yun met Huang Long at the Human Race border and agreed to accompany him to meet the Dragon Clan ancestors supporting his return.

• Laozi examined Xuandu and found that his hidden Human Race bloodline was beginning to awaken.
• Laozi told Xuandu to focus on spreading the Dao and perfecting his bloodline, and Xuandu hurried off to continue his work.
• After Xuandu left, Laozi contacted powerful figures and invited the five Saints to Li Yun’s Enthronement Ceremony as Human Race Great Emperor.
• Li Yun met Huang Long at the Human Race border and learned that Huang Long had gained the support of several Dragon Clan ancestors and reached the Seventh Turn of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Li Yun agreed to go with Huang Long to meet the ancestors supporting him, and the two flew toward the East Sea.

Laozi invited the Primordial World's powers to Li Yun's Human Race enthronement, while Bai Jie returned to the White Tiger Clan to discuss Chan Teachings' offer of an alliance. Sacred Beast White Tiger rejected involving the clan and prepared to teach Bai Jie its inherited Law of Gold so she could advance to Quasi-Saint.

• Laozi's invitation prompted many Great Spiritual Power Users, the Five Saints, and their disciples to head toward the Human Race, while Nuwa sent Fuxi and Di Yi in her place.
• Bai Jie returned to the White Tiger Clan and told Sacred Beast White Tiger that Chan Teachings sought a new race to cooperate with and possibly make its dependents.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger warned that becoming dependents could entangle the White Tiger Clan in conflict among Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao, and decided the clan should stay out of it.
• Bai Jie accepted her father's decision and said she would give Master the answer when she returned.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger offered to pass down the White Tiger lineage's complete Law of Gold so Bai Jie could use it to reach the Quasi-Saint realm.

Bai Jie agreed to inherit the Sacred Beast White Tiger’s Law cultivation, while Gui Ling and Zhenwu returned to the Extreme North Region with rival requests from the Chan Teachings and Interception Sect. Black Tortoise refused to let the Mystic Turtle and Black Tortoise lineages join either side, but suggested the struggling Mysterious Snake lineage could affiliate with the Interception Sect.

• Bai Jie accepted the Sacred Beast White Tiger’s inheritance despite its slow progress, and he took her to complete it.
• Gui Ling and Zhenwu met in the Extreme North Region and went together to Mystic Turtle to report that Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian both wanted the Mystic Turtle clan as an affiliated race.
• Black Tortoise refused both Saints’ requests, explaining that the Mystic Turtle and Black Tortoise lineages could not risk joining the conflict among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao.
• Gui Ling and Zhenwu agreed to report the refusal to their masters.
• Black Tortoise told Gui Ling she could introduce the struggling Mysterious Snake lineage to Sect Master Tongtian as a possible Interception Sect affiliate.

Gui Ling and Zhenwu learned why Black Tortoise wanted the Interception Sect to consider the mysterious snake lineage, then heard that they should inherit their lineages’ ultimate legacies instead of practicing Severing the Three Corpses. The chapter left them stunned by news that Li Yun would ascend as the Human Race Great Emperor.

• Gui Ling agreed to help the mysterious snake lineage, and Zhenwu asked whether he could inform his master.
• Mystic Turtle explained that the Interception Sect needed a populous race and that the mysterious snake lineage suited Tongtian’s teachings better than it suited Yuanshi Tianzun’s requirements.
• Gui Ling proposed visiting the mysterious snake lineage, but Mystic Turtle told her and Zhenwu to inherit their lineages’ legacies and warned them that Severing the Three Corpses would not lead them to the Dao.
• Black Tortoise asked Mystic Turtle to bring the mysterious snake lineage’s patriarch to meet Tongtian when they visited the Human Race to congratulate Li Yun.
• After Mystic Turtle left, Gui Ling and Zhenwu were shocked to learn that Li Yun was about to become the Human Race Great Emperor and had invited powerful figures from across the Primordial World to witness the ceremony.

Black Tortoise explained that Li Yun controlled most of the Human Race Destiny and was almost certain to become a Human Dao Saint, with other Human Dao Saint Seats still available. Zhenwu and Gui Ling agreed to complete their inheritance and attend Li Yun’s enthronement, and Black Tortoise led them onward.

• Black Tortoise told Zhenwu and Gui Ling that Li Yun controlled over sixty percent of the Human Race Destiny and was practically certain to attain Dao and become a Saint.
• Black Tortoise explained that Humanity Dao could have three to four Saints, including Li Yun and Xuandu, while other Saint Seats remained unclaimed.
• Gui Ling asked why Black Tortoise and the others would attend a major Humanity Dao event despite the Heavenly Dao’s opposition.
• Black Tortoise explained that Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao were competing for cultivators’ recognition, so the Heavenly Dao could not prevent or punish their attendance.
• Zhenwu and Gui Ling eagerly agreed to finish their inheritance and attend Li Yun’s enthronement, and Black Tortoise led them onward.

Kong Xuan and Da Peng returned to the Phoenix Clan, where Qing Luan welcomed them and learned that Kong Xuan could not inherit the throne while Da Peng was willing to become king. After the brothers proposed making the Phoenix Clan an affiliate of the Interception Sect, Da Peng hesitated over whether to accept the dangerous alliance.

• Kong Xuan and Da Peng arrived at the Wutong Forest, where Qing Luan and the Phoenix Clan elders welcomed them home.
• Kong Xuan told Qing Luan he could not inherit their mother's position because he had become a Saint's disciple, and he named Da Peng as the only choice.
• Da Peng agreed to stay and inherit the Phoenix Clan, saying he could protect it and might help break its fate.
• Kong Xuan and Da Peng explained that the Interception Sect wanted a race to support its fortune and become its affiliate.
• Qing Luan and the elders weighed the freedom the alliance could bring against the Phoenix Clan's risk of being drawn into conflict, while Da Peng hesitated over his decision.

Kong Xuan revealed that the Heavenly Dao had likely killed their mother, prompting Da Peng to leave the Interception Sect and return fully to the Phoenix Clan. Kong Xuan stayed with the sect out of gratitude to Tongtian but considered resisting the Heavenly Dao and cooperating with Li Yun, while Qing Luan raised Laozi’s invitation to witness Li Yun’s enthronement.

• Da Peng asked Kong Xuan to refuse involvement in the struggle among Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao to protect the Phoenix Clan.
• Kong Xuan reasoned that the Heavenly Dao had attacked their mother, since Hongjun and Luohu were unlikely to have caused her death.
• Da Peng decided to leave the Interception Sect, abandon his status as a Saint’s Disciple, and return to the Phoenix Clan.
• Kong Xuan approved Da Peng’s choice but said he would remain in the Interception Sect out of gratitude to Tongtian and would not aid the Heavenly Dao.
• Da Peng suggested seeking cooperation with Li Yun and identified Humanity Dao as a potential ally against the Heavenly Dao.
• Qing Luan told Da Peng that Laozi had invited them to witness Li Yun’s Human Race enthronement ceremony.

Kong Xuan and Da Peng learned that Li Yun was about to become the Human Race Great Emperor, and the Phoenix Clan prepared a gift and considered aligning with Humanity Dao. Meanwhile, Li Yun and Huang Long reached the Dragon Clan’s underground cavern, where Huang Long introduced him to Xiao Qing.

• Da Peng asked Qing Luan to choose the Phoenix Clan’s finest treasure as a congratulatory gift for Li Yun, and Kong Xuan agreed.
• Qing Luan ordered the First Elder to bring out the Ancestor Dragon Crown and said the Phoenix Clan should resolve its remaining issues with the Dragon Clan.
• Kong Xuan proposed that Da Peng and Qing Luan accompany him to meet Li Yun, and Da Peng teased Qing Luan about Li Yun’s feelings for her.
• Li Yun and Huang Long traveled to Dragon Island, opened its entrance with a Jade Talisman, and descended through a lake pit into a vast cavern beneath the seabed.
• Huang Long greeted Xiao Qing, a Seven-Clawed Golden Dragon, and introduced him to Li Yun.

Li Yun and Huang Long met with the Dragon Clan’s five injured elders to discuss Huang Long’s plan to pursue the path of fortune. After Li Yun explained why the path could succeed, Ao Guang asked Huang Long whether he was ready to accept its risks.

• Xiao Qing recognized Li Yun and praised his fame and extraordinary potential as they hurried to meet the Dragon Clan elders.
• Li Yun, Huang Long, and Xiao Qing found five severely injured elders in a cave, and Ao Guang introduced himself before the elders greeted Li Yun as an equal.
• Ao Guang asked whether Li Yun and Saint Yuanshi supported Huang Long’s path of fortune, and Li Yun confirmed their support.
• Li Yun argued that Heavenly Dao was unlikely to suppress the Dragon Clan while it risked driving them toward Humanity Dao and Earthly Dao.
• Ao Guang warned Huang Long that failure could leave him permanently expelled from the Dragon Clan and asked if he had made up his mind.

Huang Long chose to pursue the Dragon Clan’s destiny with the support of the Ancestor Dragon Lineage, but learned that they could grant him only one-fifth of the clan’s power. Li Yun asked how Huang Long could win recognition from the other Dragon Clan factions and whether the Ancestor Dragon Lineage had any further foundations.

• Huang Long resolved to follow Li Yun’s advice and asked Ao Guang and the other four Old Ancestors to help him attain Dao through destiny.
• Ao Guang explained that the Ancestor Dragon Lineage represented less than one-fifth of the Dragon Clan and could not let Huang Long command the whole clan.
• Li Yun realized that the Dragon Clan was divided between the Ancestor Dragon Lineage, Candle Dragon’s True Dragon Lineage, and the Four Seas Dragon Kings’ lineage.
• Ao Guang said Huang Long would need to win the Four Seas Dragon Kings’ recognition through strength and pass dangerous trials set by Candle Dragon.
• Li Yun asked whether the Ancestor Dragon Lineage had any remaining foundations beyond Huang Long’s pure bloodline.

Li Yun negotiated with Ao Guang and the other four Dragon Clan elders over Huang Long’s inheritance and leadership. They agreed that Huang Long could claim the Ancestor Dragon Lineage’s loyalty by defeating all five elders after reaching the Quasi-Saint Realm, and Ao Guang asked Huang Long whether he accepted.

• Huang Long urged the five elders to trust him, citing his own prospects, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Li Yun.
• Ao Guang and the others sought Li Yun’s judgment, and Li Yun offered them an opportunity while forbidding betrayal.
• Ao Guang revealed that Ancestor Dragon had left inheritances that could help Huang Long reach Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection and possibly the Quasi-Saint Realm, but initially demanded Quasi-Saint Perfection before the elders would recognize him.
• Li Yun rejected the cultivation requirement and proposed that Huang Long could challenge all five elders after reaching the Quasi-Saint Realm and earn their loyalty by defeating them.
• The four elders accepted Li Yun’s condition, and Ao Guang asked Huang Long whether he agreed.

Huang Long accepted the five Ancestor Dragon elders’ trial, while Li Yun warned him that his future challenges would require strength of his own. Li Yun then learned that Ancestor Dragon had once wielded thirty-six Sea-Calming Pearls and that nine remained within the Dragon Clan, though their location was still unknown.

• Huang Long agreed to defeat Ao Guang and the other four elders as his trial for reaching Quasi-Saint Perfection.
• Ao Guang sent his fifth brother to retrieve Ancestor Dragon’s belongings for Huang Long.
• Li Yun cautioned Huang Long that he must grow stronger himself and prepare to face the Four Seas Dragon Kings lineage and Candle Dragon.
• Li Yun asked Ao Guang whether Ancestor Dragon had possessed thirty-six Sea-Calming Pearls, and Ao Guang confirmed it.
• Ao Guang said nine Sea-Calming Pearls remained within the Dragon Clan, and Li Yun asked where they were and where the other three had gone.

Li Yun learned where the remaining Sea-Calming Pearls were and agreed to help Huang Long reclaim the Dragon Clan inheritance and pursue the pearls held by its leaders. He also discovered that the Demon Race had not been destroyed but had been sealed away, and planned to investigate the pearls possibly held by them and the Phoenix Clan.

• Ao Guang explained that the Dragon Clan held pearls through Candle Dragon, the Four Seas Dragon Kings, Suanni, and Huang Long's inheritance.
• Huang Long offered Li Yun the pearl from his inheritance and promised to help reclaim the others, while Li Yun agreed to assist him without taking part in Huang Long's trials.
• Ao Guang revealed that Yuanfeng held one pearl and that the Demon Race might have acquired two others after Ancestor Dragon's death.
• Huang Long learned from Ao Guang that Hongjun had defeated Luohu at great cost and had driven the Demon Race away and sealed it rather than destroying it.
• Li Yun said he would investigate the Demon Race's possible pearls and confirm what the Phoenix Clan knew with Kong Xuan and Da Peng.

Li Yun explained that Kong Xuan and Da Peng were Yuanfeng’s sons and described Kong Xuan’s overwhelming strength, prompting the Dragon Clan Ancestors to focus on Huang Long’s rivalry with Da Peng. Huang Long agreed to keep defeating Da Peng, though Li Yun knew Da Peng had grown far stronger than Huang Long expected, as the Ancestor returned carrying the Dragon Clan inheritance.

• Huang Long told Ao Guang and the other Ancestors that Kong Xuan and Da Peng were Yuanfeng’s sons and disciples of his Third Martial Uncle, and that Kong Xuan was exceptionally powerful.
• Huang Long described Kong Xuan’s Chaos Divine Light and Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and Ao Guang and the Ancestors realized that Li Yun was the only person Huang Long knew who could defeat him.
• Li Yun said Huang Long could not overpower Kong Xuan without becoming a Saint, but could potentially fight Da Peng if he perfected destiny cultivation or became Dragon Emperor.
• Ao Guang told Huang Long to defeat Da Peng and never lose to him, and Huang Long firmly agreed.
• Li Yun reflected that Da Peng had gained a powerful Seven-Colored Divine Light and had become much stronger than Huang Long believed.
• The Dragon Clan Ancestor who had gone to retrieve the inheritance returned carrying a box whose aura Li Yun recognized.

Huang Long began receiving Ancestor Dragon’s inheritance from the Sea Calming Divine Pearl, but Li Yun discovered that Ancestor Dragon’s intelligent remnant soul might try to possess him. Yuanshi Tianzun’s protective Jade Talisman sealed the remnant soul, and Huang Long’s power surged as his body began transforming into a Nine-Clawed Yellow Dragon.

• Ao Guang revealed that the Sea Calming Divine Pearl held Ancestor Dragon’s inheritance and explained that it was one of twelve superior pearls, also called Sea Calming Divine Pearls.
• Huang Long infused the pearl with his blood and began receiving the inheritance, while Ao Guang and the others knelt in response to Ancestor Dragon’s aura.
• Li Yun used his Human Dao Emperor Eyes and saw an intelligent Twelve-Clawed Golden Dragon remnant soul within the pearl, suspecting it might possess Huang Long.
• Yuanshi Tianzun’s protective Jade Talisman emerged from Huang Long’s robes and suppressed the remnant soul before it could possess him.
• The Jade Talisman sealed the remnant soul and carried it into Huang Long, causing his cultivation to rise to Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection and his body to transform into a struggling Nine-Clawed Yellow Dragon.

Li Yun stopped Ao Guang and the other four Dragon Clan Ancestors from approaching Huang Long, then empowered himself with the Twenty-Four Heavens formed from the Sea-Calming Pearl. After Huang Long transformed into a Nine-Claw Golden Dragon, the Dragon Clan Ancestors celebrated his bloodline atavism, while Li Yun wondered whether Yuanshi Tianzun had arranged the Jade Talisman’s appearance.

• Li Yun blocked Ao Guang and the other four Dragon Clan Ancestors from investigating the aura near Huang Long.
• Li Yun opened the Twenty-Four Heavens, and Ao Guang recognized their connection to the Sea-Calming Pearl before leading the others aside.
• Huang Long’s agonized form vanished into golden light, and he emerged as a Nine-Claw Golden Dragon.
• Ao Guang and the other four celebrated Huang Long’s bloodline transformation and regarded him as the Dragon Clan’s young master.
• Li Yun studied the protective Jade Talisman and wondered whether Yuanshi Tianzun had deliberately arranged Huang Long’s transformation.

Li Yun realized Yuanshi Tianzun had likely arranged for Huang Long to inherit Ancestor Dragon’s power, and warned Ao Guang and the others against scheming against him. Huang Long completed his transformation with a greatly improved bloodline and cultivation, leaving him poised for a rise within the Dragon Clan.

• Li Yun concluded that Yuanshi Tianzun may have planned for Huang Long to gain Ancestor Dragon’s remnant soul and become a potential future leader of the Chan Teachings.
• Li Yun questioned Ao Guang and the other Dragon Clan leaders, who insisted they had not known what the inheritance contained.
• Li Yun warned the five that Huang Long was a Saint’s Direct Disciple and that they must help him rise rather than plot against him.
• Ao Guang and the others recognized the danger of defying Huang Long, given the Saint’s protection and the Jade Talisman beside him.
• Huang Long emerged from his Nine-Claw Golden Dragon form with a transformed appearance and a condensed Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.

Huang Long chose to pursue Attain Dao through Destiny after Li Yun warned that his reserves were insufficient for Attain Dao through Strength. With the five Dragon elders agreeing to transfer destiny to him, Huang Long planned to cultivate until he reached the Quasi-Saint realm, while Li Yun warned them not to endanger him again.

• Huang Long told Li Yun he had succeeded and revealed that he remembered Ancestor Dragon’s attempted possession, which made him distrust Ao Guang and the other five.
• Li Yun explained that Huang Long lacked the reserves and other strengths needed to attain Dao through Strength, so Huang Long chose Attain Dao through Destiny instead.
• Li Yun told Huang Long to receive part of the Dragon Clan’s destiny from the five elders to advance to the Quasi-Saint realm, and Ao Guang and the others agreed to transfer one-fifth of the destiny within them.
• Li Yun promised Huang Long he could seek him out in the Human Race or at his master’s new dojo on Shouyang Mountain, and said he would support Huang Long’s branch of the Dragon Clan.
• Li Yun prepared to leave for the Enthronement Ceremony and warned Ao Guang and the other five not to use any more tricks against Huang Long.