Chapter Summaries

Chu He returned to Liangchuan to relax and fish, but stopped at a tavern after hearing a captivating singer. He exposed the performer as a foul-smelling foreign race, leaving it surrounded by armed martial artists.

• Chu He crossed Chu Bridge into Liangchuan with Little Turtle and observed how the land and its martial world had changed.
• Chu He heard a singer in a crowded tavern and took a seat to watch her perform.
• Chu He realized the veiled singer was a foreign race, then used a flick of force to reveal its true appearance.
• The tavern’s patrons drew their weapons and surrounded the exposed foreign race, which trembled as it recognized the danger.

Chu He used his Fishing Rod to lure Flower Charms into pursuing the hook, capturing three while the others fled and sent distress signals. After the clan elder learned that Hua Xin’s life pearl had shattered and Mei Gang had called for help, it assumed the human expert was not too strong and went to investigate.

• Flower Charm fled from the Human Clan martial artists after its power vanished, while Chu He secretly teased it with his Fishing Rod.
• Chu He used Flower Charm as bait, and when Hua Xin’s companions arrived, the hook seized three of the five Flower Charms.
• One Flower Charm fled with a distress signal as Chu He restored its strength with a beverage and continued following it.
• Two young men tracked down Hua Xin, attacked and sealed her, then carried her off while pursuing the other Flower Charms.
• A Flower Charm reported Hua Xin’s shattered life pearl and Mei Gang’s distress signal to the clan elder, who decided to investigate.

Chu He frightened the Flower Charm Clan elder into fleeing, then stopped at Liangchuan’s edge to fish as the elder’s clan gathered at Black Chess Mountain. The clan’s Old Ancestor emerged from its seal, eager to use nearby humans to revive the Flower Charm Clan.

• The Flower Charm Clan elder saw Mei Gang fleeing in terror, but Chu He revealed himself and knocked Mei Gang down with his Fishing Rod.
• The elder attacked Chu He, then realized it had been overcome by the same fear and burned its life force to flee.
• Two youths from the Town Martial Division found Mei Gang dead and decided to keep tracking the other auras.
• Chu He collected Flower Charms at a mountain, followed the elder out of Liangchuan, then made a pool and settled down to fish.
• At Black Chess Mountain, the Flower Charm elders discussed the nearby Human Clan and welcomed their Old Ancestor after it emerged from its seal.
• The Old Ancestor declared that humans could nourish the Flower Charm Clan, then released a terrifying aura across Black Chess Mountain.

Chu He’s fishing line ensnared the Flower Charm Clan Old Ancestor and several elders as the clan prepared to invade the Human Clan. At the Liangchuan border, two young men watched Chu He fish and reacted when his rod suddenly jerked.

• Two young men reached the Liangchuan border and encountered Little Turtle beside Chu He, who insisted there were fish in the empty pool.
• The Flower Charm Clan set out from Black Chess Mountain, led by its Old Ancestor, to imprison the Human Clan.
• The Old Ancestor seized Mei Ying, but Chu He’s golden-hooked line shot along its demonic claw and stuffed the Old Ancestor’s mouth.
• The line lifted the helpless Old Ancestor into the air, and several Flower Charms who tried to pull it down were hoisted up too.
• The fishing line carried the Old Ancestor and clan elders away while the remaining Flower Charms stood bewildered.
• At Liangchuan, the two young men watched Chu He’s rod twitch, and the sack-carrying man suddenly shouted, “Fuck!”

Chu He fished the Flower Charm Clan out of its hidden lair at Black Chess Mountain, while two young men watched and mistook his haul for evidence of a secret realm. After treating them to roasted goat, he left with Little Turtle, and the young men began searching the pool.

• Little Turtle smugly showed the two young men the flower charms Chu He had caught, and they concluded that a powerful Human Clan senior had found the clan’s lair.
• Chu He continued fishing and sealed the flower charms in his pouch, while one captured charm despaired over its clan’s false records about the Human Clan.
• Mei Ying illuminated the hidden flower charms around Black Chess Mountain, and the clan members fled as Chu He reeled in the powerful ones.
• At the border of Liangchuan, Chu He treated the two young men to roasted goat before leaving with Little Turtle.
• The two young men decided that the pool contained a small world or Secret Realm and jumped in to dig.

Chu He continued fishing through the borderlands as powerful forces stirred across the East Cang Domain. In Liangchuan, the Human Clan’s leaders learned that dangerous regions were awakening and ordered the clan onto a wartime footing.

• Chu He swept through the expanded surroundings of Liangchuan, catching foreign races and strange treasures while deciding to advance only gradually into the East Cang Domain.
• Chu He saw forbidden forests, enormous divine birds, moving mountains and rivers, and powerful creatures fighting in the distance, but could not see far enough into the continent to judge its deepest regions.
• Kongming Great Sage told the four returning Great Sages that powerful foreign races had appeared around Liangchuan and that several dangerous sites were showing signs of awakening.
• Kongming Great Sage reported that one suspected Dao Venerable site had already awakened, while Hong Ancestor agreed that investigating such places could provoke beings the Human Clan could not resist.
• Hong Ancestor ordered the Human Clan to enter wartime status, mobilize its disciples, and have the Town Martial Division defend Liangchuan.

A terrifying black shadow emerged from the Pig-Haired Clan's former forbidden ground as the Human Clan and Xia Clan sent their younger members out to gain experience. Later, an ancient Heavenly Stele appeared, and Chu He learned that it ranked powerful experts and geniuses, leaving him wary that it might expose his strength.

• A black shadow emerged from the Pig-Haired Clan's former forbidden ground, studied its skeletal claw, and headed deeper into the East Cang Domain.
• The Human Clan investigated nearby dangerous places and found them deserted, but its great sages kept their plans to grow stronger, and young humans left Liangchuan to train.
• The Xia Clan Old Ancestors also sent disciples beyond Liangchuan to gain experience, while Chu He returned to the Book Repository and rested beneath the Willow Tree.
• A thunderous roar shook the East Cang Domain, and Chu He saw an ancient stone tablet that the Three-tailed Ape identified as the Heavenly Stele.
• The Three-tailed Ape explained that the Heavenly Stele recorded the top hundred rankings of races, geniuses, and powerful experts, prompting Chu He to worry that it might reveal him.

After the Heavenly Stele appeared and ancient races awakened, Chu He learned that only three thousand Heavenly Books would be distributed and worried he had not made the rankings. He found a baby named Little Tengfei holding one, took the book to inspect it, and offered to teach the child.

• Three-tailed Ape explained that Heavenly Books appeared among powerful races and that only three thousand would be available.
• Chu He found a glowing book in the hands of a baby and, seeing no book or ranking sign associated with himself, feared he could not make the top hundred.
• Chu He tossed Three-tailed Ape into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, left Little Turtle aside, and went to a decorated courtyard in Lin City.
• Chu He entered the bedroom, stopped the young woman’s attack, hugged the baby, and borrowed the Heavenly Book, offering to teach Little Tengfei for a few years.
• The young woman gathered her family and friends, who could not remember Chu He’s appearance, and Little Tengfei announced that he was willing to be taught.

Chu He read the Heavenly Stele’s rankings, and the Human Clan’s Wang Tengfei drew the attention of rival races despite Chu He’s lack of interest in the talent list. After five years of training, Chu He returned Wang Tengfei to his family, while four foreign creatures discovered traces of the Human Clan nearby.

• Chu He read the race and strength rankings, then noticed Wang Tengfei ranked seventy-second on the Heavenly Talent Ranking.
• Races across the East Cang Domain sought to challenge or recruit promising talents, and the Scorpion Clan targeted Wang Tengfei, ranked just ahead of its own prodigy.
• Five years later, Chu He had trained Wang Tengfei to the King realm with an exceptionally solid foundation.
• Chu He brought Wang Tengfei back to his family in the secondary capital and told him to keep cultivating and prioritize the Breath Concealment Art.
• Four centipede-like creatures near Liangchuan spotted a figure flying through the sky and celebrated finding traces of the Human Clan.

The Six-tailed Gong Lion explained the Great Contention Era to Chu He while lamenting its own misfortune. Elsewhere, Thunder Crocodile and Kun Crocodile attacked four Scorpions as a crowd of powerful beasts surrounded the fight, leaving the Scorpions badly outmatched.

• The Six-tailed Gong Lion described the Great Contention Era to Chu He and cursed the Sky Star Clan for its failed divination.
• Pansi Cave's four brothers decided to capture strong members of the Human Clan and investigate its strength rather than simply report what they had found.
• Pansi Cave's Eldest Brother sensed danger, and Thunder Crocodile and Kun Crocodile transformed from hills and attacked the brothers.
• The Eldest Brother threatened the Crocodiles with the Scorpion Clan's ranked expert, but numerous powerful beasts appeared and surrounded the forest.
• The Elephant Trample Clan's Great Saint offered to join the fight for a share of the spoils, but Thunder Crocodile and Kun Crocodile refused as they kept beating back the Scorpions.

Human Clan Great Sages discovered that the Endless Sea had become deadly as ferocious beasts attacked the crocodiles carrying Pansi Scorpions. Chu He surveyed the changing sea and returned after seeing its beasts attack everything passing overhead.

• Town Martial Division experts spotted giant beasts in the Dark Forest, retreated under their aura, and sent a warning.
• Kongming Great Sage recognized Thunder Saint among the crocodiles carrying Pansi Scorpions and identified them as creatures released by the Fishing Net Old Ancestor.
• The crocodiles tried to cross the sea, but ferocious beasts attacked and dragged the Pansi Scorpions underwater; the Human Clan Great Sages witnessed the slaughter.
• Chu He observed that the Endless Sea had grown heavier and more dangerous as its fog receded and ferocious beasts filled its waters.
• As Chu He flew over the sea on the one-horned giant beast, the beasts leaped at them and burst into blood mist before Chu He ordered the beast to return.

After five peaceful years, Chu He learned that several foreign clans were preparing to target the Human Clan, though its people believed their Dao Venerable could protect them. The Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor decided to investigate after its forces vanished near Human Clan territory.

• Five years passed as the Human Clan expanded outward from Liangchuan, while Chu He enjoyed a leisurely life and often visited the city.
• At Fengman Tower, Zhuo told Chu He that foreign clans were stirring against the Human Clan and that the Town Martial Division had lowered its recruitment requirements.
• Chu He suggested the foreign clans might think the Human Clan's Dao Venerable could be easily suppressed, but Zhuo and the other diners insisted their Dao Venerable was invincible.
• The Scorpion Clan patriarch reported that its experts had vanished near Human Clan territory and that four clan elders had died there.
• The Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor called its descendants useless and said it would personally go investigate after a while.

The Blood Lion, Blue Rat, and Raging Ape entered Liangchuan to find the source of an unusual celestial disturbance, which they believed might lead to their ancestors’ inheritance. In Jianglin City, an unseen being effortlessly suppressed the Blue Rat and told it that its opportunity had arrived.

• The three Dao Venerables entered Liangchuan together, hoping to claim an opportunity before other sealed powers recovered.
• The Blue Rat questioned whether the Human Clan could appear on the Heavenly Stele rankings, while the Raging Ape dismissed the possibility.
• The three beasts shrank themselves and entered Jianglin City as an unseen figure followed them.
• The Blue Rat searched the city with its Astrology Chart but found that the exciting aura it had sensed had disappeared.
• An unseen being spoke beside the Blue Rat, touched its head, and suppressed it with overwhelming power while the Blood Lion and Raging Ape remained unaware.
• The unseen being told the Blue Rat that its opportunity had arrived and that its life would be wonderful from then on.

Chu He captured Lan Hao and Blood Lion without drawing attention, then let Zhuo Minglou mistake them for cubs and play with them. When Violent Ape discovered the scene and tried to flee, Chu He restrained it and ordered it to continue as before.

• Chu He silently compressed Lan Hao and Blood Lion and forced them to follow Violent Ape through Jianglin City.
• Zhuo Minglou met Chu He and mistook the two restrained beasts for cubs being sold.
• Zhuo Minglou picked up Blood Lion, squeezed and teased it, while Lan Hao and Blood Lion struggled helplessly.
• Violent Ape reached a pavilion, saw Zhuo Minglou handling Blood Lion and Lan Hao, and tried to escape.
• Chu He pressed a hand onto Violent Ape's shoulder, immobilized it, and told it to turn around and pretend nothing had happened.

Chu He allowed the Violent Ape to enter a pavilion, triggering Jianglin City’s transfer into a mysterious small world. Meanwhile, a devastating storm struck the Human Clan’s standoff with three alien clans, and Hong Ancestor feared a hostile Dao Venerable was approaching.

• The Violent Ape returned in terror after recognizing Chu He, and Chu He let it enter the pavilion despite Zhuo Minglou’s concern.
• Jianglin City awakened, trapped its inhabitants, and was transported into a small world; Chu He reassured Zhuo Minglou and set out to explore with him and the Violent Ape.
• News of Jianglin City’s change reached the Human Clan, but its veteran experts were occupied at the Liangchuan border, where the Human Clan faced the Blood Lion, Lan Hao, and Violent Ape clans.
• A terrifying tornado storm struck all four sides, killing many alien Emperor Realm and King-level beasts before Zhao Yuling, Lin Xueling, and Lin Teng’s family used Chu He’s treasures to shield Liangchuan.
• Hong Ancestor sensed an approaching Dao Venerable and hoped Chu He’s treasure would repel it, while wishing the three alien clans had Dao Venerables nearby.

A gigantic centipede Dao Venerable emerged above the Liangchuan border and attacked the Human Clan, but their supreme treasure held firm. As the centipede prepared a stronger strike, a mysterious power entered Hong Ancestor, who stepped outside the barrier to face it.

• A massive six-clawed centipede emerged from the storm and sent the three clans’ protective screens cracking with its roar.
• The centipede struck the Human Clan’s light screen, which remained intact while the aftershock damaged the beasts’ screens.
• Hong Ancestor recognized the centipede as the force that had come to avenge its crocodile juniors and could only hope the senior’s treasure would protect them.
• A voice offered Hong Ancestor power, then forcibly lent him strength so he could experience and use it temporarily.
• As the centipede prepared to attack again, starlight and voices of praise appeared, and Hong Ancestor walked through the barrier to confront it.

Hong Ancestor faced the Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor with borrowed power and a blood-red sword, while the Human Clan Great Sages feared he could not win. After Hong Ancestor shattered the Seventh Ancestor's attack, he emerged unharmed and began comprehending the battle, leaving his opponent alarmed.

• The Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor dismissed Hong Ancestor as an unstable new Dao Venerable and prepared to kill him.
• Hong Ancestor summoned a blood-red sword as the Human Clan Great Sages watched and worried that Senior Dao Venerable was lending him power from afar.
• Great Sage Lingyu urged the others to retreat, but the battle's pressure made escape impossible as the three clans also began withdrawing.
• The Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor engulfed Hong Ancestor in a giant maw of black mist and declared that it would merge him with its Heaven and Earth Domain.
• A voice urged Hong Ancestor to comprehend the attack and capture his opponent alive, and Hong Ancestor's sword radiance shattered the black mist and crushed the combatants below with its force.
• Hong Ancestor emerged with his eyes closed beneath blooming lotuses, and the Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor recoiled and declared that something was wrong with him.

Hong Ancestor awakened his Dao and unleashed a sword strike that overwhelmed the Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor, but an unknown senior stopped the blow just before it killed him. The Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor survived and thanked the intervener, while Hong Ancestor's fate remained uncertain.

• The Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor broke free from the first sword strike's effects and prepared a killing attack against Hong Ancestor.
• The Seventh Ancestor's descending tail crushed the surrounding Saint Venerables under its pressure as both clans watched in alarm.
• Hong Ancestor opened his eyes, sensed his Dao, and struck the Seventh Ancestor with a sword that began consuming its body.
• An unknown voice stopped Hong Ancestor's sword after it had severed half the Seventh Ancestor's body.
• The Seventh Ancestor thanked the unknown senior for saving its life.

Hong Ancestor borrowed power to sever a foreign Dao Ancestor, while Chu He altered the small world’s trials and took a useful cold bead from an altar. The violent ape tried to escape by reaching the inheritance palace, but the transformed remnant soul barred it as an outsider.

• Hong Ancestor cleaved the foreign Dao Ancestor in two with a single sword strike, astonishing Kongming Great Sage, Great Sage Lingyu, and the other survivors.
• Chu He transformed the small world’s remnant souls, traps, and trials, then opened a Black Jade box and claimed its cold bead.
• The violent ape planned to distract Chu He and flee through a spatial teleportation formation with help from a senior.
• The violent ape reached the staircase’s end and saw a white-bearded old man welcoming Human Clan juniors at the Human Clan Inheritance palace.
• The old man glared at the violent ape and declared, “Outsiders forbidden entry!”

Chu He left the small world after watching its treasures disappear into the hands of countless entrants, then brought the half-dead Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. After learning that the Scorpion Clan's First Ancestor was only at the Dao Venerable Ninth Layer, Chu He welcomed the prospect of its arrival.

• Chu He led Violent Ape, Lan Hao, and Blood Lion out of the small world after witnessing Zhuo Minglou reach the end of the trial.
• Chu He returned with the three beasts and picked up the wounded Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor as dragons dragged it toward the Barbarian Domain.
• Chu He took the four beasts to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and gave Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor medicine and Spirit Milk to help it recover.
• Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor tried to secure its release by boasting about the First Ancestor's strength and Heavenly Tablet Ranking position.
• Chu He learned the First Ancestor was at the Dao Venerable Ninth Layer and concluded that ranked experts were not as strong as he had feared.
• Chu He told Scorpion Clan's Seventh Ancestor that its First Ancestor would be welcome, hinting that he would be ready when it came.