Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Abyss Realm was invading, Chu He strengthened the Barbarian Domain’s defenses and entered secluded cultivation. Meanwhile, Battle Axe grew suspicious of the Human Clan’s supposed Heaven-Treading Expert, and the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon clan sent its Second Ancestor to look for its missing Third Brother.

• Bone Demon told Chu He that it had once joined the Abyss Realm and warned that the returning Abyss Realm would soon assimilate the world.
• Chu He prepared for danger by strengthening and concealing the Barbarian Domain, hanging recovering Dao Venerable foreign race members on lightning pillars, and beginning secluded cultivation.
• Xuan Yan told Battle Axe that a Human Clan Heaven-Treading Expert had captured the Scorpion Clan’s Pansi Scorpion, and Battle Axe decided to investigate.
• The Five-Clawed Divine Dragon clan’s Second Ancestor took Third Brother’s life pearl and left to search for him after the dragon had been missing for a month.

Battle Axe investigated Liangchuan’s rumored Hidden Ancestor and approached the city by the sea, while the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon’s Second Ancestor charged into the Barbarian Domain and vanished into a dangerous space. The chapter ended with a charred, lightning-struck object falling from the sky as Battle Axe wondered where the dragon had gone.

• Battle Axe reached Liangchuan and learned from a treasure pavilion shopkeeper that a powerful Hidden Ancestor might be cultivating in seclusion in the city by the sea.
• Battle Axe traveled to the seaside city and crossed onto the bridge, where the guards seemed not to notice him.
• The Five-Clawed Divine Dragon’s Second Ancestor raced into Liangchuan, and Hong Ancestor sensed its overwhelming aura and hurried toward the border.
• The Five-Clawed Divine Dragon’s Second Ancestor sped past Battle Axe and entered the Barbarian Domain, where purple lightning struck it inside a suppressive Alien Space.
• Battle Axe watched the dragon disappear, then saw a huge blackened object with flickering lightning fall from the sky.

The Second Ancestor of the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon crashed into the Barbarian Domain’s border, gravely wounded by its unseen restrictions. You Ming, You Wang, and Cang You arrived and dragged it deeper into the domain, despite its warning them to turn back.

• The Giant Dragon fell from the sky and smashed through part of the Barbarian Domain’s border wall, its head landing near the bridgehead.
• Battle Axe recognized the creature as a Dao Venerable Ninth Layer expert and realized it was close to death.
• The city’s martial artists gathered around the fallen dragon, and some began chiseling at its scales for treasure.
• The Second Ancestor of the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon retained a faint consciousness and struggled to understand how it had been defeated in the borderland.
• You Ming, You Wang, and Cang You fed the Second Ancestor pills and dragged it toward the depths of the Barbarian Domain.
• The Second Ancestor urged the three dragons to take it back to the dragon race, promising them status and opportunities.

The three dragons kept the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Second Ancestor alive on an abandoned mountain while refusing its offers and whipping it whenever it recovered too much. Two years later, Ao Ye emerged from seclusion and learned that both the Third and Second Ancestors had disappeared.

• The three dragons dragged the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Second Ancestor away, while Battle Axe hesitated at the bridge after learning that a Human Clan expert might have reached the Heaven Treading Realm.
• Hong Ancestor arrived at the border after sensing Battle Axe’s aura.
• The three dragons took the Second Ancestor to an abandoned mountain outside Lin Commandery and rejected its offers to buy its freedom.
• You Shi and You Wang revealed a healing pill, Netherworld Chains, and a whip, making the Second Ancestor realize they had ulterior motives.
• Over the next two years, the three dragons repeatedly whipped the recovering Second Ancestor until it was near death, and it vowed to punish them after its eldest brother rescued it.
• Ao Ye emerged from seclusion, and the Fourth Ancestor told it that the Third and Second Ancestors had both vanished.

Ao Ye discovered that the Second Ancestor of the Five-Clawed Divine Dragons had been captured and tortured by three Sinful Dragons, then set out in fury to destroy their clan. He arrived near the Liangchuan border, where Battle Axe recognized the approaching threat as Ao Ye.

• Ao Ye used a mirror to locate the Second Ancestor and saw him bound and whipped by three Sinful Dragons.
• The Old Ancestors of the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Clan raged over their brother’s suffering, while the three Sinful Dragons stopped whipping him after sensing an ominous presence.
• Ao Ye unleashed his fury, killing countless living beings with his roar, then tore through space toward his target.
• Battle Axe led the relocated Heavenly Human Clan toward the Liangchuan border after establishing friendly relations with the Human Clan.
• Battle Axe sensed a terrifying Heaven Treading presence and realized that Ao Ye, second on the Heavenly Tablet Ranking, had arrived.

Ao Ye arrived at the Barbarian Domain and tested its hidden restrictions, while the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon's Second Ancestor welcomed its eldest brother's arrival. Chu He watched from the Liangchuan border as Ao Ye raised five enormous spheres of seawater and pressed them toward the domain.

• Ao Ye reached the Barbarian Domain, and its aura crushed people at the Liangchuan border while those within the domain felt little of its power.
• Ao Ye sensed hidden restrictions, circled the Barbarian Domain, and probed for a way inside.
• The Five-Clawed Divine Dragon's Second Ancestor recognized Ao Ye and celebrated, but the three dragons nearby surrounded and whipped it again.
• Ao Ye raised seawater into five vast spheres and sent them toward the Barbarian Domain.
• Chu He crossed to the Liangchuan border, brewed tea, and recorded Ao Ye's actions with a Mirror Realm Stone while fishing.

Ao Ye unleashed five enormous lightning worlds against the Barbarian Domain, but its protective barrier swallowed the attack and wounded Ao Ye with a backlash. As Ao Ye prepared to retreat, a calm voice called for it to stay and continue.

• Ao Ye gathered lightning and seawater into five worlds and sent them crashing toward the Barbarian Domain.
• Hong Ancestor and the people within the Barbarian Domain watched the approaching attack in terror, and Hong Ancestor doubted the Old Ancestor could stop it.
• Ao Ye detonated the five lightning worlds against a black abyss, but the Barbarian Domain’s golden barrier withstood the blasts.
• Thousands of lightning dragons surged into the Barbarian Domain and vanished, causing the backlash to make Ao Ye spit blood.
• Ao Ye decided to retreat and let its juniors find a way in, but a calm voice told it to stay and put on a better show.

Chu He confronted Ao Ye, a third-level Heaven Treading dragon, and overwhelmed him despite Ao Ye’s Thunder Prison World. He sealed Ao Ye in the Universe Pouch and left, while the people of the Barbarian Domain remained stunned.

• Chu He appeared before Ao Ye amid starlight and lotus blossoms, and Ao Ye suspected he was a powerful outsider from beyond the world.
• Chu He cast out his fishing net as Ao Ye created a Thunder Prison World and tried to tear the net apart.
• Chu He endured Ao Ye’s lightning, tore open the law world with brute force, and trapped Ao Ye in the net.
• Chu He battered the struggling Ao Ye with repeated blows until he was too weak to resist.
• Chu He sealed Ao Ye in the Universe Pouch, said he belonged on the fourth floor, and departed as the Barbarian Domain’s people watched in shock.

Chu He captured Ao Ye after suppressing its eldest brother, the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon, and brought him to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. He healed Ao Ye with valuable treasures, leaving the dragon wondering whether to submit or refuse.

• Battle Axe witnessed a Human Clan senior suppress a Heaven Treading Realm expert and began doubting the Heavenly Book's rankings.
• Chu He returned to the abandoned mountain, praised the three dragons who had captured the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Second Ancestor, and gave each five years of paid leave.
• Chu He brought the injured Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Second Ancestor to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, where the Third Ancestor realized its brother had been captured too.
• Chu He took Ao Ye to the fourth floor, reassured him that he would not be killed, and gave him healing treasures.
• Ao Ye recovered some strength from Chu He's Pill and wondered whether to submit to him or refuse.

After months of torment in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, Ao Ye agreed to submit, but Chu He left him chained to the bronze pillar. Meanwhile, the Dragon Clan Ancestors worried over their missing brothers, while Chu He’s world continued to grow stronger and Zhao Yuling announced another imminent breakthrough.

• Ao Ye endured the iron comb for months before shouting that he was willing to submit, but Chu He praised him and left without releasing him.
• The Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Clan Ancestors fretted that their eldest brother had not returned and considered that he might be trapped, though they did not imagine he had been captured.
• The Fourth Ancestor told the clan to keep up appearances, send younger dragons to investigate, and claim their missing brothers were in secluded cultivation.
• Chu He cultivated beside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda as his world’s fortune and lightning laws grew, while Little Turtle rested beneath the World Suppressing Cauldron.
• Zhao Yuling ran to Chu He and told him she felt she was about to break through again.

Chu He spent another ten years training Human Clan disciples and luring hostile experts into his reach, while the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Clan investigated why powerful outsiders kept disappearing near Human Clan territory. The Dragon Son concluded that the Human Clan’s mysterious expert posed a threat and called for action.

• Zhao Yuling reached the sixth level of Saint Venerable and celebrated by petting Little Turtle while the Willow Tree watched approvingly.
• Chu He recalled his disciples from the small worlds, trained them, and used their ranking appearances to draw in and defeat more hostile Dao Venerable experts.
• The Five-Clawed Divine Dragon Clan traced the disappearances of powerful experts to the Human Clan but could not learn what was happening there.
• The Sixth Ancestor presented evidence that every branch of the Heavenly Human Clan inherited the bloodline of a Heaven-Treading Expert from beyond this world.
• The Dragon Son declared that the Human Clan’s outsider expert must be dealt with before it could affect him.

Chu He followed the Gray Wolves as they buried Black Pearls, secretly stole their supply, and used the pearls to force Heavenly Demon Ha Yong and Big Black Rat to advance. The Gray Wolves returned with a more concealed camp and new precautions.

• Chu He toured the land around Liangchuan on a unicorn and discovered Gray Wolves secretly burying Black Pearls near the Lion Throat clan.
• Chu He stole pearls as the Gray Wolves worked, then took three at a time from their baskets until the old Gray Wolves noticed the shortage and fled.
• Chu He dug up the buried Black Pearls and fed them to Heavenly Demon Ha Yong and Big Black Rat, triggering their breakthroughs despite their reluctance.
• Chu He continued roaming the surrounding areas until the Gray Wolves returned to a deeper, better-hidden camp, where they watched their baskets closely.

Chu He secretly interfered with the Gray Wolves’ mission, causing Ao Bing to punish them for a second failure. Facing a third attempt and the threat of their clan’s destruction, Gray Machine decided the wolves would seek protection inside Liangchuan instead of returning to the dragons.

• Chu He left the cave with a black bead and searched for power of the same origin, pleased that the Gray Wolves would soon discover something was wrong.
• After the Gray Wolves returned with their task complete, Ao Bing struck one old wolf dead and threatened to exterminate the clan if they failed again.
• Ao Bing gave the surviving Gray Wolves jade baskets for another attempt, and the two dragons returned to their disguises as mountains.
• Gray Machine concluded that something inside Liangchuan had drawn the dragons’ attention and might be powerful enough to protect the wolves.
• Gray Machine decided the Gray Wolves would stay inside Liangchuan and seek help, while ordering Dust to scatter the clan and bring as many wolves there as possible.

Chu He found the Gray Wolves waiting with offerings of Void Nether Pearls and learned that two dragons had forced them to cause trouble. He sent Hui Tu to find the dragons with a fishing net and token while he stayed behind to fish.

• Chu He and Little Turtle found the Gray Wolves kneeling before baskets of Void Nether Pearls.
• Chu He subdued Hui Tu, who recognized him as the existence who had taken the pearls before and offered the new ones to him.
• Hui Tu revealed that two dragons had ordered the wolves to cause trouble and told Chu He they were in Cloud River, five prefectures away.
• Chu He took Hui Tu and the baskets to the mountain’s foot, then gave Hui Tu a fishing net, a token, and a can of red drink to speed it up.
• Hui Tu flew off to find the dragons while Chu He made a pool and began fishing with Little Turtle watching.

Hui Tu used Chu He's token to suppress Ao Bing and Ao Xin, then dragged the captured dragons back to Chu He. As Hui Tu returned to the wolves in a frenzied state, Chu He reeled in Old Goat.

• Hui Tu arrived at Ao Bing and Ao Xin's mountaintops, but Ao Bing prepared to kill him after taking offense at his gaze.
• Hui Tu raised Chu He's token, which enveloped the dragons in golden light and trapped them in an alien space under overwhelming pressure.
• Hui Tu captured Ao Bing and Ao Xin in a fishing net and dragged them back toward Chu He, while a distant pair of eyes watched him depart.
• Chu He took the dragons from Hui Tu, tossed him back toward the wolf mountaintop, and reeled in Old Goat with his Fishing Rod.
• Hui Tu returned to his gathered companions with glowing red eyes and an excited howl, leaving the wolves wary.

After four hundred years of signing in, Chu He captured the Heavenly Demon beneath the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and received a Boundary Crossing Stone from his fourth Super Sign-in. He linked it to a teleportation formation as a means of escape, then entered the Book Repository for secluded cultivation while a storm raged outside.

• Chu He forcibly broke open the door on the Demon Suppressing Pagoda's second floor and defeated the Heavenly Demon beneath the abyss, capturing it as an Ox Demon.
• Chu He placed the Ox Demon on a bronze pillar on the pagoda's fourth floor and prepared for his fourth Super Sign-in.
• Chu He completed the Super Sign-in and received a violet-gold Boundary Crossing Stone that could enable long-distance travel from fatal danger and probe teleportation destinations.
• Chu He imprinted the Barbarian Domain and the Ancient Forbidden Ground onto the Boundary Crossing Stone, then used it to confirm the door concealed a proper teleportation formation.
• Chu He entered the Book Repository to begin secluded cultivation as the storm continued outside.

As Chu He entered secluded cultivation, Dragon Son watched the East Cang Domain’s upheaval and took the strange lightning as a sign that heaven was suppressing a troublesome anomaly. Meanwhile, Battle Axe suspected the thunderclouds were aimed at Chu He, but Xia Yuan concluded that the Senior had already arranged for the Human Clan’s talents to pursue his opportunity.

• Dragon Son observed the black demonic qi spreading through the East Cang Domain and learned from his disc that the anomaly he had marked was undergoing changes, which he believed meant the world was suppressing it.
• Xia Yuan, Hong Ancestor, and Battle Axe discussed the unending lightning overhead while Xia Yuan prepared to begin cultivating with the Heavenly Human Clan’s ancestral blood.
• Battle Axe suggested the lightning might be directed at Chu He, whose hidden presence had possibly been exposed to the world and could prevent him from pursuing his opportunity.
• Xia Yuan inferred that Chu He had arranged for Human Clan talents to dominate the Heavenly Talent Ranking so they could pursue the opportunity on his behalf.
• Xia Yuan, Hong Ancestor, and Battle Axe agreed to leave Chu He’s affairs to the younger generation and continued their cultivation discussion.

As the Abyssal Demonic Qi drove the East Cang Domain into chaos, the Heavenly Stele suddenly fled its trial grounds and arrived in the Barbarian Domain. Battle Axe suspected it had been drawn there by the land’s unusual power, while the abyss’s influence began spreading directly toward the region.

• After years of spreading chaos, the Abyssal Demonic Qi forced Liangchuan’s Human Clan to move people into the Barbarian Domain while Chu He remained in seclusion beneath the persistent thunder and lightning.
• At the Heavenly Stele’s trial, the Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon was sent back to the starting point just before reaching the end, and Little Kunpeng attacked it in anger.
• The fleeing Heavenly Stele led a pursuing black shadow to the edge of the East Cang Domain and into the Barbarian Domain, where a strange force seized the shadow’s arm and half its body before it escaped.
• The black shadow ordered the power of the abyss to descend on the Barbarian Domain, and the Abyssal Demonic Qi changed course to spread toward it in a straight line.
• Human Clan experts investigated the Heavenly Stele’s arrival, and Battle Axe recognized it before looking across the land and seeming to understand why it had come.

The Abyssal Demonic Qi reached the Barbarian Domain, where a restriction stopped its advance and protected the land. A giant beast emerged from the abyss and struck at the barrier, prompting a colossal golden figure to appear.

• Battle Axe and Hong Ancestor concluded that the senior had prepared for the coming crisis and chose to enter secluded cultivation rather than interfere.
• The Abyssal Demonic Qi swept across Liangchuan, driving the Human Clan and other races toward the Barbarian Domain.
• The beast tide reached the Barbarian Domain, but its creatures were destroyed by the restriction or hunted by sea beasts as the survivors fled.
• The Abyssal Demonic Qi surrounded the Barbarian Domain and began corroding its restriction, while Battle Axe sensed the abyss watching him.
• A giant black beast emerged from the abyss and slammed its claw against the restriction, which trembled before a huge golden figure appeared and opened its eyes.

Chu He remained focused on his breakthrough while the golden figure he had set up confronted a colossal beast emerging from the abyss. Their clash shook the Barbarian Domain, and the chapter ended as cracks spread through both the beast’s demonic palm and the golden barrier, leaving the Human Clan experts watching Senior face pressure for the first time.

• The golden figure opened his eyes and met the colossal beast’s gaze, dissolving much of the Abyssal Demonic Qi outside the Barbarian Domain.
• People in Lin Commandery discussed how the Barbarian Domain had become the core of the Great Contention Era and feared that stronger attackers would keep appearing.
• A young man with a headscarf vowed to gain strength like Senior, while the crowd realized they were too weak to help.
• The golden figure raised his palm and joined it with the Barbarian Domain’s restrictions to block the beast’s descending demonic palm.
• The two palms cracked under the clash, and the Human Clan experts watched in alarm as Senior came under pressure.