Chapter Summaries

The Charm Clan invaded the Zhang Family’s ancestral grounds and forced Zhang Tai and the elders to submit, then ordered them to cultivate souls for the clan’s Holy Sons. The Zhang Family accepted under threat and was promised the chance to grow stronger.

• The Charm Clan’s black-robed figures stormed Shaoyan Mountain and injured the Zhang Family’s disciples, elders, and Patriarch Zhang Tai.
• The leader revealed a Charm Clan Token, and Zhang Tai recognized the Zhang Family’s ancestors’ ties to the Gu Xin Sect and the Charm Clan.
• The Charm Clan Protector demanded that the Zhang Family submit and help revive the Gu Xin Sect, leaving Zhang Tai and the elders no choice but to comply.
• The Charm Clan Protector ordered the Zhang Family to cultivate souls brimming with desire for the Holy Sons and promised to help them reach Xiantian Invincible or even Half-step King.

Chu He read a detailed account of how the Charm Clan nearly destroyed the Xia Clan five hundred years earlier. Zhao Yuling came to the Book Repository seeking a hidden master, and Chu He learned that she suspected he was the master's eldest disciple.

• Chu He read that the Charm Clan had infiltrated the Xia Clan through the Gu Xin Sect, feeding on corrupted souls until the Xia Clan exposed them and fought a costly battle.
• Chu He reflected on the Charm Clan's danger and resolved to kill them if he encountered any.
• Zhao Yuling introduced herself as Lin Xueling's niece and called Chu He her Little Chu Brother.
• Zhao Yuling explained that her mother believed a hidden master in the Book Repository had helped Lin Xueling's cultivation, and she guessed Chu He was his eldest disciple.

Chu He began teaching Zhao Yuling martial arts after she asked to become an expert, and their lessons continued over two years as his cultivation advanced. When Zhao Yuling brought him a green-shelled turtle as a gift, Chu He decided to raise it and see whether it or he would live longer.

• Zhao Yuling asked Chu He to introduce her to an expert so she could become their disciple and protect her family and the Xia Clan.
• Chu He offered to teach Zhao Yuling martial arts and consider introducing her to the expert if she passed his assessment.
• Zhao Yuling trained with Chu He in the Book Repository, and he grew more serious about teaching her over time.
• Two years passed as Chu He consolidated his fourth transformation cultivation and began advancing toward a higher realm.
• After hearing Chu He mention turtles, Zhao Yuling brought him a green-shelled turtle, and he decided to raise it and compare their lifespans.

Chu He said Zhao Yuling was ready to break through to Xiantian and offered to guard her that night, leaving her thrilled by the prospect of becoming a twelve-year-old Xiantian martial artist. Little Turtle continued to show growing intelligence and mischief as Zhao Yuling played with it.

• Zhao Yuling wondered whether Little Turtle was becoming more intelligent after noticing how differently it reacted to her and Chu He.
• Chu He explained that Little Turtle had awakened some spiritual intelligence after spending a year near him and receiving treasures as food.
• Chu He told Zhao Yuling that her Houtian foundation was sufficient and that he would guard her Xiantian breakthrough that night.
• Zhao Yuling realized she was twelve and could soon reach Xiantian, then excitedly imagined surpassing the geniuses of her generation.
• Little Turtle bit Zhao Yuling's fingertip and hid in Chu He's trouser leg, but Zhao Yuling dragged it out and tugged its neck.

After five years, Zhao Yuling reached the Innate Ninth Level, but Chu He discovered that her restrained nature had left a flaw in her foundation. He sent her out to roam the martial world and, once she had left, began teaching Little Turtle to cultivate.

• With Chu He watching over her, Zhao Yuling broke through to the Innate Realm, and he told her to conceal her cultivation until she reached the King Realm.
• Five years later, Chu He reached the third level of the Fourth Turn, while Zhao Yuling advanced to the Innate Ninth Level and began building her foundation.
• Chu He recognized that Zhao Yuling’s suppressed youthful restlessness had created a flaw that could limit her future progress, so he told her to go out and see the world.
• Zhao Yuling accepted a brocade pouch from Chu He and left the Book Repository to roam the martial world.
• After Zhao Yuling left, Chu He taught Little Turtle a body-tempering cultivation method suited to it.

After Zhao Yuling returned from her travels, Chu He sent her back out to continue tempering herself. When she failed to return on schedule five years later, Chu He divined that she faced a great calamity and left the Book Repository to find her.

• Little Turtle grew stronger and more intelligent under Chu He's care, while Zhao Yuling returned from her travels boasting of her fame as the White-Robed Fairy and a place on the Martial Arts Earth Ranking.
• Zhao Yuling teased Little Turtle, then Chu He sent her back into the martial world to continue gaining experience.
• Five years passed as Chu He advanced his cultivation and Little Turtle reached the mortal-transcending level, but Zhao Yuling missed her usual visit to the Book Repository.
• Chu He used the Eight Trigrams Jade Plate to divine Zhao Yuling's fate and discovered an omen of great calamity.
• Chu He told Little Turtle to behave and left the Book Repository to search for Zhao Yuling.

Chu He confronted Murong Bo and the martial artists traveling to the Zhang Family after realizing Murong Bo knew what was hidden ahead. After Chu He flattened the hill with one precise palm strike, Murong Bo recognized that he had been exposed and fled.

• Murong Bo assured Brother Lin that the Zhang Family was responsible for the disappearances and killings in Lin Commandery.
• Chu He appeared in the forest and asked Murong Bo whether he knew what lay ahead.
• Chu He flattened a small hill with a single palm strike, terrifying the martial artists.
• Murong Bo realized Chu He had uncovered the truth and fled at full speed.

Chu He killed Murong Bo and left the surviving martial artists unharmed before appearing at the Zhang Family ancestral hall, where the Charm Clan’s Peerless Holy Son was preparing to use a captured woman to strengthen his foundation. An unknown voice challenged the Holy Son’s claim to become First Holy Son.

• Chu He crushed the Charm Clan ambush with one palm and killed Murong Bo with a finger strike as Murong Bo tried to flee.
• Chu He checked the surviving martial artists, assured them they were safe, and vanished from the scene.
• A messenger told Peerless Holy Son that Night Moon Holy Maiden’s hideout had been discovered and she wanted his help recovering Blood Food, but Peerless Holy Son refused.
• Peerless Holy Son asked the black-robed Protector about the captured woman, whose preparation was nearly complete and whose talent could help him rise among the Holy Sons.
• Peerless Holy Son declared that he would become First Holy Son, and an unseen speaker challenged him.

Chu He entered the Zhang Family ancestral grounds, confirmed Zhao Yuling was alive, and confronted the Charm Clan forces. After instantly killing one expert, he demanded that the others list their clan members’ locations and strengths, leaving them to write in blood.

• Chu He searched the Zhang Family ancestral grounds and found Zhao Yuling imprisoned but unharmed.
• Chu He entered the great hall and killed a Charm Clan expert with a piece of gravel.
• The black-robed Protector suspected Chu He was the Lin Family’s hidden Half-step Invincible King, while the Holy Son retreated.
• Chu He denied the title without explaining and asked the Charm Clan members to reveal their forces’ locations and strengths.
• Chu He distributed blank papers and ordered the Charm Clan members to write their answers in blood.

Chu He overpowered the Charm Clan’s black-robed Protector and revealed himself as a King. Zhang Tai then claimed the Zhang Family had been forced into serving the aliens and begged Chu He to uphold justice, prompting the family to join his plea.

• The black-robed Protector claimed the Charm Clan had Kings and offered to leave Xia Clan territory, but Chu He ordered him to write instead of speak.
• Chu He slapped the Protector, leaving him unable to resist, and the Protector concluded that Chu He was a King.
• The Zhang Family members realized they were in danger after the Protector identified Chu He as a King.
• Zhang Tai knelt and claimed the Charm Clan had enslaved his family, insisting he had endured the humiliation to send word of their scheme.
• The Zhang Family members followed Zhang Tai’s lead, knelt, and begged Chu He to uphold justice.

Chu He executed the Zhang Family members and forced the Charm Clan to write down what they knew. After reading and keeping two detailed accounts, he moved to attack as the black-robed Protector broke free of his pressure and the others fled.

• Chu He dismissed Zhang Tai's false plea and blasted every Zhang Family member in the hall with golden force.
• Chu He ordered the Charm Clan members to write, and they used their claws and black blood to fill the pages.
• Chu He made the black-robed Protector and the Peerless Holy Son write as well, then read the accounts and kept two copies.
• Chu He raised his hand to attack, prompting the black-robed Protector to reveal his true form and break free of Chu He's aura.
• The other Charm Clan members fled through the walls while Chu He judged the Protector's desperate resistance futile.

Chu He destroyed the Charm Clan and wiped out the Zhang Family before rescuing Zhao Yuling from the dungeon. He helped her break through to the King Realm, left her with two sheets of blood paper, and returned to the Book Repository.

• Chu He crushed the black-robed Protector and the fleeing Charm Clan members with his gravity domain, then killed the Zhang Family disciples who rushed to the ruins.
• Chu He reflected that his growing strength had made him more confident and willing to intervene, then went to free Zhao Yuling.
• Chu He found Zhao Yuling trapped in the dungeon and used the Dao Realm Pearl and three King Breakthrough Pills to help her overcome the Charm Clan's yin aura and begin a breakthrough.
• Zhao Yuling regained her awareness, controlled her cultivation, and successfully reached the King Realm.
• Chu He placed two sheets of blood paper in Zhao Yuling's hand and returned to the Book Repository.

Zhao Yuling broke through to the Half-step King realm and escaped the Zhang Family dungeon, where she discovered that an unknown force had killed the entire family. As an investigation team summoned the survivors, Zhao Yuling began to suspect that Chu He was behind the strange events.

• Zhao Yuling woke after her breakthrough, found blood-stained papers listing Charm Clan personnel, and wondered who had freed her from her restraints.
• Zhao Yuling blasted open her cell and freed the other captured martial artists, then led them out of the dungeon.
• The survivors found the Zhang Family massacred and examined a huge palm print at the site of the ancestral hall.
• Zhao Yuling judged that the palm print belonged to a Half-step Invincible King, while the others speculated that a border guardian or the Lin Family's hidden ancestor had acted.
• Zhao Yuling thought of Chu He and blushed as memories surfaced, then an Innate martial artist told the group that the investigation team wanted to see them.

Zhao Yuling and the martial artists learned that a mysterious senior had destroyed the Zhang Family’s alliance with the foreign races, and she suspected Chu He was that senior. Back at the Book Repository, Chu He received and cultivated the Dharma Aspect Golden Body, whose first-layer phantom briefly overwhelmed the Lin Family.

• Zhao Yuling pieced together the clues and suspected Chu He had secretly helped her, but she kept the bloodstained paper’s contents private.
• Chu He returned to the Book Repository and left Zhao Yuling to clear out the remaining foreign races and strengthen her new King-realm cultivation.
• After a month of peaceful routines, Chu He checked in and received the violet-gold Dharma Aspect Golden Body.
• Chu He studied the divine ability, which tempered the spirit and soul and could project a powerful golden body far from its owner.
• After ten days, Chu He completed the first layer and summoned a phantom whose aura caused people throughout the Lin Family to collapse or suffer injuries.
• Chu He withdrew the phantom and took a pill to restore his spiritual power, reflecting that he sought an indestructible soul rather than combat strength.

After the Xia Clan launched a purge against the Charm Clan, Zhao Yuling confronted a hidden Half-step Invincible King who mistook her for a Half-step King. Her sword strike crippled him, and he realized too late that she was a King.

• Zhao Yuling organized the Xia Clan’s purge of the Charm Clan, but a secret Half-step Invincible King ambushed the forces and killed a Xia Clan Half-step King.
• The Charm Clan elder began massacring Xia Clan territory and encountered Zhao Yuling at a stronghold siege.
• The elder offered to spare Zhao Yuling if she submitted, but she refused and met his demonic claw with Sword Twenty-Three.
• Zhao Yuling’s sword strike shattered the elder’s attack and crippled him before he could defend himself.
• The elder recognized that Zhao Yuling was a King and realized he had let his guard down.

After Zhao Yuling killed a Charm Clan Half-step Invincible King, the Xia Clan mistook her for a centuries-old hidden King and called for her to rule. Lin Xueling recognized that Zhao Yuling had likely advanced directly from Xiantian to the true King Realm, confirming her own breakthrough had done the same, and turned her thoughts to avenging the Lin Family.

• Zhao Yuling puzzled over whether she had become a King after instantly defeating the Charm Clan elder, then killed him and flew back toward Lin City.
• Xia Clan martial artists spread rumors that Zhao Yuling was a centuries-old King Old Ancestor, and admirers rallied for her to lead the Imperial City.
• Lin Xueling read the report in Annan Land and concluded that Zhao Yuling had become a true King after breaking through from Xiantian.
• Lin Xueling recalled that her own strength far exceeded the records for Half-step Kings and realized she, too, had become a true King under Chu He's guidance.
• Lin Xueling turned her gaze toward the Canine Fang Clan and vowed that its blood debts would be repaid.

Zhao Yuling returned to the Book Repository and asked Chu He whether he had rescued her from the foreign clans and why she could defeat a Half-step Invincible King. Chu He explained that she had broken through to the King Realm, then told her to stay and consolidate her cultivation, leaving her curious about his own realm.

• Zhao Yuling returned to the Book Repository, startled Little Turtle by asking where Chu He was, and learned that it had been avoiding her usual petting.
• Zhao Yuling asked Chu He if he was the mysterious expert who had rescued her, and she took his vague response as a likely admission.
• Zhao Yuling asked why she had defeated a Half-step Invincible King after breaking through, and Chu He told her she had become a King.
• Chu He questioned the ancient records that placed the Half-step King Realm after the Innate Realm and said combat strength mattered more than realm names.
• Zhao Yuling asked Chu He what realm he had reached, and he replied that he was only a little stronger than her before telling her to stay and read while consolidating her cultivation.

The Charm Clan’s plan to infiltrate the Xia Clan suffered an early setback when most of its first group of juniors and an elder were killed. The clan learned that the Xia Clan’s supreme existence would fall silent within thirty years, and agreed to wait before pursuing its plan to enslave the Xia Clan.

• Mei Ying told the Charm Clan elders that Yu Hen had died, only two of the ten dispatched juniors remained, and the Xia Clan had discovered their plan.
• The elders argued over whether to abandon the scheme temporarily or continue despite the danger of provoking the Xia Clan.
• Mei Ying asked Yu Xiu to relay the supreme one’s view on the crisis.
• Yu Xiu said the Xia Clan’s supreme existence still lived, but could remain active for no more than thirty years.
• The Charm Clan elders agreed to wait until the Xia Clan’s supreme existence fell silent, when the supreme one would lead a plan to enslave the Xia Clan.

After three years out of public sight, Zhao Yuling discussed opening an academy called the White-robed Empress Palace. Chu He encouraged her to go, while planning to cultivate in seclusion at the Book Repository.

• Lin Xueling became known as the Ice Snow Empress after attacking the Canine Fang Clan and forcing it to retreat and pay compensation.
• A Xia Clan veteran persuaded Lin Xueling to accept peace terms rather than risk a disastrous fight with the Canine Fang Clan.
• Chu He advanced to the perfected sixth layer of the Fourth Transformation and perfected the second layer of his Dharma Aspect Golden Body.
• Zhao Yuling told Chu He she wanted to open an academy outside the Book Repository and name it the White-robed Empress Palace.
• Chu He encouraged Zhao Yuling to leave and visit twice a year, saying he wanted quiet time to cultivate and organize his insights.

Ten years after the White-robed Empress founded the White-robed Emperor Palace, Chu He decided Great Turtle had grown too large and needed a change of scenery. He moved it to Blue River, where Great Turtle reluctantly learned to swim and stayed behind until it could shrink again.

• The White-robed Empress founded the White-robed Emperor Palace on White Phoenix Mountain and recruited talented youths.
• Over the next ten years, Chu He advanced his cultivation while Great Turtle reached the perfect ninth layer of the Innate Realm and grew enormous.
• Chu He decided Great Turtle should leave the Book Repository and took it to Blue River, its aquatic home.
• Chu He kicked Great Turtle into the river, where it flailed before its innate familiarity with water helped it learn to swim.
• Great Turtle returned to shore and clung to Chu He, but he sent it back into the river and promised to visit until it could break through and shrink.