Chapter Summaries

Elder Ye urged Lin Teng and Zi Yan to marry, while Chu He prepared to attend their wedding feast and spotted foreign races approaching. At the border, the Pig Demon Sacred Ancestor investigated a strange bridge and was overwhelmed by the Stone Tablet’s power.

• Elder Ye pressed Zi Yan and Lin Teng to settle their marriage, and Lin Teng felt unexpectedly excited about it.
• Chu He joked that his potent tea had affected the couple and prepared to attend their wedding banquet with a turtle.
• The Myriad Races Alliance learned that a purple-clad Human Clan woman had driven off the Five Clans of Nanshan, and the Pig Demon Sacred Ancestor set out to investigate.
• Chu He noticed the foreign races approaching and identified the two leading pigs as fitting ingredients for the wedding feast.
• At the border between the Barbarian Domain and the East Cang Domain, the Pig Demon Sacred Ancestor stopped at a mysterious bridge and looked toward its Stone Tablet.
• The Pig Demon Sacred Ancestor saw a pair of eyes open in the darkness and look back at it.

The Pig Demon Sacred Ancestor Lie Hao was overwhelmed by a mysterious presence in a stone tablet, then captured along with its juniors and hauled to the secondary capital. There, Little Turtle announced that the beasts were extra food for the wedding banquet, and Elder Ye revealed that the giant pig was a Fifth Realm Sacred Venerable.

• Lie Hao sensed a terrifying consciousness within the stone tablet and feared it belonged to a Dao Venerable.
• Lie Hao escaped the tablet's influence, but discovered that a human had bound it and its companions and loaded them onto a cart.
• The Liangchuan Alliance Leader told Lie Hao that the human had incapacitated and captured them while Lie Hao was unresponsive.
• White Tiger dragged the cart to the secondary capital, where Little Turtle said Master Little Chu had sent the beasts as wedding banquet side dishes and claimed a pig trotter.
• Elder Ye recognized the giant pig as Lie Hao of the Pig-Haired Clan, a Fifth Realm Sacred Venerable, startling Meng Yi.

Meng Yi and the others discovered that the senior’s wedding gift was Lie Hao, a fifth-level Sacred Venerable pig from the Pig-Haired Clan, and slaughtered him for the feast. Lie Hao’s death alerted his clan, while the wedding was delayed three days as the pig stewed; Lin Teng finally saw the wedding feast arrive.

• Meng Yi identified the pig as a fifth-level Sacred Venerable, and Elder Ye and the others marveled at the senior’s gift.
• Lie Hao offered to ask his Old Ancestor to help the Human Clan, but Elder Ye declined to release it, and the beasts were taken to the slaughterhouse.
• Elder Ye severed Lie Hao’s head after the butcher failed to cut through its hide, and Lie Hao died feeling wronged.
• A life bead shattered in the Pig-Haired Clan’s ancestral hall, and a Sacred Ancestor ordered an investigation and vowed to repay the blood debt.
• The group stewed Lie Hao in a pill furnace for three days, delaying Lin Teng’s wedding until the fragrant feast was carried out.

Thirty years after Lin Teng and Zi Yan’s wedding feast, Chu He had stabilized at the second level of the Sixth Turn while the Xia Clan rapidly expanded across Liangchuan and into the East Cang Domain. Feeling pressure from the wider world and frustrated by dwindling fortune and the absence of powerful demons, Chu He decided to search for them in earnest.

• Lin Teng rushed Zi Yan to their bridal chamber after the wedding feast, while the nourishing pig meat stirred powerful reactions among the guests and Little Turtle.
• Over the next thirty years, Chu He stabilized at the second level of the Sixth Turn and spent time strengthening the Ancient Forbidden Ground and the Barbarian Domain.
• The Xia Clan developed its Secret Realms, entered the East Cang Domain, and grew its King Realm ranks rapidly.
• Chu He lamented that the pig demons had stopped coming and that his sign-in rewards had produced no major treasures for years.
• Feeling pressure from the East Cang Domain, Chu He stood up and resolved to search seriously for the missing demons.

The Pig-Haired Clan believed Zhu Gang was on the verge of breaking through to the Dao Realm and hoped his rise would end the clan’s troubles. Meanwhile, Chu He used Heavenly Demon Ha Yong to lure out the hidden demons, and one attacker appeared before Chu He captured its strike.

• The Pig-Haired Clan gathered near its forbidden ground, fearing the losses and disappearances that had befallen it while Zhu Gang cultivated in seclusion.
• Zhu Gang’s laughter and the surging heavenly fortune convinced the clan that he might soon reach the Dao Realm, inspiring hopes of dominating the East Cang Domain.
• Chu He brought Heavenly Demon Ha Yong out of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and told it to search for the missing demons in exchange for a reward.
• At a cliff at night, Heavenly Demon Ha Yong summoned Demonic Flame while Chu He concealed himself nearby.
• A black, fur-covered giant palm attacked Heavenly Demon Ha Yong, but Chu He appeared and suppressed it before it could kill the demon.

Chu He tracked the eerie power to a hidden door beneath a planetary core, rescued the dying Big Black Rat, and brought the door back to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. He left Ha Yong and Big Black Rat on the third floor with demonic supplements while he prepared to test the door by deep-frying it.

• Chu He traced the severed eerie power to a hidden door beneath a planetary core in the Barbarian Domain.
• Chu He found Big Black Rat near death in a jar, freed it, and fed it a Demon Pill and Demon Acid Milk; the rat gratefully agreed to submit to him.
• Chu He inspected the mysterious door, endured its demonic assault, and dug it out to take back to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He placed Ha Yong and Big Black Rat on the third floor and gave them demonic supplements before heading to the second floor to deep-fry the door.
• Ha Yong gave Big Black Rat the supplements and said he needed it to help share the pressure, leaving the suspicious rat to wonder what was wrong.

Chu He took a stroll to the bustling bridge between the Barbarian Domain and the East Cang Domain, where he gave a passing martial artist a pill and reflected on the distance between himself and ordinary life. He left wanting to experience the mortal world more fully someday, though he knew that would have to wait.

• Chu He discovered that the door panel resisted the oil cauldron, while a demon in a dark space glimpsed a golden figure and swore revenge.
• Chu He traveled to the border of the Barbarian Domain and saw how the Xia Clan had grown powerful and prosperous over the decades.
• Chu He tossed a pebble at a burly man, forced a pill into his mouth, and walked away as the man recognized him as Ancestor Yuan and sat down to absorb his opportunity.
• Chu He watched merchants, youths heading toward the East Cang Domain, and returning fighters, then admitted he envied their lives.
• Chu He decided he might try living among ordinary people someday, but believed he would need to wait many years.

Chu He visited the Myriad Races Alliance and learned that the Myriad Races War had plunged Liangchuan into chaos. He recognized Lin Tian, Lin Teng and Zi Yan’s son, as he faced the Rock Python Clan’s Lan Shi in an arena battle.

• Chu He traveled through war-torn Liangchuan, where he saw ruined cities and the Xia Clan establishing several settlements.
• Chu He reached the Myriad Races Alliance and watched two King Realm fighters battle at the Myriad Races War arena.
• Chu He considered whether the widespread Fierce Blood Fiend Qi could be gathered for the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, but decided it was too risky to use an unknown vessel.
• Lin Tian entered the arena to fight Lan Shi, who said Lin Tian’s younger sister, Lin Lingxue, had killed his brother.
• The spectators cheered Lin Tian as Little Tyrant Lingxue’s brother, and Lin Tian announced his name and declared that one sword would kill Lan Shi.

Lin Tian killed a giant python with one sword in the Myriad Races War, drawing accusations of cheating despite being confirmed as a fifth-level King. Lin Lingxue judged his display a failure to follow the old grandpa’s teachings, while Chu He left unimpressed with the tournament and the East Cang Domain.

• Lin Tian entered the fight against an aged giant python, while Chu He predicted that Lin Tian would win with one move.
• Lin Tian killed the python with a single sword strike, shocking the spectators.
• A giant python accused Lin Tian of cheating, but voices from the void said he was verified as a fifth-level King and ordered the accuser to leave.
• Lin Lingxue criticized Lin Tian for making his strength suspicious instead of fighting with restraint.
• The crowd praised Lin Lingxue as a feared Liangchuan Earth Ranking expert, leaving her confused.
• Chu He left the Myriad Races War and reflected that the East Cang Domain was not an especially good place either.

Chu He quietly swept through Liangchuan, taking useful treasures and modifying its secret places before returning to the Barbarian Domain. He left the Rock Python Clan in turmoil, while other explorers found a Bone Shadow Clan king’s cave unexpectedly welcoming.

• Chu He took useful items from Liangchuan’s secret realms and caves, altered their trials and restrictions, and carried off a flock of sheep.
• The Rock Python Clan discovered that its inheritance forbidden ground had become deadly and inaccessible, and its experts failed to break in.
• A group of Human Clan cultivators explored a Bone Shadow Clan king’s cave and emerged safely with abundant gains.
• Chu He returned across Chu Bridge and passed the cultivator whose breakthrough he had helped bring about.
• The cultivator thanked Chu He, who credited the stone fragment that had chosen him.

Chu He used the Divine Flame Purple Fire to cultivate toward the sixth level of his Dharma Aspect Golden Body while the East Cang Domain grew more chaotic. Three years later, Zhu Gang broke through to the Dao Realm, creating a Land of Dao Rhyme and bringing fortune to the Pig-Haired Clan.

• Chu He signed in at the Book Repository and obtained the Divine Flame Purple Fire, a treasure that tempered the soul and could also attack it.
• Chu He began secluded cultivation, using the fire to attempt to advance his Dharma Aspect Golden Body to the sixth level.
• Over the next three years, Liangchuan drew more powerful experts seeking its abundant rewards as the Myriad Races War neared its climax.
• The Pig-Haired Clan guarded Zhu Gang as he attempted to break through to the Dao Realm, while hostile observers gathered outside their forbidden ground.
• Zhu Gang succeeded, breaking the clan-protecting grand formation and creating a Land of Dao Rhyme that enveloped and benefited the Pig-Haired Clan.

Zhu Gang emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Dao Realm and killed a Ninth Level Great Sage of the Hao Clan, alarming the East Cang Domain. The Human Clan feared the Pig-Haired Clan would take revenge, but Night Venerable suggested there might still be a sliver of hope.

• Zhu Gang emerged from the Pig-Haired Clan’s forbidden ground and subdued a Ninth Level Great Sage of the Hao Clan with a strike from afar.
• A Pig-Haired Clan expert told Zhu Gang that their clanmates had been trapped and Lie Hao had been killed, so Zhu Gang vowed to retaliate.
• Zhu Gang killed the suppressed Hao Clan Great Sage with his rake and headed out to deal with the clan responsible.
• A Pig-Haired Clan Old Ancestor ordered invitations sent to powerful clans and declared that the slain Great Sage would serve as their celebration feast.
• News of Zhu Gang’s breakthrough spread across the East Cang Domain, and the Human Clan’s council feared his clan would settle old grudges.
• Night Venerable told the Human Clan council that there might still be hope, but said he first needed to confirm something.

Night Venerable told the Human Clan’s council that he knew of a possible Dao Venerable and agreed to seek the senior’s help. Meanwhile, Zhu Gang reached the Xia Clan Territory, failed to break its protective formation, and mistook it for a Dao Venerable’s treasure-filled legacy.

• Night Venerable told Kongming Great Sage and the other Saint Venerables about the senior he had met and agreed to visit him.
• Zhu Gang followed the life-orbs of its trapped juniors to Liangchuan and passed Chu Bridge before reaching the Xia Clan Territory.
• Zhu Gang’s roar vanished against the Xia Clan Territory’s formation, so it called for a meeting and received no response.
• Zhu Gang enlarged itself and attacked the formation with its rake, while people nearby watched and messengers raced toward Lin Commandery.
• Zhu Gang decided the formation guarded a Dao Venerable’s legacy and grew excited about claiming its treasures.

Chu He completed his breakthrough to the sixth layer of the Dharma Aspect Golden Body, then captured Zhu Gang when the Dao Venerable tried to retreat from the Xia Clan Territory. Night Venerable hurried toward Liangchuan to summon Chu He before the Pig-Haired Clan’s feast, which he expected to become a reckoning.

• Zhu Gang kept attacking the grand formation and considered returning with his clan if he could not break it soon.
• Chu He emerged from secluded cultivation after reaching the sixth layer of the Dharma Aspect Golden Body and prepared tea beneath Willow Tree.
• Chu He sent out a golden phantom, and Zhu Gang sensed danger, stopped attacking, and tried to retreat.
• A golden net descended on Zhu Gang, and a giant golden palm subdued and captured him before dragging him toward the Xia Clan Territory.
• Meng Yi and the Xia Clan Old Ancestors watched Chu He’s power with reverence.
• Night Venerable hurried toward Liangchuan to invite Chu He to the Pig-Haired Clan’s feast before its reckoning began.

Chu He finished preparing Zhu Gang to absorb the Blood Fiend Qi spreading over the East Cang Domain and left for the region. At the Book Repository, Night Venerable learned that the Pig-Haired Clan powerhouse threatening his people had already been dealt with, and he recognized a rake beneath the Willow Tree.

• Night Venerable hurried to Liangchuan, stole a horse at a post station, and rode toward the Xia Clan Territory to reach Chu He before the Pig-Haired Clan banquet.
• Chu He completed the formation diagrams on Zhu Gang, who remained sealed and despairing after being captured half a month earlier.
• Chu He carried Zhu Gang out of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and headed for the East Cang Domain, noting that its worsening Blood Fiend Qi could incite conflict among beings below the Emperor Venerable realm.
• Lin Teng brought Night Venerable to the Book Repository, where Little Turtle told them Chu He had gone out.
• Night Venerable explained that a Pig-Haired Clan powerhouse had broken through and might bring disaster upon the Human Clan, but Lin Teng said a giant pig had already been dealt with outside the Xia Clan Territory.
• Night Venerable recognized the rake beneath the Willow Tree and abruptly questioned Lin Teng.

Elder Ye recognized the rake as the sacred relic of the Pig-Haired Clan and realized Chu He had likely dealt with its Dao Venerable owner. As Chu He harvested Fierce Blood Fiend Qi through Zhu Gang, he discovered a hidden Blood Stone and sensed that something in the abyss had noticed them.

• Elder Ye identified the rake as the Pig-Haired Clan’s sacred relic and concluded that the senior had resolved the threat, so he told Lin Teng not to disturb him.
• Chu He let Zhu Gang absorb Fierce Blood Fiend Qi and praised the pig while it glared at him, then poured it a spirit-clearing tonic.
• Chu He spotted a Blood Stone and a vast Blood Net that gathered the Fierce Blood Fiend Qi, and he repeatedly stopped and restarted the flow to make the stone appear.
• Deep in an abyss, a gigantic savage beast stirred whenever the Blood Stone flickered and eventually opened its blood-red eye.
• Chu He concealed himself and Zhu Gang, waited as the Blood Stone vanished, and decided to take the harvested Qi away and return later.

Chu He held Zhu Gang in Thunder Prison, where the Dao Venerable endured the lightning and produced a rich harvest for Chu He. Meanwhile, the Pig-Haired Clan waited for Zhu Gang to return and celebrate its breakthrough, but after a month had passed, Lie He began to fear something had gone wrong.

• Chu He placed Zhu Gang in Thunder Prison and loosened its restraints, but Zhu Gang's struggles drew a powerful lightning strike that it survived.
• Heavenly Demon Ha Yong realized Zhu Gang was a Dao Venerable and feared that even the Heavenly Demon Dao Venerable could not challenge Chu He, while Big Black Rat lost its appetite for its treasures.
• Chu He praised Zhu Gang's strength and Fierce Blood Fiend Qi, watched green smoke rise beneath the Willow Tree, and saw Spirit Rain gather over Lin City.
• The Pig-Haired Clan hosted representatives from invited clans as a Saint Venerable Ninth Layer beast corpse roasted in the plaza, while Lie He waited for Zhu Gang's return.
• After a month without Zhu Gang returning, a Pig-Haired Clan Saint Venerable voiced concern, and Lie He agreed that the delay felt wrong.

After Zhu Gang’s disappearance, the Human Clan secretly exploited the Pig-Haired Clan’s weakness while Chu He spent twenty years cultivating and raising Zhu Gang. The chapter ended with Zhu He learning that something had happened in Zhu Gang’s secluded-cultivation forbidden ground.

• The Human Clan learned from Night Venerable that Zhu Gang had been suppressed and killed, then decided to conceal the news and quietly claim the Pig-Haired Clan’s resources.
• Over twenty years, Chu He cultivated to the third level of the Sixth Turn and occasionally took Zhu Gang to remote places to shear wool.
• The Xia Clan grew stronger through Spirit Rain, the Golden Dragon of Fortune, and plentiful opportunities, while Lin City’s new prodigies surpassed older-generation kings.
• Chu He set down a lightning-scorched Zhu Gang, fed it pills and food, and then peacefully drank tea as Lin City’s cultivators continued to recover from the Spirit Rain.
• Zhu He suspected the Human Clan knew about Zhu Gang’s disappearance and felt powerless to save the Pig-Haired Clan.
• A pig reported to Zhu He that something had happened in the forbidden ground where Zhu Gang was in secluded cultivation.

Zhu He entered Zhu Gang’s private domain, drawn by a mysterious cave and questions about Zhu Gang’s success. At the Xia Clan Territory, Chu He met Mo Heng, who revealed the East Cang Domain’s history and tried to recruit him into a united front; Chu He realized the domain was in danger and chose to listen without committing himself.

• Zhu He entered the cave in Zhu Gang’s private domain, where its spiritual power failed and thoughts about Zhu Gang’s unusually smooth cultivation resurfaced.
• Chu He waited at the edge of the Xia Clan Territory and welcomed Mo Heng, a Dao Venerable of the Mo Yu Clan who had been tracking Zhu Gang.
• Mo Heng explained that the Eastern Wasteland had once been one continent before a great upheaval split it into four pieces.
• Mo Heng offered to share the East Cang Domain’s resources with Chu He and proposed that Dao Venerables from different races become brothers.
• Chu He inferred that Mo Heng wanted his help protecting the East Cang Domain, then began roasting a sheep as he listened without agreeing to get involved.

Mo Heng invited Chu He to enter an Outer World where cultivation could advance beyond the Dao Venerable realm, but Chu He declined to decide and dismissed the opportunity as irrelevant to him. After Mo Heng grew wary of Chu He, Chu He resolved to strengthen his cultivation and defenses while improving his home in the Barbarian Domain.

• Mo Heng explained that the Three Great Domains could not support cultivation beyond the Dao Venerable realm and invited Chu He to seek opportunity in an Outer World.
• Chu He said he would consolidate his cultivation before deciding, then left without showing interest in the Outer World.
• Mo Heng’s true body sensed that Chu He was dangerous and decided to deal with him, and other beings, through avatars whenever possible.
• Chu He resolved to cultivate toward the Seventh Turn, strengthen the Ancient Forbidden Ground, and improve the Xia Clan Territory and Barbarian Domain.
• Chu He put thoughts of the Outer World aside and approached an old man fishing with his grandson, carrying his own Fishing Rod.