Vol. 1The Hidden Master’s Reach

Chu He strengthened himself and those around him while subduing threats to the Xia Clan and Lin Commandery. The volume ended with the visiting imperial clan making peace with the local Xia Clan and offering help to heal Xia Yuan.

  • Chu He killed five alien Half-step Kings who attacked Lin City with the Anti-Lin Alliance and the Incense Sect.
  • Chu He trained Zhao Yuling, sent her into the martial world, and began training Little Turtle.
  • Chu He rescued Zhao Yuling from the Charm Clan and helped her reach the King Realm.
  • Lin Xueling warned Chu He that Xia Yuan had vanished and the Xia Clan faced a crisis.
  • Chu He captured the Charm Clan Supreme and imprisoned it in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
  • Chu He broke through to the Fifth Turn, restored the Black Dragon, and learned of a nearby Saint Venerable’s tomb.
  • Chu He defeated First Tiger after it attacked the Xia Clan and took it and its cauldron away.
  • Lin Teng brought Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling back with visiting experts, who offered the Xia Clan resources and aid to heal Xia Yuan.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Book Repository’s Hidden Master

Chu He quietly cultivated in the Lin Family’s Book Repository, intervening when the family faced annihilation and guiding Lin Xueling to the King Realm. Years later, he trained Zhao Yuling and sent her into the martial world to broaden her experience, while he continued cultivating and began training Little Turtle.

  • Chu He discovered that his Sign-in System rewarded repeated visits to chosen locations, signed in at the Book Repository, and received the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique.
  • Chu He cultivated in seclusion for years, killed two Men in Black who plotted against the Lin Family, and eventually forged his Golden Body foundation.
  • Chu He agreed to train Lin Xueling, later used Life Spirit Liquid to save Lin Zhennan, and gave the Lin Family Ancestor a chance to draw out his enemies.
  • When the Anti-Lin Alliance and the Incense Sect attacked Lin City, Chu He killed five alien Half-step Kings with five punches, ending the threat to the Lin Family.
  • After Lin Zhennan died, Chu He helped Lin Xueling reach the King Realm and concealed the signs of her breakthrough.
  • Zhao Yuling came to the Book Repository seeking a master, and Chu He agreed to teach her while continuing his own cultivation.
  • Chu He guarded Zhao Yuling’s breakthrough to the Innate Realm, then sent her out to see the world after recognizing a flaw in her foundation.
  • After Zhao Yuling left, Chu He taught Little Turtle a body-tempering method suited to it.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Turtle and the Secret Realm

As Chu He rescued Zhao Yuling, strengthened his cultivation, and helped Little Turtle break through, the Xia Clan’s old enemies prepared to move against it. The arc left Lin Xueling warning Chu He of a crisis after Xia Yuan vanished, while Chu He suspected Xia Yuan and Meng Yi had entered a Secret Realm.

  • Chu He found Zhao Yuling imprisoned by the Charm Clan, killed the clan’s forces and the Zhang Family, and helped her break through to the King Realm.
  • Zhao Yuling led the purge of the Charm Clan and defeated a Half-step Invincible King, while Lin Xueling also realized she had become a true King under Chu He’s guidance.
  • Chu He advanced his cultivation and perfected his Dharma Aspect Golden Body as Zhao Yuling founded the White-robed Emperor Palace and left the Book Repository.
  • After ten years, Chu He took Great Turtle to Blue River, where a Black Snake lured it into an underwater cave and offered it to a giant beast.
  • Chu He saved Great Turtle, refined the beast and snake into essence, and guided its breakthrough into Little Gold.
  • An Old Man offered Chu He the Map of Mountains and Rivers in exchange for having Chu He’s master guard the Xia Clan, and Chu He used the map to spread fortune across Lin Commandery.
  • The Tiger Clan learned of a possible Secret Realm and chose to wait for the First Tiger to grow stronger before attacking the Xia Clan and other major clans.
  • The Xia Clan opened its Sacred Land and sent its returning geniuses to take revenge, while Lin Xueling told Chu He that Xia Yuan had vanished and the Xia Clan faced a crisis.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Golden Hook and the Charm War

Chu He captured powerful foreign beings while quietly cultivating, then broke through to the Fifth Turn as the Xia Clan fought off the invading Charm Clan with Zhao Yuling and her giant snakes. The arc ended with Chu He learning of a Saint Venerable’s tomb and the Black Dragon mistaking him for its enemy.

  • Chu He captured beasts and foreign experts with his fishing gear, bound them in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, and used them to refine mysterious power.
  • The Xia Clan settled its expansion and moved its main residence to Lin Commandery, while Chu He caught a Sinful Dragon from the Secret Realm and imprisoned it.
  • The Charm Clan Supreme led an invasion toward Xia Clan territory, but Chu He hooked and captured it after it entered Lin Commandery.
  • Zhao Yuling brought Little Turtle and a horde of giant snakes to reinforce the Xia Clan as its forces met the Charm Clan in battle.
  • Zhao Yuling, Little Turtle, and the snakes helped defeat the Charm Clan Kings, and Xia Yuan learned that Chu He had likely captured the missing Supreme.
  • Chu He broke through to the Fifth Turn, then restored the Black Dragon’s body and soul inside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
  • The Black Dragon told Chu He about a nearby Saint Venerable’s tomb, and Chu He revealed that its hated enemy was still alive, causing the dragon to mistake him for that enemy.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Hidden Senior’s Domain

Chu He subdued First Tiger, the Nether Dragons, and other intruders while the Xia Clan rose under his protection. As the Qin Clan and Divine Dynasty investigated the Barbarian Domain, Lin Teng revealed his Emperor Venerable strength, and the visiting imperial clan made peace with the local Xia Clan.

  • Meng Yi was drawn into the Secret Realm, where the skeleton senior transferred its soul fire into Chu He’s jade pendant and asked Meng Yi to call it Old Bone.
  • First Tiger reached the Emperor Venerable Realm, conquered the Barbarian Domain, and attacked the Xia Clan, but Chu He defeated it and took it and its cauldron away.
  • Chu He bound Cang You to the Beast Sealing Scroll and sent it to clear ferocious beasts, but two Nether Dragons captured it and followed it into the Secret Realm, where Chu He trapped them in oil cauldrons.
  • Chu He altered the Secret Realm’s trials to admit humans, then spent thirty years watching Lin Commandery and the Xia Clan grow while Lin Teng secretly became an Emperor.
  • Lin Teng left to roam the martial world, later revealed his Emperor Venerable aura to Zhao Yuling, and warned her that a powerful force was hiding near the Endless Sea.
  • Chu He captured a peak Emperor Venerable Shadow Crocodile with his fishing hook and net as the Qin Clan and Divine Dynasty forces investigated the Barbarian Domain.
  • Lin Teng brought Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling back with visiting experts, who revealed that the local Xia Clan was a branch of their imperial clan and offered it resources and aid to heal Xia Yuan.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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