Chapter Summaries

A Golden Net pulled the Giant Dragon out of the Secret Realm’s collapsing Nether Spring while it fought Saint Wuji. Xia Yuan and Meng Yi escaped through the gateway, but the Dragon’s head emerged behind them, leaving the gathered crowd facing the unleashed threat.

• The Golden Net dragged the Giant Dragon from the spring, and the Dragon blasted Saint Wuji with corrosive phlegm.
• Xia Yuan urged Meng Yi to flee as the battle shook the Secret Realm, and Meng Yi carried him toward the exit.
• Meng Yi and Xia Yuan emerged from the gateway and were nearly attacked by the people waiting outside.
• Xia Yuan warned everyone to leave, and they fled as netherworldly aura poured from the gateway.
• The Giant Dragon’s head burst out of the black hole, and its Killing Intent scattered an ancient, desolate aura.

Chu He subdued a Giant Dragon threatening Lin City and contained its toxic blood. After the Xia Clan witnesses the battle, Lin Xueling mentions the grand curtain rising, leaving Xia Yuan wondering what secrets she knows.

• The Xia Clan fled the Giant Dragon's struggle against Chu He's golden fishing net as its blood devastated the land.
• Chu He sent out his fourth-realm Dharma Aspect Golden Body and struck the dragon's soul until its gathered aura collapsed.
• Chu He caught the dragon's blood in a bowl, then stuffed the dazed Giant Dragon into a Universe Pouch and left.
• The Xia Clan experts reacted to the battle, and Lin Xueling said she would rather return to teaching than risk joining the coming clashes.
• Xia Yuan wondered what Lin Xueling meant by the grand curtain and whether Chu He had revealed secrets to her.

Chu He deep-fried the captured Giant Dragon in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, then spent three years cultivating while Lin Commandery grew into a prosperous Xia Clan stronghold. The ten-year deadline arrived in the Charm Clan’s territory, where someone announced that it was time to set off.

• Chu He dumped the struggling Giant Dragon into a cauldron of boiling oil, where the Netherworld Chains forced it back into the flames as it demanded to know what he wanted.
• Chu He watched green smoke rise from the fortune he refined from the Sinful Dragon, then sat beneath the Willow Tree to read.
• Over the next three years, Chu He built up his foundation and strengthened his combat methods without advancing his realm.
• Lin Commandery attracted Xia Clan forces and Old Ancestors as its cultivation benefits and miraculous fortunes turned Lin City into a treasured place for weddings and rising house prices.
• In the Charm Clan’s territory in the distant Pigsty Land, a voice announced that the ten-year deadline had arrived and it was time to set off.

The Charm Clan Supreme mobilized a million warriors to invade Xia Clan territory while Chu He cultivated in the Book Repository and received Purple Blood Pills. Zhao Yuling visited with news about her sister’s gifted children, then asked Chu He about her stalled cultivation, and he told her to lie beneath the Willow Tree’s reclining chair to calm herself.

• The Charm Clan Supreme rallied his elders and led a million elite warriors toward Xia Clan territory, confident that the weakened Xia Clan could not resist.
• Chu He cultivated several Martial Skills, signed in for a bottle of Purple Blood Pills, and left the Book Repository feeling more at ease.
• Zhao Yuling told Chu He that her sister had given birth to a fifth child with King potential and planned to have another next year.
• Chu He learned that Zhao Yuling’s sister and her husband had continued having children after discovering their exceptional aptitudes, and he joked about their ancestors’ good fortune.
• Zhao Yuling told Chu He she had reached a cultivation bottleneck, and he advised her to lie beneath the Willow Tree’s reclining chair and calm her heart.

Chu He collected Little Turtle and the foreign races from his fish farm, then transformed the abandoned grounds into a secret human-only trial site with a fabricated inheritance. He returned to the Book Repository after setting up the trials and a token bearing the legend of Gu Du Bai Tian.

• Zhao Yuling left after Chu He encouraged her to return to teaching her disciples, still flustered by Lin City's wedding celebrations.
• Chu He visited the fish farm, where Great Turtle rested atop nine great snakes and the other creatures reacted in panic to his arrival.
• Chu He fed Little Turtle, then packed the foreign races into his Universe Pouch and took the turtle and a cooperative golden carp back with him.
• The golden carp showed Chu He its Death Exemption Token, so he spared it, taught it a shrinking secret art, and took it along as a feng shui fish.
• Chu He opened a random-entry gateway for humans in the sealed fish farm, built nine trials, and created a golden token inscribed with a false account of Gu Du Bai Tian's legacy.
• Chu He sealed Saber Intent into the token and returned to the Book Repository.

The Charm Clan Supreme followed the Soul Pearl’s sense of opportunity into Xia Clan territory, convinced Xia Yuan was dead and wary of being detected. After sneaking into Lin Commandery, it found an enormous golden-iron barbed hook hanging in its path.

• The Charm Clan Supreme used the Soul Pearl to confirm that Xia Yuan’s aura had vanished, but sensed a mysterious opportunity within Xia Clan territory.
• It disguised its power, traveled through the wilderness, and questioned several captured innate martial artists about the opportunities appearing in Lin Commandery.
• After deciding to investigate the Xia Clan opportunity and check whether Xia Yuan was alive, the Charm Clan Supreme used the Breath Concealment Art to enter Lin Commandery.
• Only a few breaths after it entered, a huge golden-iron barbed hook appeared upside down before the Charm Clan Supreme.

The Charm Clan Supreme was caught by Chu He's golden fishing hook despite trusting its Soul Pearl and trying to flee. After storing it in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, Chu He decided to begin secluded cultivation and attempt a breakthrough to the Fifth Turn.

• The Charm Clan Supreme tried to evade the golden hook, but it followed it and remained just behind its head.
• The Charm Clan Supreme repeatedly slapped and scratched the back of its head, then struck itself hard enough to crack its skull.
• The Charm Clan Supreme attempted to flee, but the hook forced its way into its mouth and immobilized it.
• Chu He reeled in the Charm Clan Supreme, who recognized him as a human and was placed in the Universe Pouch.
• Chu He put away his fishing gear and decided to enter secluded cultivation to attempt a breakthrough to the Fifth Turn.

The Xia Clan learned that the Charm Clan was advancing toward them and prepared to intercept it before the war reached their territory. Zhao Yuling went to recruit the Little Turtle for the battlefield while Chu He remained in secluded cultivation.

• Hu Tuo reported that the Charm Clan had appeared in force on the western front and was heading toward the Xia Clan.
• Xia Yuan and the other ancestors discussed the threat of the Charm Clan and the possibility that the Tiger Clan would exploit the fighting.
• Xia Yuan ordered the Xia Clan to gather its forces and intercept the Charm Clan on the road.
• Zhao Yuling found the Book Repository sealed and learned from the Little Turtle that Chu He was cultivating in seclusion.
• Zhao Yuling persuaded the Little Turtle to join her on the battlefield, and it tried to avoid going by offering a King Realm fish and thirty-two snakes as substitutes.

Zhao Yuling brought a horde of newly advanced snakes to reinforce the Xia Clan as its army marched to intercept the Charm Clan. The Charm Clan learned the Xia army was approaching and chose to fight despite the Supreme’s unexplained absence.

• Zhao Yuling arrived at the Xia Clan’s western border carrying Little Turtle, a fish tank, and a pouch, and Tang Yuan identified her as having found reinforcements.
• Zhao Yuling poured a horde of giant snakes from her Universe Pouch, revealing that more than half were Kings, and said they were Little Gold’s friends.
• The Xia Clan army set out with Zhao Yuling leading atop a snake, surrounded by the other snakes.
• Half a month later, a Charm Clan scout reported that the Xia army was approaching and would likely meet them within ten to fifteen days.
• The Charm Clan debated the Supreme’s absence and whether to fight or retreat, then chose to fight the Xia Clan.

The Xia Clan and Charm Clan prepared to fight across a river while both sides searched for the missing Charm Clan Supreme. The armies waited for the Old Ancestors to begin battling, but the chapter ended with the confrontation stalled in a shouting match.

• Charm Clan Old Ancestors dismissed the Xia Clan’s giant snakes as weak reinforcements, while Xia Clan Old Ancestors planned to use hidden allies to ambush the Charms.
• The Xia Clan’s leaders worried that the absent Charm Clan Supreme could strike their Kings while Xia Yuan needed Meng Yi’s protection.
• The Charm Clan’s second strongest expert urged the Xia Clan to surrender after spotting the supposedly doomed Xia Yuan on the battlefield.
• Tang Shan refused to let the Xia Clan kneel, and both sides’ Old Ancestors continued arguing while their armies waited to cross the river.

The Xia Clan used heavy ballistas to ambush the advancing Charm Clan before the fighting spread across the river and into the sky. The Charm Clan’s elders held back while its Supreme remained missing, leaving both sides locked in an uneasy battle.

• The Xia Clan lured the Charms into ballista range and fired, killing many weaker Charms before the Innate Ninth Level fighters charged the shore formation.
• A newly promoted Charm King launched the aerial battle, where seven fighting Xia Clan Kings faced sixteen Charm Kings.
• Meng Yi carried Xia Yuan beneath the battle as the Charms held back, wary of his aura and the threat of the Xia Clan Old Ancestor.
• Second Charm hesitated to kill Tang Shan, while Shadow Elder and the other old Charms worried about the missing Supreme and the cost of fighting the Xia Clan Old Ancestor.
• The aerial battle remained unexpectedly even as newly promoted Charms grew frustrated with their elders’ restraint and suspected they were hiding something.

Zhao Yuling and her companions ambushed and killed three Charm Clan Kings, but Xia Yuan still could not find the clan’s supreme being. He searched the riverbed with Meng Yi, wondering why the powerful Charm had not appeared.

• Zhao Yuling used Sword Twenty-Three, then hurled Little Turtle at the old fifth-realm Charm and sent the enlarged goldfish after it.
• Little Turtle pinned the old Charm underwater while Zhao Yuling, the goldfish, and a swarm of snakes attacked; Meng Yi carried Xia Yuan as he searched for the Charm Clan’s supreme being.
• The old Charm’s attacks shattered its own skull against Little Turtle’s shell, and the snakes tore it apart.
• Zhao Yuling and the Great Turtle’s pack cornered and killed the two younger Charms when they tried to escape.
• Xia Yuan saw the three Charm Clan Kings defeated and continued searching the riverbed, puzzled that the supreme being had not appeared.

The Xia Clan defeated the Charm Clan after Zhao Yuling and her summoned creatures turned the battle around, then learned that the Charm Clan’s supreme being had vanished after investigating Xia Clan territory. In Lin City, Lin Family, the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique reached its Fifth Turn.

• Zhao Yuling arrived on the Great Turtle with the great snakes, and veteran Charm Clan Kings fled while the Xia Clan Kings pinned down their juniors.
• Zhao Yuling and the great snakes helped the Xia Clan defeat the remaining Charm Clan Kings without losing any of their own.
• Xia Yuan ordered the capture of Charm Clan Half-step Invincible Kings, and the Xia Clan Old Ancestors led a decapitation assault that routed the Charm Clan forces.
• The captured Charm Clan experts revealed that their supreme being had gone to investigate Xia Clan territory and had never returned, leading Xia Yuan to suspect the mighty senior had captured it.
• At the Lin Family Book Repository in Lin City, the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique reached its Fifth Turn.

After breaking through to the Fifth Turn, Chu He emerged from seclusion and checked on the creatures in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. He continued tormenting the Black Dragon, which ended the chapter by offering to reveal a great secret.

• Chu He broke through to the Fifth Turn, reviewed his sign-in rewards, and acquired a Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus.
• Chu He left the Book Repository, found Little Gold and the other creature missing, and used the Astrology Chart to confirm nothing major had happened.
• Chu He entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and ignored the exhausted Old Devils’ pleas for relief, binding one creature back to a bronze pillar.
• Chu He found the Black Dragon in a cauldron, fed it pills that restored its body and soul, and patted its head.
• The Black Dragon, torn between wanting to die and enjoying its recovery, asked Chu He whether he wanted to hear a great secret.

Chu He ignored the Giant Dragon’s attempt to trade a secret for a favor and roasted a sheep while listening. The dragon revealed that a Saint Venerable’s tomb lay in a nearby Secret Realm, and Chu He left it stunned by claiming its hated enemy was still alive.

• Chu He calmly refused the Giant Dragon’s offer and prepared a roast sheep while the dragon tried to tempt him with a tremendous opportunity.
• The Giant Dragon pleaded to share a secret about reaching the Saint Venerable realm and asked Chu He for a favor in return.
• Chu He tossed the Giant Dragon a lamb leg as its supposed favor, leaving it furious and bewildered.
• The Giant Dragon revealed that a famous Saint Venerable’s tomb, filled with treasures and cultivation insights, lay in the nearby Secret Realm.
• Chu He already knew where the tomb was and told the Giant Dragon that its most hated enemy was still alive, prompting the dragon to mistake him for that enemy.

After a month in seclusion, Chu He welcomed Zhao Yuling and her companions back, then noticed Meng Yi being drawn into the Secret Realm. There, a skeleton used an altar to transfer its soul into a jade pendant and claimed it wanted Meng Yi to take it outside and inherit its legacy.

• Zhao Yuling apologized to Chu He for taking Little Turtle and the others out without permission, and Chu He told her it was fine as long as they had agreed.
• Meng Yi told Xia Yuan that a growing compulsion was urging him to return to the Secret Realm, but later his ring clouded his mind and drew him there anyway.
• Chu He noticed Meng Yi entering the Secret Realm and sent a dark-green jade pendant after him.
• The skeleton brought Meng Yi to an altar, put him to sleep, and sent its soul fire into the jade pendant as its head exploded.
• Meng Yi awoke unharmed, and the skeleton spoke through the pendant, claiming it had summoned him to be taken outside and taught its legacy; it asked him to call it Old Bone.

Meng Yi told Xia Yuan about the skeleton senior, and they decided to cautiously use his knowledge without cultivating his method. Five years later, Chu He’s cultivation had barely advanced, while Lin Commandery grew crowded with Innate experts and the chapter ended with him judging Zhao Yuling’s nephew’s aptitude as short of Emperor-level potential.

• Meng Yi told Xia Yuan how the skeleton senior had offered to pass on his legacy, despite Meng Yi’s sense of impending danger.
• Xia Yuan advised Meng Yi not to cultivate the senior’s method and proposed asking the senior to teach others and answer their cultivation questions.
• Five years passed as Chu He continued signing in at the Book Repository and stabilized his Fifth Turn cultivation without major progress.
• Innate experts became common across Lin Commandery, while the first children raised with improved foundations began cultivating.
• Zhao Yuling’s elder sister refused the Xia Clan’s request to keep having children after giving birth to a boy with exceptional aptitude.
• Chu He watched the boy play with Little Turtle and judged that his aptitude fell short of Emperor-level potential.

Chu He stopped Little Turtle from feeding Royal Dog Food to an ordinary child and gave the boy a harmless pill instead. He watched the Xia Clan disciple nearing a breakthrough and the Willow Tree's growth, then lamented that the Demon Suppressing Pagoda had run low on fiends and no new villains had come to cause trouble.

• Little Turtle offered Royal Dog Food to a four-year-old boy, but Chu He snatched it away and replaced it with a pill that the boy ate before falling asleep on the turtle's back.
• Chu He warned Little Turtle that only beings strong enough to match it could safely consume Royal Dog Food, and Little Turtle nodded in understanding.
• Chu He observed that the Xia Clan disciple had advanced to the eighth level of the King realm and was approaching a breakthrough to the ninth level.
• Chu He noted that the Willow Tree had become increasingly mystical and that the Sinful Dragon's Killing Intent was nearly exhausted.
• Chu He complained that the Demon Suppressing Pagoda had few fiends left to drain and wondered why no villains had come looking for trouble.

First Tiger broke through to the Emperor Realm on Heavenly Tiger Mountain, and its uncontrolled roars devastated the mountain and killed or injured many tigers. After the clan chief interrupted First Tiger’s boastful speech by mentioning the Xia Clan’s recent victory over the Charm Clan, First Tiger dismissed the threat and planned to deal with the Xia Clan later.

• First Tiger’s breakthrough released a terrifying aura that destroyed the summit and killed or injured many tigers on Heavenly Tiger Mountain.
• The Heavenly Tiger Mountain clan chief realized that Tiger God Mountain had sent First Tiger there to spare its own mountain from the damage caused by First Tiger’s roars.
• The clan chief and the surviving powerful tigers welcomed First Tiger out of seclusion, despite the destruction and losses.
• First Tiger declared that the Tiger Clan would rise and that it would rule the Barbarian Domain after defeating the Savage Ox Clan.
• The clan chief told First Tiger that the Xia Clan had exterminated the Charm Clan and asked whether they should strike first.
• First Tiger dismissed the Xia Clan as weak and said it would deal with them after conquering several other great clans.

First Tiger revealed that he had broken through to the Emperor Venerable Realm and led the Tiger Clan to claim the Savage Ox Territory. He attacked Man Qiang as he announced a three-month bloodbath.

• The Tiger Clan entered the Savage Ox Territory and waited for the Savage Ox Clan to gather its experts.
• Man Qiang confronted the Tiger Clan, and the Tiger God Mountain Patriarch demanded the clan surrender its resources and its Half-step King experts.
• Man Qiang struck the Tiger God Mountain Patriarch down with a hoof.
• First Tiger appeared and revealed his Emperor Venerable Realm breakthrough, shocking Man Qiang and the Savage Ox experts.
• First Tiger declared the Savage Ox Territory Tiger God Mountain's hunting ground and lunged at Man Qiang.