Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ye forced the Lizard Saint to withdraw by demanding his own territory in Omdo, leaving the people there cheering. He then killed Allen for betraying his people, making clear that such betrayal would be punished.

• The Lizard Saint recognized that Xuan Ye drew power from the Six Realms and argued against granting him a territory in Omdo.
• Xuan Ye insisted on having a territory where he had final authority, and the Lizard Saint withdrew to consult Omdo's other saints.
• The people cheered Xuan Ye's victory, while Allen despaired over losing his backing and the status he had sought.
• Allen begged Xuan Ye to spare him, but Xuan Ye compressed him into a black sphere and declared that some sins were unforgivable.
• Xuan Ye reflected on past traitors and resolved to punish those who crossed an uncrossable line.

Xuan Ye brought hundreds of Human Race refugees to the Wall of Omdo, where he planned to seek help from the Red Dragon Knight, Harman Kenze. Recognizing the Wall as the old Violet Fortress, he bypassed its population restrictions and went to meet Harman.

• Proseus asked what they should do, and Xuan Ye decided to take the villagers to the Wall of Omdo and seek the Red Dragon Knight's protection.
• Xuan Ye used nearby trees to make a one-time-use airship and rescued refugees along the way, bringing the group to more than five hundred people.
• Xuan Ye recognized the Wall of Omdo as the former Violet Fortress and recalled his past experiments on the plains beyond it.
• Harpies tried to stop the airship because the Wall was full, but Xuan Ye silenced them and landed beside the city-state.
• Xuan Ye told Proseus to take the refugees inside, then sped off to meet Harman Kenze.

Xuan Ye visited Harman Kenze’s military camp and discovered that he was rebuilding the Human Race’s Military Soul. Their reunion ended with a young red dragon questioning why Xuan Ye smelled like a black dragon.

• Xuan Ye recognized the Military Soul in Harman Kenze’s guards and realized Harman was secretly cultivating an army for the Human Race’s future.
• Xuan Ye presented his Violet Guard token, and Harman ordered the guards to admit him.
• The guards recognized the token as belonging to the army Harman had once served as Xuan Ye entered the camp and castle.
• Xuan Ye found Harman training in the cultivation room, where Harman asked how he wanted to die.
• A young red dragon flew down, identified Xuan Ye as a Bronze Dragon’s Dragon Envoy, and asked which black dragon had left a mark on him.

Xuan Ye reunited with Harman and negotiated with Omdo’s Saints over his plan to become a Saint and unite the Human Race there. The chapter ended with a troll Slave-catching Squad surrounding a valley filled with nearly one hundred thousand human slaves.

• Xuan Ye reunited with Harman, discussed the Pope of Light’s actions, and asked for help becoming a Saint in Omdo.
• Xuan Ye and Harman planned to use Xuan Ye’s advancement as leverage to gather the Human forces in Omdo.
• Omdo’s Saints agreed to pressure Xuan Ye into becoming a Saint, threatening to drive him out if he refused, and accepted his demands for a protected territory and a rebuilt Mage Tower.
• Xuan Ye accepted the Saints’ terms, intending for his territory to remain part of the Ronald Kingdom rather than become a separate kingdom.
• A wounded man warned the people in a valley that the Slave-catching Squad had found them, but their routes were already blocked.
• A troll warlord ordered his warriors to kill resisters and seize the nearly one hundred thousand humans as slaves.

Maddie led the refugees in a desperate attempt to escape the troll Slave-catching Squad, but a troll Master crippled him and doomed the humans to enslavement. Xuan Ye intervened, transformed the valley into the Human Race's Pure Land, and enslaved the trolls, while considering how to accelerate his path to Saint Rank.

• Maddie charged with the combat squad and carved through the troll Slave-catching Squad, but the encirclement left the humans with little hope of escape.
• Maddie activated Burning Core, but the troll Master struck him down and ordered the trolls to capture the humans alive.
• Xuan Ye and another voice argued over where to settle, then Xuan Ye's power forced the humans and trolls to the ground beneath crushing gravity.
• Xuan Ye created a holy tower that made the valley the Human Race's Pure Land, healed the humans, and placed Enslavement Collars on the trolls.
• The troll leader tried to name his backers, but his collar killed him, and the surviving humans knelt before Xuan Ye.
• Xuan Ye realized that one Mage Tower could only slowly baptize one of his six sets of wings, despite the pressure to reach Saint Rank quickly.

Xuan Ye continued his mortal-life pilgrimage and entered Tumeng Town, intending to build his second Mage Tower there while tempering his state of mind. The chapter left him settled in an empty house and considering becoming a doctor.

• The saints debated the troll saint’s complaint that Xuan Ye had enslaved ten thousand people, but agreed to tolerate him until he became a saint.
• Xuan Ye traveled through the Gobi desert, reflecting on his plan to build six Mage Towers and on the need to experience mortal life before sainthood.
• A cavalryman warned Xuan Ye about Slave-catching Squads and helped him enter Tumeng Town unnoticed by the Lizardman scout at the gate.
• The cavalryman led Xuan Ye to an empty house, and Xuan Ye blessed him before deciding Tumeng Town would be his second location.
• Xuan Ye considered becoming a doctor so he could make a living, meet people, and earn their faith.

In Tumeng Town, Xuan Ye tried to settle in by opening a medical clinic, while Aunt Xia doubted his prospects and worried over her son Liu Hongtao’s martial arts training. After Liu Hongtao injured himself, Xuan Ye offered to treat him but was turned down, leaving him to reflect on how little he understood ordinary life.

• Aunt Xia complained that her neighbor Xuan Ye had rejected practical trades to open a medical clinic.
• Liu Hongtao continued training despite his mother’s objections because he feared his unregistered status put his family at risk.
• Liu Hongtao injured his shoulder while punching a wooden post, and Aunt Xia sent Old Man Liu to fetch Apothecary Xue.
• Xuan Ye offered to examine Liu Hongtao, but Aunt Xia declined and said Apothecary Xue was already on the way.
• Xuan Ye recognized that ordinary life was more complicated than he had assumed and felt that living among townspeople was giving him valuable experience.

After Apothecary Xue warned Liu Hongtao that he could no longer practice martial arts, Xuan Ye offered to help him recover and keep training. Liu Hongtao brought Xuan Ye the prescribed herbs, and Xuan Ye promised to prepare a medicinal bath for him in secret.

• Apothecary Xue treated Liu Hongtao's injuries and warned that years of strain meant he had to stop practicing martial arts.
• Liu Hongtao reassured his worried parents that he accepted the doctor's advice, then spoke with his neighbor Xuan Ye.
• Liu Hongtao explained that fear of the Slave-catching Squad had driven him to train despite his family's limited means.
• Xuan Ye offered to help Liu Hongtao practice again, and Liu Hongtao returned with two bags of the prescribed herbs.
• Xuan Ye said he would prepare a medicinal bath to restore Liu Hongtao's muscles and bones, asking him to keep it from his parents.

Xuan Ye treated Liu Hongtao’s injuries so effectively that Apothecary Xue confirmed the boy could safely practice martial arts, and Aunt Xia apologized for chasing and accusing him. As Xuan Ye settled into life as a village doctor, he reflected on ordinary life and the meaning of Mortal Transformation.

• Aunt Xia chased Xuan Ye with a laundry pole, then explained why she feared Liu Hongtao pursuing martial arts.
• Apothecary Xue arrived and reported that Liu Hongtao’s injuries had healed completely after Xuan Ye’s medicinal bath.
• Apothecary Xue admitted that Xuan Ye’s treatment had surpassed his own and said Liu Hongtao could practice safely.
• Aunt Xia apologized to Xuan Ye after learning he was a skilled doctor, and his reputation for treating injuries spread through the area.
• Xuan Ye settled into an ordinary life among his patients and considered how understanding ordinary people related to Mortal Transformation.

Xuan Ye lived as a mortal doctor in Tumeng Town for more than a year before two Lizardmen led a slave-catching raid to seize him. The attack awakened his memories and helped him confront a hidden flaw, leaving the Lizardmen frozen by his power.

• Xuan Ye treated patients in Tumeng Town and accepted a pot of chicken soup from Liu Hongtao.
• Xuan Ye treated a hunter gravely wounded by Dire Wolves, and two Lizardmen revealed themselves and demanded to capture him.
• The Lizardmen threatened to seize other questionable residents as well, while their Slave-catching Squad swept through the town and the guards were occupied.
• Xuan Ye recalled his identity and past power, realizing that his mortal life had exposed a hidden flaw in his cultivation.
• Xuan Ye laughed as his presence shifted between that of a King and a town doctor, then froze the two Lizardmen with his gaze.

After entering Confusion Before the Saint, Xuan Ye’s power erased two hostile Lizardmen and left most witnesses unable to remember what had happened. As the town’s people reacted to the raid, Liu Hongtao rushed to find his father, while Xuan Ye decided it was time to end his journey; meanwhile, Lizardmen broke into the crowded Wine Cellar and threatened the unregistered people hiding there.

• Xuan Ye entered an alternative Half-Saint state, and his power began dissolving the two hostile Lizardmen until they vanished completely.
• The townspeople quickly forgot the Lizardmen’s deaths, and the Scavenger Squad’s captain urged unregistered people to hide.
• Aunt Xia worried that her husband might be caught outside, and Liu Hongtao ran off to find him despite the danger.
• The Scavenger Squad members followed Liu Hongtao while Xuan Ye, seemingly forgotten, decided it was time to end his journey.
• Lizardmen dug into the Wine Cellar, surrounded the unregistered people hiding there, and demanded their surrender.

Liu Hongtao tried to rescue his father from the Slave-catching Squad, but the fight turned against him until Xuan Ye intervened from afar. Xuan Ye crushed the Lizardmen in town, freed the unregistered residents, and raised a tower of White Demon Fate Stone that declared the place a Pure Land of the Human Race.

• Liu Hongtao found his father bruised at the Wine Cellar and rescued him from the Lizardmen escorting the unregistered residents.
• The Lizardman leader attacked Liu Hongtao, and Bolit stepped in to defend him despite fearing he would lose.
• Xuan Ye reached through a projected mirror, crushed the Lizardman leader, and gathered the town's Lizardmen into his golden hand.
• Xuan Ye crushed the gathered Lizardmen, freeing the unregistered residents and assuring Aunt Xia that Liu Hongtao and Old Man Liu were safe.
• Xuan Ye raised a tower of White Demon Fate Stone in the plaza and declared the area the Pure Land of the Human Race.

Xuan Ye protected the town with a tower and subdued a Lizardman Grandmaster who threatened to shut down the settlement. The Lizard Saint arrived in his Saint Body and asked Xuan Ye how many sites he wanted, leaving their negotiations unresolved.

• Liu Hongtao, his father, and Bolit realized that Xuan Ye was the powerful figure who had saved them before.
• A Lizardman Grandmaster accused Xuan Ye of violating an agreement and threatened to shut down the settlement, but Xuan Ye grabbed him and threw him into the square.
• The townspeople lost their fear of the Grandmaster, mocked him, and stripped away his scales while Xuan Ye watched.
• The Lizard Saint appeared in his Saint Body after finding that his projected will was sealed off near Xuan Ye.
• The Lizard Saint asked Xuan Ye how many sites he wanted and warned him not to push too far.

Xuan Ye negotiated with the Lizard Saint to secure the release of a Lizardmen Grandmaster in exchange for abolishing the Lizardmen Slave-catching Squad. He continued building Mage Towers toward becoming a Saint, but after his faith reserves ran dry while preparing the sixth tower, he decided to seek more Faith Points.

• The Lizard Saint questioned Xuan Ye about his progress, and Xuan Ye defended the expansion of his territory through six Mage Towers.
• The Lizard Saint asked to take the captured Lizardmen Grandmaster away, and Xuan Ye demanded that the Lizardmen abolish their Slave-catching Squad in exchange.
• The Lizard Saint agreed to Xuan Ye's demand and departed with the Grandmaster.
• Xuan Ye completed the third, fourth, and fifth Mage Towers over the next half year, then ran out of faith while preparing the sixth.
• Xuan Ye decided to pursue an ordinary mission for Faith Points and hoped to obtain broken Divine Statues for his Mage Towers.

Xuan Ye persuaded the Lizard Saint to let him use the Beast God’s Divine Statue, then entered a garrison mission in Reizel’s orbital Star Realm. He arrived on a satellite orbiting Reizel and recognized an oddly familiar aura.

• Xuan Ye asked the Lizard Saint to borrow the Lizardmen’s Divine Statue, and the Saint reluctantly guided him to the altar.
• Xuan Ye entered the Mission Space and requested a normal-timeline mission that other Divine Envoys could join.
• The Mission Space assigned Xuan Ye a garrison mission to defend Reizel from Valinor’s designs after Reizel had been weakened by natural disasters.
• Xuan Ye arrived on a desolate satellite orbiting Reizel and sensed an aura that seemed familiar.

Xuan Ye joined a mixed-race guard mission on the neglected satellite he had created long ago. After two beastmen threatened the human Divine Envoys, Xuan Ye revealed his overwhelming power by maiming them, prompting the Fox Race Grandmaster to intervene.

• Xuan Ye recognized the reddish-brown satellite as one he had sent into the sky in the past, and saw that the mission party included three Grandmasters, several Masters, and Divine Envoys from many races.
• Julie and Haoli introduced themselves to Xuan Ye and explained that the humans needed to stay united because other races often targeted them.
• An old werewolf and a Boarman called the humans slaves and threatened them, especially Julie, while Haoli tried to defend their place in the group.
• Xuan Ye flicked two streaks of light and mutilated the werewolf and Boarman, leaving them screaming on the ground.
• The Fox Race Grandmaster told Xuan Ye to stop and fixed him with an icy stare.

Xuan Ye confronted Tamamo and the Barbarian Grandmaster after they challenged his actions, then left the group stunned by his power. The Barbarian Grandmaster killed the two troublemakers to restore unity, and Xuan Ye accepted his handling of the situation.

• Tamamo criticized Xuan Ye for using force during a mission that required cooperation, but he mocked her and dismissed her attempt to gain the moral high ground.
• Tamamo threatened Xuan Ye, so he dispelled her illusion, pulled her close, and frightened her until she wet herself and burst into tears.
• The other Alien Races realized Xuan Ye might be a human Grandmaster mage, while Julie and Haoli grew excited about having him as a patron.
• The Barbarian Grandmaster crushed the two troublemakers who had started the conflict and asked Xuan Ye whether he approved.
• Xuan Ye said the Barbarian Grandmaster had handled the matter well.

After establishing his authority over the mixed-race Divine Envoys, Xuan Ye led them toward a Human Race outpost in Guardian Realm and promoted his mercenary services along the way. At the Northern Wall Outpost, its Grandmaster Yun Ge welcomed the group but failed to recognize Xuan Ye.

• The Barbarian Grandmaster accepted Xuan Ye's leadership, and the other Aliens reserved his life-saving services after he quoted his prices.
• Xuan Ye explained Guardian Realm's defenses, scouted the area, and chose a nearby Human Race outpost for the group to approach.
• The group reached the Northern Wall Outpost, where stationed Grandmaster Yun Ge confirmed their identities and opened the gate.
• Xuan Ye introduced himself as a citizen of Ronald and released some of his aura, expecting Yun Ge to recognize his reputation.
• Yun Ge praised Xuan Ye's strength but admitted he had never heard of him.

Xuan Ye met Yun Ge and the Divine Emissaries at the Human Race outpost, but Julie revealed the Light Temple’s accusations against him, leaving everyone alarmed. Yun Ge turned the discussion to cooperation and missions, and the Divine Emissaries learned the outpost had plenty of Faith Points available as rewards.

• Haoli praised Yun Ge’s past battle against the eight great bandits of the Raging Waves Plain, and Xuan Ye learned Yun Ge had left Reizel five years earlier.
• Julie recognized Xuan Ye and listed the crimes attributed to him on the Light Temple’s wanted list, frightening herself and shocking the people nearby.
• Xuan Ye told Julie that the Church of Light had smeared him, while Yun Ge eased the tension by inviting everyone inside to discuss cooperation.
• A Barbarian Race Grandmaster asked how many Faith Points and missions the outpost could offer.
• Yun Ge said the outpost had accumulated many Faith Points and would offer demanding missions without favoritism, exciting the Divine Emissaries.

Yun Ge explained the dangers of the Guardian Realm and offered missions to the Divine Envoys, while Xuan Ye sold his potions for a large reward. After a week of outpost construction, the disappearance of an investigation team—and a Barbarian Race Grandmaster—alarmed everyone.

• Yun Ge explained Valinor’s approaching intersection with Reizel, the threats in the Guardian Realm, and the need to conceal their true strength.
• Yun Ge offered a hundred-thousand-point reward for building a forward outpost and ten thousand points for investigating a missing patrol, along with smaller missions.
• Xuan Ye persuaded Yun Ge to buy his potions and earned fifty thousand Faith Points.
• Xuan Ye agreed to contribute to the outpost construction for a share of the reward while other Divine Envoys took on investigation work.
• After a week, news arrived that an investigation team had vanished between the old and new outposts, and the Barbarian Race Grandmaster was missing too.