Chapter Summaries

Chu He discovered that two Giant Dragons were searching for the dragon sealed in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, though they were still years away. As the little boy fell asleep beneath his chair, Chu He sent him an illusory elder, a prepared speech, and a cultivation inheritance.

• News of the Tiger Clan wiping out the Savage Ox Clan spread, and other top clans suspected First Tiger had reached a new realm.
• Chu He traced a calculating force to two Giant Dragons searching the seabed for their clan's legacy and realized they had come for the dragon in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Little Turtle and the little boy played with the goldfish until Chu He told them to stop.
• The little boy fell asleep beneath Chu He's chair, and Chu recognized his strong spiritual sensitivity.
• Chu He sent an illusory white-bearded elder, a prepared speech, and a cultivation method into the sleeping boy's brow.

Over five years, Lin Teng secretly trained under Chu He's Old Ancestor incarnation while the Tiger Clan conquered the Barbarian Domain and turned its attention to the Xia Clan. As First Tiger’s roar threatened the Xia Clan army, Chu He intervened with a single command.

• Lin Teng practiced martial arts in his dreams and, by age nine, reached the fifth level of the Innate Realm while concealing his cultivation.
• The Tiger Clan conquered the fertile territories of the Barbarian Domain, leaving the Xia Clan as the final great clan to face.
• The other Tiger Clan mountain patriarchs withdrew from the campaign, leaving Heavenly Tiger Mountain to follow First Tiger toward Xia Clan territory.
• Chu He sensed a powerful approaching aura and sent his Dharma Aspect Golden Body toward the Xia Clan border.
• First Tiger declared that the Xia Clan must be destroyed and roared at the defenders, threatening to ruin the foundations of their Innate Realm cultivators.
• Chu He’s calm voice rang out with the command, “Silence!”

A mysterious powerhouse repeatedly silenced First Tiger’s roars and shielded the Xia Clan army from its Emperor’s might. First Tiger finally saw the newcomer’s golden light and recognized the figure within as a human of the Xia Clan.

• A calm voice dispersed First Tiger’s roar and soothed the wounded Xia Clan Innates.
• First Tiger sensed a powerful Emperor protecting the Xia Clan and demanded that the unknown figure reveal itself.
• First Tiger unleashed its Emperor’s might, but the Xia Clan army remained unaffected while the Heavenly Tiger Mountain army trembled.
• First Tiger roared again, and the approaching voice silenced it once more.
• A vast golden light swept across the sky, and First Tiger recognized the figure within as a Xia Clan human.

The Xia Clan learned that the mysterious expert protecting them was human, and Meng Yi believed he was the senior from the Book Repository. When Chu He confronted First Tiger, the Tiger Clan leader proposed peace, but Chu He attacked and quickly overpowered him, leaving First Tiger trapped and calling for help.

• The Xia Clan Old Ancestors celebrated after First Tiger confirmed that their mysterious protector was human, and Meng Yi identified him as the senior from the Book Repository.
• Chu He approached First Tiger, who proposed sharing the Barbarian Domain and forming an alliance between the Xia and Tiger Clans.
• Chu He rejected the offer and seized First Tiger with his enormous golden palm.
• Chu He crushed First Tiger's tiger phantom and shrugged off its attack as his palm closed around it.
• First Tiger realized it could not match Chu He and called for its Old Ancestor to come to its aid.

Chu He confronted First Tiger and the remnant spirit inside its fortune-bearing cauldron, but held back from killing them as he prepared to capture them alive. Before the tiger could escape, another mysterious Emperor Realm expert arrived from a starlit path, leaving the Xia Clan camp stunned by the growing number of powerful figures.

• First Tiger used a bronze cauldron to break free of Chu He's golden palm, while the remnant tiger spirit within it revealed its savage presence.
• Chu He examined the cauldron, recognized the remnant spirit's weakened state, and withdrew his palm to avoid killing First Tiger and the spirit.
• Chu He left Lin Teng and Little Turtle beneath the Willow Tree and moved his true body toward the battlefield.
• The giant tiger spirit tried to leave with First Tiger, but a hazy figure descended on a path of starlight amid murmurs of worship.
• Meng Yi and the Xia Clan camp watched the new arrival and struggled to comprehend the sudden presence of multiple Emperor Realm experts.

Chu He effortlessly captured First Tiger and the giant cauldron after stopping their attempt to flee, then returned to the Book Repository. He left the Xia Clan safe for the moment and hinted that he would use the captives during the three days before his hundred-year sign-in.

• The giant cauldron tried to flee with a Forbidden Technique, but Chu He's lotus flowers sealed space and stopped it.
• Chu He took First Tiger and the giant cauldron in one hand each and carried them away.
• Chu He's Dharma Aspect Golden Body packed the Heavenly Tiger Mountain tigers above the Half-step King realm into a Universe Pouch as the Xia Clan army watched in shock.
• Meng Yi pondered the mysterious curtain and wondered whether its opening would bring the Xia Clan fortune or disaster.
• Chu He returned to the Book Repository, drank his tea, and told First Tiger and the giant cauldron they had arrived just in time for the three days before his hundred-year sign-in.

Chu He received a violet-gold Beast Sealing Scroll from his first super check-in and discovered it could empower and bind living beings. After deciding to combine it with the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, he set his plan in motion.

• Two Nether Dragons nearing the Barbarian Domain sensed a powerful aura and decided to shrink themselves and conceal their presence before entering the Secret Realm.
• Chu He performed his super check-in at noon and received a Beast Sealing Scroll.
• Chu He examined the scroll and learned it could enfeoff up to 108 living beings, granting them power while binding their strength to its patterns.
• Chu He dismissed the scroll’s value for cultivating a faction, then spotted the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and came up with a way to combine the two.

Chu He enslaved Cang You with the Beast Sealing Scroll and sent the Giant Dragon to the Endless Sea or Tong You Valley to eliminate ferocious beasts. Cang You left the Demon Suppressing Pagoda thrilled to be free, while First Tiger remained behind in its oil cauldron.

• Chu He praised Cang You for its hard work, then wrote its name on the Beast Sealing Scroll and bound it with its blood.
• Cang You realized it had been enslaved and decided to accept the arrangement for now because it meant escaping the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He ordered Cang You to clear ferocious beasts from the Endless Sea or Tong You Valley and return in one year, despite Cang You saying demonic qi could not harm it.
• Chu He encouraged First Tiger to endure its punishment after Cang You left, promising it would eventually be freed too.
• Chu He took Cang You to a desolate wilderness, gave it a map, and released it; Cang You flew away and roared with joy.

After escaping imprisonment, Cang You flew toward the Endless Sea but was intercepted by two peak Imperial Venerable dragons seeking a Secret Realm inheritance. They forced Cang You to lead them to the twin Secret Realm and opened a passage to its inner realm.

• Cang You flew through the clouds toward the Endless Sea, where two dragons intercepted it because they assumed its happiness meant it had found an opportunity.
• The two dragons attacked Cang You, beat it into submission, and demanded to know where the Secret Realm inheritance was.
• When Cang You insisted it had forgotten the Secret Realm’s location, the dragons forced it to conceal its aura and guide them onward.
• The dragons arrived at the Secret Realm entrance in Lin Commandery and entered, with one dragon warning that the inheritance lay in the inner realm.
• The dragons used special materials to open a black passage at the end of the outer Secret Realm and carried Cang You inside.

Cang You and two Nether Dragon Clan members entered Chu He’s fiery realm, where he forced them into oil cauldrons under the pretense of an inheritance trial. The dragons realized they had been captured and tried to bargain for their release, but Chu He left them to endure the trial.

• Cang You recognized Chu He and hoped he would make the Nether Dragon Clan members fight him, while First Tiger mistook Cang You’s arrival as a rescue.
• Chu He told the two dragons that surviving in an oil cauldron was a trial for an opportunity, and they tried to leave with Cang You to learn more.
• Chu He restrained the two dragons with his power and dragged them into oil cauldrons.
• After half a day, the dragons saw Cang You calmly following Chu He and realized the supposed inheritance trial was a capture.
• One dragon asked Chu He to release them and warned that harming core members of the Nether Dragon Clan could provoke the clan’s Old Ancestors.

Chu He swept the Nether Dragon Clan’s inheritance Secret Realm, altered it into a Human Clan Secret Realm, and then cultivated in seclusion for thirty years as the Xia Clan rose in power. The chapter ended with three ships of newcomers arriving at the Barbarian Domain, pursued by two terrifying auras from beneath the sea.

• Chu He collected treasures from the inheritance Secret Realm, changed its trials to admit humans, and destroyed the old dragon’s remnant spirit with the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He returned to the Book Repository, planted the Beast Sealing Scroll in a cauldron beside the Willow Tree, and entered secluded cultivation.
• Thirty years later, Chu He observed the Willow Tree’s growth and the Xia Clan’s rise as opportunities and cultivation resources spread through Lin Commandery.
• Lin Xueling and Zhao Yuling reached the ninth level of the King Realm, while Lin Teng secretly became an Emperor two years earlier and hid his strength.
• Three ships arrived at the Barbarian Domain from the Endless Sea, and two powerful auras awakened beneath the water behind them.

Two Nether Dragon Clan elders passed the Qin Clan ships without attacking and returned to Chu He for their forced shift in the oil cauldron. Later, Lin Teng prepared to leave the mountain and roam the world, but Little Turtle refused to accompany him.

• You Shi and You Chi spotted the Qin Clan ships, then flew past them into the Barbarian Domain, leaving the Qin Clan elders puzzled.
• The Qin Clan elders decided to stop their ships and send people to investigate quietly.
• Chu He brought You Shi and You Wang back for their shift in the oil cauldron while Cang You and First Tiger departed on their six-year vacation.
• Lin Teng told Chu He he was leaving to roam the martial world and asked to take Little Gold with him.
• Little Turtle refused to leave the Book Repository, so Lin Teng set off alone.

The Great Qin Imperial Clan investigated the Xia Clan, the dragons, and the tiger, then postponed its original plan and sought support from other imperial powers. Meanwhile, Lin Teng grew restless with his unmatched strength among his peers and headed toward a powerful aura near the Xia Clan’s border, eager for a real challenge.

• The Qin Clan’s returned experts reported that the Xia Clan ruled the Barbarian Domain, while a Tiger Clan Emperor and its elites had vanished decades earlier.
• Qin Wu said he had seen a dragon and an Emperor Realm tiger near the Xia Clan’s territory, but avoided entering the area.
• The Qin Clan’s elders ordered clever Innate Ninth Level disciples to infiltrate the Xia Clan and postponed their original plan while Qin An went to request support.
• After three months of wandering, Lin Teng felt isolated among his peers and decided to seek stronger opponents.
• Seven days later, Lin Teng sensed a powerful savage beast aura near the Xia Clan’s border and headed toward it, ready to test his strength.

Lin Teng charged at Cang You and First Tiger, but the dragon and tiger fled before he could attack, mistaking his intentions for a threat. Qin Ming watched them run and urged the young people accompanying him to stay cautious in the Xia Clan's territory, which seemed far more dangerous than expected.

• Qin Ming sensed a dragon and tiger overhead and told Qin Wu to keep the juniors moving without provoking them.
• Qin Ming noticed Lin Teng approaching with his aura rising and worried that the young fighter was challenging the dragon and tiger.
• Cang You and First Tiger decided to flee, and First Tiger clung to Cang You's tail as they sped away.
• Lin Teng drew his great saber and chased after the fleeing dragon and tiger.
• Qin Ming assumed the dragon and tiger had recognized a powerful Human Clan senior in Lin Teng and ordered Qin Wu to warn the juniors to keep an extremely low profile.

Chu He sensed Qin Ming, an unfamiliar Emperor Venerable, near the Xia Clan’s territory but chose not to interfere, then prepared to help the turtle and two women break through. Qin Ming returned to the Qin Clan’s ship convinced that a hidden senior guarded the region and urged Ancestor Yu Sheng to investigate before the clan’s plan proceeded.

• Chu He sensed Qin Ming’s Emperor Venerable cultivation and formidable Killing Intent near the Xia Clan’s border, but put away his fishing net because Qin Ming was not causing trouble.
• Qin Ming felt an unseen presence notice him, warned Qin Wu to keep away from the Xia Clan’s territory, and hurried back without using True Qi.
• Chu He assessed the cultivation progress of the turtle, Lin Xueling, and Zhao Yuling, then carried the sleeping turtle into a Secret Realm to help it break through.
• Qin Ming told the Qin Clan elders that a youth had failed to keep up with a dragon and tiger and that a hidden senior had likely noticed him.
• Qin Ming concluded that the Barbarian Domain held a great mystery and said Ancestor Yu Sheng should investigate before the Qin Clan’s plan continued.

Three months after Zhao Yuling, Lin Xueling, and Little Turtle reached the Emperor Realm, Chu He reminded them to conceal their auras while they relaxed beneath the Willow Tree. In the Endless Sea, Lord Yu learned that Emperor Realm experts and Nether Dragons had appeared in the Barbarian Domain, then sent a force to investigate despite concerns about weakening the defenses.

• Zhao Yuling, Lin Xueling, and Little Turtle emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Emperor Realm, and Chu He sternly reminded them to cultivate the Breath Concealment Art.
• Zhao Yuling played with Little Turtle beneath the Willow Tree while Chu He prepared a roast with the Sacred Buddha's staff.
• Cang You and First Tiger reluctantly flew to the Endless Sea to resume their task of upholding justice, and an elder of the Qin Clan noticed First Tiger's aura.
• A general informed Lord Yu that Emperor Realm experts and three Nether Dragon Clan members had appeared in the Barbarian Domain.
• Lord Yu convened the elders, heard their concerns about the threat and the limited forces available, then ordered Qin An, Xia Xin, Zhao Wu, Liu Ji, and two Town Martial Division squads to investigate.

Lin Teng returned to the Xia Clan and revealed that he had reached the Emperor Venerable Realm, prompting Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling to investigate a hidden force in the Endless Sea. Chu He learned of the force and prepared to capture its Emperor Venerables for the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

• A Giant Crocodile ordered Shadow Crocodiles to follow the Human Clan experts who had left and discover what they were doing.
• Lin Teng warned Zhao Yuling that a powerful force was hiding at the edge of the Endless Sea, but she initially dismissed the threat because she believed he was only a King Realm cultivator.
• Lin Teng revealed his Emperor Venerable aura, shocking Zhao Yuling and the Xia Clan disciples; Zhao Yuling recognized that he had mastered the Breath Concealment Art.
• Zhao Yuling took Lin Teng to explain the discovery to Lin Xueling, and the three headed for the Endless Sea.
• Chu He overheard their conversation and prepared a fishing net and hook to capture the Emperor Venerables for the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

Chu He headed for the Endless Sea while recalling how he had disciplined two unruly dragons. At the Qin Clan residence, a large force from the Town Martial Division and the Divine Dynasty arrived, only to be overwhelmed by a terrifying presence from above.

• Chu He warmed a cup of tea, then set off toward the Endless Sea and remembered how he had punished the two dragons for disobedience.
• A divine eagle carrying Town Martial Division powerhouses and Divine Dynasty Old Ancestors landed at the Qin Clan residence.
• Qin Ming warned the newcomers that an existence beyond their ability might be inside the Xia Clan's territory and urged them to wait for Ancestor Yu Sheng.
• A Town Martial Division powerhouse dismissed Qin Ming's warning, but then felt a terrifying presence descend as the surroundings fell silent.
• A voice from the void lamented that most of those present were human, then said there was fortunately one suitable person among them.

Qin Ming’s instincts proved correct when an unseen powerhouse effortlessly captured a peak Emperor Venerable Shadow Crocodile with a golden net and fishing hook. After Chu He returned home, the stranded experts debated retreating or reporting the threat to Sage Yu.

• The Emperor Venerable experts recovered from the soul-level oppression and spread out to guard the giant ship.
• A golden fishing hook and net seized the peak Emperor Venerable Shadow Crocodile and dragged it away, leaving the experts stunned.
• The hook passed over a frightened great eagle, but Chu He let it escape because it was too timid to be useful.
• Chu He put the Shadow Crocodile into his Universe Pouch, returned beneath the Willow Tree, and drank his tea.
• The experts aboard the giant ship discussed retreating together or sending someone to report to Sage Yu.

Qin Ming persuaded Zhao Wu and the others to seek contact with the hidden Xia Clan senior and avoid misunderstandings. Months later, the Xia Clan welcomed the visiting experts and gained their help, while Xia Yuan suspected the hidden seniors were more powerful than anyone realized and wondered whether he would witness the coming Great Contention Era.

• Qin Ming proposed contacting the hidden senior and the Xia Clan juniors to explain the Sky-Opening Plan, and Zhao Wu agreed to leave him in charge while the others returned to oversee the plan.
• A green crocodile reported that the Human Clan experts had returned and their Shadow Crocodile follower was missing, so the crocodile guards went to locate it without waking the Sacred Ancestor.
• Lin Teng brought Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling back from the Endless Sea with visiting experts, and Xia Yuan discovered that the local Xia Clan was a branch of their imperial clan.
• The visiting seniors negotiated peacefully with the Xia Clan, offered resources and cultivation help, and joined forces to heal Xia Yuan and extend his life.
• Zhao Yuling told Chu He how kindly the seniors had treated the Xia Clan, while Xia Yuan suspected the hidden seniors were far more powerful than he had imagined and hoped to live to see the Great Contention Era.