Chapter Summaries

Hua Qiang subdued the Fire Kirin and named it Little Fire, then learned of an eight-headed sea monster with a hoard of treasures. Little Fire offered to lead Hua Qiang and Yokoyama Sakurako to rob it.

• Hua Qiang forced the Fire Kirin to acknowledge him as its master.
• The Fire Kirin shrank into a small red cat, and Hua Qiang named it Little Fire.
• Little Fire gave Hua Qiang several Kirin Fruits and described their effects.
• Little Fire told Hua Qiang about an eight-headed sea monster living two thousand li southeast and offered to take him to its treasure hoard.

Hua Qiang and Yokoyama Sakurako became intimate before Fire Kirin led them to Eight-Headed Serpent. The two ancient rivals traded insults, and Fire Kirin transformed and charged at the serpent.

• Yokoyama Sakurako clung to Hua Qiang and kissed him, and Hua Qiang raised a barrier around them.
• Two hours later, Hua Qiang emerged carrying Yokoyama Sakurako, while Fire Kirin tried to pretend it had seen nothing.
• Hua Qiang, Yokoyama Sakurako, and Fire Kirin appeared above the sea, where Eight-Headed Serpent rose from the water and confronted them.
• Fire Kirin taunted Eight-Headed Serpent, and the serpent mocked it for taking the form of a cat.
• Fire Kirin returned to its true form and charged at Eight-Headed Serpent.

Fire Kirin battled the Eight-Headed Serpent while Hua Qiang and Yokoyama Sakurako watched from nearby. After Sakurako promised to unlock more positions for him, Hua Qiang intervened and immobilized both beasts with his power.

• Fire Kirin attacked the Eight-Headed Serpent with flames and ground spikes, but the serpent countered with its divine abilities.
• Fire Kirin taunted the serpent, which struck it with a sound wave and overwhelmed it with attacks.
• Hua Qiang watched the fight with Yokoyama Sakurako, who asked which beast would win.
• Sakurako teased Hua Qiang by promising to unlock more positions for him, prompting him to intervene.
• Hua Qiang suppressed the Eight-Headed Serpent and Fire Kirin, leaving both unable to move.

Hua Qiang trapped the Eight-Headed Serpent in his Pocket Space, where it forged the Kusanagi Sword and broke free. The serpent then turned the sword toward Hua Qiang.

• Yokoyama Sakurako asked Hua Qiang to postpone their intimacy until that night so they could focus on serious business.
• The Eight-Headed Serpent broke free from its restraints and unleashed eight elemental attacks at Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang folded space and captured the serpent inside his Pocket Space, where its attacks failed to damage anything.
• The Eight-Headed Serpent fused its eight heads and summoned a gigantic sword from its body.
• The serpent used the Kusanagi Sword to pierce and shatter Hua Qiang's Pocket Space.
• The freed Eight-Headed Serpent pointed the Kusanagi Sword at Hua Qiang.

Hua Qiang subdued the Eight-Headed Serpent, captured the Kusanagi Sword, and persuaded its Sword Spirit to follow him. As he stood with Yokoyama Sakurako, Ryūjin Seiyun arrived and demanded that Hua Qiang let go of his goddess.

• Hua Qiang used layered domains and Pocket Space to weaken and capture the Kusanagi Sword, while the Eight-Headed Serpent burned its natal true essence trying to resist.
• Hua Qiang rebuked Yokoyama Sakurako for sympathizing with the serpent, and she promised to put him first and work harder later.
• The Kusanagi Sword's Sword Spirit revealed herself, pleaded with Hua Qiang to loosen his grip, and agreed to follow him rather than have her consciousness erased.
• The Eight-Headed Serpent threatened Hua Qiang, who slapped it and sealed it inside a Pocket Space.
• Ryūjin Seiyun arrived, saw Hua Qiang with Yokoyama Sakurako, and demanded that he let go of his goddess.

Hua Qiang ordered the Fire Kirin to attack Ryūjin Seiyun after Seiyun provoked him. Seiyun’s Flowing Blade Fire wounded the Fire Kirin, but it retaliated and left Seiyun badly injured as he prepared to fight back.

• Hua Qiang teased Yokoyama Sakurako and told the Fire Kirin to deal with Ryūjin Seiyun.
• The Fire Kirin engulfed Seiyun and his group in flames, but Seiyun drew Flowing Blade Fire and unleashed Bankai.
• Ryūjin Seiyun’s flaming sword aura broke through the Fire Kirin’s fire shield and sent it crashing into a crater.
• The Fire Kirin recovered and struck Seiyun with its pressure, a heavy stomp, and a barrage of Ground Spikes.
• Ryūjin Seiyun was wounded and weakened, then cursed the Fire Kirin and declared that it had forced his hand.

Ryūjin Seiyun summoned his grandfather, Ryūjin Kame, to rescue him from Hua Qiang and Fire Kirin. Ryūjin Kame arrived after breaking through in seclusion and battled Fire Kirin, ending the chapter by drawing his saber to attack.

• Ryūjin Seiyun crushed a Sound Transmission Stone and called for his grandfather to save him.
• Ryūjin Kame broke through in his secluded valley, heard Ryūjin Seiyun's plea, and rushed to his rescue.
• Fire Kirin mocked Ryūjin Seiyun for calling backup while Hua Qiang and Yokoyama Sakurako watched.
• Ryūjin Kame appeared and struck at Fire Kirin, who dodged and counterattacked.
• Ryūjin Kame dodged Fire Kirin's charge, then attacked from behind, but Fire Kirin repelled him with a foul-smelling burst of gas and taunted him.
• Enraged by Fire Kirin's insults, Ryūjin Kame raised the Blood Fiend Demon Drink saber and brought it down toward him.

Hua Qiang rescued the Fire Kirin, confronted Ryūjin Kame, and killed the Emperor Shinobi with one strike. The chapter ended with Yokoyama Sakurako safe in a Pocket Space as Ryūjin Kame fell.

• Ryūjin Kame struck the Fire Kirin with a powerful saber attack, but Hua Qiang rescued the injured beast before the Eight-Headed Serpent could devour him.
• Hua Qiang punched a hole through the Eight-Headed Serpent, forcing it to retreat into the sea.
• Ryūjin Kame recognized Yokoyama Sakurako and attacked Hua Qiang after the latter ignored his introduction and kissed her.
• Hua Qiang hid himself and Yokoyama Sakurako in a Pocket Space, then left her there while he faced Ryūjin Kame.
• Hua Qiang used the Kunpeng Sky-Splitting Strike to cleave Ryūjin Kame in two.

Hua Qiang killed Ryūjin Kame, robbed the Sakura Country survivors, and went with Yokoyama Sakurako and the Fire Kirin to collect protection fees from the Eight-Headed Serpent. Back at Modu Base, his family discussed his womanizing while he drank with Yokoyama Hyōbei, until an aide announced that Country A was seeking aid.

• Hua Qiang killed Ryūjin Kame, and the Fire Kirin robbed Ryūjin Seiyun and the other Sakura Country survivors.
• Hua Qiang gave the seized rings to Yokoyama Sakurako, then headed with her and the Fire Kirin to extort the Eight-Headed Serpent.
• At Hua Qiang's home, Ye Bingxue and Mo Yanran worried over a feeling that something was wrong, then joked about Hua Qiang finding another woman.
• Hua Qiang drank with Yokoyama Hyōbei while Koji Junko and Yokoyama Sakurako chatted nearby.
• Yokoyama Hyōbei's special assistant rushed in and announced that Country A was seeking aid.

After completing his mission, Hua Qiang accepted China’s titles and agreed to help neighboring countries. Yokoyama Sakurako reached the Emperor Realm, and she and Hua Qiang set off for Country A to confront the Devil Race.

• Hua Qiang told Long Zaixing that his mission was complete, accepted the rank of General and Honorary Elder, and agreed to visit nearby countries.
• Yokoyama Sakurako advanced to the Emperor Realm after taking Hua Qiang’s medicines and spending three days and nights with him.
• Yokoyama Hyōbei and Koji Junko celebrated Sakurako’s new strength, while Hyōbei imagined using Hua Qiang to build Sakura Country’s power.
• Sakurako decided to answer Country A’s request for help, and Hua Qiang joined her on the trip.
• Hua Qiang and Sakurako crossed through space and departed for Country A.

Adisha led Country A’s exhausted defenders against a massive Devil Race invasion, fighting to protect the base’s Holy Water Well and its source of life. As the battle raged and the defenders suffered mounting wounds, they continued their desperate stand around the sacred ground.

• Tens of thousands of Devil Race members stormed the Rajahstan Province base, killing its residents and overwhelming the defenders.
• At the northern outskirts, Adisha refused to rest because the holy water and the secrets of the Holy Water Well had to be protected.
• Adisha rallied nearly two thousand Martial Artists and soldiers, who vowed to fight rather than let the Devil Race reach the sacred ground.
• Adisha charged into the Devil Race army and killed several attackers, but a Devil Race member wounded her arm.
• Toshak fought to shield Adisha while the surrounding warriors battled the encroaching Devil Race members in a desperate defense of the holy water.

Laximiwa’s snakes failed to stop the Demonkin, and a powerful figure in black mist killed him with a single palm. Just as Country A’s defenders faced defeat, Hua Qiang and Yokoyama Sakurako arrived; Hua Qiang crushed half the Demonkin force with one kick and confronted Kunping Kacha, who attacked him with a saber.

• Laximiwa summoned his snakes, but the Demonkin devoured them, and the black-mist figure crushed Laximiwa with a giant palm.
• Laximiwa’s death broke the fighting spirit of most of Country A’s forces, while Adisha prayed for someone to save her people and their holy-water source.
• Hua Qiang and Yokoyama Sakurako appeared in the sky, and Hua Qiang killed half the Demonkin force with a single kick.
• Kunping Kacha attacked Hua Qiang with a giant palm, but Hua Qiang dissolved it with a beam of light.
• Kunping Kacha realized Hua Qiang was stronger than him, drew a long saber, and slashed at him.

Hua Qiang defeated the Devil Race attackers in Country A and reluctantly accepted Adisha as his servant. While exploring the Holy Water Source with Adisha and Yokoyama Sakurako, he found a ten-thousand-year-old ice coffin containing a beautiful girl and wondered who she was.

• Hua Qiang killed Kunping Kacha and incapacitated the remaining Devil Race members, leaving Country A to deal with them.
• Adisha knelt and asked to serve Hua Qiang, and he eventually agreed to take her in despite his concerns about his wives’ reactions.
• Adisha told Hua Qiang that the enclosed structure was the Holy Water Source, and he sensed something hidden beneath its well water.
• Hua Qiang brought Adisha and Yokoyama Sakurako through a barrier below the well and found a ten-thousand-year-old ice coffin.
• Hua Qiang, Yokoyama Sakurako, and Adisha saw a beautiful girl inside the coffin, and Hua Qiang wondered who she was and why she was there.

Hua Qiang discovered that the woman in the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Coffin was Shiva Valos, the Goddess of Love, trapped in an ancient curse. By absorbing the curse energy, he learned the perfected Ancient Curse Art and broke the curse, leaving Shiva’s awakening imminent.

• Adisha recalled that Shiva Valos had been cursed by the Thunder God and sealed in a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Coffin by her father.
• As Hua Qiang focused on Shiva, his Blood Demon Scripture drew black curse energy from her body into him.
• Adisha realized Hua Qiang was pulling the curse from Shiva and became overjoyed at the prospect of seeing her awaken.
• Hua Qiang absorbed the curse energy for an hour and deciphered the runes as an Ancient Curse Art, which he learned at the perfected level.
• Hua Qiang completed the hand seals, causing the coffin lid to explode and a torrent of black mist to surge out and enter his body.
• After the curse energy vanished into Hua Qiang, his aura became elusive and his strength increased dozens or hundreds of times, though his realm remained at Emperor Realm Peak.

Shiva Valos revived in the Asan Kingdom and confirmed her identity to Hua Qiang, Yokoyama Sakurako, and Adisha. Meanwhile, Hua Qiang defeated Ao Xingchen in the Martial Arts Tournament final, winning first place for the Azure Cloud Sect.

• Shiva Valos revived inside the ice coffin as spiritual energy restored her body.
• Shiva Valos identified herself to Adisha, who introduced her to Hua Qiang and Yokoyama Sakurako.
• Hua Qiang and Ao Xingchen faced each other in the final match of the Martial Arts Tournament.
• Ao Xingchen transformed into a dragon and charged Hua Qiang, who restrained him with Dragon Claw Hand.
• Hua Qiang absorbed Ao Xingchen's lightning attack, leaving Ao Xingchen too weak to continue.
• The tournament announcer declared Hua Qiang of the Azure Cloud Sect the victor.

Hua Qiang sensed an ambush in the sea of clouds on the way back from Sky City and confronted Ao Xingchen and the Dragon Race elders waiting to kill him. He turned their opening assault back on them, leaving the battle in chaos.

• Hua Qiang learned through the Life Divine Tree that his Lower Realm clone had attracted several women, including Shiva, who was suppressing her cultivation near the Saint Realm.
• Ao Xingchen and more than a dozen Dragon Race experts hid in the sea of clouds and planned to kill Hua Qiang to protect Ao Xingchen’s Dao heart.
• Hua Qiang sensed a dangerous presence, told Huo Cangliang to halt the Cloud Boat, and went to investigate.
• Ao Xingchen and the Dragon Race elders revealed themselves and launched a coordinated attack on Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang swallowed their attacks with a vortex and sent them back at the Dragon Race group, forcing them to defend themselves.

Hua Qiang killed Ao Xingchen, defeated Ao Guang and the other Dragon Race members, and made them his contracted beasts. After spending several days with Huo Qingtong, he entered the Dragon Domain.

• Hua Qiang killed Ao Xingchen with the Thunderclap Saber after Ao Xingchen and the Dragon Race members attacked him.
• Ao Guang and the other dragons attacked Hua Qiang with spells and treasures, but Hua Qiang swallowed their attacks and sent them back.
• Ao Guang and the dragons formed a formation to crush Hua Qiang, but Hua Qiang folded space, broke the formation, and trapped them in Pocket Space.
• Hua Qiang compressed and exploded the Pocket Spaces, leaving the dragons badly wounded, then took them into his Level Six World as contracted beasts.
• Hua Qiang read one dragon's memories, sent Huo Cangliang and the others back to the Azure Cloud Sect, and spent several days with Huo Qingtong.
• Hua Qiang tore through space and entered the Dragon Domain.

Hua Qiang entered the Dragon Domain and subdued Ao Tinglei after the dragon challenged him. Ao Tinglei explained that most of the dragons were away for a wedding and described the Dragon Domain’s five states and dragon clans.

• Hua Qiang entered the Dragon Domain and wondered why he could not see any dragons.
• Ao Tinglei emerged from a lake, confronted Hua Qiang, and demanded to know who he was and how he had entered their territory.
• Hua Qiang slapped Ao Tinglei twice, turned his retaliatory wave back on him, and seized him until he begged for mercy.
• Ao Tinglei transformed into a youth and told Hua Qiang that most of the dragons had gone to escort the bride for the clan chief’s youngest son.
• Ao Tinglei described the five states and their dragon clans, explaining that the wedding joined the Azure Dragon Race and the Silver Dragon Race.

Hua Qiang entered the Azure Dragon Clan’s village with Ao Tinglei and reunited with Ao Shanshan during preparations for a wedding banquet. Ao Shanshan introduced him to her sister, Ao Miaomiao, before two bloodstained figures arrived with an urgent warning.

• Ao Tinglei used a Water Splitting Art to reveal the hidden entrance to the Azure Dragon Clan’s village, and Hua Qiang followed him inside.
• Hua Qiang found the village preparing for a wedding and reunited with Ao Shanshan, giving her two lollipops.
• Ao Shanshan introduced Hua Qiang to her sister, Ao Miaomiao, who invited him to visit her home after the wedding banquet.
• Two bloodstained figures staggered into the village and shouted for the Clan Chief, saying they had run into trouble.

Ao Changge and his family traveled to Black Wind Cliff to ransom his detained son and wedding party. When the bandits confronted them, Zhu Meiyu immediately attacked their leader, leaving the hostages’ fate uncertain.

• Two survivors reported that Ao Changge’s son had provoked a beautiful girl at Black Wind Cliff, where bandits attacked and detained him, the bride, and the wedding party.
• Ao Changge gathered fighters from the village, and Zhu Meiyu insisted on joining the ransom mission; Hua Qiang, Ao Miaomiao, and Ao Shanshan went with them.
• Ao Changge’s group reached Black Wind Cliff and demanded that the bandits release their captives.
• A bald bandit leader confronted the group, and Zhu Meiyu attacked him with her whip before the ransom could be discussed.