Chapter Summaries

Xuan Sheng returned from the Abyss to the Ruipu Si Empire’s royal city and posed as a traveling merchant to conceal his identity. He left the crowded teleportation area with a local worker, hoping to avoid drawing attention from the powerful Spokesperson based there.

• Xuan Sheng refused the little demon’s request to join him in Heavenly Silence, explaining that he already had the Young Dragon and promising to summon identity-concealing demons once he found a safe place.
• Sasum gave Xuan Sheng a teleportation scroll and a disguise mask, and Xuan Sheng used the scroll to return to Heavenly Silence.
• Xuan Sheng arrived in the Ruipu Si Empire’s royal city, which was controlled by the Eagle District, and learned that the empire’s Spokesperson lived there.
• Xuan Sheng introduced himself to a teleportation-array worker as a traveling merchant from the Maple District and gave her a Dragon Blood Pearl.
• Xuan Sheng led the flushed worker away from the crowded teleportation area and into a dim alley to avoid attracting attention.

Xuan Sheng asked a teleportation-array administrator about nearby cities where he could establish a business, giving her a valuable pearl because he lacked Reapus currency. She recommended De City, a free city with a fierce, martial atmosphere, and agreed to help him get a complete map as he prepared to leave the royal city.

• Xuan Sheng took the blonde teleportation-array administrator aside and clarified that he wanted advice about nearby cities, not the encounter she had assumed.
• Xuan Sheng gave the woman a Dragon Might (Fake) pearl in exchange for her help, explaining that he had no Reapus Gold Coins.
• The woman explained that Jia City was a prosperous, well-defended port city, but Xuan Sheng decided its location and security did not suit his plans.
• Xuan Sheng asked for a city with an adventurous atmosphere, and the woman recommended De City, a free city known for its fierce, martial culture.
• Xuan Sheng chose De City as a suitable place for demons to settle, and the woman offered to help him obtain a complete map.

Xuan Sheng drank the pure Ancient Dragon Blood and examined the rapidly growing Young Dragon, then set out his spiritual materials to sell near the royal city. A fleeing group of players being chased by Furious Fiery Falcons charged toward his makeshift stall.

• Xuan Sheng inspected his dragon-blood goods and considered how much to charge for the powerful Dragon Blood Potion.
• Xuan Sheng drank the pure Ancient Dragon Blood, while the Young Dragon eagerly drank some too and was revealed to be level 37.
• Xuan Sheng spread out his saleable goods outside the royal city, hoping to earn currency for travel.
• Thomas and his four-person team fled toward Xuan Sheng while carrying a stolen pet egg and pursued by level-50 Furious Fiery Falcons.
• Xuan Sheng welcomed the approaching players as potential customers.

Xuan Sheng posed as a merchant to a Reapus adventurer party and sold them on the value of his rare goods. The party desperately wanted his wares but could not afford the prices, especially the Ancient Dragon Blood.

• Xuan Sheng drove off the fierce falcons and charged Thomas's party five hundred Gold Coins for shelter.
• After accepting the payment, Xuan Sheng considered the difference between Reapus and Ironblood Gold Coins and decided his rare goods were worth their high prices.
• Thomas asked to see Xuan Sheng's goods, and the party was stunned by the recovery items, inlay orb, and attribute-boosting potions.
• Thomas balked at the prices of the Dragon Blood Pearl and Dragon Blood Potion, despite craving the items.
• Xuan Sheng revealed Ancient Dragon Blood, and Thomas froze when he saw its 10,000 Gold Coin price.

Xuan Sheng sold Thomas a Dragon Blood Potion and left for De City, while Thomas auctioned the potion and drew the attention of powerful players in the Royal City. Lika tracked Thomas down and demanded to know where he had obtained it.

• Xuan Sheng told Thomas that Ancient Dragon Blood cost ten thousand gold coins and sold consumables at discounted prices, then refused to wait while Thomas raised more money.
• Thomas bought a Dragon Blood Potion for one thousand gold coins, and Xuan Sheng departed toward De City.
• Thomas listed the potion on the auction house, where players quickly drove its bids up as gangs focused on the sale.
• Thomas realized that he had listed the potion under his real name and feared the attention it would bring.
• Lika of the Valendino Gang found Thomas and demanded to know where he had gotten the potion.

Lika discovered that Thomas knew of a traveling merchant carrying goods far more valuable than the Dragon Blood Potion, including Ancient Dragon Blood, a permanent enhancement item. Xuan Sheng left for De City, while the Valendino Gang learned of his inventory and Lika resolved to pursue him.

• Lika threatened Thomas until he revealed that a traveling merchant had even more precious goods and showed her his Traveler records.
• Lika saw the merchant’s inventory and recognized the importance of Ancient Dragon Blood.
• Xuan Sheng used Piercing Delusion’s Eye of God to observe Thomas’s exposure and continued toward De City by carriage.
• The Valendino Gang’s leader learned that the merchant carried food, restorative items, and permanent attribute enhancements, and lamented that he was leaving the royal city.
• Lika told the gang leader she would go find the merchant to obtain Ancient Dragon Blood.

Lika worried that Thomas would reveal the traveling merchant’s secrets and set out to find the merchant before others could exploit the information. Meanwhile, Xuan Sheng reached De City, where its guards invited him to meet the City Lord and a Merchant Guild envoy offered him immediate membership.

• Lika decided she could not rely on Thomas to keep the traveling merchant’s identity secret and told Anjie to arrange a meeting with the City Lord.
• Xuan Sheng used a paper carrier pigeon to contact the Blood Rose after returning to Heavenly Silence.
• De City guard captain Willis intercepted Xuan Sheng’s carriage and invited him to the City Lord’s Mansion for protection and a meeting.
• Xuan Sheng agreed to go to the City Lord’s Mansion, suspecting the royal city had already made a move to claim him.
• A Merchant Guild envoy arrived and offered Xuan Sheng a preapproved membership certificate, waiving the usual requirements because of the value of his goods.

Xuan Sheng learned that the Merchant Association controlled much of Reapus and offered its members protection and influence, so he joined under the codename Lucky Merchant. With the association behind him, he prepared to meet De City's City Lord.

• A Merchant Association representative warned Xuan Sheng that Reapus was chaotic and claimed the association controlled the city’s commerce and could protect him.
• The representative promised to cover even illegal dealings, including selling goods to demons, and explained the association’s membership terms.
• Xuan Sheng reviewed the contract and signed as Lucky Merchant, agreeing to pay membership fees in exchange for access to the association’s protection and influence.
• The representative told Xuan Sheng that the Spokesperson was one of the association’s tycoons and that its decisions received that person’s approval.
• Willis escorted Xuan Sheng toward a meeting with De City’s City Lord.

Xuan Sheng learned how the Reapus United Merchant Association controlled much of De City and was escorted to meet the City Lord. He met the exhausted red-haired woman, who questioned whether he was an outsider, while the reason for his summons remained unclear.

• Xuan Sheng read the United Merchant Association's ranks and fees and learned that its council chairman could command its forces and resources.
• Xuan Sheng asked Willis about the association's role in De City's defenses, and Willis confirmed its influence.
• Willis brought Xuan Sheng to De City's modest City Lord's Mansion and explained that the more prominent building was the merchant association's Mage Tower and branch.
• Xuan Sheng met the overworked City Lord, who offered him strong liquor and asked whether he was a native of De City.
• Xuan Sheng asked the City Lord why she had summoned him.

Xuan Sheng met Audencia, De City's City Lord, and negotiated with her for land in exchange for Ancient Dragon Blood. Audencia accepted the deal and kissed him, eager to do more business with the merchant.

• Audencia introduced herself as De City's unmarried City Lord and invited Xuan Sheng to discuss business.
• Audencia asked Xuan Sheng for a bottle of Ancient Dragon Blood to increase her strength, despite lacking the funds to pay one hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Xuan Sheng offered the dragon blood as a deposit in exchange for a large area and building under his control, wherever in De City Audencia chose.
• Audencia accepted the dragon blood, realized Xuan Sheng might possess other valuable goods, and kissed him to seal the deal.

After Willis interrupted Audencia and Xuan Sheng, Audencia drank the dragon blood and gained strength, then took Xuan Sheng to a large abandoned mansion as his reward. The chapter left Xuan Sheng inspecting the remote estate Audencia had chosen for him.

• Willis found Audencia and Xuan Sheng together, grew jealous, and left after Audencia ordered him out.
• Audencia told Xuan Sheng that De City valued strength and that its people looked down on the weak.
• Audencia drank the dragon blood and rose from Lv.79 to Lv.82 as her strength increased.
• Audencia agreed to fulfill Xuan Sheng's request and led him to an abandoned mansion outside the city.
• Audencia described the mansion's large yard, wine cellar, basement, and guest rooms as Xuan Sheng surveyed the property.

Xuan Sheng received ownership of a grand estate from Audencia and learned that he could station up to five hundred guards there. After Audencia warned him about the Chamber of Commerce’s rival factions and departed, Xuan Sheng explored the estate and was awakened by a prayer reporting that his followers had found Godhead Fragments.

• Audencia gave Xuan Sheng papers granting him ownership of the estate and explained that he could station up to five hundred guards there.
• Audencia flirted with Xuan Sheng, but he turned her down and asked her to leave for the night.
• Audencia explained that the Chamber of Commerce was divided into northern and southern factions, and advised Xuan Sheng to watch its internal affairs.
• Audencia left after telling Xuan Sheng to seek reliable servants among the slaves and offering to accept either assets or her body as payment.
• Xuan Sheng began securing and exploring the estate, intending to establish a teleportation portal and bring the demons from the Abyss.
• A prayer jolted Xuan Sheng awake with news that his followers had found the Godhead Fragments he needed.

Yi and Nan infiltrated Misty Rain Village to investigate its connection to Lord Xuan God and found the failing grand formation’s four remaining fragments. Xuan Sheng retrieved them and discovered an ancient message welcoming his return as Father God.

• Yi and Nan approached Misty Rain Village, agreeing to avoid killing anyone who carried Lord Xuan God’s aura.
• Yi broke through the village’s concealment formation, and he and Nan entered secretly after finding that the guards were asleep and the villagers lacked Lord Xuan God’s aura.
• Yi and Nan crossed the ruined city and reached the grand formation, which was close to collapse.
• At the formation’s center, Yi saw four shining fragments and was overcome with grief.
• Xuan Sheng arrived, retrieved the four fragments, and revealed that the ancient formation had once held eight of them.
• The formation displayed the words welcoming Xuan Sheng’s return as Father God, and he thanked those who had waited for him.

Xuan Sheng recovered four Godhead Fragments in Wuyu, exposed the false sacred stone and the history of its guardians, then brought Yi and Nan home. In the City of Qi, Shan learned that the old guardian families no longer needed to be sought and approved Qian’s application to establish a teleportation array.

• Nan heard the dying deity’s farewell as Xuan Sheng and Yi faced Wuyu’s gathered guardians after the formation collapsed.
• Xuan Sheng revealed that the true guardians had left Wuyu with the Godstone long ago and crushed the ordinary pebble the remaining villagers had guarded as a sacred object.
• Xuan Sheng absorbed four Godhead Fragments, then carried Yi and Nan away from Wuyu through a tear in space.
• Yi and Nan told Shan and Hecate in the City of Qi that Xuan Sheng had returned them and that he had gone to stabilize his increased strength.
• Shan learned that there was no need to seek the guardian families and approved Qian’s application to establish a teleportation array.

The Goddess of Beauty finally met with Qian to discuss visiting Xuan God, after her friends left her temple. She learned that the teleportation gate could not transport her and mistakenly took Qian’s advice about appearance and bearing as a hint that Xuan God wanted a partner.

• The Goddess of Beauty’s friends gave up asking for Soul Cleansing Water and left her temple.
• The Goddess of Beauty met with Qian after finally getting free of her friends.
• Qian explained that the teleportation gate could only transport beings up to the level of Divine Envoys, so the Goddess of Beauty could not use it to visit Xuan God.
• The Goddess of Beauty asked Qian what gift Xuan God would like, and Qian told her to pay attention to her appearance and bearing.
• The Goddess of Beauty inferred from Qian’s silence that Xuan God was seeking a partner and became excited.

Qian learned about the Festival of the Gods, where believers compete for rewards and a promise from the Supreme Main Gods, and decided the Xuan Tribe should enter to seek Xuan God. He returned to tell the tribe, while Goddess of Beauty planned to visit them with a gift.

• Goddess of Beauty explained that gods often favor their own believers as companions, and Qian asked what might please them.
• Goddess of Beauty told Qian about the Festival of the Gods, a contest where believers fight on behalf of their gods and the victor earns rewards and a promise from the Supreme Main Gods.
• Qian realized the Festival could give the Xuan Tribe a chance to find or bring back Xuan God, and resolved to win first place.
• Goddess of Beauty said the event would take place in about ten years or more and promised to coordinate a visit to the Xuan Tribe with Vina.
• After Qian left, Goddess of Beauty inspected herself in a mirror as she considered preparing herself as a gift for Xuan God.

After repairing the Divine Spark for the fifth time, Xuan Sheng gained a combat ability that could execute enemies below 30% HP. At his mansion in De City, representatives of the merchant association’s North and South factions competed to recruit him, and Nina revealed a famous artifact as an opening offer.

• Xuan Sheng inspected his new Divine Might ability after the Divine Spark’s fifth repair.
• Xuan Sheng opened his mansion door to find merchant association representatives and onlookers gathered outside.
• Nina represented the North Faction while Xizes represented the South Faction, and both sought to recruit Xuan Sheng.
• Nina opened a gift box and showed the crowd a famous artifact, an Unknown Scepter from Reapus Royal City.

Nina of the North Faction offered Xuan Sheng a Famous Artifact, but he rejected it after recognizing its severe usage restrictions. Xizes of the South Faction then offered him a dragonkin maid, which he also refused, before the Young Lady of the Hual Family arrived.

• Nina offered Xuan Sheng the Staff of Omnipotence in exchange for joining the North Faction.
• Xuan Sheng recognized the staff's demanding conditions and rejected Nina's offer.
• Xizes presented a dragonkin maid as the South Faction's gift, but Xuan Sheng refused her as well.
• A woman condemned both factions and approached with an imposing entourage, and the onlookers identified her as the Young Lady of the Hual Family.

Adele of the Hual Family tried to recruit Xuan Sheng and planted Yalin, a brainwashed Dragon Person Half-blood, as an informant, but Xuan Sheng accepted her while preparing to break her loyalty. The chapter ended with him using Lilith's Recognition—Charm on Yalin.

• Adele offered Xuan Sheng the Hual Family's support in exchange for benefits, but he refused to join them.
• Adele ordered Xizes to leave Yalin with Xuan Sheng, and he discovered that she was a Death Warrior loyal to the Hual Family.
• Xuan Sheng accepted Yalin, while Adele left expecting her to spy on him and uncover his secrets.
• After the others departed, Xuan Sheng questioned Yalin and used Lilith's Recognition—Charm on her.

Adele sent Yalin to gather intelligence on Xuan Sheng, but Xuan Sheng used his power to make Yalin fall in love with him and bind her loyalty to him. He ordered her to keep reporting to the Hual Family while hiding the manor’s true information, and reflected on the cruelty of the conflict and his longing for Yi Qing.

• Adele dismissed Uncle Mei’s concerns and trusted Yalin to report on Xuan Sheng’s strength.
• Xuan Sheng examined Yalin, decided she could not remain an uncontrolled spy, and used Spirit Impact and his charm ability on her.
• Yalin’s mind was reshaped, and she fell completely in love with Xuan Sheng.
• Xuan Sheng ordered Yalin to continue sending information to the Hual Family but to conceal the manor’s secrets and provide false information instead.
• Xuan Sheng reflected on the suffering of the demons and the children on the isolated island, then admitted to himself that he missed Yi Qing.