Chapter Summaries

Chu He set out to welcome the Shadow Crocodile’s companions and traded a King Breakthrough Pill for Chen Xiaoyao’s white horse. Chen Xiaoyao swallowed the pill and sat down cross-legged as its effects took hold.

• Chu He sensed the mysterious force approaching and estimated that the two crocodiles would reach the Barbarian Domain in about a day.
• Chu He signed in at the Book Repository and received King Breakthrough Pills, which he considered useless to himself.
• Chu He left Lin City and, while strolling toward the Barbarian Domain, offered Chen Xiaoyao a choice of a saber, secret manual, or pill in exchange for his horse.
• Chen Xiaoyao chose the pill, and Chu He rode away on the white horse.
• Chen Xiaoyao swallowed the pill after smelling its fragrance, then sat down cross-legged when his expression changed dramatically.

Chen Xiaoyao broke through after selling a horse and discovered a familiar pattern on a piece of cloth, while Chu He pushed his white horse to fly through the night. At the Endless Sea, the Town Martial Division watched two mysterious dragons as they sensed powerful newcomers approaching.

• Chen Xiaoyao realized he had reached a new level after selling a horse, then picked up the white cloth and recognized its mandarin duck pattern.
• Chu He fed his exhausted white horse a pill and made it gallop through the air, then calmed its fear with a bottle of liquid drink.
• Town Martial Division experts watched two dragons resting near the Qin Clan’s preparations for the Sky-Opening Plan and learned the Xia Clan did not recognize them.
• The dragons sensed two approaching figures whose strength they could not detect, and one dragon said they might be as strong as the pair.

The Nether Dragon Clan’s You Wang captured two crocodiles that had spotted the dragons, while Human Clan experts realized the dragons were being kept by a powerful senior. Chu He returned to Lin Commandery and met Chen Xiaoyao, who had started selling horses, but declined to buy one.

• Two crocodiles saw You Shi and You Wang on the coast, recognized the Nether Dragon Clan, and tried to flee with the news.
• You Wang used a golden net to capture the crocodiles, and You Shi watched them being hauled away with tearful delight.
• The Town Martial Division leader concluded that the dragons were domesticated and worried that the Nether Dragon Clan would react violently if it learned they were enslaved.
• Chu He rode his white steed back to Lin Commandery at high speed and stopped at the grove where Chen Xiaoyao was selling horses.
• Chen Xiaoyao offered Chu He a horse, but Chu He declined and encouraged him to grow his horse business.

Chu He used a Purple Blood Gold Stone to begin seclusion, while the Human Clan launched its Sky-Opening Plan to set several Barbarian Domains adrift. As the plan shifted a domain and exposed Tong You Valley’s abyss, a pair of fiery eyes opened in its depths.

• Chu He signed in at the Book Repository and received his third Purple Blood Gold Stone.
• Chu He entered his Secret Realm bathtub and began tempering his body in the magma with the stone pressed to his abdomen.
• After more than a year of preparation, a blue-robed youth began the Human Clan’s Sky-Opening Plan by placing nine cauldrons and unfolding a landscape of mountains and rivers.
• Lord Yu learned that the Crocodile Clan’s main force remained hidden, and he suspected they planned to seize the completed project.
• The Barbarian Domain shifted slightly, releasing foul black qi from Tong You Valley, where a pair of black-flamed eyes opened in the abyss.

Chu He sensed an unknown presence, unleashed his consciousness, and chose caution after a divination showed he was safe. In Tong You Valley, the Demon Eye sent out black mud pellets to gather nourishment, while several intelligent bat-like beings waited at the boundary between the Barbarian Domain and Heng Domain.

• Chu He’s consciousness swept across Lin City and nearby territories, terrifying residents and prompting Meng Yi to shield Xia Yuan as they wondered what had angered Senior.
• Chu He left the Secret Realm, found the Purple Blood Gold Stone cracked, and used the Astrology Chart to divine that he was safe.
• Chu He decided not to pursue the presence and resolved to rebuild Lin City with grand formations to prepare for stronger enemies.
• The Demon Eye retreated to the bottom of Tong You Valley, sealed the abyss, and sent black mud pellets out to gather nourishment and aid its recovery.
• Several intelligent bat-like beings sat cross-legged amid the demonic qi in Tong You Valley, where the Barbarian Domain met Heng Domain.

Five Charm veterans were devoured by strange black mud pellets in Tong You Valley, which then reformed into copies of them. Five years later, Chu He had fortified Lin City and advanced his cultivation, while Lin Teng set out for the East Cang Domain to seek a way to revive his grandpa, leaving with Chu He's protection.

• The five Charm veterans fled the Xia Clan’s growing power through Tong You Valley, but black mud pellets attacked and devoured them before reshaping themselves into Charm forms.
• Over the next five years, Chu He remodeled Lin City into a deadly weapon and advanced to the edge of another breakthrough.
• Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling entered secluded cultivation, while Lin Teng searched for a way to restore his grandpa’s remnant consciousness.
• A Qin Clan elder told Lin Teng that the Soul Clan in the East Cang Domain might know how to help, so he obtained an Astrology Chart and left on a journey.
• Chu He divined that Lin Teng would be safe and secretly gave him a Saber Intent and three protective secret arts.

As disappearances of entire races spread across six domains, the Human Clan’s leaders struggled to identify the cause and prepared a possible retreat. Chu He emerged from years of secluded cultivation and decided to retrieve his three dragons and one tiger.

• A gatekeeping crocodile refused to investigate missing Old Ancestors itself and went to wake the Sacred Ancestor instead.
• Zhao Yaowu reported that entire races and several investigators had vanished across six domains, with Emperor Venerable casualties in the worst-affected domain.
• Zhao Yaowu ruled out the Crocodile Clan as the likely culprit and relayed Senior Yu’s instruction to withdraw to Bonfire Island if necessary.
• Zhao Yaowu asked Qin Ming to inform the Xia Clan and see whether its Sacred Venerable senior could help, and Qin Ming left to deliver the message.
• Chu He ended his long stretch of cultivation and set out to bring back the three dragons and one tiger he had sent to enforce justice.

Chu He retrieved You Shi, You Wang, and Cang You after their five-year respite, then spotted strange demonic creatures infiltrating a migrating herd of buffalo-like beasts. He began capturing one of the creatures, leaving the rest of the herd’s fate unresolved.

• Little Turtle eagerly took Royal Dog Food as Chu He left the Book Repository.
• You Shi and You Wang enjoyed hunting in the Endless Sea until Chu He arrived and frightened them into the water.
• Chu He pulled You Shi and You Wang from the sea and sealed them in his Universe Pouch, then captured Cang You as well.
• Chu He rode First Tiger until he spotted a migrating herd whose cows were being infiltrated by creatures that turned into black sludge.
• Chu He took out another Universe Bag and grabbed one of the strange creatures just as it tried to enter a cow.

Chu He captured more than a hundred bizarre mud creatures and added them to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda’s oil cauldrons. Their King-level bodies produced an astonishing quantity of unusually pure mysterious power, leaving Chu He eager to learn what they were.

• Chu He silently captured the bizarre cattle, compressed them into sealed mud pellets, and carried them back to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He released the three crocodiles from years of torment, gave them food and pills, and then put three dragons and one tiger into the oil cauldrons.
• The three crocodiles trembled as they ate and reflected on how the torture had broken their pride and made them long for death.
• Chu He poured a bizarre mud pellet into an oil cauldron, whose cries and flames stirred up a powerful reaction throughout the fiery prison.
• Chu He observed that the King-level pellet yielded thicker, purer mysterious power than Cang You, and wondered what the creature was.

Chu He discovered that the mudballs were conscious clumps of demonic energy, likely avatars of a hidden devil, and decided to trace their source. His probe disturbed a Demon Eye trapped in Tong You Valley, but the connection vanished before he could identify it.

• Chu He squeezed the first mudball dry, then fed the remaining 178 into the oil cauldron as the Three Dragons and One Tiger endured the rising heat.
• Green-smoke fortune resonated with heaven and earth, bringing Spirit Rain to Lin Commandery, and Chu He suspected the mudballs were avatars of a devil.
• Chu He decided to prepare a calculation to locate the devil, intending to assess its strength and confront it if he could.
• In Tong You Valley, Chu He's probing caused a Demon Eye to tremble and roar, breaking part of the abyss lid before it hastily sealed the gap and hid itself.
• Chu He concluded the devil had sensed his probe and isolated itself, then allowed a familiar probing force to lock onto him as an example of a true powerhouse.

Saint Crocodile emerged from seclusion and headed toward the Xia Clan territory to rescue the imprisoned crocodiles. It passed the Qin Clan and Town Martial Division ships without attacking, leaving Zhao Yaowu to rush back and report the Crocodile Clan Saint Venerable’s arrival.

• Saint Crocodile left its cavern alone and set out through the sea, while the other crocodiles prepared a feast for its return.
• The Qin Clan elders and Town Martial Division experts noticed a sudden change in the fortune of heaven and earth near the Xia Clan territory, but Zhao Yaowu decided to record it rather than report it.
• A massive tsunami carrying a terrifying presence approached the ships, and Zhao Yaowu and the others recognized that a Saint Venerable was drawing near.
• Saint Crocodile’s tsunami swept over the three ships without stopping, and the Human Clan experts survived as it continued toward its destination.
• Zhao Yaowu plunged into the sea to report the Crocodile Clan Saint Venerable to Sage Yu, while Saint Crocodile continued onward to save the imprisoned crocodiles.

Saint Crocodile brought a devastating tsunami to Lin City, where the Xia Clan Old Ancestors feared the pressure had already killed everyone. Chu He stayed beneath the Willow Tree, preparing for the confrontation while remaining cautious about a hidden Old Devil.

• Chu He sensed Saint Crocodile approaching, prepared the Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus, and brewed tea while continuing his chess game against himself.
• Saint Crocodile crossed into Xia Clan territory with a tsunami and advanced toward the place it had sensed, confident that no Human Clan expert there could defeat it.
• Saint Crocodile entered Lin Commandery and descended toward Lin City, its storm and overwhelming aura pressing down on the surrounding region.
• Xia Clan King realm Old Ancestors watched from a tower near Lin City and feared the pressure had turned the city into a place with no survivors.

The Saint Crocodile attacked Lin City with a colossal tsunami while demanding that the Human Clan Sacred Venerable appear. Chu He answered from the Book Repository, stopped the flood with the Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus, and counterattacked the Saint Crocodile.

• The Saint Crocodile emerged from the tsunami and called for the Human Clan Sacred Venerable, while the people of Lin City watched in fear.
• The Saint Crocodile sent a massive, lightning-filled tsunami crashing toward Lin City, sending its residents into a panic.
• Chu He calmed the city with his voice and tossed out the Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus to block the descending flood.
• Chu He appeared on a path of starlight, and the people of Lin City wondered whether he was one of the Xia Clan's Old Ancestors.
• The Saint Crocodile questioned Chu He's identity, and Chu He answered that it had seen too little before sweeping the tsunami back toward it with a golden palm.

Chu He overwhelmed the Giant Crocodile, sealed it in his Universe Pouch, and left Lin City unharmed after shielding its people from the battle. He returned beneath the Willow Tree, then carried the pouch into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

• The Giant Crocodile tried to break out of Chu He's closing hand, but Chu He crushed and subdued it despite its frantic attacks.
• The Giant Crocodile cursed Chu He and the Human Clan before Chu He threw the tsunami skyward, sealed the crocodile in his Universe Pouch, and disappeared.
• The people of Lin City recovered from their shock as salty rain fell, and the Xia Clan Old Ancestors arrived to learn that Chu He had protected everyone from the battle's pressure.
• Chu He returned beneath the Willow Tree, drank his tea, and entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda with the pouch.
• The three crocodiles saw Chu He enter and quickly curled up and pretended to be asleep.

Chu He sent the three dragons and one tiger to hunt pellets for rewards, equipping them with aura-concealing treasures and teaching them how to track the scent. Cang You and First Tiger then argued over how to split their gains, leaving First Tiger relieved that he had held firm.

• Chu He assigned the three dragons and one tiger daily pellet-hunting quotas, promising them time off for each pellet and punishment for going ten days without success.
• Chu He forged aura-concealing tags, gave the beasts Universe Bags, and taught them a secret method for tracking pellets.
• Chu He launched the three dragons and one tiger into the sky above Lin City, and they flew away to search for pellets.
• First Tiger tried to let Cang You go ahead, but Cang You insisted they travel together as brothers.
• First Tiger proposed splitting their gains, and Cang You pressured him while rejecting his offers of a fifty-fifty and then a sixty-forty split.
• Cang You departed after First Tiger refused to accept a seventy-thirty split, and First Tiger sighed with relief at having held his ground.

Chu He captured the Crocodile Ancestor and threw it into the wok, where its furious struggles produced an enormous amount of green smoke that improved his fortune. Meanwhile, the Crocodile Clan waited for the Saint Ancestor’s return, unaware that it had been captured, and Chu He continued cultivating beneath the Willow Tree as Little Turtle joined him in the smoke.

• Chu He threw the Crocodile Ancestor into the wok, and the three captive crocodiles recognized their Saint Ancestor and lost their last hope.
• Chu He noticed that the Crocodile Ancestor’s struggles produced thirty zhang of green smoke and praised the Crocodile Clan’s contribution.
• At the Crocodile Clan’s temporary encampment, the crocodiles waited five days for the Saint Ancestor, while the food prepared for its return slowly cooked through.
• After more than ten days, Valley Crocodile and the other two peak Emperor Venerable crocodiles debated investigating but decided to wait as long as the Saint Ancestor’s Life Bead remained intact.
• Chu He cultivated beneath the Willow Tree in the green smoke, and Little Turtle took Lin Teng’s place at its center.

After twenty years of secluded cultivation, Chu He emerged from seclusion and visited the beasts in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. He found the Saint Crocodile worn down by constant boiling and gave it an allowance, while the Xia Clan had grown stronger in his absence.

• A Human Clan Saint Venerable sensed a powerful presence beyond the Xia Clan's territory and left without investigating.
• Chu He spent twenty years cultivating in Lin City, reaching the ninth level of the Fifth Turn as the Barbarian Domain shifted and the Xia Clan prospered with the Human Clan Alliance's support.
• Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling emerged from seclusion at the third level of the Emperor Realm and began teaching disciples.
• Chu He emerged without alerting anyone and entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, where the Saint Crocodile had been boiled continuously for twenty years.
• Chu He pitied the Saint Crocodile, pulled it from the boiling water, and gave it food and other provisions.

As demonic lords awakened across several domains, the Human Clan began evacuating the Barbarian Domain while keeping the Sky-Opening Plan underway. In Tong You Valley, Big Black Rat refused to help the trapped Demon Eye directly, then turned back toward the Barbarian Domain for reasons left unclear.

• A Town Martial Division powerhouse warned the Qin Clan elders that demonic lords had slaughtered the Cloud Domain and Kun Domain and might be awakening elsewhere, prompting an evacuation.
• Zhao Yaowu asked Qin Ming to offer the Xia Clan refuge for up to one million clansmen, and the Town Martial Division powerhouse said the Sky-Opening Plan would continue without the people present.
• Big Black Rat followed a lump of black mud to the altar where the Demon Eye remained trapped, and the Demon Eye asked for help escaping an unknown pursuer.
• Big Black Rat refused to confront the unknown existence or help break the Demon Eye free, saying it would ask Eldest Brother to come instead.
• After resealing the altar and preparing to return to the Heng Domain, Big Black Rat stopped and turned toward the Barbarian Domain.

After leaving seclusion, Chu He followed a divination clue to Tong You Valley, where he captured a swarm of demonic rats. He sensed the familiar probing force approaching Lin City again and hurried back to prevent it from losing its way.

• Chu He emerged from seclusion and resumed teaching Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling beneath the Willow Tree.
• After half a month, Chu He left Lin City and used a mud pellet to divine the location of the suspected Old Devil.
• Chu He reached Tong You Valley, captured thousands of rats in his Universe Pouch, and searched the valley without finding anything unusual.
• Chu He sensed the familiar probing force circling toward Lin City and hurried back, activating the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and the city's isolation restrictions.

Chu He waited for the crocodile clan to investigate the formation, then resumed refining Big Black Rats in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, bringing Spirit Rain to Lin City. Valley Crocodile cautiously approached the Xia Clan’s territory, but Chu He seized it before the clan could see what happened.

• Chu He distracted Zhao Yuling with an explanation about brewing tea while he waited for a crocodile from the Endless Sea to arrive.
• Black Crocodile selected Valley Crocodile to investigate the formation and showed its journey to the gathered crocodiles through a bronze mirror.
• Chu He entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and tossed the Big Black Rats from the Universe Pouch into the oil cauldron.
• Spirit Rain fell over Lin City and Lin Commandery, and Chu He decided to send the eight beasts to Tong You Valley to seek strange things and gather Killing Intent.
• Valley Crocodile crept toward the Xia Clan’s territory, but Chu He reached out and seized it, leaving the mirror’s view black.