Chapter Summaries

Yang Genshuo negotiated with the authorities to exchange [Ice Crystal Stone] for nuclear warheads while the Heavenly Dragon Army recovered and Liu Changqing tried to claim the Divine Tree of Life. With the tree’s defenses failing and Yang Qiangjin unable to attack safely, Yang Qiangjing prepared to use her final card, leaving its effect uncertain.

• Yang Genshuo learned that the authorities wanted longevity in exchange for nuclear weapons and offered their leader another twenty dignified years.
• Yang Genshuo and Old Xue finalized a deal exchanging [Ice Crystal Stone] for nuclear warheads equipped with tracking and code-lock devices.
• Yang Genshuo learned that the Heavenly Dragon Army had suffered heavy losses during its truce with the Liu Clan, while Liu Changqing connected to the Divine Tree of Life.
• Yang Qiangjin asked to attack Liu Changqing, but Yang Genshuo warned that the Liu Clan’s protection would make her assault futile and reminded her to protect her unborn child.
• Yang Qiangjing issued an order using her Redmi Phone and revealed that she had been saving one final card, though Yang Genshuo could not see what it would do.

As Liu Changqing neared completion of his refinement of the Divine Tree of Life, Yang Qiangjing’s allies prepared to fight, and the demons of the Ninth District joined the resistance. Cultivator Douyang arrived with the Fire-Tipped Spear and charged the Liu Family’s formation, followed by three Yin Family members carrying coffins.

• Yang Genshuo continued preparing a nuclear warhead on Blue Star while the Yang Family and their allies waited for Yang Qiangjing’s promised reinforcements.
• Black Tortoise Academy’s students and the Ninth District’s demons chose to defend the Great Nai Empire, and Old Turtle formed a protective water barrier for the demons heading to battle.
• Liu Changqing continued refining the Divine Tree of Life as Yang Qiangjing prepared to sacrifice herself and Wu Yi and the Immortal Chef considered joining her.
• Cultivator Douyang arrived from Demonwind Forest, took the Fire-Tipped Spear, and attacked Liu Changqing with the Nine Suns Technique.
• Yin Zhixiang, Yin Zhiping, and Yin Zhichou followed with three coffins and sent them crashing toward the Liu Family’s grand formation.

Murong Ziyan exploited a demon mutiny to relieve the siege of Trial Town, while Cultivator Douyang and the Yin brothers went to support the Yang Family against the Liu Family. The Yin brothers revealed the Liu Family’s likely ties to ancient demon cultivators, and Yang Qiangjin led a renewed assault to stop Liu Changqing’s absorption.

• Murong Ziyan received Yang Qiangjing’s message and led the Cloudveil Spirit Sect disciples to attack after dog demons and other minor demons turned on their allies, throwing the besieging army into chaos.
• Murong Ziyan met Cultivator Douyang and the Yin brothers, then sent Cultivator Douyang toward Bright City while the three brothers followed to help fight the Liu Family.
• Yin Zhichou explained that the Liu Family might descend from ancient wood-element demon cultivators linked to the Wood Wraith Sect, and the Yin brothers revealed that their ancestors had refined such demons into corpses.
• The Yin brothers summoned three Late Golden Core Stage corpses against the Liu Family’s formation, while Murong Ziyan arrived with four powerful cultivators to reinforce the Yang Family.
• Yang Qiangjin charged with the Heavenly Dragon Army to interrupt Liu Changqing’s absorption, and Liu Changqing lamented that he had been only half a step short.

Liu Changqing absorbed the Divine Tree of Life and reached half-step Nascent Soul power, forcing the Yang Family and its allies to abandon Bright City as he battled the Yin Family’s ancient Assembled Corpse. The Yang Family withdrew to await their ancestor’s weapon, while Yang Genshuo wondered whether a nuclear bomb could kill Liu Changqing.

• Liu Changqing fused with the Divine Tree of Life, transformed into a tree-man Heavenly Aspect, and overwhelmed the Yang Family’s fighters.
• The Yin brothers assembled an ancient corpse from body parts hidden inside them, and it fought Liu Changqing to a rough stalemate.
• Yang Genshuo and Yang Qiangjing decided to retreat as the battle tore open Spatial Rifts and made Bright City impossible to defend.
• The Black Tortoise Academy students escaped toward the Blazing Sun Dynasty, while the District Nine demons fled and the Yin brothers bought time for the retreat.
• Yang Qiangjin crossed the Spatial Rift to retrieve the withered Blue Silver Grass, then rejoined the retreating group.
• Yang Qiangjing resolved to improve her cultivation, Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei slowed their journey, and Yang Genshuo prepared for Ancestor Worship Day while questioning whether a nuclear bomb could kill Liu Changqing.

Yang Genshuo prepared to use nuclear weapons against Liu Changqing, who had gained a Heavenly Aspect from the Divine Tree of Life, while strengthening the Yang Family’s alliance with the Shangguan Clan. After secretly taking possession of thirty nuclear warheads, Yang Genshuo began the ancestral sacrifice.

• Yang Qiangjing explained Nascent Soul abilities and the limits of the Yin Family’s Nascent Soul Corpse, while Yang Genshuo considered using the Reverse-Flow Technique to prevent powerful enemies from escaping death.
• Yang Genshuo decided to attack Liu Changqing with nuclear bombs, and the injured Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei chose to retain the Shangguan Clan’s support rather than rely on Feng Xin.
• Yang Genshuo obtained twenty Atomic Bombs and ten Hydrogen Bombs through Old Xue, then had the warheads transported to the Golden Triangle.
• Yang Genshuo considered turning the Golden Triangle into a base and planned to improve both his spiritual cultivation and physical strength.
• The military commander learned that the tracking signals on all thirty nuclear warheads had vanished after Yang Genshuo stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Yang Genshuo found a secluded place and began the ancestral sacrifice.

Yang Genshuo prepared the Yang Family’s final plan to kill Liu Changqing while Yang Feng offered him an item from Feng Yi’s inheritance. The chapter ended with the family ready to launch a nuclear strike the next day, followed by a coordinated assault to ensure Liu Changqing died.

• Yang Fu cultivated in the Haishen Dynasty while Yang Fujian entered enlightenment as the Yang Family’s members waited for ancestral worship.
• Yang Feng told Yang Qiangwei that Feng Yi had left him a letter and a collection of strange treasures as the Feng Clan’s inheritance.
• Yang Genshuo examined Feng Yi’s collection, discarded useless items, and chose the Time Crystal to help stop Liu Changqing during the planned attack.
• Yang Genshuo accepted the Enlightenment Spirit Pearl as an offering and sent thirty nuclear warheads to Yang Qiangjing to prepare the operation.
• Yang Genshuo ordered the Shangguan Clan to immobilize Liu Changqing with qin music before the nuclear blast, then assigned Yang Qiangjin and Cultivator Douyang to rush in and finish him if necessary.

Liu Changqing celebrated his victory and prepared to expand the Liu Family’s power, but the Shangguan Clan and Yang Family joined forces against him. As the battle was about to begin, Shangguan Yixin unexpectedly asked Yang Qiangjing to become his Dao companion.

• Liu Changqing used the Divine Tree of Life to strengthen himself, rallied the Liu Family, and announced plans to establish a base in the Great Nai Dynasty.
• The Yin Family’s three brothers considered fleeing, but Cultivator Douyang persuaded them to wait for Yang Qiangjing’s plan.
• Yang Qiangjing briefed the allies on their strategy, while Yang Genshuo prepared nuclear weapons in case Liu Changqing could not be stopped.
• The Shangguan Clan attacked Bright City with its Ensemble Sound Formation, and Liu Changqing shielded the Liu Family before invoking the Wheel of Life and Death.
• The Yang Family, the Shangguan Clan, the Yin Family, and Cultivator Douyang encircled Liu Changqing as Yang Genshuo prepared to deploy hydrogen bombs.
• Shangguan Yixin halted the imminent attack and proposed that he and Yang Qiangjing become Dao companions, prompting her to ask whether he was taking advantage of a crisis.

Yang Qiangjing rejected Shangguan Yixin’s demand for an immediate answer and led the Yang Family into battle against Liu Changqing without the Shangguan Clan. Yang Feng’s Heaven and Earth Gamble and the Time Crystal immobilized Liu Changqing, allowing Yang Qiangjin and Yanxi to deliver a Hydrogen Bomb as time began to resume.

• Yang Genshuo rejected Shangguan Yixin’s marriage demand on Yang Qiangjing’s behalf, and Yang Qiangjing said she would discuss the proposal after the battle but refused his help for now.
• Liu Changqing shattered the Heavenly Dragon Army’s army soul, wounding its members, before Yang Feng spent his remaining 120,000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones to unleash Heaven and Earth Gamble.
• Yang Feng’s attack battered Liu Changqing, and Yang Feng’s Time Crystal stopped time across the surrounding area, trapping Liu Changqing and the battlefield.
• The Yin Family prepared to summon its Nascent Soul ancestor, while Shangguan Yixin reconsidered Yang Feng’s power and regretted pressuring Yang Qiangjing.
• As time began to resume, Yang Qiangjin and Yanxi traveled through the flames to Liu Changqing and dropped a Hydrogen Bomb above his head before escaping.
• The Hydrogen Bomb exploded over Liu Changqing.

Liu Changqing was vaporized when Yang Genshuo’s nuclear bomb destroyed Bright City, but he resurrected through the Wheel of Life and Death and rallied the Liu Family to attack. Just as the Yang Family and its allies prepared to fight him again, Shangguan Yixin returned and offered to help the Liu Family, leaving the Yang Family surrounded.

• Liu Changqing’s Heavenly Aspect and body were destroyed by the nuclear explosion, while the Divine Tree of Life survived in a severely damaged state.
• Yang Genshuo and the others found Bright City razed, and the Yin Family members and Cultivator Douyang realized how powerful the Yang Family’s weapon was.
• Shangguan Yixin left in frustration, believing his impatience had cost him the chance to gain favor with Yang Qiangjing and the Yang Family.
• Yang Qiangjin and Yang Genshuo realized Liu Changqing might still be alive when the family Record showed no credit for his death.
• Liu Changqing resurrected through the Wheel of Life and Death, summoned the remaining Liu Family disciples, and vowed to kill the Yang Family.
• Shangguan Yixin returned through the Spatial Passage and offered to help the Liu Family, surrounding the Yang Family with the Liu and Shangguan clans.

Shangguan Yixin turned on the Yang Family, using the Shangguan Clan’s hidden strength to seize control of the battlefield and force Yang Qiangjing to accept a contract. As Yang Qiangjing agreed to sacrifice herself for the Lineage, a dragon’s roar interrupted the signing.

• Yang Qiangyuan and Yang Min watched over the younger Yang Family children in the Earthcore Domain while Yang Minke led them in cultivating and digging a shelter.
• Yang Qiangjing realized Shangguan Yixin had anticipated the Liu Family’s attack and recalled his warning not to trust people she did not understand.
• Shangguan Yixin’s musical arts disrupted the Heavenly Dragon Army and Blazing Sun Dynasty cultivators as Liu Changqing attacked; Yang Qiangjin and Cultivator Douyang fought Liu Changqing while the Shangguan Clan’s nine zither masters suppressed the Yin Family’s Assembled Corpse.
• Yang Qiangjing understood that Shangguan Yixin wanted her as a strategist and that his forces had cornered the Yang Family; he offered to stop the fighting if she signed his contract.
• Yang Qiangjing agreed to sign the contract to protect the Lineage, but a dragon roared and declared, “I don’t agree!”

Yang Qiangyou arrived on Ming Yun and defeated Shangguan Yixin, while Elder Yun brought reinforcements from the Cloudveil Spirit Sect and the Yindi Dynasty to support the Yang Family. With the battle turning against them, Liu Changqing tried to flee in the Wheel of Life and Death, but Yang Qiangyou crushed it and exposed him.

• Yang Qiangjin brought Yang Qiangjing back to the Yang Family as Yang Genshuo ordered Yang Qiangyou to attack Shangguan Yixin.
• Yang Qiangyou rode Ming Yun through the Shangguan Clan's War God Song and struck Shangguan Yixin, shattering his treasures and wounding him.
• Yang Qiangyou identified himself as the Dragon Rider of the Yang Family, and Yang Genshuo recalled how his Fortune had carried him to the Cloudveil Spirit Sect and a Treasure Ship.
• Elder Yun arrived with the Treasure Ship and Yindi Dynasty cultivators, joining the Yang Family's forces against Liu Changqing and the other clans.
• Liu Changqing abandoned his body and tried to escape inside the Wheel of Life and Death, but Yang Qiangyou and Ming Yun crushed it and forced him out.

Yang Qiangyou and Ming Yun turned the battle in the Yang Family’s favor, capturing Liu Changqing and Shangguan Yixin after defeating their forces. With Bright City in ruins, Yang Genshuo declared that the prisoners would pay for their betrayal.

• Ming Yun shattered Liu Changqing’s spiritual barrier, and the Yindi Dynasty cultivators sealed off his escape routes before Yang Qiangyou captured and restrained him.
• Yang Qiangjin ordered the allied forces to slaughter the Liu Family disciples after their Wheel of Life and Death was destroyed.
• The Yin Family’s three brothers stopped Shangguan Yixin from fleeing, while Yang Qiangyou revealed that the Shangguan Clan had several young masters and was not intimidated by Shangguan Yixin’s threat.
• Yang Qiangyou crushed Shangguan Yixin beneath a dragon claw and defeated the nine zither masters with Ming Yun’s roar.
• Yang Genshuo surveyed ruined Bright City and said Liu Changqing and Shangguan Yixin would pay for their betrayal.

After Bright City’s destruction, Yang Qiangjing rejected an alliance with Shangguan Yixin, had him killed, and kept Liu Changqing alive for her purposes. The group helped lift the siege of Trial Town, then gathered to plan a new city and mourn Yang Fuqing before an unexpected visitor emerged from the Trial Tower.

• Yang Qiangjin buried Li Fan’s remains on Black Tortoise Academy’s mountain, and Yang Genshuo and Yang Qiangjing agreed to rebuild Bright City as a fortified metropolis combining cultivation and technology.
• Yang Qiangjing condemned the Elder Immortal Clans’ short-sightedness, refused Shangguan Yixin’s offer of an alliance, and ordered Yang Qiangyou to kill him while the Shangguan Family was sealed.
• Yang Qiangjing kept Liu Changqing alive for her purposes, and the group set out to help Murong Ziyan at Trial Town.
• A day later, the Demon Race retreated, and those gathered in Trial Town discussed plans for the new city.
• Big Mao arrived carrying Yang Fuqing’s corpse, prompting the Human Race and Demon Race to mourn her together.
• Someone walked out of the Trial Tower’s teleportation gate and asked why everyone was so quiet.

Yang Qiangzheng emerged from the Trial Tower to learn that Liu Changqing had killed his mother, then broke through to Golden Core by tearing apart his tribulation lightning and took revenge on Liu Changqing and the captured Liu Family disciples. He lost control and charged toward the Shangguan Clan, while Yang Qiangjing sent a red shadow after him.

• Yang Qiangzheng returned after clearing the ninety-ninth floor and discovered his mother had died, then transformed in a rage.
• Yang Qiangjing told Yang Qiangzheng about the Yang Family's recent calamities, and he summoned Heavenly Punishment Killing Lightning as he broke through to Golden Core.
• Yang Qiangzheng tore apart the lightning with his bare hands, reached Golden Core, and demanded Liu Changqing.
• Yang Qiangjing revealed that she had kept Liu Changqing for Yang Qiangzheng, who killed him and slaughtered the captured Liu Family disciples.
• Yang Qiangzheng absorbed the blood mist with the Blood Calamity Method and charged toward the Shangguan Clan, so Yang Qiangjing sent a red shadow after him.

After the battle, Yang Feng and the Yang Family dealt with the surviving Aberrant Army, mourned their losses, and began rebuilding while Yang Genshuo strengthened his cooperation with the Ministry of War. A month later, Yang Qiangjin discovered that the spatial black hole had vanished, but the damaged Divine Tree of Life had begun to recover with an ominous dark-green aura.

• Yang Feng spared the last hundred Aberrant Army soldiers and agreed that, as head of the Feng Clan, he should take responsibility for them; Yang Qiangjing suggested building an army and later proposed using it against the Shangguan Clan.
• The Yang Family buried Yang Fuqing, and Elder Yun departed to retrieve Yang Fu and the others while Yang Qiangjing organized the aftermath and honored the fallen Heavenly Dragon Army soldiers and demon troops.
• Yang Genshuo called Old Xue and confirmed that the nuclear bomb test had succeeded, then offered deeper cooperation involving materials better than [Ice Crystal Stone].
• Yang Genshuo planned a new city with help from Liang Xuetong's team and prepared to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm after the city was designed.
• One month later, Yang Qiangjin found that the spatial black hole at Bright City had healed, but noticed that the Divine Tree of Life had straightened and gained dark-green spiritual power resembling radiation.

After Liu Changqing’s defeat, the Yang Family discovered that the Divine Tree of Life had mutated as it absorbed radiation, while Ming Yun sensed that its growth had changed the world’s future. Yang Feng reunited with Yang Fu and Yang Fujian, secured Feng Lian’s loyalty, and prepared to rebuild as the family’s immediate threats were eliminated.

• Yang Genshuo and Yang Qiangjing concluded that Liu Changqing had acted alone and that the Liu Clan did not know about the Divine Tree of Life.
• Yang Genshuo found that the Divine Tree of Life was evolving after absorbing an unknown power, and Yang Qiangjing realized it was absorbing radiation to survive.
• Ming Yun explained that the Dragon Clan’s ancient Divine Tree had never changed before and sensed that the new tree had altered the world’s future.
• Yang Fu and Yang Fujian returned to Bright City and paid their respects at Yang Fuqing’s grave.
• Yang Feng told Feng Lian that Feng Yi was dead, and Feng Lian pledged to serve the Yang Family.
• Yang Qiangjin and Yang Qiangjing planned to rebuild the empire and city, while Yang Genshuo prepared to begin a new project with Li Zhe.

Yang Genshuo visited the new Immortal Aura Security Company and learned that Tian Zhe’s recruits were young people with difficult lives, not the grim dead warriors he had imagined. Tian Zhe revealed how he recruited Jiang Changshou after saving his grandmother and arranging his release, then asked whether Jiang wanted to understand the meaning of being alive.

• Yang Genshuo questioned Tian Zhe about the people recruited for Immortal Aura Security Company, then saw the enthusiastic young recruits greet him.
• Jiang Changshou learned that his grandmother needed urgent surgery, but his mother, Jiang Xiao, refused to pay and instead launched a crowdfunding campaign for herself.
• Jiang Changshou robbed a bank in desperation and was arrested before he could secure the money for his grandmother’s surgery.
• Tian Zhe arranged for Jiang Changshou’s bail and took him to see his grandmother, who had recovered after Tian’s medical team treated her.
• Jiang Changshou offered his life to Tian Zhe, who urged him to live like a real human being and asked whether he wanted to understand the meaning of being alive.

After Tian Zhe helped Lin Bai take revenge on his bullies and expose corruption at Niu City No. 3 High School, Lin Bai left the city and pretended to have died. Tian Zhe then intervened when Qiao Jianlu considered joining Litchi Media to pay for her younger brother’s leukemia treatment, and brought her to Yang Genshuo.

• Lin Bai endured beatings and rejection until Tian Zhe stopped him from jumping and promised to help him take revenge.
• Tian Zhe helped Lin Bai defeat the school tyrant and his six lackeys, and armed police arrested Shen Longbiao and corrupt school officials.
• Lin Bai dropped out, carried an urn home, told his father that he had died, and left Niu City.
• Qiao Jianlu learned she had matched her younger brother for a bone marrow donation but could not afford his treatment.
• Qiao Jianlu contacted Litchi Media about taking its offer of money, but Tian Zhe stopped her and offered another path.
• Tian Zhe brought Qiao Jianlu to Yang Genshuo, where she offered to put a coat over him.

Yang Genshuo recruited Tian Zhe’s ten carefully selected trainees into Immortal Aura Security and assessed their talents, assigning specialized training and promising to resolve their personal troubles. He took Jiang Changshou aside to begin his cultivation with the Enlightenment Spirit Pearl.

• Tian Zhe explained how he found ten young people with unusual abilities, and Yang Genshuo considered them the foundation of a team to oppose the TW Organization.
• Yang Genshuo welcomed the trainees and promised to train them into martial artists who could control their own destinies.
• Yang Genshuo identified Lin Bai’s strong perception and assigned him to become the team’s analyst after building up his blood qi.
• Yang Genshuo assigned Qiao Jianlu covert field work and promised to cure her brother’s leukemia with a medicinal pill.
• Yang Genshuo gave the other trainees customized training plans, addressed their concerns, and set their formal training to begin in three days.
• Yang Genshuo took Jiang Changshou aside and showed him the Enlightenment Spirit Pearl, saying he would be its first user.

Yang Genshuo used the Enlightenment Spirit Pearl to enhance ten recruits’ talents, then trained them as disciples until all ten reached the Innate Grandmaster Realm. As the Yang Family prepared to rebuild Bright City, a messenger arrived with news that the Devouring Spirit Tribe had invaded the Blazing Sun Dynasty.

• Yang Genshuo used the Enlightenment Spirit Pearl on Jiang Changshou, awakening his Limitless Strength and greatly increasing his power.
• Yang Genshuo enhanced the talents of the other nine recruits, including Lin Bai, whose evolved Different Eyes could see spiritual energy.
• Yang Genshuo decided to treat the ten recruits as disciples rather than employees, and Tian Zhe became their senior brother.
• Yang Genshuo and Tian Zhe trained the ten with Martial Cultivation and pills; Jiang Changshou, Lü Xiaobu, and eventually Lin Bai reached the Innate Grandmaster Realm, along with the rest of the team.
• Four months after the Divine Tree of Life absorbed the radiation around Bright City, the Yang Family prepared to rebuild the city.
• A messenger told the Yang Family that the Devouring Spirit Tribe had returned in force and invaded the Blazing Sun Dynasty, which requested reinforcements.