Chapter Summaries

At seven, Li Hao completed his second round of cultivation and concealed his growing strength while preparing to reveal it gradually. During the Li Family’s sparring tournament, he defeated the celebrated Li Junye with ease, leaving his family astonished at his progress.

• Li Hao mastered the instructor’s sword art after two attempts, prompting Li Tianzong to praise his talent and have him train at the Martial Arts Arena.
• Li Hao advanced to Circulation Realm completion and then broke through to Soul Succession Realm by refining his body and developing new cultivation methods.
• Li Xiaoran gave Li Hao three demon cultivation manuals, which Li Hao recorded and transformed into methods suitable for humans.
• At the tournament, nine-year-old Li Junye defeated his opponent, and Li Tianzong and Chen Hefang discussed their children’s cultivation and the danger posed by demons.
• Li Junye challenged Li Hao, who caught his spear, disarmed him, and sent him staggering away with a blow from the spear’s butt.
• Li Junye acknowledged Li Hao’s astonishing strength, while Li Tianzong and Chen Hefang wondered how far the seven-year-old had cultivated.

Li Hao grew rapidly in cultivation and the arts, becoming the Li Family’s uncontested True Dragon by age ten. Li Tianzong brought him to the Ancestral Shrine, where Li Hao met Li Qingzheng as the ancestors prepared to examine him and help condense his divine soul.

• Li Hao defeated Li Junye, Li Tiangang, and successive challengers at age seven, stunning the Martial Arts Arena with his strength and mercy.
• Li Hao used Heaven and Earth Soul Inheritance, and Li Tianzong praised his aptitude before promising to show him a Demon King once he reached the fifteen li realm.
• By age eight, Li Hao had reached the fifteen li realm, defeated Li Family disciples, and cooked the New Year’s Eve dinner for his family.
• Li Tianzong supported Li Hao’s studies and gathered cultivation methods for him, helping him reach the grandmaster realm at nine and surpass the Li Family’s Nine Sons.
• Li Tianzong proposed choosing the True Dragon early, and Li Hao claimed the position without opposition.
• Li Tianzong led Li Hao into the Ancestral Shrine, where Li Hao met Li Qingzheng, who remarked on the fine son Li Tianzong had fathered.

After inheriting the True Dragon position, Li Hao received the Li ancestors’ blessing and broke past the supposed limit of his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form. He grew rapidly while Dragon City faced increasing danger, and the chapter left him setting out with Li Xiaoran to hunt demons as a new exploration quest appeared.

• Li Hao swore loyalty to the Li Family, and the ancestors’ refinement raised his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form from 360 condensations to 361, revealing that his previous Extreme Realms were only starting points.
• Li Tianzong secured cultivation methods for Li Hao, who opened his meridians, became a Land Immortal at eleven, and achieved Entering Spirit through cooking at thirteen before entering the Three Immortalities Realm.
• As demons grew more restless, Li Tianzong sent his sons to defend Dragon City and chose to keep Li Hongzhuang from practicing martial arts so she could live peacefully.
• Li Hao asked to leave Dragon City and hunt demons, and Li Xiaoran agreed to protect him while Li Xuanyin took charge of the Listening Rain Pavilion.
• Li Hao left the Divine General Residence with Li Xiaoran to hunt demons, and the Mo River activated the Exploration side quest at zero percent completion.

Li Hao and Li Xiaoran hunted demons throughout Dragon City as Li Hao strengthened his body and discovered how difficult the Youdu-level Mo River was to clear. By the time the battle for Dragon City approached, Li Hao had reached seventeen and felt his physical body nearing the Three Immortalities Realm’s limit.

• Li Hao and Li Xiaoran killed demons across Dragon City, and Li Hao absorbed their life essence with his Ten Thousand Blood True Devil Art.
• They killed a demon who devoured newborns and his Three Immortalities Realm steward, then Li Hao absorbed the Demon King’s essence and found that the kill advanced his Mo River completion by only one point.
• Li Xiaoran told Li Hao that his best defense of Dragon City had lasted four days and that he had encountered over a hundred Demon Kings, including terrifying foes in the Unique Skill Realm.
• Li Hao continued purging demons and cultivating, while Li Junye entered the Heaven and Man Realm at fifteen and Li Tianzong opened the Li Family’s Secret Vault to Li Hao.
• Li Hao took the ancestral sword Azure Frost, consumed the vault’s divine medicines, and strengthened his body to the level of an Eight-Forged Divine Weapon.
• Li Hao’s Dao Heart contemplation accelerated time until he was seventeen, and he sensed that his physical body had nearly reached the Three Immortalities Realm’s limit as the battle for Dragon City approached.

Li Hao grew stronger while defending Dragon City, but the demons’ escalating attacks killed several of the Li Family’s sons. As his growth quest completed, the main quest began with Dragon City’s walls trembling.

• Li Hao spent months painting and hunting demons as their attacks on Dragon City became increasingly fierce.
• Li Hao discovered that Li Xingbei and Li Fengping had died defending the city, and Li Xiaoran warned him that powerful Demon Kings could appear in the final days.
• Li Ziye was killed by an infiltrating Demon King, and Li Hao avenged him before carrying his body back to the Divine General Residence.
• The third and fourth sons died in further demon attacks as Li Hao learned demons were infiltrating Dragon City by stealing travel permits and tokens.
• Li Hao completed his growth quest, but his Mo River clearing progress was only 13%, and Dragon City’s walls began to tremble as the main quest commenced.

Li Hao and the Li Family defended Dragon City against an increasingly powerful Demon Tide, but the city’s defenses began to falter after Li Junye was killed. Li Tianzong summoned Li Hao and spoke tenderly about their time together, ending with the wish that Li Hao truly were his son.

• Li Hao and Li Xiaoran helped repel the first day’s Demon Tide while Candlelight God, Madam Yin, and Lu Yuan watched and waited for a chance to strike.
• On the second day, Li Junye lured Demon Kings into an ambush, helping the Li Family defenders kill several of them.
• On the third day, a Unique Skill Realm Demon King shattered Li Junye’s Sacred Heart Treasure Talisman and killed him, while Li Xuanyin went out to fight the attacker.
• Li Hao and Li Xiaoran assessed the battered defenses and expected Dragon City’s Magic Array to fall soon, with Candlelight God and Lu Yuan still yet to attack.
• Chen Hefang and the female generals brought Li Hao back to the Divine General Residence, where Li Tianzong praised him and said he wished Li Hao really were his son.

Li Hao learned that Li Tianzong briefly regained his memories and warned him to flee the Mo River with Li Xiaoran, but he hid this from Li Xiaoran. As demons attacked Dragon City, Li Hao and Li Xiaoran baited their enemies, prompting the Candlelight God to launch an assault on the city's Magic Array.

• Li Tianzong recognized Li Hao as his grandson and warned him to hide in the Ancestral Shrine with Li Xiaoran when Dragon City fell.
• Li Tianzong urged Li Hao to tell Li Xiaoran never to return to the Mo River, then lost his lucidity and resumed acting as usual.
• Li Hao kept Li Tianzong's lucid moments secret from Li Xiaoran and saw another demon tide approaching Dragon City.
• Li Hao and Li Xiaoran attacked the demon tide, then withdrew their weapons to provoke the Candlelight God and his allies.
• The Candlelight God, Madam Yin, and Lu Yuan flew to Dragon City and attacked its Magic Array, which withstood the Candlelight God's Dao Domain Flame Fist.

Li Hao and Li Xiaoran fought Candlelight God and his allies, and Li Hao managed to wound him inside his Dao Domain before a second Great Peace Dao Realm enemy destroyed the magic array. The Mo River’s quest changed to defending Dragon City for one day, forcing Li Hao and Li Xiaoran to retreat as Li Tianzong fell into a demonic state.

• Li Hao surprised Candlelight God with a powerful sword strike, forcing him back and revealing that concentrated power could resist a Dao Domain’s suppression.
• Li Xiaoran attacked Lu Yuan and wounded him, while Li Hao continued to bombard Candlelight God’s Dao Domain from behind the magic array.
• Li Hao entered the Transformation to Immortality Realm and wounded Candlelight God’s fist with an enhanced sword strike.
• A young man in a tattered black robe destroyed the magic array, and the Mo River quest changed to defending Dragon City for one day.
• Li Hao covered Li Xiaoran’s retreat, but Li Tianzong roared out of the Divine General Residence and charged at the newcomer in a demonic state.

Li Hao and Li Xiaoran discovered that a hundred-zhang demon had destroyed the Ancestral Shrine, cutting off their route out of the Mo River. With Li Tianyuan’s heroic soul empowering him, Li Hao faced the demon and began releasing his full power as the chapter ended.

• Li Tianzong fought the young man in the tattered robe while Li Xiaoran and Li Hao rushed toward the Divine General Residence, pursued by the Candlelight God and Lu Yuan.
• A hundred-zhang demon smashed the Ancestral Shrine, and Li Xiaoran and Li Hao found that the ancestral tablets had been destroyed except for Li Tianyuan’s tablet.
• Li Qingzheng ignited his divine soul to hold back the demon’s dao domain, while Li Tianyuan’s heroic soul entered Li Hao and empowered him.
• Li Hao fought the demon, learned that an Array Token had let it enter the Divine General Residence, and urged Li Xiaoran to seek a way to survive.
• Li Hao released the restrictions on his body, drawing in the surrounding energy as his transformation to immortality advanced from thirty percent to seventy percent.

Li Hao defeated the Candlelight God’s allies and fought to keep Dragon City from falling, but the city’s defenders and civilians transformed into demons when Li Tianzong’s obsession awakened. As Li Tianzong became the final threat, Li Hao prepared to push his immortal transformation to its limit to help his eldest brother go home.

• Li Hao absorbed the hundred-zhang demon’s blood essence, refined his body to the strength of a Nine Forged Divine Weapon, and drove the Candlelight God from Dragon City.
• Li Hao pursued the fleeing Candlelight God but turned back after sensing several powerful Demon Kings outside the city, then killed Lu Yuan with a sword strike.
• Li Hao found the city walls overwhelmed, discovered his family’s defenders missing, and fought across Dragon City to hold back the demon tide.
• Li Tianzong defeated the Tattered-Robe Youth, swallowed several Great Peace Dao Realm Demon Kings, and returned to Dragon City as a demon; soldiers and civilians throughout the city transformed and attacked.
• Li Xiaoran realized that Li Tianzong’s awakened obsession was the final trial, and he called on his eldest brother to wake up and come home.
• Li Hao shielded Li Xiaoran from Li Tianzong’s attack and resolved to unleash his power without restraint, pushing his immortal transformation to its utmost limit.

Li Hao pushed immortal transformation to its limit and used the power of heaven and earth to defeat Li Tianzong and destroy the demons in the Mo River. The main quest was completed, but Li Hao dissolved before Li Tianzong and Li Xiaoran as the Mo River was cleared.

• Li Hao reached complete immortal transformation and used Unyielding Power to keep his body regenerating as it collapsed.
• Li Hao fought Li Tianzong, broke through his dao domain, and repeatedly wounded him with overwhelming sword attacks.
• Li Tianzong absorbed the transformed soldiers and fought back, but Li Hao shattered the Azure Frost Sword and defeated him with a final series of blows.
• Li Hao unleashed a wave of Sword Qi that erased the demons and transformed soldiers, including the Candlelight God.
• Li Tianzong recovered his senses and hurried to Li Hao, who told him he could go back as the main quest was marked complete.
• Li Hao dissolved into dust before Li Tianzong and Li Xiaoran, leaving Li Xiaoran in tears.

After the demons’ defeat in Liang Prefecture, the Great Yu forces reclaimed the prefecture and planned to hunt the Candlelight God in the Mo River. The Xia and Wang families weighed whether to join the effort as concerns about the demons, the Mo Rivers, and the dynasty’s weakening fortune grew.

• The Haotian Battle Flag and arriving reinforcements helped drive the demons from Liang Prefecture, while Tianji Hall’s reports revealed that a human Young General had slain seven Demon Kings.
• Thirteenth Prince Jiang Yan ordered his troops to kill demons and capture Great Demons, then joined the Liang Province Army and Divine General Residence in sacrificing nine Great Demons to intimidate the demons.
• Li Xuanli told Li Tiangang that Hao'er had lured three Demon Kings into the Mo River, and they discussed gathering powerful allies to surround the Candlelight God.
• The Xia Family matriarch decided to wait, judging the proposed hunt for the Candlelight God might be a demon-laid trap.
• Wang Family elders declined to send reinforcements to Liang Prefecture and discussed Zhendong’s progress toward ten thousand merit points and its possible effect on the family’s fortune.

The Yu Emperor ordered Jiang Qingshan to strike the Saint Palace while the demons focused on Liang Prefecture, and the Qing Prince razed its stronghold in Northern Yan. As the forces regrouped around the Dragon City Fallen River, Li Tiangang headed to Heaven's Gate Pass to seek answers from Li Hao's Martial Dao avatar and learn whether his son could return.

• The Wang Family's elder decided to investigate the Dragon City Fallen River himself, acting from conscience rather than family duty.
• The Yu Emperor told Jiang Qingshan to attack the demons' exposed strongholds instead of joining the hunt at the Dragon City Fallen River, and ordered Ninth Brother to bring Li Hao back at any cost.
• Jiang Qingshan led a million troops into Northern Yan, destroyed the Saint Palace's stronghold on Saint Mountain, and forced the Dragon Gate elders to abandon their planned ambush in Qing Prefecture.
• Li Muxiu revealed that he had reached the Half-Step Dao Realm and planned to go to Liang Prefecture to rescue Li Hao and Li Xiaoran and kill the Candlelight God.
• After waiting a month for news from the Mo River, Li Tiangang left Li Xuanli to guard Liang Prefecture and went to Heaven's Gate Pass to question Li Hao's Martial Dao avatar.

Li Tiangang visited Azure Cliff City to find Li Hao, but his attempt to confront the young general’s Dark Side Clone escalated into a fight. Feng Boping intervened and reminded him that Li Hao’s original body was trapped in a deadly Youdu-level Mo River.

• Li Tiangang traveled through Dragon Gate Road, praised its safety under Li Hao’s command, and paid a tea seller before continuing to Azure Cliff City.
• An officer led Li Tiangang to Li Hao’s courtyard, where guards told him Li Hao was painting and then refused to let him in.
• After Li Hao’s Dark Side Clone rejected him, Li Tiangang forced his way into the courtyard and demanded to know whether the clone could sense its original body.
• Li Tiangang frightened Ren Qianqian, prompting Dark Side Li Hao to summon the Dragon Sky Sword and attack him.
• Li Tiangang blocked the sword strike and challenged the clone, but Feng Boping appeared and warned him not to destroy it while Li Hao’s original body was trapped in a Youdu-level Mo River.

Li Hao escaped the Dragon City Fallen River with Li Tianzong and Li Xiaoran after meeting the Ji Family elder who controlled the Mo River, and learned he must take the elder home to the Ancient Saint Ji Family of the Great Wasteland. The group separated, leaving Li Hao to travel toward his mother’s homeland while Li Xiaoran took Li Tianzong back toward the Li Family for his final return home.

• Feng Boping defended Li Hao against Li Tiangang, and the two men vanished from Azure Cliff City to fight far away while Dark Side Li Hao and the Dragon Sky Sword pursued them.
• Inside the Mo River, Li Hao met the old man whose obsession had empowered the river and learned that bringing him home was the final step to clearing it.
• Li Hao, Li Tianzong, and Li Xiaoran emerged at the Mo River’s source, where Li Tianzong identified the broken Dragon Blood Jade as the item that had helped save Li Hao.
• The old man revealed that his homeland was the Ancient Saint Ji Family of the Great Wasteland, where Li Hao’s mother, Ji Qingqing, came from, and Li Tianzong warned Li Hao to conceal her identity.
• Li Hao sent Li Xiaoran to take Li Tianzong home, then departed with the Ji Family elder toward the Great Wasteland while asking Li Xiaoran to notify Ren Qianqian that he could not return to Heaven’s Gate Pass.
• As Li Xiaoran flew with Li Tianzong toward home, Li Tianzong celebrated Li Hao’s talent while Li Xiaoran silently grieved that his eldest brother would soon dissipate.

Li Tiangang fought Feng Boping over Li Hao’s clone, but Li Muxiu arrived and revealed his longtime friendship with the Thief Saint. After learning what the clone knew about Li Hao’s situation and the Battle Flag, Li Muxiu prepared to go to the Dragon City Fallen River, while refusing Li Tiangang’s demand to sever his friendship with Feng Boping.

• Li Tiangang battled Feng Boping, who wounded him with deceptive movements before Li Hao’s clone intervened to protect him.
• Li Muxiu arrived, recognized Li Hao’s clone, and revealed that he and Feng Boping had been friends for sixty years.
• Li Muxiu questioned the clone about Li Hao’s original body and learned that Li Hao had made the Battle Flag himself.
• Li Tiangang urged Li Muxiu to conceal his journey to the Dragon City Fallen River and end his friendship with Feng Boping.
• Feng Boping offered to stop seeing Li Muxiu, but Li Muxiu said he had already severed enough ties and would not sever another.

Li Xiaoran returned with Li Tianzong’s freed heroic soul, reuniting the Li family and revealing how Li Hao had helped his grandfather escape the Mo River. After Li Muxiu explained Li Tiangang’s harsh treatment of Li Hao, Li Tianzong slapped his son and condemned him for driving the boy away.

• Li Tiangang ordered Li Muxiu to sever ties with Feng Boping, and Feng Boping left after saying goodbye to Li Hao’s clone.
• Li Xiaoran arrived and told Li Muxiu and Li Tiangang that Li Hao was safe and had gone to Great Wasteland Heaven.
• Li Xiaoran revealed Li Tianzong’s heroic soul, and Li Tianzong reunited with his sons after being freed from the Mo River through Li Hao’s help.
• Li Tianzong praised Li Hao, while Li Tiangang admitted he had sent the boy away and planned to make him inherit the True Dragon title when he returned.
• Li Muxiu rebuked Li Tiangang for mistreating Li Hao, and Li Tianzong slapped Li Tiangang for driving his son to reject the Li surname.

Li Tianzong learned how Li Tiangang had driven Li Hao from the Divine General Residence and blamed his son for the injustice. As Li Tianzong’s heroic soul faded, he passed his strength to Li Tiangang and ordered him to bring Hao'er back; afterward, Li Xiaoran attacked Li Tiangang in grief over their eldest brother’s final loss.

• Li Tianzong struck Li Tiangang and demanded a full account of what had happened with Li Hao.
• Li Tiangang and Li Muxiu explained their perspectives, and Li Tianzong condemned Li Tiangang for letting Hao'er leave the family.
• Li Tianzong revealed that he could not return home, then urged Li Tiangang to bring Hao'er back and accept responsibility as his father.
• Li Tianzong passed his strength to Li Tiangang and vanished, leaving final messages for his brothers and son.
• Li Xiaoran beat Li Tiangang while blaming him for Li Tianzong’s death, until Li Muxiu stopped him.
• Li Xiaoran told Li Muxiu that Li Tianzong’s heroic soul had perished and could not be reincarnated.

After Li Tianzong’s heroic soul vanished, Li Muxiu confronted Li Tiangang with how badly he had hurt Li Hao and warned that Li Hao might no longer care enough to resent him. Li Tiangang resolved to find his son at the Ji Family, while Li Muxiu and Li Xiaoran remained behind at the Mo River pass.

• Li Tiangang recovered from his injuries and said he would find Li Hao and pass the True Dragon Inheritance to him.
• Li Muxiu rebuked Li Tiangang for neglecting Li Hao’s feelings, explaining that the slap had destroyed the warmth that once tied father and son together.
• Li Tiangang insisted he would apologize and bring Li Hao home, even if Li Hao attacked him.
• Li Tiangang knelt where Li Tianzong had vanished and promised to bring Li Hao to the Ancestral Shrine.
• Li Xiaoran offered to accompany Li Tiangang, but Li Muxiu urged him to stay, warning that the Ji Family’s power made additional help unlikely to matter.
• Li Tiangang flew toward Great Wasteland Heaven to seek Li Hao at the Ji Family.

Li Hao traveled through Great Wasteland Heaven, killing demons and strengthening his body while Ji Yun'ge guided him toward the Ji Family. After entering Crimson Wood Corpse Ridge, Li Hao encountered a fleeing man who attacked him, and the chapter ended with Li Hao crushing the man's wrist and demanding an explanation.

• Li Hao entered Great Wasteland Heaven and learned from Ji Yun'ge that the outer region was dangerous and inhabited by demons and savage beasts.
• A mantis-like female Demon King ambushed Li Hao, but he killed her and absorbed her vital blood essence.
• Li Hao continued onward, killing two more demons and practicing the Spirit Offering True Devil Art as Ji Yun'ge guided him around forbidden grounds.
• Li Hao rested beneath the moon and played a grass whistle called "Moonlight" while discussing friends, home, and the value of living with Ji Yun'ge.
• After several days of travel and cultivation, Li Hao reached Crimson Wood Corpse Ridge, where Ji Yun'ge told him about a Crimson Blood Demon Vine King and its Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit.
• A short man fleeing three pursuers offered Li Hao treasure, then attacked him; Li Hao caught and crushed the man's wrist.